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- All humanity should
be aware
- and follow our
CREATOR’S Holy Days,
- because planetary
spiritual events
- happen on these days that
affect everyone,
- Believer or not!
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Biblical
Timekeeping
- In the Bible,
- the setting sun begins a new
day,
- the first visible sighting of the
crescent
new moon
begins a new month,
- and the new year begins in the
spring .
Biblical timekeeping is another lost
art in home Worship. Satan is very sneaky, he does not want you to
know that it is the first order of business in learning when to observe
the Holy periods. His reason is simple, if you do not know how to
tell Biblical time then you will miss the "appointed times" to meet with our
CREATOR.
The
instructions begin in Genesis 1:14, Then God said, “Let there be
lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years.”
(New year Exo12:2, new moon Col.2:16,
sunset to sunset day Lev.23:32.)
The
Biblical Day, Week, and Month
- A trained eye watches
the heavenly lights and sees...
- ..The days of the month by
watching the changing moon.
- The sun’s angle which tells the time of day, and the season
of the year.
- And each setting sun
begins a new day.
- The Biblical day is
from sunset to sunset.
- .The time between when last rays of the sun
disappear
- and complete darkness, is called the twilight.
- .
- The 24 hour day is
broken into eight equal parts:
First
watch . . . Sunset to 9 P.M.
Second watch . . . 9 P.M. to midnight.
Third watch . . . Midnight to 3 A.M.
Fourth watch . . . 3 A.M. to sunrise.
First
hour . . . Sunrise to 9 A.M.
Third hour . . . 9 A.M. to noon.
Sixth hour . . . Noon to 3 P.M.
Ninth hour . . . 3 P.M. to sunset.
Historically, special times during the day when spiritual events
happen are the third and ninth hours (Exo.29:38-39; 1Kgs.18:36-40;
Ps.55:17; Dan.6:10). Yahshua was crucified in the third hour (Mark
15:25), and He gave up His Spirit in the ninth hour (Mat.27:50; Mark
15:37). The Ruach HaKodesh - the Holy Spirit - was given during the
third hour (Acts 2:1-4).
The Biblical week was made up by days simply numbered 1 - 6, spoken
as, the first day, or the third day, etc. Completing the week is the
7th day. It is the Biblical day of rest called the Sabbath. As only as our CREATOR can,
after the Exodus, HIS
Sabbath was very clearly shown to Moses and the Hebrew people,
Exo.ch.16. The day
today starts at sunset Friday to Saturday.
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YAHWEH’S month is a 28-day lunar cycle. It is based of the
phases of the moon, rather then Earth’s revolutions.
The lunar cycle is more harmonious with nature. The tides of the
seas rise and fall with it, and it touches every woman on Earth with its
28-day menstrual cycle. Today’s planting and harvesting are still
preformed during the new and full moons. And it is not folklore, but
a proven scientific fact, that herbal tinctures started on the new moon
are stronger.
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The first visible sighting of the
crescent
new moon
begins a new month. The Biblical months alternated between 29 and 30 days long, with the first
month beginning as 30 days. The Biblical year had 354 days, every three years an extra 29 day-month called Veadar was added
between Adar and Abib.
The start of the
Biblical New Year depends on the sighting of the ripening of
the Abib-barley harvest in Jerusalem towards the end of the
12th month (Deu.16:1; Exo.12:2).
The
New
Moon Calendar
- If you heard a Prophet say,
- “the Messiah will appear
on the seventh moon, at the third hour.”
- Would you know what he is
talking about?
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- "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 66:23
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Our CREATOR would not design a
system that would require telescopes or complex math to figure out when
to observe HIS Holy Days. HE made it easy enough for a simple
shepherd boy to look up to the sky and see it, and today, even a
city-slicker can do it. Unfortunately most of the modern faithful
have forgotten how to look up to the heavenly lights to tell the seasons, all
our 'holidays' are figured out mathematically. Consequentially, many
holidays are not totally in alignment with the Biblical
instructions. Adding to the confusion, is that today our Gregorian calendar is based on the
earth's rotation, the Biblical calendar is determined by the moon’s
position. 
“HE appointed the
moon for seasons...”
(literal
Hebrew means “set times”)
-
Psalm 104:19
Sighting
the 1st and 7th crescent new moons are crucial, because
all the Holy Days of the season are figured from them. We know that the
preprinted calendar is not always accurate so we need visual confirmation. The whole
season of Holy Days will be thrown off if you do not begin on the correct
evening, consequently the people will miss their Sacred 'appointed time' with
their CREATOR.
- (Hebrew:
Rosh Hodesh Sameach!)
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Month #
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Eve.
