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The Burden Of Time
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"REPLICATION" Ch#6
"STAR SCROLL" Prologue 
"UNCLE BENTHOR" Ch#1
"THE FRIENDS OF ING" Ch#2
"THE BLACK WOLF" Ch#3
"THE BATTLE OF ELAH" Ch#4
"CIRCLE OF PRECESSION" (Astronomy)
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The Burden of Time
"I have seen the God-given task with which
the sons of men are to be occupied.
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Also He has put eternity in their hearts,
except that no one can find out the work
that God does from beginning to end."
Ecclesiates 3:10-11
Joe Tucciarone's Space Art (all rights reserved)
Turning like clockwork in their respective orbits like interlocked gears within a macro-cosmic timepiece, the Milky Way Galaxy's 200 billion stars whirl counter-clockwise in a spiral wheel 100,000 light-years in diameter while measuring the immense increments of Galactic Time.
The Milky Way Galaxy
In contrast, Earth Time is measured by seven tiny time elements consisting of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. All seven of these Earth Time elements are based solely upon the orbit and rotation of the Earth around the Sun and the phases of the Moon
Solar System Time, as an intermediate time measurement "gear" that connects Galactic Time and Earth Time, is measured by the complex orbits of Sol's major comets, asteroids and planets. Comets originate from the Oort Cloud, which is a spherical halo of innumerable icy bodies that shroud our solar system at a distant diameter of 100,000 AU, or 9.3 quatillion miles.
In order for us to grasp the concept of Solar System Time, think of our small Solar System as a three-dimensional clock face with Sol at the center. Unlike a two-dimensional clock face, the solar clock face has multiple hands corresponding to each of the orbital periods associated with Sol's satellites.
The Solar System
The following list of orbital periods comprise an incremental measurement of our Solar System's passage of time in relation to Earth Time.
The Solar Time Clock
Mercury's orbital period takes 87.969 Earth days.
Venus' orbital period takes 224.68 Earth days.
Earth's orbital period takes 365.25 days
Mars' orbital period takes 686.95 Earth days.
Ceres' orbital period takes 1777 Earth days.
Jupiter's orbital period takes 4334.3 Earth days.
Saturn's orbital period takes 10,760 Earth days.
Comet Halley's orbital period takes 27,795.525 Earth days.
Uranus' orbital period takes 30,685 Earth days.
Neptune's orbital period takes 60,189 Earth days.
Pluto's orbital period takes 90,465 Earth days.
Comet Hale-Bopp's orbital period takes 869,295 Earth days.
Comet Hyakutake's orbital period takes 3,287,250 Earth days.
To understand the ramifications of this Solar Time mechanism is to comprehend that there appears to be a macro-level relationship between the orbital completion of the slowest hand, in this instance Comet Hyakutake, to all the other "hands" in the Solar System. Please note that Comet Hyakutake is simply the oldest astronomical occurance I have listed here--there are innumerable others of untold age.
Similar to the hands of a normal clock, each of these thirteen (I wish I could list 24) orbital periods would then relate to an increment of time--but not proportionate to Earth Time.
Thus, Mercury's orbit would move quickly like a second hand.
Venus' orbit would move slightly slower like a minute hand.
Earth's orbit would move slower still like an hour hand.
Carrying this thought further, the orbit of Mars would be similar, but not proportionate, to a day. The orbit of Asteroid Ceres, the major planetisimal of the Asteroid Belt, would be like a week.
Jupiter's orbit, then, would be like a month.
Saturn's orbit would correspond to a year.
Comet Halley’s eliptical orbit would relate to a decade.
Uranus' orbit would be like a century.
Neptune's orbit would be somewhat like a millennium.
Pluto's orbit would relate to an epoch.
Comet Hale-Bopp's orbit would be like an age.
Finally, Comet Hyakutake's orbit would correspond to something like an eon.
But the Burden of Time does not stop here, for Galactic Time, in relation to our solar system, is measured in Galactic Rotations. Our star, Sol, with all its satellites, orbits at 220 km/sec in the direction of the constellation Cygnus within the main disc of the Milky Way galaxy and makes one complete rotation every 240,000,000 years.
One might think of one galactic rotation as an eternity--except for the fact that astronomers speculate that the Milky Way Galaxy has already made some 42 rotations over the last 10 billion years!
Other elements of Galactic Time, in conjunction with Solar Time and Earth Time, deal with interaction between the galactic orbits of other solar systems--(those closer to the center of the galaxy rotate faster and those farther out from Sol move slower.) Also, the eliptical orbits of Halo Stars--which are very old stars and Globular Clusters that shroud our galaxy--interact with the solar systems of the galactic disc with as of yet unknown consequences.
Globular Cluster in Milky Way
Still other factors to consider in calculating Solar System Time are Solar Flare Storms (every eleven years), Eccentricity of Planetary Orbits (the reason why Earth has four seasons), and planetary periods of Precession (every 26,000 years for Earth's axis to tilt between 20 and 30 degrees), Ice Ages and the largely unknown orbits of wandering and dangerous Apollo Asteroids which eventually intersect with our planet's orbit.
For thousands of centuries the ancients have tried to track the Burden of Time for agricultural, religious and scientific purposes. The Pyramids of Egypt and the Mayan Temples of Mesoamerica and Stonehenge in England to name the most prominent, all bear mute testimony of the burden to track the passage of astronomical time.
What inspired all their efforts? Perhaps the opening verses quoted from Ecclesiates can give us a clue. We are "compelled" to do so--even though we will never understand all the signs and imminent dangers that whirl and "bump in the night" about us. Our insatiable curiosity drives us to track the wonders of the heavenly creation because our lack of knowledge causes us to wonder and fear astronomical events we can not predict.
The Bible says that God created the heavens for "signs and seasons, and days and years, and to shed light on the Earth." Gen.1:14-15 Thus, they mark the Burden of Time until the completion of all things prophesied in His Word. The heavens display God's Glory and are His heavenly tabernacle, or place of dwelling.
In the proper dispensation of time, the Bible also says that the “Sign of the Son of Man” Mat.24:30 will one day appear among the clouds of heaven to mark the spectacular return of the King of kings. This same King’s birth was also heralded by an astronomical occurance--the Star of Bethlehem which was diligently pursued by the wisest astronomers of that time who fully understood the sign's prophetic significance. Wise men are still seeking Him to this very day.
If indeed the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, seen as a bright star in the Constellation of Leo (and perhaps in combination with Regulus, the brightest star, or Alpha Leo of the constellation) then Babylonian astronomers may well have been compelled by their ancient astronomy prophecies to find the Messiah, the "Lion of the Tribe of Judah." (Reference to "Judah is a lion's whelp" from Gen.50).
For insight into the possible use of astronomy for prophetic purposes, please read my article
"The Circle of Precession." My point in all of this is, that prophecies follow time measurements beyond our tiny understanding of our seven earthly time measurements.
Like the ancient astronomers, we are compelled to gaze at the heavens and wonder at the complexities of the "Burden of Time." Until all our questions are answered, we will continue our burden for knowledge and understanding. The more we learn, the more questions are raised. We already comprehend how insignificant we are within the grand scope of the heavenly creation.
The passage of our lives, as well as all those who have preceded us and those who will follow us, is but a tiny milli-second on a galactic clock that is itself just one small gear in a massive cosmic time piece that escapes understanding. We are looking so far out, we fail to see the ends of our noses.
One day, perhaps soon, perhaps far, far, far in the future, a great sign will appear in the heavens. It will be a spectacular sight. It will also bring about much fear and foreboding for those who are not looking for it. It will be the prophesied "Sign of the Son of Man." It would behoove us, in the midst of all the scientific wonders we so revel in these days, as I do, to keep in mind the wisdom of the ancients--and remember who we are.
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