Evidence of the Biblical Calendar

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Here is Elohim educating us again. The month of the Aviv began before the equinox this year. I never believed that the equinox was needed first but I know that there are groups that teach it as fact, 119 Ministers is one of them.

I love being a student of this land. One word. Simplicity. He’s called us to simplicity.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 4:30 PM

Thank you, Elohim for your days of protection during the barley inspectionUpdated Mar 7, 2019, 4:51 PM

Harvested barleyHarvested barleyUpdated Mar 7, 2019, 11:26 AM

Tonight is the first possible night of the new moon.

As promised, later I will open the hard dough barley I picked early and we’ll look at the progression of how quickly it changes.

One more step, the visible observation of the New Moon silver and then the New Year is determined.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 8:28 AM

Good morning;

It was nice to be home in my own bed. I think the puppies, parrots, and husband were happy to have me here, too.

I did disable comments on the report I posted last yesterday. I also took down a bunch of discussions concerning the ‘confusion’ of reports between the groups. I see this conversation every year. Let me give you some general guidelines to use.

1) Decide what you believe about the Passover, unleavened and Wavesheaf.

a) do you believe you need the barley ready before the first new moon, with the first new moon or after it and closer to Wave Sheaf?
b) what calendar day is the correct day for Passover
c) what day is the correct day for offering the omer (wave sheaf)
d) What is the lasted acceptable day for the barley to be Aviv to meet the deadline for your Wavsheaf day?

These are the basic things you need to decide before you start wading through the reports about the barley inspections. Yes, without these decisions prayerfully decided and tucked away in your heart the reports will cause anxiety and confusion.

To clarify my studied-out beliefs:

1) I believe Passover is the evening in the beginning to the 14th count, not at the end of the 14th and touching the 15th

2) I believe the barley is not needed to be Aviv with the sighting of the new moon sliver

3) I believe that Firstfruits will always be on the yom rishon (Sunday) during the 7 days of unleavened.

4) I believe barley that will yield to the condition of Aviv needs to be ready three days before Wave Sheaf.

When I look at the barley during the inspection this is what I am using as my guidelines. Also, since this group is for reporting what I see according to my understanding discussion about other variants should be held in appropriate groups, not here. I do feel these discussions add to the confusion that people feel when added to my personal report. I want it to be clearly known and understood how I made the determination for your utilization.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 6:49 AM

At least it was quiet last night. Tonight I’m home in my own bed.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 3:02 AM

I will be observing the beginning of the New Year at the next new moon sliver, March 7th or 8th. In my understanding of what is required to determine the wave sheaf there will be plenty of barley ready to met the Lev 2:14 standard of aviv to karmel.

My search was to establish according to my personal convictions what I believe the requirements of the New Year/Wave Sheaf to be. For those of you looking to know if there is enough aviv to accompany the next New Moon sliver please reach out to the groups who gather such information. AbibofGod(dot)com or Facebook Group : Biblical Calendar Forum: Aviv Barley and New Moon Reports from Israel, to name two groups.

The barley in the north is not going to be Aviv in time for the first possible Wave Sheaf date. It is way too immature and the density of the wild vegetation it too thick to allow for a quick drying by a possible shorav wind. The vegetation has a lot of humidity to shed before the signal to make the grain in the head will kick in. More rain is in the forecast this week for the northern and central regions of Israel.

I did not go into Jerusalem because I personally do not feel that there is sufficient amounts of wild barley available there to determine a new year by. It is, after all, a city. In the areas outside of the city of Jerusalem that are used for growing domestic grains, the oats were still vibrant green and the barley was mostly in bloom, basically, it was in the same condition as it was in the north region. I also did not check on the area known as Ein Maboa because the thin soil sits on rock terraces with rock bluff that definitely superheats and speeds things up.

Once we arrived down past S’derot in the south there was a big change in the vegetation. For the first time, we saw hot zone maturation of the barley and the oats. We saw that the vegetation was not as densely packed together. The domestic wheat, barley, and oats were not vibrant green. It was as if there was a defined line where the vegetation really changed its presentation.

In the areas that we checked the wild barley was basically all over the chart. From blooming to a few showing soft dough on the first pass through.

