PART 1: Rome The False Prophet – As Revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself

Aftermath of the First Jewish–Roman War

Triumph in Rome

After the war, Titus and his army returned to Rome with a grand victory celebration. They paraded the Temple treasures—the Menorah and the Table of the Bread of God’s Presence—through the streets. Until then, these sacred items had only been seen by the High Priest. This triumph was famously commemorated on the Arch of Titus, a monument that still stands in Rome today.

Around 700 Judean prisoners were also paraded during the celebration, including rebel leaders Simon bar Giora and John of Giscala. Simon bar Giora was executed by being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock, while John of Giscala was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Suppression of Remaining Rebel Strongholds

Even after Jerusalem fell, some Jewish rebels held out in places like Herodium, Machaerus, and Masada. The Romans captured Herodium and Machaerus within two years. Masada, however, was the final fortress to fall—in 73 CE. According to Josephus, nearly all the Jewish defenders committed mass suicide before the Romans breached the walls, marking the end of the war.

The Bar Kokhba Revolt

About 60 years later, in 132 CE, another major revolt erupted, known as the Bar Kokhba revolt. This was triggered in part by Roman plans to build a new colony (Aelia Capitolina) on Jerusalem’s ruins and a temple to Jupiter on the Temple Mount. Simon Bar Kosiba (Bar Kokhba), supported by the Jewish Sanhedrin, briefly established an independent state but was defeated by the Romans in 135 CE.

This revolt caused even more devastation to Judean communities, to the point some scholars describe it as genocidal. Despite this, Jewish communities remained strong in other parts of the region, including Galilee and the Golan. The Roman emperor Hadrian erased the name “Judaea” and replaced it with “Syria Palaestina.”

Commemoration and Legacy

• The Arch of Titus in Rome famously shows the Temple spoils being carried in a triumphal procession.

• The Temple of Peace (Forum of Vespasian) was built to celebrate the conquest and reportedly housed the Temple Menorah.

• The Colosseum was partially funded by spoils from the Jewish Wars.

• Roman coinage, known as Judaea Capta coins, commemorated the defeat.

Jewish Memory and Tradition

The destruction of the Temple is remembered annually on Tisha B’Av, a fast day marking both the First and Second Temple destructions.

After the destruction, some Jewish communities adopted a calendar that counted years from the Temple’s fall, marking the event as a pivotal moment.

Religious and Cultural Impact

• Many Jewish religious leaders (the Amoraim) saw the destruction as divine punishment for internal hatred.

• The war contributed to a shift for some Jews toward paganism, while others increasingly identified with emerging Christianity.

• The event was a key point in Christianity’s break from Judaism, with Christians interpreting the destruction as fulfilling Jesus’ prophecy.

• Despite the devastation, Jerusalem remained a powerful symbol of hope and restoration for Jews, including the belief in the eventual building of a Third Temple.

Roman Calendar Changes

You mentioned changes to the days and months attributed to Roman emperors shifting from traditional Hebrew observances to a new system, but this part is less clear historically and may reflect later developments or interpretations rather than direct changes made immediately after the war.

The bible calendar according to the bible scriptures

Our God is not a God of confusion. All the months in the Bible are 30 days. For example:

The 1260 years of the Antichrist’s reign—seen as a preparation for the falling away from God’s truth and the Antichrist elevating himself to the position of Pope or Papacy—can be divided by 30 to give 42 months according to God’s spoken words in the Bible calendar. In Revelation 11:3, it says,
“And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (1260 days) clothed in sackcloth.”
Dividing 1260 days by 30 equals 42 months.

People Also Ask: How Many Days in a Month According to the Bible?

Historically, ancient calendars used twelve 30-day months, totaling 360 days in a year. Abraham used this 360-day year, which was known in Ur. The Genesis account of Noah’s flood illustrates this 360-day year with a recorded 150-day interval.

Both Genesis and Revelation support a Biblical year having 360 days.

