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The Hebrew lunar-solar calendar
is the true calendar for all mankind. YEHOVAH God Himself established
it, and gave it to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt
(Exodus 12:1). At the time of the Exodus, a series of catastrophes occurred
that changed the axis and the orbit of the earth and the orbit of the
moon, and the ancient year settled into a year of 360 days that lasted
until the 8th century B.C. However, the principles of the calendar go
back to creation, when the sun and moon were appointed by YEHOVAH "for
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" (Genesis 1:14.
The word for seasons here is moadim, and literally means "an
appointment, a fixed time or season; a FESTIVAL, by implication, an
assembly" (see Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, #4150).
Thus YEHOVAH God appointed the heavenly bodies to determine the "appointed
times" of His weekly Sabbaths, annual Holy Days and Festivals from
the moment of Creation! The annual Holy Days were intended for all mankind,
even as the weekly Sabbath was ordained for all mankind! (Compare Genesis
2:1-3; Mark 2:27-28). Also note that the "Sabbath" -- which
includes the annual Sabbaths (Leviticus 23:32, 38-39) -- was "made
for MAN" (Mark 2:27) -- not just for the Jewish people! In the
coming Kingdom of YEHOVAH God, ALL NATIONS will observe YEHOVAH's annual
and weekly Sabbaths according to the lunar-solar calendar (Isaiah 66:23),
and go up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles (Zechariah 14:16-19)
and worship before the Shekinah Glory of YEHOVAH God Himself. |
