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Year 6000
The Hebrew year 6000 marks according to classical Rabbinical Jewish sources, the latest time for the initiation of the Messianic Age. The Talmud, Midrash, Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer, and Zohar specify that the date by which the Messiah will appear is 6,000 years from creation.
According to tradition, the Anno Mundi calendar started at the time of creation, placed at 3761 BCE. The current (2025/2026) Hebrew year is 5786. By this calculation, the start of the 6000th year would occur at nightfall of 29 September 2239 and the end would occur at nightfall of 16 September 2240 on the Gregorian calendar.
The belief that the seventh millennium will correspond to the Messianic Age is founded upon a universalized application of the concept of Shabbat. Based on Psalms 90:4, one of "God's days" is believed to correspond to 1000 years of normal human existence. Just as (in the Bible) God created the world in six days of work and sanctified the seventh day (Saturday) as a day of rest, it is believed that six millennia of normal life will be followed by one millennium of rest. Just as Shabbat is the sanctified 'day of rest' and peace, a time representing joyful satisfaction with the labors completed within the previous 6 days, so too the seventh millennium will correspond to a universal 'day of rest' and peace, a time of 'completeness' of the 'work' performed in the previous six millennia.
The Talmud also makes parallels between the Shmita (Sabbatical) year and the seventh millennium: For six millennia the earth will be worked, while during the seventh millennium the world will remain 'fallow'.
According to two opinions in the Talmud (Rav Katina and Abaye), the world will be harov (ruined or desolate) during the seventh millennium, suggesting a less positive outcome.
The reconciliation between the traditional Judaic age of the world and the current scientifically derived age of the world is beyond the scope of this article, with some taking a literal approach (as with the views of Young Earth creationism), and others (such as Gerald Schroeder) an approach conciliatory with secular scientific positions. Contrary to popular belief, the Jewish calendar begins with the creation of Adam, not the creation of the universe.
The Talmud comments:
Rav Katina said: "Six thousand years the world will exist, and one [thousand] it shall be desolate (harov), as it is written, 'And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.' (Isaiah 2:11)"
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Year 6000
The Hebrew year 6000 marks according to classical Rabbinical Jewish sources, the latest time for the initiation of the Messianic Age. The Talmud, Midrash, Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer, and Zohar specify that the date by which the Messiah will appear is 6,000 years from creation.
According to tradition, the Anno Mundi calendar started at the time of creation, placed at 3761 BCE. The current (2025/2026) Hebrew year is 5786. By this calculation, the start of the 6000th year would occur at nightfall of 29 September 2239 and the end would occur at nightfall of 16 September 2240 on the Gregorian calendar.
The belief that the seventh millennium will correspond to the Messianic Age is founded upon a universalized application of the concept of Shabbat. Based on Psalms 90:4, one of "God's days" is believed to correspond to 1000 years of normal human existence. Just as (in the Bible) God created the world in six days of work and sanctified the seventh day (Saturday) as a day of rest, it is believed that six millennia of normal life will be followed by one millennium of rest. Just as Shabbat is the sanctified 'day of rest' and peace, a time representing joyful satisfaction with the labors completed within the previous 6 days, so too the seventh millennium will correspond to a universal 'day of rest' and peace, a time of 'completeness' of the 'work' performed in the previous six millennia.
The Talmud also makes parallels between the Shmita (Sabbatical) year and the seventh millennium: For six millennia the earth will be worked, while during the seventh millennium the world will remain 'fallow'.
According to two opinions in the Talmud (Rav Katina and Abaye), the world will be harov (ruined or desolate) during the seventh millennium, suggesting a less positive outcome.
The reconciliation between the traditional Judaic age of the world and the current scientifically derived age of the world is beyond the scope of this article, with some taking a literal approach (as with the views of Young Earth creationism), and others (such as Gerald Schroeder) an approach conciliatory with secular scientific positions. Contrary to popular belief, the Jewish calendar begins with the creation of Adam, not the creation of the universe.
The Talmud comments:
Rav Katina said: "Six thousand years the world will exist, and one [thousand] it shall be desolate (harov), as it is written, 'And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.' (Isaiah 2:11)"
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