Paul was also using YHWH’s calendar after the Crucifixion in Acts 20:7. He mentions the first day of the week, which was on the second day of the Moon. (Acts 20:5, 6, 7) They sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread (22nd) and came unto them in Troas in five days (26th), where they stayed seven days. The seventh day was the second day of the Moon and Paul calls the second day of the Moon the first day of the week, and that puts the Sabbaths again on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th.
Count the 26th as the first day, the 27th as the second, the 28th as the third, the 29th as the fourth, the 30th as the fifth, the first or New Moon as the sixth day, and the second day of the Moon as the seventh day of Paul’s stay at Troas. The Scriptures calls this second day of the Moon the first day of the week, when they broke bread, because they only stayed seven days. The first day of the week was the seventh day they stayed and the second day of the Moon was the first workday of the week, this proves Paul kept the weekly Sabbath on the 8th day of the Moon, then the 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Won’t you follow Him as He follows the master?
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The Sabbaths were on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th in the second Moon, just like in Exodus, chapter 16. Remember, this was in the second Moon. Apostle Paul remembered the True Sabbath day to keep it Holy, and following the Savior’s example on the 8th, 15th, etc.. There is much proof. Think on this awhile, Paul kept the Sabbath on the 22nd day of the second month which was the exact day and month that Moses was commanded to keep many years earlier when the Sabbath was made known to by these words, it is the rest of the Holy Sabbath and it was the 22nd of the moon. (Ex.- 16:23).
The 22nd day of every moon will always be a Sabbath, just as it was when the Savior made the clay on the 22nd. (John 9:14) Solomon kept the Sabbath on the 22nd in the 7th month. (2.Ch.-7:9) The same 22nd of each moon will always be a Sabbath just as He said to Moses “it is the rest of the Holy Sabbath” (Ex. 16:23.). This is no coincidence, no more than every time we walk in the rain we get wet.
The command to keep the Sabbath is found in the Law of YHWH (Torah), and to know when it is, is also found in the Law of YHWH. You do not have to go outside of the Scriptures to find when the Sabbath begins and consult man’s calendar. Do we really believe a command that carried the death penalty if not obeyed would be left up to man’s calendar and not the Heavenly calendar for days, years, signs, and seasons? (Gen. 1:14)
The only calendar that cannot be tampered with by man is YHWH’s calendar. If you have to go outside the to find when a year begins (January 1st) or when a day begins (12:00 a.m.) or how long a month is (30 or 31 days), then YHWH’s times are not honored. The same is true with the weekly Sabbath; it is also in the Scriptures. If the time of a day, year, month, or week is not found in the Scriptures, then it is not right. All of these are found in Nature and Nature has a way of signaling when the year begins (Equinox), or when a day begins (dark), when a month begins (New Moon Conjunction), when a week begins (phases of the Moon — New, First quarter, Full, and Second quarter). All of these are conjunctions found in Nature without man’s calendar or artificial time keeping devices. You can find the Feast days by the Moon without a man-made calendar, you can find the right month and the right day of the month, all by the Moon.
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