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General: ¿SABADO ROMANO O SABADO SEGUN LAS FASES DE LA LUNA?
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Sabado Romano o Shabat Lunar
¿Porque los adherentes del Judaismo son los "hijos falsos" guardan el "Sabado Romano"?
Como dijo un gran sabio de Israel "Es muy fácil ser JUDÍO, pero difícil querer ser un verdadero HIJO de ISRAEL"
Pero te dijo esta tremenda verdad "Hay mas Hijos de Israel, que NO saben que son descendientes, que Judios convertidos que No tienen nada de SEMITA".
"Acuérdense de la Torá de mi siervo Moshé. Recuerden los preceptos y estatutos que le di en Horeb para todo Israel [Las doces Tribus de Hijos de Israel>." Malaji (Malaquías) 4.4
"Acuérdense de la Torá de mi siervo Moshé…. le di en Horeb para todo Israel" ¿Acaso no lo sabía por medio de la Torá Oral?
Shabat: El día de reposo (Levítico) 23.3
Comentario Sobre el Shabat Lunar: Guardando el Shabat (lunar) conforme a la Torá, no de acuerdo a calendarios extranjeros. ¿Si el Calendario segun la Tora es lunar? Como es posible que el dia de Shabat sea el septimo dia (sabado) de calendarios extranjeros?
Si el Calendario es lunar y por ende las Convocaciones (Pesaj, Matzot, etc.) se rigen por la luna? Como es posible qui el Shabat (la primera Convocacisn) se rija por calendarios extranjeros? Calendario Hebreo, es y fue originalmente lunar y No luni-solar como es actualmente el calendario religioso judío que No es conforme a la Tora, de esta manera los días de Shabat son conforme a la luna, y no conforme a los días sábados del calendario solar Gregoriano.
La tierra fueron creados en Rosh Jodesh (Luna Nueva) y hasta que hubo "Luz" empieza la cuenta de los días de la semana, sin embargo tenemos en total 8 días.
Así es como identificamos al verdadero ISRAEL
La respuesta: son aquellos hijos de Israel que Guardan el Shabat Lunar. Como lo dijo el profeta:
"Así a dicho el Eterno que da el sol para luz del día, LAS LEYES DE LA LUNA... si faltaren estas leyes delante de Mí, dice el Eterno, también la descendencia de ISRAEL faltará como nación delante de Mí" Irmiahu (Jeremias). 31.34-35
Asi que Ningún Judío Moderno adherentes al Judaismo ha sido, es ni será nunca Hijo de Israel .
Como identificamos LOS HIJOS FALSOS:
"Porque este es un pueblo rebelde, de hijos falsos, hijos que no quieren escuchar la Torát HaShem" Ieshaiahu (30.9).
Es decir que la diferencia es ‘el origen’, unos procede de los hombres y otros del Creador. En el transcurso del tiempo la tendencia de Israel fue añadir y quitar a la Palabra que fue ordenada por medio de Moshe y los demás Profetas. Quienes son estos hijos falsos son lo que No que guardan Shabat según Lunar.
Guardando el Shabat (lunar) conforme a la Torá, no de acuerdo a calendarios extranjeros. ¿Si el Calendario segun la Tora es lunar? Como es posible que el dia de Shabat sea el septimo dia (sabado) de calendarios extranjeros?.
Quienes son los hijos falsos Son los adherentes del Judaismo que guardan el Sabado Romano.
El Shabat es llamado Ot (Señal): "Entre Mi y los hijos de Israel esta será una Ot (Señal) perpetua, porque en seis días hizo el Eterno los cielos y la tierra, mas en el séptimo día descansó y reposó". Sh’mot (Éxodo) 31.17
La Luna fue creada para marcar Otot (Señales) y Moadim (Convocaciones), si el Shabat es llamado Ot (Señal) y Moed (Convocación), obviamente esto indica que el Shabat depende de la Luna. Si la Luna fue creada para marcar las Moadim (Shabat, Pesaj, Matzot, Biqurim, Shavuot, Iom Terua, Iom Hakipurim, y Sukoq).
Pese a lo obvio que es, de acuerdo a la Torá, no solo que los meses dependen de la luna, sino también las semanas, hay quienes persisten en llamar Shabat a los días que los calendarios extranjeros llaman séptimo día, poniendo como pretexto algunos textos de la Torá. No existe base en la Torá que respalde el seguir un dictamen que vaya en contra de la Torá, al contrario, la Torá dice:
"Todo cuanto os ordeno, eso cuidaréis de hacer; no añadiréis a ello ni quitaréis de ello nada" Dvarim (Deut.) 13.1).
Entonces por otra parte, el asunto No es de ‘judios ortodoxos’ ni ‘gentiles’ ni ‘judios por conversion’ ni ‘judios religiosos’ ni ‘mesianicos’ ni ‘cristianos’ ‘gentiles judaizados’ conceptos tardios e ignorancia historica. Sino de los seguidores de Iehoshua que eran Hebreos y los hijos de Israel Dispersos de entre las naciones D’varim (Deut.) 28.64, Iaaqov (Jacobo) 1.1.
Los que verdaderamente son Israel que están dispersos entre las Naciones transmitiendo la Luz del Mashiaj, no por el hecho de haber nacidos en la tierra de Israel, sino los que son fieles al Eterno y por ende a su Torá y no una religión llamada (Judaismo).
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His dividing Lights (Sun and Full Moon) gives us the lunar cycle to begin with:
With the understanding of Gen 1:14-18, the two greater lights (the sun and the full moon) were divided to govern the day and the night, so that the sun shone daily and the full moon shone nightly but because of the violation of His Law, the man lost his power in charge of the living creatures, the woman was bruised to begin her monthly menustration like the full moon leaks its lights and has its lunar cycle around the earth. Prov. 8:22-29 "YHWH possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old. From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth..."; Ecc. 3:11; Isa. 40:21 "Do you not know? Have you not heard ? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?" His creation was at the beginning with the sun and full moon separated before He rested on the seventh day: Both the Chodesh (Full Moon) and the Shabbat were originally established for man, but after the fall of man, we still keep His instruction going thru the lunar cycle by the Chodesh (full moon) in order to keep the Shabbats within its lunar month.
Galatians 4:10 You observe days (yamim), months (chodeshim), and appointed times (moadim), years (shanim).
To observe the rising and setting times of the sun and the full moon (two great lights) is more honest than
to follow the instructions written on the paper by men based on their beliefs! It is referred by Genesis 1:14.
8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th days of Shabbat every lunar month:
Lev. 23:5-7 Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to YHWH, for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. Num. 29:12 Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall observe a feast to YHWH for seven days. Esther 9:18 But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.
The lunar Shabbat rest days are written in the whole Scriptures as the 8th and 15th days of the lunar months are known to many. The 15th day of 1st month for the feast of Unleavened bread, the 15th day of 7th month, the 15th day of 12th month for the feast of Purim (Esther 9:18) are known as the non-work Shabbat days every year. Even the second Passover for those uncleaned who were not prepared for 1st Passover, yet there is a fifteenth day of 2nd month as the non-work Shabbat day, for the Passover is the 14th day prepared for the feast of Unleavened Bread.
Isa. 66:23 reminds all of us that the weekly cycle (six working days and 7th day Shabbat [Eze. 46:1-3]) is reset by the monthly cycle (head of moon), in which we, the spiritual minded (keepers of His instructions), dwell restfully in the eternal Kingdom/cycle of His Light/Chodesh (full moon to full moon), in opposition to the fleshly minded (the lawless ones) that dwell in the cycle of the darkness (dark moon to dark moon) without rest. We always look His Light and dwell in His rest, for He is our Light to behold and the Master of Shabbat.
The cycle of His Light (Full Moon) and Rest (Shabbat) for His chosen ones to enter:
Isa. 66:23 And it shall be from Chodesh to Chodesh and from Shabbat to Shabbat, all mankind will come to bow down before Me, says YHWH. It speaks of two different cycles: from Chodesh to Chodesh [29-30 day intervals] and from Shabbat to Shabbat [7-day intervals], since the one or two-day Chodesh is not included in the "from Shabbat to Shabbat" cycle.
From Shabbat to Shabbat is the cycle of forwardness to begin and to end at the sunset (westwardness) so is the same cycle of forwardness from the Chodesh (full moon) to Chodesh. The sunrise is the beginning of day (eastward) and the sunset (westward) is the end of day, so the rising of full mature moon is the beginning of month (night) at east, for the sun rules the day and the (full) moon rules the night.
The fleshly life is like between the waxing crescent moon and the waning crescent moon
and the spiritual birth is like to be sanctified at the full moon (purest and brightest of all):
What is like the waxing crescent moon to the waning crescent moon before it disappears? It is the fleshly birth as the waxing crescent moon appears and it is the fleshly death at the dark moon when the waning crescent moon disappears!
When is the spiritual birth during the fleshly life? It is at the turning point of acknowledging what is required to repent from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of Light. The full moon is the purest of all phases and is illuminated as the heart is sanctified from all the works of lawlessness after the repentance is made out of the kingdom of darkness!
The law of lunar cycle begins with the full moon being seen, then the dark moon is unseen, and then the full moon is seen at the end. It is like the seed seen to sow, then it is hid in the dirt (unseen) in the little while, but it grows to the full that brings back the seed production. So the spiritual birth is the seed of His Light sown in the cultivated/repentant heart (ground) to grow full to the harvest time that is the spiritual production at the end of flesh that gives back to YHWH, our Father that is the sower and reaper of every seed of His Light in the repentant heart!
All the children of darkness are born from the dark womb to open to the world of light and also return to the dust (dark place) at their deaths. All the children of Light are born of His Light and never taste the works of death nor see the works of darkness!
Acts 26:16-17 commands all of us to repent from the cycle of darkness (backwardness/lawlessness) [dark moon to dark moon] to His cycle of Light (forwardness) [full moon to full moon]. Heb 3:10-11 "for those who do not know His ways or go astray in their heart, shall not enter His rest.”; 3:18-19 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief." 4:1-11 "Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard....For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as Elohim did from His. Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience." John 8:12 "Then Yahushua again spoke to them, saying, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the Light of life'." Matt. 12:8 "For the Son of Man is Master of the Shabbat."
To find His Light of Life first is to enter His eternal Rest.
Parts of Moon light to increase and to decrease monthly:
Enoch in his ancient days kept the Chodesh (full moon) and the lunar Shabbats and all the lineage of Adam till the Messiah followed His instruction of the lunar observation and so do we keep it today.
Book of Enoch 73:3 3. And her rising and setting changes every month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform (i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun. 4. And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the sun rises. 5. And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of it, (and) the fourteenth part of her light. 6. And when she receives one-seventh part of the half of her light, her light amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof. 7. And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets with the sun, and is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of them. 8. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes forth and recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen parts.
v3. It speaks of the lunar cycle to reset the beginning of every lunar month. The full moon is equal to the 1/7 of the sunlight.
v4. The full moon is visible on the 30th day (1st phase) to give its beginning of new moon on the next day (1st). It is understood that there are some 30 day months and some 29 day months. Both the sun and the moon can be seen in the opposition in the morning of 30th day together (sunrise before moonset), then in the night, the sun sets before the moon rises, giving us the new lunar month. The whole circumference of full moon is visible and the bright surroundings of its circumference can be seen in the night.
v5. Then the next day decreases 1/14 part of light from the full moon and loses its whole circumference because of the decreasing/waning of that part of light.
v6. The explanation of the moon light parts is to increase or to decrease daily. ½ of the 1/14 moonlight part is about 12 hours.
v7. The moon has the last half of the one part of light (½ of 1/14) in which it is a waning crescent moon on the 14th day when the sun rises, then the night comes, the moon becomes invisible (dark) on the 15th when the sun sets. The 14 ½ parts of light are disappeared when the moon becomes dark.
v8. The moon (waxing crescent) receives the beginning part of light received from the the rising of the sun on the 16th day.
The 13 parts of lights are added to her remaining days in which the moon becomes bright (full) on the 29th day.
Book of Enoch 78:6. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light. 7. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her after [not till] the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth parts. 8. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth (dark moon). 9. And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and one twenty-eight (?). 10. And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun. 11. During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven], and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished in the heaven. 12. And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her. 13. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun. 14. On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light.
v6. The moon rises on 14th day in which it has 1/14 part of light then it disappears on 15th day.
v7. 15 parts of light are to increase on the Moon after (not till) 15th day (dark Moon) since the 15th that is at the dark moon phase.
v8. The 14 parts of light are to decrease after 1st day; all her light parts disappear wholly on 15th day (dark moon).
v11. The opposition of the moon to the sun when coming to the full moon phase.
v12. The first day of a lunar month is called the new moon at the full moon phase.
v13. The full moon rises when (after) the sun sets and reigns all the night.
v14. The moon wanes till all the light disappears as all the days of waning moon come to the end of its light (dark moon).
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Parts of Moonlight monthly to increase and to decrease
 Parts of Light Day Phase Parts of LightDay Phase
to decrease/wane to increase/wax
14 1st full/new moon Chodesh 1 16thwaxing cresent moon
1 14th waning crescent moon 14 29th4th Shabbat
0 15th 2nd Shabbat (dark moon) 15 30th full moon Chodesh (1st phase)
(30th day is included for the two day Chodesh when necessary)
The cycle of darkness (from dark moon to full moon to dark moon) is NOT the work of renewal:
The cycle from darkness to light to the darkness is like from the beginning of the fleshly life (birth) to the increasing of its fleshly full life then to the decreasing to its death. Why do the fleshly minded delight after the cycle of darkness? The fleshly birth can be rejoiced to behold, but the fleshly death cannot be rejoiced to behold!
Therefore, the cycle of darkness cannot be renewed by itself, so it decreases your worthless values in your fleshly life!
The cycle of Light is to transfer from the cycle of darkness upon your repentance (point of reversal) so the spiritual one never tastes the cycle of darkness/death. All the fleshly births are of the womanly cycle that dies itself because of sin! We, the children of Light, are not in the cycle of darkness like of the womanly cycle, but are transferred to His cycle/Kingdom of Light!
We only behold His Light (Full Moon) and keep His Shabbats (sanctified from the Full Moon) always, nothing else!
The cycle of Light is always renewed by increasing your good values in your spiritual life!
His fixed lunar order for man to follow the cycle of Chodesh (new month)
and the cycle of Shabbat:
Jer 31:35-36 Thus says YHWH, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; YHWH of hosts is His name: If this fixed order departs from before Me, declares YHWH, then the offspring of Yisrael also will cease from being a nation before Me forever. Amazingly, how forgetful many go astray from keeping His fixed order of moon, for the sake of keeping the Babylonian (Gregorian) calendar. Remember that the tribes of Yisrael were carried to the 70-year Babylonian captivity and kept their solar calendar of named planets and legends. Those, returned back to the land of Yisrael after that captivity, did work on the Shabbat days of its lunar cycle but were later corrected and restored back to His fixed order (Neh. 13:15-22). A few keep His fixed order of moon today but many go after the men's traditions of keeping what is fixed order of the sun. The Shabbat is easy to follow within a lunar cycle beginning with its Chodesh (full moon), but it cannot follow within a solar cycle. It is understood that the sun is for the daylight, the stars is for the night light, and the moon is for the fixed order of lunar cycle that gives us the Chodesh and its Shabbats, and even its festival seasons within. The reason is why many are scattered in this world as the lost tribes of Yisrael that need to restore back to His fixed order and to make us a bond of His Nation of Yisrael!
Before the sin was invaded in man:
The sun was to govern the whole day daily and the moon (full) was to govern the whole night every night because the lights were divided. (Gen 1:14-16)
The man is to govern over all the creatures giving their names.
The woman is free from blood flow (menustration).
The Shabbat is made for them because Elohim made all the things for them.
The foods were freely given to them out of the trees in the Garden of Eden.
The Garden of Eden was watered from the rivers.
Note: both the full moon and Shabbat were there before the sin fell on man.
After the sin was invaded in man:
The sun does still govern the whole day daily, but the moon loses her power in governing the whole night nightly therefore she falls back [bleeds her lights] and goes around the earth monthly, so the full moon needs to be restored in order to bring back the days of Shabbat on the 8th day, 15th day, 22nd day, and 29th day of its lunar month and and it does repeat monthly.
The man lost his power in governing all the creatures as the serpent (hasatan) is the master of this world.
The woman is bruised to have her monthly menustration.
The Shabbat was lost because of sin so they need 6-day labor to restore back to the Shabbat day sanctified on the 8th day, 15th day, 22nd day, and 29th day of lunar month, then again in the new lunar cycle and so on.
They had labor for foods and housing and clothing needs like we do today.
They were put out of the Garden of Eden.
Many have tried to prove the 7th day of Gregorian dates back to the week of the Creation, although each Chodesh (full moon) has to be the head start as He divided the lights at the beginning so it can sanctify the four Shabbats within its lunar month.
Examples of days of Chodesh (new month) and days of Shabbat in the Hebrew Scriptures:
2 King 4:23 He said, Why will you go to him today? It is neither Chodesh nor Shabbat. And she said, It will be well. 1 Chr. 23:31 and to offer all burnt offerings to YHWH, on the Shabbats, the Chodeshim and the fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before YHWH. 2 Chr. 1:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of YHWH my El, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on Shabbats and on Chodeshim and on the appointed feasts of YHWH our El, this being required forever in Yisrael. 2 Chr. 8:13 and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moshe, for the Shabbats, the Chodeshim and the three annual feasts: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths. Isa. 66:23 And it shall be from Chodesh to Chodesh and from Shabbat to Shabbat, all mankind will come to bow down before Me, says YHWH. Eze. 46:1 Thus says YHWH Elohim, The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut the six working days; but it shall be opened on the Shabbat day and opened on the day of the Chodesh. 46:3 The people of the land shall also worship at the doorway of that gate before YHWH on the Shabbats and on the Chodeshim. Amos 8:5 saying, When will the Chodesh be over, So that we may sell grain, And the Shabbat, that we may open the wheat market...
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Four lunar Shabbats monthly:
4 Shabbats (4 lunar quarters) only come within its lunar montly cycle (not solar cycle) when the Chodesh (Moon) is full (without a blemish) to sanctify the Shabbat days (Check P42 Mitzvah notes on the Chodesh):
When the 8th day is purified for the womanly period, she becomes clean so it is likewise with the 1st quarter or 1st phase of Chodesh is sanctified as the Shabbat at its 8th day. These Shabbat days are often mentioned as 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th in the Torah books and other Bible books. The announcement of the beginning of Chodesh (Full Moon) and its Shabbat is noteworthy in Amos 8:5 asking when the celebration of the Chodesh is come in order to know when its Shabbat comes? Normally the Levites blows the horns announcing when the 1st day begins then it is determined when is the 1st Shabbat of its month started, when the ripen Full moon arisen at the east when the sun is at sunset (west). It speaks in the chapters 73 and 78 of Book of Enoch.
Isa. 66:23 And it shall be from Chodesh to Chodesh and from Shabbat to Shabbat, all mankind will come to bow down before Me, says YHWH. It speaks of two different cycles: from Chodesh to Chodesh [29-30 day intervals] and from Shabbat to Shabbat [7-day intervals], since the one or two-day Chodesh is not included in the "from Shabbat to Shabbat" cycle. The two questions commonly asked in ancient times in Amos 8:5 are to know when the Chodesh is over and when the Shabbat is over.
Psalm 81:3 speaks of the blowing announcement of the Chodesh before knowing when the Shabbat days of the lunar month are.
Shabbat:
The word “Shabbat” in Hebrew means rest for all of us to seek the place to rest from the works of restlessness to rest our fleshly lives that cannot endure without rest otherwise they shall die in the works of restlessness. Let us have a rest (Shabbat) day weekly so that our fleshly lives can get freshness and strength preserved in its cycle of fleshly life. Every creature has to seek the break from the labor to rest and to give its flesh more strength to restore back in the cycle weekly. Nearly, each one has his daily routine of work, rest/play, and sleep equally in three 8-hour measurements.
Burnt offering of Shabbat:
The burnt offering (continual consummation in fire) is within the unending cycle of the Shabbat (rest) from all the works of lawlessness (restlessness) for the Spirit filled dwells in His Kingdom of Shabbat (rest) in the consummation of burnt offering surrounding it to separate the works of holiness from all the works of lawlessness.
