Our pagan calendar and week

The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon, and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. The Germanic peoples generally substituted similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu, Woden, Thor, and Freya, but did not substitute Saturn. This is where our modern days of the week come from. Sun's-day, Moon's-day, Tiu's-day, Woden's-day, Thor's-day, Freya's-day, and Saturn's-day. Our modern monthly calendar is also imbued with pagan and mythological significance. Janus is the Roman god of gates and doorways, where we get January from. Februa is the Roman festival of purification, held on February fifteenth. Mars, the Roman god of war, is where we get March from. The Pentagon in Washington D.C. is also constructed using mythological, paganistic, and occultic architecture based upon "The god of War" also known as "The god of Mars" and identified with the number five, hence; pentagon and pentagram. Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, also identified as the Roman goddess Venus, is where we get Aphro, which became Aprilis, then April. Maia (meaning "the great one") is the Italic goddess of spring, the daughter of Faunus, and wife of Vulcan. Maia became May. Juno is the principle goddess of the Roman Pantheon. She is the goddess of marriage and the well-being of women. She is the wife and sister of Jupiter, and identified with the Greek goddess Hera, and where we get our month of June. Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar, which became the Julian calendar in 46 BC. In the process, he renamed the month of Quintilis to "July" after himself. Augustus Caesar clarified and completed the calendar reform of Julius Caesar. In the process, he also renamed this August after himself. The remaining four months came directly from the old Roman calendar and are off by two months. What I mean by this is that "Septem" which means seven, and was the seventh Roman month, instead is our ninth month of September. "Octo" which means eight, and was Rome's eighth month, wound up as our tenth month, known as October. "Novembris mensis" means, ninth month, and became our eleventh month, November. "Decem", meaning "ten", (note: decade, decalogue), the Roman tenth month, became our twelfth month we now call December. It's a little scary and a little creepy how everything is named after pagan sources, men who made themselves to be gods, and mythological and false gods. It seems man has made a god out of everything, including himself, and the one time God really did show up on the earth, they murdered Him on a cross. But it's all part of God's plan! And soon enough, He's going to return again and fix this joke of a planet we have concocted! Maranatha!

Look not at that which is Seen

Romans 8:18, "The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." 1 Cor. 4:17-18, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." Why does God tell us not to look at (dwell on, trust in) that which we see? You have heard "hold to things loosely" while on this earth. We all will have to part with everything we know and love. If we can't let go of things, things will absolutely destroy us, because, one way or another, we will lose everything. While humans live in the dimension known as "time" where things grow old and perish, God dwells outside of time. When God's Word tells us to look at that which is not seen, because it is eternal, He is encouraging us to see our ontology (existence), through His eyes. We know we are growing old, we know we are passing, even the hardest skeptic can see evidence for that, so we know not to look (dwell on, or trust) on that which is seen. What we see, is fading away. But we can also look at that which is not seen, because we can see that The Bible is divine, rather than human in its origin. Our faith and trust is built up because the Bible is a reliable document of history, completely trustworthy, rooted in empirical evidence, inspired (God-breathed). When the Bible speaks of "looking at the things which are not seen" it is implicitly referring to our eternal state, living outside of time, after Christ comes back to this earth, abdicating the second law of thermodynamics. Dead bodies will be resurrected, and those who haven't died yet will be instantly changed, having their bodies modified to live outside of time, in a higher quality of existence. The "second law" which is a natural law of science otherwise known as "entropy" is God's method of ending this present milieu. Sin came into the world when man chose to follow Lucifer, and disobey God. At that time, the second law was created and has been working, as generation to generation has continually died off, until we are where we are today. The world as we know it, will be destroyed! It's coming! But the Word tells us "it's a light affliction, compared to what God is going to do with us!" I used to think "eternity" meant "a duration of existence" until I became familiar with philosophy (Theistic), and etymology. Eternity is not a duration existence. Eternity is a quality of existence. Living outside of "time", not being subjugated to the "second law", is just part of what God has in store for us. Death, sin, and every negative cause and effect we have ever known, will be absent from our existence in eternity. Eternity is a higher quality of life, because it is outside of the decay that our present time-space continuum brings. Primarily, eternity will be a higher quality of life because we will live, grow, learn & develop, without error, living in the direct presence of God Almighty. God admonishes us to trust that our present affliction is light. This includes losing all that we have, and all those in whom we love. Wait, that doesn't sound like a light affliction! Oh, yes it is! In the existence we cannot now see, God will raise your loved ones! This time however, they will not live in a world governed by the decay of time; they will not pass away. Now I see why God tells me not to hold on so tight to this passing world. And I stand in awe of His Holiness, that I can truly trust in that which I cannot see, knowing that which I cannot see, is ETERNAL! Selah'