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Subject:              A "New Moon" Beacon Found in Both the

                                  Third and Fourth Commandments                                              

Scripture Verse:                       Exodus 20:7-11                  

Author: Kerrie French    

Strong #

KJV Bible Version

Hebrew

Strong's Hebrew    Definitions

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Hebrew Lexicon

New Comprehensive Meaning

        Missing words, overt translated errors and added #9999 words are highlighted in green.

Verse 7    THIRD COMMANDMENT

3808

not

lo'

not; no; before; or else; except; nay; neither; never; no; otherwise; surely; as truly as; of a truth; without;

not; no; nothing; without;

Do not

5375

take

nasa'

to lift; accept; advance; arise; suffer to; bear up; bring forth; carry away; cast; contain; desire; ease; exact; exalt; extol; fetch; forgive; furnish; further; give; go on; help; high; hold up; honor; lift up; magnify; raise; regard; respect; take away;

to lift; to bear up; to carry; to take; to support; to sustain; to endure; to forgive; to be lifted up; to be exalted; to lift oneself up; to rise up; to be carried; to be taken away; to be swept away; to exalt; to aid; to assist; to desire; to bear continuously; to take away;

exalt

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth 

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

the beacon signal or

8034

the name of

shem

a mark; memorial; name; famous; renown; report;

a name; a reputation; fame; glory; the Name (as a designation for God); memorial; monument;

the name  and memorial of

3068

the Lord

Yehovah

the self-Existent or Eternal; Yehovah; Jewish national name of God;

Yehovah; Yahweh= the existing One; proper name of the one true God; unpronounced except with the vowel

Yahuwah

430

thy God

'Elohiym

plural of OT:433; specifically the supreme God; angels; gods; goddess; very great; judges; mighty;

'Elohiym (plural) rulers; judges; divine ones; angels; gods; (plural intensive- singular meaning) God; the one true God;

Elohiym

7723

in vain;

shav'

desolating; evil (as destructive); ruin; guile; idolatry; uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also in vain); false; lie; lying; vain; vanity;

emptiness; vanity; falsehood; lying; worthlessness;

falsely.

3588

for

kiy (kee)

and; forasmuch; inasmuch; whereas; assuredly; but; certainly; doubtless; else; even; except; for; how; nevertheless; now; rightly; seeing; since; surely; then; therefore;

that; for; because; when; as though; as; because that; but; then; certainly; except; surely; since;

Assuredly,

3808

not

lo'

not; no; before; or else; except; nay; neither; never; no; otherwise; surely; as truly as; of a truth; without;

not; no; nothing; without;

except for

5352

will

naqah

(naw-kaw')

to be clean; to make clean; to be bare; extirpated; acquit at all; altogether; be blameless; cleanse; clear; cut off; be desolate; be free; be guiltless; be innocent; be unpunished;

to be empty; to be clear; to be pure; to be free; to be innocent; to be desolate; to be cut off; to be cleaned out; to be purged out; to be free from guilt; to be innocent; to acquit; to leave unpunished;

the blameless,

3068

the Lord

Yehovah

the self-Existent or Eternal; Yehovah; Jewish national name of God;

Yehovah; Yahweh= the existing One; proper name of the one true God; unpronounced except with the vowel

Yahuwah

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

marks

834

that

'aher (ash-er')

who; which; what; that; when; where; how; because; in order that; after; alike; as soon as; every; for; forasmuch; from whence; how; that which; though; until; whatsoever;

which; who; that which; when; since; as; if;

those who

5375

taketh

nasa'

to lift; accept; advance; arise; suffer to; bear up; bring forth; carry away; cast; contain; desire; ease; exact; exalt; extol; fetch; forgive; furnish; further; give; go on; help; high; hold up; honor; lift up; magnify; raise; regard; respect; take away;

to lift; to bear up; to carry; to take; to support; to sustain; to endure; to forgive; to be lifted up; to be exalted; to lift oneself up; to rise up; to be carried; to be taken away; to be swept away; to exalt; to aid; to assist; to desire; to bear continuously; to take away;

bear

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

the beacon signal or

8034

His name

shem

a mark; memorial; name; famous; renown; report;

a name; a reputation; fame; glory; the Name (as a designation for God); memorial; monument;

His name and memorial,

7723

in vain.

shav'

desolating; evil (as destructive); ruin; guile; idolatry; uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also in vain); false; lie; lying; vain; vanity;

emptiness; vanity; falsehood; lying; worthlessness;

falsely.

