BASIC  DIFFERENCES   

   Although a few versions of the "91st Day Sabbath Solar Calendar" are presently being circulated, for this web site article we will be dealing with the most dominant of these calendars from the group that has issued us a challenge to defend Yahweh's Solar Calendar as it appears on our Internet site www.solarsabbath.org.  Most of the technical aspects of how the 91st Day calendars operate, overlap within those similar calendars. Therefore, what will be examined here will apply to most 91st Day calendar systems, as their particularities are minimal.  Such calendars are sometimes called "Vernal Equinox Sign Day Calendars", which are not the same as Yahweh's Solar Calendar of the Bible. The basic differences between our viewpoints and theirs may be categorized as:

GENERAL POINTS OF AGREEMENT

OURS --  Claims that the original and true calendar system that Yahweh Almighty has given to Israel in order to determine yearly Sabbath and Feast Day times was and is strictly a solar calendar and not a lunar calendar or a soli-lunar calendar.

THEIRS --   Also claims that the original and true calendar system that Yahweh Almighty has given to Israel in order to determine yearly Sabbath and Feast Day times was and is strictly a solar calendar and not a lunar calendar or a soli-lunar calendar.

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GENERAL POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT

OURS --  Yahweh has given us signs in the "heavens" (sky) by way of the sun, stars, and constellations.  The Bible upon diligent examination tells us that the Spring (Vernal) Equinox points to which month of the solar calendar is the first month of the year.  Simply put -- Spring is the first season of the year. The Vernal Equinox does not take place at the same time each year, and over the course of many centuries the Vernal Equinox spans a range within the dates of the Gregorian dates of March 19, 20, 21.  The first day of Yahweh's solar calendar year will be permanently fixed upon the "common" or "mean" sunset within that variant Vernal Equinox time span. That date and sunset will be found to be Biblically authorized as the yearly starting point on a perpetual basis that provides a non-changing calendar from year to year.  We may correctly reckon it today as the sunset of our March 20th. The Vernal Equinox, due to its varied time and date occurrence, is a point of reference only, but does not in itself start the sacred new year day each year.  To do so would result in an unstable calendar unable to correctly align the ending and the beginning of all subsequent years down through the many decades/centuries.  Although the Vernal Equinox is an important point of reference, it is not THE focal point of reference concerning the divine solar calendar.  "Focal points" easily become matters of "faith" and obsession. It is evident that Yahweh has caused and permitted the varying time occurrences of the Vernal Equinox so as to keep it from becoming an idol of fanaticism (as it was with ancient cults), and therefore a religious dogma in and of itself.  The Biblical focal point of Yahweh's symbolic calendar is the STORY OF REDEMPTION FOR ADAM MAN which it repeatedly declares as depicted in the symbolic sacred calendar Sabbaths and Feast Days.  The focal point of the true Biblical sacred calendar therefore is not the Vernal Equinox itself, although the Vernal Equinox is used as a necessary point of reference. Therefore we do not teach a "Vernal Equinox Sign-Marker Day Calendar" which is a close counterfeit of Yahweh's Biblical Solar Calendar.

THEIRS --  The Vernal Equinox is Yahweh's sign in the "heavens" which the 91st Dayers claim takes place on March 20 each year.  Since it is their divine sign appointed to start the year, when the Vernal Equinox occurs, on high noon of the VE Day at the latitude of the Great Pyramid in Egypt -- that day each year is a Holy Sabbath and marks the first day of the divine solar calendar.  The Vernal Equinox and the Great Pyramid, itself a sundial and mathematical wonder, work together as the coordinating focal point which Yahweh has given us to precisely determine the first day of His sacred year.  The day of the Vernal Equinox is thus the "sign day" or "gate day", a master day over the calendar resetting Yahweh's solar year from year to year.  The Great Pyramid is the divinely ordained device used to measure the Vernal Equinox's yearly positional beginning, in order that we may determine the "sign day" and subsequently "day one" of Yahweh's solar calendar year at high noon in Egypt.  It is according to the Great Pyramid that all time references and coordinates must be calculated.  These time coordinates dictate that the year's calendar days be marked off at 91 day intervals (four in a year) with each 91st Day being either a Sabbath or a "marker day", depending on slight variations of the 91st Day Calendars.  (note: Vernal Equinox "Marker Day" solar calendars cannot and do not line up with Yahweh's Biblical months, Sabbaths, or Yahweh's calendar solar year as the VE "Marker Day" calendars will run off from one to four days in certain months and at the end of the calendar year)

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OURS  -- The sacred calendar days begin at sunset, the start of darkness.  Then, daylight brings the second half of the symbolic sacred day, ending at the next sunset. This depicts that our Earthly existence begins in the darkness of our mortality and sin, then culminates in the glorious light of Jesus Christ our Savior with eternal life.  By His gracious love for us, Yahweh Elohim brings us out of the darkness of death in this age by bringing us into the perfect light of His Kingdom upon the coming day of resurrection of the saints.  Darkness first, then light, is the story told in the Bible.  Darkness/mortality begins our long trip into total redemption -- eternal life/light.  Thus the symbolic calendar day which heralds this great truth begins at sunset -- darkness.

THEIRS --  High noon, when light is at its brightest and divides the daylight hours, marks the beginning of each solar calendar day including the Sabbath day.  They claim that the Bible teaches that the Great Pyramid of Giza is the altar/pillar and sign mentioned in the book of Isaiah 19:19,20. Since the Great Pyramid casts no shadow at high noon on the day of the Vernal Equinox, that is the sign of the year's beginning. Upon seeing this sign of the altar/pillar working as a giant sundial, we know that the day begins at noon.  The 91st Day calendar belief is that Yahweh has given us the Vernal Equinox in the  "heavens" as a sign, and He has also given us the Great Pyramid on Earth as a sign.  These signs establish that the calendar day begins at high noon each day.

