It's About Time!

Enoch's Solar Powered New Moon

A Free Booklet by Emet Zerayah

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ITS ABOUT TIME!

The Prophet Enoch's Solar Powered New Moon.
By

Emet Zerayah
(A pseudonym pen name)

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Prolo$ue Ac nowled$ments 0ntroduct"on 2"$ht and 3ar ness The 4ea+ens 3eclare 5"tness of the Stars S"$ns! Seasons! 3ays and 6ears 3"+"d"n$ 2"$ht from 3ar ness The Ecl"pse on Preparat"on 3ay The 5ee ly Sabbath The Solar 2unar 6ears An .bser+able 2unar #alendar #ha$s 9 P"l$r"m :easts A Pursu"t of Perfect"on An After 5ord from the Author

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There is a reason for this writer to use the pseudonym pen name Emet Zerayah. An authors name can detract from the message the he or she is presenting. The evidence should stand or fall on its own merit as presented without its usefulness eing mitigated or limited y the name of the author. ! do not claim to have a corner on truth" ut ! do claim an honest and intensive pursuit of truth" elieving that truth is a solute and stands alone as the goal of anyone in a righteous pursuit of the Almightys #ord. #hat is really at sta$e in the pursuit of truth is the right to claim $nowledge. !t is with $nowledge that we can ultimately act upon the %reators truth.
&To the 2aw and to the Test"mony= "f they spea not accord"n$ to th"s word! "t "s because there "s no light "n them.> (0sa. (=&'). Thin$ a out that' Light is a synonym for

truth" ut truth must e supported y (cripture" and we must search the (criptures to turn truth into light. )y firm o *ective is to present facts" postulates and theorems that are supported y (cripture. +ostulates and theorems must e proven y (cripture and sometimes y historical evidence efore ecoming fact. &4owbe"t when 4e! the Sp"r"t of truth! "s come! 4e w"ll $u"de you "nto all truth=> (?n. -8=-7). !t is ,ahuwehs (et Apart (pirit of Truth that will confirm $nowledge with understanding" there y turning it into light. ! encourage you the reader to closely e-amine the content herein and prove everything set forth. Even if you find that ! have made errors or you do not agree with my conclusions" send me an E.mail outlining your concerns. ,our concerns may reflect the concerns of others and together we can improve this wor$. ,our faith will e stronger for having made the effort. ,ahuweh1 will less our common pursuit of /is truth.
-@ The En$l"sh transl"terat"on w"th +owels added to the Tetra$rammaton 6454. 0n earl"est En$l"sh! before the A?B and A6B were added to the An$lo SaCon alphabet! "t was wr"tten as A0ahuehB and phonet"cally pronounced Ee)ah) oo)eh. Therefore! the most l" ely En$l"sh transl"terat"on! us"n$ the modern alphabet! "s 6ahuweh.

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A#EN.52E3;EMENTS
There are a few people who have been an enormous help in launching this study. These individuals are the ones whose ideas form a part of the path leading to the things set forth here.
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In memoriam, thanks for the work of the late Fred Steed of Tasmania, for thinking and writing outside of the tradition box that encloses so many writers. His postings olted me into reali!ing that there are many avenues to explore in a "uest for truth. #ost of them are outside of a self imposed limit to conventional approaches mostly centered on traditions. Thanks to #yron #artin of $ntario, %anada and &ary #iller of 'ocahontas, (rkansas for providing the evidence that Sunset is not the beginning of a day. I am grateful to )enneth and 'amela *ance whose dedication to the pursuit of truth shows through in their many articles. They will recogni!e an abundance of their precepts threaded into the fabric of this work. ( priceless treasure has been the daily support of my beloved wife Sharon who patiently listened to my enthusiastic reports of progress, and has steadfastly encouraged me to complete the task. Emet Zerayah

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The 4ea+ens declare the $lory of 6ahuwehF and the f"rmament sheweth h"s hand"wor . 3ay unto day uttereth speech and n"$ht unto n"$ht sheweth nowled$e. There is no speech nor lan$ua$e! #here the"r +o"ce "s not heard. The"r l"ne "s $one out throu$h all the Earth and the"r words to the end of the world. 0n them hath 4e set a tabernacle for the Sun!> (Ps.-*=-)1). !f men will loo$ up into the /eavens a ove" they can receive a message that needs no interpreter. Every night men wal$ under a canopy of (tars spread out in a great circle that reveals the magnificent plan of our %reator &0t "s 4e! who s"ts abo+e the c"rcle of the Earth! G.who stretches out the 4ea+ens l" e a curta"n! and spreads them l" e a tent to dwell "nF> (0sa. /'=&&). Almost everyone is unaware that the story of the serpents deception of Eve" and his ultimate defeat at the end on the age" is written in its entirety in a time se1uence where all of man$ind can see" ut none can tamper with it. The %reators display of /is plan does not mean that we must ecome e-perts in astronomy" ut neither do we have to surrender the lights in the /eavens to (atan" who tampers with them through the deception of astrology. /e pollutes truth with a wee$ly /e domad containing days named after pagan gods. 2ust $now that the real plan is permanently secure in the /eavens.
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!n the inspired account of creation" the oo$ of 4enesis records that the %reator gave some very special revelations to Adam. After his fall" Adam received $nowledge a out ,ahs plan for the redemption of the first man and his progeny through the seed of Eve. Elohim said to the serpent5 &And 0 w"ll put enm"ty between thee and the woman! and between thy seed and her seedF "t shall bru"se thy head! and thou shalt bru"se h"s heel.> (;en. 7=-1). #hat Adam $new a out ,ahuwehs plan" su se1uent offspring would have $nown also. (eth and Enoch" as friends and prophets of the Almighty" would have een recipients of the special $nowledge. The life of these two men spanned a thousand years" giving them ample time to o serve" study" and pass the $nowledge to Enochs great grandson" 6oah" whom also wal$ed with Elohim (#f. ;en. 8=*)" and was recipient of the $nowledge5 &And after that my $reat)$randfather Enoch $a+e me all the secrets "n the boo and "n the parables wh"ch had been $"+en to h"m! and he put them to$ether for me "n the words of the boo of the parables.>& (Enoch 8(=-). There should not e the slightest dou t that these men developed the celestial maps depicting the /eavenly lights that our %reator arrayed in the visi le e-panse of /eaven" and in the lighted night s$y. Accordingly" Enoch is listed in the /onor 7oll of 8aith as an e-ample of the heroes that were well pleasing to the Almighty5 HBy fa"th Enoch was translated that he should not see deathF and was not found! because 6ahuweh had translated h"m= for before h"s translat"on he had th"s test"mony! that he pleased 6ahuweh> (4eb. --=1). Enoch" of the seventh generation after Adam" was the architect of mapping the %reators calendar for man9 he lived e-actly 3:3 years" the precise num er of days in a solar year. Enochs $nowledge of how the %reator has arranged /is creation days reveals the real meaning of the title ;Ancient of <ays. The fact that Enoch pleased ,ahuweh should cause us to pay close attention to what he has to say. The study of the /eavenly lights was Enochs special assignment under the tutoring of an angel5 &=wh"ch <r"el! the Set Apart an$el who was w"th me! eCpla"ned to meG> (Enoch I-=-). The >oo$ of Enoch is a treasury of information on how the %reators timepiece in the s$y really wor$s. (ince the re.discovery of Enochs written wor$ in Ethiopia" and its su se1uent translation to English" the true %reators calendar has een right under our noses. !t is now time to learn a out this special $nowledge y overcoming the o stacles that has een placed in the way.
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0n the f"rst few centur"es of the #ommon Era! l"terature "s f"lled w"th references to th"s myster"ous boo . The second century JEp"stle of BarnabusJ ma es much use of the Boo of Enoch. Second and Th"rd #entury wr"ters l" e ?ust"n Martyr! 0renaeus! .r"$"n and #lement of AleCandr"a all ma e use of the Boo of Enoch. Tertull"an (-8')&7' #.E) e+en called the Boo of Enoch JSet Apart Scr"ptureJ. The Eth"op"c assembl"es added the Boo of Enoch to the off"c"al canon. 6ahushua Kuoted Enoch and "t was w"dely nown and read "n the f"rst three centur"es after Mess"ah.

The study of the (tars and constellations is rarely addressed y modern teachers or preachers of prophecy ecause of its association with astrology. (ome even la el such teaching as paganism or the doctrine of witchcraft" and point to astrology as proof that it is demonic in nature. ?ittle do they reali@e that every time they utter the name of a wee$ day on the modern calendar" they are using the name of a pagan god. !ndeed" the (criptures do warn us a out the lac$ arts of soothsayers" clairvoyants" and fortune tellers. /owever" it is the #ro$g%ul use of the /eavenly luminaries that the (criptures condemn" not the rightful use thereof. Aur %reator has commanded us $ot to #orshi! a$y of /is creation" ut to worship /im alone as /e has commanded in the first commandment. ?ucifer" with the demons in his control" has always attempted to mimic ,ahs truth y merging truth with lies" there y ma$ing the lie more difficult to detect. Astrology is *ust such a perversion of the %reators great plan in the /eavens. Astronomy is a science" ut astrology is a elief system in (atans counterfeit plan. /e converts the ancient meanings of the constellations into pagan legends with a prideful appeal to self centered interests. The system portends to set forth ;life forecasting y addressing an ;internal cloc$ that supposedly was set y star alignment at the moment of irth. Astrology encourages the use of this information to guide BcontrolC ones own life. #ith the assumed power to do ones own thing" one is hisDher own god whom does not need the Almighty Ane. (uch evil activity was condemned y the prophet5 &2et now the astrolo$ers! the star$aDers! the monthly pro$nost"cators! stand up! and sa+e thee from these th"n$s that shall come upon thee.> (0sa. /I=-&). (atan is very adept at deception" and astrology is one of his most su tle mimic$ing of the true plan in the s$y a ove. Astrology development egan at the Tower of >a el and spread under 6imrods rule to the centers of the mystery religions in >a ylon and Egypt. All civili@ed cultures on Earth have adopted one form or another of the pagan gods arising from astrology. )odern calendars use adopted names that have roots in the pagan /e domad of >a ylonian astrology. Even the creation wee$ has een polluted with the (unday through (aturday appellations that are ased on celestial deities derived from the false science of astrology. These are the very names that we have een warned to avoid. &That ye come not amon$ these nat"ons! these that rema"n amon$ youF $either make me$tio$ o% the $ame o% their elohim! nor cause to swear by them! ne"ther ser+e them! nor bow yoursel+es unto them=> (?osh. &7=I). Every modern calendar uses these same for idden names of false gods. 2oshua was spea$ing to ancient ,israel" ut su se1uent generations have not listened to his instruction. The record shows that even the leaders of ,israel in ,ahushuas day were using the for idden names. (tephen said in his trial efore the (anhedrin5 &6ea! ye
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too up the tabernacle of Molo&h! and the star of your m"$hty one 'em!ha$! f"$ures wh"ch ye made to worsh"p them=> (Acts I=/7). 7emphan is the (yrian name for (aturn" the star.god (aturn" which is (aturday on modern calendars. (tephen was 1uoting from the prophet Amos5 &But ye ha+e borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and #h"un your "ma$es! the star of your $od! wh"ch ye made to yoursel+es.> (Amos
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(tephen made the connection to the leaders of ,israel in his day5 &6e st"ff)nec ed and unc"rcumc"sed "n heart and ears! ye do always res"st the 'u#a&h ha (o"esh= as your fathers d"d! so do ye.> (Acts I=1-). ?et us e clear' (tephen accused the religious leaders in his day of worshiping the >a ylonian pagan god that is connected to (aturn.day" (aturday (a ath. The (anhedrin was using a lunarDsolar calendar system ased on astrology" and pro a ly was in the process of yielding to 7oman pressure to switch to a wee$ly repetitive calendar. #here did (tephen get that $nowledgeF /is source would have to e from the apostles" whom in turn learned it from ,ahushua )essiah" would it notF To this day" calendar names arising out of astrology are used to set days of worship in defiance of ,ahuwehs command5 &And "n all th"n$s that 0 ha+e sa"d unto you be c"rcumspect= and ma e no ment"on of the name of other Eloh"m! ne"ther let "t be heard out of thy mouth.> (EC. &7=-7). %hristianity uses the day of the (un" (unday. 2ews and )essianic congregations use (aturn.day" (aturday" and )uslims honor Genus on 8riday. Pay attent"on peopleL 5a e up #hr"st"an and Mess"an"c con$re$at"onsL The )ishnah" Talmud" and Ha ala declare the traditions of their fathers to e higher than Torah. They do away with the (criptures and demand that 2ews live y the polluting traditions rooted in >a ylon. (atan has usurped the purpose of the creation lights to conceal $nowledge of ,ahuwehs great plan for the redemption of man$ind. The huge deception is everywhere among all people on Earth" ut the truth is manifest to those with the wisdom to discern our %reators plan written in the /eavens.
&And "t shall come to pass! that from one New Moon to

another! and from one Sabbath to another! shall all flesh come to worsh"p before me! sa"th 6ahweh.> (0sa. 88=&7).

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20;4T AN3 3A,ENESS

The Sour&e o% Light
&Thus sa"th 6ahuweh! wh"ch $"+eth the Sun for a l"$ht

by day! and the ord"nances of the Moon and of the Stars for a l"$ht by n"$ht! wh"ch d"+"deth the sea when the wa+es thereof roarF 6ahuweh of 4osts "s 4"s Name=> (?er. 7-=71). !t is clear that the /eavenly lights wor$ in unison to accomplish their purpose in the %reators plan. !f the luminaries are a means of revealing truth" then it is our responsi ility to pursue that avenue to find the truth y using 2eremiahs recommended source for light. !n the a ove 1uote from 2eremiah" notice that the lights of the night s$y are said to e ordinances. An ordinance is an esta lished rule of law within a statute" confirming that the Torah is the main source of truth a out the lights of creation.
&And Eloh"m made two $reat l"$htsF the $reater l"$ht to

rule the day! and the lesser l"$ht to rule the n"$ht= he ma"e the Stars also.> (;en. -=-8). The words ;he made are not in the /e rew te-t. The added words give the impression that the )oon is the lesser of the two great lights with the (tars as an after thought. 6either is the word ;also in the /e rew te-t. ?eaving those words out that do not appear in the /e rew" the verse reads as follows5
&And Eloh"m made the two $reat lum"nar"es! the $reat

lum"nary for the rule of the day! and the small lum"nary! and the Stars! for the rule of the n"$htF> (;en. -=-8! 62T). That leaves the impression that the lesser light rules the night #ith the Stars and the (tars are the least of the three lights with the )oon as one of the two great lights. The (un is to rule the day and the )oon is to rule the night. The (un produces light" ut the )oon can only receive light" reflecting it ac$ to the dar$ened side of the Earth where the lunation can e o served from Earth at night. The )oon then" is not a source of light" ut plays a secondary role to the (un in the night s$y. The (tars" li$e the (un" are light sources" ut the (tars are visi le only at night" and are assigned a significant" ut less of a visi le role in ,ahs plan for the ages. Are these not clues that it is possi le to visi ly confirm truth we learn from the (cripturesF !t is something to $eep in mind as we see$ $nowledge a out ,ahuwehs timepiece in the s$y. Enoch addressed the role of the lesser light5 &After th"s law 0 beheld another law of
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an "nfer"or lum"nary! the name of wh"ch "s the Moon! and the orb of wh"ch "s as the orb of 4ea+en.> (Enoch I&=-). From *ark$ess to Light
&0n the be$"nn"n$ Eloh"m created the 4ea+en and the

Earth. And the Earth was w"thout form! and +o"dF and dar ness was upon the face of the deep. And the Sp"r"t of Eloh"m mo+ed upon the face of the waters.> (;en. -=-)&). <ar$ness e-isted efore light in the creation process. <ar$ness is the a sence of light" and it is light that is said to e good5 &And Eloh"m saw the l"$ht! that "t was $ood=> (;en. -=/). #e each have come to the $nowledge of good BlightC and evil Bdar$nessC. #e have no alternative ut to choose etween light and dar$ness" ecause our parents selected those options for us at Eden. The choice has eternal implications. The principle of dar$ness preceding light is confirmed as each the of creation days one through si- in 4enesis Ane concludes with5 &and there was e+en"n$ and there was morn"n$>. !t does not say that it was night and then day" rather day came to an end followed y the end of night at dawn" placing a figurative hedge around night. +lease notice that the evening and morning statement is not made in connection with the seventh day (a ath. (#f. ;en. &=-)7). (ince Adam" we have een immersed in :"KKK years of dar$ness that precedes ,ahuwehs Hingdom on Earth. As in the creation" the present dar$ness will e followed y light in the )illennium. The sym olism of dar$ and light cannot e y chance" for it is written in the /eavens a ove as a witness to every human that has ever lived. (cripture repeatedly uses the sym olism of dar$ and light to reveal truth to those in pursuit of righteousness. !f truth BlightC e-poses dar$ness" it must also e a form of light" and it is light that is good and points the way to righteousness. (o" let us em ar$ on a discovery search. #e shall loo$ for how ,ahuwehs truth is written y the luminaries a ove where no man can tamper with them.