Verse 8        FOURTH COMMANDMENT

2142

Remember

zakar

to mark so as to be recognized); to remember; burn incense; earnestly; make mention of; make to be remembered; bring to remembrance; think on;

to cause to remember; to remind; to cause to be remembered; to keep in remembrance; to mention; to record; to make a memorial;

Earnestly keep in remembrance

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

the beacon signal

3117

day,

yowm

to be hot; a day; warm hours from sunrise to sunset; sunset to sunset; age; + always; + chronicles; continually; daily; + evening; Sabbath forever; life; as long as; even now; + old; + outlived; +perpetually; presently; + remaineth; season; space; time; Sabbath as at other times

day; time; year; a day as opposed to night; a working day; a division of time;

day (as opposed to night)

7676

the sabbath

Shabbath

Root word #7673 shabath

specifically the Sabbath; intermission; every sabbath;

to repose; desist from exertion; cause to cease; celebrate; cause to fail; keep sabbath; to rest; put away;

Sabbath; a day of atonement; sabbath year; week;

and the Sabbath

6942

to keep it holy.

qadash

(kaw-dash')

to be clean ceremonial or morally; appoint; bid; consecrate; dedicate; defile; hallow; keep holy; prepare; proclaim; sanctify;

to consecrate; to sanctify; to prepare; to dedicate; to be hallowed; to be holy; to be sanctified; to be separate; to set apart as sacred; to honor as sacred; to be observed as holy.

to sanctify and keep holy.

Verse 9  

8337

six

shesh

(shaysh)

six; sixth;

Six (cardinal number or ordinal number)

Six

3117

days

yowm

to be hot; a day; warm hours from sunrise to sunset; sunset to sunset; age; + always; +chronicles; continually; daily; + evening; Sabbath forever; life; as long as; even now; + old; + outlived; +perpetually; presently; +remaineth; season; space; time; Sabbath as at other times

day; time; year; a day as opposed to night; a working day; a division of time;

days (as opposed to nights)

5647

shalt thou labor

`abad

to work in any sense; to serve; be enslaved; be in bondage; be bondmen; bond-service; compel; do; execute; husbandman; keep; labor; make to serve; become servants; do service; till; work;

to work; to serve; to labor; to work for another; to serve another by labor; to serve as subjects; to serve (God); to serve (with Levitical service); to compel to labor or work; to cause to serve;

are for servile employment

6213

and do

`asah

to do; make; accomplish; advance; appoint; become; bear; bestow; bring forth; be busy; have the charge of; deal with; execute; exercise; finish;

to do; to fashion; to accomplish; to make; to observe; to celebrate; to appoint; to ordain; to bring about; to put in order;

to accomplish

3605

all

kol

the whole; all; any; every; only; altogether; any manner; enough; everyone; everything; as many as; nothing; whatsoever; whosoever;

all; the whole; every; anything; totality; any; everything; each;

all

4399

thy work:

mela'kah

(mel-aw-kaw')

deputyship; ministry; employment; business; industry; occupation; manner of work;

occupation; work; business; service; public business

manner of work.

