A Discovery That Changed More Than the Sabbath
When we accepted the Lunar Sabbath in 2010, we did not realize at first how many other questions would be opened by our study of Father Yahuwah’s calendar. We had initially focused our attention on the question of the Sabbath itself. But once we began examining the biblical calendar more carefully, another question became unavoidable:
When does a biblical day actually begin?
As former Saturday keepers, we had been taught that the day begins at sunset. We had accepted that teaching as a fundamental biblical truth. Sunset marked the beginning of the Sabbath, and the Sabbath continued through the night and the following daylight hours until the next sunset.
Yet, when we began studying the Scriptures independently of inherited assumptions, we became convinced that the Bible presents the day in a very different way.
We came to understand that the daylight period is what Scripture calls the day, while the nighttime period is an interlude between one day and the next. In this understanding, the new day begins at dawn. The darkness belongs to the preceding transition and does not constitute the opening hours of the coming daylight day.
This was not a minor adjustment in terminology. It challenged an entire framework through which we had previously read Scripture.
The more we studied the biblical evidence, the more convinced we became that the day begins with the appearance of light—not with its disappearance.
And this discovery had consequences far beyond the reckoning of a calendar.
It became one of the first major cracks in our confidence in the theological system we had inherited from the Seventh-day Adventist tradition.
What Does Scripture Mean by “Day”?
If Scripture calls the daylight “day,” why should we automatically assume that the day begins when daylight ends? That is precisely the assumption we had inherited.
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One of the most basic principles of Bible study is that we should allow Scripture to define its own terminology.
The very first chapter of Genesis provides the starting point.
“And Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.”
— Genesis 1:5
This distinction immediately deserves our attention.
Father Yahuwah did not call the entire 24-hour period “Day” in this verse. He specifically called the light “Day” and the darkness “Night.”
The distinction is repeated throughout the creation account.
Genesis 1:14 speaks of the lights being placed in the firmament “to divide the day from the night.” Genesis 1:16 says that the greater light rules the day, while the lesser light rules the night.
The biblical vocabulary therefore establishes a remarkably clear conceptual distinction:
Day = light.
Night = darkness.
That distinction is not merely poetic. It becomes foundational to the biblical narrative.
When the Scriptures speak of “day and night,” they are distinguishing two naturally identifiable periods.
This raises an important question.
If Scripture calls the daylight “day,” why should we automatically assume that the day begins when daylight ends?
That is precisely the assumption we had inherited.
And once we began questioning it, we found ourselves examining passages we had previously read through the lens of an established theological system.
The Creation Pattern Begins With Light
The creation account is particularly important because it establishes the biblical pattern before later religious traditions appear.
Genesis 1:3 records:
“And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
Then comes the separation:
“And Elohim divided the light from the darkness.”
And then:
“And Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.”
The sequence is significant.
First comes light.
Light is identified as day.
Darkness is identified as night.
The two are separated.
This gives us a natural framework for understanding the biblical day.
The coming of light marks the transition into the period called day. Darkness follows as night.
We therefore became increasingly uncomfortable with the idea that the biblical day should begin at sunset, precisely when the biblical “day” is disappearing and the biblical “night” is beginning.
Why would the beginning of “day” be placed at the beginning of “night”?
That question became increasingly difficult for us to dismiss.
The Teachings of Master Yahushua
Our understanding was strengthened when we examined the words of Master Yahushua.
Yahushua spoke of twelve hours in the day. The implication is that the daylight period was understood as “the day,” while the remaining period was night. This is perfectly consistent with the Genesis distinction between light and darkness.
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In John 11:9, He asked:
“Are there not twelve hours in the day?”
This statement became especially significant to us.
Yahushua did not say that there are twenty-four hours in the day. He spoke of twelve hours in the day.
The implication is that the daylight period was understood as “the day,” while the remaining period was night.
This is perfectly consistent with the Genesis distinction between light and darkness.
The point became even stronger when we considered another statement by Yahushua:
“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”
— John 9:4
Here Master Yahushua contrasts day with night.
Day is the period in which He works.
Night is the period that follows.
The language is remarkably natural. The coming of night is not described as the beginning of another period called “day.” Rather, night is presented as the opposite of day.
This caused us to ask a very simple question:
How can the dark hours be counted as the opening hours of the day when Master Yahushua specifically associates the day with light and distinguishes it from night?
That question became one of the most important questions in our entire study.
The Ellen White Question
Our study eventually brought us face-to-face with a particularly troubling historical issue: Ellen White’s testimony regarding the beginning of the Sabbath.
This was not a minor matter for us.
As former Seventh-day Adventists, we had placed considerable confidence in Ellen White. Her writings had profoundly influenced our understanding of Scripture, prophecy, the Sabbath, and the Adventist movement.
