Zekeniam Y’Ishra’al
Sherut haRitztzuy
(the ministry of reconciliation)
by whom we have now received the
( Atonement)
Reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuy
Let this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration
Devarim 6:4
Hear, Y’Ishra'al: YHWH is our Aluahiym! YHWH Is One!
Devarim 6:5
And you shall love [long for] your ALuaHiYM
with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your
might. (me'ode)
ב
My Memorial for generation after generation.”
Shemot 3:13-16
This is MY NAME for ever,
Aluahiym of your father’s Abraham, Yitzchak [Isaac], and Ya’aqob
[Jacob], has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my
memorial for generation to generation." and I appeared to Abraham,
to Yitzchak, and to Ya’aqob as hashadday [the almighty]. And my
name,
was not well known (famous) to them.
ב
The ministry of reconciliation
Message of Reconciliation
Torah sh’Bichtav
(Written Torah)
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear?
“Sola Scriptura”
(the Scriptures alone is authoritative for faith)
ב
(in His Name)
[Yah -hoo-Wah]
is the Name of the Creator.
ב
(YâHuWsHúa`) is His Son
[Al-u-heem - ALHYM] means "Mighty Ones“ or "Power"
Means Set-apart, Pure.
(Qodesh) also means "Set-apart"
Raukh (Spirit) is the Ibry (Hebrew) name for His "Presence",
pictured as the Counselor, Helper, and Advocate, the One Who
"proceeds from the Father"
Tehillim 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will keep me secretly in His booth. In
the covering of His Tent He will hide me. On a Rock He raises me up.
is for you too!
Scripture speaks of a secret place where we can simply go, be alone,
be protected, pray,
and hear from
ב
YâHuWsHúa.
Knowing there is such a place is a matter of faith. Going back time
and again, that's a matter of building a relationship. You need not
have an advanced degree in any subject, need not have memorized
Scripture from beginning to end, but instead
be aware the
Of Y’Ishra’al
Has a place for each Jew and Gentile who will open their minds and
hearts to Him.
Mt 6:5-8
When you pray, you shall not be as the role-fakers, for they love to
stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have
received their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your inner
chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father Who is in
secret, and your Father Who sees in secret shall reward you openly.
In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Therefore
don’t be like them, don't you see that your Father knows what things
you need before you ask Him.
The truth in reality is visited in this secret place AND must be
shared by those who will live or else ... they will perish ... in darkness.
It is written
Lu 11:33
“No one, when he has lit a Lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket,
but on a stand, that those who come in may see the Light.
Tehillim. 119:105
Your Word is a Lamp to my feet, and a Light (aur) for my path.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole
body is also full of Light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of
darkness. Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t
darkness. If therefore your whole body is full of Light, having no
part dark, it shall be wholly full of Light, as when the Lamp with its
bright shining gives you Light.”
ב
With this in mind, heart soul and strength let us study together in
the Raukh
And now brothers and sisters
Come out of the secret place bearing light!
Who see it from afar? The Secret Place, here, shines a bit of light
so many can see from afar. The topics we have chosen are addressed
to Jew and Gentile together. We do this because that is what the
Bible does. This opens the window to make more sense of what
Scripture tells us!
In the secret place is plain language, something simple to read. This
is a mere starting place for deeper consideration.
If the Raukh of
has moved your Raukh to seek out his word
www.slideshare.net/Keiyah
Before the study I wish to point out that only the WORD is the
TRUTH, be it days, months, years, hence the calendar is “sola
Scriptura” based.
Dan_7:25
And it shall speak words opposing the Most High, and it will
wear down the pure ones of the Most High Ones, and it will try to
change set times (Festivals) and Law, (Lawlessness) and they shall be
granted into its hand for a time and times and half of a time.
And then I will profess to them,
‘Never did I acknowledge you: even if you are on My lap and do not do
the will of My Father Who is in heaven, out of My lap will I cast you
away! Depart from Me, all ye workers of Lawlessness!’
So that in them is fulfilled the prediction of Yshá`Yâhuw, which
says: “You shall surely hear, but you shall not understand; and you
shall surely see, but you shall not perceive! For the heart of this
people has grown thick, and they do hardly hear with the ears, and
they have shut their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes, and
with their ears they should hear, and their heart should understand,
and they should return to Me and I should cure them.
The Hebrew Bible is fully aware of that. Deuteronomy declares the
worship of sun, moon,
and stars as allotted by
that is to all the other peoples
Dev 4:19.
