The best way to learn about ancient time is to find out what the Creator of time has to say. Time started only when Jesus Christ was in the physical life. There was no record of people keeping time from Genesis to Malachi. The first biblical account of someone keeping time is in the Parable of The Land Owner. We can see that there is a big difference between today's time and the time of The Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 20:1-9 For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard, and he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, ‘you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. So they went. Again he went out about the sixth hour, and the ninth hour, and did likewise. And about eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, why have you been standing here idle all day? They said to him, ‘because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’ So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first. And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received denarius.
In ancient days, based on the Parable of the Landowner, the time was set up different than today's time: twelve o'clock was on the bottom, and six o'clock was on the top of the clock. Three o’clock and nine o’clock remain the same. The Holy Scriptures show that if there was a clock during those times, the hand would have moved from the right toward the left. The first hour of the day is one o'clock starts when the sun rises, followed by two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock and five o'clock. Six o'clock was the mid-day. After noon hours starts at seven o'clock, followed by eight o'clock, nine o'clock, ten o'clock and eleven o'clock. Twelve o'clock is the end or last hour of the day after the sun goes down. Night time starts at twelve o'clock.
In today's time, six o'clock is on the bottom, twelve o'clock is on the top. The hand moves from left toward right. The day time (a.m.) starts after midnight at one o'clock, followed by two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock, six o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, ten o'clock. Twelve o'clock at noon is the end of the day. The beginning of night time (p.m.) starts after noon at one o'clock, and it ends at twelve o'clock midnight. Again, in today’s time, 3:00 a.m. is in the night time and 3:00 p.m. is daylight; whereas, in the old days, 3:00 a.m. was daylight and 3:00 p.m. was in the night time.
Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
Matthew 27:45-46 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama.
In the old days ‘o'clock’ was called hour. It is written there were also twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness.
John 11:9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
There are several examples of the use of biblical time keeping in their daily routines:
John 1:39 He says to them, Come and see. They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
John 19:14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and He says to the Jews, Behold your King!
Acts 23:32 And he called to him two centurions, saying, make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night.
The Lord God knew what people would do in the latter days; they would pervert the truth, such as His words, to misguide people. The Book of Job prophesied that the people today would change the way we keep time. They call day in the face of the night.
Job 17:12 They change the night into a day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of the darkness.
God blesses anything located in or on the right side. In the old days, a book was read from right to left, and it is still the case today with languages such as Hebrew. Of course, this concept may seem strange because we commonly read from left to right; however, this is another example of how we have departed from the ways of God in the most common of tasks. In the Book of Genesis, God showed through Jacob the significance of the right. Joseph wanted his father Jacob to bless his firstborn son Manasseh. He told his father to place his right hand on his firstborn’s head. But Jacob knew God's will, so he placed his right hand on Ephraim, who was the younger son of Joseph.
Genesis 48:13-18And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.
The Lord Jesus Christ also spoke about the importance of the right in the Kingdom of God. Sheep symbolize the children of God. They shall be gathered on the right side. The goat, however, symbolizes the sons of darkness, and they shall be gathered on the left.
Mathew 25:32-34 And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides His sheep from the goats. And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
May this writing is a guide to help live the righteousness of God, and we will change whatever it takes anything that opposes to it.
.
Matthew 20:1-9 For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard, and he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, ‘you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. So they went. Again he went out about the sixth hour, and the ninth hour, and did likewise. And about eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, why have you been standing here idle all day? They said to him, ‘because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’ So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first. And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received denarius.
In ancient days, based on the Parable of the Landowner, the time was set up different than today's time: twelve o'clock was on the bottom, and six o'clock was on the top of the clock. Three o’clock and nine o’clock remain the same. The Holy Scriptures show that if there was a clock during those times, the hand would have moved from the right toward the left. The first hour of the day is one o'clock starts when the sun rises, followed by two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock and five o'clock. Six o'clock was the mid-day. After noon hours starts at seven o'clock, followed by eight o'clock, nine o'clock, ten o'clock and eleven o'clock. Twelve o'clock is the end or last hour of the day after the sun goes down. Night time starts at twelve o'clock.
In today's time, six o'clock is on the bottom, twelve o'clock is on the top. The hand moves from left toward right. The day time (a.m.) starts after midnight at one o'clock, followed by two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock, six o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, ten o'clock. Twelve o'clock at noon is the end of the day. The beginning of night time (p.m.) starts after noon at one o'clock, and it ends at twelve o'clock midnight. Again, in today’s time, 3:00 a.m. is in the night time and 3:00 p.m. is daylight; whereas, in the old days, 3:00 a.m. was daylight and 3:00 p.m. was in the night time.
Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
Matthew 27:45-46 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama.
In the old days ‘o'clock’ was called hour. It is written there were also twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness.
John 11:9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
There are several examples of the use of biblical time keeping in their daily routines:
John 1:39 He says to them, Come and see. They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
John 19:14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and He says to the Jews, Behold your King!
Acts 23:32 And he called to him two centurions, saying, make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night.
The Lord God knew what people would do in the latter days; they would pervert the truth, such as His words, to misguide people. The Book of Job prophesied that the people today would change the way we keep time. They call day in the face of the night.
Job 17:12 They change the night into a day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of the darkness.
God blesses anything located in or on the right side. In the old days, a book was read from right to left, and it is still the case today with languages such as Hebrew. Of course, this concept may seem strange because we commonly read from left to right; however, this is another example of how we have departed from the ways of God in the most common of tasks. In the Book of Genesis, God showed through Jacob the significance of the right. Joseph wanted his father Jacob to bless his firstborn son Manasseh. He told his father to place his right hand on his firstborn’s head. But Jacob knew God's will, so he placed his right hand on Ephraim, who was the younger son of Joseph.
Genesis 48:13-18And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.
The Lord Jesus Christ also spoke about the importance of the right in the Kingdom of God. Sheep symbolize the children of God. They shall be gathered on the right side. The goat, however, symbolizes the sons of darkness, and they shall be gathered on the left.
Mathew 25:32-34 And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides His sheep from the goats. And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
May this writing is a guide to help live the righteousness of God, and we will change whatever it takes anything that opposes to it.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment