The First Day of each Year begins on the Fourth Day

Overview

Our Father in Heaven created the sun, moon and the stars on the fourth day of creation week; therefore our solar calendar New Years will always be on the fourth day which we call today Wednesday. The completion of the year will always be on a Tuesday and then the next year again will start on Wednesday, the fourth day of the week. This is when the sun returns to its creation position each year.

“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.  And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.  And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.” LXX Gen 1:14-19

 

 

The first day of the New Year, and the start of each season, must always be on a Wednesday.  This is just intended to be a short essay on why the New Year is on Wednesday, as follows:

·        So that our Sabbath day is the same as our Father in Heaven’s Sabbath on the seventh day of the week

·        Feast with offerings, such as First Fruits and the Feast of Weeks, must be always on the first day of the week

·        The holy festivals, that require a lot of work to be performed, must never be on a Sabbath rest day

·        In order to not break the Jubilee cycle

The Feast of First Fruits and the Feast of Weeks Festival Dates

It is difficult placing the Feast of First Fruits (Wave Sheaf) and the Feast of Weeks (Pentecosts) on the calendar strictly based on our bibles since we must determine what date ‘on the morrow after the Sabbath’ implies.

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:  Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.  Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.” LXX Lev 23:9-17

The book of Jubilees places the date of the Feast of Weeks on the 15^th day of the 3^rd Month which is in agreement with the Dead Sea scrolls.  On this page of my site I provide a detailed account of events that occurred on this date from the book of Jubilees along with the feast dates in the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Therefore, the writer of the book of Jubilees and the Essenes that wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls both agreed that the date ‘morrow after the sabbath’ is the Sabbath after the Feast of Unleavened Bread ended.  The verses prior to Leviticus 23:9 are instructions for Unleavened Bread; therefore the implication could be the Sabbath after unleavened bread is finished.

Below is one verse from the Dead Sea Scrolls showing that the Feast of Weeks is the fifteenth of the third month.  This book does show in a few places that it is on the fifteenth of the 3^rd month.  Sometimes it shows which priest is serving on the temple during the feast of weeks and you would have to understand the rotation schedule to see what date they are referring to.  Here is my understand of the priest rotation schedule on this link based on what the Dead Sea Scrolls calendar states.

“On the fifteenth of it:  Feast of Weeks.”  Dead Sea Scrolls Fragment 4Q394 1-2

Below shows the calendar for the 1^st quarter of 2023 and it reflects when First Fruits (FF) and Feast of Weeks (FW) are scheduled.  Notice they are both on Sunday, the day after the Sabbath as scripture states and the calendar starts on the 4^th day of the week which we now call Wednesday.

 

All feasts that present offerings are on the first day of the week that we now call Sunday.  I have documented more information about this fact here.

Sabbath Day & Feast Day Conflict

The calendar you follow should never conflict with the Sabbath day laws.  Our Father in Heaven gave us the Sabbath Day so that we could rest once a week; whereas, feast days are days that our Father in Heaven wants us to perform specific work for HIM.

Here are examples of the Sabbath Day laws:

“And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” ESV Genesis 2:2-3

“See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day.” KJV Exodus 16:29-30

"Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” DR Exodus 20:8-11

“You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.” WEB Exodus 31:14

“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.” DR Exodus 35:2-3

The Feast of Trumpets which is the same day as the Fall Division Festival must not be on a Sabbath since they were to work all day preparing offerings.  This is not a day of rest at all:

“And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.” DR Numbers 29:1-6

The Unleavened Bread feast day cannot occur on a Sabbath since our Father in Heaven asked them to travel out of Egypt, on this date, the year prior:

“You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.” WEB Exodus 12:17

The first day of Unleavened Bread actually requires a lot of work and it is definitely not a Sabbath rest day:

“On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover, and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, but offer a food offering, a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; see that they are without blemish; also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; three tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two tenths for a ram; a tenth shall you offer for each of the seven lambs; also one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.” ESV Numbers 28:16-22

Most of the feast days do require meal preparation for the festival; therefore they are not rest days.  However it is understood though that during week long feasts a Sabbath rest day will occur in the middle of the feast week.  It is important to understand the law requirements for each feast day and ensure it does not conflict with the calendar you are following.  

 

The Jubilee Cycles

It is very important not to disturb the Jubilee cycles since each year and each Jubilee year starts on a Wednesday.  Every third year both the sun and the moon are in their creation position on Wednesday. I have written an essay on explaining how the Jubilee cycles and high priest courses work and it can be viewed here.

