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Why the New Moons are not Sabbaths

In Messianic circles a curious practice has developed of observing each New Moon (Rosh Kodesh) as a Sabbath and/or appointed day of Assembly and/or as a mini Yom Teruach (Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna); a practice which has never been a practice of our people, and is a misinterpretation of the commandments of Torah.

In ancient Judaism, the New Moons significant mainly to the priests who were required to offer up special sacrifices on these days, and to blow silver trumpets over the burnt sacrifices offered up on these days; I Chronicles 23:31; II Chronicles 2:4; B’midbar (Numbers) 10:10; but nowhere are they ever ordained in Torah as Sabbaths, or as anything mandated to be observed by non-priest, with the exception of the 7th New Moon which is the Appointed Time of Yom Teruach (Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna}; which likewise, though a "High Day", is not a "Sabbath".

Accordingly, nowhere among our people have they ever been observed as Sabbaths with the exception of a minority of Jewish communities who allow their women to take the day off, but not because they are Sabbaths, but because in tradition it is taught that the Hebrew women refused to participate in the worship of the Golden Calf at Mount Sinai, and so are granted this day off to honor them for their righteous conduct that day.

Outside of the 7th New Moon, the only other New Moon of any significance to the laymen would be the 1st New Moon, that is because this 1st New Moon sighted after the Barley has become green in the bud is the New Moon that begins the countdown to Pesach (Passover), and to offering of the Bikurim (of the First Fruits) of the barley harvest. But outside of this count to Pesach (Passover), it carries no other significance to the layman.

So in this study I will go over the verses that are commonly misunderstood by people, and place them into their proper light as they were understood by our people from the most ancient of times.

Beginning with Shemot (Exodus) 12:2 we will introduce the 1st New Moon of the year re-identified by Yahuweh for Israel at the Pesach (Passover) occurring just prior to their departure from Egypt. It reads as follows:

12:2 This Moon shall be the beginning of Moons. It shall be the first Moon of the year to you.

This is the Moon that accompanies the barley harvest. As it is written in Shemot (Exodus) 9:31,

9:31 Now the flax and the barley were struck [by the hail], for the barley was in the head and the flax was in the bud.

This 1st Moon of the year is called the Moon of the Aviv, meaning green and tender, because this is the Moon that the barley is green and tender and within just a few weeks of being ready for harvest; as it is written in Shemot (Exodus) 13:4 concerning the timing of Israel’s departure from Egypt the day after the Pesach (the Passover),

13:4 On this day you are going out, in the Moon of Aviv.

Today this Moon is called the Moon of N-san (Nisan), however, this is the name of a pagan deity, and Yahuweh forbids, in Shemot (Exodus) 23:13, the pronunciation of the names of pagan deities in any positive light; so to name one of the Moons of our sacred calendar after this impure and indecent deity is simply not an option. This is the reason for the use of the hyphen in the word showing that it should not be pronounced. The Moon is properly called by Yahuweh, "The Moon of Aviv".

It is from this Moon of the Aviv that we begin the count to the Pesach (Passover), for it begins at dusk on the 14th day of this Moon and extends to dusk of the 15th day of this Moon; Shemot (Exodus) 12:6; B’midbar (Numbers) 33:3; V’yikra (Leviticus) 23:4,5 which in turn is then followed by the 7 days of Hag haMatzot (Unleaved Bread); V’yikra (Leviticus) 23:6-8.

Unleavened Bread is eaten for all 8 days of these two feasts; Shemot (Exodus) 12:18. The distinguishing element between these two feasts concerning leaven is that on Pesach leaven can still be in the house, just not eaten; but during the 7 days of Unleavened Bread it neither eaten nor in the house; Shemot (Exodus) 12:15. See our e-booklet entitled, "On Pesach and the Resurrection" for more on this subject.

So this first New Moon of Aviv, because it marks the beginning of the countdown to Pesach (Passover), it is significant to both the laymen and the priest alike. However, nowhere is this New Moon, or any other New Moon in Scripture, ordained as a Sabbath by Yahuweh.

