Calendars and the Creator
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah (Psalms 60:4).
Wandering Calendars
Have you noticed that your birthday moves to a different day every year? For example, if you are born on a Wednesday June 13th, the following year June 13th will fall on a Thursday, as long as it is not a leap year. If it is a leap year your birthday would fall on a Saturday. At any rate we can see that it is obvious that dates move or vary throughout the years. This varying depends on what calendar you use. However, dates will always vary in some way because all the calendars of the world are all varying calendars.
Mankind lives within time, and calendars help us to identify days, months and years, and they help us to keep track of time and festivals as well. There are about 40 calendars in use today. Calendars are very important to religions, cultures, and nations around the world. Calendars establish identity. They help us to recognize the different seasons of the year and the beginning of years. Throughout history there have been various calendar changes among different cultures, nations and religions. The beginning of a year seems to have a great significance to us humans.
As we all know, a year is commonly consisted of 4 seasonal cycles: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. No matter what religion one is or lack of a religious belief, the cycles of the seasons will always operate in its cycle. There are many cycles around us, such as: weeks, moon phases, sun rotations, months, and years. The various calendars that are in use today have significant reasons why they calculate differently, and begin at different times.
Calendars can be generally classified into different categories.
Calendars can be lunar (governed by the moon cycles), solar (governed by the sun), or luni-solar (governed by the moon but adjusted to the solar year).
An example of a lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar.
An example of a solar calendar is the Gregorian or Julian calendar (North America uses the Gregorian, those in the East may use the Julian).
An example of a luni-solar year is the Jewish or so-called Hebrew calendar. It's amazing to see that these three religions share different views about the Creator and calendars and claim to be worshipping the same god and also share (or fight for) the land called Israel.
The Calendars of Babylon (The Monotheistic Religions)
The focus of this tract is not to get into all the different calendars, but to focus on the importance of the calendars in these three monotheistic (worship of one god) religions. The reason for this focus is to expose the need of a true standard calendar in order to identify the true worship, people, and festivals of the Creator. It is these 3 religions that have what I will call “serious discrepancies” amongst each other. They all claim to have a foundation in the Hebrew Abraham and they proclaim to believe in One Creator. I use the word “false” to describe erroneous scriptural doctrines and calendar systems. Now lets take a basic look at these calendars that the Christian, Islamic and Judaic religions use. First Christianity.
The Christian Calendars
The Christian calendars (Gregorian and Julian) as said before, use a solar calendar. The Julian calendar is very similar to the Gregorian but there are some differences. I will not go into detail about these differences but give brief information on this topic. It was Bishop Gregory XIII that first adjusted the calendar in the year 1582 AD. He attempted to correct the Julian calendar that had been in use in Europe since the time of Julius Caesar. The Julian calendar is said to have been behind the seasons for many years, so most of Western Europe agreed to Greg's changes.
With the change there came an adjustment of 10 days from the Julian to the Gregorian. These days were said to be “lost”, and a lot of people didn't like that. This is why many Eastern Orthodox religions (Russian, Greek, Ethiopian etc.) celebrate their holidays like “Christmas and Easter” after the times that the western world celebrates them. At any rate, both the Gregorian and Julian calendars are solar based, they just begin their years at different times.
I have come to understand that this change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian did not come over night; it took about 300 to 400 years before the Gregorian calendar came to be widely accepted. The Gregorian calendar is what you will find many businesses around the world using; it is the business calendar of the world. The Christian calendar basically has 365 days in a year with 366 days occuring every four years; this is called a leap year. There are 12 months in the solar year that have 30 and 31-day months with the exception of February, which has 28 days, and in the leap year 29 days. The year begins with January 1st, which is in winter.
The main reason for the odd or extra day in their year (365 instead of 364) is because of the way the Gentile-Pagans make up their calendar. They believe that it takes the earth 365 days to revolve around the sun.