 

Conclusion

I do hope I have communicated the importance of the first day of each year beginning on Wednesday.  I do want to ensure that I am observing the weekly Sabbaths the same day that our Father in Heaven is.  I also want to ensure I am observing the feast days that same day that He is also.  If you are interested, I have also documented how the weekly cycle of seven has never been disturbed here.  

 

Many blessing to you all!

 

 

The Biblical Weekly Cycle of Seven

Overview

According to the laws of Moses the Israelites were to track time using a week of seven days and years grouped in a seven year cycle.  I believe our Father in Heaven asked that this be done so that the weekly cycle of seven would never be broken and there is proof that this cycle was never broken.  Even though the names of the days of the week were changed and our calendar did change, the cycle of seven was not interrupted.  I will explain how this is possible below.

Jesus’ Resurrection is Celebrated on Sunday

It is tradition to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Sunday and that tradition was started right after Jesus was crucified.  Based on my research I have found that the Sabbath day is a ‘day of rest’ and was never intended to be a church day.  I wrote more about the Sabbath day of rest here.  Sunday was the day that congregation met and they named that day ‘the Lord’s day’ because that was the day that Mary discovered that Jesus’ tomb was empty and that Jesus had risen.

“And in the end of the sabbath [Abib 18], when it began to dawn towards the first day [Abib 19] of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men. And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not you; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid.”  DR Matthew 28:1-6

“And on the first day [Abib 19] of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.” DR Luke 24:1-2

“And on the first day [Abib 19] of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. She ran, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.” DR John 20:1-2

Today Jesus’ resurrection is always celebrated on Sunday since that is the first day of the week when Mary found the tomb empty and Jesus appeared to them.  This day is traditionally called ‘Easter Sunday’ for this reason.  Church’s today do not celebration Christ’s resurrection on the correct date but they do hold to the tradition of celebrating his resurrection on Sunday.  On a proper calendar, such as Enoch’s or the Jubilee calendars, Abib 19 must be on the first day of the week now called Sunday.  The seven day weekly cycle has not been broken since the time of Christ’s resurrection and probably has not been broken since creation.  When the current Gregorian calendar, also called New Style, was implemented this seven day cycle was not broken since Wednesday, 2 September 1752, was followed by Thursday, 14 September 1752. America adopted the New Style calendar while a colony of the British Empire.  The dates on a proper calendar should always be, as follows:

• Abib 13 – Monday - The Last Supper
• Abib 14 – Tuesday - Passover and Christ’s crucifixion (He was placed in the tomb just before the dawn of the 15^th which was Unleavened Bread)
• Abib 18 – Sabbath or Saturday - Christ’s Resurrection (after 3 days and 3 nights in tomb Luke 24:46)
• Abib 19 – Sunday, the 1^st day of the week - Mary finds the tomb empty and later that day Christ appears and shows that he was resurrected.

Here is how the events are shown on the Enoch and Jubilees calendar:

Kyriaki is the Lord’s Day in the Bible

In this article I refer to Sunday as ‘the Lord’s day’ since this is the wording in our bibles; however the words used in the original ancient Greek was ‘Kyriakí day’ and I do not think this word is being properly translated.  The word Kyriaki is derived from  κύριος - kurios which was translated to the word ‘Lord’ 626 times in the New Testament.  Κύριος was also translated to Lord in the Septuagint version of the bible that was written 400 years earlier than the New Testament. Kyriaki or kyriakós is an adjective meaning ‘belonging to the Lord’.  Kyriakós is used in reference to ‘the Lord’s Supper’ and ‘the Lord’s day’ being Sunday. 

In this verse the word Kyriakós is used in reference to eating Jesus’ supper that was done on Sundays when they met together:

“When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper.” 1 Cor 11:20

“Συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, οὐκ ἔστιν κυριακὸν [belonging to the Lord] δεῖπνον φαγεῖν.”  1 Cor 11:20

The Latin Vulgate has a Latin version of the word Kyriakós which is Dominicam and that was used in their language of the bible:

“convenientibus ergo vobis in unum iam non est dominicam [belonging to the Lord] cenam manducare” 1 Cor 11:20

In this verse the words ‘Lord’s day’ or Kyriakós are used and confirm that Jesus came to John with the revelation on a Sunday:

“I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet” DR Rev 1:10

“Ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ (Lord’s) ἡμέρᾳ·(day) καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ὀπίσω μου μεγάλην ὡς σάλπιγγος” Rev 1:10 Also see Strong’s interlineal http://biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/1-10.htm

“fui in spiritu in dominica (Lord’s) die (day) et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubae” Rev 1:10

John did know the difference between the Sabbath and Kyriakós since here he uses the word Sabbath.  The English, Greek and Latin versions all reflect the word Sabbath.

“Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.” DR John 9:14

Ἦν δὲ σάββατον ὅτε τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς. BR John 9:14 Also see Strong’s interlineal http://biblehub.com/interlinear/john/9-14.htm

“autem sabbatum quando lutum fecit Iesus et aperuit oculos eius” LV John 9:14

1^st Century Use of the Lord’s Day

In the Teachings of the Twelve Apostles written in the first century and is called the Didache, it confirms that the ‘Lord’s day’ was when the early congregations assembled:

“But every Lord’s day do ye gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure.”  Didache 14:1

The Didache also confirms the use of the word ‘preparation’ as a named day of the week:

“But let not your fasts be with the hypocrites; for they fast on the second and fifth day of the week; but do ye fast on the fourth day and the Preparation [Friday].” Didache 8:1

Greek & Latin Week Days

The table below reflects the ancient names for the week days.  In about 321 AD, Constantine instituted that the days be named as they are today; the days were named after planets and prior to this only some places used planet names.  Notice that both Greek and Latin have a word for ‘the day of the Lord’ and a different word that is used for the Sabbath day.  The Greeks reflects that called Friday preparation day since that is the day you would prepare for the Sabbath day.

	English	Ancient Greek		Latin
		Word	Meaning	Word	Meaning
1	Sunday	Κυριακή -Kyriakí	Lord’s day  κύριος (kýrios, Lord)	dies Dominica dīēs Sōlis	'day of the Lord' Sun
2	Monday	Δευτέρα -Deftéra	second	dīēs Lūnae	Moon
3	Tuesday	Τρίτη - Tríti	third	dīēs Mārtis	Mars'war, battle'
4	Wednesday	Τετάρτη -Tetárti	forth	dīēs Mercuriī	Mercury merchandise
5	Thursday	Πέμπτη -Pémpti	fifth	dīēs Iovis	Jupiter father Jove, father Zeus
6	Friday	Παρασκευή –Paraskeví παρασκευή - paraskeué	preparation day ‘day before Sabbath or Feast Day’	dīēs Veneris	Venus 'to wish, love' 'worship, adore'
7	Saturday	Σάββατο -Sávvato	sábbaton – Sabbath	dies Sabbati dīēs Saturnī	Sabbath Saturn 'to sow'

So even though the names of the weeks were changed the cycle was not broken.

Also see:

Greek: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Greek_phrasebook/Time

Latin:  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:la:Days_of_the_week

The Biblical Week

Our bible does reflect that the week has always been seven days and that the seventh day is a ‘day of rest’.   Here are the definitions of the word day and week:

English	Ancient Greek		Latin		Block Hebrew
	Word	Meaning	Word	Meaning	Word	Meaning
Day	μέρα - méra ημέρα - iméra	daylight, hot, burn	dies	Solar or sidereal day, daylight	yom	Hot or warm hours
Week	εβδομάδα - evdomáda From ἕβδομος - hébdomos, “seventh”,	A group of 7 days or years	vicis hebdomada ebdomadarum	Change, turn, week, group of seven	shabua	Group of 7 days or years

Genesis

Our Father in Heaven used a seven day week to create our world and then rested on the seventh day that day was later named the Sabbath day.

“And God blessed the seventh [εβδόμη – évdomos, seventh] day [ημέρα –iméra - daylight] and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.” Gen 2:3  

The Latin and block Hebrew versions of the bible also a confirm seven day week with the seventh day being a holy day:

“et benedixit diei [daytime] septimo [seventh] et sanctificavit illum quia in ipso cessaverat ab omni opere suo quod creavit Deus [God] ut faceret” LV Gen 2:3

“And he blessed the seventh [shebii or shebiith, seventh] day [yom, day] and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God [Elohim]created and made.” DR Gen 2:3

Exodus Confirms the Seven Day Week Cycle

 The laws of Moses confirm a seven day week with the seventh day being a day of rest:

“Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh [εβδόμη – évdomos, seventh] day thou shalt rest: there shall be rest in seed-time and harvest [αμητώ-amén, form of amen, to fulfill]. And thou shalt keep to me the feast [εορτήν-giortí, celebration] of weeks [εβδομάδων, evdomáda, week], the beginning of wheat [πυρών-purôn,  watchfires or puron corn or wheat] –harvest [θερισμού-therízo, reap, cut] and the feast of ingathering in the middle of the year [ενιαυτού - eniautós, year].” Exo 34:21-22

