According to the book of enoch, the 364day year is understood as if it were 360 days because these four extra days are considered epagomenal. That 1 enoch supports a 364 day calendar may account for the popularity of the book at qumran. One is longer scale 30 day adjustment to take place over laregr scales of time. This is so outrageous that it requires an explanation. The enoch calendar is a 12month solar calendar having 364 days only, and it was used by the antediluvian patriarchs and. The calendar of qumran is also believed to be the 364 day calendar of the old testament. The ancient zadokite enochian calendar based on the qumran. Using this method, every 19 years combined some years with 354 days, some with 384 days averages out to be 364. The enoch priestly calendar consists of a 364 day year, divided into seven day weeks, in twelve months of thirty days each except for one extra day in the last month of each quarter. Enochs, zadoc, priestly calendar the historic enochzodoc. It is very much the same as the farmers almanac, and the 12 zodiac months, all are 364 days and 12 months, making the year, called the pleiadess as noted in the book of job.
Scripturally the new year starts in spring, the 7 days feast of tabernacle falls after the autumn equinox, the feast of trumpets is the day which no man knows the day or hour, but we know the season is around the autumn equinox. Calendar of dates yasha ahayah bible scriptures yasat. Enoch is a documentarystyle commentary by trey smith on the book of enoch. According to the book of enoch chapter 74, the years at that time were 364 days long. Beginning in 1 enoch 71 we see the sun is confirmed as. The book of enoch was considered as scripture in the epistle of barnabas 16. The months are comprised of 30 days in a month each month every month of the year. The enoch calendar is an ancient calendar described in the pseudepigraphal book of enoch. The book of enoch, whose ethiopic version in its entirety survived only in ethiopia and was taken to europe by james bruce was publicized around 1790 a. The ancient zadokite enochian calendar based on the. Each such season consisted of two 30day months followed by one 31day month, with the 31st day ending the season, so that enoch s year consisted of exactly 364 days.
The 364 day year in the dead sea scrolls and jewish pseudepigrapha. The 364 daycalendaryear identifies ancient religious attitudes toward the. The ethiopic enochian calendar had 364 days per year. The essenes at the time of christ chose wednesday to be the first day of the year on the qumran calendar because the sun first appeared on the fourth day of creation gen.
God gave marvelous signs several days after writing this to do with the fractal images of the four angels of the book of enoch that control the. One of the best is that it has a very simple, elegant pattern. A small decision, like accepting the book of enoch as truth, has a ripple effect. This calendar, made up of 364 days, is divided into 4 equal seasons of 91 days each. The essential intercalation of a week is determined by the station of the moon and the station of the sun. Only the 30 day month of nisan was found at qumran in israel showing the first day of the month to be a wednesday. The 364day calendar of the bible the creation club a. So if the solar year is 364 days and the lunar year is 354 days, it would make sense of the eighty days for eight years 10 days per year. The book of enoch was written about 2300 years ago just after eratosthenes discovered geodesy. Why does wlc not accept the book of enochs calendar.
And yet the calendar of book of enoch was taken very seriously indeed. Book of enoch by trey smith was written, directed and produced by trey smith. Moreover, from his public ministry beginning on sat 6 apr ad 30 to his resurrection was exactly 3 enoch years of 364 days. The calendar described in the book of enoch has many excellent features. The slavonic book of enoch ii mixes lunarsolar calendar references in a most. Both 364 and 168 were of great importance to the qumran community of the dead sea scrolls. The zadok chanok enoch calendar the truthers journal. The seven days of creation week in the book of genesis are ordinary 24hour days. This is clear to see on the enoch 364 day calendar that does not have the roman names sunday through saturday on it. Fromthe apocrypha and pseudepigrapha of the old testament. And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or delay their position by a single day unto eternity. It is called the enoch patriarchal yisraelite calendar, the very calendar of our patriarchs. It divided the year into four seasons of exactly weeks each. Ancient hebrew books, the book of enoch and the book of jubilees, talk about a 364 day calendar but do not give the details.
The one direct quote in the new testament is by jude, a brother of jesus christ. In view of the ethiopian orthodox, enoch wrote his ethiopic bible as the first and oldest author in any human language. The enoch calendar is shown in the 1st book of enoch and was given by the angel uriel yahel, and is the original priestly calendar that was used in the torah. Afterwards the ancient of days repented, and said, in vain have i destroyed all the inhabitants of the earth. Chapter one the 364day calendar in the astronomical book 1 enoch 7282 and the book of jubilees a number of ancient societies. Ofcourse book of enoch is considered not canon and forbidden book by vatican. Enoch calendar enoch calendar the book of enoch reveals. The enoch calender is shown in the 1st book of enoch and was given by the angel uriel yahel, and is the original priestly calendar that was used in the torah. However, after 8 years, there would be a difference of 80 days between the solar and lunar years. To further clarify the statement successive years are totaled 1.
This was designed to be and we believe is the best introductorybreakdown of the book of enoch you will find likely find. The 7th day sabbath can only be on a fixed day of the week on the enoch 364 day calendar because it has exactly 52 weeks, and not 52 weeks and two days as the gregorian calendar. Prophecy of isis, israel, rapture, world war 3, antichrist, end times and bibles armeggedon. Essentially, enochs calendar is a perfect 364 day calendar. The book of enoch is attributed to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue 11 to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days. A small summary of the calendric events leading up to the release of the fake book of enoch might be helpful. God gave marvelous signs several days after writing this and the below section to do with the fractal images of the four angels of the book of enoch that control the flow of time each stationed at the four cardinal points of the year. This is the calculation for creating a sidereal day. Each such season consisted of two 30day months followed by one 31day. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days. Thus i saw their positionhow the moons rose and the sun set in those days. The calendar of qumran is also believed to be the 364day calendar of the old testament. Nowhere does the book of enoch forbid intercalation, meaning inserting extra leap days into the year to keep it aligned with the seasons.
