THE BIBLICAL HOLY DAYS OF YHVH & OTHER JUDAIC CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES:

THE BIBLICAL HOLY DAYS OF YHVH & OTHER JUDAIC CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES:
A Messianic Outline/View…
ROSH CHODESH (New Moon) - & on Rosh Chodesh I & II
Rosh Chodesh, the New-Moon celebrations of the first day of each month based on the lunar Biblical calendar, are given in to us in Scripture, where it is also stated that they will be kept by all the Nations (Gentiles) during the 1000 year Millennium Reign of Messiah Yeshua/(Jesus) upon the earth…
“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith YHVH/(the-LORD).” – Isa 66:23.
In the Brit HaChadashah (The New Testament), Paul also writes of the New Moons as being among the (prophetic) “shadow of things TO COME”…
¶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things TO COME; but the body is of Messiah/(Christ). – Col.2:16-17.
The current names used for the 12 months came about after the captivity of the Jewish people to Babylon….
Nissan – 1st month: 30 days, March/April
Iyar – 2nd month: 29 days, April/May
Sivan – 3rd month: 30 days, May/June
Tamuz – 4th month: 29 days, June/July
Av - 5th month: 30 days, July/August
Elul – 6th month: 29 days, August/
September
Tishrei – 7th month, 30 days, September/October
Cheshvan – 8th month, 29 or 30 days, October/November
Kislev – 9th month, 30 or 29 days, November/December
Tevet – 10th month, 29 days, December/
January
Shevat – 11th month, 30 days, January/
February
Adar I –(leap years only) 12th month, 30 days, February/March
Adar - (called Adar Bet/II in leap years) 12th month (13th month in leap
years (once every 7 years), 29 days, February/March
…Earlier in the Bible the months are usually referred to by number. - A notable exception is for the month of Nissan, which is the 1st Month of the Biblical/Prophetic calendar year, and is called the month of Aviv early on in the Bible. - However: In the modern Hebrew calendar, Tishrei (the 7th Biblical calendar month), is called the 1st month of the secular year, and is when the next calendar year begins.
The names of only four months are referred to in the Tanakh/(O.T.):
- Aviv - first month - literally "spring", but refers to the condition of the barley ripening (Exodus 12:2, 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, Deut. 16:1);
- Ziv - second month - literally "light" (1 Kings 6:1, 6:37);
- Ethanim - seventh month - literally "strong" in plural, perhaps referring to strong rains (1 Kings 8:2); and
- Bul - eighth month (1 Kings 6:38).
On some calendars you’ll see both Rosh Chodesh I and Rosh Chodesh II. – The day of the week that shows the 1st (1) for the month by it is the actual Rosh Chodesh (1st day / beginning of the month) which starts at sunset the night before, and ends at sunset on the day given. - Rosh Chodesh II is noted during the months that are 30 days in length, that follow a 29 day long month, since a lunar month is closer to 30 days long (29.530587981 ~ 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes).
Often Messianic/Hebraic Congregations use Rosh Chodesh each month for their members to gather in a joyful evening celebration of Praise and Worship to YAH, and share a common meal (pot-luck) , to enjoy fellowship and/or game activity such as in a park, and to blow the Shofar. Some will also use this as their time to partake of Communion (The Lord’s Supper).
One would think this celebration would be straightforward enough that there would be no contention surrounding it. – But as we continue on into these End-Times this, (along with everything else it seems), has not escaped controversy. Some of the various views on how it should be observed are….
We know the scientific precise time of the New Moon now, we should go by that. - The Rabbinic calendar is close enough to the scientific time of the New Moon so we should stick with that, after all, since most go by the Rabbinic calendar, any ‘sign’ surrounding this time would follow that way of reckoning. – The New Moon must be observed before the month begins, by anyone in Israel. – They New Moon must be observed by anyone anywhere before the month begins. – The New Moon has to be observed by the Sanhedrin before it is official. – A first ‘sliver’ New Moon (as in the Muslim calendar) has to be observed, if not observed some go with the next night being Rosh Chodesh, some even later. – An absent dark New Moon against a darker sky must be observed, if not, then the next night is automatically Rosh Chodesh. –Believe it or not: There are even those who say that the Biblical lunar calendar is false and pagan, and that we must go by their (Enoch-ian) solar calendar….[NOTE: As if a solar calendar isn’t pagan?!]; and they continue on to say that the Bible never defines “New Moon” in Hebrew in Scripture as ‘moon’ at all, nor as anything other than the beginning of the month.
