THE LAWS OF MOSES
For years I have wondered how the New Moon Festival was supposed to be celebrated, and whenever I’ve enquired about it, in the various places I’ve been, I have never found a rabbi who could answer my question. Then one day, while I was in New York, a Jewish woman told me that she wasn’t sure if anyone remembered how it was supposed to be celebrated; because over time, the teachings of the New Moon Festival had been lost. However, she was kind enough to invite me to a Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) celebration, the women of the community organized each month. It was a very nice experience and it included delicious food, lovely music, and a brief uplifting lesson. Later, when I was researching another topic in the Word of God, I stumbled on the previous passage of scripture in Amos. I suddenly realized that we were required to have a sabbatical rest during the New Moon Festival, just as we are during the last day of the week. At the time I discovered this passage, I was living in an RV, near Mount St. Helens, in Washington State. The Jewish calendar I had, just expired, so I didn’t know when the next New Moon Festival was; so I resorted to the next best thing available and I found a web site online at: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.php
with a schedule of the lunar moon. Ever since then, I have been trying to practice the New Moon Festival. The Lord told me that he created this law so that we might acknowledge his power, because the Lord created the universe and manages its rotation, which alters the seasons and measures the years. The day of the new moon is the first day of the month, according to the Jewish calendar, and we were meant to use the moon as a sign; so the days of the month could be counted accurately, in order to celebrate the days which the Lord has sanctified.
Today, obeying the Sabbath day has become a challenge, because of the means in which we have been raised and believe. It’s unfortunate that the Sabbath day has been forsaken as it has. So, asking you to obey the New Moon Festival will be an even greater challenge. Never-
To review the schedule in your area (internationally) please visit: https://www.timeanddate.com/
For as the new heaven and the new earth which I will make shall endure by My will―declares the LORD―So shall your seed and your name endure. And new moon after new moon, and sabbath after sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship Me―said the LORD.
Isaiah 66:22-
... And the LORD said to me: “The hour of doom has come for My people Israel; I will not pardon them again. And the singing women of the palace shall howl on that day—declares my Lord GOD: So many corpses left lying everywhere! Hush!” Listen to this, you who devour the needy, annihilating the poor of the land, saying, “If only the new moon were over, so that we could sell grain; the sabbath, so that we could offer wheat for sale, using an ephah that is too small, and a shekel that is too big, tilting a dishonest scale, and selling grain refuse as grain! We will buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.”
Amos 8:2-