QUESTION: How accurate is the early Bible timeline? Can the end-of-time be calculated from reading the recorded years? Did Adam really live 930 years?
ANSWER: The development of an accurate timeline for the
Bible has been of interest for millennia itself: The Bible
timeline is at best a reconstruction of records,
translations, correlations: Discrepancies therein have
been resolved many times, over thousands of years -- not
all the translations were done by modern scholars.
Pedantics gets the enquirer nowhere when reading the Bible
directly: It takes some understanding of what they were
talking-about: as it also took some understanding of the
scholars who translated it in the first place (for you to
read) and much understanding of the scribes who recorded
it ages ago: They were not absolutely certain that 930
years meant years, but they translated to that as that
seemed the best choice: It could not have been months, as
that left no time to grow up to bear children; but they
did ponder whether there was some other earlier form of
time measure, such as harvest seasons, as are reasonable
for agricultural societies
Where the Bible reports that Terah at 70, begat Abraham, Nahor and Haran,
scholarly commentary on the Bible, published even two centuries ago, finds
years easily numbered until the reader gets to Abra[ha]m, reordered and
that Abram was the youngest of Terah and listed first for his [Abraham's]
ultimate heir-prominence: And 70 years then apply to Haran, the eldest:
And 130 years is back-counted from when Abram exited with his nephew Lot.
Straight readings of years exhibit pedantics there: But, if pedantic,
then the straight reader must thereby deduce Abra[ha]m to be tripleted
with Nahor and Haran, in plainly repeating the verbage, and as must be
relevant to the times and dates of the Bible timeline. But, recall that
Haran died before Terah: Therefore, Haran was not, principal heir:- This
must reconcile: And this confirms the scholars' better explanation of
Abraham as the younger, though ultimately prominent, brother.
The Jewish calendar, by scholars who've worked through the same Bible
wording and compared original manuscripts, puts the first date as 3761
BCE; But that does not include Adam's years before he arrived on
Earth, as the reading is, Jehovah formed Adam of the clay:
meaning he already existed extraterrestrially --
plausibly 2 years, not 9 months;
First and last years recounted are usually not, full years:
Age in years was not determined from the birth-month, as that was not
listed -- Thus allow for one or two years per step through
the geneology: To say that Terah was 70 when he begat, may be 68+:
eg. born December, an event in January, the second year, is but days later.
And the Bible itself includes a very similar list of the lineage of Cain,
leaving scholars guessing as to who, actually begat, whom.
The recounting of geneologies is of little importance to mankind:
It was of interest to get a perspective of the Biblical span,
and no more: A President could not count on when any prophecy might
actually be fulfilled, not even if millions of voters claimed it was so.
The age of the Earth is certainly more like 2.5 billion years
(the estimated 4.5 billion is likely a mistake as the rate of radiodecay
of uranium etc., was likely not the same "constant" when the universe
was much smaller per the theory of expansion) -- certainly not
The schedule produced by project 'lambhorn' is an astronomical millennial
clock discerned by Daniel, and separately by St. John with very different
observations, yet keenly aligned! We estimate 3670 BC as the beginning,
which would be somewhere within Adam's timeline: maybe when he became
(matured as) the first, man, or when the lineaging process began with
Seth, at Adam's 130 years -- another piece of early realism to resolve.
The Daniel millennial clock though is interesting of itself: It aligns well
with subsequent astronomical events as 'lambhorn' delineates:
which makes it more cogent as to what drives human thought to science.
Project 'lambhorn' is about re-discovery of far more fundamental
calculations, informations, understandings, gone since ancient scholars,
that today can only be called Science: or Science itself were not worthy.
And it is the larger discoveries of 'lambhorn' that confirm the Bible
timeline: Readings do not confirm: Readings do not give understanding.
Daniel said, I understood by books ... and Daniel was skilled in
mathematics and sciences! We prove that Daniel was so skilled,
and therefore, thereby we know what he had more to share.