Oy! – First of all: Let me say the solar Enoch-ian calendar people are completely wrong! - It has always been standard throughout and since Biblical times to follow the lunar Biblical calendar, NOT a solar calendar ! – Any amount of sound scholarship will show this to be the case.
While they might think the Bible doesn’t mention ‘moon’ –yet the Hebrew Tanakh (O.T.) very specifically in one place clearly defines Rosh Chodesh in relation to Yom Teruah (Rosh HaShanah) as a ‘New Moon’, and It does so in such a way that it can’t be mistaken what is being said….
THE ONLY DESCRIPTION OF A NEW MOON IN SCRIPTURE:
From an article by: Carroll L. Page based on the original research by Bill Statham
…Psalm81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. (RSV)
Psalm81:3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast; (NIV)
Psalm81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. (KJV)
Psalm81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon , in the time appointed , on our solemn feast day. (KJV)
07782 showphar {sho-far'} or shophar {sho-far'}
from 08231 in the original sense of incising; TWOT - 2449c; n m
1) horn, ram's horn
So then corrected from 7782 above:
Psalm81:3 Blow the ram’s horn in the new moon in the time appointed , on our feast day.
03677 kece' {keh'-seh} or keceh {keh'-seh}
apparently from 03680; TWOT - 1006; n m
1) full moon
We can see that "in the time appointed" is an incorrect translation because it would have to have the Hebrew word "moed" in the text and it does not.
The word actually used is the above kece', meaning covered moon.
So corrected by 3677 kece” Psalm81:3 Blow the ram’s horn in the new moon, in the coveredmoon, on our feast day. (KJV)
03680 kacah {kaw-saw'} a primitive root; TWOT - 1008; v
AV - cover 135, hide 6, conceal 4, covering 2, overwhelmed 2, clad 1,
closed 1, clothed 1; 152
1) to cover, conceal, hide
From kece's root Strong’s Hebrew word number 3680 "kecah" (above), we can see that it means covered moon only in the sense of hidden or concealed meaning covered in darkness. As a word cannot have an opposite meaning to its root.
The covered moon cannot be a full moon, one covered in light, as that would reveal not conceal. The root of kece' is kecah and means to cover, conceal, hide. Therefore the covering that conceals the moon would have to be darkness.
So corrected by kecah the proper translation would have to be:
Psalm81:3 Blow the ram’s horn at the new moon, at the covered in darkness (hidden) moon, on our feast day.
Or better yet:
Psalm81:3 Blow the ram’s horn at the dark new moon today on our feast….
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[NOTE: Some might say...how do we know that a lunar or solar eclipse is falling on the Biblical Holy days? - Because a solar eclipse can ONLY happen with a new-moon, so if you see one - you by default know it's Rosh Chodesh. By the same token, since a total lunar eclipse happens only during a full moon, in the middle/15th of the month, you know by default the scientific new-moon earlier was the first of the month. - When a Holy Day is appointed for the 15th of a month, and a Blood Red Moon lunar eclipse happens on that date, you know it is also the middle of that Biblical month.] - For a more detailed discussion on this matter, please see the note/study attached to the following photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=587492417944939&set=a.492226257471556.124944.100000525582384&type=1&relevant_count=1
FOR MORE RELATED INFORMATION ON THIS, SEE THE ARTICLE ATTACHED TO THE FOLLOWING PHOTO - ECLIPSES: Rosh Chodesh & 15th Day Moadim -
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=528386283855553&set=a.101379583222894.3164.100000525582384&ty
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