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Calendar Back to Creation

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Lanetions Us'nctl i n 2 In f ear3 or
Perisds of Imyortx~t;Eve-nts 370
Learning S o m ~ t h i ~iYbout,
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God's Biontlis
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Lunation E::per;cl:ce
T;:,le
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dstronolrrers 2Iust Iiove Truth 371
%ha 3loon E n ~ Fs r s t
, 372
-7Ietonic Cycle and
tilo God of Orc"er
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Chart of liullalions
1885-1911 A.D.
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Chart of Lu~latiolis
1912-1937 A.D. .
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Getting Eeady to E~.rpioro
t'ne P a s t .
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BIethod of Czlculating Lnnations 347
Calcn!ation Tables , .
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Chart for Changing Over Days
and Hours of Gregoriar, Calendar to Days and Hours of
Calendar of Jehovah God
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"So Teach Us to N ~ l n b e r
Onr Days"
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The Calendar of Jehovah God 380
Calendar
Jehovzh's P e a r of Ransom 1903 381
"Nan Became R Living Soul
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Zsing the Six-Thousand-Year
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Things P n t Forth ' ' 355

A n Intricate, Confu.sir?g Snbject 356
The Gregorian Calendar . .
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Gregorian Calaldar
A!,s._:i!cs 357
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~ h Old
c Bosllafiilear . . .
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The Dlonth of Mains . . .
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The Days 2 n d the Bi;:lrs: . .
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Hlet& Eccles:asi:cal
A C m s i d ~ c i i o lof~ the T c ? . ~ 359
TV11eli Do the Seasons E q i i B~ : 353
On Solomon's Pcrel~-izl
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The Lcngth of the Ye.:
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Extending the Gregoria:~
Cdendlar . . . . . ,
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Projecting the Calenda~
Backward . . . . . .
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Calcvlaiing the Eqainoscs .
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O u t h e of Vernal Equ.iilose~.
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Res-dt of Some Calculations .
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Notes onProblems
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Date of k a t ~ m n a lEqr'1111CX
4129 B.C.
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God's Love of tile Beantifu!
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A Study of God's Months .
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'A F z i t h f ~ dTYitness in E1eaven9' 366
Calendar for 6,062 Years . . , 367
God's Will R e g a r d i ~ gBlonihs 367

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Volume XVI

Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, March 13, 1935

Number 404

The Second Hand in the Timepiece of God

(In 3 Parts-Part

1)

A N EXPLANATION RESPECTISG A COMPLETE CHANGE O F CALENDAR, WITH SUGGESTIONS AS T O HOW THE

CALENDAR O F JEHOVAH G O D C A S BE PUT INTO EFFECT EASILY AKD NATURALLY, WITHOUT
CONFUSION.

Copyright, i935, by Golden Age Publishing Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., U.S.A,
All Rights Reserved.

have arisen recently to call sharp

MATTERS
attention to the Gregorian calendar and its
confusions, and to direct artention to the MTord
of God on the subject of time, 11~itl1a consideration of what nlay be called the timepiece of
God, the beautiful and orderly arrangement of
the sun and moon a s tile? 11-ereset in the heavens
by the Creator "to rule over the day and over
the night" (Genesis 1: 18), 'to be for s i p s , and
for seasons, and for c l a ~ s ,and for years.'-Genesis 1:14.
than nonsense
This is no nonsense, or 11-OTS~
Prom the Great Pyramid in Egypt (built with
unpaid slave labor), but there is 1101v a ~vealth
of information regarcling the exact length of
the year, and the exact lengtli of the Innation
(from one new moon to another), tvhich malies
all past history an open boo!<, here the number
of years involved is k1101~-11,and ~vherethere
is associated with those years some marlied reference to the moon.
"'TJze Precious Things Put Forth"
s t is an interestillg possibility illdicated by
melltions *'the precious things
Ibfoses lvhen
put fortll by the nloon", (Deuteronomy 33 : 14)
In the beautifully Tyorl<illgparts of His great
tilllepiece Jellovah God has preserved evidence
that will yet shame all the vise of the earth.
Does it llot seem a ver? 1vonderful thing, a
gift frolll 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
esact days of the week, month and year ~vlleiz,
as a boy, H e remained behind in the temple,
asking and answering questions; that they may
know the exact date when 3Ioses came marching
out of Egypt, the exact date the Jordan was
crossed by the forces under Joshua, the exact
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daie Noah and his family went into the ark, and
the day they came out, a.nd the probable day
of Adam's creation, all from the silent movements going on constantly by m-hich the sun and
the moon never get out of place or out of order,
as do other clocks, but are f a r enough away that
no mischief-maker can get a t them to interfere?
I t is so simple, ly\.hen olle gets into the sullject, that it is passing strange that. Jehovah's
people never became interestecl in it before.
Though the nloon has its variations in speed,
yet the meall Innation, 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.864976 secollds (2551442.864976 secollds),
is one of the definite fixtures of the heavens, and
its re1iabilitSr is such that astronolners meet aIld
gravely discuss the reasons for differences of
so small an alnonllt as 1/1000th of a second in
a Innabion.
~ h llat,re
,
of the oscillatiolls of the moon is
i;,,,,,,
mall). !-ears in advance, all,jwill be laid
before the reader, and he will be able to make
ilitelligeiit predictions as to times of lunations
himself. Kor 11-ill this knowledge, when understood, lessen confidence in the second hand of
God's timepiece, but rather increase it. A man
may run up and down the length of a swiftly
movillg train 2nd thus move sl0~7eror fastel.
through the surronndillg country, yet, after all,
the net result is not changed if he quietly stays
in his seat. That is the \Tray i t is respecting. the
oscillations of the moon.
I n his ~ ~ ~Toh er Calendar;
k
I t s Hi.story, Strucitire aud In~pr.ol;enze+zt(puidished by the Macniillan Company) Prof. Alexander Philip, LL.B.,
F.R.S., of Edinbnrgh, says the exact length of
the year is 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46.15
seconds. He made a careful study and had access to many works; in this production it is
assumed that his statements are correct,

Jlldebtedness is aclinox-ledged to 220 works

on astrononiy ; also to Dr. Clyde Fisher, Ph. D.,
LL.D., curator of the Department of Astronomy, The American Mnseum of Natural History,
77th street and Central Park \Vest, New York
city. Dr. Fisher is rated the ablest astronomer
in New Porlc.
An Intricate, Confusing Subject
Gentile scholars of eminence sadly say that
years are '(incommensurable" ; an incorrect but
excusable statement, in vien. of the dificulties
involved. Tbere is only one way out: God's
way; mhich may is simplicity itself, as mill appear in due couyse.
That, the Jews are confnsed is self-evideilt.
Here is what the International dictionary says
of their efforts: '('The cornmoll year is said to be
defective, reg~alaror perfect (or abundant) according
- as it has 353, 354 or 355 days. The
leap year has an intescalary month, and a total
of 383 (defective), 3@4(regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) clays. The calendar is coinplicated by various rules providing for the harof Festivals, etc., so that
monious arral~geli~ent
no simple perpetual calenciar can be constructed." I11 their calendar the Jews shom only 3,761
years in the era B.C., whereas the Scriptures,
preservecl in their midst, shom that sollle;\7here9
someho~v,they have lost aeconlit of at the verr
least 267 years. Jehovah's people ha\-e nothing
to learn from the .Te\r~son this subject; the Jex-s
have lost the "key of knowledge".-Luke li : 52.
Jel~ovah's people are xot interested in the
old Bornail calendar of ten molltlas in a yezlr,
even though
- "Christendom' still aees the orininnl narnes of the last four months of that >-ear:
September, October, Novern::er, Decen~ber.
They are not inteze~tedin the old Greek
calendar, the use of which cansed such confusion
in the Roman empire that in the year 46 B.C. it
T~lm
necessary to add two months to the yesr,
making it fonrteen months long, in order to
brilzg the Peasons back to tl~eirproper position.
They are not interested in the Julia:i caleildar, vlzic11 follo~rred,~mlessthey cl~anceto lir.
in Greece, or unless they are astronomers. The
first of the year, with the Greelrs, is thirte~ii
days behind the one now in general me. The
reason why the astroilomers cling to the Jalian
reclconing is that it has been in use constantiy,
in some sections of the world, 1,950 years, They
merely use it as a convenient nleasaring rod,
to connect up ;vith the past. Jnlian days, used

by all astronomers, begin to couat 250,310 days

prior to the day of Adam's creation, and are to
that extent in error. In this article the Edenic
day, LC., the day from Adam's creation, is s ~ ~ b stituted for the Jnlian day; and it is hoped that
all astronon~ers,in the interest of pure truth,
vil1 adopt and accept and use the Edenic day
exclusively.
Jehovah's people disdain to consider for a
noinent the Mohammedan calendar, ~17llichtakes
its start in July of the year 622 (A.D.), and
which ere11 the Jlohanlnzedans no longer take
seriously.
Kaisoleon put an end to the Frencl~Eevolution calendar, which began in November, 1793,
and perished in 1805. Everything was supposed
to be done by the decimal system. There mere
1 2 months of 30 days each, and five or six fete
days at the end of the year, to balance things up.
The Gregoria~aCalendar

But though Jehovah's people ignore all of the

fcjregoing, they cannot quite, in the irnmediaie
present, ignore the Cregorian or papal calendar
i~laaguratedin October, 1582, a t which time
t~rrdays \7;ere dropped from the J~ililiancalendar, the fifteenth of that month hooking up next
to the fourth. I t was not until 1752 that, England adopted ihe Gregorian calendar.
Tn this series of articles it mill be sho~%-n
that
all the fo;egoing calendars are calendars of the
Ceril. If that is sl1ovn to be true regarding the
Gregoriaa, it ~7illcertainly be true of all the
o~llers. Please, now, take the time to examine
scille
- . of the necessary details of this intricate
su1;~e.l.

Zehovah God is no~r!iere mentioned in the

Glegcxiaa calendar, I t ~ ~ o u snit
l d Satan well
to hai-e Bin1 lost sight of altogether. Christ is
~neiitioned,but the year 1935 is not the year of
our Lord at all, for 61e was born in 2 B,C, ancl
Gied ill A.D. 33*
I:] these articles the Gregorian calendar is s y :~!antecl 3.11~1discarded by the unique espedielzt
of extending it into the past, as if it hac! always
bee11 in operation, using it to establish histo~ical
poiilts in terms that will be uilderstood by those
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nor:- Ilriilg, and the11 letting it die an ignominiom death.
The present pope is not sure, even, as to in
v-li~tyear Christ died. One of lzis alleged reasoils for extending the ' ' ~ o l yPear" to 1934 was
that, so he said, he was not sure v~hetherChrist

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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 a t both ends.
The Gregorian calendar 'iTrTasthe work of a
eouncil of theologians, professedly the successors of the apos'cles, 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.
Gregordan Catendas and Apostles
Let it be supposed that the Gregorian council
had really desired to honor the apostles whose
succefsors tliey claim to be. What a fine chance
they had! For instance, they c o u l d h a v e
changed January to James, in honor of the man
to whom the Scriptures refer as the Lord's
brother. But they preferred to have niillions
of people everlsstiiigly writing down a name
i i h0i10r
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of Janus, the original Roman "father".
J ~ Lwas
I Stwo-faced. His snccessors have been
like tlreir "father". He T - a s worshiped as the
god of gods, supreme janitor of heaven and
ezrtil. The word "janitor" takes its derivation
from tlie word "Jsnus". A writer who macle a
study of this subject sa5-s : "Sut here is t11c important fact that, till the pope 177a.s invested vith
the title, which for a tliousand years had had
attached to it tlie r,onTerof the keys of Janas and
Cybele, no snch claims to pre-eminence, or anyil~ingapproaching to it, was ever publicly made
on his part, on the ground of his being the possessor of the Beys besto~vedon Peter." I n other
words, he was J u ~ i t e rthe
, Devil, and naturally
those who claim to rule heaven, earth and hell,
and ~ ~ 7 hlove
o the nanle "father", did not wish
to part with anything that so well uplzeld their
claims.
The theologians had a seeond opportunity
mith 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 thong5 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 mias supposed to
"februare", or purify, the women. One can
readily understand why the Roman Catholic

theologians wanted to retain this connection

mith heathenism.
I n connection wit11 tlle "februation" of the
women the priests held a festival, the Lupercalia, in honor of Eupercus, 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 'i~ciththe daugliters of IvIoab. 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 tlie apostles who
macle the Gregori~lncalendar could have named
the second montli Boanerges, in meniory of
James the brother of John, the one x7ho had the
honor of being the first martyr among the
Lord's chosen tmelve, but they preferred the
old pagan name.
The Old BZomtk~kHear
The old Roman year began with Ifarch, and
its first mouth in the year was nzmed llartins,
after Bfars, the god of war. The war priests of
ancient Bome were the Salii, or leapers. Their
job (contrasted with their present successors)
was not so mnch the encouragement of the production of more Roman soldiers, but to see to
it that Mars was well bribed by their leapings
aiid other gymnastics. Their chief ceremony
was on Ilareh i9.
The Gregorian ecclesiastics hacI another good
opportunity here. They might have nemed this
month after Peter, for whom they profess to
have so much attachment. But as between
follo~vingthe advice of Peter to "seelr peace, and
ensue it" (1 Peter 3 : 11) his alleged successors
haye done all possible to keep the world in wars
aud turmoils throughout their entire history,
aucl tomorrow, if another world Tar were to
start, the Roinal~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
wily the Gregorians desired to retain the martial
spirit, nlartial law and martial music of Mars
rather than to have a month named after the
humble fisherman who, in his writings, counseled
peace a t least five times.
The second month of the old Roinan year of
ten months was Aprilis, from a word meaning

'to open', and probably signifj-ing that this was

the mo:lth in ~7;hiehthe buds opea. There is r,o
objection to tkis, surely, but, a s this was the
nlonth in w\rl~cilthe Sr,vior died, what a chance
there was liere to coaimemorr,te that event upon
s\-liich all human life depends. The month conld
have bee21 calied Christ, and i t ~-ou-ldhave bee;?
2n annual remiIider of man's deb', thzt can never
be repaid.
S31-16, thc th~clogiansp r e f g r ~ c dthe old 112111:_c,
with ~ ~ h i eao
h , donbt, some god. or goddess wes
in sonie xTayiii:7olved. Inciden+?ily, 2s ariil later
be shom~iin this series of articles, there is
ground for Ihe tradition thzt Christ x;as nailed
to the tree on A p i l 1, and that the so-called
"April fool" prailks on that dzy are intended loy
the Devil t o biing ridicde 611 the h e who
counted not His life dear unto Eimeelf, But gave
it all up in tlie doing of J e h o ~ a h ' s~i-ill and in the
vindication or' Elis nenie. >la:- God l!eQ a11 of
Jehovah's people to be like IZeii. ?,laster, and
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fools" for His sake.--l Corinthians 4: 10.

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1
1 t.he old Woman calermdar the fifth month
was aa.mecl Qninti!ie, which merely meant that
it was the fifth monih of their year. When
Juliils Ga.esar reconstructed the calel;da,r, making the year one of twelve l~ionthsinskeaci of
ten, m e 0-f the new ~ i l l ~ l ~7t2lsi ~named after
himself, ancl Qnintiiis hecsme July. PIere again
the -i-l.,eol~giaii~
had n fine oppor-tnliity to elloose
hetween a great w a r ~ i ~and
r the hmnb!! and
fuft.hfn1 Jude, ~ ~ ~ \ . ! short
i o s e e2istle ccntains so
mnch; aad so, because they more adnl:ireh niilitary conquerors than a hnn?b!e inessenger of
peace, they chosc to retain tlie name of the
7:;ai.rior, born in thaJi liionth.

The Month o f AUQELI

It v a s ?,lark dnionp, the politician, that fixed
it up to have tlie sevenJ;h mcath of the year
nai-ned after Ji11iv.s Caesar, l x ~ tJuEns' snccesSOY i l n g ~ e t c ~
s 2 less
s mcclcsl. H e cllianged the
name Sextilis, sixth month, to iln<yxst,and the
Roman senate, to g r ~ k i f yhis vanity, took one
day a m y from February aiid added i t to the
The Month 0.6 figaim
monih thus nanlled, Th?Lt is why February is
The nlonth of IPaius in the old Roman calen- so short.
dar, the present ?day, refers to Master Jupiter,
Theologians love everythins that exdts men ;
the great father god, v7ho had more wives than and so is-hen the q~~es'i;oncame up, if it ever
Henry VIII. I t ~-vouldhave been a rather nice did come up, of aami1:g tlie eighth month after
thing far the theologians TT-hopretel~ded to the sposile Andrew, the suggestion mas voted
thinlr so nzndi of the apostles if tliey had called do~~11100
percent in favor of retaining the name
this mo:?th Isylatthe;v. But it n-as l i a t t h e ~ ~
in~ , of the publicity-seelrer ~7110started -ivorld-~vide
the 23d chapter, that specially d r e n ~attention taxation.
to the Lord's warning: "Gall no man your father
Xep'iemloer, s e v e ~ t hold Roman month, could
upon the earth: for one is your Father, ~vliich have nicely heen named after Philip, but i t
is in heaven. Iqeither be ye called [?&aster] : ~l,-asuot. October, eighth old Roman month,
for one is J-onr Master, eyen Christ." (Verses could have bee^ named sfter Thomas, but it was
9 and 10) A i d the theologians knew better than not. Nove~iberc o ~ ~ lhave
d
been named after
to draw the ettentioll of the people to the word Saihanael (Bartholome~v),but it I I - ~ Snot ; and
of God which exposes their paternalistic method Decelilber could have been named after Simon
of gaining control of the n x n throug!i control (Zelotes), i ~ n it
t mas not. The theologians did
of tlie ij7cnien.
not want any of the rllolitlis named after the
Juno, so the encyclopedia discloses, ~ v a s"the real apostles. They preferred that the old pamost exalted divinity of the Latin races in Italy ganisms which constitute their sole stock in
next to Jupiter, of vhom she was the sister and trade should be perpetuated, as long as possible.
svife. She was tlie queen of heaven and under Certainly. on no account do they wish the people
the name of Regina (queen) was worshiped to have the Scriptures, or even to be reminded
in Italy a t an early period". I t would have been of them, escept in so f a r as they can tvist these
nice for the Gregorian tTieologialis to name the to seem to sustain their pretensions.
sixth month after John, the one whom the Lord
especially loved, but that JT-ould have been a The Days and the Hours
hard blow a t nnariolatry; and so the Gregoriai~ The Devil, of course, was the one who induced
ecclesiastics, vho are so strong for the pagan the a~lcestorsof the present generation to name
clueen-of-heaven idea, preferred to let the u a n e all the days of the week after heathen gods and
June stand as i t is.
goddesses. Neither God nor Christ, nor any

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GOLDEN AGE

prophet or apostle, is represented in the days of

the weel< as now in colnrnon use. Sunday is
nanied after the sun god; lionday, after the
moon god; Tuesday, after Zeus, or Tyr ;TJTednesday, alter the god TVoden; 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 iiot.
God made the day to 1:egin a t sundown, and
so the Devil has changed that in almost every
place, but not quite. I n most countries the
beautiful robe of starlit aight is rent in twain
and the day begins at midnight, which practice
lyas handed do117n Iron1 the Egyptians and Romans. The Babylonialls began the day a t sunrise. Astronomers make it begin a t noon, and
number the hours froin 1 to 24 consecutively,
This system is follox-ed in some parts of Italy.
I n all of these matters the theologians have gone
along vith every schenie to dishonor the Maker
of the stars and to stray farther and farther
froin the TYord of God. They have seemed to
instinctively realize that their protection consists in lieeping as close as possible to the Devil
and the Devil's way of doing things.

Devil is determined to leave no stone unturllecl

to dishonor God, and he also 117ell kno~vsthat
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 stz~dyof the various items
that enter illto the making of calendars, a Scriptural as well as a scientific study, to which is invited the closest scrutiliy of astrononlers, 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 Goldeqz ,4ge as promptly
as possible. I n this material, high-school 2nd
college teachers have abundant opportunities to
put the sliill of their pupils to the test and a t
the same time exalt the llaine of Jehovah, the
true and living God.
The methods that will be pursued will be entirely different froin any ei-er before used. Tile
place to begin is :I-ith tile year.

A Consideration o f the Year

hcccrding to Genesis 1:14 God made 110th ihe
sun and the n~ooilto be "for signs, and for
seasons, niid for days, and years". The thought
Latest Ecclesiastical Huddling
that the signs here inentioned have anytl~ingto
Under the leadership of Doctor Cadman, ex- do with the signs of the zodiac is ali ~lonsense,
president of the Federal C o ~ ~ cofi l[Protestant] demonism. Tile word "signs" signifies "enCllurches in America, a still fu.rther mix-up in sips", as if here is sonie stmlciard thnt needs
respect to calendars is in sight. Folloming a the attentioi: which mill now be given to it.
big get-together council of all the most pompous
The seasons recognized in the Scriptures are
Prctestant theologians, a t Fanoe, Denmark, in but two, the sunllner and the x-inter, ~ ~ h l cseah
1934, the proposition was launched to malie soils will continue forever. "TThile the ea-rth reevery year one of 361 days, adding the 365tlz maineth, seecltilne aiid harvest, and cold ancl
day as a11 "extra" Saturday, coming aln~aysbe- heat, and suilinler and winter, and day and
tween Becenlber 30 and Jailnary 1 ; then when night, shall not cease."-Genesis 8: 22.
the year would have 366 days the "extra" day
Jehovah's people are fanliliar n-it11 the inn-ould be inserted as an "extra" Saturday be- structions to Israel to '(keep the passover at his
tveen June aiid July. By this plan, in which the appointed season" (Numbers 9 : 2), and know
Scriptural arrangement of the days into weeks why Jehovah spoke of it as "the season that
a-onld be entirely ignored, there would be four thou cainest forth out of Egypt". (Deu'ieronomy
quarters of the year identical in length, each 16 : 6) They k110147 that the Lord, in the parable
containing three nionths of 31, 30 and 30 days, of the vineyard, spoke of "fruits in their seaand, if one is foolish enough to believe it, "any sons" (illatthew 21: 41), that the apostle also
given date will fall on the same day of the week." mentioiled "fruitful seasons" (Acts 14: 17) ; the
It is thus seen that the Devil and the children prophecy of Zechariah (I 4 : 8) speaks of sumof the Devil are greatly interested in having mer and winter as ever contiiiuing; and there
everything different from the way God arranged are other references to the seasons in the Scripit, not only as respects the years and the months, tures, and yet the clergy have never recognized
but as respects the weeks, the days, and even in any v a y these grand divisions of time in any
the hours, and the reason for it is clear. The of their calendars. One would hare thought

that they ~ronlcla t least Kave named one nlontlz

after the opening oE the vernal season or one
after the opening of the autumnal season, lsut tlie
clergy have no zeal for the honoring of anyich
God has had anything
thing ~ ~ i t I l ~ \ - hJehovah
to do. They are interested oiily in the things that
bring dishoilor to Hiin and do bring honor to
nien and to their master, the Devil, tvhose they
are and ~1~11oi:lthey serve. On the other hand
it seems that the attention of the truz people of
God has beell directed to the vernal eqni~iox
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 Xisan (the name is of heathen origin), tlie nioilth
in lvhich Jesns died, and locate it ~7itlltlie ileJ>ixoon nearest to the said eq~~inox.
When D s %heSeasons Begin?
For various reasons it is desirable that the
new r e a r should have a fixed point s t which :o
begin, and to end; and what better point than
that made by Jehovah himself in the heaveas:
~vhexthe days a i d nights are of equal length
a t every point on the globe? I t is the time of
life, a time when all should specially turn tlieir
minds and hearis to the great Creator wiio pi.@vided such a convenieizt daj7 for the sett!enlent
of accouiits that are in the past and for the
opeiaiilg of n e v vistzs for the future. "Tilon
cro~vnestthe year ~17iththy goociness."--Fsah
65 : 11.
Years ago many of those ~ v h oare EOIV J~ehovah's witnesses had the belisf that the trze
time 01the year's beginning is in the fall, yet,
~i~lna,r;ever
may have been i h e reason, ia the tn-o
texts ~7:hei.e the two seasons are nielztionecl together the Punlmer is meationecl first.-See
Genesis 8 : 22 ; Zechariah 14 : 8.
ill1 il~telligeilt persons l;110~~7that on the
equator the days and nights are a l ~ ~ ~of
a yequal
s
length. They also know that t r i c e a year tlie
sun al~parentiyshifts its position vith respect to
the earth, and in liarch and Septeml~erthere are
~vllatare called eynil~oxes;that is, the days and
nights are of eqaal length in every place on the
earth. The hnrnala faniily x a s first implanted
in the Northern Henlispliere; there the Scriptures were ~i?ritlen;
theie the Lord died. Hence
the Scriptures tacitly recogaiae the fact.
Aclclitionally, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land surface.
The sunmer season (which men, bnt not the

Scriptures, divide into tn-o parts, one of which

is named "spring") begins in March (in the
Northern Hemisphere) and eolitaine the growing and harvesting seasons of that part of the
i i of the land surface of the
world, ~ ~ h e r e imost
earth is found. The cold seasons are inaugurated
by the autumnal equinoxes.
The Gregorian calendar does not begin a t
either equiaos, and does not even beg-in any
month with e i t h e ~of them, but it cannot quite
ignore these iniportant fixed points in terrestrial history, and so one generally finds in an
alnlanac a brief inention of the time vhen the
e q ~ ~ i n o(usually
x
the vernal) occurs. It is manifest that, in the mind of God, the true year
T\-ouldhave its beginning at one of these points.
TT70uld it not seen1 reasonable, since God made
the sun to rnle the day and the moon to rnle the
night, that He ~vouldhave the greater of these
tv-o luminaries fix the length of tlie year and
the lesser fix the length of the month9
Jehovah puts the mind a t rest on this subject
of His time for beginning the year. As the
Israelites were aboct to leave Egypt (~vhic'n,a s
- \ d lbe shovn subsequently, v a s aboutthe tinie
of the vernal equinox) He said to Moses : "This
llronth sllall be unto you the beginnizg of mo~ltlis:
it sliail be the first nionlh of the year to you."-Exodus 12 : 2.
3incli has been said of tlie observaiice of socsllled Sex-ish "New Year" a t the autmmal equinos, but the Devil has been after the Jews as
ell as after the Christians. Can anybody show
11-here the Jems or anybody else n-as ever conlnlacderl or authorized to begin a new year a t
any other time than that fixed by Jehovah God?
IIe e ~ n n o t .It i s quite true that Exodus 34: 22
sneaks of "the feast of ingathering at the year's
eilc!" (revolution of the year, nznrgi~e); but the
reference is manifestly to the crop year, ~~11ich
does indeed end in the fall, as is well kilown to
erer:-body, Exodus 1 2 : 2 is the lazo on this subject.
The foregoing text, therefore, ought to be
sufftcient proof that the true time of the begii~nicgof Llie year is with the vernal equinox;
1:ut there is more, Kine months from the and
tnmizal equinox mould be on or about June 23,
a t nhich time in Palestine it is exceedingly
lyarm. Nine months froin the vernal equinox i s
about December 22. Here read Jeremiah 36 : 22:
''XOT~the king sat in the minter house, in the
ninth ~nonth:and there was a fire on the hearth

i
i

The

GOLDEN AGE

burning before him." Vvliat time that year

started ought to be plain to all.

On Solomon's Porch-in Winter

When Jesus -i17as here oil earth Mis every
x-ord and act mas designed to be an honor to His
Father's name. He v a s able to say, "I do always
those things tliat please hi1n.j' (John 8 :29) Tlie
Father himself said: "Thou art illy beloved
Son; in thee I am well pleased."-Lulre 3 : 22.
As a result of this close relationship, one may
study with minute care erery detail of what
Jesus said and did and al~~:aysfind in it something that the. Father is telling Ris people by
that means. There is this itein: "And it mas at
Jernealem the feast of the dedication, and it was
minter. And Jesus u~alkecl iii the temple in
Solomon's porch."-John 10: 22! 23.
Theologiaas have er~cleavorecito explain this
text, aimmg to sho-i17 that Jesus was trying in
some way to participate in a feast of dedication
not mentio~edin the Scriptnres, and in SO doing they have missed the ~soint.
I n this passage the hea~enl;: Father seems to
be gently hinting to the reader that there is a
temple that
point in connection vith SO~OI~IOII'S
needs to 7se considerecl: it i e the time of its
dedication. And if one 1ocl;a the lnatter up he
fiiids that it as dedicated "in tlie monih E t113.nim" (the name itself is of heathen origin),
"~vhichis the seven.th il~onth"(IICings 8 : 2), and
the "feast of dedication", ide~tifiedwith the
seveii-day dedicati~iiof tire altar, IT-as on the
8th to the 14th of that. moiltil. ( 2 Chronicles
7 : 9, 10) Tlie s6vent.h illoiltll v x s the first n~onth
of the ~ r i i i t eseason.
~
Additioiia!lp, it is 17;e:I
Irncxn that the day of atoncmeiit and the feast
of tabernacles, vhich occnrred in the seventh
mont,h, were observed when the Israelites had
gathered in the fruits of the land afid Feye
entering the 117inter season, (Leviticus 23 1 27,39)
.Pt is t l ~ n sestablished b ~the
- month of four witnesses tliat the true begi:lning of the year is
at the vernal equinox.
The L e ~ g t hof the Year
The lexgth 01 %lieyear., fro111 17eri:al equinox
to vernal equinox, is not an exact ~ l u ~ n bof
e rdays.
Beginning with the verszl equinox of the year
9886 (A.D.), he times 11et11~ect1-ithe vernal equiaoxes for the next succeediiig fifty y e a x , clown to
1936 inclnsi-qe, are, in their order, 365 days
5 hours a i d the number of n~innteswhich foi-

10117: 46, 45, 48, 54, 44, 05, 46, 48, 60, 27, 45, 45,
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 inforniatioil u7asgleaned from reference works in the
Kern Yon.11 Public Lib]-ary. The general average
foi- 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. I n the
accompanyilig diagram (page 363), in the righthand lower corner is shown in graphic form
h o ~ 7the influences that inalre one year shorter
thsn another are overcome in succeeding years.
The small differences are not cumulative; the
total divergences of less than an hour from the
mean 117ould ilot be greater six thousand years
ago, ~ h i c hineans that one can tell accurately
the time of the vernal eql~inoxin any year from
creation to date. Iforeover, its day in t'ne week
call he ascertained, which is somet11i:lg quits
n e v in the field of human interest, a path never
before trodden.
Edi%e~ding
%heGrsgsordan Calendczr

Taking note of the fact that. there are 60 secc eniinntes

,
in an iionr, and
onds in a ~ ~ i a ~ l '60
24 hours ia a clay, it follows that in one of God's
years, a so-callecl solar 37ear, or t r o p i a l year,
o r synodical pear, that is, from one vernal eqainox to araotl~ei., there are 31,556,226.15 wconde; in a ca!endxr pear of 365 days the ilumber
of seconds is 31,536,003 ; so God's year is longer
than man's jTear by 26,926,15 seconds.
I n the Qregorian calendar arrangement mian
puts iil a11 extra day once in fonr years; so
in that time he has 1,461 days. I11 f o ~ ~of
l r God's
years there are 126,227,704.6 seconds. I n 1,461
calendar days there are 12$3,230,400 seconds;
so a t the end of the fonr Sears man has horro~ved
2,695.4 seconds from the future, to niake up for
his extra inse~tedday,
Alter t~ventr-foulleap-year periods of fonr
years each, lnan has l:orro~\-ed i~earlga day,
Accordingly, 11-11cn the e ~ dof the cenlary is
reached, the leap year is usually omitted. The
norlnal ce!ltnry of nlail, therefore, has in it 24
leap years and 76 years that are not leap years.
s such century is 36,534 days,
The total of d a ~ in
amounting to 3,155,673,600 seconds. Ia one
hundred of God's years E e has 3,f 55,692,615,

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, nian dincls it necessary to pnt in an
extra leap year. These years, called quadricentesimal years, go in at the end of suclz centuries as are divisible by 400. The next oiie
would be in the year A.D. 2000, but it will not
be needed. The Lord has a much better 1va.i.
I
1
1 four of man's centnries he has 146,097
days: 97 leap days and 146,000 ordinary days.
In seconds this amounts to 12,632,780,800. I n
400 of God's years there are 12 622,770,460 seconds; so at the end of each quaclricentesimal period of 400 years the inan has again
borrowed fro111 the future a tatal of 10,340
seconds.
Another shift is necessary after eight qnadriceiltesimal periods. I n that time man tvill hal-e
borro\ved for his calendar 82,720 seconds that
did not beloiig to him. This is almost a da:(there are 86,400 seconds in a daj7) ; according1;a t this point no quadricentesimal leap day occurs. The net difference, then, in 3,203 :-ears
ainounts to 3,680 seconds, or 1 hour 1 nlillnte
20 seconds. A further correction ~vouldbe neceesary after 23 such 3,200-year periods; and so
on indefinitely.
3
Projecting the Calendar Backward
If the Gregorian calendar can be projected
forward it call also be projected Isacli~vasd;and
this has been done in the accomp~~nying
illnstration. The outline at the top (page 363) S ~ O T T -in
S
a general way the time of vernal equinox of
every year from creation to date. Each centni.:is in a little diamond-shaped section by itself,
except where the quaclricentesinlal leap clap
occur, when two sections are merged ilz one.
The latest date in each century when the eqninox could occur is named, and the earliest one.
A little careful study of t11e enlarged diagrams
beneath the outline will show horn to map~e use
of the outline. The qnadriceiitesimal leap years
are fourteen in number; that is, 4000, 3600,
3200, 2800, 2400, 2000, 1600, 800,400, and I,B.C.,
and A.D. 400, 800, 1200 and 1600. The year
1200 B.C. is not a leap year, for the reason that
i t is one of the correction places in the whole
general scheme, as has already been fully esplained.
I n using the Gregorian calenidar between
centuries removed from each other, it is neces-

sary hen finding how f a r apart any two ~ q n i noxes are, if one is in a century E.C. and one
is in an A.D. century, to rnnlre the total oiie year
less than that indicated by adding the years
together. I n compnting time from a B.C. date
to a.n A.D. date the portion of the year that has
elapsed rvnst Ine taken i ~ l t oconsideration. That
the exact nuniber of years is not to be had by
siniply adding B.C. and A.D. dates togelher, a s
so~rlelong supposed, can be immediately denioiistrated. I n ilie spring of 1 E.C. Christ was h
j
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 acld B.C. and A.D.
dates together: the 33 years were not up till
tlie spring of A.D. 33. If B.C. and A D . dates
are addecl together, the total l i u m b ~ rof years is
one less than the sum thus olstained.
The year 4 B.C. is a leap year, though only
three years away from the leap year of 1 B.C.
( a cluadricenltesimal pear). This feature is
s1io;vii in one of the diagrams ( C ) below the
outline.
Ccllculating the Equinoxes: Problem 2

Reference to the outline a t the top of page 363

shows that in the year 1935 A.D. the equinox is
on tlie afternoon of Tliursday, JIarcli 21.* To
be exact, it is at 52 seconds after 3:42 p.m.,
Jernsalem time, which is the proper time basis
to nee in all human affairs, for reasons to be
explained later. The time of eciniilos a t the
75th meridian west, commonly called Eastern
Staidard Time, is 8: 18 a m , Idarch 21. This
is 7 hours 24 minutes 52 seconcis later than
Je~asaleintime (used henceforth in calculating
tke equinoxes). Eillarged section of tjne last
:-ears of the nineteenth centnrp and the rernaining years to date shows more fully the tiines of
eclzinoxes at Jerusalem in t!ie past century. See
the diagram on opposite page for particulars.
Jehovah's people have heretofore thought
they had good evidence to b e l i e ~ ethat kclam
31-as created in 4128 (or fall of 4129) B.C., and
Problem 1 is to ascertain tlie time of vernal
ecl~linoxfor the year 4128 B.C. Reference to
the small outline a t top slioms it was in the morning of March 21,4128 B.C. ;the enlarged section
(12) of the first period after creation shows it
\\-as very close to 10: 00 a.m. Exactly what
time mas i i f
"Master chart, from which this greatly condensed outline vas
drarn, is 15 feet 3 inches long; on file a t the Golden Age
ofhe, where it, may be seen on application,

Eniargenent of section (A)showing tiine of

t,rernal equinox f ~each
i noimal year (@)dnd lenn
yeer (o)of ills 4213to 4 0 t h centuries a. C..

r
~
.
-

6 I!

,,,,

...--..

,a

.--I
ttttttti

.+I

vernal equinox) fcr the CIPV years

IESlB-f935;A.D. Mean length ofyear, 365
dey5,5 houq48 minukes, 46.15 seconds,
Is shown by stmi$ht horizoniaf line.;

From 4128 B.C. to A.D. 1935 is not 6,063

(4128f 1935) years, but 6,062 (4128+1935-1)
years. The nuniber 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,
tvhich is 5 hours 18 minutes 41.3 scconds; to be
figured back froin (before) 3 hours 42 minutes
52 seconds (3 :if2 5 2 ) p.m., the 11our of equinox
on March 21, A.D. 1935. The answer is that the
equinox oil March 21, 4129 B.G., was at 10.7
seconds after 10: 24 a.m. No~v,what day of
the week was i t ?
The 2,214,098 days f r o n ?!Iarc7i 21, 4128 B.C.,
to March 21, A.D. 1935, are found as follor~s:

time of equinox varied from the mean which

the astronomers have provided.
Problem

No.

