March 11, 2023

SABBATH THOUGHTS: APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY

 

“And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it,…(Rev. 20:11)

 

RICH OR POOR, FAMOUS OR UNKNOWN, ALL ARE RESURRECTED:

 

“And I saw the dead, small and great, Stand [resurrected] before Yahweh; (Rev. 20:12)

 

BOOKS OPENED: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY

 

“…and The Books were opened…And the dead were judged out of those things written in The Books, according to their works.” (Rev. 20:12)

 

WHAT BOOKS?

 

“…as many as have sinned in the Law Shall be Judged by the Law [first five books].” (Rom.2:12)

 

LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU:

 

“…And it is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail.” (Lk. 16:17)

Those five are The Books opened at the Final Judgment.

 

DOERS OF THE LAW JUSTIFIED:

 
“For not the hearers of the Law are just before Yahweh, But the doers of the Law shall be justified.” (Rom. 2:13)

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January 29, 2022

SABBATH THOUGHTS: NEW BEGINNINGS

 

Every Tomorrow is a New Beginning.

 

BE WORD WISE:

 

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (Prv. 25:11)

 

“For by your Words you are justified and by your Words your are condemned.” (Matt. 12:37)

 

Every Yesterday cannot be rewritten.

WHEN A NEW BEGINNING HAPPENS:

 

The ending of one cycle is connected to the beginning of another. Always. This is always the case…not something rare: Every Ending signals a New Beginning is about to start…just over the horizon or only moments away.

 

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.” (Prv. 3:5-6)

 

LIFE BRINGS HOPE:

 

It happens in life. Often when times are darkest…a New Dawn is about to break. After all, the dawn cannot happen until that darkest hour ends: “At the lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.” is an often quoted maxim.
The lowest ebb, the darkest time in life may well signal a New Advance is about to happen, that breakthrough, that epiphany, the longed-for result is a short time from becoming a reality! At that point never lose hope, wait just a little longer…Because we can

 

SPEAK INTO EXISTENCE THE FUTURE YOU WANT:

 

That is Biblical. Instead of speaking things as they are: “…Calling [speaking] those things which are not AS THOUGH THEY WERE.” (Rom. 4:17)

 

WHAT IS YOUR MOUNTAIN THAT NEEDS REMOVED?

 

“For I say to you, That whosoever shall SAY to this Mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he SAITH shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he SAITH.” (Mk. 11:23)

 

HOW TO INCREASE YOUR FAITH:

 

“So then Faith comes by Hearing, and Hearing by the Word of Yahweh.” (Rom. 11:1).

 

As you Hear yourself Speak the Future You Want (anything that is not against Yahweh’s Law), your Faith increases that you will receive what you Speak. Thinking it is not enough. It must be SPOKEN.

 

SOMETIMES WAITING IS PART THE PROCESS:

 

“They that wait upon Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isa. 40:31).

 

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February 9, 2019

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHO IS JESUS?

 

FEW NAMES ARE BETTER KNOWN OR WRITTEN MORE OFTEN, BUT WHO IS HE?

 

DO THESE PICTURES ACCURATELY DEPICT THE NEW TESTAMENT MESSIAH?

 

NO. MESSIAH DID NOT HAVE LONG HAIR:

 

“Does not even nature itself teach you, that, If a man have long hair [“wear tresses”], It is a shame to him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: For her hair is given her for a covering.” (I Cor. 11:14)

 

Judea was under Roman occupation at the time of the Messiah. Before, during and after His time, history records Roman emperors set the style for the entire empire. Busts of Pompey, Trajan, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, and King Herod Agrippa I (a Jew by religion) ALL show each had short hair!

 

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MESSIAH’S NAME:

 

I. THE LETTER “J” IN “JESUS”…NOT UNTIL 1524:

 

(a). Letter “J” is a late addition to the English language

 

(b). “J” was a variant form of “I” in Medieval Latin

 

(c). First distinguished from “I” in 1524: Italian Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478-1550) was the first to explicitly distinguish “I” and “J” as representing separate sounds in 1524.

 

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NEW TESTAMENT GREEK: “Jesus” (used 975 times)

 

(a). Word translated “Jesus” should be written “Iesous” (# 2424 in Strong’s Concord.)

 

(b). And pronounced: “ee-ay-sooce”

 

(c). Note the King James Version of 1611 (Matt. 1:18): “Iesus” (“I” used instead of “J”)

 

TRANSLITERATIONS:

 

(a). “JESUS” is considered to be the transliterated form of the Hebrew Yeshua (“Jeshua” originally “Yahshua”)

 

(b). Spellings are to convey the sound of names.

 

(c). “Jesus” (“gee-sus”) sounds nothing like the Messiah’s name, “Yahshua.”

 

(d). Transliterated names usually have same basic pronunciation in other languages.

 

(e). Unless…purposely changed to add “deity endings”; common with Greek

 

(f). Example: The 1611 King James Version records: “…in the time of Elizeus…” (Lk. 4:27)

 

“El” is the abbreviation of the Hebrew “Elohim” meaning “Mighty One.

 

Zeus was the Greek god of the sky and thunder, the King of the gods.

 

(g). Example: The Spanish, Jesus, is pronounced “Hay soos” (“Soos is savior”)

 

(g). So why is Iesous, “ee-ay-sooce” not the New Testament name in English?

 

Simple. Someone changed it.

 

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WHY THIS STRESS ON THE MESSIAH’S NAME?

 

“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12).

 

There is no salvation in the name Jesus.

 

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“JESUS” = “IESOUS”: SUSPECT NAME:

 

The name “Iesous” (“ee-ay-sooce”) now pronounced “Jesus” (“gee-sus”) is suspect at best, given its Greek form, since the Messiah of the New Testament was Jewish…not Greek.

 

So why would He have a Greek-like name?

 

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ALL THIS PROVES THE MESSIAH’S NAME CANNOT BE “JESUS”

 

The Messiah’s name is “Yahshua” meaning “Yah is Saviour.” A common Jewish pronunciation is “Yeshua” omitting “Yah”, the short form of “Yahweh”.

 

Do names matter? “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh…, for Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses His name.” (Ex. 20:7: New Jerusalem Bible)

 

We cannot leave salvation to chance or tradition.

 

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SO WHO IS JESUS?

 

No one knows for sure, but the Greek and Spanish pronunciation of “Jesus” are strong hints he is one who came or comes in the name of Sooce or Soos. Do these refer to the Greek “Zeus”?

 

One thing is certain. YAHSHUA came in the name of YAHWEH (Matt. 21:9; Psa. 118:26)…NOT Sooce or Soos!

 

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BEWARE OF DECEPTION:

 

“…Take heed that no man deceive you….And many false prophets shall rise, And deceive many.” (Matt. 24:4,11)

 

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February 5, 2019

NEW MOON: 12th NEW MOON

 

NEW MOONS, THE SABBATH, HOLY DAYS, FOOD LAWS…they all stand or fall together.

 

APOSTLE PAUL AGREES!

 

“Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of an Holyday, or of the New Moon, of the Sabbath… Which ARE [present tense] a shadow of things to come; But the Body of the Messiah (the Church).” (Col. 2:16-17)

 

JUDGED BY THE LAW

 

“For as many as have sinned…in the Law shall be judged by the Law: For not the hearers are just before Yahweh, But the doers of the Law shall be justified.” (Rom. 2:12-13)

 

ALL MUST KEEP THE NEW MOONS:

 

“And it shall come to pass, that from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, shall ALL FLESH Come to worship before Me, saith YAHWEH (KJV: “the LORD”)”. (Isa. 66:23)

 

TAKE HEED:

 

“…Take heed lest any man deceive you: For many shall come in my name…And deceive many…And the Gospel must first be published among All nations…” (Mk. 13:5-6,10)

 

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February 2, 2019

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THE COLD WITHIN

 

“…one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.” (Prv. 28:14)

 

BROTHER’S KEEPER?

 

“Where is your brother Abel? He said, I do not know; Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Gen. 4:9)

 

“If there is among you anyone in need,…do not be hard-hearted Or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor…

 

Willingly lend [Heb. “loan on security; collateral”] enough to meet the need… Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so…” (Deut. 15:7-8,10; NRSV)

 

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SIX MEN: THE COLD WITHIN

 

“Six men trapped by happenstance In dark and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs The first man held his back, For on the faces around the fire He noticed one was black.

 

The next man looking ‘cross the way Saw one not of his church. And couldn’t bring himself to give The fire his stick of birch.

 

The third one sat in tattered clothes. He gave his coat a hitch. Why should his log be put to use To warm the idle rich?

 

The rich one just sat back and thought Of all the wealth he had in store, And how to keep what he had earned From the lazy shiftless poor.

 

The black man’s face bespoke revenge As the fire passed from sight. For all he saw in his stick of wood Was a chance to spite the white.

 

The last man of this forlorn group Did naught except for gain. Giving only to those who gave Was how he played the game.

 

The logs held tight in death’s still hands Was proof of human sin. They didn’t die from the cold without, They died from the cold within.”

 

–James Patrick Kinney

 

Or J. W. Cashes, Sr.

 

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January 19, 2019

SABBATH THOUGHTS: APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY

 

“And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.” (Rev. 20:11)

 

RICH OR POOR, FAMOUS OR UNKNOWN, ALL RESURRECTED:

 

“And I saw the dead, small and great, STAND before Yahweh; (Rev. 20:12)

 

JUDGED BY THE LAW:

 

“…as many as have sinned in the Law Shall be judged by the Law.” (Rom.2:12)

 

BOOKS OPENED: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVICTUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY

 

“…and THE BOOKS were opened…And the dead were judged out of those Things written in THE BOOKS, According to their works.” (Rev. 20:12)

 

DOERS OF THE LAW JUSTIFIED:

 

“For not the hearers of the Law are just before Yahweh, But the doers of the Law shall be justified.” (Rom. 2:13)

 

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LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU:

 

Beware of false prophets that teach the Law (first five books) is not binding today. For the Messiah said, “And it is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass, Than one tittle of the Law to fail.” (Lk. 16:17)

 

THOSE are THE BOOKS opened at the Final Judgment. THOSE are THE BOOKS used to Judge all the dead.

 

DOES THE CHURCH YOU ATTEND TEACH THAT LAW: True 7th-Day Sabbath from Dawn-to-Dark, New Moons, the True Holy Days (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks, Pentecost), Tithing on Produce only-not money, ALL the laws of Clean and Unclean, Not charging Interest on Money loaned to relatives, Loving your Neighbor as yourself…?

 

IF NOT, RUN! RUN AWAY FROM IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN!

 

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“SHEEP’S SKIN” DECEPTION:

 

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, But inwardly they are ravening wolves. You shall know them by their fruits…

 

Not every one that says, to me, Master, Master, shall enter into The Kingdom of Heaven; but he that does the will of my Father…in Heaven.

 

Many shall say to Me in that day, Master! Master! have we not Prophesied in your Name? And in your Name have cast out devils? And in your Name done many wonderful works?” (Matt. 7:15-16,21-22)

 

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FINAL JUDGMENT:

 

“And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: Depart from me, you that work iniquity [lawlessness].” (Matt. 7:15-16,21-23)

 

“There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, When you see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, And all the Prophets, in the Kingdom of Yahweh, And you yourselves thrust out.” (Lk. 13:28)

 

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January 12, 2019

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THE CHOSEN FEW

 

AMONG THE MANY OR THE FEW? WHO DECIDES?

 

MESSIAH’S CALL

 

“You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you,..” (Jn. 15:16)

 

CALLED TO GO DO GOOD WORKS; NOT SIT AND DO NOTHING

 

“…that you should go and bring forth fruit…” (Jn. 15:16)

 

GOOD WORKS REWARDED

 

“…that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it you.” (Jn.15:16)

 

“Behold I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, To give every man according as his work shall be.” (Rev. 22:12)

 

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DIFFICULT TO DO?

 

“Enter you in at the strait gate: For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, That leads to destruction and many there be which go in thereat; Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, And Few there be that find it.” (Matt. 7:13)

 

WHAT GATE? THE COST TO ENTER

 

“I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed are they that Do His Commandments, That they may have right to the Tree of Life, And may ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY [New Jerusalem; Rev. 21:2].” (Rev. 22:12-14)

 

“And there shall in no wise enter into it… But they which are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” (Rev. 21:27)

 

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REWARD FOR OVERCOMING

 

“To him that Overcomes [gains the victory] Will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, Even as I also overcame, And am set down with My Father in His throne.” (Rev. 3:21)

 

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PROMISE TO THYATIRA

 

“And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write… I know your works, and charity, and service, and faith, And your patience, and your works; And the last to be more than the first…” (Rev. 2:18-19)

 

HOLD ON TO THE END

 

“But that which ye have already hold fast till I come [Thyatira here when He comes] And he that overcomes and keeps my works to the end, To hm will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron… Even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the Morning Star.” (Rev. 2:25-27)

 

“And you shall be hated of all men for my Name’s sake: But he that Endures until the end shall be saved.” (Matt. 10:22)

 

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January 5, 2019

SABBATH THOUGHTS: 11th NEW MOON (Jan. 6, 2019)

 

“…A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME…” (Col. 2:16)

 

GATHERING THE ELECT:

 

“And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a Shofar, and They shall gather His elect from the four winds, From one end of heaven to the other.” (Matt. 24:31)

 

SHOFAR SOUNDS RESURRECTION:

 

“…at the last Shofar: for the Shofar shall sound, and The dead shall be raised incorruptible, and We shall be changed…and This mortal shall put on immortality…Then…’Death is swallowed up in victory.’” (I Cor. 15:52, 54)

 

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A SHADOW OF MORE AHEAD:

 

“And when He had opened the seventh seal, There was silence in heaven about The space of half an hour. And I saw seven angels which stood before Yahweh [“God”; KJV]; And to them were given Seven Shofars…” (Rev. 8:1-2)

 

SERVANTS OF YAHWEH PROTECTED:

 

“And I saw another angel ascending from the East… Saying, Hurt not the Earth, neither the Sea, Nor the Trees, Till we have sealed the servants of our Elohim [“God”; KJV] In their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which are sealed:
And there were sealed an Hundred and forty and four thousand Of all the tribes of Israel.” (Rev. 7:2-4)

 

FIRST ANGEL SOUNDS HIS SHOFAR:

 

“The first angel sounded and there followed Hail and Fire mingled with Blood, And they were cast upon the Earth: And a Third Part of Trees was burned up…” (Rev. 8:7)

 

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WHEN HE RETURNS:

 

“But of that day and that hour knows no man, No not the angels which are in heaven, Neither the Son, but the Father.” (Mk. 13:32)

 

WATCH:

 

“Watch you therefore: for you know not When the Master of the House comes, At Evening, or at Midnight, Or at the Cockcrowing, Or in the Morning: Lest coming suddenly He find you sleeping. And what I say to you I say to All, Watch.” (Mk. 13:35-37)

 

WILL HE FIND…

 

“…when the Son of man cometh, Shall He find faith on the Earth?” (Lk. 18:8)

 

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December 29, 2108

SABBATH THOUGHTS: NEW YEAR’S DAY IS 66 DAYS LATE

 

WANT TO KNOW WHY? IT’S ALL ABOUT TIMING.

 

SECULAR VS. BIBLICAL: January 1 vs. October 28

 

SECULAR YEAR: Roman New Year

Our present calendar is based on a reformed Roman calendar instituted by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. Caesar’s reform made January 1 the first of the year.

 

In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar deleting 14 days from the Julian calendar. The day following Thursday, October 4, 1582, became Friday, October 15, 1582. This calendar was named the “Gregorian Calendar” in his honor

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BABYLON NEW YEAR’S FESTIVAL:

 

The New Year’s Festival was ancient Babylon’s most popular Festival. According to a Channel One Educational Network report, the First New Year’s celebration was held in ancient Babylon.

 

NOT ON JANUARY 1: BABYLONIAN STYLE

 

But the Babylonians celebrated their New Year’s festival the first eleven days of the month of Nisan; not in winter. The eleven-day festival ran through the spring equinox.

 

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BIBLICAL YEAR: Begins 66-Day before January 1

 

The sacred calendar New Year’s Day, OCTOBER 28, falls 66 days before the traditional January 1 date.

 

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES:

 

“…but can you not discern the signs of the times [festivals]?” (Matt. 16:3)

 

YAHWEH’S CALENDAR: TRUE SIGNS

 

Yahweh’s Signs are the true Holy Days set by the New Year’s Day and Moon Phases. (Ex. 31:13; Ezk. 20:12,20)

 

EVERY PURPOSE:

 

“To Everything there is a Season, And a Time to every Purpose Under the Heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1)

 

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December 21, 2108

SABBATH THOUGHTS: SANTA CLAUS – A 196-YEAR OLD NATURALIZED UNITED STATES CITIZEN

 

FACTS THEY DON’T TELL YOU:

 

A POEM MADE THE SANTA WE KNOW

 

HE IS A PRODUCT OF THE U.S.A.!

