WMSCOG Calendar Errors

The World Mission Society Church of God’s Calendar Errors

The World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) says, “Salvation is given only to the people who keep the feasts” (from Salvation Is Given to Those Who Celebrate the Feasts: english.watv.org/truth/sermon/content.asp?idx=1110). According to the WMSCOG, you MUST keep all the feasts of God absolutely correctly (along with many other requirements) in order to be saved and go to heaven. And they say the only church that follows all these feasts absolutely correctly is the WMSCOG, founded by Ahnsahnghong (Ahn Sahng-hong) and currently lead by the “Heavenly Jerusalem Mother God” (Zang Gil-jah) and chief pastor Kim Joo-cheol.

But does the WMSCOG keep the feasts of God correctly? No, they do not consistently follow the calendar of God as they claim.

To see this we do not need to compare them to other groups who also celebrate the feasts of God, such as the Jewish people. Nor do we need to argue about when to start the new year or how to calculate the day of Pentecost, as the Rabbinic and Karaite Jews also disagree on that. Nor do we need to bicker about a day or two difference, perhaps because of a new moon calculation variation. No, we need only compare them to themselves and their own standard for keeping the feasts--the Bible.

The WMSCOG is sometimes a WHOLE MONTH WRONG in their dates for the fall feasts. You can look up the data and see this for yourself. It is compiled here for your convenience, but everything is available for you to research yourself.

To start, we need to know some basic facts about the “Sacred Calendar” (as the WMSCOG calls it):

Months begin with the new moon (new moon to new moon). (Is. 66:23)
Passover is on the 14th day of the first month. (Lev. 23:5)
The seventh month contains the Feast of Trumpets (1st day--Lev. 23:24), the Day of Atonement (10th day--Lev. 23:27), and the Feast of Tabernacles (starting on the 15th day--Lev. 23:34).
If you begin the seventh month wrong, then all three of those feasts are kept on the wrong days.

In the following charts:

Dates and times are Eastern Standard Time. Add 1 hour if your time zone is currently on Daylight Saving Time.
New Moon data is from NASA Eclipse website: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html
Time in Seoul is +14 hours from Eastern Standard Time, or +15 during Daylight Saving Time.
Feast dates are from World Mission Society Church of God news: http://english.watv.org/news/list.asp?menu=I

Notice in the charts, sometimes the WMSCOG keeps the seventh month feasts in the seventh month, but sometimes the seventh month feasts are kept in the eighth month (in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2021). There is no valid explanation for this except that the WMSCOG is in error with their own teachings and CANNOT be the one and only true church, supposedly headed by “Mother God” herself in the flesh.

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2003	Jan 2 15:23
	Feb 1 05:48
	Mar 2 21:35
1st month	Apr 1 14:19	Apr. 16—Passover
2	May 1 07:15
3	May 30 23:20
4	Jun 29 13:39
5	Jul 29 01:53
6	Aug 27 12:26
7th month	Sep 25 22:09	Sept. 27—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 6—Day of Atonement; Oct. 11-18—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 25 07:50
	Nov 23 17:59
	Dec 23 04:43

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2004	Jan 21 16:05
	Feb 20 04:18
1st month	Mar 20 17:41	Apr. 5—Passover
2	Apr 19 08:21
3	May 18 23:52
4	Jun 17 15:27
5	Jul 17 06:24
6	Aug 15 20:24
7th month	Sep 14 09:29	Sept. 16—Feast of Trumpets; Sept. 25—Day of Atonement; Sept. 30-Oct. 7—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 13 21:48
	Nov 12 09:27
	Dec 11 20:29

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2005	Jan 10 07:03
	Feb 8 17:28
1st month	Mar 10 04:10	Mar. 24—Passover
2	Apr 8 15:32
3	May 8 03:45
4	Jun 6 16:55
5	Jul 6 07:03
6	Aug 4 22:05
7	Sep 3 13:45
8th month	Oct 3 05:28	Oct. 3—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 12—Day of Atonement; Oct. 17-22—Feast of Tabernacles
	Nov 1 20:25
	Dec 1 10:01
	Dec 30 22:12

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2006	Jan 29 09:15
	Feb 27 19:31
1st month	Mar 29 05:15	Apr. 12—Passover
2	Apr 27 14:44
3	May 27 00:26
4	Jun 25 11:05
5	Jul 24 23:31
6	Aug 23 14:10
7th month	Sep 22 06:45	(no seventh month feasts recorded for this year)
	Oct 22 00:14
	Nov 20 17:18
	Dec 20 09:01