Today a degree in the mathematics and sciences, confirms, understands,
Bible Truth -- whence early Christian Scientists "lisped in numbers".
And, there are far more accurate registrations, many of which project
'lambhorn' has recently discovered, which confirm the understanding
better than any reading .... "Strengthen the feeble knees",
is the work of confirmation, of under-stand-ing, not
readings.
There is a fundamental importance, as 'lambhorn' describes, to living the
practicable possible Christ: Adam lived 930 years: You can forget any
end-of-the-world end-of-time date sooner than the doctors' 120, as Godly!-
Come out from among them, and be separate: Put-off the old man
(the alcoholic, the cheeser) ... is the dictum of the Scriptures:
the call of the Wise: the Christ, Science. The times and dates given by
project 'lambhorn' are goods of the mathematics and sciences.
QUESTION: Does the Bible really say Daniel was skilled in
mathematics and science -- by any particular version or
translation? DANIEL writes: "As for these four children,
God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and
wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and
dreams." (DAN1:17) "Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer,
even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about
the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and
talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to
give thee skill and understanding." (DAN9:22)
ANSWER: "All learning and wisdom ... skill and understanding",
includes the sciences and arithmetics of their day; the
Chaldean computations of the Saros cycles of solar
eclipses; the larger business arithmetics; the basics;...
as also project 'lambhorn' proves by articulate deduction.
And the reference to DAN9:22 is rather specific wisdom and
understanding, in response to Daniel's deep prayers and
supplications; confessions (discriminations) of erroneous
acts by the Hebrew congregations.
The versions are all fairly similar (including the
Catholic, Jerusalem Bible). Daniel and the three Hebrew
boys were neither dullards nor inebriates: "... Daniel
purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself
with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine"
(DAN1:8), which Christ Jesus explained, meant he did not
ask for the meat and wine; Nor were they preferrers in
dreams, though Daniel was specially known for his ability
to detect and discern dreams or memories.
Science, is specified:
"And the king spake ... of the children of Israel, ...
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured,
and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge,
and understanding science, and such as had ability in them
to stand in the king's palace ...
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that
the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better
than all the magicians and astrologers ..." (DAN1:4,20/KJV)
The astrologer's astronomy (computing positions of
planets, for accurate prediction) was significant
mathematics beyond arithmetic, subjected (lest they lose
their heads) to the king's rulership of plans and planets.
The latter lesson King Nebuchadnezzar learned in reverse:
Not himself alone but the Heavens do, reveal, the rule.
And DANIEL better than lisped, in numbers.
Academics of the right sort are prerequisite to
the understanding of Biblical prophecy, meanings, intents,
purposes: God is, Mind. And I will recommend nothing less
than meeting such prerequisites, while proceeding in the
new course: And as David put-off the heavy armour,
the mechanical calculation: I recommend mathematics.
QUESTION: When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman taken in
the act of adultery, to Jesus teaching in the temple, he
didn't answer immediately, but wrote on the ground as if
he'd not heard them: What did he write? Is there a clue,
or an insight? Some say it was a list of libel; others
suggest he wrote the famous mene-mene of Daniel. (John8)
ANSWER: The writing on the floor, you suggest ... Jesus did act
in humorous ways at times. It is historic that nobody knew
what he wrote;- though disciples were with him, they were
mostly not educated to read (St. John, believed to have
been of the priesthood, might be one exception). And
likewise the gospels themselves were written, -likely by
convert-scribes in their service.
I would suppose that Jesus did as he perceived right to do
in the temple:-- I would not expect he'd retaliate by
writing a list of their sins in lieu of speaking them: It
is interesting to compare, that when Zacharias had learned
in the temple while burning the priests' incense, that his
wife was to have a baby, his silence when he came out, may
have been for the same reason: something to not be spoken
in the temple, where worship is of God only;- and he would
not even relate that that had happened, until much later.
Whatever Jesus wrote, was either of no consequence, -I'll
answer that momentarily,- or a secret to never divulge.
