Good News 1957 (Vol VI No 02) Feb.pdf

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T h e

my

I i t t e

T H I

r n a t i o n a l M - a g a z i n e o f

Z

C H U R C H O F G O D

H O W to

Study

the Bible

b y Gnvaer

Ted

Armstrong

OW m~ichof the Bible DONT

you understand?

If

you are like

H ost others, there are many pas-

sages in the Bible you have discovered

which

seem t o

be

c o n t r d i c t o r y ,

or which

seem to mean that what you bel ieve to

be t nw f rom other scr ip tures r ray

m t

be true, after al l

It has been said of the Bible: Its

the book nobody understands. But do

you realizc

it

is Gods iizt~iitiouhat

you

ult imately come to understand FULLY,

COMPLETELY.

w e t y

i i i o i d

rontk izrd

i

rlJe Bible.>

Since God actually revcnls it is His

wi l l for you to completely UNDER-

STAND the Bible-why is i t that

so

few really do?

H u m a n N a t u re

Perhaps i t will come as :I surprise

to you, but the main reason so few peo-

ple can really comprehend what God is

tel l ing them through the scriptures is-

h m i i i ncttwe Paul wrotc

of

that nature

-the natura l, physical Y O U , just the

wa y

y o u were born and grcw

t o

matur i ty

--as

a C A R N A L ,

a

PHYSICAL nature,

iiirrrested priiiiarily in the

ctir?zitl, tern-

p o r a r l , .

rnd phjJird thiizS.r of this

w o d d

Paul said that the natural mind we were

all

born

wi th is EN MI TY agni ns t God:

i t s just naturally hosti le toward God

( R o m . 8 : 7 ) .

Thc natural mind, t hen , cannot under-

srnnd GodsW o r d in its fullncss, nor c.111

it I / / / J I / L ~ / to Gods will and really

be

obedient

to

Him. Perhaps some brethren

who

(lo

have difficulty in com prehen ding

certain points need

to

ask theniselves-

Do I have a truly SPIRITUAI, m i n d ?

I t is not unti l th;i t nnti ird, carnal niinJ

has b e en C O N Q U E R E D by G o d ,

and

has been totally submitted to Hi m , t ha t

ones understanding can be OPENED

to receive spiri tual truth.

To really sum up t h i s po i n t , t hen ,

a person must come t o recognizc the

phso l u t e AUTHORITY

cf

G d 2nd

consequen t ly of Gods W or d -o ve r h is

life

S n a p J u d g m e n t

D u r i n g a visit to a Florida all igator

farm, Mr. Armst rong asked an a t tendant

some

questions about the

hugc

lizards

as they lay basking in the sun, apparently

deep in sleep. The attendant cautioned,

however, that in reality, the gators could

snap their jaws together with l ightning-

like agility

if

someone were to grow

careless and g et too near. T h e all igators

use snap judgment, said the at tendant.

Many pe ople are just l ike the al l igators

when i t comes

to

reading the Bible

W hen t hey come to a difficult scripture,

they use snap judgmenr, deciding im-

mediately what the doubtful text must

mean Havi ng made up t he i r minds

quickly as to the meaning of this par-

t icular verse, they must then

CHANGE

their minds about other verses and

misinterpret them in order to make them

fit

with the new one Usin g snap judg-

iiieiit or

t rying to put

you r o m z i d e a

IN T O the Bible is the surest way of

M I S U N D E R S T A N D I N G i t e nt ir el y.

Simple

Rules

fur S t u d y

doctrinal trurh in the Bible, yo^^ nitlst

first gather euery Scriptare referr ing to

that subject . Use of a concordance will

aid you greatly in accumulating EVERY

scripture which is a direct reference to,

o r an example of, or alludes to the sub-

j x t

yoc x e

s t d 7 k g .

For example: in the Gospels there are

four different accounts of the earthly

ministry of Jesus Christ . Each Gospel

writer records the truth-but each one

differs slightly from the other-in writ -

ing

from

a

different point

of

view,

stressing

a

different facet of Christs

ministry,

or

grouping Christs teachings

differently. To g l e a n t h e W H O L E

T R U T H f r om t h e

Gospel

accounts, you

must first get all

FOUR

Gosp el accounts

on any given subject and put them t o -

gether. Take for example the four d i f -

fering Gospel accounts of what was

writ ten over the cross. Matthew records,

This i s Jesus the King of the Jews.

Mark writes, T he King

o f

the Jews.

Lukes Gospel says, This is the King

of the Jews, and John includes Jesus

of Nazareth , the King of the Jews.

Is there any cont radict ion here? No

Not one Gospel acco t l n t CONTRA-

DICTS

the other-but wh en you take

all

foar

together, and add them u p as

you would any ari thmetic problem,

you find the answer, which is the SUM

TOTAL of al l scriptures on the subject .

This is Jes i / s

of Nazarethr t h r . Kj:i,q of

t h e Jews.

Pr i nc i p les t o Rem ember

saiah tells 11s God s W or d is lin e

upon l ine, here a l i t t le, and there a l it t le,

showing us NOT

A L L

t he t ru t h of

any

If you will study thc following Labic

one subject i s contained in just ONE

scripture

(Isa.

2 8 : 9 - 1 3 ) .

In o rder to correctly understand any

principle s of Bible study-and never for-

ge t then-y our Bible study difficulties

will always be solved:


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?be GOOD NEWS February

l i?

If you are CONVERTED, and have

Gods Spirit , you will say, with Christ ,

No t M Y wi ll be done , bu t TH INE to

God. You wont be looking into Gods

Word jus t to have your own way but

to fin d o u t W H A T IS W R O N G w ith

your way-to get the CO RR EC TIO N

and the REPROOF tha t w i l l CHANGE

your way, mold i t into GOD S WAY -

a

N E W W A Y

OF

LIFE

If you really want to understand the

B ib le M O R E T H O R O U G H L Y , an d

y o u

are sincere in that desire, then each tim e

before you begin your Bible study, ask

yourself if yo ~ i eal ly do RECOGN IZE

the t remendous AUTHORITY of the

Book youre about to o pen. Do y o u really

FEAR to disobey it? Are you in com-

plete SUBMISSIVENESS and subjcctioiz

to it? God says to

p

. . . but to TH IS

M A N will

I

look, even to him that is

poor and

of

a contrite spirit ,

a nd

T R E M -

B L E T H A T

MY

W O R D ( I s a .

66: 2 .

Do you really TREMBLE before the

Holy Word of G o d ? Ai-c.

