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The Second Hand in the

Timepiece of God (Part 1) . 355 ‘ ‘ The Precious Things Put Forth ’ ’ 355 An Intricate, Confusing Subject . 356 The Gregorian Calendar . . . 356

Gregorian Calendar and Apostles 357

The Old Roman Year.....357

The Month of Maius.....358

The Month of August .... 358

The Days and the Hours . . . 358

Latest Ecclesiastical Muddling . 359

A Consideration of the Year . . 359

When Do the Seasons Begin ? . . 360

On Solomon ^rs Porch—in Winter . 361

The Length of the Year .... 361 Extending the Gregorian

Calendar........361

Projecting the Calendar

Backward........362

Calculating the Equinoxes . . . 362 Outline of Vernal Equinoxes . . 363 Result of Some Calculations . . 364 Notes on Problems......364

Date of Autumnal Equinox

4129 B.C.........365

God’s Love of the Beautiful . . 365 A Study of God’s Months . . . 366 “A Faithful Witness in Heaven” 366 Calendar for 6,062 Years . . . 367

God’s Will Regarding Months . 367

Projection of the Gregorian Calendar Back to Creation . . 368

Lunations Ushering In Years or

Periods of Important Events . 370 Learning Something About

God’s Months

Lunation Experience Table . . 371 Astronomers Must Love Truth . 371 The Moon Runs Fast

Metonic Cycle and

the God of Order

Chart of Lunations

1886-1911 A.D

Chart of Lunations

1912-1937 A.D

Getting Ready to Explore the Past

Method of Calculating Lunations 377

Calculation Tables

Chart for Changing Over Days and Hours of Gregorian Calendar to Days and Hours of Calendar of Jehovah God . . 380

“So Teach Us to Number

Our Days”.......380

The Calendar of Jehovah God . 380 Calendar

Jehovah’s Year of Ransom 1903 381 “Man Became a Living Soul . , 382 Using the Six-Thousand-Year

Calendar........382

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Golden Age

Volume XVI                     Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, March 13, 1935                      Number 404

MATTERS have arisen recently to call sharp attention to the Gregorian calendar and its confusions, and to direct attention to the Word of God on the subject of time, with a consideration of what may be called the timepiece of God, the beautiful and orderly arrangement of the sun and moon as they were set in the heavens by the Creator “to rule over the day and over the night” (Genesis 1:18), ‘to be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.’— Genesis 1:14.

This is no nonsense, or worse than nonsense from the Great Pyramid in Egypt (built with unpaid^- slave labor), but there is now a wealth of information regarding the exact length of the year, and the exact length of the lunation (from one new moon to another), which makes all past history an open book, where the number of years involved is known, and where there is associated with those years some marked reference to the moon.

“The Precious Things Put Forth”

It is an interesting possibility indicated by Moses when he mentions “the precious things put forth by the moon”. (Deuteronomy 33:14) In the beautifully working parts of His great timepiece Jehovah God has preserved evidence that will yet shame all the wise of the earth.

Does it not seem a very wonderful thing, a gift from Jehovah God, that Jehovah’s people may now have a perfect calendar of the Lord’s life, knowing, for example, in terms of the Gregorian calendar, with which all are familiar, the exact days of the week, month and year when, as a boy, He remained behind in the temple, asking and answering questions; that they may know the exact date when Moses came marching out of Egypt, the exact date the Jordan was crossed by the forces under Joshua, the exact 855

Indebtedness is acknowledged to 220 works on astronomy; also to Dr. Clyde Fisher, Ph. D., LL.D., curator of the Department of Astronomy, The American Museum of Natural History, 77th street and Central Park West, New York city. Dr. Fisher is rated the ablest astronomer in New York.

An Intricate, Confusing Subject

Gentile scholars of eminence sadly say that years are “incommensurable”; an incorrect but excusable statement, in view of the difficulties involved. There is only one way out: God’s w^Tay; which way is simplicity itself, as will appear in due course.

That the Jews are confused is self-evident. Here is what the International dictionary says of their efforts: “The common year is said to be defective, regular or perfect (or abundant) according as it has 353, 354 or 355 days. The leap year has an intercalary month, and a total of 383 (defective), 384 (regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) days. The calendar is complicated by various rules providing for the harmonious arrangement of festivals, etc., so that no simple perpetual calendar can be constructed.” In their calendar the Jews show only 3,761 years in the era B.C., whereas the Scriptures, preserved in their midst, show that somewhere, somehow, they have lost account of at the very least 267 years. Jehovah’s people have nothing to learn from the Jews on this subject; the Jews have lost the “key of knowledge”.—Luke 11: 52.

Jehovah’s people are not interested in the old Roman calendar of ten months in a year, even though “Christendom” still uses the original names of the last four months of that year: September, October, November, December.

They are not interested in the old Greek calendar, the use of which caused such confusion in the Roman empire that in the year 46 B.C. it was necessary to add two months to the year, making it fourteen months long, in order to bring the seasons back to their proper position.

They are not interested in the Julian calendar, which followed, unless they chance to live in Greece, or unless they are astronomers. The first of the year, with the Greeks, is thirteen days behind the one now in general use. The reason why the astronomers cling to the Julian reckoning is that it has been in use constantly, in some sections of the world, 1,980 years. They merely use it as a convenient measuring rod, to connect up with the past. Julian days, used by all astronomers, begin to count 250,310 days prior to the day of Adam’s creation, and are to that extent in error. In this article the Edenic day, i.e., the day from Adam’s creation, is substituted for the Julian day; and it is hoped that all astronomers, in the interest of pure truth, will adopt and accept and use the Edenic day exclusively.

Jehovah’s people disdain to consider for a moment the Mohammedan calendar, which takes its start in July of the year 622 (A.D.), and which even the Mohammedans no longer take seriously.

Napoleon put an end to the French Revolution calendar, which began in November, 1793, and perished in 1805. Everything was supposed to be done by the decimal system. There were 12 months of 30 days each, and five or six fete days at the end of the year, to balance things up.

The Gregorian Calendar

But though Jehovah’s people ignore all of the foregoing, they cannot quite, in the immediate present, ignore the Gregorian or papal calendar inaugurated in October, 1582, at which time ten days were dropped from the Julian calendar, the fifteenth of that month hooking up next to the fourth. It was not until 1752 that England adopted the Gregorian calendar.

In this series of articles it will be shown that all the foregoing calendars are calendars of the Devil. If that is shown to be true regarding the Gregorian, it will certainly be true of all the others. Please, now, take the time to examine some of the necessary details of this intricate subject.

Jehovah God is nowhere mentioned in the Gregorian calendar. It would suit Satan well to have Him lost sight of altogether. Christ is mentioned, but the year 1935 is not the year of our Lord at all, for He was born in 2 B.C. and died in A.D. 33.

In these articles the Gregorian calendar is supplanted and discarded by the unique expedient of extending it into the past, as if it had always been in operation, using it to establish historical points in terms that will be understood by those now living, and then letting it die an ignominious death.

The present pope is not sure, even, as to in what year Christ died. One of his alleged reasons for extending the “Holy Year” to 1934 was that, so he said, he was not sure whether Christ died in A.D. 33 or in A.D. 34. Of course, the real reason why he was making both ends of the year “holy” was that thus he could get collections at both ends.

The Gregorian calendar was the work of a council of theologians, professedly the successors of the apostles, but eager to hide the apostles from sight except as they might wish to shine in their reflected glory. One can see this in what the council did, and in what they failed to do.

Gregorian Calendar and Apostles

Let it be supposed that the Gregorian council had really desired to honor the apostles whose successors they claim to be. What a fine chance they had! For instance, they could have changed January to James, in honor of the man to whom the Scriptures refer as the Lord’s brother. But they preferred to have millions of people everlastingly writing down a name in honor of Janus, the original Roman “father”. Janus was two-faced. His successors have been like their “father”. He was worshiped as the god of gods, supreme janitor of heaven and earth. The word “janitor” takes its derivation from the word “Janus”. A writer who made a study of this subject says: “But here is the important fact that, till the pope was invested with the title, which for a thousand years had had attached to it the power of the keys of Janus and Cybele, no such claims to pre-eminence, or anything approaching to it, was ever publicly made on his part, on the ground of his being the possessor of the keys bestowed on Peter.” In other words, he was Jupiter, the Devil, and naturally those who claim to rule heaven, earth and hell, and who love the name “father”, did not wish to part with anything that so well upheld their claims.

The theologians had a second opportunity with regard to the second month. On or about what is now February 15 the ancient pagan Romans had heathen priests, called the priests of Faunus, who clad themselves in goatskins, and made a circuit of the Palatine Hill, striking with goatskin thongs all women encountered. The ostensible object was to insure fertility and easy delivery; the real object was to enable the grafting priests to keep their hold on the superstitious people. This ceremony was supposed to “februare”, or purify, the women. One can readily understand why the Roman Catholic theologians wanted to retain this connection with heathenism.

In connection with the “februation” of the women the priests held a festival, the Luper-calia, in honor of Lupercus, the god of fertility. There is a brief account of a similar “festival” in Numbers 25:1, 2: “And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.”

These alleged successors of the apostles who made the Gregorian calendar could have named the second month Boanerges, in memory of James the brother of John, the one who had the honor of being the first martyr among the Lord’s chosen twelve, but they preferred the old pagan name.

The Old Roman Year

The old Roman year began with March, and its first month in the year was named Martins, after Mars, the god of war. The war priests of ancient Rome were the Salii, or leapers. Their job (contrasted with their present successors) was not so much the encouragement of the production of more Roman soldiers, but to see to it that Mars was well bribed by their leapings and other gymnastics. Their chief ceremony was on March 19.

The Gregorian ecclesiastics had another good opportunity here. They might have named this month after Peter, for whom they profess to have so much attachment. But as between following the advice of Peter to “seek peace, and ensue it” (1 Peter 3:11) his alleged successors have done all possible to keep the world in wars and turmoils throughout their entire history, and tomorrow, if another world war were to start, the Roman Catholic theologians would be the very first to climb on the band wagon, for their full share of chaplaincies or whatever other graft was to be had, in every country involved. And the Protestant clergy would be scarcely one whit behind. And so one can see why the Gregorians desired to retain the martial spirit, martial law and martial music of Mars rather than to have a month named after the humble fisherman who, in his writings, counseled peace at least five times.

The second month of the old Roman year of ten months was Aprilis, from a word meaning ‘to open’, and probably signifying that this was the month in which the buds open. There is no objection to this, surely, but, as this was the month in which the Savior died, what a chance there was here to commemorate that event upon which all human life depends. The month could have been called Christ, and it would have been an annual reminder of man’s debt that can never be repaid.

But the theologians preferred the old name, with which, no doubt, some god or goddess was in some way involved. Incidentally, as will later be shown in this series of articles, there is ground for the tradition that Christ was nailed to the tree on April 1, and that the so-called “April fool” pranks on that day are intended by the Devil to bring ridicule on the One who counted not His life dear unto Himself, but gave it all up in the doing of Jehovah’s will and in the vindication of His name. May God help all of Jehovah’s people to be like their Master, and “fools” for His sake.—1 Corinthians 4:10.

The Month of Maius

The month of Maius in the old Roman calendar, the present May, refers to Master Jupiter, the great father god, who had more wives than Henry VIII. It would have been a rather nice thing for the theologians who pretended to think so much of the apostles if they had called this month Matthew. But it was Matthew, in the 23d chapter, that specially drew attention to the Lord’s warning: “Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called [Master]: for one is your Master, even Christ.” (Verses 9 and 10) And the theologians knew better than to draw the attention of the people to the word of God which exposes their paternalistic method of gaining control of the men through control of the women.

Juno, so the encyclopedia discloses, was “the most exalted divinity of the Latin races in Italy next to Jupiter, of whom she was the sister and wife. She was the queen of heaven and under the name of Regina (queen) was worshiped in Italy at an early period”. It would have been nice for the Gregorian theologians to name the sixth month after John, the one whom the Lord especially loved, but that would have been a hard blow at mariolatry; and so the Gregorian ecclesiastics, who are so strong for the pagan queen-of-heaven idea, preferred to let the name June stand as it is.

In the old Roman calendar the fifth month was named Quintilis, which merely meant that it was the fifth month of their year. When Julius Caesar reconstructed the calendar, making the year one of twelve months instead of ten, one of the new months was named after himself, and Quintilis became July. Here again the theologians had a fine opportunity to choose between a great warrior and the humble and faithful Jude, whose short epistle contains so much; and so, because they more admired military conquerors than a humble messenger of peace, they chose to retain the name of the warrior, born in that month.

