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Time for yet another step in the Protestant Movement?
More truthful independent Bible translations!
No more Bibles “Authorized by…” the Vatican, by the Government,
or by any other Authority of men!
Revelation 14:8; 18:4!
This article is all about
Verifying My Prior Bible Discoveries
as reported under this
link
Re the Exact Date for King Saul’s Death…
That is, by means of correlating the 24 continually rotating Priestly
Courses instituted by our Creator via Moses with my discoveries as reported
under the tag 6000+ years in The
Sacred Calendar of the Creator in Progress (version XXIX.0).xls
Verifying the
Unbroken Cycles of the 24 Continually Rotating Priestly Courses
Ever Since the
Erection of the Tabernacle by Moses at Mt Sinai
-
The Psalms Sung in
the Temple at the Time of the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple
One of Several
Dated Events Tied to
the Strict and Independently
Recurring
24 Week Cycle
of Priestly Courses
Defined in the Bible…
Abstract & Summary:
The within study evidences, and thus apparently
verifies, that:
1.
The schedule of 24 continually rotating
Priestly Courses has been maintained, albeit not always put into practice,
without disruption ever since first instituted by Moses at Mt. Sinai;
2.
King Saul died on [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day] Sunday
Dec 21, 1061 BCE = JD Sat Dec 20, 1061 BCE; and
3.
The two Biblical events, known respectively as
‘Joshua’s Long Day’, and ‘the day
when the shadow was
brought ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down
in the dial of Ahaz’,
represent two independent Biblically recorded eye witness’s accounts of two pole
shifts within historical time.
In short[1],
a constellation of some eighteen date stamps, touching on the lives of David
and Saul, as recorded in 1 Samuel, chapters 27-31; and 2 Samuel, chapters 1-2, identifies
a certain sunrise lunar eclipse on JD Fri Dec 19, 1061 BCE visible from
Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day Mt. Tabor in Israel. Based on said eclipse date, not
only the year of King Saul’s death, but also the years of a host of other Biblical
events prior to, and including, the end of King Solomon’s reign, may be established
accordingly.
Five of the above said Biblical events may then
be correlated with the dates when certain specified Priestly Divisions were serving,
albeit not always, in the Jerusalem Temple. That is, given that the 24 Priestly
Courses operates on a continual 24-week cycle totally independent of any other
calendar or reckoning.
In the within study, it is shown that each of
said five Biblical events, as dated in the Bible, agrees very well, even
exactly, with said Priestly Course schedule.
Seeing that each of the above, numbered 1., 2.,
and 3., including also each of their multiplicity of very precise facets, agree
one with another, I find that, by so doing, they support, and add strength and
veracity, to one another.
Considerations:
1) Upon searching
the internet for the exact date when Solomon’s Temple was destroyed, I found
the date Ab 9, and text,
based, in part, on the Talmud, seemingly indicating that Solomon’s Temple was
destroyed at “the conclusion of Shabbat.”
Upon careful analysis of the underlying Hebrew
text (Arakhin[2]
11b:17), however, I find that the Hebrew wordsומוצאי שבת translated “it was the conclusion of Shabbat” is a Talmud error (if thus translated). That
those same Hebrew words point rather to “the conclusion of [Ab] 7” (=the
conclusion of Day Three, Mon PM, Aug 13, 586 BCE) is clear both from the same
Talmud context (Arakhin 11b:17, 20), from the
associated Rashi comments re said
Hebrew words, and from Talmud 7:4 – Mishna
Tamid 7.
The above said agrees perfectly with the
schedule for near future Priestly Courses indicated in Wikipedia (Sep
10, 2022 thru Oct 24, 2026)[3]
when back tracking said schedule to 586 BCE. Using Excel
for said back tracking, and a Julian Day and Civil Date
Calculator, I find that the Sabbath JD Sat PM Aug 11, 586 BCE constitutes
the beginning of the First Division, Jehoiarib, and, using Starry Night Pro 8
astronomy software, I find that the subsequent Tuesday PM, the end of the Third
Day (of the week), is ‘the conclusion of Ab 7’, and thus a perfect fit.