 

A WEALTHY PROTESTANT THEOLOGIAN CREATED THE SANTA “FAIRY TALE”

 

AN AMERICAN CARTOONIST CREATED SANTA’S IMAGE!

 

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THE POEM THAT MADE SANTA: “A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS”:

 

New Yorker Clement Clarke Moore wrote this poem in 1822 for his six children.

 

It began:

 

“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…” and painted an image of the jolly St. Nick we think of today. Moore added the sleigh, reindeer, and chimney descent arriving on December 24 instead of the traditional December 5, the eve of St. Nicholas Day. Moore was a theologian and wealthy land developer of what is now the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.

 

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MODERNIZED LEGENDS ADDED:

 

Moore’s poetic myth of the modern Santa mixed European legends: the gift-giving of the Dutch St. Nicholas, the Norse god Thor’s sleigh pulled by flying goats [changed to reindeer], and the chimney descent of a mythical German visitor. The French and Italians included the hanging of Christmas stockings. The name is an Americanization of the Dutch nickname “Sinter Clas.”

 

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THE CARTOONIST: ANOTHER NEW YORKER

 

Santa had a “style change” 38 years later. Cartoonist Thomas Nast, who gave us the Republican elephant and Democrat donkey, added the huggable, jocular round-bellied look of Santa when he illustrated Moore’s poem for “Harper’s Weekly” in 1860; a hundred and fifty-eight years ago!

 

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AVID COLLECTOR TELLS THE STORY:

 

Jock Elliot, who owns 3000 books on the Santa Claus character, says, “But the Santa Clause that most of the world knows today was a naturalized United States citizen.”

 

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WHAT IS MISSING?

 

Missing in the myths of the Santa Claus Christmas is the BIBLE! Nowhere in Scripture do we find him or traditions connected with him…except the Christmas tree:

 

“Learn not the ways of the heathen…For the customs of the people are vain: For one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree…Be not afraid of them…” (Jer. 10:1-5).

 

Yahweh says, “Learn not the ways of the heathen…” –national holiday or not.

 

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FOR MORE DETAILS READ: “The Untold Story of Christmas.” (www.icyahweh.org)

December 15, 2108

SABBATH THOUGHTS: CHRISTMAS. TRADITION OR SCRIPTURE, WHICH DO YOU BELIEVE?

 

SCRIPTURE: THE ANCIENT RECORD

 

Sometime between 586-538 B.C.E., Jeremiah-a prophet of Yahweh, recorded a vivid description of a heathen custom of what we call a “Christmas tree”:

 

“Learn not the ways of the heathen…For the customs of the people are vain: For one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree…Be not afraid of them…” (Jer. 10:1-5).

 

If Yahweh says, “Learn not the ways of the heathen…” we are not to learn or practice them—national holiday or not.

 

“The birth of the Messiah of the Bible was never a commanded Holy Day…and we are not at liberty to decide which days we set aside as religious memorials or sabbaths…The birth of the Messiah is not the reason for the season. Pagan worship and greed are… Decorations, socialization, gift-giving, family…, merrymaking and religious settings are…ways to sell this …pagan Christmas holiday.” (“The Untold Story of Christmas,” ICY publication, p. 3)

 

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TRADITION: THE ANCIENT RECORD

 

FACTS:

 

“That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival, is beyond all doubt. The time of year, and the ceremonies with which it is still celebrated, prove its origin…the son of Isis, the queen of heaven, was born at …about the time of the winter solstice….the name [of]…-Yule-day…”Yule” is the Chaldee [Babylonian] name for “infant” or “little child.”…

 

MORE FACTS:

 

“…the 25th of December was called by our Pagan Anglo-Saxon ancestors, ‘Yule-day’ or the ‘Child’s day,’ and the night that preceded it, ‘Mother-night, ‘ long before they came in contact with Christianity…[this] sufficiently proves its real character. Far and wide in the realms of Paganism, was this birthday observed…” (“The Two Babylons,” Alexander Heslop, pp. 93-94).

 

STILL MORE FACTS:

 

Heslop further concludes:

 

“…within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century, and…till the fourth century was far advanced did it gain much observance…” (p. 93).

 

“…in the Fifth Century…the Roman Catholic Church commanded that the birth of Christ be observed…on December 25th-the day of the…Roman feast of the birth of Sol-…the sun-god…popular among…Mithraism…’The largest pagan religious cult which fostered the celebration of December 25 as a holiday!’” (“Babylon Mystery Religion,” Ralph Woodrow, p. 163)

 

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WHICH DO YOU BELIEVE?

 

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Read the rest of the untold story of Christmas in ICY’s booklet: “Christmas: The Untold Story”; www.icyahweh.org)

 

December 8, 2108

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHY HANUKKAH?

 

WHAT IS IT? DID THE MESSIAH OBSERVE HANUKKAH?

 

HANUKKAH: TWO OTHER NAMES

 

FEAST OF DEDICATION (most often translated “dedication”)

 

FEASTIVAL OF LIGHTS (Miracle of a light that burned 8 days)

 

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NOT SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE:

 

“…Hanukkah is the only major holiday that has no basis in the Bible.” (The Jewish Holidays, A Guide and Commentary, Strassfeld, p. 162)

 

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ORIGIN:

 

Memorial of the cleansing of the temple and dedication of the altar after Antiochus Epiphanes polluted it (I Macc. 1:54,59; 164 B.C.);

 

“…Judas [Maccabaeus] and…the whole congregation of Israel ordained…the days of the dedication of the altar…with mirth and gladness.” (I Macc. 4:59; The Apocrypha)

 

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WHEN:

 

“…year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu [ninth month: v. 52; “Kislev”-Hebrew calendar; also v. 56].” (I Macc. 4:59]

 

2018 Date: December 3- 10

 

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MIRACLE OF LIGHTS DID NOT HAPPEN: OBVIOUS OMISSIONS

 

EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT IS PROOF:

 

The eye witness accounts in I and II Maccabees make no mention of a miracle that a one day’s supply of a cruse of oil lasted eight days.

 

NEITHER JOSEPHUS:

 

Josephus, highly respected first century Christian Era Jewish historian, never mentions any such miracle.

 

“LOST” FOR ABOUT 600 YEARS:

 

The legend of the miracle is never mentioned until about 600 years later [500 A.D.] in the Babylonian Talmud [designated “Talmud”]:

 

“…we find virtual silence in the Mishnah about Hanukkah. Only in the Gemara (the later rabbinic material that together with the Mishnah makes up the Talmud) do we find the long-lost miracle of Hanukkah.” (Strassfeld, p. 163)

 

CONCLUSION: THE MIRACLE OF LIGHTS DID NOT HAPPEN. IT IS A MYTH.

 

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YAHSHUA, THE MESSIAH DID NOT OBSERVE HANUKKAH:

 

WHAT ABOUT JOHN 10:22-23?

 

“At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Yahshua [Jesus; NAS] was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.”

 

CLOSER LOOK:

 

No mention is made of Yahshua celebrating this feast. Jews confronted Him there asking if he was the Christ (v. 24).

 

Notice what He said: “But you do not believe [who he was, v.v. 24-25] BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OF MY SHEEP. My SHEEP hear my voice…and THEY FOLLOW ME!” (Jn. 10:26)

 

Clearly the Jews were not following Him; believing what He taught. If He observed the Feast of Dedication with them, they would have been His sheep. He and the Jews were constantly at odds during that festival (John 9:16, 29; 8:59; 10:20, 31, etc.) on many issues.

 

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BEWARE OF TRADITIONS:

 

“Neglecting the commandment of Yahweh [“God” NAS], you [Pharisees and Scribes; v.5] hold to the tradition of men…You…set aside the commandment of Yahweh [“God” NAS] in order to keep your tradition.” (Mk. 7:8-9)

 

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Read “Should We Observe Hanukkah?” in “Insight” magazine vol.7 No. 2.

 

December 7, 2018

NEW MOON NUMBER 10: THE STEALTH EVENT

 

A WINTRY EARLY MORNING SCENE COULD CONTAIN

 

SOMETHING UNSEEN AND UNHEARED THAT SHAPES OUR DESTINY!

 

WHAT IS IT?

 

THE NEW MOON (THE COVERED MOON)

 

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HOW IT SHAPES OUR DESTINY:

 

Helps liberate us to receive blessings from Yahweh:

 

As one of Yahweh’s commandments it is, “…the perfect law of liberty…” And the man who keeps it, “… shall be BLESSED IN HIS DEED.” (James 1:25)

 

“…If you will…obey Yahweh your Elohim,…to do all His commandments…all these blessings shall come upon you… Yahweh will command the blessing upon…all that you put your hand to…” (Deut. 28:1-2, 8)

 

This is the theme: Keeping the Law is liberating; produces blessings.

 

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NEW MOON REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE BLESSINGS:

 

BLOW THE SHOFAR: Psa. 81:3: “Blow at New Moon a Shofar…” (Psa. 81:3).

 

This was ordained with the exodus from Egypt (vv. 5-6) as one of the ordinances of the Moon (Jer. 31:35).

 

GIVE FREEWILL OFFERINGS: “…at the Beginning of each of your months… present …two bulls…one ram…” (Num. 28:11)

 

“You shall present these to Yahweh at your appointed times, [notice] besides (Heb. “in addition to”)…your Freewill Offerings…” (Num. 28:39)

 

(NOTE: Deut. 12:6 shows freewill offerings are a separate category from burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes…, and can be money (Ezr.8:28).

 

For more details see our article, “Freewill Offerings on the New Moon” [www.icyahweh.org])

 

WORSHIP: “…The gate of the inner court shall be…opened on the day of the New Moon… The people of the land shall also worship…on the New Moons.” (Ezk. 46:1,3)

 

“…and it shall be from new moon to new moon…‘All mankind will come to bow down [worship] before Me’, says Yahweh.” (Isa. 66:23)

 

HAVE A SPECIAL MEAL: An example found in 1 Sam. 20:5-6, 18, 24-25, shows the royal family had a special meal on the New Moon. The church is a priesthood, a royal family or nation (1 Pet 2:9).

 

OBSERVE WITH PERSONAL CLEANLINESS: “…and when the New Moon came, the King sat down to eat food….as usual… but David’s place was empty….Saul did not speak…for he thought, “…he is not clean, surely he is not clean.” (1 Sam. 20:24-26)

 

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REMAIN FREE OF TRADITIONS OF MEN:

 

The Biblical New Moon is a debated topic usually centered around Jewish traditions: “…not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.” (Titus 1:14)

 

The foundations of the true Sacred Calendar are in the Bible. Remember, Philo, Josephus, and the Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar are not scripture.

 

What the Bible says matters most.

 

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December 1, 2018

SABBATH THOUGHTS: JUST WHO IS GOD?

 

DID GOD CREATE HEAVEN AND EARTH?

 

“Thou alone art YAHWEH. Thou hast made the Heavens,…The earth and all that is on it….” (Neh. 9:6)

 

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ARE NAMES IMPORTANT?

 

“Seek Him that makes the seven stars and Orion,…that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: Yahweh is His name.” (Amos 5:8).

 

“I am Yahweh: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another…” (Isa. 42:8)

 

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WHO IS GOD?

 

“But you are they that forsake Yahweh, that forget my Holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop [KJV margin: or Gad]…” (Isa. 65:11).

 

GAD is pronounced “gawd” which is ordinarily spelled “god.”

 

WHO IS THIS? The words “that troop” is ‘Fortune’, a Babylonian deity:

 

“’fortune’; …specially the divinity of Fortune, worshipped by the Babylonians and by the Jews exiled among them; elsewhere called Baal…i.e. the planet Jupiter, regarded in all the East as the giver of good fortune… Isa. 65:11).”
(Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament; p. 157)

 

“GOD” IS THE BABYLONIAN DEITY OF GOOD LUCK OR FORTUNE: “…setting in order a table for the god of Good Luck…” (Isa. 65:11; New World Translation).

 

WORSHIPPING “GOD” IS ACTUALLY JUPITER WORSHIP, a pagan deity worship.

 

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PUTTING THIS TOGETHER:

 

What Isa. 65:11 is saying, “But you who forsake Yahweh…[are] setting a tablefor the god of Good Luck..” Those who forsake Yahweh worship God! WHO DO YOU WORSHIP?

 

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Read our article, “Just Who Is God?” (www.icyahweh.org)

 

November 24, 2018

SABBATH THOUGHTS: CARPE DIEM, “Seize the Day”

 

“Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow may be dying.”

 

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NUMBER YOUR DAYS:

 

“The days of our years are threescore and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

 

Who knows the power of thine anger? Even according to thy fear is thy wrath.

So teach us to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to Wisdom.

 

…O satisfy us early with thy mercy; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” (Psa. 90:10-12, 14; A prayer of Moses)

 

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PROLONG YOUR DAYS:

 

“Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments Which I commandments this day, That you may be strong, And go in and possess the land…

 
 

And that you may Prolong Your Days in the land, Which Yahweh sware unto your fathers to give Unto them and their seed, A land that floweth with milk and honey…

 
 

A land of hills and valleys… A land which Yahweh thy Elohim careth for: The eyes of Yahweh your Elohim are always Upon it, from the Beginning of the year [Feb. 15] Even unto the End of the year [Oct. 27].” (Deut. 14:8-9,11-12)

 
 

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November 17, 2018

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018

 

“Let us come before His presence with Thanksgiving…” (Psa. 95:2)

 

“O, Give Thanks to Yahweh, for He is good: for His mercy endures forever.” (Psa. 107:1)

 

November 11, 2018

VETERANS’ DAY: NEVER FORGET

 

“…With a great sum obtained I this Freedom…” (Acts 22:28)

 

November 10, 2018

SABBATH THOUGHTS: QUEST OF THE AGES-THE SEARCH CONTINUES

 

“…and few there be that find it.” (Matt. 7:14)

 

PRIZE OF THE AGES: WHAT IS IT?

 

The Fountain of Youth? The Tree of Life? The Holy Grail? Alchemy’s Philosopher Stone? ETERNAL LIFE–which remains in the cross-hairs of mankind’s relentless search. Is it a Fruitless Search? Unrealistic? A Pipe Dream?

 

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DID ONE MAN HAVE THE SECRET? A 2000 YEAR-OLD CLAIM

 

2,000 years ago, a man, Yahshua the Messiah, taught that immortality was attainable. Claiming He had the keys revealing the secret, was he just a wayfaring, self-styled guru? Or the real thing?

 

BOLD CLAIM:

 

“My sheep hear my voice…And I give to them eternal life.” (John 10:27-28).

 
Enthusiastic follow­ers such as one named Simon Peter said, “…Master,…you have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68).

 

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HOW DOES HE GIVE ETERNAL LIFE? WHAT MUST WE DO?

 

THE OVERLOOKED KEYS: When asked, “…what good thing must I do, that I may have eternal life?” Yahshua replied, “…If you will enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Matt. 19:17).

 

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THE CRITICAL KEY CONTAINED IN THOSE COMMANDMENTS: “…Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:54)

 

TIMING IS EVERYTHING: WHEN and HOW DO WE USE THIS KEY?

 

CONTACT THE INTERNATIONAL CONGREGATION OF YAHWEH FOR THE ANSWERS. (Matt. 16:19)

 

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THE PROMISE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN: “…To him that OVERCOMES will I give to EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, which is in the midst of the PARADISE OF YAHWEH.” (Rev. 2:7)

 

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REMEMBER: Our escape to the free­dom of life everlasting is only through Biblical truth. Truly, Yahshua has said, “…you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)

 

And gave this warning, “…How strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to [eternal] life, and few there be that find it.” (Matt. 7:14)

 

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ETERNITY IS A LONG TIME TO BE WRONG!