1 E.C. 4128 Sat. 10 : 24 a.m, and

'-028
Thu. 3: 4 1 p.m. ''
3 " 2472 Fri. 12: 25 p.m. "
1 (.' 2372 Wed. 5 : 41 p.m. "
5 " 2045 " 110: 30 p.m. "
6 " 1945 Tue.
3 : 48 a.m. "
7 " 1920 Fri,
5 : 08 a.m. "
8 " 1615 Sat.
2 : 0 1 a.m. "
6 : 3 1 p.111, "
9 " 115.75 "
Ir)
1515 T l x . 7 : 06 a.m. "
11 " 1475 " 11: 5 s p.m. "
12 " 1469 Fri.
3 : 39 p.21. "
13 " 1035 "
':
27 p.m. "
( a ) Each of the 6,062 years
had a t least 365 dnys .
6052x355 = 2,212.620 1-4 " 1028 Sun. 6 : 08 a.m. "
15
228 T~~~ 12: 3 1 p.m. l i
( b ) The 60 centuries hzd at
15
"
7t.5
Mono 7 : 10 p.m. "
1,ilC)
least 24 leap days ecch
6 0 X 21 =
17 " 6 a l Thu. 11:42 p.m. "
(c) 14 quadrieentesirnal years
had each a leap day .
. 1 4 X 1=
14 18 " '60 Fri. 5: 20 a.m. "
19 " 537 Mon. 4 : 1 4 a.m. "
( d ) 8 leap doys in tllc 20th
century ,
. , . . 8 X 1=
S 20 " 4C8 Tuc. 9 : 21 p.m.
2 1 " 455 Thu. 12: 53 a.m. "
( e ) 6 leap d3ys in the pericd
3 Sat. 12: 16 p.m. "
before 4100 B.C.
. . 6X 1=
6 $g t i
23 S . U . 92 Tne. 9 : 33 p.m. "
Total number of days
.
2,214.098
24
33 Sun. 11 : 53 p.m. "
Leap day for the year 4123 3.61. ~ o u l c not
l
be 25 " 1879 Fri. 2 : 11a.m. "
counted, as the vernal eclninox is iiot as far IIRC!< 26 " 9884 Tliu. 7 : 15 a.m. "
in the year as the point a t \vhic:1 the leap d a ~27 " 1914 Sat. 1:33 p.m.

..
...
.. .
..... . ..
... . ..
. .. . ....

occurs.
Another method of a,rriving a t the same resnlt is to take the number of leap years (l4CS)
and multiply by 366; and then, deducting the
ninniber of leap years from the total of 6063
(6062-3 468=4594), multiply the result by 355,
as f 0110~17s:
1,468 leap years;
146SX366 =
4594x365 =
4,594 conlmon years;
Total number of days

537,283
1,676,810
2,214,095

I n 2,214,098 days there are 316,299 weeks a::d

5 days. I11 the year 1935 the 21st of Marc11 falls
on Thursday. In 4128 B.61. the 21st of 191arc11
fell five days earlier in the week, which day is
Saturday. Therefore, the vernal equinox of
4128 6 . 6 . fell on Saturday, at 10: 24: 10.7 a.m.
The Result

09' Some CalcuI~tions

Using exactly the saiile method as above, but
without going over all the operations, the nest
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

Thu. 12: 53 p.m.

"

"

1922 Tue. 12: 08 p.m.

"

30

(1

1926

31
32

"

28

'"9918

29

"

sun. 11:23 a.me "

1931 Sat,. 4 : 27 p.m.

1932 Sun. 10: 16 p.m.

"
"

10.7 see., Blar. 2 1

5.7
"
21
5.1 "
"
21
50.1 "
" 20
21.15 "
" 21
56.15 "
" 21
9.9 " " 20
5.65 "
'' 2 1
51.65 "
'' 2,8
.E5 "
" 21
46.65 "
" 21
51.12 ''
" 21
1.3.65 "
" 21
3.5.7 "
"
21
L.? .-0
a
( l
22
1 . 5
" z21
15.75 "
" 'El
2-1.85" " 2 1
15.35 "
" 22
110
'' 2 1
19.65 "
" 21
59.45
" 21
45.5.5 "
" 20
51.7
" 21
47.5 "
" 21
38.35 " " 220
4 2 . ~ ~u
5
' 9 1
(::inns
1 4 min.)
47.2-,5sea., R'lar. 21
(~2inns14 min.)
52.05 set., Msr. 21
(pius 2 min.)
56.65
Mar. 2 1
!ml!?i~s
,
.
9 rnin.)
47.4 sec., ?;Tar. 21
33.55 s ~ .Alar.
,
2,0
(plus 1min.)
'(

Notes on the Above Prsblents:

Problems Kos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22,
present the same features as Problein No. I,
and are solved by taking similar steps.
Problems 25, 27, 29, 29, 30, nre siniilar to
Problem 1, but, being 1~7110lly~vitliinthe A.D.
period, the years that intervene zxe ascertained
by subiracting the year in question from the
year 1935. All other steps are the same as for
KO. I.
Problems 5, 16, 17, 20, 21, 31, axe simi1z.r 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 lnalre
them count as complete days.

Problems 4, 7, 9, 10, f I, 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, a ~ l dmust 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). &larch 20,I935,4,D., is T$Tednesday.
One migl1t inferfrom this that the equilloctial
date of March 20 in the year 188.1: A.L).
is an even number of weeks ax-a? from the equilloctial date of 1935 A.D.) TI-ouldalso be on a.
Jvednesday, but it is on a Thursday (the sanie
as in 1935). (See diagram [B] page 363.)
Problems 15, 19, s h o the
~ vernal equinox for
the desired year falls on SLarch 22, instead of
the 21st. By this trick of the calendar one full
day is borrowed, and nlnst be accounted for in
the answer. These t v o prol~len~s,
like those in
the paragraph last above, require close reasoning.
To aid students of these p~oblelllsthere is
published, on pages 368, 369, a calendar from
creation to date, occupj-iap t~i-ofall pages of The
Golde 1% A g e , and grea.tl~-eimpIi6-ing the arriving at correct dates in :lie renlote past, hot11 as
to the ,jagTs of the nlolldl ancl 8s to the days of
the weel~.
Date of Autumn~~E
Eqreinox 4129 BE.
Inasmach as some hare held that Ada31 was
created in the fall of 4129 B.C., a t a da'ce convenient to the a n t n ~ ~ i ec:ninox,
~al
the date of
that eqai~loxis fixed Iqi the fo:lo~~~ing
accurate
and convellieilt method :
Autumnal equinox, 1924 A.D.. Jerusalem lirne,
mas September 23, 8: 11 11.111. T-ernal equinox,
1935 AD., is, Jernsai;lLl 1i:i:e. >lar.ch 21, 3: 43
p.m. T h ~ r e f o r ethe le~?:!l of time froin the
antnmilal equinox of 12% t o the verilal equinox
of 1935 is 1'78 days 1 9 hou;,; 32 minutes. The
year 4128 B.G, TT-asa leap p a r ; therefor9 175
days 19 liours 32 rnicntes b2.c.k froin the time of
the vernal equinox of 41.75 E.C. Isrings us to
September 24, 4129 B.C., at 13.7 seconds after
2: 52 pm. as the time of the antull~nalequinox
of that year.
Follols~ingare the vernal al~ilan'inmnal eqninoxes, J e r n s a l ~ mtime, 81 the years stated:
Vcrnal
Aut ~mna
l
Y

1523, March 21,

1924, " 20,
1925, " 21,
1926, " 21,
1927, " dl,

5 : 54 p.m. September 24,

11:45 "
23,
5: 38 a.m.
~3~
11: 27 "
"
23,
5:24p.m.
'' 24,

1928, March 20,

1929, "21.
1930, " 21,
lg31, " 21,
"
20,
1933, "'1,
1934, ,' 21,

11: 10 p.m. Sepfember 23, 9 : 31 a.m.

5 : 00 a.m,
"
23, 3 : l a p . m .
10: 55 '"
" 23, 9 : 0 2 "
4:32p.m.
"
24, 2:49a.m.
: l9 "
"
23, 8 : 4 1 6 '
4 : 08 a.m.
"
23, 2 : 26 p.m.
9 : 53
'' 23, S : 1 1 "
~ 4 ~ e r a gdate,
e vernal: Karch 21,7 : 41: 32 a.m.
Average date, autumilal i Septeinber 23, 6 : 18 : 50 p.m.
Average time, vernal equinox f o ~ w a r dto autumnal
equinox,
186 d. 10 h. 36 m. 18 see.
Average time, autumnal equinox fonvard to vernal
equinox, inelnding the three leap days, in the
12 years,
178 d. 19 11. 23 rn. 42 see.

