I have skepticism of certain aspects of how Zola Levitt and others have presented this thesis before, but there is a strong basis for it.
Here is a Wikipedia Link.
It is a mistake when they equate Birth with Hanukkah. The 280th day of a Gestational Cycle identified as beginning on the First of Aviv would be the 10th Day of the Tenth Month at the soonest unless there are five extra intercalary days inserted somewhere in the first 9 months in which case its the 5th Day at the soonest. And that’s using full 30 Day months not Lunar Months as the Hebrew Calendar is popularly understood.
But I want to focus on the first month for now.
The 14th Day of a woman’s Menstrual Cycle is typically when the Egg leaves the Ovary and Ovulation begins, with Fertilization usually happening on the 15th Day. Fertilization can sometimes be accomplished with Sperm planted earlier. That compelling correlation is what the rest is built on.
The first issue comes when they claim Implantation can happen at any point for a Week after Fertilization so they can identify it with the common Christian understanding of the First day of Omer in Leviticus 23:9-14.
The truth is Implantation rarely happens no sooner than 4 days after Fertilization or later then Five Days. The typical estimate is Day 6 from Fertilization and Day 20 of Gestation. So Implantation on Day 16 or 17 to fit either Common Christian understanding of how The Resurrection fulfills “First Fruits” isn’t viable, but neither is my proposed model where The Resurrection happened on Day 22.
I’m about to now work on my own particular model for this with the Gospels-Acts narrative in mind. And using my own proposed revision of how the Passover Chronology and The Passion interact.
The starting point however is that the Child being conceived is The Church fitting my The Man Child of Revelation being The Church or Individual Believers thesis. And that’s how I can be cool with no notable day correlating to Resurrection Sunday.
The Mother is Israel, the Womb is Jerusalem and the Ovaries are the Northern and Southern Kingdoms and the Egg(s) represents individual Israelites who at some point became followers of Jesus. The Baby Daddy is The Messiah, her Bridegroom and his Seed is The Word of God based on Luke 8:11. And we are the Children of the Bridechamber in Luke 5:34. Also James 1:18.
In my proposed Passion Model the significance of the 14th day of the first month is John 12:1-11.
Jesus and his Disciples entered Jerusalem on the 15th..
Implantation is the day I place The Crucifixion, a day the Followers of Jesus fled and hid for safety in Jerusalem.
The finishing of Implantation is typically day 26 which in this model would equate to Bright Thursday, the traditional reading for which is Luke 24:35-48 but I don’t think those events are actually believed to happen on that day.
Day 9 of Implantation, Day 15 of Fertilization and Day 29 of Gestation is when the Embryo Stage begins. That correlates to the Sunday a week after Resurrection Sunday which is Thomas Sunday, John 20:24-29. Once all of the Eggs have seen the Risen Jesus then the Embryo is formed.
Day 20 of Implantation, Day 26 of Fertilization and Day 40 of Gestation is the day Primitive Heart Function can first be detected. Maybe we could arbitrarily identify this with Matthew 28:16-20.
Day 51 of Implantation, Day 57 of Fertilization and Day 71 of Gestation is the day The Fetal Stage begins. And that equates to day 50 of the Omer, Pentecost. Now that day is popularly called the Birth of the Church, but it can be viewed as in truth the day it took its basic visible form. It is also about here that Fetal Breathing Movements start, so remember that both the Hebrew and Greek words for Spirit also mean Breath, this is when The Holy Spirit entered The Church.
Sex Organs do not take form till during the Fetal Stage, hence Paul saying in Galatians 3:28 that we are neither Male or Female. The Holy Spirit will guide us to our true intended Gender Identity, not the biology of The Flesh.
The Fall Feasts connections are also an area where I’m skeptical of Zola Levitt’s claimed connections. Being able to hear distinct sounds at the start of the third trimester does seem to hold up. But Blood Cells form well before the third trimester and the Heart Beating starts before then too, same with Breathing as already shown.
Revelation 12:3-5 is part of a collection of signs being seen in Heaven, so maybe not when on the timeline the events they represent happen. But as it’s about the preparation for Birth it could be correlated to entering the Third Trimester after the Seventh Trumpet is sounded.
Deuteronomy 16:17-19 which applied to all the Pilgrimage Festivals is also I think part of the root of the Communism of the Early Church which is described twice. Acts 2:44-45 is definitely on Pentecost so Acts 4:32-37 could be set at Tabernacles.
Our true Birth happens at the Bodily Resurrection, when the Earth gives Birth to her Dead and all Flesh sees Salvation.
But it may be worthwhile to note at least typologically that according to Acts 8 it was after the death of Stephen that The Church finally left Jerusalem, that’s when we left The Womb. Stephen’s Martyrdom is traditionally dated to December 26th, the day after Christmas, in the West and December 27th in the East. A date that on a Hebrew Calendar could correlate to Hanukkah or the Fast of the Tenth Month.
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