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   From: dr.who@nunur.biz   
      
   On Jan 18, 2025, pyotr filipivich wrote   
   (Message-ID:<9f2oojheqc78ola3256k45jg6mfl72v72g@4ax.com>):   
      
   > Dr.Who   on Sat, 11 Jan 2025 07:59:27 -0800 typed in   
   > alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox the following:   
   > >   
   > > Thank you for that link. It helped clarify some of the issues of time. The   
   > > differences between the Times as decreed by the Son of God, and the time as   
   > > setup up by those without God. The Natural Order of time, meaning the   
   > > Lunar/Solar calendar makes a whole lot of sense, far more than the Julian   
   > > and   
   > > Gregorian calendars ever did.   
   >   
   > If you don't mind your seasons bouncing around on the calendar.   
   > E.G., Passover is always 14 Nissan, but it is in early or late spring?   
      
   The Farmers Almanac uses the lunar calendar and so it is more reliable about   
   the seasons than what others use. The seasons bouncing around do so at the   
   present time as anyone associated with raising crops can tell you. More than   
   once I have, according to the normal calendar seasons for our time, found   
   that the seedlings I had started all died off early due to “spring†  
   delayed. Also saw the spring seasons fluctuate from year to year, The only   
   things that stayed on course were what I kept in the greenhouse.   
      
   All that being said, God had a good reason for the times and seasons he   
   declared unto Moses and the Israelites, and their calendars varied from year   
   to year, and then were reset IIRC once every seven years as their leap year.   
   >   
   > You might want to examine the history of the Julian reforms. It   
   > seems that the Roman Republic did have a Lunar/Solar calendar,it was   
   > just that the decision when to add a month to keep the calendar and   
   > seasons somewhat in sync was made by the priests. (Just as it was   
   > done in Judea).   
   > The problem was that there was no fixed schedule, and if the   
   > priests liked the consul, they would declare a leap year and add a   
   > month (thereby extending his term in office.) If they did not like   
   > him, they would wait till after his term expired and then add the   
   > month. Or not.   
      
   This happened late in Israels history as the Romans limited the High Priests   
   authority and length of Office, as did other world rulers, in this time both   
   the north and south of Israel had divorced themselves from God.   
   >   
   > The Julian reforms meant that the seasons and the calendar stayed   
   > in sync for the most part. But by the time of Gregory, the calendar   
   > and the seasons were out of sync by some ten days. i.e., The Spring   
   > Equinox was occurring March 11 instead of March 21, the date on the   
   > Calendar.   
   > The Reformed Julian Calendar, revised the computation of the leap   
   > years, and brought the Spring Equinox (observed) closer to the Date on   
   > the calendar.   
   >   
   > But if you want to keep consulting the Jews for the date of   
   > Passover in order to know when Resurrection day is, go right ahead.   
      
   I go by the Word of God, and what he stated, not what men state. I realize   
   that is difficult for you to grasp. There is, after all, a difference between   
   following the religion of men and serving God.   
      
   >   
   > tschus   
   > pyotr   
      
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