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Christian Biblical Church of God Offices: United States Post Office Box 1442 Hollister, California 95024-1442 Canada Post Office Box 125 Brockville, Ontario K6V 5V2 Canada Australia GPO 1574 Sydney 2001 Australia United Kingdom Post Office Box 6144 Kings Langley WD4 4DY United Kingdom New Zealand Post Office Box 8217 Cherrywood Tauranga 3145 New Zealand Republic of South Africa Post Office Box 494 Frankfort 9830 Rep. of South Africa La Verdad de Dios www.laverdaddedios.org Post Office Box 831241 San Antonio, Texas 78283 www.truthofgod.org www.churchathome.org www.afaithfulversion.org Which Is the True Calendar of God? by Carl D. Franklin & Fred R. Coulter
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rig
hts
rese
rved
. E
xcep
t fo
r br
ief
exce
rpts
for
rev
iew
pur
pose
s, n
o pa
rt o
f th
is p
ubli
cati
on m
ay b
e re
prod
uced
or
used
in
any
form
or
by
any
mea
ns w
itho
ut t
he w
ritt
en p
erm
issi
on o
f th
e co
pyri
ght
owne
r. T
his
incl
udes
ele
ctro
nic
and
mec
hani
cal
phot
ocop
ying
or
reco
rdin
g, a
s w
ell
as th
e us
e of
info
rmat
ion
stor
age
and
retr
ieva
l sys
tem
s.
one
shou
ld a
llow
him
self
or
hers
elf
to b
e de
ceiv
ed i
nto
reje
ctin
g th
e C
HC
in o
rder
to f
ollo
w c
alen
dar
sche
mes
of
men
!
Car
eful
ly e
xam
ine
appe
ndic
es E
and
F i
n th
e F
aith
ful
Ver
sion
; st
udy
the
CH
C
evid
ence
an
d th
e hi
stor
ical
de
tails
co
ncer
ning
the
pro
of o
f w
hen
Jesu
s w
as b
orn
and
whe
n H
e w
as
cruc
ifie
d. A
s yo
u w
ill d
isco
ver,
ther
e is
no
ques
tion
that
God
use
d th
e C
HC
and
the
fra
mew
ork
of t
he P
asso
ver
and
the
holy
day
s to
fu
lfill
thes
e vi
tal p
roph
ecie
s.
W
e ha
ve a
vail
able
the
ful
l C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
Pack
. It
con
tain
s nu
mer
ous
deta
iled
wri
tten
stud
ies;
fou
r 90
-m
inut
e D
VD
s; a
boo
k on
how
to
calc
ulat
e th
e H
ebre
w C
alen
dar;
ca
lend
ar c
hart
s sh
owin
g th
e er
ror
of t
he s
o-ca
lled
luna
r/Sa
bbat
h ca
lend
ar h
eres
y; a
nd a
CD
that
con
tain
s th
e m
athe
mat
ical
for
mul
a fo
r ca
lcul
atin
g th
e fe
asts
and
hol
y da
ys o
f G
od i
n ad
vanc
e, o
r ba
ck a
s fa
r as
the
time
of N
oah
and
beyo
nd.
W
e ha
ve G
od’s
Sac
red
Cal
enda
r on
line
at o
ur w
ebsi
te
here
: http
://cb
cg.o
rg/C
alen
dar/
inde
x.ht
ml.
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Not
e fr
om p
age
21.
* (K
JV)
Gen
8:1
3-14
“A
nd i
t ca
me
to p
ass
in t
he s
ix h
undr
edth
and
fi
rst
year
, in
the
firs
t mon
th, t
he f
irst
day
of
the
mon
th, t
he w
ater
s w
ere
drie
d up
fro
m o
ff t
he e
arth
: an
d N
oah
rem
oved
the
cov
erin
g of
the
ark
, an
d lo
oked
, and
, beh
old,
the
face
of
the
grou
nd w
as d
ry.
14.
And
in
the
seco
nd m
onth
, on
the
sev
en a
nd t
wen
tieth
day
of
the
mon
th, w
as th
e ea
rth
drie
d.”
(FV
) G
en. 8
:13-
14 “
And
it c
ame
to p
ass
in N
oah’
s si
x hu
ndre
d an
d fi
rst
year
, in
the
firs
t m
onth
, the
fir
st d
ay o
f th
e m
onth
, tha
t th
e w
ater
s w
ere
dryi
ng u
p fr
om o
ff t
he f
ace
of t
he e
arth
. A
nd N
oah
rem
oved
the
co
veri
ng o
f th
e ar
k an
d lo
oked
, an
d, b
ehol
d, t
he f
ace
of t
he e
arth
was
dr
ying
!
14.
And
in
the
seco
nd m
onth
, on
the
tw
enty
-sev
enth
day
of
the
mon
th,
the
land
was
full
y dr
y.
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ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
38
T
able
of
Con
tent
s G
od’s
Wee
kly
Sabb
ath,
The
Ann
ual F
estiv
als
and
H
oly
Day
s, a
nd T
he C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
……
……
.. So
-Cal
led
Vis
ible
“N
ew M
oon”
Sig
htin
gs o
f th
e W
axin
g C
resc
ent A
re N
ot A
pplic
able
On
a
Wor
ldw
ide-
Glo
bal B
asis
……
……
……
……
……
……
……
. T
he W
eekl
y Se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h C
ycle
……
……
……
……
G
od’s
Sev
en-D
ay C
ycle
Unb
roke
n …
……
……
……
……
….
The
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r …
……
……
……
……
…...
T
he C
alen
dar
and
the
Tim
ing
of N
oah’
s Fl
ood
......
……
……
. N
oah’
s Fl
ood
Cal
enda
r ...
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...
Und
erst
andi
ng th
e Po
stpo
nem
ent R
ules
D
eter
min
ing
the
Beg
inni
ng o
f th
e M
onth
……
……
......
......
...
Cal
cula
ting
the
Mol
ad o
f T
ishr
i ……
……
……
……
……
…..
Adj
ustin
g th
e C
alcu
latio
n of
the
Mol
ad to
the
C
orre
ct D
ay o
f th
e W
eek
……
……
……
……
……
……
……
. T
he C
alen
dar
From
Ezr
a to
Hill
el I
I …
……
……
……
……
…
The
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r is
Acc
urat
e fo
r U
s T
oday
..
1
3
4
7
10
16
22
30
31
32
33
35
deat
h of
Jes
us C
hris
t. T
his
info
rmat
ion
clea
rly
prov
es t
hat
God
us
ed o
nly
the
CH
C i
n fu
lfill
ing
His
pro
phec
ies
abou
t th
ese
two
mos
t im
port
ant b
iblic
al e
vent
s.
P
roof
Num
ber
One
: Pa
ul w
rite
s of
the
“ap
poin
ted
time”
of
Jes
us’
birt
h: “
Now
then
, I s
ay, f
or a
s lo
ng a
tim
e as
the
heir
is a
ch
ild, h
e is
no
diff
eren
t fro
m a
ser
vant
, alt
houg
h he
be
lord
of
all;
bu
t he
is
unde
r gu
ardi
ans
and
stew
ards
unt
il th
e ti
me
appo
inte
d be
fore
hand
by
the
fath
er…
. But
whe
n th
e [a
ppoi
nted
] ti
me
for
the
fulf
illm
ent
cam
e, G
od s
ent
fort
h H
is o
wn
Son,
bor
n of
a
wom
an…
” (G
al. 4
:1-2
, 4).
Pro
of N
umbe
r T
wo:
In
his
epis
tle
to t
he R
oman
s, P
aul
agai
n w
rite
s th
at J
esus
’ de
ath
occu
rred
at
the
“app
oint
ed t
ime”
of
God
: “Fo
r ev
en w
hen
we
wer
e w
ithou
t str
engt
h, a
t th
e ap
poin
ted
tim
e C
hris
t di
ed f
or t
he u
ngod
ly”
(Rom
. 5:
6).
We
find
in
the
book
of
Rev
elat
ion
that
thi
s “a
ppoi
nted
tim
e” o
f Je
sus’
dea
th h
ad
been
pre
dete
rmin
ed f
rom
the
foun
datio
n of
the
wor
ld, a
s C
hris
t is
“the
Lam
b of
God
sla
in f
rom
the
fou
ndat
ion
of t
he w
orld
” (R
ev.
13:8
).
W
HA
T D
AY
WA
S T
HA
T?
It w
as t
he P
asso
ver
day,
N
isan
14
, in
30
A
D,
acco
rdin
g to
th
e C
HC
—an
d A
pril
5 ac
cord
ing
to t
he J
ulia
n R
oman
Cal
enda
r. F
urth
erm
ore,
the
CH
C
show
s th
at t
his
day
was
in
the
mid
dle
of t
he w
eek—
the
four
th
day,
Wed
nesd
ay,
on t
he R
oman
Cal
enda
r. T
his
mad
e it
poss
ible
fo
r Je
sus
to b
e in
the
tom
b fo
r th
ree
days
and
thre
e ni
ghts
, and
be
rais
ed f
rom
the
dea
d to
war
d th
e en
d of
the
wee
kly
Sabb
ath—
exac
tly a
s H
e ha
d pr
ophe
sied
!
Why
is
it i
mpo
rtan
t th
at G
od f
ulfi
lled
the
se t
wo
cent
ral
prop
hetic
eve
nts
on th
e ex
act d
ay H
e sa
id?
TH
EY
PR
OV
E T
HA
T
GO
D’S
WO
RD
IS
TR
UE
AN
D T
HA
T H
E F
UL
FIL
LE
D T
HE
SE
E
VE
NT
S
ON
T
HE
E
XA
CT
D
AY
H
E
HA
D
AP
PO
INT
ED
B
EF
OR
EH
AN
D—
FR
OM
T
HE
F
OU
ND
AT
ION
O
F
TH
E
WO
RL
D!
Mor
eove
r, a
ll of
the
prop
hesi
ed d
etai
ls o
f th
e ev
ents
of
that
day
wer
e fu
lfil
led!
Not
one
wor
d fa
iled
!
The
se k
ey e
vent
s w
ere
fulf
ille
d on
the
exa
ct d
ays
fore
told
by
pro
phec
y th
ousa
nds
of y
ears
bef
ore.
Thi
s m
eans
the
tim
etab
le
God
use
d to
acc
ompl
ish
thes
e pr
ophe
cies
was
pre
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e C
HC
. T
hus,
th
e C
HC
—w
ith
all
of
its
rule
s an
d po
stpo
nem
ents
—is
th
e on
ly
cale
ndar
de
sign
ed,
orda
ined
an
d au
thor
ized
by
God
for
the
obs
erva
nce
of H
is S
abba
ths
and
holy
da
ys. A
ll ot
her
cale
ndar
sch
emes
of
men
are
nul
l and
voi
d. N
o
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
37
holy
da
ys
to
be
obse
rved
at
th
e sa
me
tim
e w
orld
wid
e.
Furt
herm
ore,
with
the
CH
C,
the
high
day
s co
uld
be p
reci
sely
de
term
ined
yea
rs in
adv
ance
. The
dis
cuss
ion
of th
e an
cien
t rab
bis
in t
he t
ract
ate
Ros
h H
asha
nah
offe
rs h
isto
rica
l ev
iden
ce t
hat
the
Sacr
ed C
alen
dar
at t
he t
ime
of C
hris
t an
d th
e ap
ostl
e Pa
ul w
as
calc
ulat
ed,
wit
h al
l th
e ne
cess
ary
rule
s to
ke
ep
fest
ival
ob
serv
ance
acc
urat
e th
roug
hout
tim
e. I
n fa
ct,
the
calc
ulat
ions
of
the
CH
C c
an b
e us
ed t
o de
term
ine
fest
ival
dat
es f
or a
ny y
ear
into
th
e fu
ture
, as
wel
l as
to
accu
rate
ly c
alcu
late
suc
h da
tes
back
in
time
to th
e tim
e of
Noa
h an
d be
yond
.
Tod
ay,
even
with
the
adv
ent
of “
mod
ern
astr
onom
y” a
nd
its s
uper
-tel
esco
pes
coup
led
to h
igh-
spee
d su
perc
ompu
ters
, no
on
e ha
s be
en a
ble
to i
mpr
ove
on t
he C
HC
. In
deed
, th
e C
HC
tha
t G
od
has
give
n to
th
e A
aron
ic
prie
stho
od
(whi
ch
has
been
pr
eser
ved
for
us
toda
y)
is
mor
e ac
cura
te
in
calc
ulat
ing
the
fest
ival
s an
d ho
ly d
ays
of G
od t
han
any
mod
ern
met
hod.
And
it
shou
ld b
e, b
ecau
se G
od o
rdai
ned
it.
T
he C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
is
Acc
urat
e fo
r U
s T
oday
We
need
to
kn
ow
whe
ther
or
no
t th
e C
HC
—as
it
is
curr
ently
cal
cula
ted,
and
has
bee
n ca
lcul
ated
for
tho
usan
ds o
f ye
ars
by t
he L
eviti
cal
prie
stho
od—
is i
n fa
ct t
he G
od-o
rdai
ned
met
hod
we
shou
ld u
se t
oday
to
dete
rmin
e w
hen
God
’s h
oly
days
sh
ould
be
kept
. If
it
is,
and
we
can
prov
e it,
the
n w
e sh
ould
not
ta
mpe
r w
ith it
. It i
s ju
st th
at s
impl
e.
Si
mpl
e P
roof
of
the
Acc
urac
y of
the
CH
C:
Acc
ordi
ng t
o th
e C
HC
, on
the
nigh
t of
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
15th
day
of
the
firs
t m
onth
(N
isan
), t
he f
irst
day
of
the
Fea
st o
f U
nlea
vene
d B
read
, an
d on
the
nig
ht o
f th
e be
ginn
ing
of t
he 1
5th
day
of t
he s
even
th
mon
th (
Tis
hri)
, the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e Fe
ast o
f T
aber
nacl
es, t
here
is
a fu
ll m
oon.
Any
one
can
obse
rve
the
moo
n on
tho
se t
wo
nigh
ts
and
see
that
it
is f
ull.
Pers
onal
ly,
I ha
ve d
one
this
for
mor
e th
an
51 y
ears
and
the
moo
n ha
s al
way
s be
en f
ull.
Thi
s is
sim
ple
proo
f of
the
acc
urac
y of
the
CH
C.
T
wo
Maj
or A
dditi
onal
Pro
ofs:
In
the
Har
mon
y of
the
G
ospe
ls a
nd i
n th
e F
aith
ful
Ver
sion
of
the
Bib
le,
we
pres
ent
deta
iled
scri
ptur
al a
nd c
alen
dric
al in
form
atio
n ab
out t
he b
irth
and
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
36
1
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
God
’s W
eekl
y Sa
bbat
h,
The
Ann
ual F
esti
vals
and
Hol
y D
ays,
and
T
he C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
A
s Sa
bbat
aria
n C
hris
tian
s, w
e ar
e re
adil
y fa
mil
iar
wit
h th
e ne
ver-
endi
ng
“Sun
day
vers
us
Sabb
ath”
co
ntro
vers
y.
Tod
ay,
how
ever
, G
od’s
pe
ople
ar
e co
nfro
nted
w
ith
a nu
mbe
r of
“S
abba
th/C
alen
dar”
sch
emes
des
igne
d by
men
to
regu
late
the
ob
serv
ance
of
the
wee
kly
Sabb
ath
and
the
annu
al f
estiv
als.
Suc
h ca
lend
ar
syst
ems
have
pr
oven
to
be
co
mpl
ex,
conf
usin
g an
d co
ntra
dict
ory
to S
crip
ture
—an
d th
ey a
re c
ausi
ng c
onsi
dera
ble
unce
rtai
nty
amon
g th
e br
ethr
en. B
ut w
e kn
ow t
hat
God
is
not
the
auth
or o
f co
nfus
ion
(I C
or.
14:3
3).
