Old or Young Earth—pick a side
The debate has raged for a while now. Is the Earth old or young? Who do we believe about this: the Bible and religion, or textbooks written by secular scientists with an anti-Bible and anti-religion agenda? And the ages are not even close. One says the world is 4.5 billion years old and the other says it is almost 6,000 years old.
That is a gap that cannot be bridged. The scientists claim empirical evidence for themselves and ignorant myths for their opponents. The ones being assailed by this onslaught have been trying to show that their position is just as scientific as the other one. The truth is that the empirical evidence is there for all to use. And both sides use it. It is the same evidence with two conflicting backstories regarding it.
This means that we must go beyond just the evidence for an overarching explanation that makes sense when the totality of the evidence is sifted through and weighed. Unfortunately for the secular side, they have nothing to go on to reconstruct their backstory. This has given them many challenges that are actually insurmountable for their story to logically cover, and then it fails.
But this study is not about that. If you want to know all about that debate and a new backstory that has come into view, read my book The Broken Planet Model. It will show you a backstory that actually makes sense and fits with ALL of the evidence we have for cosmology (the study of the beginning).
Introduction
Using just the Bible, the age of the earth can be determined with much precision — not as an absolute number, but as a very close approximation. This document presents that chronology in simple logic, derived directly from Scripture and one other Hebrew source.
This study comes in two parts. Part 1 is the Bible’s own count, from Creation to the birth of Jesus. Part 2 is a proposal: linking that count to today’s calendar through an asteroid called Apophis.
All dates are expressed in Anno Mundi (AM) — year of the world, measured from Creation. The Masoretic Text (MT) is the primary source throughout. Where the one extrabiblical source is used, it is clearly labeled.
The method is plain-meaning hermeneutics: exegesis over eisegesis, Scripture interpreting Scripture, the clear verses governing the difficult ones, taking the Bible as it comes. Numbers in the genealogies are taken at face value. No gaps are assumed or inserted.
Key interpretive decision: The 430-year period of Galatians 3:17 is understood to begin at Abraham’s call and entry into Canaan (Genesis 12:4), not at Jacob’s entry into Egypt. This is the position of the apostle Paul, the Septuagint (LXX) reading of Exodus 12:40, and the majority of biblical chronologists. See Section 6 for more.
Why Anno Mundi — And Why Not BC
This study uses Anno Mundi (AM—year of earth) exclusively. BC is not used for any date in this chronology. That is not an oversight — it is a conviction.
The AD system was constructed by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 AD, ostensibly to anchor history to the birth of Christ. The Venerable Bede later extended it backward with BC. In practice it created something far more useful to those who wish to remove God from the historical record: an open-ended timeline with no floor. With it, geology can place a rock layer at 300 million BC. Archaeology can date a city to 12,000 BC. Evolutionary biology can push the origin of life to 3.5 billion BC. The system accommodates whatever the current consensus requires — and that consensus has never been friendly to Scripture. In fact, it has been used to contradict it.
AM does not permit this. It is a closed system, anchored at Creation and built forward on a foundation of recorded genealogies and historical narrative of the Bible. Every year is accountable to the text. You cannot insert a million years into Genesis 5 — the arithmetic and grammar will not allow it. That is precisely why secular academia rejects AM chronology, and precisely why this study uses it.
The BC/BCE system has been further corrupted by the competing timelines imposed upon it by geology, archaeology, Egyptology, and ancient Near Eastern history — disciplines that frequently contradict each other and Scripture simultaneously. The result is a system that projects false precision while resting on circular reasoning and anti-biblical assumptions built in from the start.
The crowning irony: with BC/AD we cannot determine when Jesus Christ was born. The secular calendar admits a several-year uncertainty around the birth of its own reference point. With AM, this chronology places the birth of Christ at 3964 AM — derived partly from Daniel 9:25, anchored in a decree to rebuild Jerusalem (there were two), and consistent with the full genealogical chain back to Adam. The system built to honor Christ cannot locate Him. The system built on God’s Word can.
Standing policy: This author does not use BC under any circumstances. Where AD approximations appear in this document, they are offered only as orientation points for the reader and are explicitly acknowledged as dependent on a flawed and man-made reference system.