The Month of August

It was Mark Antony, the politician, that fixed it up to have the seventh month of the year named after Julius Caesar, but Julius’ successor Augustus was less modest. He changed the name Sextilis, sixth month, to August, and the Roman senate, to gratify his vanity, took one day away from February and added it to the month thus named. That is why February is so short.

Theologians love everything that exalts men; and so when the question came up, if it evei’ did come up, of naming the eighth month after the apostle Andrew, the suggestion was voted down 100 percent in favor of retaining the name of the publicity-seeker who started world-wide taxation.

September, seventh old Roman month, could have nicely been named after Philip, but it was not. October, eighth old Roman month, could have been named after Thomas, but it was not. November could have been named after Nathanael (Bartholomew), but it was not; and December could have been named after Simon (Zelotes), but it was not. The theologians did not want any of the months named after the real apostles. They preferred that the old paganisms which constitute their sole stock in trade should be perpetuated, as long as possible. Certainly, on no account do they wish the people to have the Scriptures, or even to be reminded of them, except in so far as they can twist these to seem to sustain their pretensions.

The Days and the Hours

The Devil, of course, was the one who induced the ancestors of the present generation to name all the days of the week after heathen gods and goddesses. Neither God nor Christ, nor any prophet or apostle, is represented in the days of the week as now in common use. Sunday is named after the sun god; Monday, after the moon god; Tuesday, after Zeus, or Tyr; Wednesday, after the god Woden; Thursday, after Thor, the god of thunder; Friday, after Frigg, or Friga, Woden’s wife; and Saturday, after Saturn. The theologians could have changed all this if they had wished to do so, but they did not.

God made the day to begin at sundown, and so the Devil has changed that in almost every place, but not quite. In most countries the beautiful robe of starlit night is rent in twain and the day begins at midnight, which practice was handed down from the Egyptians and Romans. The Babylonians began the day at sunrise. Astronomers make it begin at noon, and number the hours from 1 to 24 consecutively. This system is followed in some parts of Italy. In all of these matters the theologians have gone along with every scheme to dishonor the Maker of the stars and to stray farther and farther from the Word of God. They have seemed to instinctively realize that their protection consists in keeping as close as possible to the Devil and the Devil’s way of doing things.

Latest Ecclesiastical Muddling

Under the leadership of Doctor Cadman, expresident of the Federal Council of [Protestant] Churches in America, a still further mix-up in respect to calendars is in sight. Following a big get-together council of all the most pompous Protestant theologians, at Fanoe, Denmark, in 1934, the proposition was launched to make every year one of 364 days, adding the 365th day as an “extra” Saturday, coming always between December 30 and January 1; then when the year would have 366 days the “extra” day would be inserted as an “extra” Saturday between June and July. By this plan, in which the Scriptural arrangement of the days into weeks would be entirely ignored, there would be four quarters of the year identical in length, each containing three months of 31, 30 and 30 days, and, if one is foolish enough to believe it, “any given date will fall on the same day of the week.”

It is thus seen that the Devil and the children of the Devil are greatly interested in having everything different from the way God arranged it, not only as respects the years and the months, but as respects the weeks, the days, and even the hours, and the reason for it is clear. The Devil is determined to leave no stone unturned to dishonor God, and he also well knows that as one error leads to another so one truth also leads to another, and is in terror lest great truths long covered should be brought to light.

And so, with this preliminary examination, please turn to make a study of the various items that enter into the making of calendars, a Scriptural as well as a scientific study, to which is invited the closest scrutiny of astronomers, mathematicians and others, as well as Jehovah’s people. Should any errors be discovered in statements of fact or in calculations, be so good as to transmit them to The Golden Age as promptly as possible. In this material, high-school and college teachers have abundant opportunities to put the skill of their pupils to the test and at the same time exalt the name of Jehovah, the true and living God.

The methods that will be pursued will be entirely different from any ever before used. The place to begin is with the year.

A Consideration of the Year

According to Genesis 1:14 God made both the sun and the moon to be “for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years”. The thought that the signs here mentioned have anything to do with the signs of the zodiac is all nonsense, demonism. The word “signs” signifies “ensigns”, as if here is some standard that needs the attention which will now be given to it.

The seasons recognized in the Scriptures are but two, the summer and the winter, which seasons will continue forever. “While the earth re-maineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.”—Genesis 8: 22.

Jehovah’s people are familiar with the instructions to Israel to “keep the passover at his appointed season” (Numbers 9:2), and know why Jehovah spoke of it as “the season that thou earnest forth out of Egypt”. (Deuteronomy 16:6) They know that the Lord, in the parable of the vineyard, spoke of “fruits in their seasons” (Matthew 21:41), that the apostle also mentioned “fruitful seasons” (Acts 14:17); the prophecy of Zechariah (14:8) speaks of summer and winter as ever continuing; and there are other references to the seasons in the Scriptures, and yet the clergy have never recognized in any way these grand divisions of time in any of their calendars. One would have thought that they would at least have named one month after the opening of the vernal season or one after the opening of the autumnal season, but the clergy have no zeal for the honoring of anything with which Jehovah God has had anything to do. They are interested only in the things that bring dishonor to Him and do bring honor to men and to their master, the Devil, whose they are and whom they serve. On the other hand it seems that the attention of the true people of God has been directed to the vernal equinox for centuries, and there must be some reason for it. To this day, Jehovah’s people, striving for truth and obedience, seek the beginning of NiSan (the name is of heathen origin), the month in which Jesus died, and locate it with the new moon nearest to the said equinox.

When Do the Seasons Begin?

For various reasons it is desirable that the new year should have a fixed point at which to begin, and to end; and what better point than that made by Jehovah himself in the heavens, when the days and nights are of equal length at every point on the globe? It is the time of life, a time when all should specially turn their minds and hearts to the great Creator who provided such a convenient day for the settlement of accounts that are in the past and for the opening of new vistas for the future. “Thou erownest the year with thy goodness.”—Psalm 65:11.

Years ago many of those who are now Jehovah’s witnesses had the belief that the true time of the year’s beginning is in the fall, yet, whatever may have been the reason, in the two texts where the two seasons are mentioned together the summer is mentioned first.—See Genesis 8: 22; Zechariah 14: 8.

All intelligent persons know that on the equator the days and nights are always of equal length. They also know that twice a year the sun apparently shifts its position with respect to the earth, and in March and September there are what are called equinoxes; that is, the days and nights are of equal length in every place on the earth. The human family was first implanted in the Northern Hemisphere; there the Scriptures were written; there the Lord died. Hence the Scriptures tacitly recognize the fact.

Additionally, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land surface.

The summer season (which men, but not the Scriptures, divide into two parts, one of which is named “spring”) begins in March (in the Northern Hemisphere) and contains the growing and harvesting seasons of that part of the world, wherein most of the land surface of the earth is found. The cold seasons are inaugurated by the autumnal equinoxes.

The Gregorian calendar does not begin at either equinox, and does not even begin any month with either of them, but it cannot quite ignore these important fixed points in terrestrial history, and so one generally finds in an almanac a brief mention of the time when the equinox (usually the vernal) occurs. It is manifest that, in the mind of God, the true year would have its beginning at one of these points. Would it not seem reasonable, since God made the sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night, that He would have the greater of these two luminaries fix the length of the year and the lesser fix the length of the month?

Jehovah puts the mind at rest on this subject of His time for beginning the year. As the Israelites were about to leave Egypt (which, as will be shown subsequently, was about the time of the vernal equinox) He said to Moses: “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.”— Exodus 12:2.

Much has been said of the observance of so-called Jewish “New Year” at the autumnal equinox, but the Devil has been after the Jews as well as after the Christians. Can anybody show where the Jews or anybody else was ever commanded or authorized to begin a new year at any other time than that fixed by Jehovah God? He cannot. It is quite true that Exodus 34:22 speaks of “the feast of ingathering at the year’s end” (revolution of the year, margin); but the reference is manifestly to the crop year, which does indeed end in the fall, as is well known to everybody. Exodus 12: 2 is the law on this subject.

The foregoing text, therefore, ought to be sufficient proof that the true time of the beginning of the year is with the vernal equinox; but there is more. Nine months from the autumnal equinox would be on or about June 23, at which time in Palestine it is exceedingly warm. Nine months from the vernal equinox is about December 22. Here read Jeremiah 36:22: “Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.” What time that year started ought to be plain to all.

On Solomon’8 Porch—in Winter

When Jesus was here on earth His every word and act was designed to be an honor to His Father’s name. He was able to say, “I do always those things that please him.” (John 8: 29) The Father himself said: “Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”—Luke 3: 22.

As a result of this close relationship, one may study with minute care every detail of what Jesus said and did and always find in it something that the Father is telling His people by that means. There is this item: “And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.”—John 10:22, 23.

Theologians have endeavored to explain this text, aiming to show that Jesus was trying in some way to participate in a feast of dedication not mentioned in the Scriptures, and in so doing they have missed the point.

In this passage the heavenly Father seems to be gently hinting to the reader that there is a point in connection with Solomon’s temple that needs to be considered; it is the time of its dedication. And if one looks the matter up he finds that it was dedicated “in the month Etha-nim” (the name itself is of heathen origin), “which is the seventh month” (1 Kings 8: 2), and the “feast of dedication”, identified with the seven-day dedication of the altar, was on the 8th to the 14th of that month. (2 Chronicles 7: 9,10) The seventh month was the first month of the winter season. Additionally, it is well known that the day of atonement and the feast of tabernacles, which occurred in the seventh month, were observed when the Israelites had gathered in the fruits of the land and were entering the winter season. (Leviticus 23: 27,39) It is thus established by the mouth of four witnesses that the true beginning of the year is at the vernal equinox.

The Length of the Year

The length of the year, from vernal equinox to vernal equinox, is not an exact number of days.

Beginning with the vernal equinox of the year 1886 (A.D.), the times between the vernal equinoxes for the next succeeding fifty years, down to 1936 inclusive, are, in their order, 365 days 5 hours and the number of minutes which follow: 46, 45, 48, 54, 44, 05, 46, 48, 60, 27, 45, 48, 50,13, 57, 81, 41, 52, 66, 60, 00, 60, 60, 60, 60, 21, 49, 53, 40, 56, 51, 48, 61, 40, 52, 58, 40, 51, 53, 49, 57, 46, 50, 55, 37, 47, 49, 45, 54, 40. This information was gleaned from reference works in the New York Public Library. The general average for this particular period is 365 days 5 hours 46 minutes 45.6 seconds.

The length of the year is influenced by conditions in the earth itself, near the equator, by the approach and recession of other planets, and by the precession of the equinoxes. In the accompanying diagram (page 363), in the righthand lower corner is shown in graphic form how the influences that make one year shorter than another are overcome in succeeding years. The small differences are not cumulative; the total divergences of less than an hour from the mean would not be greater six thousand years ago, which means that one can tell accurately the time of the vernal equinox in any year from creation to date. Moreover, its day in the week can be ascertained, which is something quite new in the field of human interest, a path never before trodden.

Extending the Gregorian Calendar

Taking note of the fact that there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day, it follows that in one of God’s years, a so-called solar year, or tropical year, or synodical year, that is, from one vernal equinox to another, there are 31,556,926.15 seconds ; in a calendar year of 365 days the number of seconds is 31,536,000; so God’s year is longer than man’s year by 20,926.15 seconds.

In the Gregorian calendar arrangement man puts in an extra day once in four years; so in that time he has 1,461 days. In four of God’s years there are 126,227,704.6 seconds. In 1,461 calendar days there are 126,230,400 seconds; so at the end of the four years man has borrowed 2,695.4 seconds from the future, to make up for his extra inserted day.

After twenty-four leap-year periods of four years each, man has borrowed nearly a day. Accordingly, when the end of the century is reached, the leap year is usually omitted. The normal century of man, therefore, has in it 24 leap years and 76 years that are not leap years. The total of days in such century is 36,524 days, amounting to 3,155,673,600 seconds. In one hundred of God’s years He has 3,155,692/115 seconds. At the end of a normal century, man has not used in his calendar all the time that has been made for his use, by 19,015 seconds.

After four centuries, or rather, every fourth century, man finds it necessary to put in an extra leap year. These years, called quadri-centesimal years, go in at the end of such centuries as are divisible by 400. The next one would be in the year A.D. 2000, but it will not be needed. The Lord has a much better way.