The latter seems unlikely, while the former may have been
something simpler, that was unrecognized,- or an unusual
proof that he himself knew how to write (It had been at
times marveled that he could read without having been
formally taught: But there is some question of what he
learned as a child in Egypt) ... perhap he was counting
as scribes counted in clay, but Jesus emphasized that
without the water, the clay was merely dust ... as he
othertime said, ye (the man of dust) must be born again
of the water, and of the spirit: a holistic view on his
spiritual basis, not on their shadowy material basis:--
Even for the objects they knew, Jesus gave the spiritual
meaning, continually, insistently ...
Perhap he was counting, as to-ten: for what he did next,
was something of an outburst (which was not uncommon with
him in the temple, as when another time he overthrew their
money-exchange tables, there): He went absolute with them,
and they didn't understand at all when he related Abraham
having seen his day; instead mocking him over the obvious
disparity in age and millennia,-- perhap it was habitual
to mock, as practiced skeptics runout of reason to speak,
rather than try to understand when other people spoke in
general: They counted themselves as teachers; and he was
counting in the dust on the floor.-- That does seem like a
mockery but more deliberately saying that words put in
matter would dissipate as dust in the rain and wind, but
truths that should be taught in the temple, shall never.
QUESTION: Where is Mount Ararat? Common-theory puts Eden
near Lake Van in the mountains feeding streams at the
northern end of the Hiddekel (Tigris) and Euphrates
Rivers; and purportedly where they spoke a different
language. Where did Noah's Ark find dry land? How deep
was the flood?
Reasoning aright we perceive that in Noah's case of extreme
rain, he could see far across the flat land steppe: He
knew what would happen: worthy thinkers were not mere
predictors but far-seers: Noah foresaw that prolonged rain
on the far-stretching steppe would mean local flooding, of
a very long duration ... That it was coming and foretold,
indicates the rain was likely due to a shift in the
monsoon from its more usual deluge on southern Asia,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, up to the north ... It would have
included significant changes in the prevailing winds (as
flat desert has), easy for Noah to recognize as a
larger-than-usual trouble coming. Water-flow on a steppe
is slow, dragged by its shallowness and lifting sand: It'd
take months to begin, a week or month to arrive, lasting
the monsoon months; months more for it to subside-- (and
fifteen cubits draft was only 25 feet at its deepest:
(Subnote. That much dust should have also lighted the night
sky to at-least sweltering warm, for months until it
triggered the global rainstorm.)
Forewarned he built his ark; And entered. Local rains fell:
Underground fissures promptly overflowed water
...
And Noah's family stayed in the safety of his ark, with all
his animals for repopulation; minor consolation but as that
was the kind of big-thinker Noah was: systematic, thorough,
he took pets, farm animals, rabbits from his garden; they'd
need decades to repopulate the land, but it kept his family
busy caring, thinking on that which was good, floating upon
the slow down-steppe tide, to the Persian Gulf, and out ...
in the Gulf for many months: It may seem silly but, flooded
land wouldn't be ready for planting until it dried-out; and
there would be no crop till months later: and, he would not
know where the best soil was, till things grew, again.
How far did he go?- Daily inches
And his descendants resumed living, and leaving from there;
The Hebrews were not mountain people.
Basically the flood was Noah's own flood, -lessons he would
to learn,- and he reported on watching the demise of those
commoners around.
QUESTION: Are 'gay's a problem in Christian Science
churches?-- We read about them infiltrating the Christian
denominations ...