Seeing not only that the above said date for
the destruction of Solomon’s Temple is exactly in harmony with the dates
provided in Wikipedia’s list of Priestly Divisions serving in the Temple, but
likewise that each of the dates of the following three or four (items #2-#5; #4
- Jeroboam’s Feast being the optional one) events perfectly agree with the
dates indicated in the Bible, I find what I believe is powerful support for the
veracity of the dates indicated in said Wikipedia list, as well as also the
veracity of the projection of that Wikipedia list back in time all the way to
Moses’ Sinai initiation of the Priestly services in the Tabernacle:
2) Zacharias’
service in the Course of Abia, Luke 1:5, 8, 11. The Course of Abia beginning on
the Seventh Day Sabbath = JD Sat Aug 19, 16 BCE;
3) King Solomon’s dedication
of the Temple during the feast in the month Ethanim = Tishrei = the 7th
month, 1 Kings 8:2, 65, 66. Most likely on Ethanim 21,[4]
the one Seventh Day Sabbath within the Feast of Tabernacles in 1009 BCE.[5], [6], [7]
That is, on the Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at Pre-Hezekiah calendar sunset
Friday Nov 19, 1009 BCE = JD sunset Thu Nov 18, 1009 BCE.
Notice in particular that the schedule of
Temple services during Solomon’s reign were an uninterrupted continuation of
the Tabernacle services as originally instituted according to God’s own
instructions to Moses.[8]
Accordingly, the 1st Priestly Course, the Course of Jehoiarib, began
its Temple service on the Sabbath that fell out on Ethanim 26, beginning at
sunset on Pre-Hezekiah Fri Nov 26, 1009 BCE = sunset on JD Thu Nov 18, 1009
BCE.
Said schedule of Temple services were later
organized as envisioned and pre-planned by King David in the form of a Temple
with Temple services performed by 24 Priestly Divisions, or Courses, which
plans of King David were subsequently carried out through King Solomon and
through his chief builder Jeroboam, 1 Kings 6:38; 11:11, 26, 28.
Please notice also, in the table below, the
chiasm structure of the fourteen feast days held by Solomon! That is, on the
Seventh Day Sabbath that in 1009 BCE fell out on the 5th day of the
Feast of Tabernacles, which Seventh Day Sabbath in 1009 BCE was also the 19th
day of the 7th month. Also, I find it most interesting that:
a. that year (1009
BCE) the 24th and last of the 24 Priestly Courses included the
Eighth Day Feast on the Third Day [of the week];
b. that said 24th
Priestly Course is named Maaziah, an idem sonare to the name Messiah;[9]
c. that the
Sabbath of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple was the 1st of the 8
days of Maaziah’s Priestly Course (and thus a type reminding me of the Second
Coming of Christ as the Savior coming at the beginning of the very end of an
era);
d. that the first
Sabbath of the 1st Priestly Course of Jehoiarib coincided with the
last day of the fourteen-day feast held by Solomon. That is, the 3rd
and last of the 3 Seventh Day Sabbaths tied to Solomon’s 14-day feast;
e. that Solomon,
probably as per his father David’s instructions, chose to place the dedication
of the Temple on the Seventh Day Sabbath within a Feast of Tabernacles rather
than timing that event in accord with, and based upon, the beginning of the
cycle of 24 Priestly Services.
4)
But that (Solomon’s choice) makes me wonder
about the corresponding correlations relative to Jeroboam’s spurious Feast Day,
1 Kings 12:28-33? Could it be that Jeroboam’s Feast day
was possibly tied to the beginning of said cycle of Priestly Courses?... 1
Kings 11:40, 42, 43; 12:1-3, 5, 12, 15, 20, 25-26, 28-33.
So, when did Jeroboam reign? 1 Kings 15:9, 25. Well,
per my file The
Sacred Calendar of the Creator in Progress (version XXIX.0).xls Jeroboam
reigned from the Biblical calendar year 981/980 BCE, i.e. Jeroboam’s accession
year, year zero, of his reign, for 22 years into 959/958 BCE. Accordingly, his
1st year of reign was 980/979 BCE, and his 2nd year of
reign was 979/978 BCE. That fall-to-fall reckoning is being used is indicated
by the Hebrew words ארבעים שׁנה,
1 Kings 11:42. Thus, Jeroboam’s Feast
may well have been initiated on Bul 15 in Jeroboam’s 1st, or, more
likely, considering especially the events recorded in 1 Kings 12:25, 26, 28,
Jeroboam’s 2nd year of reign.