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OURS --  The sacred solar year consists of 52 Sabbath weeks which total 364 days.  Since there are 365 days in an actual solar year, the sacred year has an "adjustment day" at Pentecost which is day 5 of month 3 on the calendar. The preceding day 4 of this month is always a Sabbath as well, therefore days 4 and 5 of month 3 are counted as "One Sabbath 48 hours long".  The regular 7 weekday count starts over again after this "One (but doubled) Sabbath", thus the "extra day" the 365th day of the year is thereby brought into adjustment.  This is based on the law of the Jubilee in Leviticus 25, which counts the two Sabbath years of 49 and 50 as "A Sabbath" [singular] (v.1)  Therefore the adjustment day during the year to deal with the "extra" 365th day takes place at Pentecost. (48 hr Sabbath is sunset May 22nd until sunset May 24th each year)  Denial of the Pentecost/Jubilee adjustment  time, chosen by Yahweh Himself, spells ruin for the nation.  The Bible expands upon the importance of this principle.

THEIRS --  The sacred solar year  consists of 52 Sabbath weeks which total 364 days.  Since there are 365 days in an actual solar year, the sacred year has an "adjustment day" on the Vernal Equinox Day, according to the 91st Dayers.  The Vernal Equinox day may be considered to be outside the other 364 regular days of the year, and it is the "High Holy Sabbath Day" of the year.  It is not counted among the year's calendar days, as it serves as a master day to divide the year.  The Vernal Equinox day each year will be a Sabbath, so a double Sabbath (48 hrs) takes place on the Vernal Equinox day and the last day of the previous year (day 31 of previous month 12).  Their authority to do so is based on the record of days in the Book of Jubilees.  In that book we are told that a year is divided into four equal seasonal parts of 91 days each.  91 x 4 = 364.  The "sign day" is the Vernal Equinox day is claimed to be based on the heavenly signs in Genesis 1:14.  Therefore their adjustment day during the year to deal with the "extra" 365th day takes place on the Vernal Equinox day, and not on the Jubilee time schedule.

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OURS --  The authority for constructing the true Israelite solar calendar comes from the Bible.  Scientific, astronomical, and  historical references may be used to compare how the Biblical solar reckoning of days actually works in our age today as it did thousands of years ago in the days of ancient Israel.

THEIRS -- The authority for constructing the true Israelite solar calendar comes from, the Book of Jubilees, the Book of Enoch, Pyramidology, religious legends, and  the Bible. Scientific, astronomical, and historical references are included as well in reconstructing the true solar Israelite calendar.

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OURS --  Since the Earth in real time (from an astronomical solar perspective) actually takes 365 plus 1/4 revolutions on its axis to completely orbit the Sun in a year --  every fourth year requires a "leap year day" added to the calendar.  Since Yahweh has already given us the rule for "adjusting" the calendar at Pentecost with a double Sabbath day, we stay true to form here and use His example in adjusting for the leap year as well.  This adjustment takes the form of using a double Sabbath (48 hrs) every four years on days 12 and 13 of month 12.  The numerical Name of Jesus Christ in the Greek bears a true mathematical witness supporting this answer we seek.  Ignoring its effects and not dealing with the additional 1/4 rotational turn of Earth's solar orbit every four years, means that any and all calendar systems will "fall behind" in their listed days as they  drift backward through the seasons.  This is a fact of reality as Yahweh has placed our solar system in its planetary paths in orbit around the Sun.

THEIRS --  Since Yahweh's solar calendar is based upon the Vernal Equinox along with the Great Pyramid being used as a sundial, the 91st day proponents see no need of ever using a   "leap year".  Their teaching states that a  sundial adjusts automatically for the extra 1/4 turn of the Earth each year as it completes its orbit around the Sun.  To the 91st Dayers, "Leap years adjustments" are man made inventions and are not needed when using a sundial to tell time and measure seasons.

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    The above comparison of differences between the two calendars result in actual discrepancies between them of up to four days during some months for the observance of Sabbaths and Feast Days.  One of the solar calendars is the true solar calendar for Saxon Israel, and the other one is a counterfeit.  One of the calendars is leading God's people to obey Yahweh's commandments by celebrating His Sabbaths and Feasts at the appointed times, while the other calendar is leading God's people away from these holy memorials and into Biblical curses.

    It is the purpose of this study to confidently state that the solar calendar in use and displayed by Faith of the Covenant Fellowship on our web site www.solarsabbath.org is the true original calendar given to Israel by Yahweh for all time, and as well to expose the "91st Day Sabbath" version of the solar calendar to be an adulterated  counterfeit having its roots in the pagan Sun worship of the ancient Baal and Egyptian religions which have always tempted Israel to run astray from  Yahweh's guidance.

   This does not mean that today's 91st Dayers are intentionally worshipping Baal.  What it means is that they have stumbled upon some very attractive mathematical calendar computations relating to some ancient civilizations and mistakenly assume these can only be of Yahweh's directives.  They are not.  The 91st dayers have been mentally seduced by mathematical "bells and whistles". Although the 91st Day calendars can be used to keep a record of time to a certain inadequate degree, they do not and cannot fit precisely into Yahweh's commanded reckoning of His solar Sabbath and Feast Day calendar as we are plainly commanded to count those days in the Bible.  Nowhere do the Scriptures tell us to count 91 days to any so called "marker day" or to any kind of 91st Day Sabbath.  The 91st Day calendar simply does not work within the Biblical calendar time frame.   It is like trying to put a square peg into a round hole.

 

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