Brief History of Days of the week...
Some may have said that our week days have been evolved from the Roman Gods. That is partly true we will learn why.
Jewish system of weekly days have been put in place way before the Romans set the standard in around the 4th Century C.E (Common Era) or A.D (Anno Domini). Basically God had place it in order in the time of the creation.
The Jewish daily system starts from dark (evening) and end at dark (evening). This is due to the believe that at first, the world was without form, dark, and void, and God created light during the first day. After the light, the next day starts with darkness and God created water and it ends in the evening again like the first day (read Genesis 1). Jewish daily system, which have been adopted by many languages also are numerical and they are as follow:
1st Day = Yom Ree-Shon
2nd Day = Yom She-Nee
3rd Day = Yom Shelee-She
4th Day = Yom Re-Ve-ee
5th Day = Yom Hah-Mee-Shee
6th Day = Yom Shee-Shee
7th Day = Yom Sha-Bat
The seven days concept of the Hebrews were then adopted by the Arabians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians and later the Greeks. Then numerical concept was transformed into astronomical by the Romans. In the Roman era, Pagans, who worships the sun, moon and the 5 known planets that were named after their gods, made a new names of the days of the week.
Here they are, in Latin:
1st Day = Dies solis - "Day of the sun (Roman god called Sol or Sol Indiges, which counterpart Helios god of Greece whos brother is Selene the moon god)"
2nd Day = Dies lunae - "Day of the moon (Roman's goddess of the moon called Luna, which counterpart Salene, Greeks god of the moon)"
3rd Day = Dies Martis - "Day of Mars (Roman's god of war and agriculture, second to Jupiter and father of Romulus and Remus. Mars counterpart the Greek god Ares)"
4th Day = Dies mercuri - "Day of Mercury (Roman's god of commerce, travel, and thievery. Mercury is a messenger of Jupiter and other gods. His counterpart is Hermes of Greece)"
5th Day = Dies Jovis - "Day of Joves (Roman's supreme god of Jove or Jupiter aka sky god, which counterpart Zeus the supreme god of Greece)"
6th Day = Dies Veneris - "Day of Venus (Roman's goddes of love, beauty, and vegetation, also the daughter of Jupiter counterparts Aphrodite of Greece)"
7th Day = Dies Saturni - "Day of Saturn (Roman's god of agriculture and vegetation, which counterpart Cronus of Greece)"
After the Romans, the Anglo-Saxon came into place. Here they are:
1st Day = Sunnan daeg - "God of the heat and light ball in the sky."
2nd Day = Monan daeg - "Mona - god of the light ball in the night sky, and tide maker."
3rd Day = Tiwes daeg - "Tiw lived on a high mountain and guided warriors who worshipped him. If a warrior died in battle Tiw would come down to Earth with his angels and take the dead warrior to heaven. Tiw's counterpart is Zeus of Greece."
4th Day = Wodens daeg - "Woden's day (King of the gods). Woden was the god that controlled all the other gods. His number-one mission was to gain all knowledge and wisdom. He visited all four corners of the world to gather information. Nothing could be hidden from him. In fact, he even wore out one of his eyes from seeing so much wisdom. To cover the rather messy dead eye, he wore a large floppy hat and compensated for his sightlessness with blackbird on each shoulder. These birds were his extra eyes and could fly off to spy on people, and then report back to Woden. In this way, Woden knew everything that was going on and people had to be very careful how they behaved in case Woden was watching. After all, as king of all gods, he could wreak havoc on dissenters in any way he chose."
5th Day = Thurs daeg - "Thor's day (god of thunder). Thunder was the sign that Thor was angrily throwing his large hammer across the sky."
6th Day = Frige daeg - "Freya's day (goddess of love). Frigg was a kind and beautiful Norse goddess and wife of Odin, the most powerful god. Their job was to oversee everything that happened in the world and Frigg's specialty was love and marriage."
7th Day = Satern daeg - "Seterne's day (god of agriculture). People believed that the god named Saturn controlled the weather and hence the success or failure of crops. Sacrificing a farm animal to Saturni would increase the chances of pleasing the god, resulting in favourable weather and a good crop."
FINALY friends, after wars, conflicts, and "unity", which is a little after 600 C.E or A.D, Old English came to play as the main language in the Northern part of Europe. During the 1100 to about 1500, Middle English was spoken and from 1500 to now Modern English has grown into the greatest spoken language in the world. So after learning the concept of the origins of the days of the week, we have the days in English:
1st Day = Sunday
2nd Day = Monday
3rd Day = Tuesday
4th Day = Wednesday
5th Day = Thursday
6th Day = Friday
7th Day = Saturday
Before conclusion, I forgot to mention one more newest language in the world and is used Internationally. ISO or International Organization for Standardization language especially the ISO-8601 (date and time notation language) was available since 1971 for a numeric representation of information regarding date and the time of day. It is based on the Gregorian calendar and it is used on almost every technology available in the world.
Here's what it has on the 7 days:
1st Day = Sunday = 7
2nd Day = Monday = 1
3rd Day = Tuesday = 2
4th Day = Wednesday = 3
5th Day = Thursday = 4
6th Day = Friday = 5
7th Day = Saturday = 6
So basically when others state that Sunday to Saturday are the days of the Pagan gods, they are right and yes, many will say that the 7th day is not Saturday but Sunday. However, as Christians and Adventists, we strongly believe in the Bible. And because the creation were thought based from the Bible, we do believe that the 7th day is the holy day of rest and yes, Yom Shabat or the "Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." - Mark 2:27.
I hope learning a little bit of history can expand our mind and thought that this world have been greatly influenced by Satan and his works. Therefore, as Adventist Youths, we need to put on the whole armour of God. Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in high places. - Ephesians 6:10-20.
