Revelation Words and Tokens · Part 2 reference appendix
This appendix makes the weekly model reproducible. It preserves the complete keyword inventory, gives each calendar assignment, and states how the numerical and biblical comparisons are being made.
Read the argument in Revelation’s Keywords on the Calendar. The main article and this appendix together replace the earlier Part 2. The source inventory remains the controlling dataset: 20 church, 22 seal, 10 thunder, 16 trumpet, and 12 bowl occurrences.
In this appendix
A. The full occurrence inventory
The expanded index includes thunders and runs from 1 to 80. The companion index omits that family and runs from 1 to 70. Within the expanded sequence, churches occupy 1–20; seals 21–42; thunders 43–52; trumpets 53–68; and bowls 69–80. References and the two index columns are retained from the original master table.
The seal family includes the noun σφραγίς, the verb σφραγίζω, and the compound κατασφραγίζω in Revelation 5:1. The trumpet family combines σάλπιγξ and σαλπίζω. In the published ordering, the six trumpet nouns come before the ten trumpet verbs. The whole inventory is organized by family, so passage references can move backward when a new family or subgroup begins.
A plural word still counts as one occurrence. The “seven thunders” do not supply seven separately transcribed messages. Likewise, an entry within the sealing of the 144,000 counts the specified word, not the people being sealed. The grammar codes below reproduce the source’s morphological labels; they are not additional Greek words and have not been independently re-collated for this revision.
Churches
| Expanded index | Without thunders | Family index | Revelation | Type | Setting / action summary | Grammar code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1:4 | Noun | To the seven churches in Asia | N-DFP |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1:11 | Noun | Write to the seven churches | N-DFP |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1:20 | Noun | The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches | N-GFP |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1:20 | Noun | The seven lampstands are the seven churches | N-NFP |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2:1 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Ephesus | N-GFS |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2:7 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2:8 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Smyrna | N-GFS |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 2:11 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 2:12 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Pergamum | N-GFS |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2:17 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 2:18 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Thyatira | N-GFS |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 2:23 | Noun | All the churches will know | N-NFP |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 2:29 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 3:1 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Sardis | N-GFS |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 3:6 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 3:7 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Philadelphia | N-GFS |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 3:13 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 3:14 | Noun | To the angel of the church in Laodicea | N-GFS |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 3:22 | Noun | The Spirit says to the churches | N-DFP |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 22:16 | Noun | Jesus testifies these things to the churches | N-DFP |
Seals
| Expanded index | Without thunders | Family index | Revelation | Type | Setting / action summary | Grammar code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 21 | 1 | 5:1 | Verb+ | Having been sealed (perfect passive participle) | V-RPM/P-ANS |
| 22 | 22 | 2 | 5:1 | Noun | Sealed with seven seals | N-DFP |
| 23 | 23 | 3 | 5:2 | Noun | To break the seals | N-AFP |
| 24 | 24 | 4 | 5:5 | Noun | The seven seals of it | N-AFP |
| 25 | 25 | 5 | 5:9 | Noun | To open the seals | N-AFP |
| 26 | 26 | 6 | 6:1 | Noun | One of the seven seals | N-GFP |
| 27 | 27 | 7 | 6:3 | Noun | Opened the second seal | N-AFS |
| 28 | 28 | 8 | 6:5 | Noun | Opened the third seal | N-AFS |
| 29 | 29 | 9 | 6:7 | Noun | Opened the fourth seal | N-AFS |
| 30 | 30 | 10 | 6:9 | Noun | Opened the fifth seal | N-AFS |
| 31 | 31 | 11 | 6:12 | Noun | Opened the sixth seal | N-AFS |
| 32 | 32 | 12 | 7:2 | Noun | Having the seal of God | N-AFS |
| 33 | 33 | 13 | 7:3 | Verb | Until we seal the servants | V-ASA-1P |
| 34 | 34 | 14 | 7:4 | Verb | Of those who were sealed (participle) | V-RPM/P-GMP |
| 35 | 35 | 15 | 7:4 | Verb | The 144,000 are described as sealed | V-RPM/P-NMP |
