THE
"HOUR"of
HIS JUDGEMENT
"For example: If sunrise is at 6:00, then the third hour of
theday would be from eight to nine.
The counting of the DARK part of the day is also determinedby
the SUN; that is, sunSET which al80 varle. day to day ."-The Lord's
Supper "Daity" part 3 by Lois I. Roden
Question:Since we have been instructed by the Present Truth
message
to reckon the time of the "Daily from sunrise, do we count
bysixty minute hours, or is there another method of reckoning?
Definition: "Hour. In ancient times, the 12th part of thePERIOD
OF DAYLIGHT (In 11:9; ct. Mt 20:1-12); thus the LENGTHOF THE HOUR
VARIED somewhat according to the seasons ....thetime of Isaiah the
Hebrews evidently had some method oftelling time by the sun's
shadow, for the miraculous signgranted to Hezekiah was the backward
movement of the shadowon the "dail" of Ahaz (2Ki 20:11). Timepieces
existed in Egypt inthe form of water clocks, ...Scales differing
according to theMONTHS of the year made allowance for the DIFFERENT
LENGTHOF HOURS." SDA Bible Dictionary
Answer:"'The TWO Divine Guides of Life, The Word and NATURE,
as
we have already seen, are the best and the only TEACHERS,that
speak with AUTHORITY 00 .. ' Entering Wedge #1 p.38."-Calendar in
the Heavens by Lois I. Roden
"The Almighty has said in Genesis 1:1418 {please read} ....Their
method ~f reckoning time is good (perfect). So whychange it?" ibid.
p.2,3
"The crucifiction of the Messiah fullfiled the TYPICALmorning
and evening sacrifice and TRANSFER ED the "Dailyministration" to
the heavenly Sanctuary ... The Lord's Supper"Daily" part 3 p.3"Let
us examine this passage thoroughly. It is the LIGHTS
which are to rule over the day and over the night, to divide
darkfrom light. The SUN is to 'rule' or to 'delineate' the DAY."
ibid.p. 3 "'And what was done in type in the ministration of
the
earthly sanctuary is done in reality in the ministration of
theheavenly sanctuary.' The Great Controversy, p.420'" The
"Daily"part 1 by Ben L. Roden.
'''Daily'- THE 'TIME'"
"1. THE DAY- the SUN determines the LIGHT part of the
DAY,beginning at SUNRISE-ruled by the sun; therefore, in
whatevertime zone one finds himself, a SUNRISE SCHEDULE is
availableto count when the THIRD and NINTH hours should begin,
andwhich varies a few minutes each day, ...Then all may know
the"TIME" of the DAIL Y. The third hour is counted from
sunrise;therefore it would begin when the second hour ends.
"Jesus answered, Are there not TWELVE HOURS IN
THEDAY?"Jn11:9
The accompaning graph shows the approximate variance ofthe
length of the light part of the day. Before the flood, duringwhich
the earth was tipped off her axis, the light part and darkpart were
of equal length 0
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The modern method of determining the length of the
seconds,minutes, and hours by calculation of the heavenly bodies
andtheir movements, though extremely accurate (not perfect),tells
us how God ordained the "times" and "seasons" of theuniverse, but
also testifies that this earth is, out of that order.
We have a choice (so to speak) of being in harmony withuniversal
time (fixed hours), or local apparent time (varyinghours). The
"Times" of the "Daily" in the typical ministrationwere determined
by local apparent time. Is there any reason tobelieve that it is,
at this time, any different in the Heavenlyministration?
We have the more sure Word of Prophecy" to give us hopethat God
will set this earth back on her axis soon, thusrestoring "all
things, even the "times as they were before theflood-was the garden
of Eden".
There is available nowadays sunset and sunrise charts forover
300 U.S. cities. The one we used for the graph waspublished in 1977
by the Gale Institute and is supposed to beaccurate within 1 or at
the most 2 minutes each day of the yearthrough the rest of the
twentieth century.
Please note that the length of the light part of the day
variesfrom about 9 hrs. 17 mins. in late Dec. to about 15 hrs.
5mins.in the last week in June.
If we add 60 min. hours to the time of the sunrise in Junethen
the 12th hour would not be the end of the daylight, but the15th!
Thus contridicting In. 11:9.
If we do the same in Dec. we have only 9-10 hours ofdaylight,
thus the 12th hour of the day would be more than 2hours after
sunset.
SincerelyYours,in the restoration of all things,
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