Crucifixion Was Not on Friday (1968)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong

The <strong>Crucifixion</strong> <strong>Was</strong> <strong>Not</strong> on Friday 39
will usually be in September or October. Once we find the
beginning of the seventh month of the sacred year, then it is
easy to locate in the first month the Passover. The Passover
is always 164 days earlier than the beginning of the seventh
month of God's Calendar.
According to the calculations preserved by the Jews since
the time of Moses, the new moon in the sky which determined
the beginning of the seventh month (Tishri) in the year 1845
occurred on "October 1, 15 hours 42 min. 43;i sec. as computed
by Lindo ... ," declares the Britannica.
In simple language this means that the precise moment
at which that new moon occurred was October 1, 15 hours and
42 minutes and 43;i seconds after the previous evening, which
began at 6: 00 p.m. For calendar purposes an average day is
always considered to begin at 6: 00 p.m. But since the Romans
and the world today reckon time from midnight to midnight,
15 hours after 6:00 p.m. would be only 9 hours after midnight!
As people customarily use the Roman Calendar, we can write
our starting point as Wednesday, Oct. 1, 9th hour 42m 43lf3s.
This date (October 1) is according to the modern Gregorian
Calendar. The difference between this date and the
same date in the Julian Calendar is 12 days. You may remember
- if you have read Mr. Armstrong's booklet, Has Time
Been Lost? - that Pope Gregory dropped 10 days from the
Julian Calendar in 1582. Another day (February 29) was
dropped in 1700 and still another February 29 was dropped
in 1800. That makes 12 days in all. But the week was not
changed - only the numbering of the days was altered. Thus
in 1845 the Gregorian Calendar was 12 days ahead of the
Julian Calendar which the Romans used in Christ's day. That
means that October 1 according to the Gregorian Calendar was
only September 19 according to the Julian Calendar.
That makes the new moon which determined the seventh
month in 1845 occur on Wednesday, September 19, Julian
dating, doesn't it?
Now Where to?
Since the Hebrew Calendar is divinely arranged into 19­
year cycles, let's jump to 1921 - which is four cycles or 76