There are only 3 appointed times in Scripture that Yahuweh ordained as Sabbaths (contrary to what your English translations imply). They are the 7th day Sabbath, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) occurring in the 7th Moon, and the 7th year of rest for the land. See our e-study entitled, "The Sabbaths of Yahuweh" for more on this subject.

And neither is this New Moon, or any other New Moon in Scripture (with the exception of Yom Teruach (the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna), ordained by Yahuweh in Scripture as a day of public assembly. So any decision to make special prayers, or to have special meals or teachings or meetings on any of these New Moons outside of Yom Teruach (the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) is utterly and entirely a personal decision.

On the other hand, neither is it a sin to make such personal decisions. We ourselves in our home enjoy having a special meal and special blessing over our children on this day.

The main reason why I am having to write this study is not because it is wrong to acknowledge a New Moon if one desires to do so in a proper and Scripturally acceptable way; but because people are teaching these New Moons as if they were an appointed time and day of assembly, which they are not; because people are teaching them as a Sabbath, which they are not; because they are teaching them as if this is some kind of ancient Hebrew tradition, which they are not in the respect that people are trying to say; and because they are blowing the shofar on these days when it was the chatsotserah (the silver trumpets) that were blown at these times, and blown only over the special sacrifices, and blown only by the priests; B’midbar (Numbers) 10:1-10 all of which detracts from the special status that Yahuweh appointed the blowing of the shofars in force to have on the New Moon of Yom Teruach (Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) where they were appointed to be blown.

To clarify this, just remember Jericho, for it was on Yom Teruach (the Day of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) that they circled the city 7 times while blowing the shofars and caused the great walls to fall with a final "shout"; Yeshua (Joshua) 6:1-20. The picture of which is prophetic of the trumpets in Revelation, and of the fall of Babylon and of the nations of the earth to Yeshua.

So when a dozen people go around every New Moon and begin blowing their shofars as if it were Yom Teruach (Day of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna), which, in the Hebrew, is called literally the day of "shouting", then they are missing the picture, and detracting from the day in which these things were appointed to be done, and from the prophetic time table and events that Yom Teruach (Day of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) is pointing us to.

Understand, Yeshua is not coming with the great sound of a Shofar, and with a loud shout, as described in I Thessalonians 4:16 on the 1st New Moon, or on the 6th, or the 12th New Moon of the harvest calendar, but on the 7th Moon. It is on this Moon, and on this Moon only, that He will raise up His people from their graves, I Corinthians 15:51,52, on this day that He will cause Babylon to Fall, and on this day that He will enter into His coronation as King over the earth; the same day, that same day, by the way, that all the kings of Israel were traditionally coronated.

So with these things in mind, let us continue.

In I Shemuel (I Samuel) 20:5,18,19, and 24

20:5 And David said to Yonathan (Jonathan), "Indeed, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I know I must sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the 3rd day at dusk."

20:18 Then Yonathan (Jonathan) said to David, "Tomorrow is the New Moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty;

20:19 and when you have stayed away 3 days."

20:24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.

People commonly quote this one to show that every New Moon is a feast day and appointed time, and use this to say that this feasting on the New Moons was an ancient custom of Israel.

But this is not correct. Let me explain. Among our people, Yom Teruach (the Day of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) has been celebrated as a two day celebration for thousands of years.

The reason for this is because Yom Teruach (the Day of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) cannot begin until the New Moon has been actually sighted with the naked eye [the sighting by the eye changed after the dispersion, but has now been restored by certain sects of Judaism since re-entering the land of Israel]. The result is that if it is not observed the first night, then it would be celebrated the next night by default. Since everybody has to be prepared with their white robes and such by the first night, it just naturally developed into a two day celebration. This is what Yeshua was referring to when He said "No man knows the day or the hour" of His coming.

That doesn’t mean we do not know the year or which appointed time He will appear at. We know that today, even as we knew when He would come the first time. It is written all over the Talmud when He would come, on both the first and second occasions. The first time in the year 4000 from Adam, which was the 80th Jubilee from Adam; and the second time in the year 6000 from Adam, or 120th year from Adam.