Study His Torah during the Shabbats:
Study His Torah (Law of Moshe) and prophets, psalms during the Shabbats (Acts 13:14,27; 15:21; 18:4). The Law separates those who abide in freedom (rest) from those who abide in ignorance (no rest). Abiding in YHWH's rest is where there is patience, love and joy while impatience, hatred, and miserableness cannot find to rest forever.
The first Shabbat mentioned:
Gen. 2:1-3 speaks of the sanctification of His Shabbat, after His completion of work. On the first day Elohim separated the Light from the darkness. The full moon was to govern the night (Gen. 1:16). It is understood that Elohim separates His children of Light from the children of darkness at the beginning and purifies the hearts of His children until the day of Shabbat (the Kingdom of Light/rest). Matt 11:28-30 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (shabbat)....ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
The children of Yisrael were separated from the children of Egypt thru the washing of Passover lamb and the baptism of Red Sea (Holy Spirit) then the work of purification in the wilderness until the day of Promised Land. The pillar of fire at the night is illuminated as the full moon (Yahushua) shines on you.
The Shabbats restored:
See Nehemiah 13: 15-22 speaking of the Shabbat restored when the Jews returned from the Babylonian captivity where they were observing the solar/Babylonian calendar which have the 12 headless months named after the legends of Babylian/Roman empire. Upon returning from the captivity, the Jews found themselves violating the Shabbat day because of their different calendar observed in Babylon using the day of Saturn as their 7th day. No one can make or prove the sanctified Shabbat as the day of Saturn or 7th day thru the originial Babylonian (solar) calendar.
Lunar calendar (wholly recorded in whole Scriptures)
vs. Solar calendar (none recorded):
The whole Scriptures only speaks of the lunar calendar wholly which YHWH creates for us to observe. The lunar calendar is perfect (unblemish) for us to follow YHWH’s Chodeshim (Full/New Moon), Shabbats and festivals such as Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot. For the Shabbats, they rely only on the Full/New Moons which are 1st days of all the lunar months, where the Shabbats fall on 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th days of all the lunar months. For the solar calendar, it is imperfect (blemish) for us to follow since it is a man-made calendar which had a history of errorly time changes on the different number of days in a year and all the headless months are the work of imbalance from days 28 to 31. We cannot take the holy days out of the lunar calendar and put them on the solar calendar which does not agree fully, like we cannot put the Shabbat day on the 7th day (Saturday) of the Gregorian calendar. Many have tried to put both weekly (solar) Shabbat and lunar Shabbat together after the Passover till His resurrection, but we cannot serve the two masters, YHWH for His solar calendar, one for the man-made calendar. There is no recorded solar calendar at all in the whole scriptures.
The Romans had its 8-day week before its calendar was established in A.D. 321 in Constantine's powers.
The Gregorian/solar calendar (unscriptural):
Let us see what the lunar calenar, which is made by YHWH, does in the whole Scriptures while the solar/Babylonian/Gregorian is made by the hands of men and is not recorded in the whole Scriptures. The study of the lunar month is similar to the cycle of the womanly period month. At the beginning, Chauwah/ Eve was clean, full of life before the commandment of life is violated, then according to Gen. 3:16, she first experienced the bleeding of blood/loss of life to her first cycle of womanly period to purify the uncleanness in 7 days to become clean on the 8th day according to the law of Moshe. It is similar to the full moon which is first mentioned in Gen. 1:14 to govern all the night, but because of the cursings made wholly visible, the moon lost her power equally with the sun in the cycle of orbit and starts bleeding her full light just like the womanly blood bleeds, the first lunar calendar is made with the Full Moon/Chodesh for the first day of the month.
Shabbat made for man:
Matt 12:5-8 “...the priests in the temple profane the Shabbat...That in the place is one greater than the temple...The Son of man is Adon (Master) even of the Shabbat day.”; Mk 2:27 “The Shabbat was made for man, and not man for the Shabbat: Therefore the Son of man is Adon also of the Shabbat.”; He. 4:4
The fleshly temple (heart of uncircumcision) cannot abide in the eternal rest (shabbat) of our Heavenly Father. Heb. 4:1-6 “...For we which have believed do enter into rest (shabbat)...it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief.”
Only the spiritual temple (heart of circumcision) can enter into the Kingdom of Shabbat while the uncircumcised abides in the kingdom of unrest.
Matt 11:28-30 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (shabbat). Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Learn of me (I am the Word): Gal. 5:14 “For the whole law is fulfilled in one Word (Yahushua)...”
The Shabbats determined within the lunar month:
Isa. 66:23 “23 And it shall be from new/full moon to new/full moon And from Shabbat to Shabbat, all mankind will come to bow down before Me, says YHWH.”; Amos 9:5-6 “ saying, When will the new/full moon be over, so that we may sell grain, and the Shabbat, that we may open the wheat market, to make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales, so as to buy the helpless for money and the needy for a pair of sandals, and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?"
Only the Shabbats are determined after the Full/New Moon which is 1st day of the lunar month announced thru the Levitical priests whereas the 4 Shabbats fall on 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th which are commonly written in the Bible. No man can put the Shabbat on the 7th day of the Gregorian/Babylonian or other man-made week or His festivals on their man-made calendars, other than His lunar calendar sanctified to observe the Shabbats and days of feasts.
Also there is more information found in the books:
Babylonian menologies and the Semitic calendars, by S. Langdon,
Oxford University Press, London 1935, pages 73, 83-96
Time and the calendars, by W. M. O’Neil
Sydney University Press 1975, pages 6, 35-37
The Religion of Babylonians, by Rev. A. H. Sayce, pages 272, 476-477
The Early History of Hebrew, by Rev. A.H. Sayce, pages 193, 208
Shabbat(s) in New Testament:
All are Greek #4521 except for Mark 15:42 (#4315) are found in the Greek NT.
* indicates the “one of the Shabbats” instead of first (day) of week used in NAS, KJV.
Shabbatoi (Shabbat) - Matt 12:1, 12; Mark 2:23; 3:2; Luke 4:31; 6:2; 13:10
Shabbatw (Shabbat) - Matt. 12:3; 24:20; Luke 6:1, 6, 7; 13:14, 15; 14:1, 3; John 5:16; 7:22, 23 (2); 19:31; Acts 13:44
Shabbatoin (Shabbats) - Matt. 12:5, 11; Mark 1:21; 2:25; 3:4; Luke 6:9
Shabbaton (Shabbats) - Matt 12:5; Mark 2:27 (2); Luke 23:54, 56; John 5:18; 9:14, 16; Acts 13:27, 42; 15:21; 18:4
Shabbatou (Shabbat) - Matt 12:8; Mark 2:28; 6:2; 16:1,9*; Luke 6:5; 13:14, 16; 14:5; 18:12*; John 5:9, 10; 19:31; Acts 1:12
miay ton Shabbatwn (first of the Shabbats) - Matt 28: 1, 1*; Mark 16:2*; Luke 4:16; 24:1*; Jn. 20:1*; 20:19*; Acts 13:14; 16:13; 20:7*;
1 Cor 16:2*; Col. 2:16
Shabbata (shabbats) - Acts 17:2
proShabbaton (the [day] before Shabbat [evening]) - Mark 15:42
*Matt. 28:1 (NAS) “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first (day) of the week, ....”
In Greek translation: Matt. 28:1 “And on the eve of the Shabbats, as it was dawning toward the first of the Shabbats, .....” The first of the Shabbat means the beginning of the count of the next 7 Shabbats. Also it is the day of Wave Sheaf (16th) which is before the count of the next 7 Shabbats to the day of Shavuot. They are in the texts of Young's literal and Green's literal.
No word “week” in Greek is found anywhere in the Greek N.T. All the words of “Shabbat...” are only found in the Greek N.T. It shows that the Shabbat is a highest honorable and hallowed day of all for those who believe in His word abide in His eternal rest. Those who honor the man-made days more than the Shabbat holy day are not worth to enter into the Kingdom of Holiness for He is the Master of Shabbat.
There are two Sabbatown words in Matt. 28:1, but there is one Sabbatown word in Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 20:19; Corinthians 16:2. The Day of Wave Sheaf or of First-fruits (Yahushua’s resurrection - Dan. 9:26 the Messiah [the first sheaf] cut), which is after the Shabbat ended, is the beginning of the count of 7 Shabbats as the commandment comes from Leviticus 23:9-14 (NAS), to the fiftieth day (Shavuot or Pentecost). We see there are other verses telling the beginning of the count and its end: From Matt. 28:1, Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1, John 20:1, 20:19, to Acts 2:1; from Acts 20:7 to 20:16; from 1 Corinthians 16:2 to 16:8. There is no “week” word written in the whole New Covenant.
Shabbat made for man, not man for Shabbat:
The Shabbat is made for man, in which the Shabbats come in the lunar monthly cycle, not man for Shabbat (man chosen the Shabbat day out of other calendars. The four seasons are like the four Shabbats within its lunar month, which are on 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th (autumn, winter, spring, and summer). There are some two-day Full/New Moon observations (1 Sam. 20:5-27) to keep the lunar Shabbat days on the same numbered days every lunar month like there is 2nd Adar when needed to keep the feasts of YHWH in their appointed times. Many use today’s appointed feasts and New moon days based on the lunar calendar but use the Shabbats based on the solar (Gregorian) calendar. We cannot serve two masters which are of the lunar calendar YHWH made for us and of the solar man-made calendar. The Gentiles (unbelievers) hibernate in the winter season because of their lawless deeds, and the repentants (born again) are awakened in the spring season.
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NUESTRO MESIAS JUDIO EL SEÑOR JESUCRISTO NO CAMBIO EL CALENDARIO LUNI-SOLAR HEBREO
Ezequiel 8
16 Me condujo luego al atrio interior de la Casa de Yahveh. Y he aquí que a la entrada del santuario de Yahveh, entre el vestíbulo y el altar, había unos veinticinco hombres que, vuelta la espalda al santuario de Yahveh y la cara a oriente, se postraban en dirección a oriente hacia el sol. (El calendario gregoriano o el calendario de Hillel II con sus sabados de saturno consideran luna nueva en luna creciente o en conjunción que nace al occidente y no al oriente. El verdadero shabbat esta regulado por las fases lunares con ROSH HASHANAH el primero de NISSAN o primero del primer mes y "LUNA NUEVA" en luna llena. Estudie el verdadero calendario bíblico en este foro.)
2 Crónicas 29
1 Ezequías tenía veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar y reinó veintinueve años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Abía, hija de Zacarías.
2 Hizo lo recto a los ojos de Yahveh, enteramente como David su padre.
3 En el año primero de su reinado, el primer mes, abrió las puertas de la Casa de Yahveh y las reparó.
4 Hizo venir a los sacerdotes y levitas, los reunió en la plaza oriental,
5 y les dijo: "¡Escuchadme, levitas! Santificaos ahora y santificad la Casa de Yahveh, el Dios de vuestros padres; y sacad fuera del santuario la inmundicia.
6 Porque nuestros padres han sido infieles haciendo lo malo a los ojos de Yahveh, nuestro Dios; le han abandonado, y apartando sus rostros de la Morada de Yahveh, le han vuelto la espalda. (Expresión biblica clara con referencia a que los judios actualmente al ver la luna nueva en luna creciente y no la luna llena que nace al oriente le dan la espalda a IEVE)
17 Comenzaron la consagración el día primero del primer mes, y el día octavo del mes llegaron al Vestíbulo de Yahveh; pasaron ocho días consagrando la Casa de Yahveh y el día dieciséis del mes primero habían acabado. (Verdadero ROSH HASHANA O año nuevo LUNISOLAR EN NISSAN y no en el primero del séptimo mes o Tishri como el actual calendario de Hillel II del rabinismo)
Jeremias 31
35 Así dice Yahveh, el que da el sol para alumbrar el día, y gobierna la luna y las estrellas para alumbrar la noche, el que agita el mar y hace bramar sus olas, cuyo nombre es Yahveh Sebaot.
36 Si fallaren estas normas en mi presencia - oráculo de Yahveh - también la prole de Israel dejaría de ser una nación en mi presencia a perpetuidad.
37 Así dice Yahveh:Si fueren medidos los cielos por arriba, y sondeadas las bases de la tierra por abajo, entonces también yo renegaría de todo el linaje de Israel por todo cuanto hicieron - oráculo de Yahveh -.
JEREMIAS 32
33 y me volvieron la espalda, que no la cara. Yo les adoctriné asiduamente, mas ellos no quisieron aprender la lección,(Impresionante nexo con EZEQUIEL 8 confirmando SU NEXO LUNAR)
Isaías 11 Visión que Isaías, hijo de Amós, vio tocante a Judá y Jerusalén en tiempo de Ozías, Jotam, Ajaz y Ezequías, reyes de Judá.
2 Oíd, cielos, escucha, tierra, que habla Yahveh; "Hijos crié y saqué adelante, y ellos se rebelaron contra mí. (Comparen con Genesis 1:1 "En el principio fueron creados los cielos y la tierra")
3 Conoce el buey a su dueño, y el asno el pesebre de su amo.Israel no conoce, mi pueblo no discierne."
4 ¡Ay, gente pecadora, pueblo tarado de culpa. semilla de malvados, hijos de perdición!Han dejado a Yahveh, han despreciado al Santo de Israel, se han vuelto de espaldas.
5 ¿En dónde golpearos ya, si seguís contumaces?La cabeza toda está enferma, toda entraña doliente.
6 De la planta del pie a la cabeza no hay en él cosa sana: golpes, magulladuras y heridas frescas, ni cerradas, ni vendadas, ni ablandadas con aceite.
7 Vuestra tierra es desolación, vuestras ciudades, hogueras de fuego; vuestro suelo delante de vosotros extranjeros se lo comen, y es una desolación como devastación de extranjeros.
8 Ha quedado la hija de Sión como cobertizo en viña, como albergue en pepinar, como ciudad sitiada.
9 De no habernos dejado Yahveh Sebaot un residuo minúsculo, como Sodoma seríamos, a Gomorra nos pareceríamos.
10 Oíd una palabra de Yahveh, regidores de Sodoma.Escuchad una instrucción de nuestro Dios, pueblo de Gomorra.
11 "¿A mí qué, tanto sacrificio vuestro? - dice Yahveh -.Harto estoy de holocaustos de carneros y de sebo de cebones; y sangre de novillos y machos cabríos no me agrada,
12 cuando venís a presentaros ante mí. ¿Quién ha solicitado de vosotros esa pateadura de mis atrios?
13 No sigáis trayendo oblación vana: el humo del incienso me resulta detestable.Novilunio, sábado, convocatoria: no tolero falsedad y solemnidad.
14 Vuestros novilunios y solemnidades aborrece mi alma: me han resultado un gravamen que me cuesta llevar. (Fijense que aqui dice "vuestros novilunios y solemnidades" y no "mis novilunios y solemnidades". Es obvio que aqui cuando dice "vuestros" se trata de nueva lunas, sabados y fiestas que no estan de acuerdo con la tanaj o el verdadero calendario de Dios que es el lunar)
NEHEMIAS 9:26
26 Pero después, indóciles, se rebelaron contra ti, arrojaron tu Ley a sus espaldas, mataron a los profetas que les conjuraban a convertirse a ti; (grandes desprecios te hicieron).
Fijense que siempre aparece "a sus espaldas". ¿sabe porque?
Ezequiel 46
1 Así dice el Señor Yahveh: El pórtico del atrio interior que mira a oriente estará cerrado los seis días laborables. El sábado se le abrirá, así como el día del novilunio;(solo en luna llena se puede verificar el novilunio al oriente)
Las fases de la Luna
Al igual que todos los planetas, la Luna no emite luz propia. La luz que vemos en ella es la que refleja el Sol en su superficie. El hemisferio lunar que mira hacia el Sol está iluminado, mientras la otra mitad permanece a oscuras.
El movimiento de la Luna es de oeste a este alrededor de la Tierra, en el mismo sentido de rotación del planeta. Veamos cuáles son las fases de la Luna:
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- Luna Nueva: en esta fase no vemos ninguna parte iluminada de ella y se da cuando la Luna pasa entre el Sol y la Tierra, siempre siguiendo su órbita alrededor de la Tierra.
- Cuarto Creciente: es cuando la Luna ha completado un cuarto de su órbita alrededor de nuestro planeta y alcanza una posición de 90¼ al este del Sol.
- Luna Llena: una semana después de cuarto creciente, el disco de la Luna se ve completamente iluminado; es decir, con su cara visible frente al Sol.
- Cuarto Menguante: es cuando, una semana después de la fase anterior, solo se ve la mitad del disco de la Luna.
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Lo que ocurre es que el calendario actual judio, el calendario de Hillel II, considera la luna nueva en luna creciente que como es sabido la misma nace en occidente a contrario de la la verdadera luna nueva que es en luna llena que nace en oriente. Por eso la Biblia habla de "espaldas" porque por razones obvias los judios actualmente en la luna nueva al considerarla en occidente, repito en luna creciente, estan a espaldas de la verdadera luna nueva en luna llena que nace en oriente.
Lean Hebreos 12
18 No os habéis acercado a una realidad sensible: = fuego ardiente, oscuridad, tinieblas, huracán, =
19 = sonido de trompeta = y = a un ruido de palabras = tal, que suplicaron los que lo oyeron no se les hablara más. (El primero del primer mes o el primero de Nissan tambien es una fiesta adonde se toca las Trompetas o la Fiesta de la purificación del santuario. Leer Exodo 40, Ezequiel 45:17, 2 Cronicas 29, Esdras 7, Salmos 81:3,etc,etc)
20 Es que no podían soportar esta orden: = El que toque el monte, aunque sea un animal, será lapidado. =
21 Tan terrible era el espectáculo, que el mismo Moisés dijo: = Espantado estoy = y temblando.
22 Vosotros, en cambio, os habéis acercado al monte Sión, a la ciudad de Dios vivo, la Jerusalén celestial, y a miríadas de ángeles, reunión solemne (El monte Sión tiene fuerte connotación con el reino de Dios mediante Cristo. Fijense que tambien aparecen los angeles. Sabemos que por Genesis 1:1 en el primer día del primer mes tambien fueron creados los angeles o TEMPLO DE DIOS)
23 y asamblea de los primogénitos inscritos en los cielos, y a Dios, juez universal, y a los espíritus de los justos llegados ya a su consumación,
24 y a Jesús, mediador de una nueva Alianza, y a la aspersión purificadora de una sangre que habla mejor que la de Abel.
25 Guardaos de rechazar al que os habla; pues si los que rechazaron al que promulgaba los oráculos desde la tierra no escaparon al castigo, mucho menos nosotros, si volvemos la espalda al que nos habla desde el cielo. (Fijense que en el nuevo Testamento Pablo nos dice que "volvemos la espalda". Ya hemos visto que esta expresión, según el antiguo Testamento, tiene connotación con el cambio de la Luna Nueva de Luna llena a Luna Creciente por los judios. Repito, la luna creciente nace en occidente y en cambio la luna llena nace en Oriente al igual que el sol. Por eso los judios al guardar la LUNA NUEVA EN LUNA CRECIENTE LES ESTAN DANDO LA ESPALDA A IEVE. Observen que esto esta en un contexto al MONTE SION Y A LOS ANGELES, osea que todo el contexto DE HEBREOS 12 APOYA ESTA PREMISA)
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El calendario anual es un sistema que divide al tiempo en días, semanas, meses y años. El Calendario hebreo, como todo lo nuestro, tiene su base en la Torah, ya desde el primer capítulo en la Torah se nos habla sobre el Calendario, y se nos especifica que éste depende de lo que el Eterno, bendito sea, creó, es decir las Meorot (fuentes de luces) Bereshit/Genesis 1:14-18. Después de la creación de las fuentes de luces fue creado el ser humano, para que éste cumpliera con el propósito con que fueron creadas las fuentes de luces, es decir EL TIEMPO. Es tan importante el Calendario para el Pueblo de Israel, que dijo el profeta: “Así a dicho el Eterno que da el sol para luz del día, LAS LEYES DE LA LUNA... si faltaren estas leyes delante de Mí, dice el Eterno, también la descendencia de Israel faltará como nación delante de Mí” (Yirmiyahu /Jer.31:35)
Ciertamente esta advertencia dada por YHYH a través del profeta Yirmiyahu / Jeremías tiene una vigencia hoy más que nunca, ciertamente las instrucciones de la luna faltan hoy en día delante de YHWH, la simiente de Yisrael no las guarda.
