John 20:1-22 tells us that after Jesus was crucified, He rose again 3 days later, ascended to Heaven, then returned to Earth and met with His Disciples that Sunday. Jesus showed them the nail holes in His hands and side, then breathed on all of them to give them the Holy Spirit. Jesus walked the Earth for the next 40 days helping His Apostles prepare for what was to soon come. After 40 days, Jesus instructed His Disciples to await the helper (Holy Spirit) that Jesus would send for them. Jesus re-ascended to Heaven through the clouds. Ten days later, on Pentecost (ie. 50 days after the Holy day of First Fruits, when Jesus first ascended to Heaven), the Holy Spirit arrived as promised, and filled up all of Jesus' Disciples to overflowing with the Holy Spirit.
Notice that filling up with the Holy Spirit was a 2 stage process. Does this relate to the Bible's allegory of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25:1-13, where 5 wise and 5 foolish, where all virgins had some oil for their lamps, but the 5 foolish virgins ran out of oil (ie. Holy Spirit) for their lamps due to the unexpected delay waiting for the Bridegroom's arrival (ie. Jesus) for the wedding?
As an analogy, if you see a sign saying "Last Gas for 500 km" as you drive along a strange highway on your vacation, what should you do? Of course, one should realize the gas tank on most cars allows us a range of around 500 km. Even if you filled up just before this sign, it is wise to take advantage of this last opportunity to refill your tank. If you ignore the warning, you will likely run out of gas and be stranded; ruining your vacation.
Same goes for your spiritual gas tank and your share of God's Holy Spirit. Your tank should be overflowing. This is especially true as we enter God's End Times process.
Calendars have been a point of contention for some time:
- Enoch's calendar comes to us from the Book of Enoch (dated at 400 BC).
- Babylonian Captivity under King Nebuchadnezzar from 597 BC till 527 BC corrupted or influenced the Jewish calendar to some unknown degree.
- the Julian Calendar of 46 BC (in place at the time of Jesus Christ).
- Jewish calendar was radically changed after the 70 AD destruction of
Jerusalem by the Romans, the outlawing of the Sanhedrin (Supreme
Court of the Jewish faith), and banned rulings on the Jewish calendar.
Since then, a Babylonian-type calendar was established for the Jews.
- the declaration of Sunday as the day of rest in 321 AD by Roman Emperor Constantine,
- Outlawing of God's Sabbath (Saturday), and adoption of Sunday by the Roman Catholic Church via the Council of Laodicia in 363 AD, and
- the Gregorian Calendar of 1582 AD used by almost all Christian organized religions had a different definition for Pentecost, aligned to many pagan ceremonial dates since
As Enoch's Calendar is the oldest, perhaps it is the best. Enoch was:
- the 7th generation born after Adam & Eve,
- mentioned in the Book of Genesis 5:21-24 of the Bible (ie. Enoch was a righteous man who walked with God),
- the father of Methuselah (the oldest man, and the Flood couldn't start until Methuselah died and the 3 days of mourning had passed), and
- the the great-grandfather of Noah.
- quoted from in the Bible, Book of Jude 1:14.
The Book of Enoch was rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies about Jesus Christ. The Book of Enoch is reinforced by the Book of Jubilees. Neither the Book of Enoch, nor the Book of Jubilees are a part of the Holy Bible, as the Roman Catholic Church rejected both books around 400 AD, possibly because the manuscripts were lost or partially lost at that time. We received better research and manuscripts for the Book of Enoch from the Ethiopian Church of Christ in 1906 AD, and the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1976 AD.
As Enoch's calendar is 364 days long, but resets its start each solar year as the day after the Spring Solstice, it is accurate and stay accurate with the sun forever, without the need for leap years, nor strange variations in the length of months as defined by the various Roman Emperors. In other words, Enoch's calendar is simple, accurate, and se
ems to be endorsed by God. Can we ask for more?
The Jewish calendar of today varies on a 17 year cycle, and requires someone to decide about the insertion of an extra month into the year every now and then based upon the barley harvest in Jerusalem, the phases of the moon, and many other factors. It is obviously very complicated, and inaccurate to varying degrees during the 17 year cycle between the sun and moon. This can result in Holy Days defined in the Bible being significantly off from God's reality.
If you celebrate a non-Holy day, and fail to celebrate a Holy Day as defined by God's Bible, all because you use the wrong calendar or don't care, you upset God, and sin.
I have done a fair amount of research on this calendar problem. It appears that we have good reason to believe Sabbath (Saturday) is correctly defined (ie. there is a negligible chance that Sabbath is one of the other six days of the week through some screw up in ancient history).
Of course, the Devil is glad we have confusion about God's calendar, and he wants to use this as a wedge between God and His people. Getting the Holy Days correct is one of the ways we demonstrate we are part of God's family.
I was somewhat disappointed that I felt no filling up of my Holy Spirit on the Pentecost defined by most Christian churches (May 20th, 2018). Perhaps it was because this date was based upon a false calendar. Perhaps Enoch's Pentecost on June 3rd will produce better results.
If you are interested in Enoch's Calendar, there is a free app for your Android phone, available here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RipCurrentInteractive.EnochCalendar&hl=en
I am not totally convinced that Enoch's calendar is the one and only calendar of God. I reserve the right to change my mind if further research shows it is wrong, or time & better knowledge offers a better choice. Until then, I believe Enoch's calendar is the correct calendar.
I plan to focus my prayers in a growing crescendo between now and June 2, then adding fasting in the 3 prior days ( May 31 to June 3), Sabbath from Friday twilight to Saturday twilight, then Pentecost celebrations starting from Twilight (sundown) on Sat. June 2 till twilight on Sunday June 3.
I look forward to having my Holy Spirit filled to overflowing on June 3rd. Will you consider the above, ask your questions now, and come join me?
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