 

November 8, 2018
 

NINTH NEW MOON: KEY TO FREEDOM

 

(41st Year of 50-year Jubilee cycle; 6th year of Seven-year cycle)

 

START THE MONTH BLESSED…END IT BLESSED

 

“If you observe to do all His commandments…Yahweh shall command the blessing…in all that you set your hand to…” (Deut. 28:1,8)

 

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Jn. 8:32)

 

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NEW MOON, A TIME OF WORSHIP BUT NOT A SABBATH:

 

“…from one New Moon to another…shall all…come to worship before Me….” (Isa. 66:23; See also Ezk. 46:3)

 

Obviously New Moons are an assembly, convocation of worship. (See also Num. 10:3,10 trumpets signal an assembly on New Moons)

 

PROPHETS ISAIAH AND EZEKIEL CANNOT ADD TO THE LAW WHAT IS NOT ALREADY THERE…INCLUDING NEW MOON WORSHIP TIME:

 

“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: You shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” (Deut. 12:32)

 

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NEW MOONS COMMANDED IN NEW TESTAMENT WITH HOLY DAYS, SABBATHS:

 

“Let no man judge you [we are judged by the Law: Rom. 2:12-13] in food, or drink, or in respect of an Holyday, or the New Moon, or of the Sabbath days. [notice] Which ARE (present tense) a shadow of things to come…” (Col. 2:16)

 

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WHAT TO DO AT NEW MOON WORSHIP:

 

“But to the place which Yahweh your Elohim shall choose…to put His name…there you shall bring your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, …heave offerings…vows, AND YOUR FREEWILL OFFERINGS,…firstlings of…herds and…flocks.” (Deut. 12:6)

 

“…to offer an offering made by fire…a burnt offering,.. meal offering, a sacrifice,…drink offerings… And beside the Sabbaths of Yahweh,…beside your gifts… vows, and beside ALL YOUR FREEWILL OFFERINGS, which you give to Yahweh.” (Lev. 23:38; See also Num. 28:29-38)

 

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FOCUS ON NEGLECTED GIVING: FREEWILL OFFERINGS

 

“Will a man rob Elohim? Yet you have robbed Me…In tithes And OFFERINGS…” (Mal. 3:8)

 

CURSED FOR NEGLECTING OFFERINGS:

 

“You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.” (Mal. 3:9)

 

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FREEWILL OFFERINGS DO NOT HAVE TO BE ANIMALS OR GRAIN:

 

NOTICE AGAIN HOW THEY A SEPARATE CATEGORY FROM SACRIFICES, TITHES:

 

“But to the place which Yahweh your Elohim shall choose …to put His name…there you shall bring your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, …heave offerings…vows, AND YOUR FREEWILL OFFERINGS,…firstlings of…herds and…flocks.” (Deut. 12:6)

 

“…to offer an offering made by fire…a burnt offering,..meal offering, a sacrifice,…drink offerings… And beside the Sabbaths of Yahweh,…beside your gifts…vows, and beside ALL YOUR FREEWILL OFFERINGS, which you give to Yahweh.” (Lev. 23:38; See also Num. 28:29-38)

 

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WHAT CAN BE FREEWILL OFFERINGS?

 

GOLD, SILVER, BRASS: MONEY

 

“Take you…an offering to Yahweh:..gold, silver, and brass.” (Ex. 35:5)

 

“…the silver and gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh your Elohim…” (Ezra 8:28)

 

The word “silver” is translated “money” (Ezra 7:16-17; Deut. 2:6) used for purchasing animals, food, water, etc.

 

November 3, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WILL A MAN ROB YAHWEH? (Mal. 3:8)

 

WHY DO YOU TITHE ON MONEY?

 
THE MONEY-MAKING VERSE:

 

“Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me herewith, saith Yahweh of hosts [“the LORD”; KJV], if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room to receive it.”

 

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TITHING ON MONEY RAISES QUESTIONS:

 

• Does the Bible or men require tithing on your paycheck?

 

• Is ten percent of our income required by Yahweh as most religious groups claim?

 

• If you now give the church ten percent of gross or net earnings, how did you decide that was Biblically correct?

 

• Did you decide tithing on money was correct after honestly searching Scriptural laws regarding tithing or perhaps shortly after joining a group which teaches tithing on money?

 

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT?

 

Maybe you never thought about it….or questioned so basic a belief as tithing. Thinking back, could it have been after hearing or reading “…the tithe is Yahweh’s…it is holy to Yahweh” (Lev.27:30)?

 

Maybe it was a fiery sermon using Malachi 3:8-10 that convinced you: “Will a man rob Elohim [“God”]? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings”; hammering these words home with “You are cursed with a curse for you have robbed me….”

 

GUILT FEELINGS OR BIBLE TRUTH MAKES MONEY?

 

These Scriptures can stir feelings of guilt or remorse of having robbed Yahweh who has been so gracious to us. As they should IF we are guilty as charged.

 

They are often used as classic “guilt-trip” strategies to bilk millions from unwary, well-meaning people sincerely wanting to do what is right.

 

HOW THE TRAP IS LAID:

 

By simply AVOIDING THE SCRIPTURAL DEFINITIONS AND APPEALING TO EMOTIONS.

 

WHAT IS MISSING: QUESTION NEVER ASKED!

 

“Just what does Yahweh mean by tithes?” Answer that question and you will know Yahweh’s commands on tithing!

 

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LAW OF TITHING: MONEY NOT MENTIONED

 

“And all the tithe of the land, whether it be seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s, it is holy to Yahweh” (v. 30).

 

“And concerning the tithe of the herd, or the flock, even whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth is holy to Yahweh” (v. 32). (Lev. 27:30,32)

 

Notice nowhere is money (Heb. “silver”) mentioned in these laws defining tithing. Not even once.

 

IT REALLY IS YOUR MONEY!

 

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VAIN WORSHIP

 

“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Matt. 15:9; quote from Isa. 29:13 of LXX).

 

Heartfelt sincerity is not a substitute for obedience.

 

The truth is, as Yahshua emphasized, we can actually worship Yahweh, but do it all for naught if we do it while breaking His commandments—even though out of ignorance (Lev. 5:17).

 

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READ: Biblical Tithing is NOT on Money, (www.icyahweh.org)

 

October 27, 2018
 

Last Day of the 40th Year SABBATH THOUGHTS: “…and You will find Rest for your soul.” (Matt. 11:29)

 

JUST PUSH “PAUSE”

 

LAY ASIDE THE BURDENS AND CARES OF THE WEEK AND “Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you REST.” (Matt. 11:28)

 

REST FOR YOUR SOUL

 

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me; For I am gentle and lowly in heart, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.” (Matt. 11:29)

 

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THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN

 

“And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; Therefore, the Son of Man is Master [“Lord”, KJV] also of the Sabbath.” (Mk. 2:27-28)

 

Clearly, the “Lord’s Day”, the Master’s Day, is truly the Seventh-Day Sabbath

 

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KEEP SABBATH HOLY; WORK SIX DAYS

 

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy (pronounce or observe as clean) Six days you shall labor and do all your work.” (Ex. 20:8-9)

 

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REST. YOU EARNED IT

 

“But the seventh day is a Sabbath of Yahweh your Elohim; In it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, Your male or your female servant or your cattle or your Sojourner who stays with you.” (Ex.,20:10)

 

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NOT DO YOUR OWN PLEASURE

 

“If because of the Sabbath, your turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My Holy Day And call the Sabbath a delight, the Holy Day of Yahweh honorable, And honor it [this is how], desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure, And speaking your own word, Then you will delight in Yahweh…” (Isa. 58:13-14)

 

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KINGDOM PEACE

 

“Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness,… Then judgment shall dwell…and righteousness remain… And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness… And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, And in quiet resting places.” (Isa. 32:1,16-18)

 

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October 13, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: KIDS FIRST?

 

THERE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS KIDS MUST KNOW.

 

WHAT ARE THEY?

 

FIRST: “SECOND CLASS CITIZENS” IS BEST-BELIEVE IT OR NOT. CHILDREN ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY.

 

The source of many child-rearing problems, including feeling entitled, is children thinking the parents, the marriage revolves around them.

 

FAMILY HIERARCHY: PARENTS FIRST

 

It is the other way around. The parents are the most important. “Children exist because of the marriage. They strive because parents create a stable family.” (John Rosemond)

 

YAHSHUA, THE MESSIAH SAID, “Suffer little children to come to me…and [He[ blessed them.” (Mark 10:13-14) He did NOT say, “Never tell them ‘No’ and give them everything they want.”

 

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REALITY: Children do not want or need total freedom. They want and need Security, Discipline and Knowing the Boundaries.

 

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SECOND: TO DISCIPLINE FAIRLY AND SUCCESSFULLY REQUIRES

 

TWO THINGS KIDS MUST TO KNOW: (1). What the rules are; (2). Who is going to enforce them

 

ADVANCED NOTICE: Identify the rules well in advance.

 

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WE SHOULD SPANK

 

(1). IF THE RULES ARE BROKEN:

 

Give the child a reason to regret it. “Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying.” (Prv. 19:18)

 

Respond quickly: “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, …the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” (Eccl. 8:11) Make the penalty “fit the crime.”

 

AND: SHOW LOVE, AFFECTION, KINDNESS, AND UNDERSTANDING.

 

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(2). WHEN?

 

SPANK FOR

 

(a). Willful disobedience

 

(b). Temper tantrums

 

(c). Backtalk

 

(d). Lying

 

(e). Rebellion in any form: “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and Stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.” (I Sam. 15:23)

 

(f). The same thing-be consistent or it will not work.

 

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(3). DO NOT SPANK

 

(a). For everything

 

(b). Certainly not for fear

 

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(4). PARENTS SHOULD ALSO “…provoke not your children to wrath…bring them up in the nurture and admonition of Yahweh.” (Eph. 6:4)

 

KEY WORDS:

 

Provoke: deliberately incite

 

Nurture: care for and encourage the growth or development of

 

Admonition: authoritative counsel or warning

 

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October 9, 2018
 

NEW MOON THOUGHTS: 8TH NEW MOON, OCTOBER 9, 2018

 

NEW MOON AND NEW COVENANT. HOW ARE THEY ALIKE?

 

Today, October 9, 2018, throughout the US marks the 8th New Moon of this 40th year the Jubilee cycle (5th year of 7-year cycle).

 

NEW MOON AND NEW COVENANT SIMILARITIES:

 

NEW MOON:

 

(1). Is a New Beginning.

 

(2). Is literally a marriage, uniting, of the Moon (woman-the church) and the Sun (man-husband, the Lamb) and begins rebuilding the Moon’s light. [Gen. 37:9-10; Rev. 19:7-9]

 

(3). Begins to repeats ALL parts of the previous cycle beginning with its uniting, marriage, with the Sun.

 

(4). Is regulated by the same natural laws of the previous New Moon and Lunar Cycle.

 

(5). Occurs when the previous marriage of Lunar Cycle is blacked-out (blotted out, covered, hidden).

 

(6). Once covered, the Moon can began to receive and reflect New Light from the Sun.

 

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NEW COVENANT:

(1). Is a New Beginning (Jer. 31:31,33; Matt. 26:28; Heb. 8:8,13; 12:24).

 

(2). Church unites with Yahshua, becomes His church: “…I will build MY church…” (Matt. 16:18).

 

(3). Repeats ALL the parts of the previous marriage [“I am married to you…” (Jer. 3:14)] “…I will put my Laws in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts…” (Jer. 31:33).

 

(4). The same natural Laws of the previous covenant apply: “…For this is the covenant that I will make…I will put my Laws into their mind, and write them I their hearts…” (Heb. 8:10; Jer. 31:33).

 

(5). Previous sins of the woman, church in the wilderness, are blotted out, covered: “Blotting out the certificate of indebtedness, and the bond that stood against us…” (Col. 2:16).

 

(6). Provides the ability to “…walk in newness of life…” (Rom. 6:4);

 

“…through His blood…for the remission of sins that are past…” (Rom. 3:25);

 

“…because the love of Yahweh is shed abroad in our hearts…” (Rom. 5:5).

 

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NEW MOONS PART OF THE NEW COVENANT:

 

The New Moons are part of that Law which must be in our mind and written, in our heart…if we are under this new covenant. (Col. 2:16)

 

We are part of the Commonwealth of Israel and are under their covenant promises, once our past sins are covered by Yahshua’s sacrifice. (Eph. 2:12-13)

 

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October 6, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: MARK YOUR CALENDAR, OCTOBER 28, 2018

 

WHAT HAPPENS ON THAT DATE MAKING IT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER YEARS?

 

NO, it is NOT the END OF THE AGE, NOR THE SECOND COMING!

 

ON THAT DATE THE SIXTH-YEAR OF A SEVEN-YEAR CYCLE BEGINS OCTOBER 28, 2018; ENDS OCTOBER 27, 2019.

 

WHY IS THIS SIGNIFICANT?

 

IS A PRELUDE TO THE CRITICAL 7TH YEAR LAND SABBATH WHEN NO SOWING OF FIELDS IS ALLOWED:

 

(“Six years you shall sow your field, and….prune your vineyard and gather in the fruit thereof;

 

But in the Seventh Year shall be a Sabbath of rest to the land, a Sabbath for Yahweh: you shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.”; Lev. 25:3-4)

 

(NOTE: WEEKLY 7TH -DAY SABBATHS ARE LAND SABBATHS AS WELL.)

 

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SIXTH-YEAR REQUIREMENT:

 

“If you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Then I will command My bless upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in you shall eat of the old store.” (Lev. 25:20-22)

 

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HISTORY SPEAKS:

 

SIXTH-YEAR EVENTS, OFTEN CATASTROPHIC, FOR IGNORING THE 7-YEAR AND WEEKLY, LAND SABBATH CYCLES:

 

(Officially runs Fall-to-Fall: Oct. 28-Oct. 27)

 

1918-1919: SPANISH INFLUENZE killing 675,000 in the US; an estimated 35-45 million worldwide! (Scientists cannot explain its sudden appearance in late October 1918 as the sixth year began, nor its sudden disappearance in late October to early November, 1919, as the sixth year ended.)

 

1990-1991: PERSIAN GULF WAR (began and ended); SHOCKING REUNIFICATION of EAST and WEST GERMANY (formally started on 3 October 1990 and continued); BERLIN WALL BROUGHT DOWN (Demolition officially began on June 13, 1990 and finished in 1992.), MIKHAIL GORBACHEV resigned December, 1991!

 

2004-2005: A RECORD 28 NAMED CYCLONES, INCLUDING HURRICANE KATRINA OCCURRED

 

(Cat. 5; Aug. 23 to Aug. 31; 1,836 fatalities; $125 billion damages tied for record. 2005 season officially began June 1, 2005 lasting until Nov. 30, 2005; sixth year started Oct. 28, 2004; ended Oct. 27, 2005.);

 

DECEMBER 26, 2004 A GIANT TSUNAMI HIT THE PACIFIC RIM WITH 100-FOOT WAVES WIPING OUT WHOLE VILLAGES, KILLING 220,000!

 

2011-2012: MOST EXTENSIVE AND EXPANSIVE DROUGHT in half a century (10th largest since 1895; rivaling Dust Bowl years); EARLIEST TROPICAL HURRICANE SEASON since 1851 (four before July 1).

 

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AND THE FUTURE?

 

2018-2019: ????

 

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“IF YOU DO NOT OBEY ME…YOU WILL SOW YOUR SEED USELESSLY…I WILL BREAK THE PRIDE OF YOUR POWER…” (Lev. 26:16,19)

 

September 19, 2018
 

HOW TO KEEP ATONEMENTS:

 

Observed from Dawn to Dark

 

Must be clean (See Lev. 15)

 

No Food of any kind, a Complete Fast (including juices, coffee, tea, alcohol, etc.) (Lev. 23:27,29: It is easily proven this means fasting-no food)

 

Can drink water (Examples: If fasting were understood to mean food and water there is no need to mention both as in Esther 4:16; Jonah 3:7)

 

No work: General Rules for Yahweh’s Sabbaths:

 

“If because of the Sabbath, you turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy Day And call the Sabbath a delight, the Holy day of Yahweh honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure, And speaking your own word, Then you will take delight in Yahweh…” (including, no working at home work or professional work or planning secular activities, no recreation such as hunting, fishing, etc.) (Isa. 58:13-14)

 

“Neither shall you do ANY work on this same day…As for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.” (Lev. 23:28,30)

 

Must have a Holy Convocation (Lev. 23:27)

 

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The Feast of Tabernacles is not far ahead. Branson, MO this year. It is a pilgrimage…a long journey when we must appear before Yahweh. Much new information to present. Look forward to seeing you there!

 

September 17, 2018
 

PRE-ATONEMENTS:

 

Tomorrow, September 18, 2018, is a special “Half-Sabbath” we call “Pre-Atonements”, the 9th day of the 7th month.

 

It begins at noon (1:00 pm Daylight Time) and lasts until the sunset.

 

This important Sabbath period is the “evening-to-evening” period mentioned in Lev. 23:32….a very misunderstood verse. This is due to the widely accepted Babylonian day which ancient Babylonians celebrated from sunset of one day until sunset of the next (Rev. 18:4). This is not the Biblical Day….any day of the year.

 

Prophecy references this half-day special Sabbath. Notice what the prophet Daniel recorded,

 

“…for a time, times, and a half ..” (Dan. 12:7; also Rev. 12:14; KJV, Green’s IB).

 

The word translated “time/s” is the same word, “moed” translated “feasts” in Lev. 23:2, and 15 other places in the Old Testament. A more accurate translation is: “…for a festival, festivals, and a half…”

 

Our article, “Explanation of Leviticus 23:32: The Evening-to-Evening Scripture” explains the details.