Vemos como hoy en día el calendario Judío Actual no es el mismo calendario Hebreo del Tanaj, debido a que Hilel hashení, (el segundo) en el año 368 (de la era común) prefijó un calendario luni-solar de esta manera los días Señalados por el Eterno fueron prefijados en tiempos que no coincidían con la Torah.
Si el Calendario Hebreo es lunar ¿Por qué el Calendario Judío Actual coloca el día de Shabat en el sábado según el Calendario solar Gregoriano?
Si el Calendario Hebreo es lunar ¿Por qué el Calendario Judío Actual coloca las Convocaciones (Pesaj, Matzot, etc...) por la luna, y sin embargo el Shabat (la primera Convocación) por el calendario solar Gregoriano?
Si el mes es lunar ¿Como la semana va hacer solar conforme al Calendario solar Gregoriano?
“Y dijo Elohim hayan meorot (fuentes de luces) en la expansión de los cielos para separar entre el iom (día) y entre la lailah (noche), y sean para otot (señales) y para moadim (Convocaciones) y para iamim (para días) y shanim (años). Y sean para meorot (fuentes de luces) en la expansión de los cielos”
Los 7 días de la Semana dependen también de la Luna, y estos comienzan a contarse a partir desde cuando la Luna es vista por primera vez.
Cuando la Torah nos dice en Shemot/Exodo 31:15-17: “seis Iamim (días) se hará trabajo y en el día séptimo es Shabat...”, debemos de preguntarnos: ¿seis días a partir de que? Como se explicó anteriormente desde la creación se estableció la Shavua (Semana), palabra que proviene de la raíz Shvií (Séptimo), es decir los días de la Semana son 7, pero estos a partir de la Luna. Si hacemos el cálculo contando los días de la Semana a partir del primer perfil de la Luna, entonces tendremos 4 días de Shabat en el Mes, y cada uno de ellos coincidirá con una Fase de la Luna:
1er Shabat: Cuarto Creciente (Mitad de la Luna)
2do Shabat: Luna Llena
3er Shabat: Cuarto Menguante (Mitad de la Luna)
4to Shabat: Último filo de la Luna antes de pasar a Rosh Jódesh. o Renovación de los meses.
Enseguida después del 4to Shabat, al otro día comienza Rosh Jódesh . o Renovación de los meses, y este durará uno o dos días, dependiendo de los días en que no se vea la Luna.
¿A quién seguimos: La Torah o los sabios equivocados?
Se espera que los Sabios no contradigan la Torah, pues en Devarim /Deut. 1:17 dice que el MISHPAT (juicio que dictaran) es de Elohim, aunque sean jueces humanos los que estén ‘dictandolos’, y también en Divrei haIamim Bet /2Cron. 19:6 dice: “y dijo a los jueces: “Mirad lo que hacéis, pues no juzgáis en lugar de los hombres, sino en lugar del Eterno que está con vosotros cuando hacéis justicia”.
El hecho de que el Eterno de autoridad a los jueces para dictar JUSTO juicio, no significa que la autoridad sea para dictar juicios que dejen sin efecto los mandamientos de la Torah, pues como escrito: “Pero mi pueblo no conoce el Mishpat (Juicio de la Torah) del Eterno ¿Cómo decís “Somos sabios y tenemos la Torah del Eterno”? Cuando he aquí lo ha cambiado en mentira la pluma mentirosa de los escribas. Los sabios son avergonzados, están abatidos y atrapados; he aquí ellos han desechado la Palabra del Eterno” (Yirmiyahu /Jer.8:7-9). No existe base en la Torah que respalde el seguir un dictamen que vaya en contra de la Torah, al contrario, la Torah dice: “Todo cuanto os ordeno, eso cuidaréis de hacer; no añadiréis a ello ni quitaréis de ello nada” (Devarim /Deut. 13:1).
Hasta ahora la Luna sigue vigente, como está escrito: “...La Luna... testigo fiel”, no hay razón para no santificar el Mes adecuadamente. En Shemot /Ex.31:14-17 leemos que el Shabat es una Señal que identificará a los hijos de Israel en todas las generaciones el Pacto Perpetuo, por lo que es necesario ser muy exigentes con esta Señal que nos marca como pueblo.
Las palabras de Yahoshua el Mesías siguen vigente: “transgreden los dichos de ELohim por las ordenanzas de ustedes... Desprecian los dichos de ELohim por las ordenanzas de ustedes” (Matitiáh/Mateo15:2,6), también decía “Descendencia de líderes ciegos estrictos en los asuntos del mosquito (asuntos pequeños) y se tragan el camello (asuntos mayores, como el Calendario)” (Matitiáh/Mateo 23:23.). El Calendario Judío Actual tomó en cuenta los mandamientos de los hombres por encima de los mandamientos del Eterno. Por esta razón los primeros discípulos de Yahoshua el Mesías al estar frente al Sanhedrín con ‘autoridades’ no respaldadas por la Torah, declararon “Es necesario obedecer al Eterno antes que a los hombres” (Maasei haShelijim /Hech.5:29).
Concluimos en que el Calendario Hebreo que dio el Eterno, bendito sea, a través de la Torah, es un Calendario Lunar, y alterar el tiempo establecido por YHWH, implantando por nosotros mismo métodos que dejen sin efecto los mandamientos de la Torah es un grave ERROR, como está escrito: “Así a dicho el Eterno que da el sol para luz del día, LAS LEYES DE LA LUNA... si faltaren estas leyes delante de Mí, dice el Eterno, también la descendencia de Israel faltará como nación delante de Mí” (Yirmiyahu /Jer.31:35)
Dijo el Eterno a través del Profeta Hoseha (Os.2:11) “Haré cesar todo su gozo, sus Moadim (Convocaciones), sus Nuevas Lunas y sus días de Shabat, y todas sus festividades”. Esta declaración sin duda nos reafirma el por qué por tanto tiempo Israel ha seguido un Calendario contrario a la Torah, sin embargo la Restauración ha llegado, es tiempo de volver a las sendas antiguas de YHWH.
Que YHWH haga resplandecer el rostro de su pueblo Yisrael y conceda dadivas benévolas a su pueblo Yisrael.
[LEFT] Yohanan/Juan 2:3-4 "En esto sabemos que le conocemos: en que guardamos sus mandamientos. Quien dice:«Yo le conozco» y no guarda sus mandamientos es un mentiroso y la verdad no está en él."
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¿Porque los adherentes del Judaismo Son los "hijos falsos" guardan el "Sabado Romano"?
NOTA: 'Todo el que da a conocer la verdad antes de tiempo es catalogado como Judefobo y Anti-semita'
Como dijo un gran sabio de Israel "Es muy fácil ser JUDÍO, pero difícil querer ser un verdadero HIJO de ISRAEL"
Pero te dijo esta tremenda verdad "Hay mas Hijos de Israel, que NO saben que son descendientes, que Judios convertidos que No tienen nada de SEMITA".
"Acuérdense de la Torá de mi siervo Moshé. Recuerden los preceptos y estatutos que le di en Horeb para todo Israel [Las doces Tribus de Hijos de Israel]." Malaji (Malaquías) 4.4
"Acuérdense de la Torá de mi siervo Moshé…. le di en Horeb para todo Israel" ¿Acaso no lo sabía por medio de la Torá Oral?
Shabat: El día de reposo (Levítico) 23.3
Comentario:
Sobre el Shabat Lunar: Guardando el Shabat (lunar) conforme a la Torá, No de acuerdo a calendarios extranjeros. ¿Si el Calendario segun la Tora es lunar? Como es posible que el dia de Shabat sea el septimo dia (sabado) de calendarios extranjeros?
Si el Calendario es lunar y por ende las Convocaciones (Pesaj, Matzot, etc.) se rigen por la luna? Como es posible qui el Shabat (la primera Convocacisn) se rija por calendarios extranjeros?
Calendario Hebreo, es y fue originalmente lunar y No luni-solar como es actualmente el calendario religioso judío que No es conforme a la Tora, de esta manera los días de Shabat son conforme a la luna, y no conforme a los días sábados del calendario solar Gregoriano.
La tierra fueron creados en Rosh Jodesh (Luna Nueva) y hasta que hubo "Luz" empieza la cuenta de los días de la semana, sin embargo tenemos en total 8 días.
Así es como identificamos al verdadero ISRAEL
La respuesta: son aquellos hijos de Israel que Guardan el Shabat Lunar. Como lo dijo el profeta:
"Así a dicho el Eterno que da el sol para luz del día, LAS LEYES DE LA LUNA... si faltaren estas leyes delante de Mí, dice el Eterno, también la descendencia de ISRAEL faltará como nación delante de Mí" Irmiahu (Jeremias). 31.34-35
Asi que Ningún Judío Moderno adherentes al Judaismo ha sido, es ni será nunca Hijo de Israel .
Como identificamos LOS HIJOS FALSOS:
"Porque este es un pueblo rebelde, de hijos falsos, hijos que no quieren escuchar la Torát HaShem" Ieshaiahu (30.9).
Es decir que la diferencia es ‘el origen’, unos procede de los hombres y otros del Creador. En el transcurso del tiempo la tendencia de Israel fue añadir y quitar a la Palabra que fue ordenada por medio de Moshe y los demás Profetas. Quienes son estos hijos falsos son lo que No que guardan Shabat según Lunar.
Guardando el Shabat (lunar) conforme a la Torá, no de acuerdo a calendarios extranjeros. ¿Si el Calendario segun la Tora es lunar? Como es posible que el dia de Shabat sea el septimo dia (sabado) de calendarios extranjeros?.
Quienes son los "HIJOS FALSOS" Son los adherentes del Judaismo que guardan el SABADO ROMANO.
El Shabat es llamado Ot (Señal): "Entre Mi y los hijos de Israel esta será una Ot (Señal) perpetua, porque en seis días hizo el Eterno los cielos y la tierra, mas en el séptimo día descansó y reposó". Sh’mot (Éxodo) 31.17
La Luna fue creada para marcar Otot (Señales) y Moadim (Convocaciones), si el Shabat es llamado Ot (Señal) y Moed (Convocación), obviamente esto indica que el Shabat depende de la Luna. Si la Luna fue creada para marcar las Moadim (Shabat, Pesaj, Matzot, Biqurim, Shavuot, Iom Terua, Iom Hakipurim, y Sukoq).
Pese a lo obvio que es, de acuerdo a la Torá, no solo que los meses dependen de la luna, sino también las semanas, hay quienes persisten en llamar Shabat a los días que los calendarios extranjeros llaman séptimo día, poniendo como pretexto algunos textos de la Torá. No existe base en la Torá que respalde el seguir un dictamen que vaya en contra de la Torá, al contrario, la Torá dice:
"Todo cuanto os ordeno, eso cuidaréis de hacer; no añadiréis a ello ni quitaréis de ello nada" Dvarim (Deut.) 13.1).
Entonces por otra parte, el asunto No es de ‘judios ortodoxos’ ni ‘gentiles’ ni ‘judios por conversion’ ni ‘judios religiosos’ ni ‘mesianicos’ ni ‘cristianos’ ‘gentiles judaizados’ conceptos tardios e ignorancia historica.
Sino de los seguidores de Iehoshua que eran Hebreos y los hijos de Israel Dispersos de entre las naciones D’varim (Deut.) 28.64, Iaaqov (Jacobo) 1.1.
Los que verdaderamente son Israel que están dispersos entre las Naciones transmitiendo la Luz del Mashiaj, no por el hecho de haber nacidos en la tierra de Israel, sino los que son fieles al Eterno y por ende a su Torá y no una religión llamada (Judaismo).
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En la gracia, esperamos en el shabat del Señor..
Para el cristiano, el día de reposo es día de alabanza y perfección..
Día en que Dios conforma su ejército celestial ..
Tal está instituido en la creación.. (Genesis 2.1,3)
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COMPRENDIENDO
EL CALENDARIO HEBREO
Por Avdiel Ben Oved
Guardando el Shabat (lunar) conforme a la
Torá, no de acuerdo a calendarios extranjeros
CONTENIDO:
Introducción
LOS MESES DEL CALENDARIO HEBREO DEPENDEN DEL CICLO LUNAR
ROSH JODESH (LUNA NUEVA) NO ES PARTE DE LA SEMANA
LA ENCICLOPEDIA JUDÍA UNIVERSAL CONFIRMA QUE EL SHABAT DEPENDE DEL CICLO LUNAR
EL SHABAT SEGÚN LA TORÁ DEPENDE DEL CICLO LUNAR
EJEMPLO 1 Breshit 1.14 y Vaiqrá 23.1-3
EJEMPLO 2 Comienzo del Mana
EJEMPLO 3 Fin del Mana
JEMPLO 4 La muerte y resurrección del Mashíaj
PRETEXTOS
PRETEXTO 1 Si la luna fue creada el 4to día de la creación, ¿cómo pudo haber una semana lunar?
PRETEXTO 2 Hay que obedecer a las autoridades según Deut. 1:17 y si ellas dicen que el séptimo día es el sábado, así debe ser
PRETEXTO 3 Los 50 días hasta Shavuot
ERRORES QUE NECESITAN SER CORREGIDOS EN EL CALENDARIO JUDÍO ACTUAL
EL ORIGEN DE LOS ERRORES EN EL CALENDARIO JUDÍO ACTUAL
LOS CALENDARIOS ROMANOS CRISTIANOS
Introducción
El calendario es un sistema que divide al tiempo en días, semanas, meses y años. El Calendario Hebreo, como todo lo nuestro, tiene su base en la Torá, ya desde las primeras palabras de la Torá se nos habla sobre él y se nos especifica que éste depende de lo que el Eterno, bendito sea, creó, es decir las Meorot (Lumbreras). Es tan importante el Calendario que dijo el profeta: “Así a dicho el Eterno que da el sol para luz del día, LAS LEYES DE LA LUNA... si faltaren estas leyes delante de Mí, dice el Eterno, también la descendencia de Israel faltará como nación delante de Mí” (Irmyahu /Jer. 31.34-35)
Sin embargo es sabido que el Calendario Judío Actual difiere del Calendario según la Torá, pues ha asimilado parte del sistema de calendarios extranjeros. Es contradictorio que tengamos un mes lunar y una semana de acuerdo a calendarios extranjeros. Tómese en cuanta las siguientes preguntas:
Si el Calendario según la Torá es lunar ¿Cómo es posible qué el día de Shabat sea el séptimo día (sábado) de calendarios extranjeros?
Si el Calendario es lunar y por ende las Convocaciones (Pesaj, Matzot, etc.) se rigen por la luna ¿Cómo es posible qué el Shabat (la primera Convocación) se rija por calendarios extranjeros?
Si el mes es lunar ¿Cómo puede la semana ser según calendarios extranjeros?
Este escrito tiene como objetivo mostrar claramente y basado en Las Escrituras que tanto el Mes como el Shabat son de acuerdo a los ciclos de la luna, y no de acuerdo a lo que otros calendarios decreten.
LOS MESES DEL CALENDARIO HEBREO
DEPENDEN DEL CICLO LUNAR
En el idioma hebreo la palabra ‘Mes’ es equivalente a la palabra ‘Luna’ y a sus fases:
-En 1Rey. 6.37, el Mes es llamado Iéraj, de la misma raíz de iaréaj (Luna).
-En 2Rey.4.23, el Mes es llamado Jódesh, de la raíz de jadash (Nuevo).
-En Ezra /Esd. 5.15 el Mes es llamado Iraj, de la misma raíz de iaréaj (Luna).
Está escrito que el Eterno dijo: “Este jódesh (mes) será para ustedes rosh jodashim (cabeza de los meses)...” (Shmot /Ex.12.2), y también “Y en los principios de vuestros meses presentaréis holocausto al Eterno... éste es el holocausto de cada mes por los meses del Año” (Bmidbar /Núm. 28.11-14), así expresa el precepto de santificar los principios de los meses al presenciar la cada Jódesh (Luna nueva). También la Torá usa la frase: “ ... Jódesh Iamim...” (mes-días) (Bmidbar 11.20,21); dándonos a entender que los meses deben componerse de días completos como vimos anteriormente en la sección.
ROSH JODESH (LUNA NUEVA)
NO ES PARTE DE LA SEMANA
Está escrito en Iejezqel (Ezequiel) 46.1-3 “Así dice Adonai el Eterno: La puerta del atrio interior que mira al oriente estará cerrada los 6 días de trabajo; pero se abrirá el día de Shabat y el día de Luna Nueva… El pueblo de la tierra adorará a la entrada de esa puerta delante del Eterno los días de Shabat y en Lunas Nuevas”.
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Pongamos estas palabras en el calendario:
Un mes con un día de Rosh Jodesh:
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Como podemos apreciar los días de Shabat (7mo día de la semana) en un mes con un día de Rosh Jodesh son los 8, 15, 22 y 29. En un mes con dos días de Rosh Jodesh son los 9, 16, 23 y 30. No hay confusión, todos los días de Shabat de cada mes coinciden con las misas fases lunares.
LA ENCICLOPEDIA JUDÍA UNIVERSAL CONFIRMA
QUE EL SHABAT DEPENDE DEL CICLO LUNAR
La obra ‘The Universal Jewish Enciclopedia’, de Isaac Landman, editada por Ktav Publishing House, en el Vol. 5, Pag. 410, sección Holidays, dice:
“El Shabat y la Luna Nueva (Rosh Jódesh), ambos periódicamente se repiten en el curso del año. La Luna Nueva aún depende del ciclo lunar, y el Shabat originalmente dependía del ciclo lunar. Ambos datan del periodo nómada de Israel. Originalmente la Luna Nueva era celebrada en la misma forma como el Shabat; gradualmente vino a ser menos importante, mientras que el Shabat vino a ser más y más un día de religión y humanidad, de meditación religiosa e instrucción, de paz y deleite del alma, y produjo poder y efectos beneficiosos fuera del Judaísmo”.
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La cita de la Enciclopedia Judía Universal NO es la base que demuestra que el Shabat es de acuerdo al ciclo lunar, simplemente confirma lo que la Torá estableció:
EL SHABAT SEGÚN LA TORÁ
DEPENDE DEL CICLO LUNAR
EJEMPLO 1
Breshit 1.14 y Vaiqrá 23.1-3
La Luna fue creada para marcar Otot (Señales) y para Moadim (Convocaciones)
“Y dijo Elohim hayan meorot (lumbreras) en la expansión de los cielos para separar entre el día y entre la noche, y para Otot (Señales) y para Moadim (Convocaciones) y para días y años...”.
(Breshit /Gen. 1.14)
“Hizo la luna para las Moadim (Convocaciones); el sol conoce su ocaso”.
(Tehilim /Sal. 104.19
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El Shabat es llamado Moed (Convocación)
“Y habló el Eterno a Moshe diciendo: Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: Las Moadim del Eterno que las proclamaréis Asambleas santas; estas son mis Moadim: Seis días se hará trabajo y en el día séptimo es Shabat de reposo, Asamblea santa...”.
(Vaiqrá /Lev. 23.1-3)
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El Shabat es llamado Ot (Señal)
“Entre Mi y los hijos de Israel esta será una Ot (Señal) perpetua, porque en seis días hizo el Eterno los cielos y la tierra, mas en el séptimo día descansó y reposó”.
(Shmot /Éxodo 31.17)
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Conclusión: La Luna fue creada para marcar Otot (Señales) y Moadim (Convocaciones), si el Shabat es llamado Ot (Señal) y Moed (Convocación), obviamente esto indica que el Shabat depende de la Luna. Si la Luna fue creada para marcar las Moadim (Shabat, Pesaj, Matzot, Biqurim, Shavuot, Iom Terua, Iom Hakipurim, y Sukot), es contradictorio que se dependa de la luna para algunas Moadim y para otras no.
EJEMPLO 2
Comienzo del Mana
“Y partieron de Elim y llegó toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel al Desierto de Sin, que está entre Elim y Sinai, a los 15 días del segundo mes de su salida de la tierra de Egipto. Y se murmuró toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel contra Moshe y Aharón… Y dijo el Eterno a Moshe, he aquí que haré llover sobre vosotros pan desde los cielos… y sucederá que en el día sexto, cuando preparen lo que van a traer, será el doble de lo que suelen recoger cada día… Oí las quejas de los hijos de Israel; háblales diciendo: A la caída de la tarde comeréis carne, y por la mañana os hartaréis de pan, y sabréis que Yo soy el Eterno, vuestro Elohim. Y sucedió que el día sexto recogieron doble cantidad de pan, dos ómer para cada persona…” (Shmot 16.1-22)
Del texto podemos apreciar que el día 15 del 2do mes en que los hijos de Israel murmuraron era un día de Shabat, pues durante 6 días después caería pan de los cielos. Pongamos estas palabras en el calendario:
http://www.natzratim.com/estudios/Calendario_Hebreo.htm
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A
Unified
Calendar of Feasts and SetApart days
Of IaHUeH
5992(?)