Rat
her,
it
is t
he m
isgu
ided
sc
hem
es o
f m
en th
at c
ause
con
fusi
on, a
con
ditio
n th
at o
ften
lea
ds
to a
loss
of
faith
, lov
e an
d ob
edie
nce
tow
ard
God
.
In
orde
r to
ad
dres
s th
is
issu
e,
we
need
to
as
k on
e fu
ndam
enta
l que
stio
n:
D
id G
od l
eave
it
to m
en t
o de
vise
the
ir o
wn
cale
ndar
s in
or
der
to o
bser
ve t
he S
abba
th a
nd h
oly
days
on
the
days
of
thei
r ch
oosi
ng?
Inde
ed,
if
God
ha
s no
t pr
ovid
ed
clea
r,
defi
niti
ve
dire
ctio
ns o
n th
e ob
serv
ance
of
wha
t H
e co
nsid
ers
to b
e ho
ly
tim
e, t
hen
any
cale
ndar
sch
eme
men
mig
ht d
evis
e w
ould
, by
de
faul
t, be
acc
epta
ble
befo
re G
od.
But
suc
h a
prop
ositi
on i
s ab
surd
, an
d su
gges
ts t
hat
God
is
wea
k, i
ndec
isiv
e, a
nd n
ot i
n co
ntro
l of
His
cre
atio
n. B
ut if
God
did
giv
e de
fini
te in
stru
ctio
ns—
com
man
dmen
ts,
law
s an
d st
atut
es—
in
His
W
ord
conc
erni
ng
whe
n to
obs
erve
His
Sab
bath
and
fes
tiva
ls,
then
are
w
e no
t ob
ligat
ed to
fol
low
thos
e in
stru
ctio
ns?
O
f th
e G
od W
ho c
reat
ed t
he e
ntir
e un
iver
se,
Scri
ptur
e sa
ys:
“ ‘T
o w
hom
the
n w
ill y
ou c
ompa
re M
e, o
r w
ho i
s M
y eq
ual?
’ sa
ys t
he H
oly
One
. ‘L
ift
up y
our
eyes
on
high
, an
d be
hold
, W
ho h
as c
reat
ed t
hese
thi
ngs,
Who
bri
ngs
out
thei
r ho
st b
y nu
mbe
r? H
e ca
lls t
hem
all
by n
ames
by
the
grea
tnes
s of
His
mig
ht,
for
He
is s
tron
g in
pow
er;
not
one
fails
. W
hy d
o yo
u sa
y, O
Jac
ob,
and
O I
srae
l yo
u sp
eak,
“M
y w
ay i
s hi
dden
fr
om t
he L
OR
D a
nd m
y ca
use
is d
isre
gard
ed b
y m
y G
od?”
Hav
e yo
u no
t kno
wn?
Hav
e yo
u no
t hea
rd, t
hat t
he e
verl
astin
g G
od, t
he
LO
RD
, th
e C
reat
or o
f th
e en
ds o
f th
e ea
rth,
doe
s no
t gr
ow w
eak
nor
wea
ry?
And
His
und
erst
andi
ng n
o on
e ca
n fa
thom
’ ”
(Isa
. 40
:25-
28).
Sinc
e G
od i
s cr
eato
r of
the
ent
ire
univ
erse
—al
l th
e st
ars
and
gala
xies
, w
hich
H
e ca
lls
by
num
ber—
He
know
s ho
w
it fu
nctio
ns. A
fter
all,
He
crea
ted
tim
e an
d th
e as
tro-
mat
hem
atic
s by
w
hich
the
ent
ire
univ
erse
has
fun
ctio
ned
sinc
e th
e be
ginn
ing
of
crea
tion,
and
will
con
tinue
to
func
tion
thro
ugho
ut t
he a
ges
into
et
erni
ty.
Thu
s, t
he A
lmig
hty
is t
he o
nly
one
Who
can
pro
vide
m
anki
nd
wit
h a
fully
ac
cura
te
met
hod
of d
eter
min
ing
the
“app
oint
ed t
imes
” H
e ha
s cr
eate
d. N
o m
an h
as t
hat
abili
ty—
only
G
od.
A
s w
e w
ill s
ee,
no m
an o
r gr
oup
of m
en h
as e
ver
been
ab
le t
o de
vise
a c
alen
dar
that
is
as a
ccur
ate
as t
he C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
(CH
C)—
not
even
NA
SA o
r th
e U
. S.
Nav
al
Obs
erva
tory
, with
all
of th
eir
hi-t
ech
com
pute
rize
d eq
uipm
ent.
Sinc
e no
m
an
can
corr
ectly
de
term
ine
the
“app
oint
ed
tim
es”
of G
od,
He
alon
e ha
d to
rev
eal
it!
The
fac
t is
, G
od d
id
reve
al H
is m
etho
d of
acc
urat
ely
calc
ulat
ing
the
Sacr
ed C
alen
dar
to th
e L
evite
s an
d th
e A
aron
ic p
ries
thoo
d of
anc
ient
Isr
ael.
Thi
s is
w
hy w
e fi
nd i
n th
e Sc
ript
ures
the
spe
cifi
c da
tes
com
man
ded
for
the
Pas
sove
r an
d th
e F
east
of
Unl
eave
ned
Bre
ad (
wit
h tw
o ho
ly
days
);
the
prop
er
coun
t to
Pe
ntec
ost—
usin
g se
ven
com
plet
e w
eeks
, ea
ch e
ndin
g on
a w
eekl
y Sa
bbat
h, p
lus
one
day
for
the
Day
of
Pent
ecos
t; th
e Fe
ast
of T
rum
pets
; th
e D
ay o
f A
tone
men
t; th
e Fe
ast
of T
aber
nacl
es;
and,
fin
ally
, th
e E
ight
h D
ay F
estiv
al
call
ed th
e L
ast G
reat
Day
.
As
an e
xam
ple,
we
know
fro
m S
crip
ture
tha
t Pa
ssov
er i
s on
the
eve
ning
of
the
14th
day
of
the
firs
t m
onth
. But
how
do
we
dete
rmin
e ex
actl
y w
hen
the
firs
t mon
th o
f th
e ye
ar b
egin
s?
A
ny c
resc
ent
that
is
sigh
ted
is n
ot t
he n
ew m
oon
beca
use
only
the
wax
ing
cres
cent
is
visi
ble.
The
new
moo
n is
for
med
at
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
lun
ar c
ycle
and
is
not
visi
ble
unti
l on
e to
th
ree
days
has
pas
sed.
By
this
tim
e it
is in
the
wax
ing
stag
e an
d is
no
lon
ger
the
new
moo
n. T
he n
ew m
oon
can
only
be
dete
rmin
ed
by c
alcu
latio
n. T
hat
is w
hy t
he S
acre
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
uses
a
mat
hem
atic
al
form
ula
to
date
th
e be
ginn
ing
of
the
mon
ths.
B
ecau
se th
is f
orm
ula
is b
ased
on
the
aver
age
luna
r cy
cle,
in s
ome
year
s it
mus
t be
adju
sted
to f
it th
e ac
tual
tim
e of
the
new
moo
n.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
2
calc
ulat
ing
and
proc
laim
ing
the
fest
ival
s an
d ho
ly d
ays
in t
heir
se
ason
s as
God
had
com
man
ded
in L
eviti
cus
23.
From
tha
t tim
e un
til t
he d
estr
uctio
n of
the
tem
ple
in 7
0 A
D,
the
prie
sts
of t
he
Cal
enda
r C
ourt
fai
thfu
lly
calc
ulat
ed t
he S
acre
d C
alen
dar
and
proc
laim
ed th
e “f
east
s of
the
Lor
d in
thei
r se
ason
s.”
D
urin
g th
e tim
e of
Chr
ist,
the
Hig
h Pr
iest
and
pre
side
nt o
f th
e Sa
nhed
rin
was
ca
lled
N
asi,
and
was
in
ch
arge
of
th
e ca
lcul
atio
ns f
or t
he C
HC
. T
he N
asi
had
a lin
eage
goi
ng b
ack
to
Ezr
a, w
ho tr
aces
his
line
bac
k to
Hilk
iah,
the
Hig
h Pr
iest
who
was
th
e fa
ther
of
Jere
mia
h th
e pr
ophe
t. T
hey
had
all
inhe
rite
d a
full
know
ledg
e of
the
CH
C,
with
all
of i
ts G
od-g
iven
rul
es f
or t
he
prop
er c
alcu
latio
n of
the
high
day
s.
T
he N
asi’
s, s
till
of
prie
stly
lin
eage
, con
tinu
ed t
o ca
lcul
ate
and
set t
he a
nnua
l hol
y da
ys b
eyon
d Je
rusa
lem
fro
m ju
st a
fter
the
time
of C
hris
t up
to
Hill
el I
I in
the
300
s A
D.
Thu
s, w
e ha
ve a
ce
ntra
l ca
lend
ar
auth
orit
y in
vest
ed
in
a si
ngle
fa
mil
y of
th
e A
aron
ic l
ine,
goi
ng f
rom
the
mid
dle
300s
AD
bac
k to
Ezr
a, a
nd
then
bac
k to
Hilk
iah.
Any
one
who
say
s H
illel
II
inve
nted
the
CH
C w
ith i
ts
vari
ous
rule
s of
cal
cula
tion
is g
oing
dir
ectl
y ag
ains
t the
rec
ords
of
hist
ory,
bot
h in
the
Bib
le a
nd t
hose
his
tori
es t
hat
have
bee
n ac
cura
tely
mai
ntai
ned
by th
e pr
iest
s an
d L
evit
es w
ithi
n th
e Je
wis
h co
mm
unit
y. H
ille
l II,
as
the
last
of
the
grea
t sag
es, u
sed
his
offi
ce
of N
asi
to a
bsol
utel
y gu
aran
tee
that
the
kno
wle
dge
of t
he C
HC
an
d its
met
hods
of
calc
ulat
ion
wou
ld n
ot b
e lo
st.
He
mad
e su
re
this
pr
iest
ly
know
ledg
e—w
ithhe
ld
from
th
e ge
nera
l po
pula
ce
until
his
day
—w
as im
part
ed w
orld
wid
e to
all
the
Jew
s, a
nd h
ence
to
the
wor
ld a
s w
ell.
Thi
s kn
owle
dge
has
been
pre
serv
ed w
ithin
th
e Je
wis
h co
mm
unity
and
is
know
n as
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
C
alen
dar.
W
hy?
He
was
w
orri
ed
that
co
ntin
ued
Rom
an
pers
ecut
ion
mig
ht d
o aw
ay w
ith t
he o
bser
vanc
e of
the
Hol
y D
ays
at th
e pr
oper
tim
es a
s co
mm
ande
d by
God
.
The
Je
wis
h pe
ople
an
d th
e ea
rly
New
T
esta
men
t C
hris
tians
w
ere
scat
tere
d fa
r an
d w
ide
thro
ugho
ut
man
y na
tion
s—fr
om t
he M
iddl
e E
ast
to t
he A
tlan
tic
and
the
Bri
tish
Is
land
s in
the
wes
t; to
Eur
ope,
Scy
thia
and
Par
thia
in
the
nort
h;
from
Bab
ylon
and
Per
sia
to I
ndia
in th
e ea
st;
and
from
Egy
pt a
nd
Nor
th A
fric
a to
Eth
iopi
a in
the
sout
h.
H
owev
er,
the
calc
ulat
ions
God
gav
e to
the
pri
ests
and
L
evite
s to
acc
urat
ely
reck
on t
he f
estiv
als
mad
e it
pos
sibl
e fo
r th
e
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
35
RU
LE
TW
O
Whe
n th
e M
olad
of
Tis
hri
occu
rs a
t no
on (
18 h
ours
0
part
s) o
r la
ter,
the
dec
lara
tion
of T
ishr
i 1
is a
dvan
ced
to t
he n
ext
day.
RU
LE
TH
RE
E
Whe
n th
e M
olad
of
Tis
hri
of a
com
mon
yea
r fa
lls
on
Tue
sday
, at
or
afte
r 9
hour
s an
d 20
4 pa
rts,
the
dec
lara
tion
of
Tis
hri
1 is
adv
ance
d to
Wed
nesd
ay.
The
app
licat
ion
of R
ule
One
ad
vanc
es th
e de
clar
atio
n on
e m
ore
day
to T
hurs
day.
RU
LE
FO
UR
Whe
n th
e M
olad
of
Tis
hri
of a
com
mon
yea
r im
med
iate
ly
follo
win
g an
int
erca
lary
yea
r oc
curs
on
a M
onda
y, a
t or
aft
er 1
5 ho
urs
and
589
part
s, t
he d
ecla
ratio
n of
Tis
hri
1 is
adv
ance
d to
T
uesd
ay. Fr
om t
he d
estr
ucti
on o
f Je
rusa
lem
and
the
Fir
st T
empl
e,
the
Jew
s w
ere
exile
d in
to m
any
of t
he c
ount
ries
in
the
Mid
dle
Eas
t, w
ith t
he m
ajor
ity o
f th
em l
ivin
g in
Bab
ylon
. A
fter
the
70-
year
exi
le,
som
e of
the
Jew
s re
turn
ed t
o Ju
dea
to r
ebui
ld t
he c
ity
and
the
tem
ple
unde
r th
e le
ader
ship
of
Zer
ubba
bel,
the
gove
rnor
, an
d Jo
shua
, th
e hi
gh p
ries
t. Si
nce
they
kep
t th
e Pa
ssov
er a
nd t
he
Feas
t of
Unl
eave
ned
Bre
ad a
fter
the
com
plet
ion
of t
he S
econ
d T
empl
e, i
t sh
ows
that
the
pri
ests
det
erm
ined
the
se f
esti
val
date
s us
ing
the
calc
ulat
ions
God
had
giv
en t
o th
em b
efor
e th
e ex
ile.
T
he C
alen
dar
from
Ezr
a to
Hill
el I
I
So
me
year
s la
ter,
be
fore
th
e ci
ty
of
Jeru
sale
m
was
co
mpl
etel
y re
buil
t, th
ese
calc
ulat
ions
wer
e pr
eser
ved
by E
zra
the
prie
st.
In o
rder
to
retu
rn t
he J
ewis
h pe
ople
to
the
true
wor
ship
of
God
, E
zra
esta
blis
hed
the
Gre
at A
ssem
bly
of 1
20 p
ries
ts.
It w
as
Ezr
a, w
ith t
he h
elp
of t
hese
pri
ests
, w
ho w
as r
espo
nsib
le f
or t
he
cano
niza
tion
of t
he O
ld T
esta
men
t in
to t
he f
orm
we
have
tod
ay.
At
the
sam
e ti
me,
Ezr
a al
so f
orm
ed w
hat
late
r be
cam
e kn
own
as
the
“Cal
enda
r C
ourt
,”
whi
ch
was
re
spon
sibl
e fo
r pr
oper
ly
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
34
Cou
ntin
g th
e m
onth
of
Tis
hri
from
the
fir
st d
ay o
f th
e lu
nar
cycl
e w
ill e
nsur
e th
at t
he 1
5th d
ay w
ill b
e a
full
moo
n in
ev
ery
year
as
orda
ined
by
God
in P
salm
81
and
Lev
iticu
s 23
. The
fo
rmul
a an
d th
e au
thor
ity
to c
alcu
late
His
hig
h da
ys w
as g
iven
to
the
Lev
itica
l pr
iest
hood
—an
d to
no
one
else
. T
his
form
ula
is n
ot
pres
erve
d in
the
Bib
le a
nd t
he L
eviti
cal
prie
stho
od n
o lo
nger
ex
ists
. E
ven
so,
this
mat
hem
atic
al f
orm
ula
has
been
pre
serv
ed i
n th
e m
athe
mat
ics
of
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
C
alen
dar
by
the
desc
enda
nts
of
the
Lev
itica
l pr
iest
hood
w
ithin
th
e Je
wis
h co
mm
unity
. In
deed
, G
od
clea
rly
desi
gnat
ed
the
prie
sts
in
Lev
iticu
s 23
to
proc
laim
the
app
oint
ed f
east
s: “
The
se a
re t
he
appo
inte
d fe
asts
of
the
LO
RD
, ho
ly c
onvo
catio
ns w
hich
you
[th
e pr
iest
s] s
hall
proc
laim
in th
eir
appo
inte
d se
ason
s” (
Lev
. 23:
4).