J J /

SURE?

r

contradicts itsclf.

Even though scholars and Bible critics

lay various claims before us of supposed

Biblical contr:idictions, the closer investi-

gatioii o f

die

claim always proves it to

bc without basis.

2 ) Wherever you find a vague or dif-

ficult-to-understand scripture, you must

understand i t in the light of all the other

PLAIN, CLEAR, ettsy - t o

i /nr lerstaizr l

scriptures on the Same subject.

- 3 )

Wherever it is

a v i t a l ,

essential

point yo i i need to know in order to

.rboic* o / c the z u q t o s ~ d z ~ ~ i t i o nod has

seen to i t the scriptures :ire PLAIN,

: : n i l C L E A R . :md without

a:iy

shndow of

doubt

as

to their menning

4 )

Usually dways, the v:igiie, : i n -

bigiioiis and

difficLiIt-to-iinderstlind

scrip-

tures

w i l l h. ivc t o

do

with

com p; i I ~ i t i ve l y

minor points, especially

w i t h

points in

propliccy on beyond the coming of

Christ.

I t

is nearly always o v c r one of

thew coriip.irntively minor points that

dissension

will

:irisc, misinterpretations

a n J wrcsting of

Sriipturr

will take place,

and p eople will become offended. Always

ask yourself, IS THIS ESSENTIAL

FOR MY

S A L V A T I O N ?

If

it is not,

t hen be wi l l ing to suspend ~~ idgment -

wait

on God to

SHOW

you

the meaning

later on, rather than becoming dis-

gruntled or worried about a minor point .

T h e Id e a l A t t i t u d e

God frankly tells you what the ided

attitude is for cornpletely

iinderstanding

Hi s Sacred Wo rd Paul wrote, under

inspiration of the Holy Spirit ,

AD

scripture is given by inspiration of Gocl

I1 Tim. 3 : G , and Christ said, THY

W O R D IS T R U T H John

17 1

7

)

If a person has thoroughly been CON-

Q U E R E D by

God,

and now recognizes

the total

m~thoiity

f God

o v e r

his life.

then he needs have no fear of twistin :,

wresting and misunderstanding scrip-

tural points W hy ?

Became of

h i s

attitrrde tozutrd

t he

Bible

YOU Can Be a Suc c e s s

HIS p s t month h a s witnrssed ;i

great drama in England. Its a les-

T

on t o 11s. W H Y did Sir Anthon y

EJcn f l / i l IS prime minis ter?

H y

c on tr as t, W H Y has Sir Winston

Chiirt:hill b e e n recognized as the great

man

of

t iis ccntury?

Ia,enty-fivc years ago Churchill , too,

would hnvc been regarded

as

a near

f ;~ i lu r e But something happened

tliai

i l lcfJ rcr.rd his triiil.r of ch~rrtccter.

lh,it

something

w;is

W o r l d W a r

11.

Hcrc

is wii;it Ii;ippencd :

Fai th Leads to

Success

Churchill demonstrated his

co/rr. ige

-his firith to drive onward to victory.

H e N E V E R G A V E U P W h e n he knew

that his decisions were right he never

allowed himself

to

be swayed by ad-

versity or critical npinionz

W h e n t h e G e r m a n s i n W o r l d W a r

I1

heard Churchilis

speech to the Eng-

lish people-he promised them bloo d,

sweat and

tears-they

kncw

thcn

that

they were fighting n losing war. They

were fighting :in irzdornitable

C H A R -

A C T E R who was willing to tell

the

truth to

his

people-no matter how

clesperate the situation might be.

Now coiitrast this with Sir Anthony

Iklens st:iy as Prime Minis ter .

For Eden, everything should have

turned o u t right-if

he

had not made

costly mist:ikes. Engl;ind Ligain hnd

a

chance to regain her lost inheritance

at Suez. Seldom has a nation ever had

such an easy opportunity to gain power

over another nation as England had over

comm unist-infiltrated Egyp t. But Eng -

land lost that chance because

of Mr.

Edens great mistakes in judgment.

N e v e r G i v e

U p

Here is what happened. Eden

led

England s attack a gainst Egypt to pre-

vent an air- born e Russian invasion of

t he Suez reg ion . BUT HE WAS

AFRAID OF THE C O N S E Q U E N C E S

OF H I S E G Y P T I A N A D V E N T U R E

Sir

Anthony Eden was afrrcid to openly

chnrge Russia with a plot to

seize

the

Middle East. Fear, not faith, gripped

h

im

.

He

c-om prom

isrd : ind

w

t h d

w w

His lack of sustained boldness in his con-

viction made i t appear that Engl:inds

a t t x k

wx

only against Egypt, instead

o f in Jcfccsc

of

the entire wycs:crn world.

Sir Anthony Eden lost his nerve at

the precise moment he most needed it .

H e was moved from his firm conviction

that

he

was right.

He

allowed himself

t o g i z v up the right. Criticism-espe-

cially from America-swayed him. H is

victory turned to failure. America now

realizes its mistake and must shoiilder

the responsibility for part of Edens

failure.

BUT

H A D SIK A N T H O N Y

EDEN STUCK

WITH

WHAT HE

K N E W TO

BE

RIGHT-no matter

what the criticism-the entire Mid dle

East

would

be free today.

A

Lesson lor Us T o d a y

God has called 11s as candidaces to

ru le The

LVorld

Tomorrow. God has

promised

L IS

offices of far gre ater respon -

sibility than that of Prime Minister.

But we won t even be i n the world-

ru l ing Kingdom of God until we

prove

in this

l i fe

that we can succeed.

There

I re no f;ii ti;.es

in Gods Kingdom.

L:-ts undcrstnnd

t i i

lesson of this

tr:igic

drama

unfolded in England.

First, are niust

k n o w

what is right. Go d

tells LIS r ight from wrong. When we

know what is right from the Bible, then

we must act on it. We must not vacil-

late. W e must not b e swayed by every

wind of doctr ine (Eph.

:

4 ) , as was

Englands recent Prime Minister. Next,

we must

?iezc~iz,e i i p no

matter what

the circumstances or the criticism. It

takes faith not

to

give LIP. but what-

ever

is not o f faith is .ri7L (Rotn. 14:23

.

W h e n we lack faith, when we give

tip

doing right, we sin Sin brings death.

W h y c a n t we learn this all-important

Icsson-?2eiper. g i v e 7 / p when

yon

hnoiu

3 o i c lire r i S q h


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Which

Is

the CALENDAR

Lbe

Kowaiz caleridar

on

your

wall

origilzated

with l tc l i zrs

Caesas

ribout

4 5 B.C.

