Let Us Be Clear!

(Discerning “woke” and “new woke”)

It is time we cleared up the morass surrounding co-opted, corrupted “woke.” To say we are done-with-woke or that we are anti-woke is to confuse and conflate history with today's histrionics. “Stay woke” was and is African-American Vernacular English beginning in the 1930s (perhaps in use as early as the 1860s)¹ to raise awareness of pervasive discrimination and injustice against African-Americans and to break out of those unwarranted prejudices and exclusions. Thus, to say we are anti-woke is to appear to disdain or regret all the advances of the past century. No, we are not anti-woke or done-with-woke because increasing awareness and truth are what keeps us moving forward in honoring and preserving fundamental rights and protections for every living soul. Those fundamental rights and protections are the Right to:

▪ self-determination,
▪ liberty,
▪ due process of law,
▪ freedom of movement,
▪ privacy,
▪ freedom of thought,
▪ freedom of religion,
▪ freedom of expression,
▪ peaceful assembly,
▪ freedom of association.²

The original Woke was in pursuit of these Rights and Truths — the Truth that all men, women, and children are children of God and are entitled to equal Rights and Protections according to just and holy principles.³

BUT the present, appropriated, (“new”) woke (nwoke) manifests the very opposite of the original woke. Nwoke is about aggressively negating those Rights and Protections for everyone (regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, politics, status, success, etc.) who does not affirm the various nwoke narratives of critical race theory, victimization, entitlement, spectrumized sexual orientation, etc. Nwoke is anti-woke. It is regressive in the extreme. In speech and action, nwoke opposes the universality of Rights and Protections. Nwoke vociferously proclaims adherence to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI-ology⁴), but in hypocritical speech and action (public posts, vlogs, gatherings, protests, counter-protests, profane tirades, etc.), adherents deny diversity, equity, inclusion and rights for all but affirmers of their narratives. Nwoke, calling itself woke, excludes, disqualifies, mocks, targets, censors, and maligns the “non-nwoke” of every stripe.

There are tens of thousands of thoughtful observers, left, center, and right, who reject nwoke dogma — who see clearly that the tyrannical demands for special entitlement, advantage, recognition, privilege, accommodation, and affirmation based in alleged life-experience and feelings have corrupted Truth and reality. But, at the same time, there are tens of thousands of left, center, and right nwoke believers who have bought into the pretended DEI-ology — the propaganda of the Lie.

The tragedy is that DSM-V-documented maladies are being celebrated and normalized, mostly by self-obsessed diva / divo (SOD) activists, along with their captured hosts and corporate sponsors. Some gender dysphorics who wish to quietly and privately transition or de-transition (pursuing their right to self-determination and self-expression) and who have no interest in compelling public display and affirmation of their life-choices are appalled by the tyranny and escalating violence and violent rhetoric  of the SOD activists. The activists continually allege instances of hate and violence directed against themselves (and there may be some pushback in reaction to SOD tyranny), but, as others have noted, what activists call "hate speech" is any speech that they hate. And if we were awake to the depth of evil and the science of domination, we would know that infiltrators and provocateurs will do whatever exacerbates division, violence, and fear on every side. That is the way of the destroyer.

Let us also be clear: there are dysphorics who deserve compassion as they struggle with self-identity and self-understanding, but there is also an agenda of destruction that has been in play since creation⁵ — an agenda that seeks to turn everything upside down⁶ and inside out; that calls evil good and good evil.⁷ And in this year 2023, we are in the very midst of this inversion. Some day the experiments, poisons, pscience, propaganda, and politics that have driven this social, mental, and emotional contagion and spiritual catastrophe will be exposed.⁸

And if we think gender chaos is a new thing in these last days, it is not.⁹ Androgyny¹⁰ (and its cousins) have always been an obsession of the adversary through all ages of time. Considering the forever recycling depravities in history, Satan manifests as a self- and sex-obsessed entity. Why would he change his modus operandi of destruction at this late stage, when it has worked so well for millennia? In partial quote of Shakespeare:

There are more things in [hell] and earth, ...,
Than are dreamt of in [our] philosophy.
Shakespeare: Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (1.5.167-8)¹¹

And so, in this age of lying wonders, 2023 repeats the corruptions of 23 B.C.

4 And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and those Gadianton robbers filling the judgment–seats—having usurped the power and authority of the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright before him; doing no justice unto the children of men;
5 Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—
6 Now this great iniquity had come upon the [people], in the space of not many years (Book of Mormon | Helaman 7:4-6).