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T4E 4EAMENS 3E#2A,E

Astro$omy +,+ Although we do not have to ecome astronomers to understand the %reators calendar" we should $now a few asics that e-plain how the /eavenly lights wor$ together with the Earth to set seasons" days" months and years. The asics help to reveal the awesome wor$ings of the %reators timepiece in space. As the Earth or its around the (un over the course of a year" it trac$s out a 3:KL circle along an annually repeated path called the Ecliptic +lane y astronomers. !saiah descri ed the Ecliptic5 &0t "s 4e! who s"ts abo+e the c"rcle of the Earth! and "ts "nhab"tants are l" e $rasshoppersF who stretches out the 4ea+ens l" e a curta"n! and spreads them l" e a tent to dwell "nF> (0sa. /'=&&). The prophet has descri ed the houses of the (un on the Ecliptic +lane. Gisuali@e the or its of the planets as a flat plane li$e a huge dis$ around the (un" which is sometimes referred to as the plane of the ecliptic. The other planets in our solar system are always near the Ecliptic. !n other words" our solar system is rather flat" with all the ma*or parts or iting in nearly the same plane. 7elative to the Ecliptic" the Earth spins on its a-is tilted at a 23.3L angle as it or its the (un. As Earth or its the (un" it is the tilt that causes the change of seasons at the vernal and autumnal e1uino-es. The e1uino-es are the points on Earth that mar$ the annual time when day and night are of e1ual length at twelve hours each. As the (un appears to e over the e1uator at the vernal BspringC e1uino-" the days grow longer in the northern hemisphere and shorter in the southern hemisphere. The autumnal e1uino- reverses the seasons to shorter days north and longer days south of the e1uator. The Ecliptic +lane e-tends eyond our universe out to the star groups called constellations. Astronomers associate the Ecliptic +lane with mapping of the constellations" and li$e all maps" sym ols are used to convey time locations" in this case" time related cycles applica le to Earth. The named sym ols represent thirty degree segments of the three hundred si-ty degree Ecliptic +lane9 therefore" there are twelve sym ols for the houses of the (un as follows5

,am!

Bull!

Tw"ns!

#rab!

2"on!

M"r$"n!

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Scales!

Scorp"on!

Archer!

;oat!

5ater!

:"sh.

The twelve signs of the constellations on the Ecliptic +lane are commonly $nown as the Zodiac B/e . )a@@erothC" (#f. ?ob 7(=7-) representing the twelve houses of the (un on astronomical maps and charts. The twelve signs are selected out of a total of eighty eight star patterns" ut the (un only passes through twelve of the ma*or constellations. The signs on the Ecliptic +lane represent twelve time segments of the solar year. Thirty degrees represents one solar month on the Ecliptic +lane. There is a thirteenth sign that is perpendicular to the Ecliptic +lane on Earths polar a-is. Teachers seldom mention the constellation <raco in relation to Earth" ut there is significant (criptural support for it in connection with the woman of 7evelation" chapter twelve" ut more a out the (erpent of Ald later. Af course" the two main light sources as viewed from Earth are the (un and (tars as constant light sources that separate night and day. /owever" the (un and the full )oon are the main luminaries of the day and night s$ies as stated y Enoch when comparing them in their respective realms when the )oon is full5 &"n the c"rcumference of the Sun there are se+en port"ons of l"$ht wh"ch are added to "t more than the Moon.>
(Enoch I(=7)/).

The )oon has uilt in characteristics in relation to Earth that cannot e ignored. According to astronomy e-pert 2ames <wyer www.creat"on)answers.com the Earth and )oon interface every forty nine days" and interrelate with the num er E s1uared" or 0J" in an array of unmista$a le evidence that points to a calendar related to the creation account of 4enesis" chapter one. (uch evidence should cause the in1uiry of every serious student of the (criptures. The reader is encouraged to visit 2ames <wyerMs we site where there is a wealth of astronomical data. )r. <wyer provides an a undance of well organi@ed information that is highly suita le for novice astronomers and anyone else in pursuit of $nowledge a out the heavenly lights in the s$y a ove. A Symboli& )ale$"ar
&And there appeared a $reat wonder "n 4ea+enF a

woman clothed w"th the Sun and the Moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twel+e Stars=> (,e+. -&=-). This sign in /eaven illustrates the womans victory over all the false calendars that have divided ,ahs people heretofore. Through much irthing pain" this woman is a out to give irth to a man.child. &And she be"n$ w"th ch"ld cr"ed! tra+a"l"n$ "n b"rth! and pa"ned to be del"+ered.> HAnd she brou$ht forth a man ch"ld! who was to rule all nat"ons w"th a rod of "ron!> (,e+. -&=& N 1).

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(he is represented on astronomical maps of the Ecliptic +lane in the constellation Girgo. (he passes through the (un in the autumn and is often portrayed on astronomical maps holding two sheaves of wheat in her arms" ecause she represents the constellation that arrives after the harvest season. (elected $ey words from 7evelation 1251 serves to e-pand our understanding of the womans calendar features y using (trongs %oncordance5 -o$"er. 4r. semeion.03J2" &neuter of a presumed derivative of the ase of 03J19 an indication" especially ceremonially or supernaturally5..miracle" sig$" to$en" wonder.N )lothe"! 4r. peri allo . 0K1:" &thro# all arou$", !ut o$.N This woman uses the Sun as light (a synonym for truth, righteousness) and wears it as glory to her Creator. The Sun lights the Earth (the woman) as it spins on its axis. Su$. 4r. /elios . 220:" &the rays of the (un" the light o% "ay/0 Moo$. 4r. (elene . 03I2" &brillia$&y. attra&ti1e$ess.N This describes the Moon as it is when it is a full Moon that only occurs one day each month. Feet. 4r. pous . 022I" &a foot" often in the orient" one put his foot on the van1uished" of disciples listening to their teachers instructions are said to e at his feet.N She stands abo e the full Moon and is ictorious o er the Moon contro ersy. )ro#$. 4r. stephanos . 0E33" &from an apparently primary stepho Bto twine or wreatheC9 a chaplet 2as a ba"ge o% royalty3" a pri@e in the pu lic games or a symbol o% ho$or generally9 ut more conspicuous and ela orate than the simple fillet" 123IC" literally or figuratively5..crown.N T#el1e. 4r. dode$a .102E" &from 101E and 11E:9 two and ten" i.e. a do@en5..twelve.N !ur first clue that that the crown relates to the signs on the Ecliptic "lane. Stars. 4r. aster . EJ2 &pro a ly from the ase of 0E::9 a star Bas stre#$ o1er the skyC" literally or figuratively5..star.N Twel e selected symbols of #ea en representing the twel e calendar months on the Ecliptic "lane.
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The woman has departed Egypt and emerged from her re ellion in the wilderness to con1uer 2ericho the )oon %ity. /er victory is sym olically represented y the constellation Girgo. /er crown of (tars is the mystery of )a@@aroth5 &#anst thou b"nd the sweet "nfluences of Ple"ades! or loose the bands of .r"onO #anst thou br"n$ forth MaDDaroth "n h"s seasonO> (?ob 7(=7-). (he is positioned etween the primary luminaries when the earth is clothed with the (un on one side" and the )oon is under her feet on the opposite side. That astronomical condition can only happen one day a month when the )oon is full and rises on the eastern hori@on as the (un is setting on the western hori@on" and the (tars egin to appear. The unified glows on the hori@ons signals the end of a month" with a new month starting the ne-t day. The woman" accompanied y the lights of the fourth day of creation" is a sym olic calendar" which can e our guide to learning the details of ,ahuwehs solar powered timepiece in the s$y. Aur goal is an o serva le calendar that can e used to determine the %reators true (a aths and (et Apart 8easts. *ra&o. Ser!e$t o% Ol" There is yet another wonder in /eaven connected to the woman a out to give irth to a man.child. This new wonder represents the enemy of old that has caused the false calendars to prevail among ,ahs people" and he is angry that her discovery of the true calendar is a out to e-pose him5
&And there appeared another wonder "n 4ea+enF and

behold a $reat red dra$on! ha+"n$ se+en heads and ten horns! and se+en crowns upon h"s heads. And h"s ta"l drew the th"rd part of the Stars of 4ea+en! and d"d cast them to the Earth= and the dra$on stood before the woman wh"ch was ready to be del"+ered! for to de+our her ch"ld as soon as "t was born.> (,e+. -&=7)/). This wonder BsignC in /eaven is represented y the astronomical sym ol for the circumpolar constellation <raco the red dragon. /e is the ancient serpent of deception in the 4arden of Eden. (#f. ,e+. &'=&). The constellation is a circumpolar ecause it is in a gala-y that revolves around the center line of the 6orth +ole a ove the Ecliptic +lane. /is seven heads represent his great wisdom" and the ten horns with seven crowns" his enormous power. The <evourer is a out to unleash his followers Bthe third part of the (tarsC in a demonic fren@y of persecution on the womans man.child as soon as it is orn. The man. child ecomes the Zion people of ,ah" whom will have learned of /is solar powered calendar in the s$y. This is the time of 2aco s trou le that ,ahushua related to /is disciples5 &But before all these! they shall lay the"r hands on you! and persecute you!
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del"+er"n$ you up to the syna$o$ues! and "nto pr"sons! be"n$ brou$ht before "n$s and rulers for My Names sa e.> (2 . &-=-&). The persecution will e widespread with vicious accusations against ,ahs people y deceived @ealots of the strong delusion. These are willing pawns of leaders who will declare righteousness to e a hate crime" calling good to e evil and evil to e good. )any will suffer official punishment" imprisonment" and even death. )ost will fail and yield to their antagonists" ut a few will have prepared for the onslaught5
&And they o+ercame h"m by the blood of the 2amb and

by the word of the"r test"monyF and they lo+ed not the"r l"+es unto the death.> (,e+. -&=--). Avercoming y the lood of the ?am recalls that first +assover when ,israel was preparing to depart from Egypt. That night" they were sealed in their homes ehind their lood.mar$ed doors and escaped to safety the ne-t day. They were protected and redeemed y the sacrificial lood. The overcoming Zion people will escape the same way. They will e protected y the sealing +assover lood of the ?am . The overcoming Zion people will escape from the dragon during this time of 2aco s trou le or tri ulation5 &And the woman fled "nto the w"lderness! where she hath a place prepared of 6ahuweh that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.> (,e+. -&=8). )ha!ter Three

50TNESS .: T4E STA,S

The Mystery of MaDDaroth thou b"nd the sweet "nfluences of Ple"ades! or loose the bands of .r"onO #anst thou br"n$ forth MaDDaroth "n h"s seasonO or canst thou $u"de Arcturus w"th h"s sonsO Enowest thou the ord"nances of 4ea+enO #anst thou set the dom"n"on thereof "n the earthO> (?ob 7(=7-)77).
H#anst

The /e rew word ;)a@@aroth is the plural of )a@@arah" meaning a light in the s$y. )a@@aroth then" means ;lights in the s$y or ;many lights in the s$y. 2o s reference to the constellations +leiades" Arion and Arcturus in connection with )a@@aroth is proof the Ancients $new of the Ecliptic +lane and the apparent spinning wheel of (tars
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rotating around in a wheel li$e fashion. 8urthermore" 2o ac$nowledges that these are &or"i$a$&es o% 4ea1e$0/ 2o did not refer to all twelve constellations" ut their connection to the light of (tars offers strong evidence that the crown of twelve (tars on the woman of 7evelation 1251 represent these same lights. /er crown represents the ordinances of /eaven. &And there appeared a $reat wonder "n 4ea+enF a woman clothed w"th the Sun! and the Moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twel+e Stars=> (,e+. -&=-). 2o s reference parallels !saiahs reference to our %reator &5ho stretches out the 4ea+ens l" e a curta"n! and spreads them l" e a tent to dwell "nF> (0sa. /'=&&). !t is dramatic proof from the (tars that there is a %reator" and that /e designed the lights of /eaven for a purpose. Thus" when we see the lights of the )a@@aroth (2at"n! Pod"acus) connected to the ordinance of seasons" we can clearly see that it utili@es the true science of Astronomy" not the false science of Astrology. The Ecliptic +lane B)a@@arothC is a moving timepiece that points out the annual seasons in a precise and systematic way. (easons" B/e . )oadimC for determination of the yearly times of ,ahs (et Apart feasts that are then regulated y the (un and )oon. The 5ur!ose o% the Lights
&And Eloh"m sa"d! let there be l"$hts "n the f"rmament of

the 4ea+en to d"+"de the day from the n"$htF and let them be for s"$ns! and for seasons! and for days! and years=>
(;en. -=-/).

Sig$s. /e . MAwth . 22:" &pro a ly from 223 Bin the sense of appearingC9 a signal Bliterally or figurativelyC" as a flag" eacon" monument" omen" prodigy" evidence" etc.5..mar$" miracle" Ben.C sign" to$en.N The lights that ser1e as sig$s &a$ o$ly be the houses o% the Su$. &o$stellatio$s. a$" the Stars/ Seaso$s. /e . mowOed . 013K" &from 323J9 properly" an appointment" i.e. a f"Ced t"me or seasonF spec"f"cally! a fest"+alF conventionally a year9 by "mpl"cat"on! an assembly Bas convened for a definite purposeC9 technically the congregation9 y e-tension" the place of meeting9 also a signal Bas appointed eforehandC5..appo"nted Bsign" t"meC" Bplace of" solemnC assem ly" congregation" Bset" solemnC feast" Bappointed" dueC season" solemnB.ityC" synagogue" BsetC time BappointedC.N The houses o% the Su$ are use" %or seaso$s #ith three &o$stellatio$s "esig$ate" %or ea&h 6, "egree segme$t/ O$e &a$ stu"y the Stars a$" i"e$ti%y the broa" "e%i$itio$ o% a seaso$. but the Moo$ "e%i$es the "etails o% the seaso$s/ )o$1ersely. o$e &a$$ot look at the Su$ a$" i"e$ti%y the &urre$t seaso$/
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*ays. /e . ,owm . 311E" &from an unused root mean"n$ to be hot9 a day (as the warm hours)" whether literal Bfrom (unrise to (unset" or from one (unset to the ne-tC" or figurative Ba space of time defined y an associated termC.N The Sun can be used to count days throughout the year, but the Moon can only count days within a lunation. 7ears. /e . shaneh . I101" from I13I9 &a year (as a re+olut"on of t"me)5..P whole age" Q long" P old" yearBQ .lyC.N The Sun can be used for years, for example, when ernal e$uinox returns to ernal e$uinox, one year has passed. The Stars can be used for years when a house of the Sun (constellation) returns to its present position annually. The phases of the Moon predict positions of the Sun o er a solar year. A )reatio$ *ay The (a ath is $ept y 2ews and %hristians ali$e from sunset to sunset" not sunrise to sunrise. This practice y 2ews according to authorities" has only een since their >a ylonian e-ile" when they also egan to start the year from the seventh month BautumnC instead of the spring. HAnd Eloh"m called the l"$ht 3ay! and the dar ness he called N"$ht. And the e+en"n$ and the morn"n$ were the f"rst day.> (;en. -=1). *ay8 B(.311EC ,owm" ,ome . To e hot" as in warm hours from sunrise to sunset. Light8 B(.21:C Awr" Are . !llumination . >right R %lear. *ark$ess8 B(.2I22C %hoshe$" Hho.she$ . <ar$ . 8iguratively5 misery" destruction" <eath. Mor$i$g8 B(.1202C >o1er" <awn as the rea$ of day ?ight is day' <ay is light' The a sence of light is what dar$ness is' To put it another way5 ?ight is the a sence of dar$ness' (o" when /e called light <ay" it cannot include dar$ness ecause dar$ness is an antonym for light" the opposite in meaning. !t is the defining description direct from (cripture' #ithout ar itrary assumptions" day cannot include dar$ness ecause /e separated them y calling light day and dar$ness night. #ith that in mind" read the fourth %ommandment in a new light5 SS"C days shalt thou labour! and do all thy wor = But the se+enth day "s the Sabbath of 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m= "n "t thou shalt not do any wor ! thou! nor thy son! nor thy dau$hter! thy manser+ant! nor thy ma"dser+ant! nor thy cattle! nor thy stran$er that "s w"th"n thy $ates=J (EC.&'=*.-'). The same word for ;day B/e ." ,owmC is used in the fourth commandment" therefore" the Sabbath *ay is a "ay o% Light that "oes $ot i$&lu"e "ark$ess ecause /e
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separated them y the definitions <ay and 6ight. 8rom the first day" ,ah gave the appellation ;<ay B/e . ;,owmC to /is light" ut dar$ness /e called ;6ight B/e .;?ayilC" ecause /e had "i1i"e" /is light from the already e-isting dar$ness. (#f. ;en -=/). These are the words ,ahuweh gave to us as /e saw the light /e had created and called it good. &And Eloh"m saw the l"$ht! that "t was $ood= and Eloh"m d"+"ded the l"$ht from the dar ness.> (;en. -=/). ;<ivided is a $ey word. #hat does it meanF An day four" ,ahuweh declared that "i1i"i$g the light #as goo" (#f. ;en. -=-()! ut on none of the creation days did /e say that dar$ness was good. ?ight is a sent in dar$ness dis1ualifying it for designation as good. !n the /e rew te-t" the word ;divided B/e . adalC is in the form of a causative ver " meaning ,ah caused something to happen which separated the light from the dar$ness. The separation of light from dar$ness reveals a ma*or enefit of the %reators light. (ince light is the a sence of dar$ness" one must e aware of the separating power of light/ &And the l"$ht sh"neth "n dar nessF and the dar ness comprehended "t not>. (?n. -=1). After day one of the creation" the one element that is common to all of ,ahs creation is /is light that is $ept separate from dar$ness in a uni1ue process. The <ayD6ight names apply specifically to +lanet Earth" ecause the Earths rotation alternately reveals light and dar$ness as separated on opposite surfaces" ma$ing the <ayD6ight designations a creation fact. Evening and morning mar$ out the eginning and end of dar$ness" which cannot represent a full dayDnight cycle. As the Earth spins on its a-is in a counter.cloc$wise motion" west to east" evening and morning occur precisely at the same moment in time on opposite sides of the glo e. Thus" evening and morning are not successive as we normally thin$ of them on a solar day. #e view a solar day from a fi-ed position on Earth with dawn followed y daylight" and the su se1uent evening leading into dar$ness. Thus" we are inclined to thin$ of a day as a 20 hour successive cycle. /owever" if we could view Earth from space as it spins from west to east9 we could o serve ,ahs <ay in progress. 8irst light appears *ust efore dawn at (unrise on one side of the planet" while 1IK degrees to the west" dus$ signals the approaching dar$ness of 6ight on the opposite side of the Earth. The evening and morning are e1uidistant on each of the sides" whether measured on the dar$ side or on the lighted side. Thus <ay can *ust as easily e descri ed similarly to the way that ,ah defined light as separated from dar$ness5 &And Eloh"m called the l"$ht 3ay! and the dar ness he called N"$ht.> (;en. -=1). The 9: 4our *ay 6ow" we must ac$nowledge that the word ;day as translated from the /e rew word ;yowm does have two applications that depend on the conte-t in which it is used. The word can mean the daylight portion from (unrise to (unset" ut it can also include the night portion with the daylight portion" descri ing a successive dayDnight 20 hour day. An outstanding e-ample of (criptureMs dayDnight" twenty four hour <ayD,om" is found in the account of the first +assover. &0n the fourteenth day (yowm) of the f"rst
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month at e+en "s 6ahuweh's Passo+er> (2e+. &7=1). An that fourteenth day the +assover lam was $illed etween the evenings in the late afternoon" ut the memorial itself started in the evening. An offering must e consumed on the very same day on which the sacrifice is slaughtered" the Torah states Jon the same day "t shall be eaten! ye shall lea+e none of "t t"ll the morn"n$J (2e+. &&=7') which directly indicates that the day comes to an end on the ne-t morning ecause the lam was consumed that night. The entire +assover was on the 10th <ayD,om Su$rise to Su$rise. To deny that +assover occurred on any other day is a latant denial of the facts of (cripture for remem ering the e-act memorial &And th"s day shall be unto you for a memor"alF>
(EC. -&=-/).