But God gave Israel a

DIFFERENT

calendar

Withorrt

n kmwledge of it you can riot

obey

the Creator

by Ke nne t h C .

Herrniama

H A I

is the I V / / C calendar pro-

vided by God? Has

God

left it

W p

t o

each individual

to

follow

\vhatcver calendar he plcases O r

is

there

an accurate

one

which He

has

preserved

for us

today?

H o w c a n w e

brrorir

the p rope r t im e to

keep Passover, the Feas t

of

Tabernacles

and the o the r

siicred

days ii,birb God

-0

~~nzaitlulerl

or

the C hi i rch?

T a k e

a

look

:it

the c-: i lmd:ir on

y o u r

wall first Isnt

it

o f Chris t ian origin?

His tory answers :

Our

( K o m m z )

calendar is not

Chris t ian in origin. I t d c s c c n d s d i r e d y

f rom the Egyptians ,

who

originated the

1 2 month year, 365 day system.

A

pnyan

Egyptian scientist Sosigenes, suggested

t iis

plan

to

the pagan

Em peror Ju l ius

Caesar, wh o directecl th at

i t go into

effect

th ro i ighout the R o m a n

E m p i r e

in

4

B.C. As adopted

it

indicated

its

p p n

or ig in by the nam cs

of

the iuonths-

ca ll ed a f t e r J m u s , Maia , J u n o , e tc . The

days

were

not nnived

bur

niimbered

o n

ii complicated

systcm

involving Ides,

Non es , and Calends. I t

was

not un t i l

32 I

A D . tha t the s even-day-week fea tu re

W;IS

ndded

when the Em peror Cons tan t ine

.rupposed/J/ adopted Chris t iani ty. Odd-

ly

enough for his weekdays

he

chose

pagan names which are s t i l l used.

F rom Journa l

o f

C;ilend;ir Reform,

Sept.

1953,

foo tno te

p. 138. t1tdir.r

ours.)

Chr i s t t augh t tha t inan shall not l ive

by bread

alone,

but

by

every word

of

G o d ( L u k e 4 : 4 ) .

He

accepted the

wr i t ings

of

Jeremiah as the inspired

word of God-writ ings which contain

the

c o m m a n d

f r o m

God,

Learn nor the

w a y

of the

beathciz Jer. 1 O : Z ) .

Cer-

ta inly Chris t did not

use

this heathen

Roman calendar.

The n wha t i s thc word

o f

God

o n

th i s ques t ion? Wh a t ca lenda r d id Chr i s t

follow?

The first Bible evidence

o f

a Cod

given calendar is found in Genesis

1 14.

T h e run a n d m o o n are for s igns , and

fo r seasons, and for days, and years.

Our

present

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Page

February,

1957

Intern.ittona1 Inagaiine

of

THE CHURCH OF

GOD

mirristering

to

i ts members

scat tered nbroad, and

I

epor t i ) ig 11 cairipus happeriings

l i t

A m h n ~ s a d o rCol lege

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NUMBER 2

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VOL.

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tlerhert

W.

Armstrong

I h i s b e r an d Ed i to r

Herman

L. Hoeh

Exe r r t t i u e

Edi tor

Roderick C. Meredith

Associate Editor

Address communications

t the Editor,

l3ox 1 1 1, Pasadena,

California.

Copyright, February,

1957

By

the Radio Church

of

God

Heart to

Heart Talk

with

the

Editor

H

Sil C l

1i111i

is iniportnnt knowled ge espe-

cially

f o r

n e w

incinbcrs.

T h e

. GOOD

NEWS

i i q p z i n e is excln-

the official publication of

Gods

Tr ue Church in these c los ing days o f

chis world.

T h e

G o o d

N e w s

is sent o d y t o those

recognized as M E M B E R S o f the t rue

Church of God-those in wh om we can

see evidence, by the frui ts borne, that

GOD

has added them

to

H i s C h u r c h .

It

is :I

holy Church which no m an can

jo i n. W e a r e i n d u c t e d i n t o i t b y G o d ,

thru receiving, and being led by, the

Holy Spiri t .

The Plain 7riuth

is,

as i t was from i ts

first issue in February, 1934, the gene ra l

evangel is t ic magazine

of

th i s Church ,

sent freely

to

al l who reques t

i t

fo r

themselves. It is edited for the public-

for

the wor ld . But

it

is edi ted, too, for

G o d s o w n c h i ld r e n , a nd so you will

c o n t i n u e

to

receive

lhc

Plciiii

Truth

each m onth , in add i t ion , now,

to The

Gooil N e w s .

In other words , you whom G o d h a s

made rnenibers

of

[he t rue Body

of

Chris t receive

both

magazines every

month, ins tead

o f

only one

as

formerly.

But radio l is teners are told only about

The

Plain Trzith, and

o n l y T h e Plain

I-rzith

will be riiailed

to

t h e m ~ i n t i lw e

have ev idence tha t G od has added them

to t ha t

consec ra ted , nbed im t ,

f a i t h f u l

inne r c i rc le who have been bap t ized by

t h e H o l y S p i r i t i n t o t h e o n e B o d y of

Chr i s t , the t rue Church

of

G o d .

We

ask you to h e l p

us biwp The G o o d

N e ws exclus ively a paper for real mem-

bers

only . Do NOT

g i v e

or

loan a copy

to

anybody , whe the r f r i ends

or

relatives.

If

they have been m ade m em bers

of

the t rue bego t ten fam i ly

of God,

they

wil l be

on

the l is t and receive their own

copy each month. If not , we ask you nor

to pas s i t on to them .

T h e Plain 7yutb

is

the magazine w e send freely, and w ith-

out charge, to all who reques t i t . But in

7he Good N e w s

we wish to be free to

say things to you, as our inner family

of God s chi ldren, which we canno t say

to

t h e w o r l d. W e w i s h to be free to

feed you, thni

the

c o l u ~ i ~ u s

f

/ he

Good

Nezos.

the t ruly s tron g meat of spir i t -

ua l food which m igh t choke the ca rna l

m inded

or

prove a s tum bl ing b lock to

the unconverted, and those not wholly

yielded

to

O B E D I E N C E

to

G o d .

The Good

N e w s is the medium in

pr in t th ru which

Gods

truly cnlled min-

i st ers F EED T H E F LOCK.

T h e Plaiii

T r u t h

i s the m edium th ru which Gods

cal led minis ters publish the Gospel

o f

t h e K i n g d o m of God

TO

ALL THE

WORLD.

