NEW MOON REPORT
Nehemiah Gordon from Jerusalem, Israel compiled the
following New Moon Report for the months of May and June 2013 and the
beginnings of the Third Month and Fourth Month on the Biblical Calendar.
May - “On Saturday May 11, 2013 the new moon was sighted from
Israel. The moon was first sighted
from Kefar Eldad by Yoel Halevi at 7:29pm; from Ramat Hashayarot
by David Cachicas at 7:31pm; from Jerusalem by Willie Ondricek at 7:34pm; from
another location in Jerusalem by Devorah Levine at 7:39pm; from Ezuz by Armando Varela and Briana Varela at 7:41pm; from
the Beth Shean valley by Victor Marquis at 7:43pm.”
Yoel Halevi's photo of the new moon from Kefar Eldad is posted
at:
https://www.facebook.com/NehemiaGordon
June – “The new moon of the fourth Biblical month has been sighted
in Israel!
David Cachicas
and his daughter sighted the moon in the Old City of Jerusalem at 7:35; Yoel Halevi sighted the moon at
7:43 from Talpiot, another location in Jerusalem and
posted a picture here:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518329038222603&set=a.291190204269822.77635.277694812286028&type=1&theater
Willie Ondricek heard the shofars blowing from the Old City at
7:36 but did not actually sight it until about 8:40 from another location in
Jerusalem.”
Photos of the new moon
from Jerusalem are also posted at:
https://www.facebook.com/NehemiaGordon
The
next New Moon is expected to be visible from Jerusalem, Israel near sunset on
July 9, 2013 when the moon will be 1.88% illuminated and 5.440 above
the horizon at five minutes past sunset.
I
finally figured out how to us my laptop to write the newsletters. It is a great help and it is much less
painful to write sitting in my recliner, especially when I have flare-ups in my
physical condition, which occur more frequently in summer months when the
temperature soars. Thank you for all of
your support, patience, understanding and prayers.
DANCE OF PLANETS
In
late May there was a nice display of planetary massings and conjunctions in the
Sign and constellation Taurus.
Chart 610 shows Venus
and Mercury close to conjunction
between the horns of Taurus as seen
from Jerusalem about 30 minutes past sunset on May 24, 2013. Jupiter
is nearby and Mars is in the body of
the bull.
Chart 610 – Venus and Mercury very near conjunction as
seen from Jerusalem about 30 minutes past sunset on May 24, 2013.
Chart 611 shows a close triangular massing of the Jupiter, Venus and Mercury as seen from Jerusalem in the early evening of May 26,
2013.
Chart 611 – Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in a close
triangular massing as seen from Jerusalem about 30 minutes after sunset on May
26, 2013.
The
simulation below shows the close massing of the planets Jupiter (Zedek), Venus (Nogah) and Mercury (Catab) in the Sign and constellation Taurus at 30 minutes after sunset on May 27, 2013 as seen from the
eastern United States.
Jupiter (Zedek) can represent either Yehovah or Messiah the High
Priest after the order of Melchizedek. Venus
(Nogah) is the Bright and Morning Star and represents Yahshuah. Mercury (Catab) represents Gabriel the
messenger archangel.
The
main theme for the Sign Taurus is Messiah, the coming Judge of all the earth. This reem is a fit portrayal of the coming
judge. Joseph A. Seiss writes the
following of him in his Gospel in the
Stars (1882).
“It
has long been a question what animal is meant by the Reem, which is so often referred to in the ancient Scriptures, and
which translators have generally called the unicorn. But modern research and discovery have served
to clear up the subject in a manner entirely satisfactory. The reem is not a one-horned creature, like
the rhinoceros, as has generally been supposed, but a pure animal of the ox
kind, though wild, untamable, fierce, and terrible. Two passages prove that it was a great
two-horned and mighty creature, now, so far as known, entirely extinct, but
once common in North-western Asia, Assyria, and Middle Europe. Remains of it have of late years been
discovered in the north of Palestine, and Caesar, in the account of his wars,
describes it as being hunted in the Hercynian forest in his day. It was known as the primeval ox, or wild
bull, different altogether from the bison or the great antelope, sometimes
taken for it. It was a formidable
animal, “scarcely less than the elephant in size, but in nature, color, and
form a true ox.” Its strength and speed
were very great, and it was so fierce that it did not
spare man or beast wen it caught sight of them.
It was wholly intractable, and could not be habituated to man, no matter
how young it was taken. This fact is set
out in the book of Job (39:9-12), where it is said: “Will the reem be willing to serve thee, or
abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the reem with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after
thee? Wilt thou trust him because his
strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy
labor to him? Wilt thou believe him that
he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?”
This
animal was particularly distinguished for its great, outspread, sharp, and
irresistible horns, to which the horns of ordinary oxen were not to be
compared. Hence Caesar says, when a
hunter succeeded in killing one, pitfalls being the chief means of capture, he
made a public exhibition of the horns as the trophies of his success, and was
the wonder and praise of all who beheld.
Joseph (Deut. 33:17), in his superiority of power, is likened to the reem, of his two sons, Ephraim and
Manasseh, were the two great horns which were to push the people to the ends of
the earth. And to this mighty,
untamable, and invincible primeval ox the Messiah compares himself in
connection with the great judgment upon the wicked world; for then His horn
shall be exalted like the horn of the reem.
