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1st Sabbath, 1st Month Sets ALL the Holy Days

Refer to Chart 6 as well.

New knowledge of this world comes to light every day.  This is also true about some of the technical aspects of the flood account which will be addressed here. The additional information does not change the original article, but gives more insight and clarification of this important bible account.

Most people have difficulty in understanding the bible.  A reason for this is that many times the bible gives concluding factual statements leaving the reader wondering what has gone before without the supporting information.

Through simple math this presentation will show by using the time elements God has put in His word that the Bible proves an exact accounting of time from creation to the present weekly cycle of seven days.  It will be exact – meaning that every day will be accounted for; not one day added or one missing.  This work will use three types of years.  AM (After Man) meaning the count begins at creation and comes forward in increments of seven to the present day.

In Matthew 24 Christ makes an insightful statement, “But of that day and hour no one knows, no not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (vs. 36; NKJ referenced throughout, unless otherwise noted). This scripture has caused some to wonder, why is the timing of the return of Christ the prerogative of the Father? Why is it an unknown day, when the Father has total command of what ultimately occurs?

Many have struggled to answer this very fascinating question, either in the positive or in the negative. The answer is important to various religious groups because their beliefs are based on the observation of a particular day of the week, the origin of which they find in the first book of the bible; the creation account of seven days in the book of Genesis.

Thus far all the material covering this subject has been academic. Herbert W. Armstrong gave a convincing argument in his 1952 booklet, Has Time Been Lost? In it he shows how the origin of time can be traced back to the creation week, but the part that he did not address was mathematical and calendrical proof which would have shown his work to be totally correct.

Ask yourself these questions. When did God create Adam and Eve? When did He destroy all living beings except those on the ark? When did these historical events take place? Is there an unbreakable mathematic principal that God used to establish time?

Ask yourself these questions.  When did God create Adam and Eve? When did He destroy all living beings except those on the ark?  God’s word contains many historical dates which take on a greater meaning when they are shown to reflect the creation week.  This article will explain how God tracks time and how He set His Sacred calendar for all mankind to understand.  His calendar is not determined by what is observed in the present skies. It was set at creation by the seven day week.

As shown in the previous presentation there is a biblically fixed system of time on which the historical events of the Bible can be brought to light.

Continuing to reveal the true timeline will put to rest all the innuendoes and false ideas so many have about the historic value of the Bible.  As we move away from the creation narrative discussed in the previous video, a foundation of truth must be laid. Ask yourself what does the Father and Christ want to accomplish through this act of creation?

In light of recent unprecedented floods in the Midwestern United States, I decided to review the account of Noah’s Flood in Genesis 7 and 8. This study resulted in bringing to my attention the very detailed recording of the passage of time as the events of the Flood took place. These events are given to us as inspired by Christ, the Word, in a chronology of days and months through which God reveals a system for measuring time that parallels the present calculations of the Hebrew Calendar.

This was a question posed by our minister to the congregation of which I was a relatively new member. He did not give us the answer; but wanted us to put in writing the solution to the problem. By doing this, he accomplished two things. First, and most important, was that when reading biblical accounts that seem unclear, we need to dig out the truth of the matter. Of course in order to do this, it required more in depth study on our part; which was what he was trying to get us to do. Secondly, he wanted us to see that God did not condemn the innocent. 

One of the most dramatic events of the Old Testament happened when God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac. When reading this account it presents a problem. It may seem to be an isolated event in which only Abraham knew what his mission to the land of Moriah was going to be.

At the end of the article, SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DEDICATED ON THE JUBILEE, the concluding statement directs the reader to the need of establishing the year of the temple’s destruction. This would be the capstone that ties the Hebrew Calculated Calendar from the seven days of creation to the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, which in turn is tied to the crucifixion of Christ, proving the whole Bible is chained by God to this calendar. Obviously the beginning point would be the dedication of the temple and its’ use as the timeline of the kings of Judah and Israel to set the destruction date for Solomon’s Temple.

To accurately account for the last seven days of Christ’s life it must be remembered that the biblical day begins at sunset, and not as the present Gregorian calendar day which starts at midnight.

The past teachings have pictured leaven as being bad. This has resulted in an understanding that leaven equals sin. In I Cor. 5:6-8, Paul equates leaven with malice and wickedness and by contrast unleavened with sincerity and truth. “Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed, Christ our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” Leaven here is put in a bad light.

Unlike Christmas, Lent and Easter, which are all fabrications of man and not found in the Bible as days to observe, Pentecost is shown to be observed in both the Old and New Testaments. Many weeks are spent in preparation and anticipation of these man-made days, without a word in the Bible instructing this to be done. In addition there is no historical evidence of those originally called by God to a new life in Christ to observe these days. 

There are three important events regarding the return of Christ. The first is His appearing in Rev. 6:12-17, which has been pointed out on page 10, under the heading “Revealing the Father and the Son to the World.” This is followed by the seven trumpet plagues, culminating in the seventh trumpet, which are the Resurrection of the dead saints and the change of those living into spirit beings spoken of in I Cor. 15:52. This event and His return to the Mt. of Olives are a single happening. The third occasion follows the seven vial plagues, and is that great battle known as Armageddon.