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke :
“Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". ...
“The phrase stay woke has history in AAVE as far back as the 1930s, in some contexts referring to an awareness of the social and political issues affecting African Americans. The phrase was uttered in lyrics of recordings by Lead Belly in mid 20th century and post-millennium by Erykah Badu.
“Origins and usage
“In some varieties of African-American English, woke is used in place of woken, the usual past participle form of wake.[8] This has led to the use of woke as an adjective equivalent to awake, which has become mainstream in the United States.
“While it is not known when being awake was first used as a metaphor for political engagement and activism, one early example in the United States was the paramilitary youth organization the Wide Awakes, which formed in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860 to support the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln. Local chapters of the group spread rapidly across northern cities in the ensuing months and "triggered massive popular enthusiasm" around the election. The political militancy of the group also alarmed many southerners, who saw in the Wide Awakes confirmation of their fears of northern, Republican political aggression. The support among the Wide Awakes for abolition, as well as the participation of a number of Black men in a Wide Awakes parade in Massachusetts, likely contributed to such anxiety.”
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_rights
3. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 101:77-78
   77 According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles;
   78 That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment.
4. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/03/dei-ology-great-pretense.html
https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2023/03/awake-to-nwoke.html
5. Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:3-6
   3 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
   4 And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.
   5 And now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which I, the Lord God, had made.
   6 And Satan put it into the heart of the serpent, (for he had drawn away many after him,) and he sought also to beguile Eve, for he knew not the mind of God, wherefore he sought to destroy the world.
6. Old Testament | Isaiah 29:16; Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 27:27
   16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
7. Old Testament | Isaiah 5:20; Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 15:20
   20 ¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
8. Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 30:16-18
   16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known; yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.
   17 There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed; there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save it shall be loosed.
   18 Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time.
9. Jonathan Cahn: The Stunning Secret Behind The Shooting At The Christian School in Nashville
(Jonathan Cahn Official | Apr 10, 2023 | Time 11:02 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TMhHIqfrrA . If this link is removed, access the link in the WayBackMachine: https://archive.org/web/
Also consider all the myths, legends, literature, arts, and scandals of history.
10. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androgynous
11. Original:
   There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
   Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
   - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio

Déjà Vu: A Corban* Variant?

When Jesus used the word corban* in chastising the Pharisees and scribes, what did He mean?

11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. (New Testament | Mark 7:11-13)

Here is an explanation:

Jesus gives the proof of their corruption of the Law by citing their use of “Corban.” Moses had instructed God’s people to “honor their father and mother” (Exodus 20:12), but the Pharisees negated that command by teaching that they could give money to the temple in lieu of helping their parents in need. Whatever money might have been used to provide for aging parents could be dedicated to the temple treasury instead. Saying, “It is Corban” would exempt a person from his responsibility to his parents. In other words, the Pharisees took a legitimate Corban offering and used it in an illegitimate and devious way to defraud their parents (and enrich themselves). Thus, the Law of God was nullified.¹

So, are we seeing, in Christian churches worldwide, a variation of this corruption? What of the  preachers of the “Prosperity Gospel” as it is called²? Some say, in essence:

“Give generously to our ministry, [subtext: even if you can't afford it; even if it means you might not (or that someone else³ will need to) meet your financial obligations] because if you trust enough, your needs will be met and blessed by a generous, loving, reciprocating God. No need to worry about obligations to family and others, because if you are faithful to God, He will be faithful to you.”⁴

Do we see any “corban-like” déjà vu today?

As to the first-fruits argument made by some for giving off-the-top (before anything else), let us ask: Were first-fruits not a memorial offering with no calculation of percentage and no conception of avoiding temporal obligation where one might come under this condemnation:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel (New Testament | 1 Timothy 5:8)?

Just something to consider.

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*Hebrew qorbān offering https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corban
corban orkor·ban [kawr-buhn Sephardic Hebrew kawr-bahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew kawr-buhn ] SHOW IPA
noun
• a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/corban
https://www.biblestudy.org/question/what-is-corban.html