The Latin and block Hebrew versions of the same verses confirm the seven day week cycle:

“sex diebus operaberis die septimo cessabis arare et metere sollemnitatem ebdomadarum [hebdomada, seven or week] facies tibi in primitiis frugum [crop or produce] messis [harvest] tuae triticeae [wheat root word grind] et sollemnitatem [solemnity or ceremony] quando redeunte anni [year] tempore cuncta conduntur” LV Exo 34:21-22

“Six days shalt thou work, the seventh [shebiith: seventh] day thou shalt cease to plough, and to reap. Thou shalt keep the feast of weeks [shabua: a period of seven] with the firstfruits of the corn of thy wheat [uncertain, grain or the plant] harvest, and the feast when the time of the year returneth that all things are laid in.” DR Exo 34:21-22

Feast of Weeks Confirms Seven Day Week Cycle

The countdown to the Feast of Weeks that is also called Pentecost confirms a seven day cycle of seven weeks is used to count the number of day from the Wave Sheaf feast that is also called First Fruits. Therefore they had to keep track of the week days to ensure that the Feast of Weeks is celebrated the correct day.  The picture of the calendar above does show seven weeks between First Fruits and the Feast of Weeks.

 “And ye shall number to yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day on which ye shall offer the sheaf of the heave-offering, seven full weeks: until the morrow after the last week ye shall number fifty days, and shall bring a new meat-offering to the Lord.” Lev 23:15-16

“Seven weeks shalt thou number to thyself; when thou hast begun to put the sickle to the corn, thou shalt begin to number seven weeks. And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks to the Lord thy God, accordingly as thy hand has power in as many things as the Lord thy God shall give thee.” Deu 16:9-10

The Year of Jubilee Confirms Seven Day and Year Cycle

The laws of Moses reflect that the Israelites were to keep track of years in increments of seven so that the Year of Jubilee could be proclaimed:

“And thou shalt reckon to thyself seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and they shall be to thee seven weeks of years, nine and forty years.  In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall make a proclamation with the sound of a trumpet in all your land; on the day of atonement ye shall make a proclamation with a trumpet in all your land. And ye shall sanctify the year, the fiftieth year, and ye shall proclaim a release upon the land to all that inhabit it; it shall be given a year of release, a jubilee for you; and each one shall depart to his possession, and ye shall go each to his family.” Lev 25:8-10 

More information about the Jubilee Cycle is posted here https://kingdomhereamerica.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-jubilees.html

The Priestly Courses Tracked by Weeks

The priestly divisions, of the year, were created by King David and they are also known as courses.  These courses were tracked by the week.  King David’s priestly courses are described in 1 Chronicles chapter 24. The priestly courses were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls showing that the priestly courses rotated the weeks.  At the time Mary conceived Jesus the courses were still being followed as shown here in Luke:

“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.”  DR Luke 1:5

The Book of Jubilees

The book of Jubilees does track time using a seven day week and a seven year cycle.  Here are a couple of examples from the book of Jubilees:

“And in the third week in the second jubilee she gave birth to Cain, and in the fourth she gave birth to Abel, and in the fifth she gave birth to her daughter Awan. And in the first (year) of the third jubilee, Cain slew Abel because (God) accepted the sacrifice of Abel, and did not accept the offering of Cain.” Jubilees 4:1-3

“And in the fifth year of the fourth week of this jubilee, in the third month, in the middle of the month, Abram celebrated the feast of the first-fruits of the grain harvest.” Jubilees 15:1-2

Daniel

During the time of Daniel they were tracking weeks:

 “Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then the time shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted. And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming: they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint the city to desolations. And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation.” Dan 9:24-27

Week Days for Offerings, Feast Days, & Fasts

Our Father in Heaven’s offering, feasts, fasts and work days were all organized for us from the beginning of time.  From week to week and year to year this organization must not be altered.

Sunday is the 1^st Day of the Week is ‘Kyriakí day’ meaning ‘belonging to the Lord’.  This is the day that many today still bring their offers (or tithes) to their congregation with them.  Our congregations and churches are open for business collecting offerings.  It is a work day; however our work should be focused on our Father in Heaven, our congregation and family. These are the historical offerings and events that take place on this day of the week:

• Feast of First Fruit (Wave Sheaf) offering (Lev 7:30)
• Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) offering (Deu 16:10)
• New Wine Offering (Dead  Sea Scrolls)
• New Oil Offering (Dead  Sea Scrolls)
• Wood Offering (Dead  Sea Scrolls)
• Feast of Purim food offering & offerings left at the graves of their ancestors
• The ‘Lord Super’, the breaking of bread together and giving thanks after confessing our sins. Each family would have contributed an offering of food for the meal.  (Didache see above)  It is the traditional family Sunday dinner.
• Work, chores and other responsibilities for the day. 

