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"For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."  Galations 6:8

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Notice of Data Correction in Calendar Book

1/14/2019

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For those who are not yet familiar with our book, The Biblical Calendar Then and Now, you will not be aware that the dates we use for the Yahweh's feast days are different than those used by most folks today.  However, if you have the book, we need to make you aware of an error in our dating of calendar events for the upcoming religious year.

Please accept our apologies!!  As we were working on our upcoming calendars for the religious year that begins in the spring of 2019, we noticed that the data in Appendix 3 of the book was not correct.  The Appendix 3 dating for the events of the 2019-2020 year are off by one week. They should be one week later.  Please use the corrected dating of:


New Year – 3/27/19
Passover - 4/9/19
Unleavened Bread - Day 1 - 4/10/19
Unleavened Bread - Day 7 - 4/16/19
Wave 1st Fruits - 4/21/19
Pentecost - 6/9/19
Chodesh (Summer) - 6/25/19
Chodesh (Fall) - 9/24/19
Trumpets - 9/25/19
Atonement - 10/4/19
Tabernacles - Day 1 - 10/9/19
Tabernacles - Day 8 - 10/16/19
Chanukkah - Day 1 - 12/18/19
Chodesh (Winter) - 12/24/19
Chanukkah - Day 8 - 12/25/19
Purim - 3/7/20
Shushan Purim - 3/8/20
Chodesh (Spring) – 3/24/20
(click here for a printable list)

The determination for changing from one religious year to the next is typically profoundly simple.  However, once in a blue moon (so to speak) it becomes a bit tricky!  The data for transition into the 2019-2020 religious year brings into play a rare scenario.  Please refer to our article called Beginning of Months for 2019 on the Sabbath Calendar in order to understand how we transition from one religious year to the next using this calendar.


A corrected revision of the book is in process and will be available soon.  We surely regret this error!  We have thoroughly checked yet again to verify that the remaining information in Appendix 3 is accurate.  It is the data for only this one particular year that was skewed.  Thank you for your patience and understanding!
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HO HO HO!!!  HOly or unHOly?

12/2/2018

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This time of year prompts such a mix of emotions.  There is a feeling of cheer and good will in the air, but it is hopelessly mixed together with a hubbub of commercialism and greed.  There are nativity scenes right next to Santas in lawn displays.  We often hear: “Christ is the reason for the Season”, coupled with: “Keep Christ in Christmas”. 

Employees in the workplace are told they cannot say, “Merry Christmas” to customers, but must instead say: “Happy Holidays” because there are those who wish to silence any Christian sentiment – particularly relative to this time of year.  After all it might “offend” someone.  Some people stand in opposition to this command - boldly and defiantly saying: “Merry Christmas”, even when they know it might cost them their jobs.  They are standing for their first amendment right to honor their faith and choose their own words of well-wishing.  Ironically, we do get somewhat offended when we are wished a “Merry Christmas”, though it is not for the usual reason, and we do appreciate the intent of the sentiment.  We certainly have no desire to stifle anyone’s right to speak their minds and hearts with such well-wishing, but we bristle at the phrase “Merry Christmas” because of what we now know about the roots of that particular day.  It makes us wonder what Christ really thinks about “Christmas”! 

Does anyone out there share in these sentiments?  We’d like to hear from you, pro or con.  Let’s get this blog a-rollin’!

In the meantime, if you’d like to see what all we have learned about this day, please tap into our featured article for the “But Why” series that is just beginning.  The title of the article is “Some People Don’t Celebrate Christmas … But Why???”.  It is lengthier than we had hoped, but there was a lot to cover on this topic!  We believe you will find it well worth the read. 
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    homemaker, teacher, author, occasional catnapper and full time student of Y'shua the Messiah / Jesus Christ.


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