The Christian year of creation is said to be 4004 BC. I shall also mention that the calendar for the Ethiopian Orthodox church is the Julian calendar; the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar has 365 days in their year. However, their year is consisted of 13 months - 12 of these months consist of 30 days, and one month has only 5 days (6 days every leap year).
What you will soon find out is that this solar calendar is false according to the Scriptures for several reasons:
The Earth does not move around the sun.
The sun wasn't created until the 4th day of the Creation week.
The dates and days of the months wonder yearly form the set days of the 7-day week.
There is not 365 days in a Scriptural year nor 366, and leap years are not Scriptural at all.
Unlike the “Gregorian and Julian” solar calendars, the so-called Hebrew or Jewish calendar is a luni-solar calendar.
The So-called Jewish-Hebrew Calendar
From my research the so-called Hebrew calendar that the Israeli-Jewish people use is based on lunar months, and is adjusted to the solar year by intercalating a 13th month Veadar between Adar and Nisan. This 13th month occurs 7 times in a 19-year cycle or we can say there are 7 13 month leap years. The leap years occur in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th year of their 19-year cycle. Their lunar months have 29 and 30 days. Oddly, the months Kislew and Heshwan may add or lose a day respectively as needed in order to stay in line with the astronomical solar cycle.
The beginning of the luni-solar year begins either in March or April after the first new moon closest to the vernal equinox (astronomical spring season). However their are many who practice Judaism that begin the civil year on Tishri 1 which is equivalent to September.
The common year for those who use this calendar can have between 353-355 days in their year. The leap year can have between 383-385 days every 3 years. The Jewish calendar reckons the year of creation at 3760 BC and 3 months or 3761 BC.
What you will soon find out is that this luni-solar calendar is also false according to the Scriptures for several reasons:
The luna (moon) wasn't created until the 4th day of the Creation week.
The dates and days of the months also wander yearly from the set days of the 7-day weekly cycle.
The Holy days are not set on the appointed days and dates of the year making the Holy days wander and vary every year.
The luna (moon) is not Scripturally used to divide the months of the Scriptural year.
There is no such thing as 13 months in the Scriptural year at all, only 12 months are used.
The use of the Spring Equinox as the beginning of the year is astronomical and not Scriptural.
Unlike the Jewish luni-solar calendar the Islamic calendar is lunar.
The Calendar of Islam
In my research I understand that the calendar of Islam came into date in the year 622 AD July 15th, in the year of the Hegira (the day following Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina). There are 12 lunar months having 29 and 30 days. The year is consisted of 354 days with 355 day during the leap year. During a leap year one day is added to the 12 month Dulheggia. There is no seasonal calculation, or better said, there is no solar adjustment or alignment with the seasons. A calendrical cycle consists of 30 years, of which 19 are common years and 11 are leap years.
Since there is no adjustment to the solar year the months gradually move through all the seasons, making a complete cycle through every season every 32-years. I don't know as of yet what year Islam says is the beginning of creation.
What you will soon find out is that this lunar calendar is also false according to the Scriptures for several reasons:
The luna (moon) wasn't created until the 4th day of the Creation week.
The dates and days of the months also wander yearly from the set days of the 7-day weekly cycle.
The luna (moon) is not Scripturally used to divide the months of the Scriptural year.
There is no such thing as 13 months in the Scriptural year at all, only 12 months are used.
The months should never be out of sync with the fixed seasons of the year.
So as we can see the 3 calendars of Christianity, Judaism and Islam are quite unique to each other. However the truth of the matter is that none of these calendars are Scripturally based, they are contrary to the testimonies of the Maker of the universe. Now lets look at Jah's Almendrical system.
The Creator's Almendrical System
Jah's Almenach (Almanac) is His yearly calendar giving the 7-day week, and 12 months of the Scriptural year along with the days and dates of the Appointed Holy Times of Jah, the Holy One of Abraham, Jahsaac (Isaac) and Jahcob (Jahzrael).
