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To: All; Invincibly Ignorant
And while I'm here thought this might be of interest too.

The Sun and Moon Were Created By God in Part to Mark When His Holy Days Occur

That seems like a pretty bold statement to make, but it's in the bible.

Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Notice "and for seasons". God isn't talking about using the sun and the moon to tell when it's winter, spring, summer of fall.

The word translated "seasons" in the King James is actually:

moade
BDB Definition:
1) appointed place, appointed time, meeting 1a) appointed time
1a1) appointed time (general)
1a2) sacred season, set feast, appointed season
1b) appointed meeting
1c) appointed place
1d) appointed sign or signal
1e) tent of meeting

Notice that it really has nothing to do with what we consider "seasons".

A quick search in Strongs Cocordance will verify that later on in Leviitucs, this same word translated "feasts", as here:

Lev 23:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, [Concerning] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, [even] these [are] my feasts.

In other words, God wanted his people to meet at appointed times to keep God's feasts. He created the sun and the moon to enable us to do just that. They aren't humanly devised feasts or festivals, they are of God.

48,414 posted on 04/24/2003 8:02:30 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
Interesting about the creation of the Sun and the Moon for feast days. I tend to go along with that.
48,417 posted on 04/24/2003 8:55:50 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: DouglasKC
Hey I know. The Sons of men didn't find the daughters of God attractive. :-)
48,418 posted on 04/24/2003 8:58:10 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: DouglasKC
In other words, God wanted his people to meet at appointed times to keep God's feasts. He created the sun and the moon to enable us to do just that. They aren't humanly devised feasts or festivals, they are of God.

Are you talking about these feast? :-)

Amos 5:21-24 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

It’s not the works of the law God loves,

Ro 9:32 33 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

G-Nite all, don’t loose any sleep over this Doug. Lol

JH :-)

48,419 posted on 04/24/2003 8:58:58 PM PDT by JHavard (Buy a Bible,.... you don't know what you might be missing.)
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