Question: How can a single Sabbath fall on different days of the week within the same general area? For example, the Sabbath recently fell on a Thursday in New York, while falling on a Wednesday in Arizona. How is this possible?
Answer: The arrival of the Sabbath for any given location is dependent upon the position of the moon in relation to the flat earth’s surface when the lunar-solar conjunction1 occurs. This position varies from one lunation to another, as the Moon is a moving object. What is important to note is the following:
The time between the arrival of the Sabbath at the first location on Earth and the arrival of the Sabbath at the last location on Earth is always 24 hours. Thus, the whole world is united in beginning His Sabbath Day within one 24-hour period. Praise His name! So depending on the moon’s location in relation to the flat earth’s surface when the conjunction takes place, the Sabbath may fall on two different Gregorian days2 within a given area. It is worth noting that the entire world will never observe the Sabbath on the same Gregorian planetary day, for only by using the man-made International Date Line is this possible. There are essentially two systems at work here: (1) The Creator's Calendar in which the heavenly bodies determine when a new day and calendar date begin; (2) The modern man-made Gregorian calendar in which man arbitrarily determines when a new day and calendar date begin via the International Date Line.
For more on this most important subject, refer to Section I
of "New Moon
Day: The Dawn After Conjunction".
1 Lunar-Solar Conjunction (Astronomical New Moon): Conjunction is when the moon is in line with the sun (having the same celestial longitude) as viewed form Earth. Because the sun is behind or very near the moon at this point, the moon is not visible from Earth. When the moon passes directly in front of the sun from Earth's perspective, we experience a solar eclipse.
2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.
