Man's Holidays or God's Holy Days
Many people are shocked to discover the origins of our most popular religious holidays. They are also surprised to find that the days God commands us to observe in the Bible—the same days Jesus Christ and the apostles kept—are almost universally ignored. Why? And, why are today's supposedly Christian holidays observed with so many rituals and customs that are not sanctioned anywhere in the Bible? In these links and movies you'll discover detailed answers to these questions.
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs (signals) and seasons (an appointed times), and for days and years ... Gen 1:14 NKJV
Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin ... GNB
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This documentary explores the origin of Christmas and how it came to be the way we know it today. The documentary also incites the thought as to how Christmas is on one hand a result of social, cultural, and political influences (hence somewhat obscuring the apparent purpose of the festival: Christ's Mass), and on the other hand a influence over people's lives (particularly consumerism).
Watch all 5 parts
Judaism plans its Feasts based on the conjunctive moon or "no moon", but YHWH instructed His people differently.
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2008 Dates for Holy Days and New Moons
These folks keep the Biblical calendar very faithfully!
How the month of Abib (1st month) is determined
Early Church Fathers and the Feasts of the LORD
How were the Feasts of YHWH and His Sabbath treated by the early church fathers?
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Have they changed?
Christmas without Christ?
Christmas revealed
What is missing in Xmas?
Stressed shoppers, commercialization and even depression. Is something missing in the season? Learn surprising answers.
Holy Days Calendar for the 7 Month 2008\
The new moon (the beginning of the Biblical 7 month) should be sighted in Jerusalem on the evening of October 1st, if it is sighted on the evening of September 30th all dates on this calendar will be one day earlier. Confirmation of the sighting in Jerusalem will be documented on these two sights:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karaite_korner_news/
http://www.users.qwest.net/~zadok1/moon.htm
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