The Bab, who began the Baha’i Calendar at March 21st, 1844, whose revelation ended the dispensation of Muhammad, who rang in the “Good News” of the Kingdom age, who fulfilled prophecy as the return of Jesus the Door, and who “cleansed the sanctuary” with his blood in martyrdom along with the blood of his followers (who are seen as the “saints under the altar” [great step/altar stone] in the Great Pyramid), was foretold by Christian Adventists. However, his arrival did not get their attention because his Revelation was confined to Persia. The Baha’i revelation, which was a universal revelation, would eventually reveal the role of the Bab.
If you look at the three numbers given in Daniel Ch. 12*, you can now see with this article that the number 1260 was fulfilled by the Bab in 1844. Daniel also gives the number 1290 which corresponds to Baha’u’llah’s proclamation 1290 lunar years after Muhammad’s.
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1844 – A Date to Remember
“Henceforward neither shall Christianity be insulted in my dominions, nor shall Christians be in anyway be persecuted for their religion.” the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire
On March 21st, 1844, at the height of the advent movement, the Sultan of The Ottoman Empire signed the Decree of Religious Toleration. For the first time in history Christians could visit and live in the Holy Land without fear of persecution (the Muslims had always executed Christians).
Queen Victoria pressured Abdul Mejid I to make this concession. The diplomatic correspondence that led up to this dramatic decree is in Approaching End of the Age.
Unlocked the Mystery of the Sanctuary
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The understanding of lunar chronology which led to this discovery was unknown in 1844. Miller and associates did not consider Jerusalem as the “Sanctuary” and it never occurred to anyone in New England that 1844 was 1260 in Jerusalem.
But the calendar in the east is based upon the Hegira. Year one in Jerusalem was 622. Therefore 1844, by the Islamic calendar, was 1260. Furthermore, 1260 was the later half of 2520. The great seven times punishment in lunar years also ended in 1844. Remarkably, the seven times punishment ended in the literal calendar year 1260.
For over 160 years Adventists have faithfully (and correctly) proclaimed that 1844 was the beginning of the cleansing of the sanctuary. But the Adventist churches strangely ignored the later light as to the actual fulfillment. And 1844 (or 1260) was just the beginning of the cleansing of the sanctuary. (Our next newsletter)
A Similar Edict Pronounced in Europe Earlier
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The Edict of Tolerance, issued in 1781, granted Protestants almost equal status with Catholics. Maria Theresa ruled the Hapsburg dynasty and was co-regent with her son who was the Holy Roman Emperor. Joseph II, nominally Catholic, was a product of the Enlightenment (and Masonic).
His decree fell at the 2520 for Northern Israel. (741 BC to 1780). Thus at the end of both 2520 year periods we see an end to persecution legislated first in the West and then in the East. God’s hand can be seen beginning to lift the age old curse at the times appointed.
A Bad Omen in the East
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The Moors (Islam) had always had a foreboding of the year 1260. For a long time they had been exhorting each other to beware of the 1260th year from theHegira. Grattan Guiness quotes an Arab public journal from Tangiers, Algeria. in App End of Age page 438.
There are 354.37 days in a lunar year. 1260 * 354.37 = 446,506.2 days. Divide this by the days in a solar year (365.2424) and you get 1222.5 years. 1844-622 = 1222.
In addition, the Hegira is half way between the fall of Jerusalem and 1844 in lunar years. Add 603 BC to 1844 less one year for the 0 year to get 2446 solar years. 1222.5 (rounded to 1223) * 2 = 2446. So 603 – 1844 was the seven times punishment in lunar years! The Sancutary prophetic time periods are in lunar years since Jerusalem is in the east.
The seven times punishment for Israel works in solar years since Israel had moved to the West. But 1844 marked the end of both the Seven Times Punishments for East (603BC) and West (676BC).
Between Britain and Turkey 1843-4
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The papers entitled “Correspondence Relating to Executions in Turkey for Apostasy from Islam,” were presented to Parliament, May 3, 1844, through Lord Ashley. Grattan Guiness provides extracts of these documents. The correspondence occupied a considerable part of a year from August 1843 throuh April 1844.
Intervention by Britain was triggered by a sensational execution of an Armenian youth in August, 1843. The young Turk had embraced Christianity. The following excerpt from the correspondence reveals the power that Britain brought to bear on the “Weak Man of the East.”
“Your Excellency will therefore press upon the Turkish Government, that if the Porte has any regard for the friendship of England – if it has any hope that, in the hour of peril or adversity, that protection, which hasmore than once saved it from destruction, will be extended to it again, it must renounce absolutely, and without equivocation, the barbarous practice which has called forth the remonstrance now addressed to it.”
The Approaching End of the Age, H. Grattan Guiness, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1880, 4th Edition, pages 434-437. (See the link below which has the book online.)
* Times, times, and half a time is 3.5 years, or 1260 days. Each day with the Lord is as a year (2 Peter 3:8), 1260 days can be seen as 1260 years:
“7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time.[b] When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?”
9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
11 “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.”
Footnotes:
- Daniel 12:3 Or who impart wisdom
- Daniel 12:7 Or a year, two years and half a year
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The Bab was followed by Baha’u’llah.
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