The Man Clothed in Linen: End time prophecy unveiled

By Donald Leichel

We live in interesting times, on the frontiers of explicit understanding. More than 2,500 years ago, the 'Man Clothed in Linen' gave the prophet Daniel a series of numbers: 1290, 1335 and 45. Until now, their interpretation has remained a mystery. This book was written to inform readers that our world is about to face a life-changing event according to Biblical prophecy. Newly discovered mathematical phenomena on the subject have laid dormant for more than 2,500 years in the Hebrew text of the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. The numerical design of the 1290, 1335 and 45 were found to disclose the end-of-the-age message by the Man Clothed In Linen. His prophetic numbers were found to integrate with the numeric pattern identified with the first advent of Jesus Christ! Called the Messianic 'footprint', it provides a numeric pattern of personal data in respect of the life and mission of Christ, the Redeemer. The resulting formulae identify the generation that will see in a new chapter in the history of humanity and concurs with Jesus's well documented discourse concerning the 'signs of the times' at his second coming.

A highlight of the cumulative introduction of topics of interest will enable the reader to appraise the moment in time when human solutions fall short to resolve an existential crisis. It shows that natural life is frail and of short duration from the perspective of eternity. Yet, a pending crisis arouses an inward hope for salvation, a deserved continuation in a safe world transformed into a state of perfection. This expectation will be sustained in the coming new world structure to last a thousand years when history enters a multi-dimensional phase. Uncertainty and speculation are lifted somewhat by recent well-attested evidence of extra-dimensional realities operating in the global theater right now. Sadly, at the end of the 7th millennium on the Hebrew calendar, evil forces will seek to sabotage the then prevailing conditions of peace and security. Their extermination marks the close of history on this planet. What happens next is disclosed in the final pages of this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Oct 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667802923

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CHAPTER 1

The Hebrew Fixed Calendar

(An introduction to the Hebrew alphabet, the numeric system assigned to each letter and to give a lesson in the application of Gematria and casting out nines. This will be necessary to understand what comes in later chapters)

The Book of Daniel, the twenty-seventh book of the Bible’s Old Testament, is characterized by vision and prophecy. In it, Daniel claims that he received messages of future events from angelic beings dispatched from the Heavenly Council. In particular, a mysterious Man-clothed-in-linen delivered an end-time message, providing a summary of Jewish history (including the reinstatement of the Jewish homeland, which finally occurred in 1948) and informing Daniel of the comings of the Messiah and the new age of God.

For more than 2,000 years, the full meaning of the Man-clothed-in-linen’s words have remained a mystery. Only now, with ‘signs of the times’ all around us, has the Biblical code been cracked, providing the vital information that allows us to understand what is coming to the world and when. But before we can appraise the approaching world era and its equivalent on the global (Gregorian) calendar, it is necessary to get acquainted with the Hebrew calendar and its foundational year, and to examine and understand the numeric codes through which the Man-clothed-in-linen’s message was conveyed.

By way of introduction to the computations that follow, it is necessary to explain the chronology of scripture on the now generally accepted Hebrew calendar, with its beginning date fixed at the birth of Adam in 3761 BC. That compares with real historic time, based on Egyptian astronomical observations which led to the introduction of the Egyptian sun calendar of 365 days and the sidereal calendar of 365¼ days, based on the rising of the star Sirius, to around 4241 BC. These calendric year systems were followed by the inauguration of the first dynasty of kings, which can be dated from King Menes in 3400 BC – only 361 years after the birth of Adam.2

It was thought, until now, that the rabbinical acceptance of the date, in the 12th century AD, was the result of retro calculation using the genealogy of the patriarchs mentioned in Genesis. There has been much criticism by chronologists, as the scriptural genealogy, when applied in retrospect, is inconsistent with the 3761 BC date, as well as astronomically and archaeologically dated events (e.g., the birth of Moses and the date of the Exodus). This raises the question as to how the beginning of the current Hebrew calendar’s ‘World Era’ of 7,000 years, starting Sunday, 6 October, 3761 BC, was established.

The Talmudic sage who made the calculations was Rabbi Yose ben Halafta. He lived in the second century AD and was a prominent student of Rabbi Akiva, who declared Simon Bar-Cochba as the ‘messiah’ in the disastrous 132 AD revolt against the Romans. Rabbi Yose’s method was generally accepted in the 10th century AD and ratified by the 12th century Jewish philosopher and astronomer Maimonides. This calendar of the consecutive years in the progression of the world eras is still official to this day and also coordinates with the lunar cycles that determine the months and festivals.3 The Hebrew calendar is also still used in all official documents by orthodox Jews for dating ordinary life events.

