God Survey

There have been some huge changes in the religious beliefs of Canadians during my lifetime.   The pace of change is accelerating faster and faster.  Why is this occurring, and what does it mean?

Figure 1

According to the 2017 CROP Panorama survey of 6,288 Canadians surveyed, only 65% of us still believe there is a God.

In 2005, there used to be 81% of Canadians who believed.  That is a 2.02%/yr drop on average over this 11 year period.  This exponential decay rate cuts the number of believers in half every 35 years.

But what kind of God do people believe in?

Figure 2 shows that in 2016, just 22% believe the dogma taught by their chosen religion.  In 1998, it used to be 36% who believed the dogma of their organized religion.

Figure 2

The biggest group believes in a god they fashioned for themselves.  This is sometimes referred to as a "Smorgasbord god", where you pick and choose the various aspects and characteristics of the God you wish to believe in; a customized god exactly to your liking.  In this way, your god can always be pleased about you, for your Designer god likes and supports everything you choose to do, or refrain from doing.  Of course, your customized god is not the God of the Bible, but you're OK with that.  It is curious that this freedom god choice has declined since 1998.

Figure 3

N.B.   When you create your own customized god, this is worshiping an idol you created in your own mind.  You are not worshiping the one true God of the Bible.  This is sin contrary to God's Commandment #2 (You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.).  Now, back to our surveys.

The third type of god is "A force of which we are all part"; a pantheism where Mother Earth, every rock, tree, and life on the planet communes with all us humans, and us with them.  Exactly what this means, I am not sure, but it appears to be some modern (or ancient) form of Spiritualism.  This has significantly increased since 1998, growing at 3.7%/yr, doubling and re-doubling every 19.1 years.

The fourth type of god is the Atheistic Materialism defined by "Life is a purely biological phenomena".  In 1998, this was just 7% of the people, but has grown to be 20% of the population in 2016, a growth rate of 6%/yr on average; doubling and re-doubling every 11.7 years.

How strong are these beliefs in god?

In Figure 3 for 2017, only 21% said their religious beliefs were very important to them.  Of those who felt it was very important or somewhat important was a total of 49% of people surveyed.

Figure 4

Figure 4 shows the trend in strength of religious beliefs has been dropping like a stone since Year 2000, dropping at 7.36%/yr on average; halfing and halfing again every 9.5 years.

As religious beliefs get watered down by customized god, Spirituality, or Darwinistic Materialism, we get the double whammy effect as all religious beliefs become less and less important in the life of the average Canadian.

As a business consultant and marketing expert, their usual advice to a business would be to "understand the customer's needs, then serve those needs".  In their report and Blog, CROP says:

"If they [the Church] want to stay socially relevant, these institutions have some serious catching up to do to get back in sync with people's values."

Figure 5

 In the USA, 63% are absolutely certain about their belief in God.

In Europe, it's even worse.

Figure 5 shows that Romania ("Rou" on map, dark blue colour code) is the most religious country, where 55% of adults say they are highly religious, 50% say religion is important in their lives, 50% attend a worship service at least monthly, 44% pray daily, and 64% believe in God with absolute certainty.

Estonia ("EST' on map, light blue colour code) is the least religious country, where 7% of adults say they are highly religious, 6% say religion is important in their lives, 10% attend a worship service at least monthly, 9% pray daily, and only 13% believe in God with absolute certainty.

We have a lot of work in front of us if we are going to save the majority so as to get them to Heaven.

Does God Exist? How about Satan?

There are many atheists, agnostics, and sleepy people who think they know that God doesn't, exist, or not sure, or don't care one way or another.  For these people, I present the following picture as rock solid, undeniable proof that God exists.

To be able to be on a criminal jury on Earth, you must be sane, aware, adult, able to think and reason, and unbiased against the accused, the judicial system, and the crime to which the accused is charged.  I suggest those same qualities are required here for my evidence..  If you are unwilling or unable to be a reasonable, aware, thinking, logical, and unbiased adult, you will be wasting your time to continue reading this Blog; move along on your personal business.

If you are willing and able to be a reasonable, aware, thinking, logical, and unbiased adult, please keep reading.