JAH made time, the universe, and life (Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:11; 10:6) and He does not change (Mal. 3:6) and His calendar would never be a solar or lunar calendar. When JAH made the earth, there was no sun or moon. The sun and moon never existed until the fourth day of creation (Genesis 1:14). From the first day of creation until the 4th day, JAH was counting His days even before the 2 great lights were made, therefore Jah's time keeping system is not based off of the sun or lunah.
It is the Almighty JAH of ZIJON that created the times and seasons (Daniel 2:21). Let's cut to the chase, the Creator's calendar is in no wise a variable calendar. His Sabbath day is fixed (cannot be moved), His calendar is invariable, and His festivals are set (fixed) on His calendar forever (Numbers 29:39; 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 31:3; Ezra 3:5; Nehemiah 10:33).
All the heathenistic and man devised calendars and festivals in the world are abominations in JAH'S site. They support elemental or creation worship, and they are called “months, times and years” (Gal. 4:8-11). JAH gives us an understanding that we cannot use heathen customs to worship Him because they are an abomination in His sight (Deut. 12:30-31). The children of Jahzrael were warned not to add or diminish from JAH'S commandments. That warning is still in effect today, and it will be in effect forever (Deut. 12:32).
False festivals on false calendars will not do, and JAH'S Holy festivals on moving calendars will not do either, and most importantly anything without JAH in it shall come to nothing!
In the book of Daniel we can see that there would come a person who would “think to change times and laws” (Daniel 7:25). The verse then goes on to show us that this wicked one will succeed in the changing of the times and laws, but only for a period of time. As most Scriptural students know, in the year 315 AD Constantine had changed the 7th day Sabbath to the 1st day (Sunday).
This change was not just another viewpoint on what day he thought was a rest day, but it was a change that trampled on the words of JAH. JAH has spoken about the importance of His Sabbath and the observance of it (Exodus 20:9-11). The Holy Scriptures is loaded with many reverences to His HOLY Sabbath. So without fear, the change of the Holy Sabbath was initiated by the Roman Empire.
The identity of the Sabbath could have never been lost because of the many Jews and followers of the Messijah around the world who had cleaved to the 7th day Sabbath.
There were many apostate followers including apostate Jews that had united with the Gentile-Romans, such were the Zarhites, Ismaelites, and many other Ethiopian and Gentile nations. As long as they could share in the wealth and life of the world dominating Romans (spiritually called Edomites) (Genesis 28:40), many people of the world accepted these wicked changes. I should make you aware that the nations of the world were given unto the wicked, which were initially ruled by the heathenistic-Ethiopians (Black people) and then by the heathenistic-Gentiles that was first succeeded by the Greeks (Daniel 8:7-12; 11:2-4), and then passed unto the Romans.
It is no secret that the ancient heathenistic-Gentiles, as well as the Ethiopian-Babylonians, were worshippers of the host of heaven and the elements (Daniel 1:20; 2:2, 10, 12). They revered the Sun, Luna and stars as objects of worship. They even name the days of the week after them, Sun-day, Moon-day and Saturn-day etc. They have their modern explanation of the Solar system (Sun centered system), their evolutionary system is based on the Sun, planets, stars and space.
Their theories and philosophies honor “science falsely so called”, and their carnal, erroneous, unrighteous knowledge has the “spirit of the world”; which is enmity (an enemy) to the Creator (1 Timothy 6:20; James 4:4). As was earlier stated their calendar systems are also based off of the Solar year and lunar cycles. The heathens are dismayed at the signs of the heavens (Jeremiah 10:2). Their calendars and worship honour creation and not the Maker (Rom. 1:25).
The Confederation Against Zion
The city of Jahoshalem (Jerusalem) is known as the Holy City. In the ancient times the city of Zion was the only place in the world where the Creator of the universe had established a people and a name for Himself. Today this city is divided among the heathenistic-Gentiles. There are 3 main religions (Christianity, so-called Judaism, and Islam) that proclaim to be in worship of the one JAH, but are they worshipping the TRUE CREATOR? The answer is no.