Therefore, when we discovered her statements concerning the beginning of the Sabbath, our confidence in her was shaken.
The historical record indicates that Ellen White reported receiving a vision on November 20, 1855, regarding the controversy over the proper time to begin the Sabbath. She wrote that while praying, she was “taken off in vision.” The vision was subsequently written out and published, and it was read before the Battle Creek Church. (Ellen G. White Writings)
The background is important.
A controversy had arisen over whether the Sabbath should begin at 6:00 p.m. or at sunset. Earlier, Ellen White had reported a vision referring to observing the Sabbath “from even unto even,” which some interpreted as supporting the 6:00 p.m. practice. In the November 1855 vision, she stated that she had only seen that the Sabbath commenced at “even,” while the 6:00 p.m. conclusion had been inferred. (Ellen G. White Writings)
From our later perspective, however, this raised an even more fundamental question.
What if the entire sunset-based framework was itself wrong?
How could a genuine revelation from Father Yahuwah establish or confirm a reckoning of sacred time that conflicts with what Scripture itself teaches about the day?
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That was the question that troubled us.
We had come to believe from Scripture that the day is associated with light, that Yahushua spoke of twelve hours in the day, and that He distinguished day from night.
We therefore could not simply dismiss the question by saying, “Ellen White received a vision confirming evening.”
We had to ask:
How could a genuine revelation from Father Yahuwah establish or confirm a reckoning of sacred time that conflicts with what Scripture itself teaches about the day?
This was deeply unsettling.
We had been taught that Ellen White’s visions were of divine origin. We had been encouraged to regard her as a messenger through whom Father Yahuwah gave special light to His people.
But if a claimed revelation appeared to establish a conclusion that contradicted Scripture, then something was seriously wrong.
Either our interpretation of Scripture was wrong, or our interpretation of the alleged revelation was wrong, or the claimed revelation did not come from Father Yahuwah.
There was no fourth option that could preserve both without contradiction.
Could Father Yahuwah Contradict His Own Word?
This question became decisive for us.
We could not accept the idea that Father Yahuwah would reveal something that contradicted His own written Word.
If Scripture teaches that the light is called “Day” and the darkness “Night,” if Master Yahushua speaks of twelve hours in the day, and if He distinguishes the day from the night, then a claimed revelation must never be allowed to overturn those plain biblical principles.
Father Yahuwah does not contradict Himself.
Therefore, Scripture must remain the standard by which every claimed revelation is tested.
This principle is particularly important when dealing with prophetic claims.
A person may sincerely believe that he or she has received a vision.
A religious community may sincerely believe that the vision is genuine.
Witnesses may testify that something supernatural occurred.
But none of those things can make a teaching true if it contradicts Scripture.
The Bible itself gives us the standard:
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
— Isaiah 8:20
That principle became increasingly important in our journey.
The Deeper Problem With Sunset Reckoning
The problem therefore went beyond Ellen White.
We had previously read Genesis 1 through a sunset-based framework. Once that framework was removed, we began asking what the passage actually says rather than what we had been taught it says.
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Even without Ellen White, we still had to face the biblical evidence.
If the day is identified with light, then sunset is naturally the end of day, not the beginning of the next daylight day.
If Yahushua says there are twelve hours in the day, then the twelve daylight hours deserve serious consideration as the biblical “day.”
If Yahushua says, “I must work… while it is day,” and then says, “the night cometh,” then day and night are being presented as distinct periods.
The burden of proof therefore falls upon anyone who wishes to establish that the dark hours constitute the first portion of the following day.
We could no longer simply accept that doctrine because it was traditional.
“The Evening and the Morning”
One of the principal arguments used in support of sunset-to-sunset reckoning comes from Genesis 1.
After each creative act, we read:
“And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
The same formula appears repeatedly.
At first glance, we had understood this to mean that evening begins a new day.
But the text itself does not actually say that.
It says:
“the evening and the morning.”
Evening is followed by morning.
Morning is associated with the arrival of light and the beginning of the daylight period.
The passage does not explicitly say:
“At sunset the next day began.”
That conclusion must be supplied from outside the statement itself.
This distinction became increasingly important in our study.
We had previously read Genesis 1 through a sunset-based framework. Once that framework was removed, we began asking what the passage actually says rather than what we had been taught it says.
And what it says is remarkably simple:
There is evening.
There is morning.
There is a day.
The cycle moves from darkness toward light.
The Daylight Hours Are Counted as the Day
Another feature that impressed us was the Bible’s repeated association of work and activity with the day and inactivity with the night.
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Another feature that impressed us was the Bible’s repeated association of work and activity with the day and inactivity with the night.