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto Shomayim, and when thou seest
the
Shemesh, and the yarei'ach, and the kokhavim, even all the tz’va
HaShomayim, shouldest be driven to hishtachaveh (bow down,
worship) them, and serve them which Hashem Aloheicha hath divided
unto kol HaGoyim under kol HaShomayim.
Duet 4:19
"or lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens and see the sun, the
moon, the stars, and all the armies of heaven, you should be
impelled to bow down to them or enslave yourselves to these
[things] that
has apportioned to all the nations under the whole heaven;
Anyone can see the heavenly bodies, but we have heard from
There is no “hard copy” of Him! People want something they can identify with, which is what makes the “god-man” concept so attractive, because it
makes them think they can be gods too. We can only understand what
Allows us to know about Himself, and we cannot control what we
cannot comprehend. Apportioned: divided, assigned, distributed;
Aramaic, "designated to serve". I.e., He gave them to all the nations
and they are common (contrast v. 20).
But none of them is to be identified specifically with
Dev 4:20
But Hashem hath taken you, and brought you forth
Out of the iron furnace, even out of Mitzrayim, to be unto Him an
Am Nachalah (a people of inheritance), as ye are yom hazeh.
Deut 4:20.
"But
has selected you, and brought you out from the crucible of iron--from Egypt--to become His own--for the purpose of being a people [that are His own] prized
possession, just as [is the case] today."
Any wood placed into a furnace for smelting iron would be
consumed immediately. Egypt completely used them up, while feeding
them—like pack animals. Even the products forged of iron there—
chariots—were used to kill them. Now they were going to a place
that would serve them rather than consuming them. Nothing in the
Tabernacle was made of iron;
Had no use for it at this point. Prized possession: How awesome!
Why throw away such a rare privilege and settle for something that
the nations all stoop to--nations that He considered a mere drop in
the bucket in comparison
Yeshayah40:15?
Surely the Goyim are like a drop in a bucket, and are accounted as
dust of the scales; surely He taketh up the iyim (islands) like fine
dust.
Isa 40:15
See, nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on
the balance. See, He lifts up isles as fine dust.
Today we see the illegitimate worship of these celestial bodies,
within those who claim to WORSHIP
How many more times will Y’Ishra’al turned to
HIS CREATION and not their CREATOR
Melachim Bais 23:5,
And he did away with hakemarim (the idol priests), whom the
Melachim of Yehudah had ordained to burn ketoret in the high places
in the towns of Yehudah, and in the places around Yerushalayim;
them also that
Burned ketoret unto Ba'al, to the shemesh, and to the yarei'ach, and
to the mazalot (constellations) and to all the Tzeva HaShomayim.
2 kgs 23:5
And he put down the black-robed priests whom the sovereigns of
Yehudah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the
cities of Yehudah and in the places all around Yerushalayim, and
those who burned incense to Baʽal, to the sun, and to the moon, and
to the constellations, and to all the host of the heavens
Melachim Bais 23:11
And he took away the susim that the Melachim of Yehudah had
dedicated to the shemesh, at the entrance of the Beis Hashem, by
the chamber of Natan-Melech the saris, which was in the colonnades,
and set eish to merkevot
Hashemesh.
2 Ki 23:11
And he did away with the horses that the sovereigns of Yehudah
had given to the sun, at the entrance to the House of
By the room of Nathan-Melek ̱ the eunuch, that were in the court.
And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
Yirmeyah 8:2
And they shall spread them out before the shemesh, and the
yarei'ach, and all the tz'va haShomayim, whom they have loved, and
whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom
they have consulted, and whom they have worshiped; they shall not
be gathered up, nor be buried in a kever; they shall be like domen
upon the surface of ha'adamah.
Yirmeyah 8:2;( modern version)
And shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host
of the heavens, which they have loved and which they have served
and after which they have walked, which they have sought, and to
which they have bowed themselves. They shall not be gathered nor
buried; they shall be for dung on the face of the earth.
And He brought me into the khatzer Beis Hashem hapenimit [i.e., the
Court of the Kohanim], and, hinnei, at the petach (entrance) of the
Heikhal Hashem, between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach, were about
five and twenty ish, with their backs toward the Heikhal Hashem,
and their faces toward the east; and they bowing down toward the
east worshiping the sun.
Ezek 8:16
And He brought me into the inner court of the
House of
And there, at the door of the
Hĕk ̱al of
Between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with
their backs toward the
Hĕk ̱al of
And their faces toward the east, and they were bowing themselves
eastward to the sun.