1. https://www.gotquestions.org/corban.html
2. Some views on the Prosperity Gospel:
• Why The Prosperity Gospel Is Wrong!
(The Ramsay Show | May 31, 2020 | Time 7:47 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJjUxyIwbA
• Why I Abominate the Prosperity ‘Gospel’
(Desiring God | Oct. 27, 2009 | Time 10:34 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRue4nwJaA
• Francis Chan on What's Wrong with the Prosperity Gospel
(The Gospel Coalition | Feb. 11, 2019 | Time 1:59 min) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLFgC4cRuI
• Are you Following the Prosperity Gospel without knowing it?
(How to Faith A Life | Feb 24, 2023 | Time 10:34) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcAmLfQ9QCw
3. My mother tithes 10 percent -- but she can't make her house payments
We're happy to help with her second mortgage -- but not if the money goes to her church. By CARY TENNIS https://www.salon.com/2006/12/08/mother_tithing/
4. Differing views on off-the-top:
• Pay Bills or Give Tithes and Offerings First? Written by John Avanzini https://www.cfaith.com/index.php/article-display/105-featured-c5-articles/21547-pay-bills-or-give-tithes-and-offerings-first
• The Law of Tithing Elder Daniel L. Johnson Of the Seventy https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2006/11/the-law-of-tithing?lang=eng
• I invite you to pay your tithing to the Lord first, before you meet any other financial obligations.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/personal-finances-for-self-reliance/3-paying-tithes-and-offerings/learn-maximum-time-45-minutes?lang=eng
• https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/should-i-tithe-or-pay-my-bills/
• Ensuring that the expenses of a religious organization are covered before you make sure that your own expenses are covered is out of order and backwards. Paying the utilities of a building that no one lives in, while not paying the utilities of the building where you and your family live is negligent and irresponsible. https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/should-i-tithe-or-pay-my-bills/
• https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_church_finances/Tithing/Paying_tithing_versus_feeding_your_children_or_paying_your_rent
• https://www.mormonwiki.com/Mormon_Tithing
• Sacred Transformations By Aaron L. West Church Publishing Services Department https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2012/12/sacred-transformations?lang=eng
• The Language of the Gospel By Elder Valeri V. Cordón Of the Seventy
After some events related to a civil war in Central America, my father’s business went bankrupt. He went from about 200 full-time employees to fewer than five sewing operators who worked as needed in the garage of our home. One day during those difficult times, I heard my parents discussing whether they should pay tithing or buy food for the children. // On Sunday, I followed my father to see what he was going to do. After our Church meetings, I saw him take an envelope and put his tithing in it. That was only part of the lesson. The question that remained for me was what we were going to eat. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/04/the-language-of-the-gospel?lang=eng
• https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/should-i-tithe-or-pay-my-bills/
• https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/the-tithing-laws-part-1/
• https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/abrahams-tithe-to-melchizedek-part-1/
• https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/abrahams-tithe-to-melchizedek-part-3/
• http://www.thecrossunveiled.com/tithing.html
• One of the reasons why God told the Levitical priests that they were “cursed with a curse” in Malachi 3 was because they kept the best of the tithe for themselves and didn’t put it in the storehouse, thereby oppressing the poor, the fatherless, and the widows. https://exitchurchianity.com/2014/07/11/should-i-tithe-or-pay-my-bills/
• https://thetithinghoax.com/pay-tithes-or-debt/

New Season | New Year? Enoch's Calendar Month I (One)

(Times and Seasons series: Post #VII)

These prior posts (and these others¹) may help in understanding this post:

Signs, Seasons, Days, and Years: # II (Enoch)²
Pondering Enoch's* Calendar? - #V³ 

Note: I have chosen Kirtland Ohio as the reference point for dates / times at https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@5159809, but other locations should yield similar observations.

According to (my understanding, thus far, of) Enoch's Calendar, we are approaching a seasonal transition to Spring and a new year's beginning marked by the Vernal Equinox. But when is the equinox? It's advertised as March 20 for 2023 (Northern hemisphere), yet the 9 portions of Light and 9 portions of Dark (out of 18 portions of time) set forth by Enoch (to mark the seasonal shift) comes closest to a 9:9 split (or 12:12 split per our modern timing) on March 17. The hours of daylight for March 17 are 11:59:52, being .0048 seconds short of an even 12:12 split. The days before and after March 17 do not come that close. And yes, I am aware of the explanations for March 20th,⁴ but the question is: Will there be any other sign in the heavens to serve as second witness to the seasonal transition taking place on the 17th or the 20th or some other date which according to Enoch's calendar layout would be day 31 of Month XII. The four 31st days of Months III, VI. IX. and XII are purportedly the transition days that herald new seasons and new months.

As the dark moon, called new moon in lunar phase charts, is set for March 21, the first crescent waxing moon (real new moon?) will probably appear March 22 or 23, thus the synchronicity with the Equinox is off for Enoch's perfect months of 30, 30, 31 that allegedly mark each season of 91 days and each solar year of four seasons of 364 days.

So, do we wait for the first waxing crescent of the moon after the equinox to start the season and the new month? Do we wait for the first Wednesday after the Equinox to start the year and month as some do? Do we accept the nearest 12:12 (9:9) split and start the new month and day that evening of the Equinox or at midnight or the next morning?  And what's with the periodic intercalation to adjust for extra time? — to accommodate the strange yearly surplus of ¼ day? or is it one and ¼ days? Has this confusion of time been deliberate? 
 
As I have just had occasion to read Genesis through Deuteronomy twice in the past month and observed the micro-details of God's moral and tabernacle requirements, I remain puzzled with the apparent imprecision of His clock and calendar. Surely we are missing some vital knowledge or did things go haywire at the flood or at some other cosmic, catastrophic event?

Thus, the observations and studies continue.

Note: To those upset by these explorations and views (and probable mistakes and misinterpretations),  consider that much of what we insist is true is probably not, as we will find out in due course. Dogmatic science often converts into pscience which one can explore by searching “pscience” through this blog's search bar in the left column or at Deja Vu ~ Times.

