The Counterfeit Mount Moed

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Each of the celestial terms given in Revelation 12:1 are reminiscent of the Genesis Creation account. It is also significant that this verse depicts the moon under her feet because it signifies that the moon is "visible". Nothing can be illustrated if it is invisible.

Here is depicted a people who have proactively come full circle back to the pure calendation truths of Scripture. They worship their Creator in spirit and truth by following His ordained orchestration of the sun, moon and stars, which He placed in the heavens for signs, seasons, days and years. They have discovered that it is only these created celestial bodies in the heavens, working together, that beacon all His holy festival days, including the seventh-day Sabbath, rather than the calendar hanging on the walls as inspired by Rome.

This pure woman is presented in striking contrast to the harlot woman of Revelation 17 who rides the seven headed beast. This seven headed beast is the same one represented as seeking to devour the offspring of the pure woman. Clearly, something about the pure woman has made this second harlot woman who rides the beast extremely jealous and angry. So what does it all mean? Could these seven heads of the beast represent the continuous, uninterrupted seven-day-cycle of pagan origin? Is it possible that each of the seven heads are representative of each of the planetary gods that has been applied to the pagan Gregorian calendar week-day, and known as Sun-day, Moon-day . . . Saturn's-day, etc.? Is it possible that Satan, under the guise of these planetary gods, would utilize a false Roman calendar with its unbroken cycle of weeks to undermine and destroy the knowledge of the truths of Yahuwah? Would he think to attempt to set up his own counterfeit mountain of time (har mo'ed) so as to receive worship as Yahuwah? Remember Satan's strong and boastful declaration?

I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount (har) of the congregation (mo'ed), in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:13-14

Throughout the entire Bible this boastful declaration of Satan trumps all others as he proactively seeks exaltation as Yahuwah, or in place of Him. The point that is really interesting is the method he chooses to reach his ultimate goal of "god status" and worship. Rightly, many have discerned that Satan would receive worship through a counterfeit holy day. However, it appears that Satan's ultimate goal was to create an entire "mountain" of counterfeit calendation, consisting of weeks, months, years, holy days, and seventh-day Sabbaths.

For most of us this is a new concept that Satan's ultimate achievement of "god status" would be reached via usurping a counterfeit "calendation mountain" in place of Yahuwah's "principles that rule in the heavens". So in dissecting Satan's declaration in Isaiah, what proof can be uncovered that reveals this was indeed his goal and whether it has been achieved yet? The first step is to find the meaning of the phrase "mount of the congregation", and then what is meant by the phrase "in the sides of the north".

Strong's Concordance:
mount - #2022 = har - mountain (literal or figurative)
congregation - #4150 = mowed, or moed -- an appointment; a fixed time; a festival; an assembly; tech. the congregation; the time, the place or the meeting itself; of the three meanings, the appointed time is most basic. The meaning of moed is fixed within the context of Israel's religion.

The "mount of the congregation" literally means Yahuwah's "mountain of appointed fixed time". His appointed fixed time system is used to locate His appointed seventh-day Sabbaths as well as His yearly holy Feast days. It has been discovered in Strong's Concordance that "seasons" = feasts = moeds. These can be referred to as Yahuwah's mountain of calendation of fixed time, and/or prophetic time. All the appointed Feasts (seasons or mo'eds), whether weekly or yearly, are reckoned by the New Moons of the luni-solar calendar.

Next, the phrase used by Satan, "in the sides of the North" at first glance appears to be rather vague. However, he was being most specific, which will be demonstrated shortly. It must not be forgotten that the battle between Yahuwah and Satan is waged over the hearts and minds of all those living on earth. Therefore, this illustration demonstrates earth with the points of the compass, which all the people scattered upon the earth hold in common.

In this illustration, notice that there are two objects relating to time, which are visibly rotating from east to west around the earth. These are the sun and the moon. They can be recognized from all points on earth exactly as Yahuwah positioned them to determine time 6000 years ago and can be described as "the principles that rule in the heavens". While throughout any given year their location will vary slightly, it is an undisputed fact that our continued observation of them is that they appear to visibly be moving from east to west.

To all appearances from earth they remain permanently on the "sides of the north" from every locality. So without Satan actually using the terms "sun and moon" or "the principles that rule in the heavens", he is actually saying exactly the same thing by coining this new phrase—"in the sides of the north". It was no secret to Satan that Yahuwah's laws and dominion included the elements of timekeeping. This is self-evident in that he specifically declared that he would "sit on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north". From the Strong's definition above, Satan was clearly declaring that: He would sit on the throne of Yahuwah's mountain (har) of the appointed feast times (seasons and moeds), and rule over the whole earth via his counterfeit of all elements of timekeeping, and not simply the Sabbath which is only a single unit of time and only a by-product of the much larger counterfeit "mountain of time".

