Chapter Contents http://www.sacredcalendar.info/AnnoMundi.html
Anno Mundi (Latin: "in the year of the world") abbreviated as AM or A.M., refers to a Calendar era counting from the Biblical creation of the world. Usually this designation is used by Jewish sources which date creation to 3761 BCE. Many researchers point to errors in this calculation. The date I use is based on the well-known chronology of James Ussher (1654) who dated creation to September 21, 4004 BC. I am not saying I am certain this date is correct. I am using it as a reasonable reference point. Ussher admitted he arbitrarily added 4 years to his calculation to make the birth of the Messiah be exactly 4,000 years after Creation. For this reason, the Masons use 4,000 BC as the date of creation. I suspect this might be more accurate. I doubt we will be able to say with any certainty. I am very uncomfortable with those who believe in exact dates in a year more than a thousand years ago based on astronomy. This is especially true for dates before the known change in the earth's movement, which occurred when the sundial moved back in II Kings 20:11 about 651 BC as well as other known changes in the earth's movement. There are so many documented uncertainties in astronomy, which discredit precise prediction. Even when astronomers claim to be very precise, they admit large variability.
No comments:
Post a Comment