Here is a PDF grid of what Month I (One) might look like if we looked to Enoch instead of Pope Gregory (assuming, of course, that Enoch hasn't suffered text corruption — and who knows for sure?!). Day 1 of Month I, in theory, follows Day 31 (transition day) between Month XII and Month I. 



For those interested in what has happened in scripture / history during Month I (One), here is a list:

Calendar — First Month (35 references)

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (Old Testament | Genesis 1:3-5)

13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. (Old Testament | Genesis 8:13)

1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (Old Testament | Exodus 12:1 - 2)

18 ¶ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. (Old Testament | Exodus 12:18)

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. ...
17 ¶ And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. (Old Testament | Exodus 40:2, 17)

4 ¶ These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (Old Testament | Leviticus 23:4 - 8)

1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. (Old Testament | Numbers 9:1 - 5)

1 THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. (Old Testament | Numbers 20:1)

16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: (Old Testament | Numbers 28:16 - 18)

2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. (Old Testament | Numbers 33:2 - 3)

18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19 ¶ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. (Old Testament | Joshua 4:18 - 20)

15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. (Old Testament | 1 Chronicles 12:15)

1 NOW the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. (Old Testament | 1 Chronicles 27:1 - 3)

3 ¶ He [Hezekiah] in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. (Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 29:3)

17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. (Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 29:17 - 18)

1 MOREOVER Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, (Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 35:1 - 2)

18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. (Old Testament | Ezra 6:18 - 19)

9 For upon the first day of the first month began he [Ezra] to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. (Old Testament | Ezra 7:9)

30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31 ¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. (Old Testament | Ezra 8:30 - 31)

16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. (Old Testament | Ezra 10:16 - 17)

7 ¶ In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
8 ¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. ...
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. (Old Testament | Esther 3:7-8, 10-12)

17 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me [Ezekiel], saying,
18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: (Old Testament | Ezekiel 29:17 - 18)

20 ¶ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me [Ezekiel], saying,
21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. (Old Testament | Ezekiel 30:20 - 22)

18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. (Old Testament | Ezekiel 45:18 - 24)

4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: (Old Testament | Daniel 10:4 - 7)

23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. (Old Testament | Joel 2:23)

1 AND now, it came to pass in the twenty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, behold, when the Lamanites awoke on the first morning of the first month, behold, they found Amalickiah was dead in his own tent; and they also saw that Teancum was ready to give them battle on that day. (Book of Mormon | Alma 52:1)

1 AND now it came to pass in the commencement of the thirtieth year of the reign of the judges, on the second day in the first month, Moroni received an epistle from Helaman, stating the affairs of the people in that quarter of the land. (Book of Mormon | Alma 56:1)

3 And the people began to look with great earnestness for the sign which had been given by the prophet Samuel, the Lamanite, yea, for the time that there should be darkness for the space of three days over the face of the land.
4 And there began to be great doubtings and disputations among the people, notwithstanding so many signs had been given.
5 And it came to pass in the thirty and fourth year, in the first month, on the fourth day of the month, there arose a great storm, such an one as never had been known in all the land. (Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 8:3 - 5)

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1. Some of the calendar / time series posts:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/04/gods-prophetic-day-evening-to-evening.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-heavens-times-signs-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-night-and-day-or-day-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/signs-seasons-iv-do-we-need-sundial.html
2. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
3. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/02/pondering-enochs-calendar-v.html
4. Small sample:
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/spring-equinox-first-day-spring
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox/

Déjà Vu Dilemma: The Watchmen?

As we observe “leaders”¹ today, do we observe watchmen or do we observe “children” carried about by every wind of social, politically-correct, nwoke² or world-order (WO) doctrine that is sweeping over the world.

Where, in our last-days' governments, do we find elected or appointed leaders who are watchmen:

▪ like unto
  - Asa (1 Kings 15)
  - Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 17)
  - Jotham (2 Chr, 27)
  - Hezekiah (2 Kings 20; 2 Chr 29, 31)
  - Josiah (2 Chr. 34)³
  - Mosiah₁ (Omni 1)
  - Benjamin (Omni 1; Words of Mormon 1)
  - Mosiah₂ (Mosiah 1-6+), or
▪ like unto governors / judges
  - Alma₂ (Mosiah 29)
  - Nephihah (Alma 4)
  - Paharon₁ (Alma 51, 61)
  - Lachoneus (3Nephi 3), or
▪ like unto military commanders
  - Zoram (Alma 16)
  - Moroni (Alma 43)
  - Lehi₃ (Alma 49)
  - Gidgiddoni (3 Nephi 3)
  - Mormon₂ (3 Nephi 5; Mormon 1-3).

