The "Jewish calendar" (or the "Hebrew calendar") used in Israel today is NOT the calendar of God described in the Bible (in the Old Testament, also called "Tanakh" in Hebrew). There are very big differences, which are not known by many Christians and even many Jews. The Israelites themselves have no interest in pointing out the differences, because otherwise they would have to admit that they are acting against God's instruction and miscalculating their feast days. Unfortunately, many Christian churches (Evangelicals, Seventh-day Adventists, the splinter groups of the Church of God...) also equate the Jewish calendar with God's biblical calendar. This is a big mistake, because thus they miscalculate the biblical feast days in many years.
God created the living space and time. He alone has the right to determine the times of assembly (feast days). God's clearly defined astronomical specifications (sun, moon, stars) determine the days, months, years and also all biblical feasts. Human calculations and traditions have no meaning for God, on the contrary, they show rebellion against the Creator. God's Luni-Solar calendar is sensational because it combines the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, stars), nature (phenology), harvest seasons and time into a perfect harmonious unity. However, the Jewish calendar has too many errors and deviates from God's timeline by several weeks in some years because leap years are miscalculated. The following are the most important facts and differences that no one can deny:
The Jewish mathematical calendar of Israel 2021 according to Hillel (e.g. Chabad, Hebcal, Aish, HaGalil):
Passover (Nisan 15): March 27/28, 2021 (15th day of the 7th month).
Shavuot: May 16/17, 2021 (the 50th day after Passover).
Tisha B'Av: July 17/18, 2021 (9th day of the 11th month)
Tu B'Av: 23/24 July 2021 (15th day of the 11th month)
Yom Teruah: September 6/7, 2021 (1st day of the 1st month)
Yom Kippur: September 15/16, 2021 (10th day of the 1st month)
Sukkot: September 20-27, 2021 (15th-21st day of the 1st month)
Shemini Atzeret: September 28, 2021 (22nd day of the 1st month).
God's Biblical Astronomical Calendar 2021 (e.g. TorahCalendar):
Passover (Nisan 15): March 28/29, 2021 (15th day of the 1st month).
Shavuot: May 17/18, 2021 (the 50th day after Passover)
Tisha B'Av: July 19/20, 2021 (9th day of the 5th month)
Tu B'Av: 25/26 July 2021 (15th day of the 5th month)
Yom Teruach: September 8/9, 2021 (1st day of the 7th month)
Yom Kippur: September 17/18, 2021 (10th day of the 7th month)
Sukkot: Sept. 22-29, 2021 (15th-21st day of the 7th month)
Shemini Atzeret: Sept. 30, 2021 (22nd day of the 7th month)
In 2023, the first 3 biblical feast days in spring/summer fall on the same feast days in both calendars (see 2023). First the Jewish feasts of Israel are mentioned (red), the bold marked data correspond to the calendar of God. They are correct and independently confirmed by Christians worldwide (e.g. TorahCalendar.com):
1.) Passover 1 (Nisan 15): Wed/Thu, 05/06 April 2023 [5783] - Wed/Thu, 05/06 April 2023
2.) Passover 7 (Nisan 21): Tues/Wed, April 11/12 [5783] - Tues/Wed, April 11/12, 2023
[Second Passover (Iyar 14): Thu/Fri May 04/05 [ 5783] - Thu/Fri May 04/05]
3.) Pentecost (Sivan 6): Thu/Fri, May 25/26, 2023 [5783] - Thu/Fri, May 25/26, 2023
4.) Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah, Tishri 1): Fri/Sat, Sept 15/16, 2023 [5784] - Sat/Sun, Sept 16/17, 2023
5.) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur; Tishri 10): Sun/Mon, Sept. 24/25, 2023 [5784] - Mon/Thu, Sept. 25/26, 2023
6.) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot; Tishri 15): Fri/Sat, Sept. 29/30, 2023 [5784] - Sat/Sun, Sept. 30/Oct. 1, 2023
7.) Last Great Day (Shemini Atzeret; Tishri 22): Fri/Sat, Oct 06/07, 2023 [5784] - Sat/Sun, Oct 07/08, 2023
Between the 7 biblical feast days in 2024 (High Sabbaths, annual Sabbaths) according to the biblical calendar of God (marked in bold) and according to the imprecise Jewish calendar of Israel (marked in red), there is even a whole month in between in 2024:
1.) Passover 1 (Nisan 15): Mon/Tue, March 25/26, 2024 - Mon/Tue, April 22/23, 2024 [5784]
2.) Passover 7 (Nisan 21): Sun/Wed, March 31/April 1, 2024 - Sun/Wed, April 28/29,
2024 [5784]
[Second Passover (Pesach Sheeni, 14th Iyar): Mon/Tue, April 22/23 - Tue/Wed, May
21/22]
3.) Pentecost (6th Iyar): Tue/Wed, May 14/15, 2024 - Tue/Wed, June 11/12, 2024 [5784]
4.) Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah; Tishri 1): Wed/Thu, Sept 4/5, 2024 - Wed/Thu, Oct 2/3, 2024 [5785]
5.) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur; Tishri 10): Fri/Sat, Sept 13/14, 2024 - Fri/Sat, Oct 11/12, 2024 [5785]