In four of man’s centuries he has 146,097 days: 97 leap days and 146,000 ordinary days. In seconds this amounts to 12,622,780,800. In 400 of God’s years there are 12,622,770,460 seconds ; so at the end of each quadricentes-imal period of 400 years the man has again borrowed from the future a total of 10,340 seconds.

Another shift is necessary after eight quadri-centesimal periods. In that time man will have borrowed for his calendar 82,720 seconds that did not belong to him. This is almost a day (there are 86,400 seconds in a day); accordingly at this point no quadricentesimal leap day occurs. The net difference, then, in 3,200 years amounts to 3,680 seconds, or 1 hour 1 minute 20 seconds. A further correction would be necessary after 23 such 3,200-year periods; and so on indefinitely.

Projecting the Calendar Backward

If the Gregorian calendar can be projected forward it can also be projected backward; and this has been done in the accompanying illustration. The outline at the top (page 363) shows in a general way the time of vernal equinox of every year from creation to date. Each century is in a little diamond-shaped section by itself, except where the quadricentesimal leap days occur, when two sections are merged in one. The latest date in each century when the equinox could occur is named, and the earliest one. A little careful study of the enlarged diagrams beneath the outline will show how to make use of the outline. The quadricentesimal leap years are fourteen in number; that is, 4000, 3600, 3200, 2800, 2400, 2000,1600, 800, 400, and 1,B.C., and A.D. 400, 800, 1200 and 1600. The year 1200 B.C. is not a leap year, for the reason that it is one of the correction places in the whole general scheme, as has already been fully explained.

In using the Gregorian calendar between centuries removed from each other, it is necessary when finding how far apart any two equinoxes are, if one is in a century B.C. and one is in an A.D. century, to make the total one year less than that indicated by adding the years together. In computing time from a B.C. date to an A.D. date the portion of the year that has elapsed must be taken into consideration. That the exact number of years is not to be had by simply adding B.C. and A.D. dates together, as some long supposed, can be immediately demonstrated. In the spring of 1 B.C. Christ was "fa year of age; He died 33 full years thereafter, but not in the spring of A.D. 32, as would be the case if it were correct to add B.C. and A.D. dates together: the 33 years were not up till the spring of A.D. 33. If B.C. and A.D. dates are added together, the total number of years is one less than the sum thus obtained.

The year 4 B.C. is a leap year, though only three years away from the leap year of 1 B.C. (a quadricentesimal year). This feature is shown in one of the diagrams (C) below the outline.

Calculating the Equinoxes: Problem 1

Reference to the outline at the top of page 363 shows that in the year 1935 A.D. the equinox is on the afternoon of Thursday, March 21.* To be exact, it is at 52 seconds after 3:42 p.m., Jerusalem time, which is the proper time basis to use in all human affairs, for reasons to be explained later. The time of equinox at the 75th meridian west, commonly called Eastern Standard Time, is 8:18 a.m., March 21. This is 7 hours 24 minutes 52 seconds later than Jerusalem time (used henceforth in calculating the equinoxes). Enlarged section of the last years of the nineteenth century and the remaining years to date shows more fully the times of equinoxes at Jerusalem in the past century. See the diagram on opposite page for particulars.

Jehovah’s people have heretofore thought they had good evidence to believe that Adam was created in 4128 (or fall of 4129) B.C., and Problem 1 is to ascertain the time of vernal equinox for the year 4128 B.C. Reference to the small outline at top shows it was in the morning of March 21, 4128 B.C.; the enlarged section (A) of the first period after creation shows it was very close to 10:00 a.m. Exactly what time was it?

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From 4128 B.C. to A.D. 1935 is not 6,063 (4128+1935) years, but 6,062 (4128+1935—1) years. The number of seconds in 6,062 solar years, God’s years, is 191,298,086,321.3; in 2,214,098 days, the total number of seconds is 191,298,067,200.0. The difference is 19,121.3 seconds, which is 5 hours 18 minutes 41.3 seconds; to be figured back from (before) 3 hours 42 minutes 52 seconds (3:42:52) p.m., the hour of equinox on March 21, A.D. 1935. The answer is that the equinox on March 21, 4128 B.C., was at 10.7 seconds after 10:24 a.m. Now, what day of the week was it?

The 2,214,098 days from March 21, 4128 B.C., to March 21, A.D. 1935, are found as follows:

• (a) Each of the 6,062 years

had at least 365 days . . . 6062X365 = 2,212,630

• (b) The 60 centuries had at

least 24 leap days each ... 60 X 24 =

• (c) 14 quadricentesimal years

had each a leap day.....14 X 1 =

• (d) 8 leap days in the 20th

century.............8X 1 =

• (e) 6 leap days in the period

before 4100 B.C.........6X 1=

Total number of days.........2,214,098

Leap day for the year 4128 B.C. would not be counted, as the vernal equinox is not as far back in the year as the point at which the leap day occurs.

Another method of arriving at the same result is to take the number of leap years (1468) and multiply by 366; and then, deducting the number of leap years from the total of 6062 (6062—1468=4594), multiply the result by 365, as follows:

1,468 leap years;       1468X366 =   537,288

4,594 common years;   4594X365 = 1,676,810

Total number of days              2,214,098

In 2,214,098 days there are 316,299 weeks and 5 days. In the year 1935 the 21st of March falls on Thursday. In 4128 B.C. the 21st of March fell five days earlier in the week, which day is Saturday. Therefore, the vernal equinox of 4128 B.C. fell on Saturday, at 10: 24:10.7 a.m.

The Result of Some Calculations

Using exactly the same method as above, but without going over all the operations, the next step in order is to give a considerable list of vernal equinox dates, in the past and the present. After A.D. 1886 there is given a plus or minus number of minutes by which the actual time of equinox varied from the mean which the astronomers have provided.

Problem
No. 1 B.C. 4128		Sat.	10: 24 a.m. and		10.7 sec., Mar. 21
2	“ 4028	Thu.	3:41 p.m.	4 4	5.7 “   “ 21
3	“ 2472	Fri.	12:25 p.m.	44	55.1 “   “ 21
4	“ 2372	Wed.	5:41 p.m.	4 4	50.1 “   “ 20
5	“ 2045	44	10:30 p.m.	4 4	21.15 “   “ 21
6	“ 1945	Tue.	3:48 a.m.	44	56.15 “  “21
7	“ 1920	Fri.	5:08 a.m.	4 4	9.9 “   “ 20
8	“ 1615	Sat.	2:01 a.m.	4 4	5.65 “   “ 21
9	“ 1575	4 4	6:31 p.m.	4 4	51.65 “  “20
10	“ 1515	Thu.	7:08 a.m.	44	.65 “   “ 21
11	“ 1475	44	11: 58 p.m.	44	46.65 “  “21
12	“ 1469	Fri.	3: 39 p.m.	4 4	51.12 “   “ 21
13	“ 1035	4 4	1:27 p.m.	44	12.65 “  “21
14	“ 1028	Sun.	6:08 a.m.	4 4	35.7 “   “ 21
15	“ 998	Tue.	12:31 p.m.	44	40.2 “  “22
16	“ 745	Mon.	7:10 p.m.	4 4	16.15 “   “ 21
17	“ 641	Thu.	11:42 p.m.	44	15.75 “   “ 21
18	“ 607	Fri.	5:20 a.m.	4 4	24.85 “  “21
19	“ 537	Mon.	4:14 a.m.	44	15.35 “  “22
20	“ 468	Tue.	9:21 p.m.	44	no “   “ 21
21	“ 455	Thu.	12:53 a.m.	44	19.65 “  “21
22	“    3	Sat.	12:16 p.m.	4 4	59.45 “  “21
23 A.D. 12		Tue.	9:39 p.m.	4 4	45.55 “  “20
24	“   33	Sun.	11:53 p.m.	4 4	54.7 “   “ 21
25	“ 1879	Fri.	2:11 a.m.	44	47.6 “   “ 21
26	“ 1884	Thu.	7:15 a.m.	44	38.35 “  “20
27	“ 1914	Sat.	1:38 p.m.	44	42.85 “  “21
28	“ 1918	Thu.	12:53 p.m.	4 4	(minus 14 min.) 47.45 sec., Mar. 21
29	“ 1922	Tue.	12:08 p.m.	44	(minus 14 min.) 52.05 sec., Mar. 21
30	“ 1926	Sun.	11:23 a.m.	44	(plus 2 min.) 56.65 sec., Mar. 21
31	“ 1931	Sat.	4:27 p.m.	44	(minus 1 min.) 47.4 sec., Mar. 21
32	“ 1932	Sun.	10:16 p.m.	44	33.55 sec., Mar. 20 (plus 1 min.)

Notes on the Above Problems:

Problems Nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, present the same features as Problem No. 1, and are solved by taking similar steps.

Problems 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, are similar to Problem 1, but, being wholly within the A.D. period, the years that intervene are ascertained by subtracting the year in question from the year 1935. All other steps are the same as for No. 1.

Problems 5, 16, 17, 20, 21, 31, are similar to Problem 1, but fractions are large and must be watched; in each of these instances there are sufficient hours in the fractional days to make them count as complete days.

Problems 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 26, 32, show the vernal equinox for the desired year falls on March 20. By this trick of the calendar one full day is lost, and must be accounted for in the answer. This is clearly seen in Problem 26. The 18,627 days involved are 2,661 weeks (fractions in the problem being too small to affect the answer). March 20,1935 A.D., is on Wednesday. One might infer from this that the equinoctial date of March 20 in the year 1884 A.D. (which is an even number of weeks away from the equinoctial date of 1935 A.D.) would also be on a Wednesday, but it is on a Thursday (the same as in 1935). (See diagram [B] page 363.)

Problems 15,19, show the vernal equinox for the desired year falls on March 22, instead of the 21st. By this trick of the calendar one full day is borrowed, and must be accounted for in the answer. These two problems, like those in the paragraph last above, require close reasoning.

To aid students of these problems there is published, on pages 368, 369, a calendar from creation to date, occupying two full pages of The Golden Age, and greatly simplifying the arriving at correct dates in the remote past, both as to the days of the month and as to the days of the week.

Date of Autumnal Equinox 4129 B.C.

Inasmuch as some have held that Adam was created in the fall of 4129 B.C., at a date convenient to the autumnal equinox, the date of that equinox is fixed by the following accurate and convenient method:

Autumnal equinox, 1934 A.D., Jerusalem time, was September 23, 8:11 p.m. Vernal equinox, 1935 A.D., is, Jerusalem time, March 21, 3:43 p.m. Therefore the length of time from the autumnal equinox of 1934 to the vernal equinox of 1935 is 178 days 19 hours 32 minutes. The year 4128 B.C. was a leap year; therefore 178 days 19 hours 32 minutes back from the time of the vernal equinox of 4128 B.C. brings us to September 24, 4129 B.C., at 10.7 seconds after 2:52 p.m. as the time of the autumnal equinox of that year.

Following are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, Jerusalem time, for the years stated;

Vernal              Autumnal

1923, March 21,  5: 54 p.m. September 24,  4: 29 a.m.

1924,  “  20, 11:45 “      “    23, 10:24 “

1925,  “  21,  5:38 a.m.     “    23,  4:09 p.m.

1926,  “  21, 11:27 “      “    23,  9:52 “

1927,  “  21,  5:24 p.m.    “    24,  3:42 a.m.

1928, March 20,			11:10 p.m.	September 23,	9:31 a.m.
1929,	4 4	21,	5:00 a.m.	“     23,	3:18 p.m.
1930,	44	21,	10:55 “	“     23,	9:02 “
1931,	44	21,	4: 32 p.m.	“     24,	2:49 a.m.
1932,	44	20,	10:19 “	“     23,	8:41 “
1933,	4 4	21,	4:08 a.m.	“     23,	2:26 p.m.
1934,	4 4	21,	9:53 “	“     23,	8:11 “

Average date, vernal: March 21, 7:41:32 a.m.

Average date, autumnal: September 23, 6:18: 50 p.m. Average time, vernal equinox forward to autumnal equinox,                186 d. 10 h. 36 m. 18 sec.

Average time, autumnal equinox forward to vernal equinox, including the three leap days, in the 12 years,                 178 d. 19 h. 23 m. 42 sec.

As some will be interested at this point to consider them, two small items are now slightly anticipated in the following summary:

New moon rose Sunday, September 22, 4129 B.C., at 8: 23: 27.504592 a.m.

Autumnal equinox was 54^ hours later, Tuesday, September 24, 4129 B.C., at 2:52 p.m.

