Enoch and Jesus’ Age 12 Visit to the Temple

Jesus’ life was a day-for-year repetition of the chronology of the old testament. The only time mentioned as an event in Jesus’ life and in the historical chronology is the age 12 visit to the temple, this pairs with Enoch’s ascension. Together the two stories provide the date of Jesus’ visit to the temple. This article explores.

Background

As explored in an earlier article, the birth date for Jesus was on February 17, 1 AD. The following is the date report for that date:

Jesus’ Birthday
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Fri	10989/8/29 AA	16 Feb 1 NS	17 Feb 754 AUC	AAN: 4008629
	1489/8/29 FE	18 Feb 0 OS	17 Feb 1 AD	JDN: 1721472

This date began the life of Jesus on earth. The end of his life, the crucifixion, was 10,989 days later. The following is the report:

Jesus’ Crucifixion
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Thu	11019/10/8 AA	20 Mar 31 NS	22 Mar 784 AUC	AAN: 4019618
	1519/10/8 FE	22 Mar 30 OS	22 Mar 31 AD	JDN: 1732461

This difference in day numbers matches the year number After Adam of the birth of Jesus. This suggests Jesus’ birth was a prophetic replay of the fall of Adam with Jesus’ death on a cross was a replay of his birth. This itself was a replay of the fall, so the stories suggest what we know from standard orthodoxy: Jesus became flesh and dwelt amoung us, and died, in order to take on himself the sins of mankind. He did this chronologically following the original story.

The Mid-Life Visit to the Temple

What we look at here is the only life event recorded in the New Testament that happened in the middle of Jesus’ life. That event was his age 12 visit to the temple. The following is the passage were that visit is described.

The key here is that Jesus was in the temple, a building meant as a pattern for the things in heaven, the place were Jesus would go after his resurrection. Generally speaking, the temple is always a pattern for heaven itself. Going towards the temple in scripture represents going towards the things of God. Going away represents going away from God.

Of course the specific date for this event is not given, so we have no detail with which to map this event back into the original historical chronology. What we do know is that Jesus was 12 years old. This suggests Jesus was between the start and end of his 12th year. This age can be reconned as days and must be between one of the following two day ages:

• 11 full years: 360 * 10 + 390 = 3990 days

• 12 full years: 360 * 11 + 390 = 4350 days

If Jesus’ temple visit really was replaying something from the original historical chronology then that original story must land between the year 3990 AA and 4350 AA, the years from Adam that this age 12 visit replays.

Enoch’s Ascension

By inspection on the master charts the specific event in question can be seen. The event is the ascension of Enoch in the year 4270 AA, the last year of Enoch’s life. The following is the original account:

The last verse in this account is key, God took him away. This is the earliest account of an ascension given in the Bible. Hebrews adds details:

The key here is that Enoch was translated or taken up from the earth, in other words he was taken to heaven this is what going into the temple is symbolic for. In Enoch’s case he appears to actually entered into heaven itself.

There are two important parallels between Jesus’ temple visit and Enoch’s temple visit:

• Neither Found Jesus could not be found in the company of Jesus’ traveling companions. Enoch could not be found either. (Presumably Enoch could not be found anywhere on earth.)

• In the temple Jesus was found in the temple in Jerusalem, while Enoch was found in the temple in heaven. (Or, at least, in heaven itself. Perhaps not all the way into the temple itself in heaven. There are theological debates on just what happened to Enoch.) The details are not important to this point, the symbolism is the same.

Running Out the Specific Date

The year number of Enoch’s disappearance is likely the day-number within Jesus’ life of when Jesus’ remained behind at the temple. The date number within Jesus’ life can be computed by adding 4270 days to the first day of Jesus’ life. The math is this: 4008629 + 4270 = 4012899 AA. The report is this:

Specific Date for Jesus’ age 12 Visit to the Temple
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Fri	11001/4/9 AA	26 Oct 12 NS	28 Oct 765 AUC	AAN: 4012899
	1501/4/9 FE	28 Oct 12 OS	28 Oct 12 AD	JDN: 1725742

Note this is beyond the millennium date that would be the expected point for this visit. The date in question is not unknown to the charts, it adds yet another detail that matters.

The Month and Day of the Visit

By inspection on the previous report it can be seen that the Bible Calendar month is 4 and the day is 9. This date is important because it maps to an exact date in the history of ancient Israel. It is the date that Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian army broke through the city walls and entered into the temple. The following is the account:

By inspection on the master charts the year of this invasion was 10409 AA, so the the following date report indicates the day the armies first entered Jerusalem, and presumably the temple.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Army breaks Jerusalem’s Walls
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Sat	10409/4/9 AA	7 Jul -579 NS	8 Mai 159 AUC	AAN: 3796929
	909/4/9 FE	13 Jul -579 OS	8 Mai 595 BC	JDN: 1509772

This 4th month, 9th day entry into the temple matches Jesus’ visit into the temple at the same time.

2000 Year Anniversaries

The other events in Jesus’ life can be run out to 2000 Bible year anniversaries with rather significant stories landing on those dates. This time of the visit to the temple appears to be similar. The following is the indicated date:

Jesus in the Temple at age 12 Plus 2000 years to the day
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Tue	13001/4/9 AA	25 May 2010 NS	12 May 2763 AUC	AAN: 4742499
	3501/4/9 FE	12 May 2010 OS	12 May 2010 AD	JDN: 2455342

By inspection on the master charts this date can be shown as being about 3 weeks beyond a significant set of dates based on the 3500th anniversary of events at the Exodus.

Time will tell if this turns out to be an important predictor of events in world headlines at the time. Considering how many other dates have already worked well this way, we can state fairly confidently:

Phil Stone
Revised: 2007-05-12
Updated: 2008-10-17