Allen, I disagree with quite a lot of your statement. For example, you state that "the legitimate governments ... are appointed by God himself." They are tolerated by God, but I certainly do not accept that they are appointed by Him. My questioning the moral justification of government is certainly not what Peter is saying with his "despise government" comment. I obey the law of the land, any land that I am in, but it does not mean that I do not question the corruption around me. I think understanding this calendar business is not only essential to geocentrism, because of its impact or otherwise on the movement of the heavenly bodies, but is primarily essential because it is very clear that God detests His people keeping pagan dates and festivals, rather than those that He appointed. Hours, minutes and seconds are totally arbitrary divisions of a mean solar day. We could use a decimal system to divide up the msd if we so chose. The fact is that years, months and days are specified by God. I agree that everything should be based on the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, but I disagree that we should just lie down and ignore what we are all taught as being either fact or irrelevant. I do, however, look forward to reviewing your material. Neville. Allen Daves <allendaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: This article like many if not most of articles written about the Jewish calendar make some valid and interesting points. But at the end of the day there is no absolute way of knowing all the different methodologies for accounting of the calendars through all the ages. Scripture gives us indications is does not specify every detailed. This is important because those who criticize the Gregorian calendar do so presumptuously, with out the ability to validate or prove anything! You will se what I mean in detail when you receive the Biblical chronology I sent you. But for now let me just say the following. God does and has always controlled the calendar(s) as well as the prophesies that were fulfilled which we know to be true because they were fulfilled exactly they way that they were prophesized. Yes, there are Chinese and Muslim calendars but those calendars don?t dominate the world to the extent that the calendar that is predominately used does, namely the Gregorian. If the cal endar was off by more than 11 months scripture for us would have little meaning in terms of those prophesies, because there would be no absolute way to validate anything and scripture does not go into that kind of detailed.. People seem to forget that that calendar was commissioned and approved by the legitimate governments which are appointed by God himself. Second they assume that God had nothing to do with ensuring and or preserving for us a calendar that would allow us to understand the sequence of events outlined in the text. Notice the text except for only a few places always gives us benchmarks based on years not days or hours or minuets. That provides a margin of error in which today?s calendar could very easily fall within so as to provide us with a coherent understanding of scripture and prophesy. There is absolutely no proof or even a way to prove that the current calendar is totally off or outside that margin of error. Further, in my opinion that does not even make any sence. Particularly when I can use the current calendar and show from scripture that all the benchmarks line up exactly where you would expect them. The problem is with those who. 2 Peter 10?? and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. ???. 12. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; ????. They attack the Gregorian Calendar based on the assumption that those people who did it were somehow evil or unrighteous and unreliable; when in fact, they have absolutely no proof! Even a righteous man is susceptible to the same degree of error. My faith is not in those men, drunk or otherwise. If so I have challenged them to produce proof. And if they could produce proof they should be able to rectify all the "problems" associated with it so that we will have the "correct calendar". Every single attempt has only caused more confusion! It has added absolutely no clarity whatsoever. Jesus was born in 2BC no?4BC no ?. 6BC no?.. I assert that none of these people have a clue about what they are talking about! I can show from scripture, with the calendar we have, that God has preserved us understanding and proof! I studied it for years too?.and no , I do not, nor have I ever, belong to that religious congregation either. I think my point will be a lot clearer when you review what I sent. I am happy to send it to anyone else who wants it wherever you are in the world. But the reason people don?t understand these things is because they refuse to accept the plain text. Everyone is looking for some "deeper understanding" some "richer meaning" then what God has stated simply and plainly. People are always adding some idea or something new to the plain text, as a result they will never understand! People are looking for things they will never find when it comes to Biblical chronology/ prophecy and understanding our relationship to it. Yes, even the Gregorian calendar. This is exactly what the Lord meant when he told Daniel 12:10. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Plain text will demonstrate, describe and validate more accurately than anything or anyone else, but only to those who can accept it. As Jesus said ?. Mathew 11:14. "And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. And again??.1Chorinthians 4:6?? that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. So many people puff themselves up as some great teacher, with some unlighted understanding. EVERYTHING is in the text itself. That just my thoughts though. :) Allen --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - want a free & easy way to contact your friends online?