New moon rose Tuesday, March 17, 4128 B.C., at 12:47:44.694448 p.m.

Vernal equinox w’as 94 hours later, Saturday, March 21, 4128 B.C., at 10: 24:10.7 a.m.

Do any of Jehovah’s witnesses, or any of the Jonadabs (comrades of Jehovah’s witnesses; see Vindication, Book Three), see anything in the placement of these moons with respect to the equinoxes, or anything in the days of the week on which they occurred, to specially indicate the hand of God, as one might reasonably expect it to be manifested at such an interesting time in earth’s affairs? No such pleasing evidence appears. More on this point later, in its proper place, when careful consideration will be given to the details of the calendar of Jehovah God; which calendar, it is hoped and believed, will permanently replace, as far as calendars are concerned, the efforts of Satan to hide some of God’s beautiful truth, now, since 1918, coming out from His temple in such a refreshing stream.

God’s Love of the Beautiful

In the summertime, in Pike county, Pennsylvania, in a region where one may see a score or more of wild deer in a single day, deep down in the heart of the forest, a mile or more from the highway, lives all alone a little old lady who loves the truth. She got it by listening to Watchtower programs over the radio station WBBR, of New York city.

When this little old lady was found she went into ecstasies over the messages she had heard. Explaining her environment, and that she could live with her children in New York city and in Philadelphia, if she chose, she said, “I prefer to live here, like a gypsy, in the midst of God’s bouquets.” The frost had just touched the leaves of the forest, tinting them with colors that beggar description.

How much more God loves beauty! And how much the most beautiful things of His creation are all a little different from one another! When men try to make things beautiful they try to make them all alike.

No two flowers in a flower garden were ever exactly alike; no two roses on a rose bush, no two petals on a rose. A million new-born infants can be fingerprinted, or a billion of them, or ten billion, for that matter, and no two sets of fingerprints will be the same. And thus one comes to a consideration of God’s beautiful months, His lovely, exquisite months, that the more they are studied, the more they are to be admired, because, while all substantially alike, they are all slightly different.

A Study of God’s Months

The word “month” comes from the word “moon”; God’s months were all arranged for before man appeared on the earth. It is man’s proper place to inquire humbly at God’s feet respecting the work of His hands; it is not man’s right to discard things which God has made for His government, nor to substitute others in their place.

“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1:14-18) Herein is the first reference to the moon in the Scriptures.

Even though the moon had not been mentioned at all in God’s Word, man would be compelled to take note of it; it is too conspicuous in the heavens to be ignored; and too beautiful; and too useful.

Satan has endeavored to get men to hold God’s month and its instrument the moon in little esteem; hence the terms “lunacy”, “lunatic,” “moon-struck,” and terms of similar import. The apostle does indeed say, “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of [feasts celebrating] the new moon, or of the sabbath days; which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” (Colossians 2:16, 17) But this is far from urging men to set aside the plain statement of God’s Word that God “appointed the moon for seasons” (Psalm 104:19), monthly seasons being manifestly what is here meant.

“A Faithful Witness in Heaven”

It is true that the prophet Isaiah brings the message to an idolatrous and rebellious people, “Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth” (Isaiah 1:14), but that does not change the fact that the prophet Ezekiel writes of the future offerings of “the prince” which are to take place “in the new moons”. See Vindication, Book Three, pages 287, 293, 295, for comments and explanations on references to the new moons in Ezekiel 45:17; 46:1, 3, 6. These may not be ignored or set aside.

Though Isaiah mentions in the first chapter God’s disgust with Israel’s hypocritical observances of the new moons, he says in the next to the last verse of his prophecy: “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith [Jehovah].” (Isaiah 66: 23) Of course, that is after the oncoming battle of Armageddon has done its work of destroying Satan’s organization, and the earth has been cleansed of all its defilements.

When the psalmist said, 'When I consider ... the moon” (Psalm 8: 3), he meant that he really did consider it. Especially significant is his statement of David’s seed, that “it shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven”. (Psalm 89:37) The moon is, indeed, a faithful witness in heaven, a witness whose testimony cannot be gainsaid.

It is the voice of God, speaking through Moses, that mentions the “precious things thrust forth by the moons”. (Deuteronomy 33:14, margin) What some of those precious things are it is now the privilege of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their companions in the chariot of Jehovah’s organization to see and understand. Indeed, it is even possible that there may be some direct reference to these present unfoldings of truth that God had in mind when He said of this day that “the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun”.—Isaiah 30: 26.

Anyway, it was infinitely wise of God to set a second hand in His timepiece, and to put it out there in the sky 239,000 miles away, far enough away that the theologians could not get at it to interfere with it, which they would surely have done if they had been able to so do. Now it is about to put them all to shame.

Calendar for 6,062 Years

This issue contains, on pages 368, 369, all the essentials of a calendar covering all past human history. All know that in the normal year there are 52 weeks and 1 day and that therefore in the next succeeding year, unless it is a leap year, the days of each month are one day later in the week. Thus, in the year 1933 A.D. the 22d day of March came on Wednesday; in the year 1934 A.D. the 22d day of March came on Thursday, while in the year 1935 A.D. the 22d day of March comes on Friday. In the year 1936, on account of that year’s being a leap year, the 22d day of March will come on Sunday.

The use of the calendar is very simple. Every year is represented. If a given day of the month falls on Friday in the year 1935, the day of the week on which that same day of the month will fall in othei’ years is shown at the head of the column above the year desired. Persons using the calendar must consider, in the case of leap years, that dates in January and February must be separately calculated after some other date is known. The calendar will be found very useful and valuable when the manner of using it has been mastered. It is assumed that the user has an ordinary calendar and can readily locate a Friday in 1935 or a Thursday in 1934, from which information any other desired data regarding past days of the week may be at once obtained. This is the first time the Gregorian calendar, or any other, has ever been projected back to creation.

Besides the calendar for 6,062 years there is also presented a table of “Lunations Ushering in the Years or Periods Which Contained the Most Important Events in History”. Let the table speak for itself. There will be frequent reference to it in the explanations of the Calendar of Jehovah God which follow.

God’s Will Regarding Months

The years of God are not each of an equal number of months, noi' of an equal number of weeks, nor of an equal number of days, nor of an equal number of hours, nor of an equal number of minutes, nor of an equal number of seconds. Man has no right to ignore these years of God. It is his duty to number them, and to mark them well as they go, and to use them to God’s praise, but not to endeavor to force them to begin or end at some point in no way indicated in the divine Word of the Creator.

The months of God are not of a fixed number in the years of God, nor within themselves are they composed each of an equal number of weeks, nor of an equal number of days, nor of an equal number of hours, nor of an equal number of minutes, nor of an equal number of seconds. Man has no right to ignore these months of God. It is his duty to number them, and to mark them well as they go, and to use them to God’s praise, but not to endeavor to force them to begin where the years begin or to end where the years end.

Is it necessary to start a new year on July 4, or Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas, or Washington’s Birthday, or Lincoln’s Birthday? Not at all. Each of Jehovah’s years properly begins at a certain point, and, reasonably enough, at the beginning of a specific day, as in the case of the months, but neither the years nor the months nor the weeks need to be in accord exactly, nor are they in accord except by man’s egotistic and destructive acts.

The days in the months of God are never less than 29; and they are never more than thirty. There is a sure and proper method of determining how many days the month should have. Jehovah God fixed the method. He so arranged and ordered all the details connected with the sacrifice of His own dear Son that that event, of first importance in history, occurred at Jerusalem on the fourteenth day of the month, when the moon was at its full. The fourteenth day of each month, therefore, is that day of the month when the moon is full over Jerusalem. That automatically makes Jerusalem, not Greenwich, the time center of the earth.

The weeks are for man, but they are of God, and. no man may change the arrangement which

PROJECTION OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR BACK TO CREATION

Table Showinp that Data Fallinp M Snday in 4128 B.C. will, la 1535 A.D., 6,062 Yean Later, Fall en Friday (Leap year celsians are In light-faced type)

	Fr Sa Si Me We Th Fr Sa	Mo Ta We			Th	Sa Si		Ml Tl		Th Fr		Sa	Si Ta We Th				Fr	Sa Me Ta			We
4128 B.C.-4101 B.C. 4100 B.C.-	24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 (4100 B.C. is not a leap year)	16	15	14	13 12 4100		11 99	10 98	09 97	08 96	07 95	06 94	05 93	04 92	03 91	02 90	01 89	28 88	27 87	26 86	25 85
4001 B.C.	84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57
	56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29
4028 B.C. 4000 B.C.-	28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 (4000 B.C. is a leap year)	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	09	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01
3901 B.C.	4000 99 98 97 93 95 94 93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73
	72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	46	45
3900 B.C.-	44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 16 15 14 13 12 1) 10 09 (3900 B.C Is not a leap year)	36 08	35 07	34 06	33 05	32 04	31 03	30 02	29 01	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17
3801 B.C.	3900 99 98 97	96	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77
	76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	49
	48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13	40 12	39 11	38 10	37 09	36 08	35 07	34 06	33 05	32 04	31 03	30 02	29 01	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21
3800 B.C.-	(3800 B.C. Is not a leap year)	00	99	58	97	96	95	94	H	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81
3701 B.C.	80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53
3700 B.C.-	52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 (3700 B.C. Is not a leap year)		43 15	42 14	41 13	40 12 00	39 11 99	38 10 98	37 09 97	36 08 96	35 07 95	34 06 94	33 05 93	32 04 92	31 03 91	30 02 90	29 01 89	28 88	27 87	26 86	25 85
3601 B.C.	84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57
	56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29
3600 B.C.-	28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 (3600 B.C. is a leap year)	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	09	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01
3501 B.C.	00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73
	72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	46	45
	44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09	36 08	35 07	34 06	33 05	32 04	31 03	30 02	29 01	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17

3500 B.C.-3401 B.C.

(3500 B.C. is not a leap year)

3400 B.C.- (3400 B.C. Is not a leap year) 00 99 S8 97 96 95 94 93 j02 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 3301 B.C. 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53

52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 M 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

3300 B.C.- (3300 B.C. is not a leap year)             00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86

3201 B.C. 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

3200 B.C.- (3200 B.C. is a leap year)

3101 B.C. 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

3100 B.C.- (3100 B.C. is not a leap year)

3001 B.C.                 00 99 A 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78

76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50

48 47 46 45 44 43 42 E 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03

3000 B.C.- (3000 B.C. Is not a leap year) 00 99 f8 97 9 6 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 2901 B.C. 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

2900 B.C.- (2900 B.C. Is not a leap year)              DO 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86

2801 B.C. 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

2800 B.C.- (2800 B.C. Is a leap year)

2701 B.C. 00 9^ 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

2700 B.C.- (2700 B.C. is not a leap year)

2601 B.C.                 00 99 ^8 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78

T6 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 £9 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50

48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

Fr Sa Si Ho We Th Fr Sa Mo Tn We Th Sa Si Ma Ta Th Fr Sa Sa Ta We Th Fr Sa Ne Ta Wo 1000 B.C.- (1000 B.C. is not a leap year)                                                          00 99 98 97

901 B.C. 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42

40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

900 B.C.- (900 B.C. is not a leap year)

801 B.C. 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

800 B.C.-  (800 B.C. is a leap year)                               00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90

701 B.C.     88 87 86 85 8 4 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 7 6 75 74 73 7 2 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62

60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 Hz 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34

32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06

04 03 02 01

700 B.C.-  (700 B.C. Is not a leap year)                                            00 99 98 97 96 95 94

601 B.C.     92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 S3 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66

64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 13 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 V 40 39 38

36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

08 G 06 05 04 03 02 01

600 B.C.- (600 B.C. h not a leap year)                                                          00 99 98 97

501 B.C. 96 S-5 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42

40 39 38 C2 36 25 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

500 B.C.-  (500 B.C. is not a leap year)

401 B.C. 00 99 93 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 Ez 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 Nh 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

400 B.C.-  (400 B.C. is a leap year)                                  00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90

301 B.C.     88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 7 6 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63

60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35

32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07

04 03 02 01

300 B.C.-  (300 B.C. Is not a leap year)                                             00 99 98 97 96 95 94

201 B.C.     92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66

64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38

36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

08 07 06 05 04 03

280 B.C.-  (200 B.C. is not a leap year)                                                           00 99 98

101 B.C.     96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70

68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 53 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42

40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02

100 B.C.-  (100 B.C. Is not a leap year)

4 B.C.     00 93 93 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74

72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46

44 43 42 41 40 39 33 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 C9 08 07 06 05