Biblical Year of 360 Days

In this study, we see that the Biblical year has 360 days, composed of 12 months of 30 days each. The modern world generally considers a year as 365.24 days. However, God’s calendar from Genesis to Revelation shows months of 30 days.

Was it always like this? Many nations and cultures used different calendars, often ignoring God’s true calendar. For example:

• The Jews use a lunar calendar, adding an extra month every few years (similar to leap years).

• Muslims use a lunar calendar based on events in Mohammed’s life.

The modern calendar went through many changes, even as late as the 16th century AD, long after the Bible was written. So, does the Bible use the same calendar as we do? The logical answer is no. God’s Bible calendar is very accurate and most correct, based on His spoken word and cannot be wrong or changed.

The Days of Noah

In Genesis chapters 7 and 8, we read:

• Genesis 7:11: “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month…”

• Genesis 7:12: “And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

• Genesis 7:24: “And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.”

• Genesis 8:3-4: “After the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month…”

The time from the 17th day of the 2nd month to the 17th day of the 7th month is exactly 5 months, or 150 days. This confirms that a Biblical month is 30 days, and a Biblical year is 360 days.

(Note: The Biblical calendar is not the same as the modern calendar. Although 17th February to 17th July is 150 days, the Biblical year starts around March at barley harvest time, which is when the Jewish year begins.)

Since the 600th year of Noah’s life is dated from his unknown birthday, we don’t know exactly when this count starts.

The Calendar in Revelation

The prophetic calendar in the Bible follows the same pattern. Revelation 11:1-6 says:

• Verse 2: “The holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.”

• Verse 3: “They shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days…”

Forty-two months equal 1260 days, again implying each month is 30 days, and the year is 360 days.

God does not change, and His feasts remain as they were in the Bible.

Malachi 3:6 says, “For I am the LORD, I change not.”
To illustrate this further, consider Elijah’s prayer in James 5:17:
“Elias (Elijah) was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.”
Three and a half years equals 42 months, which equals 1260 days.

Scriptural Basis

We cannot use the Gentile Roman or Gregorian calendar to compare with God’s calendar. Those calendars are human calculations, but the Bible’s calendar is based on God’s perfect calculations.

Isaiah 8:19-20 warns:
“When they shall say unto you, seek unto them that have familiar spirits… should not a people seek unto their God? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”

Using anything that is not Scriptural to explain the Scriptures is dangerous—even associating with occult practices.

Our Calendar

There is another reason why we cannot use Gentile years for Biblical prophecies. Julius Caesar only got the Gentile calendar correctly aligned in what was called “the year of confusion” (45 BC), when he added 90 days to realign the calendar with the earth’s seasons. Later, Augustus Caesar made some further adjustments involving a few days.

Pope Gregory XIII finalized the current calendar in AD 1582 by adjusting leap years at the beginning of each century. Ten days were removed from the month, so October 4 was followed by October 15. These changes make it almost impossible to determine exact dates (to the day) used in some prophecies. However, we can safely and accurately work with approximate parts of a year.

The Beast: Evil Rome, the False Prophet

Daniel 7:23-25 says:

“Thus he said, the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, different from all kingdoms, devouring the whole earth and breaking it in pieces. The ten horns are ten kings that shall arise; another will rise after them and subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High, wear out the saints, and try to change times and laws; they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.”

Who changed the times (the calendar)? The pagan Romans under Julius Caesar altered the Roman calendar by adding days to their months. Later, the Roman Catholic Church changed the calendar again under Pope Gregory with the Gregorian calendar.

While Pagan Rome and the Roman Catholic Church seem very different, when barbarian tribes destroyed the Pagan Roman Empire, the antichrist spirit of Pagan Rome resurrected itself as the Roman Catholic Church. The Papacy, starting from the Bishop of Rome who made himself the first Pope, continues today. This is the same spirit described as the beast in Revelation chapter 13.