F or the p resen t we sha l l be ab le

to

pr in t

only

8

pages each issue of

The

Good

New.r.

As

God makes possible,

thru the t i thes and offerings of H i s p e o -

p le , we h ope

to

en la rge

The G o o d

Nem

t o 16 pages.

All

this cos ts money, and

we shall do wha teve r God m akes pos -

s ib le th ru our Co-Workers .

Let

11s

b e

gl;td

and re joice in the fact

that there are many loyal Co-Workers

w ho are nor,

as

yet,

so

far as we are able

to

know , actual ly mem bers of Gods ow n

begot ten

f um i l y .

They have

progrcsscd

f a r en o u g h i n t h e T r u t h

to

recognize i t ,

:ind want to have a part in spreading

i t

-but perhap s have not , IS yet, let it

take

f u l l

root in the i r

o\vn

l ives . Month

by mo nth , however,-hundreds every

year-more and mo re of these d o com e

to

fu l l repen tance toward G od , and sur -

render ful ly to Him, accept ing Jesus

Chris t as personal Saviour and as

their

L O RD A N D MASTER : ind HEAD.

A n d

so,

bre th ren ,

1

call on JOLIn Jesus

n a m e

to

PR A Y for a11 these , that G od

wi l l conv ic t them , and th ru His S p i r i t

d r a w t h e m

to

Jesus Chris t , grant them

rcperirarice, and br ing them in to th i s

glorious family

of

G o d

to

becom e our

brothers and s is ters in Chris t .

CALENDAR Christ

Used

(Continzied f r o m page

3

)

n o w w h y

God

com m anded ,

R e n i m d e r

t h e

sabbath

day to keep i t holy. This

special seventh day was added

to

t h e

week the day a f t e r Adm i

and

Eve were

created.

It

w a s m a d e

for them

thus

it

h d

t o

be made

at the t i m e they

were

rrzude-not 2500 years later at the

Exodus.

God had completed the physical crea-

t ion in s ix l i tera l days , then He rested

on the s even th day , and . . . blessed the

seven th day , and

sanctified it

( G e n .

2 : 1, 2 )

.

To

sanct ify means to set

@art

f o r

a

holy m e .

Th is weekly cycle of six days

of

l abor

wi th a s abba th devo ted

to our

spir i tual

needs has never be en los t by God s t rue

Church. This seven day cycle cont inued

m b r o k e n down th rough Chr i st s t im e .

I t was a pa r t

of

the calendar

He

fol lowed

and is a vi ta l part

of

the Chris t ian cal-

endar f or today. For detai led proof th at

the S abba th of Adam , Abraham , Moses

arid Christ

is

k n o w n w i t h

absolute

ce r -

ta inty today, wri te for Mr. Armstrongs

free booklet , Has Tim e Been Los t?

Yes , those who observe the seventh

day

of

the week, called Saturday today,

a re obse rv ing the s am e seven th day

God

rested on, blessed and sanctified

Astronomy gives s

no

basis why the

week should be

a

per iod

of

seven days.

A seven day pe r iod does no t d iv ide even-

ly into

29%

d a y m o n t h ( f r o m n e w

m o o n to n e w m o o n ) ; n e i t h e r d o e s i t

divide evenly into a 565% day year.

No

s igns in the heavens can

be

held account-

able for i ts origin.

THE

E X I S T E N C E OF

OUR

SEVEN DAY

W EEK D EM A N D S

an

E X P L A N A T I O N .

I ts

only sound logical origin is found in the

literal

t w t h

of

the account

of

creation

w e e k f o u n d i n G e n e s i s

1

and 2. T h c

week points definitely

to

a literal seven

day pe r iod in which

God

created our

presen t day l ife fo rm s and bro ught o rde r

o u t of the chaos that had exis ted on the

earth jus t prior

to

this t ime.

O n l y by

CONTINUAL

OBS ER V A N C E

of

the S abba th be tween Adam and Chr i s t

has m an been

KEP T I N THE K N O W L E D G E

of the

correct

beginn ing of th i s s even

day uni t

of

t im e. A n except ion

to

this

was the pe r iod

of

slavery

of

Israel

in

Egypt a f t e r which the da te

to

begin the

week , the m onth and the yea r

were

again

revealed.

S p r i n g B e g i n s t h e S a c r e d Y e a r

W e h a v e f o u n d t h a t t h e n e w d ay b e -

gins jus t as the sun s inks below the

horizon iiml

that the

w eek

b e g i m

with

the sunset FOLLOWING

THE SEVENTH

DAY.

This was t rue in Adam s t im e .

It

was

still

true

over 4000

years later after

Chris ts death when

the

day

after the

Sabbath

was the first day of the week or

S unday (Mat t .

2 8 :1) .


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The GOOD

NEWS

Page 5

But

where

does

the Scriptirrc

give

us

in form a t ion conce rn ing the m onth

and

the yea r? When were they f i r s t m ade

known to m a n ?

The E te rna l God instructed

Israel,

n.hile they were still in Egypt, when

to

begin

a

new year. Why was this neces-

sary? Werent these facts

know n to

the

patriarchs and followed by t h e m ? T h e y

certainly were. The reason for the reis-

su ing

o f

this knowledge is that the de-

scendants

o f

Israel had been in slavery in

Egypt for nearly two centuries after the

death of Joseph and

hnd

lost contact

wi th the t rue God. They had

lost

Gods

incthod of kccpiiig tirile. Only a few

may have retained

a p i r t i d

knowledge

of these things.

To clarify matters for everyone, Cod

hnd t o

reveal i t . Concerning the spring

month of Nisan

o r

Abib , God sa id :

This month shal l be t into you

t h e

h~

ginning of

nionthr:

it

sbirll be the first

mo?rth

of

the

yet^

to

Yotl

(Exodus

1 2 : 2 ) .

The

fir.ri day of thi.1 month-which

OCCLlFS ar the beginn ing

of

spring-then

21m1~1dbe t h e f ; u t day of

the

z e ~ i

e ~ u .

The fi rs t month o f Gods sacred calendar

is not January which l ies in the dead

of

the win te r , bu t ra the r a spr ing m onth

when the ea r th i s b r ing ing fo r th new

l i fe . The

N E W

m o n t h a n d NEW year

B E G I N together ON

THE

S A M E

DAY in

deptuident,

however.

of the uieekiy

C ) C l C > .

