So... Is it 2006 A.D. or 2006 C.E.?
In yet another measure to remove Christian references from society, not even the calendar year designation is safe. Whether you view it as political correctness run amok or part of the ongoing purge of all things Christian, some organizations including the Kentucky Board of Education are beginning to replace A.D. (anno Domini) with C.E. (common era). Even though the beginning of the historical dating system is the birth of Christ, I guess some feel that using C.E. will help neutralize that fact. What will people think of next???
Maybe the GOP needs to go back to school...
Yep. I got that email, too, and was going to email them about it. :-)
A date system based on the coming of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). You could have A.M... and B.M.
The year is 5766, Yeshua was born in 3757.
Yeshua on earth (dates)
Conception: (during) Chanukah, 25 Kislev 3756
Birth: (during) Tabernacles, 15 Tishri 3757
Crucifixion: 16 Nisan 3790 (RE: Astronomic New Moon point of reference) (April 5, 30 C. E.), resurrection that Sunday.
Excerpt:
Why Didn't The Red Ribbon on the Head of the Scapegoat Turn White in 30 C.E.?
Question:
I was wondering about a story that a “Hebrew-Christian” told me recently. He said that there was a scarlet cloth which would turn white every year when the high priest atoned for the sins of the people. When Jesus died, around 30 A.D., the cloth would no longer turn white when the priest atoned for sins because Jesus was the final atonement. I’ve read this story in other sources, and I wondered what you have to say about it…
In Tractate Yoma 39b, the Talmud quotes a Baraisa that discusses numerous remarkable phenomena that occurred in the Temple during the Yom Kippur service. More specifically, the Talmud states that there was a strip of scarlet-dyed wool tied to the head of the scapegoat, which would turn white in the presence of the large crowd gathered at the Temple on the Day of Atonement. The Jewish people perceived this miraculous transformation as a heavenly sign that their sins were forgiven. The Talmud relates, however, that 40 years before the destruction of the second Temple the scarlet colored strip of wool did not turn white. The text of the Talmud which missionaries quote states,
The Rabbis taught that forty years prior to the destruction of the Temple the lot did not come up in the [high priest’s] right hand nor did the tongue of scarlet wool become white . . . .
Citing the above statement, missionaries contend that the year the scarlet ribbon ceased to turn white coincides with the time that Jesus was crucified. They go on to insist that 40 years prior to the destruction of the second Temple corresponds to the year 30 C.E., which is approximately the time of Jesus’ crucifixion.
http://www.outreachjudaism.org/Yomkippur.html
More from Tractate Yoma 39b.
During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple the lot [‘for the Lord’] did not come up in the right hand; nor did the crimson coloured strap become white; nor did the westernmost light shine; and the doors of the Hekal would open by themselves, until R. Johanan b Zakkai rebuked them, saying; Hekal, Hekal, why wilt thou be the alarmer thyself? I know about thee that thou wilt be destroyed; for Zechariah ben Ido has already prophesied concerning thee; open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
As always, there’s lots more.