Monday is the 2^nd day of the week and is considered a work day.  It is a day for the following:

• Work, chores and other responsibilities for the day. 
• Jesus’ ‘Last Super’ was on this day.  Jesus and the apostles did perform their required responsibilities in preparation for Passover to be the following day. (Luke 22:9)

Tuesday is the 3^rd day of the week and it is considered a work day.  It is for the following:

• Work, chores and other responsibilities for the day. 
• The Passover feast is on a work day since it is a day of work preparing for Passover dinner and to prepare for the feast of Unleavened bread to be held the following day.   The Passover feast is not a feast of joy; therefore is not held on a Wednesday.  The Passover feast is to be eaten with bitter herbs so that we remember our bitter experience as slaves in Egypt. (Exo 12:8)  Now it is a day to remember that Christ was killed on Passover which was also a bitter experience when he became the Passover lamb.

Wednesday is the 4^th day of the week and it is considered a work day.  This is the day the sun, moon, and stars were created.  This is the day that time began when the earth started rotating around the sun.  The quarterly seasons are celebrated on this day as the celebration of creating the solar system and time.  This is a work day however festivals of joy and gladness also occur on this day.  Festivals (feast days) are held on a work day since lots of work goes into cooking a big meal and other activities of celebration.  Offerings for feast day are also performed on this day.  Many congregations and churches still have an evening service on this day.

• First day of Spring Festival where food offerings would be required (Jubilees)
• The Feast of Unleavened bread begins and food offerings were required (Deu 16:16-17)
• First day of Summer Festival where food offerings would be required (Jubilees)
• First day of Fall Festival and the Feast of Trumpets where food offerings would be required (Jubilees)
• The Feast of Tabernacles begins and food offerings were required (Deu 16:16-17)
• The ‘Last Great Day’ of the Feast of Tabernacles where food offerings will be required
• First day of Winter Festival where food offerings would be required (Jubilees)
• The Feast of the Dedication where food offerings would be required
• Fasting day (Didache, see above) They probably did not fast on feast day or they only fasted until late in the day when the meal was served.
• Jesus’ ascension to heaven occurred this day
• Work, chores and other responsibilities for the day. 

Thursday is the 5^th day of the week and it is considered a work day.  It is for the following:

• Work, chores and other responsibilities for the day. 

Friday is the 6^th day of the week and it is also called ‘Preparation Day’.  It is for the following:

• Tasks required in preparation for the Sabbath day.
• The Day of Atonement fasting, resting and repenting
• Fasting day (Didache, see above)
• Work, chores and other responsibilities for the day. 

Saturday is the 7^th day of the week called the Sabbath day and it is the day of rest.  Do nothing but rest during the day light hours.  During the evening you are to cook a meal. (Num 28:9-10)

For more information on the calendar, feast days and Sabbath see these pages:

http://kingdomhereamerica.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-sabbath-day-of-rest.html

http://kingdomhereamerica.blogspot.com/p/christian-israel-holy-feast-days.html

Conclusion

Our Father in Heaven used the seven day week documented in Genesis chapter one over 7500 years before present.   The book of Jubilees tracks time all the way back to Adam using the week and year in cycles of seven.

The process of tracking the seven day week and years were given to Moses about 3450 years before present.  We can see proof that they tracked weeks for Feast of Weeks, the priestly courses and time in the book of Jubilees.

The Christian tradition of Kyriakí or the Lord ’s Day dates back to almost 2000 years ago when Mary found the Jesus’ tomb empty.  Therefore, this is a long established tradition to track weekly cycles of seven.  So it is very possible that the seven day week cycle was never broken.

This is why I believe that when using an Enoch or Jubilees calendar to track feast days it is very important the first day of the first Month of Abib must be a Wednesday.  The sun was created on the fourth day which is Wednesday on our current calendar.  When you put the first day of Abib on a Wednesday all of your calendar dates will be correctly placed and you will not have any conflicts with scripture.  This will ensure that Jesus’ resurrection celebration always falls on a Sunday which is the first day of the week. Both the book of Jubilees and Enoch concur that a year has 52 weeks. 

 

Also see this article about first fruits https://kingdomhereamerica.blogspot.com/2018/04/first-fruit-offerings-for-first-day.html