My point would be that we do not have scripture for the Gregorian calendar that most follow today. Col. 2:16 16. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: It seems that if I want to seek out a Biblical Calendar and walk in that "narrow path," at least it should be allowed and not judged. Carl Allen Daves wrote: >If you want to bring it to an end I well accept that but your reasoning is >your own not scripture. Don’t think beyond what is written.... Goes for >Calendar creation, new moons or anything else. I am at a loss for why you find >that so hard to understand. My point in the new moon posting was if you don’t >have scripture leave it alone... don’t create what is not there. > >Allen > > >"Dr. Neville Jones" <ntj005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:In your last posting, you asked >what the references were. Now you have been provided with them, your only >response seems to be "so?" If it's not spelt out for us, then we can't ever >know? Is this being "created in God's image?" Is this "reason[ing] together?" > >Next time you're in an aeroplane, I hope that the Captain has every single, >possible, conceivable situation clearly spelt out for him in the manual, >because otherwise he won't be able to think for himself, right? > >You position cannot be maintained, Allen. If it could, then everybody on the >World could simply READ the Bible every night. > >You have also avoided the INSTRUCTIONS given you clearly in Exodus, Leviticus >and Deuteronomy, for example. > >I think that this discussion has reached a stage where a conclusion can be >draw. Philip and I have tried to reason with you. Does anyone else care to >comment before I draw a line under it? > >Neville. > >Allen Daves wrote: >1 Sam. 20:5 5. And "David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new >moon," > >1 Sam. 20:18. Then "Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon:" and >thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. > >David and Jonathan both agree that tomorrow is the new moon..So? > >1 Sam. 20:24. So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was >come, the king sat him down to eat meat. > >DAVID hid untill the new moon …….so? > >2 Ki. 4:23 23. And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him "to day"? it is >neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. Does cripture >difinne What day this is it only says that that day is not the new moon. >….don’t read into it. > >Ps. 81:3. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our >solemn feast day. Isa. 66: 23. And it shall come to pass, that from one new >moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to >worship before me, saith the Lord. > >Eze. 46:1 Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh >toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it >shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. > >Eze. 46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without >blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. > >Amos 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and >the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the >shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? > >Col. 2:16 16. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in >respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: > > > >There is Something called and recognized as a new moon but what exactly that >is not specified here…… so what is the difficulty don’t read into anything in >to it. All you know is that there is such a thing a new moon but with out >scripture to tell you anything other than that, You cannot make statements or >calendars with any more detailed other than what is provided. If it is not >provided don’t try to "MAKE IT". I don’t understand why this is difficult. If >text doesn’t provide every little detail then you must be satisfied with what >it does state not speculate about what it is not saying. Don’t think beyond >what is written. > >Allen > > >"Dr. Neville Jones" wrote:1 Sam. 20:5 >1 Sam. 20:18 >1 Sam. 20:24 >2 Ki. 4:23 >Ps. 81:3 >Isa. 66:23 >Eze. 46:1 >Eze. 46:6 >Amos 8:5 >Col. 2:16 > >So, again I ask you, Allen, is it a "new" moon or isn't it? > >Neville. > >Allen Daves wrote: >I guess I missed that posting. What are the references for this? What >scriptures are we talking about?..I know this if it calls it a new moon then >it is a new moon. If it does not specifically call it a new moon then you >shouldn't read into it. You take it exactly what all the scriptures say about >that moon the way it says it. If scripture does not specify how would I or >anyone for that mater know? And what proof could you offer anyway? Something’s >are just not given and It will not contradict itself if you don't force >meaning on it. > >Allen > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! 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