Leap-time (leap days and years and accumulations)

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MeB4: Of course it does!  IF the sabbath was kept on the right day, it WOULD
NOT FALL ON SATURDAY *NOW* SINCE OUR CALENDAR IS SO MESSED UP.  <caps are
not shouting but are appropriate for strong emphasis.> ;-)

The mere fact that the supposed seventh day falls out on the same day, year
in and year out if *positive proof* that the counting is off somewhere...

BroBrown:
The first day is *NOT* the first day of the year, but the *VERY* first
day *EVER*.  Count from there.  If a year ends on Thursday, the next
year does not start on Sunday, but on Friday.  It doesn't matter if
the calander is messed up or not; all you gotta do is start on the
first day and recite the names, one name for each day, and after 7
days, repeat.

Me:
Maybe the picture I am presenting isn't making it through.  Let's start on
day one:  1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 3=Tuesday, 4=Wednesday, 5=Thursday, 6=Friday
and 7=Saturday.  I've used the biblical first day.  ;-)

Now, we all know that there was a period of time when there was so much
turmoil in the world that the whole world FORGOT WHAT YEAR IT WAS.  Now, are
we to believe that when they could not agree on the year, that when they
(I've forgotten, but wasn't it Constantine?) sat down to sift it all out
they said, "Well, we can't agree on a year at all give or take ten to
thirty, but we all know it is Saturday, right?"  <unanomous nods of
accention>

Didn't happen old friend.

So, for the sake of brevity, I will, as I stated above, overlay a perfect 7
day count on an imperfect 7 day naming of days, the imperfections being
introduced by the forgeting of days and the subsequent *justification* of
the calendar, which IS an historical fact:

1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 3=Tuesday, 4=(forgot what day was, so *justified* the
calendar by voting on Friday, though if memory serves, they picked Sunday
;-) so NOW 4=Friday, 5=Saturday, 6=Sunday and *7=Monday*.

That takes care of the day, how about the hour that the Sabbath begins?

God rested from His Creation (not because He was tired either, but because
He was done Creating ;-) at a given moment (as Bro. Tyler has wisely pointed
out).  That moment would have reflected 26 (if memory serves ;-) time zones
on the earth.  Let's *arbitrarily* (well, not really ;-) pick a time:  6:00
PM Saturday on the sixth day in Jerusalem.  It is then unavoidable that the
celebration of this Sabbath's anniversary MUST NOT fall out at 6:00 PM
Saturday in Kansas, which is of course several time zones away.  Can't be
done...

When the Law was in effect, the adherents were ALL in one time zone...

They all started the Sabbath in the same moment of time, at the blowing of a
shofar (ram's horn), as a matter of fact.  That IS the ONLY way to observe
the Sabbath as *commanded*.

Having said that, I now proffer that under the Law, if you have ONCE
violated this, you are worthy of death.  <that is a period>  What, are there
those who think they can violate the Law even once and repent unto
forgiveness?

James 2
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he
is guilty of all.

The sacrifices under the Law did NOT take away your *guilt*.  It was the act
of conformity to the Image of Christ that Paid the Price. What is the act of
conformity today? Yet, even under the Law, there was only one sacrifice to
clear one of violating the Sabbath:  Their *own* life.

How long will we try to fit the New Cloth to the rents in the Old Garment?

Old Garment:  Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

New Cloth:  Romans 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another
esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Timothy Litteral     trlitteral@usa.net
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