 

There is no fasting during this period.

 

September 10, 2018
 

NEW MOON # 7: FEAST OF SHOUTINGS (TRUMPETS) ANNUAL SABBATH

 

“Blow at New Moon a shofar…” For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the Elohim of Jacob.” (Psa. 81:3-4)/p>  

THIS 7TH NEW MOON OF THE YEAR:/p>  

Is often called the “Feast of Trumpets,” the first day of the seventh month is the only designated New Moon Sabbath of the year: “…In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of a shout, or blast of Joy, War or Alarm [BDB Lexicon, p. 929; “blowing of trumpets”: KJV], an Holy Convocation. You shall do no servile work therein…” (Lev. 23:24-25)/p>  

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BEGINS “MONTH OF SABBATHS”; a MONTH OF “RESTS”:/p>  

The 7th New Moon begins the month with the most solar-lunar Sabbaths: New Moon Sabbath, Pre-Atonements Half-Sabbath, Atonements Sabbath, Feast of Tabernacles Sabbath, and the Last Great Day Sabbath./p>  

IS A SIGN OF SANCTIFICATION:/p>  

As an annual Sabbath, the Feast of Shoutings/Trumpets is a sign of sanctification. (Ex. 31:13; Ezk.20:12,20)/p>  

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FREEWILL OFFERINGS ARE GIVEN:/p>  

On this day of the New Moon a freewill offering is given when we assemble for worship. Yahweh is rightfully due an offering, and we need the blessings. (Deut. 12:5-6: freewill offerings are separate from sacrifices)

 

Recall “…Yet you have robbed Me…Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation.” Recall tithes are agricultural produce, freewill offering can be money, however. (Mal. 3:8-9; See “Freewill Offerings on the New Moon.”)

 

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NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH KEPT:

 

The New Testament churches observed New Moons: “Let on man…judge you in respect of an Holyday, or of the New Moon…” (Col. 2:16; Note: We are judged by the Law, Rom. 2:12)

 

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THE PROPHETS SHOW NEW MOONS ARE DAYS OF WORSHIP:

 

“And it shall come to pass, that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shll ALL flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahweh.” (Isa. 66:23)

 

“Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of the this gate before Yahweh in the Sabbaths and in the New Moons.” (Ezk. 46:3)

 

DOES NOT PICTURE THE SECOND COMING OF THE MESSIAH:

 

Certainly, the Second Coming of the Messiah is set by a New Moon, but not this new moon. How do we know?

 

“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Matt. 24:36)

 

As this verse shows, the DAY of Yahshua’s return is unknown, therefore, it will not be on the 7th New Moon whose day each year is known precisely. However, scripture indicates it will be during the Feast of Weeks, close to the Second Passover which is set by the 2nd New Moon of the Year!

 

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REJOICE ON THIS HOLY SABBATH DAY!

 

September 8, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THE TRUE GOSPEL

 

HAVE YOU HEARD THE TRUE GOSPEL, THE ORIGINAL VERSION?

 

ODDS ARE YOU HAVEN’T

 

SEVERAL POINTS MISSING FROM MODERN VERSIONS:

 

(1). YAHWEH’S NAME

 

The “gospel of Jesus Christ” never includes Yahweh. But the Messiah Yahshua did! “I have declared to them your name and will declare it.” (Jn. 14:12)

 

What name? Quoting Psa. 118:26, “…the multitudes…cried saying…’Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord…” (KJV of Matt. 21:9 uses “Lord”).
The Psalms uses Yahweh [LORD all capitals in KJV is YHWH] showing Matt. 21:9 should read: “…Blessed is He who comes in the name of Yahweh.”

 

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(2). THE KINGDOM

 

The “gospel of Jesus Christ” usually omits this. “And Yahshua came…preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of Yahweh.” [“God” KJV: should be “Yahweh”; See (1) above]. A global Kingdom of Yahweh is coming with Yahshua ruling at the top. (Mk. 1:14)

 

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(3). KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS

 

The “gospel of Jesus Christ” mostly teaches the Law was abolished. What did the Messiah preach? “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail.” (Lk. 16:17)

 

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(4). LAW WAS NOT NAILED TO THE CROSS

 

The “gospel of Jesus Christ” uses Colossians 2:16 to teach the “law was nailed to the cross.”

 

The truth is, what was nailed to the cross WAS HIM and the DEBTH OF SINS WE OWE:

 

This verse should read: “Blotting out the certificate of indebtedness, the bond that stood against us; nailing it to the cross.” (Bauer-Ardnt-Gingrich Lexicon of the New Testament; p.677) Yahshua’s sacrifice provides a payment [as the Law requires] for the penalty of sin hanging over us.

 

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(5). THE DAWN-TO-DARK SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH IS STILL IN FORCE

 

The “gospel of Jesus Christ” teaches one of two false doctrines about the Sabbath.

 

(a). Claims it is still binding, but promotes an unscriptural Babylonian “sunset-to-sunset” Sabbath (Read Rev. 18:2,4).

 

Or

 

(b). Claims Yahweh’s seventh-day Sabbath was replaced by Sunday.

 

Who changed it?

 

“The Catholic Church of its own infallible authority created Sunday a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath of the old law.” (Catholic Mirror; quoted in “The Faith and Doctrines of the Early Church, G.M. Bower; 1978, p. 69)

 

REMEMBER the Messiah Yahshua emphatically stated: “The Son of Man is Master, ruler, of the Sabbath Day.” (Matt. 12:8; KJV uses “Lord of”]. The Seventh Day, not Sunday, is Yahshua’s Day of rest.

 

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FINAL THOUGHTS: “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail.” (Lk. 16:17)
“Know you not brethren (for I speak to them that know the Law,) how the Law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?” (Rom. 7:1)

 

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Sept. 1, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH!

 

HOW IMPORTANT IS WHAT WE EAT?

 

THE FIRST SIN WAS EATING FORBIDDEN FRUIT:

 

“But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.”
(Gen. 2:17)

 

AN APOSTLE’S CONFESSION:

 

“Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts…wild beasts, …creeping things and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Master; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” (Acts 10:12-14)

 

Peter’s vision had nothing to do with cleansing unclean meats. This would have been a violation of the Law, of which Yahshua said, “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail.” (Lk. 16:17).

 

The purpose was to show him the Jewish restriction “…it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation…” was no longer to be observed (Acts 10:28). That now “…in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.” (Acts 10:35). They are not to be called “common or unclean” of themselves, just because they are Gentiles, if they have done nothing unlawful to defile themselves [Acts 10:28].

 

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WHAT IS COMMON FOOD? Meats that are Scripturally clean, but become unclean when touched by an unclean person:

 

“Thus saith Yahweh…Ask now the priests concerning the Law, saying, If one bear holy flesh [Biblically clean meat and consecrated] in his skirt of his garment, And with the skirt …do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall It be holy? …the priest answered, No. If one that is unclean by a dead body [Lit. Heb. “unclean of body”] touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered…It shall be unclean. (Haggai 2:12-13)

 

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HOW CAN ONE BECOME UNCLEAN? (These Laws are rarely taught.)

 

Eating animals, fowl, certain creeping things, fish that are unclean (Lev. 11:1-23; v. 24)

 

A woman having a baby (Lev.12:1-5)

 

Touching the dead body of a human (Num. 19:1-19)

 

Touching an unclean person (Num. 19:22)

 

A man with certain ailments or anyone who touches him who has the ailment (Lev. 15:1-11)

 

A woman with her monthly menstrual cycle or whoever touches her or her bed (Lev. 15:19-27)

 

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WHAT IS UNCLEAN MEAT? Animal that are classified as unclean and forbidden to be eaten.

 

See Lev. 15:1-11 and Deut. 14:1-21.

 

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August 25, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE

 

“LAW OR GRACE?” OR “LAW AND GRACE?”
 

IT IS “LAW AND GRACE”:
 

WHAT IS GRACE? Mercy, Clemency, Pardon
 

WHEN DO WE RECEIVE IT? ONLY WHEN WE QUIT BREAKING THE LAW
 

“…Repent [quit sinning], and be baptized…in the name of Yahsuha, for the remission of sins [pardoned; grace, mercy applied]…” (Acts 2:38)
 

“Repent you therefore, and be converted [change our ways] , that your sins may be blotted out…” [pardoned; mercy, grace applied] (Act. 3:19)
 

“Being justified freely by His grace [Yahweh’s grace], through the redemption that is In Messiah Yahshua [His sacrifice]…to declare His [Yahweh’s] righteousness for the remission of sins that are past…” (Rom. 3:25)
 

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HOW DO WE KEEP IT? ONLY WHEN WE CONTINUE KEEPING THE LAW
 

“Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be!” (Rom 6:1-2)
 

“As sin has reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness.” (Rom. 5:21)
 

“For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins…” (Heb. 10:26-27,29)
 

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THERE IS NO GRACE-NONE-UNLESS SOMEONE PAYS
 

“…without the shedding of blood there is NO remission…For the Messiah…has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself…” (Heb. 9:22, 24, 26).”
 

This WHY we have the grace of Yahweh available and applied to our lives when we repent.
 

The application of grace just means someone other than the guilty party pays the penalty!
 

BUT SOMEONE HAS TO PAY!
 

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WHAT IS THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE? DISPENSING GRACE, PARDON, TO THE GENTILES
 

“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Yahshua Messiah for you GENTILES, if you have heard of the dispensation (dispensing, spreading) of grace which Yahweh is given [to whom?] TO YOU GENTILES.”
 

IT DOES NOT MEAN SUBSTITUTING GRACE FOR LAW OR DOING AWAY WITH THE LAW.
 

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BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS:
 

“For there are certain men crept in unawares, were before ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our Elohim, into Lasciviousness (lawlessness, licentIousness]…” (Jude 4)
 

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FOR A DETAILED STUDY OF LAW AND GRACE, READ “LAW AND GRACE” (www.icyahweh.org)
 

August 18, 2018
 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: Rothschilds, Prodigal Son, Vanderbilts

FINANCIAL SAGA OF THREE FAMILIES
 

INHERITANCES: BIBLICAL VIEW
 

Should parents spend-it-up leaving little or nothing to their children when only one-percent of inherited wealth is ever increased?
 

“There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling the wise; but the foolish man spendeth it up.” (Prv. 21:20)
 

Land must not leave the family: “The land shall not be sold forever…” (Lev. 25:23)
 

“In the year of the Jubilee you shall return every man to his possession [inheritance].” (Lev. 25:13)
 

“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children.” [Does not leave it to some charity or foundation looking for a handout] (Prv. 13:22)
 

PRODIGAL SON: Received all his inheritance in a lump sum
 

A man had two sons, the younger said, “Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.” (Lk. 15:21)
 

The father divided it to them. The elder likely received twice the younger’ portion. (Deut. 21:15)
 

“…the younger went on a journey…and squandered his estate on loose living.” (Lk. 15:13)
 

MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD: Powerful Financial Legacy Lives On
 

Mayer became rich in the mid 1700s by starting a bank. Instead of letting his five sons squander an inheritance, he taught them the banking business; passing the skills from generation-to-generation. In just over 100 years Rothschild banks filled all corners of Europe: Paris, London, Frankfurt, Vienna., and more. Six Rothschild family branches were so successful they were elevated to royalty. The Rothschild legacy is still thriving after 300 years.

 

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT: Descendant died broke 48 years after Cornelius’ death
 

Cornelius’ shipping and railroad empires made him one of the world’s richest men in the mid 1800s. His offspring squandered their inheritance, building lavish mansions (the Biltmore, Ashville, NC), hobnobbing with the rich and famous. Blowing through wealth as fast as they got their hands on it, the Vanderbilt fortune was squandered in just over a generation. There are reportedly no millionaire Vanderbilts today who did not it make themselves…no inheritance left for them.
 

MORE BIBLICAL ADVICE: A Little at a Time
 

“An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning, will not be blessed in the end.” (Prv. 20:21)
 

REMEMBER THE PRODIGAL SON, THE ROTHSCHILDS AND VANDERBILTS
 

August 12, 2018

 

NEW MOON: SIXTH NEW MOON OF THE YEAR

WHY IT MATTERS:
 

(1). Beginning the month with the conjunction New Moon is one-to-three days earlier than using the a first visible crescent New Moon.
 

(2). SEVEN Annual Holy Day Sabbaths are set by New Moons. (Lev. 23:3,5,8,32,24-25,27-28,32,34-35,39; Note: Including the 2nd Passover makes 8: Num.9:10-11).
 

(3). A Shofar (ram’s horn) must be blown on the correct New Moon: “Blow at New Moon a shofar…” (Psa. 81:3)
 

(4). A convocation and worship are commanded on New Moons:
 

“And it shall be from New Moon to New Moon…All mankind will come to bow down before (worship) Me.” Says Yahweh. (Isa. 66:23; also Ezk. 46:3; Prophets cannot add to the Law what it does not require: Deut. 12:32).
 

An assembly is announced by blowing trumpets on solemn days and New Moons: “And when both [trumpets] are blown, all the congregation shall gather…and on the first day of your months, you shall blow the trumpets…” (Num. 10:3,10)
 

(5). The SABBATHS, weekly and annual, are Yahweh’s only sign of sanctification of His people. (Ex. 31:13; Ezk.20:12,20)
 

(6). Freewill offerings are given on the New Moons when we assemble for worship. (Deut. 12:5-6: freewill offerings are separate from sacrifices)
 

(7). The New Testament churches observed New Moons: “Let on man…judge you in respect of an Holyday, of the New Moon…” (Col. 2:16; Note: We are judged by the Law; Rom. 2:12)
 

(8). Scripture indicates the age-ending Second Coming of the Messiah Yahshua will occur near the Second Passover during the Feast of Weeks. The Second Passover is set by the New Moon.
 

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SCRIPTURE OR TRADITION?

THE SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE: The Exodus gives the Key (Psa. 81:3-4,6)
 

FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH WAS A FULL MOON:
 

Notice the Psalmist’s record: “…at Full Moon at day is a Pilgrim Feast…As a statute to Israel this [was] an ordinance by the Elohim of Jacob (v.4). A testimony…He set it when he went out over Egypt…I turned away from a burden his shoulder, his palms from bricks.”’ (v. 6).
 

When did Israel go out of Egypt from heavy burdens in a pilgrimage?
 

“And they departed from Rameses in the fifteenth day of the first month…” (Num. 33:3)
 

NEW MOON IS CONJUNCTION:
 

(Counting backwards 15 days from the Full Moon gives first day of the month, the New Moon, as the day of the Conjunction of the Sun and Moon. (Read: Come Out of Babylon: Keep the Scriptural New Moon)
 

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TRADITION: BEGINNING THE MONTH WITH THE FIRST VISIBLE CRESCENT , ONE OF BABYLON’S SINS
 

“…the Babylonian…month began with the evening when the new crescent was for the first time again visible shortly after sunset…Consequently, the Babylonian…first of the month is the day of first visibility…” (The Exact Sciences in Antiquity, O. Neugebauer; p. 106)
 

“It would appear that the beginnings of the….months are generally…sanctified…on the basis of the observation of the New Crescent…” (The Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar, A. Spier; p. 218)
 

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COME OUT OF BABYLON:
 

“Come out of her [Babylon, v.2], my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; For her sins have piled up as high as heaven and Yahweh has remembered her iniquities.” (Rev. 18:4-5)
 

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August 11, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

 

WHAT IS EVERYONE INTERESTED IN UNTIL THEY HEAR IT?
 

WHAT DO MOST CLAIM TO BE SEARCHING FOR, SEEKING TO KNOW…UNTIL THEY LEARN
 

HOW IT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIFE?
 

AND
 

WHAT IS IT THAT ONLY A “…FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT?”
 

ANSWER: THE REAL BIBLE TRUTH
 

“Enter you in at the strait gate…Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and few there be that find it.” (Matt. 7:13-14)
 

Time and again we find that once the Bible truths come to light…suddenly the discussion ends…and so does the interest.
 

