Why is this important?
The Bible says that God requires all his people to respect the Sabbath, Commandment #4. This isn't just for Jews, it's for Christians as well.
Some claim that Christians must only recognize Jesus Christ as God's son, claim grace under Jesus' crucifixion for our sins, and we're home free. Does it make sense that Christians are relieved from responsibility under the 10 Commandments? I doubt that this can be claimed by any serious source.
Even Jesus had troubles with all the special "laws" added by Pharisees and Sadducees, needlessly complicating the lives of ordinary Jews. If Jesus was against these silly laws tacked on top of God's Laws, I don't see why I, as a Christian, should be held accountable for these extras.
However, God's 10 Commandments, Sabbaths, and God's Festivals are different. I can find no consistent Biblical reference that clearly excuses Christians from obeying these eternal requirements of God.
Secondly, the Bible says that the proper celebration of God's Festivals marks us as one of God's people. As a corollary, non-celebration of God's Sabbaths and Festivals, or doing so at the wrong times, would be clear indication that we are not one of God's chosen people.
Since membership in God's people is an optional, opt-in organization (ie. "if 'yer not with us, 'yer against us"), then a bad calendar can lead to missing the Mark of God, and taking the Mark of the Beast, whether that was your mistake, clear choice, or an unintended but inadvertent outcome.
Remember the 10 virgins at the wedding party, 5 whom were foolish, and ended up being locked out in the cold by the Groom (ie. Jesus). That's a 50% loss rate.
Are you really, truly sure you have it right assuming that Sunday service will save you from eternal Hell Fires?
Perhaps you should read this again, and re-consider your position, to make sure you have made a wise decision.
Assuming I'm not wrong, and Christians are responsible for celebrating God's Sabbaths and Festivals, an accurate calendar is essential.
The following calendar proposal has the following features, making this calendar proposal fully compliant to all Biblical requirements, as follows:
- God’s calendar has 12 months and 365 days per year, perfectly aligned to the sun, and independent of the Moon;
- Everything stays permanently aligned throughout each year, and for all centuries. There is no longer any requirement for mnemonic rhymes for school children and adults (ie. "30 days has September..."), Leap Years, Leap Centuries, Translation Days, Metonic Cycles, trying to guess upon which day an invisible New Moon occurred, extra months added to the calendar, assessing barley harvests, nor any other witchcraft.
- Each month is made up of 30 day.
- Weekly Sabbaths in 1st and 7th month always fall on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th days.
- Passover, the 14th of the first month, always falls on the 6th day of the week. This correlates with Old Testament and New Testament observance. It also confirms the understanding on the 3 days and 3 nights prophecy for Jesus' crucifixion and Resurrection.
- The first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread always falls on a weekly Sabbath, on the 15th day of the first month (Lev. 23:15-16; Jn. 19:31).
- Pentecost always falls on the morrow after a weekly Sabbath (Lev. 23:15-16).
- The first day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on a weekly Sabbath.
- The Eighth Day following the 7-day feast of Tabernacles falls on a weekly Sabbath.
- Each season is 91 days long. 4 seasons total 364 days. Spring equilux day is day 365.
- The second half of the year perfectly mirrors the first half of the year.
The Moon is a distraction from God's signs and messages. The Apochraphy Book of Jubilies (possibly written by Moses) cautions all readers about the risk of being distracted from God's calendar by the Moon's similar yet different calendar. Sure enough, everybody feel into this known trap, and most don't even realize they are in a trap, and fell away from God's Word; just as Satan would want.
I learned about this calendar proposal from Faithful Church of God In Laodicia. You can read their detailed calendar proposal here: Proposal for God's True Calendar
This calendar proposal requires an annual starting point. FCOGL proposes the annual day in the Spring of Equilux (ie. day of equal light, where the day is as long as the night, 12 hours each).
Equilux is related to, but different from Equinox.
Equilux usually occurs on or around Mar. 17 to 24th in the Spring of each year. Every latitude and longitude will have a different time of sunrise and sunset, but all will have the same or similar day of Equilux (within 5 days or so).
Equinox ("equal night") is the exact moment that the sun crosses the Earth's equitorial plane, from Northern Hemisphere to Southern Hemisphere, or the reverse. There is usually about a 4 day difference between Equilux and Eqinox.
With Equinox, all of the world will be co-ordinated to a specific date and time, but would require expertise in astronomy to determine. Equinox relies on experts, and is therefore hands-off everybody else (ie. non participatory), but is accurate, and perhaps wrong. On the other hand, everybody can determine Equilux for themselves if they have a watch or other time measuring device.
God is Light. Devil is darkness. Do we get a clue from the name, Eqilux vs. Eqinox, as to which is the correct one for God's chosen people? Light or night? Is this a clear sign that Satan has been messing with things, setting traps, and misleading the foolish or uninformed?
Time and prayer may help us decide and learn.
Here is what the FCOFL calendar proposal looks like (the red coloured text was added by me):
Alternative View
I have been impressed with the following video. Although it's long, it offers many important reference sources on this critical issue.
Also, be sure to review all the excellent comments and discussions on this video, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3aKG9seCts
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