According to Hebrew tradition, Trumpets is the annual Judgment Day on which God judges each person for deeds of the last year and current state of righteousness.
It is a day of warning and calling to repentance, because one then has nine days to repent before the judgment is finalized on the Day of Atonement 10 Tishri.
That theme fits perfectly with a major purpose of the Book of Mormon, which is to call the world to repentance, being one of the scriptures by which the world will be judged D. Moreover, it is striking that Moroni is shown blowing the trump atop L.
Autumn Equinox. Even with this rich symbolism, I have been cautious about claiming too much importance for the delivering of the plates on the Feast of Trumpets because some alignments could occur by chance.
The transfer of the plates seemed more closely tied to the autumn equinox because Angel Moroni made a point of returning every year on the date of the equinox 22 Sep. It is important that a pattern emerges which truly testifies of the hand of intelligence. The Lord will always provide a pattern so that we won't be deceived D. When one checks other dates in Church history, only a few alignments are found with the Hebrew calendar. Fortunately, now that the Enoch calendar is understood, the pattern is becoming clear.
Most dates in Church history which are significant on the Hebrew calendar were also holy days on other sacred calendars. Two Witnesses. The Lord apparently always provides at least two witnesses that a date was planned and not just a chance coincidence. Those two witnesses might be a day-year alignment day and year counting separately , or be holy days on two different calendars, or be any of several other witnesses.
Now that the Enoch calendar is understood, we have a second witness to the importance of the date of delivering the plates. Thus, it was a doubly sacred day, and there are indeed two witnesses of its importance.
Moreover, the second witness is tied to the autumn equinox which seemed to be the symbolism Moroni used in his other visits. It was apparently chosen because it was 1, years from the birth of the Savior, but it didn't seem to be particularly significant on the Lord's sacred calendars. As mentioned above, to me it seemed as if the church should have been born on Sat 6 Apr which was also the Hebrew Passover. With the discovery of the Enoch calendar, it now becomes clear that the alignment of the founding of the Church with a sacred day was with the Enoch calendar rather than the Hebrew calendar.
The day Tue 6 Apr was the day 10 Spr, the day of Consecration. As we continue looking at dates, it appears that the Enoch calendar may be more significant than the Hebrew calendar for timing events of the restoration of the Gospel.
There is another great lesson to be learned here from what the Lord did not do. From the fact that the Church was not founded on the wonderfully significant day Sat 6 Apr , it is also clear that the Lord avoids the obvious. By so doing, neither Satan nor anyone else can know in advance just what his plans are, simply by looking at his revealed calendars. It is only in retrospect that the calendars become witnesses of his intelligent design and foreknowledge.
That suggests checking to see if revelations which were especially concerned with priesthood might have been revealed on holy days of the Enoch calendar. The first one used to test this hypothesis was a winner: The "Revelation on Priesthood" D.
So here is a revelation which required two days to receive and both of those days were holy days on the Enoch calendar. Perhaps they can be counted as two witnesses of the importance of the date, because it is unusual for a revelation to require two days to complete.
Thus, we have yet another witness of the significance of that day. It is no wonder that four great visions occurred on the same day, for it was a rare day indeed. Conclusion It appears that enough dates during the restoration of the Gospel occurred on holy days on the Enoch calendar to suggest that the Lord is still using it for scheduling religious events.
Moreover, it appears that rather than having to choose between the Hebrew and Enoch calendars, one can use both together as a pair of witnesses of the extra importance of days which are holy on both calendars. These witnesses together testify that the key dates of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints occurred on dates which are especially holy in the eyes of the Lord.
They also testify that the Lord knows the end from the beginning and that he created the solar system to be an extremely accurate timepiece. The heavens truly testify of the existence of an all-knowing Creator. Notes Click the following link for a summary of the Millenial Feast of Trumpets. Pratt, J. Last month's article see footnote 1 includes a discussion of how the Babylonian captivity of Judah was timed on the Hebrew calendar.
In my first paper on the Enoch calendar see footnote 3 , it was noted that the Book of Enoch does not state when the day begins, so the tentative proposal was made that it begins at dawn. Subsequent research now favors that at least the holy days begin in the evening. More research is required to settle this important question.
Two days seems like just the right amount of time for Joseph to ponder about praying. He uses the term "at length" to describe the amount of time which might suggest longer.
Light-colored, flat shofar. Light-colored, flat shofar Germany Dark, twisted shofar. Tankard-shaped charity box. Sukkot cup. Sukkot cup Vienna, Austria Bowl-shaped etrog container? Germany 17th century. Since the exact duration of one revolution is a little over A month of 30 days is called male 'full' , one of 29 days is chaser 'defective'.
There are two months which are male in some years and chaser in others. The month begins with the appearance of the new moon. In the time of the Temple, the Sanhedrin the highest court sanctified the new month when two witnesses had actually sighted the moon.
In the middle of the fourth century C. In the Torah, the months are numbered; the first is the one in which the Exodus from Egypt occurred Yetziat Mitzrayim ; cf. Shemot [Exodus] For example, if a gravestone inscription mentions the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul , the calendar date "30 Av" is meant.
An ordinary year consists of twelve months. When Cheshvan has 29 days and Kislev 30, it is "regular" kesidra ; if both have 30 days, it is "complete" sh'lema or "excessive"; and if both have 29 days it is "defective" chasera.
Thus, an ordinary year can have , or days. A lunar year of days is about 11 days shorter than the solar year, i. Midlothian, Scotland. Access Type. Public Tags. Advanced Search. Keep filters.
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