A Voice In The Wilderness Calendar Page The Almighty's Feast Days
CIVIL YEAR | New Moon (conjunction) Times | A likely first sighting at Jerusalem on | New Year's Day | First Day of Unleavened Bread | Last Day of Unleavened Bread | Feast of Pentecost | Feast of Trumpets | Fast of Atonement | First Day of Tabernacles | Last Great Day of Tabernacles | |
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2000 * | Abib | 6 March 05:18 | 7 March | 8 March | 22 March | 28 March | 11 May | 31 August | 9 September | 14 September | 21 September |
Ethanim | 29 August 10:20 | 30 August | |||||||||
2001 | Abib | 25 March 01:22 | 25 March | 26 March | 9 April | 15 April | 29 May | 19 September | 28 September | 3 October | 10 October |
Ethanim | 17 Sept. 10:28 | 18 Sept. | |||||||||
2002 | Abib | 14 March 02:04 | 14 March | 15 March | 29 March | 4 April | 18 May | 8 September | 17 September | 22 September | 29 September |
Ethanim | 7 Sept. 03:11 | 7 Sept. | |||||||||
2003 | Abib | 1 April 19:20 | 2 April | 3 April | 17 April | 23 April | 6 June | 27 September | 6 October | 11 October | 18 October |
Ethanim | 26 Sept. 03:10 | 26 Sept. | |||||||||
2004 | Abib | 20 March 22:42 | 21 March | 22 March | 5 April | 11 April | 25 May | 16 September | 25 September | 30 September | 7 October |
Ethanim | 14 Sept. 14:30 | 15 Sept. | |||||||||
2005 * | Abib | 10 March 09:12 | 11 March | 12 March | 26 March | 1 April | 15 May | 5 September | 14 September | 19 September | 26 September |
Ethanim | 3 Sept. 18:46 | 4 Sept. |
NOTE: Asterisks (*) beside the years 2000 and 2005 in the chart above mean that the sacred calendar year will be started one month earlier than in the popular Jewish calendar. See below for Alternative Dates.
2. FIRST SIGHTINGS OF THE NEW MOON
As stated in the Calendar booklet concerning First Visibility:
It is not possible to infallibly predict the exact date and
time of the first sighting of a new moon. Greenwich Observatory in England confirms
this fact. Therefore when setting up a calendar in advance,
it is necessary to proceed using all the known facts at one's
disposal; facts such as
3. THE YEARS 2000 & 2005
You will notice from the chart above that in these years AVITW
has started the year a month before the popular Jewish
calendar. The reason is that we have selected the new moon nearest
the true equinox (20th March) to begin Abib (Nisan).
In year 2000 this conjunction occurs on 6th March at
7.18 hours (Jerusalem Time) and the new moon is expected to be
seen on the evening of 7th March or the morning of
the 8th March, thus making 8th March the
1st Abib.
The full moon in this month will occur on 20th
March 2000, which exactly coincides with the equinox date. This could be significant!
Celestial/Spiritual Passovers
By starting the year on the 8th March in year
2000, the Passover Service will be observed just after the Spring Equinox;
which means that the literal sun will be passing-over the
equator at about the same time as believers will be celebrating
the spiritual Passover Service on the 14th Abib.
This coincidence of the celestial and spiritual Passovers is rare!
4. SIGNS IN THE SKY
Many believers become polarised about the matter of keeping the
correct Feast days. It is, of course, vitally important; and
that is why AVITW makes such an effort to get it right. But let
no one forget that the GREAT FEASTS (the realities
to which all the current feasts point) will be miraculously
highlighted by signs in the sun, moon and stars! We
will not then be dependant upon computer printout, or the knowledge
and skill of leaders feverishly arguing amongst themselves as
to who is correct.
In the near future there shall be SIGNS IN THE SKY which will clearly mark out the correct feasts, sacred seasons or Sabbatical Year just as they did when the Saviour hung on the cross. On that occasion the sun went out for over three hours. That was no eclipse by any means; for an eclipse only lasts a few minutes.
Matt.27: 45 | Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. |
When the Saviour died on that memorable day, even the Roman soldier
confessed:
Mark 13:23 | But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you
all things. 24: But in those days, after that tribulation, the
sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light, 25: And the stars of heaven shall fall, and
the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. |
ALTERNATIVE DATES
The following dates are given for those who wish to celebrate
the Feasts in
A.D. 2000 and A.D. 2005 a month after AVITW.
Annual Sabbaths |
A.D. 2000 |
A.D. 2005 |
First Day of Unleavened Bread |
20th April |
24th April |
Last Day of Unleavened Bread |
26th April |
30th April |
Feast of Pentecost |
9th June |
13th June |
Feast of Trumpets |
29th September |
5th October |
Day of Atonement (Fast) |
8th October |
14th October |
Feast of Tabernacles |
15th October |
19th October |
Last Great Day |
22nd October |
26th October |