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2007	Jan 18 23:01
	Feb 17 11:14
1st month	Mar 18 21:43	Apr. 2—Passover
2	Apr 17 06:36
3	May 16 14:27
4	Jun 14 22:13
5	Jul 14 07:04
6	Aug 12 18:03
7th month	Sep 11 07:44	Sept. 12—Feast of Trumpets; Sept. 21—Day of Atonement; Sept. 26-Oct. 3—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 11 00:01
	Nov 9 18:03
	Dec 9 12:40

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2008	Jan 8 06:37
	Feb 6 22:44
1st month	Mar 7 12:14	Mar. 21—Passover
2	Apr 5 22:55
3	May 5 07:18
4	Jun 3 14:23
5	Jul 2 21:19
6	Aug 1 05:13
7	Aug 30 14:58
8th month	Sep 29 03:12	Sept. 30—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 9—Day of Atonement; Oct. 14—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 28 18:14
	Nov 27 11:55
	Dec 27 07:23

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2009	Jan 26 02:55
	Feb 24 20:35
1st month	Mar 26 11:06	Apr. 9—Passover
2	Apr 24 22:23
3	May 24 07:11
4	Jun 22 14:35
5	Jul 21 21:35
6	Aug 20 05:01
7th month	Sep 18 13:44	Sept. 20—Feast of Trumpets; Sept. 29—Day of Atonement; Oct. 4-11—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 18 00:33
	Nov 16 14:14
	Dec 16 07:02

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2010	Jan 15 02:11
	Feb 13 21:51
1st month	Mar 15 16:01	Mar. 29—Passover
2	Apr 14 07:29
3	May 13 20:04
4	Jun 12 06:15
5	Jul 11 14:40
6	Aug 9 22:08
7	Sep 8 05:30
8th month	Oct 7 13:44	Oct. 8—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 17—Day of Atonement; Oct. 22-29—Feast of Tabernacles
	Nov 5 23:52
	Dec 5 12:36

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2011	Jan 4 04:03
	Feb 2 21:31
	Mar 4 15:46
1st month	Apr 3 09:32	Apr. 17—Passover
2	May 3 01:51
3	Jun 1 16:03
4	Jul 1 03:54
5	Jul 30 13:40
6	Aug 28 22:04
7th month	Sep 27 06:09	Sept. 27—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 6—Day of Atonement; Oct. 11-18—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 26 14:56
	Nov 25 01:10
	Dec 24 13:06

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2012	Jan 23 02:39
	Feb 21 17:35
1st month	Mar 22 09:37	Apr. 5—Passover
2	Apr 21 02:18
3	May 20 18:47
4	Jun 19 10:02
5	Jul 18 23:24
6	Aug 17 10:54
7th month	Sep 15 21:11	Sept. 16—Feast of Trumpets; Sept. 25—Day of Atonement; Sept. 30-Oct. 7—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 15 07:02
	Nov 13 17:08
	Dec 13 03:42

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2013	Jan 11 14:44
	Feb 10 02:20
1st month	Mar 11 14:51	Mar. 25—Passover
2	Apr 10 04:35
3	May 9 19:29
4	Jun 8 10:56
5	Jul 8 02:14
6	Aug 6 16:51
7	Sep 5 06:36
8th month	Oct 4 19:35	Oct. 5—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 14—Day of Atonement; Oct. 19-26—Feast of Tabernacles
	Nov 3 07:50
	Dec 2 19:22

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2014	Jan 1 06:14
	Jan 30 16:38
	Mar 1 3:00
1st month	Mar 30 13:45	Apr. 13—Passover
2	Apr 29 01:14
3	May 28 13:40
4	Jun 27 03:08
5	Jul 26 17:42
6	Aug 25 09:13
7th month	Sep 24 01:14	Sep. 24—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 3—Day of Atonement; Oct. 8-15—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 23 16:57
	Nov 22 07:32
	Dec 21 20:36

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2015	Jan 20 08:14
	Feb 18 18:47
1st month	Mar 20 04:36	Apr. 3—Passover
2	Apr 18 13:57
3	May 17 23:13
4	Jun 16 09:05
5	Jul 15 20:24
6	Aug 14 09:54
7th month	Sep 13 01:41	Sep. 14—Feast of Trumpets; Sep. 23—Day of Atonement; Sep. 28-Oct. 5—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 12 19:06
	Nov 11 12:47
	Dec 11 5:29

