Psalm 19

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

The heavens declare the glory of Elohim; and the firmament (spread) shows his handiwork.

2 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

4 Their measuring line (line) is gone out through all the eretz (earth), and their words to the border (end) of the tevel (world).  In them has he set a home (tabernacle) for the sun,

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chuppah (wedding canopy), and rejoices as a strong man to guard a path.

6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his tekufah (circuit) unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

 

Just to make sure we're on the same page, the EARTH revolves around the sun**, the earth is the center of our solar system. One should also bear in mind that in Hebrew, Shemesh (sun) is a feminine term, and David is waxing poetic here, so to use this verse to build a doctrinal case for equinox reckoning is erroneous and rather pathetic.

 

And Elohim said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, seasons, days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth."  And it was so. Elohim made two great lights the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. Elohim set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day. B'resheet/Genesis 1:14-19

 

Another component to the equation is, if the sun governs the day, and the moon governs the night, then what do the stars govern?

 

     They fought from heaven; the stars in their paths fought against Sisera. Judges 5:20

 

     Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the private chambers of the south.  Job 9:9

 

     "Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades?  Can you loose the cords of Orion?  Can you bring forth the wheel of stars into its seasons and stand in the path of Ayish/Iyutha (Aldeberan) and her satellites (Hyades). Do you know the laws of the heavens and can you establish their rule over the earth?  Have you given wisdom to the Lance Star (Antares) or intelligence to the Bow Star?"  Job 38:31-33, 36 

 

Compare the literal Hebrew Aramaic translation above, with the KJV below.

 

     "Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?  Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?  36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?  Job 38:31-33, 36

 

     He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.  Psalms 147:4

 

    Thus says YHWH, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the chuqqah (statutes) of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar;  Jeremiah 31:35

 

     You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: YHWH is his name."  Amos 5:7-8

 

     And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;  Luke 21:25

 

     Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him... When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star , which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. Matthew 2:2, 9, 10.

 

     The stars were also included as reference points for timing special events however we know that once the beginning of the year is determined, the rest of the Moedim fall into place based on the sightings of the new moons (months).  YHWH says that Firstfruits offering at Shavout comes 50 days after the barley offering during Feast of Unleavened Bread.  YHWH says a wave offering is to be given, from new barley, but no equinox observations are noted in Scripture, but obviously it takes heat from the sun to grow barley, no sun, no ripe barley.

 

Unlike the Moslem calendar which can fall back into the winter months, the Torah calendar can never, even a child understands that barley doesn't ripen in snow covered fields.  The seventh month (Tishri) begins with the Feast day of Yom Teruah (Rosh haShana), once the new moon is sighted, therefore the only month that is in question is Abib, because the rest of the year is obviously based on it.

 

      On March 18, 2007 several witnesses provided barley reports throughout Israel as follows:

 

"Small fields of Aviv were found near Ein Mabua in Wadi Qelt, about 16km from Jerusalem. In two random samplings from Ein Mabua 70% and 90% of the barley were Aviv.  A small plot of Aviv barley was found near Na'omi Junction; some of the stalks were riper than Aviv.  Many fields of Aviv barley were found in the central Jordan valley several kilometers north of Marj a-Naga; the fields of Aviv stretched for several kilometers. In two random samplings from north of Marj a-Naja 80% and 100% of the barley was Aviv or riper than Aviv."

 

     The barley is ripened well in preparation for Yom haBikkurim.  The new moon is sighted on March 20th at about 6 pm.  The spring equinox happens on March 21st at (3:00 am) Jerusalem time, but what happens when the barley is ripened and the new Moon for Pesach occurs before the Equinox?  Well, there is a group of people who suggest that the moon must be sighted AFTER the equinox!?!  These people are observing Pesach one month later, the irony of it that this will push their celebration of Succoth right into early November!!!  This is foolishness, but, they are ardent followers of equinoxy theology, they follow the authority of the equinox and bread division within the body of Mashiyach.

 

     The equinox was and is a big deal for sun worshippers, which is how Christo-Paganism's Ishtar (Easter) celebration occurs on the first Sun-Day after the spring equinox.  Hipparcus in 129 BC, is credited for "discovering" the equinox, but this seems bogus to me, because Tammuz day (Christmas) is a pagan festival based on the winter solstice, and if the pagans knew about the solstice, they would surely have also been observing the equinoxes.

 

     The vernal (spring) equinox happens when the path of the sun is coming your way over the equator, so while we are enjoying the onset of warmer weather in the north, those south of the equator have an autumnal equinox and are headed for winter.  So let's say one believer lives in Australia and one in Canada and they are celebrating the Feasts of YHWH, both Torah observant, both want to observe Yom haBikkurim, both are looking for the equinox before they celebrate.  All things being equal they will be 6 months out of sync with each other.  Because the period between the 1st month and the 7th month is calculated by the sightings of the moon, and barley, wheat and the ingathering are all required to observe the Feasts and fulfill Torah.  If the vernal equinox must be "observed" by all believers, then you could celebrate all the Feasts of YHWH twice a year, by bouncing back and forth between the North and South hemispheres, that is, if you could afford the time and plane fares.

 

     YHWH designated Jerusalem, Israel as the location from which universal Biblical time is established, and the rest of the world either follows suit, or makes up their own man made feast schedules.  Jerusalem is the City of the King, yes it's now under siege of the one world government and all form of darkness and paganism, but don't worry, Mashiyach ben David is going to take care of this.  In the meantime we must look to his government.  Mashiyach is returning to Jerusalem, it doesn't appear as he'll be doing a stopover in New York, London, Vancouver, Cape Town or Sydney.