Orionid Meteor Shower, Halley’s Comet Apparitions and Yom Teruah 5777 (2016 to 2017) events

Orionid Meteor Shower, Halley’s Comet Apparitions and Yom Teruah 5777 (2016 to 2017) events
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Gen 1:14  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Luk 21:25  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Luk 21:26  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Yom Teruah 5777 begins with a sign in the Heavens just like there was in 2015.

Yom Teruah/Day of Trumpet (Lev. 23:24-26; Zeph 1:15-16; I Cor 15:52; I Thess 4:16-18; I Thess 5:1; Jn 6:40,44, 54.

Deu 24:5  When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Day of Trumpet 2016 to Day of Trumpet 2017 is one year and the word taken in the above verse refers to either Passover, Pentecost, Day of Trumpet or Day of Atonement resurrection days for the gathering.

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

 

Torah Reading :  Genesis 21:1-34 ;  Numbers 29:1-6 ;  Samuel I 1:1 - 2:10

Jewish History

Adam & Eve 4001 BCE

On Tishrei 1 -- the sixth day of creation -- "G-d said: 'Let us make Man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth...'" (Genesis 1:26). "G-d formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul" (ibid., 2:7). "And G-d took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it" (2:15). "And G-d said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helpmeet opposite him' ... G-d caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his sides, and closed up the flesh in its place. And G-d built the side which He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man. And the man said: 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.' Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother, and cleaves to his wife; and they become one flesh" (2:18-24).

1st Sin & Repentance 4001 BCE

On the very day he was created, man committed the first sin of history, transgressing the divine commandment not to eat from the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil." Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden, and mankind became subject to death, labor and moral confusion. But on that day the first man and woman also repented their sin, introducing the concept and opportunities of teshuvah ("return") into the human experience.

   Note by JA: We don’t know for sure when this event occurred but it is just a guess that it was one the first day of the creation of man whether it be on the Day of Trumpet (4^th Day event) or on the 6^th Day. However it happened prior to Day of Atonement because on the first Day of Atonement, Elohim (God the Father, and the Lord (the Son) sacrificed the first animal on the Day of Atonement.

Dove's 3rd Mission (2269 BCE)

On the 1st of Tishrei, on the 307th day of the Great Flood, Noach dispatched a dove from the ark, for the third time (see "On This Date" for Elul 17 and Elul 23). When the dove did not return, Noah knew that the Flood's waters had completely drained from the earth. On that day, Noach removed the roof of the ark; but Noah and his family, and all the animals, remained in the ark for another 57 days -- until the 27th of Cheshvan -- when the surface of the earth was completely dry and G-d commanded them to leave the ark and resettle and repopulate the earth.

Binding of Isaac; Sarah's Passing (1843 BCE) Sabbath Year (Shemitah year)

Abraham's supreme test of faith -- his binding of Isaac in preparation to sacrifice him as per G-d's command -- occurred on the 1st of Tishrei of the year 2085 from creation (1843 BCE), and is recalled each Rosh Hashanah with the sounding of the shofar (ram's horn -- a ram was sacrificed in Isaac's stead when an angel revealed that the command to sacrifice Isaac was but a divine test); the Torah's account of the event is publicly read in the synagogue on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah. On the day of Isaac's binding, his mother, Sarah, passed away at age 127, and was subsequently buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron.

www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=10/03/2016

Orionid Meteor Shower

In 2016, the Orionid meteor shower will be visible from October 2 to November 7. The shower is expected to peak on the night of October 20 (Sukkot Day 4) and early morning of October 21.

Orionids tend to be active every year in the month of October, usually peaking around October 20. At its peak, up to 20 meteors are visible every hour. The best time to view the Orionids is just after midnight and right before dusk. 

The Orionid meteor shower, usually shortened to the Orionids, is the most prolific meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet. The Orionids are so-called because the point they appear to come from, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Orion, but they can be seen over a large area of the sky. Orionids are an annual meteor shower which last approximately one week in late October. In some years, meteors may occur at rates of 50–70 per hour.

The Orionid meteor shower is produced by the well known Halley's Comet, which was named after the astronomer Edmund Halley and last passed through the inner solar system in 1986 on its 75- to 76-year orbit.

