June 2003

New Earth Calendar
By Tennessee Elijah

EWNR – Planet Earth has many instruments for measuring time.
We have clocks, watches and electronic devices of many descriptions, designed to let us know the year, month, day, minutes and seconds. Along the chartered course of human existence, we have attempted to remember certain events within the context of Earth "time" – making distinctions between the past, present and the uncertain future. Therefore, for the sake
of establishing uniformity in the way we collectively perceive time in our own minds, let each of us learn to understand why...

...time is a measure of change!

Since time is a measure of change, we can wonder about changes that brought us to this point in our existence. We can contemplate changes that we might have witnessed, personally. We can wonder about many changes that will take place each day of our individual lives and about changes that will take place after each of us has departed this dimension of existence. Therefore, for the sake of keeping our personal thoughts organized, we can now understand why "time" and "changes" need to be correlated by each of us from our own unique perspective on reality. In other words, my time and my changes are probably not the same as your time or your changes. This philosophical approach to explaining the New Earth Calendar will
make a positive impact if it is understood and accepted internationally.

The New Earth Calendar has dual components which can be interpreted by both carnally-minded people and spiritually-minded people. Those who have a mind set focused upon materialistic substance will tend to translate time and change according to sensory experience. Those who have a mind set focused on the realm of the Spirit as it relates to matter will tend to be
more flexible in their interpretation of time and change. While the carnal perspective usually invents mental value systems that are confined within "birth" to "death" scenarios, the Spiritual perspective tends to be more "eternal" – recognizing transitions and transformations before human
birth and after human death.

Therefore, we now understand why conflict between the carnality of science and the Spirituality of Christianity has a basis in the way we perceive reality.

Using the Bible as a reference source, by "faith" we accept understanding of Truth in the words we read. When we combine faith with concepts of time and change, those who are Spiritually-minded can sense inner confirmation – probably due to compatible forces merging between human flesh and a soul. The same Supernatural Force that formed the universe,
has formed attributes of human nature to enable comprehension beyond conscious experience. Our cells, genetic structure, DNA and/or the spiritual composition of a soul have the potential to function for purposes only a portion of faith could possibly link together. Some of us Christians are inclined to believe that the Holy Spirit reveals Truth in a way that carnally-minded scientists and others of like mind are unable to explain. Therefore, when we read, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" in Genesis 1:1, we believe the word – beginning – should be thought of as the beginning of the New Earth Calendar rather than
believing in a "big bang" in the middle of a vacuum.

We instinctively know, "nothing" does not become "something" without Supernatural intervention.

The complexity of human existence will never be explained or understood by those who focus only upon knowledge gleaned from the pages of books. We can satisfy our curiosity for the unknown only when we take a giant leap into the invisible world where God resides -- by using faith to take us far beyond the substance of human existence. Since we believe our Father Creator is omnipotent, we are able to comprehend these words: "And on
the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested
on the seventh day from all his work which he had made." Genesis 2:2

Therefore, we understand that between the beginning and the seventh day, "building blocks" of the universe came into existence. Time, space, matter" and "energy" became a reality; "Life" became a reality; Change became a reality, because the Almighty Spirit – known to us as "God" – desired it to be so. Obviously, we humans do not relate, because we have been created inferior to our Creator.

The New Earth Calendar is configured upon a revolving seven-day schedule which commemorates the "work" done by God with the "seventh day" of rest. We do this to honor Him for making our existence possible. Unlike current earthly calendars, a "day" for God is much longer than our days measured in hours. In 2 Peter 3:8, we read, "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." Therefore, while we observe days measured by hours within universal influences surrounding Earth, we can simultaneously be cognizant of the thousand-year-days where Spirit God resides.

Day One will be known as Godday: "God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."

Day Two will be known as Spiritday: "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening
and the morning were the second day."

Day Three will be known as Earthday: "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry
land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was
in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening
and the morning were the third day."

Day Four will be known as Starday: "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 years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 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. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the
morning were the fourth day."

Day Five will be known as Lifeday: "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day."

Day Six will be known as Dominionday: "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish
of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he
had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day."

Day Seven will be known as Sabbathday: "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

The New Earth Calendar is designed specifically for the domain of each man, his mate, his children, his servants and his possessions. The evening and morning of Godday, the first day, will be designated for each man according to the time he takes a woman to be his mate. The merging of their souls through sexual intercourse will establish the domain within the boundaries of God's universal Laws. Work schedules for Godday, Spiritday, Earthday, Starday, Lifeday and Dominionday within each domain will begin at Sunrise and end at Sunset. God has blessed the Sabbathday, sanctified it -- and will reward those who honor Him
during their seventh day of rest.

Life as we know it on Planet Earth in 2003
makes freedom to live under the New Earth
Calendar a very difficult thing to do.

All nations have a variety of traditions that prohibit male-dominated, family-oriented lifestyles. The marketplaces driving world economies prevent Holy-Spirit-inspired domains from existing as self-sustaining communities. Though the "Earth" was formed for the pleasure of God, and for those created in His image, corruption brought about by the Evil One has resulted in economic systems that make dependency on "money" a necessity for human survival. As we have learned when reading Matthew 6:24, we cannot serve both God and money: "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon (money)." Therefore, unless we decide to love God while hating money, we cannot transform personal lives in a way that conforms to "idealistic lifestyles" expressed in the Holy Bible.

Many times, Christians repeat the Lord's prayer: "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." Most Christians have failed to understand these words they repeat over and over. Through the centuries, evil has become more prevalent than the glory of the "kingdom."

During this final generation leading to the return of Lord Jesus Christ, we are moving closer to a magnificent time when the prosperous Kingdom of God will be manifested on Earth. Meanwhile, New Earth Calendars can be a part of Life even though reluctance to leave tradition behind will prevail for those who lack faith. Most workers having "jobs" to earn "money" will feel they must continue to sustain themselves according to contemporary desires -- and will probably find this concept of "domains" impossible to fathom.

Fortunately, the seventh day of rest is about to be
realized whether rebellious souls are ready or not!

Many good souls will soon be experiencing a thousand-year Sabbathday
with Jesus while enjoying Kingdom lifestyles beyond anything imagined in Washington, D.C., New York's Wall Street, Hollywood -- or in the hidden chambers of the Vatican. Remember, time is a measure of change – and we of Planet Earth are about to witness many changes beyond what time is able to measure! Even so, once Perfection has been manifested in the form of the Prince of Peace and King of kings, change as we have thought of it will no longer be desirable. To clarify for those who may not be following the logic as intended, once change is no longer a part of the human, biological or material equation, time ceases to have real meaning within the context
of the eternal Spiritual domain of God.

"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,
neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:
and they shall reign for ever and ever."
Revelation 22:5