Verse 10   

3117

But day

yowm

to be hot; a day; warm hours from sunrise to sunset; sunset to sunset; age; + always; +chronicles; continually; daily; + evening; Sabbath forever; life; as long as; even now; + old; + outlived; +perpetually; presently; +remaineth; season; space; time; Sabbath as at other times

day; time; year; a day as opposed to night; a working day; a division of time;

Day, as opposed to the night

7637

the seventh

shebiy`iy

(sheb-ee-ee')

ordinal seven; seventh; seventh time;

seventh; an ordinal number

on the seventh

9999

is

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

7676

the sabbath of

shabbath

(shab-bawth')

intermission; specifically the Sabbath;

Sabbath;

is the Sabbath of

3068

the Lord

Yehovah

the self-Existent or Eternal; Jewish national name of God; Yehovah;

Yehovah the existing One;

Yahuwah

430

thy God

'Elohiym

plural of OT:433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God; magistrates; angels; God; goddess; great; judges; mighty; 'Elohiym

'Elohiym; (plural); rulers; judges; divine ones; angels; gods; God; a god; a goddess; god-like one; the one true God; God;

Elohiym.

3808

not

lo'

not; no; or else; except; less; nay; neither; never; nothing; out of; as truly as; verily; surely; without; for want;

not; no; nothing; without;

Do not

9999

in it

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

6213

thou shalt

`asah

to do; make; accomplish; advance; appoint; become; bear; bestow; bring forth; be busy; have the charge of; deal with; execute; exercise; finish;

to do; to fashion; to accomplish; to make; to observe; to celebrate; to appoint; to ordain; to bring about; to put in order;

do

3605

any

kol

the whole; all; any; every; only; altogether; any manner; enough; everyone; everything; as many as; nothing; whatsoever; whosoever;

all; the whole; every; anything; totality; any; everything; each;

any

4399

work,

mela'kah

(mel-aw-kaw')

deputyship; ministry; employment; business; industry; occupation; manner of work;

occupation; work; business; service; public business

manner of work;

859

thou,

'attah

(at-taw')

thou; thee; you;

you

you,

1121

nor thy son,

ben

a son; child; anointed one;

a son; a grandson; a child; a member of a group; a male child; people a member of a guild; order; class;

your son,

1323

nor thy daughter,

bath

a daughter;

a daughter; a girl; an adopted daughter; a daughter-in-law; a sister; granddaughter; a female child;

your daughter,

5650

thy manservant

`ebed

a servant; bondman; bondage;

a slave; a servant; a man-servant; subjects;

your man servant,

519

nor thy maidservant,

'amah

a maid-servant; female slave; bondmaid; maid;

a maid-servant; a female slave; a maid; a handmaid; a concubine;

your maid servant,

929

nor thy cattle,

behemah

a dumb beast; cattle;

a beast; cattle; an animal; livestock; wild beasts;

livestock,

1616

nor thy stranger

ger

a guest; a foreigner; alien; sojourner; stranger;

sojourner; a temporary inhabitant; a newcomer lacking inherited rights; used of foreigners within Israel, thought they had conceded rights.

or the guest

834

that

'aher

who; which; what; that; when; where; how; because; in order that; after; alike; as soon as; every; for; forasmuch; from whence; how; that which; though; until; whatsoever;

which; who; that which; when; since; as; if;

which is

9999

is

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

8179

within thy gates:

sha`ar

an opening; door; gate; portal;

a gate (used of a palace; a temple; the court of a tabernacle; a royal castle);

within your gates.

Verse 11   

3588

For

kiy

and; as; assuredly; but; certainly; doubtless; else; even; except; for; how; because; in; so; than; that; nevertheless; now; rightly; seeing; since; surely; then; therefore; truly; until; when; while; whom; yea; yet;

that; for; because; when; as though; as; because that; but; then; certainly; except; surely; since;

For assuredly,

9999

in

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

8337

six

shesh

six; sixth;

six (cardinal number or ordinal number)

in six

3117

days

yowm

to be hot; a day; warm hours from sunrise to sunset; sunset to sunset; age; + always; +chronicles; continually; daily; + evening; Sabbath forever; life; as long as; even now; + old; + outlived; +perpetually; presently; +remaineth; season; space; time; Sabbath as at other times

day; time; year; a day as opposed to night; a working day; a division of time;

days, as opposed to nights,

6213

made

`asah

to do; make; accomplish; advance; appoint; become; bear; bestow; bring forth; be busy; have the charge of; deal with; execute; exercise; finish;

to do; to fashion; to accomplish; to make; to observe; to celebrate; to appoint; to ordain; to bring about; to put in order;

fashioned and appointed

3068

the Lord

Yehovah

the self-Existent or Eternal; Jewish national name of God; Yehovah;

Yehovah; Yahweh= the existing One; proper name of the one true God; unpronounced except with the vowel

Yahuwah,

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

sign markers.