The 120th Jubilee year from Adam will be Fall of 2027 to Fall of 2028 of the Gregorian calendar; and the day will be Yom Teruach. But which day Yom Teruach will fall in that year, and at which hour of Yom Teruach He will return, no man knows, but only the Father in heaven. See our e-Time Line entitled, "The 6000 Years from Adam to Yeshua" for more on this subject.

So when David says that he will hide for 3 days, it is because the Feast day and New Moon of Yom Teruach, the 7th New Moon of the harvest calendar, is a 2 day feast in tradition and practicality, leaving a 3rd day following the beginning of the feast for Yonathan (Jonathan) to have time to travel to David’s hiding place in an inconspicuous manner and communicate to David if it was safe for him to come out of hiding or not.

Make note also at this point that all of the "feasts" ordained by Yahuweh are codified in V’yikra (Leviticus) 23, and that only the 7th New Moon of Yom Teruach is included in this list of appointed times.

So in this passage, it is the fact that it is a New Moon, and a feast, that Yom Teruach is described, and when you add the 3 days of David’s hiding to that we find further support from the following passages indicating that this was a 2 day feast, that was also kept in Bethlehem as an annual event with annual sacrifices. As it is written,

20:6 If your father misses me at all, then say, "David earnestly asked permission of me that he might run over to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family."

20:24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.

20:25 Now the king sat on his seat, as at the other times; but David’s seat was empty.

20:26 But Shaul did not say anything that day, for he thought to himself, "Something has happened to him; he is unclean, surely he must be unclean".

20:27 And it happened the next day, the second day of the Moon, that David’s place was still empty. And Saul said to Yonathan (Jonathan) his son, "Why has the son of Yishai (Jesse) not come to eat either yesterday or today?"

20:28 So Yonathan (Jonathan) answered Shaul saying, "David earnestly asked permission from me to go to Bethlehem".

20:29 And he said, "Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers."

At this answer King Shaul became enraged for he knew Yonathan (Jonathan) was lying. How did he know he was lying?

The first day he was not angry, because he thought that David must have made himself unclean somehow, and so was unable to attend the feast. However, when one becomes unclean, they would simple take a Mikvah (baptize themselves) and then would remain unclean only until dusk of the next day. So King Shaul expected David to be at the feast the second night, because in most circumstances he would have been cleansed by this next night, and therefore able to attend the following nights festivities. So when he did not show up, the king became suspicious.

Note also, from verse 20:5 quoted above, that this was a meal that David was required to attend at the king’s table. So if it had only been a one day feast, then the king would have thought nothing of David’s absence on the second, "non-mandated" day; but because David was absent both nights as stated in verse 20:27, the king became suspicious and then enraged.

And finally, we see from verse 20:6, that this New Moon corresponded to an annual event and yearly sacrifice that took place. As such, these events describe none other than the appointed time of Yom Teruach (the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshanna) occurring on the 7th New Moon of the harvest calendar; and as you will soon see, is frequently referred to in Scripture as simply, "The" New Moon.

Let us go now to II Melechim (II Kings) 4:23, which reads,

4:23 So he said, "Why are you going to the man of God today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath?"

This verse is used by people to say that the New Moon is a time for a public assembly and/or time where one should give or receive a teaching about Scripture.

Remember I stated earlier that Yom Teruach is frequently referred to simply as "The" New Moon. Plain and simple, this is one of those passages. We know it from this passage, because whenever you hear this phrase "the New Moon and the Sabbath", you are hearing a phrase specifically referring to, in the Hebrew mind of, the New Moon of Yom Teruach which is followed 10 days later by the Sabbath of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

So being that this is the case, then is all we have to do to confirm this in this passage is look for evidence indicating a time of harvest around the time of Sukkot (Tabernacles) which Yom Teruach and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) lead up to.

This is simple enough, beginning with II Melekim (II Kings) 4:17 and extending through 4:39, we are able to establish a fall harvest.

II Melekim (II Kings) 4:17,18 read as follows,

4:17 And the woman conceived and bore a son when the appointed time had come of which Elisha had told her.