Estimated as our 2732nd year of Dispersion
In Light of BeREShIT (Genesis) one which describes a Perfect Order and Clear Divisions of Creation and Time;
it becomes impossible to begin one Time before the passing Time ends.
First Month Starts after Spring TeQUPhaH
4/15/2010
The Unified Solar-Lunar Calendar
For the Land called America
And Also IeRUShaLeM!
2010-2011
2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | 2006-2007
UPDATED: 10/27/2010 05:27 PM A part of the Restitution of All Things spoken of in The Book of Acts 3:19-21 -and the Prophets.
We base our Calculations by the day after conjunction of moon in the spring after TeQUPhaH of the year... our visual confirmations occur prior to ShaBaTOT.. we are with the Plain Truth of IaHUeH's Word in Scripture, the help of others In Ha-MaShIaCh and much Prayer honing our understanding and coming more into sync...
It is the morning after Conjunction that begins the month. On the evening of that day the first sliver is visible indicating that the following day is a workday. It is the final sliver that is the indicator the day before conjunction.
Note: This year (3/14/2010) Abib has been found... but the next first sliver probably on (3/16) is still in the winter. Spring TeQUPhaH (≈ equinox) happens 3 days later. So... looks like we have a thirteenth Moon this year. Yes there has been a bit of commotion over this. Simply put.. the Abib Barley is not always available to us.. The Sun, Moon and Stars are..
Barley is an ok indicator.. and it is mentioned lots... but it is not always available.. and others in Scripture have gotten along without it. There is a line that begins the year and that line is to do with Spring TeQUPhaH and the Circuit of Sun Moon and Stars. We know that the Ancients knew how to determine when that was.. by observing... MoSheH would have had access to that information and MORE!
We are not really dealing with Primitives here, they were in many ways smarter than we are..
New year starts as RoSh ChoDeSh happens on a day in the spring.. not winter..
of course I also believe that the feasts occur in their own seasons and so favour the Fourth month Pentecost.
Lev 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before IaHUeH, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the ShaBaT the priest shall wave it.
-nearly KJV
Check Out:
Barley / Equinox Question
Beware the leaven of the Karaite Hypocrites and their messianic mimickers!
(NOTHING PERSONAL)
I Love Correction.. when it is Correct!
Rosh Chodesh and the First of the abib month was 4/15 this year.
Pesach is 4/28 Between Evens and the start of the feast of unleavened bread on the morning of 4/29.
The ShaBaT raises important questions that each individual needs to find answers to. More than anything else I want to get it right -because I want to Please The Creator on the Day He Set-Apart and called ShaBaT -so therefore we are no longer bound to worship Saturn days or the Crescent Moon.
The Fourth Commandment:
Exodus 20:8
Remember The ShaBaT-day, to Set it Apart. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: And the seventh day is a ShaBaT of IaHUeH, thy ELoHIM: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days IaHUeH set to order the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore IaHUeH blessed The ShaBaT-day, and Set it Apart.
ZaKOR #2142 -Mark | ET- #853 -even (points to object), IOM #3117 -day | Ha-ShaBaT #7676 -The Intermission | Li-QaDeShU #6942 -to set it apart.
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This Commandment Speaks first of IOM Ha-ShaBaT -The ShaBaT-day, this is the day of the RoSh ChoDeSh -an intermission.. it marks the start of the month - a SetApart day -it sets the weekly cycle for the month... then we work six days and stop... the seventh day is a ShaBaT -not The ShaBaT-Day.
Deut 5:12
Observe The ShaBaT-day to Set it Apart, as IaHUeH thy ELoHIM hath commanded thee.
Here we are instructed to Watch for, keep, guard and attend to [#8104] The ShaBaT-day and to Set it Apart. I see here reference (though obscure) to RoSh ChoDeSh and its direct relation to the seventh day ShaBaT -though it makes perfect sense in light of lunar ShaBaT keeping (which must have been presumed).
Genesis 1:14
14 And ELoHIM said, Let there be from lights in the expanse of the heavens to distinguish between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs [#226], and for seasons [#4150], and for days, and revolutions of time:
OT:226
'owth (oth); probably from OT:225 (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.:
OT:4150
mowed` (mo-ade'); or moed` (mo-ade'); or (feminine) mow` adah (2 Chron 8:13) (mo-aw-daw'); from OT:3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):
Psalm 104:19-24
He appointed the moon for seasons (MO'ADIM): the sun knoweth his going down.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from ELoHIM.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
O IaHUeH, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Leviticus 23:1-4
And IaHUeH spake unto MoSheH, saying,
Speak unto the children of IeShRaEL, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of IaHUeH, which ye shall proclaim to be SetApart convocations (MO'ADIM), even these are my feasts.
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is a ShaBaT of rest, a SetApart convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is a ShaBaT of IaHUeH in all your dwellings.
These are the set times of IaHUeH, SetApart convocations, which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. -A good indicator
Three Feasts in the year.. Unleavened bread, Harvest (or Weeks), and Ingathering (Tabernacles or Booths).. these are SetApart Convocations... a time to Assemble. [see Exodus 23:13-21]
Each has its own season TeQUPhaH -spring, summer and fall.
It is a little confusing because that the word for "Feasts" MO'ADIM is translated "Seasons" in Genesis and Psalms quoted above. Maybe it is not a mistake -as these Three Appointed Feasts (which are all basically Harvest Feasts) occur around the times of harvests which are regulated by the cycles of seasons having to do with the day/night ratio changes which have four observable points -the seasons and their respective TeQUPhaH which are the 4 points in the cycle where the change is observable by watching Sun Moon and Stars. (phew!)
Ok... So TeQUPhaH the Circuit has only two points Specified in Scripture being Spring and Fall; but those points in between are observable still.. at this point I see nothing wrong with having 4 seasons. But I ain't adding any MO'ADIM!
RoSh ChoDeSh is not listed among the MO'ADIM!
He Appointed the moon for our SetApart Appointments. IaHUeH's Signal to us..
By Observation we Keep those Appointments. Our Signal to IaHUeH!!
"If the Children of Israel would observe one Shabbat properly, the Mashiach would immediately come" (Yerushalmi Taanit 1,1) -interesting....
If we try to rely on the Karaite or Pharisee TRADITION we will surely miss the mark as they both disregard the Clear Meaning of IaHUeH's Word in His TORaH! They would cause us to misunderstand the Word of IaHUeH and miss our SetApart Appointments with Him as they do with His other Commandments -while trying to convince us otherwise.
The ReBuilding
Ex 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
KJV
This the ChoDeSh unto you RO'Sh ChoDeShIM; First (RiShON) it to you month of (LiChoDeShI) the year.
(word for..)
OT:2320
chodesh (kho'-desh); from OT:2318; the new moon; by implication, a month: -month (-ly), new moon.
OT:2318
chadash (khaw-dash'); a primitive root; to be new; causatively, to rebuild:
KJV - renew, repair.
RoSh ChoDeSh is the Head or beginning of this ChoDeSh (ReBuilding) is it not?
ChoDeSh is the New Moon after it has completed the monthly cycle and is when the moon is Beginning to rebuild.
This is referred to as RoSh ChoDeSh that begins the month.. Rosh ChoDeSh starts after conjunction Seen or Unseen.
81:3- Blow up in ChoDeSh (rebuilding moon) ShoPhaR, in KeSeH (full moon, time appointed) on day our ChaG. [Literal word by word]
This verse has oft been cited to "prove" many misunderstandings. Of course it helps when we look at the rest of the Psalm and also remember it is a Psalm and poetic.. and so mentions contrasts
or even maybe shows that the moon could be considered Fully new at that time of full moon..
still didn't change the numbering of the days of the month though.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the ELoHIM of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. -kjv nearly
Ex 34:18
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in MO'AD of ChoDeSh Ha-ABIB: for in ChoDeSh Ha-ABIB thou camest out from Egypt.
Came out of Egypt when? on the Full Moon the 15th of the month (the first), that the barley is harvested.
Some say this Psalm is a reference to the Feast of Trumpets. But we have to look at the fuller picture and context.
Firstly.. it is not a trumpets TeRUAH [8643] YoBeL [3104] or ChaTsoTseRaH [2689] .. but a ShOPhaR [7782].
ChaG is specifically a Feast. OT:2282
chag (khag); or chag (khawg); from OT:2287; a festival, or a victim therefor:
KJV - (solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.
Trumpets is a SetApart Convocation, ShaBaTON, of a Memorial...
The Psalm immediately goes on to speak of deliverance from MiTsRaIM.
KeSeH .. is plumped and clothed in this case the darkness is concealed by light.. the moon is normally dark..
light from the sun Clothes it and makes it plump.
OT:3677
kece' (keh'-seh); or keceh (keh'-seh); apparently from OT:3680; properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival:
KJV - (time) appointed.
OT:3680
kacah (kaw-saw'); a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):
KJV - cladself, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare OT:3780.
***. keceh. See OT:3677.
***. kicceh. See OT:3678.
KeSeH is the Fully Rebuilt Moon... fully covered with Light. ChoDeSh is the opposite the New Moon. it is difficult nowadays to find agreement about what "New Moon" means -astronomy and convention define it as conjunction while others say it is the first visible crescent. You can have endless arguments over what even the English word "New" means. I was very confused until I really looked at the words. Check it out!
In short חד means Sharp and one a coming together unity חדש when you add the Shin is when you get the bite on it which represents both (two teeth) with the joining and the sharp (sliver) has to be the head of the month day one from SunRise on the day after Conjunction.
What I love about Hebrew is it Really makes you think!
Because the words have a very full meaning looking from all angles..
As we see with ChoDeSh... multiple meanings... and seemingly opposite.
But not really .. it forces us to look at the Bigger picture.. it goes deeper than the surface.
The moon becomes perfectly Full on the evening of the 14th day of ChoDeSh
So therefore the month Must begin on the day after conjunction!
To reckon otherwise is to go against Scripture and against the Covenant that IaHUShUA' Died to Restore.
This is an observable occurrence because of the final sliver
if it happens in BOQeR before the 28th there is a 29 day month.
If it happens on the BOQeR before the 29th is a 30 day month..
no final sliver the coming day is RO'Sh ChoDeSh.
RO'Sh ChoDeSh is not MO'AD but is still SetApart we do not buy or sell or labor for hire but can do regular work.
Num 10:10 Also in the days of your joy, and in your solemn days (MO'ADIM), and in the beginnings (RoSh) of your months (ChoDeSh), ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the victims of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your ELoHIM: I am IaHUeH your ELoHIM.
KJV -nearly
Do you know the difference between Day -IOM and Night -LaILaH? Light and darkness?
Believe it or not there is great confusion over this issue. Even among Creation Calendar Observers who generally pay closer attention.
Both sides seem to have abundant proof (to hear them tell it)
Most of the problem goes away when we consider that When IaHUeH said "Day" He was referring to the daylight portion unless otherwise specified. Of course we will dig deeper later.. meanwhile here is a post I sent to a study group a few years ago:
"Trouble With Tradition"
Rabbis confirm day start at sunrise.
STRONGS: OT:3117
yowm (yome); from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), [often used adverb]:
OT:3915
layil (lah'-yil); or (Isa 21:11) leyl (lale); also layelah (lah'yel-aw); from the same as OT:3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity:
And when does a Day Really Begin? When did The Creator start the work?
OT:1254
bara' (baw-raw'); a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes): -choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Well He started the work before the first day when He Created the Heavens and Earth.. but it was said to have become without form and void.
What are referred to as the Six Days of Creation.. was the Work He did to set it all in order.
OT:6213
`asah (aw-saw'); a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
That First Day began here:
Gen 1:3-5
3 And ELoHIM said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And ELoHIM saw the light, that it was good: and ELoHIM divided the light from the darkness.
5 And ELoHIM called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And became dusk and became dawn -the first day.
See Chart.Download and install PaleoBora Font to view properly.
UaIHI #1961 -and became | EReB #6153 -dusk | UaIHI #1961 -and became | BoQeR #1242 -dawn | IOM #3117 -day | AChoD #259 -one.
The above of course is usually mistranslated. When in doubt always go back to the Hebrew source. Which Does not say "and the evening and the morning were the first day". An evening (dusk) and a morning (dawn) are NOT equal to a day.. They merely form an hedge around the Night! When most folk sleep and don't work.
However a morning and an evening could be.
John 11:9-10
IaHUShUA' answered, Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a certain one walk in the daytime, that one does not stumble, because they see the light of this world.
But if a certain one walk in the night, they stumble, because there is no light with them.
Genesis 1:14-19
And ELoHIM said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for OTOT (signs), and for MO'ADIM (seasons), and for days, and years:
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And ELoHIM made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
And ELoHIM set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and ELoHIM saw that it was good.
and became Dusk and became Dawn -the fourth day.
Did you catch that? Three Times so far; the point is emphasized. IaHUeH Intends to Separate the Light from the darkness! and in the phrase "and became dusk and became dawn" at the end of each work day six times refuses to even mention Night.
Day = Light minus Stars plus Sun Night = Dark Minus Sun Plus Stars
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! IeShA-IaHU 5:20
Here I must make an observation.
The biggest obstacle I have encountered in my Search for the Real "True" Calendar of IaHUeH's ShaBaTOT and Feasts -and the main source of disagreements "in the ranks" has been trying to rely on Judaism for answers. How could a people possibly get it so Wrong? What it means of course is that these people are Not Torah Observant. This can be very difficult to Accept due to the outward display and Far Reaching Implications -"LO AMI". Not to mention the Investment. So naturally there will be opposition. On the other hand is:
ישראל
IeShRaEL
To be correct, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful and be smooth (under the direction) of EL The All-Mighty.
What Happened
A 24 hour day ends as the light from the approaching sun causes the night lights to "disappear" (from view), it is called BoQeR it is twilight and is counted as the end of the previous day. The new Day Begins at sunrise not sunset.
It takes 24 hours for the sun to complete its circuit around the earth.. this is also referred to as a "day" and can be a little confusing because it also contains evening, night and dawn.
As stated above the sun tells us when it is daytime... but it also makes another motion that causes the circuit of seasons TeQUPhaH... the stars also move marking the circuit of watches in the night.. these can also help us know the seasons but not as accurately as (and certainly not without) the movement of the sun... The Ancients knew this... but we have learned to forget. When the sun rises directly from the east the shadow falls directly to the west, when the sun is directly overhead at midday and there is little or no shadow -TeQUPhaH- begins either spring or fall. We will also see familiar constellations in the stars (astronomy). No we do not need barley, computers or the usnavy to know when the seasons change..
Just the lights in the sky and a simple sundial.
Here is a Very Interesting and Exciting new study on the subject put together by Paul Puckett. Uses wordly terminology but Well Done! (.pdf)
Moses, the Pleiades, and the Nebra Sky Disk
What did Moses see, and when did he see it?
The moon signals weeks and months... It also tells us what type of day tomorrow will be.
We also saw that the moon was appointed to Signal our appointments (MO'ADIM). RoSh ChoDeSh (new moon feast) is not listed as a SetApart convocation (MO'ED).
The moon signifies the type of day approaching (work or rest); no visible moon = RoSh ChoDeSh. The sun and stars cannot do this.
KeSeH is the Fully Restored Moon covered with light and plump. Always occurs on the evening of the 14th... 15th is always ShaBaT.
RoSh ChoDeSh is the start (head) of the rebuilding occurs on the day after conjunction.. this is the first day of the Month which is also referred to as ChoDeSh (a full month or days of the month).
On the evening of the seventh day of the month we see first quarter... (which actually rises around noon) the next day the 8th (Sunrise) is ShaBaT.
The last quarter (rises after midnight sets around noon) on the 21st... the 22nd is ShaBaT.
On the morning before sunrise 29th the moon rises -if there is a final crescent then it is a healthy full month of 30 days; conjunction will occur on the 30th. No final crescent.. then conjunction is on the 29th and the next day is RoSh ChoDeSh.
Sort of like this table found on Wikipedia:
The phases of the Moon have been given the following names, in sequential order:
Phase Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Visibility
New moon Not visible, traditionally Moon's first visible crescent after sunset
Waxing crescent moon . Right 1-49% visible Left 1-49% visible afternoon and post-dusk
First quarter moon Right 50% visible Left 50% visible afternoon and early night
Waxing gibbous moon Right 51-99% visible Left 51-99% visible afternoon and most of night
Full moon Fully visible Fully visible sunset to sunrise (all night)
Waning gibbous moon Left 51-99% visible Right 51-99% visible most of night and morning
Last quarter moon Left 50% visible Right 50% visible late night and morning
Waning crescent moon Left 1-49% visible Right 1-49% visible pre-dawn and morning
Dark moon Not visible, traditionally Moon's last visible crescent before sunrise
These phases are no longer exact but pretty close. According to Scripture months used to be all 30 days. Now they are close to 12 hours less which makes for a slight drift..
Remember a "month" always has at least 29 days and no more than 30.
The way it is with new understanding.. got to go with what you know but then when you can see clearer you make the proper adjustments!
There is a dawning of understanding... and then there is a Fullness.
Don't forget on the tenth day to Choose The Lamb!!!
NOTE: The Passover commemorates the last of the plagues that struck Egypt and secured IeShRaEL's Release from Bondage. The firstborn of the Egyptians were slain. As we can see from the Scriptures because of disobedience (Breaking the Covenant) they were delivered back into Bondage (Assyria and Babylon etc.).
At the time Appointed on the Very Same Day -Being the Fourteenth day of the First Month: The Firstborn of IaHUeH was slain to RESTORE The Covenant to Free His people once and for all!
On the Tenth day of the month IaHUShUA' came into Ierushalem (remember the reception He received)
On the Fourteenth day between the evens He was slain (The Lamb of IaHUeH) and entombed. Before the morning of the Seventeenth (the third daily cycle and still the Wave offering) He Arose from the dead.
When IaHUShUA' Makes A PROMISE He KEEPS His WORD!
Exodus 12:6
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of ChoDeSh the same: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Between the evens on the fourteenth day (IOM) is PeSaCh A full moon -the next morning (15th) begins the Feast of Unleavened bread.. lasts 7 days.. the first day a SetApart Convocation and also ShaBaT the seventh day is a Feast.. 22nd is ShaBaT
During this Feast on the day after ShaBaT (being the Sixteenth) is the Wave Offering of firstfruits [Lev. 23:11].. which begins the Seven complete ShaBaT count (weeks). Starting on the day after the Seventh complete ShaBaT -count 50 days to Harvest Feast a SetApart Convocation.. no servile work.
Solar Lunar Calendar of First Month:
Example from a couple years ago.
RoSh ChoDeSh 3/19
You may notice that I "jumped the gun" being one day early
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 This is a Commemoration of our being Delivered out of Bondage from Egypt with a Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm amid Great Signs and Wonders. A Mighty Work did IaHUeH before ShaBaT Dawned to Give Us Rest! This ShaBaT was the Fifteenth Day of the First Month. Ex 16:1 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. On the fifteenth day to ChoDeSh second after their departing out of the land of Egypt: And guess what? This is the second consecutive month that the Fifteenth just happened to be on ShaBaT! Meaning that for these first two months the other ShaBaTOT were on the 8th 22nd and 29th. It was on the morning of the Sixteenth of the Second Month that the ShaBaT lessons started with the Manna. Gather six days but not on the seventh. It has been suggested that this disproves lunar ShaBaT based on no mention of provisions on the new moon day or two. Not only does RoSh ChoDeSh fall outside of the two classifications of days (workday restday) ...but were also fast days in the days of old. The inner gate in the Temple was open on RoSh ChoDeSh and ShaBaTOT.. but was closed on workdays. RoSh ChoDeSh was neither a workday or ShaBaT. Six workdays are followed by one ShaBaT with only one specified exception (maybe 2).. unlike the Jewish Calendar which has interruptions and postponements all the time. So that argument that we ShaBaT of IaHUeH Keepers don't work six days and rest the seventh because of RoSh ChoDeSh has no merit. Example from a couple years ago.
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Exodus 19:1
BeChoDeSh the third, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
This would have been on Full moon coming into the Fifteenth Day of the Third Month -ShaBaT.