Here is my evidence for your consideration:

Figure 1:  Evidence for the Existence of God

The toddling girl is cute running on the green grass, and reminds Christians of God's creation, and all its wonders.  However, I ask you to look deeper.  Why is the grass significantly darker in an unique shape, like a stretched out version of the little girl?  This dark area instantly moves on a 1:1 mapping of the little girl as she runs, always staying in perfect harmony. We usually call this dark area the girl's shadow.

The shadow is evidence of a strong light source off-image, behind the camera.  In this case, the strong light source is likely the Sun.  Everything in our life experience tells us that strong light source is there, assuming the photo has not been doctored so as to deceive.  While we cannot see the strong light source in the picture, we have strong secondary evidence that this light source exists.

If that strong light source did not exist, we would not be able to have a shadow.  The shadow proves the existence of the strong light source.

God is light.

Satan is darkness, like a shadow or worse; ultimately a Black Hole that sucks in and destroys everything that comes near it.

Black is an absence of light. By analogy, evil is an absence of good.  The existence of Evil proves a localized absence or diminishing of God. Hell is an absence of God, or a separating from God.  Evil may imply or suggest Satan exists, but is not conclusive proof.

The existence of a shadow proves that sunshine exists.  By analogy, evil proves the existence of good. Therefore the existence of evil proves the existence of God.

If you have sunshine, you don't always have a shadow.  On Earth, that is called Laihaina Noon, a specific point on the globe and time when the sun is directly overhead, at right angles to the Earth's surface (ie. subsolar point).  Laihaina Noon photos look weird to us, like they have been altered by Photoshop.  Therefore, sunshine can exist without shadows.  By analogy, God can exist without Satan. 

We live in a fallen world which has been delegated to be under Satan's rule and control.  Very soon, Satan's lease will expire, and Jesus Christ will regain full and final control of His creation.

Humans are like tenants or squatters, living in God's creation.  When the landlord Satan is fired and the owner takes over the landlord's former duties, the tenants had better be sure they are following the rules, and behave themselves.  Tenants are at risk of being tossed out of their apartment, and into Hell Fires due to:   a) former bad behaviour that the Owner reads about in the landlord's written records; or b) By the tenant's chronic and continuing bad behaviour today.  Either way, everybody is at risk if they do not repent and seek forgiveness from the Owner for their sins of the squatter or tenant.

Jesus Christ has already started his End Times process.  There is precious little time left for you to wake up and get right with God.  Please help yourself, as well as all your family and friends, and neighbours by carefully considering this message, and passing the link along to others so they have a last minute chance to save themselves.

If you're not sure, send everybody a link to this Blog, saying:

  "I found this on the Internet.  I'm not sure about this, what do you think?"

That way, you minimize your risk, maximize your input of data and opinions.  Even if everybody disagrees, you will have to make your own decision.  That will require awareness, courage, and some careful thinking.  Jesus said the majority will take the comfortable path to Hell, so beware.

High Alert: God's Judgement Soon (June 17 2019)

June 17, 2019 2:02 PM EDT

I issue a maximum alert for all Christians, and all others.  There is a high probability of God's Judgement occurring on or soon after 2019 Summer Solstice, which is June 18, 2019.  The time is likely synchronized to Jerusalem sunrise, which occurs at 5:05 AM Jerusalem Time (GMT+3), 7 hrs ahead of EDT.  Therefore our deadline is likely 10:05 PM tonight (June 17, 2019).

This alert is based upon the warning of Yahushua (Jesus Christ) as prophesied by Julie Whedbee on Behold I Come ( see https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-radical-and-irreversible-change-is.html ).

Secondly, the ancient cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Zeboim were destroyed by God via fire and brimstone from Heaven on or soon after the 1st day of the 4th month (in 2019, the anniversary would be June 18th), as described in the Book of Jubilee 16:1-7  (Note:  "new moon" should be interpreted as the first day of the calendar month, NOT the phase of the Moon).

Therefore I highly recommend getting right with God before 10:05 PM EDT today (June 17, 2019).

If Judgement doesn't start as early as June 17th, it could be as late as July 18th (end of 4th month).

How To Get Right With God 

So far, I understand that if we want to be Raptured to Heaven as Jesus' Crown Jewels, we must:

1. Believe in Jesus Christ, His crucifixion, death, 3 day burial, and resurrection to Heaven as the Lord & Saviour of all sinners.
   