Yet in the creation story these celestial elements are simply taken
as creatures like any others
# = to observe Passover meal on Tuesday night after sunset and note
that the Mashiyach was crucified at 12 Noon the next day on
Wednesday and died at 3:00PM that same Wednesday afternoon.
*= is a High Sabbath observed starting at sunset the night before
(This is to be observed similar to a regular Sabbath but keeping in
mind the significance of the Feast being observed).
March 19th 2015
First day of sacred year.
The 7 Festivals’ days of
(Tuesday- Wednesday)
March 31#-1st April
Passover
Thurs-wed
* April 2nd-8th April
Feast of Unleavened Bread
Friday 1st May
2nd Passover
Sunday 24th May
Pentekoste
*Thursday September 17th
Day of Trumpets
* Saturday September 26th
Day of Atonement
Thurs-wed
* October 1st -October 7th
Feast of Tabernacles
Thursday
*October 8th
Last Great Day
The true calendar has to meet all of the specifications for units of
time given in the Scripture.
The true calendar has to be solar as the Feast Days are directly
linked to the agricultural year.
The true calendar also has to have the following units of time:
1 Day = night time + day time = 24 Hours (Beresheet.1:5, John
11:9)
And Aluahiym called the light ‘day’ and the darkness He called ‘night.’
And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the
first day.
ב Yahu (ah)'shua
Answered, “Are there not
Twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not
stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
1 Week = 7 Days (Beresheet.1:1-31; Beresheet.2:1-3)
In the beginning Aluahiym created the heavens and the earth. And
the earth came to be formless and empty, and darkness was on the
face of the deep. And the Raukh of Aluahiym was moving
On the face of the waters. And Aluahiym said, “Let light come to be,”
and light came to be. And Aluahiym saw the light, that it was good.
And Aluahiym separated the light from the darkness. And Aluahiym
called the light ‘day’ and the darkness He called ‘night.’ And there
came to be evening and there came to be morning, the first day. And
Aluahiym said, “Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the
waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And
Aluahiym made the expanse, and separated the waters which were
under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse.
And it came to be so. And Aluahiym called the expanse ‘heavens.’ And
there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the second
day. And Aluahiym said, “Let the waters under the heavens be
gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And
it came to be so. And Aluahiym called the dry land ‘earth,’ and the
collection of the waters He called ‘seas.’ And Aluahiym saw that it
was good. And Aluahiym said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the
plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according
to its kind, whose seed is in itsef, on the earth.” And it came to be
so. And the earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed
according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in
itself according to its kind. And Aluahiym saw that it was good. And
there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the third
day. And Aluahiym said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the
heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for
signs and appointed times, and for days and years, and let them be
for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.”
And it came to be so. And Aluahiym made two great lights: the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night,
and the stars. And Aluahiym set them in the expanse of the heavens
to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the
night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Aluahiym
saw that it was good. And there came to be evening and there came
to be morning, the fourth day. And Aluahiym said, “Let the waters
teem with shoals of living creatures, and let birds fly above the
earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.” And Aluahiym
created great sea creatures and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters teemed, according to their kind, and every
winged bird according to its kind. And Aluahiym saw that it was good.
And Aluahiym blessed them, saying, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” And
there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the fifth
day. And Aluahiym said, “Let the earth bring forth the living
creature according to its kind: livestock and creeping creatures and
beasts of the earth, according to its kind.” And it came to be so. And
Aluahiym made the beast of the earth according to its kind, livestock
according to its kind, and all that creep on the earth according to its
kind. And Aluahiym saw that it was good. And Aluahiym said, “Let Us
make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them rule
over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over
the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping
creatures that creep on the earth.” And Aluahiym created the man in
His image, in the image of Aluahiym He created him – male and
female He created them. And Aluahiym blessed them, and Aluahiym
said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue
it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the
heavens, and over all creatures moving on the earth.” And Aluahiym
said, “See, I have given you every plant that yields seed which is on
the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to
you it is for food. “And to every beast of the earth, and to every
bird of the heavens, and to every creeping creature on the earth, in
which there is life, every green plant is for food.” And it came to be
so. And Aluahiym saw all that He had made, and see, it was very good.
And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the
sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all
their array. And on the seventh day Aluahiym completed His work
which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His
work which He had made. And Aluahiym blessed the seventh day and
set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which
Aluahiym in creating had made.