| 36 | 36 | 16 | 7:5 | Verb | Twelve thousand sealed from tribe | V-RPM/P-NMP |
| 37 | 37 | 17 | 7:8 | Verb | Twelve thousand sealed | V-RPM/P-NMP |
| 38 | 38 | 18 | 8:1 | Noun | Opened the seventh seal | N-AFS |
| 39 | 39 | 19 | 9:4 | Noun | Do not have the seal of God | N-AFS |
| 40 | 40 | 20 | 10:4 | Verb | Seal up the things which were spoken | V-AMA-2S |
| 41 | 41 | 21 | 20:3 | Verb | Sealed over him | V-AIA-3S |
| 42 | 42 | 22 | 22:10 | Verb | Do not seal the words | V-ASA-2S |
Thunders
| Expanded index | Without thunders | Family index | Revelation | Type | Setting / action summary | Grammar code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | — | 1 | 4:5 | Noun | Voices and thunders and seven lamps | N-NFP |
| 44 | — | 2 | 6:1 | Noun | As a voice of thunder | N-GFS |
| 45 | — | 3 | 8:5 | Noun | There were thunders and voices | N-NFP |
| 46 | — | 4 | 10:3 | Noun | The seven thunders uttered their voices | N-NFP |
| 47 | — | 5 | 10:4 | Noun | The seven thunders were about to speak | N-NFP |
| 48 | — | 6 | 10:4 | Noun | The seven thunders had spoken | N-NFP |
| 49 | — | 7 | 11:19 | Noun | Voices and thunders and an earthquake | N-NFP |
| 50 | — | 8 | 14:2 | Noun | As the voice of great thunder | N-GFS |
| 51 | — | 9 | 16:18 | Noun | Voices and thunders and an earthquake | N-NFP |
| 52 | — | 10 | 19:6 | Noun | As the voice of mighty thunders | N-GFP |
Trumpets
| Expanded index | Without thunders | Family index | Revelation | Type | Setting / action summary | Grammar code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 43 | 1 | 1:10 | Noun | Voice like a trumpet | N-GFS |
| 54 | 44 | 2 | 4:1 | Noun | Voice like a trumpet speaking | N-GFS |
| 55 | 45 | 3 | 8:2 | Noun | Seven trumpets given | N-NFP |
| 56 | 46 | 4 | 8:6 | Noun | Seven trumpets prepared | N-AFP |
| 57 | 47 | 5 | 8:13 | Noun | Voices of the trumpet of the three | N-GFS |
| 58 | 48 | 6 | 9:14 | Noun | Angel with the trumpet | N-AFS |
| 59 | 49 | 7 | 8:6 | Verb | They prepared to sound | V-ASA-3P |
| 60 | 50 | 8 | 8:7 | Verb | First angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
| 61 | 51 | 9 | 8:8 | Verb | Second angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
| 62 | 52 | 10 | 8:10 | Verb | Third angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
| 63 | 53 | 11 | 8:12 | Verb | Fourth angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
| 64 | 54 | 12 | 8:13 | Verb | Angels about to sound | V-PNA |
| 65 | 55 | 13 | 9:1 | Verb | Fifth angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
| 66 | 56 | 14 | 9:13 | Verb | Sixth angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
| 67 | 57 | 15 | 10:7 | Verb | He is about to sound | V-PNA |
| 68 | 58 | 16 | 11:15 | Verb | Seventh angel sounded | V-AIA-3S |
Bowls
| Expanded index | Without thunders | Family index | Revelation | Type | Setting / action summary | Grammar code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 59 | 1 | 5:8 | Noun | Golden bowls full of incense | N-AFP |
| 70 | 60 | 2 | 15:7 | Noun | Seven golden bowls full of God’s wrath | N-AFP |
| 71 | 61 | 3 | 16:1 | Noun | The seven bowls of wrath commanded | N-AFP |
| 72 | 62 | 4 | 16:2 | Noun | First angel poured out his bowl on the earth | N-AFS |
| 73 | 63 | 5 | 16:3 | Noun | Second angel poured out his bowl into the sea | N-AFS |
| 74 | 64 | 6 | 16:4 | Noun | Third angel poured out his bowl on rivers | N-AFS |
| 75 | 65 | 7 | 16:8 | Noun | Fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun | N-AFS |
| 76 | 66 | 8 | 16:10 | Noun | Fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne | N-AFS |
| 77 | 67 | 9 | 16:12 | Noun | Sixth angel poured out his bowl on the Euphrates | N-AFS |
| 78 | 68 | 10 | 16:17 | Noun | Seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air | N-AFS |
| 79 | 69 | 11 | 17:1 | Noun | Angel with one of the seven bowls speaks | N-AFP |
| 80 | 70 | 12 | 21:9 | Noun | Angel with seven bowls full of last plagues | N-AFP |
In the grammar column, N means noun and V means verb. The following letters describe features such as case, gender, number, tense, voice, or mood. The count and reference can be followed without decoding those abbreviations. The source’s description of entry 35 as “Four thousand were sealed” is corrected descriptively to the 144,000 context of Revelation 7:4; the occurrence, its index, and its grammar code remain unchanged.
B. The full weekly calendar
The first modeled week is position 0, Nisan 1–7. Each following position begins seven days later. The inclusive range lists the seven named dates belonging to a band; its end boundary is the beginning of the next date. For example, Nisan 8–14 ends at the boundary beginning Nisan 15.
All dates below belong to the study’s 364-day calendar. Months follow the repeated pattern 30–30–31. Nisan 1 is assigned Wednesday; Saturdays are therefore the fourth dates of their respective weeks. The Saturday column supplies the date of the chosen noon marker, not an independently demonstrated clock midpoint.