Yahushua’s words in John 9:4 were particularly compelling:
“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”
The distinction is unmistakable.
Day is associated with light and work.
Night follows.
This same rhythm appears throughout Scripture.
Psalm 104 describes the sun rising and mankind going forth to work. Then the sun goes down, and the beasts of the forest emerge.
The biblical rhythm is therefore recognizable:
Sun rises → day begins → people work.
Sun sets → night begins → people rest.
Sun rises again → another day begins.
This natural cycle fits beautifully with a dawn-based understanding.
Why Sunset Reckoning Troubled Us
The more we considered this, the more difficult sunset reckoning became for us.
Under sunset reckoning, the moment the sun disappears and darkness begins is simultaneously treated as the beginning of a new day.
But Scripture’s terminology appears to move in the opposite direction.
At sunset:
day ends and night begins.
At dawn:
night ends and day begins.
Why, then, should the beginning of night be designated as the beginning of day?
We could not find sufficient biblical justification for doing so.
This did not mean that every passage mentioning evening or sunset was irrelevant. Evening is an important biblical marker. But we came to distinguish between the end of one daylight period and the beginning of the next daylight period.
That distinction changed our understanding considerably.
The First Nail in the Coffin
If an allegedly restored end-time movement could be fundamentally mistaken about something as basic as the calendar and the definition of the day, how could we continue to assume that its entire theological framework was divinely authoritative?
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Our discovery regarding the beginning of the day became one of the first major nails in the coffin of the inherited SDA theological system that had shaped our thinking.
The issue was not merely that we had found one calendar disagreement.
The deeper issue was this:
If an allegedly restored end-time movement could be fundamentally mistaken about something as basic as the calendar and the definition of the day, how could we continue to assume that its entire theological framework was divinely authoritative?
The question became unavoidable.
We had already become convinced that the modern Gregorian calendar was not the calendar revealed by Father Yahuwah in Scripture. Our study of the Lunar Sabbath led us to understand the biblical calendar as luni-solar rather than the calendar used by modern Christianity.
Then came the question of the day.
If the calendar itself had been replaced and the biblical day had also been misunderstood, then two foundational elements of Sabbath observance would have been altered.
That was not a small theological error.
It affected the very framework by which sacred time was identified.
Could the Remnant Be So Wrong?
This naturally brought us to the SDA Church’s claim to be the remnant church.
We do not raise this question lightly.
The Seventh-day Adventist movement was built around the conviction that Father Yahuwah had raised up a people with a special end-time message. We once accepted that claim.
But a claim to be the remnant does not exempt a religious movement from examination.
If a movement teaches that sacred time is determined by a calendar that Scripture does not establish, and if it teaches a reckoning in which the night is counted as the opening portion of the day, then serious questions must follow.
We therefore began asking:
Could Father Yahuwah’s remnant people be wrong about the calendar?
Could they be wrong about the Sabbath?
Could they be wrong about when the day begins?
And if the answer to these questions is yes, then the claim of divine institutional authority must itself be reconsidered.
What About Ellen White?
The Ellen White issue made this examination even more serious.
A claimed prophetic gift cannot be used to establish what Scripture does not establish. And even more importantly: A claimed prophetic gift cannot overturn what Scripture plainly teaches. This was one of the reasons our confidence in Ellen White was shaken.
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If we were to accept that Ellen White was a genuine prophet/messenger of Father Yahuwah, then we would expect her teachings to harmonize with Scripture.
But if her reported visions were used to settle disputes concerning sacred time, those teachings had to be tested against Scripture rather than accepted automatically.
The November 20, 1855 episode was especially significant because the vision occurred amid an active controversy over when the Sabbath should begin. Ellen White reported being taken into vision and subsequently described what she had been shown concerning “even.” (Ellen G. White Writings)
For us, this raised a fundamental principle:
A claimed prophetic gift cannot be used to establish what Scripture does not establish.
And even more importantly:
A claimed prophetic gift cannot overturn what Scripture plainly teaches.
This was one of the reasons our confidence in Ellen White was shaken.
We began to see that the safest course was not to defend Ellen White and then attempt to make Scripture fit her statements.
The safest course was to return to Scripture and allow Scripture to judge every claim—including the claims of those who say they have received visions.
Truth Must Take Priority Over Tradition
This experience taught us something that has remained fundamental to WLC:
No institution has the right to stand between the believer and Scripture.
If Scripture says something different from our tradition, tradition must yield.
If Scripture contradicts our denomination, our denomination must yield.
If Scripture overturns something we have believed for decades, we must be willing to change.
And if a claimed vision conflicts with Scripture, the vision must be rejected—not Scripture.
That principle is more important than any particular doctrine.