    
2. Be Born Again (Confess your sins, repent, ask Jesus to save you, turn away from sin, turn towards God, ask Jesus to send His Holy Spirit to fill up your soul)
   
    
3. Do His 20 Commandments for Christians (see this Blog Page or download copy )
   
    
4. Disconnect ourselves from Satan's world (eg. no more Internet, sports, news, bars, drinking, drugs, partying, shopping, malls, music, Hollywood, love of money, excessive worldly possessions, etc.)
   
    
5. Use God's calendar (not Satan's).  See Zadok-Enoch-Jubilees Head of Summer calendar https://youtu.be/KMLHPresPBw
   
6. Testify to everybody as to our Christian faith in a bold, loud & proud of Jesus Christ way (eg. like modern John the Baptist) so as to bring the unsaved to Jesus. (Baptism of Fire)

If you are not interested in the above 6 steps to get right with God, or you procrastinate too long, you will then have only 2 other options, as follows:

The Hard Way

Be left behind on Earth until you learn to do all the above 6 steps while passing through God's Judgements and Satan's persecution for the next 3.5 years, until you are captured, killed, or martyred for Jesus (imprisoned, beaten, tortured, and eventually beheaded by Satan's evil forces).

or

Satan's Way

Give up on Jesus, go with the flow, and join Satan.  Satan and his world government will likely require you to take the Mark of the Beast and worship Satan (and/or Satan's Beast).  Satan will likely ignore you (or possibly help you) as long as you remain useful to Satan, but at some point in time during the next 3.5 years, Satan will turn on you, destroy you, or dump you cold.  Once you accept the Mark of the Beast and worship Satan, it cannot be reversed nor undone, you will be Satan's deciple forever after.  Once Jesus defeats Satan, your Mark of the Beast will guarantee you are judged guilty, then thrown into the Lake of Fire (Hell) to burn and be tormented forever & ever.

Biblical Rape: Reason to Reject God?

Some Atheists accuse God of immorality because atheists think God's Law supports rape.  Atheists say they have a much better moral standard than God because they know rape is wrong, and therefore want nothing to do with a God or God's Bible that promotes or condones rape.

Some Christians try to dodge that bullet by suggesting it wasn't really rape, it was just different dating and courting customs at that time; same or better than most other cultures at that time.   The rationalizations go on and on.

I was challenged today to explain and justify the Bible's commentary on rape.  The complainant specifically pointed out Deuteronomy 22:28-29 which says in the New International Version (NIV):

28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

Just so we get the historical perspective, 50 shekels of silver is approx. 575 grams of silver, worth about US $0.48/gram as of June 2019, or US $276.00 in today's money.  In Biblical times, Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers for 20 shekels. The Torah says that the owner of a bull that killed a slave has to pay 30 shekels. To lease a field of 75000 square amot (about 200,000 square feet, 4.6 acres, or 1.86 hectares) for 49 years was redeemed at 50 shekels.

Therefore, payment of 50 shekels of silver as a dowry for a rape victim was a substantial sum during Biblical times.

God didn't want divorce, but Moses asked God to allow a certificate of divorse.  During Biblical times, the divorce certificate was heavily used and abused, just as God knew it would.  Men had a bad habit of issuing a divorce certificate, then trading in their old wife for a newer model.  The former wife was tossed out on her ear, to fend for herself, often with no further support from her former husband.  As bad as that sounds, the Hebrew wife was generally regarded as better off and better treated than wives in most other cultures throughout the Mediterranean world at that time.

Note that in this case of rape, a man lost his right to divorce his "new wife by rape" for any and all reasons on a life-long basis.  Again, a significant consequence connected to the rape.

Does this verse from the Bible prove that God condones rape?

I don't think so.  Here's why.

God clearly states that rape is wrong and forbids it by his Commandments:

• In Deut 22:13, if a maid is discovered to not have been a virgin at marriage, she is to be stoned to death in front of her Father's house.  Fornication (sex outside marriage) is sin.  Rape would be an extreme form of fornication, an even worse sin.
   
