Unraveling the Mystery: When Days Got Their Names! 📅✨
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Have you ever wondered why "Tuesday" is called "Tuesday"? Dive into the history of non-biblical calendar days, from ancient times to the Gregorian reform! Discover how biblical time differed from our modern week.
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God did not name days
Did you know that in biblical times, there was no "Monday" or "Friday"? 🤔 We clearly see this in Genesis 1 when our Creator named the days by numbers. This pattern continued in the Bible.
In the Bible, days were simply numbered: "The First Day," "The Second Day," leading up to the "Sabbath" (the Seventh Day). This simple, numbered system reflected a direct counting from the Creator's week.
When did modern weekday names appear, and who named them?
The concept of naming days after planets and false gods is a much later invention! Around the Roman Empire era (1st-4th centuries AD), days began to be associated with celestial bodies and their corresponding false gods. This practice spread throughout Europe, influencing languages like English, which combined Roman and Germanic traditions.
Here's the breakdown of what each day's name means:
Sunday: Named after the Sun (Old English: Sunnandæg). A day dedicated to the primary celestial body.
Monday: Named after the Moon (Old English: Monandæg). The moon's influence was also deeply revered.
Tuesday: Named after Tiw (Old English: Tiwesdæg), the Norse god of war and law, equivalent to the Roman god Mars.
Wednesday: Named after Woden (Old English: Wodnesdæg), the chief Anglo-Saxon/Norse god (like Odin), associated with wisdom, magic, and poetry, equivalent to the Roman Mercury.
Thursday: Named after Thor (Old English: Þunresdæg - "Thunor's day"), the Norse false god of thunder and strength, equivalent to the Roman Jupiter.
Friday: Named after Frigg/Freyja (Old English: Frīgedæg), the Norse false goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, equivalent to the Roman Venus.
Saturday: Named after Saturn (Old English: Sæternesdæg), the Roman false god of agriculture and time.
These names existed long before Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar in 1582. His reform mainly corrected the leap year system to keep the calendar aligned with the solar year, but he kept the existing day names.
How should believers deal with this information?
It is incorrect to study the bible days and calendar with the Gregorian Calendar
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