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Hello, welcome to Bread and Rivers, a Bible podcast dedicated to digging deeper into God's Word.
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My name is Gavin Rayla, and today I'd like to start something that I like to call breadcrumbs.
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And what that is, is it's just going to be a series of three to five minute short episodes that's basically an info dump on an interesting topic.
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So without further ado, let's get into today's breadcrumbs.
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So today we're going to talk about time.
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We're going to talk about how they told time in a way in the Bible and how we tell time today.
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So all the way back in the Old Testament, let's talk about this.
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Using a king's reign was one of the main ways ancient people identified what year something happened.
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So instead of saying this happened in 735 BC, you know, they didn't recognize BC because BC is before Christ.
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They might say in the fourth year of King Ahaz.
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Everyone in that kingdom would know roughly when Ahaz began ruling.
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So his reign became a kind of chronological reference point.
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And the Bible does this constantly.
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For example, in Isaiah 6 1, it says in the year that King Uzziah died.
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So that immediately places Isaiah's vision at a major, memorable political transition.
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Jeremiah 25 1 dates a prophecy to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and Daniel 1 1 begins with the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, King of Judah.
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A king's accession effectively started a new chronological count.
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So you could have first year of King let's just use X and Y, first year of King X, second year of King X, third year of King X, and so on.
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Then when he died and King Y took over, the counting restarted with King Y.
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So when biblical writers recount a story, naming the reigning king was not just background information.
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It was often their equivalent of putting a date stamp on the event.
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The interesting thing, and I catch this, is that we still use this system today.
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It is currently the year 2026 AD.
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Most people understand AD to mean after death, after the death of Jesus Christ, making both systems locate an event or time by counting years from an accepted reference point, just like in the Bible.
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But what's really estr interesting is we're going to take this a step further, is that A D does not stand for after death.
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BC stands for before Christ, and over time most people have assumed that AD stands for after death.
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But a quick and simple research will prove that A D actually stands for anno Domini, which is a Latin phrase, and it means in the year of our Lord.
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So it is currently 2026 in the year of our Lord.
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In Revelation 1916, Christ is called King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
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And Hebrews 1 and 8 says, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.
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So if you ask me, we still tell time the exact same way.
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It is the 2026 year of the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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If you enjoy these episodes, let me know in a comment and maybe let me know what topic you'd like me to do next.
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Until next time,
00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:33.039
Hello, welcome to Bread and Rivers, a Bible podcast dedicated to digging deeper into God's Word.
00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:39.200
My name is Gavin Rayla, and today I'd like to start something that I like to call breadcrumbs.
00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:51.119
And what that is, is it's just going to be a series of three to five minute short episodes that's basically an info dump on an interesting topic.
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.759
So without further ado, let's get into today's breadcrumbs.
00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.240
So today we're going to talk about time.
00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:09.120
We're going to talk about how they told time in a way in the Bible and how we tell time today.
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:15.680
So all the way back in the Old Testament, let's talk about this.
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:23.680
Using a king's reign was one of the main ways ancient people identified what year something happened.
00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:35.920
So instead of saying this happened in 735 BC, you know, they didn't recognize BC because BC is before Christ.
00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:40.319
They might say in the fourth year of King Ahaz.
00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:45.120
Everyone in that kingdom would know roughly when Ahaz began ruling.
00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.439
So his reign became a kind of chronological reference point.
00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.000
And the Bible does this constantly.
00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:58.719
For example, in Isaiah 6 1, it says in the year that King Uzziah died.
00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:06.159
So that immediately places Isaiah's vision at a major, memorable political transition.
00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:20.000
Jeremiah 25 1 dates a prophecy to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and Daniel 1 1 begins with the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, King of Judah.
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:24.560
A king's accession effectively started a new chronological count.
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:35.919
So you could have first year of King let's just use X and Y, first year of King X, second year of King X, third year of King X, and so on.
00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:42.240
Then when he died and King Y took over, the counting restarted with King Y.
00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:51.199
So when biblical writers recount a story, naming the reigning king was not just background information.
00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:55.439
It was often their equivalent of putting a date stamp on the event.
00:02:56.159 --> 00:03:02.479
The interesting thing, and I catch this, is that we still use this system today.
00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:06.800
It is currently the year 2026 AD.
00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:22.560
Most people understand AD to mean after death, after the death of Jesus Christ, making both systems locate an event or time by counting years from an accepted reference point, just like in the Bible.
00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:30.400
But what's really estr interesting is we're going to take this a step further, is that A D does not stand for after death.
00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:38.159
BC stands for before Christ, and over time most people have assumed that AD stands for after death.
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:50.560
But a quick and simple research will prove that A D actually stands for anno Domini, which is a Latin phrase, and it means in the year of our Lord.
00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:57.199
So it is currently 2026 in the year of our Lord.
00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:03.840
In Revelation 1916, Christ is called King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:10.400
And Hebrews 1 and 8 says, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.
00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:15.919
So if you ask me, we still tell time the exact same way.
00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:21.839
It is the 2026 year of the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:30.319
If you enjoy these episodes, let me know in a comment and maybe let me know what topic you'd like me to do next.
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Until next time,