It is

interes t ing

t o

note tha t whi le

the practice of

Lcgiiiiiiiig

[he new year

of

the Roman calendar with the f i rs t of

January was begun by Julius Caesar in

4 5

B.C.,

th i s cus tom was no t in t roduced

into Grea t Bri ta in unt i l 1752. Th e col-

onies in America . natural ly fol lowed the

lead o f the m other country. Thus , todays

h i s to ry books record George Washing-

tons bir thday as having been February

2 2 , 1732,

whereas the even t would have

been recorded in the Washington family

Bible

as

F ebrua ry

11,

1731.

By m oving the beg inn ing

of

the year

backward f rom Apri l

to

January, i t was

necessary to have a forward shif t

of

one year

f o r all dates

in

be tween .

T h e

cleven

day

discrepancy was due

to

anothe r change m ade in the Rom an

calendar in Bri ta in a t that same t ime.

These changes

did

not

cflect

the se-

quence

of

the days

o f

the week in any

\VLl).

Evidence

on

t h e M o n t h

The word m onth com es f rom the

Lvord

m oon.

In

H e b r e w t h e w o r d f o r

mm i h when speak ing

of

the calendar

is identical t o tha t

f o r n e w moon

or

moon .

Th e obse rva t ion

o f

this first faint

crescent of the new moon jus t after

sundown wits a lways made from Jeru-

salem.

Word

was then spread to the

suiiuuiidirig

area that

a

new

m o n t h

( o r

m o o n ) was beginning.

GODS

MONTHS begin with the new

moon. Yet because

of

certain special

considerations they

n q

egin

ii d y or

so

later than the as tronomical

new

m oon no ted

on

many of

our

calendars

roday. The observation had

to

be m a d e

from Jerusalem and is s ta ted in Jeru-

salem t ime, not from

the

United

States

and Cent ra l S tanda rd

or

Pacific Standard

T im e . Th e s even

LO

ten

ho:m

difference

in t ime between Jerusalem

;ind

the part

of the United S tates one

lives

in can

m ake ou r own observat ions and e s t im a-

t ions as t o w h e n

we

would I L ~ I I ~ Io h c g A

a

new month somewhat tnis leading.

You

can prove that each mon th begins

wi th the

new innon by

com par ing Num.

28:11 w i t h

I

Chronicles

2 .331 .

In every

instance

T H E S E

M O N T H L Y

O F F E R I N G S

w e r e

made

ON THE

DAY 01: T H E

NEW

Coinpare these scriptures : In the be -

g inn ings

of

your months, ye shall blow

with the t rumpets over your burnt offer-

i n g s ( N u m .

10:

10) . Concern ing one

of

His Holydays , God com m anded , In

the s even th m onth ,

in t h e first day

of

the month, shal l

ye

have

R

sabbath

( r e s t ) , a m em oria l

of

blowing

of

t rumpets , an holy convocation (Lev.

23 :24) .

Then in reference

to

this same

day

P s a l m s 81

:j

sta tcs, Blow up the

t rum pe t i?z the

i i ew

r m o n . in the t ime

appointed, on our solemn feas t day.

These

leave

n o doubt tha t the s t a r t

of

a n e w m o n t h is to be regulated by

the m oon . Each new m onth beg ins wi th

the discovery

of

the crescent

of

a new

moon in the western sky jus t after s u n -

down fo l lowing the 29 th

or

30th day

of a preceding month.

Do

these months coincide with the

m onths of the Romaii calendar which

was a lso in exis tence a t Chris ts t ime

and wi th which He was certainly fa-

miliar? Not a t all. T h e

DATE

O F

THE

N E W MOON

on the Koman calendar

m a y

occur a t

any t i m e of t he m o n t h .

Th e few m om ents requ ired to prove this

to

yourself will

be

profitably spent.

T h e m o n t h s God gave average ap-

proximately

29%

days , whi le the Rom a n

mon ths are c lose

to 30%

days in length.

This difference causes

the

m o n t h s

of

:he

true

calendar

to

begin ,

in general,

oiie

day earlier each

mcceeding

m o n t h

o f

the Roman calendar. Check this for

yourself.

I t is important to recognize that the

days

of

these

God

given m onths s e ldom

coincided with those of the Rom an ca l -

endar . Th e P as sove r ( th e day

on

which

Chris t was crucified) today zuries

f rom

about March

26 to

Apri l

2 2

over a t e n

year period.

On

t h e Sacred Calendar

it is

always N i s a n

14.

W e have now es tab li shed a

D A I L Y

MOON.

CYCLE

that

begins at sr /ndown.

a

W E E K L Y CYCLE that begitis a t sundown

foiloruing

the

Sabbath ( ident ical with

rhe one in c rea tion we ek) ,

a MO NTH T.Y

CYCLE that begiias ziith

t he / i ew m o o n

observed f r o m Jerusalem, and a Y E A R L Y

CYCLE

that

begin.r

in

t h e

spr ing with

the first

day of

the m onth

in which

the

early harvest would take place.

T h e

DAY

MONTH

and

YEAR

are easy

to fol low by watching the

wn

in its

dai ly path, the ruoon in irs phases and

the

seasons as

they progress . The

s ign i

in the heavens were intended for this

purpose. T h e SABBATHs remembered

by its i i v ek l y observ:incc.

A

T h i r t ee n t h M o n t h

In s e t t ing

up

this

calcnclar, suiiie ci i -

vinely des igned complicated re lnt ion-

ships do arise when an a t tempt is made

to

relate the day

to

the m onth

a n d

the

m o n t h

to

the year. For example, the

leng th of t ime between as tronomical

new m oons

is

s l ight ly more than

29E

days.

To

solve this , one calendar mo nth

in general has

30

days , the next

29.

Minor ad jus tm ents f rom th i s pa t t e rn

take care

of

the rema ining fract ion.

In f i t t ing the months into t h e

y ~ i i

more

difficult ies were encountered . The

t i m e

required for the

spring season to

retzmz

each year is approximately

365 4

days. Twelve ILlnar m onths

of

2? /2

days each) make only

354

days.

Unless

something were doize

the beginning of

the calendar year and the t ime of the

~llnt al easts would occur about

11

days

earlier in t h e season

each year. This

could not be a l lowed

for

the feasts

throughout the year have

a

drfinire

rela-

t ionship with the harves ts .

No te Lev .

2 3 :4 ,

These are th e feasts

of

the

LORD

even holy convocations,

which

ye

sliall

proc la im

~ T Zhe ir sertJons.

They could not

be

allowed

to

wander

th rough the s easons a s do da te s on the

Moh amm edan calendar which a lways has

b u t

I 2

luna r months .