Why (considering tens of thousands of “leaders” through the centuries) are there so few that can be characterized as watchmen? watchmen who stand for truth, accountability, integrity, courage, freedom, justice, and judgment? Where are the last-days' leaders who are resisting the WO narratives of lockdown, lockstep, lockup? Yes, there are a few — alarmingly too few — who are braving aggressive censorship, maligning, and loss. Where are the last-days' leaders who are resisting and exposing the hypocrisies of:

▪ “my body, their choice”
▪ “safe and effective”
▪ compelled speech
▪ compelled affirmation
▪ pro-WHO
▪ pro-WEF
▪ pro-P3
▪ pro-global
▪ pro-controlled-utopia?

Do we really think that conglomerate giants that have been fined billions in the past for deception and profiteering can be trusted with anything⁴? that investing in megacorps has no sin factor? that facilitating the power aggregation of the few against the (rights of the) many will bring anything but WOE, WOE, WOE?

How do the following laments about watchmen apply today? How are we measuring up to this Ephesians' directive? as last-days' watchmen?

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: ...
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness (New Testament | Ephesians 4:14-15, 17-19).

Laments / Warnings⁵:

10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant (Old Testament | Isaiah 56:10-12).

17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul (Old Testament | Ezekiel 3:17-21).

15 Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have consecrated for the gathering together of my saints.
16 Behold, I have commanded my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., to say unto the strength of my house, even my warriors, my young men, and middle–aged, to gather together for the redemption of my people, and throw down the towers of mine enemies, and scatter their watchmen;
17 But the strength of mine house have not hearkened unto my words.
18 But inasmuch as there are those who have hearkened unto my words, I have prepared a blessing and an endowment for them, if they continue faithful (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 105:15-18).

O that we were all watchmen in the language of Isaiah!

6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give Him no rest, till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Old Testament | Isaiah 62:6-7).

To those few who are true watchmen and watchwomen: Thank You, forever.

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1. (national, international, regional, local, elected, appointed, or elevated by media; and whether in government, business, religion, charity, entertainment, etc.)
2. nwoke: https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2022/10/jesters-to-rescue.html (see section: Clarifying questions to the Woke in bottom half of post),
3. e.g., see https://www.thejenkinsinstitute.com/blog/2015/5/5-good-kings-33-evil-kings-and-7-lessons
4. https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2021/11/trust-us-honest.html
5. More Lamentation & Warning (emphasis added):
Old Testament | Psalms 127:1
1 EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 17:8-12
8 And [they] walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing .
Old Testament | Jeremiah 6:10-30
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 ¶ Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 ¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them .
Old Testament | Ezekiel 33:2-20
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 ¶ Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20 ¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Old Testament | Hosea 9:7-9
7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Old Testament | Micah 7:2-9
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 ¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5 ¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 ¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness .
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 101:44-54
44 A certain nobleman had a spot of land, very choice; and he said unto his servants: Go ye unto my vineyard, even upon this very choice piece of land, and plant twelve olive–trees;
45 And set watchmen round about them, and build a tower, that one may overlook the land round about, to be a watchman upon the tower, that mine olive–trees may not be broken down when the enemy shall come to spoil and take upon themselves the fruit of my vineyard.
46 Now, the servants of the nobleman went and did as their lord commanded them, and planted the olive–trees, and built a hedge round about, and set watchmen, and began to build a tower.
47 And while they were yet laying the foundation thereof, they began to say among themselves: And what need hath my lord of this tower?
48 And consulted for a long time, saying among themselves: What need hath my lord of this tower, seeing this is a time of peace?
49 Might not this money be given to the exchangers? For there is no need of these things.
50 And while they were at variance one with another they became very slothful, and they hearkened not unto the commandments of their lord.
51 And the enemy came by night, and broke down the hedge; and the servants of the nobleman arose and were affrighted, and fled; and the enemy destroyed their works, and broke down the olive–trees.
52 Now, behold, the nobleman, the lord of the vineyard, called upon his servants, and said unto them, Why! what is the cause of this great evil?
53 Ought ye not to have done even as I commanded you, and—after ye had planted the vineyard, and built the hedge round about, and set watchmen upon the walls thereof—built the tower also, and set a watchman upon the tower, and watched for my vineyard, and not have fallen asleep, lest the enemy should come upon you?
54 And behold, the watchman upon the tower would have seen the enemy while he was yet afar off; and then ye could have made ready and kept the enemy from breaking down the hedge thereof, and saved my vineyard from the hands of the destroyer.

What's with the Moon?

(Times and Seasons Series: Post #VI)

Have you ever made observations of the moon for an extended period? how sometimes it's in the night sky and sometimes in the day sky? If its movements are to be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years, as in:

14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years: ...
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (JST Old Testament | Genesis 1:14, 16)

then what might we be missing by not paying attention?

