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Seasons and calendars
1. Seasons and calendars
2. Galatians 4:10
KJV: Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Greek: ημερας παρατηρεισθε και μηνας και καιρους και ενιαυτους
3. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Time and season
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: [kjv]
τοις πασιν χρονος και καιρος τω παντι πραγματι υπο τον ουρανον [lxx]
4. Ecclesiastes 3:1
KJV: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Hebrew: לכל זמן ועת לכל חפץ תחת השמים׃
Greek: τοις πασιν χρονος και καιρος τω παντι πραγματι υπο τον ουρανον
5. Acts 1:7
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. [kjv]
ειπεν προς αυτους ουχ υμων εστιν γνωναι χρονους η καιρους ους ο πατηρ εθετο εν τη ιδια εξουσια [gnt]
6. Acts 1:7
KJV: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Greek: ειπεν δε προς αυτους ουχ υμων εστιν γνωναι χρονους η καιρους ους ο πατηρ εθετο εν τη ιδια εξουσια
7. 1 Thessalonians 5:1
1 Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. [kjv]
περι δε των χρονων και των καιρων αδελφοι ου χρειαν εχετε υμιν γραφεσθαι [gnt]
8. 1 Thessalonians 5:1
KJV: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
Greek: περι δε των χρονων και των καιρων αδελφοι ου χρειαν εχετε υμιν γραφεσθαι
9. Prophetic years in the Bible
Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. [kjv]
και δωσω τοις δυσιν μαρτυσιν μου και προφητευσουσιν ημερας χιλιας διακοσιας εξηκοντα περιβεβλημενους σακκους [gnt]
A prophetic year in the Bible appears to consist of
360 day years.
There are 360 day years in Genesis.
There are 360 day years in Revelation.
An important three and a half year period is given in many ways to make sure that it is clear.
Sackcloth is black.
10. Revelation 11:3
KJV: And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Greek: και δωσω τοις δυσιν μαρτυσιν μου και προφητευσουσιν ημερας χιλιας διακοσιας εξηκοντα περιβεβλημενοι περιβεβλημενους σακκους
11. Church calendars
The Roman Catholic Church church (and the Western world) uses the Gregorian calendar for dating.
Christmas on December 25.
The Eastern Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar for religious dating (13 days difference).
Christmas on January 7.
12. Year and season of the birth of Jesus
When you hear that Jesus was born in 6 BC (or 4 BC or 2 BC) does that make the Bible not true? Or is the calendar not accurate?
Some 50 years later: stories of the birth
Some 300 years later: time of year decided
Some 500 years later: calendar years decided
Monk Bede (meaning prayer as in "bid" or "prayer beads") wrote history using dates from Christ.
Best guess for time of year: Spring or fall time frame. Feast of Trumpets in fall provides immaculate conception in December time frame.
[sheep in open field, course of Zechariah and Josephus]
If your thermometer showed that water freezes at 50 degrees, would what you learned about water freezing at 32 degrees not be true? Maybe the thermometer is inaccurate.
13. Time of year
We celebrate Christmas on December 25 each year. What time of year did it actually happen? Was it December 25 or sometime else?
Best guess for time of year: Spring or fall time frame. Feast of Trumpets in fall provides immaculate conception in December time frame.
14. Dionysius
In 525 A.D., a monk named Dionysius was tasked with determining the exact date of the birth of Jesus and changing the calendar appropriately. By using the reigns of Roman leaders and other important historical relative dates, he come up with a new dating system. He had no year zero, creating a hole in the sequence of years. He also appeared to make at least one important mistake which accounted for about 5 years during the reign of Caesar Augustus known initially as Octavian.
15. Tradition
Once a tradition gets started, it is hard to change.
Once everyone starts using a dating system for years it is hard to change.
16. Millennial dates
Some people get all worked up about January 1 of even hundred years and more-so for even thousand years.
