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:

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:

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 among 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 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 AAN + 4270 = 4012899 AAN. The report is this:

Notes

This is in October of the year, and not exactly what we would expect if this was a really a Passover trip to Jerusalem. So this alignment is suspect given the simple text of the Bible. This could have been one of the other undated trips or perhaps a Tabernacles trip.

This is beyond the exact millennium date that might be the expected point for this visit. But, 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 following date report indicates the day the armies first entered Jerusalem, and presumably the temple.

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

Ash Wednesday

We continue to look at details dealing with the dates of events in the New Testament. The next issue is the memory of Jesus' birthday, the holiday known as Ash Wednesday.