From the Ethiopic Book of Enoch [1 Enoch],¹ we read this about the moon:

XLI. 3-9. Astronomical Secrets. ...
5. And I saw the chambers of the sun and moon, whence they proceed and whither they come again, and their glorious return, and how one is superior to the other, and their stately orbit, and how they do not leave their orbit, and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing from it, and they keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they are bound together.
6. And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path according to the commandment of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and ever.
7. And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night--the one holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits. And they give thanks and praise and rest not; For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.
8. For the sun changes oft for a blessing or a curse, And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord, Who made a separation between the light and the darkness, And divided the spirits of men,²

CHAPTER LXXII. The Sun.
3. And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.³

32. On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.⁴

37. As [the sun] rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.⁵

CHAPTER LXXIII.
1. And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which is named the Moon.
2. And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure.
3. And her rising and setting change every month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform (i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun.
4. And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the sun rises.
5. And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of it, (and) the fourteenth part of her light.
6. And when she receives one-seventh part of the half of her light, her light amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof.
7. And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets with the sun, and is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of them.
8. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes forth and recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen parts.⁶

CHAPTER LXXIV.
1. And I saw another course, a law for her [the Moon], (and) how according to that law she performs her monthly revolution.
2. And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were accomplished.
3. In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her darkness in the west.
4. And in certain months she alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course.
5. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals the third and the fourth.
6. She goes forth for seven days, and turns about and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight days enters the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth.
7. And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the first portal in eight days.
8. And she returns again in seven days into the fourth portal from which the sun goes forth.
9. Thus I saw their position--how the moons rose and the sun set in those days.
10. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days.
11. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days.
12. And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or delay their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with perfect justice in 364 days.
13. In 3 years there are 1092 days, and in 5 years 1820 days, so that in 8 years there are 2912 days.
14. For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: [i.e. to the sum (of 1770) there is to be added (1000 and) 62 days.]
15. And in 5 years there are 1770 days, so that for the moon the days in 8 years amount to 2832 days.
16. [For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the days she falls behind in 8 years are 80.
17. And the year is accurately completed in conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days.⁷

CHAPTER LXXVIII. The Sun and Moon: the Waxing and Waning of the Moon.
1. And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjârês, and the second Tômâs.
2. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asônjâ, the second Eblâ, the third Benâsê, and the fourth Erâe.
3. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike.
4. In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted.
5. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals on the face of the heaven.
6. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: ⌈ the light becomes full in her ⌉: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light.
7. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth parts.
8. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth.
9. And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight.
10. And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun.
11. During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven], and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full in the heaven.
12. And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her.
13. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun.
14. On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light.
15. And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty-nine days each, in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days.
16. And in the time of her going out she appears for three months (of) thirty days each, and for three months she appears (of) twenty-nine each.
17. At night she appears like a man for twenty days each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is nothing else in her save her light.⁸

CHAPTER LXXIX.
1. And now, my son, I have shown thee everything, and the law of all the stars of the heaven is completed.
2. And he showed me all the laws of these for every day, and for every season of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going forth, and for the order prescribed to it every month and every week:
3. And the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal: for in this sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning of the waning:
4. 〈And the waning〉 which takes place in the first portal in its season, till one hundred and seventy-seven days are accomplished: reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five (weeks) and two days.
5. She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars exactly five days in the course of one period, and when this place which thou seest has been traversed.
6. Such is the picture and sketch of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their leader, showed unto me.⁹

CHAPTER LXXIV
4. And in certain months she [the Moon] alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course.
5. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals the third and the fourth. ¹⁰

Does the moon really set with the sun in portals three and four? if so, why does she do this? And are those middle portals the ones that relate to months 6 and 7 (with five months on each side of them) and with the Fall Equinox (transition) marking the end of month 6 and the beginning of month 7?

If we observed the moon using 1 Enoch's calendar, what might it tell us about signs and seasons, days and years?

With our Gregorian Calendar, we seem to have lost the precision and beauty of days and months and years as seen in the grid version of 1 Enoch's calendar.¹¹

If indeed, the sun and the moon “keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they are bound together,”¹² then should we be more observant of their signs and seasons, days and years?

For now, let us also begin observing the moon to see what she does in relation to 1 Enoch's calendar.

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1. Perhaps the best source to explore all the extant Enoch writings and references is the Annotated Edition - The Book of Enoch: Translated from the Ethiopic Text by R. H. Charles, D.Litt., D.D. (Includes the Slavonic Text (2 Enoch); the Hebrew Text (3 Enoch); and Enoch Text Passages from the Writings of Moses and the Book of Jasher) compiled by David R. Hocking, Editor. Available at BeaconLight Books.com ( https://beaconlightbooks.com/the-annotated-book-of-enoch/ ) or other online or walk-in book stores.
Note: The Slavonic Book of Enoch (2 Enoch) gives different timing for the moon: 7 months of 31 days, 4 of 30, and one of 28, totaling 365 days (Hocking, p. 106).