T
his
is w
hy t
he a
post
le P
aul
wro
te,
“Wha
t th
en i
s th
e ad
vant
age
of th
e Je
w, o
r w
hat i
s th
e pr
ofit
of c
ircu
mci
sion
? M
uch
in e
very
way
. Pr
imar
ily,
in t
hat
they
wer
e en
trus
ted
with
the
or
acle
s of
God
” (R
om.
3:1-
2).
Thi
s m
eans
the
ora
cles
of
God
w
ere
give
n to
the
Lev
itica
l/Aar
onic
pri
ests
wit
hin
the
Jew
ish
natio
n. T
he o
racl
es c
onsi
st o
f th
e en
tire
Old
Tes
tam
ent
and
the
met
hods
of
calc
ulat
ing
the
Heb
rew
cal
enda
r. J
ewis
h ra
bbis
lat
er
perv
erte
d th
is tr
ust b
y fa
lsel
y cl
aim
ing
that
thei
r hu
man
ly-d
evis
ed
“ora
l tr
aditi
ons”
wer
e al
so g
iven
by
God
. (Fo
r in
form
atio
n on
the
tr
aditi
ons
of
Juda
ism
, pl
ease
w
rite
fo
r th
e bo
ok
Juda
ism
—R
evel
atio
n of
God
or
Rel
igio
n of
Men
? by
Phi
lip N
eal)
.
Inde
ed,
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r is
not
som
ethi
ng
to b
e de
vise
d ac
cord
ing
to t
he w
him
s an
d tr
adit
ions
of
men
. It
is
in f
act s
et b
y G
od—
and
has
been
pre
serv
ed f
or u
s to
this
day
.
So-C
alle
d V
isib
le “
New
Moo
n” S
ight
ings
of
the
Wax
ing
Cre
scen
t A
re N
ot A
pplic
able
On
a W
orld
wid
e-G
loba
l Bas
is
T
he N
ew M
oon
phas
e is
def
ined
as
the
inst
ant
at w
hich
th
e ap
pare
nt c
eles
tial
long
itude
s of
the
Moo
n an
d th
e Su
n ar
e th
e sa
me—
cons
ider
ing
the
Sun,
Moo
n, a
nd t
he E
arth
to b
e po
ints
not
di
sks.
Ado
ptin
g th
is d
efin
ition
, th
e N
ew M
oon
phas
e is
cer
tain
ly
a un
ique
ins
tant
all
over
the
wor
ld.
But
in
real
ity t
he S
un,
the
Moo
n, a
nd t
he E
arth
are
vie
wed
as
disk
s no
t po
ints
, an
d so
, ob
serv
ers
on t
he E
arth
in
diff
eren
t lo
cati
ons
wil
l no
t se
e th
e
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
3
cent
ers
of t
he S
un a
nd t
he M
oon
at t
he s
ame
long
itude
in
the
sam
e in
stan
t. T
he d
iffe
renc
e m
ay r
each
up
to f
our
hour
s. T
his
wou
ld b
e ob
viou
s du
ring
a s
olar
ecl
ipse
, w
hich
can
be
cons
ider
ed a
s a
“vis
ible
” N
ew M
oon
phas
e, s
ince
it
is w
ell-
know
n th
at a
sol
ar
eclip
se d
oes
not b
egin
at t
he s
ame
inst
ant a
ll ov
er th
e w
orld
. Fo
r m
ost
purp
oses
, it
is
suit
able
to
cons
ider
the
New
M
oon
phas
e as
a u
niqu
e in
stan
t al
l ov
er t
he w
orld
, and
so,
nea
rly
all
the
astr
onom
ical
boo
ks a
nd m
agaz
ines
pub
lish
times
of
New
M
oon
phas
e as
a u
niqu
e in
stan
t, w
hich
is
for
the
cent
er o
f th
e E
arth
. B
ut t
o ob
serv
e th
e ve
ry t
hin
[wax
ing]
cre
scen
t sh
ortl
y af
ter
the
New
M
oon
phas
e,
and
to
know
th
e ex
act
inte
rval
be
twee
n th
e N
ew M
oon
phas
e an
d th
e ob
serv
atio
n tim
e (m
oon’
s ag
e),
we
shou
ld a
dopt
the
ins
tant
of
the
New
Moo
n ph
ase
that
oc
curs
fro
m t
he l
ocat
ion
of o
bser
vati
on [
Thu
s a
Jeru
sale
m t
ime,
no
r an
y ot
her
loca
tion
of o
bser
vatio
n, c
an b
e us
ed o
n a
glob
al,
wor
ldw
ide
basi
s fo
r es
tabl
ishi
ng t
he d
ate
of N
isan
1].
(U
sed
with
th
e ki
nd p
erm
issi
on o
f as
tron
omer
Moh
’d O
deh
of A
bu D
habi
, C
opyr
ight
© 1
998-
2006
Isl
amic
Cre
scen
ts’
Obs
erva
tion
Proj
ect
(IC
OP)
, All
Rig
hts
Res
erve
d.)
T
he W
eekl
y Se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h C
ycle
To
begi
n, w
e m
ust
firs
t ex
amin
e G
od’s
wee
kly
seve
nth-
day
Sabb
ath
cycl
e. D
id G
od le
ave
the
choi
ce to
men
to
sele
ct o
ne
day
in s
even
as
a da
y to
wor
ship
Him
? O
r, i
n th
e be
ginn
ing,
did
G
od s
peci
ally
cre
ate
the
seve
nth
day
as H
is S
abba
th,
spec
ific
ally
bl
essi
ng a
nd s
anct
ifyi
ng th
e se
vent
h da
y?
A
ccor
ding
to
the
scri
ptur
al a
ccou
nt,
He
inde
ed d
id!
He
spec
ific
ally
des
igna
ted
the
seve
nth
day
of th
e re
peat
ing
seve
n-da
y cy
cle
as t
he S
abba
th!
We
have
the
rec
ord
in G
enes
is c
hapt
ers
one
and
two.
Fro
m t
he b
egin
ning
, w
e fi
nd t
hat
God
con
tinu
ousl
y co
unts
sev
en d
ays
in a
nev
er-e
ndin
g se
quen
ce,
and
that
the
se
vent
h da
y is
al
way
s th
e w
eekl
y Sa
bbat
h.
The
re
are
no
exce
ptio
ns i
n th
e en
tiret
y of
the
Bib
le. T
here
fore
, Su
nday
(or
any
ot
her
day)
can
nev
er b
e G
od’s
wee
kly
Sab
bath
, be
caus
e H
e ha
s cr
eate
d on
ly t
he s
even
th d
ay t
o be
hol
y. M
oreo
ver,
no
man
has
th
e au
thor
ity to
mak
e an
y da
y ho
ly!
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
4
Adj
usti
ng t
he C
alcu
lati
on o
f th
e M
olad
to
the
Cor
rect
Day
of
the
Wee
k
The
cal
cula
tion
of
the
Mol
ad o
f T
ishr
i, w
hich
is
base
d on
th
e av
erag
e lu
nar
cycl
e, d
oes
not
alw
ays
fit
the
actu
al m
ovem
ent
of
the
moo
n.
The
m
athe
mat
ical
fo
rmul
a th
at
is
used
fo
r ca
lcul
atio
n al
low
s th
e M
olad
to
fall
on t
he m
orni
ng o
r af
tern
oon
of a
ny d
ay i
n th
e w
eek,
but
the
mov
emen
t of
the
moo
n pr
even
ts
the
rene
wal
of
the
luna
r cy
cle
from
tak
ing
plac
e on
cer
tain
wee
k da
ys. T
here
is a
for
war
d pr
ogre
ssio
n in
the
wee
k fr
om o
ne y
ear
to
the
next
tha
t li
mit
s th
e fi
rst
day
of T
ishr
i to
spe
cifi
c da
ys a
nd
spec
ific
tim
es o
f da
y.
In 3
9 ye
ars
out
of 1
00,
the
calc
ulat
ion
of t
he M
olad
will
ar
rive
at
the
corr
ect
day
for
the
firs
t da
y of
Tis
hri.
In t
he 6
1 ye
ars
whe
n th
e da
y ca
lcul
ated
for
Tis
hri 1
is n
ot a
ccur
ate,
the
date
mus
t be
ad
just
ed.
The
Po
stpo
nem
ent
Rul
es
are
the
mat
hem
atic
al
prin
cipl
es th
at G
od e
stab
lishe
d to
mak
e th
is a
djus
tmen
t. T
he
Post
pone
men
t R
ules
ta
ke
effe
ct
whe
n th
e da
te
calc
ulat
ed f
or t
he d
ecla
rati
on o
f T
ishr
i 1
does
not
fit
the
act
ual
time
of t
he n
ew m
oon.
In
such
yea
rs,
the
calc
ulat
ed d
ate
is
adju
sted
by
the
appl
icat
ion
of o
ne o
r m
ore
of t
he P
ostp
onem
ent
Rul
es t
o ke
ep t
he c
alen
dar
prec
isel
y on
tar
get
for
the
holy
day
th
at b
egin
s th
e m
onth
of
Tis
hri
and
sets
all
othe
r m
onth
s in
the
ye
ar.
(The
m
athe
mat
ical
ba
sis
of
the
Post
pone
men
t R
ules
is
ex
plai
ned
in t
he a
rtic
le “
The
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r M
ade
Sim
ple”
by
Dw
ight
Ble
vins
. Thi
s ar
ticl
e is
fre
ely
avai
labl
e up
on r
eque
st.)
G
od i
n H
is w
isdo
m p
lace
d th
e su
n an
d m
oon
in t
heir
po
sitio
ns e
xpre
ssly
for
the
pur
pose
of
esta
blis
hing
His
app
oint
ed
times
. Fo
rese
eing
eve
ry c
ircu
mst
ance
tha
t w
ould
ari
se w
ith t
he
pass
ing
of t
ime,
He
mad
e pr
ovis
ion
for
all
irre
gula
ritie
s to
be
corr
ecte
d w
hen
He
gave
ins
truc
tion
s to
Mos
es f
or c
alcu
lati
ng H
is
feas
t da
ys.
Thi
s re
vela
tion
was
com
mitt
ed t
o H
is p
eopl
e fo
r al
l ti
me
and
is p
rese
rved
in th
e C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
(by
Car
l D
. Fra
nkli
n, J
une
5, 2
015)
. RU
LE
ON
E
Whe
n th
e M
olad
of
Tis
hri
or a
dvan
cem
ent
occu
rs o
n a
Sund
ay,
Wed
nesd
ay,
or F
rida
y, t
he d
ecla
ratio
n of
Tis
hri
1 is
ad
vanc
ed o
ne d
ay t
o a
Mon
day,
Thu
rsda
y or
Sat
urda
y (S
abba
th)
resp
ectiv
ely.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
33
The
cal
cula
tion
s of
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r ar
e de
sign
ed t
o pr
ovid
e th
e be
st p
ossi
ble
illum
inat
ion
for
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
F
east
of
U
nlea
vene
d B
read
on
N
isan
15
an
d th
e F
east
of
T
aber
nacl
es o
n T
ishr
i 15
. R
elyi
ng o
n th
e vi
sibl
e cr
esce
nt t
o se
t th
e be
ginn
ing
of
the
mon
th
wil
l in
m
ost
year
s de
lay
the
obse
rvan
ce o
f th
ese
fest
ival
s un
til
the
16th d
ay o
f th
e lu
nar
cycl
e,
afte
r th
e pe
ak p
erio
d of
illu
min
atio
n ha
s pa
ssed
. A
lthou
gh t
he H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
cons
iste
ntly
pro
vide
s th
e be
st i
llum
inat
ion
for
Nis
an 1
5 an
d T
ishr
i 15
, it
is n
ot p
ossi
ble
to
achi
eve
100%
illu
min
atio
n in
eve
ry y
ear
due
to v
aria
tions
in
the
leng
th o
f th
e lu
nar
cycl
e. T
he a
vera
ge l
engt
h of
29.
53 d
ays
incl
udes
cyc
les
that
ran
ge f
rom
6 h
ours
sho
rter
to 7
hou
rs lo
nger
. In
som
e ye
ars
the
peak
per
iod
of i
llum
inat
ion
does
not
coi
ncid
e pe
rfec
tly w
ith t
he 1
5th d
ay.
Des
pite
the
se v
aria
tions
, th
e H
ebre
w
Cal
enda
r ha
s m
aint
aine
d an
av
erag
e of
m
ore
than
99
%
illum
inat
ion
for
thou
sand
s of
yea
rs.
C
alcu
lati
ng t
he M
olad
of
Tis
hri
A
lthou
gh e
ach
mon
th in
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r be
gins
with
a
mol
ad,
the
focu
s of
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r is
the
cal
cula
tion
of
the
Mol
ad o
f T
ishr
i. C
alcu
latin
g th
e M
olad
of
Tis
hri
is t
he f
irst
st
ep i
n de
term
inin
g th
e da
te o
f T
ishr
i 1,
whi
ch s
ets
the
holy
day
s fo
r th
e en
tire
yea
r. T
he f
act
that
in
ever
y ye
ar t
here
are
exa
ctly
17
7 da
ys f
rom
Nis
an 1
to
Tis
hri
1 m
akes
it
poss
ible
to
coun
t ba
ckw
ard
to t
he b
egin
ning
of
the
holy
day
sea
son.
In
year
s w
hen
addi
tion
al d
ays
are
need
ed t
o ke
ep t
he c
alen
dar
sync
hron
ized
w
ith t
he m
ovem
ent
of t
he s
un a
nd t
he m
oon,
the
se d
ays
are
adde
d be
fore
Nis
an 1
so
that
the
hol
y da
ys n
ever
shi
ft f
rom
the
ir
appo
inte
d tim
es.
The
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r, d
esig
ned
by G
od H
imse
lf,
has
a pr
oven
met
hod
for
sync
hron
izin
g th
e lu
nar
year
with
the
sea
sons
of
th
e so
lar
year
. It
ac
com
plis
hes
this
by
th
e pr
oces
s of
in
terc
alat
ion,
pro
duci
ng l
eap
year
s as
nee
ded
to k
eep
pace
with
th
e lo
nger
sol
ar y
ear.
Bec
ause
the
lun
ar y
ear
is 1
1 da
ys s
hort
er
than
the
sola
r ye
ar, a
13th
mon
th is
add
ed in
a f
ixed
cyc
le o
f 7
out
of 1
9 ye
ars
to p
reve
nt t
he h
oly
days
fro
m d
rift
ing
out
of t
heir
se
ason
s. A
ddin
g a
13th
mon
th d
oes
not
affe
ct t
he w
eekl
y cy
cle
of
days
, w
hich
rem
ains
unc
hang
ed f
rom
sun
set
to s
unse
t, se
rvin
g as
a
prim
ary
cons
ider
atio
n in
the
decl
arat
ion
of T
ishr
i 1.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
32
T
he a
ccou
nt i
n G
enes
is c
hapt
er o
ne g
ives
us
the
reco
rd o
f th
e cr
eati
on o
f th
e ea
rth
(act
uall
y th
e re
new
ing
of t
he e
arth
) in
six
da
ys.
Eac
h da
y is
num
bere
d an
d de
sign
ated
by
the
phra
se “
the
even
ing
and
mor
ning
” in
des
crib
ing
a w
hole
day
—a
24-h
our
day.
E
ach
day
is c
ount
ed i
n se
quen
ce w
ith n
o ga
ps,
part
ial
days
, or
un
coun
ted
days
.