Indeed, that this Feast of Jeroboam was initiated
close to the beginning of Jeroboam’s 2nd year of reign is evidenced
also by the multiple similarities, and certain distinct differences, when
comparing the dates, days of the week, and the 1st and 24th
Priestly Courses relative to A) Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple, and B)
Jeroboam’s Feast Day, respectively[10]:
Please compare carefully the two tables above
and below! Notice in particular:
A. Jeroboam’s
Feast on Bul 15, & on the 3rd Day [of the week] vs. Solomon’s
Dedication of the Temple on the Seventh Day Sabbath, & the 5th
Day of the Feast of Tabernacles, aka Ethanim=Tishrei 19, and at the pinnacle of
Solomon’s 14 days long feast;
B. The 1st
Priestly Course of Jehoiarib beginning on the Seventh Day Sabbath at the end of
the week(s) of each king’s feast.
C. The 24th
and last of 24 Priestly Courses, the Course of Maaziah, powerfully emphasized
by the placement in time of each of said two kings:
a. The 1st
day of Maaziah’s service was also the day of Solomon’s Dedication of the
Temple, the Seventh Day Sabbath of YHWH, which day was also the 5th
day of the Feast of Tabernacles;
b. King Jeroboam’s
Feast Day, Bul 15, was centrally placed on the 3rd Day in the midst
of the Coarse of Maaziah’s service. Compare the term
“The Lord’s Day” as in “The King’s Day”, or “King Jeroboam’s Day”!
D. And, not to
forget! Jeroboam, as Solomon’s Head Master Mason, in charge of Solomon’s Temple
construction, as well as also the building of Solomon’s own House, was heavily
invested, emotionally and otherwise, in this long-term project of creating some
of the most famous and beautiful buildings in history. Following some likely
disappointments of his in connection with the crowning act coming to us in the
form of Solomon’s dedication of the Temple unto YHWH, while apparently giving
little or no further honor to Jeroboam, may well have been cause for no small
jealousy on the part of Jeroboam. And then, given his chance, 30 years later,
Jeroboam may well have chosen to make up for said omission by thus creating a
Feast in his own honor. Being, as he now was, a ‘Free Mason’, no longer subject
to Solomon’s rule and overlordship, and as such at this later time honoring
himself as the Master Builder behind the Temple in Jerusalem, behind Solomon’s
palace, as also behind Baalbek in Lebanon, a temple apparently built in honor of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon’s wife… Notice
the ‘30’ year signature attached to Jeroboam’s Feast! Or isn’t it true that any
and all multiples of 3, 6, 9, 60, 600, 666, etc. remains the favorite sign and
signature attached not only to the Roman Catholic Church, but also to
Freemasonry?!
5) The original
initiation of the Priestly Courses at Mt. Sinai per God’s own instructions to
Moses as outlined in Num 8:5-22; Jasher 83:24 (and, re the erection of the
Tabernacle, in Exodus 40:2, 17; Num 7:1-11, 12-17; 9:15; Jasher 83:4-14). That
is, on the Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset JD Wed Mar 8 = Pre-Joshua’s
Long Day calendar reckoning sunset Fri Mar 10 = Jewish calendar Shabbat Mar 11,
1494 BCE.
Conclusion:
Thus, they all [i.e.
items 1) thru 5) above] harmonize, not only one with the other, but also with
said dates re the Priestly Courses as listed in Wikipedia. Furthermore, I find
what I believe is powerful support for the dates above specified, as well as
also for the original schedule of Priestly Courses being preserved even until
today.
Given all of the above, I believe we may at
this time thereby exactly bridge, that is, exactly date, Biblical events both
before King Jeroboam, and ever since King Hezekiah. [To me this is most
powerful evidence in support of Bible history, while demolishing all validity
of the teachings re evolution, very long ages, etc.]
The Psalms as Hymns in the Temple of Jerusalem
By Gary A. Rendsburg
With this as background, we turn to the Mishnah's mention of specific
Psalms used in the Temple
ceremony, starting with the list, provided
in Mishnah
Tamid 7:5 for the psalms recited on a daily basis. 35 In this particular case, we
also may add that many specialists in rabbinic literature aver that Tamid is one
of the oldest tractates (if not the oldest tractate) in the Mishnah (which is to
say, it incorporates written material from several generations before Judah ha-
Nasi),36 and hence regardless of one's position on the question addressed in
the preceding paragraph, one may utilize Tamid as a reliable source on older
practices. The relevant passage reads as follows:
The song that the Levites would recite in the Temple: on the first
day, they would recite, "to Yhwh is the earth and its fullness, the
world and its inhabitants"; on the second [day], they would recite,
"Yhwh is great and much praised, in the city of our God, his holy
mountain"; etc.