| Position | Kind / family position | Year | Seven inclusive dates | Saturday marker | Next boundary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Opening model band | 1 | Nisan 1–7 | Nisan 4 | Nisan 8 |
| 1 | Churches 1 | 1 | Nisan 8–14 | Nisan 11 | Nisan 15 |
| 2 | Churches 2 | 1 | Nisan 15–21 | Nisan 18 | Nisan 22 |
| 3 | Churches 3 | 1 | Nisan 22–28 | Nisan 25 | Nisan 29 |
| 4 | Churches 4 | 1 | Nisan 29–Iyar 5 | Iyar 2 | Iyar 6 |
| 5 | Churches 5 | 1 | Iyar 6–12 | Iyar 9 | Iyar 13 |
| 6 | Churches 6 | 1 | Iyar 13–19 | Iyar 16 | Iyar 20 |
| 7 | Churches 7 | 1 | Iyar 20–26 | Iyar 23 | Iyar 27 |
| 8 | Churches 8 | 1 | Iyar 27–Sivan 3 | Iyar 30 | Sivan 4 |
| 9 | Churches 9 | 1 | Sivan 4–10 | Sivan 7 | Sivan 11 |
| 10 | Churches 10 | 1 | Sivan 11–17 | Sivan 14 | Sivan 18 |
| 11 | Churches 11 | 1 | Sivan 18–24 | Sivan 21 | Sivan 25 |
| 12 | Churches 12 | 1 | Sivan 25–31 | Sivan 28 | Tammuz 1 |
| 13 | Churches 13 | 1 | Tammuz 1–7 | Tammuz 4 | Tammuz 8 |
| 14 | Churches 14 | 1 | Tammuz 8–14 | Tammuz 11 | Tammuz 15 |
| 15 | Churches 15 | 1 | Tammuz 15–21 | Tammuz 18 | Tammuz 22 |
| 16 | Churches 16 | 1 | Tammuz 22–28 | Tammuz 25 | Tammuz 29 |
| 17 | Churches 17 | 1 | Tammuz 29–Av 5 | Av 2 | Av 6 |
| 18 | Churches 18 | 1 | Av 6–12 | Av 9 | Av 13 |
| 19 | Churches 19 | 1 | Av 13–19 | Av 16 | Av 20 |
| 20 | Churches 20 | 1 | Av 20–26 | Av 23 | Av 27 |
| 21 | Seals 1 | 1 | Av 27–Elul 3 | Av 30 | Elul 4 |
| 22 | Seals 2 | 1 | Elul 4–10 | Elul 7 | Elul 11 |
| 23 | Seals 3 | 1 | Elul 11–17 | Elul 14 | Elul 18 |
| 24 | Seals 4 | 1 | Elul 18–24 | Elul 21 | Elul 25 |
| 25 | Seals 5 | 1 | Elul 25–31 | Elul 28 | Tishri 1 |
| 26 | Seals 6 | 1 | Tishri 1–7 | Tishri 4 | Tishri 8 |
| 27 | Seals 7 | 1 | Tishri 8–14 | Tishri 11 | Tishri 15 |
| 28 | Seals 8 | 1 | Tishri 15–21 | Tishri 18 | Tishri 22 |
| 29 | Seals 9 | 1 | Tishri 22–28 | Tishri 25 | Tishri 29 |
| 30 | Seals 10 | 1 | Tishri 29–Heshvan 5 | Heshvan 2 | Heshvan 6 |
| 31 | Seals 11 | 1 | Heshvan 6–12 | Heshvan 9 | Heshvan 13 |
| 32 | Seals 12 | 1 | Heshvan 13–19 | Heshvan 16 | Heshvan 20 |
| 33 | Seals 13 | 1 | Heshvan 20–26 | Heshvan 23 | Heshvan 27 |
| 34 | Seals 14 | 1 | Heshvan 27–Kislev 3 | Heshvan 30 | Kislev 4 |
| 35 | Seals 15 | 1 | Kislev 4–10 | Kislev 7 | Kislev 11 |
| 36 | Seals 16 | 1 | Kislev 11–17 | Kislev 14 | Kislev 18 |
| 37 | Seals 17 | 1 | Kislev 18–24 | Kislev 21 | Kislev 25 |
| 38 | Seals 18 | 1 | Kislev 25–31 | Kislev 28 | Tevet 1 |
| 39 | Seals 19 | 1 | Tevet 1–7 | Tevet 4 | Tevet 8 |
| 40 | Seals 20 | 1 | Tevet 8–14 | Tevet 11 | Tevet 15 |
| 41 | Seals 21 | 1 | Tevet 15–21 | Tevet 18 | Tevet 22 |
| 42 | Seals 22 | 1 | Tevet 22–28 | Tevet 25 | Tevet 29 |
| 43 | Thunders 1 | 1 | Tevet 29–Shevat 5 | Shevat 2 | Shevat 6 |
| 44 | Thunders 2 | 1 | Shevat 6–12 | Shevat 9 | Shevat 13 |
| 45 | Thunders 3 | 1 | Shevat 13–19 | Shevat 16 | Shevat 20 |
| 46 | Thunders 4 | 1 | Shevat 20–26 | Shevat 23 | Shevat 27 |
| 47 | Thunders 5 | 1 | Shevat 27–Adar 3 | Shevat 30 | Adar 4 |
| 48 | Thunders 6 | 1 | Adar 4–10 | Adar 7 | Adar 11 |
| 49 | Thunders 7 | 1 | Adar 11–17 | Adar 14 | Adar 18 |
| 50 | Thunders 8 | 1 | Adar 18–24 | Adar 21 | Adar 25 |
| 51 | Thunders 9 | 1 | Adar 25–31 | Adar 28 | Nisan 1 |
| 52 | Thunders 10 | 2 | Nisan 1–7 | Nisan 4 | Nisan 8 |
| 53 | Trumpets 1 | 2 | Nisan 8–14 | Nisan 11 | Nisan 15 |
| 54 | Trumpets 2 | 2 | Nisan 15–21 | Nisan 18 | Nisan 22 |
| 55 | Trumpets 3 | 2 | Nisan 22–28 | Nisan 25 | Nisan 29 |
| 56 | Trumpets 4 | 2 | Nisan 29–Iyar 5 | Iyar 2 | Iyar 6 |
| 57 | Trumpets 5 | 2 | Iyar 6–12 | Iyar 9 | Iyar 13 |
| 58 | Trumpets 6 | 2 | Iyar 13–19 | Iyar 16 | Iyar 20 |
| 59 | Trumpets 7 | 2 | Iyar 20–26 | Iyar 23 | Iyar 27 |
| 60 | Trumpets 8 | 2 | Iyar 27–Sivan 3 | Iyar 30 | Sivan 4 |
| 61 | Trumpets 9 | 2 | Sivan 4–10 | Sivan 7 | Sivan 11 |
| 62 | Trumpets 10 | 2 | Sivan 11–17 | Sivan 14 | Sivan 18 |
| 63 | Trumpets 11 | 2 | Sivan 18–24 | Sivan 21 | Sivan 25 |
| 64 | Trumpets 12 | 2 | Sivan 25–31 | Sivan 28 | Tammuz 1 |
| 65 | Trumpets 13 | 2 | Tammuz 1–7 | Tammuz 4 | Tammuz 8 |
| 66 | Trumpets 14 | 2 | Tammuz 8–14 | Tammuz 11 | Tammuz 15 |
| 67 | Trumpets 15 | 2 | Tammuz 15–21 | Tammuz 18 | Tammuz 22 |
| 68 | Trumpets 16 | 2 | Tammuz 22–28 | Tammuz 25 | Tammuz 29 |
| 69 | Bowls 1 | 2 | Tammuz 29–Av 5 | Av 2 | Av 6 |
| 70 | Bowls 2 | 2 | Av 6–12 | Av 9 | Av 13 |
| 71 | Bowls 3 | 2 | Av 13–19 | Av 16 | Av 20 |
| 72 | Bowls 4 | 2 | Av 20–26 | Av 23 | Av 27 |
| 73 | Bowls 5 | 2 | Av 27–Elul 3 | Av 30 | Elul 4 |
| 74 | Bowls 6 | 2 | Elul 4–10 | Elul 7 | Elul 11 |
| 75 | Bowls 7 | 2 | Elul 11–17 | Elul 14 | Elul 18 |
| 76 | Bowls 8 | 2 | Elul 18–24 | Elul 21 | Elul 25 |
| 77 | Bowls 9 | 2 | Elul 25–31 | Elul 28 | Tishri 1 |
| 78 | Bowls 10 | 2 | Tishri 1–7 | Tishri 4 | Tishri 8 |
| 79 | Bowls 11 | 2 | Tishri 8–14 | Tishri 11 | Tishri 15 |
| 80 | Bowls 12 | 2 | Tishri 15–21 | Tishri 18 | Tishri 22 |
Position 0 is an opening model band. Positions 1–80 correspond to the counted words. The later closing band, position 81, would occupy Tishri 22–28 of year 2; Parts 4 and 5 develop that extension. It adds a modeled bookend, while the lexical inventory remains 80.
A reproducible rule
