A reader helped introduce the idea that the years before the Flood were probably longer according to the Book of Enoch.“Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”
Genesis 5:21-24According to the book of Enoch (chapter 74), the years at that time were 364 days long. However, after 8 years, there would be a difference of 80 days between the solar and lunar years. So if the solar year is 364 days and the lunar year is 354 days, it would make sense of the eighty days for eight years (10 days per year). However, as demonstrated at this website concerning the 360 vs. 365 day years, to achieve an 80 day difference with the same speed of the moon's orbit and altering the speed of the earth, the year would need to be 364.81 days. This figure is closer to the apparent significance of Enoch's age of 365 when he was taken by God.This is, of course, if the book of Enoch can be trusted. However, by applying these times to the period before the Flood, the days can be calculated to reveal the number of equivalent years over the course of time since creation.The years are then in three groupings:
- 4005 to 2349 BC (the Flood) = 1656 years x 364.81 days per year = 604,125 days
- 2349 to 713 BC (Sundial) = 1635.5 years x 360 days per year = 588,780 days
- 713 BC to 2017 AD = 2729.5 years x 365.2422 days per year = 996,929 days
Total days = 2,189,834 days = 6002.7 (364.81 day years) or 5999.5 (365 day years) _______________________________________Or using 365 only- 4005 to 2349 BC (the Flood) = 1656 years x 365 days per year = 604,440 days
- 2349 to 713 BC (Sundial) = 1635.5 years x 360 days per year = 588,780 days
- 713 BC to 2017 AD = 2729.5 years x 365.2422 days per year = 996,929 days
Total days = 2,190,149 days = 6000.4 (365 day years)The conclusion then is that at Enoch years (~365 days), it would seem to suggest the 7th Millennium beginning at around 2017-2018 AD. Again this seems to be a marker of the coming time. This is, of course, if the Book of Enoch is to be trusted. The key seems to be his age of 365 in Genesis 5.Just more information to digest and ponder.Daniel Matson