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When is Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah? Posted September 5, 2009 CURRENT MOON This is a very simplified version of what has happened so people like me can understand it. It is very complicated and confusing actually. 
The Jewish calendar in the Biblical times of old was primarily lunar, with each month beginning on the New Moon, when the first sliver of moon (Crescent New Moon) becomes visible after the dark of the moon. In ancient times, the new months used to be determined by observation. When people observed the Crescent New Moon, they would notify the Sanhedrin. When the Sanhedrin heard testimony from two independent, reliable eyewitnesses that the Crescent New Moon occurred on a certain date, they would declare the Rosh Hodesh/Chodesh (first of the month) and send out messengers to tell the people when the month began.The Crescent New Moon sets the First Day of the Month in YAHUVEH's Calendar. I could not find anything in the Bible stating the Crescent New Moon sighting was the beginning of the month but the Book of Enoch verifies that the First Day of the Month is called the New Moon, because this is the day that light first appears on the moon: BOOK OF ENOCH, Chapter 78This is confusing because the New Moon is now called the 'Dark Moon' when there is no light upon the moon. The Book of Enoch, which should be in the Bible but was taken out of the King James Bible and most other Bibles also, but is still in the Ethiopian Bible, clearly states the New Moon is the day the light rises upon her; this is the Crescent New Moon. It was understood in that day that the New Moon Day meant the Crescent New Moon Day not the 'Dark Moon' as it is today. Satan again has twisted this around to send confusion upon the people. This is exactly what satan has done with the true Sabbath day also. He supposedly changed the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday. Here he also supposedly changed YAHUVEH's calendar from the Crescent New Moon to the New Moon or 'Dark Moon'. Look at that, the Dark Moon just like satan himself, full of darkness with no light. He has done this so we do not observe the true Biblical Holy Days and Feast Days on the Day YAHUVEH commanded, again just like the Sabbath. Here is some other information we found trying to verify if the Crescent New Moon sighting was used to determine the months and New Year. This info is in the Talmud. Here is an explanation of what the Talmud is and what it says. After the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD (about 30 years after YAHUSHUA's death), the so-called Rabbis began to write down the temple rituals in order to preserve them, and these writings were included in the Mishnah (the first part of the Talmud), and the Mishnah was completed around 200 AD. The Mishnah explains that the New Moon Day was determined by the observance of the Crescent New Moon. The Mishnah also explains how the Sanhedrin Supreme Court would examine the eye witnesses, who observed the Crescent New Moon, to see if the witnesses' testimonies were true. It clearly shows that the witnesses were observing the sky to see the appearance of the young Crescent New Moon that first appears after the Dark Moon. The Mishnah was written between 70 AD and 200 AD, and the Gemara was written between 350 AD and 500 AD, and these writings are combined in one book called the Talmud. So-called Rabbi Hillel II (330-365 AD) was one of the writers of the Gemara, and he changed the Crescent New Moon Calendar to a "Fixed Calendar," based on a calculation method for determining the conjunction of the sun, moon, and earth, otherwise known as the "Hidden Moon" in the Gemara, or the Dark Moon. So-called Rabbi Hillel did this so that the Jews in the diaspora (those outside of Israel) would be able to keep the same calculated calendar, rather than observing the Crescent New Moon from different locations and keeping the New Moons and Holy Days on different dates. Hillel's Fixed Hidden Moon Calendar was incorporated in the Gemara, and this completely changed YAHUVEH's commanded observances of the Crescent New Moon Days and the Annual Feast Holy Days. So-called Rabbi Hillel had "No Authority" to change YAHUVEH's Law on observing the Crescent New Moon from Israel, and for this reason YAHUVEH cut his life short and he died at about 35 years of age. The so-called rabbis only have authority to "Safeguard, Preserve and Teach YAHUVEH's Laws," not to change them. The Jewish community and other religious groups continue to follow Hillel's Fixed Hidden Moon Calendar to the present day, (which sets the Dark Moon as the first day of the month), thereby keeping their own man-made feasts and traditions, and not YAHUVEH's commanded Holy Days. The Book of Enoch also verifies that the Dark Moon is the End of the Month, not the beginning: BOOK OF ENOCH, Chapter 78When the Gemara portion of the Talmud was completed around 500 AD, it instituted many new laws that resulted from so-called rabbinic debates, and the law of observing the Crescent New Moon was changed to keeping the calculated Dark Moon (the conjunction). We are not saying the Talmud is a holy book by any means because it is not. It has a lot of error in it and man-made Jewish laws that are not from YAHUVEH. This book or whatever you call it does have some things in it that can be helpful to see how things were done back then. It is simply used as a reference to certain things in history. The New Moon observers would begin to look for the Crescent New Moon after sunset, at the beginning of the 29th day of the month. The moon has a cycle of approximately 29.5 days. If the Crescent New Moon was not sighted, they would observe the sky again after sunset at the beginning of the 30th day. If the Crescent New Moon was still not sighted because of cloud cover or whatever at the beginning of the 30th day, the following day would be consecrated as the New Moon Day, since the month cannot have more than 30 days. YAHUVEH's Laws tell us that YAHUVEH's Eyes are always on Israel throughout the whole year, and that the Law and the Word of YAHUVEH goes forth from Jerusalem. Therefore, the observation location for sighting the Crescent New Moon is established in Israel. The New Moon Day begins on the evening the Crescent New Moon is sighted in Israel, and as the earth rotates, the sunset moves westward around the world so that each country observes