Month Starts With Full Moon

Very High Level 3

Fact

The renewed moon (chodesh) refers to the full moon, not the new/dark moon

Evidence

• 15 independent lines of scriptural evidence support the full moon as month start (see Chapter 7)

• Hebrew 'keceh' (כֶּסֶא) in Psalm 81:3 means 'fullness' - 'Blow the trumpet at the full moon'

• Sirach 43:6-8 (ancient Jewish text) describes the moon being 'renewed' at its fullness

• Passover on the 14th/15th during a full moon only makes sense if month starts at full moon

• Every ancient pagan culture started months on dark/sliver moon - Scripture tells us NOT to follow their statutes

• The word 'chodesh' means renewal/restoration, which describes the moon returning to fullness

• Full moon is the most visible, unambiguous sign - accessible to all (CalendarAccessibility)

Read in Context

• The First Statute given Moses

  "The very first command or statute given to Moses was about the month..."

• 15 Lines of Evidence

  "There are 15 independent scriptural arguments for the full moon..."

Depends On

Scriptural Authority Very High Hermeneutical Principles Very High Calendar Accessibility Very High Celestial Authority Very High

Required By

Lunar Sabbath System Very High Moving Celestial Dateline High

The full moon calendar is one of the most counter-intuitive discoveries, as nearly every tradition teaches the dark/new moon start. However, the scriptural evidence is overwhelming when examined without traditional bias.