Sighting of New
Moon* |
Hebrew
Month Year 5776-
77 |
Gregorian
Calendar Year 2016- 17 |
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1 |
April
8 confirmed |
Abib /
Nisan |
March-April |
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2 |
May 7 estimated |
Iyyar |
April-May |
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3 |
June 6 estimated |
Sivan |
May-June |
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4 |
July 5
estimated |
Tammuz |
June-July |
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5 |
August 4 estimated |
Ab |
July-August |
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6 |
September 2 estimated |
Elul |
August-September |
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7 |
October
2 estimated |
Tishri |
September-October |
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8 |
October 31estimated |
Heshvan |
October-November |
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9 |
November 30
estimated |
Chislev |
November-December |
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10 |
December 30
estimated |
Tebeth |
December-January |
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11 |
January 29
estimated |
Shebat |
January-February |
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12 |
February 28
estimated |
Adar |
February-March |
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*Editors' note: The
New Moon and Holy Day dates posted in advance are estimated,
until dates are confirmed by visible sighting of the new moon in
Jerusalem, Israel (about 7 hours ahead of US eastern standard time).
The (Gregorian) dates posted is the
night it was seen, the Biblical New Moon Day and Holy Days would be dated the next day.
(Click here for the yearly
Holy Day Calendar; for more info. see Links page.)
- (Hebrew:
Rosh Hodesh Sameach!)
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Month #
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Eve.
Sighting of New
Moon* |
Hebrew
Month Year 5775-
76 |
Gregorian
Calendar Year 2015- 16 |
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1 |
March
21 confirmed |
Abib /
Nisan |
March-April |
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2 |
April 20
confirmed |
Iyyar |
April-May |
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3 |
May 19 confirmed |
Sivan |
May-June |
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4 |
June 17
confirmed |
Tammuz |
June-July |
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5 |
July 17
confirmed |
Ab |
July-August |
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6 |
August
16 confirmed |
Elul |
August-September |
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7 |
September
14 confirmed |
Tishri |
September-October |
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8 |
October 14
confirmed |
Heshvan |
October-November |
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9 |
November 12
confirmed |
Chislev |
November-December |
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10 |
December
13 confirmed |
Tebeth |
December-January |
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11 |
January 10
confirmed |
Shebat |
January-February |
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12 |
February 9
confirmed |
Adar |
February-March |
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13 |
March
10 confirmed |
Veadar |
February-March |
*Editors' note: The
New Moon and Holy Day dates posted in advance are estimated,
until dates are confirmed by visible sighting of the new moon in
Jerusalem, Israel (about 7 hours ahead of US eastern standard time).
The (Gregorian) dates posted is the
night it was seen, the Biblical New Moon Day and Holy Days would be dated the next day.
The start of the
Biblical New Year depends on the sighting of the ripening of
the Abib
- barley harvest in Jerusalem towards the end of the
12th month (Deu.16:1).
(Click here for the yearly
Holy Day Calendar; for more info. see Links page.)
-
The new moon is first visible as a very thin crescent shape, with its two
points facing left, called the waxing crescent moon, the young moon, or some call it
the fingernail moon. Technically, it is about a 2-4% moon, visible in the western sky near the setting sun
shortly after sundown. From the date marked above backtrack a night or two and
start watching for the new moon.
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Being a 'moon spotter' for the illusive crescent new moon can be tricky. It
does not hang around all night. It comes up quick and disappears after a short
while, and sometimes clouds can get in the way.
If you
cannot see the moon because of clouds, or if you are a do-it-yourselfer, one
can check the new moon sighting from anywhere in the Internet universe. On
the bottom of my web pages in the Bible Study Tools group, click the solar
phase link to see when the evening shadow falls over Jerusalem. When
it does, click the moon phase link to check the phase of the moon. It
takes a 2-4% moon to be seen by the faithful from the ground.
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New moons, like rainbows, are a sign from our CREATOR, which enables us to observe HIS special
'appointed times.' When you see it, simply acknowledge it by looking
up to heavens and quietly saying, "Thank you YAHWEH, for showing me the
signs" - the Angels will be watching.
Sometime in the future, the new moon sighting will be a global monthly
announcement from Jerusalem, but until then you are on you own, Isa.66:23.
It is important to note that watching these signs is not considered
astrology because we do not use it to derive any personal destinies. It is used
to determine the universal "appointed times" (Gen.1:14; Ps.104:19). The
calendar listed would be called the Torah Calendar, which is a
little different then the traditional Jewish calendar. Click
here for more info.
The Bible has many examples of the importance of sighting the first
new moon day of the month. Noah
first saw land (Gen.8:5). In
ancient Israel the first day was announced to the community by the blowing
of the Shofar (the rams horn) (Ps.81:3-5).
Special meetings were conducted . . . (Num.1:1; 2Kgs.4:22-24;
Deu.1:3). Special offerings .
. . (Num.28:11). Pure worship
restored . . . (2Chr.29:17). The
Prophet Ezekiel received many prophecies . . . (13:1, 26:1, 29:17). They
are continued in the New Testament . . . (Col.2:16), and they are a
“shadow of things to come” in the Messianic Kingdom (Isa.66:23).
From the book
The
Mystical Rites of our CREATOR ISBN
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