In G
enes
is c
hapt
er t
wo
we
have
the
rec
ord
of G
od’s
cr
eati
on o
f th
e fi
rst
Sabb
ath
day—
the
seve
nth
day:
“A
nd b
y th
e be
ginn
ing
of t
he s
even
th d
ay G
od f
inis
hed
His
wor
k w
hich
He
had
mad
e. A
nd H
e re
sted
on
the
seve
nth
day
from
all
His
wor
k w
hich
He
had
mad
e. A
nd G
od B
LE
SSE
D t
he s
even
th d
ay a
nd
SAN
CT
IFIE
D i
t be
caus
e on
it
He
rest
ed f
rom
all
His
wor
k w
hich
God
had
cre
ated
and
mad
e” (
Gen
. 2:
2-3)
. T
hus,
God
’s
Sabb
ath
cann
ot f
all o
n an
y ot
her
day
of th
e w
eek,
and
no
man
has
th
e au
thor
ity
to
chan
ge
it.
Not
ice
also
th
at
the
Sabb
ath
is
inde
pend
ently
rec
kone
d by
cou
ntin
g th
e da
ys i
n a
cont
inuo
us
seve
n-da
y se
quen
ce. A
s w
e w
ill s
ee, t
his
day-
by-d
ay r
ecko
ning
of
the
wee
kly
cycl
e is
sep
arat
e fr
om t
he r
ecko
ning
of
the
days
, m
onth
s an
d ye
ars
of th
e sa
cred
CH
C. T
he s
even
-day
wee
kly
cycl
e ne
ver
vari
es a
nd h
as n
ever
bee
n ch
ange
d by
God
. In
fact
, the
re is
no
t a
sing
le p
assa
ge i
n th
e B
ible
ind
icat
ing
that
tim
e ha
s ev
er
been
“lo
st”
or n
ot c
ount
ed—
not
a da
y, w
eek,
mon
th o
r ye
ar h
as
ever
gon
e m
issi
ng!
God
acc
ount
s fo
r al
l tim
e!
T
he E
xodu
s an
d th
e Sa
bbat
h: D
urin
g th
e E
xodu
s fr
om
Egy
pt,
God
re
veal
ed
the
seve
nth-
day
wee
kly
Sabb
ath
to
the
child
ren
of I
srae
l by
the
givi
ng o
f m
anna
(E
x. 1
6). I
n th
is a
ccou
nt,
begi
nnin
g on
the
mor
ning
of
the
firs
t da
y of
the
wee
k, G
od s
ent
man
na f
rom
hea
ven
for
the
chil
dren
of
Isra
el t
o ea
t ea
ch d
ay. F
or
the
firs
t fiv
e da
ys o
f th
e se
ven-
day
wee
k, H
e se
nt o
nly
the
port
ion
for
each
par
ticul
ar d
ay.
God
spe
cifi
cally
com
man
ded
them
not
to
gath
er m
ore
than
wha
t w
as t
o be
eat
en f
or e
ach
day.
Tho
se w
ho
diso
beye
d an
d ga
ther
ed m
ore
foun
d th
at t
he e
xtra
man
na b
red
wor
ms
and
stan
k, m
akin
g it
unfi
t to
eat.
How
ever
, on
the
six
th d
ay,
God
com
man
ded
the
child
ren
of I
srae
l to
gat
her
twic
e as
muc
h as
the
y di
d on
eac
h of
the
fir
st
five
day
s. T
his
two-
day
supp
ly w
as f
or t
he s
ixth
day
and
the
se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h. M
oreo
ver,
God
com
man
ded
them
not
to
go
out
to g
athe
r m
anna
on
the
seve
nth
day,
bec
ause
He
wou
ld n
ot
send
it.
N
otic
e G
od’s
re
actio
n w
hen
som
e di
sobe
yed
His
co
mm
and
and
wen
t ou
t on
the
Sab
bath
mor
ning
to
look
for
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
5
man
na:
“And
it
cam
e to
pas
s th
at s
ome
of th
e pe
ople
wen
t out
on
the
seve
nth
day
in o
rder
to
gath
er, b
ut t
hey
did
not
find
any
. And
th
e L
OR
D s
aid
to M
oses
, ‘H
ow l
ong
do y
ou r
efus
e to
kee
p M
y co
mm
andm
ents
and
My
law
s? S
ee, b
ecau
se t
he L
OR
D h
as g
iven
yo
u th
e Sa
bbat
h (G
od
dete
rmin
es
the
Sabb
ath—
not
man
),
ther
efor
e H
e gi
ves
you
the
brea
d of
two
days
on
the
sixt
h da
y. L
et
each
one
sta
y in
his
pla
ce. D
o no
t le
t an
y on
e go
out
of
his
plac
e on
the
seve
nth
day.
’ So
the
peop
le r
este
d on
the
seve
nth
day”
(E
x.
16:2
7-30
).
Fo
r fo
rty
year
s G
od c
onsi
sten
tly s
ent
man
na s
ix d
ays
a w
eek—
with
a d
oubl
e po
rtio
n on
the
sixt
h da
y—bu
t He
neve
r se
nt
man
na o
n th
e se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h. T
he s
even
-day
wee
kly
cycl
e re
mai
ned
unch
ange
d fo
r th
e en
tire
fort
y-ye
ar p
erio
d.
T
o he
lp I
srae
l al
way
s re
mem
ber
that
it
was
God
Who
fed
th
em f
or t
hose
for
ty y
ears
, H
e co
mm
ande
d th
at A
aron
gat
her
an
omer
of
man
na b
e ke
pt b
efor
e th
e L
ord
as a
witn
ess
of w
hat
God
ha
d do
ne:
“And
Mos
es s
aid,
‘T
his
is t
he t
hing
whi
ch t
he L
OR
D
has
com
man
ded,
“F
ill
an
omer
of
it
to
be
ke
pt
for
your
ge
nera
tions
, so
that
you
may
see
the
bre
ad w
ith w
hich
I h
ave
fed
you
in t
he w
ilder
ness
, w
hen
I br
ough
t yo
u ou
t fr
om t
he l
and
of
Egy
pt.”
’ A
nd M
oses
sai
d to
Aar
on, ‘
Tak
e a
pot
and
put
an o
mer
fu
ll o
f m
anna
in
it,
and
lay
it u
p be
fore
the
LO
RD
to
be k
ept
for
your
gen
erat
ions
.’ A
s th
e L
OR
D c
omm
ande
d M
oses
, so
Aar
on
laid
it
up b
efor
e th
e te
stim
ony
to b
e ke
pt.
And
the
chi
ldre
n of
Is
rael
ate
man
na f
orty
yea
rs u
ntil
the
y ca
me
to a
hab
itab
le l
and.
T
hey
ate
man
na u
ntil
they
cam
e in
to t
he b
orde
rs o
f th
e la
nd o
f C
anaa
n” (
Ex.
16:
32-3
5).
L
ater
, af
ter
the
Ark
of
the
Cov
enan
t w
as m
ade,
the
om
er
of m
anna
was
put
insi
de th
e ar
k al
ong
with
the
tabl
es o
f st
one
(on
whi
ch G
od h
ad w
ritte
n th
e T
en C
omm
andm
ents
) an
d th
e ro
d of
A
aron
tha
t bu
dded
(H
eb.
9:4)
. At
the
end
of f
orty
yea
rs,
afte
r th
e ch
ildre
n of
Isr
ael
ente
red
the
Prom
ised
Lan
d, t
he m
anna
cea
sed
the
day
afte
r th
ey h
ad e
aten
of
the
grai
n of
the
lan
d (J
osh.
5:1
2).
How
ever
, the
con
tinu
ous
coun
ting
of
the
seve
n-da
y cy
cle
has
rem
aine
d un
chan
ged.
It i
s es
sent
ial
to u
nder
stan
d th
at G
od c
orre
late
s al
l tim
e—da
ys,
mon
ths
and
year
s—w
ith H
is c
reat
ed s
even
-day
cyc
le,
with
th
e Sa
bbat
h al
way
s be
ing
the
seve
nth
day
of th
e w
eek.
The
sev
en-
day
wee
kly
cycl
e is
the
fou
ndat
ion
of a
ll ti
me
on e
arth
. The
re
is a
bsol
utel
y no
exc
epti
on t
o th
e da
y-by
-day
cou
nt o
f se
ven
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
6
Und
erst
andi
ng t
he P
ostp
onem
ent
Rul
es
Det
erm
inin
g th
e B
egin
ning
of
the
Mon
th
T
he m
onth
s of
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r ar
e se
t by
the
lun
ar
cycl
e,
whi
ch
begi
ns
wit
h a
sliv
er-t
hin
cres
cent
th
at
has
an
illum
inat
ion
perc
enta
ge a
few
poi
nts
abov
e ze
ro.
It i
s fo
rmed
at
the
poin
t of
con
junc
tion
whe
n th
e m
oon
appe
ars
to b
e en
velo
ped
in t
otal
dar
knes
s. A
t th
is p
oint
, ho
wev
er,
a ve
ry n
arro
w a
rc o
f lig
ht i
s ex
pose
d al
ong
one
edge
. T
his
narr
ow a
rc o
f lig
ht i
s th
e ne
w m
oon.
T
oo f
aint
to
be v
isib
le,
the
new
moo
n is
por
tray
ed o
n ca
lend
ars
as a
bla
ck c
ircl
e. H
owev
er,
its
exis
tenc
e as
a f
orm
ed
cres
cent
has
bee
n sc
ient
ific
ally
dem
onst
rate
d.1
Bec
ause
the
new
moo
n ca
nnot
be
sigh
ted
until
it h
as b
een
wax
ing
for
one
to
thre
e da
ys,
it
mus
t be
de
term
ined
by
ca
lcul
atio
n. T
his
is th
e re
ason
for
the
mat
hem
atic
s of
the
Heb
rew
C
alen
dar.
T
o ca
lcul
ate
the
time
that
the
new
moo
n w
ill o
ccur
, th
e ca
lend
ar u
ses
a fo
rmul
a ba
sed
on t
he a
vera
ge l
unar
cyc
le.
The
ca
lcul
ated
dat
e is
cal
led
the
mol
ad (
the
Heb
rew
wor
d m
olad
, or
m
oled
, mea
ns “
rene
wal
”). T
he te
rm “
mol
ad”
clea
rly
iden
tifi
es th
e ne
w m
oon
with
the
ren
ewal
of
the
luna
r cy
cle
at t
he t
ime
of t
he
conj
unct
ion.
C
orre
ctly
iden
tifyi
ng th
e ne
w m
oon
as th
e cr
esce
nt th
at is
fo
rmed
at
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
lun
ar c
ycle
is
esse
ntia
l fo
r th
e ob
serv
ance
of
God
’s h
oly
days
at t
heir
app
oint
ed ti
mes
. Cou
ntin
g fr
om th
e fi
rst d
ay o
f th
e lu
nar
cycl
e en
sure
s th
at th
e m
oon
will
be
full
on t
he f
ifte
enth
day
of
the
mon
th a
s or
dain
ed b
y G
od i
n L
eviti
cus
23 a
nd P
salm
81:
1-3.
Si
nce
the
full
moo
n oc
curs
mid
way
thr
ough
the
lun
ar
cycl
e, i
n an
ave
rage
cyc
le i
t w
ill f
all
at 1
4.76
5 da
ys—
abou
t fi
ve
and
a ha
lf h
ours
bef
ore
suns
et b
egin
ning
the
15th
day
. In
a c
ycle
th
at i
s sh
orte
r th
an a
vera
ge,
it m
ay f
all
from
six
to
twel
ve h
ours
be
fore
the
15th
begi
ns.
In a
n av
erag
e cy
cle
the
full
moo
n oc
curs
at
22
min
utes
pas
t no
on o
n th
e 14
th,
but
in a
sho
rter
cyc
le i
t oc
curs
on
the
mor
ning
of
the
14th
. In
eit
her
case
, it
is
at o
r ne
ar
100%
illu
min
atio
n w
hen
it ri
ses
on th
e ev
e of
the
15th
.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
31
30
1 2
3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26 G
E 8
:12
27
28
29
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
4 6
1
15 2
Iya
r —
236
8 B
.C.
7
2 3
4
5
6
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
40
39
38
2 3
5
7
1
cons
ecut
ive
days
. T
his
seve
n-da
y cy
cle
has
been
re
peat
ed
perp
etua
lly
from
cre
atio
n un
til n
ow, a
nd w
ill l
ikew
ise
cont
inue
on
into
the
futu
re.
G
od’s
Sev
en-D
ay C
ycle
Unb
roke
n
At
no t
ime
has
God
eve
r m
enti
oned
or
even
hin
ted
in
Scri
ptur
e th
at t
he s
even
th-d
ay w
eekl
y Sa
bbat
h is
to
be r
ecko
ned
by a
ny o
ther
met
hod
than
by
a co
ntin
uous
cou
ntin
g of
sev
en d
ays
as
esta
blis
hed
from
cr
eatio
n.
Thi
s fa
ct
is
supp
orte
d by
G
od
esta
blis
hing
the
wee
kly
Sabb
ath
as a
per
petu
al c
oven
ant:
“You
sh
all
keep
th
e Sa
bbat
h th
eref
ore,
fo
r it
is
ho
ly
to
you.
E
very
one
that
de
file
s it
sh
all
sure
ly
be
put
to
deat
h, f
or
who
ever
doe
s an
y w
ork
on i
t, th
at s
oul
shal
l be
cut
off
fro
m
amon
g hi
s pe
ople
. Si
x da
ys m
ay w
ork
be d
one,
but
on
the
seve
nth
day
is t
he S
abba
th o
f re
st, h
oly
to t
he L
OR
D. W
hoev
er
does
any
wor
k on
the
Sabb
ath
day,
he
shal
l sur
ely
be p
ut to
dea
th.
The
refo
re t
he c
hild
ren
of I
srae
l [t
he c
hurc
h is
spi
ritu
al I
srae
l]
shal
l ke
ep t
he S
abba
th,
to o
bser
ve t
he S
abba
th t
hrou
ghou
t th
eir
gene
rati
ons
as A
PE
RP
ET
UA
L C
OV
EN
AN
T. I
t is
a s
ign
betw
een
Me
and
the
child
ren
of I
srae
l fo
reve
r; f
or in
six
day
s th
e L
OR
D m
ade
the
heav
ens
and
the
eart
h, a
nd o
n th
e se
vent
h da
y H
e re
sted
, and
was
ref
resh
ed”
(Ex.
31:
14-1
7).
W
hen
God
ga
ve
the
Ten
C
omm
andm
ents
, th
e Fo
urth
C
omm
andm
ent
was
th
e Sa
bbat
h co
mm
and.
N
otic
e ho
w
this
co
mm
and
refl
ects
a c
onti
nuou
s co
unti
ng o
f da
ys i
n th
e se
ven-
day
cycl
e fr
om c
reat
ion:
“R
emem
ber
the
Sabb
ath
day
to k
eep
it
holy
. Si
x da
ys y
ou s
hall
labo
r an
d do
all
your
wor
k. B
ut t
he
seve
nth
day
is t
he S
abba
th o
f th
e L
OR
D y
our
God
. In
it
you
shal
l not
do
any
wor
k, y
ou, n
or y
our
son,
nor
you
r da
ught
er;
your
m
anse
rvan
t, no
r yo
ur m
aids
erva
nt,
nor
your
liv
esto
ck,
nor
the
stra
nger
with
in y
our
gate
s; f
or i
n si
x da
ys t
he L
OR
D m
ade
the
heav
en a
nd t
he e
arth
, th
e se
a, a
nd a
ll th
at i
s in
the
m,
and
rest
ed
the
seve
nth
day.
T
here
fore
th
e L
OR
D
bles
sed
the
Sabb
ath
day
and
sanc
tifi
ed
it”
(Ex.
20
:8-1
1).
God
al
so
com
man
ded
that
the
Sabb
ath
was
to b
e ke
pt f
rom
sun
set t
o su
nset
(L
ev. 2
3:32
).
In
the
New
Tes
tam
ent w
e fi
nd th
at J
esus
and
His
dis
cipl
es
kept
the
wee
kly
Sabb
ath.