•  In Exodus 20:15, God's 8th Commandment is "Thou shalt not steal."  A daughter would be seen as the property of the Father, and to take the daughter so as to steal her virginity would be sin.  Therefore rape is sin.

• In Exodus 20:17, God's 10th Commandment says "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."  Obviously, for a man to rape a maiden, he coveted her, so again, rape is a sin.

Therefore we conclude that rape is clearly a sin.  Once the sin of rape has occurred, what should be done?

After a rape, we must think about the female who was raped, her family, the person who did the rape, his family, and society in general.

• The raped woman likely carries a lot of emotional baggage, PTSD, fear, trust issues, and so on from the terrible rape.  She may have been physically hurt, and/or infected with a STD (sexually transmitted disease), or emotionally injured.  She will likely be seen as "damaged goods" by her family, community, or prospective husbands, even if she was 100% faultless.  Who would marry her after this terrible crime had been inflicted upon her? If a solution is not had, a life is stunted, or wasted in a significant way.

• There may be a child conceived from the rape.  If the man is put to death for committing the rape, the child grows up without a father.  Today, children raised without a father is the #1 marker for poor social standing, poverty, delinquency, crime, and many other negative consequences (see here, here, here, and here).  In Biblical times, a child with no father was likely an early death sentence for both Mother and child.  Why should an innocent child be punished for the crimes of the father?

• The families of both the perpetrator and the victim will be significantly affected in reputation, recrimination, loss of reputation, social stigma, costs, loss of productivity, and similar negative outcomes.  The parents of both the man and woman might be indirectly blamed and held responsible for not raising their children properly, failing to adequately teach them to follow God's Law, failing to take adequate prevention measures, failing to adequately discipline their children before it was too late, and so on.

• The community is tarnished by the actions of one.  People may feel unsafe, or stigmatized by what occurred in their community, then seek to flee to a better community.  The entire town could be significantly affected if a key person vacates.

I suggest that God seeks to minimize sin, and minimize the negative consequences from sin.  Rape is a huge upset to safety, trust, and freedom; both in Biblical times, and today. 

 Because emotions would be running high after a rape has occurred, rash actions might cause additional sin to occur via mob action or blood vendetta, with even more negative consequences.  Therefore a prescriptive solution from God would help to calm the situation and help prevent further escalation.

I therefore suggest that Deut 22:28-29 is God's solution to the sin of rape so as to minimize sin, minimize negative consequences, and promote healing.

Through God's solution to the sin of rape, the man is economically punished (ie. 50 shekel dowry), so as to discourage others to sin in a similar manner.  The man is forced to support and help his wife and child for the rest of his life.  The man is barred from ever divorcing his new "wife by rape".  The woman and possible child are protected from economic hardship, as the man must care for them and support them for the rest of his life.

Contrary to Biblical times and God's optimum solution, the rapist in today's world will likely be sent to prison for many years at a high cost to society.  The rapist will have destroyed his life's potential forever (or at least decades) as he will be a convict, and likely a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.  This will shrink or destroy his possible job prospects for a long time, or forever.  The woman, if she becomes pregnant, will likely be counseled to have an abortion, thereby killing an innocent pre-born person, and adding further trauma to the woman.  Both sets of parents are tarnished by the rape.  This is a lose-lose-lose outcome for everybody.

Perhaps, in the little time we have left before End Times arrives, we might want to reconsider God's solution to rape by God's restorative justice as defined by Deut 22:28-29.

I therefore conclude that God prohibits rape, proposes an optimum solution of restorative justice when the sin of rape occurs, and this allegation of atheists and others against God and Christianity is false.

Therefore I call upon atheists to stop blaming God and their blasphemy against God.  Atheists should admit this allegation of rape culture against God was merely another excuse they used to avoid the responsibility imposed upon them by God's 10 Commandments.

Atheists should admit they are sinners, repent and forsake their sins, apologize to God for their sins, turn away from their sins and turn towards God, believe in Jesus Christ and that He died on the cross so as to pay for the sins of all humans who believe in Him, and ask for Jesus Christ to come into your life as your Saviour so that you make have eternal life and avoid Hell.

In this day of rampant sin, chronic atheism, #metoo and radical feminism, I'm sure there are many who take offense to what I have written here.  Feel free to comment to your heart's content.