1 Month = 30 Days
(Beresheet.7:11,24; Beresheet.8:3,4; Rev.11:2,3; Rev.12:6;
Rev.13:5)
In the six hundredth year of Noach’s life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the
great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were
opened. And the waters were mighty on the earth, one hundred and
fifty days. And the waters receded steadily from the earth, and at
the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters diminished. And in
the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, the ark
rested on the mountains of Ararat.
Rev.11:2,3
“But cast out the court which is outside the Dwelling Place, and do
not measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles, and they shall
trample the set-apart city under foot for forty-two months. And I
shall give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one
thousand two hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth.” And the
woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by
Aluahiym, to be nourished there one thousand two hundred and sixty
days. And he was given a mouth speaking great matters and
blasphemies, and he was given authority to do so forty-two months.
1 Year = 12 Months (I Kings 4:7);
And Shelomoh had twelve governors over all Y’Ishra’al, who provided
food for the sovereign and his household – each one made provision
for one month of the year –
I Chronicles 27:1-15)
And the children of Y’Ishra’al, according to their number, the heads
of fathers’ houses, and the commanders of thousands and hundreds
and their officers, served the sovereign in all matters of the
divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all
the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.
Over the first division for the first month was Yashobb ʽam son of
Zabb di’ĕl
And over the division of the second month was Dodd ai an Ahh ohh
ite,
for the third month was Benayahu, son of Yehoyadd a the priest,
The fourth for the fourth month was Asah’ĕl the brother of Yo’abb,
The fifth for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Yizrahh ite
The sixth for the sixth month was Ira son of Iqqĕsh the Teqowite,
The seventh for the seventh month was HH ĕlets the Pelonite
The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbekk ai the HH ushathite,
The ninth for the ninth month was Abb iʽezer the Anathothite,
The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benayahu the Pirathonite,
The twelfth for the twelfth month was HH eldai the Netophathite,
1 Year = 12 Months x 30 Days = 360 Days
1st Day of the Year = 5th Day of the week
(Beresheet.1:14-19 ;)
And Aluahiym said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the
heavens to separate the Day from the night, and let them be for
signs and appointed times, and for days and years, and let them be
for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.”
And it came to be so. And Aluahiym made two great lights: the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night,
and the stars. And Aluahiym set them in the expanse of the heavens
to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the
night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Aluahiym
saw that it was good. And there came to be evening and there came
to be morning, the fourth day.
Since the solar year is based on the sun and the sun was created
or reset on the 4th Day of the Week, it makes sense that the
solar year starts with the 5th Day of the Week after the
creation
or resetting of the sun was complete. Sundown on Wednesday
marks the end of the 4th Day, and begins the 5th Day of the
Week. So the Year begins at sundown on Wednesday night with
the beginning of the 5th Day of the Week.
The agricultural year is directly linked to the Feast Days and the
Calendar
(Shemot.23:14-17);
“Three times in the year you are to observe a festival to Me: “Guard the
Festival of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you eat unleavened bread, as
I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib – for in it
you came out of Mitsrayim – and do not appear before Me empty-
handed; and the Festival of the Harvest, the first- fruits of your labours
which you have sown in the field; and the Festival of the Ingathering at
the outgoing of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your
labours from the field. “Three times in the year all your males are to
appear before the Master
Shemot.34:21-23).
“Six days you work, but on the seventh day you rest – in ploughing time
and in harvest you rest. “And perform the Festival of Weeks for yourself,
of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the
turn of the year. “Three times in the year all your men are to appear
before the Master,
the Aluahiym of Y’Ishra’al,
1st Month = Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread
-beginning of the Barley Harvest with the Sheaf Offering
Shemot.12:2;
This month is the beginning of months for you, it is the first month of
the year for you.
Lev.23:5-15
‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between
the evenings, is
the Passover to
‘And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Festival of Unleavened
Bread to
seven days you eat unleavened bread. ‘On the first day you have a
set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. ‘And you shall bring an
offering made
by fire to
for seven days.
On the seventh day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work.’
” And
spoke to Moshe,
Saying, “Speak to the children of Y’Ishra’’al, and you shall say to
them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, and shall reap
its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your
harvest to the priest. ‘And he shall wave the sheaf
before
for your acceptance.
On the morrow after the Sabbath the priest waves it. ‘And on that
day when you wave the sheaf, you shall prepare a male lamb a year
old, a perfect one, as
a burnt offering to
and its grain offering: two-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed
with oil, an offering made
by fire to
a sweet fragrance, and its drink offering: one-fourth of a hin of
wine. ‘And you do not eat bread or roasted grain or fresh grain until
the same day that you have brought an offering to your Aluahiym a
law forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ‘And
from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought
the sheaf of the wave offering, you shall count for yourselves: seven
completed Sabbaths.