All three calendars start on the first day of spring, the equinox. The day of the great gate otot the vernal israel equinox enoch chapter 71. Each season is composed of three equal months of 30 days, plus an extra day at the end of the. Oct 11, 2018 ancient hebrew books, the book of enoch and the book of jubilees, talk about a 364day calendar but do not give the details. This is primarily due to the fact that the 364 day year is 1. In view of this apparent contradiction to the ideology of the author, who emphatically insisted on a year of 364 days, jaubert suggested that one day was intercalated at the end of each. The book of jubilees and its calendara reexamination 373 comprised of twelve months, each containing 30 days, i. Thus i saw their position how the moons rose and the sun set in those days. The calendar presented in the book of enoch is a solar calendar and is not in harmony with the motions of the heavenly bodies that we observe today. So in 2nd enoch s book from old testamet you can read that godgod could mean more advanced civilisation looking like us imo shown him sun cycles,moon cycles,sun and moon names and what is very curious is 364 days year cycle in chapter 1 verse 16. So if the solar year is 364 days and the lunar year is 354 days, it would make sense of the eighty days for eight years 10 days. If you know the divine time you have the key to prophetic time. The enoch calendar is a 12month solar calendar having 364 days only, and it was used by the antediluvian patriarchs and by noah, abraham, and jacob. Book of enoch by trey smith god in a nutshell project.
Moses writes in the book of jubilees that the israelites would go astray from following yhwhs holy days by observing a lunar moon calendar. The book of enoch tells us that there are exactly 364 days in one year, 1092 in three years, 1820 days in 5 years, and 2912 days in 8 years 74. Jul 23, 2015 364 day solar calendar of enoch 360 days in months of a year. Which is exactly what enoch is describing, a calendar that uses the sun and the moon together, to average out a completed year of 364 days. Pdf the 364day calendar of king solomon and the divided. The book of enoch does not specify on which weekday it begins, but emphasizes that it must always have 364 days, which is exactly 52 weeks. Both the qumran calendar described in the dead sea scrolls and also the calendar of the book of jubilees had 364 days. Some have the enoch calendar slip away from the equinoxes, having no synchronization, while others try to suggest different methods of adding days to intercalarythe enoch calendar so that it stays in synchronization with the equinoxes. Pdf the 364day year in the dead sea scrolls and jewish. The creation calendar is attested to in i enoch and the book of jubilees. The lefthand half of the 364 day calendar shows the biblical hebrew months as they are listed in the old testament book of genesis. The ancient enoch calendar based on qumran dead sea scroll. And he sware by his great name, saying, henceforwards i will not act thus towards all those who dwell upon earth. It is basically a solar calendar with years of 364 days which begins in the spring.
Only the 30day month of nisan was found at qumran in israel showing the first day of the month to be a wednesday. It does, however, seem to imply that the week should be an unbroken cycle, because surely one of the main reasons for choosing a 364 day year length is that it is exactly 52 weeks. Thus we can see that the enoch calendar carries behind it a fundamental shift in your belief. The book of enoch has been part of the ethiopian bible and enoch 28. This is the main clue that breaks open the aberrant math 364day years. At that period the night is contracted in its length. The book of enoch contains a calendar on which key dates in the life of. The qumran community thought keeping the wrong date to be sinful and condemned the priestly aristocracy for using a 360 day calendar, while the qumran community used a 364 day calendar. The years between events can be measured on a 364day calendar. Book of enoch the words of the blessing of enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all. Jun 14, 2016 the enoch calendar calculates the days differently than the gregorian calendar what we use today. The week is the fundamental unit and every year contains an exact number of weeks. Read online or download the book of enoch pdf, epub or. Every date in the calendar is therefore anchored to a specific day of the week, and does not change from year to year.
In 3 years there are 1092 days, and in 5 years 1820 days, so that in 8 years there are 2912 days. Prophecy of isis, israel, rapture, world war 3, antichrist, end times and bibles armeggedon trey smith. In the book of enoch, there is a very interesting verse that explains that the 7 day intercalated leap week is used to align the 364 day enoch year with the 365. Jan 17, 2014 the fraudulent ethiopic book of enoch declares in chapter 73 there are 364 days in a year. My understanding of the text is that it has twelve months of 30 days and 4 other days which are quarteryear markers for the four seasons. A 364day calendar is useful from the perspective that the number of days in a year is divisible by 7 52 weeks 364 days. All biblical years must have 364 365 total days as per four witnesses. That calendar of 364 days is claimed to keep synchronized with the. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days. The book of jubilees, dating to about the 2nd century bc, strongly emphasizes that the calendar is to have exactly 364 days. It is divided into 5 parts which deal with the evil deeds of the watchers fallen angels or nephilim with earthlings, the parables which explain the judgment of the watchers and the great deluge as punishment for the evil works of the watchers, the book. The book of enoch leads to to book of jubilees, which in turn leads to the testament of the twelve patriarchs. Then before or during the flood the time span of the year shortened to 360 days per year until the sundial incident in isaiah 38. The events of scripture can now also be dated on todays solar calendars generated from the 364day calendar consistent with the biblical text.
Each such season consisted of two 30day months followed by one 31day month, with the 31st day ending the season, so that enochs year consisted of exactly 364 days. The true calendar is 364 days exactly that is 52 perfect weeks. Antichrist, end times and bibles armeggedon trey smith. That is the very interval alignment already quoted from the book of enoch, namely, that after a three year period the hebrew and enoch calendars align with each other. The zadok enoch calendar is a 12month solar calendar having 364 days only, and it was used by the antediluvian patriarchs and by noah, abraham, and jacob.
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