As some l,vill be interested a t this point to

consider them, two small items are now slightly
anticipated in the following summary:
Nelv moon rose
SepteEber 22, 4129
B.c,, a t g : 23 :27.594592
~~~~~~~lequinox
lras 54% hours later, T ~
day, September 24, 4129 B.C., a t 2 : 52 p.m.
h'ev mooll rose Tuesday, Ifarc11 11,4128 B.C.,
at 12: 47: 44.694448 gma
Vernal eyuiilox was 94 hours later, Satnrda,y,
March 21, 4128 B.C., at 10 : 24: 10.7 a.m.
DO ally of Jehovah's ~'<itnesses,Or any of the
Jonadalss (comra2es of Jehovah's -witnesses ;
see TTiwdicatiou, Book Three), see anything iii
the placenlent of these nioons ~vitlirespect to
t l ~ eeqcinoses, or anything in the days of the
I,!-eek on ~ ~ - h ithey
c l ~ occilrred, to specially indicate the hand of Bod, as one iuigl~trensonab!y
expect it to Le nlal~ifes-tedat sucll an iateresting
time in earth's affairs: No such pleasing eridence appears. 2,iore on this point lster, la Its
proper p!xe, ~:11en careful consideration ~37ill
b~ given to the det?.ils of the ca1enda.r of JelloT-zh Gqd; :vhic!: calendar, it is liep2d and bec.1lieved, %-illperi~~le:leni-lyreplace, as far
endars are concer:~ed, the efr"o;.ts of Satan to
hide some of Gocl's beautifa1 truth, TIOW, sinae
9918, conling ozt froill His temple in such a refreshing streanl.

God,s Love of ths BeaugifHI

In the sumlilertime, in Pike coni~ty,Penns;plvania, in a regioil where one may see a score o-i.
more of ~vilcid2er in rz single day, deep down in
4 : 29 a.m. the heart of the forest, a mile or more from the
: 24 L c
highway, lives all alone a little old lady x ~ h o
4:09p.ms loves the truth. She got it by listening to
9 : 5 " , 4 V a t c h t o ~ ~ - e r programs over the radio station
3:42a.m, I X ? B T s R , o f N e ~ ~ P o r k c i t y .

TT;'hen this little old lady was found she \vent

into ecstasies over the messages she had heard.
Explaining her environment, and that she could
live with her children in Xe1.v Yorl; city and in
Philadelphia, if she chose, she said, "I prefer to
live here, like a gypsy, in the illidst of Cocl's
bouquets." The frost had just touched the h a r e s
of the forest, tinting them ~ i t colors
h
that beggar descriptiol~.
EIols~ninch more God loves beauty ! Ar:d h o
nmcli the most beautiful things of Xis crextiuii
are all a little diff erent from one another ! Vhen
men try to mnke things beautiful they i r to
~
nlelie thein ail alilie.
Yo two f l o ~ ~ ein
r s a flower garden were ever
esacily alike; no two roses on a rose hush, n o
two petals on a rose. rl million new-born infant.
can be fingerprinted, or a billion of them, or tefi
billion, for that matter, and no two sets of
fin~erprints~villbe the sa.me. And thus o w
comes to a conisideration of Cod's beantit'vJ
months, 13;s lovely, exquisite n~ontlis,that the
Illore they are stt~clieci,the Illore they are to 11e
admired, because, v-liile all subs tan ti all^ alike.
they are all slightly different,
A Study of God's Months
The word "mor:t'il" coaes from the n-or:!
"moon"; God's months were all arranged fnr
hefore man appeared on the earth. I t is nlau'a
proper place to inclnire humbly at God's feet respectirig the ~ ~ oofr His
i ~ hands; it is not mnn's
right to discard things ~vhichGod has mzde for
Ilis government, nor to substitute o t h e ~ sin
their place.
"And God said, Let there be lights in tile
fiririament of the heaven, to divide the day fon1
the night; and let them be for signs, ancl for
seasons, and for days, and y e a ~ s and
:
let thelll
be for lights in the firrnar~~ent
of the heaven, to
give light. upon the earth: and it mas so. Aiid
God made two great lights; the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rale the
night: he made the stars also. And Gocl set
then1 hi the firmament of the heaven, to give
light upon the earth, and to rule over the da:ancl over the night, and to divide the light from
the darkness: and G-od saw that it mas good."
(Genesis 1:14-18) Herein is the first reference
$0 the moon in the Scriptures.
Even though the moon had not been mentioned a t all in Gods Word, man would be compelled to take note of it; it is too conspicnous i;l

the lieavelis t~ be ignored; and too beautiful;

and too useful.
Satan has endeavored to get men to hold
Gc3's month a:~d its iiistrnlnent the riloon in
little esteem; lieilce the terms "lunacy", "lunatip3D(cn
I oon-struck," and terms of similar import.
The cpostle does indeed say, "Let no man tlierefore jv.dce yon in meat, or in dril;!;, or in respect
cf an holy clay, or of [feasts celel~rating]the
~nev,~ lmool:, or of the sabbath dwys ; TI-hiehare a
~i~aclorn
of thj.ngs to come; bat t.he body is of
Christ." (Coloseirns 2 : 16, 17) But this is far
from urging me11 to set gside the plain state~le:it of God's 'iTTolil thnt God "c?y?oi:l!;ed the
mcon for seasoils" (EPsalm 104: 1.9), rnoiithly
seasons beiilg lnal~ifest'lywhat is here meant.
" A P.siM%ul8.i/itngss in g e a c e ~ "
I t is true thet the prophet Isaiah lxi:?ys the
meesr.ge to an idolatrous and rebellions people,
"Tonr new nlooils a i d y o ~ apyointed
x
feast,s my
COUI liateth" (Isaiah 1:14), but that does not
change the fact that tlzc prophet Ezekiel writes
of ':1x fntnre ofYerii~gsof '(the prince" which are
io take placc "in thi: new moons". See Vi?zdicnt ! ' ~ ?Book
! , Three, pages 287,.293, 295? for comme:its and explanetions on references to the
1:;eiI-lncjons in Ezekiel 45 : 17 ; 4 4 : 1, 3, 6. These
nlii? not be igizored OF set aside.
Tliongli Isaiah llle~ltionsin the first chapter
God's disgust with Israel's hypocritical observences of the u e v moons, he saj-s in the next to
the last verse of his prophecy: "And if; shall
~01112to pass! that from one iie~-?
nloon to al~other,
arld from one sabbath to a~:other, el!all all flesh
c o x e to ~vorshipbefore me, saith [Jehovah] ."
(Isniali 66: 23) Of course, tha.t is after the oncoxling battie of Srniageddon has doile its W O T ~ C
of clestroying Satan's organization, and the
e2rth has been cleansed of all its de~!ements.
Khen the psalmist said, ' T h e n I consider . . .
the moon" (Psnhn S : 3), he mea~ltthat he really
clicl consider it. Especially sigilifizant is his
statelllent of David's seed, that "it shall he
established for ever as the moon, and as a faithfnl ~~;it.ness
in heaven". (Psalm 89: 37) The
noon is, indeed, a faithful ~vitaessin heaven, a
~ ~ - i t n ewhose
ss
testimony cannot be gainsaid.
It is the voice of God, spenkiiig through
Noses, that n~entionsthe "yrecious things thrust
forth by the moons". (Deuteronoliiy 33 : 14,
lizn.i-git2) 1Vlia.t son~eof t.hose precious things
are it is now the privilege of Jehovah's wit-

I
1

nesses zlld their conpaniocs f i ~the chariot of reference to it in t!~e esplaslatlons o'f the GalJehovah's organization to see and unde~stanc?. enda of Jellovah God ~vhiclifollow,
Indeed, it is even possil~!e that there may be
some direct reference to these p~eeent=lfolpd- G&'s Jt7iLk Regarding filonths
rnl
i n w s of trnth that God had ifi mfnd. ~~~he72
He
ane years of God are not e a d ~of an equal
?
sald o::'this day S1la-i; "the ligh~tof ';he mool; sl;ajl n ~ m b e rof manths, fior of an eqcal nnnllxr of
xeeks, nor of sn e p a l auml-~er(;I' clays, nor of
light Of the snll".-rsn+& 33: 26.
ile 2s
Anjq~:ay, it lvas -In;lait.:.l:-.
i:.-ise of G Q ~set a an eqnal ~:u~:l::er^~f ~ S ' I T T S ,nor of an eqnal im-asecond hand. in His i ~ m e p i x eend
,
to :sat it c:at her of m:i:l-L1.;-s, c o y of all P Q C Z ~il~l-Ilj)erof
there in the s i ~ y239,000 ~ r l l e . r.,T::ap, f a r efi3~:g11 ol?_ds,TiTan 112s n o right to igilore .;]less pears of
t l ; ~ .alld
~ , to mark
m a y t@a,ttjln tl.ieo!~gia~sc-.:~ldnot gee at it Qod. It is his C:3?;yto ~l,.nmber
l l the::. g,
and to use them to God's
io
miill it, y;Il~ch t';_?;- i>,-o~~]d
sare;y them i ~ ~ ens
p r a s e , h:_ri :lot to endepL,i70rto fore- t!;elll to
dolie 11 they had beell a5le t o so do. ?<<>~T,T
begin or end nt scj;ne point
in jzs v;ay illdicated
it is ubou-t to pn"c t h e i ~r!i t::, s?-ar:le,
in the divine T,TITordsf fiLe @i.eatoro
Pl
C~kei..,d~r
fog- G,@Z Pears
he montl~soli' God ere not of a 5rzecl nunl?~er
in
the
y.2ai.s of Gi.-od,l1or mi'&fhathmLlselvss are
This 'issn8 cont&s, rill p~.gj....:$63, 369, ail
they
compcsed
ezch of ail ess~-l.a! nv.ml:er of
the essentials of a co!e:l&;.
eo-;eri;;g all pest
weeks,
nor
~f
a
a
eqnal nu:nl>ei. of days, nor of
h-mlc?.rm history. A11 1;no~: 153; ill tlie :lorma1
an
equal
n~~i;l>er
of
hoilrs, aor of an equal nuillyear there are 52 ~;:eel.:s R I I ~II 62:- al;ii that
-.
ber
of
minntes,
nor
of an erpcl amnber of scctherefore ia the ~zex"i-?~cee;:ix~
i-e~i_',
11n1ess it
, .
aids.
&Ian
122s
110
rlgil'i
TO 1gcs;e these months
i s a 1ea8.p798"; the dap.3 of ~a.p:1111ol:t-h are oile
';h;,;i~, i!g f;:n-- \-ear 1393 of God. It is his duty t o nnmber them, and to
iiay later ill the
A.D. the 22d day of Jiarcl;.; ~ ? . L C011
? \j-edne~day; mark them me!l as tlxy go, and to use then] to
God's praise, bni, not to endeavor to force them
in the year 1931 A.C. the 22!3. c1s.j- of
to
begin 7i~l;herethe years begin or to end ~ i ~ l ~ e r e
csme on Thursday, v:!li!e
ill the :-em 1935 A.D.
th!
years end.
the 22d day of &larch co:~~lesi;n Fi,iday. I n the
I s it necessary to s t a t a n237 ye2,r 011 July 4,
year f 936, on aacoaxt of ?!,:at ~\-eai~l's
Ixing a lenp
or Thaaksgiviilg Dny, or Cnristn~as,or Washyear, the 22d day of > + l ~ . r c h c o r n ? 011 Sul:_*qs--\~.
The use of the calendar is r e q - sklple. Every ington's Birthds.2-! or Lincoln's Bil-thdayt Not
,
year is represented. l r 8 $1-22 d:ly of the at all. Each of Jeko~ail'syears properly begins
,
enough, at
lnoilth falls O i l Friday ia tlie J-ar1935, the dzy at a certain p o i ~ t almd,
of the week o : ~which that s a x e de:; of the month the beginning of a specific clay, as in the case
.
x~illfall in other years is silo7:il at tile head of of the monllis, l x t iieitlie~the years nor the
the colamn above the )-ear clesi~~il..Perecns us- lnontils nor t,he ~~-ee!;sneed to be inca c c o ~ dexing the c'aleildar r;lust considn;., in the case of actly, nor are t!xy in accord except by man's
leap years, that dates in J~nuxr!-a116 February egotistic and destractive acts.
The days in the mmths of God are cever less
must be separately calzalatd. after some other
date is B~o~i'lm.T2ie calendar TI-^! he fonad verg than 29; a.nd they zra never niore than thirty.
tasefnl and va.l~ablev-ihen the mamer of using There is a snre c?ilc! proper methsd of detarlniiii t has been mastered. It is ass~:rnecI that the ing how many da::.-s the month fihoulri have.
l i fixed ibe n~ethod.$Ie so arranged
user has an ordinary caienCi~ranc! can readily J e h o ~ ~ aGo3
ordered
all the details conaeeted with the
and
loca'te a Friday in 1935 or a Tilnrsday in 1934,
from which information en:- o t i l ~ rclesised data sacrifice of I-lis on-n dear Sol1 that. that event, of
in history, occurred at Jernregarding past. days of il:e J T - F ? ~ll-~ay
~
be a t once first ilxporla~~ce
obtained. This is the fixt tilile the Gregorian salein on the fonrteenth day of the month, v.-!lei1
calendar, or any oiiler, hzs w e r been projected the rnoon x a s at its full. Tile fonrteenth day
of each month, therefore, is 'chat day of the
back t o creation.
Besides the calendar for 6,062 years &ere is illo~ith when tke moon f s f n l l over Jerud s o presented a table of 'Znnstions Usherirlg salela. That automatically makes Jerusalem,
the time center of the eart'h.
in the Pears or Perisds TT7licIi Contained the not, Qreen~~ich,
m
Most Important Events in EIistory", Let tlie
;be w e e k are for mail, bat they are of God,
t'able speak for itself. Tliere will be frequent a,nd no mall rniiSr c.llange the arra11gemer:t which
k

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PROJECTION OF T H E GREGORlAN GALENDAR BACK TO CREATIOR

Table Shmvino that D a t a Falling on Sunday in 4128 B.C. will, i n 1935 A.D..
F r Sa Sn Fdo We T h F r Sa Pho

4128 KC.4101 B.C.

4100 B.C..
4001 B.G.
4028 B.G.
4000 5.C.3901 B.C.

3800 B.C.3701 B.C.

3700 ex.3601 B.C.

----

-.. .

2 4 23 22 21 20 19 18 17
(4100 B.C. i s nol. a leap gear)
8 4 53 82 81 80 79 75 77
5 6 55 54 53 6 2 51 50 49
2 8 27 26 25 2 4 23 22 21
(4000 B.G. is a lcap ycar)
4000 91 98 97 9 3 95 94 93
72 71 70 69 6 8 67 66 65
4 4 43 42 41 4 0 39 38 37
1 6 15 14 13 1 2 11 10 09
(3930 6.C is not a lean year)

Tu We T h

Tu T h

F r Sa Su

Tu

We Th F r

6,062 Years Later, Fall an Friday (Leap year columns are i n light-faced t y p e )

Su Mo Tu We

Fr Sa Su Mo We T h Fr Sa Mo Tu

16

B.C..
E.C.

76
48
20

B.C..

92
64
36
04

n.c..

C.C.

E.C.

5.C.D.C.

(3800 B.C. i s not a leap year) 0 0

8 0 79 78 77 7 6 75 74 73 72
5 2 51 50 49 48 47 46 15 44
8 4 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 1 6
(3700 B.C. is not a leap year)
8 4 83 82 51 YO 79 '16 77 7 6
56 55 54 53 5 2 51 50 49 4 8
3 8 27 26 25 2 4 23 22 21 20

." -

KC:.
B.C.

."". ,"-.,

0 0 9'j 93 97 91; 95 9 4 93 32 91
72 71 70 69 6 8 67 66 65 64 63
44 43 42 11 40 39 38 37 :!li 35
16 15 1.1 13 1 2 11 10 ti9 li!i 07
3500B.C.- (3500 U.C. is rqrrl a Ic:nl~ yr;!rl
I
)
; 9.1 I 3
3401 U.C.
7G 75 71 73 'i:! 71 70 69 (is 67
< 8 47 46 45
43 42 411 .4il 39

3501 B.C.

Sa 5u Mo

401 LC.

90 89 8 8 87 86 85 !:4 83 g:! :(I !I() 79 7s 77 76 75 74 79

62 61 IiO 59 58 57 51; 55 54 53 54 51 'ill "9 I!:,I7 'I5 45
3,) 23 3 2 1.1 30 2.3 2s 21 2i; 2 5 : : 1 23 22 21 ::(I
19 1;:. 17
GG 05 ( 1 1 0 3 02 0 1
: 1 ( I I : { I 1.6 , I I ; ; I
I ; ! I'j'J I,:! 1'61 I:II .',I ' ~ 8'87 !,I, ' , ' I
!I.;
:if5 3.1 :(I; ::'> 3 1 3 2 :;,: 21 30 :!9 :!s 7.1 >!I,
:!,'

I
66

1 )

(8l.i

41111 n . ~ . .
J

7 , -1-1

!>:! 2ml. ~ ~
31,)
l l

:!I 23 22 2 1

(3300 B.C. is not a Icop ycnr)

81 83 82 81 8 0 79 i e 77 7~
5 0 55 54 53 5 3 51 50 49 45
28 27 26 25 2 1 23 22 21 2 0
3200 B.C.- (3200 B.C. Is a leap year)
3101 B.C.
00 9:) 98 97 0G 95 94 93 I12
72 71 70 69 6 8 67 66 65 6 4
4 1 43 42 41 4 0 39 325 37 :iG
1 6 15 14 13 1 2 11 10 09 0 s
3100 B.C.. (3100 B.C. is nut a leap year)
3001 B.C.
00 99 A 97 96
7 6 75 74 73 7 2 71 70 69 0 s
45 47 46 45 44 43 42 E 4 0
20 19 18 17 1 0 15 14 13 1 2
3000 B.t.- (3000 B.C. is nnt a lczp yoarl 00
2901 B.C.
80 79 78 77 7 6 75 71 73 5 2
53 51 50 49 43 47 46 45 4 1
2 1 23 22 21 2 0 19 13317 1 0
2908 0.C.- (2900 B.C. i s 1101, a Ic;~n yam)
84 83 02 81 80 79 78 77 71;
2801 B.C.
56 55 54 53 !;:I 51 .50 I ! ) ,IS
2S 27 26 25 2 1 23 '22 21 2 0
2800 0.6.- (2:00
L C . 1v a lrap ycar)
0
,l 9 93 9/ 91; 95 9i 93 !I2
2701 B.C.
7 2 71 70 C9 GH 67 66 65 S4
44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 3 6
1 0 15 14 13 1 2 11 10 09 0 8
2700 K C . - (2700 B.C. is not a ieau Year)
2601 B.C.
0 0 99 '8 97 0 6
9 6 75 74 73 7 2 71 70 69 68
48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 4 0
2 0 19 18 17 1 6 15 14 13 12

06
94

200 6.6.101 D.G.

66
38
10

100 L1.C.4 R.C.

26
86

IltI $3 9: $;-!I> -9j-<,.i~~!h

03 91 90 89
7:: 71 70 (9 ISa 6 1 66 0.5 (i-l 63 62 61
.1 1 43 .?
i l l ,411
I3:) 3A 137 :.I; 135 31 33
Ili l'i 1 4 13 I:! 11 .lo 09 1)s 01 05 05
(,i(l0 11.c. I ;
1 1 : : ~yv;lr)
~~
!.!i 1;1 : , ' I l i ' r :.I >:.iI):! 1{1 !:I1 79 71s 77
(ill ','-I ' 8 ' 1 1 !>I; ';', 5.1 '1; !,:! .';I 1 0 117
:::! .: 1 90 :!.'I :%!i
2 1 26 2, Y l"32 21
~

SS 87 86 85 84 83 E2 81 8 0
1iO 59 58 57 li(;W : I 54 53 52
::Z 31 30 29 3Y 27 26 25 2.1
0 1 03 02 01
0 0 99 98 97 Ofi
71; 75 74 73 7 3 51 70 69 IiS
,IS '11 4 6 45 1.1 43 42 41 4 0
"I! 19 18 17 l r i 15 14 13 1 2

K C . i:; 118,l 21 le;lp y r n r l

91 33 :;9 SS 81 fjG s.5
63 62 61 f i l l 5.)513 57
35 34 33 ;:2 31 30 29
07 06 05 C4 01 02 G1
(209 B.G. i s not a Ivan w a r )
9n li 94 93 q'? 91 so x9

94
66
38
10

93 92 91 90 89
65 64 63 62 61
37 3 6 35 34 33
09 0 8 07 06 05

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12 11 10 09 0 s
(900 O.C. is not a leap year)
0 0 9, 98 97 9 6 93 94 93
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(GOO B.C. 1s a leap
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(700 B.?. is not a
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(2600 B.C. is not a leap year)

2500 B.C.2401 B.C.

(2500 U.C. is not a lcap year)

84 83 82 8 1 8 0 79 78 77
56 55 54 53 52 5 1 5 0 47
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(2400 U.C. is a leap year)
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2301 B.C.

2300 K C . 2201 B.C.

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2000 K C . 1901 B.C.

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leap year)
75 74 73
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(2000 B.C. is a lcap year)
00 92 93 97 06 95 94 93 02
7 2 7 1 70 69 68 67 66 65 BP
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16 15 14 13 1 2 11 10 69 0 8
(1900 B.C. i s not a leap ysar)
0 0 93 28 91 96
76 75 74 73 72 7 1 52 69 68
1 8 47 46 45 4 4 43 $2 4 1 40
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12
(1800 B.G. is not a lcap year)
80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73
52 5 1 LO 49 4 6 47 46 45
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1700 B.C.1601 B.C.

(1700 B.5. i s not a leap y-ar)

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(1600 B.C. ts a lcap Y:ar)

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01

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52 5 1 50 49 48 47 46 45 44
24 23 22 2 1 20 19 18 17 16

(1200 B . 6 . i s not a
8 8 81 86 E5 8.1
60 53 i 8 57 56
32 3 1 30 W 28
04 03 02 0 1
(1103 B.C. is not
92 9 1 90 69 8 5
64 63 62 6 1 60
36 Y 34 33 32
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(1500 B.G. is not a I:ap Yznr)

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76 J 74 73 72 7 1 70 U 68
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(1300 B.C. is nut a loap year)

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A.D. 700- (A.0. 700 ' i t not, a reap y?xr)
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A.D. 739
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(:S 6 2 70 71 7 % 73 7.3 75 'iti 27 78 79 SO 8 1 %2
84 85 86 87 88
$11; 5 7 3:; 99
A.D. ROO- (A.D. 800 is a I~;II y e w )
A.D. 8,9
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A.1'. !X,Y
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n I C : ~Y O V )
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85
4 1 45 46 47 $ 8 49 50 5 1 i:!
53 5-! -55 56 57 58 59 Go 6 1 62 63 6.1
:7
72 73 74 75 7(j 77 78 79 8 0 8 1 82 83 84 85 86 87 58 69 90 9 1 82
29 h.0. 1100- (A.D. 11.03 i s not a lcap ycar)
0 0 0 1 02 03 04
U1 A.D. 11.9
'I2 13 14 15 16 17 1 ; 1'; 2 0 2 1 22 23 2 4 25 26 27 38 29 39 3 1 33
40 41 42 43 41 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 5 2 53 54 55 56 57 53 ' 9 00
68 69 70 7 1 7 2 13 74 75 7 6 77 78 79 80 8 1 82 83 84 85 86 87 SS
98 ! 7 9; 59
A D. 7200. ( A D. 12CO a a leap year)
A.D. 1249
r7 0 1 (12 C3 04 05 CE 07 0 8 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
24 25 25 27 2Y 29 33 31. 23 3.3 34 35 :6 37 38 39 40 4 1 42 43 44
53 53 54 55 6G 51 53 59 6 0 6 1 62 63 6 4 65 66 67 GS 69 70 7 1 72
80 6 1 E2 23 8 1 85 ZG 87 8 5 b9 90 9 1 92 93 94 95 3 6 97 96 99

72
44
16

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1100 6.C.1001 B.C.

(A.D.

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48
20

1860 6.C.1701 B.C.

1600 K C . 1501 B.C.

503 is nrn
29 2:L 2;; 23
48 49 fO 5 1
7 6 71 73 79
A.D. 600- t A . 0 . COL' i s nnt
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73 74 55 76 77 78 79 Sil 6 1 I72 83 Sl
- 1TG3 is no1 a I c a y s x t r )
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57. .
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llil (il L;2 C3 G4 0.5 06 C7 08
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53 5 1 55 ::ti 57 53 19 ii0 6 1 62 63 U
5 1 L2 G3 8 4 85 SG 61 S i 89 53 9 1 63
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21 L,- 23
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45 46 47 :X 45 53 5 1 53 53 54 55 5 6
73 74 75 76 77 76 z so 6 1 82 83 m
1,300 i s >lot a lea? y?ar)
13 1: 15 1G 17 i' 1'; 20 2 1 F 23 24

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57 50 59 63 6 1 E2 63
85 86 87 l i X 39 90 9 1
0 0 0 1 112 03
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53 54 55 51; 57 58 59
3 1 $2 C3 R 85 86 87
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H ? 73 11.6.-li;*hc,?i~y
b - : ~ . k! 3511 B.C.-lh
tt;,u?!::li3s lirth. R 3098 B.C.-Adam's
death. E 3041 0.C.7 :'I ii.:..::::lted.
2::3
I3.C.---C:"m3s
birth. D 2373 [I.!'.-Dc!l;ga
a:ld lil:thuse#ah's d:stll.
C 1945 KC.: :i:r.t u;i:il A b r ~ , a , ' l . 1 1 2 0 n.?--lsxc's
tirlli. 52 1870 B.C.-Shorn's
dtatlt. X 1515 B.C.-Exodus.
J 147;
tf.C.-.Cr3::illq
Jori1.n.
U 1469 l3.C.-Judals
bccin. 53 1119 6.C.-Saul
entl~roned. Y 1035 0.G.1 Ki:;gs 6: 1 k,y. 0 1023 B.".!!onne Paishid. Dd 1027 0.C.-Dzdlcalion.
Hz 745 D.C.--HczcLinIl.
V 641 B.C.
"...,
--"...I
.:ii cr:at
r?::;c:r.
G 607 5.C.-Gzntile
Times b:nin.
G2 537 0.C.-Edict
of Cyrur. Ez 468 B.G.-Ezra.
Nh 455 B.C.-Nohen!inh.
3 B.G.-LGGOS
comes. BJ A.D. 12-Boy
Jesus i n temple. R A.D. 33-Year of Ransom.
Z 1879--iio!1's Watch Tower h"sun. \V 1854--:"atcli
Towsr Eihl. 8 Tract Society incolnwated. K 1914-.King
retsms. T 1913-Tcmplc.
F 1922-Anaintlng
of a l l flesh. B 192G--Time of blessednars. N 1931-New
name.

El

,.

1932-Sanctuary

oieansed.

LUNATIOSS UBFZEZISG I N THE YEARS OR PEEIOCS TTyILICR CONTATS TIlE MOST ILIPORTANT ETENTS O F
I-IISTOI;',Y, STATED I N TERIiIeIS O F T E E G;IESOXI.iS L'-'ILESDAR, "LND ASTROXOXI69LLP EXACT
( I n i k e dates ritrd kl:a aie also
cited csrtiiin other l'at:s, p,,iO? t o
Vsrfial Ejeir!os i:e. ZC3, hitherto
much held in ertrss:)
Date
#. .!L
4123 Se Sp 2% 2 23
4125 Tu Mr 17 12 47
4025 F r MT 22 8 54

B.6.

Second
27.504538 11
74.694448 P
46.65375 P

liiter. Isier.
vening vecinu

Yrs. loons
6
100 1237
1556 13245

f i r ~ a l y s i scf t:?e Ticc C c n t c n t

or' thr il:ts;i.ci~?
Eo?r,s
Frsctic- of vie:,
Weeks
at E s d s! P::i:;'
& 7th~ D. H. I-:. %??ribs
25.2 2 4 23 19.155515
5219-3 3 8 11 3.973312
811.5s-1 0 4 22 55.4E3-12

Aeaiysis of
Days in Inter-

Ve!iiso Maor>s S e r i a l s a:,d Tot?.I;

SIartirg vdith tho Mow l o o n Nearc s i t h e V ~ i o a l Eqei;;ox far the Ysa: 4028 B.6.
176 Ir Ve?n kaszr
36505 2 1 Easi Xi:3ni!1 W;sBs
D:gs
Total Seconds
567911 376
Irrtrizi

Lp.

n'

Ll!ue sl!o:r-n in each casz is Jerusalem time, 7 hours 20 ~;in:;s

52 seconds earlier than Ezstem Staudard time. Each
crlcu!ation was checkeci to the one preceding aud the oc? f,-'ll-jn.ing!nzd in every instance wit11 the 1035 AD. date
s!lon.n, with ~ h i c l lagreement is exact. The rxrintions r,? a 11 c ci e f g: nmol~ntingr e s p e c t i ~ e lto
~ :,bout 8, 10, 14,
4 i , 10, 15, acci 3 lloure, after calcuiations extellding eyer 6.rt:jJ year-b, are nclt due to anx errors in the calculations
tllen~sclrt.~!
bilt to variations froin the mean Innation; ez:.lnined in fnll in its propzr place. i n figuring eclipses s l ~ l c l
otl?!.r geriocis astronomer's calculate the mean time ber1rf;.3 lunations a s 25514~3.864370seconCs. (Their method ia to
es1)ress the t h e in &ys and decimals thereof, but the req.ilr? are the salile either \my.) These figures, astronomicnllj- csact to a millionth of a second, are used in all tlie a i o w ca!culetions.

God made. KOman may alter the number of d a y earefally coll~pilecifrom recolZs in the New
in a week; in ihess days (since the French R e ~ o - Tor!< Public Library, covering the fLty grenrs
lukion calendar fiasco) none but, a theologian, from 1886 to date. The nioons are here num~vic.ithhnge coiiceit and no reverence for God. 1,ei.ecI by The Goldeqz Age, the o:?e for .Ja;ln1s-ould contemplate for a llloment such an act of 2 s ~3,- 1836, beil;g nunbered 73131: t h r e a f t e r
presu.mption, RIan may nn:i~ber his meelis tile:- are in sequence dotvn to 73761, ;he nn~nber
there is no harm in so doing. Since God is so of the lmintion for December 13, 1936, w5ich is
good as to give them, it wonld seem that, at as far as the compilaiion goes. This table is in
least once a ;-ear, nian iiiight take note of their Jercsalem time, 7 hours 24 miimtes 52 seconds
cr,;Iier than Eastern Standard time. I t is quite
number.
?elf-espl~natory.God's months are of 29 or 30
Learning Something Absnt God's Months
clay each; their moons rise at \-asions times of
I t seenls strange that maa's mo~ilhsshould 11.u tile day or night, o : ~vnriaus days in "iie \y;eeB,
so different from God's months, that the tn70 as specified in the first eight colmllns, the teble
kinds of months could be going along steadilv eoficluding v i t h the daies grouped under the
side by side, overlapping each other, etc., aad TT-ord"Actual".
The ( h e a n lunation" is nliiversaily agreed by
yet most people know nest to nothing about the
particular liilld of months that God provided asti.onomers to be 29.530588715 days. Otherwi~e
for the noctnrl:al government of the earth. stated, this is 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes
On page 371 begins a lnnaiion experience table, 2.864976 seconds; or it may be stated altogether

Lnnation Experience TabIe, Jerusalem Time

(Terusalein time is 2 hours 25 minutes* earlier [faster] than Greenwich; or 7 hours
25 minutes earlier than Eastern Standard time. To get Jerusalem time, therefore, add
7 hours 25 minutes t o Eastern Standard time.)
(*24 minutes 52 seconds)
Actual
Moon Days
73131
73132
73133
73134
73135
73136
73137
73138
73133
73140
73141
73142
73143
73144

30
30
29
30
29
30
29
29
29
30
29
?O
30
30

Date

Time

Tu
Th
Sa
Su
Tu
Wo
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
We
Th
Sa

Jan 5 10:13am
Feh 4 5:43am
Mar 6 1233am
Apr 4 4:59pm
Rlay 4 6:llam
Jun 2 4:24pm
Jul 2 12:35am
Ju131 7:55am
Aug 29 3:23pm
S E 27
~ 11:47pm
Oct 27 9:44a111
,Nov25 9:49pm
Dec 25 12:24pm
M J Jan 24 5:31am

Mean
Data
Time
1886 A.D.
Tu Jan 5 7:31pm
Th Feb 4 8 : l j - m
Fr Mar 5 8:59pm
Su Apr 4 9:?3cm
l o l a y 3 10:2:pm
We jun 2 11:llam
Th Jul 1l l : 5 5 p n
Sa Ju! 3 1 12:39pm
Mo Aog 30 1:23am
Tu Seg 25 2:07pm
Th Oct 28 2:jlam
Fr Nou25 3:35pm
Su D~c.25 4:19.-m
83 Jln 24 5:03gm

Campared Campared
M i x with next with Mean
o : . ~ Slsw Fajt Slow Fast
29 Ds hr mi hr mi hr mi hr mi
1170
1130
586
792
613
491
440
413
564
597
723
877
1027
1119

646
666
3 42
28

9 18
2 32

334
7 16
2 3 1 7 44
433 513
5 24 40
5 16
444
4 20
10 00
2 47
1 4 20
41
17 07
153
17 48
4 24
15 55
5 55
1132

73181
73182
73183
73184
73165
73186
73187
73188
73189
73190
73191
73192

29 Tu Jan 2 1 2:18am

29 We Feb 19 12:57pm
30
29
30
30
29
30
30
29
30

73169
73170
73171
73172
73173
73174
73175
73176
73177
73138
73179
73130

su FCS 12 2:22am
Mo hlar 12 6:51pm
We Apr 1111:37am
Fr May 11 3:53am
Sa Jun 9 7:OQpm
ruo Jul 9 8:46an1
Tu Aug 7 E:%PX
Th Sep 6 7:26am
Fr Oet 5 5:04pn
su Nov 4 232am
hlo DCC 3 123
:1
:m
i
Tu Jan l ll:37pnl

1538 A.D.
Su Fet 12 2:3jpm
Tu Mar13 3:19em
\lie Api 11 4:O;:m
Fr M?jr 11 '?:?Tam
Sa Jnn 9 5:31pm
Mn Jul 9 6:15am
Tu Aug 7 6:59pm
Th Stp 6 7::3am
Fr ect 5 S:27pm
Su A!;
4 9:llam
E n Dzc 3 9:55pm
Tu Jan 2 103:an

30
29
30
29
30
30
29
30
29
30
29
30

Th Jan 3 1 11:393m
Sa Mar 2 12:3Gam
Su B a r 3 1 2:CSpm
Tu Apr SO 4:34ae:
We May 29 7:49pm
Fr Jun 23 11:23am
Su Jul 28 2:30am
Mo Aug 26 4:29pm
We Sep25 5:llam
Ti1 0ct24 4:55pm
Sa Wov23 4:13am
Su Dec 22 3:21pm

iZ89 A.D.
Th Jan 3 1 11:23pl 771
Sa Mar 2 12:37pm 816
hi0 Apr 1 l2:Slam 868
Tu Apr30 1:35pm 515
Ti: hia! 30 2:192n 934
We lcn 29 3:C39n 907
Sx 121 23 3:4;am
839
hlo Aug 25 4::lpm
762
We St925 5 :i -~- a n 704
Th Oit24 5::9pm
578
Sa H c v B 6:43am 668
Su Dccl?. 7:27pm 657

1144
1137
1 0 45
9 01
6 30
3 40
117

07
52
144
231
2 50
2 23
115

02
100
126
136
147

04
104
2 30
4 06

in seconds as 2551442.S64976 seconds. This

stating of time in such cletail as to take note
of millionths of a secoilcl seems strange to most
practical persolis, but is iil regular use among
astrononiers.
Astsonorners ,Wust Love Truth
It niay as well be settled that astronomers
love truth in the abstract. They must; their
business requires it. It 11-as of great interest in
New Yorb city some years ago when an eclipse
was due. The astronomers, as a matter of their

73218
73219
73220
73221
73222
73223
73224
73225
73226
73227
73228
73223

Th
a
Su
Tu
Th

Fr

Su
Tu
We
23 Fr

1857 A.D.
29 We Feb 23 12:lOam We Feh 23 5:47am
30 Th Mar 24 6:39pm Th Mar 24 6:3lpm
30 Sa Apr 23 11:22am Sa Api 23 7:lSam
29 Mo May 23 1:3jam su l a y 2 2 7:SCpm
29 Tu Jun 2 1 1:22pm Tu Jun 21 8:43zm
30 We Jul20 11:ljpm We Jnl 20 9:27;!11
29 F: Aug 19 8:CDam Fr Aug 19 l 3 : l l a m
30 Sa Sep 17 4:29pm Sa Sep 17 10:jjpm
Ma Oct 17 11:39am
29 e n oct 17 1:O:am
'
l l o b 16 12:23zm
29 Tu Nov 15 10:3Bam !\e
30 We Dec 14 11:51pm Th Dcc 15 1:07pm
30 Fr Jan 13 11:08am Sa Jan 14 1 : j l a m

29
30
30
29
30
29
30
29
30
29
29
30

Actlal
Date
Time

Maon Days

29
30
29
30
29
29
29
30
29
30
30
30

Mar 20 1130pm
Apr 19 10:35am
May l S l l : 4 8 ~ m
Jun 17 12:27pm
Jui 17 3:19am
Aug 15 6:49pm
Sep 14 10:22am
Oct 14 1:34am
Nov 12 4:07pm
Den 12 5:40am

Mean
Date
Time
1890 A.D.
Tu Jan 2 1 8:llam
We Feb 19 8:55pm
Fr Mar 2 1 9:39am
Sa Apr 19 10:23pm
W o May 19 11:07am
Tu Jun 17 11:51pm
Th Jul 17 123:pm
Sa Aug 16 1:19am
Su Ssp 14 2:03pm
Tu Oet 14 2:47am
We N w 1 2 3:31pm
Fr Dee 12 4:15am

Compared Compared
lins. with next with Mean
over Slow Fast Slow Fast
29 Ds hr mi hr mi hr mi hr mi
639
633
665
733
819
892
930
933
912
873
813
734

2 05
2 11
139
31
55
2 08
2 46
2 49
2 28
149
49

Sa Jan 10 5:54pm
Bo Feb 9 4:41am
Tu hlar 10 2:lOpm
We Apr 8 11:26pm
Fr May 8 8:45am
Sa Jun 6 6:55pm
Mo Jul 6 6:25am
TU AUO 4 7:42pm
Th Sep 3 10:45am
Sa Oct 3 3:27am
Su Nov 1 9:02pm
Tu Dec 1 2:14pm
Th Dec 3 1 5:49am

1831 A.D.
a Jan 10 4:59pm
Ma Feb 9 5:43am
Tu Mar 10 6:27pm
TI1 Apr 9 7:llam
Fr May 6 7:55pm
Su Jun 7 8:35am
l o Jul 6 9:23~m
We Aug 5 10:07am
Th Sep 3 10:51pm
Sa O c t 3 11:35am
Mo Nov 2 12:19am
Tu Dec 1 1:03pm
Th Dec31 1:47am

Fr Jan W 7:08pm
Su Feb28 6:16am
Mo Mar 28 3:47pm
We Apr 27 12:16ani
Th May 26 8:lBam
Fr Jun 24 4:36pm
Su lu124 2:OOam
M o Auo 22 1:28pm
We Sep 2 1 3:45am
Th Oct20 8:53pm
Sa Nou 19 3:46pm
Mo Dec 19 10:42am

1892 A.D.
Fr Jan 29 2:31pm
Su Feb 28 4:15a1n
Mo Mar 28 3:59pm
We Apr 27 4:43am
Th Rlay 26 5:27pm
Sa Jun 25 6:llam
Su lo124 6:55pm
Tu Aug 23 7:39am
We Sep 2 1 8:2?pm
Fr Oct 2 1 9:07am
Sa Nov 19 9:51pm
l o Dec 19 10:35am

We
Th
Sa
Su
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
We
Fr

1893 A.D.
TI Jan 17 11:19pm 889 2 05
Th Feb 16 12:03pm 737
Sa Mar 18 12:47am
601
Su Apr 16 1:31pm 492
Tu May 16 2:15am
424
We Jun 14 2:5Spm 416
Fr Jul 14 3:43am
481
Sa Aug 12 4:27pm
617
Ma Sep 11 5:llam
802 38
Tu O e i 13 5:55pm
950 3 46
Th Nov 9 6:39am 1123 5 59
Fr Dec 8 7:23pm 1167 6 43

Jan 18 3:57am
Feb 16 6:46pm
Mar 18 7:03am
Apr 16 5 : 0 6 m
May 16 1:16am
Jun 14 8:20am
Jui 13 3:16pm
Aug 11ll:17pm
Sep 10 9:34am
Oct 9 10:55pm
Nov 8 3:?6pm
Dec 8 10:03am

5 53
7 58
10 09
1148
1 2 19
1124
9 16
6 30
3 41
1 14

36
30 1 2 5

4 38
27 6 43
2 43 6 16
4 32 3 33
5 40
59
5 48
639
4 43
12 27
2 27
17 10
19 3 1
1 8 59
15 13
9 14

common duty to manliind, announced the exact

time the eclipse 1170nld occur. Additionally, they
stated that the edge of totality of the eclipse
~vouldbe "soniewhere between 145th street and
165th street i11 upper New Yorlr". \$Then the
eclipse came, its edge of totality was a t 155th
street, just halfway between. This 117asnot an
accident, but the result of careful calculations.
I n the year 1846 two astronomers, Adams in
England, and Leverrier in France, located the
planet 'Neptune (the existence of which was
suspectecl, but not known) by the use of astro-

Actual
Maan Days

Date

Mean
Date
Time

Tlma

Comparld Compared
Mins. with next with Lean
over slow Fast Slow Fast
29 Ds hr nli hr ml hr mi kr mi

1894 A.D.

Su Jan 7 B:07am 1118 5 54

73230
73231
73232
43233
73234
73235
73236
73237
73238
73239
73240
73241
73242

30
29
30
29
30
29
29
29
30
29
30
30
29

Su Jan 7 5:36am
Tu Feb 6 12:14arn
We Mar 7 4:4ipm
Fr Apr 6 6:Eam
Sa May 5 5:llpm
Ifio Jun 4 1:25am
Tu Jul 3 8:14am
We Aup 1 2:53pm
Th Aug 30 10:33pm
Sa Sep 29 8:13am
Su 0 ~ 328 6:25pm
Tu Nos 27 1123am
Th Dec 27 4:49am

73243
73244
73245
73246
73247
73248
73249
73250
73251
73252
73253
73254

30
30
30
29
30
29
29
29
30
29
30
30

Fr
Su
Tu
Th
Fr
Sa

Fr
Sa
Qo

73255
72256
73257
73258
73259
73260
73261
73262
73263
73284
73265
73266

23
30
30
29
30
29
30
29
30
29
29
29

We Jan 15 12:19am
Th Feb 13 6 42pm
Sa Mar 14 1:178nl
l o Asr13 652am
Tu Mag 12 10:16#m
Th Jun 11ll:12am
Fr Jul 10 10:04ya
Su Aua 9 731am
klo Sap 7 4:12pm
We Oct 7 12:17am
Th Nov 5 9:56am
Fr Dec 4 8:lOpm

1896 A.D.
We Jan 15 2 2 7 ~ m
Fr Feb 14 3:llarn
Sa Mar 14 3:55?m
Mo ADr 13 4:39am
Tu l a y 1 2 5:23pm
Th Jon 11 6:07am
Fr Jul 10 6:51pm
Su Aun 9 7:35sm
hlo Sop 7 8:19pm
We Oet 7 9:03am
Tb Mev 5 9:47pm
Sa Dec 5 10:31arn

73267
73268
73269
72270
73271
73272
73273
73274
73275
73296
73277
73275
75279

20
30
30
29
30
30
29
30
30
29
29
30

Sa Jan 3 5:32an
Mo Feb 110:42?m
V:e Mar 3 2:25pm
Fr AFr 2 1:53am
Sz r.lay 1 l l : l ? p n l
W o l a y 3 1 2:55va
Wa Jan 30 5:24am
i h Js1 29 6:17prn
Sa Aug 28 5:5&m
Su sep 26 4:15prn
Tu Cct 26 1:59am
We Ww24 11:49am
TI; Dec 23 i0:2Spm

1697 A.D.
Su Jan 3 11:15pnl
Tu Feb 2 11:59am
Th Mar 4 12:43-m
Fr Apr 2 1:27pm
Su Mzy 2 2 : l l a n
rvd2 Hajj 3 1 2:55pa
We Jun 30 3:392m
Th Jh129 4:233pm
Sa AIIQ28 5:07a111
Su SDP 26 5::lpm
TII Oet 26 6:35am
We $nu 24 7:19arn
Fr Dee 24 S:03am

73280
79281
73282
73223
73224
732-95
73286
73287
73236
732E9
73290
73291

29
30
30
29
30
23
30
30
29
30
29
30

Sa
SII
TI!
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Ha
Fr
Sa
lo
Tu

hlo
Tu

We

Ian 25 11:55pm
Feb 24 7:12pm
Mar 26 12:54pm
Apr 25 3:aOam
May 24 3:15~m
Jlln.23 12:20am
Ju1 22 S:Olam
Aug 20 325prn
Sap 18 11:24pm
Cct 18 6:393m
Nov 16 7:40pm
Dec 16 8:58arn

Ffio
We
Th
Sa
Su
Tu
Th
Fr
Su
hlo

Feb 5 8:51prn $93 3 49

Mar 7 9:35am
822 58
Apr 5 10:19pm
642
May 5 11:03am 494
Jan 3 11:47p1n 409
Jul 3 12:31pm 399
Aug 2 1:15am
460
Aug 3 1 1:5?pm 580
Sep 35 2:43am 733
Oct 29 3:27pm
899 2 13
W e Ncv 28 4:llarn 1046 4 42
Th Dec 27 4:55pn 1146 6 22

1895 4.D.
a Jan 26 5:39am 1157 6 33
Su Feb 24 6:23pm 1062 4 58
49
Tu Mar 26 7:07am
885 2 02
5 47
We Apr 24 7:51pn1 695
1 0 9 7 49
i r May 24 8:35am 545
3 39 6 40
Sa JU!I 22 9:19prn
461
5 03 3 0 1
Mo Jul 22 l0:03am 444
5 20
Tu Aug 20 10:47pm 479
4 45
TI1 Sep 19 11:31am 555
3 29
a Cct 19 12:15pm 661
143
Su Mov 17 12:59pm 798 3 4
Tu Dec 17 1:43am
951 3 07

,
loss

A.D.
Jan 22 8:47pm
Feb 2 1 ?:31?.rn
Nar22 10:15pm
Apr 21 10:59aa1
May 20 ll:43prn
JU!I 19 12:27pm
Ju! 19 1:llam
Aag 17 1:55prn
Sep i6 2:33am
Oct 15 3:21pm
Nw 14 4:07sm
Dsc 13 4:5:ps

"7

Jae 22 9:53arn
Feb 20 1b:09pm
Mar 22 11:06am
W p i 2 1 12:@3am
h l ~ y20 3:27pm
JU!I 19 6:38an1
Ju1 13 10:1611m
Alig 17 1:03pm
Sep l G 2:39am
Oct 15 3:G6prn
Wov 14 2:ISam
Dec 13 2:22om

2 31
3 23
7 12
2 02 8 10
4 30 6 08
5 55 1 3 3
605
5 04
3 04
31

Ba
Mo
Tu
Th
Fr
Su

Ta
We
Fr
Sa
Mo
Tu

1899 A.D.
73292 29 Tii Jan 12 l:18am Th la1112 5:352m
73293 29 Fr Feh 10 12:10~rn Fr Feb 10 6:9cm
30 Sa l a r 1110:2bpm S a Par 12 7:03am
29 Mo Apr 10 8:49arn ii?o Apr 10 7:47pm
30 id ISY9 8:07p!n We May 10 83la1n
29 Tn Jun 8 8:4?am Th Jun 8 9:15pm
50 F i JI
7 11:OOpm a J ~ i l 8 9:59arn
30 Ss Aus 6 2:17pm SI Aug 6 10:43pm
29 Tu Eep 5 6:02am Tu Sep 5 11:27am
30 WE Oct 4 9:43grn T h Oot 5 12:llam
30 Fr Eov 3 12,5511n1 Fr Nwd 3 12:55pm
29 9 % Dec 3 5:lEam Su Dsc 3 13Sam

4 17
10 22
15 26
1630
19 0 1
16 43
12 06

5 44

2 02
7 22
12 07
1536
17 19
16 45

izomical calculations very similar to those used

in this series of articles.
I n figuring the mean calcuIatiolis shown In the
central part of the tables, No. 73176, August 26,
1889, was talien as the starting point, because it
was only about 2 minutes amay from the mean
generally used by astrononlers for currezt calculations, that is, 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes
(secoiids being dropped). From this starting
point the calculations were carried back~vardto
January, 1886, and foru-ard to December, 1936.
The next colamn, entitled "Minutes over 29
Days", is a very useful one for purposes of
study, Each moon is a period of 29 days and a
certain number of minntes in addition. The total
nnmber of minutes over 29 days between this
iiioon and tlie one next following it is given.
Thus, from the new moon of Tuesday, January 5, 1886, a t 10: 13 a.m., to tlie new moon of
Thursday, February 4, 1886, at 5 : 43 a.m., m7as
29 days and 1,170 minntes. See Nos. 73131 and
73133.
111 the next t x o colum~lseach moon is cornpared with the one nest to it. Thus, it being
taken for truth that the normal time from one
nem- noon to another is 29 days, 12 hours and
44 minutes, that is, 29 days and 764 minutes, if
a moon takes 29 days ar,d 1,170 minutes, it is
slow b j b y the difference, which is 406 minntes
(6 honrs 46 minutes).
The Moon Runs Fast

The experience tables shov tthi?t the nlosn has

the habit of running ahead of its scliedule (if
snc!l an e:;pressioii is perniissible). Thus, according to the "?iIean"'the iiioon on Jaiiuary 5,
1896, xTas not due to rise niitil 7: 31 p.m. of
th2t day, but, as n matter of fact, it rose 3 honrs
I S liriliutes earlier; so it was fast by that amount
of ti12Ie.
The lover of Jehoval: God wi!l nonTbe greatly
iaterested in the accoiilpanging chart of lnnations whie!i silo~i-i-5the beautifnl a i d graceful
manner in vhieh the moon keeps care of the
secontls of tlie great Greator. I t instantly appe2.r~that there is order, not the order of cogs
~ n c gears
l
and ra'iitliiig machinery, but the order
of rhythnz on a inagnificent scale. But first another glance 2t the tables.
Talie note of the last four eoluiilns of the tables
and iiote h o v the iiiooil is usually for seven
ilioons fast, then for seven moolls slow, etc., as
compared with those that have gone before; it

-4V-s

he

Mean

Actual
Moan Day3

-..*

'

F "
i

Date

Time

Oatc

iime

GOLDEN AGE

Mins. w i t h next w i t h Mean

ovcr slow Fast slow Fast
23 Ds hr mi hr mi hr m i hr m i

1coo
73304
73305
73205
73307
7323%
73309
73310
73311
73312
73313
73314
73315
73316

---

73317
1 ~ 1
73319
73320
73321
72322
73323
-~.,-,2? 2
-"or,
133-5
73326
73327
73328

30
23
29
30
29
30
29
30
23
30
30
30
29

30
529
30
2)
29
33
2)
~234

Bo Jan 1 4:21um
We Jan 3 1 3:52am
~h Mar 1 1:54pm
Fr Mar 30 10:59aln
su Apr 29 7:52am
M o Msy 28 5:19pm
We Jun 27 3:56nm
Th Jut26 4:12pm
Sa AYO25 6:223m
su szp23 10:24pin
Tu Gct23 3:5611m
Th Mov 22 9:46am
Sa Dee 22 2:32am

Su
To
W2
Fr
Sa
Su
TII

We

$9 Th
30 5a
30 Y o
29 We

73529
73?30
73331
,3332
-ox.,
~ ~ 73334
73335

30
33
29
33
7293
29
23
j ~ z 3 G 30
,3227 29
73338 30
73339 30
73340 29
73341 SO

--

Jan 20 5xJ:pm
Fcb 19 5:14am
b!ar 20 3:22:!11
F.pr 19 12:06a:n
R?ay18 &:07aa
J!in 15 4:02pm
Jiil 15 12:32m
Aug 14 10:56am
Sep 12 11:47~!n
O c t 12 3:iXpm
Ncv 11lO:O?no~
Dec 11 5:22em

Mo
V/e
~h
Sa

su
Tu
We
Fr
Sa
KO
Tu
Th
Fr

A.D.
Jan 1 2:23pm
691
Jan 3 1 3:07am
602
Mar 1 3:51pm
545
M u 3 1 4:35an!
533
Apr 29 5:1gpm 567
Ray 29 6:03am
637
Jun 27 6:47pm
736
Ju127 7 3 i a m 850 1 2 6
Aug 25 8:l:jm
954 3 20
Sep 24 8:jIzo 1050 4 46
Oct 23 ?:;?pm
1070 5 C6
Nov 22 10:27am 1004 4 GO
Dec 2 1 1 1 : l l ~ s 875 1 5 1

1901 A.D.
Su Jan 23 11:5Sam 729
Tu Feh 13 123Sam 603
Y l e M?r 23 l:23p3
524
Fr Apr 19 2:Oizm
481
8a h:3y 18 2:5lpm 475
Pia Jrn 17 3:?lam
517
a:
Jo1 1 5 4:lS:m
617
T b Ass 15 5:C?sm 771 07
Fr Srr 13 5:;7pm
953 3 03
Eu O c i 13 631am 1103 5 39
k!o Nov ll 7:15?m 1159 6 2 5
h'% C:c 11 7S9am 1101 5 37

1552 A.D.
Jan 9 11:43gn1 Ti1 12.1 9 B:-l;;n
Feb 8 3:5Cjm $ 8 izb 8 9:2iaa
Mar 10 5:19am SB h:~? 9 1 : l i p m
Apr 8 4:19;:r.
Su A:
3 LC1:51.:;1
May 8 1:14ae He. I,!:j.
7 11-5S?n
Jan 6 8:4Cam Fr :?? 6 ::.Zcm
Jul 5 3:2291il Sii :a! 5 1:Gi-m
Atio 3 10:4Gpm K c A x 4 l : 5 l v n
Sep 2 7:4Sym W:'4 S:p 3 2:?2n1
Oet 1 7:38am Ti1 C c t 2 ::Ihn
C c t 31 10:42an Sa H:; i ::IS-rz?
Mov3O 433nm S u A:;X
?:-;T-@
Ma Oec 29 11:53pm Tu Sic 33 3:51:o:

Th
Sa
Mo
Tu
T!I
Fr
a
Su
Tu
We
Fr
Su

967
EGi
60
525
S45
4C:
438
522
7L0
904
1071
1150
1154

3 23
45

223
507
636
6 30

113 158
2 42 45
339
157
3 51
5 36
3 17
2 07
12 4 4
28
14 5 1
1519
13 53
1033

5 4471

3 19
35 5 10
2 35 4 3 5
4 00 1 5 9
4 43
2 OP
4 49
6 44
1133
4 07
2 27
E 40
13 07
13 00
14 51
9 12
2 37

3 00
62.3
1 4 4 7 08
3 43 5 24
5 18 1 3 5
556
5 26
3 42
54

3 43
9 39
15 05
18 47
19 4 1
17 2 1
1 2 14
5 58

1923 a.n.
Wz Jan 26 7:07pm B e Jzn 23 6:152n
Fr Feb 27 1 2 : 4 ~ n Fr i : b 2 T 6:2am
FU Mar 23 3:552m Ba 1.13: 23 7:il;m
!,:a hnr 27 4:Olpm 6 0 !.?r 27 8:27am
C,:'We Way 27 1:18a3r! Tu i' :"
LO
2.--,.,?
~h Jsn 25 6:nOao: Th J!.n 25 5:51a,1
Fr JuI 2 1 3:15um Fr Jai 23 1::3S;"1
a Aug 22 10%"2a1 Eu Aog 23 11.2533
lllo S-p 2 1 7:COoa Tti S s 22 l2:Ciam
30 TY Oci23 5:598n
29 TI1 Nov 19 7:3??w
30 FF Oec l S ll:55pm
30
30
29
20
29
29
23
30
23

>XL?b'

73354
73355
73356
73357
73353
73359
73760
73?51
73362
73363
73354
73365

30
30
?O
29
29
30
29
29
30
29
20
23

S u Jan 17 6:15pm
Tu Frb 16 1:33zm
~b Mar 17 8:03am
Sa Apr 16 12:22am
Su b!ay 15 1:27pm
IPo Jun 13 1133pm
We :ol 13 7:56am
Th Au3 11 327pm
~r Sep 9 11:123m
Su Oct 9 7:54am
Mo Pdov 7 6:OFlm
We Dec 7 6:15am

1931 A.D.
Mo Jan 13 ?03:n
Tu F;b 16 3:+7?m
Ti1 h!3r 17 4,31rrn
Fr Apr 15 5:L5pm
S1 Wry 15 E:59?.m
L!o Jnn 13 6:43:m
We J c l 13 7:27am
Th A" 11 6 : l l p n
Sa Srp 10 8:5Tam
Su Oct 9 93Spm
Tu Hov 3 '10:232m
W e Oec 7 11:07pm

73366
73367
73355
73369
73370
73571
73372
73373
73374
73375
73376
73377
73378

50
30
30
29
30
23
30
29
30
29
29
30
29

Th Jan 5 8:46pm
Sa Feb 4 1:35pm
M a Mar 6 7:46am
We Apr 5 1:52am
Th Yay 4 6:19pm
Sa lun 3 8:25am
Su Jul 2 8:19pm
Tu Aug 1 631am
We Aug M 3:42pm
Fr Sep 29 12:28am
S a Get 28 9:27am
S u Nov 26 7:16pm
Tu Dec 26 6:32am

1905 A.D.
Fr Jan 6 11:51am
Su Fcb 5 12JSpm
Mu Alsr 6 1:lCpm
\Ye Apr 5 2:@3am
Th Way 4 2:47pm
5 3 Jun 3 3:31am
Su Jul 2 4:l."pm
Tu Aug 1 4:59am
We Aug 30 5:4?pm
Fr Sep 29 6:27am
Sa Oct28 7:llpm
ldo 8 0 v 27 755am
Tu Dec 26 8:39pm

d .

e "'3-

rq

1009
1093
1084
987

4 05
5 29
520
343
846 1 2 2
714
612
551
526
539
589
676

332
50 4 54
2 3 2 C 04
333 132
3 58
2 01,
3 45
5 59
255
944
128
12 39

22

14 07

786

15 05
1100
5 99
1I

is not always for seven fast an'd for seven slow,

but is so 73 percent of the time, a few sixes,
eights and nines being sprinkled in.
Note again from the tables that the moon is in
the habit of running fast not only with respect
to the previous moon, but ~7i'ilirespect to its
mean lnnatioll ; f o r about 91j2 /21ullationsit is fast
with respect to its mean, and then, for 4 luiiations, slow .rv.ntil the balance is recovered.
The way the astroliolners put it. is that the
moon has a maximup1 eccentricity of orbit of
1.61959758103203 d-ays. That is to say, stating
this in a manner suitable for the general reader,
the variation over any period of years, no matter
how remote, will be not more than 1 day 14
~OLII-s
52 n~inutcs13% seconds. But the differences +teed not be of such an ai~lount,and by
proper care in teliing the right kind of starting
point the total difference over so long a period
a s 6,000 years will lse only ail hour or so, a s
will be shom~n.
Metonic Cycle a ~ the
d God of Order
Men have been studying the nloor, Inany centuries. I t is nov about 2,400 years since the
astronoiiler nletoli discovered thst after 235
lunatiol~sthe neTv moon usually rises on the
same day of the n ~ o n t ltliat
~ it did 19 years before. Thus, compare No. 73131, January 5,1886,
with No. 73366, January 5, 1905, or any two
moons 235 lunatioas apart, and i t will be found
tliat this is ?~ea.rlyexact. Tile Callippic cycle is
a refinement of the ljfetonic, in ~vhich1. day is
dropped every fourth Metonic c;rcle, to malie
the Metonics come out more liearly exact over
lonc~erperiods of time.
Of niwh greater interest is the saros or
eclipse cycle if 223 moons, used by ali astronomers in ca!culating time of eclipses. Every
223 n~oollsthe in0011 is back where i t was, if
such an expression map be used. The ckart (pages
374-375) helps to make this clear. Note again
the data reyarding the first moon mentioned in
the table, KO. 73131, of January 5, 1886; now
note its position on the chart. Then add 223
moons, reaching to No. 73354, of January 17,
1904 ( a period of 6,585.32 days, or 18 years and
10.32 oi- 11.32 days, depending on how many
leap years are in the period), and notice oil the
chart that the moon is in the same relative position that i t m7as at first. Compare ally two
moons 223 moons apart, and note the results.
Take the time to pay very special attention
to this eclipse cycle feature, as it is the key to

* CjOLBEN AGE

376

BROOKLYN,
N. Y.

unlocking the past, By means of this key astr02omers have located many events which occurred
h~uldredsof years before Christ. The chroniclers
?I 43
a90 2 06
nientioned edipses with much exactness, with
953 3 09
1139
the result that the dates could be exactly located.
374 3 30
30
954 3 10
5 33
Calculations in the Goldcriz Age ofiice show
905 2 2 1
150
834 110
31
that in six thousand years the eclipse cycle
748
16 1 4 1
locates a certain moon with absolute accuracyo
666
138 123
609
235
It
is on this wise : There were 73,740 moons from
$
594
50
618
2 26
5 38
the
lnaation nearest the sprillg equinox of 4023
663
141
& 04
B.C. to the 1u1ial;ion nearest the spring equinox
of ,l.D. 1935. There are 223 moons in an eclipse
706
58
9 49
742
22
1343
cvcle;
i.e., in '73,740 moons there are 330 eclipse
.. OJ
781 97
833 1 0 9
IS
c~c!es and I50 llloolls Besides. Accordingly,
891 2 07
--, ; -2 1.X moo?zs back from moon No. 73740, nioon
927 2 43
4 ~ 3
920 2 36
7.3590 (of February 15, 1923) should be in
2 13
867 1 4 3
~ r a c t l ythe same position in the heavens as the
797 33
5
738
26 03
. CQIP ~ o n i e5,950 years ea'rlier (in 4028 B.C.) ; and
704
100
680
124
1 2 such is the case.
-It 29.530588'715 days each; 73,590 moons
2 4:
653
1 51
~mrinllt,
ill total, to 2,173,156 days alld about
621
223
i33
605
239
5 :
1
lllillutes over. I n 330 ee!i~pse cycles, at 6,555.32
631
2i3
5 -3
::~z?-sper C Y C ~ ~the
,
total days are 2,173,155.6
1: 3;
701
i 03
12 Sf
787 23
i
:
i
~
~
s
Iil
.
5,950
years
the moon is in the same
,-- ,*
895 2 1 1
: -,, .:l.~zition,and positively identifiable, with a total
--- -943 2 59
- - =.-,
960 3 1 6
,L;
-. .in the two ca.lculations of less than
947 3 03
- . ~:~;nerence
907 2 23
l
i
l
hours
3
minutes.
836 1 1 2
119
Compared

loon

Days

73379
73380
73381
73382
73383
73384
73385
73386
73387
73388
73389
73390

30
30
29
30
30
23
30
29
30
29
29
30

73391
73392
73393
73394
73395
73396
73397
73398
73399
73400
73401
73402

29
30
29
30
30
29
30
29
30
30
29
30

73403
73404
73405
7?406
73407
73408
73409
73410
73411
73412
73413
7?414
73415

'29
29
30
29
30
29
33
30
29
30
30
29

Actual
Date
Tim%

Bean
Date
Time

1906 A.D.
We Jan 24 7:3spm ~h Jan 25 9:23am
Fr Feh 23 10:28am Fr Feb 23 10:07pm
su Mar 25 2:21am su Mar 25 10:51am
Mo Apr 23 6:35pm Mo Apr 23 11:35pm
We May 23 10:29am We May 23 12:19pm
Fr JU" 22 1:34am Fr ~ ~ " 2 2
1:03am
'