8064

heaven

shamayim

to be lofty; the sky; alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move; as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve; air; astronomy; astrology; heavens;

visible heavens, sky: as the abode of the stars; as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere; Heaven, as the abode of God;

These astronomical revolving celestial bodies

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

are beacon signals

776

earth

'erets

to be firm; earth; land; country; ground; world; way;

land; earth; ground; the surface of the earth; people of the land; measurements of the earth; in contrast to Canaan;

for earth,

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

signaling

3220

the sea,

yam

a sea; westward; south;

the sea

westward bound

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

as a sign of proof

3605

all

kol

the whole; all; any; every; only; altogether; any manner; enough; everyone; everything; as many as; nothing; whatsoever; whosoever;

all; the whole; every; anything; totality; any; everything; each;

for all

834

that

'aher

(ash-er')

who; which; what; that; when; where; how; because; in order that; after; alike; as soon as; every; for; forasmuch; from whence; how; that which; though; until; whatsoever;

which; who; that which; when; since; as; if;

who

871a

in them

be-

according to; among; at; because of; before; by; for; in near; on to toward; when; with; within; to step;

in; when; according to; among; at; because of; before; by; for; near; on; to ; toward; when; with; within;

accordingly

9999

is,

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

- 0 -

5117

and rested

nuwach

(noo'-akh)

to rest; settle down; to dwell; stay; cease; let down; be quiet; remain; rest; set down;

to rest; to settle down and remain; to repose; to be quiet; to set down; to leave; to depart from; to

rest

3117

day:

yowm

to be hot; a day; warm hours from sunrise to sunset; sunset to sunset; age; + always; +chronicles; continually; daily; + evening; Sabbath forever; life; as long as; even now; + old; + outlived; +perpetually; presently; +remaineth; season; space; time; Sabbath as at other times

day; time; year; a day as opposed to night; a working day; a division of time;

on day

7637

the seventh

shebiy`iy

(sheb-ee-ee')

ordinal seven; seventh; seventh time;

seventh; an ordinal number

seven.

5921

3651 --

wherefore

`al    - - - -

ken (kane) - -

above; according to; after; against; among; and; as; at; because of; beside the rest; between; beyond the time; both and; by reason of; concerning for; of; on; over; than; through; with; to;

Set upright; just; after that; as; as much as; following; in like manner; rightly so; surely; wherefore;

as a preposition:  upon; on the ground of; according to; on account of; on behalf of; concerning; in addition to; together with; next; upon;

So; therefore; thus; forasmuch as; this being so; hitherto; on this ground; afterward;

Therefore,

1288

blessed

barak

to kneel; to bless God; to bless mankind; bless; praise; thank;

to bless; to kneel; to be blessed; to be adored; to praise; to salute; to curse;

blessed

3068

the Lord

Yehovah

the self-Existent or Eternal; Jewish national name of God; Yehovah;

Yehovah; Yahweh= the existing One; proper name of the one true God; unpronounced except with the vowel

Yahuwah,

853

- 0 -

[This Hebrew word is missing from most modern Bible Translations, yet it is very present in both the Modern Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew text.]

#853  'eth  

root word -

#852 'eth



root word -

#226  owth

self; namely; even;

- -(this is the exact same Hebrew word) sign

- - a sign; signal; flag; beacon; mark; ensign;

sign marker of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative case.

-- a sign; miraculous signs; wonders.