Let position 0 begin at elapsed day 0. Position i begins at day 7i, ends at day 7(i + 1), and contains seven named dates. To convert an elapsed day into a calendar date, divide by 364 to obtain the year and use the remainder within twelve months of lengths 30, 30, 31, repeated four times. This reproduces all 80 published weekly assignments. The final cell of the original compact table truncated position 78’s ending date as “Tis”; the rule supplies the missing day 7.
The full sequential table replaces the original arrangement in seven vertical columns. That layout grouped thirteen weeks down each column. Reformatting it does not reorder the occurrences or change their calendar positions.
C. Day names, boundaries, and reference markers
The weekday attached to a date does not by itself specify the instant when that date begins. The study compares two idealized conventions: a named day beginning in the morning and a named day beginning on the preceding evening. The illustration uses 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to make the twelve-hour difference visible. Actual sunrise and sunset vary and are not calculated here.
| Convention | Week begins | Week ends | Exact midpoint or marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening boundary | Tuesday, 6 p.m. | Next Tuesday, 6 p.m. | Saturday, 6 a.m. |
| Morning boundary | Wednesday, 6 a.m. | Next Wednesday, 6 a.m. | Saturday, 6 p.m. |
| Shared comparison marker | Saturday noon | Within both Saturday daylight periods | Chosen marker; not both exact midpoints |
In both descriptions, Saturday is the fourth named day. The exact halfway instant through 168 elapsed hours differs by twelve hours, however. Saturday noon is six hours after one midpoint and six hours before the other. Its value is as a common daylight comparison marker. A statement about the middle day, the middle instant, or this chosen marker must say which is intended.
The Creation-week comparison uses another starting convention. If the first named day begins on Saturday evening, the middle of seven complete days is Wednesday morning. If the week instead begins on Sunday morning, its elapsed midpoint is Wednesday evening. Genesis places the luminaries on the fourth day; it does not supply a modern clock time for their creation. “Wednesday morning” in the argument consequently identifies a model convention and a fourth-day association.
The three conceptual openings
| Model opening | Named day | Elapsed days from Sunday opening | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priestly opening | Sunday | 0 | The 21-day-word model and the first Creation day. |
| Kingly opening / position 0 | Wednesday | 3 | The weekly calendar and the fourth Creation day. |
| Lunar-associated conceptual opening | Friday | 5 | A sixth-day / humanity comparison, not a fixed lunisolar rule. |
| First counted kingly band, position 1 | Following Wednesday | 10 | Three days plus the seven-day opening band. |
The three-day and five-day offsets in this table concern aligned named days under a common boundary rule. If an evening-to-morning shift is then introduced, it must be added separately. The ten-day distance from the Sunday opening to position 1’s Wednesday opening is 3 + 7. It is not 10½ days. The latter is a distinct interval obtained only after specifying an additional half-day adjustment.
On the year scale, the ten-unit difference can compare 70 × 7 = 490 with 10 + 490 = 500. These are the totals of ten 49-year and ten 50-year constructions, respectively. The relationship is a numerical proposal within the study. It does not settle historical disagreements about whether a Jubilee year overlaps the next cycle.
D. Which duration is being counted?
| Construction | Calculation | Length | Endpoints / convention |
|---|---|---|---|
| One schematic year | 52 × 7 | 364 days | Start of position 0 to start of position 52. |
| One and a half schematic years | 78 × 7 | 546 days | Start of position 0 to start of position 78. |
| All counted keyword bands | 80 × 7 | 560 days | Start of position 1 to end of position 80. |
| Opening plus counted bands | 81 × 7 | 567 days | Start of position 0 to end of position 80. |
| Opening, counted bands, and closing extension | 82 × 7 | 574 days | Start of position 0 to end of position 81. |
| Positions 21–26, full occupied width | 6 × 7 | 42 days | Includes all six week-bands. |
| Position 21 start to position 26 start | 5 × 7 | 35 days | Between corresponding points, not outer edges. |
| Position 1 to position 53, corresponding points | 52 × 7 | 364 days | Same calendar week in consecutive years. |
| Without-thunder lexical construction | 70 × 7 | 490 units | Days on a week scale; years on a week-of-years scale. |
| Jubilee comparison with ten-unit opening offset | 10 + 490 | 500 units | A separate offset; 10 is not 10½. |
Inclusive counts are especially easy to confuse when a token represents a whole band. Six occupied weeks have a width of 42 days. Their first and last starting boundaries, however, are only five weeks apart. Similarly, position 40 is numerically half of 80, but the central pair in a list numbered 1–80 is 40 and 41. Adding an opening band changes the number of occupied bands and therefore changes the midpoint of the total span.