4:18 So the child grew. Now it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the harvesters.

So here we see it is the time of a harvest. So which one? Is it the harvest of the barley for Pesach, the harvest of the wheat for Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/Pentecost), or the harvest of the fruit for Succot (Tabernacles)?

It is the harvest around the time of both a New Moon and a Sabbath.

The weekly Sabbath, where a "man of God" would be sought out, occurs during all harvests times throughout the whole year. But the only New Moon that occurs where "a man of God" would be sought out would be the 7th New Moon of Yom Teruach, occurring just prior to Succot (Tabernacles); in which case we should be able to identify something in this passage that ties these events to the "Fall" season. Is there such evidence?

Yes, in II Melekim (II Kings) 4:38,39 after Elisha (the man of God) had finished bringing the woman’s son back to life, he departed and returned to Gilgal, which was about 2 days journey on foot (about 40 miles). The verses read as follows,

4:38 And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the region, Now the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."

4:39 So one of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it a lap full of wild gourds.

In the local region of Gilgal the harvest apparently was not so well, resulting in a shortage of food. So one of the prophet’s went out to gather herbs and found some wild gourds, and not realizing that they were poisonous, added them to the stew. Gourds ripen in the fall. The New Moon of Yom Teruach, and the Sabbath of Yom Kippur, of course, occur in the "Fall".

The next verse is I Chronicles 23:31. People quote this to say that the New Moons are appointed times. It reads as follows,

23:31 and at every presentation of a burnt offering to Yahuweh on the Sabbaths, and on the New Moons, and on the appointed feasts.

This reference to the New Moons and Sabbaths are in the plural, so it is a reference to the special sacrifices that were offered up, in addition to the regular sacrifices, on every 7th day Sabbath; B’midbar (Numbers) 28:9,10, on each of the 12 to 13 New Moons of the year; B’midbar (Numbers) 28:11-15, and during each of the Appointed Feasts; B’midbar (Numbers) 28:16 through 29:40;

As it is written in B’midbar (Numbers) 10:10,

10:10 Also in the day of your gladness [the 7th day Sabbath], at your Appointed Times [Hag haMatzot through Succot and Shimini Atzeret], and at the beginning of your Moons, you shall blow the chatsotserah (the silver trumpets) over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

Notice also, that the idiomatic phrase here is absent not only because the idiomatic phrase is always in the singular, and the New Moons and Sabbaths here are in the plural, but also because the idiomatic phrase always mentions the New Moon first, and then the Sabbath second, because this is the order that Yom Teruach and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) occur in.

I Chronicles 23:31 is not saying that the New Moons are Appointed Times of assembly, any more than V’yikra (Leviticus) 23 declares them as such, but like the 7th day Sabbaths and the Appointed Times of assembly, they are a time for the offering of the special sacrifices offered up by the priest, in addition to the regular daily sacrifices offered up in B’midbar (Numbers) 28:1-8, and that have the chatsotserah (the silver trumpets) blown over them by the priests.

II Chronicles 2:4; 8:13; 31:3; Ezra 3:5; Nehem’yahu (Nehemiah) 10:33; Yesh’yahu (Isaiah) 1:13,14; and Yechezk’el (Ezekiel) 45:17; are all more of the same of these, with each instance placing the 7th day Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the Appointed Times of Assembly during the Festival seasons all in their own separate category of distinguishment. Hoshea 2:11 adds further re-enforcement of the New Moons as being separate from the weekly Sabbath and Appointed Times of Assembly occurring during the Festival seasons.

To say that the New Moons are Appointed Times of Public Assembly, or Sabbaths, is just simply not supported by Scripture, or even by tradition.

Only the 7th New Moon of Yom Teruach is an Appointed Time of Public Assembly, and only the 7th day Sabbath, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) occurring in the 7th Moon, and the 7th year of rest for the land, are Sabbaths.

Before going on, let me clarify what the appointed days of assembly during the festivals seasons are, and what takes place on them.