The city is divided up among the so-called Jews (Zarhites), the Muslims (Ishmaelites), and the Christians (Edomites). They all share the city and are attempting to bring peace to this place. But peace shall never be accomplished (2 Samu. 12:10) until the return of the Ethiopian Messijah, Jahoshuwah of Nazareth (Isa. 2:1-5; Micah 4:1-7).
The so-called Jews, Muslims and Christians have the largest group of followers in the world (not counting the non-monotheistic religions). They have their own calendars that have their own festivals and holidays, but they are false. Bear in mind that these religions selectively use the Holy Scriptures as a cloak for their falsehood. As a matter of fact, Satan himself quotes scripture and even uses Jah's words to confuse and tempt the people of JAH (Gen. 3:1-5; Mat. 4:6; Luke 4:9-11).
In the scriptures JAH tells us that the people would stumble at the “rock of offence” (Isaiah 8:14-16). It is the man called Jahshuwah the Messijah that each of these three religions reject in some way or another. These religions either don't honor Him as the true Messijah, or don't believe in His death and resurrection, or they don't keep His testimony or His Father's Commandments and fixed festivals. Read the characteristics of the Saints (true believers) in Revelation 12:17 and 14:12.
These religions have rejected the Head Corner Stone that was laid in ZIJON (ZION) (Isaiah 28:16;Mat. 21:42). So who is this “Rock” and “Stone”? It is Jah's Ben (Son) of course (Deut. 32:4;15, 18, 30-31). What's His name and His Son's name if you can tell? (Proverbs 30:4). It is JAH (Psalms 68:4) and His Son's name is JAHOSHAWAH.
The Messijah was the Rock in the dessert with the ancient Jahzraelites and He is our Rock as well (2 Cor.10:4). It is the faithful who will build upon the “Living Rock” Jahshuwah, and He is our “Rock of Salvation” that will fit in the righteous saints; who just happened to be the “lively stones” of JAH'S “spiritual house and priesthood” (1 Pet. 2:4-8). The false religions have their false rock as well (Deut. 32:37). In regards to JAH'S calendar, just as the “Rock of Zion” cannot be moved and is a sure foundation, even so the Almenach of Zion does not move and is fixed forever.
These religions, like people of ancient Babel, have set to make a name for themselves (Genesis 11:4); they have devised their own calendars, their own festivals and are confederates against the most High and His Anointed (Psalms 2:1-2). However, the head of these 3 false religions is “Mystery Babylon” (Rev. 17:5), which is otherwise known as “Christianity.”
It is Christianity that has fornicated with the Kings and Leaders of this age to make themselves, and the nations rich; she has made drunk the masses (people) with the wine of her fornication (Rev. 17:1-2). Christianity is the head of Judaism and Islam.
How? By pouring out her false and perverted doctrines and philosophies into the world. When she poured out her false doctrine on the earth, the people of other nations and cultures were made drunk by her falsehood, so they decided to form and unite against her, but ended up in deluded false religions as well. The so-called Jewish religions have merged with Gentile-Christianity to ensure they don't lose their riches and fame (John 11:48).
The Scriptures speak about following the religions of Satan, and the religions and science of the world have confided to pervert the simplicity of the Messijah (2 Cor. 11:3). The Christians preach a Gentile heathenistic-messiah and not the TRUE Messijah and JAHSPEL (GOSPEL) (Mat. 24:24).
The Abbah explains to us of the mimicking Jewish religion in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, and Islam has a false spirit and another gospel (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:7-9). You can be sure that these 3 religions are working together and are paving the road for the “son of perdition” who will sit in their united future temple exalting and making himself to be like and above the Most High (2 Thes. 2:3-4).
These 3 religions may appear on the outside that they are against each other and are divided, but really they are confederates, together worshipping Satan who JAH so accurately calls “the god of this world" (2 Cor.4:4). The wicked one, who is a skillful general, has deceived these 3 religions, the people in it, and the rest of the world (Rev. 12:9). He is the one behind them that pulls the strings so that the world may worship Mammon (riches) (Mat.6:24; Luke 16:9, 11).