3rd Month= Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) - end of the Wheat
Harvest
Lev.23:16-22
‘Until the morrow after the seventh Sabbath you count fifty days,
then you shall bring
a new grain offering to
Bring from your dwellings for a wave offering two loaves of bread, of
two-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour they are, baked with leaven,
First-fruits to
‘And besides the bread, you shall bring seven lambs a year old,
perfect ones, and one young bull and two rams. They are a burnt
offering to
with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made
by fire for
a sweet fragrance to
‘And you shall offer one male goat as a sin offering, and two male
lambs a year old, as a peace offering. ‘And the priest shall wave
them, besides the bread of the first-fruits, as a wave offering
before
besides the two lambs.
They are set-apart to
for the priest.
‘And on this same day you shall proclaim a set-apart gathering for
yourselves, you do no servile work on it – a law forever in all your
dwellings throughout your generations.‘ And when you reap the
harvest of your land do not completely reap the corners of your field
when you reap, and do not gather any gleaning from your harvest.
Leave them for the poor and for the stranger.
I am your Aluahiym .’ ”
7th Month = Feast of Tabernacles –
the end of the agricultural year and the ingathering of grapes, olives,
pomegranates, dates, etc.
Lev.23:23-44.
And
spoke to Moshe, saying, “Speak to the children of Y’Ishra’’al, saying,
‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you have a
rest, a remembrance of blowing of trumpets, a set-apart gathering.
‘You do no servile work, and you shall bring
an offering made by fire to
And
spoke to Moshe, saying, “On the tenth day of this seventh month is
the Day of Atonement. It shall be a set-apart gathering for you. And
you shall afflict your beings, and shall bring
an offering made by fire to
“And you do no work on that same day,
for it is the Day of Atonement,
to make atonement for you before
Your Aluahiym .
“For any being who is not afflicted on that same day, he shall be cut
off from his people. “And any being who does any work on that same
day, that being I shall destroy from the midst of his people. “You do
no work – a law forever throughout your generations in all your
dwellings. ‘It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your
beings. On the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to
evening, you observe your Sabbath.”
And
spoke to Moshe, saying, “Speak to the children of Y’Ishra’al, saying,
‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the
Festival of Booths for seven days to
‘On the first day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. ‘For
seven days you bring
an offering made by fire to
On the eighth day there shall be a set-apart gathering for you, and
you shall bring
an offering made by fire to
It is a closing festival, you do no servile work. ‘
These are the appointed times of
which you proclaim as set-apart gatherings, to
bring an offering made by fire to
a burnt offering and a grain offering, a slaughtering and drink
offerings, as commanded for every day –
Besides the Sabbaths of
And besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all
your voluntary offerings
Which you give to
‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the
fruit of the land,
Observe the festival of
for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and on the eighth day a
rest. ‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of
good trees, branches of palm trees, twigs of leafy trees, and willows
of the stream, and shall rejoice before
your Aluahiym for seven days. ‘And you shall observe
it as a festival to
for seven days in the year – a law forever in your Generations.
Observe it in the seventh month. ‘Dwell in booths for seven days; all
who are native Y’Ishra’al’ites dwell in booths, so that your
Generations know that I made the children of Y’Ishra’al dwell in
booths when I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim.
I AM
You’re Aluahiym.’
Thus did Moshe speak of the appointed times of
to the children of Y’Ishra’al.
Now that we know what units of time the true calendar consists
of, we can now look for a calendar that meets these criteria.
The True Calendar of the Scripture
The only Calendar that meets all of these criteria is the Solar
Calendar found at Qumran
mentioned in Mismarot from Cave IV, also mentioned in the Book
of Enoch (I Enoch)
Chap.72-75,
After this law I beheld another law of an inferior luminary, the name
of which is the moon, and the orb of which is as the orb of heaven.
Its chariot, which it secretly ascends, the wind blows; and light is
given to it by measure Every month at its exit and entrance it
becomes changed; and its periods are as the periods of the sun. And
when in like manner its light is to exist, (79) its light is a seventh
portion from the light of the sun. (79) And when in…is to exist. I.e.,
when the moon is full ( Knibb , p. 171). Thus it rises, and at its
commencement towards the east goes forth for thirty days. At that
time it appears, and becomes to you the beginning of the month.