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS:
 

“Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. You shall know them by their fruits…every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit… (Matt. 7:15-17)
 

SOME REAL BIBLE TRUTHS:
 

(1). The New Testament Sabbath is not Sunday. It is Saturday, the 7th day of the week:

“There must still be, therefore, a seventh day rest reserved for Yahweh’s [“God’s” NJB] people, since to enter the…rest is to rest after your work as Yahweh, [“God” NJB] did after His.
Let us,…enter this…rest, or some of you might copy this example of refusal to believe and be lost.” (New Jerusalem Bible)
(Heb. 4:9-11; also Lk. 4:16)
 

(2). The Apostle Paul believed and practiced the Laws of the Old Testament:

“But this I confess to you, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the Elohim (“God”; KJV] of my fathers, believing ALL things which are written in the Law and the Prophets..” (Acts 14:14)
 

“..but that you yourself also walk orderly, and keep the Law.” (Acts 21:24)
 

“(For not the hearers of the Law are just before Yahweh [“God”, KJV], but the doers of the Law shall be justified.” (Rom. 2:13)
 

(3). The Biblical Holy Days and New Moons are still binding:
 

“Let no man therefore judge you…in respect of an Holyday of the New Moon, or of the Sabbath days: Which are [present tense] a shadow of things to come…” (Col. 2:16-17)
 

(4). Tithing is not on money but agricultural produce; money never mentioned in tithing laws:
 

“And all the tithe of the land, whether of see of the land, or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s, it is holy unto Yahweh.” (Lev. 27:30)
 

“And concerning the tithe of the herd, of the flock, even whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.” (Lev. 27:32)
 

GET THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
 

LET THE OTHER SIDE BE HEARD.
 

GET YAHWEH’S POINT OF VIEW
 

Contact the International Congregation of Yahweh for more Bible Facts….not tradition:
 

Visit www.icyahweh.org
 

August 4, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: LESSONS FROM PROVERBS

 

WHY THE BOOK:
 

“To know wisdom and…the instruction of …justice, and judgment, and equity. To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion…” (Prv. 1:2-4)
 

“Then you shall understand righteousness, and…yes every good work… To deliver you from the way of the evil man…” (Prv. 2:9,12)
 

“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you… So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of Elohim and man.” (Prv.3:2,4)
 

“…and health to all your flesh.” (Prv. 4:22)
 

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BE A GOOD STEWARD:
 

“The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns; but the way of the righteous is made plain. (Prv. 15:19)
 

“I went by the way of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down…” (Prv. 24:30-31)
 

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RICHES AND HONOR:
 

“Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding… She is more precious than rubies…” Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and
honor.” (Prv. 3:13,15-16)
 

“I wisdom dwell with prudence… By me princes rule… Riches and honor are with me; yes durable riches and righteousness…. I lead in the way of righteousness,… That I may cause those that love me to inherit treasures and I will fill their treasures.” (Prv. 8:12,16,18,20-21)
 

“In all labor there is profit…” (Prv. 14:23)
 

“He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.” (Prv. 11:28)
 

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BE HUMBLE:
 

“Trust in Yahweh with all you heart; and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes: fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.” (Prv. 3:5-7)
 

“By humility and the fear of Yahweh are riches, and honor, and life.” (Prv. 22:4)
 

“These six things does Yahweh hate:… A proud look…” (Prv.6:16-17)
 

“…pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the forward mouth, do I hate” (Prv. 8:13)
 

“He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses the forsakes them shall have mercy.” (Prv. 28:13)
 

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A WORD FITLY SPOKEN:
 

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an erring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear… By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.” (Prv. 25:11-12,15)
 

“A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!.. A merry heart does good like a medicine…” (Prv. 15:23; 17:22)
 

“A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger…. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life… The lips of the wise disperse knowledge… The heart of him that has understnding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness… …he that is slow to anger appeases strife.” (Prv. 15:1-2,7,13,18)
 

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GENEROSITY:
 

“He that has pity upon the poor lends to Yahweh; and that which he has given will He pay him again.” (Prv.19:17)
 

“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.” (Prv. 11:25)
 

“Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.” (Prv. 21:13)
 

“He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.” (Prv. 22:9)
 

“He that gives to the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.” (Prv.28:27)
 

“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children…” (Prv. 13:22)
 

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July 28, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: LESSONS FROM PSALMS

 

BLESSINGS for OBEDIENCE
 

“Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly…nor sits in the seat of the scornful. …his delight is in the Law of Yahweh; and in His Law does he meditate day and night.”
(Psa. 1:1-2)
 

“Yahweh, who shall abide in your tabernacle? Who shall dwell in your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. He that backbites [slanders] not with his tongue…nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor.” (Psa. 15:1-3)
 

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NO SINNERS IN CONGREGATION & WICKED CUT OFF
 

“The ungodly…are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.” (Psa.1:4-5)
 

“…when the wicked are cut off you shall see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yea I sought him, but could not be found…the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.” (Psa.37:23-36,38)
 

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DELIVERANCE
 

“…let all those that put their trust in You rejoice…because You defend them… For You, Yahweh, will bless the righteous; with favor will you compass him as with a shield.” (Psa. 5:11-12)
 

“Behold the eye of Yahweh is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.” (Psa. 33:18-19)
 

“The angel of Yahweh encamps round about them that fear him, and delivers them.” (Psa. 34:7)
 

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SELF CONTROL and CONFESSION
 

“Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still…” (Psa. 4:4)
 

“…I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.” (Psa. 17:3)
 

“Wait on Yahweh, and keep His way…” (Psa. 37:34)
 

“I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.” (Psa. 39:1)
 

“I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh; and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” (Psa. 32:5)
 

July 21, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: “WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES WILL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH?” (Luke 18:8)

 

WHAT FAITH?
 

“…and exhort you that you should contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. For certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to…condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of Yahweh into lasciviousness [lawlessness: teaching the Law is done away]…” (Jude 3-4)
 

READ: “CHRISTIAN FREEDOM AND THE LAW” (www.icyahweh.org)
 

FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT:
 

“…broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many…go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and few there be that find it.”
 

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CLUELESS: IN NOAH’S DAY
 

“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And KNEW NOT until the flood came, and took them all away; So shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” (Matt. 24:37-39)
 

AND IN LOT’S DAY:
 

“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone
from heaven, and destroyed them all, Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day,…he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Remember Lot’s wife.” (Lk. 17:26-32)
 

LOT’S VEXATION:
 

“And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)” (II Pet. 2:7-8)
 

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THE LESSON OF HISTORY:
 

“For Yahweh spared not the angels that sinned…And spared not the old world, but saved Noah…And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow,
making them [sinning angels, old world, Sodom and Gomorrha] an ensample to those that after should live ungodly;…” (II Pet. 2:4-6)
 

July 14, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THE BAKER’S DOZEN

 

You cannot Give without Receiving
 

“GIVE and it shall be GIVEN TO YOU, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and RUNNING OVER, shall MEN GIVE into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” (Luke 6:38)

 

THE LAW OF HARVEST:
 

You always reap what you sow.
 

You always reap more than you sow.
 

You always reap later than you sow.
 

TRUE STORY:
 

There were three roadside venders selling produce (apples, oranges, tomatoes, etc.)
 

Two venders were doing little business.
 

The third vender had many customers crowding around buying eagerly.
 

A person watching, wondered what was making the difference in how well each vender was doing.
 

He discovered the vender doing great business ALWAYS GAVE THE BAKER’S DOZEN: 13 with each purchase of twelve.
 

Those venders doing poorly gave only 12 when customers bought a dozen.
 
MORE EQUALS MORE:
 

“…for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Gal. 6:7)

 

“…He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.” (II Cor. 9:6)
 

July 13, 2018

 

5th NEW MOON: RAIN IN DUE SEASON…OR NOT

 

“Blow at new moon a shofar…”(Psa. 81:3)
 

(148TH day of the year, 5TH year of 7-year cycle, 40TH year of 50-year Jubilee cycle)
 

BLESSINGS:
 

“And it will come to pass, if you will hearken to the voice of Yahweh your Elohim, to observe and DO ALL his commandments…Then Yahweh shall open to you his good treasure, THE HEAVEN TO GIVE THE RAIN IN HIS SEASON…(Deut. 28:1,12).”
 

OR NOT:
 

“But…if you will not hearken to…Yahweh…to observe to do all his commandments and statutes…Yahweh will make the rain of your land POWDER AND DUST…” (Deut. 28:15,24).
 

“I also will do this to you: I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and…cause sorrow of heart… And I will break the pride of your power;…I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass. And your strength shall be spent in vain…” (Lev. 26:16, 19-20)
 

We cannot have a special relationship with Yahweh while ignoring his appointed times of New Moons and Holy Days…no matter how we may feel in our heart or how things may be going in our life.
 

A PROPHET SPEAKS:
 

The prophet Jeremiah revealed for our benefit, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I Yahweh search the heart….(Jer. 17:9-10).”
 

MERCIFUL CREATOR: HIS ANGER WILL NOT LAST FOREVER
 

“When you are in tribulation, and these things are come upon you, even in the later days, if you turn to Yahweh your Elohim, and shall be obedient to His voice; (For Yahweh your Elohim IS A MERCIFUL Elohim) He will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant…which He swore. For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that Elohim created man upon the Earth, and ask from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been Such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?” (Deut. 4:30-32)
 

REALITY:
 

The fact is Yahweh, though merciful, deals in hard reality, natural unbendable Laws, not fantasy, political correctness, or group think that have no relationship to His immutable commandments. The New Moon celebration is an important part of those commandments (Isa. 1:14; 66:23; Col. 2:16-17).
 

It is our call…our choice. It is also our consequences for what we choose.
 

July 7, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: LESSONS FROM PENTECOST

 

COUNTING THE DAYS:

 

BEWARE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES:

 

“Then understood they how that He bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.” (Matt. 16:12)

 

“But when he [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who has warned you…bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance:” (Matt. 3:7)

 

If the Jews’ religion was right, why did Paul leave it? If the Church believed the Jewish doctrines such as the Holy Days, Sabbaths, etc., why did he persecute it?

 

“…you have heard of my conversation in TIME PAST in the Jews’ religion, how…I persecuted the church of Yahweh,…” (Gal. 1:14)

 

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A PROOF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES WERE NOT KEEPING THE CORRECT PENTECOST:

 

ACTS 2:

 

(1). The church was in a house [not the temple] with one accord on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 2:1)

 

(2). That day there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men; obviously devoted to their beliefs. (Acts 2:5)

 

(3). This had to include Pharisees and Sadducees WHO WERE NOT OBSERVING PENTECOST THAT DAY. They were NOT with the church who was observing Pentecost. They did not receive the Holy Spirit because they were not observing Pentecost.

 

(4). They heard the commotion and came to see what was happening (Acts 2:6).

 

(5). The Jews heard the church members speaking, but those Jews were NOT speaking in other tongues.

 

THIS PROVES THE PHARISEES’ AND SADDUCEES’ METHODS OF COUNTING PENTECOST WERE WRONG.

 

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WHAT DID THE SADDUCEES BELIEVE?

 

THEY COUNTED PENTECOST FROM A WEEKLY SABBATH DURING THE DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD:

 

“…the Sadducees in the time of the second temple…maintained that the omer [Lev. 23:9] was offered on the day following that weekly Sabbath [v. 10] which might happen to fall within the seven days of the Passover…make(s) Pentecost…come on the first day of the week.”

 

(Unger’s Bible Dictionary, article ‘Festivals, 2. Pentecost’; pp. 356-357)

 

This false method places Pentecost, the 50th day, on the wrong Sunday each year. This is the common practice of the Catholic Church (Whitsunday) and many other churches professing to keep Pentecost.

 

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WHAT DID THE PHARISEES BELEIVE?

 

THEY COUNTED PENTECOST FROM THE 16TH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH:

 

Jewish historian, Josephus, was a lifelong Pharisee. Here is his record showing how the Pharisees counted Pentecost:

 

“But ON THE SECOND DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, WHICH IS THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, they first partake of the fruits of the earth, for before that day they do not touch them . . .

 

“When a week of weeks has passed over from this sacrifice…(…forty and nine days,) on the FIFTIETH DAY, which is called Pentecost . . .”

 

(Antiquities of the Jews, Book 3, 10, 5-6).

 

This false method places Pentecost, the 50th day, on Sivan 6 each year which can fall on any day of the week.

 

June 30, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: DUST ON YOUR BIBLE?

 

You cannot believe what you do not know:

 

“Study to show yourself approved to Yahweh, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.” (2 Tim. 2:15)

 

“…not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of Yahweh deceitfully… But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them that believe not…” (2 Cor. 4:2-4)

 

A PROPHET GIVES US THE KEY:

 

“Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breast. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little…” (Isa. 28:9-10)

 

AN APOSTLE AGREES:

 

“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” (1 Cor. 2:13)

 

“For we know the Law is spiritual…” (Rom. 7:14)

 

SPIRITUAL MATURITY: Knowing Good and Evil

 

“…and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

 

For everyone that uses milk is unskilful in the Word of Righteousness: for he is a babe.

 

But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age [“perfect”], even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern BOTH GOOD AND EVIL.” (Heb. 5:12-14)

 

WANT TO LIVE LONGER?

 

“…love Yahweh your Elohim,…walk in His ways, and…keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you MAY LIVE and multiply: and Yahweh your Elohim shall bless you…. for He is your LIFE and the LENGTH OF YOUR DAYS…” (Deut. 30:16,20)

 

CONCLUSION:

 

Spiritual maturity comes by comparing the Law with the Law through practice; using it to discern both good and evil.

 

We cannot grow spiritually while not knowing Yahweh’s Law, because it reveals the truth which sets us free from the consequences of sin. (Deut. 30:15-19; Jn. 8:32).

 

June 20, 2018

 

PENTECOST 2018, the 50th Day JUNE 24:

 

SAME DAY AND MONTH, JUNE 24, AS 31 A.D. RECORDED IN ACTS 2:1!!

 

SEVENTH AND FINAL WEEK OF THE FEAST OF WEEKS:

 

We are now in the 7th and final week of the Feast of Weeks.

 

PENTECOST:

 

SUNDAY, June 24, 2018, is the Feast of Ingathering at the Turn of the Year, the Summer Solstice commonly called “Pentecost.” (Ex. 34:22; Lev. 23:15-16).

 

This Ingathering celebration is the 50th day following the 49-day Feast of Weeks ending June 23, 2018.

 

WAVE LOAVES OFFERED: TWO GROUPS OF 144,000

 

Two loaves of wheat bread baked with yeast are offered on this day (Lev. 23:17,20) signifying two groups of saints, 144,000 each. (Rev.7:1-8; 14:1).

 

One group of 144,000 is composed of the 12 tribes of Israel (Rev. 7:4)

 

Another group, called “Firstfruits”, includes the church with non-Israelites, Abraham, Isaac, Noah, Lot and others. (Rev.14:1,4)

 

NEW TESTAMENT: HOLY SPIRIT [WIND] DESCENDS:

 

The New Testament word for the 50th day day is “Pentecost” [count 50]. (Acts 2:1)

 

Here is the New Testament record of this day on June 24, 31 A.D. :

 

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

 

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

 

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

 

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues [languages: v. 6], as the Spirit gave them utterance.” ((Acts 2:1-4)

 

June 16, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: 6th SABBATH OF FEAST OF WEEKS (day 42)

 

Today, June 16, 2018, is the 6th Sabbath, ending the sixth week of the Feast of Weeks. We are nearing the end of this great Harvest Festival of barley and wheat harvests (Ex. 34:22).

 

WAVE LOAVES:

 

The new wheat has been harvested and preparation begun for the wave loaves baked with leaven (Lev. 23:17). They will be offered on the Feast of Ingathering, Pentecost Sunday, day number 50 (Lev. 23:20). This year Pentecost is June 24 near the summer solstice (Ex. 34:22).

 

These two huge loaves have great significance for the two groups of 144,000 (Rev. 7:4; 14:1)! Will you be part of one of those groups?

 

HISTORICAL NOTES: THE FLOOD BEGAN AND RAIN ENDED DURING THE FEAST OF WEEKS

 

SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENED THIS 6th WEEK of the great Festival of Weeks!

 

WHAT? Historically, Sunday began the first day after the flood ended!

 

The Noachian flood ended its 40th day of torrential downpour on the 26th day of the third month, during the Feast of Weeks. This date coincides with last Sabbath, June 9.

 

Consequently, last Sunday, June 10, historically marked A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE EARTH, and Noah and family! They had survived the most colossal natural disaster in human history!

 

The earth was literally “baptized” washing away the sins of the past in a deluge of submersions!

 

The drowning cries of hundreds of millions had long since ceased. Their sins paid in full…by them. Yahweh meant business. He still does.

 

RIDING HIGH WITH YAHWEH:

 

Under the watchful eye of Yahweh, the ark and its cargo had floated over FIVE MILES above Earth’s surface, some 25,000 to 30,000 feet; nearly as high as commercial airliners fly!!

 

How do we know? Recall the flood waters covered ALL the mountains… including Mt. Everest’s 29,000 foot summit (Gen. 8:5)!

 

AMAZING FACT: Yahweh RODE THE ARK with Noah and family..and tons of animals! For notice it says: “COME thou…INTO the ark…(Gen.7:1). NOT “GO” into the ark, but “come” into it; indicating HE was inside!

 

DRY GROUND AT LAST: DURING FEAST OF WEEKS!