Part 1: The Count
1. The Pre-Flood Patriarchs — Genesis 5
Genesis 5 provides a complete chronology from Adam to Noah. Each patriarch’s birth year is cumulative from the previous entry, calculated from the stated age at which he fathered the next in the line. Death year = Born + Age. Every number cross-checks against every other.
| PATRIARCH | BORN (AM) | DIED (AM) | AGE | REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | 0 | 930 | 930 | Gen 5:5 |
| Seth | 130 | 1042 | 912 | Gen 5:8 |
| Enosh | 235 | 1140 | 905 | Gen 5:11 |
| Kenan | 325 | 1235 | 910 | Gen 5:14 |
| Mahalalel | 395 | 1290 | 895 | Gen 5:17 |
| Jared | 460 | 1422 | 962 | Gen 5:20 |
| Enoch | 622 | 987* | 365* | Gen 5:23–24 |
| Methuselah | 687 | 1656 | 969 | Gen 5:27 |
| Lamech | 874 | 1651 | 777 | Gen 5:31 |
| Noah | 1056 | 2006 | 950 | Gen 9:29 |
* Enoch did not die — “God took him” (Genesis 5:24). His 365 years ends at translation, not death. Red indicates a unique event.
Note that Methuselah’s death year is 1656 AM — the same year as the Flood. This is not an error. It is a well-known biblical data point: Methuselah died in the year the Flood came.
2. Noah’s Flood
Noah was in the ark a year and ten days — from the seventeenth day of the second month of his 600th year, when the Flood began, to the twenty-seventh day of the second month of his 601st year. The waters had dried up from the land by the first day of the first month (Genesis 8:13), but Noah stayed aboard nearly two more months, until the earth was fully dry and God told him to come out (Genesis 8:14–16).
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. GENESIS 7:11
Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year the floodwaters had almost dried up… Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry. GENESIS 8:13–14
You must read The Broken Planet Model or This Broken Planet to understand what Noah’s “Flood” really was. It was much more than you ever thought possible. Follow a link for free access to a book’s content.
| EVENT | AM YEAR | REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|
| Flood begins — 2nd month, 17th day | 1656 | Gen 7:11 |
| Waters dried up — 1st month, 1st day | 1657 | Gen 8:13 |
| Noah leaves the ark — 2nd month, 27th day | 1657 | Gen 8:14–16 |
| Time aboard | 1 year, 10 days | Gen 7–8 |
3. Post-Flood Patriarchs — Genesis 11 through Joseph
The post-Flood genealogy runs from Noah’s sons through Abraham, then Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Note the steep decline in lifespans after the Flood — a consistent pattern across all post-Flood patriarchs without exception.
| PATRIARCH | BORN (AM) | DIED (AM) | AGE | REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | 1056 | 2006 | 950 | Gen 9:29 |
| Japheth | 1556 | ? | ? | Gen 5:32 |
| Shem | 1559 | 2159 | 600 | Gen 11:10–11 |
| Ham | 1561 | ? | ? | Gen 5:32 |
| FLOOD | 1656 | 1657 | 1 yr | Gen 7–8 |
| Arphaxad | 1659 | 2097 | 438 | Gen 11:12–13 |
| Shelah | 1694 | 2127 | 433 | Gen 11:14–15 |
| Eber | 1724 | 2188 | 464 | Gen 11:16–17 |
| Peleg | 1758 | 1997 | 239 | Gen 11:18–19 |
| Reu | 1788 | 2027 | 239 | Gen 11:20–21 |
| Serug | 1820 | 2050 | 230 | Gen 11:22–23 |
| Nahor | 1850 | 1998 | 148 | Gen 11:24–25 |
| Terah | 1879 | 2084 | 205 | Gen 11:32 |
| Abram / Abraham | 2009 | 2184 | 175 | Gen 25:7 |
| Isaac | 2109 | 2289 | 180 | Gen 35:28 |
| Jacob | 2169 | 2316 | 147 | Gen 47:28 |
| Joseph | 2260 | 2370 | 110 | Gen 50:26 |
Japheth and Ham: Genesis does not record their ages at death. Their birth years are approximate, derived from Genesis 5:32 and 10. This gap does not affect the main chronological chain, which runs through Shem → Arphaxad.