Ex 19:10-11
And IaHUeH said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and Separate them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
And be ready against the third day: for the third day IaHUeH will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
OK.. 16th, 17th -on the18th (which was the Third Day) MoSheH went up the mountain for Forty Days and Received the Tables of Stone at the end of those days... on the Twenty-ninth of the Fourth Month! Guess what? PENTECOST!!!
On the day before this Very Same Day we see Aharon saying:
Ex 32:5
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a Feast to IaHUeH.
Even though they were obviously blowing it with the golden calf -this was undoubtedly PENTECOST!!! At the end of the Fourth Month. And we still don't have ShaBaT falling on any but the 8th, 15th, 22nd or 29th of the Month. Amazing isn't it?
Now you tell me... Does the Feast of Weeks Really disprove lunar ShaBaT observance?
Now there are many who accuse Observers of the True ShaBaT of IaHUeH of pagan practices -but the Truth of the matter is saturday worship and sunday worship are both rooted and steeped in idolatry and the worship of false gods.
The Proof can be very embarrassing.
Traditions can have a tendency to get in the way of Truth.. especially new light.
Truth is that during the life of IaHUShUA' and His Followers and the Jewish representation were in agreement concerning the when's of Feasts and ShaBaTOT... and they all kept the RoSh ChoDeSh on the first day and weekly ShaBaT on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th of each month.
But it was soon replaced by the Roman calendar of Caesar where the days were named after pagan deities align with the planets (astrology).. and repeat in perpetuum. Where the First day of the week was originally "saturday" and "sunday" was the second day.
Historical Evidence and Other Proofs
I think it is significant.. that in Scripture IaHUeH always aligns important events to occur on particular days... so if we are in sync with His Calendar we will be better prepared for His Revelations and Sudden Return.
Our keeping of ShaBaT is a Commemoration of our Rest from Bondage that IaHUeH provided on the Fifteenth day of the First moon. It also Commemorates the Six day work of Genesis One (BeReShIT) and day of Rest.
At the end of six days the work of Setting Creation in Order was Completed... not repeated perpetually... but He Gives us Rest from Bondage on a continual basis. so He wants us to work six days and rest on the seventh.
Oh Yes! PLEASE feel free to offer Correction of any ERRORS... I use Scripture, my trust in His Singular Spirit, common sense, help from brothers and sisters in Ha-MaShIaCh and practical application to Prove the Truth of Scriptural lunar ShaBaTOT.
I have scoured the web and found many heartfelt but ill-founded arguments against its Application... I also continuously check and recheck to make sure this information is correct. Which I am about to undertake again to consider one mans argument that the New Moon is actually the Full Moon. It is Not.
Sincere people hold on to long held beliefs -and will feel threatened- this is only natural.
So they tend to lash out at truth-bearers. -Please don't blaspheme IaHUeH's Spirit of Truth in the process.
I don't want to sound like bragging but The Word of IaHUeH in Scripture -this page and its links (Weeks and Evidence) blow them all out of the water!
So don't just send links to those.. on the other hand if we can help your understanding by answering questions concerning those arguments Please don't hesitate to email. You also might want to send them a link to this page.
But Please don't take my word for it... Check for Yourself! SetApart Scripture will Prove. For clearly this is an issue that IaHUeH wants us to be Certain about!
Here is a free study tool called Davar3 it is an .iso file that can be burned to a cd with imgburn and run from the disk even or installed to your hard drive. A large file 320MB but Excellent a complete study tool and like I say FreeWare for non commercial and of course if you like it you can make Donations to to them via paypal or visit the site at http://www.davar3.net/
Here is the file davar3_iso.zip I want you to be able to search and check for yourself.. no excuses. and I am sure you will want to check this nifty Paleo Hebrew interlinear. is less than 4MB
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A PROCLAMATION!
Here are some embarrassing objections
And some with more intellegence
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. -Paul 1 Corinthians 10:12
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Our discoveries began with: Israel's Calendar By: Voy Wilks7/1/88
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You will find that we certainly don't agree on every point but our agreements are Strong enough to take notice. With Help from IaHUeH we will be able to See the source of Error.
Yes we did find the source: it is relying on old Fables Rather than The Word of IaHUeH in Scripture; and so stubbornly trying to prove them true. Scripture only tells us Full Moon on PeSaCh the 14th and 15th of month.. Which Month starts at ChoDeSh. There is no mention of Crescent moon watch.
Most folk will start the day after first crescent sighting some start on day of conjunction some on the day after conjunction even others will start on the full moon. So you will find that this month for instance there are at least 4 different days per week claiming to be the "Real Lunar Sabbath". No wonder people call us Lunatics!
Yes They WILL Argue Endlessly and Say Prove it From Scripture..
Then they Ignore the Proof and Keep on Arguing!
In Genesis on Page one is All about Setting to Order and Very Clear Distinctions and Divisions...
Day Four The Sun and Moon are Appointed as signs for the MO'eDIM (Our Appointments) and days and Years
Psalm 81:3 Tells us Full Moon on PeSaCh 14th/15th.
We see ShaBaTOT on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of the ChoDeSh or Month.
There IS only ONE WAY For this All to Fit together! The Moon is my Witness!
I have been going through this over and over again for more than five years now..
and on my Fifth year of Proving it by DOING IT.
There is no Other way that it Works Correctly.
All 29 days need to Start in the Same Lunation - ChoDeSh - Month.
And All 12 (or maybe 13) Months Need To Start In The SAME YEAR!
ChoDeSh Cycled Calendation Challenge
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Biblical Proof for the LUNAR Sabbath
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YEHOVAH God gives us specific instructions regarding which days of the year to set apart for rest and worship. We are not to add to or diminish from what He orders by inventing a calendar of our own and so changing Laws and Times of worship -- as spoken of by Daniel the Prophet (Daniel 7:25). Julius Caesar fulfilled this prophecy when he threw the moon right out of the calendar. The evidence provided in this article will prove the true weekly seventh-day Sabbath of the Bible was always observed on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days of the moon each month.
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The Bible teaches that ALL days are ordinary workdays unless YEHOVAH God deems them otherwise. With no adding to or taking away from the Bible, all days are ordinary days except the ones He designates as worship days. For example -- the Bible shows us that after six workdays we are to rest (see Genesis 2:2; Exodus 16:26; Exodus 20:8-11 and Leviticus 23:3).
Not only are we to rest on this day, but it is also a worship day -- a holy day set apart (sanctified) as an intermission from the previous workdays. Intermission or rest from what? The six ordinary workdays! The sun rises and sets on every day alike, but the moon tells us which ones are not ordinary days. These days are intermissions, and without the moon we would not know which days YEHOVAH God has chosen. The moon signals the days with its light -- as it increases and decreases.
In Ezekiel 46:1-3 we learn that the New Moon (first day of the month) is also an intermission day -- notice!
Thus says the LORD God: "The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of that gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the LORD on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.
Also, notice Isaiah 66:23 --
"And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD.
In Numbers 28:11-14 the offerings for the New Moon day are outlined by YEHOVAH God:
At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish; three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with oil, as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.
Then, in Numbers 10, a further part of the ritual for the New Moon days and the appointments is described --
Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the assembly and for directing the movement of the camps.... And when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance. The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations.... Also, in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God (verses 2, 7 and 8, 10).
The New Moon day of the seventh month (Tishri) is especially important to YEHOVAH God, and He ordained extra offerings for that day. Notice:
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets. You shall offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish. Their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs; also one kid of the goats as a sin offering, to make atonement for you; besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon , the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD (Numbers 29:1-6).
The fact that the New Moon day is a Sabbath rest is unequivocally stated by YEHOVAH God in Leviticus 23:24-24 -- take special note of this:
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a SABBATH REST, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.'
The ordinary New Moon days of the other months are also days of blowing trumpets so, these too, are Sabbath rests.
In this 7th month (Tishri), and on the 15th day of the moon, is an intermission (Sukkot or Tabernacles). Along with the 1st (New Moon), 8th (weekly Sabbath), 10th (Yom Kippur or Atonement), 22nd (weekly Sabbath and Shmini Atzeret) and 29th (weekly Sabbath), we are to assemble for worship. Leviticus 23:3 clearly teaches us that after six ordinary work days there will be a worship day.
Without question it is quite obvious that the New Moon is not one of the ordinary work days. YEHOVAH God wants us to work those six days, but we are admonished to rest after six work days which, in the 7th month, would be the 8th day of the moon. We are not forbidden to work on the 9th, but are commanded to rest and worship on the 10th with no food. After the 10th there is no commandment not to work on the 11th through 14th days of the moon -- except, of course, with man's calendar!
After the 10th has passed, we can eat and work on the 11th through the 14th -- but we are commanded to rest on the 15th. It is a worship day -- see Numbers 29:12.
Now we are not commanded to fast or worship the next six days (16th through the 21st), but we are ordered to dwell in booths seven days from the 15th to the 21st (Leviticus 23:40-43). We are then ordered to keep the 8th day counting from the 15th -- which is the 22nd (another worship day or Sabbath).
Counting on with YEHOVAH God's instructions, there is no Holy worship on the 23rd day through the 28th, but the pattern of rest and worship after six workdays would apply on the 29th -- unless, of course, you use man's Gregorian calendar of today.
The Bible plainly teaches that the New Moon is a worship day -- a day of no buying or selling, and NOT one of the ordinary workdays (Ezekiel 46:1; Isaiah 66:23 and Amos 8:5). After that, there is no commandment not to work on day 2 of the moon through day 7, but we must take an intermission on day 8 for worshiping YEHOVAH God because it is the seventh day or Sabbath from the 1st workday after the New Moon worship day. Then six more workdays, then rest and worship on the 15th, etc. This goes on year after year from one New Moon to another and one Sabbath to another.
To further prove the appointments (intermissions) are after six working days (not counting the New Moon), let's look at the following examples in the Bible --
EXODUS 16:
YEHOVAH God has left us clues in His holy word the Bible -- clues that we can easily piece together and learn HOW to determine YEHOVAH's Sabbath day! For the first clue, let's turn to the book of Exodus, chapter 16:
And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH after they departed from the land of Egypt. Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, WHETHER THEY WILL WALK IN MY LAW OR NOT" (New King James Version, verses 1-4).
These verses are much clearer in the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, which reads as follows --
And they departed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sina; and ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY, IN THE SECOND MONTH after their departure from the land of Egypt, all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger. And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them WHETHER THEY WILL WALK IN MY LAW OR NOT.
These verses bring out TWO main points, (1) the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron on THE 15TH DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH after leaving Egypt and, (2) YEHOVAH God was going to test the Israelites to see if they would WALK IN HIS LAW OR NOT. It is very interesting that Moses should mention THE EXACT DAY that the Israelites murmured against him and Aaron in the wilderness -- nowhere else in the narrative of the Israelites' wanderings from Egypt to the Promised Land is an exact date mentioned. This clearly indicates that this date was IMPORTANT TO YEHOVAH GOD and that He wanted the Israelites to remember it. Also, on this date He was going to teach the Israelites something very important -- to test them and see if they would obey Him or not. What was this important lesson?
Let's continue in Exodus 16 --
"And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be TWICE AS MUCH as they gather daily." Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord; for He hears your murmurings against the Lord. But what are we, that you murmur against us?"...Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, THE GLORY OF THE LORD APPEARED IN THE CLOUD. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, `At twilight [evening, after sunset] you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God. "' So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp ...(Verses 5-13).
This day -- the 15TH DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH -- was so important to YEHOVAH God that He appeared in the cloud before the Israelites and then caused thousands (maybe millions) of quail to be blown into the Israelites' camp "at twilight," i.e. after sunset of the 15th. WHY was this day so important to YEHOVAH God? Writes Herbert W. Armstrong: "I will show you that God was speaking to them [the children of Israel] on a SABBATH. It is evident that the Eternal first preached to men on the FIRST SABBATH. Adam was created on the sixth day of creation week. Evidently he was created in the late afternoon, since the creation of man was the last act of creation on that day. When the sun had set, immediately after Adam's creation, God preached to him, offering him the GIFT of eternal life (through the tree of life), and warning that the wages of sin is DEATH (Gen. 2:15-17).
"And here God is again preaching to Israel, through Moses, ON THE SABBATH" (Which Day Is the Christian Sabbath, pp. 30-31).
Now let's continue with the narrative in Exodus 16: "...and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground. So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, 'What is it?' For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, 'This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat'...So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted. And so it was on THE SIXTH DAY, that they gathered TWICE AS MUCH BREAD, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. Then he said to them, 'This is what the Lord has said: "TOMORROW IS A SABBATH REST, A HOLY SABBATH TO THE LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning!"' So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. Then Moses said, 'Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. SIX DAYS YOU SHALL GATHER IT, but on the SEVENTH DAY, which is THE SABBATH, there will be none.'
"Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And the Lord said to Moses, 'How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.' So the people rested on the seventh day" (verses 13-30).
Starting on the 16th day of the month, YEHOVAH God provided food for the Israelites then, on the seventh day after the 15th, He did not provide any manna -- thereby showing that this day (the 22nd day of the month) was a Sabbath. Obviously, if the 15th was seven days before the 22nd, it too was a Sabbath day! This Herbert Armstrong clearly understood. We can see here that YEHOVAH was setting up His weekly Sabbath cycle for the Israelites. If the 15th and the 22nd were Sabbath days, then the 8th and the 29th of the month were also Sabbaths! So here we see a pattern -- 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th. What significance do these dates have? Just this -- THEY CORRESPOND TO THE PHASES OF THE MOON!! YEHOVAH God was showing the Israelites that His Sabbath days were to fall on the days corresponding to the moon's phases, thus showing that the weekly Sabbaths were to be kept by THE SAME CALENDAR or reckoning used to determine the annual Sabbaths or feast days!
I ask you, WHY would YEHOVAH God complicate the Israelites' lives by having them keep two calendars or reckonings -- one for the weekly Sabbath and one for the annual holy days? This makes no sense whatsoever! YEHOVAH God set up ONE calendar for ALL of His days -- not two!
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EXODUS 40:12-15:
Aaron and his sons were sanctified for seven days (Leviticus 8:33) which began on a New Moon (Exodus 40:2) -- and on the 8th day was an assembly (Moed) of the congregation. The point we should notice is that during these seven days they were not to go out the door of the tabernacle for seven days, day and night -- see Leviticus 8:34-35.
No calendar Sabbath would disrupt these seven days of consecration because it was from the New Moon till the 7th day of the moon -- and after the six workdays they assembled the congregation. Why did they assemble the congregation? To observe the 7th day Sabbath which fell on the 8th day of the moon!
In Exodus 40:2 YEHOVAH God spoke to Moses saying: "On the FIRST DAY [New Moon] of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting." Then, in Exodus 40:12-15, Moses was commanded to anoint Aaron and his sons and dress them in Holy garments; and Verse 17 says: "And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was raised up." The rest of the chapter explains what was placed in the tabernacle, and Leviticus 1:1 says that YEHOVAH God called to Moses from out of the tabernacle and instructed him further. Now, this is still on the New Moon. We must remember that the Bible is broken up by man into chapters, verses and books when quite often the train of thought continues on.
In Chapter 8:3 of Leviticus Moses is instructed to gather the congregation (still on the New Moon day) and in verses 6-13 Moses brings Aaron and his sons and puts the Holy garments on them and anoints the tabernacle -- along with Aaron and his sons -- as YEHOVAH God commanded. Then, in verse 33, they are commanded NOT TO GO OUT OF THE TABERNACLE FOR SEVEN DAYS. But, on the 8th day (Sabbath) YEHOVAH God appears to them: "It came to pass on the EIGHTH DAY that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel....And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the LORD [Shekinah] appeared to all the people, and the fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar...(Leviticus 9:1 and 9:23-24). This clearly places the weekly Sabbaths on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th!
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LEVITICUS 14:1-10:
In Leviticus 14, verses 1 through 10, we learn about the law of the leper --
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: This shall be the ritual for a leper at the time that he has to be cleansed. When it has been reported to the priest, the priest shall go outside the camp. If the priest sees that the leper has been healed of his scaly affection, the priest shall order two live clean birds, cedar wood, crimson stuff, and hyssop to be brought for him who is to be cleansed .... The one to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water; then he shall be clean. After that he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent seven days. On the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair -- of head, beard, and eyebrows. When he has shaved off all his hair, he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; then he shall be clean. On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish, three-tenths of a measure of choice flour with oil mixed in for a meal offering, and one log of oil. These shall be presented before the LORD, with the man to be cleansed, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, by the priest who performs the cleansing.
The point here is that if the seven-day count began on any other day except an intermission day the leper would sometimes have to do his laundry on a Sabbath -- which was absolutely forbidden by YEHOVAH's law.
The reason this 7th day is not a Sabbath is because (1) he couldn't wash his clothes, etc. on the Sabbath, and (2) because it is not the 8th day from when he showed himself to the Priest on the Sabbath, and (3) it is not the 7th day after six workdays. Therefore, this 7th day was actually the sixth workday.
In the Bible the 8th day is many times synonymous with the weekly Sabbath. Notice John 7:22-23:
Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), AND YOU CIRCUMCISE A MAN ON THE SABBATH. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
Now notice what Acts 7, verse 8 says --
Then He [YEHOVAH God] gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac AND CIRCUMCISED HIM ON THE EIGHTH DAY; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
What better day to enter this covenant than on the Sabbath day? The Sabbath and the 8th day are synonymous. If the 8th day is the Sabbath, then the 15th, 22nd and 29th are also Sabbath days!
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II CHRONICLES 7:8:
In II Chronicles 7:7-8 we read the following:
Solomon consecrated the center of the court in front of the House of the LORD .... At that time Solomon kept the Feast for seven days -- all Israel with him -- a great assemblage from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. On the EIGHTH DAY they held a solemn gathering; they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the Feast seven days. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their homes, rejoicing and in good spirits over the goodness that the LORD had shown to David and Solomon and His people Israel.
When the Temple was dedicated it always began on an intermission or Sabbath -- just like the sanctification of Aaron and his sons.
The example in II Chronicles 7:7-8 shows that Solomon kept the dedication of the altar for seven days (8th through 14th day of the moon) and then the Feast of Tabernacles for the next seven days (15th through the 21st day of the moon); and in the 8th day (22nd day of the moon) they made a solemn assembly. On the 23rd he sent the people away. Why is the 22nd day of the moon called the 8th day? Because it was 8 days from the previous Sabbath! We have already seen that the New Testament (John 7:22-23 and Acts 7:8) calls the 8th day the Sabbath.
From the New Moon to the 8th day (Sabbath) we have 8 days; from the 8th day to the 15th day (Sabbath plus first day of Tabernacles) we have another 8 days; and from the 15th day to the 22nd day (Sabbath plus Shmini Atzeret) we another 8 days. The next Sabbath or intermission from here is the 29th. There are 4 weekly Sabbaths in each moon.
When you count from Sabbath to Sabbath there are 8 days --just like in Isaiah 66:23 where you have "from one New Moon to another" and "from one Sabbath to another" (8 days apart).This proves that Solomon kept the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days of the moon as Sabbaths and never counted the New Moon as one of the six workdays.
If the 8th day wasn't a Sabbath from the last Sabbath, then a leper or someone under a Nazirite vow, would have to wash his clothes and shave his body on a weekly Sabbath -- which was forbidden. Cleansing took place from Sabbath to Sabbath. Remember that the Sabbath that ends a week also begins a new week on a 8 day count. You would observe a Sabbath then work six days and rest on the 7th day which will always be on the 8th day from the last intermission day or Sabbath for worship. Sabbaths are recorded from Sabbath to Sabbath in the Bible. Ezekiel 46:1 and Isaiah 66:23 show that the gates to the Temple were to be shut the six working days and open on Sabbaths and the Day of the New Moon . You have the New Moon day with the Temple gates open, then the six working days (2nd day to 7th day of the moon) with the gates closed. Then you rest on the 7th day which is the 8th day (gates open) from the New Moon, work another six days (9th to the 14th) and rest on the 7th which is the 8th day again (from the last Sabbath) and is the 15th day of the moon. Then 8 days from this is the 22nd day of the moon and another Sabbath, etc.
ESTHER 9:
In the ninth chapter of Esther we find further proof that the 15th day of the moon was kept as a rest day. Notice!