 

The Noah family’s historic ride aboard the Ark lasted after the rain stopped nearly another year as they “coasted-to-the-finish line.” The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, in eastern Turkey on the 17th day of the 7th month.
(Gen. 8:4)

 

The following year they finally set foot on dry ground on the 27th day of 2nd month…during the Feast of Weeks! (Gen. 8:14-16)

 

ONE TAKEAWAY FROM THESE ACCOUNTS:

 

When Yahweh is with you, by your side, YOU CAN SAFELY SURVIVE the worst of all possible storms of life, failure, poverty, sickness, financial crisis, lost love, aimlessness….ANYTHING!

 

But to have Him by our side we must seek His face, repent of sins and start anew.

 

AND Observe the Feast of Weeks!

 

We must be vigilant. Remember Yahshua’s comments:

 

“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

 

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered the ark.

 

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” (Matt. 24:37-39)

 

WHAT DID THEY NOT KNOW? Noah was a preacher of righteousness (2 Pet.2:5), BUT they did not believe Noah’s message that the flood was coming!

 

WHY? THEY WERE NOT KEEPING THE FEAST OF WEEKS AS NOAH as was Noah and his family! Their unbelief was fatal!

 

We must not repeat the fatal errors of that generation.

 

Have a great 6th Sabbath of this historic Feast of Weeks!

 

June 14, 2018

 

FOURTH NEW MOON OF 2018, JUNE 14 (42nd Day of Feast of Weeks)

 

SUN LOCATION: CONSTELLATION GEMINI (TWINS)

 

The “Twins” Signify “Messiah’s Reign as Prince of Peace”

 

TWINS ARE: Castor and Pollux mentioned in Acts 28:11

 

RENEWAL:

 

The New Moon is a day of RENEWAL, REBUILDING. Life, too, is composed of many renewals and rebuilding from the past toward the future. This can be our goal of repeating this effort monthly just as the New Moon rebuilds every 30 days.

 

MOON LOCATION: CONSTELLATION CANCER (The Crab)

 

The Crab signifies “Messiah’s Redeemed Possessions Held Fast”

 

MOON IS AT ITS CLOSEST POINT TO EARTH

 

ACTIONS ON THE NEW MOON:

 

The beginning of a new month is

 

(1)., A day of blowing the ram’s horn (Psa. 81:3)

 

(2). Giving offerings (Deut. 12:5)

 

(3). Worship (Isa. 66:23; Ezk. 46:3)

 

LIFE LESSONS: NEW BEGINNINGS, PERFECTION

 

Life has many new beginnings when we readjust and strive to get it right…again. Perfection is not reached in one quantum leap, but in shorter “hops” of progress.

 

Step-by-step we move toward learning and doing Yahweh’s Law more perfectly. Why does progress seem so slow sometimes? It is because we in the learning process.

Yahweh does not take the learning out of our spiritual growth; just as physical growth does not happen overnight. We learn to walk gradually. We learn to talk gradually.

 

LIKEWISE SPIRITUALLY. We learn to speak as Yahweh does…gradually. We learn to walk-the-walk of faith…gradually.

 

The renewing moon, New Moon, is a reminder of this fact of life, AND by keeping the New Moon we actually DO have a renewal enabling us to move ahead; leaving the past behind.

 

PROPHETIC:

 

The day of the New Moon also has special significance prophetically. It is an omen, a shadow [literally] of things to come (Col.2:16). But not in the same sense that astrologers use it.

As a shadow of what is ahead, it does signify a restoration of Light: renewing spiritual light to Earth, restoration of the truth and eventually of a New Heavens and a New Earth (Isa. 65:17).

 

CHURCH’S ROLE:

 

The church’s role in all this is very important in bringing that about:

 

“For the earnest expectation of the CREATION waits for the manifestation of the sons of Yahweh.” (Rom. 8:19)

 

First, the church in the wilderness as well as the New Testament church, is renewed monthly in obedience to Yahweh’s great Law.

 

Then eventually, renewal of the universe itself will follow…in that order!

 

“…when the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith on the earth?”

 

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June 9, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: 5th Sabbath of the Feast of Weeks

 

We are now in the Fifth Week of the Feast of Weeks. This important and longest festival of the year (49 days) is a foreshadow of what is ahead.

 

HISTORICALLY:

 

This 5th Sabbath is the 25th day of the third month of Yahweh’s year. It was in the third month a decree was made and sealed to free the Jews from their enemies…during the FOW (Esther 8:9).

 

Also, in the third month, during the FOW, a covenant was made to seek Yahweh and was “sealed” with an oath by swearing [“sevening”; counting seven]. (2 Chron. 15:10).

 

REDICATE:

 

This Feast of seven Weeks of harvest is a great time to rededicate, refocus, on the goal ahead of the coming the Kingdom of Yahweh: “….but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind…I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of Yahweh… ” (Phil. 4:13,14)

 

ONLY YAHWEH HAS THE SOLUTIONS:

 

Sadly the platitudes of modern religion generally offer no permanent hope nor solutions to the problems which daily threaten humanity. The Bible, on the other hand, is ALL about the remedies needed to save us from ourselves. But we have to do what it says.

 

WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR INGATHERING:

 

Salvation is not possible outside of Yahweh’s Law, and thank Yahweh, Yahshua’s sacrifice provides a window of time for the salvation of the Firstfruits Yahweh is NOW gathering. One day this window will shut…permanently.

 

This ingathering of those called and chosen is taking place during the Feast of Weeks. It is a time of harvest which includes the firstfruits of wheat harvest. (Ex. 34:22; 23:16)

 

AND depicts the end of this age. (Matt. 13:39).

 

DREAM BIGGER THAN THE PRESENT:

 

As we celebrate this great Festival we are participating in Yahweh’s Great Plan of Harvest, of gathering His people who will Rule in a Kingdom that will last…and expand perhaps beyond the solar system: “…of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end…” (Isa. 9:7)

 

With the power of an endless life (Heb. 7:16)….imagine the possibilities!!

 

Even….ruling 10 cities (Lk. 19:16,17)…ruling Nations(Rev. 2:27)… ruling a Planet (Rev. 2:28; 22:16: “Venus”: A-G Lexicon, p. 117)…!

 

NO TIME TO LET DOWN:

 

There is no time to let down, to be side-tracked by those things which can take our crown (Rev.3:11), to let the cares of this world cause us to become unfruitful (Matt. 13:22), to be deluded by the deceitfulness of having riches or the lack of riches.

 

“…for a man’s life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.” (Lk. 12:15)

 

“..man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Yahweh.” (Deut. 8:3; quoted in Matt. 4:4)

 

June 2, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: 4th Sabbath of the Feast of Weeks

 

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.” (Gal. 6:9)

 

“…men ought always to pray, and not to faint;” (Lk. 18:1)

 

FEAST OF WEEKS HARVEST MARKS THE END OF THE PRESENT AGE:

 

Today (June 2, 2018) marks the fourth Sabbath of the 49-day Feast of Weeks which stretches into the wheat harvest (Ex. 34:22). This Feast of Harvest (Ex. 23:16) marks a seven-week period which is a “shadow of things to come.” (Col. 2:17).

 

Significant, even age-ending, events have happened during the FOW (the Noatian Flood, Yahshua’s ascension), and as a shadow of coming events, we know epic world-changing events ahead will take place during this harvest period!

 

“…THE HARVEST IS THE END OF THE WORLD (age, era); and the angels are the reapers.” (Matt. 13:39)

 

Who can doubt the awesome importance of this often forgotten commanded 49-day long Harvest Feast ordained by Yahweh? (Deut. 16:10; Ex. 34:22)

 

KEY TO PROPHECY:

 

Yahweh’s Law is the key to prophecy, and keeping the Feast of Weeks gives us understanding to see WHAT lies ahead and the very important, WHEN!

 

Will we be counted worthy to enter the “rest” of the Kingdom of Yahweh? Or will we be the tares separated from the wheat and burned at Yahshua’s second coming?

 

The wheat, the harvested good seed, is placed safely in the garner during the great Festival of Sabbaths.
(Matt.13:25-30,38).

 

Observing Yahweh’s Law is a hedge against calamity and failure, a place of safety and freedom from the consequences of sin (Deut. 30:8,9).

 

CHOOSE THE BETTER PART OF LIFE:

 

There is more to life than buying, selling, etc.,…doing what people do ordinarily….engrossed in the cares of this life. There really is a higher purpose to it all, an amazing 50,000-year grand design for those who do not faint! (I Chron. 16:15)

 

Keeping the Feast of Weeks helps secure our place in that grand scheme…while the door is still open: “My spirit will not always strive with man…(Gen. 6:3).”

 

The clock is running.

 

May 26, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: 3rd SABBATH OF FEAST WEEKS

 

12-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

 

It hardly seems possible it has been that long ago! Twelve years ago to this very day, May 26, we were blessed with new understanding. On May 26, 2007, I wrote a rather lengthy email to everyone detailing the new truth about the Feast of Weeks understood on that day.

 

For many, many years we labored under a false idea carried over from our previous association with a Sabbath professing church. We were falsely taught that Pentecost IS the Feast of Weeks. Not true!

 

This corruption of Scripture still persists in virtually all the churches of god that profess the annual holy days, and all sacred name groups that I know about (See 2Thes. 2:9-12].

 

The simple arithmetic should have been obvious,but deception is blindness, even in simple things. Seven weeks, the Feast of Weeks, is 7 x 7 days = 49 days. NOT 50 days. Pentecost is the 50th day.

 

It is impossible to compress 49 days into ONE day, the 50th! Yet that is exactly what is being done with this false doctrine which skips a 49-day Feast ordained by Yahweh.

 

Yahweh was merciful to take the veil off our heart so we could understand the plain teaching of His Word (2Cor. 3:14-17).

 

Below is most of the text of that email with some additions. Lengthy, but I feel the review is worth it…especially today:

 

“This is the 3rd Sabbath in the count to Pentecost. I wanted to share some very important NEW understanding about these important weeks. The pivotal Scripture is Ex. 34:22:

 

“And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, AND the Feast of Ingathering at the revolution of the year.” (Note the word “AND” here…very important).

 

I have understood for years that the Feast of Ingathering occurs at the time of the summer solstice. We have detailed articles proving this. What is new understanding here is that this verse separates the Feast of Weeks (seven Sabbaths: Lev. 23:15,16) from the Feast of Ingathering which occurs at the summer solstice.

 

That is, the Feast of Weeks or Feast of Seven Sabbaths, is a SPECIAL feast in its own right. And is FOLLOWED by Pentecost. Pentecost is a special feast too, but follows the Feast of Seven(s).

 

Since swearing involves “sevening onesself”, it could be called the “Feast of Swearing” so-to-speak.

 

Actually, we have NOT been observing the Feast of Weeks…have not been giving it a special significance. We have just looked at it as a period of counting time, but without special significance beyond leading up to Pentecost.

 

But notice this Feast period of 7 Sabbaths is a commanded Feast just as all the other annual commanded Holy Day Feasts of Yahweh. Note TOO, these are SABBATHS…ANNUAL Sabbaths just like the other Holy Days of Yahweh!!

 

This is astonishing to me personally! It is like discovering a whole NEW set of HOLY DAYS Yahweh has commanded to be kept which have lain “hidden”, nestled in “obsecurity” next to Pentecost.

 

Clearly Yahweh says, to “Observe” this Feast of Sabbaths. This word “observe” is the same word used in Ex. 31:16 where Yahweh says, “…observe the Sabbath throughout your generations…”

 

How do we observe it? First, these are special Sabbaths, annual High Days, because they occur within this special 49-day period. These commanded convocations are on a par with ALL other annual High Sabbaths.

 

THIS IS WHY WE TRY TO MEET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON EACH SABBATH OF THE FEAST WEEKS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SCATTERED.

 

Next, notice this command in Deut. 16:10: “And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to Yahweh WITH a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give…according as Yahweh your Elohim has blessed you.”

 

v. 11: “And you shall REJOICE before Yahweh your Elohim [convocations], you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which Yahweh your Elohim has chosen to place His name there.” [a convocation]

 

Notice that “keep the Feast of Weeks WITH” shows this must be during that time; with that period. This is one way we actually keep the Feast of Weeks.

 

Another Law of observance of this time is Deut. 16:16,17: “Three times in the year shall all males appear before me in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, in the Feast of Weeks and in the Feast of Tabernacles and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh.”

 

Pentecost, the 50th day, is not mentioned in this command. This is a separate meeting during the FOW which must precede the Pentecost convocation.

 

So clearly, (1) we are to appear before Yahweh during the Feast of Weeks, on the High Sabbaths each week, (2) ALL are to give a freewill offering according to our blessings, and (3). ALL males are to give an offering to Him during this time when they make a special appearance before Him as a group; an additional offering.

 

For those who cannot meet during the weekly High Sabbaths, there should be a Sabbath of rest with each Sabbath counted (Lev. 23:15). ALL should set aside an freewill offering sometime during each week and mail in or use PayPal. At least if unable to mail in, set an offering aside during each week. The amount is strictly up to each person as they feel they have been blessed.”

 

Have a great 3rd Sabbath of the Feast of Weeks…and rejoice over Yahweh’s great blessings! “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Jn. 8:32).

 

In the Faith,

 

Gary Miller

 

May 19, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES

 

2nd SABBATH OF FEAST OF WEEKS: The Count Continues.

 

Counting the days of this FEAST OF HARVEST (Ex. 23:16).

 

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” (Psa. 90:12)

 

MONTH:…………..3

MONTH:……….DAY 4

WEEK:………..DAY 7

FEAST OF WEEKS:….DAY 14

NOATIAN FLOOD:…..DAY 18

YEAR:…………..DAY 94

TOTAL:……………137 DAYS</p

(Age of Ishmael)

 

(Age of Levi, father of Levitical Priests)

 

(Age of Amram, father of Aaron, Moses)

 

May 16, 2018

 

3RD NEW MOON today, May 16, 2018.

 

Today we celebrate the 3rd New Moon of the year. New Moons are prophetic signs of what is ahead (Col. 2:16,17).

 

The Shofar is blown to announce this new beginning starting another Harvest Moon as we continue counting the days of the Feast of Weeks (See below).

 

LONGEST FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR: FEAST OF WEEKS

 

The Feast of Weeks is by far the longest festival period of Yahweh’s calendar year; running 49 days!

 

MOMENTOUS EVENTS DURING THIS FESTIVAL PERIOD:

 

On a Sabbath during this great feast, the era-ending Flood began: “…and it came to pass on the seventh day (Gen.7:10; Tanakh; KJV margin).

 

[The only other reference to “the seventh day” is in Gen. 2:2,3 which is the Sabbath. Letting the Bible interpret itself tells us the reference in Gen. 7:10 was also a Sabbath.]

 

FUTURE EVENTS:

 

Future age-ending events will also occur during the Feast of Weeks. This includes the momentous second coming of Yahshua the Messiah:

 

“For the Master himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Yahweh: and the dead in Messiah shall rise first.” (1 Thes. 4:16).

 

It is a virtual certainty THIS WILL HAPPEN DURING THE FEAST OF WEEKS!

 

This is just one reason it is important to observe this important New Moon and Feast of Weeks in order to “…discern the signs of the times…”

 

THE TIMES INCLUDE NUMBERS…..ALWAYS.

 

We often wonder why events happen as they do, how they do, when they do?

 

IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THINGS HAPPEN BY THE NUMBERS.

 

Below are just some examples of how events are set by numbers.

 

Here is where we are on this Third New Moon; followed by Biblical examples:

 

WEEK: DAY 4

FEAST OF WEEKS: DAY 11

NOATIAN FLOOD: DAY 14

YEAR: DAY 91

TOTAL: 120 (years until flood: Gen. 6:3)
(Moses age at death: Deut. 34:7)
(disciples Peter addressed: Acts 1:15)

FAMOUS PROPHECIES:

 

There is a prophecy in Daniel chapter 8 verses 13 and 14 identifying the revealer of the famous 2300 days prophecy as one called “Palmoni”, the “Numberer of Secrets” or the “Wonderful Numberer.”(See KJV margin)

 

Another famous prophecy which may well have been given by Palmoni is found in Dan. 5:23:

 

“And this is the writing that was written, MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN, Elohim [a mighty one], has NUMBERED your kingdom, and finished it.”

 

How meticulous is our Creator about numbers?

 

“…the very hairs of your head are numbered…” (Matt.10:30)

 

Have a great New Moon with a freewill offering, time of worship and contemplation.

 

May 12, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: FIRST SABBATH

 

FIRST SABBATH OF THE FEAST OF WEEKS (May 12, 2018):

THE FEAST OF WEEKS IS NOT PENTECOST:

 

THE FEAST OF WEEKS IS 49 DAYS….