We do not believe that truth should be protected merely because changing it would be embarrassing or painful.
If we have been wrong, we want to know it.
If our inherited beliefs cannot survive honest examination, then those beliefs deserve to be abandoned.
Our experience with the beginning of the biblical day became an early demonstration of this principle.
A Lesson in Spiritual Blindness
Perhaps the most astonishing part of this journey was realizing how obvious the evidence seemed once we saw it.
We had read Genesis 1 countless times.
We had read Yahushua’s statement, “Are there not twelve hours in the day?”
We had read, “I must work… while it is day: the night cometh.”
We had read the many passages distinguishing day from night.
Yet while we were Saturday keepers, we did not recognize the implications.
Why?
Because we were reading Scripture through an inherited framework.
The problem was not that the Bible had hidden the information.
The problem was that we had already decided what the information had to mean.
That realization was sobering.
It taught us that sincere believers can become so accustomed to a theological system that they unconsciously defend the system before they have even examined the evidence.
That is why intellectual honesty and spiritual humility are indispensable.
The Calendar Became a Doorway to Deeper Truth
When we genuinely allow Scripture to challenge our assumptions, we cannot control where the evidence will lead us. We must be willing to follow it wherever it goes. That is precisely what we believe happened to us.
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Our acceptance of the Lunar Sabbath in 2010, therefore, became much more than a change in the days we observed.
It opened a door.
Through that door came questions about the biblical calendar.
Then came questions about the beginning of the day.
Then came questions about the historical origins of our inherited practices.
Then came questions about Ellen White and the authority ascribed to her visions.
And eventually, these questions forced us to examine much broader aspects of SDA theology.
One discovery led to another.
The lesson was unmistakable:
When we genuinely allow Scripture to challenge our assumptions, we cannot control where the evidence will lead us.
We must be willing to follow it wherever it goes.
That is precisely what we believe happened to us.
Let Scripture Remain the Final Authority
Our purpose in revisiting this history is not simply to criticize the SDA Church.
It is to explain why our confidence in its theological claims began to collapse.
The discovery concerning the beginning of the day was especially important because it concerned something so fundamental.
The sun rises.
Light appears.
Day begins.
The daylight hours proceed.
The sun sets.
Night begins.
Darkness follows.
Then dawn arrives again.
This natural rhythm corresponds remarkably well with the biblical distinction between day and night.
For us, this became compelling evidence that the Bible should be allowed to define its own terminology rather than having later traditions dictate how its language must be understood.
And once we accepted that principle, there was no going back.
What We Learned
It was unsettling to discover that teachings we had trusted for years could be challenged by a straightforward reading of Scripture. It was even more unsettling to discover that our confidence in a person whom we had regarded as a prophetic messenger could be shaken by the same process. But ultimately, we came to regard that experience as a blessing.
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Looking back, we see the discovery of the dawn-based beginning of the day as one of the first major steps in our journey away from inherited SDA theology.
It taught us several enduring lessons.
First, tradition must never be confused with Scripture.
Second, a sincere religious community can nevertheless be sincerely mistaken.
Third, a doctrine must be tested by the Word rather than accepted on the basis of institutional authority.
Fourth, even a claimed prophetic vision must be tested against Scripture.
Fifth, we must be willing to follow biblical evidence even when it overturns cherished beliefs.
And finally, truth must be more important to us than the system from which we received our former beliefs.
This was not an easy lesson.
It was unsettling to discover that teachings we had trusted for years could be challenged by a straightforward reading of Scripture.
It was even more unsettling to discover that our confidence in a person whom we had regarded as a prophetic messenger could be shaken by the same process.
But ultimately, we came to regard that experience as a blessing.
The discomfort was temporary.
The freedom to follow Scripture was lasting.
Conclusion: The Dawn of a New Understanding
Our acceptance of the Lunar Sabbath in 2010 marked a turning point for WLC.
What began as a study of the biblical calendar became an examination of the very foundations upon which our previous understanding of sacred time had been built.
We came to believe that Father Yahuwah’s calendar must be honored according to Scripture, not according to inherited ecclesiastical tradition.
And as part of that restoration, we came to understand that the biblical day begins with dawn, when light appears, rather than at sunset, when daylight disappears and night begins.
That realization shook us.
The issue became even more serious when we examined Ellen White’s history and the November 20, 1855 vision concerning the beginning of the Sabbath. We had once trusted that her visions provided divine confirmation of the Adventist understanding of sacred time. But once our study of Scripture convinced us that the biblical day is associated with light and that Master Yahushua explicitly distinguished the twelve hours of the day from the night, we could no longer simply appeal to a claimed vision to settle the question.
We had to ask the question that had become unavoidable:
How could a message truly originating with Father Yahuwah contradict the plain teaching of His own Word?
