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58. Hidden Significances

26th January 2000 by Arthur Eedle

The last two WPs have presented evidences of a plot, engineered by Satan, to upset the works of the Lord, especially in the newly formed Nation of America. The secret machinations of the Illuminati were mentioned, and these (according to one encyclopaedia) were based on the philosophy of John Locke (1632 – 1704), the pioneer of the philosophy of “empiricism”, defined as the belief that all knowledge is ultimately based on experience, that is, information received through the five senses. It denies that we have any a priori knowledge or innate ideas; we owe all our concepts to experience of the world. This was the fountainhead of “rationalism”, and many in those days eagerly grasped the idea, and allowed it to ferment until it brought forth what they called “Illuminism” or “Enlightenment”. It was the beginning of a large, and ever-growing movement that favoured “reason” rather than “faith”. In France it spawned the Revolution of 1789, which, being based on the philosophies of men like Diderot and Voltaire, led eventually to a blood-bath because God was divorced from life. Later in the world’s history, men like Lenin, Trotsky, and Marx used the concept to engineer the October Revolution in 1917. (Charles Darwin was highly acclaimed by Marx, and asked if he could dedicate his book Das Kapital to him, but Darwin was too frightened of the consequences to accept.) And so we see the growth of this great rationalistic tree, burgeoning rapidly in soil that was ideally suited for its nourishment.

Britain in those days also underwent a revolution, known by historians as “the bloodless revolution.” The enthronement of William of Orange (1689 – 1702) was the start of a new era. Parliament held the reins of government, and the monarch’s power was thereby held in check. This was known as the “Bill of Rights” in 1689. In 1701 “The Act of Settlement” ensured that no future king could take Britain back to Catholicism.

France observed this happening, and imagined that a similar result could be achieved in their land, but as I said, they left God out of their equation, whereas Britain retained the spiritual principles of the Reformation. France produced the dictator Napoleon.

In America, the Illuminists tried to get into power from the start, but thankfully the nation was sufficiently geared to the tenets of the Puritan Fathers to allow rationalism to take hold, hence the undercurrents only produced the Great Seal. However, the rise of Illuminism was seen from heaven, I firmly believe, as a powerful work from hell, and the centuries since have adequately proved that.

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”  The French Revolution produced the Triad which has remained to this day, “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” (Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood.) These are great concepts, but their pursuit takes men on vastly different roads, depending on whether they walk with God, or depose Him from their lives.

Now we must return to the subject of the Dark Day and its significance. In the last paper, one of the eyewitnesses spoke about a fall of sooty rain, which gave rise to the theory that the darkness was due to large forest fires burning to the north. But if all the testimonies be taken at face value, they negate this theory. The men of those days would have known about such a cause, but it never entered their heads. Neither did the days following provide any substantiation for such a theory. Everyone was cowed by the event, and there was much fear. No satisfactory explanation has ever been offered.

I would now like to present some personal research, carried out in years gone by, in the process of writing a book about the dating of the Lord’s birth and crucifixion. In this study I found evidence from the writings of Phlegon of Tralles (a contemporary of Christ) that the great darkness during the afternoon of the crucifixion extended as far north as Bithynia, thereby covering at least 650 miles of the earth’s surface. He gave the 202nd Olympiad, 4th year as the date, making the year of our Lord’s death as A.D. 33. However, that need not concern us further here, except to say that it could certainly not have been caused by forest fires, any more than the Egyptian darkness before the Exodus.

I was intrigued by the fact that on the very afternoon of the crucifixion there was a partial eclipse of the Moon, which rose over Olivet at about 5 pm near the end of the cycle. I also knew that in May 1780, there had been an eclipse of the Moon on the 18th day, just hours before the strange darkness descended. Could there have been any connection?

I worked on this using a computer print out of all the Lunar Eclipses in history from B.C. 2000 to A.D. 2500. After many hours of tedious collation of results a very significant fact dropped out. Eclipses occur in definite cycles, given the name of “Saros” by astronomers. The shortest Saros is about 18 years (6585.3 days to be exact), after which there is a return of the cycle. But if the progress of the cycle be investigated, it is found that there is a termination of the series after a good number of years, running into centuries.

