
actually stands for Anno Domini, a Latin phrase meaning "in the year of our Lord." After Jesus' birth, we began living in "the year of our Lord." As Philippians 2:10-11 puts it, ".at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

stands for "After Death," meaning "after the death of Christ." But that's only half-right. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." John 3:16-17 tells us, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. The purpose of dividing human history by the birth of Jesus Christ was to drive home the fact that His appearance in our world changed everything.

What was this ground zero event? The birth of Jesus Christ! What do B.C. Neither of these systems use the year 0 because they indicate the year before and after a specific moment in our known timeline-ground zero of a pivotal event in human history. It is not taught in the Bible, but it's a normal system for recording dates that is used around the world. are all ways to identify years on the calendar. and A.D.)? Are BCE and CE the same or different?