In typical Jewish tradition, this text provides only the incipit for each psalm. To
translate this into our system of numbering the Psalms-including not only the
two cited above, but the entire roster of seven poems (note the 'etc.' at the end
of the excerpt)-we gain the
following list: 37
Day 1 Psalm 24
Day2 Psalm 48
Day3 Psalm 82
Day4 Psalm 94
Day 5 Psalm 81
Day6 Psalm 93
Sabbath Psalm 92
In the Masoretic codices, only one of these psalms bears a superscription that
connects it to a specific day; not surprisingly that psalm is the last on this list,
whose introductory verse reads as follows:
Ps 92: 1 'A psalm, a song, for tbe Sabbath day'
Quite remarkable, however, is the additional testimony of the Septuagint (Lxx),
which assigns specific days to
five of the seven psalms, namely: 38
Day 1 Psalm 24 (Lxx Psalm 23)
Day2 Psalm 48 (Lxx Psalm 47)
Day4 Psalm 94 (Lxx
Psalm 93)
Day6 Psalm 93 (Lxx Psalm 92)
Sabbath Psalm 92 (Lxx Psalm,91)
Moreover, there is agreement between this list and the rabbinic list
(notwithstanding the omission of the psalms for Day 3 and Day 5 in the
Septuagint). These lines of evidence (which are very much independent of each
other) converge to allow us to reconstruct the ritual recitation. of these psalms
in the Temple during its last century of existence.
(The
Psalms as Hymns in the Temple of Jerusalem, by Gary A. Rendsburg, pp. 109-110) [cached]
- - -
- - -
Mishna Tamid 7
(=Talmud 7:4)
"The Talmud even indicated that certain
psalms were sung on each day of the week: Sunday, Psalm 24; Monday, Psalm 48;
Tuesday, Psalm 82; Wednesday, Psalm 94;
Thursday, Psalm 81; Friday, Psalm 93; and Saturday (the Sabbath), Psalm
92.[9]" [Footnote 9: "Talmud 7:4"].
[From: https://rsc.byu.edu/approaching-holiness/psalms-sung#_noteref-9]
Talmud
7:4... Mishna Tamid 7:
הַשִּׁיר
שֶׁהָיוּ הַלְוִיִּם
אוֹמְרִים
בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ,
בַּיּוֹם
הָרִאשׁוֹן
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים
(תהילים כ״ד:א׳),
לַה' הָאָרֶץ
וּמְלוֹאָהּ
תֵּבֵל
וְיֹשְׁבֵי
בָהּ.
בַּשֵּׁנִי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
מח), גָּדוֹל ה'
וּמְהֻלָּל
מְאֹד
בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ
הַר קָדְשׁוֹ.
בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי
הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים
(שם פב), אֱלֹהִים
נִצָּב
בַּעֲדַת אֵל
בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים
יִשְׁפֹּט.
בָּרְבִיעִי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
צד), אֵל נְקָמוֹת
ה' אֵל
נְקָמוֹת
הוֹפִיעַ
וְגוֹ'.
בַּחֲמִישִׁי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
פא), הַרְנִינוּ
לֵאלֹהִים
עוּזֵּנוּ,
הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהֵי
יַעֲקֹב.
בַּשִּׁשִּׁי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
צג), ה' מָלָךְ
גֵּאוּת
לָבֵשׁ
וְגוֹ'.
בְּשַׁבָּת
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
צב), מִזְמוֹר
שִׁיר לְיוֹם
הַשַּׁבָּת,
מִזְמוֹר
שִׁיר לֶעָתִיד
לָבֹא, לְיוֹם
שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ
שַׁבָּת מְנוּחָה
לְחַיֵּי
הָעוֹלָמִים:
Translation:
The following is a list of each daily psalm
that the Levites would recite in the Temple. On the first day of the week they
would recite the psalm beginning: “A psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s
and all it contains, the world and all who live in it” (Psalms, chapter 24). On
the second day they would recite the psalm beginning: “A song; a psalm of the
sons of Korah. Great is the Lord and highly to be praised in the city of God,
on His sacred mountain” (Psalms, chapter 48). On the third day they would
recite the psalm beginning: “A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine
assembly; among the judges He delivers judgment” (Psalms, chapter 82). On the fourth day they would recite the psalm beginning: “O
Lord God, to Whom vengeance belongs, God to Whom vengeance belongs, shine
forth” (Psalms, chapter 94). On the fifth day they would recite the
psalm beginning: “For the leader; upon the Gittith, a
psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout aloud to the God of
Jacob” (Psalms, chapter 81). On the sixth day they would recite the psalm
beginning: “The Lord reigns: He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, girded
with strength” (Psalms, chapter 93). On Shabbat they would recite the psalm
beginning: “A psalm, a song for Shabbat day” (Psalms, chapter 92). This is
interpreted as a psalm, a song for the future, for the day that will be
entirely Shabbat and rest for everlasting life.