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king's command and his decree to be executed....Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them .... And the Jews who were in Shushan gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder .... But the Jews who were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth day; and on the fifteenth day of the month they RESTED, and made it a day of feasting and gladness (Verses 1, 5, 15 and 18)
Notice in this chapter that the 13th and the 14th were the days they got the victories, while the 15th was the day they rested. Clearly, therefore, they were keeping the Sabbath on the 15th day of the moon. This being the case, they would also be keeping it on the 8th, 22nd and 29th! At this time they decided to keep the 14th, along with the 15th, every 12th moon (month) to commemorate receiving rest from their enemies (Esther 9:22).
Since the Jews were commanded to remember the 15th day and keep it Holy in remembrance of YEHOVAH God who, with a mighty hand, gave them rest from their enemies, do you think they would count one through fifteen over and over again to remember the 15th? Or would they continue to use the only calendar the Bible speaks of -- the Heavenly lights? YEHOVAH God commanded the Israelites to remember the Sabbath day because He brought them out of bondage in Egypt with a mighty hand, and it was the 15th when He gave them an intermission or Sabbath day.
Notice Deuteronomy 5:15 --
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe THE SABBATH DAY.
Then, in Numbers 33:3, we read:
They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. It was on the morrow of the Passover offering that the Israelites started out defiantly, in plain view of all the Egyptians.
Here YEHOVAH God equates the 15th day of the first month with the Sabbath! Also, He calls it "the morrow of the Passover offering" -- indicating that the weekly Sabbath AND the first day of Passover fall on the same day! Now if the Sabbath was on the 15th day of the 1st moon (month) when they were delivered from Egypt -- and also on the 15th day of the 2nd moon (month) -- it would be impossible to use the Roman Calendar count of 1 through 7 (and counting the New Moon as one of the six work days) and have the weekly Sabbath fall on the 15th day two moons or months in a row! Not only that, but it is apparent that Exodus 19:1 and 2 teaches that the Sabbath was also on the 15th in the 3rd month --
On the third new moon, after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of Sinai. Having journeyed from Rephidim, they entered the wilderness of Sinai and encamped in the wilderness. Israel encamped there in front of the mountain...
This makes THREE months in a row that the Sabbath was on the 15th -- which further increases (if that were possible) the impossibility of this happening with the Roman Calendar!
JOSHUA 5:10-12:
In comparing Joshua 5:10-12 with Leviticus 23:10-11, 14 we find further confirmation that the weekly Sabbath falls on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of each month (moon) -- notice:
And the children of Israel kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain. And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and NEW CORN. In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna; and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year (Joshua 5:10-12, Septuagint).
When ye shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then ye shall bring a sheaf, the first-fruits of your harvest, to the priest; and he shall lift up the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the morrow of the first day [of Unleavened Bread] the priest shall lift it up....And ye shall not eat bread, or THE NEW PARCHED CORN, until this same day, until ye offer the sacrifices to your God: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings (Leviticus 23:10-11, 14, Septuagint).
In Leviticus 23:10 it states that when the Israelites came into the land they were to wave the sheaf of the first-fruits on the morrow after the Sabbath, and verse 15 says that they were to begin a count on the morrow after they brought the sheaf to the priest to be offered and verse 14 says they could not eat new parched corn etc. until the SAME DAY they brought the offering. Now both Josephus and Philo agree that this would always be on the 16th of the moon (the morrow after the Sabbath on the 15th) when the priest would wave the sheaf -- and they lived during the time the Priesthood was still active. This indubitably means the Sabbath will always be on the 15th every year -- and the only way this can happen is to count the Sabbaths by the moon. It also proves that the Sabbath in the first month or moon each year will be on the 15th without fail, which is absolutely impossible to happen on the Roman calendar count.
Now in Joshua 5:11 we saw that when the Israelites came into the land they did exactly what YEHOVAH God told them. They kept the Passover on the 14th day at even (night, that begins the 15th) and verse 10 states that they ate PARCHED (NEW) CORN etc. on the morrow after the Passover (next day) which would be the 16th, and proves, once again, that the 15th was the Sabbath and the 16th was the morrow after -- as the two historians who watched the Priest doing it this way confirm. And the manna ceased on the same morrow or day (the 16th) after 40 years . It had begun 40 years earlier on the 16th, as we have already seen in the 16th chapter of Exodus.
Some misguided individuals try to say that the 14th was the Sabbath in Joshua chapter 5, but if that were so then counting backward we would come to the 7th of the moon that would also be a Sabbath. However, in Joshua 1:11 Joshua instructs the officers to pass through the camp and command the people to prepare food because in three days they would pass over the Jordan River -- notice:
Go through the camp and charge the people, thus: Get provisions ready, for in three days' time you are to cross the Jordan, in order to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you as a possession.
Now this had to be the 7th day of the moon because they passed over the Jordan on the 10th day of the moon -- "The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho" (Joshua 4:19). They would not command the people to prepare food on the Sabbath -- which proves the 7th day was not the Sabbath and, therefore, the 14th was not either. The 8th day was the Sabbath, then the 15th. You can easily mathematically prove the 14th was not a Sabbath by counting 1-7 from the pinpointed Sabbath we discussed in the 16th chapter of Exodus and you will find that the 14th was not the Sabbath at the end of 40 years.
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JOHN 5:
In John 5:1 we read that "after this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem." All the commentaries and Bible notes explain that this was the first day of the Passover season, i.e. the 15th day of the moon. Now, in verses 2 through 8 we continue --
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed ...Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"...Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk."
Now this occurred on the same day -- the first day of Unleavened Bread (the 15th). The very next verse (9) explains that this day was also the weekly Sabbath! Notice!
And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. AND THAT DAY WAS THE SABBATH.
The Greek word here for "Sabbath" is Sabbaton -- which means the weekly Sabbath or rest day. So the Sabbath in verse 9 is the same day as the Feast in verse 1 -- showing once again that the weekly Sabbath falls on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of the moon. It also shows that they did not count the New Moon day as one of the six workdays.
JOHN 9:14:
In the Book of John we find more conclusive evidence showing that the Messiah kept the weekly Sabbath on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days of the moon or month. Starting in John 7:2 we read that "the Jews Feast of Tabernacles was at hand." Moving down to verse 10 we learn that "when his [Yeshua's] brothers had gone up [to Jerusalem for the Feast], then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret." Then, on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles (the 21st), "Jesus stood and cried out, saying, `If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink"' (John 9:37).
John 8:1 tells us that right after this (on the same day -- 21st) "Jesus went to the Mount of Olives" but "early in the morning (the next day -- the 22nd) he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he sat down and taught them" (verse 2). So the Messiah came again into the Temple on the 22nd day of the moon -- which in this month was Shmini Atzeret. Verse 59 indicates that after the Jews became upset with him and tried to stone him "he hid himself and went out of the Temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by." Now Chapter 9, verse 1, continues by relating that "as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth." Taking pity on the man, the Messiah "spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay" (verse 6) who, in verse 7, was able to see for the first time.
Now, what day did this occur on? We already know it was the 22nd day of the moon and also Shmini Atzeret -- but what else was it? Notice! "NOW IT WAS A SABBATH when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes" (verse 14). Once again, the word for "Sabbath" in this verse is Sabbaton -- meaning the weekly Sabbath. This is further confirmed in verse 16 where some of the Pharisees said "this man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." Same word, same meaning. Clearly, the Sabbath in this week fell on the 22nd, which means the other Sabbaths of the month fell on the 8th, 15th and 29th! And Yeshua the Messiah kept these days as his custom was.
How can we fail to see that these Sabbaths are always on the set days of the moon? And here again, the Messiah was keeping the Heavenly Sabbaths that were created by the Heavenly calendar -- not mans'. The Sabbath here was on the 22nd, which means the Sabbath also fell on the 8th, 15th and 29th days of this month -- as in all other months!
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JOHN 19:31:
Let's first go to Mark 15:42 in the Jewish New Testament --
Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before a SHABBAT), as evening approached, Yosef of Ramatayim, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who himself was also looking forward to the Kingdom of God went boldly to Pilate and asked for Yeshua's body.
In a footnote this New Testament remarks "Shab.bat -- the Sabbath," implying a weekly Sabbath. In Luke 23:54, narrating the same time period, we find: "It was Preparation Day, and a SHABBAT was about to begin." Once again, the footnote to this verse says "Shab.bat -- the Sabbath" -- also implying the weekly Sabbath. Now, if we drop down to Luke 23:56 we read -- "On SHABBAT the women rested, IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDMENT." What "commandment" is this? The FOURTH COMMANDMENT of course! In reference to this verse the Jewish New Testament Commentary makes this clarifying statement: "It is sometimes claimed that the New Testament says nothing about keeping the fourth commandment. This verse contradicts that claim, so it is important for a Jewish understanding of the New Testament. On Shabbat the Women rested, in obedience to the fourth commandment (Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15; also Exodus 16). Of course they did! They observed Shabbat every week" (by David H. Stern. P. 150). Obviously, the WEEKLY SABBATH is the focus of verses 54 and 56.
Now that we have established the weekly Sabbath is the focus of these verses, let's go to John 19:31 in the Jewish New Testament and read what the apostle John has to say: "It was the Preparation Day, and the Judeans did not want the bodies to remain on the stake on SHABBAT, since it was an especially important Shabbat." The New King James version makes it clearer: "Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the [weekly] Sabbath (FOR THAT [WEEKLY] SABBATH WAS A HIGH DAY)." What "high day" was this? My Bible references it to Exodus 12:16 -- the first holy day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread! Therefore -- and notice this -- we have here TWO SABBATHS ON THE SAME DAY -- THE WEEKLY SABBATH AND THE FIRST HIGH OR HOLY DAY OF THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. This is EXACTLY what we would expect if the Jews of the Messiah's time were keeping the weeks according to the lunar cycle! This particular day was Nisan 15 and, according to the lunar reckoning, was ALWAYS a weekly Sabbath and a high day!
During the Crucifixion week the weekly Sabbath is on the 15th of Nisan. A simple backward count tells us that the 1st work day is the 2nd day of the moon -- and proves once again that the New Moon was NOT counted as one of the six work days, and also places the weekly Sabbaths on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days of the moon. If Yeshua the Messiah had not been killed on the 14th, he would have kept the Sabbath on the 15th as his custom was.
If we go to Matthew 28:1 we read: "After the Sabbath, when it was growing light on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the grave" (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures). At first glance there appears to be nothing unusual about this verse. However, if we consult the original Greek, we find a remarkable corroboration of the double Sabbath -- the word "Sabbath" is in the PLURAL! Therefore, this verse should read (in English) -- "After the Sabbaths [plural], when it was growing light on the first day of the week..." Also, the phrase "when it was growing light on the first day of the week" is translated from the original Greek, which literally says "to the [day] lighting up into one [first] of Sabbaths" -- notice the plural form once again.
The same thing is found in Mark 16:2 where the Greek literally says: "And exceedingly early to the one [first] [day] of the Sabbaths they are coming upon the memorial tomb..." which in English usage reads "And very early on the first day of the week they came to the memorial tomb..." (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures).
The word "Sabbath" is also in the plural in Luke 24:1 and John 20:1, showing that this particularly weekly Sabbath was also a high day.
In case you think this is a coincidence, there are numerous other places in the gospels that refer to a double Sabbath day. At the beginning of his ministry, right after the forty days in the wilderness, Yeshua went to his home town of Nazareth where he entered the local synagogue on the Sabbath day and began to read. Notice! "So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read" (Luke 4:16, New King James Version). If you check the Greek for this verse you will find the word "Sabbath" is in the PLURAL once again -- indicating a DOUBLE SABBATH, i.e. weekly Sabbath and a festival high day. Here's the literal translation from the Greek: "And he came into Nazareth, where he was having been reared, and he went in according to the custom to him IN THE DAY OF THE SABBATHS into the synagogue, and he stood up to read" (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures).
Some people have tried to say that this was Pentecost (Feast of "Weeks") but the time frame is all wrong. Not only that, but in other parts of the New Testament the word "Pentecost" is used for this day -- see Acts 2:1, 20:16 and I Corinthians 16:8. Since this incident is right after the 40 days in the desert (this is where the idea of the 40 days of Lent comes from) this particular weekly Sabbath is the first high day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, that is, Nisan 15. The very passage the Messiah read from Isaiah 49 indicates it was the Passover season.
Later the Messiah went down to Capernaum where, once again as his custom was, he entered the local synagogue and began to teach: "And they went their way into Capernaum. No sooner was it the Sabbath than he entered into the synagogue and began to teach" (Mark 1:21.). Again, the original Greek shows the word "Sabbath" to be in the PLURAL, indicating another double Sabbath. Note the literal translation from the Greek: "And they are entering into Capernaum. And at once to the SABBATHS having entered into the synagogue he was teaching" (ibid.). This evidently took place on the high day of a festival season -- another double Sabbath -- showing again that the Jews of the Messiah's day were keeping the weekly Sabbaths according to the lunar calendar or reckoning.
The next mention of a Sabbath in the book of Luke comes at Luke 6:1. Here the word "Sabbath" is in the SINGULAR, indicating a regular weekly Sabbath.
Many unscrupulous ministers (some of the Church of God ilk) try to create a weekly Sabbath on the 17th day of the moon during the crucifixion week -- and try to say the 15th was a yearly Sabbath only. But if that were so, the 10th day of the moon would also have to be a Sabbath. The Bible proves this to be totally false in John 12:1: "Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was..." This would place Yeshua's arrival in Bethany on the 9th day of the moon; and verse 12 says that on the next day (the 10th) he went to Jerusalem. Notice: "The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him..." The 10th day of the month of Nisan was the day when the Passover lamb was to be selected -- read Exodus 12:3 through 6. This was a very busy day and definitely NOT the Sabbath!
The very actions of the Messiah and the crowds on this day would have violated the Sabbath -- if it was indeed the Sabbath:
#1) The Messiah would have broken YEHOVAH's law by riding the ass and causing it to work if the 10th was a Sabbath.
#2) The crowds were cutting tree limbs, etc., but most of all they were buying and selling on that day. Also, Yeshua entered the Temple and healed a man on the 10th, without the Pharisees accusing him of breaking the Sabbath.
This all proves that the 10th was NOT a weekly Sabbath -- and therefore the 17th could not have been a Sabbath either. You can prove this by simply reading Matthew 21:2-15 and Luke 19:35-46.
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The apostle Paul was using YEHOVAH God's calendar after the crucifixion, and we find evidence of this in Acts chapter 20. Notice verses 5 through 7 --
These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas. But we sailed from Philippi after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days. On the first day of the week we came together to break bread.
They sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread (on the 22nd) and 5 days later (on the 26th) joined the others in Troas where they abode for 7 days. The 7th day was the 2nd day of the new month and Paul calls the second day of the moon the 1st day of the week. That makes the 1st day of the new month the day of the New Moon -- which we already know to be a worship day in which no work is done.
Counting the 26th as the first day of their stay in Troas, we count the 27th as the second, the 28th as the third, the 29th as the fourth, the 30th as the fifth, the 1st or New Moon as the sixth day of the stay, and the 2nd day of the moon as the seventh day of Paul's stay at Troas. Verse 7 of Acts 20 calls this second day of the moon the first day of the week because they only stayed seven days. The seventh day of their stay fell on the first day of the week, and the second day of the month, or moon, is always the first work day of the week, following the New Moon day. If the 2nd day of the moon was the first work day of the week, that clearly proves that Paul kept the weekly Sabbath on the 8th day of the moon -- along with the 15th, 22nd and 29th! Won't you follow him as he followed the Messiah?
The apostle Paul was remembering the true Sabbath day to keep it Holy. By counting six work days after the New Moon day -- and then rest the seventh day after the six work days according to the commandment -- it will always fall on the 8th day from the New Moon, as it was in the beginning in Genesis 1. YEHOVAH God rested the seventh day, or after the six work days, but it was the 8th day from the beginning. This is because YEHOVAH created the Heavens and the Earth before He worked on them on the 1st work day.
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In this example concerning the second month of YEHOVAH's calendar, the weekly Sabbaths fell on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days of the month. The apostle Paul was remembering the true Sabbath to keep it Holy. By counting six work days after the New Moon day and then resting the seventh day after the six work days (according to YEHOVAH's commandment) it will always be on the 8th day from the New Moon. The main thing to remember is that the New Moon is not one of the six work days, and from the examples we have seen in the Bible it was never intended to be counted as one. After the beginning or New Moon, the first work day begins, and the 7th day will ALWAYS be the 8th day from the beginning.
Every place in the Bible where Sabbaths and New Moons are indicated, the 2nd day of the moon or month is always the 1st work day, and the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days of the month are Sabbaths WITHOUT EXCEPTION! It will be so in the New Heaven and the New Earth states the prophet Isaiah --
"For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD, "so shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD (Isaiah 66:22-23).
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Biblical months are based on the moon, and they begin at the first appearance of the visible crescent new moon. Our word month even derives from the word moon, moon(th). But a surprising doctrine is taking hold among a few contending that the weekly Sabbath is also set by the new moon each month. It teaches that the weekly Sabbath day floats all over the week.
Once you recover from your utter disbelief at first hearing such a teaching, you entertain the possibility of trying to fit this lunar sabbath notion into Scripture. You quickly realize that no matter how you try to coax it, twist it or force it, establishing the weekly Sabbath by this method is impossible. It does violence both to historical fact and to Yahweh’s clear commands
Here is how the scheme works:
The new moon is considered like a sabbath -- a day of no work. Every month begins with a new moon. The first work day is the second day of the count followed by 5 more work days. That gets you through the 7th day of the month (new moon day plus 6 work days). The 8th day of the month is also the first weekly Sabbath of the month. Six more days of work gets you to the 15th as the next weekly Sabbath. Six more days of work and you come to the 3rd weekly Sabbath on the 22nd. Six more work days gets you to the 29th of the month, which is the last weekly Sabbath in the month. Then comes the next new moon, which is a not a work day but is a sabbath, but not a weekly Sabbath. Thus the weekly Sabbaths will always land on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th days of month. Some months will end with the weekly Sabbath on the 29th followed by the new moon Sabbath the next day. More often, months will have an extra day or two between the last Sabbath and the next new moon day. Therefore you often have two or three Sabbaths or “non-work days” in a row before the new month begins.
As we will show, the new moon is not a day of rest or a sabbath. In addition, the word week derives from a Hebrew word meaning “sevened” (sheb-u-wah). It is connected to a sequence of sevens, not to the new moon and not to more than seven. It begins with day one and ends with the seventh day, not the eighth day. Neither is “Sabbath” in any way linked etymologically to the word moon.
Falling on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th day of each lunar month initiated by the new moon means the Sabbath would also fall about the time of the new moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter. Most lunar sabbatarians do not consider the new moon day to be a day of the week, but rather a day of “no regular work.” The first day of the actual week for them comes on the second day of the lunar month, making the eighth day the first weekly Sabbath and not the seventh as Yahweh commands.
But dissension exists in the lunarian ranks because some lunar sabbatarians believe that the weekly Sabbath falls on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th days of the month.
Such details aside, the general thrust of this theory is that just by looking at the moon you are supposed to be able to tell when the weekly Sabbath occurs, always falling on specific lunar phases. That is the main point for this doctrine--to produce a heavenly marker to determine when the Sabbath occurs, instead of associating the Sabbath with Yahweh’s own example of rest as we are commanded, Exodus 20:11, 31:17. We will show the fallacy of the heavenly marker notion momentarily.
The scheme also means that the Sabbath floats around and can land on any day of the week each month. If the new moon falls on a Tuesday, the Sabbath will be on succeeding Tuesdays of that month. Then it will flip to another day of the week the next month when the Sabbath is “re-set” by the appearance of the new moon.
Consider the logistical nightmare for a moment. If you as a lunar sabbath follower have a regular job or are responsibly self-employed, you are continually taking off work to observe the Sabbath on different days of the week depending on the moon. Does Yahweh require playing musical chairs with the Sabbath and make earning a living nearly untenable for the vast majority of believers? Hardly. He is an Elohim of order and consistency, not confusion (1Corinthians 14:40, Malachi 3:6).
Many more difficulties than this, however, are presented by the lunar sabbath doctrine. As noted, when the end of the month comes it will typically have an extra day or two left over before the next new moon arrives. That’s because the month is 29.5 days from new moon to new moon and not four sevens (28 days). These extra days don’t fit in anywhere. The Scriptures nowhere recognize them or address them. So what do you do with these leftover days?
