NOTE: all sabbaths begin the evening BEFORE the date listed. There are two Sabbath’s back to back at the Feast Of Weeks. After trying this last year, I have made a decision regarding what appears to be a “natural rule” regarding the Feast Of Weeks (Pentecost). We are, at this juncture, treating this feast as a “double” sabbath (similar to the new moon) that re-sets the sabbath pattern on the 50th day. This worked perfectly last year when I rendered it thus, and seems reasonable that there is a natural basis for doing so.

I do not, and will not, consider myself and these dates to be without error. They are the best I can do after looking at the lunar cycle for about 17 years now. Note also that there was likely a mistake in calculation sometime between December of 2006 and the present passover, 2007. It is corrected as rendered on this schedule - with the new First Month dates.

Last, one or two religious “experts” have criticized me harshly if I render three months in a row with either two new moon days, or three. They have forgotten that the lunar cycle does not fit into whole numbers - ever - it is what it is - Yah’s beautiful creation. Please feel free to adjust any dates you believe are incorrect, and drop me a note at your convenience.

Jonathan David Brown
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Ozark, Missouri 65721
watercressmoon@gmail.com

Tabernacles Future Fulfillment

It is also interesting to note that Tabernacles was a feast of ingathering of the Harvest (Exo 23:16 and 34:22). If Jesus' first coming was indeed on 15 Tishri, the first day of Tabernacles, then it is quite reasonable to presume that the harvest of this earth, the ingathering of the second coming of Jesus Christ, will also occur on precisely the same date. The unknown factor would be the year that this would happen.

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What Year Was Jesus Born?

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It is interesting that the appearance of Gabriel to Zacharias occurred during the time of the burning of incense in the Temple service, because Gabriel was seen standing at the right side of the altar of incense . This location is special when we consider that Gabriel, the only angel recorded to enter the Tabernacle, announced the birth of John, who was the embodiment of this altar as the last prophet of the Old Testament. Even as this altar of incense lead from the east, to the Ark of the Covenant in the holiest of all, so the transitional ministry of John the Baptist would lead unto Christ. Even as the altar of incense would prepare the pilgrim for his offerings to the Heavenly Father, whose dwelling among His people was signified in the holy of the holies , so John would; " make ready a people prepared for the Lord ." This sheds more light on the geometric structure of these two altars in the ground plan of the Temple as it is fulfilled in the New Testament. There is also an application to Jesus' statement in Matt. 3:15 when he told John, in the act of water baptism, he would anoint him so that they could fulfill all righteousness together. With the water baptism administered by John as the anointing of Jesus, the Old Testament Temple hierarchy of priests was spiritually superceded with the arrival of the heir apparent to the High Priest. Jesus,' whose coming was after the Order of Melchisedek , a priesthood not based on the sacrifice of bulls and goats, but the sinless body and perfect blood of the lamb of God.

It was Christ who cleansed the Temple in his day, even as God showed Ezekiel the cleansing that was required in the Temple leaders in his day, who were engaged in the idolatry of sun worship . Let's take a closer look at what God's Word labeled as " abominations " in Ezekiel 8: 6, 9, 13 and 17 above, along with other key elements of these verses.

Ezek. Ez. 8:10-12, 16
v.10 " creeping things "- A reference to the entire realm of evil spirits that crept into the heart of the rational minds of the " elders of Judah ," as a direct result of their devotions to the astrological and heathen idols in the immediate context.

v.11 " seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel "- The Sanhedrin, or spiritual leadership of Israel. " in the midst of them stood Jazaniah "- the leader promoting the serpent's influence in spiritual darkness. He utilized the Astrology of the culture, hiding behind a cloak of legitimacy of the culture's religious leadership. " with every man a censer in his hand "-each had their own offering to their personal astrological idol.

v.12 " chamber of his imagery "-this shows the Canaanite influence of personal idols in each person's mind, depicted for Ezekiel in divine revelation from God.