From: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Tamid.7.4?lang=bi
Arakhin 11b
[Within the excerpt below (from the text
above), Bold font is original (i.e. original as in this link) while
apparently indicating the English words that are at all based upon the Hebrew
words found within Hebrew text lines immediately above said English words. Said
Hebrew words in the lines below (numbered 16, 17, and 20) are exact copies of
the indicated sections above as circled in red. That the Bold font words are
indeed found in the Hebrew text is then double checked (by TLT©), and the
verified words are indicated in Blue, Red, Brown, or Orange font. Red, Brown, and Orange is used for indicating time related words]
…
(16)
ת"ש רבי
יוסי אומר מגלגלין
זכות ליום
זכאי וחובה
ליום חייב
[Google translation:
[”Rabbi Yossi says from Galgalin a right for a rightful day and an obligation for a obligated day”]
Rabbi Yosei says: A fortunate matter is brought about
on an auspicious day, and a deleterious matter
on an inauspicious day.
(17)
אמרו כשחרב
הבית בראשונה
אותו היום תשעה
באב היה
ומוצאי
שבת
היה ומוצאי
שביעית היתה
ומשמרתו
של יהויריב
היתה והיו
כהנים ולוים
עומדים על
דוכנן
ואומרים שירה
ומה שירה אמרו
(תהלים צד, כג)
וישב עליהם את
אונם וברעתם
יצמיתם ולא
הספיקו לומר
יצמיתם ה' אלהינו
עד שבאו
אויבים
וכבשום וכן בשניה
[Google translation:
[”They said when the sword of [“when the sword of”=”was destroyed”] the house was on the first day of the same [“on the first day of the same”=” for the first time”] day Tisha [“Tisha”=”the Ninth”] B'av was and Saturday evening was [“Saturday evening was”=” i.e., it was on the day after Shabbat, a Sunday”=end of the 7th [of the month]=[An obvious Talmud error!/TLT©]] and Saturday evening was [“Saturday evening was”=”was the year after a Sabbatical Year [per the Jewish calendar reckoning (cf. Rambam comment below!)]”] and Yehoyrib's vigil [“vigil”=”priestly watch”] was and there were priests and Levites standing on their stand and saying poetry
And what song did they say (Psalms Tzad [Tzad=צד=94], 23) and their oppression and evil rested upon them, and they did not have enough time to say, "I will fast, O Lord our God, until enemies and sheep came, and likewise in the second”]
As the Sages said: When the Temple was destroyed for the first time, that day was the Ninth of Av, a date on which several calamities had already occurred; and it was the conclusion of Shabbat [“Shabbat”=seventh [day of the month]; an obvious Talmud error, as also pointed out in the subsequent Hebrew words quoted below!/TLT©], i.e., it was on the day after Shabbat, a Sunday; and it was the year after a Sabbatical Year; and it was the week of the priestly watch of Jehoiarib; and the priests and Levites were standing on their platform and singing song. And what song were they singing? They were singing the verse: “And He brought upon them their own iniquity, and He will cut them off in their own evil” (Psalms 94:23). And they did not manage to recite the end of that verse: “The Lord our God will cut them off,” before gentiles came and conquered them. And likewise, the same happened when the Second Temple was destroyed.
…
(20)
אמר
רבא ואיתימא
רב אשי ותסברא
שירה דיומיה
(תהלים כד, א) לה' הארץ
ומלואה וישב
עליהם את אונם
בשיר דארבעה
בשבת הוא אלא
אילייא
בעלמא הוא דנפל
להו בפומייהו
[Google translation:
[”Raba Vaitima [“Vaitima”=”and some”] said, Rav Ashi and Tasbara [“Tasbara”=”you understand”] sang daily [sang daily=”The song of the day for Sunday”] (Psalms 24:1) to the Lord of the earth and its fullness, and he sat down [“down”=”brought”] on them with the song of Darba [“Darba” =”the song for Wednesday, not the song for Sunday”=the Fourth [Day of the week]] on Shabbat [“on Shabbat” = in the seventh [of the month]], but Ilya [Ilya=lamentation] in Alma, he fell to him in his pumiyo”]
Rava said, and some say Rav Ashi said: And how can you understand the description of the destruction cited in the baraita? The song of the day for Sunday, which is when the baraita says that the Temple was destroyed, is the psalm that begins: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof” (Psalms 24:1). And yet the verse that the baraita says that the Levites were singing, “And He brought upon them their own iniquity,” is in the song for Wednesday, not the song for Sunday. Rather, it was merely a portentous lamentation [eiliyya] that came into their mouths, not an actual song recited over an offering.