As
“God
man
ifes
ted
in t
he f
lesh
,” J
esus
pr
ocla
imed
tha
t H
e is
“L
ord
of t
he S
abba
th”
(Mar
k 2:
27-2
8);
as
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
7
Lor
d G
od o
f th
e O
ld T
esta
men
t, H
e w
as th
e on
e W
ho h
ad c
reat
ed
tim
e, b
egin
ning
with
the
con
tinuo
us s
even
-day
cyc
le l
eadi
ng t
o th
e se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h. H
e is
the
one
Who
cre
ated
the
cyc
lica
l se
ven-
day
Sabb
ath
coun
t.
Con
trar
y to
wha
t so
me
reli
gion
ists
cla
im,
tim
e ha
s ne
ver
been
lost
. God
—“w
ith W
hom
ther
e is
no
vari
atio
n, n
or s
hado
w o
f tu
rnin
g” (
Jam
es 1
:17)
—ha
s co
ntin
ually
uph
eld
the
vita
l se
ven-
day
cycl
e. W
hile
num
erou
s re
ligio
ns h
ave
desi
gnat
ed v
ario
us
days
as
“hol
y da
ys”
or “
Sabb
aths
,” s
uch
proc
lam
atio
ns a
re n
ull
and
void
bef
ore
God
. A
ll se
lf-p
rocl
aim
ed h
uman
dec
rees
or
cale
ndar
sc
hem
es
have
ab
solu
tely
no
ef
fect
up
on
God
’s
divi
nely
or
dain
ed
seve
n-da
y cy
cle—
nor
do
they
al
ter
His
se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h.
T
oday
, in
mos
t of
the
wor
ld a
nd in
nea
rly
ever
y la
ngua
ge,
the
seve
nth-
day
Sabb
ath
is k
now
n as
Sat
urda
y on
the
Rom
an
Civ
il C
alen
dar.
In
spit
e of
the
fac
t th
at E
urop
e ut
iliz
es a
cal
enda
r th
at h
as b
een
reco
nfig
ured
to
mak
e Su
nday
app
ear
to b
e th
e se
vent
h da
y of
the
wee
k, G
od i
s no
t bo
und
by t
his
cale
ndar
ar
rang
emen
t de
vise
d by
m
en
and
sanc
tione
d by
th
e R
oman
C
atho
lic C
hurc
h. T
he E
urop
ean
cale
ndar
not
with
stan
ding
, th
e se
vent
h-da
y Sa
bbat
h of
God
, as
com
man
ded
in t
he B
ible
, is
stil
l de
sign
ated
on
the
Rom
an C
alen
dar
as S
atur
day
(tho
ugh
it ap
pear
s as
the
six
th d
ay o
n to
day’
s E
urop
ean
cale
ndar
). M
an’s
att
empt
to
mak
e it
app
ear
that
Sun
day
is t
he s
even
th d
ay o
f th
e w
eek
does
no
thin
g to
cha
nge
the
true
sev
enth
-day
Sab
bath
as
com
man
ded
by
God
thro
ugho
ut S
crip
ture
. Fo
r th
ousa
nds
of
year
s,
the
Jew
s’
obse
rvan
ce
of
the
seve
nth-
day
Sabb
ath
has
been
and
con
tinue
s to
be
livin
g pr
oof
of
this
fac
t. W
hile
sca
tter
ed in
to a
ll p
arts
of
the
wor
ld, t
he J
ews
have
ne
ver
lost
the
corr
ect d
ay f
or th
e Sa
bbat
h. (
The
wee
kly
Sabb
ath
is
reck
oned
fro
m s
unse
t to
sun
set
whe
reve
r on
e m
ay l
ive
on t
he
eart
h. F
or m
ore
info
rmat
ion
on t
he S
abba
th, y
ou m
ay r
eque
st o
ur
book
let W
hich
Day
is th
e T
rue
Chr
isti
an S
abba
th?)
In s
pite
of
thes
e ir
refu
tabl
e pr
oofs
fro
m G
od’s
Wor
d, s
elf-
appo
inte
d re
ligio
nist
s co
ntin
ue t
o co
me
up w
ith n
ew s
chem
es t
o ch
ange
the
wee
kly
cycl
e, a
nd h
ence
cha
nge
the
Sab
bath
. W
ith
biza
rre
and
perv
erte
d in
terp
reta
tions
of
God
’s W
ord,
som
e ha
ve
devi
sed
thei
r ow
n ca
lend
ar s
yste
ms,
cla
imin
g th
at t
hey
are
God
’s
Sacr
ed C
alen
dar.
But
in
orde
r to
do
this
the
y m
ust
com
plet
ely
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
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rida
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AH
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abba
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igno
re (
and
thus
rej
ect)
the
clea
r co
mm
ands
of
God
for
the
seve
n-da
y Sa
bbat
h co
unt.
O
ne p
artic
ular
hum
anly
-dev
ised
cal
enda
r al
ters
the
cou
nt
tow
ard
the
Sabb
ath
by s
tart
ing
the
seve
n-da
y cy
cle
with
the
seco
nd
or t
hird
day
of
the
luna
r m
onth
—w
ith t
he s
ight
ing
of t
he w
axin
g cr
esce
nt.
Thi
s is
don
e re
gard
less
of
the
day
of t
he w
eek
on w
hich
th
is s
ight
ing
falls
on.
With
the
wax
ing
cres
cent
day
as
the
firs
t day
of
the
seve
n-da
y cy
cle,
the
seve
nth-
day
Sabb
ath
can
fall
on a
ny d
ay o
f th
e w
eek—
until
it
is “
rese
t” a
t th
e ne
xt s
ight
ing
of t
he w
axin
g cr
esce
nt!
Thi
s id
ea i
s ut
terl
y pr
epos
tero
us a
nd h
as a
bsol
utel
y no
ba
sis
in S
crip
ture
! T
his
fool
ish
sche
me
is i
n so
me
way
s m
ore
dest
ruct
ive
than
the
Sund
ay e
rror
of O
rtho
dox
Chr
istia
nity
. T
he C
alcu
late
d H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
is d
esig
ned
so t
hat
the
mon
ths
in t
he y
ear
conf
orm
to
the
wee
kly
cycl
e—no
t vi
ce v
ersa
as
is th
e ca
se w
ith
the
Lun
ar/S
abba
th C
alen
dar.
Thi
s as
tron
omic
al
fact
is
dict
ated
by
the
real
ity o
f th
e re
latio
nshi
p of
the
sun
, th
e m
oon
and
the
eart
h.
The
met
hod
by w
hich
the
cal
enda
r is
adj
uste
d to
the
w
eekl
y cy
cle
is t
he a
pplic
atio
n of
the
rul
es o
f po
stpo
nem
ent,
not
atte
mpt
ing
to d
o so
by
disc
ardi
ng d
ays
will
y-ni
lly a
long
the
way
! T
he w
eekl
y cy
cle
cann
ot b
e m
ade
to c
onfo
rm to
the
mon
ths
of th
e ye
ar (
as t
he e
nthu
sias
ts o
f th
e L
unar
/Sab
bath
are
att
empt
ing
to
do)
beca
use
the
luna
r m
onth
s of
the
yea
r ar
e in
rea
lity
not
all
28
days
in le
ngth
! A
s G
od d
id n
ot d
esig
n th
e m
oon’
s or
bit s
o th
at e
ach
luna
r m
onth
ha
s ex
actly
28
da
ys,
Lun
ar/S
abba
th
enth
usia
sts
mus
t di
scar
d 1
or 2
day
s ea
ch m
onth
! T
he s
o-ca
lled
Lun
ar/S
abba
th
does
not
exi
st i
n re
alit
y—it
onl
y “e
xist
s” i
n th
e va
in i
mag
inat
ions
of
the
tw
iste
d m
inds
of
thos
e w
ho b
elie
ve i
t is
so
and
like
m
indl
ess
lem
min
gs s
o en
thus
iast
ical
ly p
rofe
ss it
. A
ll c
alen
dars
mus
t co
nfor
m t
o th
e re
alit
y of
the
sol
ar
syst
em a
s G
od c
reat
ed i
t an
d m
ust
be e
xpre
ssed
in
a m
athe
mat
ics
that
mod
els
that
rea
lity.
We
cann
ot f
anta
size
a s
olar
sys
tem
int
o ex
iste
nce
patte
rned
aft
er o
ur o
wn
insa
ne i
mag
inat
ions
, fab
rica
te a
m
athe
mat
ics
that
mod
els
that
ins
anit
y an
d ex
pect
tha
t w
e ar
e ac
tual
ly
wor
ship
ing
the
Cre
ator
of
th
e un
iver
se
as
He
has
com
man
ded!
(Y
ou
may
re
ques
t ad
diti
onal
de
tail
ed
info
rmat
ion
and
sam
ple
cale
ndar
cha
rts
show
ing
how
ser
ious
an
erro
r th
is l
unar
/Sa
bbat
h m
etho
d is
.)
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
9
The
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r
T
he S
acre
d C
alen
dar
of G
od i
s ca
lled
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r (C
HC
). A
s a
Lun
i/Sol
ar c
alen
dar,
the
CH
C
base
s its
yea
rs o
n th
e su
n an
d ut
ilize
s th
e ph
ases
of
the
moo
n to
de
term
ine
the
begi
nnin
g of
mon
ths.
Im
port
antly
, the
CH
C r
etai
ns
God
’s c
ontin
uous
, cyc
lical
cou
nt o
f th
e se
ven-
day
wee
k to
whi
ch
the
mon
ths
and
year
s m
ust c
onfo
rm. T
he C
HC
is in
har
mon
y w
ith
and
incl
udes
the
cou
ntin
g of
the
day
s of
the
wee
k (w
hich
are
re
ckon
ed e
ach
day
from
“su
nset
to
suns
et”)
. In
oth
er w
ords
, G
od’s
re
ckon
ing
and
calc
ulat
ing
of
the
mon
ths
and
year
s is
en
tirel
y se
para
te f
rom
—bu
t run
s pa
rall
el to
—th
e w
eekl
y cy
cle.
On
the
four
th d
ay o
f cr
eatio
n, G
od s
et t
he p
ositi
ons
of t
he
sun
and
moo
n (a
nd
the
star
s),
whi
ch
form
th
e ba
sis
of
the
calc
ulat
ions
of
the
CH
C i
n es
tabl
ishi
ng d
ays,
mon
ths
and
year
s.
“And
God
sai
d, ‘
Let
the
re b
e lig
hts
in t
he f
irm
amen
t of
the
he
aven
s to
div
ide
betw
een
the
day
and
the
nigh
t [d
ays
are
firs
t],
and
let
them
be
for
sign
s, a
nd f
or a
ppoi
nted
sea
sons
[th
e an
nual
fe
asts
], a
nd f
or d
ays
[the
ann
ual
holy
day
s] a
nd y
ears
[in
clud
ing
the
seve
nth-
year
land
Sab
bath
and
Jub
ilees
eve
ry f
ifty
yea
rs];
and
le
t the
m b
e fo
r li
ghts
in th
e fi
rmam
ent o
f th
e he
aven
s to
giv
e li
ght
upon
the
ear
th.’
And
it
was
so.
And
God
had
mad
e tw
o gr
eat
ligh
ts,
the
grea
ter
ligh
t to
rul
e th
e da
y an
d th
e le
sser
lig
ht t
o ru
le
the
nigh
t; an
d G
od h
ad m
ade
the
star
s al
so.
And
God
set
the
m
[in
thei
r ex
act
posi
tions
] in
the
fir
mam
ent
of t
he h
eave
ns t
o gi
ve l
ight
upo
n th
e ea
rth,
and
to
rule
ove
r th
e da
y an
d ov
er t
he
nigh
t, an
d to
div
ide
betw
een
the
light
and
the
dar
knes
s. A
nd G
od
saw
tha
t it
was
goo
d. A
nd t
he e
veni
ng a
nd t
he m
orni
ng w
ere
the
four
th d
ay”
(Gen
. 1:1
4-19
).
Fr
om G
enes
is c
hapt
ers
seve
n an
d ei
ght,
we
are
able
to
dete
rmin
e th
at a
t the
tim
e of
the
Flo
od e
ach
mon
th o
f th
e H
ebre
w
Cal
enda
r co
ntai
ned
the
sam
e nu
mbe
r of
day
s as
the
y do
to
this
da
y. T
he F
lood
beg
an “
in t
he s
econ
d m
onth
, on
the
sev
ente
en
day
of t
he m
onth
….
And
the
wat
ers
prev
aile
d up
on t
he e
arth
a
hund
red
and
fift
y da
ys …
and
at t
he e
nd o
f th
e hu
ndre
d an
d fi
fty
days
the
wat
ers
had
gone
dow
n. A
nd i
n th
e se
vent
h m
onth
, on
th
e se
vent
eent
h da
y of
the
mon
th,
the
ark
rest
ed u
pon
the
mou
ntai
ns o
f A
rara
t” (
Gen
. 7:1
1, 2
4; 8
:3-4
). F
rom
thes
e pa
ssag
es
we
can
conc
lude
tha
t fr
om t
he v
ery
mom
ent
of c
reat
ion
God
's
Sacr
ed C
alen
dar
was
the
sam
e as
it is
toda
y.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
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1 2
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E 8
:4
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24
25
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27
28
29
30
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
1
2 3
4 5
6 7
8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
GE
8:1
-3
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
120
93
94
95
99
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ishr
i — 2
369
B.C
.
96
97
98
104
100
101
102
103
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
119
118
117
8 H
eshv
an —
236
9 B
.C.
121
92
122
130
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
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132
133
134
135
136
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1
Eve
ry c
alen
dar
in t
he h
isto
ry o
f m
an h
as a
ttem
pted
to
mea
sure
tim
e by
eit
her
the
sola
r or
the
lun
ar c
ycle
. T
he C
ivil
/R
oman
cal
enda
r w
e us
e to
day
is a
sol
ar c
alen
dar.
Bec
ause
it
is a
so
lar
cale
ndar
, its
mon
ths
are
sync
hron
ized
with
the
equ
inox
es
and
sols
tice
s of
the
sola
r ye
ar.
The
365
day
s in
the
sol
ar y
ear
are
divi
ded
into
fou
r m
onth
s w
ith 3
0 da
ys (
30 x
4 =
120
), s
even
mon
ths
with
31
days
(3
1 x
7 =
217
), a
nd o
ne m
onth
with
28
days
(12
0 +
217
+ 2
8 =
36
5 da
ys).
Alth
ough
the
cal
enda
r ye
ar i
s 36
5 da
ys,
the
actu
al
sola
r ye
ar i
s 36
5.24
25 d
ays.
The
fra
ctio
n of
a d
ay (
appr
oxim
atel
y ¼
day
) is
mad
e up
by
addi
ng o
ne d
ay t
o Fe
brua
ry e
very
4 y
ears
. T
his
sync
hron
izin
g ad
just
men
t of
one
day
is
a po
stpo
nem
ent.
Thu
s, M
arch
1 is
pos
tpon
ed b
y on
e da
y ev
ery
four
yea
rs.
Bec
ause
we
live
in
a cu
ltur
e th
at u
ses
this
cal
enda
r, i
t go
vern
s ou
r da
ys a
nd m
onth
s of
wor
ship
. It
gov
erns
our
wor
k sc
hedu
les,
va
catio
ns,
grad
uatio
ns,
wed
ding
s an
d fu
nera
ls.
It
gove
rns
our
fina
ncia
l sy
stem
. A
ll bu
sine
sses
, la
rge
and
smal
l, de
pend
on
th
e ca
lend
ar
to
set
date
s of
co
ntra
cts,
in
tere
st
sche
dule
s, ta
x sc
hedu
les
and
billi
ng p
erio
ds.
The
H
ebre
w
Cal
enda
r se
rved
th
e sa
me
purp
oses
fo
r ba
nkin
g an
d co
mm
erce
in
an
cien
t ti
mes
. H
owev
er,
its
mos
t im
port
ant
func
tion
was
, an
d st
ill i
s, t
o se
t th
e da
tes
of t
he a
nnua
l ho
ly d
ays
that
God
est
abli
shed
at t
he c
reat
ion
of th
e w
orld
. G
enes
is 1
:14
tells
us
that
God
arr
ange
d th
e su
n, m
oon
and
star
s in
the
hea
vens
“fo
r si
gns,
and
for
sea
sons
, an
d fo
r da
ys a
nd
year
s.”