Sa J d 2 1 3:2Kpm Sa Iu121 1:47pm
MU A U 20
~
3:56am M~ ~ ~ ~ 72:31am
. 0
Tu Sep 18 3:02pm Tu Sep 18 3:15pm
Th Oct 8
l alm
l:l
Th Oct 8
l
3:53Am
FF Rov 16 11:05am Fr Nov 16 4:43~m
Sa Dzc 15 9:23pm Su Dec 16 5:27am

Compared
with Mean
~ 1 0 % Fast
29 Ds hr mi hr mi hr mi hr mi

Mins. with next

over slow Fasf

Jan 1 4 8:26am
T U Feb 1 2 8:1211m
Th Mar 14 8:34am
Fr Apr 1 2 9:35pm
Su May 1 2 11:28am
Tu Jun 11 2:19am
We Jul 10 5:46~m
Fr Aug 9 9:06am
Sa Sep 7 11:33pm
Mo Oct 7 12:50pm
wo NUV 6 1:08am
~h Dee 512:52pm

1507 A.D.
Mo Jan 14 6:llpm
wc F Z 13
~ 6J5am
Th M a r l 4 7:39pm
Sa Ayr 13 8:23am
Su May 1 2 9:07pm
Tu lun 11 9:;lam
We Ju110 1035pp
Fr Aus 9 11:19am
su Sep 8 12:03am
Yo Oct 7 12:47pm
We NUV 6 1:31am
~h Dec 5 2:15pm

~a Jan 4 12:12am
Su Feb 2 11:05am
Mo Mar 2 9:26pm
We Apr 1 7:31am
~h Apr 30 6:02pm
S.? May 30 5:13am
Su dull 28 6:50pn1
Tu Ju128 9:45am
Th Aug 27 1:28am
Fr Sep 25 5:28pm
So Oct 25 9:15am
T U NOV 24 12:22am
30 we Deo 23 2 : l ~ p m

1908 A.D.
~a Jail 4 2:59am
Su Feb 2 3:43pm
Tu Mar 3 4:27am
We Apr 1 5:llpm
FF Ray 1 5:55am
Sa May 30 6:39pm
Mu Jun 29 7:23am
Tu Ju128 8:07pm
Th Au3 27 8:51am
Fr Ssg 25 9:35pm
Su Oct 25 10:19am
nqo NOV23 11:03pm
~e Dec 23 11:47am

73416
73417
73418
73419
73420
73121
73422
73423
75424
73425
73426
73427

29 Fr Ja1122 2:40am
29 Sa Feh 20 1:20pm
31) 8u Mar 2 1 10:40?m
29 Tu Apr 20 6:20an
30 We May 19 4:llpm
29 Fr Jue 18 1:57am
30 sa Jui 17 1:13pm
29 MO AUQ 16 2:23am
3 0 Tu SC? 14 5:3791n
30 Th Oct 14 10:62am
29 Sa Nov 13 4:47an
30 Su Dec 12 10:27ps

1909 A.D.
Fr Jan 22 12:31am
640
Sa Feb 20 1:15pm 560
Mo Mar 22 l:59am
520
Tu Apr20 2:43pm
531
Th May20 3:27am
586
Fr Jun 18 4:llpnl
676
Su Jui18 4:55am
790 26
Mo Auu 16 5:39pe 914 2 3 0
We Scg 15 6:23am 1025 4 2 1
Th Od 14 7:07on; 1085 5 2 1
Sa Nav 13 7:51a:n 1060 4 56
Su Doc 12 8:35pm 953 3 09

73428
73429
73430
73431
73432
73433
73434
73435
73436
73437
73438
73439
73440

30
29
29
30
29
29
30
29
30
30
29
30
30

73441
73442
73443
73444
73445
73446
73447
73448
73449
73450
73451
73452

30
29
30
29
29
29
30
29
30
29
30
30

Mo

LA

c :O

Lj

,,:I

7 . - -

& -7

742

22 2 5 1

Getting Ready tea Explore the Past

TI-it11 this divinely provided measuring rod
?here 11-ill now be irlade an exploration of the
-?:as:;.
. p~rticnlarlythose passages in Fiolg Writ in
7::ilch certain thiilgs care said to have taken
.la,e
,i , ,-,
at such and such a time in such ancl such
-z
-,
- .-- E. xc?on. The right place t o start inquiry is with
3
- 2:.
r L p nioon nearest at hand, say the one which is
3 .IS2
lienrest to the verna,l equinox in the year A.D.
1910 A.D.
7 ,
3.
.-'5. This nen- moon makes its apaearanse,
Tu Jan 11 2:20pm Tu Jan 11 9:19am
zsti.onomical1~~
spealiing, at Los Angeles, Calif.,
Th Feh 10 3:42am Wa Feb 9 10:03pm
Fr M a r l 1 2:41~m Fr Mar 11lO:i7am
FL.,t 4 . 11 a.m., TTTednesday,April 3; on the 75th
Sa Apr 911:54pm Sa Apr 9 11:31pm
R!o l a g 9 8:02am l o l a y 9 12:15?m
xleridian, near Ne~v York and Philadelphia
Tu J I ! ~ 7 3:45pm We Jur 8 12:59anl
(Eastern Standard Time),
We Jul 6 11:4Spn1 Th Jnl 7 1:43um
. . a t 7 : 11 a.m. on the
Fr Auo 5 9:06am Sa Aug 6 2:2%m
688
116
li 2 2
5ame
day,
a,nd
a.t
Jerusz.lei~i
a t 2 :35 : 52 p.m.
Sa Sea 3 8:34pm Su Sep 4 3:llpm
867 1 4 3
1: 27
MU
3 11:01am T U 6rt 4 3:55am 1044 4 40
GI! the same day.
We Nov 2 4:25am We Rov 2 4:39pm 1154 6 3 0
12 2:
It. is desirecl to ascsrtain as accurately as
~h Dec Ill:39pm Fr Oec 2 5:23am 1151 6 2 7
j;i
sa DZC 3 1 6:50pm Sa DCC3: 6:07~m 1043 4 39
43
l>assib!e ju.st lien, astronomically, the ne-rs-1110oil
1911 A.D.
i,ose, in &_he j7ear 40'28B.c., at the time nearest
Mu Jan 30 12:13~m M a Jan 30 6:51am
887 2 03
5 22
vernal equiiiox. Relnemhe~ingthe a.ccUraej;
We Mar 1 3:00am T U Fcb28 7:35~m 727
37 7 25
Th Mar 30 3:07pm Th Mar 30 8:19am
587
2 57 6 48
,
:
I
?
the
eclipse cycle, one could wish to start backSa Apr 29 12:54am Fr Ayr 28 9:03pm 479
4 45 3 5 1
Sa May 28 8:53am su May 28 9:47am
415
5 49
5
~-:7l.d from the lnoen ~~srhicll
exactly corresponds
Mo Jun 26 3:49pm Mo Jnn 26 10:31pm 413
5 51
6 43
i~
its
nicvements
v
i
t
h
the
one
around the rnidcIZe
Tu lul 25 i0:410m Y,e
26 11:15am
482
42
12 34
~h ~ u 24
g 6:43am ~h A L 24
~ 11:59pm
623
2 21
17 16
of
Jiarch,
4028
Bee.,
but
to
do
this it lT~onldbe
Fr Sep 22 5 : W m Sa Sep 23 12:43pm 812 48
19 37
SII OC: 22 638an YO @st 23 1:27am 1000 3 56
9s49
nzcessary to start with moon X O ~'7330, of
BC MOV 20 11:1Bun1 TII Mcv 2 1 2:llsm 1131 6 07
94 53
>
Ps Dec 20 6:09pm Th Dee 2 1 2:559m 1170 6 46
$46
k e!)nsaqv .L>, LUZJ.
2 04 2 C3
3 24
G5
4 04
3 13
3 53
. -2 58
1: 15
128
1-11
: -2

>

--.*
LZ

.<

O C ~

J1,

-rnran

%,

The

CjOLDEN AGE

Lightday, the first day of the week, is corn- day ends a t 9: 00 D., coinmonly designated 3 :00
memorative of the great gift of light in crea- p.n~.The day ends with t.lie12th honr, at 12 : 00D.
tive epoch No. 1. (Genesis 1: 3) For a fnll account of the work of this and the other creati7-e "iWan. Became a Living Soul"
days, see the TV'atcli Tower publication f2j.e.a"The secret things belong unto [Jelio~-ah]our
tion. Concerning this work a gentleman in God: but those things which are re^-ealecl 1;ePaterson, N. J., whose brother is a clerg~~niaii,long unto us, and to our children for eyer."
said, "When 1obtained possession of this book I (Deuterononly 29 : 29) None may ERJ- at just
hated God; when P had read it I loved Him."
7;-hat time "Jehovah God forined maii of the
EIeavenday, second day of the TJeek, is colll- dnst of the groni~d,and breathed into his 110smelllorative of the gift of a11 atniosphere, net-s- trils the breath of life; and man becai~ca lil-ing
SOLI~" (G-enesis 2: 7, A.R.V.), but. this series of
sary to sustain the life of lIPeat,hingcreatnres,articles contains the strong evidence ;::at it n-as
Genesis 1: 8.
Earthday, third day of the sveeB, is cornmenlo- ill t!?e spring of the year 4060 Eej1ji.f ,!?n;iso.i.;z
rative of the making of the beautiful hollle !4028 3.C.).
The evidence has already been prese:ireil that
whicll God made for mall and other breathing
the vernal equinox that year \\-as RT ?:2l D.,
creatures.-Genesis 1: 10-612.
Starday, fourth day of 'che week, is commemo- Lifeday, T e m p l e 28,4060 B.R. ( 3 : 41p . ~ .Thnrs.
clzi:-, Xarch 21, 4-028 B.C.). The se;- zoo11 apratire of t,he unfoldment of the maglifieilt
pagealltry of t,heheavells, suns, lnoolls alld stara peared about 29 hours s ~ b s c ~ ~ ~ l2i:~jlii tS.,
l~.
Gocisday,
Tenrple
30,
4060
E.R.
(5
:
53
p.nl.,
inconceivable in number and beaoty; the nlntellless spectacle of the universe. (Genesis 1:16) Friday, March 22, 4028 B.C.). If it s ~ : : ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ r n t l y
hiln. all appears that Jesus, the Second Ad::.;-. -as borii
"praise ye hirn, sull and moon
into the world about the ninth hons clf :hi. night
ye stars of light."-Psalm 148: 3.
(heretofore called three o'clock in t3e .;.c!ri~iilg)
Lifeday, fifth day of the meel;, will eter l ~ e
J T - O I I ~ ~it be unreasonable to re-rerezr:? Ll;bld the
commemorative of the great epoch in ~vhichthe
thought that the first Adam rraa coxcl-;.ttclabont
Creator first bestowed upon earthly creatn~es
the same hour? That he was creatil< ~~~iriletjlile
the unspeakable boon of life.-Genesis 1: 26-24,
l~eforesundown of that da;~cerrai~T7seems to
Mansday, sixth day of the meek! mill ever rebe suggested by the reference to
"slztli day"
]nilid man of the gracious act of God in making
in Genesis 1:31. These t~:-o e ~ - e i ~ ~<;-:iiios
ts.
aiid
the hnrnsn creature and ~villremind him of the
new lnoon, rarely come so clvs? :,rs;.erller as
time when he was not in existence. (Genesis
they did on this occasion, a.11d tilt7 ;-case in the
1 : 2627) I t was not a-tall necessary '0 the happithat one
if t~ rr
of
iiess of God that such a creature as man sllonld
lnali occurred midway betn-eel1 tkt,.
ever have lived.
Concealed from clear vision beliisi:: rh2 mists,
Godsday, seventh day @f the week, renlindj the first moon shining over -idey =-a; lllnon
man for ever of the source of all his joys and yo. 0: month ~
i: mar~ have~
~
d
~
~
hopes and the eternal resting place of his lore.
that even before that firsr n,r,nth mas
-Genesis 2: 2, 3.
eilded he had need of the hope c~s~rained
in
The hours of the day, as God arranged
Gocl's lnysterious statement, to ibr ,:r-et adyerare six hours ahead of those days rhic-11 inan
betTieen ;kt? allcl the
"1 mill put
starts a t midnight (and by iv11ic.h he rodel:- as- ?,,
and her seed; it
and betuTeell thy
sumes to rend each beautiful night in t~x:aiil). illall bruise thy head, and
liruise llis
The hours of night are 12; the hours of daylight l l e e i ~(
~
~: 15)~~h~~~
~ is no
~ rrcorc~
i to~
3
are 12. The first hour of the 24-ll~urperiod
tile nlllllber of the days of innocence aucl happigins with the hour 12 : 00 D. (or, Day), and ends ness in ~
d
~
~
.
a t 1:00 N.(or, Night). The sixth hour ends at
midnight, 6: 00 N. The iwelftli hour is the last Using the Six-Thousand-Pear Calendar
Glance now a t the six-thousand-rear calendar.
hour of the night, and there, 12 : 00 N., begins the
daylight period of the day. It stands mid\\-ay Sote the letter "I-I" in the year 3793 B.C.
between midnight and the succeeding noon, (38.23 B.R., 235th cer+za'l equi;zox). The year is
which point, 6 : 00 D., is properly called the close the year of the birth of Enos, Adam's grandson.
of the 6th hour of the day. The 9th hour of the The Scriptures say that "the9z began men to call

.j

Volume XVI

Brooklyn,

N. Y., Wednesday, March 27, 1935

Number 405
il:

The Second Hand in the Timepiece of God

(.In 3 Parts-Part
Eclipse Cycles Promote Accuracy*
4 RE are 238 eclipse cycles of 223 moons
each from No. 20470 listed in the table below
to No. 73544, L i f e d a y , L i f e 28, Edegzic d a y
No. 2172798, P.R. 1887 (Thursday, May 29,
1919 A.D.). God's months Nos. 73544-73554 are
the counterparts of Nos. 20470-20483. See Lunation Experience Table and Chart of Lnnations.
Applying this corrective, the lunation on

THE

Vernal
Equinox

Moon
No.

1655

20470
20471
20472
20473
20474
20475
20476
20477
20478
20479
20480
20481
20482
20483

(6
6(
((

Day of
Week

Hour

1 0 : 27
6 : 08
2:36
12:52
1 : 49
5:55
1 2 : 35
8:10
2: 42
6:50
8:21
6:58
3:40
10: 56

N . Mansday
D. G o d s d a y

N . Heavefzday
D. E a r t k d a y
N . Lifeda,y

D. M a n s d a y
D. L i g h t d a y

N.
N.
D.
N.

Eaq.tkday
Lifeday
Ma.lzsdazj
Lightday
D. Heaz;euzday
N. Starday
N, Lifeday

Edenic
Day No.

604492
604521
604551
604580
604610
604639
604669
604699
604729
604758
604788
604917
604847
604876

2)

Edenic day No. 604846 (2372 B.C.), listed below,

at which day "the waters were dried np from
off the earth", is found to have occurred a t 9 :40
p.m. of the day named in the table, instead of
9: 21 a.m., as shown in the table of lunations
ushering in the most important events in history. The times of all the moons covering the
period of the Flood are now shown as the
eclipse cycles indicate them to have occurred:
Ensuing
Month

Year
B.R.

Eour

Gregorian
Date

Year
B.C.

R e d e m p t i o ~ z 2405 4 : 27 am Fri. Apr. 7 2373

Life
"'2:
08 pan Sat, May 6 "
'Visitment
8 : 3 6 pm Sun. June 4 "
"
6: 52 an1 Tue. July 4 "
Ffeedom
Vi?zdicatio?a
" 7 :49 pm Wed. Bug. 2 ' 6
Hope
" 11: 55 am Fri. Sep. I "
Kiwg
" 6: 35 am Sun. Oct. I '"
Peace
" 2 : 10 am Tue. Oct. 31 "
Order
'V8: 42 pm Wed. Nov. 29 "
" 12: 50 pm Fri. Dec. 29 "
Logos
Jehovah
'
9
2: 1
1 am Sun. Jan. 28 2342
"
12: 58 pm Mon. Feb. 26 "
Temple
Rederrnptiovb 2404 9 : 40 pm Tue. Mar. 26
Life
" 4 : 56 am Thn. Apr. 25 "
(

The Story o f the Flood

The story of the Flood is told, mostly in the
lallguage of the Scriptures w<th %.hi& are now
connected both of these nomenclatures. "A1.ld
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, 1make
all thillgs new. And he said unto me, Jvrite;
for these words are true and faithful." (Revelatioll 21: 5) I t takes longer for solne minds to
get used to new things than it does for others ;
but afterwards, how much the new things are
enjoyed ! and how much better they are than the
old! Who is there that would wish to return to
the sanitary ( ?) conveniences of the "good old
"he twel-re hours of Joshua's long day are believed to have
been subsequently con~pensated.
387

days"? its "churchest? its politics? its finance7

its "medicine"? its "education"% its inquisition?
its newspapers? its radio? its wars? its oxcarts?
its monasteries ? its vermin ? its wooden plows ?
its priests? its poison gas? its convents? its theological seminaries? its manure piles?
"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in
the secoild month" (see No. 20471 in the table,
for details), on the tenth day of the month
(Genesis 7: 7-11], Noall and his family went
into the ark. The first day of the month, beginning a t s ~ n d o ~ vatnthe end of the day the moon
rose, was Edenic day No. 604522 ; the tenth day
was Edenic day No. 604531. The day, therefore,
when Moah and his family went into their place

of safety was E a ~ t h d a y ,Life 10 (Tuesday,

May 1 6 ) . (They probably entered the ark the
Monday evening previous, which, according to
Bible usage, was a part of the day in question.)
"'[On] the seventeenth day of the month," one
week later, Earthday, Life 17, Ede:tic day No.
604538 (Tuesday, May 23), "the same day were
all the fountains of the great deep broken up,
and the ~vindo~vs
of heaven mere opened. ia-ild
the rain nTas upon the earth forty days and
forty nights." (Genesis 7: 11,12) It rained 14
days in that month and 26 in the next one, Visitment (see the table), ending or, Godsday, Edenic
2ay ATo. 604577 (Saturday, July 1). At the
time, in the year 1933; A.D., when the lncnth
Visitxent was named, it ~ 7 s snot kno\vn that
this visitment of God applied so perfectly to this
month.
"And the waters prevailed upon the earth an
hundred and fifty days" (Genesis 7 : 24), and
were due to end, to be exact, a t the end of Life'day, Iiilzg 17, Edegzic day No. 604687 (Thnrsday,
October 1 9 ) . And it v a s so ; that TI-as just what
occurred. "And after the elid of the hundred
and fifty days the waters v7ere abated. And
the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, upon the rnountaiils of Ararat."-Genesis
8: 3, 4,
Here Enters the Visibility Factor
God helps man in the things in which he cannot help himself, but as soon as he has been provided adequate assistance he is left to his own
resources. This call be seen in Petey's deliverance from prison. I n answer to t'ne prayers of
the Jerusalem company of witnesses the angel
came to him and found hini asleep in the care
of his jailers. The angel gave him a little punch,
set him up, and told him to get up the rest ofl
the way himself. As he obeyed a11unseen angelic
confederate unloclied Peter's haildcuffs, and the
chains fell. Then the angel ordered Peter to
gird himself, bind on his sandals, cast his garment about him, and follow him. He did so. As
$hey came to various doors and gates other unseen confederate angels unlocked them, and
Peter stepped into the street a free man. The
angel escorted him down one block, just to steady
Peter's nerves, and let hiin go the rest of the
way alone. All will see that this method is right.
Manifestly this is the way it was with Noah a t
the time of the Flood. Although the earth had
been illnminated a t night from the time of Adam

'down to moon KO. 20472, a t ~vliichLime the DePuge was a t its height, yet probably not a human
eye ever saly the moon until the Deluge had
cleared the slries of the prevailing mists. On this
point, a l ~ da t length, see Crentioqz, published hy
The Watch Tower. Further, even no3,$-,thousands of years after the Flood, the sun itself is
somelimes not seen for many days, and indeed
has not beell visible in Brooklya, New Yorlir,
for four full days past, including the clay this
is written.
Revelation and Observation
I t is very evident that Noah received his information about l~lcnths down to No. 20472,
Visitnieni, inclusive, by revelation, and from
that point onward by his o~vnobservations, and
those of his family. Viewed in this manner, the
h
and with the facts.
story is consistent ~ - i t itself
The first moon that Noah saw, therefore, was
No, 20473, Freedom, which rose astronomical!y
at the hour 12:52 D., Eartiday, Edenic day
No. GO4580 (6 : 52 a.n?., Tuesday, July 4). It could
have been seen that night; the earliest a nem
moon may- be seen after its astroiiomical rising
is sixteen hours; il is often forty hours. From
the time observation was possible, it seeins to
have been the custom to count the new month
as beginning at sundo\u of the day following
that in
the new moon was seen.
Referring now to the table, it is manifest that
Noah's months, after observation was possible,
begail to count about two days later than the
astronomical rising. Thus, take nloon No. 20476,
rising at 1,2:35 D.,Lightday, Edelzic day No.
604669 (6: 35 a.m., Sunday, October 1). I t
x-as probably seen sornetiiiie i a the succeeding
night, and the new month begaa to cownt wit11
sundown of what the heathen call Monday night,
~vhichday is in fact and in effect Earfhdag,
King 1, Edenic day No. GO4671 (Tuesday, October 3).
The seventeenth day of that month, King 17,
Edelzic day No. 604687 (Thursday, Octobep 19),
concludes, just where it should, the 150 days
mentioned in the account. I11 other words, revelation and observation conlbine to make the x c ord perfect.
Theologians have tried to make people believe that Jfoses, the writer of Genesis, was influenced by his Egyptian education and that
a t this point he followed the Egyptian custom
of ignoring God's months and making 150 days
to be exactly five months of 30 days each. This

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argument answers itself. Moses was a nian of

God, writing the record of God, for God's witnesses to use now, to put I-iis enemies to shame.
IIoses was not infiueiaced by anything but a
desire to put do~7nthe record as it came from
God, through God's faithful intermediate messengers, Shem and others. Moses' grandfather,
Levi, wss a grandson of Isaac, living in the days
of Shem.
Logos and Jehovah in the Record
"And the waters decreased continually until
the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first
day of the month, were the tops of the monntains seen.': (Genesis 8 : 5) The moon itself (No.
20479, Logos) rose astronomically a t 6 : 50 D.,
Ma?zsday, Edenic day No. 604758, 2405 B.R.
(12: 50 p.m., Friday, December 29, 2373 B.C.),
I t was probably not seen that night, Godsclay.
Therefore the month did not begin uliiil 12:OO
D., Heavenday (6: 00 p.m., Sunday, December 31). The next morning, corresponding to
Monday, January 1, tlie tops of the mountains
were seen, Ede~zicday No. G04SG1.
"And it came to pass, a t the end of forty days,
that Noah opened the window of the arlr which
he had made: and he sent forth a raven, which
went forth to and fro, until the waters were
dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth
a dove from him, to see if the waters were
abated from off the face of the gronnd: but the
dove found no rest for the sole of her foot,
and she reiurned nnto him into the arlr, for the
nraters were 011 the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her, and
pulled her in mito him into the arlr." (Genesis
8 : 6-9) The time indicated is Malzsday, Jehov a h 10, Edenic day No. 604800," God's mollth
No. 20480, 2405 B.B. (probably Friday evening,
February 9, 2372 B.C.).

sent forth the dove, which returned not again

unto him any more." (Genesis 8: 12) The time
indicated is Mansday, Jehovah 24, Edenic d a y
No. 604814, Gocl's month No. 20480, 2405 B.R.
(Friday evening, February 23, 2372 B.C.).
"And it came to pass, in the six hundredth
and first year, in the first month, the first day
01the month, the waters were dried up from
off the earth: and Noah removed tlze covering
of the ark, and loolied, and behold, the face 02
the ground was dry." (Genesis 8 : 13) The time
indicated is Mar~sclay, Redemption 1, Edenic
clay No. 604849, God's month No. 20482, 2401
B.R. (Friday, March 29, 2372 B.C.).
"And in the second month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
And God spake nnto Noah, saying, Go forth of
the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and
thy sons' wives with thee." (Genesis 8: 14-16)
The time indicated is Lifeday, Life 27, Edenic
day No. 60g904, God's ~ ~ z o No.
~ ~ t20483,
h
2404
B.R., vernal eqzcinox No. 1656 (Thursday,
May 23, 2372 B.C.). And who shall say that
this was not the ideal time for them to come
forth from the ark and plant their first garden
in the rich alluvial lands covered by the detritus
from the Flood? And so there naturally follows,
as the coiicludiiig verse of the chapter and of
this part of the story: "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and minter, and clay and
night, shall not cease."-Genesis 8: 22.

The Covenant with Abraham

The next place where one of the months of
God is in evidence is a t the time of the covenant
with Abrahani : see again the six-thonsand-year
calendar and note the "C"in the pear 1945 B.C.
(1.977 B.R. j. I t was in this year that the covenant
mas made, and Jehovah God has been pleased
Jehovah in the Record Thrice
to reveal the day.
"And he stayed yet other seven days, and
Although the history of the making of the coveagain he sent forth the dove out of the arlr: ancl nant is recorded in the twelfth chapter of Genethe dove came in Lo him in the evening; and, sis, the day is not disclosed in the Genesis aelo, in her mouth mas an olive leaf, pluckt off; count (further than to make it clear that it was
so Noah Imew that the waters were abated from the day Abraham crossed the Euphrates at
off the earth." (Genesis 8 : 10, 11) The time in- I-iaran) ; but it is nieiltioned in Exodus 12: 41,
dicated is Ma~mi!ny,Jehovah 17, Edenic day where it says, "And it came to pass a t the end
No. 604807, Gocl's n ~ o x t hN O . 20480, 2405 B.R. of the four hundred and thirty years, even the
(probably Friday evening, ~ e l x u a r16,
~ 2372 selfsame day it canie to pass, that all the hosts
B.C.).
of [Jehovah] went out from the land of Egypt."
"And he stayed yet other seven days, and I t is clear that the covenant was made on Heavendag, Redem,ption 14, E d e ~ i cday No. 760812,
*There are just 604,800 seconds in one week.

God's molzth No. 257G3, 19W R.R.,tiernal eyui2003 (Pdonday, April 3,1945 B.C.).
Shem li~redon after the Flood, down through
the deflection in the days of Nimrod, the dividing of the land among the people, or possibly
the rending of the continents asunder, in the
days of Peleg, the buildiiig of the tomer of
Babel and the confusion of tongues. Abraham's
father, Terah, n-as horn, grew to manhood, lived
to be 205 years of age, and died, aild Shem lived
on. Abraham 11-&self was born and lived to
be one hundred years of age, and Shem lived on.
Refer again to the six-tbousand-year calendar and note the "I" in the year 1920 B.C.(1952
B.R.).Isaac was born in that year. Isaac grew
to manhood, aud was married to Rebecca at
forty years of age, and it nras not until ten years
after that marriage that Shem passed away.
See the "S2" in the year 1870 E.C. (1902 B.R.).
Although there is no record that either Abraham or Isaac ever met Shein, there is nothing
in reason nor in Scripturs to the contrary. It
would seem reasonable that God had some reason for perpetuating the life of this man whose
grandfather Methuselah must have k n o TV n
Adzm well, and who had himself passed through
all the experiences of the Flood, and that the
reason was tbat he might conTey to some faithlIul soul like Abraham the things that he knew.
Indeed, he might have conveyed the same information to Isaac.

nox No.

that made the promise. Sarah's conception was

delayed nine months.
Before the promise was fulfilled, Sodom was
destroyed alzd Abraham left that part of the
country, to dwell in the land of Abimelech.
While he was in that land Abimelech seized
Sarah, intending to have her for his wife, but
"[Jehovah] had fast closed up all the womhs of
the llouse of Abirnelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife''. (Genesis 20: 18) Jehovah defeated
the Devil's plans to prevent the birth of the
promised seed, but permitted him to go the
limit to do mhat he eould to interfere. These
experiences necessarily took sone time; so there
was a delay. A f t e r this there is the simple record :
"And [Jehovah] visited Sarah as he had
said, and [Jehovah] did unto Sarah as he had
spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abrahani a son in his old age, at the set time of whicli
God had spoken to him. An1 Abraham called
the name of his son that mas born unto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham
circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days olcl,
as God ljad comnanded him. And Abraham was
an hundred years old when his son Isaac was
bwn unto him."-Genesis 21 : 1-5.

Isaac Born in the A u Q ~ m n

Though Abrahani's birthday was evidently in
the spring, about the time the covenant v a s
made with him, there is reason for thinking
The Time sf Hsaac's Birth
that Isaac was born in the autumn, sometime
Isaac was born in the year that Abraham was around October I. At thzt time Abraham would
100 years old, 1920 B.C. (1952 B.R.), but the still be spoken of as '(an hundred years old", for
time of the year i s uncertain. Consider the when Christ v a s i2y2 years of age he tvas still
circumstances. Abraham was circumcised wl~eli referred to as twelve, the half year being ighe tvas ninety-nine years of age. (Genesis 17 : 24) nored.
He subsequently entertained angels unawares,
The reasons for thinliing that Isaac was born
the angels -who canie to destroy Sodom and to in the autumn are several. T'nere is the curious
announce the forthcoming birth of Isaac. On reference to "the time appointed" (Genesis
this occasion one of tliese angels made the 18 : 14), the delay occasioned by the journey to
promise, to Sarah, "At the time appointed I the land of Abimelech and mhat there occurred,
will return unto thee, according to the tinie of and the reference to "the set time of which God
life, and Sarali shall have a son,'' There is a had spoken to him".-Genesis 21 : 1-5.
reason to believe tbat the tinie of life" when the
I n a very special sense ld3raham represented
angel returned to fnlfill his promise was in the
God
and Isaac represented Christ Jesus; and
month Logos, and that it v a s the Logos himself
it pleased God that Christ should be born in the
* The "time of life" here refexed to is 280 days, Therefore autumn. "By faith Abraham, when he was tried,
w e ma? understand that if the birth of Isaac was on offered up Isaac; and he that had received the
October 1, 1920, as is believed to hare been the case, the day
promises offered up his only begotten son, of
of the visit of the angels was hIarch 21, 1921 B.C., and the
whom
it was said, That ill Isaac shall thy seed
day of conception mas December 26, 1921 B.G.

* GOLDEN AGE

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be called. Accounting that God was able to raise

him up, even from the dead; from whence also
he received him in a figure." (Hebrews 11: 17-19)
"'CVhich things are ail allegory." (Galatians
4 : 24) when Jehovah God makes' allegories He
makes them riglit.
Isaac was Abrahanz's heir, heir of all that he
had, He was to have tlle land of Palestine for
his inheritance, and the Scriptures declare that
he really got that inheritance (typically and, in
a fuller sense, in his posterity), though his posterity, the children of Israel, had to wait about
four hundred and fifty years for it. It was 450%
years from the fall of the year 1920 B.C. (1952
B.R.), when Isaac was born, to the spring of
the year 1469 B.C. (1501B.R.) at which time the
division of the land among the twelve tribes of
Israel occurred.
Genesis 15: 13, 14 reads: "And he said unto
Abrain, Know of a surety that thy seed shall
be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and
shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four
hundred years : and also that nation, whom they
shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall
they come out with great substance." This scripture proves that fonr hundred years were up a t
the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt;
they wandered in the wilclerness for lorty years
more, and thereafter were occupied six years in
conquest of the land before the division of the
land took place. This makes a total of 44-6 years.
Isaac was born five years before these years began, making a grand total of 451 years, which is
"about four hundred and fifty years".
One of the most trustworthy of all the versions of the Holy Scriptures explains the entire
matter as above set forth. Note carefully:
"Ye men of Israel! and such as revere God!
hearken :-The God of this people Israel chose
our fathers, and the people he exalted by their
sojourn in the land of Egypt,-and with a high
arm brought he then1 out of i t ; and for the time
of about forty years bare with their manners
in the desert; and overthrowing seven nations
in the land of Canaan gave them their land as
an inheritance-about fonr hundred and fifty
years. And after these things he gave thein
judges until Samuel the prophet."-Acts
13:
16-20, Roth~1-ham.
The Alnerican Revisecl Ye?-sin%is the work of
many able scholars. Their rendering of verses
19 and 20 is similiar :
"And when he had destroyed seven nations

in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land

for an inheritance, for about four hundred and
fifty years : and a f t e r these things he gave them
judges until Samuel the prophet."
Another version much appreciated by many
is the Weymouth. Dr. Weymouth, who made his
living for many years teaching Greek in college,
senders the last-cited passage :
'"fter overthrowing seven nations in the land
of Canaan, He divided that country among them
for their inheritance for about four hundred
and fifty years; and afterwards [after their
450% years of waiting for their inheritance
were a t an end] He gave them judges down to
the time of the Prophet Samuel."
Isaac was born in the autumn. God now discloses, thrusting it forth as one of the 'precious
things of the moons' (Deuteronomy 33 :14), that
it is not necessary to mutilate or alter His Word,
in order to force a chronology, as was done with
1Icings 6 : 1,where a "4" was changed to a "5" to
make things fit better (9). All that is necessary
is to keep faithfully on with His organization
until such time as He sees fit to explain things
theretofore obscure. But, anyway, even if Isaac
was born in the spring, four hundred and fiftyone years is "abozrt four hundred and fifty
years" and would be properly so mentioned.
God's Witness and the Exodus
The next time months are mentioned in the
Scriptures is in the record of the Exodus.
As several are inentioned within the first fourteen months, and it is desirable that the exact
time be linown, as near as possible, relerence
is again had to the eclipse cycles, already used
with good results.
From the new moon which rose nearest to the
time of the Exodus, in the spring of the year
1515 B.C. (1547 B.R.), there are 191 eclipse
cycles of 223 nioons each down to No. 73674 (see
Lunation Experience T a b l e and Lunation
Chart). 30s. 31080-31097, of Moses' day, find
their exact counterpart in Nos. 73673-73690, now
but about five years in the past. Therefore, the
following table shows, as near as may be calculated, just hen the lunations in those days
occurred. Comparison of the second item with
the corresponding one in the Lunation Table
shows a correction of 3 hours 55 minutes, obtained by using the eclipse cycles at this point.

Moon
No.

31080
31081
31082
31083
31084
31085
3108G
31087
31088
31089
31090
31091
31092
31093
32093
31095
31096
31097

Nour

Dng
of Teek

11: 41 N. Lif edaay

4: 28 N . Godsday
11: 22 D. Lightday
6: 47 D. Earthday
1 : 13 D. Lifeday
5: 26 N. Godsdccy
6: 48 D. Lightday
5: 17 I?. Earthday
1:27 D. Xtarduy
8: 22 1). Lifeduy
3: 17 N. Godsdc~y
11: 22 K. Liglztduy
9: 28 D. Iieacexday
20: 01 N. Xtardry
1: O j N . 2lIa?zsday
6: 16 W. Bodsdu y
12: 51 D. Henuenday
7 : 31 AT. htarday

Edenic
Day No.

917811
917841
917870
917900
911'930
917960
917983
928019
918048
918077
928107
918136
918165
918135
915295
918254
918284
918314

Ensuing
Month

Tear
B.R.

Tenzple
1548
Reden~ption "
Life
1547
Visit~ne?.~t "
Preedonz
"
T7ind?:cution "
Hope
"
King
"'1
Peace
"
Order
"
Logos
"
JcFovc~lz
Tcn~pZe
"
Xa~zctuury
"
Redcnzption 1546
Life
' 7
Visitnzent
"
P?.eedonz
'

Stirring Times in Egypt

Jehovah God ~ u s have
t
had some reason for
disclosing the time that elapsed between various
acts of the drama of vi~ldicationand deliverance in the land of Egypt. It is manifest that the
very days in \I-hich the Israelites were making
all their preparations to leave the land of bondage were the days in which the plagues mere
visited upon the Egyptians. It is so in the fulfillment.
At this point the reader is urged to procure
the book Jehovah, and to read it all, but especially Chapters I1 and 111, ancl there see what
the plagues upon Egypt f 0reshadov:ed. Briefly,
these plagues, preceding the vindication of Jehovah's name in Egypt, foreshadowed the truth
of God's mTord, at the hands of I3is witnesses,
shining into every part of the Devil's organization, and revealihg that commerce is bloody and
death-dealing; that all plans of hunian origin
for the recovery of hnlllanity are frog-like in
appearance and effect; that the visible organization of Satan is active for the same reason
that a lousy persou is more active than one that
is not lousy; that in clajlning to be the "'higher
po~vers"Satan and his agents are disclosed as
mere side-steppers, false fitters ; that the "Holy
Year" scheme, and all similar schemes, aim,
not to bear away the burdens of the people, but
to add to them; that the League of Nations, the
;World Court, and all similar pretentious political projects, are just so many frauds; that the
true people of God openly take their staind for
gehovaka anci against Satan; that the 'locusts",
-

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'

Hoar

5: 41 a.m.
10: 2s p.m.
5 : 22 p.m.
12: 47 p.m.
7 : 13 a.m.
11: 26 p.m.
12 : 48 p.m.
: 17 p.m.
7 : 27 a.m.
2 : 22 p.m.
9 : 17' p.m.
5 : 22 a.m.
3 3: 28
4 4: 01
7 : 04
2 : 16
6 : 51
1: 31

Day
of Week

Nnrne

Year

o f Month Day B.C.

Thu~sdayFebruary 6 1515
Briday
Eisreh
7 "
Sunday
April
6 "
Tuesday May
6 ('
Thursday June
5. u
Friday
July
4 "
Sunday
August
3 "
nfonday September 1 ( '
Wednesd. October
1 "
Thursday October 30 "
Friday
November 28 "
Sunday
December 28 "

p.m. Monday
a.m. Wednesd.
p.m. Thursday
p.m. Saturday
a.m. BIonda,y
a.m. JTTednesd.

January
February
March
April
May

Jane

26 1514
25 "
26 '"
25 ('
25 "
24 "

which are such a pest to the Devil and his

crowd, are really a great blessing to all that love
truth; that the darkness which covers the earth,
and great darkness the people, is because the
Devil's crowd have neglected the JVord of God;
and that the destruction of the Devil's firstborn
impends.
In this article there is no thougllt of more
than mere mention of what the plagues represented. The intent liere is to pay close attention
to what actually happelled in Egypt 3,449 years
ago, the 'thiags thrust forth by the moon'. It
a t once appears that the preliminaries and the
plagues covered a total period of 21 days and
that each of these da,ys may now be identified.
Sorne tliinlc the plagues mere strung out for
months. The thought herein presented takes
an opposite view; but whichever 16e-w is taken
the tenth plague terminated at the time and in
the manner herein presented.
Identificadion o f the Days
Identification of the days really begins with
moon No. 31080, which rose at the hour 11:41
N., Lifeday, Edelzic dny No. 917811, 1548 B.R.,
verval! eqziivtox 2512 (5 : 41 a.m., Thursday, February 6, 1515 B.C.1. The month Temple began
its 30-day course 3635 hours thereafter, &xe
allowance being rnade for the usual visibility of
the moon and proclamation. The story now proceeds in order, as set forth in the Scriptures,
each day being accounted for down to the time
of the departure from Egypt, on the 15th of
the succeeding month.-Numbers 33 : 3-5.

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I t \+-as on Menvenday, Temple 24, Edewic day

No. 917836, Cod's mont78 No. 31080, B.R. 1548
(Monday, March 3,1515 B.C.), that ''h1oses 2nd
'Aaron did so ; as Jehovah comriianded them, so
did they. And Moses was fourscore years old,
and Aaron fourscore and three years olel, when
they spalie unto Pharaoh. And Jehovah spalce
unto Moses: and unto Aaron, saying, T h e n
Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Sl~owa
wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron,
Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh,
that it become a serpent. And Moses and Aaron
went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded". Pharaohs heart mas
bard; Jehovah knew it, and do~xbtlesswhile His
xitnesses stood there (as seems a t other subsequent times to have been the case) '(Jehovah
said unto &Ioses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn,
he refuseth to let the people go". Within a fern
hours followed the coin~liand to Moses and
Aaron, "Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morningJ'
and visit him with the first plague,-Exodus
7 : 6-10, 14, 15, A.R.V.
Bright and early the next ~lzorning,Earthday, Teli%ple25, Edenic day N o . 917837, God's
?%o?zthNo. 31050, B.R. 1548 (Tuesday, March 4,
1515 B.C.), "Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah
commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote
the waters that were in the river, in the sight
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants;
and all the waters that were in the river were
7 : 20, A.R.V.
turned to blood."--Exodus
"And seven days were fulfilled, after that
Jehovah had smitten the river." (Exodus 7: 25,
A.R.V.) F o r one week there were no additional
plagues visited upon Pharaoh. These seven days
have a spmbolic meaning, but back in the days
of Moses and Aaron and Pharaoh they served a
very real and practical purpose.
Bnauguration of ce Nem Era
I n the vi-eel<that followed it was Goc2's pnrpose t o inaugurate not only a new month, but a
new year and a new era. During the week of
the plague of blood rose a new moon, No. 31081,
at 4:28 N., Godsdny, Edenic day No. 91iY641,
B.R. I546 (10: 28 p.m., Friday, Axarch 7, 1515
B.C.). I t was seen the night Pol!owing, of Lightday, and the next day, -cvhich fol1011-ed the seven
days of the plague, was the beginning of a new
month, a new year, and a new era.
I n the Scriptures, as in other literature, it is
impractical to put into one chapter all the events

that occur at the same time, and it was manifestly Wenve+%dny,Redemption 1, Edenic day
ATo. 917843 (after 6: 00 p.m., Sunday, March 9,
15315 B.C.), that Jehovah "spake unto Moses and
Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month
shall be unto you the beginning of moilths: it
shall be the first llionth of the year to you".
(Exodus 12: 1 , 2 ) That day was the first day of
the month, and the first day of a new era. The
account goes on to specify what the Israelites
should do on the tenth day, S t a ~ c l a y(after 6 : 00
p.m., Tnesday, March 18), and tlie fourteenth
day, Lightday (after 6 : 00 p.m., Saturday,
March %2),indicating that those days were yet
future from when the instructions were given.
The week while the plague of blood continued enabled Moses and Aaron, now with considerable
prestige among the Israelites, to do sorllethiiig
toward organizing the two million or more people that would be in the exodus. As soon as the
week mas up additional plagues followed one
another in rapid s-ilccessjon for twelve days,
terminating with the passover and the exodus.
Srebsegrre~zt Plagues

TJTithoutdelay, on the morning of Earthday,

Redemption 2, Edeqrl'c day ATo. 917844, God's
?no.lzfhNo. 31081, B.R. 1547 (Tuesday, March 11,
15315 B.C.), the plague of frogs was visited up011
the Egyptians and produced results inlmecliately. "Then [the same day] Pharaoh called for
Noses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah,
that he take away the frogs from me, and from
my people; and I will let the people go, that
they may sacrifice unto Jelios7ah. Ancl Moses
said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over
me: against whattime shall I entreat for thee,
and for thy servants, and for thy people, that
the frogs be destroyed from thee and tliyhouses,
a.nd remain in the river only? And he said,
Against to-morrow. And lie said, Be it according
8 :8-10, A.R.V.
to thy word."--Exodus
The plague of the frogs was lifted from Egypt
on Stardny, Rede)~zptio~z
3, Edenic clay No.
917645, God's non nth No. 31081 (TTTednesclay,
March 12). The very day that the pla,gue of
frogs was lifted, and Pharaoh was again proven
a liar and hard of heart, a plague of lice was upon him and his people ; and when this came, even
his magicians had sense enough to admit that
it was the finger of God.-Exodus 8: 19.
Moses was instructed to "rise up early in the
morning [Lifeday, Thursday], and stand before

Pharaoh9' (Exodus 8: 20) and tell him of the

huge swarms of flies that would be upon him
and all his people on the day following (Mansday) unless he yielded. To hurt him still worse,
hc was also told that on this occasion a line
would be drawn between the land of the Egyptians and the land of Goshen, where the Israelites dwelt: his ow11 people would suffer; the
Israelites would not.
The notice that the flies were coming was
served on Pharaoh on Lifeday, Redemptio~z4,
Edenic day No. 917846 (Thursday, March 13).
When the notice was served, Moses said, "Tomorrow shall this sign be" (Exodus 8: 23) ; and
i t was :the flies came on schedule, Malzsclay, Redemption 5, E d e ~ i day
c No. 917847, God's month
No. 31081 (Friday, March f 4).

1
[

I1
if

Tomorrow-Tomorrow-Tomorrow
As one reads the account of the plagues i t is
striking how rapidly the events follow one another and how well every day is accounted for.
It did not take Pharaoh long to get all the flies
he wanted, and so he sent for Moses and Aaron,
and, after some argument, told them they might
go a little way into the wilderness and sacrifice
to Jehovah God, but not to go veiy far. "And
Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I
will entreat Jehovah that the swarms 01flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people, to-morrow." (Exodus 8 : 29,
X.R.V.) The plague of flies was lifted on Godsday, Redemption 6, Edenic day .No. 917848,
God's moftth No. 31081 (Saturday, March 15).
As soon as the plague of flies had been removed, "Pharaoh hardened his heart at this
time also" (Exodus 8 : 32), and "then [the very
same day] Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto
Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the
God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that
they may serve me. For if thou refme to let
them go, and wilt hold them still, behold, the
hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are
in the-field. . And Jehovah appointed a set
time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this
thing in the land. And Jehovah did that thing
on the morrow ; and all the cattle of Egypt died;
but of the cattle of the children of Israel died
not one". (Exodus 9: 1-6, A.R.V.) The plague
upon thc cattle came on Lightday, Redempfion 7,
Edenic day Ho. 917849, God's month No. 31081
(Sunday, March 16). Pharaoh did not repent,
and so on that day (the same Egyptian day,

. .

but not the same day of Jehovah God; probably

about sundown) he received double punishment;
that day (Heaver~day)came the boils on mall
and beast.-Exodus 9 :7-12.
Another plague followed hard upon its heels.
"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early
in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and
sayunto him,
Behold, to-morrow about this
time I will cause it to rain a veiy grievous hail,
such as hath not been in Egypt since the day
i t was founded even until now." (Exodus 9: 13,
18, A.R.V.) This came to pass, the notice one
day and the hail the next, the latter on Earthday,
Redemptioqz 9, Edenic day No. 917851, God's
rno?zt3~No. 31081 (Tuesday, March 18).

. ..

The Last Week in Captivity

The last week in captivity was a stirring
week. The first three days, a s above noted,
brought in swift succession the plagues upon
the cattle, boils on man and beast, and hail
such as never before seen in the land, yet "when
Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the
thunders were ceased'" (in answer to Moses'
petition to God offered in the suburbs of the
heathen city) "he sinned yet more, and hardened
his heart, he and his servants". (Exodus 9: 34)
Thereupon, "Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in
[return into the city a t once] unto Pharaoh"
with this message: "If thou refuse to let my
people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts
into thy border."-Exodus 10: 1-4, A.R.V.
All the rest of that day, and all that night (in
the evening hours of Starday), Jehovah brought
billions on billions of locusts, so that in the
morning, the daylight hours of Starday, Redemption 10, Edenic day No. $17852, God's
ruzont7z No. 31081 (Wednesday, March 19), they
literally covered the earth. One glance a t then1
was enough. Badly frightened, "Pharaoh called
for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I
have sinned against Jehovah your God, and
against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee,
my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your
God, that he niay take away from me this death
only." (Exodus 10: 16,17, A.R.V.) Moses complied, and the plague was lifted. That day, Redemptio~z10 (March 19), the paschal lamb was
selected by each Hebrew family group.
As usual, Pharaoh's repentance was merely a
mouth repentance, and he still refused to let the
people go. There then followed three days of
pitch-black darkness. At the beginning of these

three days of darkness was the vernal e q u i ~ o z go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said. Take both
No. 2513, a t 1:08 D., Lifeday, Redemption 11, your flocks and your herds, as pe have said,
Edeaic day No. 917853, God's n~oqzthNo. 31081 and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyp(7 : 08 a.m., Thursday, March 20). During those tians were urgent upon the people, to send them
three days, ending Godsdny, R e d e ~ ~ p t i o l13
t out of the land in haste; for they said, TJTe are
(Saturday, March 22), "they saw not one an- all dead men. And the people took their dongh
other, neither rose any from his place for three before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs
days: but all the children of Israel had light in being bound up in their clothes upon their
their d~vel1ings."-Exodus 10 : 23.
shoulders. And the children of Israel did acGod's hand in bringing the plague of darkness cording to the word of Moses; and they asked
a t that time can be plainly seen. The Israelites of the Egyptians jewels of silver, anel jewels of
had rest froni their tormentors. Also, they had gold, and raiment [back pay for unpaid labor
the necessary t h e to pack up their belongings or ransom money by the Egyptians for themand get ready for the great trek, the Exodus. selves not all being killed] : and Jehovah gave
There were final instractions to the companies; the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
contact poiilts were assi,med. Everything was so that they let them have what they aslied.
ready for the final great event, T~IEDICATION,and And they despoiled the Egyptians."-Exodus
DELIVERANCE.
If you have not read them, get 12 : 29-36, A.R.V.
the TVatch Tower publications beariag these
I t took the cavalcade eighteen hours to get
under v7ay. It left the co~itactpoint, Rameses,
titles and read them, carefully.
a t sundown, the beginning of the next day,
Tlte Passsoer and the Exodus
Heavenday, Rede?~zption15, Edenic day No.
Refer again to the lunation table published 917857, God's mont7z No. 31081, B.R. 1547,
under the subhead "God's Witness and the Exo- vel-tin1 eqz~inox2513 (Sunday evening, March 23,
dus"; note moon No. 31081; and see its coanter- 1515 B.C.). "And they departed froin Rameses
part in KO. 73674 in the Lunation Experience in the first month, on'the fifteenth day of the
Table and Lunation Chart. This moon came to first month: on the nlorrom after the passover."
the f1111, Jerusalem time, 14 days 21 hours 27 (Numbers 33: 3) The pilgrims had good light
minutes after its astronomical rising, or, in for their journey. God's 'faithful witness in the
other words, I :55 N., Lightday, R e d e l n p t i o ~14, heavens' (the n:oon) was furnishing illuminaEdenic day No. 91'7856, B.B. 1547 (7:55 p.m., tion then, even as it is @ving some to the reader
Saturday, March 22, 1515 B.C.).
non~.The nioon mas a'c ~ t full,
s providing, in the
About that time the pzscha.1 lamb was slain clear air of Egypt, ample il!uminaiioi~ for night
and eaten, and its blood was sprinliled upon the travel.
door posts and lintels of every home of the
Hebrew people. That night the angel of death On the Sinaitde Peninsula
Here and there, in the ~vanderingsof Israel
would perform God's act, His strange act, in the
land of Egypt. A11 the firstborll in Egypt 1l7ere in the Sinaitic peninsula, there is mention, when
doomed, "from the firstborn of Phnrnoli that matters of unnsual interest occurred, of the
sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn exact time. One' of these is recorded in the
of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and sixteen44 chapter of Exodus, which please see.
God's '(second hand" in the heavens assists us
all the firstborn of beasts."-Exodus 11: 5 .
"And it came to pass a t midnight, that Jeho- in locating the events which took place in the
vah smote all the first-lsorn in the iand of E g j p t , second month after leaving Egypt, the month
from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his Life, the nex7 moon of which rose a t 1 1 : ? 2 Pa.,
No. 917871 (5 : 22 p.m.,
throne unto the first-born of the captive that Ligl:tday, Edevzic
mas in the dungeon; and all the first-born of Sunday, April 6, 1515 B.C.).
The moon iri question, No. 31082, has its
cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he,
and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and couilterpart in No. 73574. Reference to the
there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was l~ulationexperience table shows that this moon
not a house where there mas not one dead. And spanned 29 days and 1,134 minutes (29 days
he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and 18 hours 54 minutes) ; one half of which is 14
said, Rise up, get you fort11 from among my days 21 hours and 27 miriutes. 31oon No. 31082
people, both ye and the children of Israel; and came to the full in the daytime, at 8347 D.,

Heavenday, Life 13, Edelnic day No. 917685,

God's n t o ~ t 31082
h
(2 :47 p.m., Monday, April 21,
1515 B.C.). The fourteenth day of the month
began a t sundown of that day ; it could not have
begun earlier; the moon would not have been
a t the full. The fifteenth day of that month,
therefore, was Starday, Life 15, corresponding
to Wednesday, April 23.
In the Wilderness o f Sin
"And they took their journey from Elim, and
all the congregation of the children of Israel
came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of
the second month after their departing out of
the land of Egypt [arrived at their destination

Starday, Life 15, Edenic day No. 9i7887, God's

~r~ovzt?z
hTo. 31062, B.R. 1547, vernal eqzeilzox
No. 2513 (Wednesday, April 23, 1515 B.C.)]."
The first day at this point was no doubt taken up
in getting settled, and it seems that a murmuring against Moses and Aaron arose without delay. Probably the very nest day a deputation of
representative Inen came to Rioses and conveyed
to hiin the sentiments of the people, who said,
"Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah
in the land of Egypt, ~vhenme sat by the fleshpots, when me did eat bread to the full; for ye
have brought us fort11 into this wilderness, to
kill this whole asselnbiy with hunger."-Exodus
16 :1,3, A.R.V.
The Israelites had been 011 the treli an entire
month, and it is probable that the store of food
which they had brought with them was about
exhausted and the possibility of famine became
a depressing shadow, since they apparently forgot to take into consideration all the wonders
Jehovah had worlred on their behalf. Moses
tooli the matter to Jehovah, who said to R/loses,
"Bellold, I will rain bread from heaven for you;
and the people shall go o-ut and gather a day's
portion every day, that I may prove them,
whether they will wall< in my law, or not. And
it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they
shall prepare that which they bring in, and it
sliall be twice as much as they gather daily,"Exodus 16 :4, 5, A.R.V.
&loses and Aaron returned Jehovah's answer
to the people, probably the following day, which
was Zl/larzsday,Life 17 (Friday, April 25). They
said to the people, "At even, then ye shall lmow
that Jehovah hath brought you out from the
land of Egypt; and in the morning [GodsdayJ
Life 18 (Saturday, April 26)], then ye shall see

the glory of Jehovah; for that he heareth your

murmurings against Jehovah : and what are we,
that ye murmur against us? And RiIoses said,
This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in
the evening [beginning Lightday, Life 191 flesh
to eat, and in the morning [of L i g l ~ t d u y ]bread
to the full; for that Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and
what are we? your ~i~uriiiurings
are not against
us, but against Jehovah."-Exodus
16: 6-8,
A.R.V.
The foregoing is the part of the drama which
mas enacted iii the short time, seemingly about
three days, which elapsed between their arrival
in the wilderness (which did not looli very good
to them after the palm trees of Elim) and the
day when the Lord mas ready to send them the
manna. Moses had told the people to bc ready
for the vision of Jehovah's glory in tlie morning.
Inauguration s f the Sabbath Sgstern
"And Moses said nnto Aaron [Godsday,

L i f e 16, Edenic day 80.917890, God's moqzth

No. 31082 (Saturday morning, April 26)], Say
unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah; for he hath
heard your murmnrings. And it came to pass, as
Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the
children of Israel, that they loolied toward the
wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah
appeared in the cloud. And Jehovah spalie unto
Noses, saying, I have heard the murmnrings of
the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying,
At even [beginning of Lightday, Life 1 9 (Satnrday, April 26)] ye shall eat iiesh, and in the
morning [of Lig7~2dny(Sunday, April 27)] ye
shall be filled with bread ; and Fe shall Bnow that
I am Jehovah your God."-Exodus
16 : 9-12,

B.R.V.
"And it came to pass at even [beginning
Lightday, Life 191, that the quails
up, and
covered the camp :and in the morning [of Lighfd a y ] the dew lay round about the camp. S n d
when the dew that lay u7as gone up, behold, upon
the face of the wilderness a small round thing,
small as the hoar-frost 011 the ground. And when
the children of Israel saw it, they saicl one to
a n o t h ~ rWhat
,
is it! for they knew not what it
mas. And Moses said nnto them, I t is the bread
which Jehovah hath given yon to eat. This is
the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.
Gather ye of it every man according to his cating ; an omer a head, according to the number
of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for

The

GOLDEN AGE

them that are in his tent."-Exodus

16: 13-16,
A.R.V.
"And it came to pass, that on the sixth day
[Ma?zsday,Life 24, E"i'dellicd a y hTo.,917896, God's
m o n t h N o . 31082 (Friday, May 2)], they gathered twice as much bread, t v o omers for each
one : and a11 the rulers of the congregation came
and told Bfoses. And he said nnto them, This
is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow
[ G o d s d a y ] is a solemu rest, a holy sabbath
unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and
boil that ~vhichye ~17ill1:oil; and all that remainetb over lay np for yon to be kept until the
niorning. And they laid it up till the morning,
as Moses bade: and it did not become foul,
neither was there any v o r m therein. And >doses
said, E a t that to-clay; for to-day is a sabbath
unto Jehovah godsd day, L i f e 25, E d e n i c d a y
No. 917897, G o d ' s nzo~zthNo. 3108,2, B.R. 1547,
vernal equinox 2513 (Sat.. May 3,1515 B.C.)] ."
-Exodus 16 : 22-25, A.B.17.

month, when the children of Israel were gone

forth out of the land of Egypt, the same dax
came they into the miicierlless of Sinai." Ir~asmuch as there is the plain statement of Scripture already noted that they came out "on the
fifteenth day of the first month: on the morrow
after the passover", it is taken that "the same
day" nzeans the fifteenth day of the third month,
in ~vliichthey arrived at Sinai, Mansday, Visit-

v~e.izt15, Edeglic d a y Xo. 917.91'7,7 God's nzolzth

N o . 31083, B.R. 1547, ventaZ equiqzox 2513 (Fri-

day, May 23, 1515 B.C.). I t was the beginning

of the ratiiicatioil of the law covenant, for that
same day Moses went LIP into the mountail1 for
instructions and set before the people the monientons words of Jehovah, "If ye will obey my
voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye
shall be mine own possession from among all
peoples: for all the earth is niiile: and ye shaIl
be unto rile a kingdoin of priests, and a holy
nation." (Esodns 19: 5,6, A.E.V.) "And all the
people ansmred together, and said, All that
"In the Third Month
the Same Day"
Jehovah hath spoken we ~17illdo. And Moses
The next place a dzy is mentioned in the reported the words of the people unto Jehovah."
Scriptures which may now be identified 117itl1 -Exodus 19: 8, A.R.V.
The people were told to sanctify themselves
1:easonable accuracy is the day mentiolied in
E ~--o d u s19: 1, where we read: "In the third and to mash their clothes to be ready for the

...

--__---

--

* This day, Visitmeilt 15, when Israel camped at

the base of the mcunt of God momentarily waiting
until I-Ie should reveal himself, was a most mlusuel
day. Manifestly it stands for or represents THE DAY
OF JEHOVAH,
just preceding God's great revelation of
himself at Armageddon. See the account in Eebrems
12, "For ye are not come unto the mouilt . . . but r e
are come unto mount Sion
," and coxsider how
true it is that Jehovah mas then visitiilg His typical
people as He Is in this d.ay of visitation. Consider
now the number of this Edenic day, 917,917. The 9
and I may be grouped together in a rear~angement
of thc digits thus:
7
10
10
7
The n~unber10 is synll~olic02 perfection to-ward earth
as 7 is symbolic of perfection heavenly. Divisible hy
7, this number, 917,917, seems to point to Jehovah
God, the Head. "The head of Christ is Gc;d."1 Corinthians 11: 3.
Accepting the v~Iiolenumber as representing "God
the Ju-dge of all", notice now that one of the factors
is 7007. The number 1000 is composed of 10 X 10 X 10;
so the number 7007 may be thought of as follows:
7
10 10 10

...

This is the same as the other grouping of digits, except that there is one more 10 enclosed within the other
figu~es. "No man hath seen God a t any time; the
only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the
Father, he hath declared him." (John 1: 18) So, besides coming to God the Judge of All, the arrival a t
the mou.at of God is also a coming "to Jesus the mediatoi. of the new covenant ".-Hebre~s 12 : 24.
I t further arpears that the number 1001 is a factor
of the original number. This number may be set
down in this manaer :

1
1000
"One . . . among a thousand have I found."-Ecelesiastes 7 : 28.
Most yemarkable of all, ozle of the factors of the
original l~umber is 131,131. nearrange the ciigits,
adding 3 and 1 together to make 4 (as the 9 and 1
\+rere added together to make 10)' and the rearrangement becomes, by easy stages:
1
1
.

140,140, then 144,001, then

-144.000

"And I loolied, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount

Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having hls Father's name written in their foreheads. ' '-Revelation 14 : 1,
The prinie factors of 917,917 are
- 7 X7 X I 1 X 13X131,
__ _I,
A -

third day, when God himself ~vouldspeak to

them. "And it came to pass on the third day
[Lig7?tday, VisiCnzent 17, Edenic day No. 917919
(Sunday, May 25)], when it was morning, that
there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick
cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud ; and all the people that were
in the camp trembled. And &!tosesbrought forth
the people out of the camp to meet God; and
they stood a t tlie nether part of the mount. And
mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because
Jehovah descended upon it in fire; ancl the
sllloke thereof ascended as the smoke of a fnrnace, and the whole mouiit quaked greatly. ,lncl
when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder
and louder, Moses spake, and God ans~vered
him by a voice." (Exodus 19: 16-19, A.R.T7.) The
ten commandments were the11 given, "and the
people stood afar off, and RiIoses drew near unto
the thick darkness where God \+-as" (Exodus
20 : 21, A.R.V.) and received snpplenientary
instructions.
"And Moses came and told the people all the
words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and
all the people answered with one voice, and said,
All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will
we do. And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning [Heavenday, Visitnzeqtt 16, Edenic dug No. 917920, God's
month No. 31083 (Monday, May 26)], and
builded an altar under the mount, and twelve
pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel."
-Exodus 24 : 3,4, A.R.V.
Forty Days in the Mountain
"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to
me into the mount, and be there : a,nd I will give
thee the tables of stone. and the law and the
commandment, which I have written, that thou
mayest teach them. And Moses entered into
the midst of the cloud, and went up into the
mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days
and forty nights." (Exodus 24: 12, 18, A.R.V.)
The swnlmoniiig of Moses away from the elders,
where they all "did eat and drink" in the presence of God (Esodus 24: I I ) , began after the
glory of Jehovah had covered Mount Sinai for
six days. (Esodus 24: 16) The first day of this
glory was Visitnzent 17 (Sunday, May 25) ; the
sixth day of it was Mansday, Visitwze~zt 22,
Edenic day No. 917924, God's month No. 31063
(Friday, May 30). The day when Moses went
into the midst of the cloud was Godsdug, Visit-

t~zent23 (Saturday, May 31) ; the day when he

came down out of the mount and fonrid Israel
worshiping the golden calf TI-as Li/'edc,y, T7igzdicatioqz 4, Edenic day No. 917965, Goci's ~1tor~i73
No. 31085, B.R. 1547, vernal eqz~iaoxg o . 2513
(Thursday, July 10, 1515 B.C.).
"Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp,
and said, Whoso is on Jehovah's side, let hi111
come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
tliemselves together unto him. And he said unto
them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel,
P u t ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and
go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and slay every man his brother, and every
inan his companion, and every man liis neighbor.
And the sons of Levi did according to llie ~irirord
of Moses: and there fell of tlie peop!e that day
about three thousand men. And lfoses said,
Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea,
every man against his son, and against his
brother; that he may bestom upon you a blessing this day. And it came to pass on the morrow
[Mansday, Vindication 5, Edenic dug No. 917966
(Friday, July I l ) ] , that Moses said unto the
people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I
will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shaU
make atonement for your sins. And 3Ioses returned unto Jehovah, and said, 011,this people
have sinned a great sin, slid have niade thenz
gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their
sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of
thy book which thou hast written." (Exodus
32: 26-32, A.R.V.) Moses' great aci; of iatcrcession took place on the s a x e day of the week
on which Jesus died, the great Mediator between God and man. This strilxirlg correspondency appears clearly to prove the exactness of
these figures.
Setting U p the Tabernacle
The tabernacle was set up (Exodus 40 : 2) "on
the first day of the first molith" of the second
year after coming out of Egypt. Moon No. 31094
rose 1:04 N., Ma~zsday,Edenic day No. 916225
(7 : 04 p.m., Thursday, March 26, 1514 B.C.).
It was first visible about twenty-four hours
later, and the first day of the month Redemption began with the evening of the next clay;
so that the tabernacle mas set up on Liglztday, Edenic day No. 916227, God's month 31094,
B.R. 1546, vevnal eqz~inoxNo. 2514 (Sunday,
March 29). Had it been reared a day earlier the
labor on the sabbath day would have been a
stumbling block to some.-Exodus 40 : 15.

MARCH27, 1935

Q.3LDEGJ AGE

399

"And they kept the passover on the fourteenth

day of the first month, a t even, in the wilderness
of Sinai." (Nunlbers 9 : 5) TTTas it not superbly
arranged by Jehovah God that this first memorial, which meant so much to the Jews, cams
on their sabbath day? The passover was kept
on Godsday, Redemptio~z14, Edelzic day No.
918240* (after sundown Friday night, April 10,
1514 B.C.), One can see a n appropriateness,
also, in the sabbath's beginning the evening before the daylight period of the rest day arrived.
The census mas taken "on the.first day of tha
second month, in the second year after they
mere come out of the land of Egypt" (Numbers
1:I ) , moo11 No. 31095, which rose on Godsday,
(12 : 16 P.m., Saturday, April 25,1514
at 6 : I 6
B.C.), but v a s pmbably not seen until the nest
night. The month began a t sundown abont 54
hours after the astronomical rising. The census,
therefore, was on Earthday, Lqife
April 28).
"And it came to pass on the tnentietli day of
the second month, iii tlie second year [Ligktdny,
L i f e 20 (Sunday
17) 19 that the C h ~ dwas
talcen up from off the tabernacle of the testimany. And the children of Israel tool< their
journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the
cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran." (Nunlbers 10: 11, 12) A good day to start on a long
journey, the day after the sabbath of rest.

spalie unto the cliildren of Israel, according

unto all that Jehovah had given liim in comm a l l h e n t -unto them." (Deuteronomy 1: 3,
2.B.V.) That was on LiglZtday, Edenic d a y
N~~ 932408, ~~a~molztiLNo. 31574
January 19, 1475 B.Ca),
"And Moses went aiid spcelce these words nnio
all Israel. And he said unto them, I am a hundred alld twenty Years old this day; I Can no
more go out and Come in: and Jellovah bath
said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan." (Moses evidently died on his birthday,
Lightday, Teni~zple 8, B.R. 1508, Edeqzic day
No. 932437, God's month No. 31575 [Sunday,
February 23,1475 B.C.] .) "And Jehovah said nilto Xoses, Behold, thy days approacli that thou
die." (
~ 31 : 1,2,14, A.R.v.)
~
G A lioses
~ ~TI.ent
from the plains of &lonb
.,to
llio~llltP;ebo, to the top of Pisg&, that
is over against Jericlio. Alid Jehovah showed
him all the lalld of ~ i l ~ unto
~ d ,D ~ alld
~ ,
all ~ ~ ~ l ~alldt ~thel land
i , of xphrailll and
hranasseh, and all the land of Judah, ulito the
hinder sea, and the south, and the -plain of the
valley of
the city of palm-trees, unto
zoar.~~d Jehovah said unto hinl, hi^ is the
land vllich I sll.are unto L4braham, unto I
~
and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thjr
seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine
eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So
After Forty Pears o f Wandering
Moses
the servant of Jehovah died there in the
There are no Inore days located by the second
hand in the timepiece of God until after the land of Noab, according to the word of Jehovah,
forty years of wandering were nearly a t an end. And he buried him in the valley in the land of
"And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man
a t the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, lcnometh of his sepulchre unto this day. And
in the fortieth year after the children of Israel Moses was a huiidred and twenty years old when
dim, nor his
lj-ere come out of the laxid of EgJTt,in the fifth he died : his eye
the
children
of Israel wept
force
abated.
And
month, on the first day of the month. And Aaron
for
Moses
in
the
plains
of
Moah
thirty days."
was a huiiclred and twenty and three )-ears old
(Deuteronomy
34:
1-8,
A.R.V.)
The
mourning
-,hen he died ill mount Hol-i' (Numbers 33 : 38,
began
on
the
day
of
his
death,
and
A.B.V.) H e died
~
~ viii~icatiolZ
~
~
d
~
~
, ended on
Earthdug,
Rede~~zptio$a
7,
Edenic
day
No.
932467,
Edenic day No. 932225, week No. 133175, God's
God's
nzo?zhh
No.
31576,
B.R.
1507,
vernal
eqq~i%lonth No. 31568, 3.R. 1508, ver?zal eqz~i?zox
LOX
NO.
2553
(Tuesday,
March
25,
1475
B.C.).
No. 2552 (Friday, July 26, 1476 B.C.).
Moses sv.rvived his brother by seven months
Canaan
and eight days. I n thirty-five days he wrote The
tlie book of Denteronomy, and delivered his final
"Now it came to pass after the death of Moses
Joshua cornexhortation to those for whom, in the providence the servant of Jehovah, that
of God, he had acted as mediator. "And it came mallded the . people, saying, Prepare you
to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh victuals;. for within three days ye are to pass
month, on the first day of the month, that Moses over this Jordan . And tlie people came up
out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first
* The factors are interesting: 2 x ~ x 2 ~ 2 ~ 2 ~ 3 x 5 x 1 9 1 3 .

.. .

..

..

he

GOLDEN AGE

time in the spring of the yeas, a s appears from

the
following scripture :
No. 932470, week No. 133210, God's nzofith
"As
Jehovah commanded Moses, so the chilNo, 31576 (Friday, Rlarch 28, 1475 B,C.)]."dren
of
Israel did; and they divided the land.
Joshua 1:l,11;4: 19, A.R.V.
Then
the
children of Judah drew nigh unto
"And the children of Israel encamped in GilJoshna in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephungal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day
neh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest
of the month, at even, in the plains of Jericho
the tliing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the
[after sundown, a t the early beginning ol E a d h man of God concerning me and concerning thee
day, Redemption 14, Edenic day No. 932474,
God's month No. 31576 (Monday evening, March in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old [but maybe
401/2, though counted a s 401 was I when Moses
31, 1475 B.C.)]." (Joshua 5 : 10) The new life
the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadeshof Israel in Canaan's "fair and happy land" was
barnea to spy ont the land; and I brought him
begun just 1,507 solar years before the day of
word again as it was in my heart. Nevertheless
Ransom, and 3,392 solar years before April 1,
my brethren that went up with me made the
1918.
heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed
Jehovah m y - ~ o d . And &loses sware on that
Division of the Land
day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot
One can
estimate the time when bath trodden shall be an inheritance to thee
the 'pies returned from
out the 'and of and to thy children for ever, because thou hast
Canaan,
the
year after leaving
wholly followed Jehovah my God. And now,
A chronology built on sueh a foundation ~ v o l l l ~behold, Jehovah bath lrept me alive, as he spake,
be somewhat shalry. Sinai was left on the twen- these forty and five years, from the time that
tieth
of the second
(Numbers : 11) Jehovah spa]<e this Tvord unto &loses, while
I n three
Israel was complaining- (Numbers Israel walked in the wilderness : and now, 10, 1
10 : 33 ) Then follolved thirty full days of gorge an1 this day f omscore and fiveyears old.''ing themselves x i t h quail. (Numbers 11) Miri- ~~~h~~ 14: 5-10, A.R.V.
am's leprosy detained the march seven days.
~t has been pointed out that it was 4503
( N ~ b e r 12)
s The I1O-mile journey
Kaclesh- years from the llirtll of Isaac, in the fall of the
barnea is estimated to have taken eleven days, year 1952 H.R. (1920 B.c.), to the tirne of the
but there is no record : it may have taken nlore, division of the land among the twelve tribes of
but would hardly have taken less. The spies
in the spring of the year 1501 B.R,
the be- (1469 B.C.), a t which time, as above shown, the
were gone
ginning of that year, about 140. The time in- division of the land
dicated for the return is not earlier than Godsirhe scriptllres
describe this period of time
day, Vilzdicatio~z22 (Saturday, Jnly 18). On as "about 450 years". (See a c t s 13: 17-20,
their return journey the
brought POme- Rotlzerknrit, Weyiloztth, and Brizericaw Revised
granates and figs, probably ripe, and one cluster versiolz.)
of grapes, probably nearly ripe, so large that it
toolr two men to carry it. I n P a l e s t i ~ efigs are From the Exodus to the Temp&@
Everything in the scriptures is written with
ripe from the end of June on. In the valley of
direct
reference to the erection of the temple
~
~grapes
~ evenh now ~grow as
l large as plums.
of
God
and the subsequent vindicatio~~
of His
The time of fullyripe
is September. A
name.
The
exodus
associated
with
one
reasonable estimate, on the basis of these lqno~vn
grand
pictnre
of
the
coming
vind;cation:
the
facts, would be that the spies set out on their
building
of
S
~
l
~
l
n
~
l
t
m
l
'
s
p
l
e
was
a
picture
of
forty-day journey into Canaan about the time
the
true
temple,
through
which
Jehovah
vindliof the slllnmer solstice,say LigJltday, Free17 (Sunday, June 21). R~ this admittedly cates His name and ~vhicliis of God's building,
circuitousand relatively inexact methocl (but not of man's. I n His Word Jehovah God has
the best possible under the circumstances) the been pleased to join together these t v o pictures,
date last named is here put forth as the birth- and to make them an integral and necessary
day of Caleb, ~t may haVe been earlier by part of the divine record. Note the care with
several months ; it could hardly have been later, which the conllection is lna~le,enabling one now
The division of the land, therefore, was a t some
(Contiqzued on page 413)
month [Mn?zsday, Redemption 10, Edenic day

aom

(Contiwued from page 400)

about the time of the beginning of this work of

'to determine exactly when the construction of construction.
The years that the judges ruled, as stated in
the temple mas begun, to the very day, and exthe
book of Judges, plus the years of the reigns
actly how long i t was after the exodus. The two
Saul
and David would, if pat end to end, be
of
passages that cover the subject are now quoted:
460 years, but they are wisely admore
than
"And i t came to pass, in the four hundred and
mitted
to
be
"broken, lapped and tangled", needeightieth year after the children of Israel were
ing
a
text
just
like this to keep a true and aecome out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth
curate
chronological
record for the use of Jelloyear of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the
vah's
people.
month Zif [the name itself is of heathen origin],
It is highly important at this point that the
which is the second month, that he began to
build the house of [Jehovah] ." (I Kings 6 : 1) reader should familiarize himself with the con"And he began to build in the second day of the tents of the Watch Tower publication entitled
second month, in the fourtli year of his reign." Preservation. On this subject of the miraculous
manner in which Jehovah God maintained the
-2 Chronicles 3 : 2.
Some of the items that go to make up the 480 lineage of Christ Jesus, despite the great age of
years from the esodus to the building of the many of His ancestors a t the time of the birth
temple are known and may be set down, as fol- of the one nest in line, this work says, in part:
lows :
Here is stated the genealogy from Pharez to David.
Between Obed and Jesse no one is mentioned. I s this
Wanderings in the
due to the lack of importance of conilecting links, or
.
40 years
wilderness
did each one from Nahshon to Jesse live to be of a
To the birth of Boaz (son
very great age, anti each one in his extreme old age
of Salmon, one of the
wanderers, by Rahab) 1 " (91% 5 ) bring forth a son? This latter conclusion is supported
by the words of the divine record: "And the three
To the birth of Obed,
eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
David's grandfather
i "
eg
battle : . . and David was the youngest," and David
To the birth of Jesse,
was the eighth son o l Jesse. ( 1 Sam. 17 :13,14) "Now
el
David's father . , , ? ''
David
was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem16
To the birth of David
? "
judah, whose name mas Jesse; and he had eight sons:
To the death of David
70 "
and the man went among men for an old tnntt in the
The fact that no
days of Saul."--1 Sam. 17: 12. .
To the 4th year of
intermediary generations are mentioned in the gene.4 "
Solomon's reign

...
.

..

Total years ,
. 480
I n the past some thought it expedient, or wise,
or necessary to say of this text that the four
should be changed to a five (to agree mith a
passage in Acts which they misread and misunderstood). I t would be folly to think that
Jehovah God would make it necessary for any
to resort to such a method of preserving the
meaning of one of the most important texts in
the Bible. This text is the one text that directly
connects up the days of Moses with the days of
the kings of Israel: in connection mith the accurate and reliable record of events preceding
Moses' time, and the accurate and reliable record forward from Solomon's time, it enables
one to say with full assurance that the building
of the typical temple of God was completed just
three thousand years after man appeared upon
the earth; indeed, this item in itself is very
suggestive that there was nothing accidental

..

alogy of the book of Ruth shows that each one of the

men named lived to a p e a t age before begetting the
son named in the genealogy. Thus it appears that
there was continued difficulty in maintaining the royal
line. Jehovah had given his word that the Vindicator
should come from the tribe of Judah, hence Satan
tried to interfere with the genealogy of that tribe.
A t various times it appeared that Gcd's word would
fail, and each time Jehovah stepped in a t the opportune hour, even as shown in the book of Ruth, ,
There does not seem to be any good reason, therefore,
to conclude that in the genealogy there are links missing between Obed and Jesse.

I n the table just published the average age

of the father a t the time of the birth of the
child nest in the royal line was a t least 91%
years. To change the divine record from the
"four hundred and eighty years" to "five hundred and eighty years" would make the average
age of the fathers a t least 116% years a t the
time of the birth of such child; hence the wisdom
of trying to force a chronologyby such a method

does not appezr. I t is

CONNECTED EVENTS O F HISTORY
better to take the Lord's Dat,ting from the creation of Adam, 2Munsdazj, Edenic clay No. 0, moon No. 0,
Word as it is, unless
vernul equinoz No. 0, B.R. 4060 (Friday, March 22, 4028 B.C.)
some direct evidelice apVernal
Interpears that the record Equinox Year Year
Event
Seriflure
vening
B.R. B.C.
Citations
Years
has been tampered ~ ~ ~:i t Niln~ber
li
3930
3898
Birth
of
Seth
Gen.
5:
3
130
in this case those that
6
3825 3793 Birth of Enos
5
:
6
205
most love God's TJTord
3735 3703 Birth of Cainan
5: 9
90
have seemed iii too great
6
3665 3633 Birth of Mahalaleel
5 : 12
70
6
haste.
3600 3568 Birth of Jared
5 : 15
65
3438 3406 Birth of Enoch
5: 18
would any of the "mil162
3373 3341 Birth of Alethuselah
5 : 21
65
lions now living" be
6
3286 3154 Birth of Lamech
5 : 25
187
stumbled by the discov3004 2972 Birth of Noah
5: 28
982
ery that they have a
<
2404 2372 Flood dried up
7:6;8:13
600
hundred years longer to
2402 2370 Birth of Arphaxad
11: 10
2
live than they once
2367 2335 Birth of Xalah
11: 12
35
2337 2305 Birth of Eber
11: 14
30
thought ? Hardly, TiTonld
2303
2271
Birth
of
Pelcg
1
1
:
15
34
tliey be stumbled be(6
2273 2241 Birih of Reu
11: 18
30
cause they were conse2241 2209 Birth of Xerug
11: 20
32
crated wit11 the under2211 2179 Birth of Nahor
11: 22
30
standing on their part
2182 2150 Birth of Terah
11: 24
29
<6
1977 1945 Terah's Death; Abraham
that six "iiousand years
11: 32; 12 : 1-7
crosses Euphrates aiid
of human history ended
enters
Canaan
Acts
7 : 2-4
205
in A.D. 18742 One can
1547 1515 Exodus from Egypt
Ex.
12: 40-43
430
but smile at the thought.
Gal.
3 : 17
'Any person consecrated
1067' 1035 Construction of temple
1Ki.
6: 1
480
with a condition or codhegun
1031 999 Rehohoam's reign begun
2 Chron. 9: 30'31
icil attached to his coa36
1014 982 Abijah's
"
12 : 13-16
17
secration may as well
I
<c
1011 979 Asa's
"
13:2;14:1
3
forget the whole matter :
970 938 Jehoshaphat's "
"
16:13; 1 7 : l 41
he is not consecrated a t
945 913 Jehoram's
"
6
"
20:31; 2 1 : l 25
all, and does not love
937 905 Ahaziali's
I
21:20;22:1
8
God.
936 904 Athaliali's
"
"
22:2
1
930 898 Joash's
"
22:12
Nothing in the Scrip6
890
858
Amaziah's
"
"
24:1,27
40
tures says that Christ
861 829 Uzziah's
"
25: 1.28
29
Jesus would have to
4<
809 777 Jotham's
"
26:l-3,23
52
wait until the beginning
i
793 761 Ahaz's
"
27:1,9
16
I
of the seventh thousa~ld
77'7 745 Hezekiali 's
'
"
28: 1'27
16
years of human history
748 716 i',lanzsseh's
"
"
2 9 : 1 : 3 2 : 3 3 29
693 661 Anon's
6
6
"
33: 1'20
55
before the second advent
4i
691 659 Josiah's
"
33: 21
2
would occur and the Day
'4
660 628 Jehoiakim's
"
"
34:l
31
of Jehovah begin, in
6c
649 617 Zcdekiah's
"
"
36:5
I1
which Christ, as Jeho639 607 Times of Gentiles
"
"
36: 11
10
vah's vicegerent, rules
(in Zedekiah's eleventh year)
in the midst of Plis ene569 537 End of seventy years of ths desolation of the land. Seventy years a
mies. As a matter of
part
of the Gentile Times. 2 Chron. 36 : 22,23
fact these events ocY.R. A.D.
curred in Y.B. 1882
1882 1914 End of Times of Gentiles (interven(1914 A.D.) ; not earlier,
ing dates well established)
and not later.
1903 1935 To the present
6

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b
L

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I L

I L

6 6
( <

LL

LL

LL

( I

6 L

Li

LL

LL

L L

L (

i6

LL

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LL

L L

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table is follo~vedwith a list olf the times of Iunations thus

Footnote on Calculating Future Eunations
indicated. VThen the nurnber of "Minutes Over 29 Days"
The duration of a n eclipse cycle is correctly stated on
i s kno\vn, it is an easy matter to determine when the lunapage 373 of Tlie G o l d e ? ~Age So. 404 as 6,585.32 days, ancl
tions thelaselves will occur (the approximate days and
the figures on page 3% s!~ould be carrected to correspond.
hours), within an liour or so.
(On the latter page also, forecasting the future, insert moon
Three Eclipse Cycles Compart!d (Allnotes Over 29 Days9
No, 73766 irl~mecliatelybefore the inoon marked on the chart
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(el
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(el
a s No. 'iZi6G and cl~ungethe latter number and all the remaining nurnbers to 1 higher.)
I t will be o h s e r ~ e dby the careful student that from
No. 73131 (.Janunry 6, 1886, 10: 13 a.m.) to No. 73354
629
(January 17, 1004, 6 : 1 5 p.111.) is 4 minutes longer thau
490
415
from No. 73354 to No. 73577 (J2nuary 28, 1022, 2: 1 3 a.m.).
415
As the sun is constantly making corupensations, a l t ~ r i l l g
435
the length of the )par slightly, so Tith the eclipse cycles
606
753
of the moon. The astronomers understand these latter very
903
well, arid the reasons for Ll~em,but i t is not the intention
1032
of 2'Ihe Boidelt Age to examine them. I n calculating future
1115
1120
lunations they should be noticed, but, even then, any figures
1029
the average Golden Age reader will make ~villbe subject to
863
ast~onomicaladjustments.
694
553
Persons desiring to forecast future lunntiorls should take
487
note of the following table. in whiclr is a list of the "Minutes
479
Over 29 Days" (9) for the eclipse cycle from No. 78131 to
520
599
KO. 7x54, ( b ) for the cpcle from KO. 73354 to h'o. 73377,
6-1
nr!d ( c ) for the inconiplete cycle from KO.73577 to No. 73803 ;
793
ancl ( d ) is the difference, plus or minus, betneexi the corre925
1019
sponding lunations of ( a ) and ( b ) . and ( e ) is the difference,
1057
plus or minus, between the corresponding 1ul:ations of
1011
(1-1) ailcl ( c ) . I t mill be observed that the figures, plus 01,
904
774
minus, necessary to make ( a ) agree with ( b ) are about the
632
same as are necessary to make ( b ) agree with ( c ) . Let
613
tlie aslroiiorl?ers battle over the difierencts of a minute or so.
575
566
r s i n g this ~uetliod,the lengths of the 38 lunations needed
587
to complete column ( c ) are shown in parentheses, and the
639
CALCULATED TIME OF FUTURE LUNATIONS-Jersalcm
Time
Camparcd Compared
Mins. with next w~thMean
Approximate
Mean
0v.r Slow Fazt Slow Fast
23 Ds hr mi hr mi hr ml hr mi
Moon Days
Date
Time
Date
Time
73762
73763
73764
73765
73766
73767
73768
73769
73750
73771
73772
73773

30
29
30
29
29
50
29
30
29
30
30
29

Te
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
Tb
Fr
Su
l o
We
Fr

73774
73775
73776
73777
73778
73779
73780
73781
73782
73783
73784
73785
73786

30
30
29
30
29
29
30
29
29
30
30
29
30

Sa Jan 1 9:12pm
Po Jan 3 1 3.558111
We C3r 2 8:C4am
Th Mar 3 1 9:17pm
Sa Apr 30 7:51am
Su May 29 4:20pm
Bo Jun 27 11:26pm
Vie Jul 27 6:06am
f h Aun 25 1:26pm
Fr SEP23 10:40pm
Su Oct 23 10:46am
TU Nov22 2:12am
We Dec 2 1 8:19pm

73787
73788
73789
73790
73791
73792
73793
73794
33795
73796
73797
93798

30
30
29
30
29
29
30
29

Fr Jan 20 3:45pm
Su Feb 19 10:51am
Ta Mar 2 1 4:14am
We A w l 9 6:59pm
Fr May 19 6:47am
Sa Jun 17 3:56pm
Su Jul 1611:16pm
Tu Aug 15 6:05am
We Sen 13 15Opm
Th Oct 1210:36pm
Sa Nov 1110:03am
SU De6 10 11:57DIII

29
30
29
30

Jan 12 7:02pm
Feb 11 9.53am
Mar 1 2 9:52pm
Apr 11 7:32am
May 10 3:38pm
Jun 8 I l ' O l p m
Jul 8 6:23am
Aug 6 2:47pm
Scp 5 1'02am
Oct 4 2:05?m
Nov 3 6:24am
Dec 3 1:21am

Tu
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Yle
TI1
Sa
Sa
Tu
We
Fr

1937 A.O.
891 207
Jcn12 2:15pm
719
Feb 11 2.59am
530
Mar 1 2 3:43pm
436
Apr11 4:27an
443
Kay 10 5:llpm
<47
J I I ~ 9 5:5am
439
JkI 8 6:39pm
615
Aug 7 7:23am
S" 5 5:Oipm 783 19
Oct 5 8:51am
979 3 3 5
Nov 3 9'35gm 1137 6 1 3
Dee 3 10:19am 1191 7 07

1938 A.D.
Jan l l l : 0 3 p m
B!o J ~ 3R1 11:47am
We Mar 2 12:31am
Th I:r:l
1:15pm
Sa Apr 30 l:T9am
Su May 29 2:43pm
Tu Jun 28 3:27am
We Ju127 4 : l l ~ m
Fr Aug26 4:55am
Sa Sep 24 5:39pm
K O Oct 24 6:23am
Tu Nov22 7:07pm
Th Dcc 22 7:51am
Sa

1123
969
793
634
5C9
426
400
440
554
726
926
1087
1166

4 47
45 6 54
3 04 6 09
4 33 3 05
5 21
133
5 17
6 54
425
1211
2 29
16 36
19 05
1 8 46
1 5 11
8 58

15 1
4 08
29
7 33
2 10 8 02
4 15 5 52
5 35 1 3 7
6 04
4 01
524
10 05
3 30
15 29
38
18 59
2 42
19 37
523
1 6 55
6 42
1132

559
3 25

1939 A.D.
Jan 20 8:35pm 1146 6 2 2
Feb 19 9:19am 1043 4 39
Mo Mar 20 10:03pm
885 2 0 1
We Aor 19 10:47am 708
Th May 1 8 1 1 3 l p n 549
Sa Jun 17 12:15pn1 440
Mo Ju117 12:59am
409
Tu Aug 15 1:43pm
445
Th Sep 1 4 2:27am
546
Fr Oct 13 3:llpm
687
Su Nov 1 2 355am
834 1 1 0
P O Dec 11 4:39pm
970 3 26
Fr
Su

4 50
132
6 11
56 8 12
3 35 7 16
5 24 3 41
5 55
143
5 19
9 38
338
1257
117
1 6 35
17 52
1 6 42

1940 A.D.
13799 38 Tu Jan 9 4:07nm
@800 30 Th Feb 810:05am

We Jan 1 0 5:23am 1078 5 1 4

Th 6eb 8 6:07pm 1128 6 0 4

13 16
8 02

718
804
876
91.8
929
915
8x1
825
753
634
639
629
614
696
6E5
709
7r3
822
894
940
934
835
819
761
715
667
613
571
565
616
712
828
923
939
1006
931
913
809
684
572
499
482
520
604
7 22
RGO
999
1102
1123
1032
(891)
(719)
(580)
(486)
(443)
(447 )
(499)
(615)
(783)
(979)
(1137)

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Volume XVI

Brooklyn, N, Y., Wednesday, April 10, 1935

Number 406

The Second Hand in tlae Timepiece of God

(In 3 Parts-Part

3)

Building o f Solomon's Temple

"In the fourth year was the foundation of
I T IS a simple matter: nom, to ascertain tlie
exact date when the construction of Solo- the house of [Jehovah] laid, in the month Zif
mon's temple was begun. The new moon near- [naiae of heathen origin] : and in the eleventh
est the vernal equinox rose a t 10: 55 N., LigAt- year, in the month Bul [name of heathen origin],
d a y , Edewic d a y No. 1093164, B.R. 1067, uel-mat ~vhichis the eighth month, was the house finislied throughout a 11 the
equilzox No. 2993 ( 4 :55 a.m.,
parts thereof, and accordS n n d a y, March 16, 1035
ing to all the fashion of it.
B.C.). This mas the eounSo was he seven years iia
terpart of No. 73590 in the
it."--1 Kings 6:
building
Lnnation Experience Table.
Making use of the eclipse
I t is wished to locate the
cJ-clesto prcamote greater
of dedication of the
accuracy, the next new moon
, slid as i t is desirrose at 4 : 39 N., E a r t h d a y ,
be a s exact as
E d e qz i c d a y No- 1093193
ecourse
is ag.ain had
(10 : 39 p.m., Monday, April
to
the
eclipse
cycles. No.
14). The moon was not seen
nearest
the vernal
that night: hence the secof
1028
B.C.,
is the
ond month did not begin
counterpart
of
No.
73677,
until 45 hours later, LifeFebruary 28, 1930,
d a y , L i f e 1, E d e 91, i c d a y
., from which i t is
No. 1093195, God's moath
by 164 eclipsecyNo. 37019, v e r n a l eqtlillox
23 m o o n s each.
No. 299.3 (6 : 00 pin, \vednesr the first eight
day, April 16, 1035 B.C.).
months f ollo~vs(overleaf).
The s e c o n d d a y of the
The poilit of special inmonth was 24 hours later;
terest
is moo11 No. 37111;
the work of building tlie
a
correction
of one 1101ar
temple w0111d hardly have
and 29 niiiiutes o v e r the
been begun after sundown;
therefore, the work oil the temple was begun "mean" lullation was obtained by using the
Malzsday, Life 2, l0G7 B.R. (sometime Friday eclipse cycles. I n this ixonth the temple was
llloriling or afternoon, April 18, 1035 B.C.). dedicated, before it was quite completed.
Probably all that was clone that day mas to lay
Dedication o f the Temple
the corner stone.
The dedication of the temple was forecast in
* The asterisks a t top of the calendar on page 381 of T h e
the
follov-ing instructions to Moses : "The fifGoldelz Age NO. 404 represent days. each counted a s a part
of Jehovah's Year of Ransom 1903. The first asterisk on teenth day of this seventh month is the feast
that page (the one immediately beneath Lifednv, the day
tabernacles for seven days untoJehovah, ,
of vernal equinox, L i f e d a y , 9 : 4 3 D., Jerusalem time) is no
Besides
the sabbaths of Jehovah .
on the
part of Jehovah's Year of Ransom 1903, but: belongs to the
fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye
year previous.

..

Vernal
Eqninox

Noon
No.

37105
37106
37107
37108
3n09
37110
37111
37112

Hour

Day of
Week

5: 24 N . Eeas.e$zday
9 : 37 D. Ecirthday
20: 59 N . Litedciy
1 0 : 30 D. M a n s d a y
6 : 40 N . L i g h t d a y
1 :35 D. I_Teavel?,day
8: 40 D. Eart12day
4 : 45 N . Lif e d a y

Ensuing
Month

Edenic,
Day No.

20,95734
1095763
1095793
109582,2
209585n
1095881
1095910
2095940

Year
I3.R.

Hour

Gregorian
Date

Year
B.C.

R e d e ~ t p t i o n 1060 19 : 24 pm Sn:1. Nar. 28 1023

Lije

"33: 37 PITI Tue. Apr.

am Thn. May
prn Fri. June
am Snn. July
an1 ?,Ion. Bug.
pm Tne. Sep.
pm TJTed. Oct.

Visit;+zelzt
"4:
59
Freedom
" 4 : 30
~ i ~ z c ~ i c a t i o i z" 12 : 40
Hope
" 7 : 35
Iiing
"
2 : 49
peace
10: 45

have gathered in the fruits of the laiid, ye shall

lrcep the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the
lirst day shall be 3 solemn rest and on the eighth
day sha.11 be a solern11 rest . And ye shall
rejoice before Jehovah your God seven daps.
It is a statnte for ever throughout your
generations."-Leviticus
23: 34, 38, 39, 40, 41,
A.R.V.
Allowing for the usual time for observatioll
and proclamation, the eighth day of the seventh
month began at sundo~n~n
nifalzsday, Icing 6,
E d e ~ z i cd a y ATo.1095920, ~vliichday began Thursday evening, Septelnber 30, and continued until
sulido~m of October 1 (vernal equinox KO.
3000). On that day began the dedication of the
altar, lasting for seven days. The day of atonement feil on the tenth day of the same month;
very appropriately the dedication of the altar
began TI TO days before. The figures are all unusually interesting. The Edenic day itself nshered in week No. 156560. This is a noteworthy
number, being composed of 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 19