What’s interesting to me is that last year all of the same ‘signs’ that we look for to support the evidence of the season are also in place for this year. I had to giggle because last year’s snake incidence has also become a marker in my world. I have friends who live here in the south and there have even been snakes appear out of hibernation as of today. So when I say that we have all of the markers of last year, I do mean we have them all. Storks, swallows, doves, figs, leafing grapes, lambs and kids, etc. But what we also have is barley that is not as ‘ready’ as it was last year during inspections. It certainly has been an interesting year and as ever I love being a student of the land.

If a man can predict that far it looks like the 10-day forecast through March 14th in the area of S’derot is going to be dry and sunny but not terribly hot and no winds are mentioned. I’ve included a screen capture of what the forecast looks like. 23c is about 73f. Depending on the new moon sighting, there is still another few days of further maturing time available to the barley and a few weeks until Wave Sheaf.

On my final pass through today, I stopped off a Re’im Rest area and another location just before where some reforestation is taking place. Today this area had many, many examples of the final dough stages.

I did bring home a few pieces of barley that I will let dry over the days up until the New Moon watch. I will check those and share photos the day of the New Moon watch so that all can see how quickly these are going to tip into the aviv category.I will be observing the beginning of the New Year at the next new moon sliver, March 7th or 8th. In my understanding of what is required to determine the wave sheaf there will be plenty of barley ready to met the Lev 2:14 standard of aviv to karmel.

My search was to establish according to my personal convictions what I believe the requirements of the New Year/Wave Sheaf to be. For those of you looking to know if there is enough aviv to accompany the next New Moon sliver please reach out to the groups who gather such information. AbibofGod(dot)com or Facebook Group : Biblical Calendar Forum: Aviv Barley and New Moon Reports from Israel, to name two groups.

The barley in the north is not going to be Aviv in time for the first possible Wave Sheaf date. It is way too immature and the density of the wild vegetation it too thick to allow for a quick drying by a possible shorav wind. The vegetation has a lot of humidity to shed before the signal to make the grain in the head will kick in. More rain is in the forecast this week for the northern and central regions of Israel.

I did not go into Jerusalem because I personally do not feel that there is sufficient amounts of wild barley available there to determine a new year by. It is, after all, a city. In the areas outside of the city of Jerusalem that are used for growing domestic grains, the oats were still vibrant green and the barley was mostly in bloom, basically, it was in the same condition as it was in the north region. I also did not check on the area known as Ein Maboa because the thin soil sits on rock terraces with rock bluff that definitely superheats and speeds things up.

Once we arrived down past S’derot in the south there was a big change in the vegetation. For the first time, we saw hot zone maturation of the barley and the oats. We saw that the vegetation was not as densely packed together. The domestic wheat, barley, and oats were not vibrant green. It was as if there was a defined line where the vegetation really changed its presentation.

In the areas that we checked the wild barley was basically all over the chart. From blooming to a few showing soft dough on the first pass through.

What’s interesting to me is that last year all of the same ‘signs’ that we look for to support the evidence of the season are also in place for this year. I had to giggle because last year’s snake incidence has also become a marker in my world. I have friends who live here in the south and there have even been snakes appear out of hibernation as of today. So when I say that we have all of the markers of last year, I do mean we have them all. Storks, swallows, doves, figs, leafing grapes, lambs and kids, etc. But what we also have is barley that is not as ‘ready’ as it was last year during inspections. It certainly has been an interesting year and as ever I love being a student of the land.

If a man can predict that far it looks like the 10-day forecast through March 14th in the area of S’derot is going to be dry and sunny but not terribly hot and no winds are mentioned. I’ve included a screen capture of what the forecast looks like. 23c is about 73f. Depending on the new moon sighting, there is still another few days of further maturing time available to the barley and a few weeks until Wave Sheaf.

On my final pass through today, I stopped off a Re’im Rest area and another location just before where some reforestation is taking place. Today this area had many, many examples of the final dough stages.

I did bring home a few pieces of barley that I will let dry over the days up until the New Moon watch. I will check those and share photos the day of the New Moon watch so that all can see how quickly these are going to tip into the aviv category.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 6:08 AM

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