A disturbing feature is the prevailing secrecy regarding the beginning of the calendar. On what information or foundation was the birth of Adam precisely based? And why is there no synchronization of the date with the chronology of the patriarchs? The suggested answer is that Rabbi Yose chose a new method of establishing Adam’s birth, as he had a notion that the eras of the patriarchs were fitted in a scheme compliant with the precession of the equinoxes. It is notable that since Adam the names of twelve heads of families are mentioned (from Seth to Japheth: Gen 5:3-32) The rabbi may have further considered this method as speculative having, as basis, observed star phenomena. In ancient history, the signs of the Zodiac were thought to have an influence upon the destiny of humans from birth to death. Fanciful names were given to these twelve signs of the Zodiac, which they could see with the naked eye. It was believed that these constellations of stars were fixed on the surface of a stellar sphere above the spheres of the sun, moon and planets. Some Talmudic rabbis divided these spheres into seven ‘heavens.’ They thought that above these spheres was the splendor of the Throne of Glory, upon which God Almighty sits.4 The Midrash adds five planetary spheres – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – and the Talmud describes their supposed influences on the lives of men.

These speculative theories led Rabbi Jose ben Halafta to a new approach of determining the start of the World Era with the birth of Adam. In my opinion, having checked out the chronological progression of the direct line of fathers and first-born sons, starting from Adam and ending with the three heirs of Noah, the rabbi applied Gematria, in combination with casting out nines, to the text of Genesis 2:7 for a theological determination of Adam’s birth as the start of the Jewish calendar. He might have considered this text as prophetic to the course of human history as, where there is a beginning, there is also an end. The gist of the matter is the determination of the numerical system underlying the following text taken from the Hebrew Old Testament: that is, the consonants only text.

The English translation reads, ‘The Lord God formed man of the dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.’

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To assist the reader with checking the above numerical values assigned, refer to the Hebrew alphabet’s consonant letters, values, names, and Western equivalents, below:

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N.B. Final letter forms: ך‎ (K) for 500, ם‎ (M) for 600,‎ ן (N) for 700, ף‎ (P) for 800, ץ‎ (Tz) for 900

The numerical grand total of 4,449, is 688 years higher than the 3761 BC for the adopted beginning of the world eras. The question is, what was changed in the Hebrew meaning to get to 3,761? The answer to this question revolves around the preferred treatment of the partitive use of the preposition min above (מ׀) to either mean dust from or of the ground. For example, a variant to the above partitive use of min is in the consonant text of Genesis 28:14, translated as ‘dust of the earth’: in Hebrew, כעפד האדץ. From this we can see that the nun (final letter form ן for 700) is dropped, because its point of object is the dust (of the earth). Thus, context is the key to using the preposition min to express that its object forms an inseparable part of something. In that case only the מ is attached to its subject matter, i.e., the dust. Thus, in the Genesis 28:14 version the letter nun (value of 700) was omitted to express that although the dust is from the ground, it is detached from it, because of its special properties. In that view, the Hebrew preposition מ־ was used as a partitive rather than a connective prefix with the word ‘dust’. It would appear that the last proposition found favor in the numeric interpretation, dropping the nun but maintaining the connective – indicator as a subtle difference but with no numeric value. This explanation follows the text consistent with Gen. 28:14 with its mysterious focus on the creation of man from dust particles. Why is the emphasis important? The secret lies in what was perceived as the prophetic nature associated with ‘dust from the ground’ and having a bearing on what happens to the body after death. Modern science provides a window on the question (see Chapter 6, The resurrection or teleportation of the dead).

It follows that the numeric sum of 4,449 has to be adjusted by 700 (the value of the nun) to the amended total of 3,749. That is still -12 points from the 3,761 for the Hebrew calendar. The next step in the rationale appears to pick the number in the series that adds to 8, i.e., the eighth day of creation. So, applying the -12 points difference first we have: 3761, 3760, 3759, 3758, 3757, 3756, 3755, 3754, 3753, 3752, 3751, 3750 and 3749 to obtain the desired result 8 by casting out nines. For example, 3749: add 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23, then cast out 2 x 9 = 18 to leave a remainder of 5. As we are looking for a remainder of the symbolic 8 (to indicate the eighth after a series of seven (Gen. 2:2)), this process of elimination continues upwards for the other numbers with a remainder of 8. Only the numbers 3752 and 3761 qualify with a remainder of 8. Apparently 3752 found less favor and was rejected, as that number is fully divisible by 7, which is reminiscent of the seventh ‘day’ in a series of seven. Thus far we have looked for candidates in the -12 series of numbers. A brief look at the numbers in the +12 series shows only one candidate with a remainder of 8, that is the number 3770. This number was also rejected in favor of 3761, because of the 0 for ‘nothing’. The ancient Hebrews had no concept of ‘zero’ and did not consider 0 as a number in its own