They are the 1st and 7th Days of haMatzot (Unleavened Bread), Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/Pentecost), Yom Teruach, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), the 1st Day of Succot (Tabernacles) and Shimini Atzeret (the Last Great Day/the day following the 7th day of Succot).

There are 7 all together, and these are all referred to as High Days. That is, they are like a Sabbath; but without being ordained as a Sabbath in Torah. Then you have the New Moons and the 7th day Sabbaths in addition to these. Out of these, the 7th day Sabbath is also a day of Public Assembly, but the New Moons are not.

So what is the difference? The difference is that the High Days of Assembly involve the 5 elements of public assembly, worship, teaching, eating, and rest from work, with the exception of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) where the eating is substituted with fasting; but the 7th Day Sabbath is above them all in stature, with the exception of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) which is both a Sabbath and a High Day, and that the New Moons are below them all in stature; with the exception of the New Moon of Yom Teruach, which, like the other Appointed Assemblies, is also a High Day.

So what takes place then on New Moons outside of the 7th New Moon? Worship, and prayers. However, they are not Sabbaths, they are not High Days, they are not feasting days, or official teaching days, they are not days for blowing the shofars as if it was Yom Teruach, and they are not days of rest from work; but they are days to worship and to say special prayers to God.

Now let’s continue onto the next verse, Mizmor (Psalm) 81:1-3 which reads,

81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength; make a joyful shout to the God of Yaaqov (Jacob).

81:2 Raise a song and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the lute.

81:3 Blow the Shofar at the time of the New Moon, and at the full moon, on our Appointed Feast Day.

This verse has several nuances descriptive of Yom Teruach of the 7th New Moon, and of the accompanying day of Succot at the time of the full moon.

Verse 81:1 says to "Shout". Remember, Yom Teruach means literally, "Day of Shouting" like as occurred at Jericho; Yeshua (Joshua) 6:6-16; and like as occurs at the resurrection; I Thessalonians 4:16.

In verse 81:3 it says to blow the Shofar; and as I stated earlier, the other New Moons, as well as the calling of assemblies, were all done with the chatsotserah (the silver trumpets). It is only on the New Moon of Yom Teruach that the Shofar was the horn of choice; this of course, is then followed by Succot, which begins at the full moon.

Now for the final verse before going on to describe what can be done on a New Moon.

People use this next verse to show that we are to celebrate the New Moons even as we celebrate the 7th day Sabbath, and to support a belief of the New Moons as Sabbaths.

Amos 8:1-6.

8:1 Thus Yahuweh Adonai showed me, And look, there was a basket of summer fruit.

8:2 And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" So I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then Yahuweh said to me, "The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.

8:3 And the songs of the Temple shall become wailing in that day, says Yahuweh Adonai, and many dead bodies shall be everywhere, and they shall throw them out in silence."

8:4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy, and reduce to nothing the poor of the land,

8:5 Saying, "When will the New Moon be past, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, so that we may trade our wheat? So we can make the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsify the scales by deception.

8:6 So that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy with a pair of sandals, or even sell the bad wheat?"

Here again, the phrase "The" New Moon and "The" Sabbath, with the New Moon mentioned first, indicates that this is not just any New Moon, it is the Yom Teruach New Moon; and it is not the 7th day Sabbath, but the Sabbath of Yom Kippur.

The timing of this during the fruit harvest further reinforces this as none other than the season of Succot, a time where people are also selling off the last of their wheat harvest leftover from Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/Pentecost); some of which has gone bad by this time.

As such, this is not saying that the New Moons are Sabbaths, or days to be kept as public assemblies.

Remember, Yom Teruach is a High Day, and therefore a day of cessation from work, this is why the corrupt individuals in this passage are impatient about having to wait for the High Day of Yom Teruach to pass, because now that they have arrived in Jerusalem for this 3rd and major pilgrimage festival of the year, they want to begin selling their merchandise. Their impatience is further exacerbated by the requirement for keeping the Sabbath of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) that follows 10 days later, for they have not come to celebrate, but to make money.

So then, what did occur on the New Moons outside of Yom Teruach?

