Sunday, December 3, 2017

December Events


I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.


John 10:11



Celestial Signs - Genesis 1:14, Psalm 19

Dec 3 - Supermoon at the bull’s eye of Taurus
Dec 30 - Moon at the bull’s eye of Taurus

December - What's in the Sky


Historical events by Hebrew date:
The 10th month  (Tevet / Tebeth) begins after the sighting of the new moon on Dec 19.

Timeline –www.informedchristians.com:


Encounters with Jesus - http://slideplayer.com/slide/7848412/


December 2017 Events

Nov 21-Dec 1 - UN, NYC - The Spirit in the Stone: The Indelible Face of Cultural Heritage
(Arch image also - Palmyra, Syria) - http://www.3ders.org/articles/20171123-uae-opens-exhibition-at-un-hq-which-highlights-3d-printed-replica-of-statue-of-athena-destroyed-by-isil.html
Dec 1-30 Pulse – Midnight Moment @ Times Square - Exhibited nightly as Times Square prepares for New Year’s Eve, the video may also evoke the perpetual turning of time
Dec 2 & 3 – Museum of the Bible Grand Opening weekend
Dec 3 - Supermoon 2017: This weekend’s full moon is the biggest of the year
Dec 4-10 - The Computer Science Education Week - Hour of Code 
Dec 5 - World Soils Day - 2016 Theme: “Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life”
Dec 5 -  The three stars of Orion’s Belt, which the Aymara of Bolivia call the “Celestial Bridge.”
Dec 5 - Krampus Night or Krampusnacht
 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus  -  Austro-Bavarian Alpine folklore
Dec 5 – Nobel Peace Prize press conference
Dec 6-12 - Nobel Week - http://www.nobelprize.org/ 

At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan 
Operation AI, [ai] The Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii / B-17s / 49 Nakajima B5N Kate bombers  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor - http://codenames.info/operation/ai/

Dec 8 - Catholic Feast of Immaculate Conception
Dec 9 - UN Anti-Corruption Day - 2016 Theme: United against corruption for development, peace and security  - http://www.un.org/en/events/anticorruptionday/
Dec 10 - Live Nobel Awards - http://www.nobelprize.org/
Dec 11 – Nobel Concert - http://nobelpeaceprizeconcert.com
Dec 12 - Day of the Virgin Guadalupe


Hanukkah / Feast of Dedication / 2nd Feast of Tabernacles
Jesus gave the greatest revelation about Himself on Hanukkah. John 10:22-23: "At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon." It was at Chanukah that He declared "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30).
Note new moon sighting was delayed a day – not noted on http://torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y2017M9 (not observed on rabbinical calendar)
Dec 13 – Kislev 25 – 1st Day of Hanukkah
Dec 20/21– Tevet 2 – 8th Day of Hanukkah


Dec 17 - Pope Francis' 81st birthday
Dec 17 - Bolshoi Ballet's enchanted and magical theatrical performance of The Nutcracker, captured live from Moscow. In theatres nationwide December 17th only!
Dec 20/21– Tevet 2 – 8th Day of Hanukkah - http://torahcalendar.com/ 
Dec 21 - Winter solstice
Dec 21 - Catalonia election
Dec 24 – Christmas Eve / Hanukkah begins in evening
Dec 25 – Christmas
Dec 26 – Boxing Day
Dec 28/29 - Fast of Tevet 10 - Siege of Jerusalem (425 BCE)
Dec 1-30 Pulse – Midnight Moment @ Times Square
Dec 31 - New Year's Day


Other international meetings:  http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/   &  http://en.unesco.org





Be alert and always keep on praying ... Eph. 6 




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