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1 | What is the importance of the New Moon? | Col 2:16 | Ter Bear | 124633 | ||
What is the importance of the New Moon? I know the prophets were approached on the New Moon to hear from God in the Old Testament. I'm not talking about the festivals. |
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2 | What is the importance of the New Moon? | Col 2:16 | EdB | 124641 | ||
The International Bible Encyclopedia gives this account. “The monthly prognosticators were the men who knew the omens of the new moon. At one time the error of the calendar was made the basis of prediction. This is seen in the great strological work based on the omens drawn up for Sargon of Agade, and entitled from its opening phrase Enuma anu Bel, "When the heaven god Bel" the "Illumination of Bel"), as, for instance, "The moon as on the 1st day is seen in its appearance on the 27th day; evil is fixed for the land of Elam"; and "The moon as on the 1st day is seen on the 28th day: evil is fixed for the land of the Ahurru." Other omens were drawn from the position of the horns of the new moon when first seen; the right horn being assigned to the king and the left to his enemies, as in Thompson's Reports, No. 25: "When at the moon's appearance its right horn is high (literally, "long") and its left horn is low (literally, "short") the king's hand will conquer land other than this." The "monthly prognosticators" had not learned that the righthand horn is always the higher and that the amount of its elevation depends on the time of the year, or they kept the knowledge to themselves.” The Bible calls it Astrology and likens it to Sorcery and worst. Jeremiah 10:1-2 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. [2] Thus says the Lord: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them. Deut. 4:15-19 "Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, [16] lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, [17] the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, [18] the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. [19] And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. EdB |
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