x 103, Falling on October 1of the year of creation No. 3000, and at the time of the beginning
of the cledication of the altar of Solonion's teniple, tliis nimiber probably has some significance
that sometime will be undersluod. The record
of the dedication itself is as follo~vs:
"And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solonion a t the feast, in the
month Ethaaim [the name is of heathen origin],
~vliichis the seventh month. And all the elders
of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
And they brought up the ark of Jehovah,
The]-e mas nothing in tho ark save the t ~
tables of stone, which Moses put there a t Horeb,
when Jehovah made a covenant v i t h the children of Israel, when they eame out of the land
of Egypt. And it eame to pass, when the priests
were come out of the holy place, that the cloud
iilled the house of Jehovah, so that the priests

. .

...

...

24
27
25
25
23

"
"
"
''

29
20

"

<'
"

could not stand to minister by reason of the

cloud; for the glory of Jehovali filled the house
of Jehovah." ( 1 ICing-s 8 :2 , 3 , 9 - 1 , A .B.V.)
"And oil the eighth day they held a solemn asseml;lp: for they kept the dedication of the
altar seven days, and the feast [of tabernacles]
seven days. And on the three and twentieth
day of the sevellth month 1:e sent the people
away unto their tents, joyful and glzd of heart
for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto
David, and to Solomon, and to Israel liis people."-2
Chronicles 7 : 9,10, il.E.T7,
Another Astounding ~snkrmation
Another a,stounding confirmatioli of the aecuracy of God's "faithful witness in the lieavens" now appears. TVhile, according to I3oly
TTTrit (Leviticus 23 : 33-39), the feast of 'iabernacles ( ~ ~ h i began
ch
on the 15th of tliis month,
211d lasted sewn d a ~ s could
)
have begull 011 any
day of the TI-eel;: and ended on any day7 of the
sveek, slid both of the days t ~ ~ uproperly
ld
have
been counted as special sabbaths unto Jehovah
God, yet what if infinite TTTisdoni had so arranged it lliat on t%is most extraordinary occasion these fifteen days ended in such a x-ay
as t o coincide exactly ~ r i t hthe regular v-eekly
sabbath arrangement? That is just hat tooli
place, for the Ywenty-third day' above specified
was a \vee!<ly sabbath. The account is interesting a t this point; for instead of saying that
Solomon sent the people home, it says that he
sent them to their tents. They remained in
their teiits another night, starting for home the
o
next morning, on the first day of the ~veek,as
was meet.
The dedication of the altar for sevea days,
followed by the feast of tabernacles for seven
days, and dismissal of the people on the next
succeeding day, is set out in the f ollo13~ingtable :

The
Vernnl
Equinox

3000
3000
3000

Moon
No.

Day of
Week

Edenic
Day

37111 ~ V a n s d a y 1095920
7 1 1 1 d f a n s d a z ~ 1095927
37111 Godsday
1095935

GOLDEN AGE

Day of
Month

Year
B.R.

Kiqq 8
K i n g 15
K i n g 23

1060
1060
1060

Gregorian
Date

B'C'
Year

Activity Specified

Fri. Oct. 1 1028 Altar dedicated

Fri. Oct. 8 1028 Feast of tabernacles
Sat. Oct. 16 1028 Final day

Horn did i t happen that Solomon, after the

The cleansing work was not finished in time
required time had elapsed for dedicatioil of for the passover to be held a t the regnlar time
the altar and tlie temple, sent the people away (fourteenth day of first month), so, ia accorda day later "glad and nierry in heart" as God's ance with tine law, made elastic to tal-~e care
true people a r e as tliej7 read this account? The of just such an emergency (Numbers 9: 10, l l ) ,
table answers. The nest day was a stllsbath day arraiigements n7ere made "to keep the passover
of rest and worship. For, be it linon-n, this in the second inontli" (2 Chronicles 30 : 2) and
record was written for Jehovah's people that mwsengers were dispatched to every pnrt of
are living now. Not until now were these ptlr- Palestine to have as large aild representative
ticular 'precious things of tlie moons' "thrust a gathering as possible.
forth" by the power of Jehovah Gocl.
'%lid Jehovah hearkened to Hezeltiah, and
The studelit \;rho reads tlie accounts in 1Kings healed the people. A i ~ dthe children of Israel
8 and 2 C!lronicles 7 will note that not all the that were present a t Jerusalem kept the feast
details of the teinple furnishings, eic., were of unleavened bread [beginning the nest day
completed ~znlila few days alter the dedica- after the passovci.] se7e.i; days with great @adtion services hacl elided. Tlie exact time when aess; and the Le~riiesand the priests pralsed
the last ve;sel T~,-P.S mnde ready is not stated; 3ehovah day bj7 dav, si11$-112 11-ith loud instruit is lnercly mentioned tliat it mas in the next inents unto Jehov?. il. And I-Iczeliiah spalic com111o11t11.
fortably unto all the Levitcs that l1ad good unI t is so in the antiij-pe. The dedic2tion of derstanding in the service of Jehovah. So they
the spiritual temple of God and its "altr,rV of did cat thronghont the feast for the sevel: days,
the sacrifice of praise to Jehovali has been in oficring sacriiices or peace-oIieriii~;~,and niakfull sv:irig for years ; since 1918. JIThen ilie i ~ confeseioi~
~ g
to Jehovah, the Gocl of their
work will all bc finished is not k1101~711. Probably fathers. Ancl the nhole assnmhly too!; counsel
the end is near, bat it doas 119t matter ~ ~ h e t h e to
r Beep other seven days; and "r;icy kept other
it is or not.
seven days Tith gladness. F o r IIezr;E;ah king
of J u d z l ~did give to tha assembly for o@zriags
Cleansing the TempEe
a thoncand bullocks 3iid seven thou~aiidsheep;
The nest days in the Scriyture record thzt and tlie princes gave to the rssen~blya thoucan be defiiiitely located are those identified ?and bul!ocks and ten thousand sLcep: and a,
b e priests
r
salictifiecl tllel~iselves.
with cleansing the temple in the first year of greet n ~ ~ n ~ of
the reign of the gcod king Mezc-lii~h.His reign And all the assembly of Jndah, with the priests
began in the year 777 B.E. (745 B.C.) EIezekiah and the Levites, and all the assembly t?iat came
r s came out
mas the good son of a bad man, Ahaz, in whose o::t of Israel, and tile s t r a ~ ~ g etliat
ia Judah,
days the worship in the temple was ~xeglectecl of the land of Israel, and Slat d~i~irslt
and idolatry ~ 1 - apracticed.
~
The tenlple liaci ~ejoiced.So there as great joy in Jerasalem;
become so filled with refuse of all sorts that it for since the time of Solomon the son of David
took 14 men 16 days to clean it, a total of 224 1;i:ig of Israel there 1 ~ 2 snot the like i11 Jerusalem. Then the priests the Levites arose and
days' morlc,
blessed
the people: and their voice xvas heard,
After listing the worlcers the account says:
accl
their
prayer came np to his holy habitation,
"Now they began 011 the first day of the first
e
~
e
n
unto
heaven. Now when all this mss finmoiith to sanctify [clear away the rubbish],
ished,
all
Israel
that x e r e presei~tx-ent out to
and on the eighth day of the month came they
Judnh,
and bralce in pieces the
the
cities
of
to the porch cf Jehovah; and they sanctified
hewed
d
o
~
~the
- n Asherim, ail4 I~-r.alce
pillars,
and
the house of Jehovall ill eight days: and .on
down
the
high
places
and
the altars out of all
the sixteenth day of tlie first month they made
Judah and Benjamin, in Ephrainl olzo and Baaan end."--2 Chronicles 29 : 17, A.R.V.

nasseh, until they had destroyed them all."2 Ch1.onic1t.s 50 : 20-27 ; 31 : 1,A.R.B.

This was a work that could properly be pushed

on any day of the weeli. The account says that
on the eighth day, IT-hich 7t7as Maqzsday, Edeazic
day N o . 1199lQO" (Friday, April I), ushering
Eoecefir~gthe Dags of Hezekinh
in
meek No. 171300, they came to the porcli of
From the spril~gof rTr B.R. (745 B.C.) to
Jehovah,
and on the eixieeaih of the n~oath,
Y.R. 1903 (1935 A D . ) tliere are 2,679 years.
There a r e 12.2682 lunatiofis per year: total for n~hicli77-3s Godsday, Ede7.tic day N o . 11,09108
the period, 33,133moons. I11 33,135 nioons there (Satcrdzy, April 9), they m ~ d etill end of tke
are I48 eclipse cycles of 223 moons each, aild clecnsing \T70rk.
Referring to moon KO. 73609 (eo~lnterpart,
131 over. Back 131 nlooils frolll l;o.73740
in
IS24 A.D., of meon No, 46606 in I-Hezekiah's
(do7~r-n
at this end) m2s the correspondin~gmoon
KO. 73C09. NOTV,33,135 lnoolls minus 131 are day), the time interrenir~gto the next lunation
33,004, the :~nnilserof moons it is desired to go mas
. 29 d a j ~699 niiizntes (29 d8.y~11honrs 39
bae& -from p~~~73699, to locate tkle l n n p ~ i c n 1x~"~xle": it therelore occnrred 3: 29 D.,L i j e nearest to the spring equinas in the year of day, Edeisic clcly N o . 1199120 ( 9 : 29 a.m., Tknrsday, *%pril21). Aaother gl.lnee a t tl:e Ln:lation
Bezeliiah above ni3iltioned, $loon N ~ 73603
.
S
rose, astronomicsly, Jerusalerll time, at 11:02 Experience Table, moon KQ. 73610, S ~ -O T T Tthat
the
time
inlzrvening
to
the
~
e
x
snccecarng
b
Iuna~
~
~angust
i 20,
~ 1,424
~ B.D.
d -~J 33.064
~ ~
~
,
111 o o n s are 33004 s 2551442.864976 seco~ds, tion mas 29 2ays 641 minutes, half of which is
lv;ljell are $4,2Q7,$26,3~%,667904
seconds. bid- 14 days 17 hours 20% lili~inte;, Therefore, the
l the moon in the seccn? rn:ol~th 71-as 8: 43
ing in the usual Tcs.ay, rirst by 604800 ( s e c o ~ ~ d sf ~ l of
N.,
Mc~).tsday,
L i f e 12, Ede?zic clmy N o . 1193135
il? a week), then by 86400 (aeeonds ill a day),
(usherino
in
7~:eel;
KO. 171305), B.R.77'Y (2 : 43
then by 3603 (seconds in an hour), m d findly
.?
by 60 (seconcls
iE a nlir,Ete), this length of tiEe a.m., Frlaay, l h y 6,145 Bee.). Depeliding npo3
eqnals 130232 weeks 3 days 13 honrs 42 minaies. v;sh~sility,it 7~roaldhave heen possib!e to hold
'khese 3 clays 13 llours 12
bac!< from tkis passover on z. T1~1rsdaynight, mid it m a 7
11: 02 a.m., Salnrcla~r,Angust 30, take ol:e to a have been so held, I~iitthe e c c o u ~ tratl~crsny~ e sux-.do7-;;-n,
Tuesday at 9: 50 p.m. i8'01~7it is desired to ga gests that it 7vas held s o m ~ t i afte:
d
baclc 139,252 :T7eelis (mkiich are 974,624 days) next thereafter, cli the sa'35ath ~ I - i c l hi ~ then
fiolll 9: 5s
~
~ ~ug.st ~26,1924~B-D, heg~m.
~
Tlie
2 se-ren
~ deya' ~f e a S r;f, ~;rl!ec:ve~cd
P~~~ 745 ~ . cto, 1924 A,D. there are 2,668 b r e d began, accordicg to the im;, 6.1 i!:e 15th
pears. ~h~~~
c,,ntnin 2668 365 days of 'i:'a~onili~Li;ll:ir7~~;;.,
L;i,'e T.7, E~ielzlc6ay No.
(973.830), 26 x 2d lea^ days in the 26 u~brolren IZS:23W (Snncl.~y,>Izy 81,r.nd ikcy rccesz~rilg
centuries (624.),6 lea;] days in tiIe present tea- ended on a sezond salibnth; arid all rectl-i~cl
tLlry, 11 ill the e;ir,hth celltury B,S,, a12d 6 qUELd- S C C ~a hl.11ssing froin Jehovnh God thct they
r e n ' - ~ ; ~ eover
r i for yet .notl;er ITCC!;.
:neir
TicelZtesirfi~
lcn9
day?: total days ill 2669
vcntio",
Ihe~efore,
like
that
a
t
thr
s!?dicetic;n
974,1(j7. T!;~ JC5irrd day is 974224- 974367,
xr:lich is -J 57,Idajrs b A cfrom
~
~ + ~ ~ ~ of~ the
t , temple,
2 5 ~ seems to hn4-e lasted over i l ~ r c c
sabbaths;
it ended cli G o d s d ~ : lLife
,
28,Ede:.:ic
li'he sllsm-er is that in the first yt,r of
kiall's reign
new nlaon ~ 0 s . 2 50 N., ,+- d " go+
~ 1299150 (Seturdas~,Jiiay 21)
day, Edeqt2.u~cky N o I 119u0091q G o d ' s na??zt,%X o .
-2OGO5,
E.B. 727 (9 : 59 p.i~i.,Tuesday, March 22, X7hst G a l e a d ~ rDccs God Zrse?
-145 B.C.).
Tliis iienl about IFezcBiah is set oat h s o ~ e
I n the year 1925 A.D., March 22
cor:sidernhle
detail, to+ether with the cnka1.comes 011 a Fri,-JZy. Referencc to the sis-ifioutions,
bcczuoe
f k provldcs yet one more surFand-J7ear c21e11dar
368 of N ~4 ,~ 4 sho~7s
)
prising
pro01
of
the masllcr in whish Jehovah
-that in the year l y B.R.
~
('745 B.C.) the d2te
God
ccnzcd
His
'faithful 7+-itl?essill 'the heavllamed
have failen oll a '8iaesday; iT-hicll
ens'
to
bear
record
01 the reliability of I-Iis
shows that tlie aasx7er is correct.
-Word.
I1
the
Devil,
or
any of his tlieo!ogians,
veryTITell. ~h~ first mollt;l was
ill
had
had
anything
to
do
of
44 ~ o L l r s
~
! np tile~
~
~
i wit11~the movcmel~t
~
~
the
moon
throilgh
the
heavms,
110
such
record
temple, therefore, begen on tlle mornillRof
M a lz s d n y, Bedenzptiolz 1, Er!e+tic d n y NO. 7v0n1d 'Om be
1199093, B.R. 17'7 (Friday, March 25, 74%B.C.).
The prime fuctors are 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 s 7 x 551.
7

-7

"For the invisible things of him froni the

creation of the world are clea-fly seen, being
understood hy the things that are made." So
says one faithful ~mitnessof Jehovah. (Ttomal~s
1:20) "The heavens declare the glory of God ;
alid the firmanlent sheweth his Siai~dy~~~ork.
Da>nnto clay uttereth speech, aild night unto night
shemeth B~io-cvledge. There is no speech nor
language, where their voice is not heard. Their
line is gone out through all the earth, and their
words to the end of the world. I n then1 hath
he set a tabernacle for tlie sun." (Psalm 19:
1-4) TVho can doubt the precision, the exactitude, the \visdom, of the great Creator? The
daytime, the nighttime ; summer and winter ;
seedtime and harvest; year in, year out, follow
one another mith unfailing regularity. I s it not
reasonal~leto believe that the great Jehovah
v~ouldgive to His human creatures some reliable measuring "line" so their relationship to
tiine could be reliably recorded"2esus told His
disciples the day and the hour of His s e c o ~ d
coming ~~<r;ss
l<no~\-lionly to His Father. (Matthew 24: 36) If the Father kept record with
snch exactness, TI--hat calendar clid H e nse?
TJTonldHe be party to the caprice of the worshipers of heathen gods and recognize the days and
months named after these gods, or ~vouldHe
have the heavens show forth His handiwork?
T;ITonld their line (measuring cord) go out
throughout the earth3 I s it not reasonable to
believe that, with the time having conze for the
knowledge of Jehovah to cover the earth, His
method of recording the times and seasons
would be made l i n o ~ mto His people!

illen's bones upon them; and he returned to

Jerusalem. And the liing commanded all the
people, saying, Keep the passover nnto Jehovah your God [Exodus 12 : 22,231, as it is
written in this book 01 the covenant. Surely
there was not lcept such a pasmver from the
days of tlie judges that judged Israel, nor in
all tlie days of the kings of Israel, nor of the
kings of Judah; but in the eighteentli pear of
king Josiah was this passover liept to Jehovah
And like anto him was there
in Jernselem.
no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with
all his heart, and with all his soul, and mith all
his might, according to all the lam of Moses;
lleither after him arose there any like him."
-2 Rings 23 : 20-23,25, A.R.V.
I t -c~-illnow he of great interest to see 011 just
what day this passover occurred. The new
noon at that season rose at 1 2 : 1 9 N . , L i f e d a y ,
E d e ~ z i cd a y No. 1 2 3 0 6 7 (6: 19 p.m., TiTednesday, March 13, 641 B.C.). The month began
48 hours thereafter (Friday evening, March 15,
641 E.C.), and its fourteenth day was ICla~zsday,

...

R e d e ~ . r z p t i o n1 4 , E d e n i c d a y N o . 1237082, B.R.
673, beginning a t sundo11711 Thursday, Xarch 25,

641 B.C. Surely there conld be no hour lnore

appropriate to cornmenlorate the passover than
the same hour and the same day of the week
in nhich the Lord himself last 01,served it? a i d
a t which time I-Ie instituted the new thing, the
memorial of His death in vindication of JehovaKs name. How does i t happen that in every
one of these instances it turns out that the
moon v a s snch a true and faithful witness?
I t does not happen. It was arranged. There
is an appropriateness about all these designaJosiah9s Great Passover
tions of particular days that cannot fail to inlThe next day definitely marked in the Scrip- press every person who loves God. Jehovah
tures is the great passover of Iiiag Josiah, at God ];new centuries in advance 11-hat ~17ouldbe
vhich time Josiah dest~oyedidolatry out of the day of the ~veek,as well as the day of the
Jndah. The reader should read the 22d and 23d month, when His first and best loved son ~ ~ o n l d
chapters of 2 Kings and note the vely consid- die a ransom for inany.
erable attention given to this subject in IToly
Writ. On account of its connection with the The Times of the Gentiles (Luke 24: 24)
feast of Jeroboam it would seem that this is
The seven (Gentile) tiines ended mith the
about to have its fulfillme:lt, in antitype, in placing of earth's rightful kiilg upon His throne,
"Christendom". After describing in detail the approximately L i f e d a y , Icing 1 0 , Edeqbic d a y
thorongh cleansing worli carried on under Jo- N o , ,2170097, Y.R. 1 8 8 2 (Thursday, October 1,
siah's direction (similar to that which Jehovah 1914). If they had begun esactly 2,520 years
God is no117 carrying on in the earth) the ac- previously they would have begun October 1,
count terminates :
607 B.C. But the T/TTorld War did not begin
"And he slew all the priests of the high places exactly on time. "The nations were angry"
that were there, upon the altars, and burned (Revelation 11:18), so angry that they conld

not wait nl~tilthe DeviPs lease h2d expired; the house of [Jehovah], and the king's house,
tl~ereforethe war begall some liine weeks ahead a n d all the houses of Jerusaleni, and every
of time. An approximate date is the bzst that great mail's lionse btlrnt he with fire. But it
can be exj?eeted on this item." The date 588 G.C. came to pws, in the seve~iihmonth, thzt Ishiri Oxford Bibles is riineteell years out of the mad, the son of Nethaciah, the son of Elisllanna,
way; the proper Gate for the followillg passage of the seed royal, came,
ten men with him,
is 687 KC., hitherto generally spoken of as alid smote Gedaliali, that he died, and the Jews
being tlie beginning or" tile year 696 E.C. ( 1 3 0 ~ -2 n d thc C'haldee's that \\-ere ~ ~ i lllirn
l i at SBizpah.
ever, the assumptioll that the trne begi~ming A n d all the people, both sli~a!l and great, ancl
of the year is ill the fall is erroneous. The the captains of the armies, arose, slid came to
items are properly placed in 607 B.C., and Egypt: for they were afra-id of the Chaldees."
i?ice!y sho~vthe znger of the nations ahead 0-f (2 ICmgs 25 :2,3,8,9,25,26) There the seventy
time, 2,520 years subsequently, as the tiil?les of years desolation of Judsh and Jcrusalern began.
the Gentiles were drawing to a close.)
Ill the year 607 B.C. the lie117 moon nearest
"And the city irks besieged unto thc clevenl!i the spring equinox rose 9: 23 hr.,Lifeday, Edclzyear of lcizing Zedekiah. And 011 the ninth day ic day No. 1249499, God's ?~aoazt?zATo. 42112,
of the fourth month the Pa~rlineprevailed in ze~?zaleyzti~zon;ATo. 3421 ( 3 : 23 a.m., Thursday,
t h e famine is noted
the city.
And in the lifkh month, on the Nafch 27). The day r~~hen
seventh day of tile 111011th
came Nebuzar- as having been severe, 2srlccilzsdc!y, F ~ e e d o m9,
adaii, captain of the guard, a sarvxnt of the E d e ~ z i cd n g No. 1249596$ (Friday, July 41, is
king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: and he burnt interesting, as it was about this time (in 1914,

...

...

* "But, as above observed, the procf shows that I t was a t this climax of the experiences of the church
the tlirce and one-lialf times of Daniel began at thc 'when he [Satan the enemy, by and through his agen'time of the end7, to wit, October 1, 191k At that cies] accomplished [that is to say, completed and
time there mere on tlic earth a number of persons Blished] tile ~ r o r kof sccrtte~ingthe power of God's
ccnsecrated to God aild nr:lclly devoted to his cause. .holy people7. This w o ~ kv a s the micked expression
Tlicy had entirely separated themselves from and of Satan, who had been expelled from heaven and
broken off all alliaiice with x~orldly organizations. \rl?o mas wroth with God's holy people.-Revelation
They were putting forth their best endeavors to 1 2 : 13-17.
preach the truth of God's liingdom. The Scriptur?~ "As mzny of the numerals in 'Revelation appear
and the facts then, aud those which follow, show to be literal, even so the same appears to be true in
that this class exactly fits the prophct's descriptioa the prophecy of Daniel. According to Eiblical inethod
of 'the holy people'.
of calculation of time, a year of 360 days is 'a time'.
6 " ~ ~ s exactly
t
[-f] tliree and one-half literal years, Therefore, 'a time, times: alld an half,' or three and
or 1260 days, by Eiblical method of caiculation, aftm one-half times, is equivalent to 1260 days, or three
the time of the end, there begail, to wit, 1918, a great and one-half literal years. The beginning of this
persecution of these holy people of God. Early in period, which must be a t 'the time of the end7, to
February, 1918; ~r,aiiyof 'the holy pcol?le7, or God's wit, October 1, 1914, would necessarily eiid in the
anointed, in Canada were arrested and thro-m into spring of 1918. [?I The Scriptnral statement and the
prison. In the same month the hooks of account and physical facts as they are \veil lmown to exist are
private papers of the Society's office at Brooklyn therefore exectly in harmony and show that 1260
headquarters were seized. A few days later the of- days are literal iil time and began October 1, 1914,
ficers of the Society at Brooklyn were arrested. They and ended practically the first of L4pril, 1918. "-The
were indicted at the instance of Satan's represent- TVatchtower, 1329, page 372.
atives and mere tried, convicted, and sentenced to
:Beginning e r a c t 7 l ~October 1, 1014, and ending e r a c t l ; ~
long terms of imprisonment, and were, on the 20th
1,260 literal clays thereafter, brings to &larch 14, 1915, the
day of June, 1918, confined in prison. At the same day
lien the Cnited States gorernrueut joined with the
time many others of like precious faith and devoiion
government of Canada in bannillg
publito God, and ill different parts of the earth, weye ar- catiol~s or the ~ \ ~ , t ~Tower
l,
Society. The storm raged
rested and irn~risoned. The main office of the So- around Christian literature (now no longer in print), exeiety was completely dismantled, all comnlunication tending, in some instances, evcn to Bibles and h y m n books,
between the main office and branch offices T V ~ Ecut and was the end, for that time, of religious freedom in
off, and the work of giving the witness to the truth
2 The prime factors are 2 x 7 x 7 s 41 x 311.
throughout the earth virtually and effectually stopped.

2,520 years later) t1la.t this war to give the liberty-loving peoples of the T e s t a larger and be tier
share of the "new freedom" Tras first seen as inevitable. The war turned out to be a lamine for
freedom, not a feast. Canada's kldependence
Day is a day ezrlier than that of the Uuited
States. Botll countries v e r e conspicuous in
their advocacy of and particip2.tion in the war
to make the world scckfe for democracies.
The day when Jerusalelll as clestroyed, iaeluding the temple, was the seventh day of the
7 , Edeqzic day
fifth month, L tf edo y, T7i.i~r/:icatioaz
No. 1249625," B.B. 639 (Thursday, July 31,
607 B.C.), generally regarded as about the day,
in 191-1, vhen the World TJTar broke out.
The day in the seventh month when the flight
of the Israelites (under Johanan) into Egypt
tool; place is not named. I n the year 1914 the
seventh month began wit11 moon No. 73486, rising, Jerusalem time, 6 : 02 N., Liglliday (12 : 02
a.m., Sunday, September 20). .hllo~ving for
visibility and proclanlatio~z the month began
Monday evening, Xepteillljer 21, and
at sando~~rn
its tenth day (ten is s g d o l i c of conlpleteness
with respect to things earthly) was, as ~vould
be expected, exactly October 1, when tlze world
mas provided with its new ruler, Christ Jesus,
who mill des'iroy every vestige of Satan's empire. (See page 432, 7 2-4.)
I t is really astounding, the way in which all
those dates, back there, 2520 years before 1964,
n-ere timed with such accuracy and such approprintelless to their fnifillments. Only the hand
of God could have so arranged. These things
particularly, that is, the "times and seasons",
He put entirely in His own power, not taliing
anybody into His confidence, but leaving the
record in the moons so that all may r,ow read
it clearly.

comni:~uded unto theni, continually before [Zeh o ~ a h."]

When Soloillon had determined to build the
telnple, he m o t e to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, in part: "Behold, 1 arn about to lsuild a
house for the name of Jehovah my God, to
dedicate it to hini, 2nd to hurn before hill1 inccnse of sweet ~picee,and for the continual
siio~~bread,
and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the
flew moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah
our God. This is an ordinance for ever to
1-srae1."-2 Chroiiicles 2 : 4, A.R.B.

Exd sf Seventy Yeare of Desclati~n

I t E:~rdly seems necessary to say i!iat the
seve~ltyyears of desolation eizcld se-,,s?ityyears
9
lroln the time they began. As they begall ill
the year 607 B.C., they ended in the autumn of
537 B.C., at the time which xTas fornlzriy (incorrectly) called the beginning of the year 536
B.C. Only one event in 537 B.C. c l ~ i ~ nattcns
tion, i.e., that "from the first day of the seventli
~iiontll"burnt offel-iags were iriade to Jehovah
a t Jerusalem by tlze restored re~lznant. (Ezra
3 : 6) I11 the year 537 the nem- moon nearest the
spring equinox (hTo.43178) rose, astronomically,
a t 3: G9 p.m., Saturday, April 3. The seveiltli
moon of that year, No. 43184, rose a t 7 : 33 p.m.,
IlIonday, September 27. The first day of the
seiwntll 1:iontli (Lifedny, Xiqzg 1, 569 B.E.)
began a t sundown Wednesday, 47 hours thereafter, and erded at sundown T'hursdaj-, Xepteiziher 20. This may be taken as a h i i ~ tfrom
J ~ h o v a hGod that the legal end of the desolatilt:; rule of Satan was the last day oil his month
of Xeptenzber, 1914.
The movenlents of Ezra can bc traced "in
the seventh year of .hrraxerxes the king9' (Ezra
'7: 71, non- k n o ~ ~to~ have
i l bee2 the year 500 B.E.
'The New Moons , by Number9'
(458 B.C.). "For upon the first day of tile first
Readers have noticed that T h e Golden A g e month began he to go up from Bab~-1011,alld
has numbered the moons from creation f orward : on the first d,zy of the fifth month came he to
this makes an excellent method of identifica- Jerusalem, acccrding to tile good hand of his
tion, good for the purposes of history. There God up011 him." (Ezra 7: 9) The new moon
seems to be a possible hint that this course nearest bhe spring equinox ihai year rose a t
would be proper in God's sight, in 1 Chronicles 11:21 N., Sta.1-dcry, E d e n i c day No. 1300262,
God's mo?zth No. 44031 (5 : 21 a.m., TJTednesday,
23: 31, which reads as follo~vs:
March
22). The nex7 year, and the first nionth
"Offer all burnt sacrifices unto [Jehovah],
s
f
the
new
year, began about 37 hours subsein the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the
quently,
and
i t call be said with confideilce that
set feasts, by number, according to the order
Ezra began his trip to the contact point a t
the river Ahava on Mansday, E d e ~ ~ idca y ,
* The grime factors are 5 x 5 x 5 s 13 x 769.

..

No. 1300264" (Friday, March 24), ushering in

week No. 185752.
"Then we departed from the river of Ahava,
on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto
Jerusalem." (Ezra 8: 31) The journey proper
tvas begun Earthday, Redemption 12, Edenic
day No. 1300275, B.R. 500 (Tuesday, April 4,
468 B.C.). Ezra arrived a t his destination 107
days after leaving Ahava, i.e., reached Jerusalem on Lifeday, J7i1zdicatio9z 1, Edenic dliy
No. 1300352 (probably about the beginning of
that day, sundown Wed., July 19).-Ezra 7 : 9.
"And we canie to Jerusalem, and abode there
three days" (the day of arrival and tv7o snbsequent days, including the sabbath). "Now on
the fourth day [Lightday, Vindicatiovz 4,Edevzic
day No. 1300385 (beginning at sundown Saturday, July 22)] was the silver, and the gold, and
the vessels, weighed in the house of our God
by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the
priest; and with hiin was Eleazar the son of
Fhinehas; and with them was Jozabad the sola
of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnni, Levites; by nulnber and by weight of every one:
and all the weight was ~ ~ r i t t eatn that time.
Also the children of those that had been carried away, 11-hich were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the Cod of
Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and
six rams, seveaty and seven lambs, twelve he
goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt
offering unto [Jehovah j ." (Ezra 8 : 31-35) 31though the account does not stipulate that this
great burnt offering of the people mas made
"upon the first day of the week" ( 1 Corinthians
16: 2), yet the record of God's '(faithful witness
in heaven" discloses that it toas made 011 that
day, and that accounts for the delay on the part
of Ezra and his companions for three days so
that the offerings could be made at the appropriate time.
Ezra's Further Activities
One of Ezra's tasks mas the breaking up of
the mixed marriages with the heathen women
of the land, entered into by certaiii Israelites.
"It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day
of the month; and all the people sat in the street
of the house of God, trembling because of this
matter, and for the great rain." (Ezra 10: 9)
This conference u7as c a 11 e d for Earthday,

.* Prime

factors are 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 31 x 107.

Order 20, Edenic day No. 1300520," B.R. 500

(Tuesday, December 5, 468 B.C.),
"And Ezra the prieet, with certain chief of
the fathers, after the house of their fathers,
and all of them by their names, mere separated,
and sat down in the first day of the tenth
month to examine the niatter [ten days after
the date last named]. And they made an end
~vitliall the men that had taken strange wives
by the first day of the first month." (The session lasted three months, beginning Mansday,

Logos 2, Ede~ovic dug No. 1300530,t week No.

185790 [Friday, December 151, and ending
E a r t h d a y, Bedenzptiojz 1, Edenic day No.
1300618, B.R. 499 [Tuesday, Xarcli 13, 467
B.C.] .) (Ezra 10 : 16,17) The chronicle of Ezra,
written with references here and there to the
days of God's months, now beconies a diary
which can be read with accuracy and therefore
with added zest and enjoyment.
A Glimpse at Nehemiah's Diary
The last date, prior to the time of Christ,
that is "thrust forth by the moons" through
the Scriptures is '(the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king"'. (Nehemiah 2 : 1) This year,
hitherto mentioned as 454 B.C. (by which was
meant the beginning of the year 454, on the
supposition that the true beginning of the year
is in the autumn), is now positively known to
be the year 45.5 B.C. In this article the time
of Christ's death will be exactly shown. That
event was midway of a week (of years) before
the full end of seventy such weeks (490 years)
which ended October 1, A.D. 36. (Daniel 9 : 2427) From the beginning of the year 455 B.C.
to the fall of A.D. 36 is 490y2 years, the 1/2 year
being ignored as ia the case of Jesus, who,
when 12% years of age, is referred to as 12.
Nehemiah was a great organizer and a great
worker. At the time of his first visit to Jerusalem he had but a brief leave of absence from
the court a t Shushan, 'Persia, bat managed to
get the wall of the city repaired by '"the twenty
and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and
two days". (Nehemiah 6: 15) The name "Elnl"
is of heathen origin; it refers to the sixth month
of the year. The date is located as folloms:
The new moon nearest the spring ecluinox rose
9 : 33

D,, Lifeday, Edenic day No. 1306016, B.R.

* The

factors are 2 s 2 x 2 x 5 x 13 x 2501.

$ The factors are 2 x 3 x 5 x 7 x II x 563.

467 ( 3 : 33 p.m., Thursday, March 2g8,455 B.C.).

The date desired is 174 days later, Xtarday,

Hope 25, Edenic day No. 1305190 (IVednesday,
September 18). Nehemiah's trip one way, in
those days, required four months. Now airplanes make it in a few hours, and l m d e r ~ e a t h
the way that he traveled runs, almost the 1~11019
distance, the largest pipe line in the world.
"And all the people gathered themselves together as one mall into the street that lT,7asbefore the v a t e r gate: and they spake unto Ezra
the scribe to bring the book of the law of Xoses,
~ i ~ h [Jehovah]
i~h
had colnmandecl to Israel. And
Ezra tlie priest brought the lam before the congregation bolh of men and women, and nl! that
cczld hear v i t h nnders:anding, upon the first
day of the seventh month." (Nehemiah 8: 1 , 2 )
This \iT.iason Eartlzday, ICi?zg 1, Edexic clay No.
1305196 (Tuesday, September 24).
As Ezra, oil tlie second day of the convent i ~ n ,read to the people, "they found m i t t e n
in the la^" (Nehemiah 8 : 13,14) the arrangement for eight holy days (Leviticus 23 : 39) to
be obeerved, hegiimiag ~ ~ - i the
t l i fifteellth of t h t
month, E ~ ~ t h c i c i yICz'z?zg
,
15, Ede:xic day Ho.
13052ZG (Tuesclay, October 8). The people a t
once expressed their desire and intent to vholly
obey Jehovah God. The last day of this holy
convocatlan I J - ~ S Earthdcy, Xi.l;zg 22 (Tuesday,
October 15). I n the next verse (Nehcmiali 9: 1)
there is ail eccou:zt of what took place on the
tventy-fourth day of tl-ic iiiontii, t ~ days
~ olater.
All ille days defiliiteiar menticned in the Scriptvres, down to the time of Christ, that can be
id2ntifiecl by rcfcrences :o the montl~(God's
monihs) have liom be211 lccated and discnssed,
aad a trne 2nd p e ~ f e c tc71ro3ology has 7sezn
fouizd ~ i ' c h~vhich,in dse t i r ~ ~all
e , his!o:y
vill
be fonnd 'LO be ill accord. Kot an item has been
fonnd, or could. be fo:niidl that is o ~ oft harmony with GoTs 'i'aithhi'nl x-itness i:i the heavens'. The 'preciocs t h i ~ g sthlust fort11 by ihe
moms' have been f o m d precions indeed; but
~ ~ o precious
s t
oP all are the 'chiags t!i2-t are
coming next.
'(Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from
the heavei~s:preise him in the heights. Praise
ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his
11ust. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise liim,
a:! ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens
of heavens, and ye waters that are above the
heavens. Let then1 praise the name of Jehovah."
-Isalni 148: 1-5, A.R.V.

Pn the Month Logos

I n the naming of the months in the calendar
of Jehovah God, the command of Jehovah seems
to properly apply: "Declare his doings among
the people, make mention that his name is exalted." (Isaiah 12: 4) Ainong all the doings
of Jehovah God for humanity, \&at call compare 11-ith His sending of the Eogos to be
man's Redeemer? Appropriately, therefore, this
rnoiith in which the Logos was seut is namsd
to comniemorate that act, and in grateful appreciation, also, of the Logos himself.
Quickly calcv.lating 29 days 12 hours 44 liiinutes for cach lanation froni the one nearest ilie
spring equinox, rneiltioned in the Lunation
Table, it appears that the new moon 171hieh was
to usher ill the 111o11!h Logos rose 3: 56 D., Godsday, Edenic da31 Fo. 14?03"58, God's nzorztlz it'o.
43791, B.R. 35 ( 9 : 56 a.m., Saturday, December 5, 3 B.C.). The new month b ~ g a na t sundo~i~li
32 hours later. The nineteenth day of
that lnonth Logos, Mansday, Ede~zicdr,y No.
147e7378 (Deceiliber 25), has arrived-day
of
trem+r~donsinlportance in heaven and in eartli.
The scene shifts to h'azareth. E l ~ s ~ b e t lwife
i,
o f cd~,.,ns.i.ias,
fqn7 c ~ a s i i iof Nary, still in the hill
conntz;- of Jadea, 1iTssthen in her sixth nionih,
carrying with her her blessing, her gift from
3eho~:ah God. The Logos. and
. Gabriel have received th2; grzal; collmlssnon: n o t l l i ~ glile it
IIF~.;
ever keen clsnie beiore, or ~villever be done
TTT
2!.g:::n.
,; hex Slat eomrxissio:~, accepted gladly,
. .
j~si2::tly acd v.~q~estionmgiy,
had been given,
thz Z8tL.r 'i:?en aild there '%sent the Soil to be
ti;? 8;2\rioi;r 01 the ST TOT^^)). He did iiot come
cf h;:meli': IIe Tras srnt; but He ~~::-@s
glad lo
c c z x ; gl2d to do ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ that
t l ~ i Vr iOg U ~reflect
~
l ~ ~ x ? cn rp n 1 5 s !~e~ven!yFather's name.
Zle caine, the Logcs, z.ccompanied by Gabriel,
f ~ o l l zthe conrts of heave;^ to the l o ~ ~ seelies
~ly
of earth. Tngct5er they located the hnail3le
ab,de of a trne %;id feithful voman, the axe
to 1~i-:?o:11they hcd 1:~eli sc-nt, It was on tlic
19th day of God's month No.49791; the heathen
c d l i t December 25; oiher heathen call it
Chiisl's mass. The Logos remained invisible;
Gabriel alone mziteriaiized in human form.
Gabriel came in and said to RIary, "Hail,
illox that a r t higlily favoared, tlie Lord is with
then: blessed a r t thou alzlong ~~~oiilen'';
what
follo~vedis a matier of history, recorded i n
the ilrst chapter of Luke. The evidence now
in hartd provides proof that i t mas on that

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SOLDEN AGE

BROOKLYN,
N. Y .

exact number of days that the Lord lived. He

was cut ofl in the midst of the last week (of
years) of the seventy 11-eeks determined upon
Jerusalern. ISe therefore lived to be exactly
33% years old, froni the moment of His birth
to the moment of ISis death.
I f it be true that not one sparrow falls
to the ground without your heavenly Father's
lnlowledge, how much more tlie clitical care
with ~vliilchall the details of the great Vindieaiion on Calvary ~17ereloolied after! The lionest-hearted will get a blessing from their coiifidelice in the Lord that so small a niatter as this
was not overlooked by Jehovah God. Ele macln,
the sun, and its years, and noti-ling is too small
to escape the notice of the One who niarks the
sparro r~.sfall.
"Aiid when the sixth hour was come, there
mas darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hoar. And a t the 1zi.;"2th
hotir J~SLIS
cried
with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lania sabachthanihvhich is, being in'ierpre-led, My God,
my God, ~ v h yhast thou forsaken me? And somp,
of them ihat stood by, when they heard it, said,
Behold, lie calleth Elias. And one ran and filled
The evidence herein seems to clearly prove a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed,
that the day of Christ's birth v a s Xing 3, Eden- and gave him to drink, saying, L e t a l o n e ; let
i c d a y No. 1470658, completing week No. 210094, us see whether Elias ~villconie to take him
God's ?,zonthNo. 49801, B.R. 34 (Oct, 1,B.C. 2). down. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, arid
I-le TI-asborn on a Mnqzsday (Friday), and died [expired]. And the vail of the temple 11-as rent
on the same day of the weelc, ~vhich,as will here- in twain, from the top -lo the botbom."-Afarls
inafter be shown, was B e d e ~ z p t i o n14, E d e ~ ? L c 13 : 33-38.
d a y No. 1482894,' eompleiing week No. 211842,
The accounts of jVIa'ithewaiid Luke also menGod's ' ~ I Z O I G ~ NO.
~L
5 0 1 5 , Pear of Rccnsom I tion the ninth hour ( 9 : 00 D.,3 : 00 p.m.).
(Friday, April 1, A.D. 33). The time of EPis
( a ) If the years of Jesus' lile are connied as
death was 9: 00 D. ("the ninth hour" of the day, ordinary calendar years, then E e lived 3335
3 : 00 p.m.). (Mark 15 : 34-37) This mas mid- x 263 days (12227.5 days), p h s the 9 leap days
ivay from the beginning of His ministry, about of B.G. 1 and A.D. 4,8,12,16,%0,24,28and 32;
OcC. 1, A.D. 29, to the conversion of Cornelius, total days, 62;236, and 12 hours. I n the 12,236
about October 1, A.D. 36. Jesus' ministry be- days there are just 1,748 weeks; aiid by this
gan on His thirtieth birthday, viheii P-Ie "began" reckoning Jesus was born on a i7fansday (Frito be thirty years of age, or, as the Diccglott puts day) a t 3 : 00 a.m. ; in other words, in the early
it (Luke 3: 23), ('And he, Jesus, mas about morning of October 1, Be@.2. This seems the
thirty years old when he began [his ~vorli]." most lilccly view. Jesus was born into Satan's
Jesus beiilg 3334 years old when He died, it is world (2 Corinthiaiis 4: 4; John 14: 301, and
manifest that the season in ~;hichHe mas born lived on earth while the vagaries ol tlie Roman
was a half year removed from that of the time calendar were in use.
of EPis death. Jesus was born at 3 : 00 a.m.,
(b) If the years of Jesus' life are couiited as
October 1.-Daniel 9 : 26,27.
years of God, i.e., each 365.2422 days in length,
There is a nice point in determining the then the days of I-Pis life were 12225.6137, or
alniost a day less than in the paragraph above.
* This number is made up of 7 s 2 s 3 x 3 x 3 s 3923, and By the latter calculation Ele was born at 12: 16
n7ill probably be found sometime to have deep significance.
a.n~.a day later, i.e., Godsday (Saturday), OetoThe sum of the digits of 3923 i s 10 -4-7.

day, aiid probably within a second froni the

time Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the
Lord; be it unto me according to tliy word,"
that the Logos "made himself of no reputation, aiid took upon him the form of a servant,
and 11~asmade in the likeness of men". "Though
he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might Ise rich."
-2 Corinthians 8 : 9.
Then and there the Logos dilicsted himself,
laid aside the royal livery of heaven and entered
iiito the tiny cell which Jehovah God had prepared for PIim. The Father closed the door
sof'c1.r and the Logos slept ; and in ihat cunnilig
ehanlber in which all humanity were fashioned
the One that hzd nlade all thirlgs, and 'without
~i.homnot allything was made that nras made',
experiezlced great changes in His organism ; and
they \vent on in AIarp's too, until the early
morning, 280 days later, when she held in her
arms her owii hope of life eternal, a l ~ dthe hope
of a11 the rest of humankind, "hope of earth
a,nd joy of heaven," the Lord Jesns.

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her 2, B.C.2. Both views are presented, so {hat ers of this magazille are the first in the world
the reader may take his choice, But there are to bnoiv this most precious of all the ancient
reasons dov:i?i in A D . 1914 to believe that tile things ~-hich Jehovah God has thrust forth
view preseizted in (a) agrees best vit'n the logic through the moons. Beeourse is had to the
eclipse cyc!es, to be as exact as possible.
cf later events.
m
ahe r,est point of special interest is vhen
Jesus' last clays were spent uiider moon No.
a-ad's boy had come to the age of 12;b years. 5021Zj removed by 105 eclipse cycles of 223
lllooiis each froni So. 735.30, its counterpart,
Meantime "the child went; on groring? and \:.oxing s t r o ~ g bc-coming
,
filled \~i!;h\+-isdomj aiid whicli please see in the Lniintion Experience
the favour of Gocl was rip011 it. Ancl hie parents Tabla a~:dthe rcha~t.This moon, No. 50215, rose
used to jorrriiep yearly :into Jernsalem, at- the at I :22 D.,L i fcday, Edei~zic day A70. 14829'79
feast of the passover. And when he bec'alne 47: 22 a.m., Thursday, ?:!arc11 17, A D . 33).
s 29 days
t\\-elve years, a116 they went up, according $0 'ieference to tile table s h o ~ ~it ~TT;as
the cnstoln sf the feast, and conlpleted the ;XPC 693 lninutes to the nest in succession, No.
days, and then were returning, the I:oy Jesus :sUT'lG, one-half of ~vhichamount of tinie is 14
ren~aiiieclbehind in Jerusalem, and his p2rent.s c!a~s 17 hours and 47 minutes. The Incon unJesus TvT-ascruciiied, therefore, was
der \~-;-!~ich
noticed it not."-Luke 2 : 40-43, Rotlierha.nz.
a.t
its
full
at
7 : 05 AT., Pdal~sday,Redenzptiogz 14,
Using the eclipse cycles, to locate the temple
ilicidelli as closely as possible, moon No. 49955 Xdelzic dny N O , 1482894 (1: 05 a.m., Friday,
was the eoniiterpa.rt of No. 73593 in the L~ana- April 1, A.D. 33). Fourteen hours later that
tion Experience Taljlc, \:-hi& please see. Bild d a r Jesus v-as dead; the battle -was fought and
106 eclipse cycles of 223 mooils each take one mum. The T'indicator had done ~vhatHe came
baelr to 5 : 43 AT., Godsday, E d e s ~ i c day Ayo. to earth tc do, aiid \\-hat He did v a s in itself
1475201, B.R. 21 (11 : 43 p.m., Friday, Earch 9, a great viadicatioli of Jehovah's v-ord and name.
A.D. 12), a t whicl~time the nev moon rose under whicli Jesus and His parents went to Jern- Calendar of the Lore&'sLast Dags
salem to the passover and sulssequei~tfeast.
Thc Jev-ish feast of the passover, held on
The new month and new year began 36 hours the fourteenth of the first month, xTas therelater, On the 14th day the passover was cele- al'tcr follox-ed by seveii days of unleavened
brated in the early hours of Lightclay, Rede~szp- bread. These seven days of unleavened bread,
ti092 14 (Saturday evening, Jda.rch 24). The iii the mind of iiiost J e ~ s seen1
?
to have been
fcast of nnleavelied bread began the nest eve- ;he important thing. The? occurred on the 15th
ning, and lasted seven days, e ~ d i n ga t sundovn to the 21st of the molith, inelusis-e. The 14th,
(Smiday evening, April 1).
the day of Christ's death, was referred to as
The three days in t~liichJesus as !eft be- c t t ILal , dajr of the preparation". (Matthew 27 : 62 ;
hind mere &-ea.ies.zday, EEnl-272day aild !Stct~dny, Tinire 23: 54) See footnote, Erlzplzatic Diaglott,
.Recle?~?,pt.io./~.
22-2&, B.B. 21 (RIoaday, Tuesday conlment cn Lnlie 2 : 43 : "Eight days, cf nhich
2nd IT7ednesdaj, April 2-4, A.D. 12). Ko doubt the fezst of the Passover was one, and the rest
some of the very doctors of the law ~vitliwhom vere the seven days of unleavened bread."
Jesus tallied. on H e m e n d n y , Redemptio~z 2.2
TJ71aen, therefore, one reads, "Then Jesns, six
(Monday, April 2); were rejoicing 21. solar years davs before the passover, came to Bethany," and
Flater? to the very day, that Jesus mas then si- ( Clhere
they made him a supper", the proper
is that He came in the daytime,
lent hl t.he tomb. At the end of the &fillenniuni m~derstax~ding
they mill get a chance to see v.-hat they missed. not of Godsday, lout of Licjhtdn?~,Rede?nption 9,
E d e gz i c day N o . 1482889, Y.R. 1 (Sunday,
The Time of Jesus' Death
March 27, A.D. 33), and thst the supper a t
Of great interest to readers of T h e Golden which Mary lsroke upon Him the alabaster 93ox
A g e is it to know the time when Jesus could of ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair,
looli up to the One who had sent Him and cry was in the closing hours of Lightday, Bcdempout, in the place of the sinner R e came to re- tiow 9 (Sunday, March 27). John 12 : 1-11 may