The exciting find that I made was that these Saroses form eight separate groups, making an octave, before returning to an almost identical grouping. And the immensely long interval involved for this to occur I named a “grand saros“, of 1747 years, (638127 days to be exact). This was a new discovery, and it has been set in print in a private publication entitled “Seven Steps to Bethlehem.”

Now here comes the really exciting part. From  Friday April 3rd A.D 33 to the eclipse of Thursday May 18th 1780 is EXACTLY 638127 DAYS!.  Ever since I first hit on this fact, I have felt that there must be a spiritual significance. At the crucifixion, it was as though the darkness became a sign from heaven of the extreme displeasure of God the Father at what they were doing to His Son. Could it be that in 1780 God was showing His displeasure at the rise of a new era of spiritual darkness, which men called “Illuminism” and “Enlightenment”?  I hear the prophet Isaiah thundering out the words of the Lord, “Woe unto those who call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” (Isaiah 5:20)

But this is not all. Another fact emerged. Daniel received some cryptic chronological information, which has been tossed around by scholars for years in an attempt to find significant dates, and sometimes even to forecast the Lord’s return. This latter exercise I have written about in recent months, saying that it contradicts our Lord’s words, that no man can know the day or the hour. However, the following has come to light, and I’ll leave the interpretation to those who love delving into such matters. Daniel prophesied a period of time of 2300 days, and another of a final period of seven years, which on the scale of 360 days to a “sacred year” amount to 2520 days. If we go back from this year, by 2520 years we come to B.C. 520, which according to many chronologists is the year in which the foundation of the second temple was laid in Jerusalem. But 2300 years after this event terminates in 1780, the year of the darkness, there being just 220 years left from then to the present year, when the longer term of 2520 years expires.

Now, exactly 200 years after the dark day of 1780, takes us to 1980, and what do we find? On the anniversary of the eclipse of 18th May, is the exact date of the explosion at Mount St. Helens. From then to the present year fills in the remaining 20 years. Is it coincidental that this year, May 18th is once again on a Thursday, and the 19th on a Friday, as it was in 1780?  In addition, it is Full Moon on 18th at 9 a.m. G.M.T. as it was in 1780! I believe enough has been said to establish the conclusion that the Dark Day of 1780 was significant.

Before 1780, the world’s population, by and large, believed in “God” (whether it be Jehovah, or gods of one sort or another.) Since the beginning of the “enlightenment”, agnosticism and atheism have escalated and become popularised, especially in the Western world. On Thursday January 13th this year, an article appeared in The Times (London), by Sir Ludovic Kennedy. The heading read, “Goodbye God, we can get along just fine without you.”  In the article he says, “The plain truth is that most grown-ups today can no longer accept as credible the preposterous claims in the Gospels on which Christianity is founded; that when Jesus was born, his mother was still a virgin; that he himself walked on the water and turned water into wine; that he not only managed to restore life to the already decomposing corpse of Lazarus, but organised his own resurrection too.”  Kennedy’s words adequately reflect the groundswell of opinion in many quarters today, and tend to bolster our conclusion that the dark day was indeed a message from heaven. The Lord saw what was coming – we now see the results in dread relief by the passage of time.

What all this means for this present year, which is the REAL last year of the Millennium, only time will tell. One can but hope and pray that it signals the end of “The Age of Reason”, and adumbrates the dawn of the Millennial Kingdom of God.  With that I’ll close this series of three articles.

 

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About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

The Wayside Pulpit

1. Introduction

11th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

2. Rave Music

13th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

3. “I know you”

13th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

4. God of all men

15th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

5. Truth and Error

21st June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

6. Ruth Prince

2nd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

7. Talking Trees

3rd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

8. Dangers of rock music

6th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

9. True Worship

9th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

10. A wonderful building

11th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

11. Traits of the self-life

15th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

12. 100 Pianos

28th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

13. “Much more” & “No more”

5th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

14. Evangelism and the second advent

8th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

15. Tribute to Ron Wyatt

10th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

16. The opening of the Kansas Senate in the USA

12th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

17. The face of feminism

14th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

18. The second coming of Elijah

19th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

19. Mellowing with age

21st August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

20. The rationality of the Christian faith

24th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

21. The first and the lost

28th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

22. The coming of the Lord

2nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

23. “I am coming tomorrow!”