The
wor
d “s
easo
ns”
is t
rans
late
d fr
om t
he H
ebre
w m
oed,
w
hich
m
eans
“a
ppoi
nted
tim
es.”
O
bser
ving
G
od’s
ap
poin
ted
times
hel
ps u
s to
und
erst
and
His
pla
n of
sal
vatio
n fo
r m
anki
nd.
The
se a
ppoi
nted
tim
es a
re l
iste
d in
Lev
iticu
s 23
, w
here
th
e H
ebre
w
moe
d is
tr
ansl
ated
“f
east
s.”
The
fi
rst
feas
t, or
ap
poin
ted
time,
is
the
wee
kly
Sabb
ath
(v.
3).
The
ann
ual
feas
ts,
whi
ch t
ake
plac
e du
ring
the
thr
ee h
arve
st s
easo
ns i
n th
e ye
ar,
are
liste
d ne
xt.
The
Pas
sove
r, t
he f
irst
of
the
annu
al f
east
s of
God
, is
ob
serv
ed a
t the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e 14
th d
ay o
f th
e fi
rst m
onth
(v.
5).
T
he 1
4th
day
itsel
f is
not
a S
abba
th b
ut a
day
of
prep
arat
ion
for
the
Fea
st o
f U
nlea
vene
d B
read
, w
hich
beg
ins
on t
he f
ollo
win
g da
y, th
e 15
th, a
nd la
sts
for
seve
n da
ys (
v. 6
). T
he f
irst
day
and
the
seve
nth
day
are
Sabb
aths
of
rest
(vs
. 7-8
).
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
11
The
nex
t ve
rses
des
crib
e th
e w
ave
shea
f of
feri
ng,
whi
ch
take
s pl
ace
duri
ng t
he F
east
of
Unl
eave
ned
Bre
ad o
n “t
he d
ay
afte
r th
e [w
eekl
y] S
abba
th,”
whi
ch t
hen
is t
he f
irst
day
of
the
wee
k—Su
nday
. Fr
om t
his
firs
t da
y of
the
wee
k/Su
nday
, se
ven
com
plet
e w
eeks
are
cou
nted
(v.
15)
and
the
fol
low
ing
Sund
ay
(the
50t
h da
y) i
s th
e Fe
ast
of F
irst
frui
ts, (
vs. 1
6, 2
1). T
his
feas
t is
re
ferr
ed t
o in
the
New
Tes
tam
ent
as P
ente
cost
, w
hich
mea
ns
“fif
tiet
h” (
Act
s 2:
1).
The
fol
low
ing
vers
es i
n L
evit
icus
23
desc
ribe
the
fal
l fe
stiv
al s
easo
n, w
hich
is
com
pose
d of
fou
r se
para
te f
east
s th
at a
ll ta
ke
plac
e in
th
e se
vent
h m
onth
of
th
e ye
ar.
The
Fe
ast
of
Tru
mpe
ts is
the
firs
t day
of
the
seve
nth
mon
th a
nd is
a S
abba
th o
f re
st (
v. 2
4).
The
ten
th d
ay i
s th
e D
ay o
f A
tone
men
t, al
so a
Sa
bbat
h (v
s. 2
2-28
). T
he F
east
of
Tab
erna
cles
beg
ins
on t
he 1
5th
day
and
last
s fo
r se
ven
days
(v.
34)
. The
fir
st d
ay i
s a
Sabb
ath
of
rest
(v.
35)
. Im
med
iate
ly f
ollo
win
g th
e F
east
of
Tab
erna
cles
is th
e la
st f
east
of
the
year
, whi
ch i
s al
so a
Sab
bath
of
rest
(v.
36)
. Thi
s fe
ast
day
is c
alle
d th
e “L
ast
Gre
at D
ay”
in t
he N
ew T
esta
men
t (J
ohn
7:37
).
All
thes
e fe
asts
, or
“ap
poin
ted
times
,” w
ere
obse
rved
by
the
serv
ants
of
God
in
the
Old
Tes
tam
ent
dow
n to
the
tim
e of
A
brah
am,
Isaa
c an
d Ja
cob.
Bef
ore
Jaco
b’s
deat
h, h
e an
d hi
s el
even
son
s w
ent
dow
n to
Egy
pt,
whe
re h
is s
on J
osep
h ha
d ri
sen
to r
uler
ship
. A
fter
sev
eral
gen
erat
ions
of
livin
g am
ong
Egy
ptia
n su
n w
orsh
ippe
rs w
ho o
bser
ved
paga
n fe
stiv
als,
the
desc
enda
nts
of
Jaco
b lo
st a
ll kn
owle
dge
of G
od’s
fea
st d
ays.
W
hen
God
sen
t Mos
es to
lead
His
peo
ple
out o
f E
gypt
, He
bega
n to
res
tore
the
kno
wle
dge
of H
is a
ppoi
nted
tim
es.
Exo
dus
12 r
ecor
ds H
is in
stru
ctio
ns f
or th
e fe
asts
of
the
firs
t mon
th:
“And
the
LO
RD
spo
ke u
nto
Mos
es a
nd A
aron
in
the
land
of
Egy
pt,
sayi
ng,
‘Thi
s m
onth
sha
ll be
unt
o yo
u th
e be
ginn
ing
of
mon
ths:
it s
hall
be th
e fi
rst m
onth
of
the
year
to y
ou’
” (v
s. 1
-2).
T
he f
ollo
win
g ve
rses
in
Exo
dus
12 g
ive
inst
ruct
ions
for
th
e fe
asts
of
the
firs
t m
onth
—th
e Pa
ssov
er o
n th
e 14
th d
ay a
nd
the
Feas
t of
Unl
eave
ned
Bre
ad o
n th
e 15
th t
hrou
gh t
he 2
1st
day.
T
hese
ar
e th
e on
ly
feas
ts
that
ar
e re
cord
ed
in
Exo
dus
12.
Alth
ough
the
oth
er f
east
day
s ar
e no
t lis
ted
in E
xodu
s 12
, G
od
gave
Mos
es in
stru
ctio
ns f
or th
em a
lso.
Psa
lm 8
1 te
stif
ies
that
God
de
liver
ed
inst
ruct
ions
fo
r al
l H
is
appo
inte
d ti
mes
w
hen
He
brou
ght I
srae
l out
of
Egy
pt:
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
12
5 A
b —
236
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.C.
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2 3
4 5
6
7 8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
1
2 3
4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
64
65
33
37
38
39
43
40
41
42
48
44
45
46
47
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
63
62
61
6 E
lul —
236
9 B
.C.
34
35
66
67
36
68
69
70
71
72
73
81
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
91
82
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
83
24
1
2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27G
E 7
:11-
20
Wate
rs R
ose
to 1
5 C
ubits
A
bove
M
ount
ains.
Wate
r 5.4
8 M
ukes
Dee
p
28
GE
7:2
4 W
aters
Prev
ailed
15
0 D
ays
29
30
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
1 2
3 4
5 6
7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
4 6
1
14
15
16
20
3 S
ivan
— 2
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B.C
.
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18
19
25
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
40
39
38
4 T
amm
uz —
236
9 B
.C.
2 3
5 8
7 9
10
11
12
27
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
31
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
30
28
29
32
“Blo
w
the
trum
pet
in
the
new
m
oon,
in
th
e tim
e ap
poin
ted,
on
our
sole
mn
feas
t da
y. F
or t
his
was
a s
tatu
te f
or
Isra
el, a
nd a
law
of
the
God
of
Jaco
b. T
his
He
orda
ined
in J
osep
h fo
r a
test
imon
y…”
(vs.
3-5
; KJV
).
Ver
se 3
is
refe
rrin
g to
the
new
moo
n of
the
sev
enth
m
onth
. Thi
s is
the
only
new
moo
n of
the
year
that
God
app
oint
ed
as a
fea
st d
ay. B
ut th
e ph
rase
“in
the
time
appo
inte
d” is
inco
rrec
t. T
he H
oly
Bib
le I
n It
s O
rigi
nal
Ord
er g
ives
the
com
plet
e m
eani
ng
of t
he H
ebre
w t
ext,
conf
irm
ing
that
thi
s ve
rse
is s
peak
ing
of t
he
seve
nth
mon
th.
It a
lso
show
s th
e im
port
ance
of
the
full
moo
n:
“Blo
w th
e tr
umpe
t at t
he n
ew m
oon,
als
o at
the
full
moo
n, o
n ou
r so
lem
n fe
ast
day.
For
thi
s w
as a
sta
tute
for
Isr
ael,
a la
w o
f th
e G
od o
f Ja
cob.
Thi
s H
e or
dain
ed i
n Jo
seph
for
a t
estim
ony
whe
n H
e w
ent f
orth
aga
inst
the
land
of
Egy
pt...
” (v
s. 3
-5).
T
here
is
no q
uest
ion
that
Psa
lm 8
1 is
ref
erri
ng t
o th
e se
vent
h m
onth
. N
o ot
her
mon
th o
f th
e ye
ar h
as a
com
man
ded
feas
t on
bot
h th
e ne
w m
oon
and
the
full
moo
n—th
e Fe
ast
of
Tru
mpe
ts (
on t
he n
ew m
oon)
and
the
fir
st d
ay o
f th
e Fe
ast
of
Tab
erna
cles
(on
the
ful
l m
oon)
. T
hus
Psal
m 8
1:3
conf
irm
s th
at
God
del
iver
ed a
com
plet
e ca
lend
ar f
or o
bser
ving
His
app
oint
ed
times
whe
n th
e E
xodu
s to
ok p
lace
. M
oreo
ver,
the
im
port
ance
of
the
full
moo
n sh
ould
not
be
over
look
ed. T
here
mus
t alw
ays
be a
ful
l moo
n on
the
15th
day
of
the
firs
t m
onth
(th
e fi
rst
day
of U
nlea
vene
d B
read
) an
d on
the
15
th d
ay o
f th
e se
vent
h m
onth
(th
e fi
rst d
ay o
f T
aber
nacl
es).
A
ful
l moo
n di
ffer
s fr
om a
new
moo
n: A
ful
l moo
n ca
n be
se
en o
ver
a 24
-hou
r pe
riod
, be
ginn
ing
in N
ew Z
eala
nd,
as t
he
eart
h tu
rns.
And
eve
ryon
e on
ear
th c
an e
asily
see
a f
ull
moo
n—ev
en i
n po
or w
eath
er.
But
a n
ew m
oon
can
only
be
seen
on
one
even
ing—
if c
ondi
tions
are
rig
ht.
Firs
t, th
e w
eath
er m
ust
be c
lear
en
ough
to
see
the
tiny
cres
cent
. A
nd t
he c
resc
ent
itsel
f—if
it
has
grow
n en
ough
to a
ctua
lly b
e se
en—
is o
nly
in th
e sk
y a
shor
t tim
e.
It i
s ve
ry e
asy
to m
iss.
Thi
s di
ffic
ulty
in
spot
ting
a ne
w m
oon
is
why
God
’s c
alen
dar
mus
t be
calc
ulat
ed.
The
num
ber
of d
ays
from
a n
ew m
oon
to a
ful
l m
oon
rang
es f
rom
14-
16 d
ays—
actu
ally
sli
ghtl
y le
ss t
han
15 d
ays
to
slig
htly
mor
e th
an 1
5 da
ys.
Thi
s ne
cess
itate
s po
stpo
nem
ent
rule
s to
ens
ure
that
the
ful
l m
oon
in b
oth
the
firs
t an
d se
vent
h m
onth
s ac
tual
ly a
ppea
rs f
ull.
Thi
s is
why
God
gav
e us
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r w
ith
its
vari
ous
rule
s. T
hus,
the
re i
s al
way
s a
full
moo
n on
the
fir
st d
ay o
f U
nlea
vene
d B
read
and
on
the
firs
t
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
13
day
of T
aber
nacl
es.
I ha
ve p
erso
nally
obs
erve
d th
is f
or o
ver
60
year
s. I
t nev
er f
ails
! T
he H
ebre
w w
ord
that
is tr
ansl
ated
“N
ew M
oon”
in P
salm
81
:3 is
cho
desh
. Thi
s sa
me
Heb
rew
wor
d is
tran
slat
ed “
mon
th”
in
Exo
dus
12.
Cho
desh
is
us
ed
num
erou
s tim
es
in
the
Old
T
esta
men
t an
d m
ay
be
tran
slat
ed
eith
er
“mon
th”
or
“moo
n”
depe
ndin
g on
the
cont
ext
in w
hich
it is
use
d. I
ts li
tera
l mea
ning
is
“new
moo
n,”
whi
ch i
s th
e fi
rst
day
of e
ach
mon
th i
n th
e H
ebre
w
Cal
enda
r.
The
fac
t th
at t
he H
ebre
w t
ext
uses
the
sam
e w
ords
for
“n
ew m
oon”
and
“m
onth
” gi
ves
us i
nsig
ht i
nto
the
cale
ndar
tha
t G
od d
eliv
ered
to
His
peo
ple.
The
mon
ths
of t
his
cale
ndar
are
set
by
the
lun
ar c
ycle
—no
t by
the
equ
inox
es a
nd s
olst
ices
of
the
sola
r cy
cle.
B
ecau
se t
he l
unar
cyc
le v
arie
s fr
om m
onth
to
mon
th d
ue
to ir
regu
lari
ties
in th
e m
oon’
s or
bit,
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r us
es th
e av
erag
e le
ngth
of
the
luna
r cy
cle
to c
alcu
late
the
mon
ths.
The
av
erag
e lu
nar
cycl
e is
29.
53 d
ays
(rou
nded
off
to
the
near
est
one
hund
redt
h). S
ince
mon
ths
cann
ot c
onsi
st o
f ha
lf d
ays,
the
mon
ths
of t
he H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
are
alte
rnat
ely
assi
gned
29
and
30 d
ays.
T
his
sequ
ence
of
29 a
nd 3
0 da
ys w
orks
ver
y w
ell
to k
eep
the
mon
ths
alig
ned
with
the
new
moo
ns.
Bas
ed o
n th
e av
erag
e lu
nar
cycl
e of
29.
53 d
ays,
a 1
2-m
onth
yea
r w
ill h
ave
354.
36 d
ays
(12
x 29
.53)
. A
s th
e m
onth
ly
aver
age
of 2
9.53
day
s is
atta
ined
by
a co
mbi
natio
n of
29
and
30-
day
mon
ths,
so
the
year
ly a
vera
ge o
f 35
4.36
day
s is
atta
ined
by
a co
mbi
natio
n of
353
, 354
and
355
-day
yea
rs.
The
se t
hree
yea
r le
ngth
s ke
ep t
he c
alen
dar
alig
ned
wit
h th
e m
ovem
ent
of t
he m
oon,
but
the
y ca
n no
t ke
ep t
he c
alen
dar
alig
ned
wit
h th
e se
ason
s of
the
sol
ar c
ycle
. L
unar
yea
rs t
hat
are
353
to 3
55 d
ays
in l
engt
h ar
e 10
to
12 d
ays
shor
ter
than
sol
ar
year
s.
If th
e H
ebre
w C
alen
dar
cons
iste
d on
ly o
f 12
-mon
th y
ears
, al
l th
e an
nual
fea
sts
of G
od w
ould
dri
ft f
arth
er a
nd f
arth
er f
rom
th
eir
corr
ect
seas
ons.