1986 CE Jewish Year 5746 (Deut 31:23) Hebrew people return to the Land of Israel from Gentile nations.  Eastern Europe Jews and Soviet Union Jews return to Jordan.

Where do I look in the sky to see the Orionids? Meteors in annual showers are named for the point in our sky from which they appear to radiate. The radiant point for the Orionids is in the direction of the famous constellation Orion the Hunter. Hence the name Orionids.

If you trace the paths of these Orionid meteors backward, they seem to come from the Club of Orion. And this year, in 2016, the waning gibbous moon will be very close to Orion’s Club! You might know Orion’s bright, ruddy star Betelgeuse. The radiant is north of Betelgeuse.

But you don’t need to know this constellation to see the meteors. The meteors often don’t become visible until they are 30 degrees or so from their radiant point – and remember, they are streaking out from the radiant in all directions. So the meteors will appear in all parts of the sky.

That’s why it’s best to find a wide-open viewing area than to look in any particular direction. Sometimes friends like to watch together, facing different directions. When somebody sees one, they can call out “Meteor!”

Halley’s Comet 240 BC

Halley's Comet or Comet Halley (/ˈhæli/ or /ˈheɪli/, named after astronomer Edmond Halley), officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years. Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime. Halley last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.

Halley's returns to the inner Solar System have been observed and recorded by astronomers since at least 240 BC. Clear records of the comet's appearances were made by Chinese, Babylonian, and medieval European chroniclers, but were not recognized as reappearances of the same object at the time. The comet's periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it is now named.

Halley's orbital period over the last 3 centuries has been between 75–76 years, although it has varied between 74–79 years since 240 BC. Halley is classified as a periodic or short-period comet; one with an orbit lasting 200 years or less.

Apparitions

Halley's calculations enabled the comet's earlier appearances to be found in the historical record. The following table sets out the astronomical designations for every apparition of Halley's Comet from 240 BC, the earliest documented widespread sighting. For example, "1P/1982 U1, 1986 III, 1982i" indicates that for the perihelion in 1986, Halley was the first period comet known (designated 1P) and this apparition was the first seen in half-month U (the second half of October) in 1982 (giving 1P/1982 U1); it was the third comet past perihelion in 1986 (1986 III); and it was the ninth comet spotted in 1982 (provisional designation 1982i). The perihelion dates of each apparition are shown. The perihelion dates farther from the present are approximate, mainly because of uncertainties in the modelling of non-gravitational effects. Perihelion dates of 1531 and earlier are in the Julian calendar, while perihelion dates 1607 and after are in the Gregorian calendar.

Designation	Date
1P/−239 K1, −239	25 May 240 BC  Rosh Chodesh 3
1P/−163 U1, −163	12 November 164 BC
1P/−86 Q1, −86	6 August 87 BC
1P/−11 Q1, −11	10 October 12 BC Sukkot Day 6 on day 5
1P/66 B1, 66	*25 January 66 AD Sabbath  **
1P/141 F1, 141	22 March 141 Spring Equinox
1P/218 H1, 218	17 May 218   Day 1
1P/295 J1, 295	20 April 295 Feast of First Fruits on the Sabbath
1P/374 E1, 374	16 February 374  Day 1
1P/451 L1, 451	28 June 451
1P/530 Q1, 530	27 September 530 Sukkot Day 5 on day 5
1P/607 H1, 607	15 March 607 Day 4 Lev 10:1-2
1P/684 R1, 684	2 October 684 Sukkot Day 2 on Day 1, 1332 years to Oct 2, 2016.
1P/760 K1, 760	20 May 760   Rosh Chodesh
1P/837 F1, 837	28 February 837  Day 4
1P/912 J1, 912	18 July 912 Rosh Chodesh on the Sabbath
1P/989 N1, 989	5 September 989 Yom Teruah
1P/1066 G1, 1066	20 March 1066  Passover Day 6
1P/1145 G1, 1145	18 April 1145   Day 4
1P/1222 R1, 1222	28 September 1222 Sukkot Day 6 on day 4
1P/1301 R1, 1301	25 October 1301  Day 4
1P/1378 S1, 1378	10 November 1378 Day 4
1P/1456 K1, 1456	9 June 1456      Day 4
1P/1531 P1, 1531	26 August 1531   Sabbath
1P/1607 S1, 1607	27 October 1607  Sabbath
1P/1682 Q1, 1682	15 September 1682
1P/1758 Y1, 1759 I	13 March 1759 (predicted by Halley)Ester 9:1-14
1P/1835 P1, 1835 III	16 November 1835
1P/1909 R1, 1910 II, 1909c	20 April 1910     Day 4
1P/1982 U1, 1986 III, 1982i	9 February 1986   Day 1
	21 events on His timeframes out of 30. Do you believe Elohim is even in control of the comets?