The initial 0–80 weekly construction has 81 occupied bands. Later use of both opening and closing bookends gives 82. Neither step changes the count of Greek occurrences. A full 364-day year returns the model from the start of position 0 to the start of position 52; the latter already belongs to year 2.
E. Festival and narrative comparisons
The following table gathers the principal correspondences developed in the main article. A biblical calendar date, an assigned model week, and a thematic analogy are shown as separate parts of the comparison.
| Position | Revelation | Assigned week | Calendar association | Interpretive connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:4; opening-vision context 1:10 | Nisan 8–14 | Nisan 10; 12; 14 | Lamb selection / Jordan entry; Ahava departure; Passover preparation. |
| 2 | 1:11 | Nisan 15–21 | Seven days of Unleavened Bread | The message addressed to seven churches is compared with the festival week. |
| 24 | 5:5 | Elul 18–24 | Before the autumn festivals | An elder announces the Lamb’s worthiness; numerical links to 24 elders and the fourth seal-family entry. |
| 26 | 6:1–2 | Tishri 1–7 | Trumpets / acclamation of kingship | The crowned rider and the beginning of the seal openings. |
| 27 | 6:3–4 | Tishri 8–14 | Atonement on Tishri 10 | War and bloodshed set against reconciliation. |
| 28 | 6:5–6 | Tishri 15–21 | Tabernacles / ingathering | Famine set against harvest abundance; grain, oil, and wine. |
| 29 | 6:7–8 | Tishri 22–28 | Eighth-day assembly on Tishri 22 | Death and the covenant judgments following ingathering. |
| 35 | 7:4 | Kislev 4–10 | Before Dedication | Sealing of the 144,000; 35 as half of the number 70. |
| 38 | 8:1 | Kislev 25–31 | Dedication begins Kislev 25 | Silence and the sanctuary setting before the trumpets. |
| 40 | 10:4 | Tevet 8–14 | Siege date Tevet 10 | The command to seal the thunders placed against a memory of judgment. |
| 42 | 22:10 | Tevet 22–28 | Conclusion of the 22-entry seal family | The prophecy is not to be sealed because its time is near. |
| 49 | 11:19 | Adar 11–17 | Purim, Adar 14–15 | Seventh thunder-word occurrence and opened heavenly sanctuary; 49 = 7 × 7. |
| 52 | 19:6 | Nisan 1–7, year 2 | New annual cycle | The Hallelujah chorus and the proclamation of God’s reign. |
| 53 | 1:10 | Nisan 8–14, year 2 | Repeat of position 1’s calendar week | The first trumpet word returns the inventory to the opening vision. |
| 54 | 4:1 | Nisan 15–21, year 2 | Unleavened Bread | The upward call and opening of heaven invite resurrection / ascension comparisons. |
| 62 | 8:10 | Sivan 11–17, year 2 | Feast of Weeks at Sivan 15 | The third trumpet is here; this is not the seventh trumpet entry. |
| 68 | 11:15 | Tammuz 22–28, year 2 | Seventh-trumpet proclamation | Kingdom / Pentecost thematic comparison, without a shared Sivan date. |
| 78 | 16:17 | Tishri 1–7, year 2 | Trumpets | Seventh bowl and the announcement that it is done. |
| 79 | 17:1 | Tishri 8–14, year 2 | Atonement | The bowl angel introduces the judgment of the great prostitute. |
| 80 | 21:9 | Tishri 15–21, year 2 | Tabernacles | The bowl angel introduces the bride and New Jerusalem. |
The first seal’s Tishri opening also invites a Creation comparison. A rabbinic tradition recorded in Leviticus Rabbah 29:1 associates the first day of the seventh month with Adam’s creation and judgment. In this reading, that association gives the crowned rider’s appearance a further setting of creation, rule, and accountability. The tradition supplies a theological parallel; it does not establish John’s calendar or change Tishri 1’s Wednesday position in the model.
The close of Solomon’s temple dedication supplies another contrast. Second Chronicles 7:8–10 describes the feast, its eighth-day assembly, and the people’s joyful departure on the twenty-third day of the seventh month. The assembly and departure fit within position 29’s assigned Tishri 22–28 week. Placing the fourth seal’s Death beside this scene sets covenant judgment against the joy of dwelling in God’s presence.
The seven-day Tabernacles band, Tishri 15–21, is followed by the eighth-day assembly on Tishri 22. Thus position 80 carries Tabernacles up to the boundary of the assembly; it does not contain Tishri 22 as an eighth occupied day. The later position 81 gives that next date an explicit band.
The Dedication comparison follows the same rule. With 31 days in Kislev, the eight dates beginning Kislev 25 are Kislev 25–31 and Tevet 1. The older prose’s Kislev 25–Tevet 1 description can serve as an eight-day festival range, but not as the seven-day range of position 38. The original calendar table already supplies Kislev 25–31 for that token.
