2006SpringFeast

2006  How to Count the Spring Feast

March 20, 2006, is a date that most of us recognize as symbolic of changing seasons. As we welcome spring, people south of the equator are actually gearing up for the cooler temperatures of autumn. What Happens at the Equinox?

Far from being an arbitrary indicator of the changing seasons, March 20 (March 21 in some years) is significant for astronomical reasons. On March 20, 2006, at precisely 1:26 P.M. EST (18:26 Universal Time), the Sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator. This moment is known as the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. For the Southern Hemisphere, this is the moment of the autumnal equinox.

Equinox Means "Equal Night"   Translated literally, equinox means "equal night." Because the sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are about equal in length all over the world during the equinoxes. A second equinox occurs each year on September 22 or 23;  This date will mark the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern (vernal denotes "spring").

1st New Moon After the Spring Equinox is Mar 29th, 2006 at 3:17 a.m. MST before daylight.

Biblical Holy Day Calendar for 2006  (Bases on the Moon)  
The New Moon 2006 (1st day of Year) is on Mar 29th, 2006 at 3:17 a.m.
   This makes the First day of the First Month on Saturday, Mar 29th, 2006 at 3:17 a.m.
   Since the day is just started this day probably reflects the day of the rebirth of the Moon. If we were to move it to the 30th day of March the moon would be past the new state and be a crescent with 3% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

April 2006

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Passover April 11, 2006 (Starts evening before)
Counting to Abib 14.  Abib 14 starts on April 10, 2005 when the sun goes down. (7:28 p.m. in the afternoon is sunset)
    Just before April 11th  which is the 14th of Abib.
The commanded Passover Meal is after sundown on the beginning of Abib 14.  (Of April 10, 2006) 
The commanded service of taking the bread, wine and foot washing comes after the main (regular) meal.  This is
   Christ's Passover meal also.  We will also observe that Special Night to be Much Observed (Exo. 12.42), not
   Abib 15 as the traditional doctrine believes.   (see Passover is the Feast)

The First Day of Unleavened Bread starts late afternoon on April 10th, 2006  at the going down of the sun.  
(7:35 p.m.)  14 days later is the 14th day of the 1st month of the New Year.  That would be on April 11, 2006 Making that the Passover day and 1st Day of UB.  April 10th, the evening before would be Christ's Passover Ceremony.  April 17th would be the last day of UB or the 20th day of the 1st month.
       The First Holy Day will  continue all through the 11th day. (Which is the 14th day of Abib).  The Unleavened Bread will last for only 7 days which is called the Feast of the Passover.   (See this explanation)
 

         April 16th, 2006  Waive Sheaf Day (Sunday)    (Lev 23:9-14)   
          Go to the weekly Sabbath during the week of UB.  
          Then morning after the Sabbath.  It is Waive Sheaf  Sunday. 
        ("...on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.)

                Is that in the Bible?  Is it a Holy Day?   Is it to be kept forever?
             

         The Seventh day of the Feast of the Passover (Unleavened Bread) is on April 17th, 2006
            This last (7th) day coincides with Abib 20. and ends the 7-- 24 hr periods at about 7:00 in the
            evening of April 17th. (Or as is stated "until" (the start) of the 21st day of Abib...)

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Lev 23:9-14  Is talking about First Fruits. (3 bible translations)  This is another Holy Day mentioned in Lev 23.

First fruits (NIV)
⁹ The LORD said to Moses, ¹⁰ "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. ¹¹ He is to wave the sheaf before the LORD so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. ¹² On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the LORD a lamb a year old without defect, ¹³ together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah ^[1] of fine flour mixed with oil-an offering made to the LORD by fire, a pleasing aroma-and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin ^[2] of wine. ¹⁴ You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain, until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.  

The Sacrifices this day are different from the Sacrifices of Pentecost

Leviticus 23 (NASB)
⁹   Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
¹⁰   "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and ⁽¹⁾ reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
¹¹   'He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
¹²   'Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD.
¹³   'Its ⁽²⁾ grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a ^[1] hin of wine.
¹⁴   'Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, ⁽³⁾ you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

The Feast of First fruits  (NKJV)
⁹ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: "When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. ¹¹He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. ¹²And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD. ¹³Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. ¹⁴You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

These Sacrifices are also different from the one of Unleavened Bread week.

One would conclude:  If this feast would be a feast with symbolism for Firstfruits, then It would also be a symbol of Christ who is the First fruit or Firstborn.  The Jews have never admitted that Christ came as a "Savior (Firstborn) first fruit".  Apparently this Holy Day mentioned here has been omitted from many churches because on some years it may coincide with a Pagan Holiday.  Apparently the Jews had to omit it in their (as some have taught) oracles because it would picture Christ and the meaning.  It also calls it an ordinance  forever, in the same manner as the other holydays in this same chapter.