Prior to 1066

Halley may have been recorded as early as 467 BC, but this is uncertain. A comet was recorded in ancient Greece between 468 and 466 BC; its timing, location, duration, and associated meteor shower all suggest it was Halley. According to Pliny the Elder, that same year a meteorite fell in the town of Aegospotami, in Thrace. He described it as brown in colour and the size of a wagon load. Chinese chroniclers also mention a comet in that year.

Report of Halley's Comet by Chinese astronomers in 240 BC (Shiji)

The first certain appearance of Halley's Comet in the historical record is a description from 240 BC, in the Chinese chronicle Records of the Grand Historian or Shiji, which describes a comet that appeared in the east and moved north. The only surviving record of the 164 BC apparition is found on two fragmentary Babylonian tablets, now owned by the British Museum.

The apparition of 87 BC was recorded in Babylonian tablets which state that the comet was seen "day beyond day" for a month.^[58] This appearance may be recalled in the representation of Tigranes the Great, an Armenian king who is depicted on coins with a crown that features, according to Vahe Gurzadyan and R. Vardanyan, "a star with a curved tail [that] may represent the passage of Halley's Comet in 87 BC." Gurzadyan and Vardanyan argue that "Tigranes could have seen Halley's Comet when it passed closest to the Sun on August 6 in 87 BC" as the comet would have been a "most recordable event"; for ancient Armenians it could have heralded the New Era of the brilliant King of Kings.

The apparition of 12 BC was recorded in the Book of Han by Chinese astronomers of the Han Dynasty who tracked it from August through October. It passed within 0.16 AU of Earth. Halley's appearance in 12 BC, only a few years distant from the conventionally assigned date of the birth of Jesus Christ, has led some theologians and astronomers to suggest that it might explain the biblical story of the Star of Bethlehem. There are other explanations for the phenomenon, such as planetary conjunctions, and there are also records of other comets that appeared closer to the date of Jesus' birth.

If, as has been suggested, the reference in the Talmud to "a star which appears once in seventy years that makes the captains of the ships err" refers to Halley's Comet, it may be a reference to the 66 AD appearance, because this passage is attributed to the Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananiah. This apparition was the only one to occur during ben Hananiah's lifetime.

66 CE Jewish revolt against Rome. Halley’s Comet. “star resembling a sword”.  1 Ch_21:16 : “The angel of Yahweh ... between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem.”  Jan to April; Vespasian’s death in June.

The 141 AD apparition was recorded in Chinese chronicles. It was also recorded in the Tamil work Purananuru, in connection with the death of the south Indian Chera king Yanaikatchai Mantaran Cheral Irumporai.

The 374 AD and 607 approaches each came within 0.09 AU of Earth. The 684 AD apparition was recorded in Europe in one of the sources used by the compiler of the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles. Chinese records also report it as the "broom star".

In 837, Halley's Comet may have passed as close as 0.03 AU (3.2 million miles; 5.1 million kilometers) from Earth, by far its closest approach. Its tail may have stretched 60 degrees across the sky. It was recorded by astronomers in China, Japan, Germany, The Byzantine Empire, and the Middle East. In 912, Halley is recorded in the Annals of Ulster, which state "A dark and rainy year. A comet appeared."

1066

In 1066, the comet was seen in England and thought to be an omen: later that year Harold II of England died at the Battle of Hastings; it was a bad omen for Harold, but a good omen for the man who defeated him, William the Conqueror. The comet is represented on the Bayeux Tapestry as a fiery star, and the surviving accounts describe it as appearing to be four times the size of Venus and shining with a light equal to a quarter of that of the Moon. Halley came within 0.10 AU of Earth at that time.

This appearance of the comet is also noted in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Eilmer of Malmesbury may have seen Halley previously in 989, as he wrote of it in 1066: "You've come, have you? ... You've come, you source of tears to many mothers, you evil. I hate you! It is long since I saw you; but as I see you now you are much more terrible, for I see you brandishing the downfall of my country. I hate you!"

