New Moon Significance and God's Commands

The new moon holds significance for times and seasons. Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." Exodus 12:1-2 instructs, "Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 'This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.'" This refers to the new month, which began in Nisan. Psalm 81:3-4 adds, "Blow the trumpet at the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast day. For this is a statute for Israel, a law of the God of Jacob." The psalmist mentions blowing the trumpet at the new moon and the full moon on feast days. Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles occur on a full moon. This is a statute for Israel, and by extension, for all believers grafted into Israel, as Paul explains in Romans 11 and Ephesians 2. No one, Jew or Gentile, has the authority to abolish a law of the God of Jacob. We must return to reverence for the Father and align ourselves with His commands. Obedience is required, not disobedience disguised as grace.

The Feast of Trumpets occurs on the new moon, and it is the only feast day celebrated on the new moon. Psalm 104:19 states, "He appointed the moon for seasons [divine appointments]." The moon is designated for divine appointments, not the sun.

Psalm 89 speaks of God's covenant with David: "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to my servant David: 'Your seed I will establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" God's covenant with David will not be broken or altered. His seed will endure forever, and his throne will be established forever, like the sun and the moon, which are faithful witnesses in the sky, always on time. Jeremiah 33:20-21 confirms this: "Thus says the Lord: 'If you can break My covenant with day and night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, then My covenant with David My servant may also be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites the priests, My covenant.'" God will not cast away the descendants of Jacob and David.

Ezekiel 46:1 states, "Thus says the Lord God: 'The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be open, and on the day of the new moon it shall be open as well.'" In eternity, Isaiah 66:22-24 says, "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me, says the Lord, so shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord." The gates will be closed for six working days and open on the Sabbath and the new moon. God does not change. The new heavens and new earth have not yet occurred, but when they do, from new moon to new moon and Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will worship before the Father.

Exodus 12:49 states, "One law shall be for the nativeborn and for the stranger who dwells among you." There is one way to worship, for both Jew and Gentile. The standard for worshiping God in spirit and truth is the Holy Spirit and the Torah, the word out of His mouth. King David confirms this in Psalm 119. We must align ourselves with His commandments and instructions. His commandments, His calendar, His days—that is where He is. His instructions are holy, righteous, and sovereign. We need to restore reverence for the Father, rather than using grace to disregard His commandments. We must worship Him in spirit and truth, striving for holiness because He is holy.

The main events tonight are the Sabbath, the new month, and Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets). This is a time of triple anointing and blessing, offering intimacy and education. Many Christians, numbering around two billion, do not celebrate these observances because they lack the understanding, wisdom, and knowledge. Hosea 4:6 says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." This knowledge is not faith, but understanding. Many twist the scriptures, as Peter warns in 2 Peter 3, to their own destruction.