What is special about January 1, 1000 AD, January 1 2000 AD, etc.? These are just human man-made arbitrary conventions that have no other significance.
Note: The Year 2000 computer issue was a real issue that was addressed since it was a man-made issue of how computer code was written years earlier.
17. Winter solstice
The longest day of the year is June 21, the summer solstice, which marks the beginning of summer.
After the summer solstice, the days keep getting shorter until December 21, the winter solstice, which marks the beginning of winter.
After the winter solstice, the days keep getting longer until June 21, the summer solstice.
18. Celebrations
Since the begging of time (e.g., since the time of the Tower of Babel), people have noticed and celebrated the winter solstice as the time of rebirth and regeneration.
19. Luke 2:8 Shepherds and flocks
Shepherds would not have had their flocks out in open field in winter. It gets cold there too.
Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. [kjv]
How does the song "while shepherds watched their flocks by night ..." really go?
"while shepherds washed their socks (frocks, 1876) by night ..."
Why did Joseph close the door to the stable?
The cattle were lowing on a cold winter's night. After the door was closed, the shepherds said "Praise the Lord" (praise the lowered).
20. Luke 2:8
KJV: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Greek: και ποιμενες ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντες και φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος επι την ποιμνην αυτων
21. Time of year
What season and time of year did it happen? Why December 25?
Why December 25?
Shepherds had their flocks out in open field.
In the temple, there are 24 courses of priests, a new course, in order, starting every 7 days (8 days with one day overlap). Why might this be useful to know?
22. Benjamin Franklin and sleep
True or false: Benjamin Franklin one went to bed one evening and woke up 12 days later.
In the British Colonies in America, the 11 days from September 3 to September 13, 1752, were skipped in order to move from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. So, according to the calendar, Benjamin Franklin slept for 12 days. In reality, it was just the arbitrary calendar that changed.
23. Early to bed
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin (American scientist, inventor, philosopher, statesman)
24. Calendars
The Julian calendar had been used since the time of Julius Caesar, about 48 BC. The calendar was in improvement, but lost about one day every 80 years.
The Gregorian calendar was developed at the time of Pope Gregory and introduced in October 1582.
Many countries waited for hundreds of years until changing their calendar from Julian to Gregorian.
25. Change
In the British Colonies in America, the 11 days from September 3 to September 13, 1752, were skipped in order to move from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
Be not astonished, nor look with scorn, dear reader, at such a deduction of days, nor regret as for the loss of so much time, but take this for your consolation, that your expenses will appear lighter and your mind be more at ease. And what an indulgence is here, for those who love their pillow to lie down in Peace on the second of this month and not perhaps awake till the morning of the fourteenth. (From Benjamin Franklin's Almanac, quoted by Cowan, 29; Irwin, 98)
26. Timezones
John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. [kjv]
απεκριθη ιησους ουχι δωδεκα ωραι εισιν της ημερας εαν τις περιπατη εν τη ημερα ου προσκοπτει οτι το φως του κοσμου τουτου βλεπει [gnt]
The earth is divided into many time zones with many variations within time zones, such as "
Standard Time" and "
Daylight Savings Time".
When did clocks become standardized?
During the 1800's when the train system needed standardized times and the technology was available to do it.
27. Daylight savings time
When did daylight savings time start in the United States?
It started in 1918. Then varied, being adopted in World War II and kept since.
Who first proposed daylight savings time in the United States?
George Hudson in 1895. Benjamin Franklin suggested a similar idea to Paris as envoy to France from 1776-1785.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise Benjamin Franklin.
28. John 11:9
KJV: Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Greek: απεκριθη ο ιησους ουχι δωδεκα εισιν ωραι εισιν της ημερας εαν τις περιπατη εν τη ημερα ου προσκοπτει οτι το φως του κοσμου τουτου βλεπει
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Galatians 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. [kjv]
ημερας παρατηρεισθε και μηνας και καιρους και ενιαυτους [gnt]