The ne-t day" ,israel departed Egypt at dawn on the 13th day of the first month. &And they departed from ,amses "n the f"rst month! on the f"fteenth day of the f"rst monthF on the morrow after the Passo+er the ch"ldren of 6"srael went out w"th a h"$h hand "n the s"$ht of all the E$ypt"ans.> (Num. 77=7). The ;morrow after the +assover could only e the following day" the first day of Tnleavened >read" or the fifteenth day of the first month" which had to egin at (unrise. The entire +assover occupied the day" evening and night hours of the fourteenth day of the first month" Su$rise to Su$rise. The 4enesis account of the creation wee$ spells it out5 &the e1e$i$g a$" mor$i$g #ere the %ourth "ay/> (;en. -=-*). !f the fourth day of creation ended in the morning" which is what it says" then all of the creation days end in the morning. (o" when does the following day startF Af course' The ne-t day starts as all days do" i$ the mor$i$g/ #hat is eveningF Answer5 !t is the end of day. #hat is morningF Answer5 !t is the eginning of day. %onversely" one could say that evening is the eginning of night dar$ness and morning is the end of night dar$ness. Either way" it is a figurative fence around dar$ness. A"1isory! *o$'t &ross the %e$&e u$less the te;t says to &ross the %e$&e! The Begi$$i$g o% *ay Ane more it of evidence that a day in (cripture $e1er begi$s i$ the e1e$i$g/ %onsider these passages a out &tomorrowN5 &And "t came to pass on the morrow! that Moses sat to Qud$e the people= and the people stood by Moses from the morn"n$ unto the e+en"n$.> (EC. -(=-7).
&Saul also sent messen$ers unto 3a+"dBs house! to watch

h"m! and to slay h"m "n the morn"n$= and M"chal! 3a+"dBs w"fe! told h"m! say"n$! 0f thou sa+e not thy l"fe to n"$ht! tomorrow thou shalt be sla"n.> (- Sam. -*=--).
&0n the e+en"n$ she went! and on the morrow she

returned "nto the second house of the women!> (Esther &=-/).

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The A!ostoli& *ay The following (cripture references show clearly that the followers of ,ahushua did not use the sunset to sunset day5 HMery early on the f"rst day of the wee ! they came to the tomb when the sun was r"sen> (M . -8=&). /ow could it e early if the day started at sunset or midnightF !f it were sunset" then the day would have een half over and it would not e early. HNow late on the Sabbath day! as "t be$an to dawn toward the f"rst day of the wee ! came Mary Ma$dalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.> (Mt. &(=-). !f it is late on the (a ath day at dawn of the ne-t day" then the (a ath must have started at the previous dawn. HNow upon the f"rst day of the wee ! +ery early "n the morn"n$! they came to the sepulcher! br"n$"n$ the sp"ces wh"ch they had prepared! and certa"n others w"th them.>
(2 . &/=-).

?u$e said it was early in the morning of the first day of the wee$" then the (a ath must have ended a few minutes efore. A viously" ?u$e considered that it was a sunrise to sunrise day. HThe f"rst day of the wee cometh Mary Ma$dalene early! when "t was yet dar ! unto the sepulcher! and seeth the stone ta en away from the sepulcher.> (?n. &'=-). 2ohn said it was early on the first day of the wee$ efore sunup. Therefore" the seventh day was ending as the first day was eginning. !t was a sunrise to sunrise day. )o$&lusio$ The (un e-tends its rule after the day BlightC y the lesser lights of the )oon and (tars. Every day BlightC starts at dawn and ends at evening" ut the full day and night ends at the following dawn. The sunset to sunset day tradition is a flagrant violation of a simple truth" which is a deserving target of !saiahs warning5 &5oe unto them that call e+"l $ood and $ood e+"lF that put dar ness for l"$ht! and l"$ht for dar nessF that put b"tter for sweet! and sweet for b"tterL> (0sa. 1=&'). ,ou cannot mingle light with dar$ness in the pursuit of truth BlightC. (eparate them and truth will e revealed.
&Th"s then "s the messa$e wh"ch we ha+e heard of h"m!

and declare unto you! that 6ahuweh "s l"$ht! and "n h"m "s no dar ness at all.N (- ?n. -=1).
&6e are all the ch"ldren of l"$ht! and the ch"ldren of the

day= we are not of the n"$ht! nor of dar ness.> (- Thess. 1=1).
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)ha!ter Four

S"$ns! Seasons! 3ays and 6ears

4o# the Su$ a$" Moo$ Buil" a 7ear JAnd Eloh"m sa"d! 2et there be l"$hts "n the f"rmament of the hea+en to d"+"de the day from the n"$htF and let them be for s"$ns! and for seasons! and for days! and years.J (;en.
-=-/).

E<ui$o; = Teku%ah The earth" which is tilted 23.3 degrees" circles the sun on the ecliptic plain creating our seasons Bspring" summer" fall and winterC. The e1uino- occurs when the sun ScrossesS the e1uator. Therefore" the e1uino- occurs ecause of the action of earthMs or it around the sun. The /e rew word is te ufah BsingularC" meaning Sfeast circuitS" and refers to the solstices as well as to the e1uino-es. Te ufot BpluralC means Sseasons9S literally" Scircuit" to go round.S or Sfeast circuitS The four seasons in the year are called te$ufot. )ore accurately" the first te$ufah is the be$"nn"n$ of the four seasons.
The te$ufah BsingularC of A i denotes the sun at the vernal BspringC e1uino-. The ne-t te$ufah denotes the summer solstice. The third te$ufah denotes the fall e1uino-. The fourth te$ufah denotes the winter solstice.

Te ufah appears in the (criptures four times" and relates to the calendar at least three times. HAnd "t came to pass at the end Bte$ufahC of the year! that the host of Syr"a came up a$a"nst h"m=> (&#hr. &/=&7). That passage refers to the end of the year and last day of the 12th month" which is %hodesh Bre uiltC full moon and therefore" the eginning of another year the ne-t day. That day is the 6ew )oonDmonth and the eginning of a new year. HAnd thou shalt obser+e the feast of wee s! of the f"rstfru"ts of wheat har+est! and the feast of "n$ather"n$ at the years end. Bte$ufahCN (EC. 7/=&&). That te$ufah is the autumnal or fall e1uino- at the end of the summer harvest season. H5herefore "t came to pass! when the t"me was come Bte$ufahC about after 4annah had conce"+ed! that she bare a son!> (- Sam. -=&').
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That passage pro a ly refers to the calendar year. /owever" all the a ove (cripture references indicate that the ancients new a out" and understood" the solar seasonal points of the e1uino-es and solstices. The A$$ual Teku%ot The sunMs yearly circuit through the e1uino-es and solstices is descri ed y <avid5 HThe"r l"ne Bheavenly calendarC "s $one out throu$h all the earth! and the"r words to the end of the world. 0n them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun! 5h"ch "s as a br"de$room com"n$ out of h"s chamber! and reQo"ceth as a stron$ man to run a race. 4"s $o"n$ forth "s from the end of the hea+en! and h"s c"rcu"t Bte$ufotC unto the ends of "t= and there "s noth"n$ h"d from the heat thereof.> (Ps. -*=/)8). <avid $new of the te$ufot impact on the calendar year. /is reference to &tabernacle of the sun.> proves the twelve houses of the )a@@aroth B/e rew for the ?atin ZodiacusC are not astrology" ut astronomy that confirms ,ahMs calendar timepiece in the heavens over our heads. -hi&h >e# Moo$. Be%ore or A%ter the E<ui$o;? !t is common $nowledge that the vernal e1uino- usually occurs on )arch 2Kth or )arch 21st as determined y the 7oman %alendar. 7arely it occurs on )arch 1Jth or )arch 22nd. /owever" could ancient ,israel locate the e1uino- y the 7oman %alendarF Af course not' There was no 7oman calendar in their day. The varia le lunar months" compared to the solar" cause the vernal e1uino- to fall on a different day of the month each year" though always in the last month of the year. !n Hing <avidMs day when astronomy was not a developed science as it is today. #e would first need to locate the vernal e1uino-" and only then could we choose the correct new moon to egin the new year. The year must always egin with the re uilt full moon (%hodeshC ne-t after the spring e1uino-" rather than the new moon nearest the spring e1uino-. #hyF >ecause the season does not start until a%ter the teku%ah Bvernal e1uino-C/ The last te$ufah ending the year is the point where the sun crosses the e1uator to esta lish the season we call spring. !f we select a full moon be%ore the vernal e1uino-" we will select a moonDmonth still moving after the winter solstice Bte$ufahC and therefore. in a winter month. The 6ew )oon" and the eginning of a new year" always follow the spring e1uino- and is always the day a%ter the %hodesh Bre uiltC full moon. Abib. the Begi$$i$g Moo$ (ince the old year ends in the spring" it is reasona le to assume that the new year be$"ns in the spring as well. SAnd "t came to pass! that after the year was eCp"red! Bte$ufahC at the t"me that "n$s $o out to battle BspringC!J (- #hron. &'=-). J...for at the return of the year Bte$ufahC the "n$ of Syr"a w"ll come up a$a"nst thee.J (- E"n$s
&'=&&).

All of ,ahuwehMs (et Apart 8easts are ased on the correct identification of the first day of the year and the first day of the month A i . &Th"s month shall be unto you the
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be$"nn"n$ of months= "t shall be the f"rst month of the year to you.> (EC. -&=&). ,israelMs departure from Egypt in the first month is associated with agricultural crops as an identifying mar$er from (cripture= HAnd the flaC and barley ha+e been sm"tten! for the barley "s budd"n$! and the flaC "s form"n$ flowers! and the wheat and rye ha+e not been sm"tten! for they are late.> (EC. *=7-)7&). The arley was destroyed ecause it was in the advanced stage of udding or heading" which follows its tender young green stage. !n other words the destroyed crop was ready for harvest (cripture !dentifies the first month" and the eginning of the year" with appearance of early crops. &.bser+e the month of Ab"b! and eep the Passo+er unto 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m= for "n the month of Ab"b 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m brou$ht thee forth out of E$ypt by n"$ht.> (3eut. -8=-). -hy the First Mo$th is >ame" Abib (cripture designates a 6ew )oon as a re uilding process y the language used. 8or e-ample5 HTh"s month (4eb. #hodesh) shall be unto you the be$"nn"n$ of months (4eb. #hodesh)5 "t shall be the f"rst month (4eb. #hodesh) of the year to you.> (EC. -&=&). %hodesh is from the ver 5 231I &ha"ash $haw.dashM a primitive root9 to be $e#9 &ausati1ely" to rebuil"8==re$e#. repair. H.bser+e the month of Ab"b!..> (3eut. -8=-). HTh"s day came ye out "n the month Ab"b.> (EC. -7=/). The first month is $ame" after a growth stage of arley5 &20 'abiyb aw. ee M from an unused root Bmeaning to e tender green" i.e. a young ear of grain9 hence" the name of the month A i " ear" green ears of corn Bnot mai@eC.N The $ey here" is to understand that A i is oth a growth stage of arley a$" the first month B%hodeshC of the year. The point is9 arley can only e in the green ear stage in the month A i . (cripture did not name the first month 6isan" which is a >a ylonian name. !t is named A i ecause it is the correct name for the month in which arley is a i "or in the green ear stage. (ince +assover is in the f"rst month! surely the new year egins in the same season each year" and not sometimes in the spring and sometimes in the winter. )any applica le (criptures to point to spring" while none indicate another season. A new moon nearest ut before the e1uino- would start some years in a winter month" causing the UfestivalsV to occur out of their seasons.

The word MA i M means young" tender" verdant green shoots of grain" so that an entire field would appear green. !n this eginning stage of growth" it is not ready for harvesting" ut it does serve to confirm that the season of growth has egun. The vernal BspringC e1uino- mar$s the end of winter and the eginning of the agricultural year. !t is the season for crops to spring forth from the earth" and the turn of the year that occurs at the end of the 12th month" or sometimes in the thirteenth month" if one occurs. Thus" it is not the green ears of arley" ut sun and moon which determine the calendar and therefore the year. #hat signals the end of one year and the eginning of another" is not the arley harvest" ut e1uino- and the new full moon determines the end and eginning of a year. Is There a Thirtee$th Mo$th?
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)any of ,ahMs e$$lesia Bcalled.out.onesC are astonished upon learning that some years in ,ahuwehMs calendar have 13 months. (ince the lunar months consist of an average of 2J.3 days" a year of 12 months e1uals only 330 days . 11 days short of the solar year. !f there was never a 13th month in the year" the harvest festivals would soon e out of season. in less than 2I years they would rotate through all the months of the year. This is what happens with the )uslim %alendar. !f we truly accept the (criptural calendar" then we will not have to arrange the 13th month" ecause ,ahuweh will do it for us. Always choose the new full moon which comes ne-t after the spring e1uino- and the 13th month will automatically fall in place in the proper year. The ancients $new of the lunar ad*ustment for a 13th month even as far ac$ as Enoch who gave the intercalation formula5

HThe Moon br"n$s on all the years eCactly! that the"r

stat"ons may come ne"ther too forwards nor too bac wards a s"n$le dayF but that the years may be chan$ed w"th correct prec"s"on "n three hundred and s"Cty)four days. H0n three years the days are one thousand and n"nety)twoF "n f"+e years they are one thousand e"$ht hundred and twentyF and "n e"$ht years two thousand n"ne hundred and twel+e days.> (Enoch
I7=-7). I7=-7).

Summary A @"ay0. depending on its use in a sentence" can refer to 12 hours of daylight" or to the 20 hour day" eginning at sunrise..
The wee$ is seven days in length and always consists of si- wor$Dcommerce days

efore a seventh day (a

ath.

The month is from one new full moon to its end at %hodesh Bre uiltC full moon"

consisting of 2J or 3K days each" and egins again with the ne-t day 6ew BfullC )oon.
All communities on earth should o serve all 6ew )oon days. 6ew moons should

not e ignored.
The date of the new moon can e rec$oned accurately y visual o servation of the

%hodesh Bre uiltC full moonrise near the time of the setting sun.
The year can e either 12 or 13 months in length" ut always starts on the first full

6ew )oon after the vernal BspringC e1uino-.

A i arrives at the green ears of arley season" ut must not e calculated y the 20

arley crop. 6oah" during the flood" and )oses for 0K years in the desert" did not consult the arley crops in %anaan. The commonwealth of ,israel in the wilderness faithfully noted the first day of each month and each year.
A i Bgreen earsC is a spring month" ut it should never egin efore the vernal

e1uino- in the winter season. This will always $eep +assover in the spring and Ta ernacles in the autumn at the correct harvest seasons.
Earths or it around the sun esta lishes the te$ufot" and with the moon esta lishes the

day" month" season and year" for the (et Apart feast days (#f. ;en. -=-/)-8). )o$&lusio$ The 6ew )oons and e1uino-es form the natural creat"on calendar made y our %reator" ,ahuweh. The calendar over our heads cannot e tampered with. !t is always in place" and fully understood y those who wrote the (criptures (#f. EC. 7/=&& N Ps. -*=8). The new moon starts the month and the sun starts the year y earths or it around the sun on the )a@@aroth B?atin ZodiacusC to move from solstice to solstice" passing through the e1uino-es. /ow awesome is the eauty of ,ahuwehs calendar. 5raise 7ah!

