God’s Calendar Explained

Knowing the end from the beginning, the Most High knew that the Roman emperors, Pharisee leadership, and the Catholic Church under the guidance of Satan would all work in accord to denigrate use of the ancient Hebrew calendar disrupting the mandated adherence of the holy days celebrated by the Israelites. And because most do not understand the history connected to the implementation of the Julian and then later Gregorian solar based calendar systems or how Sabbath was affixed to a particular day of the week, few people truly understand how the observance of the Sabbath was compromised or how this disrupted the timing of the Levitical feast days.

Pressure to abandon the ancient Hebrew lunar based

calendar, enforcing the rapid assimilation of the Julian solar based calendar, was so severe during ancient Roman times those whom resisted its implementation, were tortured to death as way to set precedence for change. But even under the threat of such severe punishment looming over them, many refused to comply because the days of the week on the Julian calendar had been named after pagan deities, making their observation of it idolatrous. Many chose to suffer death rather than adhere.

Eventually though the struggle against its forced implementation faded as its use spread wide with the

extension of the Roman Empire. The most diehard holdouts were slaughtered, the rest conceded and by the fourth

century A.D. even the Jews accepted the observance of Sabbath to an affixed day of the week, forever confounding the regulation of time as relegated by the Most High’s calendar system.

The role Mithraism played in restructuring the Julian week is significant for it was a strong competitor of early Christianity. It seems as if some spiritual genius having control over the pagan world had so ordered things that the heathen planetary week should be introduced just at the right time for the most

popular Sun cult of all ages to come along and exalt the day of the Sun as a day above and more sacred than all the rest. Surely this was not accidental. - Odom, op.cit.

Under these two factors, the Julian week began a centuries-long evolutionary process that ended in the week, as it is known today. The original seven day planetary week is the third and final piece of the puzzle proving that Saturday is not the scriptural Sabbath, nor Sunday the first day of the Hebrew week. This transformation took several hundred years. Franz Cumont, widely considered to be a great authority on Mithraism, links the acceptance of the seven-day week by Europeans to the popularity of Mithraism in pagan Rome:

It is not to be doubted that the diffusion of the Iranian [Persian] mysteries has had a considerable part in the general adoption, by the pagans, of the week with the Sunday as a holy day. The names, which we employ for the other six days, came into use at the same time that Mithraism won its followers in the provinces in the west, and one is not rash in establishing a relation of coincidence between its triumph and that

concomitant phenomenon. - Franz Cumont, Textes et Monumnets Figures Relatifs aux Mysteres de

In his book Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans, Cumont further emphasizes the pagan origins and recent adoption of a seven-day week with its holy day being Sunday:

The pre-eminence assigned to the dies Solis [day of the Sun] also certainly contributed to the general recognition of Sunday as a holiday. This is connected with a more important fact, namely, the adoption of the week by all the European nations. - Franz

Cumont, Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans

The fact that Christians had accepted both the Julian calendar and the pagan planetary/gods week for use reveals the beginnings of an amalgamation of

Christianity with paganism. The pagan

planetary/gods week, like the Julian calendar that adopted it, is irreparably pagan. Historical facts reveal that neither the scriptural Hebrew Sabbath nor the scriptural First Day can be found using the

modern calendar. If it is important to worship on a specific day, than it is also important to know which calendar to use and when the change in calendation occurred. – Christopher Tyreman, The Destruction of Sabbath

The confusion surrounding Sabbath was one of the reasons why the Essenes (writers and collectors of the Dead Sea Scrolls) separating themselves, compiled elaborate tables in effort to align both calendars systems together. As

followers of YHWH, they were trying to keep track of time according to the new solar based system, so that as a

community they could maintain adherence to the Levitical

holy days. It is also postulated that the reason they held the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees in high regard, is because both of these texts had incorporated within them great elaboration on how God’s calendar system works.

This may also have contributed to why they were eradicated from the authorized canon by the forces put into place by Satan to prevent the continuation of such knowledge. I believe the council of Nicaea was more about hiding the truth and keeping it from the masses, than it was about preserving it for compilation and later dissemination.

The belief that Saturday must be the Sabbath of the Bible (because the Jews worship on that day) is an assumption that all Christians have made. However, in light of the fact that the Jews themselves admit that their modern calendar is not the same as that used before the 4th century C.E., Bible scholars and all who love the Sabbath would do well to reexamine this long-held belief. If it is important to worship on a precise, specific day, than the calendar by which you calculate that day must also be the correct calendar.

The luni-solar calendar is the only calendar which has roots in the Bible. It was established by God at Creation. All other calendars have roots in paganism.

To truly keep the fourth commandment, the Sabbath should be calculated by God’s calendar: the moon.

