Up until the year 701BC the catastrophies recorded in the biblical Old Testament and many other ancient texts occured in cycles, not randomly, but in specific repetative periods. Usually they are reported to involve earthquakes, cosmic lightning, thunderous cosmic noise, volcanism and celestial flyby scenery.
Ancient civilizations feared and worshipped Mars, having feasts and performing sacrifices on March 20-21 and October 24.
Four times in Hebrew records, the night of March 20-21 involved an angel from the heavens bringing fire, celestial noise, earthquakes, lightning and sudden destruction. It was their “Passover.”
In the ancient Sumerian historial text The Epic of Gilgamesh, Mars (called Enlil) is named as the cause of the great flood as it details survival amid the holocausts of water.
A computer model created by author Donald W. Patten and a NASA scientist has shown that Mars undoubtedly used to swing much closer to the Earth on it's elliptical orbit around the sun than it does now. Along this path it passed by very near Earth twice a year March 20-21 and again October 24 every 54 and 108 years. It showed Mars could have passed close to earth at least 7 times and up to 13 times before orbit stabilized on the 54 year or multiple of schedule.
According to the model, at one point Mars would have appeared fifty times larger than the moon in the sky.
Summary of Biblical Catastrophes
Oct. 2146BC - Peleg
Oct. 1930BC - Tower of Babel
Mar. 1877BC - Sodom and Gomorrah
Mar. 1663BC - Job
Mar. 1447BC - Exodus plagues
Oct. 1404BC - Long Day of Joshua
Oct. 1188BC - Deborah
Oct. 1080BC - Samuel
Mar. 1025BC - David
Oct. 972BC - David
Oct. 864BC - Elijah
Oct. 756BC - Joel/Amos
Mar. 701BC - Isaiah
Prior to 701BC all ancient calendars were made up of 360 days per year.
