Thursday, June 27, 2019

The Origin Of The Biblical Calendar Hebrew

By Harold Brooks


The most commonly used calendars today are Gregorian calendars which are the ones usually found in watches or regular household calendars. However, these ones are only revised versions created by Pope Gregory XIII which was based off the old Biblical calendar Hebrew. Here are so, e of the things to know about this old version.

Now, one of the most crucial things to know about these types of calendars is that they revolve around the feasts that Jews used to have to observe back in the Old Testament days. The thing about feasts is that they are mandated by God to be followed on the exact day which is why Jews are still very observant up until today. The only difference is back then, there was no system and they had to just use their powers of observation.

Now, it is also important to note that the system of dates used in the Bible is still used today but with more calculations. This is known as the revised Jewish calendar which has important calculations and is not just based on pure observation. In order to know how it evolved into the modern form of today, one must look back at the origin of the Bible calendars.

Now, if one would go to the book of Genesis and look at the fourteenth verse of the first chapter, then one will find the first instructions of God to the Old Testament followers. First of all, the verse states that there will be light in Heaven that would divide the day and night. It also states that there will be seasons that will be shown from the sky.

That alone will show readers that the sky and the weather were the two factors that would determine dates. This statement from the verse further backs up what was stated in Genesis chapter one verses one to five wherein God distinguished night and day. So when both day and night passed, then it would be considered that one day passed.

In order to observe weeks, God stated that when both day and night pass seven times, then one whole week has passed. In Genesis, he regards one whole cycle of seven days as the Shabbua or the Sabbath because it took him seven cycles to make the earth. It is sort of a symbolism that signifies perfection.

For determining the months, God stated in Deutoronomy sixteen that there will be a new moon at the start of a month. This is known in Hebrew as the Chodesh and it signifies that moon will begin a cycle. As the cycle goes on, the moon will become half, then crescent shaped, then full again.

This full moon is actually known as the month of Abib wherein the Passover must be celebrated and when the green ear grains grow signifying a change in season. Now, the moon would move twelve times before it would go back to the original state it was in during the month of Abib. This would signify that one year has passed and several seasons would occur in that time.




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