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(ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this afternoon of the first day of the week. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. _____ It has been a long day. I receive hundreds of emails on calendar issues. I have received dozens in just the last few days and several today on this specific subject. Many have expressed sympathy for this brother's struggle. Others have been loaded with arrogance and belligerence pushing their own pet ideas and belittling or ignoring any attempt at a reasonable discussion. At least one person had to be removed from the newsletter list and blocked from my email. This firestorm of controversy over Calendar issues is a microcosm (a small example of the whole world) of all the issues we face. We are in the end of time so Satan is throwing everything at us he can. One of Strong's definition of false prophets in this verse is religious impostors. Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. The conversation with my Messianic/Adventist brother continues in a very friendly and productive discussion. Please understand, greetings, chit chat, and personal discussions about private individuals has been removed. _____ He wrote: I do not believe that the dates of March 15th thru April 15th are arbitrary. I'm encouraged to hear that you have a passion for understanding the calculations of Jewish calendar. I'm willing to consider whatever research you want to share. _____ I responded: I accept completely what she said. In fact, I am amazed at how closely it follows my study. But "the close of March or the beginning of April" is not an exact date. I believe a more exact date is after about March 21 which is the equinox. This is still the close of March. God has specified in Genesis the sun and the moon are signals for the appointed times. _____ He wrote: Do you consider the 19th of April to be the beginning of April? I do not. Do you consider March 19th to be more within the definition of the close of March than you consider the 19th of April to be within the definition of the beginning of April? I do. _____ I responded: It is an amazing thing which I suspect is Divinely ordained and significant. In 2011 and 2012 all major calendar determinations will be celebrating the exact same days. This is very rare. I will be celebrating the first Yearly Sabbath of Passover Week (as will most others) on the first 15th day of the month which occurs after equinox which will be mid-April on the 19th. My understanding based on astronomy and my understanding of God's plan is the first Yearly Sabbath of Passover Week can be between about March 22 to April 20. _____ He wrote: So when will you be celebrating Passover next Spring? do you plan to celebrate in late March or early April or somewhere outside of this time frame? _____ I responded: I will not argue with you. I was sharing my understanding. I am not trying to influence you. _____ He wrote: OK Frank, but I am trying to influence you. _____ I responded: Not possible. I recognize and accept the general statement of Ellen with all my heart but will never accept this can be arbitrarily interpreted to a specific day on the Gregorian Calendar without any consideration for God's command to observe the sun for our signal. She was clearly shown the approximate time for which I am extremely thankful. I am so happy to see from this clear indication she did not support the Millerite determination. _____ He wrote: Do you believe it possible to ever have a Passover celebrated in late March as Sister White says that it can be? I have never met anyone saving myself that believed it possible to celebrate Passover in the month of March. _____ I responded: Of course I do! I have already stated I believe it can occur at least March 23 or later. It can never be later than about April 22. I and others have also publicly stated so.
http://www.SacredCalendar.info/Calendars/Calendar-2005.html March 26 Others who agree: http://www.avoiceinthewilderness.org/saccal/2010.html _____ He wrote: Do you have a one sentence rule that you use to calculate the beginning of the year like the one in the appendix notes of the Great Controversy 1888? Something like "ANCIENTLY THE YEAR DID NOT COMMENCE IN MIDWINTER, AS NOW, BUT AT THE FIRST NEW MOON AFTER THE VERNAL EQUINOX." _____ I responded: Yes! I do. There are two different flavors which I mentioned in the newsletter a few weeks ago. My careful study and understanding guided by the Word and the Spirit result in determinations which are very precise and resolve every overlapping cycle of the sun and moon down to the minute. The newsletter said: "The spring equinox is the yearly signal which needs to come before the first yearly Sabbath world day which begins at sunrise on the 14th day of the month." I am putting this version in the book: "The day of Passover Eve is the first 14th day (full moon) of a month where the sun rises at Golgotha (Jerusalem) after the spring equinox." They both say the same thing just in a different sequence. I have provided very detailed proof and justification for every aspect of this determination by newsletter and book. I will readily admit, the proofs are not overwhelming and incontrovertible. A person must humbly submit themselves to the Holy Spirit and with earnest prayer and study diligently seek for the still, small, voice of truth. _____ The quotes this brother's earnest search uncovered from EGW expose the error of the Millerite determination. This determination claims to follow EGW but is following the additions of the editors not the words of the author. The editors must have known this because the only quote on the equinox in all her writing is found in the appendix of the 1888 edition of Great Controversy and was removed in the 1911 edition while she was still alive. The Millerite determination places Passover of that year (1844) in May which is completely beyond any interpretation of this direct and clear quote from EGW. In this year the Millerite determination places the beginning of Passover on the last day of April. This again is completely against this quote. "The time of the Passover corresponded to the close of March or the beginning of April..." {DA 75.2} "The first of these festivals, the Passover, the feast of unleavened bread, occurred in Abib, the first month of the Jewish year, corresponding to the last of March and the beginning of April."{PP 537.3} Though I disagree with this brother's selection of March 15th on the Gregorian Calendar as the deciding line, I feel enormous respect for his diligence to follow the best understanding of all evidence he can find. Are you diligently studying for truth or just following what someone else says? I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Frank T. Clark
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