Posted on 12/14/2005 4:05:53 PM PST by emiller
What happened to 05/05/2005?
And the question is how many high school guys will be pulling out the "You don't want to die a virgin do you" line starting late 2011.
George Noory has said on numerous occasions he will retire in 2012.
The next critical date after that is the UNIX rollover date: January 19, 2038? Anyway, 2^31 - 1 seconds after January 1, 1970.
We already agree that our calendar is wrong, off by anywhere from 2 to 16 years, depending on who's doing the reckoning, and further in error because of the absence of a year zero.
The more fundamental point is that God did not intend us to mark His years by the birth of Jesus.
If He had intended this we would have a Biblical fixing of the date.
Further, the day of Jesus' birth is unremarkable as all men are born.
However, very few return from the dead, that event is remarkable, and it is the defining moment of Christianity, the very moment of proof that his sacrifice was not in vain. And the Bible gives a precise reference for when this happened!
Clearly this was the date the calender was supposed to start!
For extra points, this makes our calender off by anywhere from 17 to 30 years. That makes this something like Holy Year 1988 to Holy Year 1975, giving us anywhere from 12 to 25 years to get our affairs in order before the real end of the millennium...
If it's 1975 I'm 11 and have to go home to Mommy and go back to 6th grade, and I'd rather fork my eyes out.
Just kiddin'...
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Use a melon baller. It's eyedeal for that job...
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