" women weeping for Tammuz "- Tammuz another name for Nimrod , means to purify by fire and was related to human sacrifice associated with the idol Molech : [ Amos 5:25 ], bearing the name of their fire god. Their children would " pass through the fire " in this ritual ( II Chron. 33:6-7 ), to ostensibly purify themselves. As a reference to human sacrifice , this shows where rituals of this kind of idolatry will lead, as witnessed most graphically in the star religion of ancient Mexico. In this connection, the Judean philosopher Maimonades also makes reference to the scene of women weeping for the death of Tammuz ' in a temple of Babylon. Nimrod is recognized as a historical originator of fire worship, which grew rampantly at this early stage.

The women " weeping for Tammuz " is significant for at least two reasons, first because it shows the depth of spiritual decay all through the culture of Israel, based on this idolatry. This idolatry had permeated down to the family unit as the foundation of the culture and society, as seen here in Ezekiel , beginning in the upper echelons of the Temple leadership including the spiritual heads of all 24 courses of the priests. Secondly, we should be aware of the context of Ezekiel 8 , which refers to the great Hallel , sung on very rare occasions, making up the Psalms of the Degrees [ Psalm 120-136 ]. Edersheim distinguishes this from the " the common Hallel ," which is found in Psalm 113-118 . ¹⁴ As is the case above, the enemy is always attempting to hide and cover the truth of Christ's dominion over the powers of darkness, the driving force behind all idolatry. This idolatry is rooted in Lucifer's "original sin" of his coup d'etat and attempted revolt in God's High Mountain dwelling-place inthe sides of the North . This is recorded in Isaiah 14.

Isaiah 14:12-20
¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! ¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. ¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit . ¹⁶ They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying , Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; ¹⁷ That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? ¹⁸ All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. ^{1 9} But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch , and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet . ²⁰ Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

We noticed earlier in reference to the celestial pillars or four Cardinal Directions of the horizon, that the North was omitted. Isaiah 14:13 above gives us a clue as to why. The North symbolized God's holy habitations in His High Mountain, that Lucifer had designs on in his failed coup. We have already seen some of the celestial symbolism in the precession of the poles , relating the truths of Lucifer's former brilliance as a resident of " the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north ." The archaic pole star Thuban in Draco , was stripped of his former glory, and the star Polaris of Ursa Minor , under the feet of Cepheus the crowned king and promised seed, now holds this pole position, the former " gate of his enemies , " as Genesis 22:17 stated earlier. This may give one reason why the North was omitted in Numbers 24 , inreference to the celestial pillars upholding the firmament, until the rise of the new Morning Star and the realization of the authority and dominion of Jesus as the promised seed is fully realized. This is a truth that the serpent has always attempts to hide.....

Ezekiel 8: 3-5, 14 : " the north " in another sense refers to that part of the astronomical pole in the North, we have just seen symbolized in detail with the architecture of the Temple and Tabernacle. Additionally, it refers the gap in the northern skies ( Böötes Void ), where there are no stars visible to the naked eye. This symbolizes the gap in the timeline of spiritual administrations, where the Mystery of the Age of Grace was concealed. This spiritual Body of Christ revealed in the Epistles of the Church Age, were only prophesied of in the celestial epistles. This revelation of the Great Mystery [Rom. 16:25-26], is truly the heart of truth in the Church epistles, even as the revelation of Jesus Christ the Promised Seed is the heart of the revelation of the celestial epistles. This Great Mystery of our Age of Grace [ Col . 1:25-27 ], and the Church as the Temple of God in the spiritual body of His Son Jesus Christ, the chief cornerstone , was not written in the stars like the rest of the story of redemption was, it was only prophesied of , [ Job 26:7 & I Pet. 1:8-11], to keep it a secret from the enemy, [II Cor 2:7-10].