3B.C.-          3 2  1AD1 2 3  4  5 6 7  8  9 10 11 BJ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

A.D. 99       24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 R 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

A.D. 100-  (A.D. 100 Is not a leap year) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

A.D. 199      20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74

76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

A.D. 200-  (A.D 200 is not a leap year)               00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

A.D. 299      16 17 18 13 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

A.D. 300- (A.D. 300 Is not a leap year)                               00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

A.D. 399      12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 53 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 S7 98 99

A.D. 400- (A.D. 400 is a leap year)

A.D. 499                   00 01 02

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

52 53 54 55 56 57 58

80 81 82 83 84 85 86

(2600 B.C. Is not a leap year)

00 99 98

80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70

52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

(2500 B.C. is not a leap year)

84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73

56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17

(2400 B.C. is a leap year) 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89

72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

(2300 B.C. is not a leap year) 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65

48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09

(2200 B.C. is not a leap year) 00 99 £8 97

80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69

52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13

(2100 B.C. Is not a leap year)

84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17

(2000 B.C. is a leap year)

00 9J 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89

72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

(1900 B.C. is not a leap year)

00 99 18 97 96 95 94 93

76 75 74 73 72 71 S2 69 68 67 Co 65

48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09

(1800 B.C. is not a leap year) 00 99 £8 97

80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69

52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13

(1700 B.C. is not a leap year)

84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73

56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17

(1600 B.C. is a leap year)

00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89

72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61

44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33

16 X 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

(1500 B.C. Is not a leap year)

00 99 1.8 97 96 95 94 93

76 J 74 73 72 71 70 U 68 67 66 65

48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09

(1400 B.C. is not a leap year) 00 99 £8 97 96 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69

52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13

(1300 B.C. Is not a leap year)

84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73

56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17

(1200 B.C. Is not a leap year)

88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77

60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49

32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21

04 03 02

(1100 B.C. Is not a leap year)

92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81

64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53

36 Y 34 33 32 31 30 29 Q Dd 26 25

08 07 06 05 04 03 02

Fr Sa Sa Ma We Th Fr Sa Mo Ta We Th Sa Sa Mo Ta

A.D. 500- (A.D. 500 is not a leap year) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

A.D. 599      20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91

A.D. 600- (A.D. 600 Is not a leap year)                00 01 02 03 04

A.D. 699      16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

A.D. 700- (A.D. 700 is not a leap year)

A.D. 799      12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83

96 97 98 99

A.D. 800- (A.D. 800 is a leap year)

A.D. 899                   00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

52 53 54 55 56 57 56 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

A.D. 900- (A.D. 900 Is not a leap year)  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

A.D. 999      20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91

A.D. 1000-  (A.D. 1000 Is not a leap year)             00 01 02 03

A.D. 1099     16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

A.D. 1100-  (A.D. 1100 is not a leap year)

A.D. 1199     12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83

96 97 98 99

A.D. 1200- (A.D. 1200 is a leap year)

A.D. 1299                  00 01/02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

A.D. 1300- (A.D. 1300 is not a leap year)

A.D. 1399                             00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74

76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 £4 95 96 97 98

A.D. 1400-  (A.D. 1400 is not a leap year)             00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

A.D. 1499     16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 4 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3 6 37 38 39 40 41 42

44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

A.D. 1500- (A.D. 1500 Is not a leap year)                             00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

A.D. 1599     12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 4 8 49 50 51 52 53. 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

96 97 98 99

A.D. 1600- (A.D. 1600 Is a leap year)

A.D. 1699                 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

A.O. 1700-  (A.D. 1700 is not a leap year) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 IP 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

A.D. 1799     20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73

76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 £4 95 96 97 98

A.D. 1800-  (A.D. 1800 is not a leap year)             00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

A.D. 1899     16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 2 80 81 82 83 W 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

A.D. 1900- (A.D. 1900 Is not a leap year)                          00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

A.D. 1935     12 13 K 15 16 17 T 19 20 21 F 23 24 25 B 27 28 29 30 N P 33 34 35

H 3793 B.C.—Hypocrisy began. H 3341 B.C.—Methaselah’s birth.  A 3098 B.C.—Adam’s death.  E 3041

Enoch translated. Si 2470 B.C.—Shen’s birth. D 2373 B.C.—Delage and Methaselah’s death.  C 1945

Covenant with Abraham. I 1920 B.C.—Isaac's birth. S2 1870 B.C.—Show’s death.  X 1515  B.C.—Exodas.

J 1475 B.C.—Crossing Jordan. U 1469 B.C.—lodges begin. S3 1119 B.C.—Sad enthroned.  Y 1035

1 Kings 6:1 key. Q 1028 B.C.—Hoose finished. Dd 1027 B.C.—Dedication. Hz 745 B.C.—Hezekiah. V 641 B.C. —Josiah’s great - passover. G 607 B.C.—Gentile Times begin. C2 537 B.C.—Edict of Cyros. Ez 468 B.C.—Ezra. Nh 455 B.C.—Nehemiah. 3 B.C.—LOGOS comes. BJ A.D. 12—Boy Jesos in temple. R A.D. 33—Year of Ransom. 2 1879—Zion’s Watch Tower bean. W 1884—Watch Tower Bible A Tract Society Incorporated. K 1914—King rotons. T 1918—Temple. F 1922—Aadattag of all flesh. B 1926—Timo of Momedwoss. N 1931—Now name. P 1932—Saactiary demnofl.

LUNATIONS USHERING IN THE YEARS OR PERIODS WHICH CONTAIN THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF

(la the dates sited below are also							A P P	Intervening Yrs. •/a 100 1556	Inter-* vening Moons 6 1237 19245	Analysis of the Time Content					Analysis of Days in Intervening Moons		Serials and est the		Totals Starting with the Naw Moon Near* Vernal Eqvhox for the Year 4028 B.C.
cited Vernal Midi B.C. 4129 4128 4028	certain other dates, 1 Equinox No. 300C held in esteem)					. prior to ), hitherto Second 27.504592 44.694448 48.66976				of the Weeks &7ths 25-2 5218-3 81188-1	Intervening Moons Fraction of Week at End of Period
	Sa Ta Fr	Date Sp 22 Mr 17 Mr 22		H. M. 8 23 12 47 8 54							D. 2 3 0	H. 4 8 4	M. 28 11 22	Seconds 17.189856 3.975312 56.46312	Normal 176 36505 567941	Lp. 1 24 376
																	Vern Equi	Lunar Month	Weeks	Days	Total Seconds
2472	Sa	Mr	22	1	13	45.13288	A	100	1237	5218-3	3	8	11	3.975312	36505	24	1556	19245	81188-1	568317	49102518176.46312
2372	Ta	Mr	26	9	20	49.108192	A	327	4044	17060-2	1	16	53	5.962944	119344	78	1656	20482	86406-4	604846	52258653000.438432
2045	Th	Mr	15	2	09	55.071136	A	100	1237	5218-3	3	8	11	3.975312	36504	25	1983	24526	103466-6	724268	62576687946.401376
1945	Sa	Mr	19	10	16	59.046448	A	25	309	1303-4	3	22	54	45.277584	9119	6	2083	25763	108685-2	760797	65732822770.376688
1920	Th	Mr	12	9	07	44.324032	A	305	3773	15916-7	6	21	56	9.554448	111346	73	2108	26072	109988-6	769922	66521218615.654272
1615	Th	An	2	6	59	53.87848	A	40	494	2084-0	0	2	43	35.298144	14578	10	2413	29845	125905-6	881341	76147812545.20872
1575	Th	Mr	11	9	39	29.176624	A	60	742	3130-2	1	16	47	25.812192	21897	15	2453	30339	127989-6	895929	77408225320.506864
1515	Sa	Mr	8	2	22	54.988816	A	40	495	2088-1	1	15	27	38.16312	14607	10	2513	31081	131120-1	917841	79301395926.319056
1475	Su	Mr	16	5	46	33.151936	P	6	75	316-3	2	19	07	34.8732	2214	1	2553	31576	133208-2	932458	80564360144.482176
1469	We	Ag	2	12	50	8.025136	P	434	5367	22641-4	3	16	08	16.326192	158379	112	2559	31651	133524-5	934673	80755718359.355376
1035	Sa	Mr	16	4	54	24.351328	A	7	87	367-0	0	3	56	9.252912	2567	2	2993	37018	156166-2	1093164	94449312215.681568
1028	Sa	Mr	28	8	46	33.60424	A	30	371	1565-1	0	20	25	42.906096	10950	6	3000	37105	156533-2	1095733	94671287744.93448
998	Mo	Mr	28	5	08	16.510336	A	253	3129	12300-1	1	5	09	24.509904	92340	61	3030	37476	158098-3	1106689	95617873047.840576
745	Ta	Mr	22	10	13	41.02024	A	104	1286	5425-1	1	8	09	24.359136	37951	25	3283	40605	171298-4	1199090	103601337772.35048
641	We	Mr	13	6	19	5.379376	P	34	421	1776-1	0	9	08	6.154896	12424	9	3387	41891	176723-5	1237066	106882493296.709616
607	Th	Mr	27	3	23	11.534272	A	70	866	3653-2	2	11	49	21.069216	25557	16	3421	42312	178499-6	1249499	107956650742.864512
537	Sa	Ag	3	3	08	32.603488	P	69	853	3598-4	3	14	16	43.824528	25173	17	3491	43178	182153-1	1275072	110166200263.933728
468	We	Mr	22	5	21	16.428016	A	13	161	679-1	1	10	15	41.261136	4751	3	3560	44031	185751-5	1300262	112342581027.758256
455	Th	Mr	28	3	32	57.689152	P	452	5590	23582-2	1	23	50	55.215248	164959	117	3573	44192	186430-6	1305016	112753363329.019352
BC 3	Sa	Mr	14	3	19	52.904992	P	14	173	729-6	5	19	04	15.640848	5105	4	4025	49782	210013-1	1470092	127015928944.235232
AD12	Fr	Mr	9	10	20	08.54584	A	21	260	1096-6	5	22	56	24.893760	7673	5	4039	49955	210743-0	1475201	127457328559.87608
AD33	Th	Mr	17	9	12	33.4396	A	1846	22832	96320-2	2	9	42	13.132032	673795	447	4060	50215	211839-6	1482879	128120703704.76984
1879	Sa	Mr	22	6	50	46.571632	P	5	62	261-4	3	21	34	57.628512	1829	2	5906	73047	308160-1	2157121	186375247197.901872
1884	We	Mr	26	4	21 .	42.200144	P	30	371	1565-1	0	20	25	42.905096	10950	6	5911	73109	308421-5	2158952	186533436655.530384
1914	Th	Mr	26	12	43	27.10624	Pa	4	49	206-5	4	24	02	20.383824	1446	1	5941	73480	309986-6	2169908	187480021958.43648
1918	Tc	Mr	12	12	41	47.490064	Pb	4	50	210-7	6	12	46	23.2488	1476	1	5945	73529	310193-4	2171355	187605042658.820304
1922	To	Mr	28	1	24	10.738864	Ac	4	49	206-5	4	24	02	20.383824	1446	1	5949	73579	310404-4	2172832	187732614802.069104
1926	So	Mr	14	1	22	31.122688	Ad	5	62	261-4	3	21	34	57.628512	1830	1	5953	73628	310611-2	2174279	187857635502.452928
1931	We	Mr	18	10	53	28.7512	Pe	1	12	50-4	4	8	52	34.37912	353	1	5958	73690	310872-6	2176110	188015824960.08144
1932 1935	Mo We	Mr Ap	7 3	7 11	42 35	3.130912 52.	At Ap	3	38	160-2	2	3	57	48.869088	1122	0	5959 5962	73702 73740	310923-2 311083-5	2176464 2177586	188046442274.461152 188143397103.33024

Time shown in each ease is Jerusalem time, 7 hours 20 minutes 52 seconds earlier than Eastern Standard time. Each calculation was checked to the one preceding and the one following, and in every instance with the 1935 A.D. date shown, with which agreement is exact. The variations of a b c d e f g, amounting respectively to about 8, 10, 14, 4J, 10, 15, and 3 hours, after calculations extending over 6,000 years, are not due to any errors in the calculations themselves, but to variations from the mean lunation; explained in full in its proper place. In figuring eclipses and other periods astronomers calculate the mean time between lunations as 2551442.804976 seconds. (Their method is to express the time in days and decimals thereof, but the results are the same either way.) These figures, astronomically exact to a millionth of a second, are used in all the above calculations.

