The New Moon, When is it?

Aprofound sign that truth is present is when controversy abounds. Satan and all his agencies are well aware of the Festival Days and their proper calculation from the first visible sighting of the New Moon. He has long been a student of Scripture and knows the paramount importance of the luni-solar truth as set forth by Yahuwah at Creation. If this truth is once comprehended and received by the populace masses around the globe, like dynamite, it would blow His greatest demonic deception, into oblivion. This truth would cause Satan's counterfeit mountain of time (har mo'ed) to fall like a house of cards. At this pinnacle of time, nothing could impede the progress of Yahuwah's faithful followers more, than yet another undermining obstacle within the luni-solar calendar truth. Satan has once again masterminded an attack against the Scriptures' true calendar by creating confusion over exactly which lunar phase constitutes the true New Moon.

Many people when they first discover the Holy Appointed Festivals and the corresponding luni-solar calendar truth, find it disconcerting that there could be so many claims as to when the first visible crescent New Moon actually occurred. This will continue to be the case as long as Satan has the freedom to deceive. In spite of this apparent obstacle, there is abiding peace, knowing that Yahuwah knows the truth and will lead into all truth, those who seek and ask Him.

There are four opposing views as to exactly what constitutes the New Moon. Some believe the New Moon to be the dark conjunction lunar phase. Some believe the New Moon to be the first visible crescent lunar phase. Others believe the New Moon to be the full moon lunar phase. Still others believe the New Moon to be the last visible crescent lunar phase.

It is imperative to prayerfully consider the evidence for each viewpoint. The choice you make will determine when the seventh-day Sabbath is located. It must be realized that there is only one correct New Moon just as there is only one true seventh-day Sabbath. While each viewpoint has at least one credible point worth considering, the truth will be wrapped in the "weight of evidence".

Each individual must wrestle with Yahuwah in prayer knowing that:

• He wants us to know truth. John 4:23
• We have not, because we ask not. James 4:2
• When we ask for bread, He has promised not to give us a stone. Matthew 7:9
• Each "truth" is based on two or three principles of truth. Matthew 18:16
• Christ Yahshua said, "Ye are children of the light, not of darkness." 1Thessalonians 5:5
• It is a promise that the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth, but we must ask. John 16:13

And when the debate is, they shall stand in my (hemispherical) domes, and shall consider and believe my laws; and they shall keep my commandments in all my solemnities, and they shall hallow my Sabbaths. Ezekiel 44:24 Wycliffe Bible of 1382

Principle #1: Ye are Children of the "Light"

The very first thing Yahuwah did in the creation week was to speak forth light out of the darkness. Then, during each daylight of creation, He created all that came to be. Absolutely nothing was created during the dark of night.

Throughout Scripture Yahuwah has used the contrasting principles of light and dark to teach His spiritual truths. "Darkness" was to represent infidelity, spiritual blindness and evil, while "light" was to represent "truth", spiritual understanding, and righteousness. Yahshua uses these principles over and over throughout His ministry.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 1Thessalonians 5:5-6

Principle #2: "Truth" in Scripture is Synonymous with "Light"

• Christ Yahshua said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12
• "Ye are the light of the world". Matthew 5:14
• "Let your light so shine before men" Matthew 5:16
• In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:4
• The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe. John 1:7
• "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God [Yahuwah]." John 3:20
• But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who had called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1Peter 2:9
• But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. Proverbs 4:18-19

Since sin began, and Adam and Eve were forced from the comfort of their garden home, Yahuwah has proactively continued to call His faithful out of darkness into His marvelous light. According to these scriptural principles, which lunar phase would fit His symbology, the dark conjunction phase or the first visible crescent after the dark phase? Remember, the lunar phase He appointed must represent truth as it beacons the New Year, the new month, the four successive weeks, along with His most holy and sacred seventh-day Sabbath. Can the darkest of all lunar phases even qualify for this task? Can darkness "beacon" anything?

It has been approximately 6000 years since creation. From a purely logical point of view, at a time when telescopes were non-existent, Yahuwah would have most likely placed His beacon of time to be a visible manifestation or sign. For something to be visible in a dark sky, it would have to be "light".

Webster's Dictionary Definition

beacon-- 1: a signal fire commonly on a hill, tower, or pole. 2: a lighthouse or other signal for guidance b: a radio transmitter emitting signals for guidance of aircraft 3: a source of light or inspiration. b: to shine as a beacon.