The reference to " the north " also tells us that God was going to reveal something that He had never shown, about the true heart allegiances of the elders of Israel at this time. Thus we can also see how the north is also a figure denoting a person's attitude of heart because the North is at the center of the Word engraved in the heavens, as the human heart is figuratively at the center of the human body. This tells us what was revealed back in Ezekiel 8:10 concerning the realm of evil spirits that crept into the heart of the rational minds of the " elders of Judah ." The "heart" is also a figurative reference to the believing center of the will in Ephesians 6:10-17 , in the hearts and minds of the New Testament believers. The north al so indicates God's dwelling place, [ Job 22:12 ], at the focal points of both the Temple and Tabernacle structures, and finally in the hearts of the born again believers . We should also notice the alignment of these sacred Hebrew edifices towards the heavens, since their orientation was consistent with the first principles of the celestial epistles governing the unfolding of this astronomical scroll. This is evident in the customary sacred services of Israel, as they conducted their rituals on the northern sides of the Temple and Tabernacle, in observance of their memory of God's dwelling place, in the sides of the north . [ Psalm 48:1-10 ]

v.16 " Inner court of the temple "- Holy of holies which held the Ark of the Covenant and symbolized the presence of God dwelling figuratively in the northern skies, emphasizing the vertical relationship between the Creator and His creation.

" backs turned toward the temple of the lord "-showing not only the contempt these elders of Judah had for God's Word and His Will, but by facing east they had shifted the original emphasis of honoring the Creator, whose presence among His people was signified by the High Priest's annual sacrifice, to honoring the Sun-god , (forbidden in Deut. 4:15-19, Job 31:26-28 ).

" worshipped the sun towards the east "- Astrology , is plainly seen here as a major corrupting & insidious influence on the Temple leaders, evident in their idolatry through the exchange of sun worship in place of the true worship of the Creator, through His only begotten Son. As we have already seen, the Sun was only one figurative portrayal of the promised seed of Israel , but this corruption is consistent withthe foundations of Trinitarian doctrines that dominated the cultural beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks and Romans. Since in each of these instances, the sun incarnate w as worshipped in the form of a human male, this broke the law of Deut. 4:16 , forbidding the idolatry of " making for yourselves [to worship] a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female. " The relation of this portion of the Temple to the great Hallel, and the difference recognized by these faithful believers between these idolatrous roots of Astrology , and the true worship ordained by the Heavenly Father, can be witnessed most lucidly in Edersheim's following reference:

"....The Levites (with instruments of music without number) stood upon the fifteen steps which led down from the Court of Israel to that of the Women, according to the number of the fifteen Songs of Degrees in the Book of Psalms [ Ps. 120-136 ] Two Priests with trumpets in their hands, were at the upper gate (that of Nicanor), which led from the Court of Israel to that of the Women. At cock-crowing, they drew a three-fold blast. As they reached the tenth step, they drew another three-fold blast; as they entered the Court itself, they drew yet another three-fold blast; and so they blew as they advanced, till they reached the gate which opens upon the east (the Beautiful Gate). As they came to the eastern gate, they turned round towards the west (to face the Holy Place), and said: Our fathers who were in this place, they turned their back upon the Sanctuary of Jehovah, and their faces towards the east, and they worshipped towards the rising sun ; but as for us, our eyes are towards the Lord." ¹⁵ [ Ezek. 8:16 ]

This tells us the nature of this idolatry based on sun worship , while shedding some light on the association of these the fifteen Songs of Degrees [ Ps. 120-134 ] known as the " Great Hallel, " with the miracle of the Sun going backwards on Ahaz' sundial . This was a sign not only of Hezekiah's personal rescue, but also the liberation of all those dwelling in Jerusalem via the fifteen years added to Hezekiah's life , each year related to one of the 15 Psalms of the Degrees mentioned above, [ Isa. 38 ]. This miraculous healing of King Hezekiah lead to the extension of his progeny that eventually produced Jesus Christ, man's deliverer. The Creator's control of the sun in relation to the Earth's orbit confirms His omnipotent power over these celestial bodies as only a small part of His Creation, no aspect of which deserves worship in place of the Almighty, [ Rom. 1:23-25 ]. This record in Ezekiel 8 thus exposes the decrepit foundations of all forms of Astrology , showing the degree to which this idolatrous substitution had its affect, because each ascending step of the Hallel rite leading up to the Temple altar, was given over to an idol. This lead to the corruption of not only Temple, with all its associated ministers, priests, Sanhedrin, altar and sacrifices, but also the entire nation would be in spiritual darkness as a result.

