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This was so from the beginning of time -- since the very first Sabbath. The first man, Adam,
was considered a righteous man who kept the Sabbath according to Bereshit Rabbah 22. He is also
credited with the authorship of Psalm 92 -- "A Song for the Sabbath Day." After Adam, the Sab-
bath was observed by his son Seth, whom God considered to be a righteous man also. He was fol-
lowed in turn by another righteous man -- Methuselah.

In the article Ages of Adam, by Clark K. Nelson, we read that

Luni-solar calendar foundations of the Jewish calendar extend from the earliest verses of
scripture. Natural, uniform motions of the heavenly spheres are the pivotal markers of
time reckoning. The list of ancient characters mentioned in the Old Testament used this
lunar-solar calendar system of time recording. OBSERVATION OF LUNAR PHASES
coupled with solar positioning graduated [marked] the lifetime ages of Adam and his de-
scendants (1995).

Nelson goes on to say --

Changes in the appearance of the moon provided the seven-day week Originating with
ancient interpretations of lunar time, divisions of seven days separate THE FOUR BASIC
LUNAR PHASES...Starting with a dark new moon, the moon gradually comes into view
on following nights. In about seven days the first half of the moon is visible. The second
half waxes until full moon and the end of two weeks. Lunar light reverses progression in
the third week, waning to half visibility again. A fourth week completes the month, and
visibility again diminishes toward a new moon. Completion of four lunar phases com-
prises the month.

In the Encyclopedia Biblica (1899) we find stated that "the stars served to mark divisions
of time. They are set in the firmament 'to divide the day from the night,' and to 'be for signs, and for
moeds/signs/festivals/appointed times, and for days and years!' The Hebrew month is a lunar
month and THE QUARTER OF THIS PERIOD -- ONE PHASE OF THE MOON -- appears to
have determined the WEEK OF SEVEN DAYS" (The MacMillan Company. P. 4780).

In another part of his article (Ages of Adam), Nelson brings out the concept of masculine
and feminine dualism in the luni-solar calendar:

Ancient time reckoning and recording affirmed the most basic counting procedures ac-
cording to cycles of the sun, moon, and stars. Entrenched throughout the history of world
civilization are the main ingredients of lunar-solar calendars. From the earliest concep-
tions of Adam and Eve to the wide array of mythology and folklore, humanity is aligned
with masculine and feminine dualism inherent to luni-solar calendar operations. Patterns
of female fertility cycles have been forever linked with lunar, monthly periods of about 29
and one-half days.

Eve is the woman in literal Hebrew. She is the life giver, mother to the living, or child
bearer. The feminine fertility issue has always been associated with LUNAR OBSERVA-
TION. The lunar month has been forever etched on humanity right alongside with the

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