T he Passover, for example, had to b e

at t h e t i m e

of

the early grain harves t

f o r the H i g h

Priest

was

to

wave

a

sheaf

of the new gra in c rop

on

the m orrow

after

the S abba th

during

the Feast of

Unleavene d Bread. Keep this ordinance

in

his

season

from year

to

year. (Ex.

1 3 : l O ) No

othe r g ra in cou ld be cu t

unti l the wave sheaf w as offered. (Ch eck

Ex 23:14-17,

Deut . 16:9-16 a n d N u m .

2 8 : 2

also.)

To

keep the m on th in accord wi th

the year, God in tended tha t a

13th

month

h e

dded

in cprtnin yedrs. Seven

t im es in

a

19 year cycle this 1 3th mon th

m us t be added to keep the year in l ine

w i t h the seasons. Then the cycle is re-

peated. Our p r e s c n t year 1956-7

lias

such a 13th m o nth w hich ends a t sunset

April 1. T h e

FIRST DAY

of the new year


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T h e GOOD NEWS

February

1957

w l i g z o u r le er t nf J u d a h a t that time.

Christ kept the same Sabbath that

the

Jews around Him did. He observed the

s i i i m

Holy Days, proving that they had

a correct knowledge of time. ( T h e r e

were heretical Jewish sects, however,

that observed these at the wrong time

due to their misunderstanding of the

Scriptural instructions.

) In

speaking

of

the Scripture , H e accepted the

I a i u e

Scripture which had been entrusted t o

Israel by Moses an d the Prophets. Christ

recognized that in all three points the

house of Judah had carried out its corn-

mission. Do you?

Or

has some other

grou p been used

to

preserve the Hebrew

Scriptures

accurntel~: .

as another group

preserved the knowledge of

he

t rnc

Sabbath? O r can w e t m s t historians for

a rule as to when the Passover s h o u ld

occur?

A r e T h e r e O t h e r F o r m u l a s ?

Some sects disagree with the calendar

which the Jews preserved. These sects

have developed their own formulas for

beginning the

year.

The authoritics

they use are the writers of profane his-

tory.

Some believe the ancient reckoning

o f Passover was fro m th e actual sight of

the new moon

N E A R E ST

the vernal

equinox and cite Josephus,

a

Jewish his-

torian. to indicate that Passover c o ~ ~ l

never be earlier than March 20, or

later than April 19. Yet this same Jose-

phus is quoted in Hastings Bible Dic-

t ionmy

as

saying the

vernal

equinos

March 2

1

always occurred in Nisan.

This means the year began with the

new moon

PRIOR

to March

21

and

t h a t

Passover could be as early as

M a r c h

j

but not later than April 3 .

T h u s o n e w r i t e r q u o t e s J o ~ e p h ~

A n t . 1,X.s) to begin the year with

the new moon

PRIOR

to March 21; an-

other uses the same Josephus to prove

we ought to take the new moon N E A R -

EST the same date; sti l l anothcr source,

t h e

Emyclopaedia Britanizica. ,i.rsem

that the year

ALWAYS

began with the

first new moon AFTER March 21.

W riters of p rofa ne history only con-

tradict themselves. They can not be de-

pended upon to preserve this essential

knowledge. God has

in

no

way

used

them to preserve His Sabbath or Calen-

dar.

Neither the oracles of God nor the

preservation of His t imes were commit-

ted to writers of profane history.

The Jewish nation has preserved the

Scripture, Sabbath and Calendar for us

even though individuals in that nation

lacking guidance from G od have strayed

from the truth on these issues.

Undersranding that God c vmm i ~

riotzed and required His people, the

(P2en.re

continue on page

8 )

WILL COINCIDE WITH APRIL 2 b u t

it

wil l beghz

at

siinsct Apri l 1 rarher than

;it

the moment

o f

midnight.

Confusion o r Order?

Ihe appearance

of

the new moon in

the western sky just after sunset

is

the

upproxirnate beginning

of a

new month.

A keen eyed observer might see this

first

faint sickle

;I

day

e d e r

than his

neighbor. Is he justified in starting the

new month with rhat day while his

neighbor waits t i l l the following eve-

n ing?

Is

O NE MAN A LLOW ED TO ADD A

13TH MONTH TO THE YEAR while HIS

Y E A R

t o

add the correcting mo nth? Tota l

confusion would be the result.

Logic requires that there be some

.eritrlr/ ;iuthority guided in the task of

determining which months are to have

;I

30th

day and which years

a

13th

month. Each

?nun

is not l e f t

f l ee

t o

choose for hinrself.

This

med

for

a

true central anthori-

ty cnncerning

the

calendar is absolute

proof

that such authority existed. Add

the fact that God requires us to keep

His holydays today a nd w e can only co n-

clude that mme .r,vch rzotJJority o n the

c;ilendar exists

f o r as

t o i l q .

God

never

fails to provide man with knowledge

that he must know and c:in not discover

tor Iiiinselt.

The perfect clock of the heavens is

the timepiece given by God to man.

Instructions concerning

its

w e

were

giv-

en after Israel came out of Egypt. They

were only

a repetitioiz

of

curlier

instruc-

tions known

to

.4dam, Noah and Abra-

ham

alike. God told Israel through

Moses the days

to

be observed but did

not leave

it

to the individual to devise

tiis own calendar adding an extra day

to a month

or

month to the year when

it might please him. Certain men were

given an understandin g of the mathe-

matic-a1 principles upon which the cal-

endar was to be based. Their decisions

were

accepted by the nation.

God re-

ieuled to these men a calendar based

o n the

luzus

of mathcrnatics and astron-

omy-the very physical laws Go d set in

motion-A

CALENDAR THAT WOULD

FOLLOW

THE MOVEMENTS

OF

THE

H E A V E N L Y

B O D I E S

far

into

the futzm-

one that would be accurate. Not a

new

calendar, but a inathematical continua-

tion of an original revealed pattern based

o n th e s i p s of the heavens;

a

calendar

that would lead to order and harmony

a m o n g

Gods people in the m atter

of

keeping t ime.

I s the Sac red Ca lend ar Still C o r r e c t ?

W h o

preserved

this calendar down

to the t ime of Chris t? Who preserved i t

from that t ime forward? Has

i t

been

preserved intact down to the present

NEIGkIUORS WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT

d a y ? If

not, then

i n

commanding ts

to

observe H is Sabbath and H is Holy Days,

God

has commanded us to do the im-

possible.

