like with Daniels 70 weeks (70x7) 70 sevens of years or 490yrs. ? and like 1 week=7years. 42months=31/2 years ?
I am not very good with math and I am trying to understand all of this !?
is there any one who can explain this to me in an easier way?
thanks!
2007-07-16 11:11:09 · 9 answers · asked by brown eyes 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Often, periods of weeks or years are symbolic, referring to a span of time rather than an exact number.
Next, while many modern people consider people of that era naive, there were many excellent mathematicians even hundreds of years before Christ, like ERATOSTHENES, who CALCULATED the equatorial circumference of the earth... using data measurements from points not on the equator... OVER 16 CENTURIES BEFORE COLUMBUS!
2007-07-16 11:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They usually counted the days as the hours the sun was up, so say the sun came up at 5, that would be the start of the day. When the sun set, was the end of that day. They didn't count nights.
They would also count days in shifts- like 1st shift was from like 6am to noon, 2nd shift was noon to 10 pm-ish, and 3rd shift was all night.
Romans did time different then the jews did, so even if you talked to a jew, it would be different then talking to a roman. It is confusing, especially since we go by a 24 hr day.
Sometimes, time was estimated, or not really known. Sometimes it was all symbolic. Who knows? That's one to ask God after you die!! I already have a list of those, and time is one of them!
2007-07-16 11:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by odd duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal time? By the sun and moon. Apocalyptic? Yeah, usually by days equalling years. But it depends on when the count starts. Many scholars count Daniel's weeks out to the time of the Maccabees. That's not satisfying to Armageddon buffs, so they've been tweaking the numbers for centuries to get it within their lifetimes. So far, no luck.
2007-07-16 11:36:51 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 70 weeks of Daniel are prophetic. For a wonderful book to read and learn about this prophecy, pick up a copy of
Sir Robert Anderson's "THE COMING PRINCE."
You won't regret it.
(But your math is on the right track.)
2007-07-16 11:21:42 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each week of Daniel's 70 weeks is seven years.
Or each day equals a year.
Pastor Art
2007-07-16 11:17:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well typically one day is the amount of time it takes for the sun to go from high noon to high noon.
One week was seven days in Jesus' time.
A year is typically the time it takes for the sun to go from one solstice point to the other and back.
2007-07-16 11:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought they used sun-dails for hours and went by the phases of the moon for the rest.
2007-07-16 11:16:44 · answer #7 · answered by Galahad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sundials.
2007-07-16 11:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moses B.C. and Moses A.D.
2007-07-16 11:14:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