Pentecost 2019 (June 2, or June 9): Is it Rapture Day?

*** Begin Update #1 ***

The high watch dates on which these prophetic events were expected did not occur.

All of the prophecies had no specific dates attached to them, so the prophecies are still valid, still expected future events that are likely to occur in the near future.

Watch this Blog for future "High Watch" dates for these events.


*** End Update #1 ***


***   Urgent Message   ***

Sunday June 2, 2019 is likely Christian D-Day

I woke up around June 2016, after I heard about the Sept. 23, 2017 celestial alignment and Revelation 12 prophecy.

If you're reading this, you are likely awake; how long you've been awake, I don't know.

I have come to trust God.  Subsequently, I found Julie Whedbee who Blogs about God, and her visions and conversations with God.

Julie's latest posting of May 26 2019 deserves your attention:

https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2019/05/first-fruits-governing-body-and-choices.html

She says translation of Jesus' First Fruits (His crown jewels) is soon upon us.

I believe Jesus is referring to Pentecost 2019, the Latter Day Rain.

I believe that Enoch's Calendar, with days running from sunrise to sunrise, with each New Year starting on the Wednesday next occurring after the day of equilux (12 hrs light, 12 hrs darkness) at Jerusalem Israel is the correct calendar of God.

Therefore, I believe that Pentecost 2019 falls on June 2, 2019.

Note that many Nominal Christians, Jews, MSM, and most others wrongly think that Pentecost is on June 9, 2019.  I believe it's on Sunday June 2, 2019.  I believe some will receive God's Latter Day Rain on this day, starting sometime after sunrise at Jerusalem Israel, likely continuing as the sunrise circles the globe from there.

Jesus says that for the purpose of His End Times process, you and everybody else will fall into one of 4 different categories as of that moment:

1. First Fruits (Jesus' crown jewels) who believe in Him, follow His Commandments, and have isolated themselves from Satan's World so as to focus 100% on Jesus' Word, and His Kingdom.  Some of these people have finished their duties and will soon go to Heaven to be with Jesus.  Others will be Sealed and remain on Earth to finish their Holy Work during the Tribulation Period.
2. Sealed Tribulation Saints who are wanting &/or trying to be a "True Christian", but they are still mucking about in Satan's world, and haven't yet adequately cleansed themselves.  They need to clean up their act ASAP, as the Eternal clock is ticking.  Because they are Sealed, Satan can't steal them from God, but they can still miss Heaven because they fail to get their act together in time.
3. The Nominal Christians, non-Christians, pagans, Muslims, Buddhists, Spiritualistic persons, chronic sinners, agnostics, theists, deists, confused, apathetics, atheists, and those of similar ilk.  Jesus says they are in the Valley of Decision.  They are soon in for the shock of their life.  Wise wags say there are no atheists in foxholes when the shelling and machine gun fire starts.  You 'aint seen nothing yet.  These people have the farthest to go, but can still make it if they truly want to change quickly.  Because of their wayward lives, the Spiritual Rules of Engagement say these people are like wild game in the woods during open hunting season for Satan and his demons to plunder, running over, blowing up, shooting, netting, spearing, poisoning, or trapping them at will.  While you may have started in Category 3, you can choose to:  a) Live by the sword, die by the sword;   or b) Surrender or be Captured (then be given 10 days to join Satan or be killed by torture &/or beheading);   or c) Escape, Survive, & Endure.  Until its too late, everyone in Category 3 can decide to become a True Christian, then perfect their daily practice of their new-found faith; hopefully completing all mandatory steps before the final buzzer sounds.  A few people may be able to evade Satan for the 7 year Tribulation period, but nobody (not even Satan himself) will be able to evade Jesus Christ in the end.  People in this Category had better hurry up and pledge allegiance to Jesus (get in Category 2 ASAP), then start perfecting their practice of Christianity; or else!
4. The Lost, Damned, and Satan's Choice.  They lost their souls long ago, and/or are (&/or will soon will be) demon possessed, and likely hopeless.

I suggest everybody get the Christian Quick Study Manual, and double check that you have all mandatory steps completed before its too late.  Here it is:

God's 20 Commandments for Christians

Other important Documents for Christians

Read my prior postings in this Blog

God's Day: When does it Start (Part 3 of 5)?