Our answer was that it could not.
Therefore, Scripture had to take precedence.
If the SDA Church could be so fundamentally mistaken about the calendar, and if its understanding of the beginning of the day could not withstand our examination of Scripture, then its claim to possess unique divine authority could no longer simply be assumed.
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If the SDA Church could be so fundamentally mistaken about the calendar, and if its understanding of the beginning of the day could not withstand our examination of Scripture, then its claim to possess unique divine authority could no longer simply be assumed.
We had to examine everything.
And that was the beginning of a much larger journey.
The lesson remains with us today:
Never allow an inherited system—or even a claimed prophetic revelation—to become more authoritative than Scripture.
Never say, “This must be true because our church teaches it.”
Never say, “This must be true because a prophet claimed to see it.”
Instead, open the Scriptures.
Read carefully.
Compare passage with passage.
Test every assumption.
Test every teaching.
Test every claimed revelation.
And when the light of truth finally breaks through the darkness, be willing to follow it.
For us, that light began to shine in a new way in 2010.
It was the dawn of a new understanding.
And once we saw it, we could no longer pretend that we had not.
When Does the Biblical Day Begin? The Dawn That Shook Our SDA Theology
[Verse 1]
We walked in the path we had learned from before,
Trusting traditions we’d cherished and more.
But Father Yahuwah called us to see,
A deeper truth that would set us free.
We studied the Suni-Lunar calendar anew,
And found the Lunar Sabbath shining through.
In twenty-ten, our journey began,
We followed the Scriptures as best as we can.
[Chorus]
At dawn, when the light breaks through,
We saw what the Scriptures had always shown true.
Sunset brings night, dawn brings the day,
Master Yahushua showed us the way.
Twelve hours of daylight, twelve hours of light,
Day is not darkness, day is not night.
Father Yahuwah, lead us in truth,
WLC will follow the light You give.
[Verse 2]
We had once trusted the SDA Church,
And followed the teachings that shaped our search.
But questions arose as we opened the Word,
And some of our cherished beliefs were stirred.
Then Ellen White and her vision came near,
A moment that challenged what once seemed so clear.
A vision connected with Sabbath debate,
And questions of evening, beginning, and date.
[Pre-Chorus]
Could a vision from Heaven declare
What Scripture itself does not make clear?
Could Father Yahuwah contradict His Word,
Or change what Master Yahushua had declared?
We searched the Scriptures, again and again,
Seeking the truth beyond teachings of men.
[Chorus]
At dawn, when the light breaks through,
We saw what the Scriptures had always shown true.
Sunset brings night, dawn brings the day,
Master Yahushua showed us the way.
Twelve hours of daylight, twelve hours of light,
Day is not darkness, day is not night.
Father Yahuwah, lead us in truth,
WLC will follow the light You give.
[Verse 3]
We read Genesis: “light” called Day,
And darkness called Night in a different way.
We heard Yahushua: “twelve hours in the day,”
And “while it is day,” He worked in the way.
The evidence forced us to question again,
The teachings we’d trusted through childhood and then.
Not Ellen White, nor church tradition,
Could stand above Scripture’s clear definition.
[Verse 4]
The night is an interval, darkness between,
While dawn opens brightly, revealing the scene.
The sun rises, and daylight appears,
A pattern established through all the years.
Sunset does not turn darkness to day,
Nor make the night the beginning’s way.
We learned to examine each teaching with care,
And follow the truth wherever it bears.
[Bridge]
We will test every teaching,
We will search every claim.
Truth is worth following,
Whatever the cost or the pain.
If tradition must fall,
Let the Scriptures stand tall.
Father Yahuwah, guide us onward,
And keep us faithful through it all.
[Final Chorus]
At dawn, when the light breaks through,
The darkness retreats, and the pathway is new.
Sunset brings night, dawn brings the day,
Master Yahushua has shown us the way.
Lunar Sabbath, calendar true,
The Suni-Lunar calendar pointing to You.
Father Yahuwah, lead us in truth,
WLC will follow the light—
Follow the light,
Follow the light.
All cults and religions that are following the Gregorian calendar are unbeknownst or willingly in direct opposition to the Biblical account of the sixth day of preparation when Yahushua was crucified. This is if not the main reason, a major difference from following the Luni-solar calendar and why we must separate ourselves from them.
The biblical sequence of hours recorded during the crucifixion confirms the ancient framework that defined a standard day as exactly 12 hours of daylight.
In the Judea of Yahushua’s lifetime, it is irrefutable that time was calculated using seasonal or relative hours, splitting the period between sunrise and sunset into 12 equal parts regardless of the season.