ANSWER: Again, Christian Science, is the Science of the Christ,-
for, all, denominations; not a denomination itself ... Just
how this will come about and be recognized, hangs on a slow
human sense of progress, the human-Christian compounding an
almost hors-d' Christ agreement with human errors of sense:
Anybody who drinks beer, wine etc. is 'gay' (smiling,
frown-smiling, calling it, "bad");- though that does not
diminish the condition specially called gay. Early-century
Jews were borderline: Christ Jesus drank wine because as
guest in the homes of rich people who drank wine it was
good etiquette;- and chided his disciples to complain not
for what they were served or who served them: warning them
only to not ask for it, for the words coming from the
mouth defile the man; not the wine going into the mouth,
though poison they would yet live if they
religiously-undefiledly
did not ask for it ... Jesus was forgiving of sinners who
re-pent-ed, but his last words on the subject, to his
disciples, were that he, would not drink of that cup again
till together they drink it new (fresh) in the Kingdom of
Heaven ... So today, we can drink premium grape juice
(Zinfandel Blanc,... unspoiled, bottled fresh) and know,
That it is what he meant, when he spoke of the Kingdom of
Heaven, the established fresh air, and fresh water and
food -in the domain- thereof. But it's up to each to
become Christian following the Christ the way he said he
was going to do today. Whence common so-called,
Christians, repeated the errors of his disciples, rather
than following Christ in doing what he said he would do
with his disciples not 'gay's.
'Gay' is but mocking ridicule of Christiankind; Each
century has had a gay era, typically the '90's decade,
then returned to war and killing claiming 'adultery'
caused by quitting. (Biblical references to Sodom indicate
most of them married but had no respect for women [nor
men],- using wives as house-help and baby-makers, not
conjugal-sisters.) Legal ground commonly focused on
reciprocal benefits, home-help stuff applicable to
non-married-live-ins (male-female) insufficient of
legality ... likewise gay-Bills where-they-were-gay were
insufficient,- sort of a "second-companying".
Not the death of the human sense of body, but of a mistaken sense,
of human body: the human will be the last to vanish, long after
the errors of sense and sense of error; when man will act only
as Mind directs, -spontaneously, unerringly,- because his thoughts
will be full thereof and without spot, and the errors of the first
limits reverse to the pretruth, the Truth that was, always, before
the Adamic waking-dream. Waking-up is neither imitated nor
reproduced nor going back to sleep and trying again ... We cannot
chide children, for unfeigned joy, happiness, laughter,- and man
never was gay, and never will be on a path to holiness and harmony;
whence merging paths are not gay, when proved as close as the man.
ANSWER: Scholars have dated the Sumerians to ca 3100 BC,
before Jared begat Enoch by 'lambhorn' reckoning, after by
Jewish calendar reckoning, after Methuselah begat Lamech
by scholars dating Adam as beginning that millennium,
at-least seven-and-a-half centuries before Noah's flood,
late in the era of Bible name parallels in Seth's and
Cain's lineages, not yet found in Sumerian records; not
exactly.
(Language scholars do find the Sumerian word, Edin, meant
fertile plain, and that it derived from the local
Akkadian-Ubaidan centuries older.)
Project 'lambhorn' articles put Jehovah, Adam, and Eve, at
the Pison river north bend (Wadi Batin, today) northwest
of the Persian Gulf; And Cain, and the land of Nod, east
of the river confluence, as close as the Euphrates
marshland;- So, till Noah's flood in that region, Sumer
was the mixed lineage-deltages of Adam and Cain plus the
local mankind settled there, and mercantile travelers....
But, one article also estimates Cain as Jehovah's little
go-getter first grandson who had heard what spacer living
was about:
The Sumerians exhibited characteristics suggesting possibly
direct knowledge of a Jehovahn-smart mindset like Cain's:
Sumerians were city-builders, and came-with or invented a
cuneiform written language evidently prior and superior
to Akkadian cuneiform that succeeded it and by which
scholars reconstructed it. But the Bible indicates two
kinds of persons mixing in the region: The sons of God,
may have been educators who, the daughters of men, they
wived, and probably therefor the sons of men they taught,
-paid- .... But which raises a point:--
Cuneiform, was a lot of work, for apparently intelligent,
spacer-origin, society .... And no-joke-intended, saying,
spacer-origin: Their -(known)- speech didn't use voicing
for letters, b, d, g, but unaspiration [SIC], the
constriction at the vocal chords, compared to p, t, k, the
constriction at the consonant itself;-- ie. clearly heard
in a whisper, that meant its origin was indoors or with
near-absolute intolerance of loud sounds ....