Lunation Experience Table, Jerusalem Time

			(Jerusalem time is 2 hours 25 minutes* 25 minutes earlier than Eastern Standard 7 hours 25 minutes to Eastern Standard								earlier time. time.)	[faster] than Greenwich; or 7 hours To get Jerusalem time, therefore, add (*24 minutes 52 seconds)
							Compared		Compared									Compared		Compared
						Mins.	with next		with Mean								Mlns.	with next		with Mean
			Actual		Mean	over	Slow	Fast	Slow	Fast				Actual		Mean	over	Slow	Fast	Slow	Fast
Moon	Days		Date     Tino		Date Time	29 Ds hr ml hr mi			hr mi	i hr mi	Moon	Days		Date     Time		Date Time	29 Ds hr ml hr mi			hr ml hr ml
				18S6 A.D.											1890 A.D.
73131	30	Tn	Jan 510:13am	To	Jan 5 731pm	1170	6 46			9 18	73181	29	Ti	Jan 21 2:18am	Ta	Jan 21 8:11am	639		2 05		5 53
73132	30	Th	Feb 4 5:43am	Th	Feb 4 8:15am	1130	6 06			2 32	73182	29	We	Feb 19 12:57pm	We	Feb 19 8:55pm	633		211		758
73133	29	Sa	Mar 612:33am	Fr	Mar 5 859pm	£86	3 42		3 34		73183	30	Th	Mar 20 11:30pm	Fr	Mar 21 939am	665		139		10 09
73134	30	Sa	Apr 4 4:59pm	Si	Apr 4 9:43am	792	28		7 16		73184	29	Sa	Apr 19 1035am	Sa	Apr 19 1023pm	733		31		1148
73135	29	Ti	May 4 6:11am	Mo	May 31027pm	613		2 31	7 44		73185	30	Si	May 18 11:48pm	Mo	May 19 11 .-07am	819	55			12 19
73136	30	We	Jon 2 4:24pm	We	Jon 211:11am	491		4 33	513		73186	30	Ti	Jun 17 12:27pm	Th	Jun 17 1131pm	892	2 08			11 24
73137	29	Fr	Joi 212J5am	Th	Jul 111:55pm	440		5 24	40		73187	29	Th	Jul 17 3:19am	Th	Jul 17 1235 pm	930	2 46			916
73138	29	Sa	Joi 31 7:55am	Sa	Joi 31 1239pm	443		5 16		4 44	73188	30	Fr	Ah 15 6:49pm	Sa	Aug 16 1:19am	933	2 49			6 30
73139	29	Sa	Ah 29 3:23pm	Mo	A up 30 1 23am	504		4 20		10 00	73189	30	Su	Sep 14 10:22am	Si	Sep 14 2:03pm	912	2 28			3 41
73140	30	Ml	Sep 27 11:47pm	Ti	Sep 28 2:07pm	597		2 47		14 20	73190	29	Tu	Oct 14 134am	Ti	Oct 14 2:47am	873	149			113
73141	29	We	Oct 27 9:44am	Th	Oct 28 2:51am	723		41		17 07	73191	30	We	Nov 12 4:07pm	We	Nov 12 331pm	813	49		36
73142	30	Th	Nov 25 9:4 pm	Fr	Nov 26 3 35pm	877	153			17 48	73192	29	Fr	Dec 12 5:40am	Fr	Dec 12 4:15am	734		30	125
73143	30	Sa	Dec 25 12:24pm	Si	Dee 26 439am	1027	4 23			15 55
73144	30	Me	Jan 24 531am	Mo	Jan 24 5:03pm	1119	555			11 32					1831 A.D.
											73193	30	Sa	Jan 10 534pm	Sa	Jan 10 4:59pm	647		157	55
				]	.887 A.D.						73194	29	Mo	Feb 9 4:41am	Mo	Feb 9 5:43am	579		3 05		102
73145	29	We	Feb 23 12:10am	We	Feb 23 5:47am	1109	5 45			5 37	73195	29	Ti	Mar 10 2:10pm	Tu	MarlO 627pm	546		338		4 07
73146	30	Th	Mar 24 639pm	Th	Mar 24 631pm	1003	3 59		08		73196	30	We	Apr 8 11:26pm	Th	Apr 9 7:11am	559		325		7 45
73147	30	Sa	Apr 23 1122am	Sa	Apr 23 7:15am	833	129		4 07		73197	29	Fr	May 8 8:45am	Fr	May 8 735pm	610		234		1110
73143	29	Mo	May 23 135am	So	May 22 75Cpm	707		57	5 36		73138	30	Sa	Jun 6 6:55pm	Su	Jun 7 837am	693		111		13 44
73149	29	Tu	Jon 21 122pm	Ta	Jin 21 8:43am	593		2 51	4 39		73199	29	Mo	Jul 6 6:23am	Mo	Jal 6 9:23pm	794	30			14 55
73150	30	We	Jil 20 11:15pm	We	Jul 20 9:27pm	533		3 51	148		73200	30	Tn	Aug 4 7:42pm	We	Ah 5 10:07am	903	219			14 25
73151	29	Fr	Alp 19 8:08am	Fr	Aug 19 1031am	501		423		2 03	73201	30	Th	Sep 3 10:45am	Th	Sep 3 1031pm	1002	3 58			12 06
73152	30	Sa	Sep 17 429pm	Sa	Sep 17 1055pm	516		4 08		6 26	73202	29	Sa	Oct 3 3:27am	Sa	Oet 31135am	1055	4 51			808
73153	29	Ml	Oct 17 1:05am	Mo	Oct 17 1159am	573		311		10 34	73203	30	So	Nov 1 9:02pm	Mo	Nov 2 12:19am	1032	4 28			317
73154	29	Ta	Nov 15 1038am	We	Nov 16 1223am	673		131		13 45	73204	30	Ti	Dec 1 2:14pm	Ti	Dec 1 1:03pm	935	2 51		111
73155	30	We	Dec 14 1151pm	Th	Dec 15 l:07pnt	797	33			15 16	73205	29	Th	Dec 31 5:49am	Th	Dec 31 1:47am	799	35		402
73156	30	Fr	Jan 13 11:08am	Sa	Jan 14 151am	914	230			14 43
				1888 A.D. Si Feb 12 235nm											1892 A.D.
73157	29	Si	Feb 12 222am			989	3 45			12 13	73206	30	Fr	Jan 29 7:08pm	Fr	Jan 29 231pm	668		136	4 37
73158	30	Mo	Mar 12 6:51pm	Ti	Mar 13 3:19am	1006	4 02			8 28	73207	29	Si	Feb 28 6:16am	Si	Feb 28 3:15am	571		313	3 01
73153	30	We	Apr 111137am	We	April 4:03pm	976	3 32			4 26	73208	30	Mo	Mar 28 3:47pm	Mo	Mar 28 339pm	509		4 15		12
73160	29	Fr	May 11 353am	Fr	May 11 4:47am	911	2 27			54	73209	29	We	Apr 27 12:16am	We	Apr 27 4:43am	482		4 42		4 27
73161	30	Sa	Jin 9 7:04pm	Sa	Jun 9 531pm	822	58		133		73210	29	Th	May 26 8:18am	Th	May 26 5:27pm	498		4 26		909
73162	29	Mi	Jil 9 8:46am	Mo	Jul 9 6:15am	724		40	2 31		73211	30	Fr	Jun 24 4:36pm	Sa	Jun 25 6:11am	564		3 20		13 35
73163	30	Ti	Ah 7 850pm	Ti	Aug 7 6:59pm	636		2 03	151		73212	29	Si	Jul 24 2:00am	Si	Jul 24 6 35pm	688	133	116		16 55
73164	29	Th	Sep 6 726am	Th	Sep 6 7:43am	578		3 06		17	73213	30	Mo	Aug 22 1:28pm	Ti	Aug 23 739am	857				18 11
73165	30	Fr	Oct 5 5:04pm	Fr	Oet 5 827pm	568		3 16		323	73214	29	We	Sep 21 3:4Lam	We	Sep 21 823pm	1028	4 24			16 38
73166	29	Si	Nov 4 232am	So	N;v 4 9:11am	603		2 41		6 39	73215	30	Th	Oct 20 833pm	Fr	Oct 21 9:07am	1135	611			1214
73167	29	Mi	Dec 3 1231pm	Mo	Dee 3 9:55pm	662		1 42		9 20	73216	30	Sa	Nov 19 3:48pm	Sa	Nov 19 931pm	1134	6 10			603
73168	30	Ti	Jan 111:37pm	Ti	Jan 21039am	722		42		11 02	73217	30	Mo Dec 19 10:42am		Mo	Dec 19 1035am	1035	4 31		07
				1889 A.D.											1893 A.D.
73169	30	Th	Jan 311159am	Th	Jan 311123pm	771	07			11 44	73218	29	We	Jan 18 3:57am	Ti	Jan 17 11:19pm	889	2 05		4 38
73170	29	Sa	Mar 21230am	Sa	Mar 212:07pm	816	52			1137	73219	30	Th	Feb 16 6:46pm	Th	Feb 16 12:03pm	737		27	6 43
73171	30	Si	Mar 31 2:06pm	Mo	Apr 112:51am	868	144			10 45	73220	29	Sa	Mar 18 7:03am	Sa	Mar 18 12:47am	601		2 43	616
73172	29	Ti	Apr 30 434am	Ti	Apr 30 1 35pm	915	2 31			9 01	73221	30	Su	Apr 16 5:04pm	Si	Apr 16 131pm	492		4 32	3 33
73173	30	He	May 29 7:49pm	Th	May 30 2:19am	934	2 50			630	73222	29	Tu	May 16 1:16am	Ti	May 16 2:15am	424		540		59
73174	30	Fr	Jon 23 1123am	We	Jin 28 3:03pm	907	223			3 40	73223	29	We	Jin 14 8:20am	We	Jan 14 2:53pm	416		5 48		6 39
73175	29	So	Jul 28 2:30am	Si	Joi 28 3:47am	833	115			117	73224	29	Th	Jul 13 3:16pm	Fr	Jul 14 3:43am	481		4 43		12 27
73176	30	Mo	Aop 26 4 29pm	Mo	Aip 26 4:31pm	762		02			73225	30	Fr	Ah 1111:17pm	Sa	Ah 12 427pm	617		2 27		17 10
73177	29	We	Sep 25 5:11am	We	Sep 25 5:15am	704		100		04	73226	29	Su	Sep 10 934am	Mo	Sep 11 5:11am	802	38			19 37
73178	30	Th	Oct 24 4:55pm	Th	Oct 24 559pm	678		126		1 04	73227	30	Mo	Oet 9 10:56pm	Th	Oet 10 5 35pm	930	3 46			18 59
73179	29	Sa	Nov 23 4:13am	Sa	Nov 23 6:43am	668		136		230	73228	30	We	Nov 8 326pm	Th	Nov 9 639am	1123	5 59			1513
73180	30	So	Dec 22 3:21pm	Su	Dec 22 727pm	657		1 47		406	73229	30	Fr	Dec 8 10:09am	Fr	Dee 8 723pm	1167	6 43			914

in seconds as 2551442.864976 seconds. This stating of time in such detail as to take note of millionths of a second seems strange to most practical persons, but is in regular use among astronomers.

Astronomers Must Love Truth

It may as well be settled that astronomers love truth in the abstract. They must; their business requires it. It was of great interest in New York city some years ago when an eclipse was due. The astronomers, as a matter of their common duty to mankind, announced the exact time the eclipse would occur. Additionally, they stated that the edge of totality of the eclipse would be “somewhere between 145th street and 165th street in upper New York”. When the eclipse came, its edge of totality was at 155th street, just halfway between. This was not an accident, but the result of careful calculations.