 

“seven Sabbaths shall be complete:[49days] Even to the morrow AFTER the seventh Sabbath shall you number 50 days….and you shall offer a new meat [meal] offering to Yahweh.” (Lev. 23:15,16)

 

NOTICE a new meal offering is given AFTER the 49 days.

 

ANOTHER VERIFICATION:

 

“Also in the day of firstfruits, when you bring a new meat offering to Yahweh [same wording as in Lev. 23:16], AFTER your weeks be out….” (Num. 28:26)

 

MANY REFERENCES TO “FEAST OF WEEKS” [THE 49 DAYS]:

 

“You shall observe the Feast of Weeks…” (Ex. 34:22)

 

“And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks unto Yahweh with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand which you shall give according as Yahweh your Elohim has blessed you.” (Deut. 16:10).

 

(NOTE: Freewill Offerings are given each week: Keep Feast of Weeks WITH a freewill offering…not after)

 

“Three times in the year shall all your males appear before Yahweh your Elohim in the place that He shall choose…in the Feast of Weeks…and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

 

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your Elohim which He has given you.” (Deut. 16:16,17)

 

KEEP WEEKLY SABBATH EVEN DURING HARVEST TIME:

 

“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in earing time and in harvest you shall rest.” (Ex. 34:21)

 

May 5, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WAVESHEAF SUNDAY

 

FEAST OF WEEKS BEGINS:

 

Tomorrow, Sunday, May 6, 2018, the 49-day FEAST OF WEEKS begins with the WAVESHEAF OFFERING taken from the barley harvest:

 

“…When you enter the land which I [Yahweh] am going to give you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

 

And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh for you to be accepted; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.” (Lev. 23:10-11)

 

WAVESHEAF TAKEN FROM THE HARVEST OF RIPE GRAIN:

 

Note the Wavesheaf is not taken from green ears, but from the ripened grain of barley harvest….not green ears-falling during the days of unleavened bread: “…and REAP its harvest, THEN you shall bring a sheaf of….your harvest…” (Lev. 23:10)

 

“…Thrust in your sickle and reap: …for the harvest of the earth is RIPE.” (Rev. 14:15)

 

“…look on the fields; for they are white [not green] already to harvest.” (Jn. 4:35)

 

The harvest begins with the ripened grain of the barley harvest. (2 Sam. 21:9; Ruth 1:22)

 

[The 7-day Passover Feast in which unleavened bread is eaten takes place during the month of green ears (Deut. 16:1)].

 

MUST KEEP THE FEAST OF WEEKS:

 

“And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks unto Yahweh with a tribute of a freewill offering…as Yahweh your Elohim has blessed you…” (Deut. 16:10)

 

PROPER COUNT IS SEVEN WEEKS OF 49 DAYS:

 

“And you shall also count…from the day after the Sabbath….when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering;…seven complete Sabbaths. ” (Lev. 23:15)

 

April 29, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: THE SECOND PASSOVER, April 29, 2018

 

A SECOND CHANCE:

 

We do not always get a second chance at life’s great issues.

 

But there is one important event Yahweh decided MUST be given a second chance.

 

THAT EVENT IS PASSOVER

 

“The fourteenth day of the second month between the evenings they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs….according to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.” (Num. 9:21)

 

TWO REASONS A SECOND PASSOVER IS ALLOWED:

 

(1). “,,,If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body,

 

OR

 

(2). “…be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover to Yahweh.” (Num. 9:10)

 

WHY A SECOND CHANCE IS NEEDED:

 

PASSOVER IS THAT TIME WHEN WE GAIN ETERNAL LIFE!!!

 

“Whoso eats my flesh and drinks my blood, HAS ETERNAL LIFE; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (Jn. 6:54)

 

“And as they were eating Yahshua took bread, and blessed it…and said, Take eat: THIS IS MY BODY…”

 

“And He took the cup,..gave thanks…saying, Drink you all of it:

 

FOR THIS IS MY BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT.” (Jn. 26z;26-28)

 

April 16, 2018

 

NEW MOON, APRIL 16, 2018

 

2nd NEW MOON of the Year Announced by Blowing a Trumpet (Psa. 81:3):

 

MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN:

 

The New Moon is the Conjunction of the Sun and Moon in a “cosmic marriage.”

 

To consumate this marriage, an amazing event happens. It is what astronomers call “THE DIAMOND RING EFFECT” which occurs shortly before and after this “marriage”.

 

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SUN IS A MAN; MOON IS A WOMAN:

 

“…the Sun, Moon, and eleven stars made obeisance to me [Joseph, Earth]…shall I [Jacob, the FATHER] and your mother [the WIFE] ..bow down…?” (Gen. 37:9)

 

Notice Jacob understood the SUN represents the FATHER and HUSBAND, and the MOON represents the MOTHER and WIFE!

 

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SUN AND MOON MARRY AT DAWN:

 

“…Shaharaim…[Dual DAWN] begat of Hodesh [NEW MOON] his WIFE..” (1 Chron. 8:8-9)

 

The NEW MOON [Hodesh; the new bride] was one with the SUN, [the husband] at DAWN [Shaharaim]. The marriage, the conjunction, is of Sun and Moon at the dawn of the day.

 

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A DIAMOND RING sealed the marriage, the conjunction, at the Dawn of the day.

 

This is exactly what we do at marriage….the RING, the unending circle, seals the marriage.

 

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MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB WILL BE ON A NEW MOON (Rev. 19:9)

 

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ANALOGY:

 

The New Moon starts the month when the Moon is joined, conjuncted, with Sun at Dawn of the Day.

 

CONCLUSION:

 

The first day of the month begins at DAWN at the time when the Sun and Moon conjunct.

 

March 17, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHT: SIGNS OF THE TIMES

 

DO YOU KNOW THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES?

 

WHAT IS TODAY? WHAT IS TOMORROW?

 

TODAY, MARCH 17, IS THE 5TH SABBATH OF THE NEW YEAR.

 

TOMORROW, MARCH 18, 2018, IS THE FIRST NEW MOON OF THE YEAR.

 

“…you can discern the face of the sky; but can you not discern the SIGNS OF THE TIMES [“Festal seasons”; Gr]?” (Matt. 16:3)

 

The Jews could not, did not, correctly discern the signs of the Festivals (Gr. kairos- festal seasons]. Had they known the true SIGNS OF THE TIMES they would have known who He was!

 

Today too, if we cannot accurately determine the Feasts of Yahweh, then we really are not sanctified by Him and do not know Him, regardless of how we may or may not feel.

 

SIGNS FROM HEAVEN:

 

The weekly and annual Sabbaths are SIGNS from Heaven; knowing what Days are Holy. The ONLY SIGN given of sanctification. (Ex. 31:13; Ezk. 20:12, 20)

 

Likewise, the ONLY sign of Yahshua’s ministry, of His Messiahship, was the sign involving DAY and NIGHT; separating the two (See Gen. 1:4-5).

 

TOMORROW, MARCH 18, 2018, IS THE FIRST NEW MOON OF THE YEAR.

 

This all important New Moon begins the first month of the year when Yahweh’s Annual Holy Days begin. We have to know which New Moon is the first month of the year [Read: “The Beginning and End of the Biblical Year” and “Come Out of Babylon: Keep the Scriptural New Moon”; www.icyahweh.org]

 

Without the correct knowledge of Yahweh weekly Sabbath [Dawn-to-Dark],the Beginning and Ending of the Year, AND the New Moons, we cannot determine the Annual Holy Days, the SIGN of Yahweh’s sanctification.

 

Something to think about seriously.

 

March 15, 2018

 

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February 10, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHO WILL BE LEFT BEHIND?

 

“Then said one to Him, Master, are there few that be saved? And He said to them,

 

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able,…

 

Then shall you begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets.

 

But He shall say, I tell you, I know you not….depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.

 

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of Yahweh, and you yourselves thrust out!

 

And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the Kingdom of Yahweh.”

 

(Luke 13:23-24,26-29)

 

February 3, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF…?

 

“Fear you not, for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your Elohim: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you: yes, I will uphold you…they that strive with you shall perish…” (Isa. 41:10-11)

 

“Fears are nothing more that states of mind.” (Napoleon Hill)

 

THREE FEARS CAUSING MOST OF OUR WORRIES

 

Fear of Poverty

Fear of Criticism

Fear of Ill Health

Symptoms of Fear of Poverty and (Evidence of:)

 

Indecision……….(sustained doubt)

Doubt……………(excuses, envy)

Worry……………(finding fault, self-consciousness)

Over caution……..(see negatives in every circumstance)

Procrastination…..(compromise rather than put up a stiff fight)

Symptoms of Fear of Criticism and (Evidence of:)

 

Self-consciousness……..(timidity in conversation)

Lack of poise………….(lack of voice control)

Inferiority complex…….(trying to impress others; imitating others)

Extravagance…………..(trying to “keep up with the Jones”)

Lack of initiative……..(slowness in making decisions)

Symptoms of Fear of Ill Health and (Evidence of:)

 

Hypochondria………….(habit of talking of illness, disease)

Self-coddling…………(wanting sympathy, feigning illness)

Intemperance………….(ignoring causes by use of drugs)

 

January 27, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: MYSTERY SOLVED

 

What Religion Generally Ignores: Timing is Everything

 

BIBLICAL CALENDAR RECOVERED!

 

Read our Book…

 

“The Beginning and End of the Biblical Year”

 

Yahweh preserved in the Bible sufficient details to recover His true Holy Days.

 

Centuries later the false perception continues, however, that the Bible is void of the structure of the Sacred Calendar.

 

Seriously, how could Yahweh command observance of His New Moons and Holy Days, but leave nothing in His Holy Word showing how He fixes those times?

 

This study shows the facts of Scripture and firm historical dating which reveal two cardinal points: the Beginning and End of the Biblical year.

 

Knowing these, the true Scriptural day and New Moons, we show how to determine Yahweh’s solar-lunar Holy Days…from the Bible; not tradition nor other calendar schemes from Babylon and elsewhere.

 

HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE CORRECT TIMES?

 

Yahweh’s Sabbaths are the sign of His people, those He has sanctified (Ex. 31:13; Ezk. 20:12, 20). Getting them right is crucial….for eternity.

 

How can we be sanctified without the knowledge of His Sabbaths? This information is essential to salvation, your salvation. Approach it with an open mind. Lay aside tradition and see what Yahweh’s Word says about His calendar.

 

January 20, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: What is the Truth?

 

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (Jn. 8:32)

 

“Sanctify them through your truth: your word is TRUTH.” (Jn. 17:17).

 

WHAT WORD?

 

“Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh that SANCTIFY them.” (Ezk. 20:12)

 

“I am Yahweh your Mighty One; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; And hallow my SABBATHS; and they shall be a sign between Me and you…” (Ezk. 20:20)

 

January 17, 2018

 

What if your beliefs are not Biblical?

 

What important fact do most churches not teach?

 

Today is the 11th New Moon of the year.

 

Few churches teach the importance of the New Moons as days of worship…which they are (Isa. 66:23; Ezk. 46:3).

 

Why not?

 

The prophets clearly record the New Moon is a day of worship. They cannot add to the Law something not already there. (Deut. 12:32).

 

The New Testament also shows the New Moons are observed along with the Sabbath and Holy Days: “Let no man judge you [find fault]…in respect of an Holy Day, or of the New Moon, or of the Sabbath day: Which ARE (present tense) a shadow of things to come [prophetic signs]…” (Col. 2:16,17)

 

January 13, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: DEAR SEEKER OF TRUTH

 

WHAT IS THE RELIGIOUS “ESTABLISHMENT” TRYING TO HIDE?

 

WHAT DO THEY NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW?

 

ANSWER: MOSES [THE LAW] AND THE PROPHETS: “…If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” [Lk. 16:31]

HOW DO THEY HIDE THE TRUTH? SIMPLE: THEY IGNORE IT.

WHY DO THEY NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW? BECAUSE MOSES AND THE PROPHETS REVEAL SIN AND ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE CONSEQUENCES. THIS CONTRADICTS WHAT THEY TEACH.

EXAMPLES:

 

MOSES:

 

(1). Tithing is on money (not hard to figure out why they cling to this one), when the Bible teaches tithing only on agricultural produce [Lev.27:30,32].

 

(2). The count to Pentecost starts within the Days of Unleavened Bread. But the Bible never mentions UB regarding the count [Lev. 23:10-17].

 

(3). The Sacred Names of Yahweh and Yahshua are replaceable by God, Lord, Jesus [Ex. 20:7; Matt. 21:9 {“Lord” = Yahweh; is a quote of Psa. 118:26; Jn. 12:28; 17:26].

 

(4). The Biblical seventh-day Sabbath was replaced by Sunday or by the Babylonian sunset-to-sunset Sabbath from Friday sunset-to-Saturday sunset [Dan.7:25; Lk.16:17].

 

(5). The Biblical Holy Days are done away or replaced by Easter and Christmas [Dan. 7:25; Lk. 16:17].

 

(6). Yahweh is love and does not judge us. But Yahweh says, “…if you despise my statutes…or judgments…that you will not do all my commandments, I…will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror[ists] …sorrow of heart…you will be slain before your enemies…I will break the pride of your power…I will bring the land into desolation…” [Lev. 26:15-17,19,32]

 

THE PROPHETS: “…no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.” [2 Pet. 1:20)

 

(1). True believers are no longer bound by Old Testament Laws. But the prophet says, “…they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes [Deut. 5:1-21], but polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart went after idols…hallow my Sabbaths…” [Ezk. 20:16,20]

 

(2). Prophecy is basically Catholic-centered proclaiming the “ten horns” of prophecy are a resurrected “Holy Roman Empire” headed by ten EU nations. The Bible teaches the ten horns, who destroy the city of Babylon, [Rev.17:12,16], are Muslim nations [For proof see “Ten Horns Rising” in Insight magazine, www.icyahweh.org].

 

(3). The whore who rides the Beast [Rev.17:1-6] is the Roman Catholic Church, but the Bible says she is a city [Rev.17:18].

 

(4). The Messiah was crucified on Friday and resurrected on Sunday. But the Bible teaches He was crucified on Wednesday and resurrected late Saturday evening which equals three days and three nights [Matt. 12:40; Jonah 1:17].

 

(5). The future for converted believers is going to heaven, when the Bible says nothing of the kind [Jn. 3:13; Eccl. 9:5].

 

(6). The new covenant replaces the Old Testament law. However, the Bible says, “…the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant… this shall be the covenant that I will make…says Yahweh…I will put my law in their inward parts, and write them in their hearts…” (Jer. 31:32,33; quoted by Paul: Heb.8:10).

 

The list does not stop there….

 

WHY NOT “LET THE OTHER SIDE BE HEARD, i.e. THE BIBLE?”

 

January 6, 2018

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: HOW HARD IS IT TO ACHIEVE ETERNAL LIFE?

 

“…Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? …if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Matt. 19:17-18)

 

“Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT.” (Matt. 7:13-14).

 

“Then said, Yahshua [“Jesus”; KJV] to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”

 

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” [Matt. 16:24, 26]

 

ARE THE COMMANDMENTS NO LONGER BINDING?

 

“I AM YAHWEH, I CHANGE NOT…” (Mal. 3:6)

 

“It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail.” (Lk. 16:17)

 

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labor: But the Seventh Day is the Sabbath of Yahweh: in it you shall do no work…” (Ex. 20:8-10)

 

December 30, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: A Long and Winding Road must be Run with Patience.

 

THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS:

 

“Here is the patience of the saints:…here are they that keep the commandments of Yahweh and the faith of Yahshua.” (Rev.14:12)

 

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:… I know your works, and charity, and service, and faith and your patience…the last to be more than the first.” (Rev. 2:19)

 

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:… Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” (Rev. 3:10)

 

“…knowing that tribulation works patience; and patience, experience; and experience, HOPE…” (Rom. 5:3-4)

 

AND FINALLY…IF WE

 

“…Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” (Gal. 6:9)

 

December 23, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: TRUE FAITH, TRUE GOSPEL, TRUE CHURCH?

 

Can a church be the TRUE church without teaching the Laws of Scripture (first 5 books) which the prophets taught, which are the foundation of the church (Eph 2:20); without the “faith which was once delivered to the saints…;” without proclaiming the coming Kingdom of Yahweh founded on that Law?

 

Is there an actual “True” Church with the same doctrines of the original church the Messiah founded? He said “…I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it…” (Matt. 16:18).

 

That is, it will not die out. Did He mean it?

 

Its Head, the Messiah Yahshua, lives through the ages to see that it remains!

 

He said there would be one….today.

 

Perhaps just a remnant, a scattered flock, this “ecclesia”, will come preaching the very same gospel message He taught; will be an organized group dedicated to the foundational truths He laid down; having the same faith founded on the restored Law of Scripture.