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)ho"esh. Moo$AMo$th The )oon is a nearly perfect sphere that is positioned etween the Earth and the (un at con*unction. The )oon is J3 million miles from the (un" its light source. The )oons or it and rotation is perfectly synchroni@ed so that the same side of the sphere is always facing the Earth. 8urthermore" solar eclipses and con*unctions are possi le only ecause of the )oons uni1ue position etween the Earth and the (un at con*unction. The dar$ )oon is the only time that an eclipse or a con*unction can occur. The )oon is a out one four hundredth the si@e of the (un" ut at full )oon" when the Earth is positioned etween the (un and the )oon" the circumference of a full )oon appears to e the same si@e as the (un. Enoch compared the two lights as they appear from Earth5 &These are the two $reat lum"nar"es= the"r c"rcumferences of both al" e! "n the c"rcumference of the Sun there are se+en port"ons of l"$ht wh"ch are added to "t more than the Moon.> (Enoch I(=7)/). The (un"
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seven times righter" is confirmation that Enoch was comparing the (un to a full )oon. The two great luminaries having e1ual appearing circumferences" with one having seven times more light" can only e the (un and a %ull Moo$. which occurs one time in the center of a lunation BmonthC etween con*unctions. Therefore a lunation is divided into portions. Enoch descri ed the divisions li$e this5
&And on that n"$ht B8ull )oon nightC "t "s dar i$ "ts fourteen port"ons BhalfC" that

"s! i$ ea&h half Btwo wee$s efore and two wee$s afterC9 but "t r"ses Bin the eastC on that day Bfull )oonC w"th one se+enth port"on Bof (uns lightC prec"sely! and "ts pro$ress decl"nes Bwaning )oonC from the r"s"n$ of the Sun.> (Enoch I&=*). Thus" the full )oon is a central event" and on that day" when the )oon is %ull at mi"$ight" on the opposite side of the Earth" the Su$ is shi$i$g. !t perfectly matches the woman of 7evelation twelve. (he is positioned etween the full )oon and the (un. (he is clothed with the (un as the )oon is under her feet" with the (tars of her crown representing the twelve houses of the (un. !t is powerful evidence that the full )oon is the 6ew )oon. 7ead the account as Enoch confirms the full )oon as the 6ew )oon5
&.n the f"rst day she "s called the New Moon! for on that day the l"$ht r"ses upon

her. She becomes full Moon eCactly on the day when the Sun sets "n the west! and from the east she r"ses at n"$ht! and the Moon sh"nes the whole n"$ht throu$h t"ll the Sun r"ses o+er a$a"nst her and the Moon "s seen o+er a$a"nst the Sun. (Enoch
I(=-&)-7).

#hen the (un sets in the west as the )oon rises in the east" it is the e-act day that the )oon receives all her light following the days of wa-ing phases. Enoch gives us the added information5 &She accompl"shes her wan"n$ "n the f"rst per"od of t"me.> (Enoch I(=-1). The waning phases %ollo# the full )oon" which he called the %irst !erio". Thus" he adversely named the full )oon as the eginning of the month. The day of the full )oon is the 6ew )oon" permanent and fi-ed in full view for all to see. The False Theorems Tnli$e the o serva le lighted phases" the dar$ )oon is invisi le one or two days" so on which day could we &loo$ narrowlyN for a new )oonF (o" is the new )oon at con*unction during the dar$ )oon phase or a crescent moon at sunsetF A new )oonDmonth eginning at con*unction and confirmed y the visi le crescent at (unset is the most prevalent of theorems. /owever" it has serious pro lems ecause that %rescent )oon is already at least twelve hours after con*unction. (ince the )oon rises in the east *ust as the (un does" the crescent )oon after (unset is astronomically incorrect. !t does not fit a precise monthly appearance. )ost calendars depict the new )oon as a lac$ dot" which represents a ;covered or dar$ )oon9 for the )oon is invisi le at con*unction. Thus" the command to &o serveN is
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technically impossi le at con*unction" and would re1uire some $ind of calculation. !f con*unction is the new )oon" there would have to e a way to determine when it occurs. A con*unction new )oon or a crescent in the evening s$y is a pro lem without a precise solution" ut the (criptures descri e another way that is perfect in every way. Buil"i$g a >e# Moo$ (cripture designates a )oon as a re uilding process y the language used. 8or e-ample5 &Th"s month B/e . %hodeshC shall be unto you the be$"nn"n$ of months (/e . %hodeshC= "t shall be the f"rst month B/e . %hodeshC of the year to you.> (EC.
-&=&).

Mo$th /e . %hodesh! . 232K R &from 231I" to be $e#" re uild" renew" y implication" a monthN. (cripture uses the same /e rew word for oth M)oon and ;month. Therefore" the 6ew )oon must e a new month" ecause ;%hodesh gives us the definition of a 6ew )oon and a new month. The /e rew word %hodesh is from the ver ;&ha"as B231IC meaning to be $e# or re uild. 7e uilding is e-actly what each lunation does after the decline of the waning phases. The )oons light diminishes to con*unction and re uilds to a full )oon again in the wa-ing phases. Thus" the re uildDrenew is necessary ecause it follows the declining days in the waning )oon phases and dar$ days of con*unction. 7e uilding of the )oon" or the o serva le days of renewing" cannot egin until a%ter its con*unction midpoint with the (un. %hodesh Bre uildingC egins at con*unction" but it is $ot the >e# Moo$. rather it is the eginning of a process toward a 6ew )oon. 7enewing" y definition" implies that it is a follow on process" ut follow on to whatF The )oon must renew ecause the waning )oon phases returned the o serva le )oon to a dar$ )oon at con*unction" ma$ing renewal B%hodeshC necessary. The o *ective of the renewing process is the renewed full )oon. !t is the full )oon under the feet of the woman of 7evelation5 &a woman clothed w"th the Sun and the Moon under her feet!> (,e+. -&=-). E$o&hs >e# Moo$
&After th"s law 0 beheld another law of an "nfer"or

lum"nary! the name of wh"ch "s the Moon! and the orb of wh"ch "s as the orb of 4ea+en. 0ts char"ot! #hi&h "t secretly ascends! the w"nd blowsF and l"$ht "s $"+en to "t by measure. E+ery month at "ts eC"t and entrance "t becomes chan$edF and "ts per"ods are as the per"ods of the Sun. And when "n l" e manner "ts l"$ht "s to eC"st! "ts l"$ht "s a se+enth port"on from the l"$ht of the Sun.> (Enoch I&=-)7).
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The full )oon receives its light from the (un" which is then reflected ac$ to the Earth as one seventh of the light of the (un. That event occurs only one day each month at the end of the wa-ing phases. The ne-t day is the first full day of a new )oon followed y descending amounts of light until its con*unction with the (un. After con*unction" light is given to it in ascending amounts unto the full )oon again when it again receives a seventh of the (uns light.
&Thus "t r"ses! and at "ts commencement towards the

east $oes forth for th"rty days. At that t"me "t appears! and becomes to you the be$"nn"n$ of the month. Th"rty days it is w"th the Sun "n the $ate from wh"ch the Sun $oes forth.>
(Enoch I&=/)1).

At what time does it ecome the eginning of the monthF ?oo$ at the underlined portion of verse 3 again. !t is when its light is a seventh portion from the light of the (un. Enoch says that it ecomes to you the begi$$i$g o% the mo$th/ !t is compelling evidence that the month starts with a full )oon.
The )res&e$t Moo$
&And when the Sun r"ses! the Moon r"ses w"th "tF

rece"+"n$ half a port"on of l"$ht. .n that n"$ht! when "t commences "ts per"od! pre+"ously to the day of the month! the Moon sets w"th the Sun.> (Enoch I&=I)(). The )oon egins to receive its light from the (un on the first morning after con*unction. An that morning" a thin sliver of light appears on the eastern hori@on and the )oon is receiving its light from the (uns glow elow the hori@on. The two luminaries then arc a ove the Earth to the western hori@on where they set in the evening s$y. This is the crescent )oon that is popularly called the new )oon.
&And when "t "s wholly eCt"n$u"shed! "ts l"$ht "s

consumed "n 4ea+enF and on the f"rst day "t "s called the new Moon! for on that day l"$ht "s rece"+ed "nto "t.> (Enoch
II=-/).

Thus" Enoch ac$nowledged that the crescent )oon is &alle" the new )oon. To this point we have esta lished that the full )oon is the eginning of the month" and that the crescent )oon is called the new )oon. (o" we need more evidence to esta lish which )oon is Enochs new )oon. More E1i"e$&e i$ "ts fourteen port"ons! that "s! i$ ea&h halfF but "t r"ses on that day w"th one se+enth port"on prec"sely! and "n "ts pro$ress decl"nes from
2I &And on that n"$ht "t "s dar

the r"s"n$ of the Sun. 3ur"n$ the rema"nder of "ts per"od "ts l"$ht "ncreases to fourteen port"ons.> (Enoch I&=*)-'). The crescent )oon" which sets with the (un" egins to uild its light each su se1uent day for 13 more days. The increasing light is evidence that the )oon is uilding B/e . %hodeshC toward the full )oon until the )oon reflects 10 portions of light from the (un" $nown to e the full )oon. #e have already learned that the full )oon is the &begi$$i$g o% the mo$th.0 (#f. Enoch I&=1) and that eginning is the result of a light re uilding process culminating in a full )oon. &0n each of "ts two se+en port"ons "t completes all "ts l"$ht at r"s"n$ and at sett"n$.> (Enoch I7=/). (o" we have learned that" according to Enoch" the full )oon is the 6ew )oon and the eginning of the month. 6ow let us see if that is supported y %anon (cripture. 5roo% %rom )a$o$ S&ri!ture unto the ch"ldren of 6"srael! say"n$! "n the se+enth month! "n the f"rst day of the month! shall ye ha+e a Sabbath! a memor"al of blow"n$ of trumpets! a Set Apart con+ocat"on.> (2e+. &7=&/). The first thing to notice is that this verse is a out the first day of a month" and eing a first day" it egins a new month" does it notF !f it is a new month" and the first day of the month" then it must also e a 6ew )oon" is it notF &4e made the Moon for seasonsF the Sun hath nown h"s place of entrance.> (Ps. -'/=-*). This day is a feast day" ut it is not a wee$ly (a ath day9 for the seventh day is not in view here. The first day of a month and the seventh day of a wee$ cannot occur at the same time" for it would e a violation of the 8ourth %ommandment. According to the 8ourth %ommandment" the (a ath is preceded y si- wor$ days5 &S"C days shalt thou labour! and do all thy wor = But the se+enth day "s the Sabbath of 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m.> (EC. &'=*)-'). The first day of the month is not a (a ath. /owever" the first day of the month is a commanded day of rest5 The /e rew word for ;(a ath in ?eviticus 23520 is (trongs E:EE" (ha athown" from E:E: B(a athC9 a (a atism or special holiday5..rest. The 6ew )oon at the 8east of Trumpets is a commanded day of rest" on the f"rst day of the month" ut in addition to the regular wee$ly (a ath.
&Blow at new Moon B%hodeshC a ramBs horn BshofarC! at full Moon B$esehC! at day &Spea

ByomC" p"l$r"m feast B%hagC.N (Ps. (-=7! 62T). The 8east of Trumpets is also on a %ull Moo$" which is said to e the %irst "ay o% the mo$th/ (#f. 2e+. &7=&/). After con*unction" the )oon rises on average a out 3K minutes later each day" so the
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)oon is in the s$y during daytime as much as it is at night. Thus" the visi le wa-ing phases egin to re uild from con*unction to a new full )oon" and the eginning of a new month. This is followed y retreat through the visi le waning phases to re.con*unct with the (un" and egins to re uild again for fourteen days to the new full )oon.
&And there appeared a $reat wonder "n 4ea+enF a woman clothed w"th the Sun and the Moon under her feet!> (,e+. -&=-). (he stands etween the (un and the re uilt

)oon. (he represents the Earth etween the (un and the )oon on the first full day in a lunation that a full )oon occurs" on 6ew )oon day at the eginning of a month.
&Blow up the trumpet i$ the new Moon! "n the t"me appo"nted! on our solemn feast day.> (Ps. (-=7 E?M).

The /e rew word for ;time appointed is ;moed. Although a solemn feast day is an appointed time BmoedC" the word does not appear in the /e rew te-t of the a ove verse. Thus" it is o vious that the Hing 2ames translators assume" the interpretation. The assumed interpretation is well supported y other (cripture" and therefore valid. /owever" it does serve to illustrate a su stantial pro lem faced y translators in their translations of /e rew into the English language. All English translations assume ver s" con*unctions BandC" the definite article BtheC" and punctuations that do not appear in /e rew" ut are understood only within the conte-t. These English literature selections can significantly alter interpretation. The word order in the literal /e rew te-t connects the act of sounding the trumpet with the ;solemn feast day5 &Blow at new Moon B%hodeshC a ramBs horn BshofarC! at full Moon B$esehC! at day ByomC! p"l$r"m feast B%hagC.> (Ps. (-=7! 62T). The act of lowing the ;shofar is connected to all three elements" ;%hodesh Bnew )oonDmonthC" ;$eseh Bfull )oonC" and solemn 8east <ay" B;chag" pilgrim feastC. !n other words this is the memorial proclaiming the 8east of Trumpets B/e . 7osh /ashanahC with the lowing of the rams horn B(hofarC. 5ilgrim Feast. %hag" /e . 22I2" chag $hag or chag $hawg9 from 22IE9 a festival" or a victim therefore 5. BsolemnC feast BdayC" sacrifice" solemnity" %hagag" to move" march" a procession Balso" people moving as in a pilgrimageC. % pilgrimage is a long &ourney usually conducted in the Sunlit hours or the daylight portion, of a day (yom). >e# Moo$. %hodesh" (./e . 232K R &from 231I" to e new" re uild" renew" y implication" a monthN. Scripture uses the same #ebrew word for both 'new Moon( and 'month(. Therefore, the )ew Moon is the e$ui alent of a new month. %fter *israel crossed +ordan into the "romised ,and, shofars were always sounded on )ew Moon day. )ha"ash. /e . 231I . a primitive root9 to
3K

e new9 causatively" to

re uild5..renew" repair. -ebuilding is exactly what each Moon.month does from con&unction to a full Moon, confirming creation(s se$uence of dar/ness to light, but the renewing process ends with the full Moon.. >e# Moo$ )o$&lusio$
&And on the f"rst day she "s called the New Moon! for on

that day the l"$ht r"ses upon her. She becomes :ull Moon eCactly on the day when the Sun sets "n the west! and from the east she r"ses at n"$ht! and the Moon sh"nes the whole n"$ht throu$h t"ll the Sun r"ses o+er a$a"nst her and the Moon "s seen o+er a$a"nst the Sun.> (Enoch I(=-&)-7). )oonrise" as the (un is setting" only occurs one day in a lunation" and which is precisely at the 8ull )oon. The glow of the rising moon on the eastern hori@on as the glow of the sun is on the western hori@on is our %reatorMs unchanging sign that a new month is eginning. The day after is the 6ew )oon. A calendar that sets ,ahs (et Apart 8easts must e ased on a month that egins with a 6ew 8ull )oon. )ha!ter Si;