Many lunar sabbatarians just ignore them. Others keep them as Sabbaths, meaning they observe an additional sabbath or two or three in a row. Try explaining that to your employer, or to Yahweh for that matter. The Fourth Commandment says to work six days and rest the seventh, which is the Sabbath, not Sabbaths. Scripture nowhere allows for or addresses multiple consecutive Sabbaths. No day can be added in and none can be ignored. All days must fit into the Fourth Commandment command of work for 6, rest the 7th.
Nothing in Yahweh’s Word says the moon has anything to do with the weekly Sabbath. Regardless, there are Herculean efforts to force the lunar sabbath teaching into the Scriptures. Some lunar proponents also say that the seventh-day Saturday Sabbath is pagan, and that even the universal weekly cycle is pagan in origin. They have a problem with the Sabbath falling on Saturn’s day (Saturday) but apparently have no issue at all when it falls on Sun’s Day, Moon’s Day, Tiw’s day, Woden’s Day, Thor’s Day or Frei’s Day (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday—all honoring heathen deities). Which came first, Saturn’s-day or the seventh day? Man’s spin is irrelevant.
As with every teaching, to be true it must stand up to the scrutiny of the unadulterated Word of Yahweh. If not, it’s bogus. In that case we abandon the teaching.
Genesis 1:14: A Generic Proof Text
Genesis 1:14 is often cited to support a smorgasbord of calendar teachings, including a sunrise Sabbath doctrine and a solar-based, calculated calendar. Not to be left out, the lunar sabbatarians also seize on this Scripture as the preeminent proof for their doctrine. Because the passage is so general in its wording it can be applied to any number of anomalous teachings—a one-size-fits-all scripture.
Here is Genesis 1:14: “And Elohim 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: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also. And Elohim set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and Elohim saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”
Most lunar sabbatarians will make the following assumptions from this verse:
- only the “lights in the heavens” determine the Sabbath, and
- to determine the monthly cycle of Sabbaths requires the use of both heavenly lights—the sun and the moon.
In truth, what the passage does specifically tell us is that the sun is to mark the day and the moon is to rule the night and that Yahweh set the sun and moon in their orbits on the fourth day of creation. That is the end of the specifics. Asked how this passage directly links the moon with the Sabbath, the lunar sabbatarian begins a game of dodge ball. He must do that because nothing in this pericope links the moon and its phases directly to the weekly Sabbath. Incidentally, what role the stars play the lunar sabbatarian does not explain, giving only a selective interpretation to the passage.
Attempts at a Sabbath in the Sky
Lunar Sabbath proponents believe that the moon must be used to identify the Sabbath because the seventh-day Sabbath rhythm is not otherwise evident in nature. That is not entirely true. Science is finding a continuous, rhythmic, seven-day behavioral cycle built into both the plant and animal kingdoms. Even humans need a regular rest every seven days to maintain good physical and mental health.
Not even seasoned astronomers can simply look at just the moon’s phases and distinguish one day from another with 100 percent accuracy every time. Quarter phases can be confusing in their closeness. Because of such close resemblances in the moon’s appearance the average person would need technical training to determine the Sabbath. He would also need a lot of clear skies during each of those critical phases in order to get the Sabbath right.
When it comes to the Full Moon it gets really uncertain, with three or four consecutive moons every month all appearing full. Which one do you choose as the Sabbath moon? Note this from scientists: “Although Full Moon occurs each month at a specific date and time, the Moon's disk may appear to be full for several nights in a row if it is clear. This is because the percentage of the Moon's disk that appears illuminated changes very slowly around the time of Full Moon. The Moon may appear 100% illuminated only on the night closest to the time of exact Full Moon, but on the night before and night after will appear 97-99% illuminated; most people would not notice the difference. Even two days from Full Moon the Moon's disk is 93-97% illuminated” (quotation from U.S. Naval Observatory).
But that’s not all. Every 2.7 years there are two full moons in a month, the second of which is known as the Blue Moon. So how would the average believer know when that will happen, not to mention decide which full moon is the correct one?
Now be honest: does Yahweh establish His weekly Sabbath amid all this uncertainty and confusion? He is not the author of confusion, 1Corinthins 14:33. Are His people supposed to be aware of and distinguish among all the anomalies and similarities in lunar appearances when they keep the day of rest? Do we need college degrees in astronomy to observe the right Sabbath holy? Does that sound like the design of a wise Creator who gives plain and simple laws for us to keep? What about David out tending his flocks in the field, did he know all of this? Or did he just need to know how to count to seven for the proper time to observe the Sabbath? Frankly, the lunar Sabbath scheme appears like the shenanigans of mythical Greek deities trying to frustrate their human subjects just for the fun of it.
The creation account in Genesis 2 plainly teaches that the weekly Sabbath cycle was not based on the heavenly luminaries but simply on the seven days in the original creation week put in perpetual motion by Yahweh:
“And on the seventh day Elohim ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And Elohim blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Elohim created and made” (Gen. 2:2-3). The reason the Sabbath is the Sabbath is not because of an association with the new moon and other lunar phases, but because Yahweh Himself blessed it and set it apart on the final day of creation week. No wonder He commands us to “remember” the Sabbath to keep it holy. We remember the original Sabbath He created by keeping it exactly as it has been passed down through the millennia. Man-made calendars may tweak the months, but the Sabbath continues in its cycle unchanged and unfazed by any calendar.
The Sabbath and its sequence in the week is the result of a direct action of Yahweh—originating entirely from His own personal rest on the seventh day. Because of His own activities the weekly Sabbath is directly tied to worship of Him following His own example. It is His day made for man. No wonder He says the Sabbath is the one sign identifying His people. “It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: [now notice the special link:] for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed,” Exodus 31:17.
Notice further that the “week” is not mentioned in Genesis 1:14. The reference is simply to “seasons” [moedim], “days,” and “years.” Clearly, Yahweh established the weekly cycle differently, basing it upon His own example of rest and not on what is seen or reasoned by man. Otherwise He would have included the word “weeks” in the list of things to be determined by the greater and lesser lights of Genesis 1:14. Yet He did not—not in Genesis or anywhere else.
“But seasons means appointed times and the Sabbath is an appointed time,” will be the argument. That is correct. But where does this passage or any other specifically link the new moon to the weekly Sabbath? Nowhere but in the imagination of the lunar sabbatarian.
Is the New Moon Day a Sabbath of Rest?
Some say the new moon was a day of rest because David was to meet with the king at his table on the new moon, 1Samuel 25. They also say that sacrifices were offered on the new moon, Ezekiel 46:6, just as they were commanded on the Sabbath.
When does a meal with a king constitute a weekly Sabbath? Wouldn’t a Sabbath be indicated by a meeting with a priest at the temple? Neither do sacrifices in themselves prove a Sabbath, because there were sacrifices commanded every day, Numbers 29:6 and Hebrews 7:27.
Was the new moon celebrated with rest in the same way as the Sabbath, as one branch of lunar sabbatarianism claims? If so, why does Yahweh command work on new moon days, and why do we find labor being done on new moon days?
Exodus 40:1, 2 and 17 reads: “And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation… And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.” (Read all of Exodus 40 to learn just how much work was done on the new moon day.)
If every new moon day is a Sabbath or a day of no work, why does Yahweh command Zerubbabel to gather wood and build the temple upon the first day of the month? (Haggai 1:1, 2, 8, 12).
If every new moon day is a Sabbath, why do we not find any command to rest upon it (with the exception of the Feast of Trumpets, which falls on the new moon of the 7th month)? Shouldn't we find it listed as a Sabbath among the appointed times of Leviticus 23? What explanation can be given to the fact that nowhere in Scripture is the command to cease from labor upon the new moon day, or upon the extra days that fall out each month?
Shabbat and Shabbatown: Different Kinds of Sabbath
Another contention by lunar sabbath proponents is that because the seven annual feast day Sabbaths are determined by counting from the new moon, so also should the weekly Sabbath be set by the moon because an annual Sabbath is no different from a weekly Sabbath.
Not so. The word used for the weekly Sabbath (in Hebrew) is “shabbat” (7676) while the word behind the feast day Sabbath is “shabbatown” (7677). High-day Sabbaths are different from the weekly Sabbath. From Exodus 12:16 we learn that on the high day Sabbaths of Unleavened Bread, for instance, some work to prepare food is allowed “so that all may eat.” No such leeway is given for the weekly Sabbath.
The weekly Sabbath is a memorial to Yahweh’s creative act and His subsequent rest. He did not create high day Sabbaths by resting on them. To say the weekly Sabbath changes every month according to the cycles of the moon is to make the memorial to the creative rest of Yahweh into a memorial to the moon.
More Problems Using Genesis 1:14
A key problem with the lunar sabbath doctrine is that events surrounding the creation of the moon in Genesis 1:14-16 did not take place until the 4th day. The week was more than half over by the time the moon was placed into orbit, so how can the moon establish the start of the week?
Never did Yahweh ever say He re-set the week after four creation days by utilizing the now-orbiting new moon. That is a critical piece of information we must have if we are to base Sabbath observance on the moon’s cycle as shown by Yahweh.
Attempting to be free of this difficulty, some lunar sabbatarians speculate that the moon was created in an advanced phase and that the Sabbath would be made to synchronize with it later on; others speculate that perhaps the moon was already in its orbit the first day of creation but was just hidden behind heavy mist. Or that Yahweh’s creation week and our week are different. To which we ask: where is the chapter and verse supporting these hypotheses? Genuine doctrine does not rest on supposes or maybes. There is not a shred of evidence in Scripture to support such assumptions.
Genesis 1 and 2 are crystal clear that Yahweh created the heavens and the earth in six days and then He rested on the seventh. Lunar sabbatarians ignore Yahweh’s rest on the seventh day and go solely with a Sabbath-setting lunar phase.
Mysterious Math
The count to the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost also reveals the error in the lunar sabbath teaching. Not only must there always be exactly seven days every week in every month of Yahweh’s calendar (by Fourth Commandment authority), but the count to Pentecost must also be seven complete weeks of seven days each, all adding up to exactly 49 days.
Yahweh commanded, “And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete,” Leviticus 23:15. Pentecost means 50th. It takes exactly 50 days to arrive at Pentecost—seven Sabbaths of precisely seven days each or 7 x 7 + 1 = 50. Partial weeks or extra days don’t compute.
Numbers 28:26 says the Feast of Firstfruits or Pentecost comes “after your weeks be out.” “Weeks” is the Hebrew shabua and literally means “sevened” not “lunared.” After your seven sevens are over and complete, then you observe the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost. The Bible, An American Translation by Goodspeed says, “…counting fifty days to the day following the seventh Sabbath, and then you shall present to Yahweh a grain-offering from the new crop.” The New English Bible says, “The day after the seventh Sabbath will make 50 days…”
You can’t have 7 Sabbaths totaling 51 or 52 days. Because you are spanning two months it is impossible to accomplish this as commanded when a new moon interferes with one of those weeks by adding extra days. You cannot get 7 Sabbaths to equal 49 days under the lunar sabbath scheme. This fact alone proves the lunar scheme bogus. One lunar sabbatarian claims that Pentecost is counted for seven weeks and then 50 days are added on top of that, making a combined 99 days. He has apparently never looked at the Hebrew behind the command.
We read in Leviticus 23:15-16: “And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering unto Yahweh.” In the phrase “unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath,” the word “unto” is the Hebrew ad and means against or until. Therefore the count goes all the way up to, until, the seventh Sabbath. And the numbered count totals 50 days, not an additional 50 days.
Consider how the manna was regularly provided each week. When Israel was in the wilderness Exodus plainly teaches that the manna fell for six days, with a double portion falling on the sixth day because none would fall on the seventh-day Sabbath. This went on continuously for 40 years, Exodus 16:35.
Nothing is said about a big interruption of this weekly manna cycle every fourth week by a couple of additional days at the end of the month when the new moon resets the week.
Nothing is said that Israel starved for a few days at the end of each month because of additional Sabbath days or “non-work” days added to the month. For those who count those extra days as non-days, did it mean that a quarter of the time Israel got not 6 but 7, 8 or 9 days of manna gathering? If so, where in the Word is it found?
To mention such a critically important lunar interruption in the 7-day week could not possibly have slipped Yahweh’s mind. It is inconceivable that He would not have warned Israel to prepare for it! After all, He warned them to be sure to gather extra on the sixth day to make up for none on the weekly Sabbath. So why did He not tell them also to gather extra manna the sixth day to eat on the seventh, eighth and possibly ninth day at month’s end? Obviously no lunar-added days ever existed.
This monthly lunar disruption is found nowhere in the Word because the Sabbath cycle that began in Genesis continued unabated. No additional, interpolated days ever interfered with it.
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New Testament Dynamites the Lunar Theory
When it comes to the proper Biblical calendar, we need go back no further in time than when our Savior walked this earth. Some proponents claim that the lunar sabbath was established in Genesis but was replaced by today’s continuous Sabbath cycle soon after the return of the Jews from Babylonian captivity. Thus, lunar sabbatarians would have us believe that the remnant who returned to the land of Israel were keeping a false sabbath.
This would have been front-page news! Yet, not one word in Scripture about it.
The Sabbath set in motion by Yahweh continued to be in effect down to the first century, when Yahshua came in the flesh. We know that He came as one "under the law," and that He never sinned (i.e., transgressed the law, 1Pet.2:22).We find Yahshua keeping the same Sabbath day holy as did His fellow Jews around Him (Matt 12:1-12; Mark 2:23-28; Mark 1:21; 3:1-4; 6:2; etc.). Yahshua never rebuked the Pharisees for keeping the wrong weekly sequence.
These Events in Yahshua’s Life Disprove Lunar Sabbaths
In John 7:37 it is recorded that on the "last great day" of the Feast of Tabernacles (a high Sabbath that always falls on the 22nd day of the month) Yahshua cried out, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink!" In chronological sequence, John 8:1-2 says, "Yahshua went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them." So now it’s the 23rd day of the month.
Chapter 9 is a continuation of the events of that same day when he heals a man of blindness. We are told that this was the weekly Sabbath, the 23rd of the month, verse 14. But lunar sabbatarians say the lunar sabbath falls on either the 21st or 22nd. Either scheme violates this provable 23rd day Sabbath. (See John 7:37-38; 8:1-2, and John 9:1-3, 14, 16.)
Another math meltdown for the lunar sabbath scheme comes with Passover, which falls on the 14th of the month of Abib. Yahshua was laid in the tomb at the end of Passover day the 14th, just before sunset when the 15th started. He rose three days later (Matt. 12:40), making it the end of the 17th of Abib. He came out of the tomb just before sunset the weekly Sabbath because the two Marys found the tomb already empty at “the end of the Sabbath,” Matthew 28:1. Lunar sabbatarians say that the Sabbath must fall either on the 14th or 15th, but here on the most important week in all of human history the weekly Sabbath falls on the 17th.
Having no other response, some lunar advocates take issue with Matthew 12:40, saying Yahshua’s words about being in the “heart of the earth” for three days and three nights does not mean in the tomb. Yahshua, however, directly compared it to Jonah’s being three days in the fish’s belly. And Jonah describes his experience this way: “And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto Yahweh, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell [sheol, grave] cried I, and thou heardest my voice. For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst [heart] of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me,” Jonah 2:2-3. “Midst” means to be enclosed (Hebrew labab). Jonah was encompassed about by water. Obviously Yahshua was enclosed by the tomb in the earth for three days just as Jonah was enclosed in the belly of the beast for three days.
Yahshua clinches it when He Himself “began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again,” Mark 8:31. See also John 2:19 and 21. Paul confirms it as well in 1Corinthians 15:3-4: “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that the Messiah died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” Even the chief priests and Pharisees testify to Yahshua’s statement that after three days He would rise again, Matthew 27:63.
Furthermore, those who contend that the 14th of each month is a Sabbath of rest and no commerce must explain why this 14th day of the month of Abib is called in the New Testament a “preparation day” (which is Passover day, the day of preparation for the high Sabbath and not a Sabbath itself). This 14th day is a day of work and commerce, not a day of rest. See Mark 15:42-46; Luke 23:53-54; John 13:29.
Those who believe a switch to the universal Sabbath cycle came after the time of the Messiah and who believe the Jews (including Yahshua) were still keeping lunar sabbaths must explain why both Scripture and subsequent history show the contrary.
Pagan Participation
Throughout history men have instituted their own calendars for determining time. The Assyrians and Babylonians set up a weekly cycle based upon the moon—somewhat like the lunar sabbatarians of today.
The Babylonian calendar was lunisolar with years consisting of 12 months. Counting from the new moon of every month, the Babylonians celebrated every seventh day as a "holy-day," also called an "evil day." On every seventh day offerings were made to a different deity. Merodach and Ishtar on the 7th, Nergal and Ninlil on the 14th, Shamash and Sin on the 21st, and Enki and Mah on the 28th. Tablets from the sixth-century BC reigns of Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses give validity to these dates. The Babylonian calendar had a lunation of 29 or 30 days, containing three seven-day weeks, and a final week of nine or ten days which ended the continuous seven-day cycle. The remarkable similarities with the Babylonian calendar give us great insight into the origin of this doctrine and its error.
Being idolators, the Babylonians perverted the true Sabbath Yahweh instituted at creation. Such perversion has continued throughout Biblical history. Nimrod, the great-grandson of Noah and founder of Babylon, is one of the earliest examples. His perversions can still be seen today. In Genesis 10:10 we read the account of Nimrod: "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." Strong’s Concordance says that "Babel" or "Babylon" means confusion through a mixing. Ancient Babylon mixed truth with error, which is strongly condemned in the Word of Yahweh.
Lunar sabbatarians would have us believe that the pagans corrupted only the nature of Sabbath worship, not the actual weekly cycles supposedly based upon the moon. Ancient Babylonians worshiped the moon ("Asherah") as part of their shabbatum veneration. This fact strongly suggests that they also perverted the weekly cycle to complement their devotion to the moon.
Again we ask, is there any place in Scripture saying that the weekly cycle is established by the sun or moon? If lunar sabbaths are truly based in Scripture, why would we have to search all over its pages with a magnifying glass to find even a hint of them? When something so simple as the continuous weekly cycle is made so complicated, then something is instinctively wrong. When a doctrine lacks scriptural evidence and must be explained with suppositions, human explanations and a host of forced or twisted Scripture, then it is always suspect.
Ha Satan is working with all power and lying wonders to deceive even the very elect (Matthew 24:24). His greatest desire is to cause those who are under "the sign of the covenant"— the Sabbath—to become confused about that "sign" and turn away from the covenant. If he cannot get them to keep Sunday in place of the true seventh-day Sabbath, then He will be satisfied just to have them turn to "floating sabbaths" as taught by lunar sabbatarians. Either way the true Sabbath is violated and the Adversary is pleased.
Scripture warns us of Babylon’s influence "And upon her forehead was a name written, mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth," Revelation 17.
The Start of the Modern Lunar Sabbath Doctrine
It has been suggested that a convicted felon, who wrote a book in 1998 popularizing the lunar Sabbath, was the catalyst for the spread of this doctrine. He was described by Nashville police as helping a juvenile "racist" in a synagogue shooting. The court documents also reveal he attended a meeting of white supremacists known for their antisemitism. Any exposure to this doctrine reveals a radical departure from the traditional way the Jews count the Sabbath as established by Yahweh at creation.
Various Verses Vindicated
Here are common passages used by lunar sabbatarians equating the new moon day with the Sabbath.
Leviticus 23:2-4: Yahweh’s command for the seven annual Feasts is prefaced in verse 2 by the statement that these are the Feasts of Yahweh and holy convocations. Then He notes the weekly Sabbath in verse 3, placing the Sabbath equal in significance to the Feasts. Yet it is not one of the annual Feasts because verse 4 restates that these (meaning what is to follow) are the Feasts of Yahweh. Not being an annual Feast, the Sabbath is not set by the monthly new moon as are the annual Feasts.
Ps. 81:3: “Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.” The reference in Psalm 81:3 is to the Feast of Trumpets on the first of the seventh month, the only festival that falls on a new moon; the verse calls it a solemn feast day because it is Trumpets, not because it is a new moon. Other versions split the verse and speak of two different observances: the new moon and a separate feast day:
The Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament
“Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast.”
New Living Translation
“Blow the ram's horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival!”
The New Jerusalem Bible
“Blow the trumpet for the new month, for the full moon, for our feast day!”
Psalm 104:19: “He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.”
“Seasons” is moedim, meaning fixed times, festivals. In His commands for the Feasts, Yahweh clearly gives the day of the month when they occur, such as Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Tabernacles and the exact count to the Feast of Weeks. All are based on the start of the month and its new moon. But He never describes the weekly Sabbath as being so many days from the beginning of the month or new moon. The Sabbath link to the new moon is nonexistent.
