How deceived are we

How deceived are we?

The world has been bombarded with all different types of theories regarding the moon, some religious leaders have written bestselling books on the topic of blood moons, red moons, super blue moons, black moons etc. But what is the truth and secret behind all this hype?

For example, I read an article on the Mercury news which states, "July 31 will mark a rare occurrence for Earth's natural satellite — a phenomenon known as a black Moon. The sparse celestial event will be seen in North America, marking the first occurrence since 2016. The rest of the planet will see the black Moon on Aug. 30. Although there is no one single definition of a black Moon, according to Time and Date, it is most commonly used to represent the second new Moon of a month. This rarely happens outside of leap years, as lunar cycles largely take 29 days to complete. But every 32 months or so, there are two full Moons in a month, with the first being known as a blue Moon."

But, wait a minute, is it possible according to the laws of nature which governs the universe, to have two new moons which is termed as "black moon" or two full moons which is termed "red moon" in one month! Whose idea is this? Is it factual or is it a deception?

To find out the truth about the whole matter, let us start from the beginning. It is stated that, when God created the sun moon and stars, He created them for specific purposes because, when He  created them He said, " "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years" (Genesis 1:14).

The sun is appointed to rule the day and the moon is appointed for seasons, months and years. The moon is what should be regulating months and years, because a month is a unit of time, which is approximately as long as a natural period related to the motion of the moon, in fact, the word month and moon are cognates, related words. It has to do with the amount of time it takes the moon to orbit the earth. The traditional concept of a month began with the cycle of moon phases; such months (lunations) are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days.

There are enough biblical evidences to prove that the new moon is the beginning of a new month. First, when the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, He said to them, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you." Now, on the fourteenth day of this same first month is the Lord's Passover and it always fall on a full moon.

There is also the Feast of Trumpets concerning which the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it" (Leviticus 23:23-25).

This first day of the seventh month is again verified by the new moon, and the tenth day of the same month,  is the Day of Atonement, and the fifteenth day is the Feast of Tabernacles which are all calibrated using the new moon as being the first day of a new month.

So, who changed the way the beginning of days, months and years are being observed? To some people this may seems very trivial, but is it? The prophet Daniel forewarned us concerning a fourth beast or kingdom that will rule the earth, and during the reign of this kingdom a little horn (ruler) shall rise, he shall be different from the first ones, and shall subdue three kings. He shall speak pompous words against the Most High shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law.

Times and law were changed by the fourth beast (kingdom) to whom Satan the dragon gave his power, his throne and great authority, the major changes took place on February 24, 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII when he issued a papal bull, "Inter Gravissimus" that established the Gregorian calendar as the new and official calendar of the Catholic world. Since the Julian calendar had fallen ten days behind over the centuries, Pope Gregory XIII designated that October 4, 1582 would be officially followed by October 15, 1582. The news of the calendar change was disseminated across Europe. Not only would the new calendar be utilized but ten days would be "lost" forever, the new year would now begin on January 1 instead of March 25, which would be the first new moon in spring and consequently a new method of determining the date of Easter was established.

Only a few countries were ready or willing to change to the new calendar in 1582. It was adopted that year in Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, and France. The Pope was forced to issue a reminder on November 7 to nations that they should change their calendars, and many did not heed the call. Had the calendar change been promulgated a century earlier, more countries would have been under Catholic rule and would have heeded the Pope's command. By 1582, Protestantism had spread across the continent and politics and religion were in disarray; additionally, the Eastern Orthodox Christian countries would not change for many years.

Other countries later joined the fray over the following centuries. Roman Catholic Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands switched by 1584; Hungary changed in 1587; Denmark and Protestant Germany switched by 1704; Great Britain and its colonies changed in 1752; Sweden changed in 1753; Japan changed in 1873 as part of Meiji's Westernization; Egypt changed in 1875; Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Turkey all changed between 1912 and 1917; the Soviet Union changed in 1919; Greece switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1928; and finally, China changed to the Gregorian calendar after their revolution of 1949!

Here is a perfect example of how all the world marveled and followed the beast and are inadvertently worshiping the dragon who gave his power, his throne and great authority to the beast; and are all worshiping the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" Because, the Lord ordained and appointed the moon for seasons, months and years, a month therefore, is the amount of time it takes the moon to orbit the earth, but man has blatantly rejected this formula and has instead adopted the formula established by man which is the earth orbiting the sun, something contrary to what the Lord ordained.