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HNow from the s"Cth hour there was dar ness o+er all the land unto the n"nth hour.> (Mt. &I=/1). The sym olism of dar$ness efore light is nowhere etter illustrated than those three hours of dar$ness that veiled the scene of ,ahushua )essiahs sacrifice. 6ot only was the veil of the Temple torn from top to ottom mar$ing the end of animal sacrifice" ut the (un itself hid its face from the terri le suffering that was occurring at 4olgotha. The greater light that rules the day was dar$ened y the lesser light that rules the night. 8rom #i$ipedia" the online encyclopedia5 &A total e&li!se occurs when the Sun "s completely obscured by the Moon. The "ntensely br"$ht d"s of the Sun "s replaced by the dar outl"ne of the Moon! and the much fa"nter corona "s +"s"ble. 3ur"n$ any one ecl"pse! total"ty "s +"s"ble only from at most a narrow trac on the surface of the Earth.N A solar eclipse event is caused y the )oonMs or it a out the Earth" as it is positioned etween the (un and Earth on the day of the dar$ )oon at its con*unction phase. The con*unction phase is fi-ed and always occurs on the fifteenth day after the 6ew 8ull )oon. Se1eral times a year. the "ark Moo$ also a!!ears o$ the %ourtee$th "ay/ The %ourtee$th "ay o% the %irst mo$th is also 5re!aratio$ *ay %or the e1e$i$g 5asso1er. (#f. 2e+. &7=1). The )oon loc$s the (unMs light as viewed from the Earth in a narrow trac$ on the Earths surface. An eclipse can only happen as the Earth and )oon travel across the
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Ecliptic +lane B?at. Zodiacus" /e . )a@@aroth (#f ?ob 7(=7-).C with the )oon etween the Earth and the (un at its con*unction phase with the (un. All natural solar eclipses last only a few minutes at any one location" ut the eclipse at %alvary that day was not a normal event. The Earth and )oon stopped their *ourney across the Ecliptic +lane for three hours. (uch an event is descri ed y the prophet Amos5 &And "t shall come to pass "n that day! sa"th the So+ere"$n 6ahuweh! that 0 w"ll cause the Sun to $o down at noon! and 0 w"ll dar en the earth "n the clear day=> (Amos (=*). A solar eclipse can occur only on one or two days during a lunation" and that is on the fifteenth day andDor fourteenth when there are two dar$ moon days together. Therefore" ,ahushua died during a solar eclipse on +reparation <ay on the fourteenth day of the first month. This e-actly fulfills the Torah re1uirement for the slaughter of the +assover ?am 5 &And "t hath become a char$e to you! unt"l the fourteenth day of th"s month! and the whole assembly of the company of 6"srael ha+e slau$htered "t between the e+en"n$sF> (EC. -&=8! 62T). <o you see the full significance of the time of ,ahushuas deathF 6ot only does /is appointed time of death during an eclipse disprove all of the false calendars that place the 6ew )oon following con*unction" it also proves conclusively that ,ahushuas memorial dinner with /is disciples #as $ot a 5asso1er Se"er. /ow could it eF The memorial dinner was conducted in the evening hours of the thirteenth" which was the "ay be%ore 4is "eath. not in the evening of the day when the lam s were slaughtered! Even ,ahushuas eloved disciple 2ohn verified that the meal was cele rated be%ore the +assover5 &Now before the feast of the Passo+er! when 6ahushua new that h"s hour was come that he should depart out of th"s world unto the :ather! ha+"n$ lo+ed h"s own wh"ch were "n the world! he lo+ed them unto the end. And supper be"n$ ended! the de+"l ha+"n$ now put "nto the heart of ?udas 0scar"ot! S"monBs son! to betray h"mF> (?n. -7=-)&). Be%ore. 4r. pro a primary preposition9 SforeS" i.e. i$ %ro$t o%" !rior Bfiguratively" superiorC to5..a ove" ago" be%ore" or ever. !n the comparative" it retains the same significations. The scri es and translators of (cripture have deceived us with altered manuscripts and false translation to conceal the true facts of (cripture. The truth is ,ahushua did in fact say that /e #oul" $ot eat the 5asso1er. The deception is found in words that have een added to the earliest manuscripts of the following (cripture5 &And he sa"d unto them! w"th des"re 0 ha+e des"red to eat th"s Passo+er w"th you before 0 suffer= :or 0 say unto you! 0 w"ll not a$y more eat thereof! unt"l "t be fulf"lled "n the "n$dom of 6ahuweh.> (2 . &&=-1)-8).
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The words ;a$y more have een added to the oldest 4ree$ manuscripts i.e." Gatican )anuscript" %ode- (inaiticus and the %ode- Ale-andrinus. 8or e-ample" the English translation of the Gatican )anuscript te-t omits the added words5 &And he sa"d to them! H0 ha+e earnestly des"red to eat th"s Passo+er w"th you before 0 sufferF for 0 say to you! 0 w"ll not eat of "t! t"ll "t shall be fulf"lled "n the E"n$dom of ;)d.> (2 . &&= -1)-8! Mat. Ms). A literal translation renders the a ove (cripture li$e this5 &And he sa"d unto them! R5"th des"re 0 d"d des"re to eat th"s Passo+er w"th you before my suffer"n$! for 0 say to you! that no more may 0 eat of "t t"ll "t may be fulf"lled "n the re"$n of ;)d.> (2 .&&=-1)-8! 62T). ,ahushua )essiah #as sa&ri%i&e" o$ the 5re!aratio$ *ay for the e1e$i$g 5asso1er when the lam s were slaughtered in preparation for the meal5 &And ye shall eep "t up unt"l the fourteenth day of the same month= and the whole assembly of the con$re$at"on of 6"srael shall "ll "t "n the e+en"n$.> (EC. -&=8). &And "t was the preparat"on of the Passo+er! and about the s"Cth hour= and he sa"th unto the ?ews! Behold your E"n$L> (?n. -*=-/). Aur Hing was sacrificed when the rilliance of the (un was covered y the dar$ened )oon on one of the only days in a month an eclipse can occur. An that first month" it was the fourteenth day when the lam s were slaughtered at +assover5 &The ?ews therefore! because "t was the preparat"on! that the bod"es should not rema"n upon the sta e on the Sabbath day!> (?n. -*=-8). To fulfill and completely satisfy prophecy" and to e our +assover ?am of protection" ,ahushuas sacrifice ha" to be o$ the same "ay the lambs #ere slaughtere"/ +raise ,ah" /e paid the price for our redemption on that day of dar$ness as the )oon covered the (un. )ha!ter Se1e$

T4E 5EEE26 SABBAT4

4o# to )ou$t to a Sabbath As the Earth or its the (un" and rotates countercloc$wise" west to east" on its a-is" the average )oon spin rate over the 3:K degree Earth or it are 3K lunations per year. That average includes the dar$ )oon days during con*unction. There is space for only four wee$ly (a aths within a monthly lunation" ut there are potentially 32 wee$s annually in a solar year. %rescent new )oon people claim that if the (a aths of ,ahuweh are determined y one of the lights in the night s$y a ove" it has to e the )oon. It is the o$ly light that has !hases &orres!o$"i$g to a se1e$ "ay &y&le/ They say that the new )oon after con*unction followed y the first 1uarter of lunation seven days later" and the su se1uent
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full )oon and waning phase serve to identify wee$s. The claim is prompted y these 1uestions5 &#hy does this light have these cyclesF /ow else can the Almightys set apart days e determined y the lights of /eavenF There is a solutely no other light that provides the answers to those 1uestions. !t must e the )oon ecause /e said there is a light that does the defining for us.N The argument is sound and has much merit" ut it is out.of.sync and must e put in its proper order. All can agree that the (a ath is the %reators product of light" ut the 1uestion is5 #hich light provides a schedule that is in $eeping with the fourth commandmentF eep "t Set Apart. S"C days shalt thou labour! and do all thy wor = But the se+enth day "s the Sabbath of 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m.> (EC.
&'=()-'). &,emember the Sabbath day! to

The fourth %ommandment is telling us ho# to &ou$t to a Sabbath. According to the command" the (a ath is preceded y si- wor$ days. The fourth commandment" as all commandments" is fi-ed forever. !n the count to a wee$ly (a ath" there are rules to follow. The seven days of the creation wee$ are unchangea le. #e must not add to" nor ta$e away from the %ommandments. To follow the instructions of the 8ourth %ommandment" the (et Apart (a ath day is preceded y si- days of wor$. Tnless we can find e-ceptions to that rule from (cripture" there is no reason to depart from the rule of the 8ourth %ommandment.
&Eeep the Sabbath day to sanct"fy "t! as 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m hath commanded thee. (3eut. 1=-&). The English word ;$eep is translated from the /e rew word ;shamar"

/e . . I1K0" meaning ;ta$e heed" ;loo$ narrowly" ;search for. To find the correct (a ath day we must loo$ at the creation wee$ B/e . (ha uwaC as our guide. (cripture also commands us to $eep the 6ew )oon as the foundation for eginning a month. The month contains four wee$s B(ha uwaC with its ending (a ath. Thus" after mar$ing the day of the 6ew )oon" then following the instructions of the fourth commandment" the wee$ is measured off a%ter si; #orki$g "aysB the (a ath is the day immediately following si- wor$ days. The (a ath can never e at any other time or measured y any other system of rec$oning. To use any other system is a direct contradiction of the fourth commandment. The 6ew )oon is the eginning or first day of the month" ut it is not a wor$ day. 7ather" it is a commanded day of rest. Therefore" the si- wor$ days of the 8ourth %ommandment can only egin a%ter the >e# Moo$/ #ith the first of the si- wor$ days eginning the day after the 6ew )oon" the Sabbaths #ill al#ays %all o$ the Cth. +Dth. 99$" a$" 96th "ays o% the mo$th/ 8urthermore" these days will rarely" ut occasionally will" coincide with >a ylons wee$ly /e domad days.
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!n summary" once you $now and mar$ the day of the 6ew 8ull )oon" $eeping (a ath on the correct day is simple. 2ust remem er" the day starts at (unrise and ends at (unrise" as we have proven in a previous chapter. 5roo% %rom the Torah the"r Qourney from El"m! and all the con$re$at"on of the ch"ldren of 6"srael came unto the w"lderness of S"n! wh"ch "s between El"m and S"na"! on the f"fteenth day of the second month after the"r depart"n$ out of the land of E$ypt.> (EC. -8=-). E-actly one month after departing Egypt" the new nation of ,israel egan to murmur in regret of having left the land of their captivity. They said to )oses and Aaron on the fifteenth day of that second month5 &for ye ha+e brou$ht us forth "nto th"s w"lderness! to "ll th"s whole assembly w"th hun$er.> (EC.-8=7). Their complaint rought forth ,ahuwehs plan to test /is people to see if they would o ey /is commands. &Then sa"d 6ahuweh unto Moses! Behold! 0 w"ll ra"n bread from 4ea+en for youF and the people shall $o out and $ather a certa"n rate e+ery day! that 0 may pro+e them! whether they w"ll wal "n my 2aw! or no.> (EC. -8=/). !n the late afternoon of that fifteenth day" ,ahuweh caused a large num er of 1uail to enter the camp of the ,israelites. ,ah provided them with flesh to eat that very evening" saying5 &0 ha+e heard the murmur"n$s of the ch"ldren of 6"srael= spea unto them! say"n$! at e+en ye shall eat flesh! and "n the morn"n$ ye shall be f"lled w"th breadF and ye shall now that 0 am 6ahuweh your Eloh"m.> (EC. -8=-&). The ne-t morning" on the si-teenth day of that second month" the small round su stance of ,ahuwehs read was found on the desert landscape. !t was the Almightys first lesson on ho# to &ou$t the "ays to 4is Sabbaths/
&And they $athered "t e+ery morn"n$! e+ery man &And they too

accord"n$ to h"s eat"n$= and when the Sun waCed hot! "t melted. And "t came to pass! that on the s"Cth day they $athered tw"ce as much bread! two omers for one man=>
(EC. -8=&-)&&).

)oses spo$e to the leaders of the congregation a out the coming (a followed the si- days of gathering manna5
&Th"s "s that wh"ch 6ahuweh hath sa"dF To morrow "s

ath that

the rest of the Set Apart Sabbath unto 6ahuweh= ba e that wh"ch ye w"ll ba e to day! and seethe that ye w"ll seetheF and that wh"ch rema"neth o+er lay up for you to be ept unt"l the morn"n$.> (EC. -8=&7).
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6ow we can do the math for counting to ,ahuwehs (a aths contained within a month. 8ollowing the fifteenth day of that second month" there were si- days of gathering manna Bsi- wor$ daysC with dou le amounts on the si-th day. The ne-t day was a (a ath" which was the eighth day counting from the fifteenth day" or the t#e$ty= se&o$" "ay o% the se&o$" mo$th. Thus" if the twenty.second day was a (a ath" then so were the eighth" fifteenth and twenty.ninth days also (a aths. &S"C days thou shalt do thy wor ! and on the se+enth day thou shalt rest=> (EC. &7=-&). ,ahuwehs lesson for /is people is that after the 6ew )oon" 4is Sabbaths are o$ the Cth. +Dth. 99$" a$" 96th "ays o% ea&h mo$th/ )ha!ter Eight

T4E S.2A, 2<NA, 6EA,S

E$o&hs Lu$ar Mo$ths The angel Triel presented wisdom to Enoch that most men are una le to discern5 &<r"el l" ew"se showed me another re$ulat"on! when l"$ht "s poured "nto the Moon! how "t "s poured "nto "t from the Sun.> (Enoch II=-&). ,ou are a out to learn how the (un regulates the )oons monthly lunation from one 6ew )oon to the ne-t throughout the lunar year. Then" you will learn how the lunar year" which is ten days shorter" is reconciled to the solar year through Triels intercalation formula. Enoch was witness to the angels revelation5
&5hen that their +"s"ble s"tuat"on "s completed. Such "s

the appearance and l" eness of e+ery lum"nary! wh"ch <r"el! the $reat an$el who conducts them! showed to me.>
(Enoch I(=1).

The wisdom that Enoch learned from Triel is where all the calendars of >a ylon miss the mar$" including the modern calendar we use daily. The (un leads the )oon into its daily or it around the Earth and determines where the )oon rises and sets on the eastern and western hori@ons. Enoch descri ed the significant varia les that have an effect on an o serva le calendar5 &.n stated months the Moon has twenty)n"ne days Bof lightC. 0t also has a per"od of twenty)e"$ht days Bof lightC.N (Enoch II=-')--). The 2J day months have 2I days when the visi le )oon is reflecting its light as seen from Earth. /owever" the months also utili@e dar$ )oon days to complete its lunations. Enoch e-plained how this occurs as the (un allocates its light to the )oon in the sigates starting with the 8ull )oon5
&5here the l"$ht comes to the Moon! there a$a"n "t

decreases! B#aning )oonC unt"l all "ts l"$ht "s eCt"n$u"shed! B<ar$ )oonC and the days of the Moon pass away. Then "ts
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orb rema"ns sol"tary w"thout l"$ht. B<uring con*unctionC 3ur"n$ three months "t effects "n th"rty days ea&h mo$th "ts per"odF and three more months "t affects "t "n twenty)n"ne days each. These are the times "n wh"ch effects decrease "n "ts f"rst per"od! and "n "ts f"rst $ate! $amely "n one hundred se+enty)se+en days.> (Enoch II=-I)-*). The 1EE days represent a lunar half year or si- months starting in the first 4ate. B1EE - 2 W 330.day lunar yearC. (o" for 2I days that the )oons light is o serva le there is one dar$ day at con*unction on the 13th day" ma$ing it a 2J day month for three months. The 3K day months have 2I days of o serva le light" ut utili@es two dar$ days on the 10th and 13th days" ma$ing it 3K day month for three more months. The Time +ortals that Enoch called 4ates are then counted in reverse order to complete the 3:0D330.day (olarDlunar year. 'e&o$&ili$g the SolarALu$ar 7ears #hen you reconcile your chec$ing account" you must account for every penny deposited and every penny spent. 7econciling usually is done on a monthly asis" if accuracy is to e achieved and maintained. Atherwise" the account most li$ely would soon e out.of. alance and undependa le for accurate data. !t is the same type of pro lem that e-ists etween a solar year and a lunar year. The 3:0.day solar year is ten days longer than the lunar year" which Enoch addressed in two half year segments5 H0ts per"od "s less than that of the Sun! accord"n$ to the ord"nance of the Stars! by f"+e days "n one half year prec"sely> (Enoch I(=/). To reconcile the difference" the angel Triel gave Enoch the intercalation formula5 HThe Moon br"n$s on all the years eCactly! that the"r stat"ons may come ne"ther too forwards nor too bac wards a s"n$le dayF but that the years may be chan$ed w"th correct prec"s"on "n three hundred and s"Cty)four days. H0n three years the days are one thousand and n"nety)twoF "n f"+e years they are one thousand e"$ht hundred and twentyF and "n e"$ht years two thousand n"ne hundred and twel+e days.> (Enoch I7=-7). 'ea" that agai$! Enoch has told us how to reconcile the 330.day lunar year to the 3:0.day solar year represented y the 3:K.degree or it around the Ecliptic +lane. <isregarding the num er of days" a solar year is the length of time it ta$es the Earth" as seen from space" to return to the same position along its path around the Ecliptic +lane. Enochs 3:0.day solar year omits the 20 hours of Atonement" a time set apart for prayer and repentance" ut the EF: "ay solar year "oes re!rese$t the same EFD="ay a$$ual Earth orbit arou$" the Su$/ (o" to ad*ust the shorter lunar year up to the longer (olar year" there must e an added time span to ma$e up the difference. (ince the monthly lunation cycle of the )oon
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measures out months" the time span addition must e a month at a time" or a thirteenth month must e added every few years according to EnochMs recorded intercalation formula. !s there a thirteenth monthF Ah yes" indeed there is. Twelve months only e1uals 330 days for a lunar year" eleven days shorter than the solar year. #ithout ad*ustments" the annual festivals would soon e out of season. The prophet Enoch has passed the the angelMs intercalation formula to us" in order to $eep the calendar accurate. 7emem ering that the ancients omitted the <ay of Atonement there y calculating solar years as 3:0 days" here is how the intercalation formula wor$s5 H0n three years the days are one thousand and n"nety) twoF "n f"+e years they are one thousand e"$ht hundred and twentyF and "n e"$ht years two thousand n"ne hundred and twel+e days.> (Enoch I7=-7b). 1"KJ2 days over three years amounts to a one month ad*ustment per year. 1"I2K days over five years is the same" or one month per year. The same 3K day change rate for twelve years. (o" we can conclude that every few years" there is an ad*usment necessary. >ad news" if we have to calculate the ad*ustments. /owever" here is the good news 5 Aur %reator has uilt in an automatic ad*ustment through the lunation cycle following the 12th month" if ad*ustment is needed. !n other words" a thirteenth month is added be%ore the first month of the following year. Thus" every few years there is an ad*ustment of the lunar year to the solar year. !f we accept ,ahuwehMs true calendar" we will have no pro lem loo$ing for a thirteenth month ecause /e will place it efore us. Always egin the new year with the first 8ull )oon after the Gernal E1uino- and" if there is a thirteenth month at the previous yearMs end" it will always e there waiting to end an old year and egin a new one. The Solar 5o#ere" Lu$atio$ The ?unation %harts in the ne-t chapter are e-cellent e-amples of how the (un allocates its light to the )oon with its varia le aspects. >ear in mind" the )oon or its the Earth as they or it the (un together. ,ou will notice that days 10 and 13 are oth dar$ moon days" ut only one of them is the con*unction. The (unMs light is retained an e-tra day to cause the )oonMs light" or lac$ of light at con*unction" to repeat. The repeating solarDlunar condition is also e-hi ited on the second 6ew )oon on the 3K day ad*acent to the ne-t 6ew )oon on the following month. The prophet Enoch addressed the phenomenon in their various portions of light5
th