The Pentecost distinction
| Expanded index | Without thunders | Family position | Passage | Action | Assigned week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 52 | Trumpet-family entry 10 | Revelation 8:10 | Third angel sounds | Sivan 11–17, year 2 |
| 68 | 58 | Trumpet-family entry 16 | Revelation 11:15 | Seventh angel sounds | Tammuz 22–28, year 2 |
The inventory’s trumpet noun entries are positions 53–58. Its verb entries are 59–68. Position 59 is preparation to sound; positions 60 and 61 are the first and second angels sounding; position 62 is the third. The seventh angel’s sounding is the final trumpet-family entry, position 68. Retaining this ordering leaves position 62 in Sivan and position 68 in Tammuz.
The Feast of Weeks date is a separate matter. In the stated 30–30 month sequence, Nisan 26 through Sivan 15 is 50 dates counted inclusively, or 49 elapsed days between the starts. Nisan 19 through Sivan 8 gives the same fifty-date count. A Sunday firstfruits marker inside Nisan 15–21 and the Sivan 15 feast therefore belong to different starting rules. The model keeps its Sivan 15 association, with Jubilees 6:17–22 and 15:1 supplying the third-month festival setting.
The date table does not establish that Revelation’s seventh trumpet sounds during Pentecost. Its proclamation of God’s kingdom can still be compared with Pentecostal themes at a literary level. A different calendar alignment would require a separately stated ordering or starting rule and would constitute another model.
F. The Ezra comparison in full
The dates expressly named in Ezra are retained. Weekdays and Revelation token positions are supplied by this study. References to a larger message or scene are distinguished from the verse containing the counted word.
| Position | Revelation occurrence / setting | Assigned week | Ezra date or narrative | Nature of the comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Opening model band: Christ as foundation | Nisan 1–7, year 1 | Departure from Babylon; first month, day 1 (Ezra 7:9) | An initiating act of restoration; no additional church occurrence. |
| 1 | Church occurrence, Revelation 1:4; wider opening vision | Nisan 8–14, year 1 | Departure from Ahava, first month, day 12 (Ezra 8:31) | A journey toward restored Jerusalem; Nisan 12 is Sunday only in the assigned grid. |
| 17 | Church occurrence, Revelation 3:13; promise in 3:12 | Tammuz 29–Av 5, year 1 | Arrival in Jerusalem, fifth month, day 1 (Ezra 7:9) | The Philadelphia message’s New Jerusalem promise compared with arrival in earthly Jerusalem. |
| 36 | Judah sealed, Revelation 7:5 | Kislev 11–17, year 1 | Prayer and summons before the dated assembly (Ezra 9; 10:1–8) | Thematic preparation; this particular week is not stated for Ezra’s prayer. |
| 37 | Benjamin sealed, Revelation 7:8 | Kislev 18–24, year 1 | Judah and Benjamin assemble, ninth month, day 20 (Ezra 10:9) | An expressly dated communal assembly beside the sealing of the final named tribe. |
| 39 | Those lacking the seal, Revelation 9:4 | Tevet 1–7, year 1 | Investigation begins, tenth month, day 1 (Ezra 10:16) | Scrutiny of the community and the distinction between those marked as belonging to God and those not marked. |
| 52 | Thunder in the Hallelujah chorus, Revelation 19:6 | Nisan 1–7, year 2 | Inquiry completed by first month, day 1 (Ezra 10:17) | Completed communal restoration compared with the setting of the Lamb’s marriage. |
| 78–80 | Final bowl-family entries, Revelation 16:17; 17:1; 21:9 | Tishri 1–21, year 2 | Restored festival worship (Ezra 3; Nehemiah 8) | From Babylon’s judgment to the bride; the cited restoration scenes have distinct historical settings. |
Ezra’s prayer and the call to assemble precede the dated assembly, but the text does not fix the prayer itself to the week Kislev 11–17. That connection is an approximate narrative placement. The dated assembly of Judah and Benjamin on Kislev 20 offers the more specific correspondence with position 37.
Ezra 3 describes the earlier restored altar and festival observance under Jeshua and Zerubbabel. Nehemiah 8 gives a later restoration of festival observance associated with Ezra’s reading of the law. Their themes can contribute to one literary comparison, while their historical settings remain distinct. The study also retains Ezra’s three days of rest after arrival (Ezra 8:32) and the offering of twelve bulls for all Israel (8:35) as additional resonances with ordered worship and Israel’s completeness.
The contrast between Babylon and Jerusalem develops into the contrast between the harlot and the bride in Revelation 17–21. The table traces covenant restoration and fidelity; it does not require Ezra’s marriage inquiry, the sealing of the 144,000, and the bride’s preparation to be identical events. Revelation’s imagery has its own narrative and theological setting.
G. Daniel, the 21-day ribbon, and the restoration horizon
Daniel 10:1–4 supplies three relevant details: the third year of Cyrus, three full weeks of mourning, and a vision on the twenty-fourth day of the first month. The beginning of the mourning is not independently dated. Nisan 4–24 gives 21 named dates inclusively. A 21-day elapsed interval terminating at the start of Nisan 24 would instead begin at the start of Nisan 3. The date ribbon in this study should therefore be read as a stated representation of the three-week motif.
Part 1 places the eleventh day-word occurrence in Revelation 11:3; the sanctuary measurement appears in the preceding verses. The 21-day list can thus place the sanctuary beside its central occurrence. Its entries 10–16 supply the proposed Thunder Week. In the weekly keyword list, Revelation 10:4 contributes the sealing command at position 40, and Revelation 11:15 contributes the seventh-trumpet verb at 68. A whole chapter cannot be assigned to one keyword’s week merely because it contains that word.
