"for the waters were on the face of the whole earth" - Jewish Year and Civil Year

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Jewish Year and Civil Year

The Jewish Calendar started in 3760 BCE while the Sumerian city Ur in Mesopotamia was built around 3600 BCE.

It tells that Hebrews were part of Sumerians who built the first urban civilization of mankind in Mesopotamia or specifically on the River Euphrates, since the major city of their civilization was Ur where Abraham and his ancestors are believed to have lived till their mysterious departure from Mesopotamia.

ca 5300 BC: Mesopotamian civilization in place. Cities of Sumer are the first to practice intensive, year-round agriculture. 

4241 BC Earliest recorded date in Egyptian calendar. 

3760 BC: First year of Jewish calendar. 

3630 BC: Approximate date of the oldest discovered silk in China, found by archaeologists in what is now Henan province in what was the late Yangshao period. 

3500 BC: Beginning of Ur, the Sumerian city in Mesopotamia. First phonetic writing and formation of numbering system developed by Summerians. They are among the first to use wagons for carrying goods and people. Most authorities credit the Sumerians with the invention of the wheel, initially in the form of the potter's wheel. The new concept quickly led to wheeled vehicles and mill wheels. Ur's streets are paved with stones. Egyptians have mirrors of metal.
http://www.lhaasdav.com/timelines/timeline_30000_1000_bc.html

So, Hebrews or Judaists set the year of 3760 BC at the beginning of their history.  However, archaeology discovered that the Sumerian city Ur had been founded in 3500 BC.  And as the Bible tells, Abraham left Ur to travel and settle in Canaan when Ur fell with the last Sumerian kingdom gone about 2000 BC.

(Note that the difference between 3760 and 3500 is just 4.7% against a 5500 year-long time span including 2000 years after the emergence of Christ. )

So, it is apparent that ancient Hebrews had a legend that linked their ancestors with the Sumerian Civilization.  Or, it tells that Abraham and his clan were part of Sumerians.

It is also interesting to see another reading of the Jewish Calender:

Jewish Year	Civil Year	Historic Event
1	3760 BCE	Adam & Eve created 1st Generation
130	3630 BCE	Seth born 2nd Generation
235	3525 BCE	Enosh born 3rd Generation
325	3435 BCE	Kenan born 4th Generation
395	3365 BCE	Mehalalel born 5th Generation
460	3300 BCE	Yered born 6th Generation
622	3138 BCE	Enoch born 7th Generation
687	3074 BCE	Mehtuselah born 8th Generation
874	2886 BCE	Lemech born 9th Generation
930	2831 BCE	Adam dies
1056	2704 BCE	Noah born 10th Generation
1558	2203 BCE	Shem born 11th Generation
1658	2102 BCE	The Flood
1658	2102 BCE	Arpachshad born 12th Generation
1693	2067 BCE	Shelach born 13th Generation
1723	2038 BCE	Eber born 14th Generation
1757	2003 BCE	Peleg born 15th Generation
1787	1973 BCE	Reu born 16th Generation
1819	1941 BCE	Serug born 17th Generation
1849	1911 BCE	Nachor born 18th Generation
1878	1882 BCE	Terach born 19th Generation
1948	1813 BCE	Abraham born 20th Generation
1996	1765 BCE	The Tower of Babel
2006	1755 BCE	Noah dies
2018	1743 BCE	Covenant with Abraham
2023	1738 BCE	Abraham settles in Canaan
2048	1713 BCE	Isaac born 21st Generation
		Abraham circumcises himself
		Sodom & Gomorrah destroyed
2084	1677 BCE	Isaac prepared as sacrifice
		Sarah dies
2108	1653 BCE	Jacob born 22nd Generation
2123	1638 BCE	Abraham dies

 http://www.albatrus.org/english/religions/israel/jewish_calendar.htm


In this comparison between the Jewish Year and the Civil Year, we can assume that our calendar year 2014 can be matched to Jewish years between 1948 and 2123 of the Jewish Year when Abraham was born and died.

Then, as Abraham was spoken to by God to make a covenant in 2018 in the Jewish Calendar, we may expect that we, believers, will be spoken to by God to make a covenant around 2018 in the Christian Calendar, which means the Second Coming of Christ.  Indeed, it cannot be a forced analogy, since it is a kind of miracle.  We now live in 2010s in our calendar and Abraham lived mostly in 2010s of his calendar.

So, we have proved that Abraham was a Sumerian and something critical will happen soon to us as Christ's Second Coming is now real, both based on the Jewish Calendar and the Christian Calendar.



But what is the "Covenant with Abraham?"

God's Covenant with Abraham (Genesis 15) 

"After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
'Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward.'" (15:1)
...

God is saying to Abraham: Don't be afraid. I am your suzerain (protector, sovereign) and I am offering you an exceedingly humongous reward, beyond your wildest dreams, for serving me.
http://www.jesuswalk.com/abraham/4_covenant.htm

So, Abraham must have been an exceedingly righteous person, though, in the city Ur.  To save a kind of holy tradition or glory of Sumerians, God must have led Abraham from the falling city in confusion and mess of the downfall of the Sumerian kingdom with Ur at its center.




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Gen 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Gen 8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Gen 8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Gen 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;