Rabbi comments tied
to sentence #(17) above):
Rashi:
Google translation:
Moscha [“Moscha” = after] Shabbat - one on [“one on”=First [re the]] Shabbat.
And I leave from [“I leave from” = after] seven to eight.
And he sat down on them - a verse in the psalms in the psalm to God's vengeance.
TLT© comment:
Rashi seems to be pointing out that
the words “after the Shabbat” are an error for “after the 7th until
the 8th.”
Google translation:
3 Rambam Laws of Shemita and Yuval 10:3-4
[TLT© comment: 10:3 above provides 410 years and 420 years, where I have 430 years and 572 years year respectively (The Sacred Calendar… (version XXIX.0); (From the beginning of building the temple until 586 BCE - Cell BL3364); 410 years, inclusive reckoning, from the disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant: & ScriptureCalendar-file (572 years from the day the 2nd temple was finished until 56 CE - Cell CT1572; 420 years brings me to 97 BCE…)]
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[2] “ARAKHIN
(Aram. עֲרָכִין, "Valuations"), the fifth
tractate of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud in the order of Kodashim.” (Encyclopedia.com)
[3] Wikipedia has been updating said table continually.
[4] 1 Kings 6:38; 8:2; 12:32, 33. Given…
1.
the dates provided in 1 Ki 6:38; 8:2,
2.
considering that Solomon’s dedication cannot likely have taken place
prior to the Temple having been finished,
3.
the fact that the record of Solomon’s dedication event is placed subsequent
(1 Kings 8:13, 65, 66) to the record of the Temple having been finished (1
Kings 6:38), and
4.
the fact that no other year for those events is given than the eleventh
year of Solomon’s reign and the seventh year of building it, it is clear to me
that both of those events, albeit subsequent to one another and almost one year
apart, were reckoned as falling within one and the same calendar year, 1 Kings
6:38.
That
being so, it follows also that the calendar year being used at the time was
reckoned from the Eight Day Feast at the beginning of the year, through the
Seventh and last Day of the Feast of Tabernacles at the end of the Biblical
year. That is, Tishri 22 thru Tishri 21.
Thus,
also the remaining seven or eight days of the seventh month may now, since
Hezekiah’s Long Day in the year beginning in the fall of 699 BCE, be considered
the evening twilight of the year (including also the seven days of the Feast of
Tabernacles) prior to the eighth month and the winter season’s darkness and
cold. Yet, prior to Hezekiah’s Long Day that Feast of Tabernacles fell out in
the spring, at the beginning of summer, and at the beginning of longer days and
the hot season. That is, due to a pole shift that transferred Jerusalem from
the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere.
On that
note, and considering the words…
“1 Ki 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him… seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
“1 Ki 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they
blessed the king, and went unto their tents…“
I find it plausible that the highlighted words of those two verses are pointing to 1) the “seven days…” of the Feast of Tabernacles, and 2) the “and seven days” subsequent to, and including, “the Eighth Day”, Feast (Tishri 22) prior to the New Moon of the eighth month, Bul, i.e. Bul 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29. Notice also that “he sent the people away… went unto their tents… “! That is, unto the boots they had built on the First Day of Tabernacles. Those words do not say ‘to their homes’ or ‘to their houses’ or ‘to their villages’, etc., do they?
Furthermore, please notice that said fourteen days, or fifteen days if you include the Seventh Day Sabbath immediately before the First Day of Tabernacles, begin (cf. footnote #3) and end, in that year, with a Seventh Day Sabbath. That is,
1. Ethanim=Tishri 14, the First Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset Fri Nov 12, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = sunset JD Sat Nov 13, 1009 BCE (cf. footnote #3);
2. Ethanim=Tishri 21, the Interim Second Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset Fri Nov 19, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = sunset JD Sat Nov 20, 1009 BCE; and
3. Ethanim=Tishri 28, the Third and Final Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset Fri Nov 26, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = sunset JD Sat Nov 27, 1009 BCE.
Considering also, that at that time and location, Jerusalem was located
on the Southern Hemisphere, and that that time of the year, ever since the Long
Day of Joshua, was therefore spring time rather than autumn time, it may be
easier to understand how King Jeroboam was, a few years later, able to sway his
people towards the use of another calendar than the one ordained by God through
Moses and which was being used theretofore, 1 Kings 12:32.
