Posted by Bible Probe on August 20, 2005 at 17:34:40:
Was the Jewish Seder Olam of the 2nd century calculated dishonestly on purpose to hide the fact that Daniel's 70-week Prophecy pointed directly to Jesus of Nazareth as the awaited Jewish Messiah?
by J. R. Church
Western civilization uses a calendar that dates from the First Advent of Christ. To us, it is the year A.D. 2005. The term A.D. is an acronym for Anno Domini, Latin for, "in the year of the Lord." That is, approximately 2,005 years ago, Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
In 1658, Bishop James Ussher set the date for the birth of Christ at 4 B.C., claiming that our calendar was in error by four years. Since he had no political authority to push the calendar back four years, he had to leave it at 1653 (the publishing date for The Annals of the World), but claimed, nevertheless, that we were as much as four years off.
According to Ussher, Adam was created on Friday, six days after the new moon of September/October in 4004 B.C., giving added importance to the birth of Christ being exactly 4,000 years after Adam. Today in A.D. 2005, it is generally believed among Christians that Adam was created around 6,009 years ago and that Jesus was born about 2,009 years ago.
However, the Jewish calendar says that this year is 5765 A.M. The term A.M. is an acronym for Anno Mundi, Latin for "from the creation of the world." — claiming that Adam was created only 5,765 years ago. When comparing the Jewish calendar to our modern calendar, we are faced with 240 missing years.
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