This is the 3rd of 5 parts in examining the issue of when does God's day begin.

In Part 1 (God's Day:  When Does It Start?), we offered the proof of Matthew 28:1 when Mary went to the sepulcher to find Jesus had risen.  In Part 2 (God's Day:  When Does It Start?_Part 2), we offered the biblical evidence of Genesis 19:30-38 when Lot's daughters were plotting on how to get pregnant.  In Part 3 (this posting), we offer the evidence of Exodus 10:1-14 when God brought the plague of locusts upon Egypt.

3rd Witness:  Exodus 10:1-14 Plague of Locusts

The Eighth Plague: Locusts

1And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: 2And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. 4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: 5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 6And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 8And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. 10And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. 11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

12And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

In Verse 4, God promises a plague of locusts in Egypt the next day if Pharaoh refuses to let the Hebrews go.  In Verse 11, Pharaoh agrees to let the men go, but refuses permission for the women and children to leave Egypt.  Therefore in Verse 12, God tells Moses to bring on the locust plague upon Egypt.  In Verse 13 the wind comes out of the East all the rest of that day and all that night, then when it was morning, the locusts arrived in Egypt, exactly like God warned.

If we assume that the day starts at dawn, then the locusts came exactly when God said they would come.

Remember, locusts have attacked Egypt and other regions on Earth before the time of Moses, and have attacked since, even up to 2019.  Some swarms of locusts were less, some swarms were worse than the others.  A swarm of locusts does not prove God.  A particularly bad swarm of locusts doesn't prove God.  But when the worst swarm of locusts ever seen is predicted, then shows up exactly on cue, that could prove to Pharaoh the existence and power of God.

If we assume the day starts at sundown, the locusts came 12 hours late, and would therefore raise the question in Pharaoh's mind whether God controls the locusts, or perhaps there was just a partial coincidence.

Therefore it is suggested that God's locusts showed up exactly on-time, exactly as predicted by God, and therefore we conclude that God's day begins at sunrise.
 
We therefore conclude that God's day begins at sunrise.

I realize that this conclusion is against Jewish tradition.  Remember however, that the Jews of today name their months differently than what they are called in the Bible.  The Jewish months are currently named after Babylonian names.  If the Jews are influenced (or corrupted) by Babylon as to the names of the months, could the Jews also have been corrupted as to the start of the day?



Hebrew Emtymology, The 4th Witness

Based on Jewish Hebrew, we have the meaning of evening and sunrise, as follows:

Hebrew for Evening (Strong's H6153) is Ereb  ערב
means mixing or blending, which should be interpreted as blending of day and night.

Hebrew for Morning (Strong's H1242 ) is Boqer הבוקר הוא בוקר
is derived from breaking, delineation, separation, and demarcation; which should be interpreted as the point between yesterday and today.



Other Biblical References

There are many other Biblical descriptions for day starts in the Bible. For example:

Genesis 1:16-18, 8:22
Exodus 10:13, 12:6, 12:18, 16:2-3, 16:22-27, 18:13, 32:5-6
Deut 16:1, 16:6, 21:23
Lev 6:20, 7:15, 23:5, 23:26-32
Num 11:32
Joshua 7:6-13, 8:29
Jeremiah 33:20-21, 25-26
Judges 19:9
1 Sam 9:19-26, 19:10-11, 28:8-19, 30:17
2 Sam 24:13-15
Lam 3:22
Jonah 4:6-7
Zech 14:7
Nehemiah 7:3, 13:18-21
Mat 28:1
Mark 16:2, 15:42
Luke 24:1
John 6:16-22, 12:46 , 20:1
Acts 4:3, 16:9-11, 23:31-32



Summary Videos

You can watch a good summary of the various Biblical verses which are evidence towards sunrise as the start of God's Day.

When does the Day Start (Part 1)   https://youtu.be/R5xBdoWegTQ
   Part 2 (Old Testament References)   https://youtu.be/Vs19gS14qyk
   Part 3 (New Testament References)   https://youtu.be/UW3DdysjCb8
   Part 4  (More Old Testament References)    https://youtu.be/EtB5e-t981o
   Part 5   (Non-Biblical References) https://youtu.be/C9TwrazbbI0


Summary

To the best of my knowledge & belief, most or all of these other references are either silent, or could be reasonably interpreted by either assumption (either sunrise or sunset as the start of day).  Therefore all of the other biblical references are weak or of no benefit in resolving this issue.