Well, we have already established that special sacrifices were offered on these days in addition to the regular sacrifices; B’midbar (Numbers) 28:11-15. We have established that silver trumpets were blown by the priests over the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and for the calling of assemblies, B’midbar 10:1-10.

What else? It also states in I Chronicles 24:27-30 that the Levites stood every morning and every evening to thank and to praise Yahuweh; and stood at every burnt offering made to Yahuweh on the Weekly Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and at the Appointed assemblies of the festival/harvest calendar.

So on the New Moons, they blew silver trumpets, they offered special sacrifices, and they stood in the morning and in the evening to thank and to praise Yahuweh.

Are there any verses remaining concerning New Moons, or any traditions among our people, that incorporate these practices into the observation of the New Moons.

Yes.

In tradition it was common for people to go to the Temple to present special prayers this day, to stand and to praise him, as the priest did. Sometimes a special meal would be prepared in the home and be shared with friends or neighbors, even as the priests prepared special offerings this day.

Nothing was mandated, but the pattern was set by the priests, and eventually non-priests developed similar traditions patterned after what the priests did. The New Moons were never officially appointed days of assembly, but at various times in history they did take on the tone of a minor festival, or of a special meal to share with family and friends, with special prayers and praises.
So what about the Scriptures, are there any that flow with these events and patterns set by the priestly duties?

Yes.

Yesh’yahu (Isaiah) 66:22,23 says,

66:22 For as the new atmosphere and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me, says Yahuweh, so shall your descendants and your name remain.

66:23 And it shall come to pass from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, that all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says Yahuweh.

In Zechar’yahu (Zechariah) 14:9-21 it states that all of the families and foreign nations of the earth shall go up to Jerusalem every year to worship Yahuweh at the time of Succot.

Succot of course is the time of "The" New Moon of Yom Teruach, and of "The" Sabbath of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement); so Yesh’yahu (Isaiah) 66:22,23, when it says "all flesh" it means that from one Yom Teruach to another, and from one Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) to another, "all" of the families and foreign nations of the earth shall go up to Jerusalem to worship Yahuweh on an annual basis in accordance with Zechar’yahu (Zechariah) 14:9-21.

So what about the other New Moons?

This question brings us to our final two verses. Yechezk’el (Ezekiel) 46:1,3,6 and Colossians 2:15,16.

Yechezk’el 46:1,3,6 states that during the Millennial Kingdom with the Millennial Temple, that all of the people of the land, that is, people of the vicinity in and around Jerusalem, will go to the Temple every 7th day Sabbath, and on every New Moon, in order to "worship" at the gate to the inner court that faces East.

It is from this verse that a tradition developed by Yeshua’s day for people in and around Jerusalem to visit the Temple on the New Moons and Sabbaths to offer up their special prayers and to worship; especially during the time of the morning and evening sacrifices with the accompanying prayers offered up by the priests.

This takes us to Colossians 2:13-16 which reflects for us the inclusion of the New Moon practices which had been incorporated into our traditions in reflection of the Millennial statutes prescribed in Yechezk’el (Ezekiel) 46. It reads as follows,

2:13 And you, being dead in your violations of Torah and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven all your Torah violations,

2:14 Having wiped out the record of debt, the judgment brought down and written against us, and held against us. And He has taken that judgment and debt out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

2:15 Having disarmed the rulers and authorities of darkness, He triumphed over them publicly, putting them to shame, and triumphed over them concerning this.

2:16 Let no man condemn you therefore in eating, or in drinking, either in participation of a festival, or of a New Moon, or of the Sabbaths,

2:17 which are but a shadow of things to come for the whole body of Messiah.

That is, which are but a shadow of the things to come for the whole body of Messiah during in the Millennial kingdom as reflected in Yechezk’el (Ezekiel) 46, Yesh’yahu (Isaiah) 66, and Zechar’yahu (Zechar’yahu) 14.

In a nutshell, if you want to set aside each New Moon as a time for special prayers, and blessings, and worship, as a special time or meal with your family; this is allowable and encouraged, but understand it is not Yom Teruach, it is not a Sabbath, and it is not a day of congregational assembly.

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