Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Friday, August 2, 2019
AFRICANS INVENTED "TIME"
AFRICANS INVENTED “TIME.”
Friday, August 02, 2019
BY REV. DR. LARRY DELANO COLEMAN
AFRICANS INVENTED TIM E. ETHIOPIANS/EGYPTIANS ‘ PREDECESSORS—HOWEVER THEY WERE KNOWN-- INVENTED “TIME” . TIME IS FACT. TIME IS CONCEPT. TIME IS IDEA. TIME IS “WATER CLOCK”. TIME IS THE 365 ¼ DAY CALENDAR. “TIME” WAS INVENTED BY THE VERY FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH IN AFRCA, WHO STUDIED STARS. THESE PEOPLE LIVED CLOSE TO GOD AND GOD’S NATURAL RHYTHMS.
AFRICANS INVENTED TIME THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, WHEN THEY PRODUCED THE 365-DAY CALENDAR. THE CALENDAR WAS DEDUCED FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF STAR-GAZING . THEIR STAR-GAZING WAS ALIGNED WITH EARLY PHENOMENON, LIKE SUNRISE, AND THE NILE RIVER ANNUAL FLOOD. ALL SUBSEQUENT CALENDARS ARE BASED ON THE AFRICAN ORIGINAL. FROM 365 DAYS THEY HAD 12 MONTHS OF 30 DAYS, WITH THE REMAINING FIVE DAYS LEFT AS HOLIDAYS. FROM 12 MONTHS CAME WEEKS, DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES, SECONDS. HOW IMPORTANT IS TIME OR TIMING IN OUR LIVES?
Ecclesiastes 3 King James Version (KJV)
3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.