Calendars - Part 2 - Heavenly signs are important to the Biblical Calendar

The New Moon and Full Moon are Biblical timekeepers, and eclipses are heavenly signs.

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/phases.html

On their journey through space, the Earth and the Moon cast 3 different shadows, causing different types of solar or lunar eclipses.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/shadows.html  

Solar Eclipse placement of heavenly bodies

Lunar Eclipse placement of heavenly bodies

FYI:  A "blood moon" is a total lunar eclipse

Sighting of the New Moon.  It starts illuminating from/near the right side.  

Certain Biblical Holidays:

Rosh Hashanah -- on the New Moon phase

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) -- on the Full Moon phase

Passover -- on the Full Moon phase

NOTE:  Under normal circumstances, you cannot have a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse, at the same time.  

However, something very unusual happened at the time that Jesus Christ died:  There {apparently?} was a type of supernatural Solar eclipse from noon until 3pm  ("sixth hour" equaled about noon and "ninth hour" equaled about 3pm).  Yes, three hours of darkness.  {Was this Planet X or Nibiru or something like that?}  Jesus died on Passover (a full moon).  There is "never" a solar eclipse on a full moon or lunar eclipse.  It's impossible under normal circumstances. 

Luke 23:  44-46

44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.  

-{Earthquake}-

46 ¶ And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

In the Americas:  

Book of Mormon -- 3 Nephi 8:19  And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease—for behold, they did last for about the space of three hours; and it was said by some that the time was greater; nevertheless, all these great and terrible things were done in about the space of three hours—and then behold, there was darkness upon the face of the land.

It's quite possible that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will be similar to when he was crucified.  Could there be a solar and lunar event on the same date?  Keep reading.

D&C 29:14  But, behold, I say unto you that before this great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the starts shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater signs in heaven above and in the earth beneath; 

Matthew 24: 29, 30

29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Check out what this other blog has to say about the day of the Second Coming!

https://divinecode.page/its-the-second-coming-no-its-a-comet/

Millennium:  Isaiah 66:23  And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

Upcoming eclipses

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/   OR  https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html

Calendars - Times and Seasons were changed - Part 1

Identifying Israelites:   The Calendar and the Sabbath

God is Still Keeping His Calendar, and He's Testing You....

D&C 121:12  "And also that God hath set his hand and seal to change the times and season, and to blind their minds, that they may not understand his marvelous workings; that he may prove them also and take them in their own craftiness;"

The general calendar, holiday, and Sabbath, were changed, and need to be fixed.  

THE GENTILE CALENDAR IS NOT BIBLICAL, NEITHER IS THE SUNDAY SABBATH.

                                            The Roman Empire's influence went far and wide

https://www.almanac.com/content/how-did-months-get-their-names

First of all, January as first month of the Julian or Gregorian calendar, isn't even in sync the beginning of winter season!  It starts about 11 days into Winter, which means that each seasonal solstice or equinox doesn't align with the calendar month by 8-11 days.  This also means that each season doesn't start at the beginning of a month.  

The Gregorian months also are not in sync with the movements of the moon.   In the Hebrew months, the first day is the New Moon, and the middle of the month is the Full Moon, and a Hebrew month always has 29 or 30 days.   

The Roman calendar (similar to the Biblical calendar), used to start in the Spring, but now the Gregorian calendar starts part way into Winter.

In the Gregorian, these are the lengths of the months:

31

28 or 29

31

30

31

30

31

31

30

31

30

31

7 of those months, have 31 days; and 4 months have 30 days, and 1 month has 28 days (29 in leap year).

If 365 days were averaged into 12 solar months, each month would have 30.416 days.  I'm not an astronomical solar/lunar orbit expert, but it seems that they could have done a better job in arranging the days closer to ---

1.  Alternating between 7 months with 30 days, 5 months with 31 days (which equals 365 days/year), and keep the leap year, or 

2.  Alternate between 6 months 30 days, 6 months 31 days (which equals 366 days per year), and then have a Fall Back year subtracting a day; or

3.  Go to the Hebraic lunar-solar calendar, which features the moon as a more regular "Signs in the sky" maker when the moon phases coincide with important holidays.