H4alf of "t "s "n eCtent se+en port"ons! one hal%F and the whole of "ts orb "s +o"d of l"$ht! eCcept a se+enth port"on out of the fourteen port"ons of "ts l"$ht. And "n a day "t
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rece"+es a se+enth port"on! or half that !ortio$ of "t! sets w"th the sun.> (Enoch I&=8). All of the ?unationMs" throughout the year" display the varia les in a manner that assures the full 6ew )oon will always appear right on schedule. The Su$'s Seaso$ Markers 6ot only do the false calendars miss it with their (unset to (unset days and the crescent or dar$ new )oons" they also miss it ig y not calculating four important days of the year5
&And these four days! wh"ch are not calculated "n the

calculat"on of the year. ,espect"n$ them! men $reatly err! for these lum"nar"es truly ser+e! "n the dwell"n$ places of the world! one "ay "n the f"rst $ate! one "n the th"rd $ate! one "n the fourth $ate! and one "n the s"Cth $ate. And the harmony of the world becomes complete e+ery three hundred and s"Cty)fourth state of "t. :or the s"$ns! the seasons! the years. (Enoch I/=&)8). Enoch had already descri ed one of the additional days in the si-th gate5 &The Sun $o# returns to the east! enter"n$ "nto the s"Cth $ate! and r"s"n$ and sett"n$ "n the s"Cth $ate th"rty)one days! on account of "ts s"$ns.> (Enoch I-=-I). The )oons lunation in the si-th gate is a 3K.day month" ut the (un mar$s out an e-tra day every 1uarter. These are the days not calculated in the 330 day lunar year. The season mar$ers are strictly solar and part of the (olar year. There are four 31.day months in a solar year and these four e-tended months provide the harmony that is missing from >a ylons calendars" and Enoch descri ed the importance of these added days5
&These are the leaders of the ch"efs of the thousands!

those wh"ch !resi"e o+er all creat"on! and o+er all the StarsF w"th the four "ays wh"ch are added and ne+er separated from the place allotted them! accord"n$ to the complete calculat"on of the year.> (Enoch I/=-). The four days that e-tend four months are the dividing points etween the seasons of spring" summer" autumn and winter" and they sum up to J1 days per 1uarter" which is e-actly 13 wee$s" times 0" e1uals 32 wee$s" times E" e1uals 3:0 days. B13 - 0 W 32 - E W 3:0C. A complete calculation of the year is ased on the (unMs precisely measured days" as the (tars allocate the months. /owever" it is the lesser light of the )oon that ma$es practical application of this awesome timepiece in the heavens a ove.
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)ha!ter >i$e

AN .BSE,MAB2E 2<NA, #A2EN3A,

Follo#i$g the 'ules The )oon follows the path of the (un in a precisely timed se1uence as it or its the Earth and they spin together" or iting the (un along the Ecliptic +lane. There are interrelated se1uential events that regularly occur" ut are seldom mentioned as possi le calendar points of interest. These se1uences are powerful evidence that the %reators solar powered calendar has rules that cannot e changed or overridden. The rules fre1uently relate to the num er seven" or multiples of that num er. Lu$atio$ Gariables There are 3K day months and 2J day months for each twelve month year. Each of the monthly lunations is configured y the (un. (ome of these months have 10 days of waning light efore one dar$ day of con*unction. Athers have thirteen days of wa-ing light after two dar$ days at con*unction. The full )oon and dar$ )oon days are varia les ut" the months all start and end the same way. ,ou may have heard the e-pression &Ance in a lue moonN. A M lue moonM is an added full moon during a lunation that occurs when two full )oons appear in the same month. At this writing" astronomers are a le to forecast the e-tra full )oons and are fully documented on astronomical we sites. This repetitive phenomenon also occurs at the 1uarter )oons and at con*unction with an added dar$ moon day. /owever" these variations do not change the 2J or 3K day lunations. All months egin with a )oonrise at (unset and end on a new full )oon.. The day after the (un sets as the )oon rises" it is 6ew )oon day. The day after con*unction as the )oon sets with the (un" is the eginning of the wa-ing phases B%hodeshC re uilding to a new 8ull )oon. All lunar months egin and end in the same manner. That" dear reader" is precision time.$eeping y our %reatorMs timepiece in the heavens a ove. (o" letMs loo$ at the monthly lunations that are 2J day months.

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A Ty!i&al 96=*ay Lu$atio$ )hart

3ay -! NM

3ay &

3ay 7

3ay /

3ay 1

3ay 8

3ay I

3 (!Sab.

3ay *

3ay -'

3ay --

3ay -&

3ay -7

3ay -/

3 -1! Sab.

3ay -8

3ay -I

3ay -(

3ay -*

3ay &'

3ay &-

3 &&! Sab.

3ay &7

3ay &/

3ay &1

3ay &8

3ay &I

3ay &(

3 &*! Sab.

<ay one is a 6ew )oon day" followed y si- wor$Dcommerce days followed y the wee$ly (a ath. This se1uential arrangement fulfills the fourth %ommandment e-actly. The %ommandment directs us to measure off si- wor$ days efore the (a ath5 &S"C days shalt thou labour! and do all thy wor = But the se+enth day "s the Sabbath of 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m.> (EC. &'=*)-'). There are four complete wee$s each month" with the wor$ day count starting the day after the 6ew )oon. The 8ourth %ommandment reflects the creation wee$. ,ahuwehMs (et Apart (a ath is a special day that is set according to /is creation lights. The (a ath mar$s /is people and the lights mar$ /is plan for their o edient worship. A true &ale$"ar must %ollo# the same !atter$ setu! as the &reatio$ #eek/ The creation wee$ is si- creation days efore the sanctified (a ath of rest. That se1uence of days is repeated in the fourth %ommandment5
&S"C days shalt thou labour! and do all thy wor = But the se+enth day "s the Sabbath of 6ahuweh thy Eloh"m.> (EC. &'=*)-'). 01

(o now" let us loo$ at the lunations that are 3K day months on EnochMs lunar calendar. A Ty!i&al E,=*ay Lu$atio$ )hart
3ay -! NM

3ay &

3ay 7

3ay /

3ay 1

3ay 8

3ay I

3 (!Sab.

3ay *

3ay -'

3ay --

3ay -&

3ay -7

3ay -/

3 -1! Sab.

3ay -8

3ay -I

3ay -(

3ay -*

3ay &'

3ay &-

3 &&! Sab.

3ay &7

3ay &/

3ay &1

3ay &8

3ay &I

3ay &(

3 &*! Sab.

3ay 7'

Second New SMoon7

Each of the 3K day months is configured e-actly the same" ut sometimes with thirteen days of waning light efore two days of con*unction and sometimes 10 days efore one dar$ moon on day 13. /owever" this time there are fifteen days of wa-ing light to a second 6ew )oon on the 3Kth day. The re uilding B/e " %hodeshC" wa-ing )oon has one more day than the twenty nine day months" and the day is (et Apart for si- or seven special occasions during a standard 330 day lunar year. The special occasions are spelled out for us in little understood portion of the (criptures. +lease read and familiari@e yourself with 1 (amuel" chapter 2K for the story of <avidMs escape from Hing (aul. That portion of (cripture gives the full e-planation of how to recogni@e the eginning of a month. Se&o$" >e# Moo$ o$ the E,th *ay The thirty day months each have a second 6ew )oon day. !t was on one of these
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months that <avid said to 2onathan5 &Tomorrow "s the New Moon.> (- Sam. &'=1). An the day efore the 6ew )oon" moonrise is on the eastern hori@on at a out the same time as the (un sets in the west. (o" it was on the 2Jth day of the month that <avid was alerted to an approaching 6ew )oon. <avid $new that the month was not yet ending ecause that evening on the 2Jth day" the the moonrise preceded sunset y a out 3K minutes. That meant that there would e a second 6ew )oon in an e-tended 3K day month" not a 2J day month. An the 2Jth day the )oon was rising as the (un was setting" and <avid $new that there would e a second day of feasting. <ay 3K and the following <ay 1 of the new month are ac$ to ac$ 6ew )oon days. That is why he re1uested that 2onathan come into the field to shoot the arrows on the third day" the day following the second 6ew )oon cele ration. (#f. - Sam. &'=1)/&). The /e rew te-t in 1 (amuel 2K52E literally means ;the 2nd day of the 6ew )oon" not the 2nd day of the month as in most English translations. A ?iteral Translation renders it li$e this5 &on the second morrow of the New Moon!> (-st Sam. &'=&I! 62T). The e-tended months are the $ey to a true o serva le calendar that was lost when men turned to >a ylon for their calendar with the (a ath day named M(aturn.dayM after the pagan god. +ay attention )essianic and %hristian congregations. A calendar ased on a crescent or dar$ )oon will never fit the fully lighted 6ew )oon calendar that <avid $new so well. )ale$"ar A!!li&atio$ !t is the spring E1uino- event that ends winter and signals warmer weather for the hemisphere the (un is entering. The first 6ew )oon after the E1uino- is the first month of the year" which is also the commanded eginning of the year5 &Th"s month shall be unto you the be$"nn"n$ of months= "t shall be the f"rst month of the year to you. (EC.
-&=&).

+lease notice that ,ahuwehs (et Apart %alendar egins with the e-act time that is esta lished y the created lights of the fourth day of creation. This is astronomy" not astrology. These lights apply to the entire planet" so that anyone on planet Earth can $now and follow /is calendar. Every (a ath" every appointed time or (et Apart <ay" has its eginning in this first month9 for the year is measured from this eginning month. Aur %reator has given us the only effective means there is for a unified $eeping of /is (et Apart <ays. /eres how it was applied in Temple worship5 The Temple was oriented so the portico entrance faced the east. The congregation was facing west toward the interior of the Temple" avoiding the possi ility of anyone worshiping the rising (un. The priests first function was to call the 8easts and 6ew )oons as they were receiving the worshipers at the Temple portico. The priests were indeed facing the eastern hori@on at
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the morning and evening sacrifices for a good reason. They could o serve the (un and )oon as they rise on the eastern hori@on in the morning and evening o lations. >y reviewing the useful purposes of the creation lights" it is easy to see how important an o serva le calendar is to a eliever determined to follow in su missive o edience to ,ahs great plan. There is no su stitute for the principle of su missive o edience to our %reatorMs plan for /is people. This first month is the month that crops spring forth from the Earth and arley in ,israel is in its young" tender stage efore harvest. >ut without any $nowledge of the arley crop in ,israel" people everywhere can $now /is calendar. The lights of /eaven were given for that very purpose5 &And Eloh"m sa"d! 2et there be l"$hts "n the f"rmament of the 4ea+en to d"+"de the day from the n"$htF and let them be for s"$ns! and for seasons! and for days! and years=> (;en. -=-/). )ha!ter Te$

#4A;S! P02;,0M :EASTS

&These are the feasts of 6ahuweh! e+en Set Apart

con+ocat"ons! wh"ch ye shall procla"m "n the"r seasons.>

(2e+. &7=/).

The (et Apart 8estivals are a time.map of ,ahuwehMs plan" for what /e plans to do" and when /e plans to ring events to fruition. They are prophetic types that proclaim /is +lan and foretell the events" even efore they come to pass. Aur modern calendar" which is patterned after the pagan calendar of >a ylon" runs from 2anuary through <ecem er. /owever" the calendar of lights on the )a@@aroth starts on the first 6ew 8ull )oon which occurs after the spring e1uino-. The e1uino- is the @ero point on the Ecliptic +lane. That is" it is the ending of the old Earth or it and the eginning of a new Earth or it. The season arrives with the constellation Aries that is depicted on astronomical charts under the sign of the ram. &Th"s month shall be unto you the be$"nn"n$ of months "t shall be the f"rst month of the year to you.> (EC. -&=&). 5asso1er
&0n the fourteenth day of the f"rst month at e+en "s 6ahuweh's Passo+er.N (2e+. &7=1).

(tarting with the day after 6ew )oon day" prepare for +assover y clearing leavening and leavened products out of the household. (tart with the 6ew )oon as day one" count fourteen days to preparation day. The +assover (eder is in the evening hours
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after (unset of day fourteen. The meal is accompanied y itter her s and unleavened read. This is ,ahs (et Apart )emorial commemorating ,israels protection from the destruction of the first orn in Egypt. They were protected y the lood of the lam that they had consumed that night. !t is a time to remem er that a similar protecting event will occur in the future. &And they o+ercame h"m by the blood of the 2amb and by the word of the"r test"monyF and they lo+ed not the"r l"+es unto the death.> (,e+.
-&=--).

U$lea1e$e" Brea"
&.n the morrow after the Passo+er the ch"ldren of 6"srael went out w"th a h"$h hand "n the s"$ht of all the E$ypt"ans.> (Num. 77=7).

The ne-t day a%ter +assover" at (unrise the seven.day 8east of Tnleavened >read egins. The first day of the feast is the fifteenth day of the month" a /igh (a ath day5 &0n the f"rst day ye shall ha+e a Set Apart con+ocat"on= ye shall do no ser+"le wor there"n.> (2e+. &7=I).
&And th"s day shall be unto you for a memor"alF and ye

shall eep "t a feast to 6ahuweh throu$hout your $enerat"onsF ye shall eep "t a feast by an ord"nance for e+er. Se+en days shall ye eat unlea+ened breadF e+en the f"rst day ye shall put away lea+en out of your houses= for whosoe+er eateth lea+ened bread from the f"rst day unt"l the se+enth day! that soul shall be cut off from 6"srael.>
(EC.-&=-/)-1).

(piritually" this feast addresses sanctification. !t is a commitment to cleanse sin from our lives y allowing the (et Apart (pirit to reveal to us the salvation provided y our +assover ?am . That commitment to 7uach /aHodesh ena les us to egin recogni@ing sin in our lives through ,ahs #ord. &Thy word "s a lamp unto my feet! and a l"$ht unto my path.> (Ps. --*=-'1). !t is light that overcomes the dar$ness of sin. The last day of the feast is also a special day5 &"n the se+enth day "s a Set Apart con+ocat"on= ye shall do no ser+"le wor there"n.> (2e+. &7=(). This seventh day of the feast is the 21st day of the month or the day efore the regular (a ath on the 22 nd day of the first month. Therefore" the only regular (a ath falling in this seven day feast is the first day of the feast" which is on the 13th day of the month" a /igh (a ath. First Fruits
&Spea unto the ch"ldren of 6"srael! and say unto them!

5hen ye be come "nto the land wh"ch 0 $"+e unto you! and
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shall reap the har+est thereof! then ye shall br"n$ a sheaf of the :"rst :ru"ts of your har+est unto the pr"est=> (2e+.&7=-'). The wave sheaf offering of harvested arley is derived from many individual plants that ma$e up a undle BsheafC" which yields an omer or a out five pints of grain. The #ave (heaf Affering was accompanied y a urnt offering of a lam without lemish. This offering followed a%ter the sacrifice of ,israels protective +assover ?am . /owever" the urnt offering does not represent the +assover ?am . 7ather" it represents the 8irst 8ruit grain offering that was made possi le y the +assover sacrifice through the resurrected )essiah. The #ave (heaf Affering" composed of many individual grains offered together" represents those !rote&te" by the bloo" o% the 5asso1er Lamb. The +assover ?am s were slain etween the evenings B?ate afternoonC on +reparation <ay" the 10th day of the first month" or precisely the same time that ,ahushua )essiah was sacrificed for our sins. >rothers and sisters" if we are under the protective lood of the ?am without lemish" #e are the First Fruits -a1e Shea% O%%eri$g! The #ave (heaf Affering of first fruits could not e accepted y our /eavenly 8ather until after our sins are atoned for" and washed away y the lood of the ?am . Thin$ a out that' To e chosen as part of the omer" we must e cut down" sifted" a$ed in the oven" and offered as a living sacrifice to serve under our coming Hing. 8irst 8ruits that are identified during Tnleavened >read is for application at a later time after the count to (havuot. ,ahuwehs spring harvest" helps us understand the necessity of the summer harvest. The )ou$t to Sha1uot )odern ,israel" outside of the land" has no crop to harvest. Therefore" ,israel cannot reap from a crop they do not possess. /owever" instructions from (cripture does serve to esta lish the commanded count to (havuot" B+entecostC which is called the 8east of #ee$s.
&And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the

