abolished (Mat.17:17) is a liar and the truth is not in Him. “Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time” (Num. 9:2). Yahweh appointed the time, not Moses. Yahshua says, “I have kept My father’s commandments and abide in His love (John 15:10). Do you? The Father says, “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.”(Deut.12:32) Yahshua never kept Communion or so-called Lord Supper or the erroneous Eucharist, but Passover. Read the Four Evangels. But many, laying aside the commandments of Yahweh, prefer to hold the tradition of men (Mark 7:8),throwing their loyalty behind ignorant religious leaders who cannot understand. All documents from the Catholic Church, all historians, and biblical scholars, testify that early believers, up to the seventh century, continued to keep the apostolic tradition. But the law was abrogated by the Western Church and Constantine in the years 313 and 325.
Our Passover is the first day of Seven Days of Unleavened Bread. The Days of Unleavened Bread symbolize our coming out of Egypt, staying away from sin (leaven), putting off pride, embracing humility and purification. For seven days we dedicate ourselves to Yahweh. We show our sincerity to follow Yahshua, 1 Cor.5: 6-7.
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The Date of Passover for Lunar Year 2005 -2006
There are many Messianic Believers who are keeping Pesach on April 24, 2005, instead of the Torah-calculated date of March 24 at twilight, because they are following the Jewish-Fixed Calendar by Rabbinical Judaism. They are gravely and greatly mistaken. And again and again, as it happened to them in the past years, they will be celebrating the rest of the Set-Apart Feast Days of Yahweh in the wrong months and on the wrong dates and days.
I am here to tell you that you were not called to be a Judaist and to follow the errors and blindness of those who swear to remain in conformity with Rabbinical Judaism in order to be accepted by those whom they perceive or were taught to represent all this or that. Rabbinical Judaism is led by a spirit of lie, for the dark veil falls only in Yahshua. Period. Their Rabbis and Doctors of Law deny Yahshua Ha Mashiach, our Savior, the Light of the world, so what wisdom or true knowledge do they have? The Ruach plainly says that the spirit that does not confess that Yahshua has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. It is the spirit of the Anti-Messiah, 1 Yohanan 4: 1-3. Those who have the Ruach testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world, 1 Yohanan 4: 14.
“All too well the Rabbis have rejected the commandment of Elohim, that they may keep their own tradition,” Mark 7: 8-9. This is why Rabbinical Judaism celebrates their Shavu’ot on any day of the week, whereas the Torah fixes it on a Sunday (the day after a weekly Sabbath).
For those who are Messianic Hebrews, called to follow Yahshua –the Light, the only Light–, Passover is on March 24 after sunset (at twilight). The following daylight time, March 25, 2005, is the first day of Unleavened Bread. There are seven days of Unleavened Bread running from the 25th through the 31st of March, inclusively, Exodus (Shemoth) 12.
The pretext that this lunar year, 2004-2005, is a leap year, i.e. a 13-month year, is false. Totally false. In fact there is no command in the Torah about any 13 months or leap year. The reason why we have to add an additional month to the outgoing year is because the cycle of the Moon always fall behind the cycle or number of days of the Sun by 10 days, each year. Thus every three years 30 days are added to the Lunar Year to keep it in line with the solar season, for it is the Sun that regulates the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter). And, also, the date of Passover is based on barley harvest in Israel. Such harvest is not done in Winter, a dead season, but in the Spring.
Another thing to keep in mind: the Feast of Passover cannot be kept before the Spring Equinox. Therefore, if the Full Moon of March falls before the Spring Equinox (a day when the daylight is equaled to the night), we have to postpone the celebration of Pesach for the next month. For this Lunar Year, 2005 – 2006, however, the Full Moon is on March 25, 2005. Consequently, Passover is kept on March 24 (Nisan 14) at twilight, which is, biblically, the night part of March 25, the First Day of Unleavened Bread; March 11th being the first day of Nisan.
Understand, in the Lunar Year 1999 – 2000 the 355th day (which would have ended that year) fell on March 5, 2000; the next day, March 6, 2000 was the New Moon. Counting from the 6th Passover would have fallen on March 19, 2000; thus before the Spring Equinox, still in Winter. Therefore we had to add an additional month of 30 days to that Lunar Year, 1999 – 2000, ending that year on April 4, 2000; that adjustment consequently put Nisan 1 on April 5, 2000. Thus, for the Lunar Year 2000 – 2001, which began on April 5 (Nisan 1), Passover fell on April 19, 2000, beginning April 18th after sunset. That was the case for both Messianics and Judaists.
Remember, again, every three years we have a leap or irregular year. Based on the above explanation, here is what we got:
1999 – 2000 Leap or Irregular Year
2000 – 2001 Regular Year: The conjunction took place April 4th at 18:12 or 6:12 PM. Therefore the first day of the Moon (month) was April 5. Passover is kept April 18, 2000 at twilight, the 19th being the First of UB or First Day of Pesach.
2001 – 2002 Regular Year: April 7, 2001 after sunset, the 8th being the First of UB or First Day of Pesach.
2002 – 2003 Leap or Irregular Year: March 28, 2002, after sunset…
2003 – 2004 Regular Lunar Year: Passover, April 16, 2003.
2004 – 2005 Regular Lunar Year: Passover , April 5, 2004 (night before).
2005 – 2006 Irregular Lunar Year: Passover is eating on March 24th after sunset, the 25th is the First of UB. But next Lunar Year it is going to be in April.
New Moons: Mar. 11, Apr. 9, May 9, Jun. 7, Jul. 7, Aug. 5, Sep. 4, Oct. 3, Nov. 2.
Passover Seder, March 24 (Abib 14);
First Day of Unleavened Bread / Hag Ha Matzo, March 25 (Abib 15); Last Day of UB, March 31.
Begin to count for Shavu’ot on Sunday, March 27th, the day after the weekly Shabbat from the day the wave sheaf is brought, Leviticus (Wayyiqra) 23: 15; seven Shabbats must be completed, to a total number of 49 days, the 49th day being a weekly Shabbat (7×7=49, just as in Sabbatical Years; Judaists don’t understand that). Your Shavu’ot falls on the 50th day, a Sunday, after a weekly Shabbat (the 49th day).
Hag Ha Shavu’ot / the Feast of Weeks:
Moed Shopharim / Feast of Trumpets:
Yom Ha Kippurim / Day of Atonement:
Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles: Sept. 18 (a Shabbat) –
Last Great Day (a Shabbat):