4. Abraham’s Birth Year — The 130-Year Interpretation
Genesis 11:26 states that after Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. The order of listing follows importance, not birth order — the same pattern used for Noah’s sons (2nd son listed 1st, down to the youngest, then the eldest is mentioned last). The majority chronological interpretation establishes Abraham’s birth year as follows:
| REFERENCE | DATA POINT | DERIVATION |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 11:32 | Terah died at 205 | Terah’s recorded lifespan |
| Genesis 12:4 | Abram left Haran at 75 | Abram’s age at departure |
| Acts 7:4 | Abram left afterTerah died | Stephen confirms the sequence |
| Calculation | 205 − 75 = 130 | Terah was 130 at Abram’s birth |
| Terah born 1879 AM | 1879 + 130 = 2009 AM | Abraham’s birth year |
| Genesis 11:26 | Haran listed last | Haran was the eldest — listed last by the same convention as Noah’s sons (Shem listed first by importance, not birth order) |
This interpretation is used by Bishop Ussher and the majority of biblical chronologists. It places Abram’s birth at 2009 AM. Shem (died 2159 AM) was alive for the first 150 years of Abraham’s life, and Eber (died 2188 AM) outlived Abraham by four years. Abraham could have known both men who carried the record from before the Flood and from the time of Babel.
5. Deriving Joseph’s Birth Year
Joseph’s birth year is not stated directly in Scripture. It is derived from the intersection of two data points: Jacob’s stated age when he entered Egypt, and Joseph’s calculated age at that same moment. This is the most commonly dropped calculation in biblical chronology — and the most consequential when dropped.
| REFERENCE | DATA POINT | DERIVATION |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 41:46 | Joseph = 30 at Pharaoh’s service | Stated directly |
| Genesis 41:29–30 | + 7 years of plenty | Seven years of abundance followed |
| Genesis 45:6 | + 2 years of famine | Jacob arrived 2 years into famine |
| Total | Joseph = 39 at Jacob’s arrival | 30 + 7 + 2 = 39 |
| Genesis 47:9 | Jacob = 130 at Egypt entry | Jacob tells Pharaoh directly |
| Genesis 25:26 | Isaac = 60 at Jacob’s birth | Critical — frequently omitted |
| Derivation | Jacob born: 2109 + 60 = 2169 AM | Isaac born 2109, plus 60 years |
| Derivation | Jacob enters Egypt: 2169 + 130 = 2299 AM | Jacob’s age at entry |
| Derivation | Joseph born: 2299 − 39 = 2260 AM | Joseph’s age at Jacob’s arrival |
| Genesis 50:26 | Joseph died at 110 | 2260 + 110 = 2370 AM |
CRITICAL NOTE: The 60-year gap between Isaac and Jacob (Genesis 25:26) is the most commonly dropped number in Biblical chronology. Dropping it produces a 60-year error that cascades through every downstream date — Joseph, the Exodus, Moses, Solomon’s Temple, and the Daniel 9 calculation. All downstream dates in this study reflect the corrected chain.
6. The 430-Year Question — Israel in Egypt
Exodus 12:40 is the hinge verse for the entire post-patriarchal chronology. Its interpretation determines the Exodus date and every downstream calculation.
The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years. In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the Lord’s forces left the land. EXODUS 12:40–41 (MT)
This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise. GALATIANS 3:17
POSITION A — PLAIN MT READING
430 years entirely in Egypt. Israel enters 2299 AM → Exodus 2729 AM.
Problem: Exodus 2729 + 480 = Temple begun 3209 AM. Breaks 1 Kings 6:1 consistency with all known historical anchors. Multiple structural beams fail simultaneously.
POSITION B — ADOPTED HERE
430 years from Abraham’s call to the Law. Paul’s Galatians 3:17 interprets the covenant as beginning at Abraham’s departure. LXX reads Exodus 12:40 as “in Egypt and Canaan.”
Result: 2084 + 430 = 2514 AM Exodus date. Consistent with 1 Kings 6:1 → Temple 2994 AM. One interpretive decision. Paul makes it for us.
