Sabbath Calendar 2007

The above calendar is the most recent one placed on this website.  I previously had a calendar posted which began the new year on March 19 and 20.  However, after further consideration and council from brethren I have decided to go with the new moon of April 18 as the 1^st new moon of the year, seeing it will be the first new moon after the vernal equinox and the previous new moon starts before the vernal equinox even happens.

I have always said that if someone can show me where I’m in error, and I can see it, I will make a change.  Therefore, to be true to this motto in my spiritual life, I have made a change to this year’s calendar in regards to the date of the 1^st new moon of the year and the dates of the annual festivals.  All weekly Sabbaths and new moons do remain the same.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have in regards to the calendar.  I definitely do not have all the answers, but together we can strive to gain more and more knowledge, and hopefully unity in the calendar.

In honesty,

Erich Matthew Janzen

C o n j u n c t i o n  T i m e s

Why I Am a Lunar Sabbatarian

The purpose of this brief essay concerning Sabbath observance is not for a thorough explanation about or rebuttal to those in opposition of this particular belief, but rather an explanation as to why I have chosen that this method of Sabbath observance aligns best with the Bible, having Scriptural precedent.

1) Yahweh’s calendar is mentioned in the Bible in a few placed (Genesis 1:14-18; Psalms 104:19; Jeremiah 31:35-36).  In Genesis we are specifically told it is the lights in the heavens that are to be for time calculation, therefore, we should look to the lights (sun, moon, and stars) that the heavenly Father has created and made for His calendar.

2) Anyone who has a background in the Biblical calendar acknowledges that the year does not begin in January (the middle of winter), the month doesn’t begin arbitrarily, consisting of 31, 30, 29, or 28 days, and that the day doesn’t begin at midnight.  I go a step further by not believing the week beings on the day known as Sunday.  If the year, month, and day can be found solely by Yahweh’s calendar, why not the week and in turn the Sabbath?

3) We find in nature a phenomenon in the cycle of the moon.  The moon begins at the new moon and then approximately 7 days (7.3) later builds to a half orb, followed by a full moon in seven more days, then down to a waning half in another seven days, followed by a final sliver seven days later.  It is no coincidence Yahweh timed the moon to phase in these intervals, especially seeing the Bible tells us that nature itself teaches principles (Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 11:15).

4) We find in Scripture that the day of the new moon is a special day, separate and distinct from the working days and Sabbaths (Isaiah 66:22-23; Amos 8:5; 2 Kings 4:23).  This is specifically found in Ezekiel 46:1.  We clearly see in these passages that neither the Sabbath or the new moon are one of the six working days.  This means the new moon must not fall on a working day, placing day 1 of any given Biblical month separate, followed by six working days (2^nd - 7^th of the month), and the followed by the weekly Sabbath (8^th of the month).  This is then followed by Sabbaths on the 15^th, 22^nd, and 29^th of every moon, with a one or two day new moon festival at the end/beginning of each month (1 Samuel 20).

5) Every place in the Bible where we find a Sabbath day pinpointed to a day of the moon, it falls on one of the above dates.  This is too much of a coincidence for it to occur each and every time the Sabbath is pinpointed.  Genesis 2, and it’s mention of the Sabbath (when proper exegesis occurs) falls out on the 8^th of the moon, as well as the next Sabbath mentioned (Exodus 16), and the list goes on.

I could literally go on and on, and have in a book entitled “PROOF: Weekly Sabbath Days are Determined by the Moon” which is free to those requesting.  I am also available to anyone desiring to study the Scriptures and I am also willing to publicly or privately debate the issue with anyone.

Love you friends,

Matthew Janzen

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