I dare say, this creation timekeeping method, is precisely mapped across the Gospels, specifically aligning with Yahushua’s own rhetorical question in John 11:9: “Are there not twelve hours in the day?”
The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) track the progression of daylight through three-hour major increments:
• The 1st Hour: possibly from Sunrise, marked the official start of the Hebraic daylight count. Yahushua was brought to early morning trials before Pontius Pilate.
• The 3rd Hour. Mid-morning. According to Mark 15:25, this is the hour Yahushua was nailed to the cross.
• The 6th Hour: Midday or True noon, the exact midpoint of the 12-hour day. At this peak daylight hour, supernatural darkness blanketed the land.
• The 9th Hour: Mid-afternoon. The darkness ended, Yahushua cried out, and/or ‘gave up the ghost’ according to some translations (Matthew 27:45-50).
• The 12th Hour: Sunset. This marked the absolute end of the daylight period.
By validating that daytime consists of 12 structurally counted hours, it sets the boundary parameters for interpreting complex structural prophecies—such as the “three days and three nights” sign of Jonah (Matthew 12:40).
Whether a theological framework uses inclusive counting (where any partial daylight fraction counts as a whole “day”) or 72-hour literalism (demanding three exact 12-hour days and three 12-hour nights), the crucifixion timeline remains firmly anchored by the 12-hour daylight baseline explicitly recorded at Calvary.
Beginning the timeline of that day from midnight of the modern calendar throws the whole account into disarray. Which begs the question, ‘what really does christianity stand for?’
If dont have a sure anchor in the Word of Yahuwah, you’ll fall for anything…..including the traditions of the rebellious Israelites who oftentimes were drawn to Hellenic, Roman and other heathen cultures as evident in the fact that they wouldn’t let a crucified person stay alive on the cross past sunset believing that the next day was approaching….which in itself is non- Scriptural, and translated from original languages which were biased towards Greek and Latin traditions.
Beloved Charlie,
Thank you for this thoughtful contribution. We especially appreciate your emphasis on allowing the biblical chronology itself to speak rather than beginning with the assumptions of the modern Gregorian clock.
The statement in John 11:9—“Are there not twelve hours in the day?”—together with the Gospel references to the third, sixth, and ninth hours, provides important evidence for understanding how daylight was reckoned in Master Yahushua’s time. The crucifixion narrative deserves to be studied carefully in that light.
We also appreciate your warning that traditions must never be allowed to override Scripture. Our anchor must always be the Word of Yahuwah, examined honestly and in its proper context.
May Yahuwah continue to lead us as we seek to understand His appointed times and the chronology surrounding the death and resurrection of Yahushua. 🙏❤️
To Father Yahuwah be all the glory!
I know the enemy has already had a reconnaissance from all angles of the truth to twist and usurp whatever he can whilst knowing it’s game over for him🙈🙈🙈, and though I know he is still roaming and prowling to squash the truth……let me not give credence or center stage to such…..let the truth shine brighter unto a perfect day.
In the quotation below:
The sun rises.
Light appears.
Day begins.
The daylight hours proceed.
The sun sets.
Night begins.
Darkness follows.
Then dawn arrives again;
between the sunset and night begins, I would gladly add another sentence, not to correct anything, but as an obvious fact that has been driven to oblivion with changing cultures over time. I would add as follows:
Day ends.
Why I’m comfortable to say so even if I stand under correction, if one follows the rendition of time counting in different cultures, in the Scriptures, in the writings of close witnesses like Josephus, you’ll be hard pressed to find an event that occurred in the night right after sunset to be referred to as happening the next day, neither was the burial of Yahushua referred to as happening on the Sabbath if that 6th day evening and night was the beginning of the Sabbath, when Joseph of Arimathea and others were embalming and buried the body of Yahushua. That’s 2 points in one sentence.
The Scriptural account nowhere does it say night belongs to the next daylight hours in order to be counted as the next day.
In various accounts, like where the Lord’s angel slew 85000 soldiers at night, or where Pharoah had a dream at night, or Daniel was in the lion’s den, or Jonathan sought David ON THE MORROW (NEXT DAY), or Yahushua was apprehended at night BUT IT WASN’T COUNTED S PART OF THE 6TH DAY OF PREPARATION, what occured at night, stays written as occured that night not the next day. That without arguing is besides the fact that the night is mentioned separately as “night” and the “following day” was only after the darkness of that “night” had been fled before the daylight of the next day.
Day and night are separate.
I would go on to elaborate about day one of creation, when it was done as Yahuwah commanded and the work was done THAT DAY, then night, then day two of creation…..but let me not get ahead of myself perchance the enemy take me unawares and use my feeble explanations to their advantage.
Shalom.