In the year 1846 two astronomers, Adams in England, and Leverrier in France, located the planet Neptune (the existence of which was suspected, but not known) by the use of astro-

	Actual	Mean	Mins, over	Compared with next		Compared with Mean				Mins, over	Compared Compared with next with Mean Slow Fast Slow Fact
				Slew	Fast	Slow	Fast	Actial	Mean
Menn Day*	Date     Tima	Date Timo	29 Ds hr ml hr ml			hr ml hr ml		Moon Days Date     Time	Date Time	29 Dt hr nl hr mt hr mi hr al
		1918 A.D.							1924 A.D.
73527 29	Su Jan 13 1:01am	Sa Jan 12 9:55pm	689		115	3 06		73601 30 Si Jan 6 3:13pm	Mo Jan 7 4:11am	770	06          12 58
73528 29	Ma Feb 111230pm	Mo Feb 111039am	587		257	151		73602 29 Ti Feb 5 4:03am	Tu Feb 5 4:55pm	860	136          12 52
73529 30	Tn Marl2 10tL7pm	Ti Mar 12 1123pm	522		402		106	73603 30 We Mar 5 623pm	Th Mar 6 539am	919	2 35         1116
73530 29	Th Apr 11 6:59am	Th Apr 1112:07pm	507		417		5 08	73604 30 Fr Apr 4 9:42am	Fr Apr 4 623pm	943	2 59           8 41
73531 30	Fr May 10 3:26pm	Sa May 111231am	542		3 42		925	73605 29 Si May 4 1:25am	So May 4 7:07am	934	2 50           5 42
73532 29	Su Jun 9 1228am	Si Jm 9 135pm	619		2 25		13 07	73606 30 Mo Jun 2 4:59pm	Mo Jon 2 731pm	901	217          2 52
73533 29	Mo Jul 810:47am	Ti Jil 9 2:19am	728		36		15 32	73607 29 We Jul 2 8:C0am	We Jil 2 835am	847	123           35
73534 30	Ti Aup 6 10:55pm	We Aug 7 3:03pm	854	130			16 08	73608 30 Th Jirt 3110:07pm	Th Jil 31 9:19pm	775	11       48
73535 30	Th Sep 5 1:09pm	Fr Sep 6 3:47am	981	3 37			14 38	73609 29 Sa Aug 30 11:02am	Sa Au 3010:03am	699	105 59
73536 29	Sa Oct 5 5:30am	Sa Oct 5 431pm	1077	513			11 01	73510 30 Si Sep 28 10:41pm	Si Sep 2810:47pm	641	2 03       06
73537 30	Si Nov 3 1127pm	Mo Nov 4 5:15am	1097	5 33			5 48	73611 29 Ti Oct 28 922am	Ti Oct 28 1131am	619	2 25      2 09
73538 30	Ti Dec 3 5:44pm	Ta Dec 3 559pm	1025	4 21			15	73612 30 We Nov 26 7:41pm	Th Nov 27 12:15am	630	214     4 34
								73613 29 Fr Dec 26 6:11am	Fr Dee 261239pm	659	145     6 48
		1919 A.D.							1925 A.D.
73539 30	Th Jan 210:49am	Th Jan 2 6:43am	883	159		4 06		73614 30 Sa Jan 24 5:10pm			117      8 33
73540 29	Sa Feb 1 132am	Fr Jan 31 727pm	724		40	6 05			Si Jan 25 1:43am	687
73541 29	Si Mar 2 136pm	Si Mar 2 8:11am	594		2 50	525		73615 29 Mo Feb 23 437am	Mo Feb 23 227pm	711	53      9 50
73542 30	Mo Mar 311130pm	Mo Mar 31 855pm	505		4 19	2 35		73616 30 Ti Mar 24 4 28pm	We Mar 25 3:11am	745	19     10 43
73543 29	We Apr 30 735am	We Apr 30 939am	462		5 02		144	73617 29 Th Apr 23 433am	Th Apr 23 3:55pm	800	36        1102
73544 29	Th May 29 337pm	Th May 29 1023pm	461		5 03		6 46	73618 30 Fr May 22 6:13pm	Sa May 23 439am	869	145          10 26
73545 30	Fr Jin 27 11:18pm	Sa Jen 28 11:07am	508		4 16		11 49	73619 30 Si Jin 21 8:42am	Sa Jin 21 523pm	923	2 39           8 41
73546 29	Si Jil 27 7:46am	So Jil 27 1151pm	616		2 28		16 05	73620 29 Ti JiI 2112:05am	Ti Jil 21 6:07am	935	2 51          6 02
73547 30	Mo Ail 25 6:02pm	To Au 26 1235pm	777	13			18 33	73621 30 We A ng 19 3:40pm	We Ah 19 631pm	897	213          311
73548 29	We Sep 24 659am	Th Sep 25 1:19am	966	322			18 20	73622 29 Fr Sep 18 637am	Fr Sep 18 735am	834	110           58
73549 30	Th Oct 23 11:05pm	Fr Oct 24 2.-03pm	1120	5 56			14 58	73623 30 Sa Oct 17 831pm	Sa Oct 17 8:19pm	772	08       12
73550 30	Sa Nov 22 5:45pm	Si Nov 23 2:47am	1175	6 51			902	73624 29 Mo Nmr 16 923am	Mo Nov 16 9:03am	727	37 20
73551 30	Mo Dec 22 120pm	Me Dec 22 331pm	1112	548			211	73625 30 Ti Dec 15 930pm	To Dee 15 9:47pm	690	114        17
		1920 A.D.							1926 A.D.
	We Jan 21 732am							73626 29 Th Jan 14 9:00am	Th Jan 141031am	645	159     131
73552 30		Wo Jan 21 4:15am	968	3 24		3 37		73627 30 Fr Feb 12 7:45pm	Fr Feb 121135pm	600	244     330
73553 29	Fr Feb 20 12300am	Th Feb 19 4:59pm	801	37		7 01		73628 2J Su Mar 14 5:45am	Si Mar 141139am	576	3 08     6 14
73554 30	Sa Mar 20 121pm	Sa Mu 20 5:43am	647		157	7 38		73629 30 Mo Apr 12 321pm	Ti Apr 1312:43am	579	3 05      9 22
73555 29	Mo Apr 19 12:08am	Si Apr 18 627pm	522		4 02	5 41		73630 29 We May 12 1:00am	We May 12 127pm	693	111     12 27
73556 29	Ti May 18 8:50am	Ti May 18 731am	436		528	139		73631 30 Th Jon 101233pm	Fr Jin 11 231am	778	14          13 38
73557 29	We Jin 16 4:06pm	We Jun 16 755pm	404		6 00		3 49	73632 29 Sa Jit 10 iMhm	Sa Jil 10 235pm	883	159         13 24
73558 30	Th Jil 15 1030pm	Fr Jil 16 839am	439		525		9 49	73633 30 Si Ah 8 4:14pm	Mo An 9 339am	956	312        1125
73559 29	Sa Ah 14 6:09am	Sa An 14 923pm	548		336		1514	73634 30 Ti Sep 7 8:10am	Ti Sep 7 423pm	988	344         813
73560 30	Si Sep 12 3:17pm	Mo Sep 13 10:07 am	718		46		18 50	73635 29 Th Oct 7 1238am	Th Oct 7 5:07am	981	3 37           4 29
73561 29	Ti Oct 12 3:15am	Ti Oct 12 10:51pm	915	2 31			19 36	73636 30 Fr Nov 5 439pm	Fr Nov 5 531pm	938	254           52
73562 30	We Nov 10 630pm	Th Nov 111155am	1079	515			17 05	73637 29 Si Dec 5 8:37am	So Dec 5 635am	856	132     2 02
73563 30	Fr Dee 10 1223pm	Sa Dec 1112:19am	1163	6 39			1150
									1927 A.D.
		1921 A.D.						73638 30 Mo Jan 310:53pm	Mo Jan 3 739pm	746	18 3 34
73564 30	Si Jan 9 752am	Sn Jan 9 1:03pm	1150	626			511	73639 29 We Feb 211:19am	We Feb 2 833am	631	213 316
73565 29	Ti Feb 8 3:02am	Ti Feb 8 1:47am	1052	448		115		73640 30 Th Mar 3 930pm	Th Mar 3 8:47pm	539	3 45 1 03
73566 30	We Mar 9 834pm	We Mu 9 231pm	896	212		6 03		73641 29 Sa Apr 2 6:4 am	Sa Apr 2 931am	436	4 28     2 42
73567 29	Fr Apr 81130am	Fr Apr 8 335am	717		47	815		73642 29 Si May 1 3:05pm	Si May 11035pm	506	418     710
73568 30	Sa May 7 1127pm	Sa May 7 359pm	553		3 31	7 28		73543 30 Mo May 30 1131pm	Ti May 311039am	566	3 18     1128
73569 29	Mo Jin 6 8:40am	Mo Jon 6 4:43am	441		523	357		73644 30 We Jin 29 837am	We Jin 29 11:43pm	664	140     14 46
73570 29	Ti Jil 5 4:01pm	Ti Jtl 5 527pm	402		6 02		126	73645 29 Fr Joi 29 8:01am	Fr Jil 29 1227pm	790	26          16 26
73571 30	We Aig 3 10:43pm	Th Aog 4 631am	435		529		728	73646 30 Sa Ah 27 9:11am	Si Ah 28 1:11am	925	2 41          16 00
73572 29	Fr Sep 2 5:58am	Fr Sep 2 655pm	533		3 51		12 57	73647 29 Mo Sep 26 1236am	Mo Sep 26 135pm	1046	4 42         1319
73573 30	Sa Oct 1 251pm	Si Oct 2 739am	673		131		16 48	73648 30 Ti Oct 25 6:02pm	We Oct 26 239am	1112	5 48          8 37
73574 29	Mo Oct 31 2114am	Mo Oct 31 823pm	827	103			18 19	73649 30 Th Nov 24 1234pm	Th Nev 24 3 23pm	1084	5 20          249
73575 30	Ti Nov 29 3 51pm	We Nov 30 9:07am	973	329			17 16	73650 29 Sa Dec 24 638am	Sa Dec 24 437am	966	3 22     2 31
73576 30	Th Dec 29 8:04am	Th Dec 29 951pm	1089	525			13 47
									1928 A.D.
		1922 A.D.						73651 30 Si Jan 22 10:44pm	Si Jan 22 431pm	802	38     5 53
73577 29	Sa Jan 28 2:13am	Sa Jan 28 1035am	1140	6 16			822	73652 29 Ti Feb 2112:06pm	Ti Feb 21 535am	648	156 6 31
73578 30	Su Feb 26 933pm	Si Feb 26 11:19pm	1095	5 31			2 06	73653 30 We Mar 2110:54pm	We Mu 21 6:19pm	536	3 48 4 35
73579 30	Ti Mar 28 3:28pm	Ti Mu 2812:03pm	961	317		3 25		73654 29 Fr Apr 20 730am	Fr Apr 20 733am	469	4 55 47
73580 29	Th Apr 27 729am	Th Apr 27 12:47am	780	16		6 42		73655 29 Sa May 19 339pm	Sa May 19 7:47pm	448	516      4 08
73581 30	Fr May 26 8 29pm	Fr May 26 151pm	616		2 28	6 58		73656 30 Si Jin 17 11:07pm	Mo Jen 18 831am	473	4 51      9 24
73582 29	Si Jin 25 6:45am	So Jan 25 2:15am	507		4 17	430		73657 29 Ti Jal 17 7 SIOam	To Jil 17 9:15pm	554	3 30     14 15
73583 29	Mo Jil 24 3:12pm	Mo Jal 24 2:59pm	467		4 57	13		7365S 30 We Aug 15 434pm	Th Au 16 939am	692	112      17 45
73584 30	Ti Au 22 1059pm	We A eg 22 3:43am	484		4 40		4 44	73659 29 Fr Sep 14 3:46am	Fr Sep 1410:43pm	875	1 51          18 57
73585 29	Th Sep 21 7:03am	Th Sep 21 4:27pm	542		3 42		9 24	73660 30 Sa Oct 13 621pm	So Oct 141127am	1059	4 55          17 06
73586 30	Fr Oct 20 4:05pm	Sa Oct 21 5:11am	626		218		13 06	73661 30 Mo Nov 12 12:00 nn	Ti Nov 13 12:11am	1171	6 47          12 11
73587 29	Si Nov 19 231am	Si Nov 19 555pm	734		30		15 24	73662 30 We Dec 12 731am	We Dec 121235pm	1162	6 38           5 24
73588 30	Mo Dec 18 2:45pm	Ti Dec 19 639am	861	137			15 54
									1929 A.D.
		1923 A.D.						73663 29 Fr Jan 11 2:53am	Fr Jan 11 139am	1047	4 43     114
73589 29	We Jan 17 5:06am	We Jan 17 723pm	986	3 42			14 17	73664 30 Sa Feb 9 820pm	Sa Feb 9 223pm	882	158     5 57
73590 30	Th Feb 15 932pm	Fr Feb 16 8:07am	1064	5 00			10 35	73665 29 Mo Mar 1111:02am	Mo Mull 337am	716	48 7 55
73591 30	Sa Mar 17 336pm	Sa Mu 17 8:51pm	1057	4 53			535	73666 30 Ti Apr 9 1038pm	Ti Apr 9 3:51pm	574	3 10 7 07
73592 30	Mo Apr 16 833am	Mo Apr 16 935am	970	3 26			42	73667 29 Th May 9 832am	Th May 9 435am	469	4 55 3 57
73593 29	We May 16 1:03am	Ti May 15 10:19pm	844	120		244		73668 29 Fr Jin 7 421pm	Fr Jin 7 539pm	411	553       58
73594 30	Th Jin 14 3:07pm	Th Jan 14 11:03am	723		41	404		73669 30 Sa Jil 61132pm	So Jul 7 633am	413	5 51      6 51
73595 29	Sa Jal 14 3:10am	Fr Jil 13 11:47pm	632		212	323		73670 29 Mo Aug 5 6:05am	Mo Au 5 6:47pm	488	4 36     12 42
73596 29	Si Au 12 1:42pm	Si An 12 1231pm	576		308	111		73671 30 Ti Sep 3 2:13pm	We Sep 4 731am	631	213    1718
73597 30	Mo Sep 10 1138pm	Ti Sep 11 135am	553		3 31		157	73672 29 Th Oct 3 12:44am	Th Oct 3 8:15pm	822	58         19 31
73598 29	We Oct 10 831am	We Oct 10 159pm	561		323		528	736/3 30 Fr Nov 1 2:26pm	Sa Nov 2 839am	1007	4 03          18 33
73599 30	Th Nov 8 532pm	Fr Nov 9 2:43am	603		2 41		8 51	73674 30 Sa Dec 1 7:13am	So Dec 1 9:43pm	1134	610        14 30
73600 29	Sa Deo 8 355am	Sa Dec 8 327pm	678		126		1132	73675 29 Ta Dec 31 2:07am	To Dee 311027am	1165	641         820