6.) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot; Tishri 15): Wed/Thu, Sept 18/19, 2024 - Wed/Thu, Oct 16/17, 2024 [5785]
7.) Last Great Day (Shemini Azeret; Tishri 22): Wed/Thu, Sept 25/26, 2024 - Wed/Thu, Oct 23/24, 2024 [5785]
If someone has a different opinion and equates both calendars, he is invited to show us the possible errors in the above points on the basis of the OT (Tanakh). So far, no one has succeeded in doing so, and we also have good contacts in Israel who confirm the above and the differences. The following list shows the different feast dates in the two calendars and clearly shows that in many years a high priest in Israel would die if he entered the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem Temple on the wrong day:
The example of the foundation of the state of Israel shows how important it is to differentiate between the Jewish and the biblical calendar, because otherwise important prophetically predicted events cannot be correctly classified in their symbolism. In the first mentioned calendar often the leap years and therefore also the feast days are calculated wrongly. The day of the birth of Israel on Friday, May 14, 1948 was in the Jewish calendar only the 5th Iyar (5th day of the 2nd month); but in the biblical calendar of God it was the 4th Sivan (4th day of the 3rd month), thus directly the day before the 7th Sabbath in the Omer-counting and even directly before the Pentecost (beginning from sunset on May 15, 1948; see TorahCalendar). This is symbolically of great significance, for thus the birth/founding of Israel (prophetically: the unfaithful bride) occurred at the time of Pentecost, just as the birth/founding of the New Testament Church (prophetically: the bride of Christ) occurred at Pentecost (Acts 2). So there was a great Pentecostal miracle not only in the year of Jesus' resurrection, but also in May 1948, the year of Israel's rebirth. Due to the fact that the Jews reject the calendar of God, although it was the original calendar of their fathers, this important basic knowledge remains hidden from them and many are not aware of the participation of God in the foundation of the state, so that they do not thank Him. They do not know that the oft-quoted newspaper "The Palestine Post" (pictured) proclaimed the birth of Israel to the entire world exactly on May 16, 1948, and that day was Pentecost! So the official and worldwide proclamation of the foundation of the state of Israel (The Independence Day) took place on a Pentecost day, on Sunday, May 16, 1948. This also means: The beginning of the fig tree generation was officially announced on a Pentecost day to all Christians who are waiting for the coming of their Lord (see Rapture). Thus they have a clue how to reckon.
In Jewish circles, there is a strong interest in hiding God's calendar from the world. Why? Because the opinion is spread that the Jewish calendar is allegedly biblical and should correspond to the will of God. This is completely false, as has already been proven above in the text. Many Christian churches have fallen into this trap, such as the Adventists and the Evangelicals. Even the Church of God does not align its feast days according to what the Bible says, but according to the Jewish calendar with its own rabbinic traditions. Thus, they usually celebrate their "biblical feast days" at the wrong time and thus gather not with God but with themselves. The fact is: The Jewish calendar is not the calendar of God mentioned in the Bible (Tanakh), but is the calendar of Jews who have made up their own traditions, which they follow until today. The calendar of the Bible was and is also the calendar of Jesus Christ and this is also the only calendar which will have eternal existence. The Jewish calendar, on the other hand, which is partly based on Babylonian specifications, has no future. It will never succeed to hide the calendar of God from the world, because it is mentioned in the Bible and therefore everybody can get to know it, even if some Jews and Christians want to hide it or replace it.
One example is "Morah Silvana", which deletes comments and blocks writers who refer to God's calendar. Among her nearly 37,000 subscribers on You Tube are many Christians who want to learn about Jewish traditions. But they make the big mistake, because instead of reading the Bible and learning from God, they prefer to follow man-made Jewish traditions and learn from rabbis who have reinterpreted the Word of God. In Hebrew, "Morah" means "teacher/master." She writes in her profile, "I do NOT believe in Yeshua or Jesus as the Messiah" ("NO creo en Yeshua ni en Jesus como el mesias"). This is no surprise, because the Jews reject Jesus and mock him as the supposed " failed Messiah".