🙏🌲🦎🌹🌹🌻🍀🐞🐿️👍🙏🔥🔥🔥
Beloved Charlie,
Amen, and thank you for this thoughtful reflection. 🙏❤️ We especially appreciate your desire to let the truth shine rather than give unnecessary attention to the enemy.
Your distinction between daylight and night raises important questions about how Scripture describes the boundaries of time. These are matters worth examining carefully, allowing the biblical evidence to speak for itself rather than forcing the text into later traditions.
May Yahuwah continue to guide our study, correct us where correction is needed, and lead us into greater understanding. May the truth indeed shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
Shalom, and all esteem to Father Yahuwah! ❤️🙏🔥
Dear WLC:
I believe that somehow Yahuwah’s character will be vindicated, meaning that Yahuwah is Loving and just and righteous, who is uncorrupt and good and that there is no unrighteousness in Him Yahuwah Himself. Yahuwah will be clear of all charges against Him despite the fact Yahuwah never did anything wrong to begin with! Satan’s charges against Yahuwah God Almighty will be found as the false charges they are. And never again will sin and sinners arise anymore! 🥰❤️
Somehow, someday soon Yahuwah will clear up the charges so both the righteous and the wicked will see that Yahuwah is upright and the rock of the righteous, and there is no unrighteousness in Him Yahuwah God Almighty Himself! 🥰❤️
Never again will sin arise anymore! Yahuwah God Almighty also will keep proving that He is safe to trust throughout eternity! 🥰❤️
Please feel free to comment?
I began to learn about this through the ministry of Erik Klatt and Dr. Graham Maxwell. 🥰❤️
Dr A Graham Maxwell wrote a book “Can God be Trusted?” I believe this helped me to be ready to learn even more advanced truth such as the lunar Sabbath, Yahuwah’s Calendar, Christ Yahushua is 100% human, etcetera from the World’s Last Chance Ministry and website. 🥰❤️
Dr. A Graham Maxwell wrote a number of books to help people begin to trust God Almighty Yahuwah even though I’m not sure Graham was ever aware of this and he was a Trinitarian believing in Yahuwah as the Triune God head. Unfortunately Erik was not open to the lunar Sabbath or the flat earth of Yahuwah’s truth.
Feel free to look into this about Dr A Graham Maxwell and the Great Controversy over God’s character. That Satan looking to steal worship belonging to the Creator, Yahuwah God Almighty by planting false charges against Yahuwah. Even as in Genesis chapter 3 of saying or implying that God Almighty Yahuwah is an untrustworthy liar. And how throughout the 66 books of the Bible Yahuwah answers the charges against Him.
In Yahuwah’s service and love, 🥰 😍 ❤️
Tony Bruni
Beloved Tony,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful reflection. ❤️🙏 We wholeheartedly appreciate your emphasis on Father Yahuwah’s character and His trustworthiness. At the heart of the biblical story is the revelation that Father Yahuwah is righteous, loving, just, and completely worthy of our trust.
We also appreciate how you described your journey—from the writings of Dr. Graham Maxwell and Erik Klatt to the further truths you encountered through WLC. Yahuwah can use different stages of our journey to lead us into a deeper love for His Word.
Ultimately, Father Yahuwah does not need to be made righteous—He already is righteous. But there will come a day when every false accusation will be exposed, every question will be answered, and the entire creation will know that the Father has always been faithful and good.
“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.” — Deuteronomy 32:4
May Father Yahuwah continue to strengthen your faith and lead us all into deeper confidence in His character. ❤️🙏
Dear beloved Galal Doss:
I really believe you are right! Father Yahuwah God Almighty is not capable of being corrupt. It’s impossible for Yahuwah to violate His own moral laws because it’s tied to His loving perfect character! 🥰❤️
I believe you are right! All answers will be provided in Yahuwah’s good time! Provided we can be capable of understanding the questions and answers. Even if Yahuwah explains He cannot do anything morally wrong! 🥰❤️
It’s just impossible for Yahuwah to be tempted to sin or commit sin. Even if Yahuwah knows that even when falsely accused mere denials proves nothing, Yahuwah still cannot depart from righteousness. For Psalm 91 declares Yahuwah is upright and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Psalm 92:15. A Psalm or song for the Sabbath Day. I quote Psalm 92 a Psalm or song for the Sabbath day. And Psalm 91. Yahuwah knows sin and death will arise again no more!