We should not rely on “the beast” to produce a calendar for interpreting Bible prophecies. Absolutely not — and never will we.

Conversion of Biblical Years to Our Calendar

To convert Biblical years to our modern year-unit, multiply by 360 (Biblical year length) and divide by 365.24219879 (current solar calendar year length).

This means that 69 of our Gentile Roman years equal 70 Bible years.

• 70 weeks = 70 × 7 = 490 days.

• 490 Bible years = 490 – 7 = 483 years on our calendar.

Let’s apply this to Jacob’s time with Laban, his uncle and father-in-law to Rachel, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 29:27 states:

“Fulfill her week, and we will give you this also for the service you will serve with me yet seven other years.”

In Bible prophecy, a day always represents a year.

The Bible Calendar is the Best Calculation

God is always right and unchanging (Malachi 3:6). His Word is eternal (John 1:1).

The reason I shared this explanation about the Lord’s months in the Bible is so that New Testament churches understand that the feasts of the Lord must be observed at the appointed days as stated in Leviticus 23:1-44 (excluding ceremonial laws, which were nailed to the cross—Hebrews 10:1-39). These feasts must be kept as holy convocations according to the Lord’s own words in Leviticus 23:1-2:

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them concerning the feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, these are my feasts.”

Notice that nowhere in these verses are the feasts attributed exclusively to Israel. Whoever teaches that the feasts belong only to Israel will have to answer to the Lord at judgment, because this false teaching has caused the New Testament churches to neglect, despise, or misunderstand the Lord’s feasts.

The Lord’s feasts are His spoken words—His very self (John 1:1). Isaiah 55:11 confirms:

“So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth; it shall not return to me void but shall accomplish what I please, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Understanding the Two Beasts

Verses 1-4 of Revelation 13 deal with Rome, while verses 5-18 address the antichrists.

Though Rome persecuted the churches of Jesus, destroyed the temple, and ruled Israel mercilessly, it never identified itself as God or Christ’s church. Rome did not overcome the churches, nor did it change the Lord’s 7th-day Sabbath or His commandments.

Rome changed the days and months but never gave the saints into its hands for worship. Persecution is different from the antichrist’s control over worship.

The antichrists gave control of the saints to the worship of the 6th day of the week (Sunday), opposing the Lord’s 7th-day Sabbath. The New Testament churches lost their way and were given into the hands of the antichrists, according to Daniel 7:25. More on this later.

Revelation 13 Overview

• Verse 1: John saw a beast rise from the sea, having seven heads (seven kings of Rome) and ten horns (ten Roman empires), with blasphemous names on its heads.

• Verse 2: The beast resembled a leopard with four wings and four heads, combining symbols from Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.

• Daniel 7:25 says the beast will speak blasphemies, persecute saints, and attempt to change times (calendar) and laws. The 6th-day Sunday worship replaced the 7th-day Sabbath.

• Revelation 13:3: One head was wounded to death but healed, symbolizing the revival of the Roman Empire (now the European Union).

• Verses 4-6: The world worshipped the beast and its power, which lasted 42 months (1260 years).

The Meaning of “Sea” in Revelation

John saw the beast rise from the “sea,” which represents many peoples (Revelation 17:15):

“The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.”

Rome originated, according to Jesus, from the Carthaginian Empire—one of seven great empires that ruled the world. Carthage was populous, with many nations and languages.

To fully understand the prophecies of Daniel as revealed by God, it is crucial to know who Rome was in the context of these prophecies. Through research and guidance from the Lord, I was able to identify the empires chronologically, based on the names He gave me.

The sequence of empires is as follows:

1. Akkadian Empire

2. Assyrian Empire

3. Kushite (or Nubian) Empire

4. Babylonian Empire (as referenced in Daniel chapters 2 and 7)

5. Medo-Persian Empire

6. Grecian Empire

7. Carthaginian Empire

8. Roman Empire (which carried symbols of Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece as described in Revelation 13:2: “The beast which I saw was like a leopard (Greece), his feet were like a bear (Medo-Persia), and his mouth like a lion (Babylon), and the dragon gave him his power, seat, and authority.”)