-- a sign; a signal; a distinguishing mark; a banner; remembrance; a warning; a token; an ensign; a standard; a proof.

the beacon signal

3117

day,

yowm

to be hot; a day; warm hours from sunrise to sunset; sunset to sunset; age; + always; +chronicles; continually; daily; + evening; Sabbath forever; life; as long as; even now; + old; + outlived; +perpetually; presently; +remaineth; season; space; time; Sabbath as at other times

day; time; year; a day as opposed to night; a working day; a division of time;

day (as opposed to night)

7676

the sabbath

shabbath

(shab-bawth')

intermission; specifically the Sabbath;

Sabbath; a day of atonement; sabbath year; week;

and the Sabbath

6942

and hallowed it.

qadash

(kaw-dash')

to make clean ceremonial or morally; dedicate; hallow; holy; purify; sanctify; appoint; bid;

to consecrate; to sanctify; to prepare; to dedicate; to be hallowed; to be holy; to be sanctified; to be separate; to set apart as sacred; to honor as sacred; to be observed as holy.

and sanctified and made them holy.

Thus says the Lord GOD: "The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. Ezekiel 46:1-2

Here in the book of Ezekiel we find a "thus saith the Lord" that Yahuwah ordained three kinds of days which are named and have specific function.  Notice below that the "east gate"of the temple, being open or closed for worship, actually defines that these days can never overlap. A day is either a work day or a worship day and never both. There is no guess work here. New Moon days will never fall on work days, just as Sabbaths can never fall on work days. Likewise, New Moon days can never be seventh-day Sabbaths, because the New Moon day must always be the first day of the month, as it only can be the day following  the first visible crescent.  Notice in the following verse, are the words of Yahuwah, Himself.

1. East gate is shut six working days.
2. East gate is open on the Sabbath.
3. East gate is open on New Moon day.

• Two kinds of days make up the Biblical week – work days and Sabbaths.


• Three kinds of days make up a Biblical month – New Moon days, work days and Sabbaths.


• The east gate is opened for worship on both New Moon days and Sabbath days.


• The east gate is shut for worship on work days.


• Sabbath days and work days never overlap. New Moon days and work days never overlap. New Moon days and Sabbaths never overlap, as they were divinely designed as distinct kinds of days.


• Therefore, New Moon day that occurs once each month is never a work day or a seventh-day Sabbath.


• However, by its very existence, the New Moon day breaks the cycle of work days and Sabbath days, each lunar month.


• It is impossible for the Creator’s weeks to have cycled without end, since creation, for the mere fact that there are three kinds of days and not just two, as all have previously believed.


• Cycling weeks cannot remain unbroken for 6,000 years, 6 months, or 6 weeks, for the very reason that the New Moon day exists and continues to stand as a beacon of time, thus breaking the week cycle each and every month. All units of time are heralded by the three part orchestration of the sun, moon and stars, the great principles that rule in the heavens. These alone bear the signature of the Creator.

Creation Week and New Moon Day:

Exodus 20:10 declares, "the seventh-day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God." Our Creator shared "His Sabbath" with mankind, that we may be in sync with the worship rhythms of heaven, the angels, and unfallen worlds as they assemble on His pre-appointed holy days. But in addition to Yahuwah sharing His Sabbaths with mankind, He also imputed to earth heaven"'s lunar months and lunisolar years via heaven"'s own New Moon time indicator. How can we know for certain? 

Each day of earth"'s creation fell upon a work day of the Heavenly Father. These six work days were sandwiched between His two holy days. These were the holy New Moon day and His holy seventh-day Sabbath. These holy days are always rest days, not only for His creations, but also for the Creator, himself, that He may avail Himself to receive their worship. As a result, there are never more than six days in a row in which the heavenly Father is free to create.  This is in perfect harmony with Exodus 20:10.