4th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

24. Living stones for a spiritual temple

7th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

25. Rosh Hashana – the feast of trumpets

10th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

26. A Tribute to the Rock-Badger’s Family

14th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

27. The Cursed Fig Tree

17th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

28. “Tell me the old, old story”

19th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

29. A Sovereign Work

22nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

30. Today is the Secret of Tomorrow

24th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

31. Neatly Packaged Boxes and Illuminated Signposts

1st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

32. “In danger of hell fire”

3rd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

33. The Silent Witness

5th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

34. The Lesson of Amos

8th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

35. The Great Tribulation

11th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

36. “Until”

14th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37. The Unnerving Power of Tradition

18th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37a. The Explorer

19th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

38. The Dart Family

22nd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

39. “Nothing new under the Sun”

31st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

40. “When the Stars begin to fall”

1st November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

41. The Coming of the Christ

3rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

42. “Like unto Moses.”

6th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

43. “Sweet Revenge!”

7th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

44. The Second Coming

14th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

45. Forgiveness & Punishment

23rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

47. The Pattern and Purpose of the Cherubim

2nd December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

48. The Unforgivable Sin

4th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

49. Japhah, the Beautiful One

5th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

50. Resurrection by Judgement

11th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

51. “The Saviour of Mankind”

17th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

52. “Bad Associations corrupt Good Customs”

29th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

53. Fingerprints and Irises

2nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

54. Cats, Dogs and Philodendrons

4th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

55. The Second Eve

15th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

56. The Illuminati

22nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

57. The Dark Day of May 19th 1780

24th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

58. Hidden Significances

26th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

59. “Before”

5th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

60. When “shall” becomes “will”

10th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

61. The Death of the Husband

13th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

63. St. Paul the Abortion

25th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

64. The Moral Dilemma

27th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

65. The Moral Dilemma. A Personal Answer

1st March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

66. The Moral Dilemma. A Second Answer

4th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

67. The Joy of our Salvation

11th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

68. The love of God

16th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

69. The Windows of the Soul

28th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

70. Vision & Prophecy

2nd April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

71. Confusion

12th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

72. Creation’s Vanity

18th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

73. “Friend, move up higher!”

2nd May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

74. The Last Generation

25th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

75. The House of the Soul

29th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

76. The Opening of the Sheath

1st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

77. Possession

2nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

78. Ancestral Bondage

5th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

79. The State of the Dead

7th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

80. Professor William Barclay

10th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

81. The Unacceptable Face of Universalism

12th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

82. No Escape from the Fire

21st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

83. My Help

22nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

84. Our Stories

27th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

85. Filling up that which is lacking

9th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

86. Road Rage

15th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

87. Immanuel

19th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

88. Daughters of Thunder

27th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

89. Casting off all Restraint

1st August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

90. Food, glorious Food!

3rd August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

91. The Kindly Laws of the Old Testament

7th August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

92. Resurrection

2nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

93. More about Resurrection

15th September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

94. “With what body do they come?”

22nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

95. One Helluva Hole

9th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

96. A Whale of a Tale

10th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

97. The Hallelujah Chorus

11th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

98. “It never even entered my mind.”

16th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

99. A Passionate Plea for Truth

18th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

100. Warfare in the Heavenlies

20th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

101. “The Lamb and Flag”

27th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

102. Souls of men

1st November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

103. Sacrifice

4th November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

106. For whom did Christ die?

16th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

107. “I cannot tell . . . but this I know.”

18th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

108. The Great Cloud of Witnesses

19th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

109. The law of circularity

10th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

110. James Relly & John Murray

13th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

Article Series

  • All our Yesterdays (30)
  • Before He comes (13)
  • God's Spoken Word (37)
  • Mysteries of Science & Faith (8)
  • New Series (101)
  • Newsletter (2)
  • Original Series (109)
  • Prophecy considerations (5)
  • Recognising the Hand of Judgment (33)
  • Resurrection and Change (16)
  • Seekers Corner (14)
  • Simple Statements on Serious Subjects (6)
  • The City of God (18)
  • The Millennial Octave (23)
  • The Restitution Times (22)
  • The Song of Solomon (6)
  • The Standard (19)
  • The Wayside Pulpit (107)
  • The Wayside Pulpit 2015 (96)
  • The Wellspring (101)
  • The Wellspring 2017 (55)

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