Seth to Enoch Analogy follows a fictitious young man duty bound to write ancient observations throughout his lifetime and pass Holy Writings down within his family.  Dynasties evidence deities, gods and kings have all portrayed calendar roles for Egyptology and Judaism.  A 364-day calendar year applies for Seth and Enoch.

Seth to Enoch Analogy

Suppose you are one of the people recording sky events.  Modern chronology puts the date at 4,000 B.C.E.  Since you are making the first calendar, you do not have any previous information to go by.  There is no technology.  There are no fancy computers to make calculations or store anything.  There are no watches or telescopes to make your job any easier.  You are busy trying to eek out a living from the soil.  Your family needs to know when to plant seeds for crops, expect the rainy season and when to harvest.  Your family is fortunate enough to raise a few cows and some sheep.  Science tells us the life expectancy for people back then was maybe 35 years old.

At the age of fifteen, your father hands you the book of the holy writings.  He tells you to watch carefully the positions of the moon and stars and to write them down.  Every night you watch the moon change with the lunar phases.  You record the moon’s course against a starry background.  You cannot get much sleep because in the daytime you are watching exactly where the sun rises and sets on the horizon.  Day after day, year after year, you write down the rising and setting directions.  You document the transit of the sun and note the positions of the stars.


You notice the sun has returned approximately to the same beginning place at the ripe age of 35.  The whole process seems to repeat.  You hand down the holy writings to your son when he turns fifteen.  For the next twenty years, your son watches the sky and writes the same information.  He passes the log onto his son, and he does exactly the same thing.  Your family keeps track of these records for twenty generations.  After 400-years, one of your great-grandchildren, ad infinitum, notices the sun comes back to the original position, less a fraction of a degree.  Knowledge of the stars and constellations generates religion in nearby villages.  Word of the holy writings begins to spread and your family achieves royal status.  Actual observation of the heavens is the only way to make the lunar/solar calendar.

A family or dynasty living in Egypt requires meticulous observation over 73 generations to make just one 1,460 year Sothic Cycle calendar.  Traditional chronology credits King Djoser of the third dynasty with introducing the 365-day-solar-year in 2650 B.C.E.  Djoser (Netjerykhet ) ruled between 2668-2649 B.C.E. and built the first stone Step Pyramid at Saqqara.  Your family continues to make improvements on the calendar system.

Ptolemy III, (280-221 B.C.E.) officially included leap day calculations.  His Canopus decree in 238 B.C.E. adds one day every four years to correct the gradual drift of winter feasts through the year.  Leap Day adds a single day every four years to the existing winter solstice 5-day Feast of the Walking Stick.  Feast of the Walking Stick celebrates the end of the 360-day-year.  Romans would later rename the feast to Saturnalia.  The family has been observing the motions of the heavens for over 3,000 years.  Anyone in this simple example only had one opportunity to relay the information accurately down to his or her heirs.

There are some housekeeping issues to think about before going further.  We must respect the attitudes and opinions of many people, past and present.  Heritage and legacy esteem ancestors regardless of whoever they may be.  There is more at stake than what meets the eye.  Until now, these calendar numbers; the tools, numerical matching, and lunar-side and solar-side time splits are merely fragments of calendar patterns.  They are all notes of the same song, time.  We have recognized the Almighty God while exacting calendar information from diverse culture and other religions.  Deities, gods and kings have played differing roles in calendar development.  Beliefs in the afterlife and resurrection of the righteous affect religion.

The Holy Bible mentions polytheism and adverse spirituality.  Negative connotations surround characters such as Seth and Enoch.  The favor of God bestows blessings.  The wrath of God is a curse to endure.  Delving into the distant past exposes both beneficial and malevolent tendencies.  Many layers of time have passed to soften and diffuse the supernatural works showcased by the Exodus.  Miracles in the New Testament significantly changed Greek and Roman perceptions.  Calendar research excavates deeply about foundational social structures.

The concept of professional ethics is mandatory.  Safety and security for everyone are prime concerns in conjunction with sheer calendar numbers.  Calendar science accesses intangible resources from the time stream that may touch other lives.  The subjective nature of time makes possible the grandiose and sublime.  Grace empowers us to know morally right from wrong.  This quest directly seeks the spirit of the Holy Bible.  Existing theology is always an asset that preserves basic human rights and justice for all.  Ultimate social profit is the desired end.

The 364-day calendar year is likely the ancient Jewish Jubilee calendar year.  A 364-day calendar year is also the forerunner to the Egyptian Sothic Cycle calendar.  Judaism tended to follow lunar reckoning in contrast to the Egyptians using solar reckoning.  Within Judaism, both lunar and solar schools of thought were evident.   Lunar/solar calendars permit application of the Mesoamerican calendar branch.  One cannot abandon chronology.  At this point, we must surpass existing chronology.  We are moving into pre-history to study the calendar of the Antediluvian Patriarchs in detail.

New Year (Rosh Hashanah) in the Jubilee calendar year begins at sunset on the vernal equinox, March 21.  Unlike the modern version, sunset on March 22 is the first day of the seventh month in the Torah Jubilee Year (Lev. 23:24-27).  On the tenth day of the same month, the Day of Atonement is the most solemn of Jewish holidays.  The modern Jewish Calendar observes Rosh Hashanah according to the autumnal equinox.

The Jubilee calendar year incorporates 10-days of l/s separation time.  The difference between a 354-day-lunar-year and a modified 364-day Enochian Sect year is 10-days.  An explicit 365-day-solar-year results in 11-days of l/s separation.  The consistent notion of cascaded time is imperative to the ancient Jubilee year.  The time stream, natural and supernatural, flows between the lunar-side and solar-side of the calendar.  This supreme religious philosophy has guarded and preserved the spiritual realm for eternity.

The four cardinal points of the year wield authority over the entire solar-side of the calendar.  Two equinoxes and two solstices exhibit the viewpoint of having four different Jewish new years.  The minimum and maximum daylight periods during the year’s regular course each represent the beginning of four seasons.  The calendar year of Enoch likewise divides into four equal 91-day quarters.  Four major stars command the heavenly circuit and luminaries.  They represent individual cascaded control for a single day over three 30-day months per quarter.  Enoch, in heavenly visions, describes the “secret year”.  All principalities, heaven and earth, are subject to 364-years, which constitute numerical matching with 364-days.  One final day each year accumulates to empower the capstone 364-day calendar year by Enoch.

The lineage of Adam is a Judeo-Christian core belief.  To introduce lunar/solar calendar tools boldly amends accepted chronology and the greater impact upon humanity.  Lost civilizations sought vigorously to record and preserve sacred calendar information.  Some manuscripts are the product of recopied information many times over.  The written knowledge may be far older than the document’s physical age.  Ancient texts have value by virtue of their antiquity.  Supreme intent will accommodate the differing skill mix and faith eschatology of multiple cultures.

Are you a pastor, educator or a student of the Holy Bible?  Timeemits seeks anointed people to review and contribute to the Ages_of_Adam ministry.  Ancient lunar/solar calendars like the Jewish and Mayan calendars provide the background to understanding early time.  Ancient calendars of the Holy Bible use differences between the moon and sun, numerical matching and a 364-day calendar year to describe X-number of days that match with X-number of years.  Ages_of_Adam is a free read at timeemits.

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