There are four main areas in which the original calendar differs from the replacement:

- The original scriptural lunar calendar uses only the lunar cycle and the ripening barley harvest to set

- The Julian/Gregorian replacements, being solar calendars, honor the sun god, designed to begin the year just after the “rebirth” of the sun god at the winter solstice. The scriptural Hebrew lunar calendar in no way attaches itself to a time recognizing

another god.

- The Julian/Gregorian calendars have a continuous weekly cycle of Sunday through Saturday. The original calendar established in the Hebrew texts at the beginning does not. Some months carry an extra day between the last Sabbath of the month and the Sabbath to begin the months. The weekly cycle restarts with each new moon/month.

- The modern Lunisolar calendar has each Friday night as Sabbath and fails to observe the instructions for a Sabbath at the sighting of the new moon which begins each Hebrew month as the original scripture based Hebrew lunar calendar commanded. –

Christopher Tyreman, The Destruction of Sabbath God’s calendar system is based in every way on the

characteristics of the moon during its four quarterly phases.

Every month commences with the sighting of the new moon referred to as khodesh, which in Hebrew means ‘the time of the new moon.’ In this system, khodesh is always counted as the first day and Sabbath of each new lunar month.

In ancient times, it was the duty of the high priest along with two or three witnesses, to determine when this phase of the moon had occurred since this determination set the fixed orientation of the following four Sabbath weeks.

Every month contains five Sabbaths beginning with

khodesh and ending with lunar conjunction or what is also known as the dark moon. And even though the new moon is designated as the first day of the month, it is never counted as part of the seven-day weeks of the following four Sabbaths. I will explain this more below but first let me explain what the new moon day is and how it is

determined since there is some confusion surrounding its definition.

The new moon day according to the ancient Hebrew

calendar is different from what science has designated to be new moon. According to science, new moon aligns with what God’s calendar refers to as lunar conjunction or the dark moon, which is the last phase of the moon and day according to His system instead of the first.

Conjunction defined as a noun, is an action or instance which unites the occurrence of two or more events or things to the same point in time or space. Lunar conjunction is therefore defined as the phase of moon which aligned with the sun, accompanies it in circuit rising as it rises, moving across the sky as it does, and then setting as it sets.

In astronomy, new moon is the first phase of the Moon, when it orbits as seen from the Earth, the

ecliptical longitude. The Moon is not visible at this time except when it is seen in silhouette during a solar eclipse when it is illuminated by earthshine. - Wikipedia

According to Wikipedia and science, new moon aligns with the dark moon, which again is the last phase of the moon’s cycle according to God’s calendar instead of the first. Be aware of this differentiation as we commence the discussion of how God’s calendar system works in depth, since this distinction will be absolutely critical in regard to the determination of khodesh.

There is one other aspect surrounding the timing of the khodesh which also causes confusion in regard to its

determination and so I thought this would be an appropriate place to begin commentary on it. Even though the moon will for short time first become visible as a very thin

waxing crescent called a ‘Young Moon’ following sunset at the very end of lunar conjunction, this sighting of it is not regarded as khodesh by Enoch or God’s calendar.

Enoch specifies in 72:9 and 77:5 that what the Most High considers to be khodesh, is a waxing crescent which shining by at least a ‘half of a seventh portion of light’ is at least .0714285714285714% full.

This particular phase of the moon usually occurs and can be seen anywhere from 24 to 48 hours after lunar conjunction.

On these days, it trails behind sunrise by one to several hours, and moving across the sky during the day, becomes clearly visible in western skies when the sun sets, and the sky darkens.

In Israel during ancient times trained observers assigned task of watching for khodesh would upon witnessing it, go before the Sanhedrin Council to declare its arrival before the high priest. The high priest would then authorize the announcement of it to the rest of the nation, whereby the shofar (a trumpet made out of ram’s horn) was sounded throughout the land far and wide, informing the Hebrew people of the commencement of the festivities linked to the new moon Sabbath. Being a special day unto God, the Israelites always tithed more in way donation to the temple during khodesh than they did for any of the following four Sabbaths.

And on your joyous occasions - your fixed festivals and new moon days - you shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being. - Numbers 10:10

There are two major differences between how God structured His lunar based calendar system and that the Julian and Gregorian solar based calendar systems, is 1) in God’s calendar system khodesh is excluded from the seven day counts of the following four Sabbath weeks, and 2) the months because they are aligned to the four phases of the moon are never longer than 30 days. The format for His calendar is laid out as follows:

Workdays Sabbaths New Moon day 1st

Six work days (dates 2nd – 7th) Sabbath 8th Six work days (dates 9th – 14th) Sabbath 15th Six work days (dates 16th – 21st) Sabbath 22nd Six work days (dates 23rd – 28th) Sabbath 29th Translation day, 30th, when needed

In modern calendar format, every Hebrew month appears thus:

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29-(30)

The 30th of the month, like the first of the month, was not part of the weekly cycle, simply a

placeholder to await the adjustment of the lunar cycle. However, it was counted and did have a date, as an account must be made of all time. The original scriptural Hebrew lunar calendar has a periodically added month instead of just a leap day. A solar year of 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds is longer than a lunar year by 10 days, 21 hours and 6.72 minutes. As this extra time accrues, every two to three years a 13th month is required to be added to adjust the Hebrew calendar back to the seasons.