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2016	Jan 9 20:30
	Feb 8 09:39
1st month	Mar 8 20:54	Mar. 22—Passover
2	Apr 7 06:24
3	May 6 14:30
4	Jun 4 22:00
5	Jul 4 06:01
6	Aug 2 15:45
7	Sep 1 04:03
8th month	Sep 30 19:12	Oct. 2—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 11—Day of Atonement; Oct. 16-23—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 30 12:38
	Nov 29 07:18
	Dec 29 01:53

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2017	Jan 27 19:07
	Feb 26 09:58
1st month	Mar 27 21:57	Apr. 10—Passover
2	Apr 26 07:16
3	May 25 14:44
4	Jun 23 21:31
5	Jul 23 04:46
6	Aug 21 13:30
7th month	Sep 20 00:30	Sep. 21—Feast of Trumpets; Sep. 30—Day of Atonement; Oct. 5-12—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 19 14:12
	Nov 18 06:42
	Dec 18 01:31

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2018	Jan 16 21:17
	Feb 15 15:52
1st month	Mar 17 08:12	Mar. 30—Passover
2	Apr 15 20:57
3	May 15 06:48
4	Jun 13 14:43
5	Jul 12 21:48
6	Aug 11 04:58
7th month	Sep 9 13:01	Sep. 10—Feast of Trumpets; Sep. 19—Day of Atonement; Sep. 24-Oct. 1—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 8 22:47
	Nov 7 11:02
	Dec 7 02:20

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2019	Jan 5 20:28
	Feb 4 16:04
	Mar 6 11:04
1st month	Apr 5 03:50	Apr. 18—Passover
2	May 4 17:45
3	Jun 3 05:02
4	Jul 2 14:16
5	Jul 31 21:12
6	Aug 30 05:37
7th month	Sep 28 13:26	Sep. 29—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 8—Day of Atonement; Oct. 13-20—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 27 22:38
	Nov 26 10:06
	Dec 26 00:13

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2020	Jan 24 13:42
	Feb 23 07:32
1st month	Mar 24 02:28	Apr. 7—Passover (note: This article has a publishing date of Mar. 3, 2020, but says the Passover was kept Apr. 7, 2020.)
2	Apr 22 19:26
3	May 22 10:39
4	Jun 20 23:41
5	Jul 20 10:33
6	Aug 18 19:41
7th month	Sep 17 04:00	Sep. 18—Feast of Trumpets; Sep. 27—Day of Atonement; Oct. 2-9—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 16 12:31
	Nov 14 21:07
	Dec 14 08:17

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2021	Jan 13 00:00
	Feb 11 14:06
1st month	Mar 13 05:21	March 27—Passover
2	Apr 11 21:31
3	May 11 14:00
4	Jun 10 05:53
5	Jul 9 20:16
6	Aug 8 08:50
7	Sep 6 19:52
8th month	Oct 6 06:05	Oct. 7—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 16—Day of Atonement; Oct. 21-28—Feast of Tabernacles
	Nov 4 16:15
	Dec 4 02:43

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2022	Jan 2 13:33
	Feb 1 00:46
	Mar 02 12:35
1st month	Apr 1 01:24	April 15—Passover
2	Apr 30 15:28
3	May 30 06:30
4	Jun 28 21:52
5	Jul 28 12:55
6	Aug 27 03:17
7	Sep 25 16:54	Sep. 26—Feast of Trumpets; Oct. 5—Day of Atonement; Oct. 10-17—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 25 05:49
	Nov 23 17:57
	Dec 23 05:17

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2023	Jan 21 15:53
	Feb 20 02:26
1st month	Mar 21 12:23	April 4—Passover
2	Apr 19 23:12
3	May 19 10:53
4	Jun 17 23:37
5	Jul 17 15:32
6	Aug 16 04:38
7	Sep 14 20:40	Sep. 15—Feast of Trumpets; Sep. 24—Day of Atonement; Sep. 29-Oct. 6—Feast of Tabernacles
	Oct 14 12:55
	Nov 13 04:27
	Dec 12 18:32

Year/Month	New Moon	Feasts Kept
2024	Jan 11 06:57
	Feb 09 17:59
1st month	Mar 10 04:00	March 24—Passover
2	Apr 08 13:21
3	May 07 22:22
4	Jun 06 07:38
5	Jul 05 17:57
6	Aug 04 06:13
7	Sep 02 20:55
	Oct 02 13:49
	Nov 01 07:47
	Dec 01 01:21
	Dec 30 17:27

This document was authored by genny from http://encountering-ahnsahnghong.blogspot.com/, where you can find more information about the World Mission Society Church of God.

The following sites are also good resources:

http://www.examiningthewmscog.com/

http://www.trektorome.com/misunderstandings-of-the-world-mission-society-church-of-god/