Sabbath! from the day that ye brou$ht the sheaf of the wa+e offer"n$F se+en Sabbaths shall be complete= E+en unto the morrow after the se+enth Sabbath shall ye number f"fty daysF and ye shall offer a new meat offer"n$ unto 6ahuweh> (2e+. &7=-1)-8). ath or the day of the #ave (heaf Affering can only e the second day of the 8east of Tnleavened >read or the si-teenth day of the first month. &Se+en Sabbaths shall be complete=> (Ms. -1). A (criptural num er is not complete until the end of the specified num ering is attained" ut at that point it is complete. 8or
0: ;The morrow after the (a

e-ample5 #hen one counts seven (a aths of years the result is 0J years complete. The ne-t year will e the 3Kth year" a separate count added to the first count. The same is true of the commanded count to (havuot. !t is seven (a aths complete" and a num er after the seven is in addition to the seven" in this case" plus 3K days. ?et us note an important fact here. It is $ot a "ay &ou$t o% :6 "ays !lus o$e "ay! 7ather" it is a count of wee$s B/e . (ha uwaC" which are seven sevens. 8urthermore" it is called a ;wee$ count ecause it parallels the creation wee$" so that The S&ri!tural $ome$&lature is a se1e$ Hshabu#a 2#eeks3 &ou$t o% the Sabbaths that o&&ur a%ter the +Fth "ay o% the %irst mo$th !lus D, "ays/ -hat are #e &ou$ti$g here? The seven (a ath count spans from the third (a ath B22nd dayC of the first month through the first (a ath BIth dayC of the third month. Add 6ew )oon days and the day following the seventh (a ath and the total is e-panded several days e-ceeding the commanded Ise1e$ Sabbaths &om!lete80 The command in the Torah is 5 H...a%ter the se1e$th Sabbath shall ye $umber %i%ty "aysB///0 (2e+. &7=-8). The word Mnum erM B(. 3:KIC is translated from the /e rew word McapharM" meaning to tally" enumerate" count or re&ou$t/ There is no need to recount or count again to the third (a ath of the first month" for that count was complete at the seventh (a ath" ut the recount is to num er again fifty days B/e . yowm" day or daysC. The /e rew word MyowmamM" means MdailyM and does not apply in this case. There are t#o !arts to the &ou$t/ The first part is the seven sevens count. That part is seven wee$s B/e . (ha uwaC each made up of si- wor$Dcommerce days plus a (a ath in each wee$" ut it "oes $ot i$&lu"e >e# Moo$ "ays/ !n a successive day count" i% the >e# Moo$ "ays a$" E,th "ays are i$&lu"e". the &ou$t #oul" be beyo$" the Sabbath &ou$t/ A successive day count would have to include the 6ew )oons that occur within the seven sevens count and would therefore e inaccurate. That false method of counting to (havuot applies even to the false crescent new )oons. A successive day count simply does not fulfill the re1uirement for a seven wee$s count. A count of seven wee$s sums up to 0J days" ut it is the day after the seven (a aths that the fifty day count egins. The se1e$ #eek &ou$t is %ollo#e" by a su&&essi1e "ay &ou$t o% %i%ty "ays/ 6ow" for the second part of the command5 &E+en unto the morrow after the se+enth Sabbath shall ye number f"fty daysF and ye shall offer a new meat offer"n$ unto. 6ahuweh0 (2e+. &7=-8). /ere is where the successive day count is applied. !t is a%ter the seven (a aths. The count is an e-plicit one of seven (a aths plus fifty days starting on the Jth day of the third month" which is the day after the seventh (a ath. 8ifty days a%ter the seventh (a ath places (havuot with the summer harvest at
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another (a ath on the 2Jth day of the fourth month. It is the Feast o% First Fruits of the summer harvest when the wheat that was planted the previous winter is harvested. More E1i"e$&e (hortly after +assover and the 8east of Tnleavened >read at 2erusalem" the )aster Teacher of 7ighteousness rested at a well in (amaria and made this statement to /is disciples5 HSay not ye! There are yet four months! and then cometh har+estO Behold! 0 say unto you! 2"ft up your eyes! and loo on the f"eldsF for they are wh"te already to har+est.> (?n. /=71). /is visit to (amaria and /is statement were made near the end of the first month when /e said the harvest was yet four months away" placing the harvest at the 3th month" which is the harvest of the summer crops. The count to (havuot starts at the arley harvest of A i grain and ends with the mid year harvest of rye" oats and early wheat at the summer harvest. The feast is cele rated using the early wheat harvest5 &And thou shalt obser+e the :east of 5ee s! of the f"rst fru"ts of wheat har+est! and the feast of "n$ather"n$ at the yearBs end. N The ;years end is not the solar years end9 it is the agricultural years end of the pilgrimage feasts when read made from the wheat harvests are a$ed into leavened loafs for the feasts. The summer harvest of produce from the land is not only for food to e stored away ut" it also for honoring ,ahuweh with the firstfruits5 H4onour 6ahuweh w"th thy substance! and w"th the f"rstfru"ts of all th"ne "ncrease= So shall thy barns be f"lled w"th plenty! and thy presses shall burst out w"th new w"ne.> (Pro+. 7=*)-'). 8urthermore" it is not only the grains" ut other produce as well5 &And to br"n$ the f"rstfru"ts of our $round! and the f"rstfru"ts of all fru"t of all trees! year by year! unto the house of 6ahuweh=> (Neh. -'=71).
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>arley harvest egins in the spring" ut wheat and oats are not availa le until mid )ay and later" while grapes and fruit trees follow in mid.summer and after. 6one of the tree fruits are availa le in the spring efore the summer solstice" which does not occur until after the seven (a ath count" usually on 2une 21st. 6ew wine is the sweet wine that is made from grapes of the current summer crop" and defined as eing made of the fermented *uice of any of various $inds of grapes (o" it is an issue of common $nowledge9 it is #i$e that is a1ailable o$ly %rom the %resh gra!e &ro! that is !ro"u&e" i$ the summer seaso$/ The apostle +eter alluded to the summer crop at (havuot when he responded to the local attendees who had charged the foreign guests with pu lic drun$enness. &.thers moc "n$ sa"d! These men are full of new w"ne.> (Acts &=-7). +eter addressed the moc$ers5 &:or these are not drun en! as ye suppose! see"n$ "t "s but the th"rd hour of the day.> (Acts &=-1). The vineyard harvest egins si- or seven wee$s after the seven
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(a ath count" so new wine would not e availa le at the end of the seven wee$ count" ut it was o viously availa le at the time of +entecost. The )ou$t )o$&lusio$ The (et Apart 8east of 8irstfruits is cele rated every year around the world" ut at the wrong time. !t is lost ecause it is not cele rated according to the %reatorMs timeta le. 8or thousands of years calendars have come and gone leaving a path of confusion. %onse1uently" the true calendar that reveals the forecast for man$ind has een lost from view. ,ou can overcome the confusion y eing faithful to the evidence given in (cripture" neither adding to it nor su tracting from it. &4e that $athereth "n summer "s a w"se son= but he that sleepeth "n har+est "s a son that causeth shame.> (Pro+. -'=1). Sha1uot According to the sages of Talmudic tradition the Torah was delivered to )oses at )ount (inai on the day of (havuot. /owever" the (criptures place that day at a later time. &0n the th"rd month! when the ch"ldren of 6"srael were $one forth out of the land of E$ypt! the same day came they "nto the w"lderness of S"na".> (EC. -*=-). ,israel departed Egypt on the 13th day of the first month. Therefore" the ;same day as their departure would e the 13th day of the third month. The confusion comes from misinterpretation of su se1uent instructions to )oses5 &And 6ahuweh sa"d unto Moses! ;o unto the people! and sanct"fy them today and tomorrow! and let them wash the"r clothes! and be ready a$a"nst the th"rd day= for the th"rd day 6ahuweh w"ll come down "n the s"$ht of all the people upon Mount S"na".> (EC. -*=-')--). The ;third day follows ;today and tomorrow. Therefore" if ;today is the 13th day of the third month" and then the ;third day would e the 1Eth day of the month. Thus" the %ovenant Ten %ommandments on the ta lets of stone were delivered to ,israel on the 1Eth day of the third month" not on the day of (havuot" which would have followed that date had there een an appointed date. There were no first fruits of grain to harvest at (inai" and that festival was on hold until ,israel entered the +romised ?and.
(#f. ?osh 1=-')-&).

The count to (havuot starts at the arley harvest of A i grain and ends with the mid year harvest of rye" oats and early wheat at the eginning of summer. The feast is cele rated using the early wheat harvest5 &And thou shalt obser+e the :east of 5ee s! of the f"rst fru"ts of wheat har+est! and the feast of "n$ather"n$ at the yearBs end.N The ingathering is the agricultural years end of the pilgrimage feasts. >read made from the wheat harvests are made into leavened loafs. First Fruits 6ow" fast.forward to the first century %.E. As ?u$e reports it5
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&And when the days of Sha+uot were fulf"lled! as all

were assembled to$ether as one! there was suddenly a sound from 4ea+en l" e a powerful w"nd! and that ent"re house "n wh"ch they were s"tt"n$ was f"lled w"th "t. And ton$ues that were d"+"ded appeared to them l" e f"re and sat upon each one of them. And all of them were f"lled w"th ,uach 4aEodesh and they be$an to spea "n d"fferent ton$ues l" e wh"ch the Sp"r"t $a+e them to spea . (Acts &=-)/!
4,M).

/ere is the whole purpose of the commanded feast. #hen there was murmuring a out drun$enness" +eter stood up and said5 &But th"s "s that wh"ch was spo en by the prophet ?oelF And "t shall come to pass "n the last days! sa"th 6ahuweh! 0 w"ll pour out of my Sp"r"t upon all flesh=> (Acts &=-8)-I). +eter alluded to the season in his speech to the gathering at (havuot. #hen there was a charge of pu lic drun$enness against those spea$ing in foreign tongues" he said5 H...all ye that dwell at ?erusalem! be th"s nown unto you! and hear en to my words= for these are not drun en as ye suppose! see"n$ "t "s but the th"rd hour of the day.> (Acts &=-/b! -1). The moc$ers had said that the spea$ers in tongues were %ull o% $e# #i$e/ 6ew wine is of the crop harvested in the current agricultural season" which places (havuot in that same summer harvest season. >elievers had gathered together after ,ahushua had returned to the 8ather. 6ot *ust the 12 disciples" ut a out 12K people" many from foreign countries. There was e-citement with much tal$ing" remem ering" praying" wondering what was ne-t. These were witnesses to ,ahushuas etrayal" trial" sacrifice" urial and resurrection. They #ere the %irst %ruits a%ter the 5asso1er Lamb #as kille" a$" resurre&te" to li%e/ An that morning of (havuot" lighted y the (et Apart (pirit" they came out of the room" and started telling other people a out ,ahushua. The streets were full of people from many places who had come for +assover and still lingering there for (havuot. Those" that had ears to hear" heard the witnesses spea$ in their own language' #hat was eing told" for the first time in full form" was the good news of !mmanuel )essiah and what it means for all people. >ut more than words" the message was eing carried with power and authority y the (et Apart (pirit into the ears and hearts of those who were listening. A out 3KKK new people *oined the ran$s of elievers. This is the %irst %ruits of a new $ind of harvest" and the giving of a 7enewed %ovenant of grace that fulfills the %ovenant of the Torah. (havuot" the cele ration of 8irst 8ruits" is accompanied y great *oy" and a time when generous li erality is estowed on the poor so they can participate and en*oy the cele ration. (#f. 3eut. -8=--).
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All who have een washed y the lood of the ?am " who are part of the overcoming company of elievers made free y the irth of the man.child" will do li$ewise5 &And they that are w"se shall sh"ne as the br"$htness of the f"rmamentF and they that turn many to r"$hteousness as the Stars for e+er and e+er.> (3an. -&=7). 'osh 4asha$ah. Feast o% Trum!ets HAnd 6ahuweh spa e unto Moses! say"n$! Spea unto the ch"ldren of 6"srael! say"n$! "n the se+enth month! "n the f"rst day of the month! shall ye ha+e a Sabbath! a memor"al of blow"n$ of trumpets! a Set Apart con+ocat"on.> (2e+.
&7=&7)&/).

The 8east of Trumpets is a memorial" or a remem rance assem ly that ta$es place on the seventh 6ew )oon day. This feast introduces the autumn festivals that represent the end of the present age. Tp to this point the prior feasts address ,israels response to ,ahs plan and prepare /is people for what is ahead. Trumpets sound the eginning of ,ahs intervention in the affairs of man$ind throughout the Earth. !t is a solemn feast day" ut accompanied y gladness among the people.
&Also "n the day of your $ladness! and "n your solemn

days! and "n the be$"nn"n$s of your months! ye shall blow w"th the trumpets o+er your burnt offer"n$s! and o+er the sacr"f"ces of your peace offer"n$sF that they may be to you for a memor"al before your Eloh"m= 0 am 6ahuweh your Eloh"m.> (Num. -'=-'). The 8east of Trumpets is a commanded day of rest" ut it is not a regular (a ath. The word that the translators rendered ;(a ath is from the /e rew word ;(a athown" from another /e rew word ;sha ath" meaning intermission or special day of rest. 6ew )oons and (a aths never overlap.
&Blow up the trumpet "n the New Moon! "n the t"me appo"nted! on our solemn feast day.> (Ps. (-=7). That this (et Apart day ta$es place on the 6ew )oon is significant

ecause it is the very day that ,israel egan their march around 2ericho. The citys name is derived from the word ;yareach" meaning ;)oon. The )oon city was con1uered y ,israels trumpet featured march around the city. The commanded processions main feature was the priests lowing trumpets of rams horns accompanied with shouting y the people. The seven day march egan on 6ew )oon day and ended on the seventh day efore the (a ath on the eighth day. This is the memorial of that 6ew )oon day that ,israel egan the con1uest of the moon city. 7om Ji!!ur. *ay o% Ato$eme$t
&And 6ahuweh spa e unto Moses! say"n$! Also on the 31

tenth day of th"s se+enth month there shall be a 3ay of Atonement= "t shall be an Set Apart con+ocat"on unto youF and ye shall affl"ct your souls! and offer an offer"n$ made by f"re unto 6ahuweh.> (2e+. &7=&8)&I). Tp to this point" ,ahs (et Apart convocations are accompanied y *oyous feasting with laughter and even dancing" ut this occasion is much different. Atonement is a day that self e-amination sets the mode" oth individually and collectively" ,israel is commanded to ;afflict your souls. #ith contrite humility" a sacrifice y fire accompanied this solemn yielding of self interests. !n ancient practice" this ceremony was conducted y the /igh +riest entering the )ost (et Apart +lace with a lood sacrifice on ehalf of the people. &:or on that day shall the pr"est ma e atonement for you! to cleanse you! that ye may be clean from all your s"ns before 6ahuweh.> (2e+. -8=&*). ,ahuwehs stated purpose of this annually repeated occasion is awesome. #ith reverence" we must understand the meaning of this solemn gathering. ,om Hippur is a time of self e-amination to consider our reach of the %ovenant delivered to ,israel at (inai. ?oo$ing at the Ten %ommandments as a contract etween two parties" and that it is a contract to give us life. To be &lea$ %rom si$ is to be restore" to )o1e$a$t status. Atonement for our reach of the %ommandments is to e conducted y our /igh +riest who represents us efore the Almighty. &5herefore "n all th"n$s "t beho+ed 4"m to be made l" e unto h"s brethren! that he m"$ht be a merc"ful and fa"thful 4"$h Pr"est "n th"n$s perta"n"n$ to 6ahuweh! to ma e reconc"l"at"on for the s"ns of the people.> (4eb. &=-I). Atonement is made through our /igh +riest ,ahushua )essiah. &5herefore! Set Apart brethren! parta ers of the 4ea+enly call"n$! cons"der the Apostle and 4"$h Pr"est of our profess"on! the Mess"ah 6ahushuaF> (4eb. 7=-). /e is our lood sacrifice that represents us on this most (et Apart <ay of Atonement.
&0t shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest! and ye shall

affl"ct your souls= "n the n"nth day of the month at e+en! from e+en unto e+en! shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.>
(2e+. &7=7&).

This twenty four hours of personal affliction egins in the dar$ness of evening and ends after the light of day. An the day after the regular wee$ly (a ath at the evening of the ninth day the afflicting of our odies egins. 6o food or drin$ is consumed until the evening of the tenth day. The mode for this 20 hour period is self e-amination" repentance and prayer" see$ing atonement and restoration to our %ovenant status. &And "t shall be our r"$hteousness! "f we obser+e to do all these commandments before
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6ahuweh our Eloh"m! as he hath commanded us.> (3eut. 8=&1). >rothers and sisters" the original %ovenant was written on ta lets of stone y the finger of Almighty ,ahuweh. /e did not write Ten %ommandments for us to have life" and then later change /is mind. The <ecalogue of %ommandments is still our %ovenant contract for life. The <ay of Atonement is an e-cellent time to egin memori@ing the Ten %ommandments" teach them to your children and family mem ers. #rite them on the frontlets etween your eyes. (ee everything in your life in relation to these commands.
&Therefore shall ye lay up these my words "n your heart

and "n your soul! and b"nd them for a s"$n upon your hand! that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.N (3eut.
--=-().