Amos 8:5: “When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?” Is this passage saying the new moon is a Sabbath with no commerce allowed? As shown, work on the new moon was prescribed by Yahweh and therefore the new moon cannot be a non-labor Sabbath. Amos 8:5 is likely speaking of the Feast of Trumpets, a Feast that is also a new moon day. On a Feast high day no work or commerce is to be performed.
Another possibility centers on the Hebrew. Because the Hebrew word translated "new moon" here (chodesh) can also mean "month," some scholars (going back 2,000 years) have interpreted Amos as referring to a harvest month: Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it of the month of harvest, when the poor found what to eat in the fields; when they gleaned there they got a sufficiency of bread, and so had no need to buy corn [Lev. 23:22]; and hence these rich misers, who hoarded up the grain, are represented as wishing the harvest month were over that they might sell their grain to the poor, having had no demand for it during that month. (John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible, Amos 8:5 note) “Month” is how the Douay-Rheims version translates “new moon.”
Regarding sacrifices, if every new moon day is a Sabbath then we should find the command to make the Sabbath offering on new moon days as well. Yet, no such command is given (Numbers 28:1-15).
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Hope of Israel Ministries (Ecclesia of YEHOVAH):
Philo and the Lunar Sabbath
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Here is an "eyewitness" account showing how the Messiah and the Judeans of his day kept the weeks and the 7th day of the week -- the Sabbath. And it is NOT the way it is being observed today! Philo the "Jew" -- a contemporary of the Messiah -- left a record for all to see, a record that CLEARLY shows when the Messiah and the Judeans kept YEHOVAH's holy Sabbath day. Truly, Lamentations 2:6 has been fulfilled, which says YEHOVAH "has caused the appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten on Zion."
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In the quest for historical evidence to prove the lunar Sabbath, we have noticed that Philo is not mentioned very often by those who support Saturday Sabbaths. The writings of Philo are very important for establishing Judean practice and belief both before and during the Messiah’s time here on earth. Philo lived from approximately 20 BC until about 50 AD. Thus, his lifetime spanned not only the years prior to the Messiah’s birth, but also the years following his resurrection (not to mention the years in between).
The evidence reveals that Philo’s beliefs were representative of those of Judaism during that period of time. Philo, who was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of more than 100,000 Judeans living in that city. When the prefect Flaccus initiated a massacre of the Judeans in the year 39 AD, Philo was selected to head the Judean delegation that went to Rome to plead their case before Gaius Caligula.
Now let's pause for a moment and reflect on the significance of Philo having been chosen from among his peers for such a monumental task. Would Philo have been chosen for such a mission IF his practice and beliefs HAD NOT squared with those of normative Judaism? No, he would not have been chosen unless his views matched those of his peers. We know from Philo’s writings that he observed LUNAR SABBATHS. If normative Judaism had practiced SATURDAY SABBATHS while Philo rebelliously observed LUNAR WEEKS AND SABBATHS, don't you think this detail would have affected their decision to select him to lead a delegation to Rome? Absolutely!
Sabbath observance is one of the most distinguishing marks of Judaism, or as author Dayan Grunfeld put it, the Sabbath "epitomizes the whole of Judaism."
For Philo to have gone against the grain of Judaism with regard to Sabbath observance would have signaled a break with Judaism. We can thus discern that if Philo observed the lunar weeks and Sabbath by the phases of the moon each week, so did the rest of his fellow Judeans, including Yeshua the Messiah, because there was NO controversy between our savior and the Judeans concerning the weekly Sabbath. Many scriptures prove that he kept the SAME weekly Sabbath day as they did.
It is evident that Philo did a good job of explaining how the weeks are connected to the moon -- which is covered in his book.
It is a major blow to Saturday-sabbatarian theology to realize that Philo LEFT OUT of his writings anything pertaining to Saturday Sabbaths. Not once did Philo mention another week other than the LUNAR cycle in determining the Sabbath day. In fact, the word SATURDAY or SATURN’S DAY isn’t mentioned even ONCE in Philo’s entire book. This is significant, as elsewhere in Philo’s writings, he devotes much space to discussing the cycle of the moon and the #7. In fact, the day of the New Moon is listed separate from the weeks as one of the major feasts, and he never counted the New Moon when counting the 28 days of the 4 weeks or 4 Sabbaths each month/moon.
It is very interesting that Philo mentioned the MOON and it’s phases of waxing and waning in his commentary regarding the Sabbath. In his writings, Philo distinguishes New Moon observance as a separate feast from the weekly Sabbath, and that is why he never includes the New Moon in counting out the weeks.
Study Philo carefully and prayerfully because Philo was an “eye witness” of how things were done by the Judeans in the Messiah’s day, including when a week begins and ends. We should not ignore the testimony of eye witnesses when searching for the truth. Here are a few of the many proofs of how the Judeans in Yeshua’s day understood weeks and Sabbaths.
In order to have a lunar Sabbath, you must have a lunar WEEK -- did Philo link the Sabbath or the WEEK with the phases of the moon? The answer is YES -- in fact the lunar week and lunar Sabbath is the only week or Sabbath mentioned in Philo’s entire writings. Let us begin in his writings.
ON MATING WITH THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES, X1X (102) it says,
"For it is said in the Scripture: On the tenth day of this month let each of them take a sheep according to his house; in order that from the tenth, there may be consecrated to the tenth, that is to God, the sacrifices which have been preserved in the soul, which is illuminated in two portions out of the three, until it is entirely changed in every part, and becomes a heavenly brilliancy like a full moon, at the height of its increase at the end of the second WEEK…"
Stop for a moment and let what Philo just said sink in. His readers and fellow Judeans of that era, or in those days, understood that the weeks were by the moon, and that at the end of the second week there would be a full moon. This statement needs no interpretation. The people understood that the weeks were by the moon, same as in the Bible. If this is so, then the sacred seventh day of the week, which comes at the end of the second week must be a FULL MOON SABBATH (Psalms 81:3-6). Why? Because in many places Philo speaks of the weekly seventh day, and we all know that the seventh day comes at the end of the week. Many uninformed people would like for us to believe that the months were originally by the moon but the weeks were not!
Philo was making an observation of how a person can be spiritually illuminated to a full brilliance just like a full moon at the height of its increase at the END of the second week.
Philo did not count the New Moon when counting out the weeks -- like some churches do today. This statement is very easily proven from Philo's writings because he states in other places throughout his book that THE FULL MOON IS ON THE 15th EACH MONTH! He also separates the New Moon from the weeks. Unfortunately, many writers today would include the New Moon day in counting their weeks, but it is obvious from Philo that he DID NOT count the New Moon day when counting out the weeks. If the New Moon was included in the count, the full moon at the end of the second week would fall on the 14th instead of the 15th as Philo plainly declares many times. In other words you have your New Moon worship day, then six workdays and then the weekly Sabbath on the 8th day of the moon (Ezekiel 46:1). You then have six more workdays and a full moon on day 15 or at the end of the second week or second seven, i.e. at the end of 14 days after the New Moon worship day.
This proves the New Moon was not included when counting out the weeks. In a similar fashion, YEHOVAH God did not count it in Exodus the 16th chapter when He made the Sabbath known to Moses. If the New Moon was ever included when counting out the weeks in Scripture, the weekly Sabbaths would fall on the 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th etc. Yet, you cannot find these days mentioned anywhere in Scripture because these days are ALWAYS PREPARATION DAYS FOR THE WEEKLY SABBATH. When Philo spoke of the 10th or 15th day of the month, he was including the New Moon day in his count, but it is an absolute fact that when he counted out the week, he DID NOT include the New Moon -- which in itself proves lunar weeks. Remember, Philo is just stating HOW things were done in his day.
Getting back to the main thrust of this article, we must remember that the works of Philo are very significant in that he walked the earth before, at the same time, and twenty years after the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah. He was one of the most influential men of that time, living as a Judean in Alexandria, Egypt, and read from the Septuagint Bible. The Septuagint was quoted often by our Yeshua and his apostles.
With this in mind, did Philo ever mention that the weekly Sabbath could be found by counting from the New Moon?
The answer is YES. Philo’s writings about such things as the Priesthood, festivals etc. are in complete harmony with the Bible as we read it today. At one point in his writings he did make mention that some states or provinces were keeping only one Sabbath per month counting from the New Moon, whereas we know all four should be observed. Here is Philo on this issue:
THE DECALOGUE, XX (96) It says,
”The fourth commandment has reference to the sacred seventh day that it may be passed in a sacred and holy manner. Some states keep the holy festival [the Sabbath] only once in the moon, COUNTING FROM THE NEW MOON, as a day sacred to God; but the nation of the Jews KEEP EVERY SEVENTH DAY REGULARLY, after each interval of six days”.
Notice carefully what Philo wrote above. First, one must realize that Philo understood that the New Moon was a festival ALL BY ITSELF and was not one of the six ordinary working days (Ezekiel 46:1-3). The gate of the inner court was to be shut on the six working days and opened on the Sabbath and New Moon. Philo here says that some provinces were observing the holy Sabbath day festival only once in the month. Notice how he centers in on ONLY ONCE in the month. He also mentions that they were keeping it by COUNTING FROM THE NEW MOON and recognizing it as a day sacred to YEHOVAH. Now, if counting from the New Moon to find the weekly Sabbath is erroneous, how did these states keep the holy festival once a month? Think about this. Philo DID NOT say they kept A Sabbath or THEIR Sabbath or a BOGUS Sabbath, but rather he said they kept the holy festival sacred to YEHOVAH! This has to mean that the proper way to find the holy festival of the Sabbath is TO COUNT FROM THE NEW MOON!
Philo continues by saying that the Judean nation kept every seventh day holy after each interval of six days. This poses no problem at all to lunar sabbatarians as we too do what Philo did. Philo has already given us the proof that counting from the New Moon was the proper way to find the holy festival of the weekly Sabbath. Therefore, when he says the Judeans kept every seventh day holy, he is speaking of every seventh day after each interval of six working days periods from New Moon to New Moon. This is the only logical way to understand this particular passage in Philo.
If Saturday keepers were to say that "some churches keep the holy Sabbath only once a month counting on today's calendar, but we keep every seventh day after six workdays," the only possible way to construe what they're saying is that their (and "some churches") holy Sabbath day was found by counting on the same calendar -- today's Gregorian calendar.
The Saturday keepers just acknowledged that "some churches" kept the holy Sabbath day "only once" a month and that they found it by using today's calendar that Julius Caesar introduced and was later modified by Pope Gregory. But that obviously means that they used the SAME calendar, now doesn't it? The same is true with Philo. Both parties counted from the New Moon, but some were keeping it only once each month/moon. It is common knowledge most people today use the calendar of today, but when Philo made the very same statement, the weeks and holy Sabbath days were BY THE MOON -- that too was common knowledge.
When Philo made the statement that "some states keep the Holy Sabbath/festival only once a month/moon counting from the new moon" and follows it up by saying that the Judeans keep every Sabbath day after six days clearly means that both parties counted the holy Sabbath/festival in the SAME WAY, i.e. FROM THE NEW MOON!
The same thing applies today if you said that some people keep the holy Sabbath/Saturday only once a month by the calendar but you keep every Sabbath after six workdays. (That DOESN'T MEAN that you counted a different way or had a different calendar than they).
I know a Baptist Church that has a service every third Sunday counting on today's calendar, and I know another Baptist church that keeps every Sunday after six workdays. Are we to suppose that there are not counting by the same calendar? Of course not!
Notice how Philo acknowledges that some states were finding the sacred holy Sabbath by counting from the NEW MOON but were keeping it "only once" EVERY MOON. He didn't use the word "month," which proves that the weekly Sabbaths were by the moon. You have to acknowledge that some people were keeping all of the weekly Sabbaths by the moon, (not month) and that others kept at least one of the holy Sabbaths each moon (not month).
Philo used the word "intervals" and we know that there are approximately 12 monthly "intervals" each year, and each month has four Sabbaths with "intervals" of six work days between each with a Sabbath at the end of each. Philo kept every one of them -- not just one per moon.
Speaking of INTERVALS or after six work day LUNAR intervals Philo, in The Special Laws 1. (178), writes,
(178) "…there is one principle of reason by which the moon waxes and wanes in equal INTERVALS, both as it increases and diminishes in illumination; the seven lambs because it receives the perfect shapes in PERIODS OF SEVEN DAYS -- the HALF-MOON in the first seven day period AFTER its conjunction with the sun, FULL MOON in the second; and when it makes its return again, the first is to HALF-MOON, then it ceases at its conjunction with the sun."
Let's continue with Philo’s writings:
ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION, 1 IV (8)
”Again, the PERIODICAL CHANGES OF THE MOON, take place according to the number seven, that star having the greatest sympathy with the things on earth. And the changes which the MOON works in the air, it perfects chiefly in accordance with its own configurations on each “seventh day”. At all events, all mortal things, as I have said before, drawing their more divine nature from the heaven, are moved in a manner which tends to their preservation in accordance with this number seven....Accordingly, on the seventh day, God caused to rest from all his works which he had made...."
Had a Hebrew speaking Judean wrote this he would have said “it perfects chiefly in accordance with its own configurations on each 'Sabbath' day” instead of each “seventh” day. This is because elsewhere in his writings Philo clearly states that when he mentions the seventh day he is speaking of the Sabbath day. Above, he tells us that the moon perfects its own configurations on each seventh day. It was understood that at the end of each period of six work days there would be a weekly Sabbath. The Greek speaking Judeans referred to the Sabbath as the seventh day or the sacred seventh day, while in the language of the Hebrews it was termed Shabbat, or the Sabbath. Continuing on with Philo:
THE DECALOGUE XXX (159)
”But to the seventh day of the week he has assigned the greatest festivals, those of the longest duration, at the periods of the equinox both vernal and autumnal in each year; appointing two festivals for these two epochs, each lasting seven days; the one which takes place in the spring being for the perfection of what is being sown, and the one which falls in autumn being a feast of thanksgiving for the bringing home of all the fruits which the trees have produced”…
Let’s look carefully at what Philo is saying here. "But to the seventh day of the week He [YEHOVAH God] has assigned the greatest festivals." In other words, the greatest (longest) festivals (the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles) have been assigned to the seventh day of the week (the 15th -- Sabbath) which begins the Festival and lasts for seven days. We know both of these seven day feasts begin on the 15th (Sabbath). Each of them lasts for seven days, and each one of these events begins on the seventh day of the week (15th) or weekly Sabbath and lasts for seven days. Philo goes on to say that each month (Nisan and Tishri) should receive an especial honor of one sacred day of festival, for the purpose of refreshing and clearing the mind with its holiday.
Notice he DID NOT say they would receive two holy days of festivals, but one, the 15th. To prove the seventh day of the week is the same as the 15th, Philo elsewhere states, "Again the beginning of this feast is appointed for the fifteenth day of the month (or seventh day of the week) on account of the reason which has already been mentioned respecting the Spring season might receive special honor of one sacred day of festival."
In other words, Philo is saying the WEEKLY SABBATH BEGINS THESE TWO FEASTS, and is on the 15th. This proves that the Sabbaths are kept by the lunar calendar because there is no way the weekly Sabbath (15th) can begin these two festivals on the 15th of Nisan and the 15th of Tishri each year, on a continuous seven day cycle by the calendar of today.
Further proof of this found in John 19:31 which states "for that SABBATH was a HIGH DAY." My New King James Bible refers the phrase "high day" to Exodus 12:16, which explains: "On the FIRST DAY [of the Feast of Unleavened Bread] there shall be a holy convocation....No manner of work shall be done..." So here, just like Philo says, the first day of the Feast (whether of Unleavened Bread or Tabernacles) ALWAYS falls on the weekly Sabbath at the end of the second week, that is the 15th of the lunar month.
Let’s continue:
F.H. Colson’s translation of THE DECALOGUE XXX (159) reads,
”The fourth [commandment], which treats of the SEVENTH DAY, must be regarded as nothing less than a gathering under ONE HEAD of the feasts and the purifications ordained for each feasts, the proper lustrations and the acceptable prayers and flawless sacrifices with which the ritual was carried out. By the seventh I mean both the seventh which INCLUDES the most creative of numbers, six, and that which does NOT INCLUDE it but takes precedence of IT and RESEMBLES the unit. BOTH these are employed by Him in reckoning the feast-times.” (Colson’s translation of Philo.)
What can be plainer than that? Let's analyze it. "The fourth, which treats of THE SEVENTH DAY, must be regarded as nothing less than a gathering under one HEAD of the feasts." How can the weekly Sabbath day be regarded as a gathering under one head of the feasts unless it heads these feast -- i.e. begins them each year? This proves lunar Sabbaths. Philo continues by saying,
“By the seventh I mean BOTH the seventh which INCLUDES the most creative of numbers, six, and that which does NOT INCLUDE it but takes precedence of it and RESEMBLES the unit."
The word precedence means it comes BEFORE the number six during the feasts, i.e. one of the sevenths comes before the number six during the 7 day feast and the other seventh comes after it and is combined with it. This is IMPOSSIBLE if he used the count for the Sabbath as the people of today do. The word precedence also has a footnote that has the actual Greek word and states, "the verb, derived from the adverb..., seem to be used as a thing which gets in front of something else and obscures it so here the idea may be that the unit or monad does not need six to make it equivalent to seven." (Spec. Leg. Iv.52).
This seventh is the weekly seventh and is in front of the six days during the feasts because to the weekly seventh day He has assigned these feasts. The footnote that says "…here the idea may be that the unit or monad does not need six to make it equivalent to seven…" is because this single unit or monad does not need six to make it equivalent to seven because it is a seventh, and both Yonge's and Colson’s translation say it is made to resemble the unit/first or number one. Last but not least it says, "BOTH these are EMPLOYED by Him [YEHOVAH God] in reckoning the feast-times." You cannot reckon feast-times with a seventh that jumps around during the 7 day feast, on a man-made calendar. Both the sevens have to be fixed -- not just the one that is on the 21st because He employed both sevens in reckoning the feast-times. If one of the sevenths could move it would also fall on the 21st at times and would also be combined with the number six and there would be only one seventh.
To close we will place the facts from Philo from both the Yonge and Colson translations.
FACT #1: Both translations state that the full moon is at the end of the second week, whereas it has been argued by those determined to oppose YEHOVAH's truth that the weeks have nothing to do with the moon.
FACT #2: They both state that the full moon is on the 15th.
FACT #3: They both teach that the 15th begins both of the 7-day feasts/festivals each year (Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles), which is the same 15th/full moon that is at the end of the second week. (This is impossible with the Roman or Gregorian calendar we keep today).
The question is, could this same 15th be the weekly seventh day that the festivals are assigned to? Philo clearly says both of these festivals have been assigned to the seventh day of the week Yes, it is the 15th that is at the end of the second week and it is the 7th day of the lunar week and the same seventh day that begins these feasts. They were keeping lunar weeks. Let’s examine fact number four and see.
FACT #4: Both translations conclusively teach that there are two sevenths in each of these festivals and both are connected in some way with the number six.
When Philo states that there are two sevenths in both the Festival of Unleavened Bread and the Festival of Booths (Tabernacles) is he somehow missing the point Saturday sabbatarians would bring up today -- that there is a third seventh that will hit in between the 15th and the 21st the majority of years that the feasts come around? Why does Philo not mention this third seventh? It is because none exists. Philo only mention two sevenths in relation to the feast and the first of these two sevenths is none other than the weekly seventh day Sabbath that leads the feasts and is considered the first day of the feast -- the 15th.
Does Philo speak about the Sabbaths in connection with the waxing and waning of the moon?
On page 17 of Ralph Marcus' translation of Philo’s work entitled “Questions and Answers, Exodus, Book 1”: it says,
“9. (Ex. xii. 6a) Why does He command (them) to keep the sacrifice until the fourteenth (day of the month)?
(Consisting of) two Sabbaths, it has in its nature a (special) honour because in this time the moon is adorned. For when it has become full on the fourteenth (day), it becomes full of light in the perception of the people. And again through (another) fourteen (days) it recedes from its fullness of light to its conjunction, and it wanes as much in comparison with the preceding SABBATH as the second (waxes) in comparison with the first. For this reason the fourteenth (day) is pre-festive, as though (it were) a road leading to festive rejoicings, during which it is incumbent upon us to meditate”.
-- Edited By John D. Keyser.
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