I know of no Biblical reference that clearly supports sunset as the start of God's day. 

I know of no Biblical reference that clearly contradicts the sunrise as the start of God's day.


My Decision

For me and my family, we are now switching how we celebrate God's weekly Sabbath.  We will now  celebrate Sabbath for the 24 hour period from sunrise Saturday to sunrise Sunday. 

<--- Back to Part 2

On to Part 4 --->  (link added 2019-09-28)

Index:   God's Day:  When does it Start?

Part 1 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start.html   
2019-5-17

Part 2 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start-2.html   
2019-5-27

Part 3 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start-part-3-of-3.html   2019-5-27

Part 4 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/09/start-of-gods-day-at-sunrise-part-4.html   
2019-9-28

Part 5 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2022/08/start-of-gods-day-part-5.html 
2022-08-22

Part 6:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2024/04/jesus-3-days-3-nights.html   
2024-4-21

God's Day: When Does It Start (Part 2 of 5) ?

In the previous post (God's Day:  When Does It Start? we showed by Matthew 28:1 that God's day starts as sunrise.

However, Deuteronomy 19:15 says:

"A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed."

and this caution is confirmed by 6 other similar verses in the Bible.

Therefore we must find at least 1 more (preferably at least 2 more) Bible verses to prove when God's day starts.

As our next best witness, I propose Lot's daughter just after they escaped the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, as described in Genesis  19:30-38

Genesis 19:30-38 King James Version (KJV)

30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

In Verse 33, the daughters encouraged their father to drink way too much wine during the night.  The eldest daughter then went in and laid with her father.  Since the Bible says "that night", it is obviously after sundown when this occurred.

In Verse 34, it's the next day (...on the morrow,...).  The elder daughter says, "Behold, I lay yesternight with my father...", which doubly confirms the eldest daughter laid with her father the night before, the previous day.

In Verse 35, the daughters encouraged their father to drink much wine again "...that night also;...", and the younger daughter went in and slept with her father also.

The following diagram is a timeline showing Genesis 19:30-38 while assuming God's day starts at sunrise.  Each full day is colour coded so as to help show the moment when one day ends and the next day begins.  For full size, click on the image.

Figure 1:  Chart of Timeline for Genesis 19:30-38 when assuming God's day starts at sunrise

As  can be seen in Figure 1, the biblical description matches with the timeline chart.  Therefore Genesis 19:30-38 supports the assumption of the sunrise being the breakpoint from one day to the next.

In Figure 2 below, we see a similar timeline chart, but this time, we assume the day changes at sunset.  In this case, the biblical description does not match the timeline, as the elder daughters says the next day in Verse 34 that she had slept with her father in the night of the previous day, however both these events occur in the same blue coloured day.  Therefore we must conclude that this assumption (that the day begins at sunset) is in error.  Click on Figure 2 to see it full size.

Figure 2:  Chart of Timeline for Genesis 19:30-38 while assuming God's day starts at sunset

We find that Figure 1 is accurate and Figure 2 contradicts itself.  The assumption used in Figure 2 is therefore found to be flawed.

I therefore conclude that God's Day begins at sunrise

The next post will be Part 3, the final post on this issue, further proof that God's day begins at sunrise.

I am interested in your comments and feedback.  Have I missed something?  Did I make an illogical jump to an unsupported conclusion?

How does this conclusion affect your life?

Do you support my conclusion?  If not, what biblical reference supports your opinion? 

<--- Back to Part 1                                                                                                   ----> to Part 3

Index:   God's Day:  When does it Start?

Part 1 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start.html   
2019-5-17

Part 2 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start-2.html   
2019-5-27

Part 3 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-day-when-does-it-start-part-3-of-3.html   2019-5-27

Part 4 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/09/start-of-gods-day-at-sunrise-part-4.html   
2019-9-28

Part 5 of 5:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2022/08/start-of-gods-day-part-5.html 
2022-08-22

Part 6:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2024/04/jesus-3-days-3-nights.html   
2024-4-21