A logical conclusion to Satan's declaration is that since he was neither the creator of the time ordained sun and moon, nor was he the author of their orchestrated function. His only option was to author and legislate a counterfeit replacement. This he accomplished in slow increments over 2500 years beginning in 600 B.C. It has recently been discovered that Constantine did not change the sanctity of the Saturday Sabbath by moving it to Sunday. Shocking as this may be to some, within the Roman Empire, Judaism or Christianity, Saturday had never been the seventh-day on their calendars. The change occurred only after the length of the Roman week was changed from an eight-day week to a seven-day week. This change came to completion in A.D. 324 under the leadership of Constantine. He usurped to legislate a seven-day successive week cycle, a counterfeit of Yahuwah's New Moon month and weeks. In doing so he placed the solemnity on "Sun" day, in position of the first day, as the symbol of Rome's "sole" source of calendation. In contrast, Yahuwah's Holy seventh-day Sabbath was reckoned by the orchestration of both the sun and the phases of the moon, which only rarely cycled to cause the true seventh-day to fall on the Roman Saturday. “(Please see Yahuwah’s Calendar Outlawed and Pagan Origins of the Modern Calendar.)”

There are some historical records that speak of Jewish cities not engaging in battle on Saturday and, therefore, were taken captive. These were the Jews that had apostatized to the ways of the pagan gods. How can we know this? Those who remained faithful to Yahuwah's calendation and true Sabbath, He promised to protect from their enemies. The only time Israel ever went into captivity was because of her unfaithfulness to the Lord Yahuwah's commands. An additional proof of this is that prior to A.D. 324, Saturday had been the "first day" of the pagan Roman week. It had never occupied the place of the seventh-day of the Roman week until this calendation change occurred in A.D.324.

It was not until this counterfeit time system evolved that the teaching regarding - "unbroken chains of successive weeks have continued since Creation", was proclaimed. This is just another lie of the "hissing snake", promoting his counterfeit calendar or mountain of time, that he may be worshiped in place of the Creator Yahuwah. The unbroken chains of weeks concept is a mere 2500 years old, and not 6000 years old as previously thought. In other words the unbroken seven-day week cycles did not originate at creation.

The laws of God and the time of God were to be changed by this antichristian power . . . . In the prophecy it is plainly shown that this papal power would with deliberate intention change the law of God . . . . Signs of the Times 11/19/1894

In Conclusion:

The New Moon, (according to Strong's Concordance: chodesh #2320, #3394, #3842, #7720, #4582, #3391, #3376) is given approximately 300 times between Genesis and Revelation as compared to the seventh-day Sabbath which is given approximately 150 times. New Moons beacon the beginning of each new month according to Scripture, and were designed at creation to designate by its changing phases exactly when the true seventh-day Sabbaths will fall. Among all the lunar phases, the New Moon, according to Scripture, is the most significant lunar phase and of great importance to Yahuwah's calendation principles. This is because it beacons that a new month is to begin the following morning at sunrise, and begins the count for the entire month, as well as for the entire year. The Creator's luni-solar month and its corresponding weeks has been the ongoing target of Lucifer's unending attacks. For if the real truth were leaked out regarding the importance Yahuwah places on the "New Moon", Lucifer's mask would come off, and he would be exposed for the imposter and mastermind of deception that he is.

The count beginning at New Moon locates all the Lord Yahuwah's Holy appointed Feasts. According to Genesis 1, Exodus 12 and 16, and Leviticus 23, His Feasts are divided into two categories; the four weekly Sabbaths each month, and the annual appointed Feasts. Yahuwah's faithful will recognize that it was Moses who recorded all three of these vitally important accounts in Scripture. His faithful will discover that Exodus contains the pivotal record and time centric key that unlocks His calendation principles of both Genesis and Leviticus. It is in Moses' record of Exodus 12, 16, and 19 that the application of Yahuwah's "seven-day week" is made with regards to His months and years. It is only in the restoring of Yahuwah's calendation truths to Israel at the Exodus that the full calendation picture is given which presents the details of exactly how the Creator placed His ordained and holy seventh-day Sabbath as His most precious gem within the framework of His lunar cycle setting.

If you do not now fully recognize yourself and your doctrinal beliefs in the illustration and symbology of this pure woman of Revelation as she stands as a witness upon the moon, then prayerfully ask the Lord Yahuwah to help you change your predicament. The only other choice will be to belong to the symbolic harlot woman who continues to ride the seven headed beast. Saturday Sabbatarians have long held that they have never ridden the beast. However, Revelation 13:3 states otherwise as it says that, "all the world wondered after the beast." Saturday is not the antidote to wondering after the beast because Saturday Sabbatarians are included in the term all. Certainly all the world has wondered after the beast, but Yahuwah is now calling His faithful to come out from among her.

. . . And all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:3 KJV

At a time when it is not popular to believe in the Creator's luni-solar calendar, its crescent New Moons, its Holy appointed Feasts days, or its sacred seventh-day Sabbaths, the Lord Yahuwah's still small voice is calling. He is now making up His number of faithful followers who will be willing to stand by faith upon His sure foundation. Amidst great opposition from all sides, these will take up their cross and walk in this new light of His oracles of Scriptural truth.