Toward His Church He is the Lamb, but toward the unsanctified world He
finally becomes the terrible reem.” (My note: In the constellation pictures of
Aries and Taurus, the reem is shown coming out of the lamb). See the
November 2009 issue of Biblical Astronomy for a good picture of Taurus, where it is the feature
constellation shown on the last three pages.
The following is an excerpt from that article.
In
mythology this bull was always accounted snow-white, the color of
righteousness and royal judgment.
The
reem in this constellation picture represents Messiah
coming to the earth in royal judgment and pouring forth his wrath on his
enemies. The color of the reem’s hair
has always been accounted snow-white.
The star Aldebaran in the left eye of the reem is a bright flaming
red giant star. The star cluster the
Pleiades in the shoulder of the reem was in ancient times known as the seven stars, and have been connected
to the seven stars that represent the seven angels of the seven congregations
of Revelation 1:16, 20. The following
scriptures describe how Messiah appeared to John just prior to Messiah passing
judgment on Earth.
Revelation
1:12-14, 16, 20 (KJV) – “And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden
candlesticks: And in the midst of the
seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment
down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and His Hairs were white
like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of
fire… and He had in His right hand seven stars… The mystery of the
seven stars which though sawest in My right hand, and
the seven golden candlesticks. The seven
stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which
thou sawest are the seven churches.”
This
was the description that John gave of Messiah, the coming Judge of all
the earth, which is also seen in part in this constellation sign. The bull is seen springing forth from Aries
the ram, which represents Messiah the Lamb who was slain as a propitiation
for our sins and whose blood has saved us from the wrath to come and has
redeemed us to God by that blood and by it is also found worthy to open the
book and to loose the seven seals thereof in Revelation 5:1-14 and following.
The
top horn in this constellation picture is seen piercing a foot. The bright star at the end of that horn is El
Nath, which means wounded or slain. The foot that the horn is piercing belongs to
Auriga, the Great shepherd. This
is a picture of Messiah taking the wrath of God that is meant for his enemies
upon himself for those who believe in him and are born from above. For those who are saved through and by his
name. For those who have confessed and
believed Romans 10:9, 10. For all who are in the body of Messiah,
are no longer His enemies and we are no longer appointed to the wrath to come
(I Thessalonians 1:10 and 5:9). Praise
Yahweh and Praise Yahshuah!!!
Chart 612 shows Jupiter and Mercury in conjunction in the
constellation Taurus at the actual
time when they came into conjunction.
Chart 612 – Jupiter
and Mercury in conjunction at 12:36 pm Jerusalem Daylight Savings Time on May
27.
Chart
613 shows Jupiter and Venus in
conjunction in the early evening of May 28, 2012 as seen from Jerusalem in the
early evening sky. This is the last in a
series of conjunctions in Taurus in May and June 2013. The planet Mars (Adom)
was in Taurus throughout all of the massings and
conjunctions of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in May and June. The planet Mars represents Michael the
warrior archangel. It can also represent
blood and war, or, the atoning blood of Messiah.
Chart 613 – Jupiter and Venus close to conjunction as
seen from Jerusalem about 30 minutes past sunset on May 28, 2013.
Chart
614 shows a conjunction of Venus and
Mercury on June 20, 2013.
Chart 614 – Venus
and Mercury in conjunction in the constellation Gemini on June 20, 2013 as seen
in Ecliptic Mode.
The
main theme of the Sign and constellation Gemini is Messiah’s reign as
Prince of Peace. There are a number of
portrayals for Gemini, including, Messiah with his bride, Yahweh with Yahshuah
seated next to him, and the two-fold nature of Messiah, coming the first time
to labor and present himself as a sacrifice, and coming the second time to
defeat the adversary and begin His Millennial reign on Earth.
These
were very unique massings and alignments, particularly the events in latter
May. These types of events occur a bout
every five or so years. Some are more
elaborate in nature. Here we had the
massings and conjunctions of three planets.
The last time these type of events occurred, there were four planets
involved. That is a more
rare event. And the rarest of
such events is when all five bright planets are involved, such as will happen
during the fall feasts in 2040. When
such events occur of feast dates they are even more spectacular.
Many
of the times when certain prophecies unfold on Earth, such events occur in the
heavens in the Signs and constellations representing such events. But, not every time that such events occur,
do certain Biblical events occur on earth.
At times such events serve as memorials to times past. Though there is also the possibility that
they occur preceding certain events that are to occur on Earth. I still get excited when such events occur
and wait to see what happens. They are
also a neat sight to behold. They also
serve in giving hope to the soon return of Messiah. He is on schedule and there is nothing anyone
except His father can do to change that schedule. We are asked to have patience in such
matters. If nothing else, let these
signs serve as hope of things to shortly come to pass.
I
do plan on going ahead with the newsletter for at least another year. I will endeavor to get the newsletters out in
a more timely fashion, but at times there is nothing I can do to make things go
faster. As I mentioned in the last
newsletter, I will be doing the newsletters on a bi-monthly schedule, at least
for the upcoming year. I do not blame
you if you do not wish to continue receiving the newsletters. It has been a pretty rough year. Though I do look forward to serving whoever
wants to subscribe in the upcoming year.
Thank you all for your support and patience.