At the conclusion, the last three counted bands, positions 78–80, contain 21 dates, Tishri 1–21. Overlaying the priestly sequence on that span is a transposition of the pattern. The Sunday labels attached to the priestly model do not thereby become the Wednesday labels of the kingly calendar; their respective weekday conventions must remain visible.
The final 21-day ribbon
The priestly sequence can also be read across the final three counted kingly bands. This is a correspondence between numbered days and festival themes. The priestly calendar begins its named sequence on Sunday; the kingly calendar begins on Wednesday. Equal month-and-day labels in the following table therefore do not identify the same weekday or elapsed instant.
| Priestly position | Priestly date label | Kingly position and band | Kingly date label | Proposed connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Tishri 1, Sunday | 78: Tishri 1–7 | Tishri 1, Wednesday | The opening day is compared with Trumpets and the final movement toward completion. |
| Day 10 | Tishri 10, Tuesday | 79: Tishri 8–14 | Tishri 10, Friday | The priestly tenth day is compared with Atonement within the second final band. |
| Days 15–21 | Tishri 15–21, Sunday–Saturday | 80: Tishri 15–21 | Wednesday–Tuesday | The final seven priestly dates are compared with Tabernacles and the disclosure of the bride. |
| Day 21: Revelation 21:25 | Tishri 21, Saturday | 80: its final named date | Tishri 21, Tuesday | The prophecy’s final day-word occurrence accompanies the city’s absence of night; the model approaches the eighth-day assembly on Tishri 22. |
Revelation 21:25 supplies the image of the city’s open gates and the absence of night. Read at the end of the 21-position priestly sequence, it gives the transition beyond Tabernacles an image of enduring divine light. Tishri 22 belongs to the next kingly boundary and, in the later extension, position 81. It adds no twenty-second occurrence of the day word. The same 21-unit pattern thus frames the study’s Nisan opening and Tishri conclusion, expressing the proposed Alpha-and-Omega reading.
| Comparison | Dates or labels | Calculation | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seventy-year framework | 606–536 BC | 606 − 536 = 70 | The chronology adopted in the study; Daniel 9 reflects on Jeremiah’s seventy years. |
| Earlier grand-Jubilee comparison | 1026–536 BC | 1026 − 536 = 490 | 1026 is a selected coordinate, not a monarchy date supplied by Daniel. |
| A 490-year interval beginning at 536 BC | 536–46 BC | 536 − 490 = 46 BC | A Gospel-era endpoint needs another stated anchor or transformation. |
| Restoration-season comparison | Tishri 538 to Nisan 536 BC | About eighteen months | Absolute placement of the altar events and Daniel 9 is a reconstruction. |
| Daniel’s third-year vision | First month, day 24 (Daniel 10:1–4) | Three full weeks of mourning | The vision date is stated; the initial day of the mourning is not separately dated. |
| Inclusive ribbon used by the model | Nisan 4–24 | 24 − 4 + 1 = 21 dates | Twenty named-date intervals lie between their starts; outer-day coverage is 21 days. |
| An alternative elapsed boundary description | Start Nisan 3 to start Nisan 24 | 24 − 3 = 21 days | A conditional boundary reconstruction, not a new asserted biblical starting date. |
| Final Revelation festival ribbon | Tishri 1–21, positions 78–80 | 3 × 7 = 21 days | A transposition of the priestly pattern; the two calendars retain their weekday conventions. |
The return from exile and the command to restore Jerusalem form the historical and theological setting in which the seventy-weeks prophecy is read. The identification of a particular decree as the start of those weeks is a further interpretive decision. A 490-year period beginning at 536 BC would end at 46 BC under ordinary elapsed-year subtraction. Moving its endpoint into the Gospel era requires a different starting point or an explicitly defined transformation; it does not follow merely from writing “Messianic era” beside 536 BC.
The proposed direction reversal remains meaningful as a literary comparison: Daniel’s restoration setting is read from autumn toward spring, while Revelation’s calendar construction runs from spring toward autumn. The exact restoration dates and the internal counts have different evidentiary roles. The 606–536 BC and 538–536 BC labels are retained as the chronological framework adopted in this study, not newly established dates for every event in Ezra and Daniel.
H. Why the seal-family totals are 22 and 32
The study’s seal family has three components: thirteen noun occurrences, one compound verb in Revelation 5:1, and eight occurrences of the simple verb. The companion Textus Receptus construction retains the same noun and compound counts but has eighteen simple-verb occurrences. The established totals remain 22 and 32.
| Construction | Noun σφραγίς | Compound κατασφραγίζω | Simple verb σφραγίζω | Family total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study’s main inventory | 13 | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| Textus Receptus companion | 13 | 1 | 18 | 32 |
The local difference lies in the tribal list in Revelation 7:5–8. The SBL Greek New Testament’s printed text has the sealing participle with Judah and Benjamin. In the Scrivener Textus Receptus text, the corresponding expression is repeated for every tribe. That supplies the ten additional occurrences used in the companion count. These edition readings support the local distinction without requiring a claim that every Greek manuscript has been inspected.
| Construction | 7:3 | 7:4 | 7:5 | 7:6 | 7:7 | 7:8 | 10:4 | 20:3 | 22:10 | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main inventory | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| TR companion | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
The verse-by-verse rows above reproduce the original source’s numbers. Its concluding summary elsewhere printed “4” and “14” for Revelation 7:3–8; the six verse cells in that same source add to 5 and 15. That internal summary discrepancy is recorded here rather than used to change the occurrence inventory or the full-family totals. The controlling 8/18 verb subtotals and 22/32 family totals remain as published.
The source’s broader claims about particular papyri, majuscules, ancient versions, manuscript families, and attributed critical-apparatus ratings require evidence beyond these two edition texts. They are not necessary to the 22/32 comparison and are not advanced here as verified findings. Likewise, the shorthand “THGNT / SRGNT 2022” in the earlier discussion is not expanded into a newly asserted textual basis. The counts remain those of the established series dataset, with this local edition comparison offered as a check on the stated difference.
