Ezekiel 46:1 , I will give it in the King James although one can find it in other versions as well:
EZEK 46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut The Six working days; But on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and in the DAY of the NEW MOON it shall be opened
Maybe I should have said the Day of the New Moon is day one of the month.
New Moon Day begins the months. Rosh chodesh, Head of the month. Same things..
day of the New moon- 1st day of month, Six work days, sabbath.
2nd day-work week day 1
3rd day- work week day 2
4th day-work week day 3
5th day- work week day 4
6th day-work week day 5
7th day- work week day 6
8th day- sabbath- day 7 of ‘work week’.
Those days of the new moo , according to that scripture, are treated differently than weekly Sabbaths and work days to our Sovereign. that is what the text reads.
They are not held very highly in the world today, but for a couple times.
They were special days in scripture. Trumpets blaring, markets would be closed and there were special sacrifices given on the first of the months.
Banquets were held.. there is reference to them being a sort of feast day.
It isn’t an accident they were tied to many scriptures with the word Sabbath and feasts.
People would count from the new moon to get to the feast days.. His calendar is a counting calendar, not a calculating one..
That is why we would have no real clue what day we were born on with His calendar. We would only be able to guess because it would factor in things we dont factor in today.
And to tell the truth, our birthdays are not important..
And that is why scripture tells us what day the Messiah was born. His actually sets in motion appointed times that get fulfilled in those 30 plus years He walked with us.
We have to guess His birthday on the pope calendar what day the Messiah was born and december 25 is the ‘educated guess’.. and it misses all the things He fulfilled in Torah while He walked here.
It isn’t an accident that the feasts of unleavened bread and tabernacles begin on the 15th day. It isn’t an accident males were to be circumcised on the 8th day from birth.
It isn’t an accident the first sabbath in the wilderness is on the 22nd day in the second month (exodus 16- scripture gives us that He gave them instructions on the 15th day to begin collecting the manna the next day (the 16th)
He was teaching them His calendar in addition to feeding them- He was teaching them what the Messiah would do and what will be done when the Kingdom comes..
And it took them 40 years in the wilderness.. and then we have to believe He gave them a mulligan at Jericho with the sabbath because they would have violated His Sabbath with a seven day march with the bloodiest day being the seventh day- all with His blessing..
Here is a piece of the book of jasher, chapter 88 detailing Jericho found online-
14 And it was in the second month, on the First Day of the Month (day of the New Moon), that the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up, behold I have given Jericho into thy hand with all the people thereof; and all your fighting men shall go round the city, once each day, thus shall you do for six days.
15 And the priests shall blow upon trumpets, and when you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall give a great shouting, that the walls of the city shall fall down; all the people shall go up every man against his opponent.
16 And Joshua did so according to all that the Lord had commanded him.
17 And on the seventh day they went round the city seven times, and the priests blew upon trumpets.
That seventh day spoke about is the seventh day of the month, not the seventh day of the week..
It is the only time, each month, that there is seven days before the weekly Sabbath and it is because there is a counted day that isn’t a work day- and scripture like Ezekiel 46 confirms it.
And it occurs every month. It isn’t my calendar... I just try to observe it..
What screws it up is trying to meld that calendar and the pope’s calendar together. That is why postponement rules or suspension rules have been implemented by Israel.
The world’s government will probably not be changing over- the United Nations has endorsed the pope Gregory calendar it is the standard for every major power.. neither will the powers of the business world be changing.. the five day work week- it is a better deal than the six day work week..
The major religions will probably not change either. Each can have its own pope appointed sabbath day and they normally don’t mess with work and/or school schedules..
I have studied enough of it to know that the world of gvernemnt, business and religion are all comfortable with world’s timekeeping..
I would love to ask the first reformers their thoughts on a calendar, just getting up to speed when they were around, named after a pope, that would unify the world, not by the edge of the sword, but by the unassuming peaceful method of just simply telling time.
They didn’t have high opinions of the papacy 400 plus years ago. A lot of them were unashamedly using the word antichrist with the papacy.
I am not sure how many read or study prophecy, but it ticks some things off the list of things that could/would happen..
And it is so subtle that it would be scoffed at as ridiculous or harmless.
Remember the Sabbath. We can’t if we don’t know where or when it is...
Who wins by hiding it?
How are you sure that YOU have the correct Sabbath?
Where is there a calendar that has been keep continually from the first week of creation until now?
So what exactly, is the big deal with the big focus on the calendar?
Do you think that people who don't keep your idea of what the calendar should be are saved?
Do you think that God is more pleased with them if they do?
That they are more righteous or holy?
What exactly is the point of keeping your calendar?
Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Romans 14:1-9 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Acts 15:22-29 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”