Here are more calendar flub-ups in Western society:

January through August were named for Roman Gods, rulers, or culture.

Another clue that the calendar was changed is the names of the last four months of the year:

• September the Latin word Septem, = “Seven,” as in 7th month.    Now it's the 9th month.

• October -- Octo = Eight.  It used to be the Eighth month.  Now it's the 10th month.

• November -- Novem = Nine.  It used to be the 9th month.   Now it's the 11th month.

• December -- Decem means Ten.  It used to be the 10th month.  Now it's the 12th month. 

Sneak Peek:  The Sabbath was changed by the apostate early church, but language gives us a clue:

Interestingly, the word Saturday, which is the 7th day of the Week, is related to the planet Saturn (sounds like Saturday).  These can be carefully observed with the naked eye:  Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.  Saturn was considered the 7th celestial body in our solar system (not counting Earth).  

However, they also ascribed importance to each Celestial body, so, the Sun being the most important, became Sunday, the first day of the week; 

the Moon became Monday, the second day of the week, then--

Mars (Martes/ Tuesday) became the 3rd day of the week, 

Mercury (Miercoles/ Wednesday) became the 4th day of the week,

Jupiter (Jueves/ Thursday) became the 5th day of the week,

Venus (Viernes/ Friday) became the 6th day of the week,

and Saturn (Sabado/ Saturday) became the 7th day of the week.

We can see a remnant of Saturday being recognized as the 7th Day and Sabbath, in languages:

In these Western languages, Saturday is called:  

Spanish, Sabado.  

French, Samedi.  

Portuguese, Sabado.  

Italian, Sabato.   

German, Samstag or Sambaztag.  

Prussian German, Sabato.  

Russian, Subota.   

Greek, Sabbath.  

Latin, Sabbatum.   

English Bible, The Seventh Day or the Sabbath.

In the Old Testament, the "Ephraimites" (the head of the Lost Ten Tribes - Northern Israelite kingdom) had a change in their language at some point, in which they didn't say "Sh" in some words, but rather "S" instead.   You can see evidence of Shabbat becoming more closely related to Sabbat/ Sabbath, in the above languages.

This change in language is mentioned in the Bible.  Here are "short" versions of this tale, how the language change was deadly.  Take your pick!

Gathering Zion's People YT channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mm-5L3NT3s   

Mysterypro Music YT channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIt5Y0HzTKc

The word "Shabbat"  (Sabbath in Hebrew), the last letter in Shabbat is the letter Tav (T in English), and sometimes the Tav sounded like our T, and other times, like Th.   That is how we got Sabbath.

Stay curious my friends!

There will be more about the Sabbath in a different blog post.

Spiritually CREATE YOUR OWN LOCAL ZION GROUP? Example of some ideas

Look for people with a heart for Zion . Everyone has a role to play.  Start your own local Zion fellowship group.

GROUP FOR MEN

 

Captain Moroni, art by Larry Winborg

Create a grass-roots, patriotic-minded group for men, in light of the need for protection of our freedoms, and families. Moroni's Men.  Inspired by the "Elders of Israel" mandate to rise up and save the US Constitution.  Also important, is the magnifying of one's priesthood, inspired by the courage, moral steadfastness, and faith of the 12 Apostles of Jesus of both continents, Enoch, Elijah, Captain Moroni, and others.  Prepare to do mighty miracles of healing and deliverance through your Priesthood.

GROUP FOR WOMEN

Queen Esther (Minerva Teichert art)

Create a grass-roots, patriotic-minded and preparedness group for Women of Valor.  Inspired by the idea of women being queens like Esther, healers like Miriam, and foreseers like Deborah, preparing for the Wedding Feast and the Church of the Firstborn. Make no mistake, this is an important role in saving our people just as Queen Esther did.  Spiritual gifts and other talents imbued in each woman are appreciated.  Women, pull together and take your children out of the schools filled with wickedness & confusion.

Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus!