The 215-year breakdown: Abraham’s call to Jacob entering Egypt = 215 years (25 years Abraham to Isaac + 60 years Isaac to Jacob + 130 years Jacob to Egypt entry). Egypt to Exodus = 215 years. Total = 430 years. Position B collapses only one structural beam — the scope of “Israel” in Exodus 12:40 — which Paul’s apostolic interpretation answers directly. Position A collapses the entire downstream timeline. And since Paul has the authority of Christ, as His apostle, I go with him. Besides, it works this way and does not the other way.
7. Key Events Timeline — Adam to Canaan
0 AM—Creation / Adam Genesis 1–2. The AM clock begins.
1056 AM—Noah Born Genesis 5:29. Anchor point between pre- and post-Flood chronologies.
1656 AM—The Flood Begins Genesis 7:11. 2nd month, 17th day of Noah’s 600th year. Methuselah dies this year.
1657 AM—The Flood Ends Genesis 8:14. Earth dry. Arphaxad born two years later (Gen 11:10).
2009 AM—Abraham Born Derived from Terah’s age (Gen 11:32) and Abraham’s departure age (Gen 12:4) via Acts 7:4.
2084 AM—Abraham’s Call — 430-Year Clock Begins Abraham departs Haran at age 75 (Gen 12:4). Galatians 3:17 clock starts here.
2109 AM—Isaac Born Abraham was 100 (Gen 21:5). 2009 + 100 = 2109.
2169 AM—Jacob Born Isaac was 60 (Gen 25:26). 2109 + 60 = 2169. The critical calculation.
2260 AM—Joseph Born Derived: Jacob entered Egypt at 130; Joseph was 39 at that point. 2299 − 39 = 2260.
2277 AM—Joseph Sold into Egypt Joseph was 17 (Gen 37:2). 2260 + 17 = 2277.
2290 AM—Joseph Serves Pharaoh Joseph was 30 (Gen 41:46). 2260 + 30 = 2290.
2299 AM—Israel Enters Egypt Jacob was 130 (Gen 47:9). Joseph was 39. 215 years in Egypt begins.
2434 AM—Moses Born Moses was 80 at the Exodus (Ex 7:7). 2514 − 80 = 2434.
2514 AM—The Exodus 430 years after Abraham’s call (Gal 3:17). Moses receives the Law at Sinai. Again, I do NOT attach this year to any BC date because BC is untraceable fantasy.
2554 AM—Israel Enters Canaan 40 years in the wilderness (Num 14:33). 2514 + 40 = 2554.
8. The Jewish Temples
Solomon’s Temple — First Temple
It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the Lord. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt. 1 KINGS 6:1
The foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid in mid-spring… The entire building was completed in every detail by mid-autumn, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple. 1 KINGS 6:37–38
| EVENT | AM YEAR | DERIVATION |
|---|---|---|
| Temple construction begins | 2994 | Exodus 2514 + 480 years (1 Kings 6:1) |
| Temple completed | 3001 | 2994 + 7 years (1 Kings 6:38) |
| Temple duration | 410 years | Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Yoma 9a (extrabiblical — clearly labeled) |
| First Temple destroyed | 3411 | 3001 + 410 = 3411 (2 Kings 25:8–9) |
| 70-year desolation | 3411–3481 | Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10 |
| Decree to rebuild Jerusalem | 3481 | Ezra 1:1–2; Daniel 9:25 clock begins |
A note on 1 Kings 6:1: the Hebrew reads “in the 480th year.” Strictly, that is 479 completed years. This study counts the full 480, as the NLT renders it (“480 years after”). Counting 479 would move every later date down by one year.
Extrabiblical source — clearly labeled: The 410-year Temple duration comes from Tractate Yoma 9a of the Babylonian Talmud. This is the only non-Scriptural source used in this study. It is acknowledged as such throughout.
9. Daniel 9:25 — The Birth of Messiah
Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler — the Anointed One — comes. (7 + 62 = 69 weeks of years = 483 years) DANIEL 9:25
| CALCULATION | AM YEAR | NOTE |
|---|---|---|
| Decree to rebuild Jerusalem | 3481 | Established above |
| + 483 years (69 weeks × 7) | +483 | Daniel 9:25 |
| Jesus’ Birth | 3964 AM | Daniel 9:25 calculation |
Here the Bible’s count ends. Scripture gives no further running total from the birth of Christ to the present.
