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360 DAY YEAR NOT
BIBLICALLY PROVABLE
Some teach that
the cycle of the earth moving around the sun was originally 360 days, believing
that as a result of the Noachian Flood God changed the length of the year to the
present 365.242 day year. First,
there is nothing biblically that can be pointed to support this belief. The 365
day year was in effect from the beginning of time. This is provable fact. See
video PROVING THE CALCULATED CALENDAR at
www.biblicalcalendarproof.com
God did not add
to or take away part of the earth as it existed before the flood. All the
changes that He made were internal to the earth and its atmosphere.
As is well known, space beyond the earth’s atmosphere offers no
resistance to the movement of the planets or stars.
Thus the orbit of the earth about the sun was 365.242 days before the
flood as well as after. God did not change time!
James 1:17 “Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with
whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”
CREATION OF TIME
Genesis 1:3,
“Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.” God brought the
light (sun) to shine upon the earth. He then started the earth rotating; hence
day one of creation. It should be clear that at this point in time the sun, the
moon, and the stars were already in existence, which will be shown.
On day two God
prepared the earth so that plant life can be sustained. Then on the third day he
created plant life. For plant life to grow, the distance to the sun is critical.
So the distance would have been set on day one in anticipation of plant life
creation on day three. In Genesis 1:14-19,
“Then God said, “Let there be lights in
the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be
for sign and seasons, and for days and years. And let them be for lights
in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. Then
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night. He made the stars. God set them in the firmament
of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the darkness and God saw that it was good.
So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”
SETTING GOD’S
CLOCK
Our first
thought might be that it was on the fourth day when God made these orbs; but
remember, this is the fourth day.
How was it determined? The earth had already rotated three times, with their
periods of darkness and light. The day had
already been created, which
required the existence of the sun. So how should we understand what is happening
on this fourth day? The key is to know what is meant by the term in verse 17
that He “set them.”
What God did was to realign the entire
solar system to act as a great clock. What these verses are telling us is that
God placed the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars in a rotational pattern
that put them in a calendrical position of the fourth day of creation. He set
his “clock” to the correct time.
Another point to
consider is that the words “then” or “and” at the beginning of verses 16 and 17
were added by the translator; not being part of the original Hebrew.
These words incorrectly infer that the sun and the moon were made on the
fourth day.
UNIVERSE EXISTED
BEFORE DAY ONE
Beginning in
Genesis 1:1-2 the original creating act is separated from the narrative of the
first day of creation, which started in Genesis 1:3. Why? The Theological Word
Book of the Old Testament, states on page 214 that the earth was in existence,
but formless and void, being an accepted historical narration; an accepted
historical fact. Therefore, Genesis
1:1-2 shows us the past historical condition of the earth and universe before
day one of the seven days of creation.
NOAH USES THE
SACRED CALENDAR
Also, the
account of the great flood reveals that Noah had a good working knowledge of the
time elements which make up the movement of the moon about the earth, and the
earth about the sun. Consider that
the sun and the moon were not visible for most of the time Noah spent on the
ark. Yet he recorded the day count
and placed the months correctly within the passage of days. Looking at the
description of the ark it can be better understood that the numbering of the
months by Noah was done through understanding how the calculation of the days
established the month; not by sighting the moon. Those who believe there was a
360 day year think the change to a 365.242 day year occurred during the year of
the flood. Consider the great change that would be needed to go from a 360 day
year to a 365.242 day year. The
earth would need to have slowed down by 5.242 days on its trip around the sun.
And the moon would have to slow the cycling of the earth by one half day.
In Exodus
16:1-23 God tells us that the fifteenth day, and the twenty second day of the
second month of the Exodus year were Sabbaths. This relationship of the month to
the Sabbath had to be initiated during the year 1661 AM /2386 BC, the year of
the flood, resulting in a fixed rotation of Sabbaths that would start at the
beginning of the year. The Sabbath rotations of the bible are fixed to existing
months shown in Exodus 16:1. Using the Calendar Generator the Sabbaths can be
backtracked by the seven day increments to the year of the flood, proving that
the first Sabbath of the flood year would be on the fifth day of the first
month. Counting by sevens will show
that the Sabbaths of the second month are on the tenth and seventeenth as shown
in Genesis 7:4, 11. This is
verified by the using the Calendar Generator for the flood year of 2386 BC /
1661 AM as shown below.
Note: To see any
calendar from the year of creation to the present and beyond, see the Calendar
Generator at www.biblicalcalendarproof.com
The calendar
below shows on which day of the month the Sabbath falls for the Gregorian
calendar in black, and the sacred calendar in red.
The blue line numbers the Sabbaths as they occur consecutively in the
solar calendar.
Year 2386 BC or 1661 AM
Note: The Sabbaths are circled in yellow as they are mentioned in Genesis
chapters 7 and 8.
In contrast, the 360 day year has Sabbaths beginning only on one of seven days. They occur in the following order: the seventh, fourth, first, fifth, second, sixth and third day of the year. This is the only rotation that can be followed in the chart below.