Sukkot. Feast o% Booths 6ahuweh spa e unto Moses! say"n$! Spea unto the ch"ldren of 6"srael! say"n$! the f"fteenth day of th"s se+enth month shall be the :east of Tabernacles for se+en days unto 6ahuweh.> (2e+.&7=7/). (u$$ot" 8east of >ooths BTa ernaclesC" is a time of re*oicing at the harvest season. !t is a feast of than$sgiving for ,ahuwehMs ountiful provisions during the agricultural year" ut more than that" it is remem rance of ,israelMs time in the wilderness after escaping from Egypt. This feast" a ove others" is a reminder of the *oy that flows from a relationship with the Almighty through !mmanuel our )essiah. The 8east of Ta ernacles is a campground scene of temporary shelters during the entire period starting with a (a ath on the 13th day of the seventh month. The temporary ooths are roughly fa ricated out of trees" ushes and plants found at the campsite location. The ooths are constructed following ,ahMs instructions5 &And ye shall ta e you on the f"rst day the bou$hs of $oodly trees! branches of palm trees! and the bou$hs of th"c trees! and w"llows of the broo F and ye shall reQo"ce before 6ahuweh your Eloh"m se+en days.> (2e+. &7=/'). (ince Ta ernacles is in the autumn season" oughs of thic$ trees will provide shelter from inclement weather" ut warm clothing and edding will e necessary against night temperatures. The feast is for all generations as ,ahMs important reminder of the e-odus out of slavery. shall dwell "n booths se+en daysF all that are 6"srael"tes born shall dwell "n booths= That your $enerat"ons may now that 0 made the ch"ldren of 6"srael to dwell "n booths! when 0 brou$ht them out of the land of
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E$ypt= 0 am 6ahuweh your Eloh"m.> (2e+. &7=/&)/7). The Eighth *ay. Last Kreat *ay The day following the seven day cele ration falls on the 22nd day of the seventh month" a (a ath. !t is a /igh (et Apart (a ath5
&...on the e"$hth day shall be a Set Apart con+ocat"on

unto youF and ye shall offer an offer"n$ made by f"re unto 6ahuweh= "t "s a solemn assemblyF and ye shall do no ser+"le wor there"n.> (2e+. &7=78). The eighth day follows the seven days 8east of >ooths and it is the same day of the cele ration that ,ahushua made this astonishing declaration5 the last day! that $reat day of the feast! 6ahushua stood and cr"ed! say"n$! "f any man th"rst let h"m come unto me! and dr"n . 4e that bel"e+eth on me! as the Scr"pture hath sa"d! out of h"s belly shall flow r"+ers of l"+"n$ water.>
(?n. I=7I)7().
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#hat a glorious and uplifting statement to ma$e on this occasion. The Zion people who have made it through to this ?ast 4reat <ay will have o tained this great promise. Thin$ a out it' The promise of the (et Apart (pirit is a gift that is granted only through )essiah. 5raise 7ah for /is treasured gift of living water. A 5ilgrim Feast )hart At this point we have discovered that Enoch" under the tutoring of an Angel" positively declared that the 8ull )oon is the 6ew )oon and the eginning of a month. !n <euteronomy 1:51" we are commanded to &o serve the month A i and +assover.N Thus" it is necessary to determine which moonDmonth is the one that produces a harvest ready arley crop that can e used as the #ave (heaf Affering at the 8east of Tnleavened >read. All of ,ahuwehMs (et Apart 8easts are ased on the correct identification of that first day of the month A i . HTh"s month shall be unto you the be$"nn"n$ of months= "t shall be the f"rst month of the year to you.> (EC. -&=&). The Gernal BspringC E1uino- mar$s the end of winter and the eginning of the agricultural year. !t is the season for crops to spring forth from the earth" and the turn of the year BE1uino-C that occurs at the end of the 12th month" and is usually )arch 2Kth. The young tender arley shoots were first o served in ,israel at the middle of )arch. These early shoots are far too immature to yield a harvest crop and are not ready until several wee$s later. Thus" the appearance of the young tender shoots of arley merely confirms what has already happened in the heavens a ove. The year egins with the
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tender shoots and first full day of the 6ew )oon after the Gernal E1uino-. 7ahu#ehs Set A!art Feasts
M . N T 4 N & M . . N 7 / 1 8 I ( S * -' -- -& -7 -/ -1 -8 -8 -( -* &' &- && &7 &/ &1 &8 &I &( &* 7 S S S '

& Se+en Sabbath #ount X 7 1 8 I T YTrumpets

Passo+erT<nle+ened Br. I Sab. #ompleteU S :"fty 3ay #ount X :"fty 3ay #ount U

Se+en Sabbath #ount X

Se+en Sabbath #ount U

:"fty 3ay #ount U

/ :"fty 3ay #ount U

1' 3ays #ompleteU S

Atonement
Su otTBooths Y2ast ;reat 3ay

I$ Summary

(u$$ot completes the pilgrim feasts that outline ,ahuwehMs plan for /is people. These have een rief outline studies that admittedly leave out many details. /owever" the intention in this oo$ is show time relations to the calendar along with the purpose of the each feast. %ollectively" the feasts are ,ahMs plan for gathering /is people ac$ to the +romised ?and. The planMs implementation will surely egin soon with the assem ly of remnant ,israel to the gathering places for the Zion people. The gathering places are un$nown at this time" ut the called.out.ones will $now when the time is according to /is timepiece in the heavens a ove.

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)ha!ter Ele1e$

A P<,S<0T .: PE,:E#T0.N
ye therefore perfect! e+en as your :ather wh"ch "s "n 4ea+en "s perfect.> (Mt. 1=/(). A well $nown teacher in our common )essianic faith once posted this statement on an !nternet we site5 S+lain and simple" this is Torah5 that you o ey /is Goice. !f not" /e will not allow you to live in /is land. That means that in order to live in /is land" you must o ey every aspect" commandment" *udgment" testimony" instruction" and ordinance from /im. !f not" you have chosen death.S (Anon). Together" all of the writerMs listed aspects are Torah o servance in perfection" and his statement is a solutely correct. <eath is the certain result of the failure to $eep Torah in perfection. #e say that we are Torah o servant" when we really mean we are Torah su missive. There is no human capa le of fully $eeping Torah and the %ovenant #ill of the 8ather. +erfect Torah o servance is only found in the sacrifice of ,ahushua )essiah where our shortfall is covered y the lood of the ?am that was slain for us. ,ahuweh had to ecome our salvation through the manifestation of )essiah" first 1ualifying as an heir" and second" dying to ecome the seed of A raham. Thus" a le to pass on the inheritance promised to A raham. !f we really elieve that ,ahushua is the #ord made flesh (#f. ?n. -=-/)" the ?iving Torah" why not openly e-press that great truthF !t is trou ling ecause true unity is never found under a claim of Torah o servance" and not even Torah su missiveness. True unity is always su *ect to the person and wor$ of )essiah as the ?iving Torah. Even the smallest congregation" where two or three are gathered in /is 6ame" will find its unity in /im" ut ase it on Torah o servance without the lood of the ?am " and it falls apart. )an$ind in the flesh runs to evil and does not $now the way to peace.
&5e $rope for the wall l" e the bl"nd! and we $rope as "f
&Be

we had no eyes= we stumble at noonday as "n the n"$htF we are "n desolate places as dead men> (0sa. 1*=-'). There is only one way out of this enormous dilemma. The -or" Ma"e Flesh +er"ly! 0 say unto you! 4e that entereth not by the door "nto the sheepfold! but cl"mbeth up some other way! the same "s a th"ef and a robber.> (?n. -'=-)
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The )aster Teacher of 7ighteousness said that there is only one way to enter into the sheepfold of /is salvation. All must enter through the door that /e /imself has provided" which is y way of /is sacrifice as the ?am of ,ahuweh. !t is not through wor$s" not even performing righteous wor$s of the Torah" or any other acts of righteousness. ,ahushua emphatically declared that #orks o% a$y ki$" cannot e presented for entrance to ,ahs Hingdom.
&Not e+ery one that sa"th unto me! ,abb"! ,abb"! shall

enter "nto the E"n$dom of 4ea+enF but he that doeth the w"ll of My :ather wh"ch "s "n 4ea+en. Many w"ll say to Me "n that day! ,abb"! ,abb"! ha+e we not prophes"ed "n thy nameO And "n thy Name ha+e cast out de+"lsO And "n thy Name done many wonderful wor sO And then w"ll 0 profess unto them! 0 ne+er new you= depart from Me! ye that wor "n"Ku"ty.> (Mt. I= &-)&7). Even wor$s that are claimed to e ;Torah o servances are really Torah su missive wor$s done in /is 6ame" ut even these cannot gain anyones salvation. #hy is thatF &:or whosoe+er shall eep the whole 2aw! and yet offend "n one po"nt! he "s $u"lty of all.> (?a. &=-'). !s imperfect man capa le of $eeping perfect TorahF The apostle 2ohn provides the answer to that 1uestion5 &0f we say that we ha+e no s"n! we dece"+e oursel+es! and the truth "s not "n us.> (- ?n. -=(). &5hosoe+er comm"tteth s"n trans$resseth also the 2aw= for s"n "s the trans$ress"on of the 2aw.> (- ?n. 7=/). !f we depend on a mindset of wor$s for salvation" then we fight against the power of resurrection. 8or e-ample" of all the animals offered under the sacrificial laws" $ot o$e #as resurre&te"! The animals ha" to stay "ea" as a reminder that they were a foreshadowing of the last sacrifice. Anly the last sacrifice was resurrected" and all the animals of the past remained dead. #hat animal sacrifice foreshadowed has come to pass through the resurrected ,ahushua. /e has officially ta$en us from the hardship of the old" and into the new where /is resurrection power is in force" and awaiting a people that will finally understand it" and learn to use it correctly. Are we to e Torah su missiveF ,es' Torah su missive is the attitude that recogni@es that life is found in &e+ery word that proceeds from the mouth of 6ahuweh> (Mt. /=/)! ut recogni@ing that we fall far short of $eeping it perfectly. #e are to learn Torah" apply it to our lives as we learn" and su mit to all ,ahuwehs e-pressed word" for the instructions of Torah are still in effect. /owever" a claim of Torah o servance B$eeping the ?awC is defective" and will e re*ected along with the false claim that Torah is canceled. &Th"n not that 0 am come
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to destroy the law! or the prophets= 0 am not come to destroy! but to fulf"ll.> (Mt.
1=-I). &Behold! the days come! sa"th 6ahuweh! that 0 w"ll ma e

a New #o+enant w"th the house of 6"srael! and w"th the house of ?udah= Not accord"n$ to the #o+enant that 0 made w"th the"r fathers "n the day that 0 too them by the hand to br"n$ them out of the land of E$yptF wh"ch my #o+enant they bra e! althou$h 0 was an husband unto them! sa"th 6ahuweh= But th"s shall be the #o+enant that 0 w"ll ma e w"th the house of 6"sraelF After those days! sa"th 6ahuweh! 0 w"ll put my 2aw "n the"r "nward parts! and wr"te "t "n the"r heartsF and w"ll be the"r Eloh"m! and they shall be My people.> (?er. 7-=7-)77). #hen we elieve what /e did for us" ,ahushua already accepts us. !t does not matter our condition or status in life. /e shed /is >lood to save us from the *udgment that is rightfully ours. /e entered the ;)ost (et Apart +lace" to sprin$le /is lood at the )ercy (eat one time for all those who will receive /is sacrifice. These alone will o tain an undeserved pardon. +resenting 4is sa&ri%i&e as your sa&ri%i&e efore the )ercy (eat 1ualifies you to participate in ,ahuwehs plan and purpose. #here we each fit into /is plan is not our usiness. /is purpose is for us to ecome centered and focused upon the Ane that gives us entrance" and $e1er let it depart from our mind that it is y the ;Bloo" o% the Lamb #ithout blemish. There is no other way to enter. Attem!ti$g e$tra$&e i$ a$y other ma$$er is a &ertai$ "eath se$te$&e/ 8ailure to understand it does not alter this great truth. #hat we may thin$ does not matter" ecause it is ,ahuwehs re1uirement. 6ot anyone can design a plan around it9 neither can any condemnation that others may place upon us. !f we have entered the sheepfold" we have entered through the door that /is lood provides" and /e has received us through that lood" and opposition to it cannot chan$e "t. !t is given to all who will wal$ with /im through the redemptive process" the deliverance and cleansing us from all u$righteous$ess. !f we su mit to ,ahuwehs redemptive wor$ in ,ahushua" /e will accomplish /is wor$ in us that will ring us into ,ahushuaMs full stature of eing identical to /im" #ho is the image of ,ahuweh. #hat is full statureF !t is eyond our perception" for 4e "s the 5ord of 6ahuweh. As the #ord of ,ahuweh" 4e "s the Sanct"f"ed 2aw! the Torah made flesh. (#f. ?n. -=-). %omprehend this awesome truth' 2ust as /e is the #ord made flesh" #e &a$ a&tually be &o$%orme". a$" be ma"e i"e$ti&al to 4im/ 4rasp this #ord of ,ahuweh that was made flesh' #hich is etter for us" to try and
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e li$e /im or to Lust let 4im li1e i$ a$" through us? %onsider the condensed form of /is #ord" the %ommandments that we are to live y. The Sto$es o% Testimo$y 4e declared unto you 4"s #o+enant! wh"ch 4e commanded you to perform! e+en Ten #ommandmentsF and 4e wrote them upon two tables of stone.> (3eut. /=-7). of the 2aw! and put "t "n the s"de of the Ar of the #o+enant of 6ahuweh your Eloh"m! that "t may be there for a w"tness a$a"nst thee.> (3eut. 7-=&8). !magine that' 5i&ture it i$ your mi$"! The %ovenant (tones of Ten %ommandments" which were written y the Almighty" i$si"e the Ar$ of the %ovenant under the Atonement %over with %heru im facing inward. Together these represent the very foundation of ,ahuwehs throne. Treated in a much different way" the Torah was placed on the outsi"e of the Ar$. !t is the oo$ of the ?aw containing the statutes" ordinances" ut also containing the same Ten %ommandments written on the %ovenant (tones. The authority for a distinction etween the Ten %ommandments" written on stone" and the statutes of *udicial and ceremonial ?aw" placed outsi"e of the Ar$" was esta lished y ,ahuweh /imself. /e gave instructions concerning their separate places" and the purpose5 e th"s boo of the 2aw! and put "t "n the s"de of the Ar of the #o+enant of 6ahuweh your Eloh"m! that "t may be there for a w"tness a$a"nst thee.> (3eut. 7-=&8). ?et us highlight the one important aspect of the Ten %ommandments that were written on stone and placed inside of the Ar$ of the %ovenant under the Atonement cover. The <ecalogue of commands contains $o !ro1isio$ %or !u$ishme$t. not having a single command directed toward chastisement or discipline. That function of ?aw is reserved to the statutes" civil and *udicial law contained in the oo$ attached to the outsi"e of the Ar$. !t is the asis for a largely misunderstood and almost always misrepresented truth from (cripture. The Torah" attached to the outside of the Ar$ of the %ovenant" also contains the Ten %ommandments. (o the <ecalogue of %ommands is included in the provisions for punishment along with the full Torah. Thus" Torah o servance includes $eeping the Ten %ommandments. There is no avoiding any of the provisions contained in the Torah. !t remains there &for a w"tness a$a"nst thee.> (3eut. 7-=&8).
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;Tnder the curse is the !e$alty %or the muti$y o% reLe&ti$g the Te$ )omma$"me$ts

#ritte$ o$ the Sto$es o% Testimo$y/ The Torah was written y )oses at ,ahMs command for a witness against ,israel for their re ellion. The penalty finds its fulfillment in anyone" whether the claim is Torah o servance or Torah canceled. A claim of either of these places the full urden of ?aw on the claimant5 . &#ursed be he that conf"rmeth not all the words of th"s 2aw to do them. And all the people shall say! so be "t. (3eut. &I=&8.) &:or whosoe+er shall eep the whole 2aw! and yet offend "n one po"nt! he "s $u"lty of all.> (?a. &=-'). The Torah has not een canceled. !ts purpose remains as &a w"tness a$a"nst thee> (3eut. 7-=&8) and it is clearly not a cancellation of ?aw" ut a statement leading to the provisions for canceling the !e$alty of ?aw.
&Blott"n$ out the handwr"t"n$ of ord"nances that was

a$a"nst us! wh"ch was contrary to us! and too "t out of the way! na"l"n$ "t to 4"s crossFN (#ol. &=-/). The )a$&ellatio$ At the precise moment of ,ahushuas death" ,ahuweh implemented the provision for an undeserved pardon. The penalty for the past sins of transgressing the 8athers ?aws was satisfied y sacrifice" and the undeserved pardon ecame availa le to all who ecome Torah su missive" ut turning away from a claim of Torah o servance or Torah canceled. At the instant of )essiahs death" an event occurred as the 8athers seal of approval and fi-ed forever5
&And 6ahushua cr"ed w"th a loud +o"ce! and $a+e up the

sp"r"t. And the +e"l of the Temple was rent "n twa"n from the top to the bottom.> (M .-1=7I) 7(). (o what was nailed to /is sta$e" and canceled that day as it was mar$ed y the tearing of the veilF #ere the ?aws statutes and commandments canceledF >e1er! The canceling was confined to the !e$alty %or si$ that is defined as transgression of ?aw. Jee! the )omma$"me$ts that hath my #ommandments! and eepeth them! he "t "s that lo+eth Me= and he that lo+eth Me shall be lo+ed of my :ather! and 0 w"ll lo+e h"m! and w"ll man"fest Myself to h"m.> (?n. -/=&-). #hat does it mean to Mhave /is %ommandmentsMF 6ot only to $eep them ut to k$o# them/ To $now them is to memori@e them and love them. Teach them to others and spea$ of them in your home" as you wal$" when you go to ed. &2ay up these My words "n your heart and "n your soul! and b"nd them for a s"$n upon your hand! that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.> (3eut. --=-().
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The %ovenant (tones of %ommandments are the %ontract for our righteousness. Heeping them as they were written upon the %ovenant (tones restores our %ovenant connection to the throne of the Almighty through our /igh +riest ,ahushua )essiah. This is the most important aspect of our salvation. A claim of Torah o servance or Torah canceled will not survive. Aur +assover ?am " !mmanuel )essiah" has empowered us to live under /is protective sacrifice" and has given us a way to overcome the enemy5 they o+ercame h"m by the blood of the 2amb and by the word of the"r test"monyF and they lo+ed not the"r l"+es unto the death.> (,e+. -&=--). The E$"
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AN A:TE,5.,3 :,.M T4E A<T4.,

This oo$let is intended to inform and provide the reader with an instrument to etter understand our %reators calendar of lights in the heavens a ove. !t is my prayer that it will lead to wider $nowledge that will ultimately provide the asis for unity among a remnant of a called.out Zion people. !n my ongoing pursuit of ,ahuwehs truth" ! have learned that there are those who interpret the heavenly lights much differently. )any claim to e Torah o servant" and still others claim that the (et Apart ?aws were canceled y ,ahushuas sacrificial death. (ome of these may try to point out my failure to $eep all :13 (et Apart ?aws ! am Torah su missive" ut ! ma$e no oast of eing Torah o servant in perfection. ! place my shortfall of Torah at the )ercy (eat where it is covered y the lood of ,ahuwehs ?am and presented on my ehalf y ,ahushua" my /igh +riest. (o" ! say with all the gentleness that ! can muster" those who would condemn me or spea$ evil of me" ! cast their words aside. ! will not allow condemnation to gain any ground in me" for ! $now in whom ! have elieved. !mmanuel has called me and ! am fully persuaded that /e is a le to $eep me in the faith that /e has rought me into. Anyone who chooses to come against me can go feed on someone elses flesh" for mine is already in the grave" uried in >a ylon. ,ou see" my real enemy is <raco that (erpent of Ald. Therefore" a friend of my enemy is also my enemy" ut an enemy of my enemy is my friend. Emet Zerayah
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