New Edition of the 1yrChronoBible 12/26/2014

All files of the 1yrChronoBible have been updated.  Much more highlighting; link to the highlighting legend at the bottom of each page.  Many cross-reference links that had become erroneous are now fixed -- here's hoping they all work -- if you find bad links, please e-mail me which ones at Frank@GenesisHistory.org.  The download zip file is right in synch with the latest files as of 12/26/2014.  Everything is ready for your 2015 reading pleasure.  Enjoy!

Journal of Creation 27(1), April 2013

You will find an article by yours truly in this issue.  Enjoy!

Creation Ministries International

Great news. All articles for Journal of Creation 27(1), April 2013, are now available FREE for everyone. With the publication of the latest issue, pdfs of every article of 27(1) have been released from embargo. http://creation.com/journal-of-creation-271 [6]

Did God Use Evolution to Create?

Here's a good, short paper on this topic, Did God Use Evolution to Create? by Mark Amunrud.

Jubilee Years -- finally I understand them

Joshua 14:15b -- Conquest of the Promised Land Completed
"Then the land had rest from war."

Hence, the Israelites started tilling the ground.  Forty-nine years later was the first Jubilee Year.  The Jubilee is not a separate and distinct calendar year.  Instead, it starts on the Day of atonement in the 49th year and goes to the same day of the next year, which is counted as the first year in the next cycle.  See Jones, The Chronology of the Old Testament.

Thus, the first Jubilee started in 1395 BC.  The 30th Jubilee was in AD 27, the year Jesus read from Isa 61:1-2a, “the acceptable year of YHWH” and “liberty to the captives”: Lu 4:16-21.  That is, he read that text when it counted for real, in that Jubilee Year.  See the full list of dates at Joshua 14:15b.

Bible scholars and tenth-grade algebra

Numbers 1-2 – Some “scholars” think these numbers are too big, suggesting that Hebrew ‘eleph should not be translated “thousand” but something smaller.  Let’s do the algebra, just for three tribes:  Reuben 46x+500, Simeon 59x+300, and Gad 46x+650, which total 151x=450, according to the text, where we are substituting “x” for “thousand”.  Solve for x:

151x+450 = (46+59+45)x+(500+300+650), so
151x+450 =150x+1450, so subtracting
150x+450 from each side, we have
x = 1,000.  QED

The “scholars” are not as scholarly as 10th graders!  Russ Humphries brought this to my attention; he did the algebra for Judah’s group; any group or the whole of Israel will show the same.

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Preview: New Paper 2B Published

To be published in April in the Journal of Creation 28(1).

Sneak preview:  http://genesishistory.org/content/StructureToledothsSources-of-Genesis.pdf

I analyse the structure of Genesis and its likely sources.  It sheds light on the use of Hebrew toledoths, from which come "These are the generations/records of...", of which there are 11 in Genesis.  It also sheds light on the structure and meaning of Genesis 2:4 and why Genesis does not start with a toledoth -- because God has no father!

New document: Genesis 1 Parallels

I recently read an article by Rick Lanser, Creation or the Flood?, that inspired me to make a parallel to Genesis 1 of Psalm 104, some of Job 38, and some of Proverbs 8.  Rick focussed on those parallels but did not go so far as to present the full parallel.  I also inserted in that full parallel many other related verses, especially from Psalms and Isaiah.  Indeed, I placed at the end all such verses I could find in the Bible.  The result is this: Genesis 1 Parallels.  The parallel has some interesting implications, which I have made in a comments section.  This is Scripture interpreting Scripture at its finest, telling us how to understand the Creating and Making account (CMA).  Enjoy!

I just updated all the PDFs and the downloadable set for the new year.  Enjoy!
See www.GenesisHistory.org/ChronoBible.

The Narrow Path is now referencing GenesisHistory.org and the Chronological Bible.  See http://www.TheNarrowPath.com/Resources.php.  Nicely done, guys!

Also, notice that, as part of my site upgrade, I have done a webpage to access the ChronoBible.  Check it out!

New version of GenesisHistory.org

A new version of GenesisHistory.org is now up and running.  Check it out!

Also, many links have not been working in the Chrono Bible due to inadequate software support, but that now seems to be fixed for Genesis through 1 Kings, and I plan to fix the remainder soon.  Please let me know if you find links that do not work or go to the wrong place.  Thanks in advance,  --Frank

New Reading Schedule

New Reading Schedule for the ChronoBible. Check it out!

I have not kept this blog up to date since 2009, but I have made great progress on the ChronoBible.

New Book Available by my Co-author

Just out! My coauthor has beaten me to the publishing market.
Check out his book, The First Four Days, available at WinePressBooks.
(Not to be confused with a 2011 book by the same title: The First Four Days.)
Or for our shorter predecessor paper, see Viewpoint: Days 1-4.

Started the second quarter of the Gospels on October 4th

Here are the next two quarters:

TOC Gospels2 October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

TOC Gospels3 October 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Starting the second quarter of the harmonized gospels, October 4, 2009

TOC Gospels2 October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Started the Gospels September 24

TOC Gospels1 September 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, October 1, 2, 3

Started Nehemiah September 18th

TOC Nehemiah September 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 (including Malachi and Joel)

Starting Ezra, Sept 9, 2009

TOC Ezra September 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

(including Daniel 10-12, Haggai, Zechariah, and Esther)

Starting Ezekiel tomorrow

TOC Jeremiah July 29 cont’d, 30, 31, August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (including, also, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, & Daniel 1-3, embedded at appropriate dates)

TOC Ezekiel August 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (including, also, Lamentations, Obadiah, Ps. 137, Daniel 4-7, and the remainder of Jeremiah {parts that overlap with Ezekiel’s time})

Finished NonDavidic Psalms, starting Isaiah

TOC Non-Davidic Psalms

July 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (by Asaph, Heman, and others)

TOC Isaiah July 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 continues (including, also, Micah)

Starting 2 Kings, June 16, 2009

TOC 2 Kings June 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 July 1, 2, 3 (with parallels in 2 Chronicles; Ahab’s sons à Hezekiah; also Jonah, Amos, Micah, Hosea, and early parts of Isaiah)