A wise person will know that you are either worshipping the JAH or Satan, there is no in between. By this we know that Satan is behind the Mammon (Luke 16:13). How do we know this? By the temptation of riches that he offered the Negro Messijah after the 40-day fast in order to have Jahshuwah worship him (Mat. 4:8-10; Luke 4:5-8).
The Link Between Calendars and Creation Worship
The practice of idol worship (statues, relics, crosses, mammon etc.), and the worshipping of the elements (sun, moon, stars or planets, earth, wind, and fire) is creation worship. As was earlier said Jah forbids us to give praise to creation, so why are these calendars of the world based off of the sun (solar) or moon (lunar)? It's because Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4).
Not only that, but because the people of these religions and the world have not received the love of the truth, and have rejected the covenant of His Son, JAH shall send them strong delusion (misleading of the mind and judgment; deception) and cause them to believe a lie (2 Thes. 10-12). This is JAH's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Satan works in the high places of men and has caused spiritual wickedness to be dominant in the leadership, politics, and merchandising of JAH's planet “Earth” (Ephesians 6:12). The earth, the kingdoms, and the nations have been given unto Satan for a time period, and his time is now short and almost fulfilled (Luke 4:5-8; 21:24).
The so-called Israelis-Jewish calendar is false and very misrepresenting because it claims ties to the Scriptures and the Holy One of Jahzrael. This is a great deception. However, the luni-solar calendar actually has close ties with the ancient Ethiopian Babylonian calendar that the heathenistic-Ethiopians (Blacks) used in the former Babylon. Remember there are two Babylons - the first and former Negro Babylon (Dan. 4:30), and the second and final Gentile Babylon (Rev. 14:8).
Now the Gentile Babylon is ruling, and they rule in Mystery (Rev. 17:5), and have adopted all the ancient pagan religious oracles from the first Ethiopian-Babylonians, including the lunar calendar. Islam has also adopted the lunar calendar with their own adjustments, nevertheless their calendar is false as well, along with their false prophet (Mat. 7:15) and false gospel (Gal. 1:8-9).
The Christian calendars (Julian and Gregorian) are false as well, they do a cunning job of concealing their falsehood because they have joined Scientology (1 Timothy 6:20). By merging with scientology they have cast gross-darkness over the people of the earth because the world holds science and its theories as facts and truth. For this reason many people lose their eternal life, and it is because of the lack of righteous knowledge (Hosea 4:6). The Christian calendars are called solar and have no place in the reality of JAH's Calendrical system. As a matter of fact there is no such thing as a solar year because the earth does not revolve around the sun.
Conclusion
Just as when a person has to write a test or exam of any sort, and there is only one correct answer to a test and millions of incorrect answers, even so there can be many calendars and incorrect religions but only one true almenach and religion. JAH'S calendar is not solar or lunar BASED. His calendar is not a moving or variable calendar. It is fixed and cannot be moved. The calendars of the world and any other calendars that mankind may form are false, remember creation operates within the parameters of Jah the Creator. There are many people out in the world who are truly seeking the truth about our Mighty Maker and want to come out of Babylon's grip and false religions, and there are those that will find comfort in where they are and will never repent of their sins.
Our Mission and Zeal
“Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of JAH deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of JAH. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of the Messijah, who is the image of JAH, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but the Messijah Jahoshuwah the Master; and ourselves your servants for Jahoshuwah's sake. For JAH, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of knowledge of the glory of JAH in the face of Jahshuwah the Messijah. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, “I believed, and therefore have I spoken” (Psalms 116:10); we also believe, and therefore speak; knowing that He which raised up the Master Jahshuwah shall raise up us also by Jahoshuwah, and shall present us with you who believe.” (2 Corinthians 4:1-14, revised).
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