T
o pr
even
t th
is
from
ha
ppen
ing,
th
e ca
lend
ar u
ses
inte
rcal
atio
n. I
nter
cala
tion
is t
he p
roce
ss o
f ad
ding
a
13th
mon
th e
very
2 o
r 3
year
s. T
he r
esul
t is
a co
mbi
natio
n of
12-
mon
th “
com
mon
” ye
ars
with
353
to
355
days
and
13-
mon
th
“lea
p” y
ears
with
383
to
385
days
. T
here
is
a fi
xed
cycl
e of
12
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
14
NO
AH
’S F
LOO
D
1 N
isan
— 2
369
B.C
2
Iyar
— 2
369
B.C
23
1 2
3 4
5
6 7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
1 2
3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10
GE
7:7
-9
All
In A
rk 7
D
ays
Bef
ore
Rai
n St
arte
d.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17 G
E 7
:10-
11
Rain
begi
ns &
The
G
reat
Dee
p B
roke
n U
p R
ain 4
0 D
ays
&
40 N
ight
s
18
18
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Sun
day
Mon
day
Tue
sday
W
edne
sday
Thu
rsda
y
F
rida
y
S
abba
th
Noa
h’s
600t
h ye
ar
1
2 3
4 5
1 6
3
7
2 4
5 8
6 7
10
11
12
13
9
2369
All
in th
e A
rk. 1
0th
Day
of
2nd
Mon
th
All
Lef
t the
Ark
29t
h D
ay o
f 2n
d M
onth
Tot
al
3
86
Les
s
-1
Can
not c
ount
Nis
an 1
itse
lf, a
s it
begi
ns a
n
ew y
ear
G
rand
Tot
al
38
5 T
otal
num
ber
of d
ay o
f th
at y
ear
T
hus,
the
yea
r of
the
Flo
od—
2369
BC
—w
as a
385
-day
ye
ar—
wit
h an
ad
ded
(int
erca
late
d)
13th
m
onth
. U
sing
th
e co
mpu
tatio
ns o
f th
e C
HC
, w
e ca
n “l
ook
back
” to
the
yea
r 23
69
BC
and
see
that
is w
as in
deed
a le
ap y
ear!
Thi
s in
form
atio
n pr
oves
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r,
dem
onst
ratin
g its
div
ine
orig
in a
nd s
how
ing
that
is is
the
cale
ndar
sy
stem
God
has
use
d th
roug
hout
tim
e.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
22
com
mon
yea
rs a
nd 7
int
erca
lary
yea
rs i
n ea
ch p
erio
d of
19
year
s,
prod
ucin
g an
ave
rage
of
365
days
per
yea
r.
Add
ing
a 13
th m
onth
to th
e en
d of
a y
ear
does
not
cha
nge
the
leng
th o
f th
e ho
ly d
ay s
easo
n, w
hich
beg
ins
in th
e fi
rst m
onth
of
the
fol
low
ing
year
. In
eve
ry y
ear,
the
re a
re 1
77 d
ays
from
the
ne
w m
oon
of t
he f
irst
mon
th t
o th
e ne
w m
oon
of t
he s
even
th
mon
th.
The
new
moo
n of
the
sev
enth
mon
th i
s th
e pi
vota
l po
int
for
calc
ulat
ing
the
holy
day
s fo
r th
e ye
ar.
The
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r ca
lcul
ates
thi
s m
oon
firs
t, an
d th
en c
ount
s ba
ck t
o th
e ne
w m
oon
of th
e fi
rst m
onth
. T
his
proc
edur
e is
sup
port
ed b
y th
e de
cree
of
God
in P
salm
81
con
cern
ing
the
new
moo
n of
the
sev
enth
mon
th.
The
wor
d “t
estim
ony”
in
vers
e 5
is t
rans
late
d fr
om t
he H
ebre
w a
ydoo
eth
and
is e
lsew
here
use
d of
the
Ten
Com
man
dmen
ts,
whi
ch w
ere
insc
ribe
d in
tab
les
of s
tone
by
the
hand
of
God
. In
lik
e m
anne
r,
the
cale
ndar
that
God
del
iver
ed to
Mos
es w
as a
wri
tten
dec
ree
for
calc
ulat
ing
His
app
oint
ed t
imes
. In
anc
ient
Isr
ael,
the
blow
ing
of
the
trum
pet
on
the
firs
t da
y of
th
e se
vent
h m
onth
w
as
a pr
ocla
mat
ion
of th
e “N
ew M
oon
of th
e Y
ear”
—so
nam
ed b
ecau
se
it de
term
ines
the
begi
nnin
g of
all
the
mon
ths
of th
e ye
ar.
Sinc
e th
e fi
rst
day
of e
ach
mon
th i
s a
new
moo
n, t
he
fift
eent
h da
y of
eac
h m
onth
is
a fu
ll m
oon.
Thi
s is
the
tim
e th
at
God
app
oint
ed to
beg
in th
e Fe
ast o
f U
nlea
vene
d B
read
in th
e fi
rst
mon
th a
nd t
he F
east
of
Tab
erna
cles
in
the
seve
nth
mon
th.
The
ti
min
g of
the
se f
east
s is
the
pri
mar
y fo
cus
of t
he c
alcu
lati
ons
of
the
Heb
rew
C
alen
dar.
T
he
calc
ulat
ions
ai
m
for
the
best
il
lum
inat
ion
of t
he m
oon
for
the
arri
val
of t
hese
tw
o m
ajor
fea
sts
of th
e ye
ar.
It i
s no
t po
ssib
le t
o ac
hiev
e 10
0% i
llum
inat
ion
in e
very
ye
ar d
ue t
o va
riat
ions
in
the
luna
r cy
cle.
Des
pite
the
se v
aria
tion
s,
the
cale
ndar
ha
s m
aint
aine
d an
av
erag
e of
m
ore
than
99
%
illum
inat
ion
for
thou
sand
s of
yea
rs.
No
luna
r ca
lend
ar d
esig
ned
by m
an h
as e
ver
surv
ived
the
test
of
tim
e.
The
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r re
quir
es m
any
mor
e ca
lcul
atio
ns
than
our
mod
ern
sola
r ca
lend
ar. D
ue t
o th
e m
any
vari
able
s in
the
lu
nar
cycl
e, i
t is
nec
essa
ry t
o us
e co
mpl
ex m
athe
mat
ical
ave
rage
s to
cal
cula
te t
he m
onth
s an
d ye
ars.
Bec
ause
the
lun
ar y
ear
is
shor
ter
than
the
sola
r ye
ar, 1
3-m
onth
yea
rs a
re n
eede
d to
kee
p th
e ho
ly d
ays
in t
heir
app
oint
ed s
easo
ns.
Whi
le t
hese
cal
cula
tions
pr
ovid
e ac
cura
te d
atin
g in
mos
t ye
ars,
the
re a
re y
ears
whe
n th
e
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
15
vari
able
s in
the
lun
ar c
ycle
req
uire
add
itio
nal
adju
stm
ents
to
the
cale
ndar
. In
such
ye
ars,
th
e ca
lcul
ated
da
tes
are
corr
ecte
d by
m
athe
mat
ical
for
mul
as t
hat
keep
the
cal
enda
r pr
ecis
ely
on t
arge
t fo
r ob
serv
ing
the
holy
day
s. T
hese
mat
hem
atic
al f
orm
ulas
are
ex
pres
sed
in s
impl
e te
rms
as t
he R
ules
of
Post
pone
men
t. T
hese
fo
ur r
ules
are
app
lied
whe
n th
e ca
lcul
atio
ns t
hat
are
base
d on
av
erag
es p
lace
the
new
moo
n of
the
sev
enth
mon
th t
oo e
arly
, w
hich
wou
ld c
ause
the
hol
y da
ys t
o be
obs
erve
d be
fore
the
ir
appo
inte
d tim
es.
God
in H
is w
isdo
m s
et th
e su
n an
d m
oon
in th
eir
posi
tions
ex
pres
sly
for
the
purp
ose
of e
stab
lishi
ng H
is a
ppoi
nted
tim
es.
For
esee
ing
ever
y ci
rcum
stan
ce t
hat
wou
ld a
rise
wit
h th
e pa
ssin
g of
tim
e, H
e m
ade
prov
isio
n fo
r al
l ir
regu
lari
ties
to
be c
orre
cted
w
hen
He
gave
ins
truc
tion
s to
Mos
es f
or c
alcu
lati
ng H
is f
east
da
ys. T
his
reve
latio
n w
as c
omm
itted
to H
is p
eopl
e fo
r al
l tim
e.
Reg
ardl
ess
of t
heir
unf
aith
fuln
ess,
God
has
pre
serv
ed t
he
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r th
roug
h th
em.
Alth
ough
the
y ha
ve c
hang
ed
thei
r ob
serv
ance
of
the
Pass
over
and
the
Fea
st o
f Pe
ntec
ost,
they
ha
ve r
etai
ned
all
the
calc
ulat
ions
of
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r. P
aul’
s le
tter
to th
e R
oman
s co
nfir
ms
this
trut
h:
“Wha
t th
en i
s th
e ad
vant
age
of t
he J
ew?
... M
uch
in e
very
w
ay.
Prim
arily
in
that
the
y w
ere
entr
uste
d w
ith t
he o
racl
es o
f G
od. F
or w
hat i
f so
me
did
not b
elie
ve?
Shal
l the
ir u
nbel
ief
nulli
fy
the
faith
fuln
ess
of G
od?”
(R
om. 3
:1-3
.)
The
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r is
the
sam
e to
day
as i
t w
as i
n th
e da
ys o
f N
oah,
Abr
aham
, M
oses
and
all
the
prop
hets
of
the
Old
T
esta
men
t. It
is th
e ca
lend
ar th
at J
esus
and
His
apo
stle
s fo
llow
ed.
It s
tand
s as
a te
stim
ony
to th
e fa
ithfu
lnes
s of
God
in o
ur ti
me,
and
it
wil
l re
mai
n in
eff
ect
duri
ng t
he c
omin
g re
ign
of C
hris
t (I
sa.
66:2
3, Z
ech.
14:
6) (
by C
arl D
. Fra
nkli
n, J
uly
31, 2
014)
.
The
Cal
enda
r an
d th
e T
imin
g of
Noa
h’s
Flo
od
T
he a
ccou
nt o
f N
oah’
s Fl
ood
in G
enes
is 7
& 8
giv
es u
s a
spec
ific
ch
rono
logy
. A
s th
is
sect
ion
will
sh
ow,
this
Fl
ood
chro
nolo
gy a
ctua
lly v
alid
ates
the
com
puta
tions
of
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r (C
HC
). T
his
fact
len
ds c
rede
nce
to t
he C
HC
, de
mon
stra
ting
its d
ivin
e or
igin
and
sho
win
g th
at it
is th
e ca
lend
ar
syst
em G
od h
as u
sed
thro
ugho
ut ti
me.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
16
“And
God
spo
ke t
o N
oah,
say
ing
‘Go
out
of t
he a
rk,
you
and
your
wif
e an
d yo
ur s
ons
and
your
son
s’ w
ives
with
you
. B
ring
out
with
you
eve
ry l
ivin
g th
ing
that
is
with
you
—of
all
fles
h, o
f fo
wl,
of li
vest
ock,
and
of
ever
y cr
awli
ng t
hing
that
cra
wl
upon
the
ear
th—
so t
hat
they
may
bre
ed a
bund
antly
in
the
eart
h,
and
be f
ruitf
ul a
nd m
ulti
ply
upon
the
eart
h’ ”
(G
en. 8
:13-
17).
So
let
s ad
d up
all
the
day
s. W
e fi
rst
have
a 7
-day
per
iod
whe
re N
oah
and
his
fam
ily
are
seal
ed i
nsid
e th
e ar
k; t
hen
ther
e ar
e 40
day
s of
act
ual
rain
and
flo
odin
g; t
hen
150
days
of
the
ark
just
dri
ftin
g in
the
wat
er;
then
150
day
s of
the
wat
ers
rece
ding
; th
en a
sec
ond
40-d
ay p
erio
d; t
hen
two
7-da
y pe
riod
s th
at N
oah
used
to
veri
fy t
hat
habi
tabl
e dr
y la
nd w
as a
vaila
ble.
Noa
h di
d hi
s fi
nal
test
on
the
day
afte
r th
e se
cond
7-d
ay p
erio
d. I
f yo
u ad
d in
th
at d
ay,
it co
mes
to
a gr
and
tota
l of
402
day
s th
at t
hey
wer
e in
th
e ar
k.
7 +
40 +
150
+ 1
50 +
40
+ 7
+ 7
+ 1
= 40
2
Follo
win
g da
y 40
2, t
hey
left
the
ark
. V
erse
s 14
-16
tell
us
they
act
uall
y ex
ited
the
ark
on
the
27th
day
of
the
2nd m
onth
—
“And
in
the
seco
nd m
onth
, on
the
tw
enty
-sev
enth
day
of
the
mon
th,
the
land
was
ful
ly d
ry.
And
God
spo
ke t
o N
oah,
say
ing,
‘G
o ou
t of
the
ark
, yo
u an
d yo
ur w
ife
and
your
son
s an
d yo
ur
sons
’ w
ives
with
you
’ ”
(Gen
. 8:1
4-16
).
Why
do
es
all
of
this
m
atte
r? R
emem
ber,
the
who
le
purp
ose
of d
etai
ling
the
Floo
d ch
rono
logy
is to
sho
w th
at th
e ye
ar
of t
he F
lood
was
a l
eap
year
of
385
days
. If
this
is
so, i
t va
lidat
es
the
Cal
cula
ted
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r. S
o le
t’s
see
wha
t th
e F
lood
ch
rono
logy
rev
eals
. Y
ear
2369
BC
. . .
M
onth
1
Nis
an
30 F
irst
mon
th o
f ye
ar; n
o ac
tivit
y fo
r 30
day
s M
onth
2
Iyar
9 S
econ
d m
onth
of
year
; no
activ
ity f
or 9
day
s
7
Num
ber
of d
ays
Noa
h an
d hi
s fa
mily
wer
e
sea
led
insi
de th
e ar
k pr
ior
to th
e st
art o
f th
e
f
lood
ing
40 R
ain
and
floo
ding
for
40
days
150
Wat
ers
prev
ail;
ark
adri
ft f
or 1
50 d
ays
Mon
th 1
Nis
an 1
150
Wat
ers
cont
inua
lly r
eced
e fo
r 15
0 da
ys—
to
Nis
an 1
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
21
bird
s to
test
for
hab
itabl
e la
nd. “
And
it c
ame
to p
ass,
at t
he e
nd o
f fo
rty
days
[on
the
day
aft
er t
he 4
0th d
ay]
that
Noa
h op
ened
the
w
indo
w o
f th
e ar
k, w
hich
he
had
mad
e. A
nd h
e se
nt f
orth
a r
aven
, an
d it
kept
goi
ng o
ut a
nd r
etur
ning
unt
il th
e w
ater
s w
ere
dryi
ng
up f
rom
off
the
fac
e of
the
ear
th.
He
also
sen
d fo
rth
a do
ve f
rom
hi
m,
to s
ee i
f th
e w
ater
s ha
d go
ne d
own
from
off
the
fac
e of
the
ea
rth;
but
the
dov
e fo
und
no r
est
for
the
sole
of
her
foot
, an
d sh
e re
turn
ed t
o hi
m i
nto
the
ark,
for
the
wat
ers
wer
e st
ill
on t
he f
ace
of t
he w
hole
ear
th [
inha
bita
ble
land
]. T
hen
he p
ut o
ut h
is h
and
and
took
her
, an
d pu
lled
her
to h
im i
nto
the
ark.
And
he
wai
ted
yet
anot
her
seve
n da
ys [
beyo
nd t
he 4
0 da
ys];
and
aga
in h
e se
nt
fort
h th
e do
ve o
ut o
f th
e ar
k. A
nd t
he d
ove
cam
e to
him
in
the
even
ing,
and
lo,
in
her
mou
th w
as a
n ol
ive
leaf
plu
cked
off
. So
N
oah
knew
tha
t th
e w
ater
s ha
d go
ne d
own
from
off
the
fac
e of
th
e ea
rth.
And
he
wai
ted
yet
anot
her
[a s
econ
d] s
even
day
s, a
nd
sent
for
th t
he d
ove;
and
she
did
not
ret
urn
agai
n to
him
any
m
ore”
(v
erse
s 6-
12).
