The second painting in the Duvan series has the same motif as the first, but here without the spiral of time. We are on the sixth day when God planted Eden; an image of time without time; of eternity in paradise. Here depicted in the colors of the rainbow. Only when man is thrown out of paradise does he become aware of time, of life and death, and of his longing to return to God and eternity, symbolized in the middle of the picture by Hilma's shroud. The way there is painted in Hilma as a heart in white and red, truth and love. It is formed starting with two strings from the paradise that Adam and Eve had to leave. But Adam and Eve will one day meet to become one again *

In the first image, the periphery of the circle represented the final 42 years of the spiral of time up to the zero year. From there, 6*6*6 Jewish lunar cycles were counted backwards to the birth of Adam in accordance with Hilma and the biblical chronology. The circle itself represented the entry of the Christian zero year. Perhaps Hilma intended to reverse the chronology in this second image. Until Adam is 42 years old, he and Eve live together in eternity. Then they are banished from Eden. 6*6*6 Jewish lunar cycles remain until year zero.

The circle above can now tell us about the beginning of the sixth day when God planted Eden. There he eventually placed Adam. There are no times given in the Bible for this, only the year of Adam's birth. The circle and the periphery, as well as the number 360 (years) of eternity, can then simultaneously symbolize both the zero year of Eden and the Christian zero year. From one zero year to another. First 360 years pass in eternity, then Adam and Eve are thrown out in time - to the sun and moon. 6*6*6 Jewish lunar cycles remain to Christ and the zero year. To him who is A&O. 360 years plus 6*6*6 lunar cycles - the time of love and sin. God's time and man's time.

The Jewish calendar is based on the fact that there are 19 (solar) years in 235 lunar revolutions, one lunar cycle. After Eden's supposed zero year (year 4,465 BC), 360 years plus 6*6*6 lunar cycles pass, which in total is the same as 235 lunar cycles to our zero year. This means that as many lunar cycles have passed as there are lunar revolutions in a cycle. Time has completed its course. Another 108 lunar cycles for the year 2052. Then a total of 7*7*7 lunar cycles have passed since God planted in Eden. Maybe this is the secret!

"The bliss of Paradise was no more than the seed that points to the divinization of everything " (Paul Evdokimov) .

Like a seed in paradise, Adam and Eve (yellow and blue) are depicted at the entrance to paradise. They are allowed to leave eternity and Eden when 360 years have passed, when they have eaten of the fruit of knowledge. The chronology then gives Adam an age of 42 years. Seven times six. Six stands for sin and evil in the Bible, seven stands for fulfillment. There are now four times 666 years left until the Exodus from Egypt and 6*6*6 lunar cycles until the zero year and the Kingdom of God.

After the zero year of Eden can also be counted in Hilma's 144 year periods. 7+7+7 periods to the exit from Egypt in 1440 BC and another 10 periods to year zero. In total 31 periods. 144 year periods. The Jews were given a new calendar by God in connection with the Exodus. The zero year became the equivalent of the Christian calendar.

As a Christian, Hilma had little doubt that the Christian calendar was God's work. But the question is whether there is support for this idea in the Bible. It's probably time for a deep dive into the prophets and the Book of Revelation! A continuation and update to come!

* It is said of Adam and Eve that...the two shall become one, it holds a secret. Eph. 5:21f.