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Posted on 02/20/2026 11:56:26 AM PST by Pontiac
During his lifetime, Newton kept his theological works highly private, which may have been in part to avoid conflict with the Anglican Church. The two were at odds because the Church preached the doctrine of the Trinity, something which Newton strongly rejected under the belief that God has no equals. When Newton died in 1727 without a will, a pair of distant relations took possession of all his private papers, and chose to keep the work hidden from the public because they were devout Anglicans who didn't want to publicize what they saw as heretical material.
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Newton reached his end of the world prediction late in life, although precisely when is unknown. The date, and the calculations he used to determine it, were found written on a letter addressing him as "Sir Isaac Newton," meaning he wrote it after his knighthood was bestowed in 1705. The actual math he used to reach the date was simple arithmetic, but it was built on one specific belief: his rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity.
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In order to determine the date of Armageddon, Newton used the prophetic period of 1,260 days, mentioned several times in Revelations and the Book of Daniel. Like many biblical scholars of the time, he believed these days actually represented future years in prophecy, and determined that 1,260 years was the time that would pass between the beginning of the apostate system and the end of the world. He set the origin of the apostasy at 800, coinciding with the founding of the Holy Roman Empire, and by adding 1,260 years, determined that Armageddon will be upon us in 2060.
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If I make it to 2060, I’ll be 91. My dad died at 89; my mom turned 92 in December and her 96 year old sister helped her celebrate it, so genetically speaking, I got a shot at making it.
But many consider Physics to be the Science of God.
Many folks here like to reject everything a person does or says because the person in question has some crazy or unconventional ideas.
Newton is a classic example of why that approach is a really bad one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studies
The same person can be brilliant in some areas and a fool in others.
The trick is to figure out which is which!
If I make it to 2060, I’ll be 99.
No one in my family has made it past 85.
My chances, genetically, are slim.
Quote-Not a bad call from four hundred years ago but I believe it will happen before 2060. I don’t think the method has any validity, Holy Roman Empire plus 1260 years - neither seems correct to me (the event for a countdown, nor the assumption of days to years___
Good points.
Quote-The two were at odds because the Church preached the doctrine of the Trinity, something which Newton strongly rejected under the belief that God has no equals. __
Who did Newton believe Jesus was if Jesus is not God? How did Newton understand the core doctrines of the New Testament? What was his issue regarding the Holy Spirit not being God? Was Newton holding on to tenets of Judaism while claiming to be an Anglican?
Newton definitely did not believe in core doctrines of the New Testament and I’d like to see how he would use the New Testament to justify his position on the Trinity.
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Me too.
Perhaps the new owner will publish the test of the document.
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