28iy₂- In the 74,983 lunations there were 2,214,292 days, or 10y₂ more. The correct day of the month is therefore September 22, which is 10y₂ days back from October 2, at 11:35: 52 p.m. The full answer is that in the autumn of 4129 B.C. the new moon rose at, Jerusalem time, 8: 23: 27.504592 a.m., Sunday, September 22.

“So Teach Us to Number Our Days”

In the 90th Psalm, verse 12, in his prayer there recorded, Moses, the man of God, includes a petition, “Teach us to number our days.” Surely the days of God are precious enough that once a year their number may be taken into account. Their grand total to date is considerably less than two and a quarter millions, a figure which, in these days, stated in dollars, is, in some quarters, considered small.

The year which begins in the spring of the year 1935 A.D. and ends in the spring of the year 1936 A.D. is the Year of Ransom (or, Y.R.) 1903. The year which began in the spring of the year 4028 B.C., and ended in the spring of 4027 B.C., was the year Before Ransom (or, B.R.) 4060.

Dates in March-December (inclusive) of any B.C. year are transformed into B.R. dates by the addition of 32 years to the B.C. date. Dates in January and February of any B.C. year are transformed into B.R. dates by the addition of 33 years to the B.C. date.

From the spring of 4028 B.C. to the spring of A.D.1935 is (4028+1935-1=) 5,962 years. From the spring of Before Ransom 4060 to the Year of Ransom 1903 is (4060+1903-1=) 5,962 years.

The vernal equinoxes should be numbered, year by year. They come but once a year. Counting as No. 0 the one that occurred in the spring of the year Before Ransom 4060 (4028 B.C.) the total number to and including the one in the spring of the Year of Ransom 1903 (A.D. 1935) is but 5,962. Surely it is not a laborious task to keep annual record of these gifts of God.

The Calendar of Jehovah God

The calendar of Jehovah God first appeared in the Year Book of Jehovah’s witnesses for the year 1935, page 168. The page which there appeared is here reproduced, with some slight alterations found advisable.

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First Month	3	4	5	6	7 8	9	Seventh Month    8	9	10 11	12	13	14
(Exodus 12:2)	10	11	12	13	14 15	16	No. 73746         15	16	17 18	19	20	21
No. 73740	17	18	19	20	21 22	23	22	23	24 25	26	27	28
	24	25	26	27	28 29		29	30
Life						1	Peace		1 2	3	4	5
Second Month	2	3	4	5	6 7	8	Eighth Month     6	7	8 9	10	11	12
No. 73741	9	10	11	12	13 14	15	No. 73747         13	14	15 16	17	18	19
	16	17	18	19	20 21	22	20	21	22 23	24	25	26
	23	24	25	26	27 28	29	27	28	29 30
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Visitment		1	2	3	4 5	6	Order			1	2	3
Third Month	7	8	9	10	11 12	13	Ninth Month      4	5	6 7	8	9	10
No. 73742	14	15	16	17	18 19	20	No. 73748         11	12	13 14	15	16	17
	21	22	23	24	25 26	27	18	19	20 21	22	23	24
	28	29					25	26	27 28	29
Freedom			1	2	3 4	5	Logos				1	2
Fourth Month	6	7	8	9	10 11	12	Tenth Month     3	4	5 6	7	8	9
No. 73743	13	14	15	16	17 18	19	No. 73749         10	11	12 13	14	15	16
	20	21	22	23	24 25	26	17	18	19 20	21	22	23
	27	28	29	30			24	25	26 27	28	29	30
Vindication					1 2	3	Jehovah           1	2	3 4	5	6	7
Fifth Month	4	5	6	7	8 9	10	Eleventh Month 8	9	10 11	12	13	14
No. 73744	11	12	13	14	15 16	17	No. 73750         15	16	17 18	19	20	21
	18	19	20	21	22 23	24	22	23	24 25	26	27	28
	25	26	27	28	29		29
Hope					1	2	Temple	1	2 3	4	5	6
Sixth Month	3	4	5	6	7 8	9	Twelfth Month    7	8	9 10	11	12	13
No. 73745	10	11	12	13	14 15	16	No. 73751         14	15	16 17	18	19	20
	17	18	19	20	21 22	23	21	22	23 24 25		26	27
	24	25	26	27	28 29	30	28f29		30

t This day, corresponding to Friday, April 5, 1935, is Edenic day No. 2177588, completing 311,084 weeks from the creation of Adam.

♦ Vernal equinox No. 5983, which is the last day of Jehovah’s Tear of Sansom 1903, occurs on this day.

$ Jehovah’s Year of Ransom 1904 begins with this day, corresponding to Sunday, March 22 1936. It is Edenic day No. 21779

Note: Li^eday, Redemption 14, 1903 Y.B., really begins at 6: 00 p.m. of Wednesday, April 17, 1935 A.D., and was so shown in the calendar as originally published in the 1935 Year Book.

Lightday, the first day of the week, is commemorative of the great gift of light in creative epoch No. 1. (Genesis 1:3) For a full account of the work of this and the other creative days, see the Watch Tower publication Creation. Concerning this work a gentleman in Paterson, N. J., whose brother is a clergyman, said, “When I obtained possession of this book I hated God; when I had read it I loved Him.”

Heavenday, second day of the week, is commemorative of the gift of an atmosphere, necessary to sustain the life of breathing creatures.— Genesis 1:8.

Earthday, third day of the week, is commemorative of the making of the beautiful home which God made for man and other breathing creatures.—Genesis 1:10-12.

Starday, fourth day of the week, is commemorative of the unfoldment of the magnificent pageantry of the heavens, suns, moons and stars inconceivable in number and beauty; the matchless spectacle of the universe. (Genesis 1:16) “Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.”—Psalm 148: 3.

Lifeday, fifth day of the week, will ever be commemorative of the great epoch in which the Creator first bestowed upon earthly creatures the unspeakable boon of life.—Genesis 1: 20-22.

Mansday, sixth day of the week, will ever remind man of the gracious act of God in making the human creature and will remind him of the time when he was not in existence. (Genesis 1: 26, 27) It was not at all necessary to the happiness of God that such a creature as man should ever have lived.

Godsday, seventh day of the week, reminds man for ever of the source of all his joys and hopes and the eternal resting place of his love. —Genesis 2:2, 3.

The hours of the day, as God arranged them, are six hours ahead of those days which man starts at midnight (and by which he rudely assumes to rend each beautiful night in twain). The hours of night are 12; the hours of daylight are 12. The first hour of the 24-hour period begins with the hour 12: 00 D. (or, Day), and ends at I: 00 N. (or, Night). The sixth hour ends at midnight, 6:00 N. The twelfth hour is the last hour of the night, and there, 12:00 N., begins the daylight period of the day. It stands midway between midnight and the succeeding noon, which point, 6: 00 D., is properly called the close of the 6th hour of the day. The 9th hour of the day ends at 9: 00 D., commonly designated 3:00 p.m. The day ends with the 12th hour, at 12: 00 D.

“Jfan Became a Living Soul”

“The secret things belong unto [Jehovah] our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever.” (Deuteronomy 29:29) None may say at just what time “Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7, A.R.V.), but this series of articles contains the strong evidence that it was in the spring of the year 4060 Before Ransom (4028 B.C.).

The evidence has already been presented that the vernal equinox that year was at 9:41 D., Lifeday, Temple 28,4060 B.R. (3:41 p.m., Thursday, March 21, 4028 B.C.). The new moon appeared about 29 hours subsequently, 2:55 N., Godsday, Temple 30, 4060 B.R. (8:55 p.m., Friday, March 22, 4028 B.C.). If it subsequently appears that Jesus, the Second Adam, was born into the world about the ninth hour of the night (heretofore called three o’clock in the morning) would it be unreasonable to reverently hold the thought that the first Adam was completed about the same hour? That he was created sometime before sundown of that day certainly seems to be suggested by the reference to the “sixth day” in Genesis 1: 31. These two events, equinox and new moon, rarely come so close together as they did on this occasion, and they come in the order that one would expect, if the creation of man occurred midway between them.

Concealed from clear vision behind the mists, the first moon shining over Adam was moon No. 0, month Redemption, and it may have been that even before that first month was ended he had need of the hope contained in God’s mysterious statement to the great adversary, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) There is no record as to the number of the days of innocence and happiness in Eden.

Using the Six-Thousand-Year Calendar

Glance now at the six-thousand-year calendar. Note the letter “H” in the year 3793 B.C. (3825 B.R., 235th vernal equinox). The year is the year of the birth of Enos, Adam’s grandson. The Scriptures say that "then began men to call

themselves by the name of Jehovah”. (Genesis 4:26, margin) Then, while Adam had yet to live 695 years, hypocrisy had already begun in the earth. Adam at this time was but 235 years of age.

Glance again at the six-thousand-year calendar and note the letter “M” in the year 3341 B.C. (3373 B.R., 687th vernal equinox). Adam at this time was 687 years of age, but still had 243 years before he finished his course. Methuselah was born in this year. It is as certain as anything can be that Methuselah and Adam knew each other intimately for at least two hundred years. What the one knew, the other learned; what God had told the one, Adam, was (one would think) certainly told by him to the other, Methuselah. There is but one link necessary to connect Methuselah with Abraham; he (Shem) was contemporaneous with them both.

Using the six-thousand-year calendar again, note the “A” in the year 3098 B.C. (3130 B.R., 930th vernal equinox), the time of Adam’s death; note the “E” which indicates that the godly Enoch was translated only 57 years later. It would be good to connect all the lettered points by ruled lines, so that explanations of the calendar may be made readily to friends. It will he apparent that Adam had the privilege of living with Enoch 308 years, long enough for them both to learn much.

Note the ‘'SI” in the year 2470 B.C. (2502 B.R., 1558th vernal equinox); this is the year of Shorn's birth. From then until the “D” (for the Deluge and Methuselah’s death) in the year 2373 B.C. (2405 B.R., 1655th vernal equinox), a period of over 97 years, Shem had abundant opportunities to learn all Methuselah knew.

Referring to the table containing list of “Lunations Ushering in the Years or Periods Which Contain the Most Important Events of History”, it shows a new moon rising at 3: 21 D., Earthday, Edenic day No. 604846, precursor of God’s month No. 20482, 1656th vernal equinox, 2404 B.R. (9: 21 a.m., Tuesday, March 26, 2372 B.C.).

But as the account of the Flood is the first place in the Scriptures where months are mentioned, and the question of when and how the months are to be reckoned arises, it is desirable that not only the days of the lunations, but the hours as well, should be determined as accurately as possible. To this end, use is made again of the eclipse cycles.

(To be continued)

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