Part 2: The Apophis Link
10. How I Got Here
The count in Part 1 came first. It runs from Creation to the birth of Jesus, and it stops there. The Bible doesn’t connect it to our modern calendar.
Lately, I’ve been watching an asteroid called Apophis. On April 13, 2029, it will pass closer to Earth than some of our satellites. Scientists once feared that pass could bend its path just enough to bring it back to hit Earth in 2036. They now say that won’t happen. But what the Bible describes in the first trumpets of God’s wrath in Revelation 8 looks a lot like what a rock like Apophis could do. And its dates fall very close to year 6000 from Creation, the point many Bible students believe comes before Christ’s thousand-year reign (2 Peter 3:8).
So I added Apophis to the end of the timeline and worked backward from there. What if 2036 is year 6000? Then I checked whether that fits what we know about Jesus’ birth. This is a test, not a prediction. If the dates don’t fit, the idea fails.
11. The Link
If 2036 is year 6000, every AD year converts to AM by adding 3964.
| EVENT | AM YEAR | AD YEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Jesus’ Birth | 3964 | Year before 1 AD |
| Present day | 5990 | 2026 |
| Apophis first pass | 5993 | 2029 |
| 6,000 AM threshold | 6000 | 2036 |
12. Does It Fit?
If 2036 is year 6000, then Jesus was born around September, a little over a year before the calendar’s “year 1.”
The Bible says Jesus was born while King Herod was alive. Herod died after the wise men came and after he ordered the killing of Bethlehem’s baby boys. Most scholars today say Herod died about four years before “year 1.” If they’re right, this idea fails.
But that date isn’t settled. It became the standard view in the 1890s. Some scholars today place Herod’s death later, in the spring after a September birth. They point to an eclipse that fits the ancient historian Josephus better, and to old Latin copies of Josephus. And the earliest church leaders, writing within two centuries of Jesus, placed His birth about two to three years before “year 1,” right where this count lands.
So a September birth, the wise men, the escape to Egypt, and Herod’s death the next spring all fit.
13. Summary Table — Adam to 6000 AM
| MILESTONE | AM YEAR | AD APPROX. | SCRIPTURE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creation / Adam | 0 | — | Gen 1–2 |
| Noah’s Flood begins | 1656 | — | Gen 5; 7:11 |
| Abraham’s Call | 2084 | — | Gen 12:4 |
| Israel enters Egypt | 2299 | — | Gen 47:9 |
| The Exodus | 2514 | — | Ex 12:40; Gal 3:17 |
| Israel enters Canaan | 2554 | — | Num 14:33 |
| Solomon’s Temple begun | 2994 | — | 1 Kings 6:1 |
| Temple destroyed | 3411 | — | 2 Kings 25; Talmud |
| Decree to rebuild | 3481 | — | Jer 25:11; Ezra 1 |
| Jesus’ Birth | 3964 | Year before 1 AD | Dan 9:25 |
| Present Day | 5990 | 2026 AD | Proposed link |
| Apophis first pass | 5993 | 2029 AD | Rev 8 — proposed link |
| 6000 AM Threshold | 6000 | 2036 AD | 2 Pet 3:8 — proposed link |
The count from Creation to Jesus comes from the Bible, except one figure: the 410 years Solomon’s Temple stood, which comes from the Talmud, an ancient Jewish source. The last rows are my proposal, linking Apophis to the Bible’s timeline.
14. The Trumpets
I am not trying to set dates here. Looking into Apophis, I found it to be one thing (just 1 by itself) that could produce the first three or four trumpet events of God’s wrath. It is not supposed to impact the planet at all. Not in its first pass on 4/13/29, and it will be much further away in 2036 according to the astrophysicists’ primary predictions. But of course, God is the One Who can alter its course, yes? The composition is just right for trumpets 1-3 and even 4, as a cumulative effect of the first three. What are the first three trumpets? Read them as visions of actual events; physical reality. Only, “blood” could mean something red that is fluid. This is plain meaning, not literalism. I’ll give my take on the event for each one.
