Sky Event #10

Equilux - Spring Tekufah: End of the Biblical Year

Of all the aspects of Yahweh's Clock, perhaps the most complex is the Tekufah - the End of the Biblical year. Historical changes to key astronomy terms, latitude variations, and other issues muddy the waters when one is trying to pinpoint the Tekufah. So, in today's blog, I will work step-by-step to clear those muddy waters, and to show what would originally have been so simple to see (and can be simple again) - the heavenly event of the Biblical Tekufah. 

Today is March 17 - the date of the Biblical Tekufah, which marks the end of the Biblical year 2018-2019...  

In a modern Hebrew dictionary, the Spring "Tekufah" (Hebrew) is translated as "Vernal Equinox", which originally meant "equi-night". Today, astronomy admits that day and night are not actually equal in length on the Vernal Equinox. Thus, the Vernal Equinox is not the real Biblical Tekufah. In modern astronomy, the day on which day and night are both 12 hours is called the Equilux (meaning "equal light"). The Spring Equilux is the heavenly event (Genesis 1:14) which marks the end of the Biblical year. 

What gets challenging about this is that the day of the Equilux (Tekufah) - on which day and night are both 12 hours - varies across the globe, depending on one's latitude. Additionally, seasons vary...  For example, when it is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. 

Should the folks in Australia and New Zealand start keeping the "Spring Feasts" in Sept-October, when Spring comes to the Southern Hemisphere? Should individuals mark the end of the Biblical year based upon their own day of the Equilux, which varies widely depending on where they live?

At this point, and with these questions, it is getting worrisome to try to align with the Creator's Clock...  In fact, the idea of earthly people being able to realign with Yahweh's Time has never seemed more impossible. But it is possible to realign with Yahweh's Heavenly Clock. To do this, however, we have to re-align ourselves with the global location where Eden once stood - and where the Creator's Clock/Calendar was originally given. 

Confirmation that Heaven's Clock is still calibrated to this location is demonstrated by the fact that our Saviour really died on Passover - not when it was Spring in the Southern Hemisphere...  but by calculating the time from the point of origin...  And there is much more evidence to consider...

In our January-March, 2018 magazine, our feature article was on the Tekufah. Thus, rather than re-inventing the wheel, so-to-speak, I will provide a link here to that article which is titled "The Creator's Original Calendar".

Please note, in retrospect, our explanation of the March 17 date by showing that this is the day when day and night are equal in length in Roseburg, Oregon is a bit unclear...  What we forgot to mention in the magazine is that Equilux (the day on which days and nights are equal in length) in our part of Oregon is the same date as the area where Eden once stood...  

Our part of the map happens to be at the same latitude...  So, when you see the chart for Roseburg, Oregon in the magazine article, you will know why we used it to demonstrate the Tekufah / Equilux timing. It is important to align with the Tekufah at the location where Yahweh instigated the calendar...  This concept is explained more clearly in the above magazine.

The following is a link to the US Naval Observatory sunrise/sunset times for 2019 in Jerusalem...  On the chart, you will notice that March 16 is listed as the day when sunrise is at 6:28 AM and sunset is at 18:28 PM (6:28 PM), making March 16 the day of the Equilux in Jerusalem...  

So, why are we suggesting that March 17 date is the Biblical Tekufah, and not March 16? Eden was not located exactly in Jerusalem...  The river placement of the Hiddekel and Tigris rivers suggests that it would have been nearby, but closer to the region of ancient Babylon...  Thus, at the latitude where the Creator's Calendar was first given - the day of the Equilux (12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night time) is actually on March 17...  This is the Biblical Tekufah.

It is interesting to notice that the Biblical end of the year is actually a period of several days. Of course, it marked by a single day (the Tekufah), which begins it. But the end of the Biblical year also includes the days which fall between the Tekufah and the next new moon.

Since today is the original Tekufah, marking the end of the Biblical year (for more information, see my February 10 and February 11 blogs), to know when the next Biblical year actually begins, we need to watch for the next new moon.

As a heads-up, the next new moon sliver will be sightable on the evening of April 6 (at sunset), making April 7 the day of the first new moon of the Biblical year 2019-2020...  This will also be the date from which to count the days (to the 14th day) to determine the Biblical timing of Passover.

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