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30th
December 2011
PURE DOCTRINE:
The significance
of Jesus in the Ministry
Biblical date: 23rd
Adar, 2074
Matthew 24:15
“When ye therefore shall see the abomination
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let
him understand:)”
We are wishing the public a Happy Biblical New
Year. This biblical New Year we did not host
the usual New Year celebrations, instead we
spent the day in prayer and fasting. The Biblical
New Year was on the 1st of Abib which corresponded
to the 24th of December. Indeed twelve lunar
months have passed and we are starting another
cycle of twelve. It is integral to note that
a lunar year contains twelve lunar months. The
month is based on the lunation; that period
in which the moon completes a cycle of its phases,
lasting approximately 29 or 30 days. It is easy
to recognize and short enough for the days to
be counted without using large numbers. In addition,
it is very close to the menstrual period of
women and also to the duration of the cyclic
behaviour in some marine creatures. In the scriptures,
the New Moon begins a month. 1 Samuel 20: 5,
18, 24, 27, 34; ‘And David said unto Jonathan,
behold tomorrow is the new moon, and I should
not fail with the king at meat… then Jonathan
said to David, tomorrow is the new moon: and
thou shall be missed, because thy seat will
be empty’. Verse 24 “So David hid
himself in the field and when the new moon came,
the king sat him down to eat meat.” Verse
27 “And it came to pass on the morrow,
which was the second day of the month; that
David’s place was empty: and Saul said
unto Jonathan his son, wherefore cometh not
the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday,
nor today? Verse 34 “So Jonathan arose
from the table in fierce anger, and did eat
no meat the second day of the month, for he
was grieved for David, because his father had
done him shame.” It can be seen here in
the above scriptures that the New moon begins
the month. Verse 27 even gives account of the
second day of the month, where David was still
absent from the table. In the Bible, a year
solely consists of twelve lunar months, not
thirteen as contained in the Jewish Calendar
which carries a 13th month of 30 days in every
3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years
of a 19 year cycle. Research shows that the
Jews intercalated the thirteenth month to coincide
with the seasons. “The Jewish calendar
in use today is lunisolar, the years being solar
and the months lunar, but it also allows for
weeks of seven days because the year exceeds
12 lunar months by about 11 days, a 13th month
of 30 days. Arrangements akin to this procedure
are well attended in ancient Babylon.
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Among
the Jews, however, a regular sequence of intercalation
in fixed intervals is stated in the sources
to have been introduced as late as the 4th century
of the Christian Era and dates from the period
of Exile. The synodic month is the average interval
between two mean conjunctions of the Sun and
Moon, when these bodies are as near as possible
in the sky, which is reckoned at 29 days 12
hours 44 minutes 3 1/3 seconds; a conjunction
is called a molad. This also is a Babylonian
value. In the calendar month, however, only
complete days are reckoned, the ‘full’
month containing 30 days and the defective month
29 days. The month Nisan, Sivan, Av, Tishri,
Shevat, and in a leap year, first Adar are always
full; Iyyar, Tammuz, Elul, Tevet, and Adar (known
as second Adar, or Adar Sheni, in a leap year)
are always defective, while Heshvan and Kislew
vary. The calendar, thus, is schematic and independent
of the true new moon. (Encyclopedia Britannica
1976 15th Edition Vol 3 Calendar pg. 599)”
The Jewish Calendar is lunar-solar and relies
on both the sun and the moon to determine the
length of the months and years. This computation
is not found in the scriptures. In historic
accounts it is proven that all calendars were
lunar. “Like all other calendars, the
Babylonian calendar had twelve lunar months
(about 354 days) and a problem to make these
fit the solar year (about 365 days). In primitive
times the lunar cycle was used to measure the
length of months and years. God’s words
should be favoured above all others. The bible
supports the use of the lunar calendar. Hence
all religious rites and ceremonies should be
determined by the use of the lunar calendar.
1 Samuel 15:22 states “And Samuel said,
Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the
LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
We have calendars available and our calendars
are very informative. The Lord’s Supper
will be on the 14th of Abib which corresponds
to the Thursday, 13th of January. The Supper
will be hosted at the Caico Millet House of
worship at 6:00pm. An invitation is extended
to all who are interested to witness this glorious
occasion.
To be continued. Have a pleasant Sabbath and
a blessed week.
You are invited to pay us a visit. We congregate
at Black Bay Augier and at Millet.
Any questions or queries, you can contact us
at the following;
Email: augiercog@yahoo.com
Elder Elvin Cox @ 489-2605 & 454-7320
Deacon Cliff Edwin @717-8747
Deacon Andrew Khodra @718-9107
Please
comment respectfully and responsibly as we reserve
the right to remove any comment we consider
inappropriate. Refrain from personal attacks
and using any offensive language.
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