God’s trumps of wrath
- The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
- Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, and a third of the creatures having life in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
- The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
Commentary
The first trumpet could be exactly what we would expect from the kind of celestial object that Apophis is. Does this mean that Apophis will hit the earth on 4/13/2029? No. It means that if it hit, it would have the same effect as what is described in the first trumpet. Hail and fire. Is it hailstones of sulphur? Maybe. Is it giant hailstones of ice? Maybe. Could it be both at the same time? Why not? Thunderstorms happen. But we need to look to the composition of Apophis before getting ahead of it. The hail and fire, mixed with blood, is interesting and why Apophis is so interesting. As I said above, blood does not need to be literal for us to get an idea that we are looking at something at least resembling blood (physical blood). I say it is something red that turns water red. I assume when it says “all green grass was burned up”, it means in that same impact affected area (fallout area). Can something mineral produce red liquid (if mixed with water) that is caustic? Yes. By the way, I’ve been asking this question since before I heard about Apophis being made of 19–22% iron, mostly as iron oxide—which, once released into water, will turn it red and kill the fish and other animals in the water. When it says that a third of the earth was burned up, does it mean population, or area, or something else? I guess we’ll see when it happens. Fire can come with any meteorite.
The second trumpet could also be a large piece of Apophis. In fact, the asteroid could be made of two large rocks and several small rocks. It is likely a rubble pile — pieces held together by their own gravity. Will Earth’s gravity affect that bond? Good question. So, the sea life dying is sad. We need to acknowledge that. But God can always make more, if he wants to. The sea turning to blood is the interesting part for me. Caustic red. Iron Oxide. The ships were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The tsunamis from this thing would be colossal. This is a number. If we look to see where a third of the ships in the world could go down from the shockwaves, that might be a place to look at for an impact. Not where the ships are but where they’ll be sunk by the waves. Sea lanes are predictable to a large degree.
The third trumpet’s rock hits land. It gets special mention because it is bigger than the others that also hit land (in #1). Personally, I think it might cause a chain reaction of earthquakes. It might hit near a tectonic plate convergence, for example. All tectonic plates ride on squishy lava or magma. Earthquakes are possible on every square inch of land and sea. This meteorite causes the fresh waters to go toxic. It’s called fallout. If fallout is toxic, then it can make water it contacts toxic too.
The fourth trumpet — Speaking of fallout, all of these impacts are going to cause sky obscuration. How much? One third of the sky over Earth is my guess. What’s yours? It isn’t saying that the Sun, Moon, and stars are all impacted. It is saying their light is being blocked. That is what happens with sky obscuration. It blocks them out.
15. The Bowls
Now, what about the 4 bowls? Did you know that God’s wrath only lasts for 150 days? These first four trumps could happen very rapidly and have lasting effects. They don’t need a duration. Only one event in God’s wrath has a timestamp: the locust attack. And it is 150 days long. And His wrath does not begin until after the tribulation is over. Read Matthew 24:29-31 for that detail. But the trumps and the bowls (vials) are all part of that 150 days. And we will see now that the bowls, in many instances, complete the trumps, which herald the bowls. Let’s just quickly look at the first 4 bowls.
The first bowl — So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
Question: Could this be the result of some airborne substance that is toxic?
The second bowl — And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
Question: Does this not sound like a completion of the second trump?
The third bowl — And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood. And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments. For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.” And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
Question: Do I need to ask? This is clearly completing the third trumpet.
The fourth bowl — Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
Question: Remember how I said not all bowls are completions of the trumps? This is one that is not. But it sounds a lot like a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection). That’s just an observation.
I showed all of this to just illustrate how Apophis is very interesting—being able to fulfill the first four trumps and the first 3 bowls. And at a time that fits with the belief that the world will be 6,000 years old when Jesus returns. But I’m not setting a date. I’m just saying pay attention to 4/13/29 and see if Israel suffers a surprise attack on that day from all sides (from very specific nations). If so, and their temple is built 295 days later, we are in the tribulation. And you will know what day the resurrection and rapture will occur. We still do not know the “day or hour” (Mt. 24:36) of the surprise attackthat starts everything off. But after that happens, we can say to the day (not hour) when certain things will happen. How? We read and believe our Bible and don’t let our feelings get in the way. We don’t follow systems because they sound good—or what we want to hear. We let the Bible lead. We follow the Bible, not man’s ideas about it.