Given also that Jeroboam had been the
Chief of Building under Solomon, and that Jeroboam’s part of the building of
the Temple was finished in Bul, the eighth month, 1010 BCE, it is easy to
understand his choice of Bul in commemoration of himself, and of his
accomplishments as the Chief builder under King Solomon, within said calendar
of his own making.
[5] That
Solomon’s Dedication took place on Ethanim 21 (= Tishri 21 = the twenty-first
day of the seventh month = the Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles) in that
year fell on a Seventh Day Sabbath, 1 Kings 8:2, is indicated by
1.
the fact that the Priestly Courses are scheduled from Sabbath to
Sabbath,
2.
the fact that (per my file JewishPriestlyCoursesDatedBack.xlsm) the
first Priestly Course, Jehoiarib/Meron, is dated as beginning at sunset Fri Nov
26, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = JD sunset Sat Nov
27, 1009 BCE, and
3.
the fact that it makes sense for God to have arranged for the Priestly
Course of Maazia (cf. ‘Messiah’), the 24th and last within the 24
Priestly Courses, coinciding with Solomon’s dedication of the Temple on Ethanim
= Tishrei 21, the First Day of the Feast of Tabernacles, cf. Lev 23:34, 35; Ex
40:3, 17; 1 Kings 8:10, 11! That is, as the Seventh Day Sabbath event
culminating the chiasm of days and events within the fourteen-day plus long
feast held by King Solomon at that time. On that note, please consider also the
Shekhinah-like words “the cloud… the glory of Yehovah” recorded in these
verses:
1 Ki 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
1 Ki 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
[6] The Seventh Day Sabbath begins at sunset Friday
evenings. This is a well-known fact implemented by most Seventh Day Sabbath
observers presently as well as also at the time of Solomon’s dedication of the
Temple.
Nonetheless, due to the pole shift in Hezekiah’s 15th year of
reign, as evidenced 1) by the ten-hour reversal of the shadow on King Ahaz’
sundial, Isa 38:8, and 2) by the associated long day (10hr reverse + 10 hr retracking + 4 hr time zone
travel + the regular 24hr day = 48 hours), the Julian Day (JD) calendar
reckoning places those same beginnings of said 7th Day Sabbaths
(prior to Hezekiah’s 15th year of reign) at sunset Saturdays, not
sunset Fridays.
Accordingly, per JD reckoning, the dedication of the Temple – which,
most likely, occurred on the Seventh Day Sabbath within the Feast of
Tabernacles, 1 Kings 8:2, 65, 66. That Sabbath in 1009 BCE, began at (using
Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning) sunset Fri Nov 19, the 21st
day of the 7th month, 1009 BCE = JD sunset Sat Nov 20, 1009 BCE - is
being reckoned as beginning at JD sunset Sat Nov 20, 1009 BCE.
Does this
mean that Sundays, beginning at sunset Saturdays, could or should be reckoned
as the Seventh Day Sabbath of the Bible? No, absolutely not! Please remember
the Long Day of Joshua! Using JD reckoning for the time prior to Joshua’s Long
Day, we find our Seventh Day Sabbaths beginning at sunset Sundays (i.e. not at sunset Fridays, nor at sunset Saturdays).
Whether
or not there were like long days at each of the many poleshifts
prior to Joshua’s Long Day, I do not know. That would depend on the location
being used for the reckoning of days at the time of each of said pole shifts. I
contend that the one valid time reference given us by our Creator and Maker,
via the Bible, is the location of the Biblical ark, first Noah’s ark, later the
Ark of the Covenant as it traveled from place to place for forty years in the
desert. Where is the Ark of the Covenant located today? Is there any firm
evidence for the Ark of the Covenant having been removed elsewhere from
Jerusalem? There are many contenders for such other current locations, indeed
all around our planet, yes. But no, I am not aware of any proof to the effect
that the Ark of the Covenant has indeed been removed out of Jerusalem. Much to
the contrary!
Thus, I
am convinced that we can all firmly rely on our Creator, and upon His guidance.