By making cuneiform so simple yet tedious, the sons of God
kept the sons of men relegated to gradually learning
uniformity: It was probably the-planet-of-the-mankind,
for spacers. (Even one local name for Sumer, Emegir, may
mean Summer Resort; or root for imagi'ne.) But then, there
is the possibility that cuneiform is the Jehovahn spacer
font approximated by their clay-writing implements: Though
called a wedge it is apparently tailed-triangular which
allows point, line, angle, staple, trigon, whole ... at
least a font subset ... something for scholars to
research: Although Adam began without highly technical
support, he had years of upbringing, and technical
evidences may have appeared at times.
Also, Sumerian is deemed a language isolate and themselves
untraceable, yet they were prolific builders:- indoorsians
... Whence we infer, Sumerians included Adam's deltage,
and maybe other or later siblings;- And, being "dumped" on
Earth, they did just as they were given to: given their
spacer education, given their high technology, to being
replaced by clay ... they made fun, building Earth with a
future-now, high technology ... till their attitude became
recalcitrant, contentious, unruly, wicked, wild, evil, mad
(which sounds like the Cain-justice scenario).
Further distinction may also be drawn that the sons of God
were nine generations all alive together, Adam to Lamech,
(plus any Jehovahns, ten generations), while the sons of
men were the shorter-lived mankind made in the same image
and likeness of Adam's lineage.... The later senior
Jehovahn decision or prediction in flooding the land,
assuming Noah was directly told and didn't just figure it
on Godly interpretation of the night sky and shiftings of
the southern monsoon, is one of the strong teachings in
the Bible that the Godly are not to defile themselves by
ungodly speech and action;- that death is not the end of
sin but severest punishment ... Jehovahn concepts of life
seem less-than-absolutely concerned for the life of
mankind, -as though mortality were a phase of living
thought, high tech in low gear,- though, in subsequent
millennia they did use softer approach, eg. confounding
the language of the people at Babel.
Additional traces on Cain's deltage suggest a perpetuation
of violence, cf Lamech's inditement for seventy-sevenfold
of Cain's avengeance, and wandering albeit Cain settled
long enough to start cities named, Enoch. Cain may have
followed the Gihon (Karun) river up the ridge, or the
foothills along the east Persian Gulf and south, starting
cities in Elam, Iran, western Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
... Indian history was not prominent in that era but
Indian scholars do suggest connections with the "black
head" Dravidian people settling Sumer centuries later,-
that could have been a venturesome portion of Cain's
people returning to Edin,- adopting local language words,
for artisans, farmers, herdsmen, toilers, priests,-
implicating this was subordination of the indigenous
Akkadian(Semitic/Kemetic)-Ubadians, by newer, educated,
Sumerians.
(Note that in the sense of wanderer, Cain was also
living-out his concept of spacer-living wandering the
cosmos: It was almost regressive).
And further parallels appear in the same area, the same
era:- such as the introduction of breeding woolly sheep;
Sumerian names for rivers, Idiqlat, being the Hiddekel now
known as Tigris,
NB. The concept of one God was never jeopardized by the
Jehovahns, by their sons and daughters, by gods plural as
synonymous with the sons and daughters of God, though as
strange as myths in literatures, but by false emphases on
lineage and worship of animality and matter as their
hierarchy, as it were something to pass down:-- by
mystifying reality ... whence the worship of one
incorporeal God-Principle became necessary to the saving
of mankind, though still fraught with misunderstanding
nations, religions, denominations, and kinds of man and
gods.
[We must note here in closing that the plausible actual
would become speculative if we merely imagine what persons
may have done, said, meant ... the importance is in the
demonstration of the Christ Science: not to rediscover
that which is today abundant, but discern and live it]
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