Biblical Law and Government

Lesson Ten - Page 13

The Two Calendars Of The Bible

Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. Exodus 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Nehemiah 2:1 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

In verse 1 of Deuteronomy 16, we are told to observe the month Abib. This month is the first month of the year. Exodus 12:2

Notice Nehemiah 2:1 and Esther 3:7. Esther 3:7 states that the month Nisan is the first month of the year.

No, the Bible does not contradict itself. It is simply referring to two different months on two differ ent calendars. The Bible actually deals with two different calendars. One is the Solar calendar observed by Moses. The other is the Lunar calendar observed by the Jews and mentioned in the books of Nehemiah and Esther. In today’s world: Christian nations observe Solar calendars. The calendar on your wall is the Gregorian Calendar is a Solar Calendar. POPE GREGORY XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar in 1582. The Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian Calendar introduced in 46 B.C. by the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar. The Jews observe a Lunar calendar. This is the same Lunar Calendar brought out of Babylon by Ezra and Nehemiah. It was observed by the Jews in Jerusalem at the time of Christ. The Jews still observe this Lunar calendar. Some Christian Churches observe the Lunar Calendar, for example, Herbert W. Armstrong’s The Worldwide Church of God and the Seventh Day Adventists. The scholars rejecting the Jewish Lunar Calendar have spent thousands of hours searching out “the true calendar of the Bible.” This effort has been frustrating and in vain because it was assumed that there is only one Bible calendar. As a result, the effort of these good people was similar to trying to make one picture from the pieces of two picture puzzles.

Likewise, there are also two calendars in nature. For example, birds migrate by the Solar calendar and tree sap flows according to the Lunar calendar. That is why the Farmers Almanac advises farmers to plant according to the phases of the moon. You can research this Lunar effect on crops in any edition of the Farmers Almanac. There is a calen dar for those things from above (Birds and Christians) and a calendar for those things from beneath (Jews and Tree Sap).

John 8:23

And he (Jesus) said unto them, (the Jews), Ye are from beneath: I am from above: Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Calendars have been changed repeatedly down through the ages. One thing for sure, the calendar on the wall of Moses’ tent was not the same as the calendar on your wall. On the following pages you will find a Solar Calendar. All the dated events in the Bible, Apothica, Jasher and Jubilees are listed. Notice that important events cluster about the Bible Holidays. Notice that non-holiday months have little or no activity.

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