Where is His resting place, the throne of God, if not in the form of the Shekhinah between the two
cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant? However, beyond that which may be
indicated within Ps 11:4; 47:8; Isa 6:1; 66:1; Jer
14:21; Dan 7:9; Matt 5:34; 18:20; Act 7:49; Heb 8:1; Rev 4:2; 4:4-10; 5:1, 6;
7:9, 10, 11, 15, 17; 8:3; 14:3; 19:4; Eze 10:7; Ex 33:20; 34:9, the word or
concept of the Shekhinah is not found in the Bible. Nevertheless, in Jer 3:17 we find Jerusalem being called “the throne of
Jehovah”. Cf. 2 Kings 18:22; 2 Chron 32:12; Isa 27:13; 36:7; Zec 14:16, 17; Joh
4:20, 21; Acts 8:27.
It is
indeed a most important fact, that, in order to establish any meaningful
calendar, there must be one place defined for each timed event. Most especially
so re the place where the New Moon is first being observed. If not, the first
New Moon observation for any given month will occur in variable places all
around our globe, and no one will know for certain which month is indicated by
another party. Thus, the importance of Jerusalem, defined as one such location.
And prior to Jerusalem, the Ark of the Covenant, and the Ark of Noah.
[7] Notice carefully!:
In current Jewish calendars (cf. footnote #4!) each numbered date of the month corresponds to the morning
following next after the beginning of the corresponding day. That is, it
appears as though at this time and age any given date currently provided in a
Jewish calendar is tied to the sunset of the Julian Day subsequent to the
actual beginning of that particular date. Indeed, it appears as though the
Jewish calendar is still using, and thus preserving, the calendar reckoning of
theirs that was being used from the time of Joshua’s Long Day until King
Hezekiah’s 15th year of reign, and which would be consistent with
today’s Julian Day reckoning.
Could said
Jewish reckoning be a remnant from the calendar changes introduced by King
Jeroboam? Could King Jeroboam’s calendar somehow be associated with the very
beginnings of Freemasonry?
[8] Considering
the many Bible passages recording how the priests carried the Ark of the
Covenant around throughout the reigns of Saul and David, I find very good
support for believing that the schedule of Priestly Courses, as instructed by
God via Moses at Mt. Sinai, had at that time not been forgotten or interrupted
and that said schedule was continued through David’s instructions to Solomon re
the building of the Temple.
Touching
on said actions of the priests following Saul’s death and David’s subsequent
move into Jerusalem, please consider 1Kings 2:11; 1 Chron 11:4-7; 13:14;
14:1;15:1-2, 17:1; 22:1-19; 23:1-2; 28:2.
Touching
on David’s plans re the building of the Temple, please consider 2 Sam 7:1-5,
13; 1 Kings 8:19; 1 Chron 17:11-12; 22:9-10; 28:2, 3, 6, 10-21.
Touching
specifically on the Priestly Courses during the reigns of David and Solomon,
please consider 1 Chron 23:1-32; 24:1-31; 28:13, 21; 2 Chron 8:14.
Touching
on the Priestly Courses during the reign of Hezekiah, please consider 2 Chron
31:2, 15, 17; 35:10.
Considering also Ezra 6:18 I find further evidence to the effect that
the original schedule of Priestly Courses was still intact and uninterrupted at
the time of Ezra. Indeed, in said Bible passage that concept is specifically
expressed.
[Although I find no Bible passages specifically dating King David’s
initiative to build the Temple, at one time I considered whether or not David’s
37th year of reign could be significant in that regard. That is, per
version XXIX.0 of my Excel spreadsheet The Sacred Calendar of the Creator in
Progress, 490 years prior to Cyrus’ Decree reaches to David’s 37th
year of reign. Seeing that out of three possible beginnings of the 1st
Priestly Course in that year, one happens to possibly coincide with Tishri 15
and the First Day of the Feast of Tabernacles, while the remaining two do not
harmonize with anything, I found the Seventh Day Sabbath, JD Aug 24, 1023 BCE,
of some potential interest. However, seeing also that that date would require
an exceptionally early Abib 1 (Feb 12, 1023 BCE, I find no lasting support for
that idea. However, it did arouse in me some considerations re the differing
personalities, and the differing agendas between David, Solomon, and Jeroboam.]
[9] Strong’s 4590 vs. Strong’s H4899:
מַעַזְיָה - ma‛azyâh, mah-az-yaw'; …rescue of Jah; Maazjah, the name of two Israelites; vs.
מָשִׁיחַ - mâshı̂yach, maw-shee'-akh, From H4886; anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically the Messiah.
[10] I see no such correlations of interest relative to the
dates of the Priestly Courses when doing like comparisons for Bul 15 in either
980 BCE or 978 BCE. Cf. my tables for all of those years as created in my file
JewishPriestlyCoursesDatedBack.xlsm.