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   From: dr.who@biosphere.orb   
      
   In the, the beginning of the year was clearly set at the first of Nisan,   
      
   in the context of a description of the first Passover. “The Lord said   
   to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the   
   beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for   
   you†Exodus 12:1,2).   
   This new year celebrated the creation of the Jewish nation through the   
   redemption of the Israelites from Egypt. Nisan, as the first of the months,   
   coincided with the beginning of Jewish national history.   
      
   No where in the Bible do I see it authorized by God, or man.   
      
   The word of God categorized many events to occur according to the Jewish   
   Calendar, all that pertain to Israel both then and not, as well as the   
   future. The prophesy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, both the former as   
   well as the latter day rain are based on it. Not the calendar of men.   
      
   There are other timed events also.   
      
   So I am asking the question for either clarification that it is God   
   authorized, or is of the Evil one so as to confuse man and cause them to miss   
   the mark.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)