Accuracy of the Bible Dates Numbers

Richard Kent
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Following is a study of dates that prove the accuracy  of the Bible:
Ezekiel 4:4-6 God is warning through Ezekiel that He will punish the nation of Israel 430 years (390 + 40 and each day represents a year).  
In Jeremiah 25:11-12 we read that the Babylonian captivity lasted 70 years
We deduct 70 from 430 which leaves 360 years.
In Leviticus 26:18 -  19 and 33 and 42 we read  about a principle that if Israel and Judah do not obey God after the 70 year lesson in Babylon, God will increase the amount of punishment by a factor of sevenfold.     7 x 360 = 2520 years. 
 These are 2520 years according to the Jewish calendar.  A Jewish year is 360 days.  The western year is 365.25 days long.  So we divide 2520 by 365.25 and multiply by 360.  The number the calculator comes up with is 2,484.  The Babylonian captivity ended with a decree  of Cyrus in 536 BC. (ref Isaiah 45:13).  When we deduct 536 from 2484 we amazingly arrive at 1948 AD, the year of Israel's re-emergence as a sovereign state.   God's numbering system is complicated but amazingly reliable