If

Gods calendar is lost, Gods

ioiiiiii:ii~C ~iieiitsn regard to IIis Feast

Days are impossible to keep Bur since

God does not command the impossible,

the calendar is preserved

To whom was this responsibility com-

mi t t ed? The

oracles

of

God

were com-

mitted t o all Israel to be passed on froin

generation to generation. Acts 7:

3s

speaks

of

the Israelites who received

the lively oracles t o g i v e

unto

as.

ORACLESR E

COMMUNICATIONSF R OM

GOD.These were given KO a / / Israel, both

the house

of

Israel and the house of

Judah. The house of Israel went into

captivity, losing her identity and her

knowledge of God. She did not pre-

serve the calendar or the Bible for us.

T h e n w h o d i d ?

The HOUSE OF JUDAH also went inro

captivity over 110 years later in 604

B.C.,

but retained

Rnozuledge o f

her

ident i ty and her God. Recognizing the

fact that she had gone into captivity

for breaking th e Sabbath, Judah became

very strict in its observance adding many

dos and d onts which C hrist ignored

completely.

T h e J e wi sh p e o p b h a ve

been forced to

retain

the knowledge of

11 SrJbbLzth and a crrleizdo which they

howcvcr

refuse

to

follnw

in

truth

Chr i s t Fo l lowed

This

Same Ca lendar

Not ice what Paul asks : What ad-

vantage then hath the Jew? Then he

answers, Much every way: chiefly, be-

cause that anto

t he m u w c conanzitted

the

oracles

of

God

( R o m a n s

3

:

1,2

)

.

T h e JEWS

ALONE WERE L E F T TO

PRE-

SERVE THE SCRIPTURE,

t h e

SABBATH

and the C A L E N D A R . If they did not

f u l -

fill

this God-given commission, Christ

could not have observed Passover, Pente-

cost, the Feast of Trumpets and the

Feast of Tabernacles in their proper

seasons during His boyhood. He could

not have lived a sinless life. Th e autho r-

ity for keeping the calendar was dele-

gated

to

the Jews. If they did not pre-

serve it to this day, then we have no

real basis for calculating and observing

the Holy Days

of

God.

If

the

Jews

did

not

preserue

the

Luw

and the Scriptures, how could Christ

have lived His early life in the knowl-

edge of them?

He accused the Jews

of

laying aside

the commandment

of

G o d ( t o ) h o ld th e

tradition

of

m e n ( M a r k

7:8).

T h e

commands

Jesus

followed were the ones

written in the Law-the Scriptures Judah

was forced

by

God to preserve, yet

Scriptures they refused to believe and

obey.

H e r e is

absolate

proof of JeJzLs

rcc-

ognit ion

of

the rmthoritj, ziested in t h e


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How

to

Observe the Sabbath

H e r e are the answers to those perplexing questions which many of

our recent converts have asked us Should w e prepare meals on the

Sabbath? s i t a violat ion of Gods law to travel, to care for l ive-

s tock ,

or

help others t o harvest

crops

on the Sabbath? Does

G o d

require us to attend Church?

b y Raymond C Cole

ORE T H A N three years have

elapsed s ince we had an art ic le

M on this vi ta l subject .

No

othe r phase

of

Chrisriiin living

presen t i n o r < rons tnn t p rob lem s

than

Sabbath- keeping ince every

WE E K

presen t s us with new s i tuat ions . Yet this

constnnt round

o f

new tr ia ls

is a vitd

par t o f oiir Chr istian growth--a test

t o

p r o v e w h e t he r w e a r e g r o w i n4 s p i r i t u l -

ly

o r s h r i v e l i n g u p a n d d r y i n g

i~wa y

God

ins t i tuted the Sabbnth for a deh-

ni te piri-po.rc.

CXrist declared that

the

SLthhi h

Gix

i u d e f o r M A N . It is intended for the

good

of

;dl

m ankind . And rightly

so,

f o r

the I : t w explicitly tells LIS that it is a day

of rest-a day on which we cease f rom

; i l l

our l abors , and worsh ip God .

It

is

a

holy convocation, c-omm:inderl to be oh-

scryed

t h r o u g h o u t a gener.itions, fo ; . -

ei.er.-for oiir ow n goo d

P r e p a r a t i o n

of

M e a l s

o the r ques t ion conf ron t s o u r

wornen inore than the p rob lem of pre-

paring meals . Unconverted mates nre

ofren involved.

God says in Levit icus 2 3 : 2 - 3 , Con-

cerning the fes t ivals of the

ETERNAL

which ye shal l procla im

to

b e holy co i l -

roc i f iom, even these are my fes t ivals .

S ix days sha ll work be do ne , bu t th e

seventh day is the Sabbath of REST an

H O L Y

CONVOCATION; y e shal l

do NO

W O R K

the re in ; i t

is

the S abba th

of

the

E?I:I


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Page

8

T h e

GOOD

NEWS

February

957

Hc solvcd his problcm by grinding and

setting aside a one-sixth over-supply on

each of the six week-days. When the

Sabbath came he had the days feed al-

ready prepared.

Christ implied that if a sheep, ox, or

:in ass falls into a pit on the Sabbath, it

is right to

l i f t

it out. (L u k e 1 4 :5 . )

But

-Sabbath cniergency is a gen uine

I ~ M I ~ R G E N C I ,

ot

an

cxciise to break the

Sabbnth.

I f o ly mater id

iliities

begin t o

reclitrc t h c m itad pi/ the k i? igdo t i~of

S h o u l d

W e

At t e n d C h u rch

o n t h e S a b b a t h ?

Let us turn back to Leviticus 2 3 : 2 for

just

a

moment. Six days shall work be

done but the seventh day is the sabbath

of rest, an

holy

conimocatian.

A

convo-

cation is an act of calling o r assembling

6y

sammons an assembly

o r

meeting of

persons convoked. Thus, the Sabbath is

a

t ime when

G o d

summons

or

c o m -

nLands His people

to assemble together.

A summons for convocation

is

not a

call pleading you to come i yo? wish.

It is

a cornmand

f r o m

God

for you to

be assembled before Him on the Sab-

bath.

Many

o f y o u are

alone in

a com-

munity

of

unbelievers and

cu izmt

as-

semble

with true

brethren.

God realizes

the circumstance which prevents your

meeting with the brethren. But God has

not left you without fellowship

in

that

H e has the message come by The WORLD

roMORROw broadcast-not only into

J O W

home

every nig ht, but also into the

homes

of

thousands of

others.

