The Whole Period Covered By The Sixteen Prophets Is Therefore 316 Years

 

It will be seen on referring to the sixteen prophetical books fall into four remarkable and well defined divisions, separated by three "breaks", or periods of years as shown below:

	YEARS.
The First Group consists of six prophets::
JONAH, AMOS, HOSEA, ISAIAH, MICAH, NAHUM, covering a period of	102
Then follows a great "gap" or "break" of	70
The Second Group consists of seven prophets: :
JEREMIAH, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, DANIEL, JOEL, EZEKIEL, OBADIAH covering a period of	94
Followed by a "gap" or "break" of	14
The Third Group consists of two prophets: :
HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH covering a period of	7
Then follows a "gap" of	29
Which is closed by the prophet MALACHI
The whole period covered by the sixteen prophets is therefore	316

From the above it is seen that MALACHI is to be reckoned as being separate and apart from the rest; and not, as usually presented, linked together with HAGGAI and ZECHARIAH. "By the Hebrews, Malachi is known as 'the Seal of the Prophets', and as closing the Canon of the Jewish Scriptures."

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25