Jesus (a descendant of David) repeatedly criticized the Jews for putting their own rules and traditions before the Word of God:
Mk 7:6-9: „And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” 9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!“
After the Rapture, the Jews will have to go through the 7-year tribulation. They will then look to Jesus and His love, whom they have rejected until then. He came to His people, but His own relatives did not recognize Him and rejected Him:
Jn 1:1-11: „In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him [the Christians from the Gentile nations], who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.“
Isaiah 7:14 and chapter 53, Psalm 22 clearly testify about Jesus. Isaiah 53 is the "forbidden chapter", which must not be read in the synagogue, because it creates too much unrest, because it reports prophetically about Jesus. Every Jew in Israel and all over the world should know this:
Acts 4:10-12: „let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead - by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.“
The biblical calendar of God, which is defined in Leviticus 23, is a purely astronomical luni-solar calendar. This means that the sun, moon and stars are not only lights, but also determine the calendar and the feast days. The calendar of God is ingenious because it combines nature and time into a harmonious unity. It is defined by 7 points:
1. Each day begins and ends after sunset. Thus, the sunrise in the morning is in the middle of a whole calendar day and and ends at the beginning of darkness.
2. A week consists of 7 days and the 7th day is called "Sabbath" (ceasing, resting).
3. Each month begins with the first visible crescent moon over Jerusalem, which is called "new light". In the middle of each month there is a full moon. In addition to the weekly Sabbaths, there are also 7 annual Sabbaths ("High Sabbaths") that fall on different days of the week from year to year, depending on which day of the week the first crescent moon can be seen first in the 1st and 7th months.
4. Each month has 29 or 30 days.
5. A year normally has 12 months. However, since the lunar year is about 10,87 days shorter than the solar year, there is a leap year about every third year with an additional month to bring the calendar in line with nature (phenology). Thus, the spring festival of Passover (Nisan 15) and the autumn festival of Sukkot (Tishrei 15) always fall near the equinox. Since Passover is a spring festival, it may not be celebrated in winter; therefore, the first high Sabbath of the year (Nisan 15) is always either on (e.g., 2011) or usually after the day of the spring equinox but never before. The leap year also prevents the feast days from moving throughout the year, as is the case with the lunar calendar. The leap year also prevents the feast days from wandering throughout the year, as is the case with the lunar calendar.
6. The first month of the year is determined by observing nature, especially the ripeness of the early grain (barley), more precisely according to the state of maturity called "abib" (fresh young barley ears, Strong No. 24), which occurs only once a year. At the end of the year, when the farmers and priests saw that the barley was still too unripe to be cut in the middle of the month, an extra month was added by the high priest. This way, the first month of the year could always be defined without dispute, and the first ears of barley (first-fruits sheaf, Omer) could always be presented as a wave offering in the temple at Passover. Thus, all 7 feast days were always within the range of the harvest seasons in Israel, which also indicates their symbolic spiritual significance in God's plan with humankind. See Barley and Wheat Harvest in Israel.
7. The specific star constellations in the night sky in the respective months indicate apart from the season also the exact geographical position; thus each humans can orient themselves on earth on the basis of sun, moon and stars exactly in time and space. God's calendar is thus an astronomical, agricultural, and geographical calendar (3-dimensional) that combines nature and time into a perfect harmonious unity. No other calendar in the world offers this accuracy, so only this calendar will last forever.
The calendar of the Bible (God's calendar) and the seven feast days of God show a connection with the harvest seasons and God's plan for humankind:
Spring (feast of spring fruits: barley):
1) 1st month Nisan, 15th day: Passover 1, 1st day of unleavened bread (Pesach 1)
2) 1st month Nisan, 21st day: Passover 7, 7th day of unleavened bread (Pesach 7)
Summer (feast of summer fruits: wheat):
3) The 50th day after the first High Sabbath: Pentecost (Shavuot, Feast of Weeks)
Autumn (feast of late fruits: grapes and fruits):
4) 7th month Tishrei, 1st day: Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)
5) 7th month Tishrei, 10th day: Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
6) 7th month Tishrei, 15th day: Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot, 15th-21st day)
7) 7th month Tishrei, 22nd day: Last Great Day of Assembly (Shemini Atzeret, 8th day of assembly, conclusion)
In 2020, the Jewish calendar fell on the same feast days as God's biblical calendar. But in many years the Jews and also some Christian groups celebrate the wrong feast days because they do not follow the Bible but the human traditions of ancient rabbis.
Isaiah 53:1-12: Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
"But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end.
Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."
(Daniel 12:4)
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil"
(1Thessalonians 5:21-22)
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them"
(Epheser 5:11)