It is interesting that the Temple area between the porch and the altar is emphasized as having such powerful influence because the actions of the ministry leadership of the 24 courses of priests, had a pervasive effect on the entire nation as they " filled the land with violence ." Idolatry in any form and especially Astrology in this case, will always bring the wrath of God on those who promote its practice. This record in Ezekiel 8 is thus a key indicator of the spiritual health of the nation of Israel at that time, showing the influence of spiritual leaders in any culture. Let's now resume our study of the record of II Chronicles as King Solomon continues with the dedication of the Temple.

II Chronicles 6:10-21

¹⁰ The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. ¹¹ And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. ¹² And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: ¹³ For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court : and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, ¹⁴ And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: ¹⁵ Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. ¹⁶ Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. ¹⁷ Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. ¹⁸ But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built! ¹⁹ Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: ²⁰ That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. ²¹ Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

In verse 13 above, Solomon set the brasen scaffold in the midst of the court , between the altars of the holy place , and the holiest of all. The configuration of these two altars mirror the basic structure of the alignment of Earth's polar axis, as depicted in the graphic [ Figure C .] below. We can see how the geographic and magnetic poles on Earth are reflected in the North Poles of the ecliptic and the Equator , in the heavens as we view the graphic below.

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4:33 Entonces los discípulos decían unos a otros: ¿Le habrá traído alguien de comer? --  Los discípulos -- al igual que Nicodemo y la mujer samaritana -- entendían las palabras de Jesús en su sentido literal. ¿Cómo podían creer que alguien de Samaria le hubiera traído comida?

4:34 Jesús les dijo: Mi comida es que haga la voluntad del que me envió, y que acabe su obra. -- 5:30; 6:38; 15:10. Este texto revela claramente que la obra de Cristo era espiritual; como ahora andaba enseñando y convirtiendo gente, pronto iba a morir por ellos para salvar su alma. Jesús no hizo milagros simplemente para llenar estómagos ni para sanar cuerpos enfermos, sino para que la gente creyera que El es el Hijo de Dios, porque la salvación del alma se basa en esa fe (20:31, 31).

4:35 ¿No decís vosotros: Aún faltan cuatro meses para que llegue la siega? He aquí os digo: Alzad vuestros ojos y mirad los campos, porque ya están blancos para la siega. -- Ahora Jesús cambia la figura. En lugar de hablar de alimento, emplea la figura de sembrar y segar (Mat. 9:36-38; 13:1-9, 18-23; 13:24-30, 36-43; 13:37). Ya estaba llegando la gente samaritana para ver y oír a Jesús (ver. 30) y de ellos El habló ("alzad vuestros ojos y mirad los campos, porque ya están blancos para la siega"). Normalmente en ese país la cosecha requería seis meses, y en ese momento todavía faltaban cuatro meses, pero para Jesús ya había llegado el tiempo de la cosecha en Samaria, una cosecha mil veces más valiosa que la cosecha de grano. (Con razón el trabajo de Felipe llevó mucho fruto entre ellos, Hech. 8:5-12).

          Al visitar a una ciudad grande ¿qué vemos? ¿Solamente los rascacielos, muchos vehículos y toda clase de mercancía? ¿Vemos a la gente como pecadores perdidos, como almas preciosas? Hech. 18:10, "Yo tengo mucho pueblo en esta ciudad" (Corinto).

4:36 Y el que siega recibe salario, y recoge fruto para vida eterna, --  La salvación de almas es la recompensa de la cual Jesús habla. "El que siembra la buena semilla es el Hijo del Hombre" (Mat. 13:37) y la estaba sembrando ese mismo día en Samaria. Su salario era el fruto que cosechaba. Compárese Mat. 18:15, "ganar" al hermano (¿habrá ganancia que valga más que esta?) Pablo exhortó a los filipenses a que siguieran fieles, "asidos de la palabra de vida, para que en el día de Cristo yo pueda gloriarme de que no he corrido en vano, ni en vano he trabajado" (Fil. 2:16). "Así que, hermanos míos amados y deseados, gozo y corona mía, estad así firmes en el Señor, amados" (Fil. 4:1). "Porque, ¿cuál es nuestra esperanza, o gozo, o corona de que me gloríe? ¿No lo sois vosotros, delante de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, en su venida. Vosotros sois nuestra gloria y gozo" (1 Tes. 2:19, 20).