While our Creator is omnipotent, it is a known fact that there is ONE THING HE CANNOT DO.  He cannot lie!  However, it has been discovered that there is an additional thing that He cannot do, which is of great significance in establishing the parameters of His preordained calendar rhythms.  Our Creator could not create the New Moon on the New Moon day.  This is an impossibility for the shear fact that New Moon day is a holy day unto Yahuwah and the entire universe, rendering it a "rest" day and not a work day. Our loving Creator is both consistent and He "changes not."

The calendar illustration below demonstrates what occurred during the creation week.  On the New Moon Day (in blue) the Creator could not have been on earth for any reason, as He was both resting and receiving worship from the angels and all the previous creations. Each of the Creator"'s six work days are (in green).  The first day of creation on earth was the second day of the month for the Creator, whose time rhythms He was to share with Adam and Eve, in a few short days.

It is hard for mankind to fathom that from the Creator"'s perspective, time was ongoing, while earth"'s time had only just begun. The 8th day of the month (in gold) is the seventh-day of the week, an eternal holy seventh-day Sabbath of Yahuwah"'s, past present and future.  Here again He would be resting and receiving worship from all His creation, but now for the first time earthlings were to be included in the Creator"'s holy day of rest and worship.     

The fact that the sun, moon and stars were created on the fourth day of the creation week was a preordained "sign" to demonstrate to mankind that earth's "time" was not independent from that of heaven. Rather, earth's "time" was hung from heaven's own portals of time, from heaven's own New Moon. Therefore, on the fourth day the celestial bodies were created and their time advanced upon, reflecting, by their positions, the passage of the first recorded days of creation. As a result, earth's first week and month were set, as a clock would be, according to heaven's clock and heaven's New Moon. Earth was never intended to operate on an independent time-system from that of the entire universe. This was the missing puzzle piece in the Genesis account of the week. It was heaven's New Moon that set the count for days, weeks, and months, upon the earth during creation week. Now Genesis can be harmonized with the remainder of the Scriptures.

Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the LORD on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.  Ezekiel 46:3-4 NKJV

Earth's sun, moon and stars were not created, or their time set or placed in their celestial positions until the fourth day, as a testimony that "time"upon earth was designed after the pattern of, and in harmony with the heavenly throne. While heaven"'s time system is earth"'s benefactor, only those who are obedient to its principles are the beneficiaries. Revelation represents this group of people as a pure woman with the following unique qualities:

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Revelation 12:1-2 NKJV

In heaven and the earth made new, the same calendar rhythm instituted at creation will be utilized. According to the following verse, will its "week" be in harmony with the Vatican's time principles, a "week" that cycles without end, independent of the moon, or will its week be in harmony with the sun, moon and stars, the divine principles that rule in the heavens?

And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD. Isaiah 66:23

There is no getting around the importance the heavenly Father places upon His holy New Moon days and seventh-day Sabbaths. His New Moon day marks the commencement of each month, week and year. Try as one might, the Creator"'s true Sabbaths cannot be located any other way.

The Ellen White quote below describes the experience of the saints in heaven and the earth made new. They will witness suns, stars and systems all circling the throne of our heavenly Father.  Does this quote appear to imply that "time" in heaven also consists of the same celestial type time markers? Does this not confirm that the earth"'s celestial bodies are patterned after the heavenly? Are these not in place for the purpose of governing the times for worship of the Creator of the universe. Would this not be the Creator's system, like synchronized watches, beckoning His many creations to come and worship before Him upon His holy days?

With undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of creation--suns and stars and systems, all in their appointed order circling the throne of Deity. Great Controversy, p. 677.

Mankind has been honored by their loving heavenly Father, as He gave us the same time system, utilizing a sun, moon and stars, as those that define time in the heavenly courts.  Nothing is different.  There are no wall calendars there designating when to come before His throne to worship.  All the unfallen worlds would also have suns, moons and stars that keep the exact same time system.  All are in perfect harmony, even better than a Swiss watch.  Could it be the result of the rebelliousness of man"'s heart that we have crafted a different calendar upon different principles, causing us to worship, we know not who, on days we know not why.  May our wonderful Saviour have mercy upon us all.