Thirty days it is with the sun in the gate from which the sun goes
forth .Half of it is in extent seven portions, one half; and the whole
of its orb is void of light, except a seventh portion out of the
fourteen portions of its light. And in a day it receives a seventh
portion, or half that portion, of its light. Its light is by sevens, by
one portion, and by the half of a portion. Its sets with the sun. And
when the sun rises, the moon rises with it; receiving half a portion of
light. On that night, when it commences its period, previously to the
day of the month, the moon sets with the sun. And on that night it is
dark in its fourteen portions, that is, in each half; but it rises on
that day with one seventh portion precisely, and in its progress
declines from the rising of the sun .During the remainder of its
period its light increases to fourteen portions.
Chapter 73
Then I saw another progress and regulation which He effected in
the law of the moon. The progress of the moons, and everything
relating to them, Uriel showed me, the holy angel who conducted
them all. Their stations I wrote down as he showed them to me.I
wrote down their months, as they occur, and the appearance of their
light, until it is completed in fifteen days. In each of its two seven
portions it completes all its light at rising and at setting. On stated
months it changes its settings; and on stated months it makes its
progress through each gate. In two gates the moon sets with the
sun, viz. in those two gates which are in the midst, in the third and
fourth gate. From the third gate it goes forth for seven days, and
makes its circuit .Again it returns to the gate whence the sun goes
forth, and in that completes the whole of its light. Then it declines
from the sun, and enters in eight days into the sixth gate, and
returns in seven days to the third gate, from which the sun goes
forth. When the sun proceeds to the fourth gate, the moon goes
forth for seven days, until it passes from the fifth gate .Again it
returns in seven days to the fourth gate, and completing all its light,
declines, and passes on by the first gate in eight days; And returns
in seven days to the fourth gate, from which the sun goes forth.
Thus I beheld their stations, as according to the fixed order of the
months the sun rises and sets .At those times there is an excess of
thirty days belonging to the sun in five years; all the days belonging
to each year of the five years, when completed, amount to three
hundred and sixty-four days; and to the sun and stars belong six
days; six days in each of the five years; thus thirty days belonging to
them; So that the moon has thirty days less than the sun and stars.
The moon brings on all the years exactly, that their stations may
come neither too forwards nor too backwards a single day; but that
the years may be changed with correct precision in three hundred
and sixty-four days. In three years the days are one thousand and
ninety-two; in five years they are one thousand eight hundred and
twenty; and in eight years two thousand nine hundred and twelve
days. To the moon alone belong in three years one thousand and
sixty-two days; in five years it has fifty days less than the sun, for
an addition being made to the one thousand and sixty-two days, in
five years there are one thousand seven hundred and seventy days;
and the days of the moon in eight years are two thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two days. For its days in eight years are less
than those of the sun by eighty days, which eighty days are its
diminution in eight years. The year then becomes truly complete
according to the station of the moon, and the station of the sun;
which rise in the different gates; which rise and set in them for
thirty days.
Chapter 74
These are the leaders of the chiefs of the thousands, those which
preside over all creation, and over all the stars; with the four days
which are added and never separated from the place allotted them,
according to the complete calculation of the year. And these serve
four days, which are not calculated in the calculation of the year.
Respecting them, men greatly err, for these luminaries truly serve, in
the dwelling place of the world, one day in the first gate, one in the
third gate, one in the fourth gate, and one in the sixth gate .And the
harmony of the world becomes complete every three hundred and
sixty-fourth state of it. For the signs, The seasons, The years And
the days, Uriel showed me; the angel whom the Lord of glory
appointed over all the luminaries. Of heaven in heaven, and in the
world; that they might rule in the face of the sky, and appearing over
the earth, become Conductors of the days and nights: the sun, the
moon, the stars, and all the ministers of heaven, which make their
circuit with all the chariots of heaven. Thus Uriel showed me twelve
gates open for the circuit of the chariots of the sun in heaven, from
which the rays of the sun shoot forth .From these proceed heat over
the earth, when they are opened in their stated seasons. They are
for the winds and the spirit of the dew, when in their seasons they
are opened; opened in heaven at its extremities. Twelve gates I
beheld in heaven, at the extremities of the earth, through which the
sun, moon, and stars, and all the works of heaven, proceed at their
rising and setting. Many windows also are open on the right and on
the left. One window at a certain season grows extremely hot. So
also are there gates from which the stars go forth as they are
commanded, and in which they set according to their number. I saw
likewise the chariots of heaven, running in the world above to those
gates in which the stars turn, which never set. One of these is
greater than all, which goes round the whole world.