Conclusion
This chronology, calculated from the plain text of Scripture using the Masoretic genealogies, places the birth of Christ at 3964 AM. There the Bible’s count ends. Unfortunately, since the current Common Era (CE) or Anno Domini (AD) system is unreliable at its base (we can’t even say when Jesus was born using it—which it is based on), any link from that count to today’s calendar is an estimate. Were it not for Apophis due to pass over a week after Passover in ’29, and all of its details that make it a very compelling candidate for the “Mountain[s] all aflame” of Revelation 8:8 & 10, I might have picked a different year. But the unreliability of the AD/CE calendar is a real consideration. And when allowing it to be off by a single year, we see the numbers align very well: 2029 lands at 5993 AM, and 2036 at 6000 AM. We still have time for this guess to be debunked or validated. I’d prefer a debunking. But the inbound meteor has a very good chance of playing a big part in God’s wrath. See my post on “Is Apophis The Wrath Of God?”.
If 4/13/2029 comes and goes without anything happening in Israel, I will still follow the rock ball for a little while. Maybe it will be nothing. Let’s hope for that. But if it changes trajectory, somebody’s off the timeline somehow.
This study does not predict the date of the Lord’s return. Scripture is explicit: “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Matthew 24:36). No chronological study changes that—although the actual statement is very precise and has been abused to the point of having nearly no meaning. The return of Christ is in the Father’s hands alone. This statement is taken literally and in its context — Jesus, speaking during His earthly ministry, had voluntarily set aside the exercise of divine omniscience. He was not being evasive. He was being precise. The DAY or HOUR are what He said no one would know. He did not mean this as a general statement of complete ignorance (as many today use it).
The Millennium is the seventh day — the great Sabbath rest. Rest from sin and from death. What this study does observe is that the number 6 carries significant structural weight in Scripture. The creation week establishes the pattern: six days of work followed by one day of rest. Peter writes that with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a day (2 Peter 3:8). Applied to the whole of history: six thousand years under the curse, followed by the 1,000-year reign of Christ — the Millennium.
Rest from the curse, and from the unrelenting interference of the adversary, who will be bound for that entire period (Revelation 20:2–3). Whatever else that era holds, it is at minimum a thousand years without Satan. That alone is a rest worth anticipating.
My genealogical count came first, and it ended at the birth of Christ. Only later did Apophis catch my attention, with dates landing so close to the 6,000 mark. Where the secular AD calendar disagrees by a few years, I let the AD calendar be the wrong one — it is the least trustworthy of the three, a 6th-century guess made without divine help and off by its own admission. I trust the count, I find Apophis compelling, and I decline to bend for a calendar I never trusted.
A Note on Science and Faith
For readers who find the claims of secular science — billions of years (deep time), evolution of species, a universe without a Creator — to be a genuine obstacle to accepting a 6,000-year chronology, the obstacle is not as solid as it might appear. The author’s book The Broken Planet Model presents a falsifiable, scientifically coherent framework that accounts for the physical evidence without surrendering the Biblical timeline. The model proposes that a meteorite impact at Iceland approximately 4,300 years ago breached the mantle, triggering the catastrophic events that produced Noah’s Flood, restructured the continents, and shifted Earth’s orbital period from 360 to 365.25 days. It makes specific, testable predictions.
True science — observation, hypothesis, falsifiability — is not the enemy of Scripture. It is one of the tools God gave us to read His handiwork. There is no contradiction between the Word of God and His Earth when both are handled honestly and correctly.
Except for one, all AM dates from Adam to Christ are derived from Scripture using plain-meaning hermeneutics and the Masoretic Text. The only extrabiblical source used is the Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Yoma 9a) for the 410-year duration of Solomon’s Temple, clearly labeled throughout. The link from Christ’s birth to 2029 and 2036 is a proposal built from Apophis and the end-times framework, not a calculation from Scripture.
It’s a small world and a young world.
Be blessed,
Gary