Indirectly

then,

y o n lire in the lmgeJ t religious f e l -

lowship.

gathered to hear

Gods

word.

~ C ~ ~ L I C Cit1 S,lbbdtb ob.rerzrt lcc. t b c ?jPtfSt

God first.

D o i n g Good o n t h e S ab b a t h

Is

i t

lawful

to

d o good on the Sab-

bath?-healing and visiting th e sick,

helping the widows and fatherless,

or

visiting the oppressed ? Christ was asked

this question by th e Pharisees. H e an-

swered them very curtly, saying, It is

lawful to do well on the Sabbath.

(M a t t .

12-12.)

Jesus did these things

on the Sabbath. Again, Christ in Luke

6 : 9 ,

accused the Pharisees

of

autoinat-

i d l y

destroying life or doing evil 63

not doing good

on the Seventh Day.

Thus, a Sabbath duty

whcrc pos.riblc

is

to entreat others kindly.

But

w e

inust not visit rhe unconverted

on

the Sabbath merely

to

have wordly

fellowship. Useless gossip inevitably

ensues.

Many times the Pharisees and Sad-

ducees accused Jesus of breaking the

Sabbath. He never broke i t , but de-

nnuncrd

the t radi t ions

of

the

elders.

These trnditions began after the time of

Ezra and Nchemiah. T he Jewish Rabbis

had legislated many regulations for the

obscrvancc

of

thc Sabbath.

Thcy had

been forced into captivity once because

of

profaning Gods annual festivals. As

a result, they were determined not to let

this happen again. Due to the conditions

exist ing among the Jews in His t ime,

Christ devoted a great part of H is earth-

ly ministry

to

showing the intended pur -

pose of the Sabbath by liberating it from

h~?iznn

estrictions.

P leasures on th e Sabbath

Is the Sabbath a day of darkness and

gloom? Or, is it a day

of

delight, happi-

ness, and godly pleasure?

We

are

to

honor God

on

that Day.

Our own carnal ways are to be repressed

on

the Sabbath

as

one very day. Pleasures,

such as going

to

a baseball gam e, football

game or going for an automobile ride,

are not to be done on the Sabbath. It

was created a day

on

which God is to be

foremost in ou r minds-doing service

which is an honor to Him. Our conver-

sation is

to

be

of

a godly nature, not

of

the matters

of

livelihood

or

business.

Read Isa. 58:1 3 - 1 4 .

The Sabbath is, then,

a

day of utmost

joy and happiness--enjoying already-

prepared meals, reading and studying

the Bible, the magazines and booklets,

listening

to

T h e

WORLD

TOMORROW

program, visiting the needy,

if

possible,

and

p a y i n g .

In conciusion, ler

us

say as David did:

Oh how love I thy law It is my medi-

tation all the day.

.

. . I

have refrained

my feet from every evil way, that

I

might keep thy word.

. . .

For thou hast

taught me.

. . .

Therefore I hate every

false way.

In a coming issue will be answered

such questions as duties

of

the Sabbath,

instrzcting children

and many other spe-

cial problems.

CALENDAR

(Continu ed front page 6 )

Jews, to keep the calendar intact, we

have left only the problem of transfer-

ring the dates from the true calendar of

God to the present day Roman calendar.

(Caution, do not accept the Jewish

dates for Passover or Pentecost

as

the

Jews have departed from the

Biblical

i n s t r i d o f i s as to when these days must

be observed.)

How to T ran s fe r t h e Da t e s

Lacking a Jewish calendar, or wishing

perhaps to know the dates for coming

years one may use a somewhat more

difficult method. The dates for the

Feast of Trumpets

for

the coming years

are

given in

lY/ebsteds New

Collegiate

Dictiondry.

This feast occurs on the 1st

day of the 7th month and the rest of

the holydays in the year are quite easily

determiiird fruiri

ilie

dare of

chis feast.

Let us calculate this years holydays.

From Websters Dictionary we find that

the Feast

of

Trumpets is Sept.

26.

This

is

the first day

of Gods

seventh month.

Nex t

let

us find the first day of the

firs t month. RULE

ONE:

Ge t the date of

the Feast

of

Trumpets from

a

reliable

source. RLJLETWO: The Feast is the

177th day after the first day of the year.

(Three months

o f

27 days and three

months

of 30.) You wi l l

find thar April

2 is the first day of the sacred year.

R U L E HREE:

The Passover day is the

thirteenth day after the first day of the

year. Th is brings us to Monday April

15.

(Caution,

all

these days begin the pre-

ceding evening.) The Passover service

then should he held S?An*liry euening,

Apr i l

14

shortly

after

sunset,

which is

the beginning of the 14th day of Go d s

first month. T he seven days of U n-

leavened Bread arc April

16

through

April 22.

RU LE FOUR: T he day of th e wave

sheaf offering falls on the first day of

the week

(or

Sunday) fol lowing the

only weekly Sabbath (Saturday) during

Feast

of

Unleavened Bread. The date of

the wave sheaf offering

is

April 21.

Tho ugh th ere is no observance of this

day it is of utmost importance in figur-

ing Pentecost.

RULEFIVE: Pentecust

(mcan ing

comzr

f i f t y )

is the fiftieth day

after

the day of

the wave sheaf offering. This feast will

be on Monday, June

10

this year.

Fa l l Feas t Day s

The

N E X T Holy

Day, the Feast

of

Trumpets , we found from

t h e diction-

ary to be Sept.

26 or

the first day of

Gods seventh month. FOLL OW ING

HIS,

on the tenth day of this seventh month

therc shall be a day

of

atoriemeiit

(Lev.

2 3 : 2 7 ) .

Th e tenth day of the

month, which is nine days after Sept.

26

brings

us

Oct. 5 the

D a y

of Atone-

ment, the fast day.

THEN,

Th e fifteenth day of this sev-

enth month shall be the feast of taber-

nacles for seven days unto

t h e

LORD

(verse 3 4 ) . The fourteenth day after

Sept.

26

brings us to Oct.

10

(sunset

Oct . 7 ) , the fi rs t day

of

this Feast. It

will

continuc seven days,

Oct. 10

thrucigh

16,

and the eighth day, Oct.

17,

is the

high day following the Feast.

How very clear

i t

is that God

has

provided mankind with His holy Calen-

dar. H e preserved that Calendar through

the Jewish people. Through them God

has

given you His Sacred Calendar

so

you would be able to observe the days

H e commands.

The dates for the Holy Days for this

year arc included

in

the calendar WK

publish and which we will soon send

to

all

members on The GOOD

NEW

list.

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