The gentile Gregorian calendar, based on the sun, substituted God\u2019s biblical (Hebrew) calendar that was based on the moon as if saying that the substitute was a better way. They made a different day for the Sabbath, they made different dates for the Set Times of the Lord (the Jewish holidays) and omitted the celebration of the New Moon from the calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This month some nations joined in Jerusalem for the first time to celebrate the New Moon, thereby reconnecting with God\u2019s biblical calendar. It\u2019s a huge thing, since the Gregorian calendar is actually part of the root of anti-Semitism, denying that God chose the Jewish nation to establish His calendar in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When God took Israel out of Egypt and established her as a nation, He declared that this would be the first day of the first month (first new moon.) Our New Moon celebrations fulfill the declaration He made, that Israel and the nations would gather on God\u2019s timetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lord\u2019s Supper – Victory Meal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In Jeremiah 31, God promises: “The time is coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. God speaks of the new covenant He would give to Israel. We usually stop at the verse where the Lord declares, \u201cFor I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.\u201d <\/em>However, in the very next verse, 35 \u201cThis is what the Lord says, He who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar – the Lord Almighty is His Name: 36 \u201cOnly if these decrees vanish from my sight,\u201d declares the Lord, \u201cwill Israel ever cease being a nation before Me.\u201d <\/em>He confirms this promise again in the next verse, \u201c 37 <\/strong>This is what the Lord says: \u201cOnly if the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,\u201d declares the Lord<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n God affirms that His commitment to Israel is not dependent on what she does or doesn\u2019t do. It is only because of His faithfulness that He will never reject Israel and Israel will never cease from being a nation before Him. Therefore, taking the Lord\u2019s Supper on the New Moon is a victory meal, like a victory shout, that Israel exists before Him as a nation and that the One who brought us out of Egypt, the One Who was, is still alive and is the One Who is to come. As we line up with this promise, we are on a journey to the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What will all nations sing before His Throne? The song, \u201cRedeemed by the Blood of the Lamb,\u201d and \u201cWorthy is the Lamb.\u201d This journey started in Exodus, when He said in chapter 12:2, \u201cThis is the first of your month and the first of your year\u201d<\/em> and in the next verse He instructs to choose and take a lamb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Passover, all the people of Israel passed through the doorposts covered by the blood of the lamb. That event began the journey to the Throne. And each month, more people enter by one thing – by the Blood of the Lamb of God, Yeshua\/Jesus. Each month we get closer and closer to His coming \u2013 the One Who was, Who is, and Who is to come. We are not just wandering around in this world. We have a purpose; we know where we are going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The New Moon is a sign of the New Covenant in His Blood, and God\u2019s eternal commitment to Israel. Even before He gave the Ten Commandments, He commanded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the first of the month\u201d<\/em>. That was the basis for His people\u2019s calendar. It echoes way back to creation when He made the moon for signs and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, it was removed from our understanding. But now we are enlightened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n People may object saying that it is not in the New Testament. But in the Gospels, we see Yeshua honoring the Sabbath, honoring and celebrating the biblical feasts, so we have no reason to think that He didn\u2019t celebrate the New Moon. On the other hand, there are no instructions to eliminate this set time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can\u2019t know when Passover is if we don\u2019t mark the New Moon of that month. We can\u2019t go up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles if we don\u2019t recognize the first of the seventh month. Colossians 2:16-17 \u201c<\/strong>Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.\u201d17 <\/strong>These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is Christ.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A shadow speaks of something real, a substance, which is Him. It\u2019s all about Him. The New Moon celebration is not to be removed but to be fulfilled; Yeshua is its meaning. Therefore, it\u2019s so significant that the nations honor this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the nations are saying, \u201cWe have joined the New Covenant by the Blood of the Lamb, and we recognize God\u2019s eternal calendar by which He moves.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n May the nations reject the false calendar they set up and celebrate the New Moon to say, \u201cWe are joining in and honoring Jerusalem, the city of the Great King, the Coming King.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"At](\"https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ross-sokolovski-PgXx8Nk64UI-600.jpg\")