What is the 2520?There was a revolutionary preacher in the 1830s and

1840s whose name was William Miller. God led him to

investigate Bible prophecy as he studied through his Bible

verse-by-verse. The Holy Spirit led Miller to the 2300 day

prophecy found in Daniel 8:14.

Through careful, methodical study of the word of God,

comparing scripture passage with scripture passage, Miller

came to the conclusion that the 2300 day prophecy was

not literal time but prophetic time. He concluded that the

2300 year prophecy would end very soon in 1843 and that

it was his duty to tell the world. This conclusion was based

on much sound Bible study which included passages like

Daniel 8 and 9, Numbers 14:34, and Ezekiel 4:6.

Where does the 2520 prophecy fit in? Because of

reasons that we will discuss soon, Miller understood the

seven times of Leviticus 26:28, 34 to mean seven years.

Applying the day for a year principle of Bible prophecy, he

understood the seven times to mean 2520 years (7 years

x 360 days in a Jewish year). Starting that time prophecy

from the time that Babylon took Judah captive in 677 B.C.,

he came down to the year 1843. This prophecy made it on

the 1843 chart.

What does the Bible have to say?The 2300 day prophecy is entirely consistent and in

perfect harmony with the entire rest of the Bible. 2 Peter

1:20 gives us a solid rule for interpreting Bible prophecy:

“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of

any private interpretation.” No prophecy has many

interpretations, all of them being right. We also have the

promise in John 16:13 of the Holy Spirit who will guide us

into all truth, not many truths. Here are three reasons why,

in order to be in perfect harmony with the rest of scripture,

the 2520 prophecy is not really a time prophecy at all.

Leviticus 26 is progressive

Here are some excerpts from Leviticus 26, “But if ye will

not hearken unto me, and will not do all these

commandments. . . I also will do this unto you; I will even

appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning

ague. . . . And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto

me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but

will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary

unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your

sins. And I will bring a sword upon you. . . And if ye will not

for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even

I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall

eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters

shall ye eat. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and

will draw out a sword after you. . . . Then shall the land

enjoy her sabbaths. . . .” If you notice this passage is a

progression of punishments and not a repetition for

emphasis. What does this mean? The phrase “seven times

more” appears four times in this passage. To be entirely

consistent with the immediate context, one must say that

there are a total of 28 times and not just seven.

The Spirit of Prophecy must be taken in context

A considerable amount of twisting is done to say that

“Ellen White has told us that the 2520 is critical, right, and

necessary for us today.” Ellen White only makes three

direct references to the 1843 chart, all of which are very

similar. Here is the quotation used with some of its

immediate context: “The Lord showed me that the 1843

chart was directed by his hand, and that no part of it

should be altered; that the figures were as he wanted

them. That his hand was over and hid a mistake in some

of the figures, so that none could see it, until his hand was

removed.” {RH, November 1, 1850 par. 10} Many stop

reading halfway through the paragraph and forget about

the mistakes in the chart and the fact that God's hand has

been removed from the chart. The Spirit of Prophecy is

silent on the subject of the 2520 which indicates, if

nothing else, that it is definitely less important than the

2300 year prophecy.

Compare scripture with scripture

The Hebrew word used for “seven times” in Leviticus 26

is used 346 times in the Old Testament. The Strong's

definition of the word is as follows:

H7651שבעה שבע sheba‛ shib‛ah

sheh'-bah, shib-aw'From H7650; a primitive cardinal number;

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication a week; by extension an indefinite number: - (+ by) seven ([-fold], -s, [-teen, -teenth], -th, times). Compare H7658.

The word is never used in the Old Testament to mean

seven years by itself. When used by itself it simply

denotes the number seven. To mean seven days, it must

be combined with a Hebrew word meaning days, To

demonstrate this fact, take a look at the following series of

verses.

Genesis 21:30 “And he said, For these

sevenH7651 ewe lambsH3535 shalt thou take of my

hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I

have digged this well.”

Lev 14:7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that

is to be cleansed from the leprosy sevenH7651

times,H6471 and shall pronounce him clean, and

shall let the living bird loose into the open field.”

Proverbs 26:16 “The sluggard is wiser in his

own conceit than sevenH4480 H7651 men that can

renderH7725 a reason.”

Nehemiah 8:18 “Also day by day, from the first

day unto the last day, he read in the book of the

law of God. And they kept the feast sevenH7651

days;H3117 and on the eighth day was a solemn

assembly, according unto the manner.”

Leviticus 26:28 “Then I will walk contrary unto

you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you

seven timesH7651 forH5921 your sins.H2403”

In the previous examples one can see that the word

“Sheba” only indicates a multiple of seven trees,

daughters, lambs, sprinkles, days, years, men, or any

other noun used with it. This is consistent with the 394

other times this word is used.

In summary, Leviticus 26 is progressive, the Spirit of

Prophecy must be taken in context, and the meaning of

the Hebrew words must be considered when trying to

prove an interpretation of scriptures.