          La fiesta de Pentecostés era la fiesta de la cosecha. Dios escogió esta ocasión para la cosecha de tres mil almas (Hech. 2:41).

          Muchos textos hablan de la bendición que reciben los que ganan almas (Prov. 11:30; Dan. 12:3; Sant. 5:19, 20).

          Si el tiempo de la cosecha física es tiempo gozoso (Deut. 16:13-15; Sal. 126: 5, 6; Isa. 9:3), ¡cuánto más gozoso es el tiempo de la cosecha espiritual!

          -- para que el que siembra goce juntamente con el que siega. -- Este es el plan divino y es muy alentador. Según este plan todo obrero del Señor participa de la gloriosa siega. La cosecha no pertenece solamente al segador, sino también al sembrador; no hay competencia entre el sembrador y el segador, porque los dos están perfectamente unidos en la obra y ante los ojos de Dios, el sembrar es tan importante como el segar y los dos se gozarán (serán recompensados).

          Normalmente el sembrar es trabajo laborioso como dice el Sal. 126:5, 6, "Los que sembraron con lágrimas, con regocijo segarán. Irá andando y llorando el que lleva la preciosa semilla; mas volverá a venir con regocijo, trayendo sus gavillas", pero en el campo espiritual el sembrador se goza con el segador. Compárese lo que dice Amós 9:13, "He aquí vienen días, dice Jehová, en que el que ara alcanzará al segador, y el pisador de las uvas al que lleve la simiente"; es decir, el sembrar y el segar serían acciones simultáneas. Esto indica el crecimiento rápido de los cultivos. Las personas sinceras -- las que tengan hambre y sed de justicia -- llegan muy pronto al conocimiento de la verdad y, de esa manera, casi son simultáneos el sembrar y el segar.

          En el Día Final no habrá discusión acerca de quién haya sembrado o de quién haya segado para efectuar la conversión de almas.

4:37 Porque en esto es verdadero el dicho: Uno es el que siembra, y otro es el que siega. -- 1 Cor. 3:6. En esta ocasión Jesús sembró y los apóstoles participaron en la siega. Jesús y sus discípulos segaron discípulos ganados por Juan el bautista, y comenzando el día de Pentecostés, los apóstoles cosecharon discípulos enseñados por Juan y Jesús. Muchas veces hay conversiones durante una semana de servicios especiales que son el resultado no solamente de la predicación de esa semana, sino también de la enseñanza paciente de los miembros de la iglesia.

          Lo verdadero del proverbio se ve en muchos textos. "Por ejemplo, un hombre puede segar donde no ha sembrado (Deut. 6:11; Josué 24:13), o puede ser que un sembrador nunca experimente la alegría de segar lo que ha plantado (Deut. 28:30; Job 31:8; Miq. 6:15): algún otro puede hacer la siega. Pero en el campo espiritual lo normal es que un hombre siegue donde otro ha sembrado" (GH).

          Todo siervo de Dios debe recordar que su obra de sembrar la buena semilla nunca es en vano (1 Cor. 15:58). Según el plan de Dios la obra es una, y el sembrador comparte con el segador.

          En muchos casos la siega de un alma es el resultado de mucha siembra; es decir, muchos están involucrados: padres y otros parientes cristianos, vecinos y otros compañeros cristianos (p. ej., los del trabajo o de la escuela). Las clases bíblicas a las que muchos jóvenes han asistido desde la niñez tienen mucho que ver con su conversión. La literatura que haya leído, la predicación por radio que haya escuchado, las clases en el hogar que haya asistido, etc. tienen que ver con la conversión. En fin, muchas personas y muchas cosas tienen su parte en la conversión de almas.

4:38 Yo os he enviado a segar lo que vosotros no labrasteis; otros labraron, y vosotros habéis entrado en sus labores. -- Moisés, los profetas y otros hombres fieles habían sembrado mucha simiente entre el pueblo de Israel aun durante los días de su apostasía. Entonces Juan el bautista había persuadido a muchas personas a arrepentirse. En esta misma ocasión Jesús había sembrado la simiente en el corazón de la mujer samaritana y ella la estaba sembrando entre los otros del pueblo.

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