Chapter 75
And at the extremities of the earth I beheld twelve gates open for
all the winds, from which they proceed and blow over the earth.
Three of them are open in the front of heaven, three in the west,
three on the right side of heaven, and three on the left. The first
three are those which are towards the east, three are towards the
north, three behind those which are upon the left, towards the
south, and three on the west. From four of them proceed winds of
blessing, and of health; and from eight proceed winds of punishment;
when they are sent to destroy the earth, and the heaven above it, all
its inhabitants, and all which are in the waters, or on dry land .The
first of these winds proceeds from the gate termed the eastern,
through the first gate on the east, which inclines southwards. From
this goes forth destruction, drought, heat, and perdition. From the
second gate, the middle one, proceeds equity. There issue from it
rain, fruitfulness, health, and dew; and from the third gate
northwards, proceed cold and drought .After these proceed the
south winds through three principal gates; through their first gate,
which inclines eastwards, proceeds a hot wind. But from the middle
gate proceed grateful odour, dew, rain, health, and life. From the
third gate, which is westwards, proceed dew, rain, blight, and
destruction. After these are the winds to the north, which is called
the sea. They proceed from three gates. The first (80) gate is that
which is on the east, inclining southwards; from this proceed dew,
rain, blight, and destruction. From the middle direct gate proceed
rain, dew, life, and health. And from the third gate, which is
westwards, inclining towards the south, proceed mist, frost, snow,
rain, dew, and blight.
(80) First. Or, "seventh" (Knibb, p. 178).
After these in the fourth quarter are the winds to the west. From
the first gate, inclining northwards, proceed dew, rain, frost, cold,
snow, and chill; from the middle gate proceed rain, health, and
blessing; And from the last gate, which is southwards, proceed
drought, destruction, scorching, and perdition. The account of the
twelve gates of the four quarters of heaven is ended. All their laws,
all their infliction of punishment, and the health produced by them,
have I explained to you, my son Mathusala. (81)
81) Mathusala. Enoch's son, Methuselah. Cp. 82)Beresheet.
5:21. as well as in the
Book of Jubilees
Chap.6:23-38,
And on the new moon of the first month, and on the new moon of the
fourth month, and on the new moon of the seventh month, and on the
new moon of the tenth month are the days of remembrance, and the
days of the seasons in the four divisions of the year. These are
written and ordained as a testimony forever. And Noah ordained
them for himself as feasts for the Generations forever, so that they
have become thereby a memorial unto him. And on the new moon of
the first month he was bidden to make for himself an ark, and on
that (day) the earth became dry and he opened (the ark) and saw the
earth. And on the new moon of the fourth month the mouths of the
depths of the abyss beneath were closed. And on the new moon of
the seventh month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were
opened, and the waters began to descend into them. And on the new
moon of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen, and
Noah was glad. And on this account he ordained them for himself as
feasts for a memorial for ever, and thus are they ordained.
and has the following characteristics:
This calendar has 1 Week = 7 Days,
1 Month = 30 Days,
1 Year = 12 Months,
1 Year= 360 Days plus 4 intercalary days to make an even 364 Day
Year which is perfectly divisible by the
7 day week to give 52 Weeks a year,
1st Day of the Year = 5th Day of the Week;
1st Month = start of the Barley Harvest.
This is a fixed Calendar with the 1st Day of the Year and the 1st Day
of each 3 month period falling on Wednesday night the beginning of
the 5th Day of the Week. The dates of the feasts are also fixed
with a particular day of any given month being on the same day of
the week every year. One intercalary day is fixed at the end of each
3 month period and acts as a buffer or division point between the
next season or 3 month period. Each season or 3 month period has
exactly 13 weeks. Here is what the reconstructed calendar looks like
(keeping in mind that as Sabbath is on Saturday but starts Friday
night so all the days in this calendar start the night before):
Reference: "Ten Years of Discovery in the Wilderness of Judea" by
J.T.Milik 1959
Intercalating the True Calendar of the Scripture:
To date scholars have not been able to determine how to properly
intercalate this calendar. Of necessity, since we as believers have to
know when to keep the Feast Days using the True Calendar of the
Scripture, we also must be able to intercalate this calendar. The
solar year consists of approximately 365 1/4 days per year. The
beginning of the solar year also starts at the spring or Vernal
Equinox on about March 21. In scientific terms this is 0 degrees or
360 degrees. Since the length of the solar year is not evenly
divisible by a whole number of days it is difficult to have a solar
calendar line up with the solar year. The Gregorian calendar which
most of us use, has 365 days. But to keep the calendar in line with
the solar year the 1/4 day must be accounted for. To take care of
this loss of 1/4 days per year, the Gregorian calendar is intercalated
every 4 years during which time 4 x 1/4 days = 1 day was lost.