the same New Moon Day beginning at sunset: OK, simple enough. This is how the Jewish months and New Year were determined until about the fourth century. In the fourth century, Hillel II established a fixed calendar based on mathematical and astronomical calculations. This calendar, still in use by most Jews, standardized the length of months and the addition of months over the course of a 19-year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar years. Adar II is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years of the cycle. Jewish year 5758 (beginning October 2, 1997) is the first year of the current cycle. In other words this is a man-made calendar based on mathematical and astronomical observations. This is not the way YAHUVEH commanded the months to be determined. NOWHERE in Scripture can we find a command by YAHUVEH that HE changed this. So here is the problem, most Jewish people observe the fixed Jewish calendar. There are a few groups out there, and many more joining them, observing the Crescent New Moon as determining the months and New Year. If you go by the fixed calendar this year for Rosh Hashanah it falls on the night of September 18, 2009, which is Friday night the beginning of the Sabbath. If you go by the Crescent New Moon sighting as the beginning of the month Rosh Hashanah will most likely fall on September 20, 2009, which is not a Sabbath. We have been struggling with this different days stuff for a couple years now. Now we are being told by YAHUVEH to put this up on the Ministry site. For the last 3 years my beloved wife Elisabeth and I, and many others who follow what this Ministry preaches and teaches, have been excitingly waiting for Rosh Hashanah this year in 2009. As many of you know, it has been prophesied through Elisabeth that YAHUSHUA is coming to get HIS Bride on a Rosh Hashanah and it will be on a Sabbath. We have been waiting 3 years now because the last time Rosh Hashanah fell on the Sabbath was 2006 according to the Jewish fixed calendar and this year it also falls on a Sabbath according to the Jewish fixed calendar. So we have been waiting for this year 2009 because the next Rosh Hashanah that falls on a Sabbath according to the fixed calendar will be in 2020. We pray you understand what we are saying because this is extremely difficult for us to even think about. What we are trying to say is this; if indeed the Jewish fixed calendar is not of YAHUVEH, it will take a miracle from YAHUVEH for the Rapture of YAHUSHUA's Bride to be this year. Please understand, we are not saying this can not happen. YAHUVEH can speed time up or slow time down and if YAHUVEH chooses to confound the world and have the Crescent New Moon appear in the sky 2 nights early on September 18, 2009, then so be it. YAHUVEH can do it if HE so chooses and the Bride could go home this year. But we are also saying this unfortunately; if YAHUVEH chooses not to have the Crescent New Moon appear 2 nights early on September 18, which is the Sabbath and the Crescent New Moon is truly how YAHUVEH determines the beginning of the month for Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah, then we will have to wait at least one more year for YAHUSHUA to return for HIS Bride. The good news is, the Dark Moon falls on a Wednesday night September 8, next year. So on Thursday night Sept. 9, there will be a Crescent New Moon of 1% visibility which could be hard to see and if it is not seen, the next night, Friday night Sept. 10, by default (because you can not have more than 30 days in a month per the moon cycle) would be considered the beginning of the month the 1st of Tishrei, Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah and it would be on a Sabbath. Even if the Crescent New Moon was sighted on Thursday night which is really Friday day and this was the 1st of Tishrei the Sabbath would still be the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah. So it looks like either way next year Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah will fall on a Sabbath. So try not to be too discouraged and lose faith if the Rapture does not happen this year. It means we still have some things to finish on this earth before YAHUSHUA can come for HIS Bride. We pray you followed that explanation for next year. (Note: The above scenario depends on observing the Abib Barley in Israel etc. in determining the beginning of the New Year in March or April for next Year. But this is for another day and another teaching in the near future.) We do know this. YAHUSHUA has said HE is coming for HIS Bride on a Rosh Hashanah and it will be on a Sabbath. Here is a reminder of what YAHUVEH said in Prophecy 61, "MY Word says HE'll come in the midnight hour but what midnight hour? So as MY Beloved ones try to calculate what hour MY Son will come, MY dear ones, this is foolishness. Instead just work for ME and occupy, keep your lamps lit, work to bring the only treasure you can when you leave earth. For no one is going to know, as a thief appears in the night, so will the love of your life. But will HE find you without spot or wrinkle?and YAHUSHUA said in Prophecy 92, Again I say, I will send Michael the Archangel to her along with Gabriel and they shall speak the date to Elisabeth, and at the precise time the trumpet blows, she cries out, "Behold the Bridegroom doth come." All the true Bride of YAHUSHUA ha MASHIACH spoken of in Revelation 14 all over the world will hear it at the same time and arise in the air. No one does know the exact time and hour. I have only told her the Holy Day will be on Rosh Hashanah. Since Rosh Hashanah is 2 days, and many people have different calculations which date it falls on, it is true, she does not know the hour. However, just as Elijah knew he would be taken, just as Noah knew the day he was to enter the ark and close the door, so it shall be again. MY Bride will know when they hear in the spirit the cryer cry out and say, "Behold the Bridegroom doth come."In closing this Ministry does believe we are to follow YAHUVEH's calendar which is the sighting of the Crescent New Moon in Israel to determine the months and New Year. As some of you might have noticed we put on the Ministry sites the Moon Phases for each day so we can obey. We will also be posting more information regarding this subject on the Ministry sites as soon as possible. We pray this has been a blessing Niko and Elisabeth |
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