Other Annotated Books by David R. Hocking at https://beaconlightbooks.com/
• The "Gospel Tangents" interview with the Editor, David R. Hocking can be seen at:
   723: Books of Enoch & Jasher (David Hocking 2 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGXd3cWvUs&t=4220s
   722: Annotated Book of Mormon (David Hocking 1 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6osuaogbT0
• See also the Enoch chart posted at Deja Vu - Times II: https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
• and the calendar / time series posts:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/04/gods-prophetic-day-evening-to-evening.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-heavens-times-signs-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-night-and-day-or-day-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/signs-seasons-iv-do-we-need-sundial.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/02/pondering-enochs-calendar-v.html
2, Anonymous, Enoch. The Book of Enoch: The Complete Collection (Translation and commentary by R.H. Charles) (Alpha Centauri Religion 9201) (Kindle Locations 1625-1648). Alpha Centauri Publishers. Kindle Edition. (All bold emphasis added.)
3. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2510-2513)
4. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2567-2569)
5. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2577-2578)
6. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2580-2597)
7. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2598-2628)
8. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2702-2737)
9. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2741-2751)
10. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2604-2606)
11. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/02/pondering-enochs-calendar-v.html
12. See CHAPTER XXL.5 above.

Pondering Enoch's* Calendar?

(Times and Seasons Series: Post #V)

Because we:

▪ are approaching the vernal equinox of Gregorian year 2023 A.D¹;
▪ are nearing the season that God appointed for the beginning of a new year² for the children of Israel as they left their bondage in Egypt;
▪ are mostly unfamiliar with the 364-day calendar year that 1 Enoch detailed³;
▪ are perhaps out of sync with God's specifically marked and detailed Feasts⁴;
▪ are perhaps naïve about the adversary's purposes in corrupting times and dates; and
▪ are probably needing to pay more attention to the lights God placed in the heavens “for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years”⁵;

I decided to post this pdf grid of what the Enoch solar year might look like according to my reading of 1 Enoch.⁶ Undoubtedly others have done something similar, though I haven't yet seen one starting on Sunday (Day One of creation). However, last December, I came across a Zadok calendar using a similar grid, but it  begins each year on a Wednesday (Day Four of the 7-day week) according to their beliefs.⁷

Notice the beauty of the perfect blocking of  52 weeks; the pleasing repetition of 4 sections of 3 months each, marked off by the four transitioning seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. According to Enoch's calendar, we are approaching day one of a new year following Day 31 of the last winter (12th) month.  On the 31st day of each 91 day course, a seasonal transition occurs. If the vernal equinox is calculated correctly (equal light and dark), will it fall on the transition day (31st) of Month XII to bring on Day One of Month I? Will a new (crescent) moon play any role as a second witness to a new beginning of the year? Do we mistake looking for the new moon to start each new month? or is it a simple count of 30, 30, then 31 days before the next seasonal transition with the moon playing some part (or not) that we don't yet understand? If we don't observe, how will we know? Do the four directions and the four seasons have any symbolism in the four faces described in Ezekiel chapters1 and 10?

There is much yet to explore, investigate, discern, and reconcile, not just in the Enoch versions, but with our 365 ¼ day year. But let us consider this: If we have a God who sometimes micromanages things, such as:

▪ the timing and conduct of Feast Festivals (ibid., footnote 4);
▪ the detailed construction, décor, clothing, and service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation⁸;
▪ the use of mechanized wheels within wheels? (cogs?)⁹;
▪ the Kirtland buildings: dimensions and patterns¹⁰;
▪ 1841 Joint Stock Company¹¹;
▪ frequent reference to a required pattern for things¹²;

then, could there be some unseen order or pattern in a 364-day solar year mixed with a 354-day lunar year that we have lost? How does it all jive with our 365 ¼ day Gregorian year? Do the sun, moon, and stars serve the Law of Witnesses¹³ so that if we knew the true pattern, we could reset Gregorian time and date to God's time and date? I have read some of John Pratt's thoughts¹⁴ on these matters, but have not yet settled on a pattern that reconciles the precision that seems to characterize the works of God. 

In the meantime, let's all be more observant, and understand, as usual, that the efforts to uncover buried or corrupted truth seem unending.

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* Perhaps the best source to explore all the extant Enoch writings and references is the Annotated Edition - The Book of Enoch: Translated from the Ethiopic Text by R. H. Charles, D.Litt., D.D. (Includes the Slavonic Text (2 Enoch); the Hebrew Text (3 Enoch); and Enoch Text Passages from the Writings of Moses and the Book of Jasher) compiled by David R. Hocking, Editor. Available at BeaconLight Books.com ( https://beaconlightbooks.com/the-annotated-book-of-enoch/ ) or other online or walk-in book stores. Other Annotated Books at https://beaconlightbooks.com/
• The "Gospel Tangents" interview with the Editor, David R. Hocking can be seen at:
   723: Books of Enoch & Jasher (David Hocking 2 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGXd3cWvUs&t=4220s
   722: Annotated Book of Mormon (David Hocking 1 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6osuaogbT0
• See also the Enoch chart posted at Deja Vu - Times II on https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
• and the calendar / time series posts:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/04/gods-prophetic-day-evening-to-evening.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-heavens-times-signs-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-night-and-day-or-day-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/signs-seasons-iv-do-we-need-sundial.html

