NEW MOON REPORT
Nehemia Gordon from Jerusalem, Israel compiled the
following New Moon Report for the month of February 2011 and the beginnings of
the Twelfth Biblical Month in the Biblical Year 5971 (from the creation of
Adam).
“On Friday February 4, 2011 we didn't see the moon
from Jerusalem because of rain and clouds. However it was 30 days since the
last sighting and hence new moon day by default (a lunar month can't be more
than 30 days long).”
The next New Moon is expected to be visible from
Jerusalem near sunset on March 6, 2011 when the moon will be 2.8% illuminated
and 17.530 above the horizon
at 5 minutes past sunset. This will most
likely be the beginning of the 13th Biblical Month, unless by some
miracle the barley becomes Aviv by March 6.
The first day of the month of the Aviv (the first
month of the new Biblical year) will most likely occur near sunset on April 4th
this year. The first month of the Civil
and also the Biblical Prophetic Calendar (the 6,000 year countdown which
started when Adam fell from grace seven years after he was created, will most
likely occur near sunset on September 29, 2011.
Most ancient civilizations started their year in the
autumn, as did the early Patriarchs.
According to Scripture, the years of Jubilees begin in the autumn (Day
of Atonement) of one year and end in the autumn of the next year every 50
years. It was not until the time of the
Exodus that Yahweh made the month of the Aviv the first month on the Hebrew calendar
(Ex. 12:1,2).
There has been much debate over the centuries over
what time of the year Adam was created.
I believe that he was created in the autumn. It was in the autumn that the beginning of
each year began in most ancient civilizations as well as with the early
Patriarchs. It is also in Jewish
tradition and according to ancient historians and Jewish Sages that Adam was
created in the autumn. I believe that
Adam also sinned and fell from grace in the autumn, seven years after he was
created. It is from this time that
started the prophecy of Genesis 3:15, when Adam and the rest of mankind needed
a savior to redeem them back to Yahweh.
Yahweh is righteous and does things according to His justice and
law. It is suggested in various places
in Scripture that in this salvation plan, after Messiah would pay the price for
our redemption, the earth and creation would be redeemed 6,000 years after the
fall of Adam, when he pretty much sold himself and the rest of creation to the
Devil. Actually we are redeemed the
moment we accept Yahshuah (Jesus) as our Messiah and are born of His
spirit. But the world still belongs to
the god of this world, the Devil, until the 6,000 years are up and the title
deed to the earth is transferred back to the Seed of Abraham. The price was paid, the required time will
have passed, and there is nothing the Devil can do to stop it.
It is similar to when someone sold themselves into
slavery during early Biblical times.
Deut. 15:12 – If your brother, a Hebrew man,
or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh
year you shall let him go free from you.
Though in this case it is after six millennia (a day
is as 1,000 years) that mankind is set free.
Since Adam, by his free will, sold himself and the rest of mankind into
slavery, Yahweh will righteously and by His perfect law totally redeem
creation. The Devil will have no claim
on mankind or the earth when his “lease” is up.
Now it was when Adam fell that he sold creation out
to the Devil. That is when the six years
(millennium) of “servitude” began. The
seventh millennium from the fall of Adam will begin in the autumn of 2047.
I believe that Adam was created in the autumn of
3961 B.C. We are now in the year 5971
since his creation. The year 6001 from
his creation will begin on September 8, 2040, when the Last Shabuah (7 years)
will begin, and will end in the autumn of 2047, which I believe will be a
Jubilee year. (Check out your Scriptures
to see what happens in a Jubilee year.
This upcoming Jubilee year will be the Grand Jubilee year of all time
thus far).
There is very little in astronomical signs in
February. The highlight for the month
is the bright shinning planet Nogah (Venus) next to a bright crescent moon in
the early morning sky about an hour before sunrise on February 28. The simulation below from Astronomy.com shows
the event. The moon and Venus will be in
the constellation Sagittarius during this event.
The theme of the Sign Sagittarius is The
Redeemer’s triumph. See the July
2006 issue of Biblical Astronomy where Sagittarius was the feature
constellation for more info on this Sign.