The Irish Annals of the Four Masters recorded the comet as "A star [that] appeared on the seventh of the Calends of May, on Tuesday after Little Easter, than whose light the brilliance or light of The Moon was not greater; and it was visible to all in this manner till the end of four nights afterwards." Chaco Native Americans in New Mexico may have recorded the 1066 apparition in their petroglyphs.

1066 CE William the Conqueror; Normans conquer the Anglo-Saxons; England and Normandy united.

1145–1378

1145 CE Sabbath Year Halley’s Comet

The 1145 apparition was recorded by the monk Eadwine. The 1986 apparition exhibited a fan tail similar to Eadwine's drawing. Some claim that Genghis Khan was inspired to turn his conquests toward Europe by the 1222 apparition. The 1301 apparition may have been seen by the artist Giotto di Bondone, who represented the Star of Bethlehem as a fire-colored comet in the Nativity section of his Arena Chapel cycle, completed in 1305. No record survives of the 1378 apparition.

1456

In 1456, the year of Halley's next apparition, the Ottoman Empire invaded the Kingdom of Hungary, culminating in the Siege of Belgrade in July of that year. In a Papal Bull, Pope Calixtus III ordered special prayers be said for the city's protection. In 1470, the humanist scholar Bartolomeo Platina wrote in his Lives of the Popes that,

A hairy and fiery star having then made its appearance for several days, the mathematicians declared that there would follow grievous pestilence, dearth and some great calamity. Calixtus, to avert the wrath of God, ordered supplications that if evils were impending for the human race He would turn all upon the Turks, the enemies of the Christian name. He likewise ordered, to move God by continual entreaty, that notice should be given by the bells to call the faithful at midday to aid by their prayers those engaged in battle with the Turk.

Platina's account is not mentioned in official records. In the 18th century, a Frenchman further embellished the story, in anger at the Church, by claiming that the Pope had "excommunicated" the comet, though this story was most likely his own invention.

Halley's apparition of 1456 was also witnessed in Kashmir and depicted in great detail by Śrīvara, a Sanskrit poet and biographer to the Sultans of Kashmir. He read the apparition as a cometary portent of doom foreshadowing the imminent fall of Sultan Zayn al-Abidin (AD 1418/1420–1470).

After witnessing a bright light in the sky (which most historians have identified as Halley's Comet, visible in Ethiopia in 1456), Emperor Zara Yaqob, ruler from 1434 to 1468, founded the city of Debre Berhan (tr. City of Light) and made it his capital for the remainder of his reign.

1531–1835

Halley's periodic returns have been subject to scientific investigation since the 16th century. The three apparitions from 1531 to 1682 were noted by Edmond Halley, enabling him to predict its 1759 return. Streams of vapour observed during the comet's 1835 apparition prompted astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to propose that the jet forces of evaporating material could be great enough to significantly alter a comet's orbit.

1910

1910 CE Sabbath year (Shmita  שמיטה‎) Return of Halley’s Comet- which often appears throughout history four years before wars.

The 1910 approach, which came into naked-eye view around 10 April and came to perihelion on 20 April, was notable for several reasons: it was the first approach of which photographs exist, and the first for which spectroscopic data were obtained. Furthermore, the comet made a relatively close approach of 0.15 AU, making it a spectacular sight. Indeed, on 19 May, Earth actually passed through the tail of the comet. One of the substances discovered in the tail by spectroscopic analysis was the toxic gas cyanogen, which led astronomer Camille Flammarion to claim that, when Earth passed through the tail, the gas "would impregnate the atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet." His pronouncement led to panicked buying of gas masks and quack "anti-comet pills" and "anti-comet umbrellas" by the public. In reality, as other astronomers were quick to point out, the gas is so diffuse that the world suffered no ill effects from the passage through the tail.

The comet added to the unrest in China on the eve of Xinhai Revolution that would end the last dynasty in 1911. As James Hutson, a missionary in Sichuan Province at the time, recorded,

The people believe that it indicates calamity such as war, fire, pestilence, and a change of dynasty. In some places on certain days the doors were unopened for half a day, no water was carried and many did not even drink water as it was rumoured that pestilential vapour was being poured down upon the earth from the comet."

