GOD'S CALENDAR
| There has been
considerable debate regarding the accuracy of the
calendar to correctly know the Holy Days. It is of
vital importance to keep the correct days, so the
Bible makes it simple to know them. The sun and moon were
created for seasons. Gen 1:14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and
let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and
years; Gen 1:15
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. Gen 1:16
Then God made two great lights: the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. He made the stars also. Gen 1:17
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give
light on the earth, Psa
104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun
knows its going down. The new moon starts the
month. Psa 81:3
Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the
full moon, on our solemn feast day. Lev 23:24
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the
seventh month, on the first day of the month, you
shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of
trumpets, a holy convocation. The Feast of Unleavened
Bread is on the 15th which is usually, but
not always, a full moon. The second Holy day in
Unleavened Bread is the last day of Unleavened Bread.
The day of Pentecost is calculated from the Wavesheaf. Lev 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the
Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days
you must eat unleavened bread. The Feast of Trumpets
is on the first day of the seventh month, which is a
new moon. It is easy to check the time of trumpets,
and then check the rest of the Holy Days: simply by
counting to the dates given in the Bible. The day of
Atonement is the tenth day of the seventh month. The
first Holy Day of the Feast of Tabernacles is the 15th,
day of the seventh month which is usually, but not
always, a full moon. The holy days align
with the harvests. Exo 12:2
“This month shall be your beginning of months; it
shall be the first month of the year to you. Exo 9:31
Now the flax and the barley were struck, for the
barley was in the head and the flax was in bud. Exo 24:16
Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and
the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh
day He called to Moses out of the midst of the
cloud. Passover is in the
month Abib, which is the first of God’s months, and
coincides with the early harvest then the Feast of
Tabernacles, which completes the year’s harvest, is in
the seventh month. Exo 23:14
“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the
year: Exo 23:15
You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you
shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I
commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of
Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall
appear before Me empty); Exo 23:16
and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your
labors which you have sown in the field; and the
Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when
you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from
the field. GOD’S
HOLY
DAYS To calculate when God’s
holy days fall, we need to know the exact date and
time of the new moon. This can be found very easily on
a government site which gives the date and time of the
new moon. Once we know when the new moon falls it
becomes very easy to calculate the date for God’s Holy
days. We must be careful to
note the time of the new moon. Remember that the world
changes the day at midnight. God changes the day at
sunset. Therefore if the new
moon is let’s say on a Wednesday at 18.00. Sunset is
at 17.50, that means that the new moon is on the
Thursday not the Wednesday. The world says it is
Wednesday, but because the new moon has come after the
setting of the sun, it is on the next day, which in
our example, is Thursday. This is a little tricky, but
if we are diligent to notice sunset times in relation
to the new moon times, we will be able to determine
the correct time for the new moon. The first of the month
of God’s calendar is a new moon. Once we determine
when the new moon falls we calculate from there the
dates for Passover and Unleavened Bread. Notice another example,
in the year 2014 the new moon fell on the 31st
March, so that is the 1st of the month.
Passover is the 14th of the month therefore
the correct day for the Passover in 2014 was the 13th April. The following are God’s
Holy Days: Passover 14th
Nisan or Abib this is not a holy day, but a
preparation day for the following Holy Day. Jesus died on this day. 1st Day of
Unleavened Bread 15th Abib or Nisan. Last Day of Unleavened
Bread, this is the 7th day of the feast is
the 21st of Abib or Nisan. Wavesheaf falls on the
first Sunday during Unleavened Bread. Pentecost is 50 days
from the Wavesheaf. This day is to be counted as it is
a different date each year. The date of Pentecost
depends on which date the Wavesheaf falls on, and
therefore is counted. Pentecost is always on a Sunday. Trumpets is on the new
moon it is on the 1st of the seventh month
of God’s calendar. Atonement is the 10th
of the seventh month of God’s calendar. The first day of the
Feast of Tabernacles is the 15th of the
seventh month of God’s calendar. The Last Great Day is
the day after the 7 days of the Feast. Once the 7 days
of the Feast are over that night will be a Holy Day
for the Last Great Day which is the 22nd of
the seventh month. MONTHS
OF
THE BIBLE / JEWISH CALENDAR 1ST MONTH
ABIB/NISAN 2ND MONTH
ZIV/ IYAR 3RD MONTH
SIVAN 4TH MONTH
TAMMUZ 5TH MONTH
MENACHEM AV 6TH MONTH
ELUL 7TH MONTH
ETHANIM/TISHREI 8TH MONTH
BUL/ MARCHESHVAN 9TH MONTH
KISLEV 10TH MONTH
TEBETH/TEVET 11TH MONTH
SHEBAT/SHEVAT 12TH MONTH
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