Beit HaEmet Brit Chadashah

Two Ancient Systems, One Divine Plan

The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Zadok calendar, map out time from Creation in Genesis to the New Heavens and New Earth in Revelation. These ancient texts teach that between these two events spans seven thousand years. Two complementary systems reveal this timeline:

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Enoch's Weeks of Centuries

In Enoch chapters 91-93, the prophet recorded a vision of all human history divided into 10 "weeks" of 700 years each. This circular calendar uses three concentric rings and flows clockwise from Creation at the top.

Inner Ring: 10 Weeks (700 years)
Middle Ring: 70 Centuries (100 years)
Outer Ring: 140 Jubilees (50 years)

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The Fourteen Onot System

The Essenes preserved an ancient chronology dividing all human history into 14 Onot (appointed times) — each spanning exactly 500 years. These epochs align perfectly with the jubilee and shemittah cycles.

14 Onot = 7,000 years total
4 Great Ages: Creation, Torah, Grace, Kingdom
140 Jubilee cycles • 980 Shemittah cycles

The Weekly Sabbath Pattern

The Zadok priests taught that the seven-day week is the basis of the calendar. The Sabbath ritual teaches that mankind has six days to work and one day of rest. This equates to six thousand years of human history and a one-thousand-year Sabbath rest called the Millennial Reign of Yeshua the Messiah.

"With Yahuah, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
— 2 Peter 3:8 (quoting Psalm 90:4)

Enoch's Vision: The Weeks of Centuries

From the Book of Enoch, Chapters 91-93

In chapters 91 to 93 of the Ancient Book of Enoch, Enoch recorded a vision where he sees major events throughout all human history. The Enoch calendar uses three concentric circles starting with the section just to the right of the top center line and moves clockwise.

Inner Ring: Weeks
Time starts with Creation at the very top center. Each section is a 700-year period.
Middle Ring: Centuries
Each section is a 100-year period. There is a total of 70 centuries.
Outer Ring: Jubilees
Each section is one Jubilee (50 years). 140 total Jubilees from Creation to New Creation.

💡 Interactive: Hover over a yellow inner week segment to see details. Watch ONE highlighted segment move through each ring: Weeks (yellow), Centuries (cyan), Jubilees (white).

"After this I saw another vision, the dwelling places of the holy... and there appeared another week, and in it seven thousand elected... and after this there shall be many weeks without number forever, and they shall be in goodness and in righteousness."
— 1 Enoch 91:12-17

⚠️ We Are in the Ninth Week

The Week of Apostasy and Final Judgment

Start: 5600 AM Current: 5950 AM End: 6300 AM

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✓ Years Passed 350 Years

From 5600 AM to 5950 AM

⏳ Years Remaining 350 Years

From 5950 AM to 6300 AM

What Happens in the Ninth Week?

"And after this, in the ninth week, the righteous judgment shall be revealed to the whole world, and all the works of the godless shall vanish from all the earth, and the world shall be written down for destruction." — Book of Enoch 91:14

• Universal apostasy - falling away from true faith
• Righteous judgment revealed to the whole world
• Works of the godless vanish from the earth
• The world written down for destruction - preparation for final judgment

We are living at the midpoint of the Ninth Week. The Tenth Week will bring the eternal judgment and the establishment of the New Heavens and New Earth.

The Fourteen Onot: Essene Priestly System

From the Dead Sea Scrolls and Elijah's School of the Prophets

The Dead Sea Scrolls teach that the time of man, which started at Genesis Creation and ends with the Revelation Creation of a New Heavens and New Earth, would last seven thousand years. This is divided into fourteen Onot (appointed times), each lasting exactly 500 years.

Age of Creation
Onot 1-4 (Years 1-2000 AM)

Age of Torah
Onot 5-8 (Years 2001-4000 AM)

Age of Grace
Onot 9-12 (Years 4001-6000 AM)

Age of Kingdom
Onot 13-14 (Years 6001-7000 AM)

Inner Ring: 14 Onot
Each section is a 500-year period.
Middle Ring: 140 Jubilees
Each section is a 50-year period.
Outer Ring: 980 Shemittot
Each section is a 7-year cycle.

Key Biblical Events in the Timeline

A chronological alignment of scripture to the Anno Mundi (AM) timeline.

Pre-Messiah Era

Event	Biblical Date	AM Year	BC/AD
Creation	Spring Equinox, Nisan 1	1 AM	3925 BC
The Flood	Iyar 17	1656 AM	2268 BC
Abraham Born	Nisan 1	1948 AM	1978 BC
Covenant Established	Nisan 15	2018 AM	1908 BC
The Exodus	Nisan 15	2448 AM	1478 BC
Temple Dedicated	Iyar (Solomon's)	2935 AM	990 BC
Temple Destroyed	Av 9	3338 AM	587 BC

Messiah Era & Future

Event	Biblical Date	AM Year	BC/AD
Messiah Died	Nisan 14	3957 AM	32 AD
Israel's 2nd Birth	Iyar	5873 AM	1948 AD
Temple Mount Reclaimed	Sivan	5892 AM	1967 AD
Current Year	Nisan 1 (March 19, 2025)	5950 AM	2025 AD
Year 6000	Nisan 1	6000 AM	2075 AD
Kingdom Begins	First Kingdom Year	6001 AM	2076 AD

Note on Dating: These key dates form the basis for the timeline charts. The Dead Sea Scrolls state Creation was at the spring equinox. Genesis 7:11 places the Flood 1,656 years, one month, and 17 days after Creation. Galatians 3:16-17 states the Exodus was 430 years after the Abrahamic covenant. 1 Kings 6:1 & 38 connect the Exodus to Solomon's Temple dedication. The Seder Olam records 403 years from dedication to destruction. DSS 11Q13 states Messiah died exactly one Shemittah after the end of the ninth Jubilee of their age (the 8th Onah), which would have been AD 32. All of this places Creation at 3925 BC, give or take one year.

The Prophetic Timeline