Therefore, every four years we have a leap year of 366 days and
that extra day is added on February 29.
With the True Biblical Calendar a year consists of 360 days + 4
intercalary days to give 364 days per year. So 1 1/4 days is lost each
year. Therefore, every 5 or 6 years this calendar is intercalated by
one week. This method is very simple and the calendar becomes self-
correcting. The calendar gets its starting point when the Spring
Equinox is on the 4th Day of the Week Yerushalayim Time between
Tuesday sunset to Wednesday sunset. As 5 or 6 years pass, the
Spring Equinox again is on the 4th Day of the Week. This is when the
calendar is intercalated by one week. This keeps the calendar always
within approximately one week from the Spring Equinox. It is critical
to keep the calendar synchronized with the Spring Equinox because
the Feast Days along with the calendar are directly linked to the
agricultural year which is in turn directly linked to the solar year.
Book of Jubilees
And command you the children of Y’Ishra’al that they observe the
years according to this reckoning- three hundred and sixty-four
days, and will constitute a complete year, and they will not disturb its
time from its days and from its feasts; for everything will fall out in
them according to their testimony, and they will not leave out any
day nor disturb any feasts. But if they do neglect and do not observe
them according to His commandment, then they will disturb all their
seasons and the years will be dislodged from this and they will
neglect their ordinances. And all the children of Y’Ishra’al will forget
and will not find the path of the years, and will forget the new
months, and seasons, and Shabbats and they will go wrong as to all
the order of the years .For I know and from henceforth will I
declare it unto you, and it is not of my own devising; for the book is
written before me, and on the heavenly tablets the division of days
is ordained, lest they forget the feasts of the covenant and walk
according to the feasts of the nations after their error and after
their ignorance. For there will be those who will assuredly make
observations of the moon -how it disturbs the seasons and comes
in from year to year ten days too soon. For this reason the years
will come upon them when they will disturb, and make abominable the
day of testimony, and an unclean day a feast day, and they will
confound all the days, the kodesh with the unclean, and the unclean
day with the kodesh; for they will go wrong as to the months and
Shabbats and feasts and jubilees. For this reason I command and
testify to you that you may testify to them; for after your death
your children will disturb them, so that they will not make the year
three hundred and sixty-four days only, and for this reason they will
go wrong as to the new months and seasons and Shabbats and
festivals, and they will eat all kinds of blood with all kinds of flesh.
In the name of two witnesses
Enoch
Book 3 the book of the skylights
Here are excerpts from pages 57 and 63.
1 The chiefs of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over the
whole creation and over all the stars, have to do with the four
inserted days, being inseparable from their office, according to the
reckoning of the figuring the year. Owing to them men’s error, for
those lights truly render service on the stations, one in the first
window, one in the third window of the skies, one in the fourth
window, and one in the sixth window. The exactness of the year is
3 done through its separate three hundred and sixty-four
stations. For these signs and the times and the years and the days
the malach Uriel showed to me.4 Blessed are all the tzadikim!
Blessed are all those who walk in the way of obedience, and never sin
(as do the chattaim)! In the reckoning of all their days, the sun
traverses the skies, entering into and departing from the
windows for thirty days, with the chiefs of thousands of the order
of the stars, together with the four days inserted, those that divide
the four seasons of the year, and those who 5 go before them to
properly insert the four days. Owing to these four, the yeladim-a’am
will be in error by not counting them in the full numbering of the
year. Yes, men will make mistakes and not accurately mark them. 6
For they belong to the counting of the year and are recorded
faithfully forever – one in the first window and one in the third – one
in the fourth and one in the sixth – so the year is complete with
three hundred and sixty-four days. 7 This count is accurate, and
the recording of it exact; for the lights, months, feasts, years, and
days has Uriel opened up to me, the same as 8 that which יהוה
subjected the entire world creation and the sky-host. He has
authority over night and day in the skies to make the light give
illumination to the bnei-a’am – the sun, moon, and stars – 9 and all the
powers of the skies that revolve in their orbital merkavot. Such are
the orders to the stars, orders that set them in their places in
proper seasons, festivals, and months.
shalom