Author’s Note: The reader should appreciate that the foregoing installments are not so neatly divided into segments, but represent a tapestry in which the discussion mentions an idea, leaves it, and then returns to it as it fits into other components of the discussion. It might be desirable someday to organize this material and publish it in book form. But we live in a post-literary age and have entered a new iconic one. Instead of relying upon “word” pictures, our society insists upon the “meme” to express ideas.
This author claims copyright but is not interested in any financial gain from the discovery. I only insist upon honesty from academics to appropriately acknowledge their sources. Wrangling over who gets credit does not seem appropriate, considering the calamity we face as a species.
James Wesley Stivers, author, 2/11/24
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To help you navigate, I have made the numbers below into links to the respective issues.
1 – The first installment introduces the provenance of a facsimile copy of Newton’s handwritten notes on Daniel’s prophetic timelines which have never been published. To the knowledge of this author, it is not to be found anywhere except on this website. While published editions of Newton’s Observations on Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John contain his discussion of the 1,260 days, the 1,335 days, and the 2,300 days, none contain his treatment of the 1,290 days which speaks directly to the 2046AD eschaton. It is offered here in this series to provide documentary support for my references to Newton’s interpretations.
2 – Provides the actual transcription of Newton’s hand-written propositions.
3 – Begins an analysis of the Propositions and asks the question: Should Daniel’s timelines be based upon astronomical events or historical ones?
4 – The 2,300 Days, Comets as Celestial Signposts, and the Great Comet of Newton’s Era.
5 – The Gleissburg Cycle, the 2,300 Days and the Mysterious 1,335 Days.
6 – Correcting Newton’s Entry Error, the Charlemagne Solar Event, and 9th Century “Cometary” Anxiety.
7 – Comparing Various Theological Interpretations of Historical Fulfillments with Cometary Apparitions and Daniel’s Seven Weeks.
8 – Comparing Translations of Daniel’s Timelines with Josephus and the Patristic Writings.
9 – The Problem of Date-Setting, Whiston’s Embarrassment, and the Three Parenthetical Periods (1,260 days, 1,290 days, & 1,335 days) within the larger “Capricorn” period of 2,300 days.
10 – Prophecy as Literary Devices, the Ancient Language of Science, and the 1,335 Days.
11 – The Prophetic Year & Calculating Timelines from the Charlemagne Solar Event.
For links, click on this “Newton” category or in the Navigation Bar above. This series is not done.