Revelation’s warning about adding to or taking from the prophecy (22:18–19) can contribute to a theological reading of its words. It does not substitute for manuscript evidence. Nor does a preference for the symbolic value 22 decide which reading is earliest: textual decisions and proposed numerical resonances have to be assessed on their own evidence.
The seven “sign” occurrences
The supplementary count of seven σημεῖον occurrences is preserved: Revelation 12:1; 12:3; 13:13; 13:14; 15:1; 16:14; and 19:20. This group includes heavenly signs and deceptive signs. It is not added to the 80-token inventory. The comparison with the familiar “seven signs” reading of John concerns a selected narrative sequence in that Gospel, not a claim that John uses the Greek word σημεῖον only seven times.
I. Reference and arithmetic clarifications
The following record identifies the places where a label, explanation, or calculation in the earlier prose conflicted with its own tables or required a clearer convention. None changes the five established lexical totals.
| Topic | Earlier wording or issue | Treatment in this replacement |
|---|---|---|
| First church token | Some prose cited Revelation 1:10 as token 1. | The counted church word is in 1:4; 1:10 is opening-vision context and trumpet token 53. |
| Third church token | Description conflated the stars/angels and lampstands. | Revelation 1:20 first refers to the angels of the seven churches; the next church occurrence concerns lampstands. |
| Philadelphia / New Jerusalem | Token 17 was sometimes labelled 3:12. | The counted church word is 3:13; the promise belongs to the preceding verse. |
| Token 24 | Prose gave Elul 20–27 and marker Elul 23. | The controlling week table gives Elul 18–24 and Saturday Elul 21. |
| Token 35 | Source action label said four thousand. | The verse’s setting is the 144,000. The occurrence and index are unchanged. |
| Token 38 | Prose treated Kislev 25–Tevet 1 as one seven-day band. | The band is Kislev 25–31; Tevet 1 is the next boundary and the festival’s eighth date. |
| Token 49 | Prose described Revelation 10’s seventh individual thunder. | The seventh thunder-word occurrence is Revelation 11:19. |
| Token 52 | Called the first year’s completion and position 53 the first of year 2. | Year 1 completes at the start of position 52, which occupies year 2’s Nisan 1–7. |
| Tokens 62 and 68 | Prose placed the seventh trumpet in the Sivan week of 62. | 62 = third trumpet, Sivan 11–17; 68 = seventh trumpet, Tammuz 22–28. |
| Token 78 | Compact table ended its last cell at an incomplete Tis label. | Tishri 7 is restored from the seven-day rule, matching the corresponding quarter rows. |
| Saturday noon | Described as the exact midpoint under two boundary conventions. | Retained as a common comparison marker; exact midpoints are Saturday 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the idealized example. |
| Seven-week and eighty-entry midpoint language | Central named days, indices, and elapsed points were blended. | Each measure is identified separately; the 80-entry central pair is 40/41. |
| Ten-day Jubilee offset | Ten and ten-and-a-half were treated as interchangeable. | 3 + 7 = 10; a further half-day requires an additional assumption. |
| Year-and-a-half description | The whole 80-week model was treated as exactly 1½ years. | 1½ × 52 = 78 weeks; 80 weeks = 560 days; with position 0, 567 days. |
| Firstfruits / Weeks | A Sunday within Unleavened Bread was used to derive Sivan 15. | Nisan 19 inclusive day 50 = Sivan 8; Nisan 26 inclusive day 50 = Sivan 15. |
| Daniel’s mourning | Nisan 4–24 presented as an expressly dated starting/ending interval. | The text dates the vision and states three weeks; the ribbon’s endpoint convention is specified. |
| Ezra restoration scenes | Ezra 3 was joined directly to Ezra’s later mission. | The earlier return under Jeshua/Zerubbabel and the later Ezra/Nehemiah setting remain distinct. |
| Seal summary subtotals | A concluding summary printed 4/14 for Revelation 7:3–8. | Source verse cells add to 5/15. Both the discrepancy and unchanged overall 22/32 are recorded. |
| Manuscript apparatus claims | Broad witness lists and attributed quotations were presented as checked. | The published edition comparison is retained; unsupported witness/quotation claims are not asserted as verified. |
J. Sources and method
The original five-part series supplies the counted inventory and the proposed numerical framework. This replacement preserves those data while distinguishing occurrences, assigned positions, elapsed intervals, and interpretive comparisons. The complete original Part 2 source snapshot is included in the publication package for comparison.
- Part 2’s existing address, retained for the replacement. Parts 1 and 3–5 provide the related day, epoch, Danielic, and hour constructions.
- SBL Greek New Testament, Revelation 7, and the edition’s published apparatus data. The local printed readings were consulted; no complete manuscript collation is claimed.
- Scrivener’s Textus Receptus (1894), Revelation 7, for the repeated participles in the tribal list.
- Jubilees 6:17–32 and 15:1, R. H. Charles translation, 1913: the calendar’s 52 weeks and the third-month festival setting.
- Genesis 1:14–19; Exodus 12; Leviticus 23; Joshua 4:19; 2 Kings 25:1; Ezra 3, 7–10; Nehemiah 8; Esther 9; Ezekiel 14:21; Daniel 9–12; 1 Maccabees 4:52–59; and the Revelation passages identified in the tables.
English Scripture quotation in the main article: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain. Greek lemma names are provided for identification. The SBLGNT and Textus Receptus links identify the editions consulted for the local Revelation 7 comparison. This is an editorial preservation and arithmetic review of an exploratory reading, with its assumptions stated at each scale.