Doctrine and Covenants 76

Let's get a community going in order to be more prepared

The evils of the Beast Society will overcome the Saints. Revelation 13:7

One would have to have mental and spiritual blinders on to not notice how corrupt, aggressive, and resistant our politics, media, entertainment, education, medical, and to a lesser degree, some churches or leaders are not taking a Stand against evil. 

God said to not put the trust in the arm of the flesh. 2 Ne. 4:34

Take off the chains from around your neck. Isaiah 52:2

THE GREAT DIVISION

2 Nephi 30:10

10 For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire. 

1 Nephi 14:10

10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil;

{Who is trying to follow Christ and who is following the Devil??}

What starts out as a spiritual community can grow & become a physical community.  {All things are created spiritually first...} Moses 3:5

What time, talents, and resources can you offer?

Are you a good person, but still feel "hungry" or lonely inside?  Where are the deep teachings? Are you patriotic, still have biblical values, and are alarmed at freedoms & truth being lost but your voice isn't welcome?  Do you want to leave "Babylon" but nobody around you cares?  Better yet, 'hope to have Zion-minded neighbors?

 

 

How Would Such a Community be Run?

In using the Jews of the early 20th century and Mormon pioneers of the 19th century as examples, they began with raw land and put a lot of work into their communities.  Latter-Day Saint (LDS) Mormons no longer have United Orders (dedicated, consecrated agricultural communities), but the spirit of those communities can be brought back.  Jews in Israel have hundreds of agricultural or agricultural-religious communities which still exist to this day, called "Kibbutz" or "Moshav."  Some kibbutzes have moved more towards partial privatization.  Some are strictly agricultural, and some include (aside from food production) businesses on-site, such as manufacturing or development of other industries.  Others include members which commute to outside jobs and then return to live on the kibbutz and share their earnings.   The needs of the members met by the community.  On-site jobs are arranged according to skill, age, and whatever other criteria they have.

October 2023 comment:  Please do not think that because Israel got attacked that living communally is a terrible idea.  They had a problem with their security and some of their kibbutzes were too close to the terrorists.

Kibbutz Eilot in Southern Israel

Modern society has become complex with insurances, taxes, retirement, etc, and so living 100% completely in common is not really realistic for many people at this time.  However, preparing to live a lot more cooperatively, in these days, is starting to look good for awake people.

There is a small group of non-mainstream Mormons (undisclosed location) which have a cooperative community outside of a rural town.  They are partially off-grid. They all have their own houses (own parcel of land of several acres each, with one or more mobile or manufactured homes), and own jobs, although for those who are self-employed, sometimes they hire people from the group.  The community shares duties by helping maintain the agricultural areas owned by the community.  They preserve the harvest with canning (or whatever other methods they choose) and they have building projects.  They have these communal work projects about every week.  Sometimes it is doing repairs on each other's houses.  They also have a common belief system.   This is a good model to copy.

The other option is to live in a geographical area in regular homes, say in a small town or outlying suburbs, and live under agreement to help each other, like a Super Ward (congregation), or Stake (multi-congregation).

To do such a venture, we would need people that will make good Founders (with faith and good moral fiber) as well as those with willing hands to assist with everything else.   

It would be helpful to talk to communities that have been successful.

Check out the videos in these playlists.  They might give you ideas, about the pros and cons and how you would adapt and implement them:

Amish and Hutterites 14 videos:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URprZKBJa9g&list=PLRShbVqr8MIuW-1E5P0Y3oMTWtiHARKH2

Kibbutz Life 9 videos:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3zexdAdwTU&list=PLRShbVqr8MIvHS2Z_zdC4TMN1we8zh0xq 

Bruderhof Community 5 videos:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrjgePKgYUc&list=PLRShbVqr8MIsqhMwRwoEXYcavLxx7Ct4M

Water and Soil Optimization (Israeli Tech) 13 videos:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxxYmn3HpDU&list=PLRShbVqr8MIuXX2g5TVTay3lHnizN9_Yq

PS.  Do you have friends or family who might be interested in this cause?  Please tell them about it.

Do you know of good locations of which to make a spiritual cooperative community?  

First choice is the Intermountain conservative area.  People can also copy our model in their own state.