The 1910 visitation is also recorded as being the travelling companion of the first known English Muslim to make the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca. However, his explanation of its scientific predictability did not meet with favour in the Holy City.

The comet was also fertile ground for hoaxes. One that reached major newspapers claimed that the Sacred Followers, a supposed Oklahoma religious group, attempted to sacrifice a virgin to ward off the impending disaster, but were stopped by the police.

American satirist and writer Mark Twain was born on 30 November 1835, exactly two weeks after the comet's perihelion. In his autobiography, published in 1909, he said,

I came in with Halley's comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.

Twain died on 21 April 1910, the day following the comet's subsequent perihelion. The 1985 fantasy film The Adventures of Mark Twain was inspired by the quotation.

Halley's 1910 apparition is distinct from the Great Daylight Comet of 1910, which surpassed Halley in brilliance and was actually visible in broad daylight for a short period, approximately four months before Halley made its appearance.

1986\Halley's Comet in 1986

Halley's 1986 apparition was the least favorable on record. The comet and Earth were on opposite sides of the Sun in February 1986, creating the worst viewing circumstances for Earth observers for the last 2,000 years.

Asteroid sighting
Asteroid is set to pass close to Earth on October 3rd. Another space rock passed by Earth undetected on Sep. 30th.

A newly discovered asteroid expected to pass close to Earth on October 3rd.
The space rock named as, 2016 TH, will fly roughly 79,700 miles (0.3 LD) from our planet.
2016 TH is actually a small asteroid with an estimates size of 8 meters. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ast…

It was just discovered on Oct. 2nd and has a condition code of 5.

Earth has been given a cosmic close shave by an asteroid – hours after astronomers discovered the space rock. It’s size was estimated 6-14 meters, according to the Minor Planet Centre.
The asteroid – officially name 2016 TD – whizzed past Earth at a distance of 0.6 LD on Sep. 30.
No one saw it coming. 

beforeitsnews.com/space/2016/10/nasa-asleep-at-the-helm-asteroid-watch-just-found-car-sized-asteroid-to-pass-close-by-earth-video-2502459.html

Yom Teruah, 2015 was a double Solar Eclipse and Israel got hit with apocalyptic weather.

2007 on Yom Teruah was another event concerning the constellations.

www.breakingisraelnews.com/76354/sanhedrin-revives-2000-year-old-blessing-counting-jubilee-year/#RVv5PkWBB6X2GyRS.97


beforeitsnews.com/blogging-citizen-journalism/2016/10/large-fireball-meteor-exploded-over-several-states-in-us-canada-2550045.html

strangesounds.org/2016/10/strange-sounds-and-weird-sky-in-jerusalem-video.html


Woman clothed with the Sun in 2017 on the Day of Trumpet with Virgo and Leo which is the Second Coming.

A GOOD STORM

God Creates Storm of Biblical Proportions to Protect Christian Converts, Report Says

3:00PM EDT 10/3/2016 JESSILYN JUSTICE

 

A dust storm, like this one, reportedly saved the lives of at least 50 Christians. (Ian Armstrong/Flickr/CC)

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God created a massive dust storm to deliver Islamic converts from the militants who hunted them, according to a recent report.  

Bibles For Mideast claims the organization had just finished a mass baptism for 50 newly saved Christians when militants surrounded their bus and fired shots. 

"About 50 people including baptism candidates attend the service. We all went by a bus. After the baptism service and prayers, we all entered the bus to return back in our house church for the worship service and the Lord's Supper. The bus was moved. Suddenly some militants reached behind us by three or more cars and started shooting with guns toward us," a new believer said, according to the report.  

The new converts and their leaders feared the worst.  

That's when the wind started to pick up, and dust began to swirl around them.  

"Suddenly we saw a giant dust storm formed behind our bus. At first we all afraid of seeing the dust storm. We thought we may not be able to go beyond and will be held by the militants. But praise the Lord! Praise the Lord again and again! We all felt that the Lord Jesus Christ appeared upon the dust storm as a Mighty and Wonderful Man showing His protecting and lovely hands toward us with a sweet smile. Jesus saved us. He Himself blocked the road of militants in the form of a dust storm," the report reads.  

According to their website, Bibles For Mideast is an underground ministry to distribute the Word of God to people in need

 Resources:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orionids;earthsky.org/?p=27937; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet