{"id":86156,"date":"2020-06-26T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=86156"},"modified":"2020-06-26T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:14:42","slug":"times-of-reckoning-and-set-times-in-abraham-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/06\/times-of-reckoning-and-set-times-in-abraham-3.html","title":{"rendered":"“Times of Reckoning and Set Times in Abraham 3”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A NASA\/JPL artist\u2019s conception of the Milky Way galaxy from \u201cabove\u201d it.
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It\u2019s Friday, so nobody should be completely surprised that, for the 414th week in a row, a new article has just appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em>. \u00a0This one is by Professor J. Ward Moody<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTimes of Reckoning and Set Times in Abraham 3\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong> The third chapter of Abraham considers two types of times regarding the moon, the earth, and the planets: \u201ctimes of reckoning\u201d and \u201cset times.\u201d A straightforward interpretation of these two times, if correct, sheds light on the cosmology known to Abraham. \u201cTimes of reckoning\u201d may be understood as the times of celestial movements directly observed or reckoned by someone standing on the surface of the earth. These times would most likely be synodic, meaning the motion being considered is referenced to the sun, but they could also be sidereal, meaning referenced to the stars. Observed from the earth\u2019s surface, times of reckoning would naturally have a geocentric perspective. \u201cSet times,\u201d on the other hand, may refer to times of motion established or set by God. These would be the orbital motions intrinsic to the bodies themselves. They would be sidereal and, with the exception of the moon \u2014 which would still be geocentric, would be from a heliocentric or even wider galactocentric point of view. With this interpretation, Abraham 3:5\u201210 may be an account of God elevating Abraham\u2019s knowledge of heavenly motions from that which is seen and measured by looking at the sky to that which actually exists in space. Such knowledge, likely possessed by the prophet Mormon as well, provided a natural means for Abraham to teach Pharaoh of the supremacy of God.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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And here are five interesting items in other astronomical news:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThree exoplanets are close enough for us to see their atmospheres\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLife on Earth Is a Sketchy Guide to an Alien Civilization\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAn elemental problem with the sun:\u00a0For two decades, astronomers have argued over how much carbon, nitrogen and especially oxygen lie within our closest star \u2014 a dispute with implications for the entire universe\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cPhysicists spot a new class of neutrinos from the sun:\u00a0The Borexino experiment detected particles from our star\u2019s second-most important fusion process\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe oldest disk galaxy yet found formed more than 12 billion years ago:\u00a0This newly described galaxy was in place just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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