deem, "Xy God, my God, ~vhyhast thou for- ilolT be read with added zest.
The story continues (John 12: 12) that "on
saken me?" and shortly thereafter b o ~ vHis dear
head and meekly say, "It is finished." The read- the next day", Heccve+zday, occurred the tri-

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GOLDEN AGE

u~illdlalentry, which is therefore identified a s

liavii~gtaken place in the daylight hours of
liTeace?zday, Redcynptio~z 10, Edeliic day No,
2482890 (Konday, March 28). There God's
paschal Lamb mas selected for sacrifice. (See
John 12 : 12-15 ; Matthew 21 : 1-11; Marl; 11: 110; Luke 19: 29-44.) This is the day on which
Jesus wept over Jerusalem and declared i t
shoald be leveled to the ground. (Luke 19: 4144) "And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and
into the telllple: and when he had looked round
about upon all things, and now the eventide
was come, he went out unto Bethany with the
11: 11.
twelve."--Mark
"And on the morrow, nhen they n7ere come
fro111 Bethany, he was hungry." (Marli 11: 12)
I t takes considerable food to supply the needs
of twelve active men, and apparently rations
were short or n~issingfor Jesus and His followers on the morning of EartT~day,Recle9izpti013 11, Ecleqzic day No. 1482591 (Tuesday,
March 29). Some of Jehovah's people today
are familiar with the sensation of hunger which
led to Jesus' prophetic act. (Verse 13) It was
on this day that the second cleansing of the
temple occurred. "And when even ~ 7 a scome,
he went out of the city."--Marli- 11: 19. (See
Luke 19 : 45-48 ; Ilatthe~v21 1: 12-16 ; Marli 11:
14-18.)
"And in the morning rStnrdny, Redemption 12, Erleliic day h70,1282892 (TVednesday.
Ifarch 30)], as they passed by, they saw the
fig tree dried up from the roots." (Matthew
21 : 20-22 ; Mark 11: 20-25) On this day Christ's
authority was challenged by the chief priests
and elders (Matthew 21 : 23-27 ; Marli 11: 27-33 ;
Lulre 20: 1-8) ; I3e spoke the parable of the certain man who planted the vineyard (Mark 12 :
1-12; Lulie 20: 9-19) ; a~lsmered the question
about the tribute to Caesar (Matthew 22: 1540) ; spoke about the wornan who had seven
'husbands, and which is the greatest coilimandmerit (1,Iarli 12 : 13-34; Luke 20: 20-40) ; asked
whose son is Christ (Matthew 22 : 41-46; Mark
12 :35-37 ; Lnlie 20 :41-44) ; gave His condemna,tion of the clergy (Matthev 23 ; Mark 12 :38-40 ;
Eulie 20 : 45-4fj; contrasted the ostelltatious
rich with the noor humble widow v h o gave her
all. (Mark 12 -41-44; Luke 21 : 1-4) On7his day
Jesus said His hour was come, and on it the
Father spoke to Hiin audibly from heaven.
( J o h n 12: 20-36) On this day the Jews turned
,away from Him, refusing to accept Him (John

12: 37-30) ; on this day 11-as the great propl~ecy

spolieii regarding the end of the n-orld (Matthew 24 and 25 ; 26 : 1 , 2 ; Mark 13 ; Luke 21 : 538)) ; and on this day Judas made his bargain
with the chief priests. (Jlatt!le~v 22 : 1-5, 14-16;
X a r k 14: 1,2,10,11; LuBe 22 : 1-6) One can
hardly imagine the amount of nervous ener-gy
used up in sue11 a strenuous day.
On Lifeday, Rede?~zptlo;z13, Edegzic day No.
148289.3 (Thursday, March 31), the disciples
prepared for the passover, and that night, after
sundown, there was the last supper (Matthew
26 : 17-30 ; 3Iarli 14: 12-26 ; Luke 22 : 7-30 ; John
13: 1-30), and Jesus gave His intimate follo117ers His farewell discourses (Matthew 26 : 31-35 ;
Mark 14: 27-31; Luke 22 : 31-38 ; John 13 to 16
inclusive) and the last prayer.-John 17.
On that same day, i.e., &lalfzsday, Zede?nptiolz 14, Edenic day No. 1482634, Y.R. I (Friday,
April 1,A.D. 33); there was the agony in Gethsemane (J?Tatthe\v 26 : 30-46 ; Mark 14 : 26-42 ;
LuBe 22 : 39-46 ; John 18 : I), the betrayal and
arrest (Matthew 26 : 47-56; Mark 14 : 43-52 ;
Lulie 22 : 47-53; John 18 : 1-12)?the trial before
the Jewish authorities (Matthew 26: 57 to 27:
10 ; Mark 14 : 53-72 ; Luke 22 : 54-71 ; John 18 :
12-27), the trial before Pilate (Matthew 27 : 1131 ; Mark 15 : 1-20 ; TJulre 23 : 1-25 ; John 18 : 28
to 19: 16), and, of course: the crucifixion and
burial.
0
1
1 Godsday, Redenzptio~z15, Edenic day No.
1482895 (Saturday, April 2), the priests and
the Pharisees had their watch posted a t the
Savior's tomb.-Matthew 27 : 62-66.
On Lightday, Rede~zptiogz16, Edeqzic day No.
1482696 (Sunday, April 3), Jesus mas raised
from the dead (Matthew 28 : 1-10 ; Mark 16 :
1-11; Eulce 23 :56 to 24 : 12 ; John 20 : 1-18), and
the watch reported their unsuccessful efforts
to keep Him in the tomb (Matthew 28 : 11-15) ;
Jesus tooli the walk to Emiliaus with tv70 of
His disciples (Mark 16 : 12,13; Lulie 24: 13-35),
and that night appeared to the disciples, Thomas
being absent.--Marli
16 : 14 ; Lulie 24 : 36-43 ;
John 20: 19-25.
Life and Visitment
A~valienedfronl the sleep of death on the
day last above named, Jesus "shewed himself
alive after his passion, by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days". (Acts
1:3) Therefore His ascension into heaven

took place on Lifeday, Life 24, Ede~zicday No.

1482935 (Thursday, May 12). B a d Jesus not
ascended into heaven and there presented the
evidence of His perfect work on man's behalf,
God's gift of life to fallen man \;~ouldhave bnen
held in akeyance. All hope of life for inan rests
i n the fact that Jesus h i s h e d i11 every respect
ihe ~vorl;the Father gave EIim to do, a:d this
included IIis ascension on high as x:ell as ITis
death. A dead Sc2vior ~ ~ o u be
l d a great tesii~nonialof love, but a risen and esaltecl Savior
means life to a dead and dyiag world.
Tell days later, a t Pentecost, Lig7&7nj9Visitaneq~t 6, Edenic day h70. 1482945 (Xn1ida;r-,
May 22), the holy spirit was poured out upon
the !i~ticcompany waiiing for it a t Jerusalex.
The name V i c i l ~ z e n tis applied to this nionth
because of this great event. See in tha concordance the maax, many times in x-hich God promised to v k i t Ris professed ~ e o p l e ,efiher for
good or for ill. This word may be uecd in respect to either Bind of r i s i i ; in this case, how
gracious and kind!
T h n , of the tliirtee:~ n:onths that m . 7 go
to make np o m of the years cf J e L o i - d ~God,
f o ~ ~Eedenipt
r,
imz, Llic., Visii?:ze$zt alld Logos
are ~laniedafter the cloings of God 2t the time
of the first advent of :he Lord Jesus Christ.
The other montl;s are ~a:iied aLrl;e~His doi:??~
in the last t h r e c s ~ c r ep a r s . Hn ti13 interim
little of real co::seqcc~:e ocznrred.

issue of The Watclitower appeared. Not only

are the contents of T h e Waichtotuer different,
and o ; ~a f a r higher plane than of any other
journal i11 the worlcl, but the Lord's poor have
always been able to get it without money and
without price, iilerely by asking for it once a
year. Studies in the Divine JTord, appearing
from issue to issue in T h e TF'utc7~to:oe1;often
find their way, later, into important books on
Bible subjects. The readers of T h e JVatc3z:'ower
get the truths first, and later on the s a x e truths
get to the general public.
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(Tuesday, May 25, A.D. 1926), a t London, Englal:d., there the 1335 days e~idedand there b,,opal1
the great era of blessedness spoken of by Danicl the prophet. This blessedness was marked
IJV a testimony to the rulers that Jehovah God
has placed His chosen One upon His tlirone.
Orde-s---I CosinkChF'ans IS: 40
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Lord's ~ v c r kmight be prosecuted in an orderly
niazlner in "the earth, the Watch Tonrer Bible
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k
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01-dei- 21, Edenic day No. 22552zd, Y.B. 1952
(S~z'inrda;y,Gecelxl~er13, 1884). Back ill the
days of Judges, the Bible says of the simple
pastoral people that then eonstrtl~tedJehova!l's
pco::le,
ev6ry man did that, ~~;\.!!ich
v,-as right in
!;_is OT-meyes." But those thnt then lived in
Cal1an11 v e r e not entrnsted vi-kh a world-\vide
~ ~ ; t n e sTT-ork.
x
Scch a course ~ o v ; monld i:e
m r ~ s t e f ~disorderly
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The ~ { ~ f ~ & f o ~ ~ , n ~ - ~ / i s i g ~ ~ ; e ~ t
FV
~ i oight
~ e of dal.l;ncss that settled do~.;.11npon
\x;orJd ~ { i i lthe
. ~ death of the ,~pc~e!;les
hegall
to be lifted on _i;c.rthday, Visit:~;ej~t
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address The TVatch T o ~ ~ cBrooklyn,
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Tile "Day of Zehovah", "That Day," the
and request a sample copy. The jonrnal is devoted entirely to t11e vii~dicationof God's name. "Great Day of God Almighty", began with H:s
A11 its studies in the Scriptures are to that placing Efis Son upon Bis throile, and colizend. It should be in the home of every reader riiissloning Kirn to rule in the midst of His
of T72e GoLde72 Age, and, indeed, of every child enemies. While the Bible is fnll of pictnres
of God. The month V*isii,nzeqtiis also appro- representing that epoch, which reaches from
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the earth d o t ~ ~ton and including Armageddon,

yet none seem to represent i t better than Moses'
erl+andto Egypt, so forcefully preseilted in the
book Je7~ovn7z.
AIoses, in Egypt, delivering the Israelites,
humbling Pharaoh and bearing witness to the
approaching vindication of God's name, represents the Lord Jesus, through IIis organization visible and inr~isible,doing the same thing,
on a colossal scale. The serving of notice 011
Pharaoh, and the subsequent pouring out of
the plagues, engaged Moses and Aaron for 21
days." Christ Jesv.s has beell reigning in the
inidsi of 1 3 s enemies 20% years. The antitypical plagues, however, did not begin until
after the corning of the Lorcl to His temple, izl
ihe spring of 1918. Everything indicates that
Armageddon is very near.
I t vill be a pleasure, now, for Jehovah's people to hastily sketch some of the principal items
that have gone to make up the Day ol: Jehovah
and to ol~servehow appropriately the names
selected for the relnainiilg n~onihsof the year
agree with the things that Jehovah God, through
His Field ldarshal, and His organiz~tion,has
been doing within that period.
Iiip2g

: .1

Throughout the Elijah period of the activities

of Jehovah's o r g a i ~ i z ~ t i oin
n the esr'cl~,there
was repeated insistence of expectation of a
great change to take place October 1,1914. Ho-\iwell that expectation ~ v a sbased upon the Scriptnres is clearly a p ~ a r e n tfrom comments 011
pages 423-425 of this issue on "The Times of
the Gentiles".
I t is now coted that the ICixg came on Ma~qsday, Riwg 3, E d e ~ z i ed a y No. 247OG.58, 23.22. 34
(Friday, October 1, E.C. 2). That was the day
that H e n7as bol-a. "Pilate thererore said unio
him, A r t thou a king then1 Jesus ansvered,
Thou sayest that I a n a liinq. To this end ~ v a s
12101.12, and for this cause came I into the 11-orld."

"Others have fancied the ~ l n g u e s estendod over long

i n t e r ~ a l s ,months or even up to Z!1 years, but the
view, i.e., that Jehovah God was there to delioer IIis people
and to absolutely crush all oppositioil by continued a ~ i d
ever-increashg pressure. seems alucl? more reasonable, especiallg in rieiv of tile fact that the expression "tomorrow"
occurs so repeatedly in tlin account. Exodus 5 : 7 : "And
Moses was fourscore years old
nhen [he] spalre unto
Phnr,toh," conpleci with the f ~ c tthat he died just forty
years (lacking 16 days) afterwards, proves tllat tile plagues
all occurred in less than two montlls up t o the passorer in
the spring of 1516 B.C.

.. .

(John 18 : 37) Christ became earth's righteous

ruler 1915 years fro111 the day He was born.
I n other words, the long anticipated Hope of
the World began Ilis reign on Lij'eday, E d e n i c
doy No. 2270097 (Thursday, October 1, A.D,
1914). It is from that date that the 1260 days
of Dal~iel12 :7 begin to count.
Because i t is the reign of Christ Jesus that
coas'iitu'ies the Second Presence or Pal-ozisia,
i t -nvould seen1 to be not improper to say that
the Secoiid Advent occurred on L i f e d a y , Rivzg 20,
Edenic d a y N o . 2170097, Y.B. 1662 (Thursday,
@ctober 1, A.D. 1914), under moon No. 72486.
IZe c a n e to bring life to man; B e came as man's
Kiqzg; H e came to perfectly fulfill His ogice a s
t!:e appointed Ruler of the earth, as the synlbclisin of 10 indicates. Ezekiel 21: 27 shows
that when Jesus comes God gives Him the
ICingdoin. Before that coming God did 11ot disclose the day or the hour.
Under moon No, 73548, S t a r d a y , K i ~ z y 6 ,
Edegzie d a y N o . 2lYl923, Y,R. 1887 (Wednesdey, October 1, A.D. 1919), the first issue of
Tibe Goldezz A g e was published. I t has always
beell true to the King, e~rtlz'sbright and morning Siar. Some -\vj11notice the "6" and remark
that T h e Goidea A g e is not quite perfect yet;
yes, but the Lest possible nnder the eircumsta~lces.I t s col~amns,also, are full o l hope for
distressed 1inmani:y.
Under ixoorz No. 735'72, Godsdr;.,;~,Riazg 28,
Edezzie d n y No. 2172654, Y.3. 185'9 (Saturday,
October 1, A.D. 1921)) T h e E a r p of God was
published. I t is a l?ook 01 Bod, a bock of the
I<lng, now in iis 6,000,000 ediiioil, in 22 languages. What hope and comfort it has brought
to millions can liardly be estimated. I11 instances, even clergymen have said of this aorli that
it is the inost 11-onrlerful book thcy have read.
uncler moot1 No. 7364'7, G o d d a y , Xi:zg 4,
Edezz-lc d a y N O . 2174845, Y.R. 1895 (SrCurday,
October 1, 1927), Creatioqz mas published, one
of the most valuable of aids to a comprehension of Cod's purposes ; a ~ e rect
f hamlonizatioil of science and the Bible. I n i n s t c ~ ~ c ethis
s
~17ork has been used as a tc::tlsooli ill lligh
schools, in i11e coal regions, zs the lllost scicntifie and reasonable rccord iu print as to Iiotv
the coal measures were laid do~vn.
Under moon KO. 73684, Godsday, IrTiag 3,
Edenic d a y N O . 217.5937, P.R. 1896 (Saturday,
September 27, A.D. 1930), Light, Books One
(Co?zti?zz~edow page 443)

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T i

The Second Hand in the Timepiece of God

(Continued f TO??% page 438)
acd Two, were released, making the hitherto
mysterious Revelation of John as clear as the
s
the physical
noonday sun. These 5 - ~ r l i present
faets of the fulfillment of The Revelation, aad
show the things that 11l~st~ h o r t l ycome t~ pass.
Under moon No. 73696, Henveazday, Icing 2,
EdelzZc duy NO.2126289, P.R. 1899 (?,Ionday,
Septemlaer 14, A.D. 1931), tlie bool;let T h e 1Ci11gdom, t h e M o p e of the JT70rEd xent to the rulers
of earth.
can see the appropriateness of
this going out 011 g<il?g 2. I t contains the grave
l~lessagefor all who gorern that they must conle
squarely over on the Lord's side or perish in
Arniageddon.

and silver, that they may offer unto [Jeliova2l]

an offering in righteousness."-3Ia.lachi 3 : 1-3.
It is of great interest a t this julletnre to have
a little table of Jellovah's calendar f o r this period. Tile hours, except for the top line, are
assumed, to fill out the table.
one dare llot say that tlle anl1ircrsnry, in
1918, of Jesus' resnrue~tionrr,al-lied tile exact
date of the resurrection of the rnen1bers of Hi:;
body, but it mould hare beell a niost appropriate
it TT~ollld
day. According to tjle Devil's
he four days
in the year thall elle
of Jesus' resurrectioll (because Redentptzogt 1 i n
A.D. 6918 as 4 days eadizr than in 3 3 ) , aiicl
i t mzis one day ea.riier in the ~~~eeli-,
but the
correspo~~dency
is v e ~ yclosa, and there seems
110 harm in holciilig to the thotlght that on Godsday, R e d e n ~ 2 ~ t Z o1n6 , Y.2. 1886 (Sat., March 30,
A.D. i9i8), the sleeping saints mere awakened.
EIistorically, it is true that about that time
judgx~el~t
began a t the house of God (Ilalachi
3: 5), and it therefore seznled that the last
12:~~i:lti
of tlie year should be called Tenz;l!u"
(TT-hen
there are hut tr-elve mosths in the year).
When there are thirteen monihs in the year,
T e ~ j z p l eis the twelfth lnonti?, and S C L : L C I L I C L ~ ~
the thirteenth. The last meath of the pear ir,eluded April 1 in the Years o j Zc:!so:n 1863,
1986, 2689, 1891, 1894, acd 1900 ( A D . 1916,
1949, 1922, 1824, 1827, and 1933).

Teaaapke and Sawcfuarg

Lord Jesus came to His tenll?le in the

spring
1918.
the sleeping saints ITTere
aq-al;elled, There the pnriAceatjon of the truth
began. "Dehold, 1will seid my msssenger, and
Ee shall prepare the IT^:; before m.: 2.~1~1
the
Lord, ~~-!lonlye ~eelc,sl;all scddenly come to
his temple, even the nlcssel?gcr of the co;~e:laat,
vhom ye delight in : l;eEold, lie shall con1q snit21
[Jehovah] of hosts. Znt n-ho may abide tlie
day of his c o m i ~ g ?n11d TT-lioshall stand wlien
he apuearetlif for he is like a re5ner7s fire,
allcl. like Idlers' soay: and 112 shall sit as a
refiner and purifier of silver; gad be ~ 1 1 ~pu11
ri:y the sojis of Levi, and purge them as gold

Vern.

Noon

Fqui.

KO.

Fin:~r

Dap of
TJ7eel;

Edenic
Cng lio.

Xonth

Day P.E.

Grego-oria:~
Date

Konr

Yenr
A,@.

Item

5934 7352s 9: 03

D. %i:ghfdfiy ; ? l ~ l ~ ~ O * T e n : p ! 8 11 1836 3 : 0 Q ~ p mSUD. Feb. 24 1318 "1~1il"illio;:sT<O\V

(Los Allgclcs
Liviuig "-

5954 73528 4.: 17

N. X t w d a y

Time)
,"i1i1356 T e m p l e

28 1386 10: 1'7pm

illi:ia: a&&ress

Tne. BLar. 12 1915 Astronomi:a1

ris'g ef moor?
N3. 93529.
5944 '735% 5: 00 D. Lifeday 2172357 Temple
29 l88O 11:00 am Thu. ;".Tar.14 1918 157. T. 1itzi.a(before snndo-;xn)
ture b~nned,
594.4 73529 1: 00 AT. l l a n s d a y 2171358 Redenzptio?t 1 1886 7 : 00 pm Thu. Mar. 14 1918 Elid of 1260
(after snndolvil)
da.ys of
5945 78529 2: 00

N. L i f e d a y

P1713'71 'Redentptiow, 1)) 1886

694.5 '73599 10: 00 N. Godsday 2171373 Redesi~ption 16 1886

* The

priine factors are 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 i5 s 4021.

448

Dalliel.
S : 00 pm %Ted. Mar. 27 1918 b1elnoria.l of
Jesus' death.
4 : 00 am Sat. i\Iar. 30 1918 Anniversary
of Jesus '
resumection.

Freedom
Freedom is on the way, and nvill be here in
God's due tii~ie. It is not God's will that men
sliould he slaves to Big Business, Big Politicians,
Big Clergy, or any other lrind of "big guns".
-411 tliese hasre been hard taskmasters. Under
moon Ko. 72607, M n ~ : s d a y Preedonz
,
22, E d e n i c
da?j .!To. 21736S2, P.R. 1892 (Friday, July 25,
A.D. 1924), at Colunibus, Ohio, was sounded
tl:e third trumpet, "Civilization Doomed," exactly ten years, to the day, after the opening
of llie TTTorld TTTar.
Under lnoon No. 73631, Eal-thday, F r e e d o m 3,
E d e n i c d a y No. 2174.372, Y.R. 1894 (Tuesday,
June 15,-A.D. 1926), the TVatchtower magazine
firsl anaouneed Deli~eraqzce. This book is perhaps the first ever published to be dedicated
to Almighty Cod. I t s chapter on Tlie Deliverer
(96 pages) is the finest liIe of Christ ever w i t ten. This work has emouraged niillions to anticipate freedonz in Cod's appointed way.
Under moo11 No. 73644, Lightclay, Preedo sz 24,
Edevzic d a y X o . 2174776, Y.B. 1895 (Sunday,
t7~1ly24, A.D. 1927), a t Toronto, Ontario, Canada, there n-ent out to all the world the message
"'Freedom for the People" on vllat ~vns,until
t!:en, the greatest radio broadcast in history,
nntl w.\.:iid~
hroadc?.st was free. This message,
t'nic sixth vial of God's wrath, was a message
of freedom for all ~vhodesire tnlth aizd rightcl?usness, and they are to be found in all walks
of Ffe. The Lord is impartial. Ko one is necessarily conclemned by Rirn because of having
sonie of the goocl tlii~lgsof life, or necessarily
npprored because he lias little, or vice versa.
F o r esaliiple : A business n~aiisaid, "Sure, I 17-ill
contribnte $1 for your books, ksnt ~vhaf;I really
want is that lecture, 'Freedom for tlie People';
I heard it, and consider it well worth $1 of ally
man's money." A11 evidently wealthy wornall
said, "Of course I want v h a t you have sllosvn
me: I heard that lecture; that nian took his life
in his hands to give the people the truth."
Thougli it was their masters that sought and
accomplished Jesus' death, yet it was the servants that "plucked off tlie hair" and spat in His
face. I t was this lecture that caused the fourill
nionti? to kse called Preeclont.

?'indication
Now, in the Day of Jehovah, it fully appears
that the key to an understanding of the Scriptures is in the vindication of God's name. Un-

der moon No. 73657, L i g h t d a y , Vir~dicatiofi18,

Edenic d a y N o . 2175154, Y.R. 1896 (Sunday,
Angnst 5 , A.D. 1928), a t Detroit, Michigan,
there was delivered to all tlie world the message that Jehovah God is the peoples' Friend,
and His uame will be vindicated by the establishment of a righteous government in the earth.
At that time two of the most important books
in tlie world were released to the people, a o c er?z:nelat, ~ ~ ~ hhas
i c hbeen placed in the hands of
every important public oficial, besides several
iilillions in other hands; and Reco:~"cZiaZio.iz,
which latter is a plain statement of the gracious
provision Jeliovali has made to bring all men
into full harmony with Hinzself, that the obedient ones may have everlasting life on earth
in contentment and complete happiness. Arnong
intelligent, thinliing people, no other such constructive work on governnient' has ever appeared as the ~vorlcfirst narned. It presents
indisputable evidence showing that the peoples
of earth shall have a righteous governaieiit,
and explaining the manner of its esta?alishment.
Many of Jehovah's wi-tnesses make the Qoz.es.11nzent book their leader, as it goes to the heart
of all the dificillties of earth.
One of the niost fascinating pidures of the
vindication of Jehovah's word and 1ian:e is tliat
provided hy the book of Job, first explained
i11 L i f e . This I:ool:,
also, was tlie first book to
have a chapter heading "Vindicatioli". The nrorlc
was issued under moon KO. 73669, H e n v e ~ t d a y ,
Vindicntio~z7 ,E d e n i c dag No. 2176498, P.R. 1897
(Monday, July 15, 11.33.1929). I n this book it
now plainly appears that tlie terrible esperieiices of the prophet Jo?) represeilt the a~vfv.1
esperiences illat have befallen the l i ~ ~ m afanlily
n
under the reign of Satan, but as Job finally was
granted a, great deliverance, so rr,an!rii~d is coming grslndly into the golden age of glory and
peace 2nd joy and clivii~eblessing everywl~erc
pronlisecl in the Holy Word. One of the hardest things rnankind has had to bear nnder the
reign of the Devil has loeen the brand of "comfort" ( 2 ) provided by the purveyors of hell-fire
or purgatory a t so much per.
Under lin_oozi No. 73694, L i f e d a y , Viadicatiofi 13, Edeqzic: day No. 2176243,t P.R. 1899
4 I t is the governinent of God that vindicntes His name,
and therefore the doctrine of government i s the most
ilnportant doctrine in the Scriptures.-Luke 8 : 1; Acts 30 : 25.
t Vour days earlier, Lightday, V i n d i c c ~ t i o n9, Edc~ticd o l ~
No. ,0176239 (Sunday, July 26), Jehovah's witnesses accepted
that name as their "new na.men, with all that it implies.

..

GOLDEN AGE

he

(Thnrsday, July 30, B.D. 1931), a t Colunihus, Ede~ticd a y Xo. 2173347, Y.R. 1891 (Saturday,
Ohio, Viq:dicatic~f,Book Oiie, n-as released. Angcst 25, A.D. 1923), a t Los Angeles, CaliforUr,der moon No. 73706, Heavt:q!duy, V2l,dic:.- nia, "Che Second Angel" soulided TEE WARNING
t i o z 6, Edewic day 3 7 0 . 2:?6:7.90, Y.R.1900 (a resclution), Man has bope, yes; but hope
(?donday, July 11, AD. P932), 'i7i~zdiccrtZo~zbrings responsibilities which cannot be set aside.
Bool; Two wa,s released. A \.;eel< l a t x , Beat;enUnCcr nmoon KO.73621, Godsday, B o p s 8,
~ J 237d082, Y.R. 1 8 9 3 (Saiixday,
dn31, Vi~zdica-i'ion13, Edewic day No. 2lr63.w R c l e ~ ~ i~cC I IJo.
(Monday, July 18), Vi;idiccr,tio?z,Boo!; Three hragusl29, A.D. 1925), at Indianapolis, Indiana,
was released. Jehovah's hciy nazile r i l l be vin- ~ ~ edontcd
2 s
the resolution called "Message of
Hcpe",
from
vI?ich this llloneh takes its namc.
dicated by .the elimination of all v.nrigh':eous.
ness from the universe. The testilnony of Eze- Order ~skdPeace-af Last
kiel's prophecy, sealed until the publication of
Uz~der niieolz No. 73661, Lifeday, Order 2,
these fool;^, annoUiices the judgments of God
E d e ~ . ~day
i c No. 217525G, Y.R. 1896' (Thursday,
.against. all, ill l~eavenOY i n earth, that have
Xoveii15er 15, A.D. 1928), there xTas published
participa,ted iil the clefalnation of the 112n7c of
in The '&.T7~ichtower
the trrrill abont the Great
the Most 5Iigh. Siizce these stndies were eomPyrtlrnid; and the szme subject mas continned,
pleted, God's object in writing t'he Scriptnres,
cnder the same moon, Godsdccy, Ovcler 16, Edelzand the mancer in v,~hichthey are to he underic doy ATO. 2175,272, Y.X. 1896 (Saturday, Destood, are clearly revealed. In the last of these
relzzher 1, A D . 1928). The renloval of this enthree T\-ondcrful Books tlie Jonada1:s (people taiigie~~elent
from the paths of Jehovah's people
of good ~vil! foreehndo~vxlby Jonadab) are
h2s bcen a great b!essing and has resulted in
Scripturally ide;ltiScd as the "'miliions nov7 llicorder ailrl pc-ace n-here before there was dising that svill G S V C ~die". The destruction of the
order and confusion.
Devil and all his forces is immilzent.
Uil~lermoon No. 73673, Lifeday, Order 25,
Hope
Edefzic day No. 2175634, Y.R, 2697 (Thursday,
Hope for fallen mall is a gift from God, and November 28, A.D. 1929), the work Pt-ophery
is so stated in 1 3 s Word. Undcr moor1 KO.73347, was released. Never hefore has there been a
Xa~zsdoy,Hope 10, Edcgzic cluy No. 2171827, book published that ~xakesclear so much of
P.R. 1887 (Friday, September 5, A.D. 1919), the prophecies ol the Bible a s this boolr. Eeat tlie internationxl coilvention of Jehovah's cause i t is now Cod's due time to malce clear
vitnesses at Cedar Pokzt, Ohio, the house-to- IIis prophecies, any unbiased student can now
thereof. An underh o n ~ enitliess y;ork 11-2s covenanted by JeCo- sae much of the f~~lfillliielit
vah's people, and has since that time resulted standing of prophecy establishes faith and coain placing about two hmldred million pieces of fidevce in God ancl lifts many burdelis from
literature, many nlillioris of ~ ~ h i ewere
h bound man!:ilzC?. PropJ~ecy has brought order and
boolcs (and the rest booklets), in the hands of peace to the minds of lovers of God's TTo~dh
the people, for their comfort? their uplift aild in every land. (See chzpters entitled "Cod's
tkeir hope in the dark honrs of this dark day Organixa!Pon" and "Peace".)
Under moon No. 73710, Stardny, O+*dcra,
before the damn sf the glory just ahead.
It was under nioon KO. 73554, n/Iu~zsday, Edelzic day No. 2176704, P.R. 2900 (J'iTednesHope 15, Edegztc dny No. 217.2996, Y.R. 1890 day, Xovember 2, A.D. 1932), the x~orkPreser(Friday, Sepienlber 8, 1922), at the seeond in- vntio!z r a s released. T ~ 7 oof the most beautiful
of Jehovalz's ~ ~ i t n e s sat
e s books of Clie Bible, Esther and Rnth, are now
ternational co~ixrentioi~
Cedar Point, Ohio, that the spirit was po~:.rcd doe to be undersioocl. I n these dsannas are set
out npon all flesh. (Joel 2: 28) There all of forth facts ~vhichare of greatest inaportalice
Jeliovall's p e ~ p l ebecame publishers of the truth. for all who love God and who are anxious to
There ended the 1290 days of Daniel 12: 11; see the complete triumph of righteousiiess in
there began the 1335 days leading up to the the earth. The final conflict between the wicked
peculiar blessedness upon the people of God. and the rigl~teousis just a t hand. I n this great
(Daniel 12 : 12) The world may as well lrnom crisis no nian could prcscrve liimself. But the
of these facts: their value will be apparent to book shows who will be preserved, and how it
a11 in due timc.
will be brought about.
Under moon No. 73596? Godsday, Hope 12,
Uilder mocn Ko. '73'709, Godsday, Peace 24,
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GOLDEN AGE

E d e n i c day No. 217'6686, Y.R. 1900 (Saturday,

October 15, A.D, 1932), there was published in
T h e TVatchtower a resolution, publication of
whicli was official notification that theii and
there ended the 2300 days of Daniel's prophecy.
(Daniel 8 : 14) It pleased God to therealter
have a cleansed sanctuary. Since theii God's
people have had peace in God's temple. This
~ 7 a sthe occasion for the naniiiig of this month.
"And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and gres~tshall be the peace of thy children."-Isaiah 54 : 13, A.R.V.
T h e Best at the Last
Finally, last of all aiid best of all, under moon
No. 73'737, Godsday, J e h o v a h 27, E d e n i c d a y
No. 2277526, Y.R. 1902 (Saturday, Februaly 2,
A.D. 1935), the booli J e l ~ o v a lwas
~ released to
tlie public. This book, it is to be hoped, will
give Jehovah His rightful place in the hearts
of millions. The month which is named for
Jehovah God takes the place of what, under
the Devil's calendar, was the first month of the
year. I11 His o~vnexpression of His will on
the subject, God has made it clear that the
first montli of the year ( R e d e m p t i o n ) is appropriately named as has been done in this series
of articles. "Verily, thou art a God that hidest
thyself."-Isaiah
45 :15.
Some niay wonder whether by calling a month
"Jehovah" the name ~villbe brought into common use. I t slzoz~ldbe brought into common use.
Men need to think about God, the Source of all
their hopes aiid joys, as xx7ell as of their present
and future life itself.
Hallelujah (Praise Y e Jehouah)
The Israelites caught sonie~vhatthe spirit of
the Scriptures when they niade use of such
names as Jehovah-jireh (Jehovah will see to it),
Jehovah-nissi (Jehovah is my banner), Jehovah-tsidkenu (Jehovah is our righteousness),
Jehovah-shalonl (Jehovah is peace), Jehovahshainmali (the name and reiloTvii of Jehovah),
Jehozabad (Jehovah-endom-ed) , Jehohanaii (Jehovtlh-favored), J e h o i a d a (Jehovah-known),
Jehoiachili (Jehovah 1~7il! establish), Jehoiakim
( J ~ h o v a hxvill raise), Jehoiarib (Jehovah will
contend), Jehonadab (Jehovah-largess), Joiiathan (Jehovah-given), J e h o a d a h (Jehovahaclorne;l), Jehoaddan (Jehovah-pleased), Jellozadali (Jehovah-righted), Jehoram (Jehovahraised), Jehosheba (Jehovah-s~vor~z) , Jehoshna
or Joshua (Jehovah-saved),Jehoshaphat (Jeho-

vah-judged), Joab (Jehovah-fathered), Joah

(Jehovah-brothered),Joel (Jehovah is his God),
Jozachar (Jehovah-remembered), Joha (Jehovah-revived) , Jochebed (Jehovah-gloried) , Abijah (Jehovali is his father), Adonijah (Jehovah
is my Lord), Urijali (flame of Jehovah), Azaniah (heard by Jehovah), Ahaziah (Jehovah
has seized), Ahiah (Jehovah is his friend), Elijah (God of Jehovah), Amaziah (strength of
Jehovah), Amariah (Jehovah has said), Besodeiah (in the counsel of Jehovah), Baaseiah
(in the work of Jehovah), Beraiah (Jehovah
has created), Bithiah (daughter of Jehovali),
Gedaliah (Jehovah has become great), Gemariah (Jehovah has perfected), Dodavali (love
of Jehovah), Delaiali (Jehovah has delivered),
Nodaviah (majesty of Jehovah), Zerahiah (Jehovah has risen), Haggiah (festival of Jehovah), Hazaiah (Jehovah has seen), I'Iezekiah
(strengthened of Jehovah), Hacha'Liah (darkness of Jehovah), Nasadiah (Jehovah has favored), Harhaiah (fearing Jehovah), Tebaliali
(Jehovah has dipped), Tobiah (goodness of
Jehovah), Jaazaniah (heard of Jehovah), Josiah (founded of Jehovah), Ibiiijah (building of
Jehovah), Jebereehiah (blessed of Jehovah),
Igdaliah (magnified of Jehovah), Jedidiah (beloved of Jehovah), Jedaiah (praised of Jehovah), Jehu (Jehovali is He), Jehoahaz (Jehovah-seized) , Jehoash (Jehovah-fired), Josiphiah
(Jehovah is adding), Joezer (Jehovah is his
help), Joash (Jehovah-hastened) , Josibiah (Jehovah ~villcause to d~vell),Joshaviah (Jehovali
set), Jeziah (sprinkled of Jehovah), Jezrabiah
(Jehovah will shine), Jehdeizh (unity of Jehovah), Jahaziah (Jehov-ah .will behold), Jehiah
(Jehovah will live), Jecoliah (Jehovah 117ill enal~le)
, Jeconiah (Jehovah will establish), Hananiah (Jehovah has favored), Ismachiah (Jehovah will sustain), Jaaziah (emboldened of
Jehovah), Iphedeiah (Jehovah mill liberate),
Jekamiah (Jehovah mill rise), Iri jah (fearful
ol Jehovah), Jeriah (Jehovah d l throw), Jeremiah (Jehovah will rise), Jeshohaiah (Jehovah
will empty), Jesiah (Jehovah will 'Lend), Ishmaiah (Jehovah will hear), Isaiah (Jehovali
has saved), Cononiah (Jehovah has sustained),
Chenaniah (Jehovah has planted), Moadlah
(assembly of Jehovah), Micah (Who is like
Jehovah "2, Melatiah (whom Jehovah. has delivered), Malchiah (king of Jehovah), Maadiah
(ornament of Jehovah), Maaziah (rescue of
Jehovah, Maaseiah (work of Jehovah), 3Ieso-

haiic (found of Jehovah), 3Iattatl:ah (gift of

Jehovah), Neariah (servant of Jelzovah j, Xerial1 (light of Jehovah), Wethaaiah (given of
Jehomh), Semz.chia4 (snpporiced of Jeho\-ah),
Ob~Giah(serving Jel:ovah), Adaiall (Jshovah
h r s adorned), Azaziah (Jel~ovalihas strengthened), TJzsiah (str.el:gt?il o l Jehovah), Azariah
(Jehovuh has helped), Amaslah (Jchovah hcs
loaded), hllaniah (Jchova!~has covered), h a lotllijall (answers of Jehovah), Athaliah (Jehovah has constrained), Pclalish (Jehovsli has
deliverccl) ,Pclaiah (Jehomh has distinguisliec: ) ?
Pelaliah (Jehovah has judged), Pethalciah ( J e hoi.alz has oqlened), Zedekiali (r3ght of J c h o a a l ~ ) ,
Zephaniah (Jehovah has secreted), Rehabiah
(Jehovah has enlarged), Ramiah (Je1lova.h has
raised ), Eel~~aliah
(3el:ovah has bedeciced),
R ~ e l a i a h(!earfi?l of Jehovdi) , l%aamiali(Jehovah has shalnen),Rephaiah (Jehovah has cured),
Shebaniah (Jt.hovali has prospered), Xhemaiah
(Jehovah lias heard), Xliert?biah (Jehovali has
l~roughtheat), Serainh (Jehovah has prev::i!ecl).
Jall (-iali) is a colatraction for a:ld ::leans
J~l1o-s-ah.
Ender the eircnmsta~cesit does not appear
that sliy ralid objec'iiol~ctil; I,:! ralsecl "i the
of this name to take tlis niace of tl:at cF
"ihe present first month of the Devil's calendar.
hi;d., alzylvay, people who hare been vritiiig
, n,.-,q'/LT7)~
,
all iheir lives? in holler cf the twofaced god of y n r , shocld be qnitn ~~i!liilgnom
,to @!2J).L<.--rill -\3 1 1L ; ~the narrle of tks tr1.s~znd living
Go& Tile dl;2 i i r l i ~has come: Jehovah c + d
mill xot be ~ E S ~ ? into
L U ~ a corner am:? more. The
Sheo!a~gizns of tlie Devil tail say nothing; 'il::c-y
ne;:e;,. have a laifid jl:ord to p:y for $-Tehoyah;
some @f t,JlelLl llzre freely rdmitiecl
$lley
c7io n o t ~ E O I T ar,l;pt!?ing
~
abont Him.
i\ot couii';li~gt ~ ? _coal!jinuti~z;~
a
a,bcve mentiol~ed,t l : ~ilz.r::c Sehsvah q p e a r s in the S c r i p
tn:.es 6,557 ti;3es; ;vet, in t!ii? I<ing James, cjr
Ld?LfT:,c.yi3ec-7 7 ~ i . s i 5 1 ; .it is ira:;sla';ed by that
:??.lm ;in: fcur iiiiigs: E:.:odus 6 : 3 ; Psalm 83:
18; Isaiah 1 2 : 2 ; Isaiah 26 : 4. 111 a sii~glechapter iil the original Fiebre;~~(Deuteronomy 23)
:
~111s
nanie occurs forty times. "Allzinia; Szlvation, a1161 glory, 2nd honour, and Fo\?-er, unto
the Lord our Gocl. Aizil :gain they said, bllelnia.
. . and b or shipped God th8t s a h n the throne,
i
saying, Amen ; Alleluia. . . . rFlie
voice of mighty
thuiiderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God
omnipo~~:eiitreigi1eth."-Res~elatio1i 19 : 1,3,4, G.
(6

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3
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As Essential as the Food YOUEat

% OT! wouldii't try to get along vithont eating.
KO sane person wou1d. Well, ther&s sometili : g more inlportant in our lives than the three
~izc;c,lswe eat per day. What is i t ? Jesus ansxered that questio~i,~vheliH e said, "This is
life eternal, that they might 1:now thee the only
true God." Therefore, every person of gooil
~rj!l, every person wlio desires life in iis fullilass, should seek to l~110\17more abcut Jehovah
z2d Iiis purposes.
It is for this very pnrpose that, t~vicea month,
The TVatchtozt.er mazazine is pi~blished,that is,
to enable the people to icno~vJellova11 God and
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~ ~
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nttcranccs ar,d is entirely free and separate
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k ~ beloved
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CALENDAR'
Jehovah'r Year ot Ransom 1905

. .
*

. m m
m m

Redemptfon
1 2 3
Flrat
4 6 6 7 8 9 1 0
Month
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
(Ex 12.2) 18 19 20 21 22 33 24

Klng

Seventh
Month

0bz6nmze

Llte

Peace

1 0
3 4 6 6 7 8 O
10 I 1 12 19 14 I 6 18
17 18 19 20 n 22 23
24 a 2'6 27 281 29 90

Eighth
Month

Vlmltrnant
Third

1 2 9 4 6 8 7
8 a 10 11 12 13 14
16 16 17 18 19 20 21

Order
Nln th

Freedom

Fourth
Month

6
I2
19
26

9 7 0
13 14 16
20 21 22

27

a 29

$0

Second
Mvn th

Month

1
2 9 4
9 10 11
16 17 18
23 24 25

1 2 3 1 6 8
7 8 O 10 11 12 18
14 IS 16 17 18 19 PC)
21222324m~n
a 29 30

2 2 a a = 2 6 n z e

1 9 3 4
b 6 7 6 91011
12 13 14 16 18 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 26

aD

26Z7Pr20

1 2 3
7 8 9 10
14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24
28 29 30

Month

4 6 6

Logor

11 12 13
18 19 B
25 26 Z7

Tenth
Month

1 2 3
4 6 6
11 12 13
16 19 20
25 26 27

7 8 910
14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24
ZB 29 90

1
Vlndlcatlon
3 2 9 4
Jehovah
Eleventh 2 S 4 b @ 7 8
Fifth
6 0 7 8 91011
Month
9 9 0 11 12 19 14 16
Month
12 13 14 35 18 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 i%
16 17 18 18 20 21 22
aunzs2a30
2324252027arn
Hope

Slxth
Month

1 2
3 4 8 6 7 8 0
10 11 12 13 14 16 I@
17 18 19 20 21 22 29

Temple

melfth

1 2 3 4 6
7
I Q 10 11 12 19 14

n
m a

~ o n t h 16 16 17 10 19 20

S2324aa

z 4 ~ ~ 2 6 n a s s

-90

A serles of atticlw in explanation will appear b

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WATCHTOWER
March 1, 1935 Watchtower

selves in keeping with his kingdom of righteousness using and will continue to use every pmible means
under Christ. Let no one be so unwise as to think that to cause Jehovah's witnesses to deflect and turn away
he can pursue any kind of loose course merely because from the proper course. It is therefore needful for
he knows that he cannot bring himself to perfection each one to be watchful and to hold himself or herself
in the flesh. The fact that he is imperfect does not strietly.within the rules laid down by the Scriptures.
mean that he should not war at all times against tlte We are in a real fight, and now we must maintain our
imperfections. "He that saith he abideth in him, integrity toward Jehovah by faithfully representing
ougbt himself also so to walk, even as .he walked." him, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Let all
(1John 2: 6) "See then that ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because
tlie days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be
not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled
with the spirit. "-Eph.
5 :14-18.
We are in the evil day. Satan and his agents are

who undertake to serve Jehovah God strictly observe

the rules that are laid doton in his Word, and follow
them explicitly. None of these rules have been relaxed
or set aside because the kingdom is here. A strict o b
servance of the Lord's commands and rule of his kingdom now is necessary for those who will have his approval.

CALENDAR

BE English word "calendar" means a system about the year 1577. In the year 1582 Gregory issued
of reckoning time by dividing time into days, a brief abolishing the Julian calendar, and introduced
months and years. The ability of man is very in its stead the calendar that is now generally in use

limited; and when man attempts to do anything of

importance and, in doing so, ignores Jehovah's \Yard,
he is certain to get into difficulty. Since the time of
the rebellion in Eden that old Serpent, also collcd
Satan, Dragon and Devil, has employed all manner
of subtle and deceptive metllods to divert the attention of man from Almighty God. This is particularly
noted with reference to tlic calendars for the division
of time. Naturally men have desired to divide time
in such manner that they could keep an accuratc rccord of events. Iq doing this had men adhered strictly
to the Word of Jehovah God and diligently souglit to
be guided by the Most High, they would have fased
far better. The ancient Greeks and Romans made
calendars, but in doing so they disregarded the Word
of God entirely and employed the wisdom of men,
which is foolishness in the sight of God. Satan saw to
it that they were turned away from Jehovah.
Elany persons of the present day have the idea that
the calendar generally in use is of divine origin; but
in this they are entirely wrong. Tile calendar now
used was prepared and came into use in this manner:
An Italian physician called Aloysius Lilius projected
a plan for amending the Julian calendar, whiclt was
used for some time; and after his plan aaq made thcnn
it was presented to Pope Gregory XIII. Gregory
called in the wise men of the Catholic hierarcl~yfor
a consultation about this calendar; and this occurrcd

and which is known as the Gregorian calendar. According to the Word of God the Brcgorian calendar i s
entirely wrong, and this alone is proof thnt the making
of that calendar and its introduction were not by
God's direction but mere clone under the infiuence of
Satan, the enemy of Jehovah.
Now, since the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and
his enthronement and his gathering t o g g e r of his
faithful followers, the time seems at hand to more
clearly understand God's purposes as expressed in
his Word, and this includes the manner of measuring
time. It seems proper and fitting that we should try
to ascertain tho correct way of measuring time and
give publication thereto.
In its Year Boolc for 1935 this Society has published
a sample calendar, and a detailed explanation of this
calendar shall also be published. The space in The
IVcctcktower is hardly sufficient for such publicition,
because that space is needed for other truths. The
Gulden Age magazine is one of the publications of tile
WATCHTOIVERBIBLE& TRACTSOCIETY,
and The
Golden Age will publish the explanation of the division of time, or the calendar, -and the IVadcktowcr
readers are requested to give careful consideration to
tlie same. A series of articles covering this matter will
appear witliin a short time in the Golden Age m a p
zine.

ON SIDE O F JEHOVAH AND HIS KING

DEABJ

~ R ~EJ T I ~ M R D :
I have just finished reading your lecture e'mho Shall Rule
the \VorldtH
I will at thia time say Aye! with joy in my henrt of a dealre
t o be on the aide of Jehovah God and his riglrteous Srng.

God bless you for hqtring the courage to bring the truth of
the \vod of God to thoee lolying for the n g h t e o ~rule of

his King.

Sinarel;y,
~ E B E
T.

Twcscri, I o w a

May 1, 1935 Watchtower

me WATCHTOWER

was yet standing: which was a [prophetic] figure for

selves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is

the time then present, in which were offered both gifts not entered into the holy places made with hands,
rrnd sacrifices, that could not make him that did the which are the figures [pictorial] of the true; but into
service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience ;which heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God
[service] stood only in meats and drinks, and diwrs for us. Nor yet that he should offer himself often,
washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them as the [Jewish] high priest cntcreth into the holy
until the time of reformation. But Christ W i g come place every year with blood of others; for then must
an high priest of good things to come, by a greater he [Jesus] often have suffered since the foundation
and more perfect tabernacle, not made with bands, of the world: but now once in tlie end of the world
that is to say, not of this building," did bring about hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself. " U e b . 9 :22-26.
redemption for the human family.
Then the apostle says that the blood of the animals
The foregoing Scriptural argument proves beyond
offered on the atonement day foreshadolwd the offer- any question of doubt that the blood of Jesus is the
ing of the blood of Christ as redemption for man. great redemptive price for mankind, and that tlte
He says: ''Neither by the blood of goats and calves presentation of that blood in heaven constitutes the
[or bull~ck~],
but by his o m blood, he entered in once sin-offering on behalf of the human family,
into the holy place, having obtained eternal ~ d e m p - BIany will then n a t m l l y ask, m y , in the face of
ti~p
for
For the
and of goah, and this tremendous argument showing the value of the shed
the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sancti- blood of christ Jesus, are there so
men claiming
fieth to the purifying of the flesh; how much more to be preachers of the gospel I Y ~ Odeny that the blood
shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal of the Lord Jesus has any pnrehasing
wltatspirit offered hh3el.f without spot to God, p u r e your 8oever? The amwer to that question the Lord foreconscience from dead works to serve the living God ?" told and
his inspired dtness
to write do,m,
-Heb. 9: 12-14.
saying, "But there were false prophets also among
The
of the
at
Sinai
the [Jewish] people, even as there shall be false teachowed the ransom and sin-offering, and was the basis
among
who privily =hall bring in damnable
for the codmation of the law=Ovenant of
with heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and
the Israelites. The blood of Christ Jesus provided the bring upon
swift destruction.,, (2 Pet,
M m ~ t i v price
e
and an offering for sin on behalf of 2: 1) "For there are
men crept in unawares,
and is the basis for the making and inauw- who were before of old ordained to this condemnation ;
ration of the new covenant which the Lord God prom- mgodly men, turning the
of our ~~d illto
ised in tlie prophecies. (Heb. 9: 15-21) Then the lBSCiviousness, and denying the
~~~d C Q ~ and
,
apostle makes it clear and positive that the blood of our Lord
Christ.,,4ude
4.
Christ Jesus is essential to salvation, saying :
Will
the
people
continue
to
be
hoodwinked
by these
almad all thhgs are by the lawpurged
false
prophets,
who
are
wise
in
their
conceits
and
blood [of animals] ; and wjthout
of blood
who
Pose
as
preachers
of
the
gospel,
or
will
they
be
is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the
patterns of things in the heavens should be purified guided by the plain Word of God, which is now due to
with these [sacrifices]; but the heavenly things them- be understood8 Let each hearer answer for himself.