T
hus,
N
oah
knew
th
at
ther
e w
as
now
ha
bita
ble
land
. R
emem
ber,
ver
ses
6-12
are
an
inse
t. N
ow,
wit
h ve
rse
14,
we
are
back
into
the
tim
elin
e—w
hich
act
uall
y fl
ows
from
ver
se 3
: “A
nd t
he w
ater
s re
cede
d fr
om o
ff t
he e
arth
con
tinua
lly [
this
be
gan
imm
edia
tely
aft
er t
he f
irst
150
day
s],
and
at t
he e
nd o
f th
e [s
econ
d]
hund
red
and
fift
y da
ys
the
wat
ers
had
[alm
ost
com
plet
ely]
gon
e do
wn.
...A
nd i
t ca
me
to p
ass
in N
oah’
s si
x hu
ndre
d an
d fi
rst
year
, in
the
fir
st m
onth
, th
e fi
rst
day
of t
he
mon
th [
Nis
an 1
] th
at th
e w
ater
s w
ere
[stil
l] d
ryin
g up
fro
m o
ff th
e fa
ce o
f th
e ea
rth.
And
Noa
h re
mov
ed t
he c
over
ing.
..” (
Gen
. 8:
3,
13).
In
ve
rse
13,
the
KJV
sa
ys
“wer
e dr
ied
up”—
but
the
Heb
rew
act
ually
day
s, “
wer
e dr
ying
up.
” T
his
was
day
150
of
the
dryi
ng o
ut p
erio
d, b
ut th
ere
wer
e st
ill 4
0-pl
us m
ore
days
to g
o.
Thi
s se
cond
150
-day
per
iod—
the
time
whe
n th
e w
ater
s gr
adua
lly r
eced
ed—
ende
d on
the
fir
st d
ay o
f th
e fi
rst
mon
th.
A
new
yea
r—N
isan
1, 2
368
BC
. “A
nd it
cam
e to
pas
s in
Noa
h’s
six
hund
red
and
firs
t ye
ar.
In t
he f
irst
mon
th,
the
firs
t da
y of
the
m
onth
, th
at t
he w
ater
s w
ere
dryi
ng u
p fr
om o
ff t
he f
ace
of t
he
eart
h. N
oah
rem
oved
the
cov
erin
g of
the
ark
and
loo
ked,
and
, be
hold
, th
e fa
ce o
f th
e ea
rth
was
dry
ing!
And
in
the
seco
nd
mon
th, o
n th
e tw
enty
-sev
enth
day
of
the
mon
th, t
he la
nd w
as fu
lly
dry.
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
20
Acc
ordi
ng
to
the
Old
T
esta
men
t ch
rono
logy
re
sear
ch
cond
ucte
d by
Car
l Fr
ankl
in,
the
year
of
the
Floo
d w
as 2
369
BC
. R
unni
ng t
he C
HC
bac
k to
tha
t tim
e, w
e fi
nd t
hat
that
par
ticul
ar
year
was
a le
ap y
ear—
a ye
ar c
ompo
sed
of 1
3 m
onth
s.
A c
aref
ul a
naly
sis
of t
he c
hron
olog
y of
Gen
esis
sho
ws
that
the
yea
r of
the
Flo
od w
as a
385
-day
yea
r—no
t a
360-
day
year
are
som
e ha
ve e
rron
eous
ly a
ssum
ed.
Thi
s ye
ar’s
len
gth
is
sign
ific
ant
beca
use
it i
s th
e ex
act
num
ber
of d
ays
requ
ired
for
a
leap
yea
r in
the
Heb
rew
Cal
enda
r.
In t
he “
Cha
rt o
f N
oah’
s Fl
ood”
tha
t fo
llow
s is
a s
tep-
by-
step
acc
ount
ing
of th
at y
ear,
layi
ng o
ut a
day
-by-
day
sequ
ence
for
th
e en
tire
yea
r of
the
Flo
od a
nd t
he f
inal
57
days
the
y w
ere
in th
e ar
k un
til t
he g
roun
d w
as d
ry e
noug
h fo
r th
em t
o le
ave
the
ark
on
the
27th
day
of
the
2nd m
onth
of
the
next
yea
r.
The
fir
st m
onth
of
that
yea
r w
as N
oah’
s 60
0th
year
—bu
t th
e se
cond
mon
th b
egin
s th
e Fl
ood
chro
nolg
y. “
And
Noa
h di
d ac
cord
ing
to a
ll t
hat
the
LO
RD
com
man
ded
him
. A
nd N
oah
was
si
x hu
ndre
d ye
ars
old
with
the
flo
od o
f w
ater
s be
gan
upon
the
ea
rth.
And
Noa
h w
ent
in;
and
his
sons
and
his
wif
e an
d hi
s so
ns’
wiv
es w
ent
wit
h hi
m i
nto
the
ark
beca
use
of t
he w
ater
s of
the
fl
ood”
(G
en. 7
:5-7
).
Ver
ses
10-1
1: “
And
it
cam
e to
pas
s af
ter
seve
n da
ys,
that
th
e w
ater
s of
the
flo
od c
ame
upon
the
ear
th.
In t
he s
ix h
undr
edth
ye
ar o
f N
oah’
s lif
e, i
n th
e se
cond
mon
th,
on t
he s
even
teen
th d
ay
of t
he m
onth
, on
this
day
all
the
foun
tain
s of
the
gre
at d
eep
wer
e br
oken
up,
and
the
win
dow
s of
the
heav
ens
wer
e op
ened
.”
The
day
-by-
day
chro
nolo
gy f
or t
he e
ntir
e se
quen
ce o
f th
e Fl
ood
follo
ws
in t
he n
ext
sect
ion.
The
acc
ount
beg
ins
with
the
10
th d
ay o
f th
e se
cond
mon
th.
(Bas
ed o
n th
e C
HC
, th
is w
as a
w
eekl
y 7th
da
y Sa
bbat
h.)
By
this
da
y,
ever
yone
an
d al
l th
e cr
eatu
res
had
ente
red
the
ark;
and
aft
erw
ards
God
sea
led
the
ark.
T
hen
an
addi
tion
al s
even
da
ys
go
by
befo
re
the
floo
dwat
ers
bega
n.
Aft
er
thes
e se
ven
days
, w
e co
me
to
the
17th
, al
so
a Sa
bbat
h. O
n th
at d
ay th
e fl
oodw
ater
s be
gan—
for
40 d
ays.
V
erse
12:
“A
nd t
he r
ain
fell
upon
the
ear
th f
orty
day
s an
d fo
rty
nigh
ts.”
(V
erse
13
seem
s to
say
tha
t N
oah
and
his
fam
ily
ente
red
the
ark
on th
is d
ay, b
ut v
erse
s 13
-16
are
sim
ply
reit
erat
ing
wha
t had
alr
eady
take
n pl
ace.
) V
erse
s 17
-20:
“A
nd t
he f
lood
was
upo
n th
e ea
rth
fort
y da
ys,
and
the
wat
ers
incr
ease
d an
d bo
re u
p th
e ar
k, a
nd i
t w
as
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
17
lifte
d up
abo
ve t
he e
arth
. A
nd t
he w
ater
s pr
evai
led
and
incr
ease
d gr
eatly
upo
n th
e ea
rth;
and
the
ark
flo
ated
upo
n th
e fa
ce o
f th
e w
ater
s. A
nd t
he w
ater
s pr
evai
led
exce
edin
gly
upon
the
ear
th, a
nd
all
the
high
hil
ls t
hat
wer
e un
der
the
heav
ens
wer
e co
vere
d. T
he
wat
ers
prev
aile
d fi
ftee
n cu
bits
upw
ard,
and
the
mou
ntai
ns w
ere
cove
red.
” The
phr
ase
“the
wat
ers
prev
aile
d” i
n th
ese
vers
es r
efer
s to
th
e fl
oodi
ng i
tsel
f co
ntin
uing
una
bate
d fo
r th
e en
tire
40 d
ays.
N
ext
com
es a
key
pas
sage
: “A
nd t
he w
ater
s pr
evai
led
upon
the
ea
rth
a hu
ndre
d an
d fi
fty
days
” (v
erse
24)
. So
, w
e ha
ve a
7-d
ay p
erio
d, f
ollo
wed
by
a 40
-day
per
iod.
N
ow w
e se
e a
150-
day
peri
od.
Ver
se 2
4 re
fers
to
the
enti
re t
ime
the
wat
ers
wer
e on
the
fa
ce o
f th
e ea
rth
afte
r th
e 40
day
s of
lite
ral f
lood
ing
The
flo
odin
g it
self
is
clea
rly
dist
inct
fro
m t
he t
otal
tim
e th
e ar
k si
mpl
y dr
ifte
d in
the
res
ulta
nt “
prev
ailin
g” f
lood
wat
ers.
It
is v
ital
to u
nder
stan
d th
is—
the
40 d
ays
and
the
150
days
are
tw
o di
stin
ct “
even
ts”
and
mus
t be
coun
ted
sepa
rate
ly.
As
it re
late
s to
the
CH
C, t
he 4
0 da
ys o
f “f
lood
ing”
com
es
and
to t
he 2
7th d
ay o
f th
e 3rd
mon
th. T
hen,
cou
ntin
g 15
0 da
ys t
he
ark
was
adr
ift
in t
he w
ater
s, w
e co
me
to t
he 2
9th d
ay o
f th
e 8th
m
onth
. Yet
Gen
esis
8:4
see
ms
to im
ply
that
the
wat
ers
had
abat
ed
enou
gh f
or t
he a
rk t
o co
me
to r
est
in t
he 7
th m
onth
: “A
nd t
he
seve
nth
mon
th,
on t
he s
even
teen
th d
ay o
f th
e m
onth
, th
e ar
k re
sted
upo
n th
e m
ount
ains
of
Ara
rat.”
Cle
arly
, in
the
7th
mon
th
they
had
not
beg
un t
o ab
ate.
So
wha
t do
es v
erse
4 m
ean?
The
H
ebre
w i
ndic
ates
tha
t th
e ar
k w
as s
impl
y be
ing
held
in
that
vi
cini
ty—
so t
hat
whe
n th
e w
ater
s ac
tual
ly d
id r
eced
e, i
t w
ould
th
en s
ettle
on
the
regi
on o
f M
t. A
rara
t. In
oth
er w
ords
, G
od p
ut
the
ark
at t
hat
posi
tion
on
the
17th
day
of
the
7th m
onth
—w
eeks
be
fore
it a
ctua
lly “
touc
hed
dow
n.”
Nex
t w
e se
e th
at a
sec
ond
150-
day
peri
od—
a tim
e of
“d
ryin
g ou
t”—
begi
ns i
mm
edia
tely
fol
low
ing
the
firs
t 15
0-da
y pe
riod
: “A
nd G
od r
emem
bere
d N
oah,
and
eve
ry l
ivin
g th
ing,
and
al
l th
e an
imal
s, w
hich
wer
e w
ith h
im i
n th
e ar
k. A
nd G
od m
ade
a w
ind
to p
ass
over
the
ear
th,
and
the
wat
ers
subs
ided
. A
lso
the
foun
tain
s of
the
dee
p an
d th
e w
indo
ws
of h
eave
n w
ere
stop
ped,
an
d th
e ra
in f
rom
hea
ven
was
res
trai
ned.
And
the
wat
ers
bega
n to
re
cede
fro
m o
ff t
he e
arth
, ‘t
his
bega
n im
med
iate
ly a
fter
the
fir
st
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
18
150
days
], a
nd a
t th
e en
d of
the
[se
cond
] hu
ndre
d an
d fi
fty
days
th
e w
ater
s ha
d [a
lmos
t com
plet
ely]
gon
e do
wn”
(G
en. 8
:1-3
).
Dur
ing
this
sec
ond
150-
day
peri
od—
as t
he f
lood
wat
ers
grad
ually
dim
inis
hed—
Noa
h an
d hi
s fa
mily
cou
ld s
ee t
he v
ery
tops
of
the
high
est
mou
ntai
ns. T
his
initi
ally
hap
pene
d on
the
fir
st
day
of t
he 1
0th m
onth
. “A
nd t
he w
ater
s de
crea
sed
cont
inua
lly
until
th
e te
nth
mon
th;
and
the
tops
of
th
e m
ount
ains
w
ere
[beg
inni
ng t
o be
] se
en i
n th
e te
nth
mon
th,
on t
he f
irst
day
of
the
mon
th”
(ver
se 5
).
So,
they
had
a w
indo
w;
they
loo
ked
out
and
saw
the
top
s of
the
mou
ntai
ns j
ust
emer
ging
fro
m t
he w
ater
. B
ut t
he a
rk’s
ac
tual
ly s
ettli
ng in
som
e lo
w s
pot i
n th
e m
ount
ain
rang
e w
ould
be
stil
l m
onth
s aw
ay. T
he p
eak
of M
t. A
rara
t is
jus
t ov
er t
hree
mil
es
abov
e se
a le
vel.
If th
ey w
ere
just
beg
inni
ng to
see
mou
ntai
n pe
aks
appe
ar,
the
wat
er l
evel
was
yet
to
drop
by
near
ly t
hree
mile
s. A
lo
ng w
ay to
go!
U
p to
this
poi
nt, w
e ha
ve a
7-d
ay p
erio
d, f
ollo
wed
by
a 40
-day
per
iod,
fol
low
ed b
y tw
o di
stin
ct 1
50-d
ay p
erio
ds.
Nex
t is
a
seco
nd 4
0-da
y pe
riod
, bu
t w
e ha
ve t
o lo
ok c
lose
ly t
o se
e ho
w i
t pr
oper
ty f
its in
to th
e fl
ow o
f ev
ents
. T
he n
ext
pass
age
(ver
ses
6-12
) m
entio
ns a
sec
ond
40-d
ay
peri
od. T
his
peri
od c
anno
t by
part
of
the
150-
days
of
“dry
ing
out”
—
it m
ust
com
e af
ter
the
end
of t
he 1
50 d
ays.
Why
? A
s w
e ha
ve
just
see
n, t
he t
ops
of m
ount
ains
wer
e ju
st b
egin
ning
to
appe
ar.
The
re w
as a
long
way
to g
o—an
d th
ey w
ere
only
32
days
into
the
seco
nd 1
50-d
ay p
erio
d, w
hich
was
the
tim
e of
“dr
ying
out
.”
The
re i
s no
way
thi
s se
cond
40-
day
peri
od w
ould
be
enou
gh t
ime
for
the
wat
ers
to d
rop
thre
e m
ore
mile
s! Y
et w
hen
you
read
G
enes
is 8
:6-1
2, i
t is
cle
ar t
hat
it w
as a
fter
the
sec
ond
40-d
ay
peri
od—
follo
wed
by
two
7-da
y pe
riod
s—be
fore
the
y ex
ited
the
ar
k. I
f yo
u ta
ke t
he 3
2 da
ys t
hey
wer
e in
to t
he “
dryi
ng o
ut”
peri
od,
add
40,
then
add
tw
o se
vens
, yo
u on
ly h
ave
86 d
ays.
Yet
th
e B
ible
pla
inly
say
s th
at th
ere
was
a 1
50-d
ay p
erio
d w
here
in th
e w
ater
s co
ntin
ually
rec
eded
—w
hich
had
to
fully
tak
e pl
ace
befo
re
they
cou
ld e
xit
the
ark.
Thu
s, t
he o
nly
conc
lusi
on i
s th
at t
his
seco
nd 4
0-da
y pe
riod
(in
add
ition
to th
e tw
o 7-
day
peri
ods)
, mus
t ha
ve c
ome
afte
r th
e co
nclu
sion
of
the
seco
nd 1
50 d
ays.
It
is
obvi
ous
that
thi
s pa
ssag
e fu
nctio
ns l
ike
an “
inse
t,”
telli
ng u
s so
met
hing
tha
t w
as t
o oc
cur
late
r—i.e
., N
oah
usin
g
Whi
ch I
s th
e T
rue
Cal
enda
r of
God
?
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