1. https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2023&country=22&wno=1
2. Old Testament | Exodus 12:1-2
   1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
   2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Old Testament | Exodus 13:3-4
   3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
   4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
Old Testament | Exodus 34:18
   18 ¶ The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 16:1
   1 OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
3. See footnote 6.
4. Old Testament | Leviticus 23:2 (Plus entire chapter)
   2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
(Feasts named here and elsewhere: Passover, Unleavened Bread; Firstfruits; Weeks / Pentecost; Trumpets; Booths / Tabernacles; Dedication; Purim)
5. JST Old Testament | Genesis 1:14, 16
   16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
I acknowledge that 2 Enoch specifies a 365 ¼ day year, but 2 Enoch does not contain the detail of 1 Enoch.
6. Here are the relevant Enoch verses as to the sun. The moon verses will be posted on February 23.
CHAPTER LXXII. The Sun.
   1. The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years of the world and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till eternity.
   2. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the western portals of the heaven.
   3. And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.
   4. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.
   5. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit. 'that') portal and shines in the face of the heaven.
   6. In this way he rises in the first month in the great portal, which is the fourth ⌈ those six portals in the cast ⌉.
   7. And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a flame when they are opened in their season.
   8. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven.
   9. And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth morning.
   10. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
   11. And the sun rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the fifth portal.
   12. And then the day becomes longer by †two† parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts.
   13. And it returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign.
   14. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes double the night, and the day becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts.
   15. And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings.
   16. And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven.
   17. And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal.
   18. On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
   19. And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west.
   20. On that day the day is equalized with the night, [and becomes of equal length], and the night amounts to nine parts and the day to nine parts.
   21. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal.
   22. And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight parts.
   23. And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven.
   24. And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts.
   25. And the sun rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven.
   26. And on that day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and the night amounts exactly to twelve parts and the day to six.
   27. And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of his orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and enters that portal thirty mornings and sets also in the west opposite to it.
   28. And on that night has the night decreased in length by a †ninth† part, and the night has become eleven parts and the day seven parts.
   29. And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising and setting.
   30. And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to eight.
   31. And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
   32. On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.
   33. And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness of the day and of the night arise--through the course of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. 'they are separated').
   34. So it comes that its course becomes daily longer, and its course nightly shorter.
   35. And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever.
   36. And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to its appearance, according as the Lord commanded.
   37. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
Anonymous, Enoch. The Book of Enoch: The Complete Collection (Translation and commentary by R.H. Charles) (Alpha Centauri Religion 9201) (Kindle Locations 2503-2578). Alpha Centauri Publishers. Kindle Edition.
7. https://www.returningtothegarden.com/
I think some of the reasoning behind Day 4 is to avoid some overlapping of Festivals with Sabbaths, and to reconcile beliefs about crucifixion and resurrection dates. And who knows, perhaps they are right.
8. Old Testament | Exodus 25:8-9
   8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
   9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Read also multiple detailed instructions thereafter: Exodus chapters 26-30+
Old Testament | Exodus 25:40
   40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Old Testament | Numbers 8:4
   4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
9. Old Testament | Ezekiel, chapters 1 & 10
10. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 94
11. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 124:62-82; 111-123
12. Old Testament | 1 Chronicles 28:10, 12-19
   10 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, ...
   12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
   13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
   14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
   15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
   16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
   17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
   18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
   19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
New Testament | Hebrews 8:5
   5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 97:10
   10 Verily I say unto you, that it is my will that a house should be built unto me in the land of Zion, like unto the pattern which I have given you.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 102:12
   12 Whenever a high council of the church of Christ is regularly organized, according to the foregoing pattern, it shall be the duty of the twelve councilors to cast lots by numbers, and thereby ascertain who of the twelve shall speak first, commencing with number one and so in succession to number twelve.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 115:14-16
   14 But let a house be built unto my name according to the pattern which I will show unto them.
   15 And if my people build it not according to the pattern which I shall show unto their presidency, I will not accept it at their hands.
   16 But if my people do build it according to the pattern which I shall show unto their presidency, even my servant Joseph and his counselors, then I will accept it at the hands of my people.
Pearl of Great Price | Moses 6:46
   46 For a book of remembrance we have written among us, according to the pattern given by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language.
13. New Testament | 2 Corinthians 13:1
   1 ... In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 6:28; (see also 128:3)
   28 And now, behold, I give unto you, and also unto my servant Joseph, the keys of this gift, which shall bring to light this ministry; and in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
14. https://www.johnpratt.com/
https://www.johnpratt.com/items/calendar/wall_cal.html
https://www.johnpratt.com/items/calendar/index.html
https://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/sc_tutorial.html