The Holy Days picture God's plan for mankind depicted through seven major events. One of the greatest blessings ever to come on God's Church was the knowledge of His Holy Days. All those who keep the Feast Days today, do so because God revealed it through His servant Herbert W. Armstrong. The Authority of the Sacred Calendar. The Church of God in the 1930s was confused as to when the year should begin.
People are still confused today over the calendar.
Mr. Armstrong saw the importance of the Jews' preservation of the weekly and yearly calendar. Second and Third Tithe. The Church of God understood first tithe, but until Mr. Armstrong, the Church did not understand that a festival tithe had to be kept since they didn't keep the Holy Days to begin with. Mr. Armstrong also saw that God provided for the needy within the Church by a third tithe. No other church had this knowledge.