,,

T H E CALENDAR

0 HAVE a correct system of reckoning time is companied the study of chronology, and the pitfalls
desirable. I t is well known that the calendars into which these things led many. Do not fall into
heretofore used have been incorrect and un- a similar trap. I t is of far more importance to undersatisfactory. For this reason Tke Golden Age pub- stand our commission and to perform it than to
lished facts concerning a system of reckoning time, ob- understand at just what time Adam was created. Be
taining the important data from the Scriptures, and reasonable and moderate. Avoid wild speculation as
some from astronomy. Seeing there is a_ danger of to a t what time and in what manner things future will
giving importance to this and to the exclusion of come to pass. Be sure that you always are guided by
weightier matters, this note of warning is here the counsel of the Lord's Word. The statements in
sounded. God's people should keep in mind the The Golden Age are not dogmatic, but are worthy of
"pyramid" delqsion and the speculations that ac- due and careful consideration.

(Continued from page 1JO)

hovah and for Gideon, to wlt, June 1-9 inclusive. A most appropn'ate booklet for that period will be released then, Unrteraal T a r Near, and thie, together with nnotlrer new booklet,
Favored Peopk, and the book Jehovah, will be offered In cornbination by all publishers in English-apenking eon~rnun~ties.

Immediately with this notifi~xttionlet all publishera, whether of

God's snointd remnant or of tho people of good will, make
due preparation for the forthcaoming activities. Those following the Qreater Gideon will not fail to arrange to be a t their
post in their territory, and rith full equipment of torchlight
und trumpet, and obed~entto servico signals.