The First Sabbaths of the 360 Day Year
Year |
Number of Days in the Year |
|
|
|
Number of Sabbaths in the year |
|
Days carried over |
The day of the first Sabbath of year |
1 |
360 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
51 |
+ |
3 |
7th |
2 |
363 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
51 |
+ |
6 |
4th |
3 |
366 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
52 |
+ |
2 |
1st |
4 |
362 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
51 |
+ |
5 |
5th |
5* |
365 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
52 |
+ |
1 |
2nd |
6 |
361 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
51 |
+ |
4 |
6th |
7 |
364 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
52 |
+ |
0 |
3rd |
8 |
360 |
÷ |
7 |
= |
51 |
+ |
3 |
7th |
As previously
stated the first Sabbath of the flood year was on the fifth.
The first Sabbath of the purported 360 day year is found by dividing 1660
by 7 to determine the first Sabbath of the flood year 1661. This is the number
of cycles of Sabbath rotations, and completes the *fifth cycle, meaning that in
the proposed 360 day year 1661 would show the first Sabbath on the sixth day of
that year. The bible shows the
first Sabbath is on the fifth day of the first month, making it impossible to
join the two calendars; thus proving the 360 day year is not possible.
In addition,
unlike the false 360 day calendar, God’s Sacred Calendar changes the Sabbath
rotation of the 365 day year every 128 years, and does not repeat itself in
total until 986 years, making it impossible to align the two calendars for any
year.
CANNOT CHANGE
DAY COUNT
Remember, the
day is counted by the earth revolving one time. It is impossible to lose a day
count even by stopping the rotation of the earth. The count stops, or is
suspended, until the rotation begins again.
Therefore a day cannot be lost, or added to, as God counts a day by each
rotation of the earth.
SPECIAL FEATURES
OF THE ARK
Returning to the
account of the Noachian flood: Genesis 6:16. “You
shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above.”
Consider that the window was given a single dimension of about 25
inches – one cubit – in height. As
all of the passengers of the ark were air breathing, the window was necessary
for light, and more importantly as a source of fresh air. Because of the
absolute necessity for fresh air, and as the window was only given in one
dimension by God, we can conclude that the window extended the entire length of
the ark. Note that in Genesis 8:6 Noah opens the window.
Unlike today’s windows of glass these openings would have a lattice work
to prevent the birds from leaving the ark. The window opening needed a large
overhang to protect it from rain entering.
Thus Noah’s view was restricted to that of the horizon, which is proven
by the following scripture. Genesis 8:13.
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month,
the first day of the month that the waters were dried up from the earth; and
Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the
ground was dry.
Noah needed to
remove the covering so that he could see the condition of the land below the
ark, showing that the windows were not in the side, but set back from the edge,
supporting the need for the large overhang to prevent rain from entering the
ark. Noah made the calculations for the passage of time, not by sight, but by
using calculations of the sacred calendar. His record of the passage of time
resulted in a year length of 385 days for the flood year, which was an
inter-calculated thirteen month year. Refer to the article “Noah’s Flood and
Gods Calendar” at
www.biblicalcalendarproof.com
for a more in-depth study of this subject.
NOAH’S LOG BOOK
OF TIME
Genesis 7:11.
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s
life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the
fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were
opened.”
The following is
in Genesis 8:4. “Then the ark rested in
the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Arart.”
Noah recorded
that the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day, which was a
Sabbath. If he used 30 day months,
that seventeenth day would have been on the third day of the week, a Tuesday.
As pointed out in the article NOAH’S FLOOD AND GOD’S CALENDAR, the Hebrew
word for “rested” is the same word used in Exodus 20:11.
“For in six days the Lord made the
heavens and the earth, and the sea, and all that is in them, and
rested the seventh day.
Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” Noah preserved
this account regarding the passage of time as a normal log book record,
confirming the sacred calendar of God, which required an alternating 30 and 29
day monthly pattern.
This makes it
abundantly clear that the seventeenth day was a Sabbath, meaning the only
calendar Noah could have used was the Sacred Calculated Calendar as revealed by
God to mankind. In addition, the seventh month occurred during the first 150 day
period, and was before God caused the water to begin to recede. The article
previously referred to explains this phenomenon of how the ark came to the
resting place without touching the mountain.
360 DAY YEAR NOT
POSSIBLE
Using 30 day
months, a thirteenth month year would have 390 days, which does not correlate
with the account of the flood. The passage of time that God recorded for the
year of the flood is 386 days. The
last day of the second 150 days ended on the first day of the next year, leaving
a 385 day year. This is the longest of the God’s calculated calendar years for
this number of days to represent a thirteen month year, which can only happen
when the 29 day month is employed. Thus, this puts God’s stamp of approval on
His Calculated Calendar, tracking time from creation to the present, more than
6,000 years.
Moses recorded
this under the direct inspiration of God.
The undeniable truth is that Noah knew and used the 29.5 day average for
the cycle of the moon, which is demonstrated in his record of the flood.
This also means that Moses knew and understood the same information, as
he was the one who preserved this for the benefit of all future generations. It
also explains why God only needed to inform Moses of which month was to be
counted as the first. Exodus 12:2. “This
month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year
to you.”
Paul sums this
up in Ephesians 4:14-15. “That we should
no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in
wait to deceive, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things unto
Him who is the head - Christ…………”
Don Roth
07-05-17