The instructions are for determining whether an additional month was needed is simple. If the barley crop is ripe enough to harvest in the eleventh month, then the twelfth month was the end of the year. If the

crops were not ready in the twelfth month, then a thirteenth month was added as a “leap month” in that year. This adjusted the lunar calendar back in line with the solar year. Many seem to have trouble with the idea that the system could be that simple.” – Christopher Tyreman, The Destruction of Sabbath Another very interesting correlation between God’s calendar and the moon, is the way that the 5 monthly

Sabbaths align to the cycle of its quarterly phases adding to the measure of time, a visual component not present in the solar calendar systems. Khodesh as new moon is always marked by the first Sabbath and day of the new lunar month. It is followed by six working days and then the second Sabbath which always somewhat aligns with first quarter moon. The second Sabbath is then followed by six more working days leading up to the third Sabbath which always somewhat aligns with the full moon, occurring 14 days after the first Sabbath. The third Sabbath is then followed by six more working days leading up to the fourth Sabbath which always somewhat aligns with the third quarter moon, occurring 21 days after the first Sabbath.

The fourth Sabbath is then followed by six more working days leading up to the fifth and final Sabbath which always somewhat aligns with lunar conjunction as the last (29^th or 30^th) day of the month alternatively occurring either 28 or 29 days after the first Sabbath. Every month of this calendar system, begins with a Sabbath and ends with a Sabbath and correspondingly all five Sabbaths together always fall upon similarly the 1^st, 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd, and 29^th or 30^th day depending on lunar conjunction. This pattern repeats in exactly the same manner for every one of the 12 lunar months which comprise the year on God’s calendar.

When one studies the ancient calendar systems which were in use across the world even in Rome, most of them had been predominately aligned to the moon’s cyclical phases and only deviated from such emphasis much later in history, being replaced by systems which revered the sun and were based upon its annual cycle.

The one main difference differentiating the measure of time between the Most High’s lunar-based calendar from that of the Julian, Gregorian solar based systems is the exclusion of khodesh from the count of the other seven days comprising the four weeks of the month. This exclusion is what makes determining when Sabbath occurs impossible on the newer Roman and papal systems since all seven days of every week of every month of these systems, are all strung together in continuous fashion with no regard for the new moon Sabbath. Their months also vary in length without congruency February being shorter (28 days) and other months longer (31 days).

And because there is no order or pattern to the

indeterminate lengths of each of the months of the solar calendar year, both new moon Sabbath and the weekly Sabbath can occur on any of the days of the week depending upon how the months come together. And whereas they might occur on a Monday of one particular month, they could very well fall on Friday the next month, and possibly Tuesday the following one. This is why mainstream Christianity’s gathering for church service on Sunday as way to honor Sabbath has but a one in seven chance of being right on any given month. And even though sometimes their observance of it does randomly occur on the correct day, the percentages are such that they will mostly be wrong through-out the year.

The same applies to the Seventh Day Adventists’

observance of it on Saturday, as well as Jewish observance of it from sun down Friday night, to sun down Saturday night. As group, none of them has greater than one in seven chance of being right on any given month through-out the year, which is why none of these timeframe observances has any true affiliation with Sabbath as determined by God’s calendar, and why it could fall on any day of the week, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or any other.

This is also why those that keep track of time utilizing the Julian or Gregorian solar based systems, can never truly know when the new moon Sabbath or weekly Sabbaths occur. The only exception to this rule are those that monitor time utilizing print or online calendars which include symbolic markers depicting the moon’s quarterly phases, but even then one must be aware that these pictorial symbols are based upon scientific definitions for the moon’s lunar phases and not God’s. This distinction aligns new moon with lunar conjunction and not a 7% waxing crescent which throws of the occurrence of khodesh by 12-36 hours or so. As long as one can understand why this contrast is important and adjust calculation accordingly, one should have no problem with distinguishing how the lunar phases coordinate with the five Sabbaths of each month as

delineated by God’s calendar. Most Torah observant Jews, modern day Christians, and even Seventh Day Adventists, have little if any realization that there exists rampant confusion surrounding the observance of Sabbath, as most have never even heard about the ancient Hebraic calendar system, let alone understand how the intricacies of such system align to the determination of Sabbath.

“What few Jews, and even less Sabbatarians, know is

“What few Jews, and even less Sabbatarians, know is