According to the Lord, the Akkadian Empire was the first ruling empire of the world. Although it is not mentioned in the Bible or Daniel’s prophecy, the Lord revealed it to me. I did not use many dates since the Lord did not give any, and historical dates often lack accuracy or chronological consistency. However, through historians, I was able to gather some dates and key events related to these empires. The Lord, who created all nations, knows each ruler and empire.

Here is a brief overview of each empire, with historical details according to a historian’s account:

1. Akkadian Empire

• Years: c. 2334 BCE – c. 2154 BCE (about 180 years)

• Location: Ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)

• Capital: Akkad (not yet discovered archaeologically)

• Details: The Akkadian Empire united Akkadians and Sumerians, many of whom were bilingual. It had eight kings, including Sargon, Rimush, and Shar-Kali-Sharri. Despite extensive texts about the empire, the exact location of its capital remains unknown. Most archaeological research is from northeastern Syria, later part of the Assyrian Empire.

2. Assyrian Empire

• Years: c. 2025 BCE – c. 605 BCE (about 1,420 years)

• Location: Assyria, covering parts of modern Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran

• Capital: Several over time; initially Aššur

• Details: The Assyrian Empire had four main periods: Early, Old, Middle, and New Assyrian. While Aššur was founded around 2600 BCE, Assyria became an empire after Akkad’s fall. At its height, it controlled the “Four Corners of the World” — from the Caucasus Mountains to Cyprus and the Arabian Desert. It eventually fell to the Kushite Empire.

3. Kushite Empire (Nubian Empire)

• Years: 760 BCE – 656 BCE (about 94 years)

• Location: Nubians ruling Ancient Egypt (modern northern Sudan and southern Egypt)

• Capital: Napata

• Details: Also known as Egypt’s 25th Dynasty, the Kushites invaded and united Upper and Lower Egypt with Kush. Piye was the first king, reviving pyramid construction and expanding temples. Later rulers tried to reclaim Egypt from Assyria but failed.

4. Babylonian Empire (Symbol: Lion)

• Years: 1894 BCE – 1595 BCE (about 300 years)

• Location: Central-southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)

• Capital: Babylon

• Details: Started as a small kingdom led by an Amorite king. Babylon grew powerful under Hammurabi (1728–1686 BCE). After his death, the empire declined rapidly and was eventually destroyed by King Mursili I of the Medo-Persian Empire.

5. Medo-Persian Empire (Symbol: Bear)

• Location: Middle East and West Asia, north of the Persian Gulf

• Details: Formed after Cyrus the Great defeated Astyages, king of the Medes. The empire was divided into provinces (satrapies), with capitals at Pasargadae and Persepolis. Cyrus set himself as king of both Medes and Persians, followed by Cambyses and Darius. The empire declined due to succession issues and rebellions, eventually falling to Alexander the Great. The Medes and Persians originated from what is now Iran and surrounding regions.

6. Grecian Empire (Symbol: Leopard)

• Location: Ancient Greece

• Details: Greece’s history spans from Stone Age hunters to early civilizations like the Minoans and Mycenaeans. By 500–336 BCE, Greece was divided into city-states. Greek civilization heavily influenced Western culture, language, art, and architecture. Herodotus (484–425 BCE) is called the “Father of History,” and Thucydides contributed the first objective historical accounts. Greek ideas deeply shaped later civilizations, including the Renaissance.

7. Carthaginian Empire

• Years: c. 650 BCE – 146 BCE (about 504 years)

• Location: North Africa

• Capital: Carthage

• Details: The birthplace of Rome’s founders Romulus and Remus. Carthage was a major power in North Africa during this period.