God bless...
Jewish system of weekly days have been put in place way before the Romans set the standard in around the 4th Century C.E (Common Era) or A.D (Anno Domini). Basically God had place it in order in the time of the creation.
The Jewish daily system starts from dark (evening) and end at dark (evening). This is due to the believe that at first, the world was without form, dark, and void, and God created light during the first day. After the light, the next day starts with darkness and God created water and it ends in the evening again like the first day (read Genesis 1). Jewish daily system, which have been adopted by many languages also are numerical and they are as follow:
1st Day = Yom Ree-Shon
2nd Day = Yom She-Nee
3rd Day = Yom Shelee-She
4th Day = Yom Re-Ve-ee
5th Day = Yom Hah-Mee-Shee
6th Day = Yom Shee-Shee
7th Day = Yom Sha-Bat
The seven days concept of the Hebrews were then adopted by the Arabians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians and later the Greeks. Then numerical concept was transformed into astronomical by the Romans. In the Roman era, Pagans, who worships the sun, moon and the 5 known planets that were named after their gods, made a new names of the days of the week.
Here they are, in Latin:
1st Day = Dies solis - "Day of the sun (Roman god called Sol or Sol Indiges, which counterpart Helios god of Greece whos brother is Selene the moon god)"
2nd Day = Dies lunae - "Day of the moon (Roman's goddess of the moon called Luna, which counterpart Salene, Greeks god of the moon)"
3rd Day = Dies Martis - "Day of Mars (Roman's god of war and agriculture, second to Jupiter and father of Romulus and Remus. Mars counterpart the Greek god Ares)"
4th Day = Dies mercuri - "Day of Mercury (Roman's god of commerce, travel, and thievery. Mercury is a messenger of Jupiter and other gods. His counterpart is Hermes of Greece)"
5th Day = Dies Jovis - "Day of Joves (Roman's supreme god of Jove or Jupiter aka sky god, which counterpart Zeus the supreme god of Greece)"
6th Day = Dies Veneris - "Day of Venus (Roman's goddes of love, beauty, and vegetation, also the daughter of Jupiter counterparts Aphrodite of Greece)"
7th Day = Dies Saturni - "Day of Saturn (Roman's god of agriculture and vegetation, which counterpart Cronus of Greece)"
After the Romans, the Anglo-Saxon came into place. Here they are:
1st Day = Sunnan daeg - "God of the heat and light ball in the sky."
2nd Day = Monan daeg - "Mona - god of the light ball in the night sky, and tide maker."
3rd Day = Tiwes daeg - "Tiw lived on a high mountain and guided warriors who worshipped him. If a warrior died in battle Tiw would come down to Earth with his angels and take the dead warrior to heaven. Tiw's counterpart is Zeus of Greece."
4th Day = Wodens daeg - "Woden's day (King of the gods). Woden was the god that controlled all the other gods. His number-one mission was to gain all knowledge and wisdom. He visited all four corners of the world to gather information. Nothing could be hidden from him. In fact, he even wore out one of his eyes from seeing so much wisdom. To cover the rather messy dead eye, he wore a large floppy hat and compensated for his sightlessness with blackbird on each shoulder. These birds were his extra eyes and could fly off to spy on people, and then report back to Woden. In this way, Woden knew everything that was going on and people had to be very careful how they behaved in case Woden was watching. After all, as king of all gods, he could wreak havoc on dissenters in any way he chose."
5th Day = Thurs daeg - "Thor's day (god of thunder). Thunder was the sign that Thor was angrily throwing his large hammer across the sky."
6th Day = Frige daeg - "Freya's day (goddess of love). Frigg was a kind and beautiful Norse goddess and wife of Odin, the most powerful god. Their job was to oversee everything that happened in the world and Frigg's specialty was love and marriage."
7th Day = Satern daeg - "Seterne's day (god of agriculture). People believed that the god named Saturn controlled the weather and hence the success or failure of crops. Sacrificing a farm animal to Saturni would increase the chances of pleasing the god, resulting in favourable weather and a good crop."
FINALY friends, after wars, conflicts, and "unity", which is a little after 600 C.E or A.D, Old English came to play as the main language in the Northern part of Europe. During the 1100 to about 1500, Middle English was spoken and from 1500 to now Modern English has grown into the greatest spoken language in the world. So after learning the concept of the origins of the days of the week, we have the days in English:
1st Day = Sunday
2nd Day = Monday
3rd Day = Tuesday
4th Day = Wednesday
5th Day = Thursday
6th Day = Friday
7th Day = Saturday
Before conclusion, I forgot to mention one more newest language in the world and is used Internationally. ISO or International Organization for Standardization language especially the ISO-8601 (date and time notation language) was available since 1971 for a numeric representation of information regarding date and the time of day. It is based on the Gregorian calendar and it is used on almost every technology available in the world.
Here's what it has on the 7 days:
1st Day = Sunday = 7
2nd Day = Monday = 1
3rd Day = Tuesday = 2
4th Day = Wednesday = 3
5th Day = Thursday = 4
6th Day = Friday = 5
7th Day = Saturday = 6
So basically when others state that Sunday to Saturday are the days of the Pagan gods, they are right and yes, many will say that the 7th day is not Saturday but Sunday. However, as Christians and Adventists, we strongly believe in the Bible. And because the creation were thought based from the Bible, we do believe that the 7th day is the holy day of rest and yes, Yom Shabat or the "Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." - Mark 2:27.
I hope learning a little bit of history can expand our mind and thought that this world have been greatly influenced by Satan and his works. Therefore, as Adventist Youths, we need to put on the whole armour of God. Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in high places. - Ephesians 6:10-20.
God bless...
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