Praise Yahuwah God Almighty! 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️
I honestly believe Yahuwah has gifted you with wisdom greater than I. I look forward to the WLC article in the future Yahuwah willing, about the setting of boundaries defining day and night in various situations including especially setting boundaries for Sabbath, New Moons and the Annual Feasts of Yahuwah that we have already discussed. I personally like the idea now of setting holy time from 06:00 to 18:00 equal to 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM local time reverting to a 12 hour holy time. And I suggest for Day of Atonement also known as Yom Kippur from first sunset the 9th to sunset of the 10th of the 7th Lunation. Or from 18:00 the 9th equal to 6:00 PM the 9th to 18:00 on the 10th equal to 6:00 PM on the 10th of the 7th Lunation only when sunset to sunset is unavailable or unknown. And having Passover from sunset of the 14th of 1st Lunation to the dawn or beginning of the 15th an Annual Sabbath of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Where 6:00 PM on the 14th of 1st Lunation to 6:00 AM for the Annual Sabbath on the 15th of 1st Lunation of the Feast of Unleavened Bread understanding that the Annual Feasts of Yahuwah God Almighty cannot be kept but celebrated in worship to Yahuwah God Almighty.
Anyway I hope some time in the future Yahuwah willing such an article will present such boundaries especially preferring the Astronomical Dawn to Astronomical Dusk for the majority of holy times to worship Yahuwah God Almighty and also Christ Yahushua our King and Master!
Please feel free to comment.
Sincerely in Yahuwah’s service and love, 🥰 ❤️
Tony Bruni
P.S.
This is my opinion, but we need the WLC Team! This is my honest opinion! 🥰❤️
Beloved Tony,
Thank you for sharing your thoughtful reflections and for your continued encouragement. ❤️🙏 We wholeheartedly agree that Father Yahuwah’s character is perfectly righteous, trustworthy, and incorruptible, and that He will ultimately make all things clear in His perfect time.
We also appreciate your suggestions concerning the boundaries of sacred time. These are important questions that deserve careful examination of Scripture, Yahuwah’s created order, and the practical realities of observing His appointed times. We will certainly keep these considerations in mind as we continue studying the subject.
And thank you especially for your kind words about the WLC Team. ❤️ Your prayers, comments, questions, and encouragement are a precious part of this journey.
May Father Yahuwah continue to guide us all into truth and give us wisdom to understand His ways. All esteem and glory to Him! 🙏❤️
Dear WLC Team and WLC Community:
Happy Feast of Tabernacles greetings! 🥰❤️
When Scripture uses natural time of nature of the greater light of the sun to rule the day. And the moon and stars to rule by night. And that the true lunar Sabbath roughly follows the four main phases of the moon. And Scripture of Psalm 136:7-9, Genesis chapter 1 all 31 verses and Genesis 2:1-3 for the Sabbath. And then counting from New Moon Day on the 1st of the lunar month the pattern of the lights of the sky, natural time showing Yahuwah at work keeping His clock in the sky dome covers the flat earth separates the water above from the water below. Yahuwah has used nature to allow one to strengthen their faith in His written Word. This combination of evidence strengthens the faith in His Word which speaks louder than a voice from heaven.
Again Happy Feast of Tabernacles to everyone especially those giving thanks to Yahuwah in His holy days of Thanksgiving. The 8th day following the Feast of Tabernacles as the 8th day of Thanksgiving! 🥰❤️
In Yahuwah’s service and love, 🥰 ❤️
Tony Bruni
Beloved Tony,
Thank you for your beautiful Feast of Tabernacles greeting and for sharing these thoughts with the WLC community. ❤️🙏
We wholeheartedly appreciate your emphasis on looking at Yahuwah’s creation itself as a testimony to His written Word. Genesis 1 does not present the sun, moon, and stars as meaningless decorations in the heavens. Father Yahuwah appointed the great lights “to rule” the day and night and to serve as signs for seasons, days, and years. When we carefully observe the heavenly lights alongside Scripture, we are reminded that Yahuwah established an ordered system from the very beginning.
Psalm 136:7–9 beautifully directs our attention to the One who made the great lights—the sun to rule by day and the moon and stars to rule by night. Genesis 2:1–3 then brings us to the seventh day, which Yahuwah blessed and sanctified.
For WLC, this is one of the beautiful things about studying Father Yahuwah’s calendar: the written Word and Father Yahuwah’s created order should never be treated as enemies. Creation bears witness to the Creator, while Scripture gives us the testimony by which we understand what we are seeing.
We also appreciate your reference to the Feast of Tabernacles and the Eighth Day. These appointed times give us wonderful opportunities not merely to mark dates, but to remember Yahuwah’s faithfulness, His provision, and His ultimate purpose for His people.
May this Feast be a time of genuine thanksgiving, rejoicing, reflection, and renewed confidence in the Father who made the heavens and established their order.
Happy Feast of Tabernacles to you, Tony, and to the entire WLC family!
May all glory, honor, and thanksgiving belong to Father Yahuwah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. ❤️🙏
The WLC Team