There is not much in signs for February, March and
most of April. There is one planetary
conjunction in March and one in April. I
will be covering those in the respective newsletters.
I was really
down for the count but managed to crawl back up and I am doing much better
now. In case I do not have the March
newsletter finished by next week, Jupiter and Mercury will come into
conjunction and seen in the early evening sky on March 16, in the constellation
Pisces. This event may be difficult to
see with the unaided eye since the planets will be fairly close to the sun at
the time of conjunction. There will be
more on this and a chart in the March newsletter.
Things will start to heat up (astronomically
speaking in late April. Four planets
will be getting ready for the Grand Ball in May when there will be five
planetary conjunctions and a number of planetary massings. Until then, I will be writing of historical
events that I have had questions on of late, particularly what events occurred
in 1948 when Israel gained its independence and became a nation again on the
world stage, and the events that occurred in World War II. I will write on the events of 1947/1948 in
this issue, and the latter in the March 2011 issue.
ISRAEL
GAINS IT INDEPENDENCE
Israel was recognized as a nation by the United
Nations and gained its independence on May 14, 1948. Of course, Yahweh recognized Israel as a
nation long before the United Nations came into existence. The United Nations began the process of recognizing
Israel as a nation in the autumn of 1947.
I believe that the autumn of 1947 through the autumn of 1948 was a
Jubilee year, and the Biblical year 5908 from the creation of Adam, and the
year 5901 from the fall of Adam.
It happens that there were no major celestial signs
during that year, bar a few conjunctions and a slightly partial lunar eclipse
that occurred on Aviv 14 or the Passover in 1948 (according to the Jewish
Talmudic calendar. If the barley were aviv
at its normal season, then Passover that year would have been on March 26. This was a prelude to a series of eclipses
that produced four total eclipses in 1949 and 1950, all on the Passover or
Tabernacles of each year. The eclipse on
April 23, 1948 was mostly a penumbral eclipse and hardly noticeable, even to an
expert observer. I would not count that
particular eclipse as a great sign, but the four that followed in the next two
years were great signs and all but the eclipse on the Passover of 1950 were
visible from Jerusalem.
Chart 547 shows the position of the moon in the constellation Bethulah
(Virgo) at the time of the eclipse as seen from Jerusalem. Again, this would not easily be seen from
Jerusalem and only a partial penumbral shadow would be seen shortly after the
moon rose above the horizon. Most of the
eclipse occurred when the moon was yet below the horizon as seen from
Jerusalem.
Chart 547 – The Moon in Bethulah at the time of the penumbral eclipse on April 23, 1948
The three most notable conjunctions were a Jupiter
and Venus conjunction in Virgo on November 9, 1947; a Mars and Saturn
conjunction in Leo on November 12 1947; and a Venus and Saturn conjunction in
Leo on October 8, 1948.
Chart 548 shows the brightest conjunction of the above three,
which was the Jupiter and Venus conjunction in Virgo on November 9, 1947. These are not great signs, but I am listing
them here for the record for any future inquiries.
Chart 548 – Jupiter and Venus in conjunction on November 9, 1947
There were no conjunctions or any other celestial
event of significance on May 14, 1948.
However, if the barley was aviv for the new moon of March 12, 1948
(first crescent), then Passover would have been shortly after sunset on March
26 and Shavuot would have been on First Day (Sunday) May 16th according to the
Biblical calendar. But interestingly,
Shavuot fell on Friday May 14th according to the Hebrew calendar
(adjusting for Aviv starting in March).
According to the Hebrew Mode on my Calmaster 2000 program, Shavuot was
on May 14th, but in the Jewish Talmudic mode, was on June 13th,
since it started Aviv in April.
At any rate, the independence of Israel occurred
near Shavuot (50th day in the counting of the Omar) in a Jubilee
Year (50th year), if the barley was Aviv by March 12 that year,
which is highly likely.
This is something to ponder on.
Yahweh bless you richly and watch over
you.