 

And what are the central truths He came preaching that identifies that church? How we will recognize it?

 

TWO MESSAGES IDENTIFY IT:

 

(1). That church will be proclaiming the name of Yahweh: “I am come in my Father’s name…(John 10:25)…I kept them in your name (Jn. 17:12)…I have declared to them your name.
(Jn 17:26).”

 

The Father’s name is Yahweh: Matt. 21:9; Mk. 11:10; Lk. 13:35; Jn. 12:13. (These verses are quotes of Psa. 118:26: LORD = YAHWEH).”

 

(2). That church will have the sign of sanctification: Yahweh’s Law of His Holy Sabbaths:

 

“…I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh that sanctifies them…hallow my Sabbaths: and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your Mighty One.” (Ezk. 20:12,20; See also Ex. 31:13).

 

December 18, 2017

 

HAPPY NEW MOON!

 

Today, December 18, 2017, is the 10th month on Yahweh’s calendar. Somewhat interesting that it occurs in DECember.

You may recall that December was originally the tenth month of the year. This is the reason for the “DEC” prefix which means “ten.” This was before Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar inserted an extra month each to honor themselves: July and August. This pushed October to the 10th month (originally the 8th month; “OCT” is a prefix meaning “8”) and pushed December to the 12th month.

 

Paul refers to the New Moon observance in Col. 2:16,17 included with the Holy Days and Sabbath. Although the New Moons are times of worship, they are not Sabbaths.

 

On this day, the shofar is blown: Psa. 81:3: “Blow at New Moon a Shofar…”

 

The silver trumpets, the “chatsotserah”, were blown “…over your burnt offerings and over the saccrifices of you peace offerings…(Num. 10:10).” That is why we do not blow silver trumpets on the New Moons…no burnt offerings.

 

One requirement of New Moons observance, sometimes overlooked, is giving a freewill offering on that day (Isa.66:23, Hos. 2:11 and Ezk. 46:3 with Deut.12:6, Ezr.8:28). New Moon offerings can be money; a fact easily provable from Scripture.

 

Anyone who doubts this required freewill offering should read our study “Freewill Offerings on the New Moons” which shows the Biblical basis for New Moon offering. The term “freewill” does not mean it is optional, but the amount given is our call….as we have been blessed.

 

These offerings yield great benefits as any who have done so for any length of time will attest. Financial problems continue to plague us when we neglect giving to Yahweh. We cannot rob Yahweh without reaping the penalty (Mal. 3:8-12).

 

Of course Malachi mentions tithes in addition to offerings, but we must remember tithing is only on agricultural produce…not money [Read our booklet, “Biblical Tithing is NOT on Money.”].

 

It is not that Yahweh needs the offering [which can be money], but that we need the blessings!

 

Other requirements include having a time of worship [Isa.66:23; Ezk. 46:3], and having some kind of a special meal on this day as illustrated with the account of Saul and David (I Sam. 20:24-27).

 

All these start the month off in harmony with natural laws, and sets the right tone (no pun intended) for the days ahead each month. These are laws which make for success if followed and curses if neglected.

 

Too, blowing the shofar is a buffer against demon activity since they do not like loud noises. This is a particularly important benefit during this time of year, the so called Christmas season, when demon activity is ramped up.

 

Have a great month! Love, in Yahshua, Gary Miller

 

December 16, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: MORE SIGNS TO WATCH!

 

“And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:…For nations shall rise against nation,…there shall be famine, and pestilences, …All these are the beginning of sorrows…
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many…” (Matt. 24:6-8, 11).

 

(1). “…famine, and pestilence…” Why are 20 Million People on the Brink of Famine in a ‘World of Plenty’? One word: War or recovering from war.

 

Examples: Somalia: Recovering from war now has over six million people in need of food assistance—more than half the country’s population.

 

South Sudan: 100,000 are affected by famine; one million more on the bring of famine.

 

Northern Nigeria: At least five million people face the risk of famine.

 

Yemen: 7 million facing starvation.

 

(2). “…and earthquakes in various places…”

 

The 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Mexico on September 8, 2017, was the strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in 85 years. Many of the areas were reduced to rubble. Italy felt an earthquake of a 6.6 magnitude, which was the most powerful earthquake to hit Italy since 1980.

 

Since 2003, nineteen giant earthquakes (8.0 or greater) have occurred. In the 40 years prior, there were only THREE of this magnitude!

 

(3) “…many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many…” There are some 45,000 Bible-professing groups proclaiming their gospel. Among them we find the “prosperity gospel [‘God wants you to be rich],” the gospel of love freed from the Laws of the Old Testament and tolerance for every lifestyle, the gospel of heaven’s gate at death…

 

Churches and their leaders become filthy rich in cash, real estate holdings, business investments, ranches, etc., by spreading “another gospel” (Gal. 1:6-8), in the name of one Jesus Christ. The Bible has become their “get rich quick” scheme.

 

December 9, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: Christmas Trees? In the Bible?

 

Surprising, but, yes they are! (Read ICY’s booklet: “Christmas: The Untold Story”; www.icyahweh.org)

 

Notice what the prophet of Yahweh, Jeremiah, recorded sometime between 586-538 B.C.E. as a direct command from the Creator of the Universe. He records this vivid description of what is now called a “Christmas tree”. Note too, this is the custom of the heathen:

 

“Learn not the ways of the heathen…For the customs of the people are vain: For one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it [“deck the halls..”] with silver [“silver bells..it’s…”] and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree…Be not afraid of them…” (Jer. 10:1-5).

 

If Yahweh says, “Learn not the ways of the heathen…” we are not to learn or practice them—national holiday or not.

 

Other facts:

 

“…the 25th of December was called by our Pagan Anglo-Saxon ancestors, ‘Yule-day’ or the ‘Child’s day,’ and the night that preceded it, ‘Mother-night, ‘ long before they came in contact with Christianity…[this] sufficiently proves its real character. Far and wide in the realms of Paganism, this birthday observed…” (“The Two Babylons, Alexander Heslop, pp. 93-94).

 

Heslop further concludes:

 

“…within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century, and that not till the fourth century was far advanced did it gain much observance…That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival is beyond doubt. The time of year, and the ceremonies with which it is still celebrated, prove its origin…” (p. 93).

 

December 2, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: It is not in the Bible. The Evening-to-Evening Day is not there.

 

WHERE THE JEWS GOT A SUNSET-TO-SUNSET DAY:

 

Some Israelites’ adoption of the sunset-to-sunset day while in Babylonian captivity is an historical fact as shown by this frank admission from J. Z. Lauterbach:

 

“There can be no doubt that in pre-exilic times the Israelites reckoned…The day began with the dawn… [notice] in post-exilic times, however, …a change in the system of reckoning the day was made, and the day was reckoned as extending from the preceding to the following evening…”

 

The facts of history do not lie.

 

Read the article: “Explanation of Leviticus 23:32. The Evening-to-Evening Scripture” @ www.icyahweh.org

 

Reference: “When Does the Sabbath Begin?”, Rabbinical Essays, by Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Hebrew Union College Press Cincinnati, 1951; pp. 446-451

 

November 25, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHAT IS AHEAD FOR SYRIA? SYRIA IN BIBLE PROPHECY

 

ISAIAH: More Destruction Ahead

 

The present capital is Damascus [considered world’s oldest city]:

 

“For the head of Syria is Damascus…” (Isa. 7:8).

 

“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap…” (Isa. 17:1).

 

“The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria …” (Isa. 17:3).

 

AMOS: Damascus’ Defenses Fall

 

“Thus saith Yahweh [“the LORD”; KJV]: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof…I will break also the bar of Damascus, [“shatter the defenses of;” Moffatt] and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, …and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,” saith Yahweh [“the LORD”]. (Amos 1:3, 5).

 

In much earlier times King Tiglathpileser of Assyria carried the people of Damascus captive to Kir (II Kin. 16:9). Kir is a place subject to the Assyrians, “between the Euxine and Caspian seas, and formerly a city of the Medes…” It is also a place in Moab [modern Jordan].

 

PROPHECY REPEATS:

 

In modern times, these prophecies are once again being fulfilled as Syria struggles in a war that so far no one has won! Are we about to witness a final fulfillment, a cyclic completion, of the prophets’ words to Syria?

 

November 18, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: ARE NEW MOONS SABBATHS?

 

Sometimes it is claimed the monthly New Moons are Sabbaths in which no business or work is done the same as the weekly and annual Sabbaths. Is the 9th New Moon tomorrow (11-19-2017) a Sabbath?

 

THE LAW:

Conspicuously, the Law nowhere indicates each New Moon is a Sabbath. This in itself is definitive proof.

 

THE PROPHETS:

 

HOSEA:

 

Notice how Hosea separates New Moons and Sabbaths which are both feasts: “I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days: her New Moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn Feasts.” (Hosea 2:11).

 

The plural in Hosea 2:11, “SabbathS” includes all Sabbaths which clearly does not include New Moons.

 

ELISHA:

 

Also, the prophet Elisha separates these two observances, “…Wherefore will you go to him today? It is neither New Moon nor Sabbath…(2 Ki. 3:23).”

 

He, like Hosea, does not include New Moons with Sabbaths. He did not say, “…It is neither New Moon Sabbath nor Sabbath..” If both were Sabbaths, why separate them?

 

EZEKIEL:

 

New Moons are special festivals which include worship: “…the people…shall worship at the door of this gate before Yahweh in the Sabbaths and in the New Moons.” (Ezk. 46:3; also Isa. 66:23), and blowing of trumpets (Num. 10:3; Psa. 81:3).

 

Here prophet Ezekiel, like Hosea and Elisha, separates the Sabbaths and New Moons. SabbathS would include ALL Sabbaths of which the regular monthly New Moons are clearly not a part.

 

CONCLUSION:

 

These references taken together leave no doubt the monthly New Moon (except for Shoutings/Trumpets) is not a Sabbath…unless a yearly Sabbath or weekly Sabbath happens to fall on a New Moon.

 

November 11, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: Too Big to Fail?

 

America shares with the ancient Roman Empire an obsessive love of pleasure, leisure, violence and sports.

 

The Rome of that bygone era was thought impregnable, nearly “eternal.”

 

Amid its opulence and power such thoughts of “a fall” were heretically beyond belief. But it happened.

 

What role did its religious climate play in that fall?

 

The erosion of its moral base and work ethic fostered by growing government intrusion into private life, accelerated Rome’s demise.

 

Is America, such a young republic, on the precipice of a similar fate in a much shorter time?

 

What role will religion play in America’s ultimate fate?

 

Rome was not “too big to fail,” are we?

 

November 2, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: Two Things We Need to Know

 

What do we need to know to protect our freedoms?

 

This: What are the Laws?

 

AND

 

Who is going to Enforce them?

 

It is obvious there is no Freedom without Law. There is no Law without Enforcement…consequences.

 

There are natural Laws acting without emotion, regardless of religious beliefs, race, wealth, poverty, political views or personalty type.

 

They are always enforced….always. If we are ignorant of them, makes no difference, the consequences act regardless.

 

The Bible is full of these Laws, but placing them under the category of religion, often seems to make them more or less arbitrary. They are not.

 

Unseen, but relentless, they act for us or against us….Our choice which consequence we get.

 

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you Life and Death, Blessing and Cursing: therefore choose Life, that both you and your seed may Live.(Deut. 30:19)

 

“If you despise my statutes…or abhor my judgments….so that you will not do all my commandments…I also will do this to you: I will even appoint over you TERROR [ism]…” (Lev. 26:15-16)

 

October 13, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: HOPE

 

When we see the sad and tragic devastations in Texas, Florida, California…all that is left for many is one thing: HOPE

 

“For we are saved by HOPE:…if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”

 

“Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercessions for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

 

“And we know that all things work together for good to them who love Yahweh, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” [Rom. 8:24-26,28]

 

September 23, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: CATHOLIC CONFESSIONS

 

Follow this link to see what Catholics confess about the 7th Day Sabbath:

 

https://www.facebook.com/CtCoob/videos/825413927493226

 

“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy.

 

Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of Yahweh your Elohim: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is with your gates:…” (Ex. 20:8-10)

 

September 19, 2017

FEAST OF SHOUTINGS (TRUMPETS): 7th NEW MOON
(Sept. 20, 2017)
(Annual Holy Day)

 

“Blow at New Moon a Shofar…” (Psa. 81:3)

 

“In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets [shofars], an Holy Convocation. You shall do no servile work…” (Lev. 23:24-25)

 

“Let no man therefore judge you …in respect of an Holy Day, or of the New Moon…which are [not “were”] a shadow of things to come…” (Col. 2:16-17)

 

“As many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law…For not the hearers of the Law are just before Yahweh, but the doers of the Law shall be justified.” (Rom. 2:12)

 

“And the seventh angel sounded [a shofar: Rev. 8:2]; and there were great voices in heaven, saying,

 

The kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdoms of Yahweh and His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and forever.” (Rev. 11:15; Yahweh: “Lord”; Messiah: “Christ”; KJV)

 

September 16, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: WHAT WILL HAPPEN SEPTEMBER 23, 2017?

 

Do the following verses from Matt. 24 apply to that date….or does that date foretell another event of great significance?

 

“For just as the lightening comes from the east, and flashes even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.”

 

“…and the powers of the heavens will be shaken, and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky…” (Matt. 24:27, 29-30)

 

Across the internet multiple YouTube videos are predicting the second coming of the Messiah or some ominous events will take place on September 23, 2017.

 

They are basing their predictions on the following:

 

“And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” (Rev. 12:1)

 

Their interpretation of this verse goes something like this:

 

(1). The woman represents the constellation Virgo- one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac used in astrology to predict personal traits and the future for persons born with this sign (August 23 to September 22).

 

(2). “…clothed with the sun..” is the sun entering Virgo Sept. 23, 2017.

 

(3). “…the moon under her feet…” is the New Moon crescent at the feet of Virgo Sept. 23, 2017.

 

(4). “…a crown of twelve stars…” is 9 stars of the constellation Leo which lies above Virgo’s head…PLUS the planets Mercury, Mars, and Venus which align just above Virgo’s head on Sept. 23, 2017.

 

(5). Also, the planet Jupiter enters Virgo Sept. 23, 2017, and stays 9 months (reference to Rev. 12:5’s record of the birth of a male baby.)

 

(6). September 23, 2017 is the Feast of Trumpets.

 

Those proclaiming this date as significant always leave themselves an out…saying something MAY or MAY NOT happen then.

 

WE ARE SAYING ALL THESE ARE PRIVATE INTERPRETATIONS OF REV. 12.1,5, and have no Scriptural grounds whatever! Therefore, we do NOT expect this date to have any special significance! The second coming of Yahshua, the Messiah, will not occur on September 23, 2017.

 

AND the Feast of (Shoutings) Trumpets is not September 23, 2017, but September 20 in some locations and September 21 in Jerusalem….

 

The apostle Peter said, “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.” (2 Pet. 1:20). We, ICY, believe Peter’s statement.

 

WATCH FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF “INSIGHT” MAGAZINE (www.icyahweh.org) which contains specific information on REV. 12:1,5 identifying the woman and the stars in her crown…FROM THE BIBLE…not a private interpretation! (This information was presented in a power point at the 2015 Feast of Tabernacles.)

 

September 9, 2017

SABBATH THOUGHTS

 

“And Yahweh spoke…saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an
holy convocation.

 

You shall do no servile work…” (Lev. 23:24-25)

 

“And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing
the trumpets…” (Num 29:1)

 

“I am Yahweh your Elohim; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

 

And hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your Elohim.” (Ezk. 20:19-20)

 

September 2, 2017

SABBATHS THOUGHTS: HELPING….AND HURTING…AND HOPING

 

“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope…” (Eccl. 9:4)

 

“Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to have pity…” (Psa. 69:20)

 

“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come
nigh unto thee.” (Psa. 32:6)

 

August 26, 2017

SABBATH THOUGHTS: BABYLON IS RISING!

 

“The Second Coming of Babylon”: Read this book first published 27 years ago!

 

A World Capital, a great city-called a “woman” in prophecy, is about to make a meteoric rise to prominence and dominance on the world scene!

 

What is the name of this awakening giant, this center of opulence and world power? Where is it located?

 

This book reveals the clear, definite Biblical answers to these questions. No guessing. No speculation.

 

Too, this “woman” rides a 10-horned beast. Who are these “ten horns” of prophecy (Rev. 17:12, 14, 16)?

 

Read the actual NAMES of the ten-horns of prophecy unveiled right from your Bible.

 

Learn when-month and year-the woman will likely be destroyed.

 

“The Second Coming of Babylon,” is an urgent, stunning message for this end-time generation about, “…things which must shortly come to pass…” (Rev. 1:2).

 

Watch: “The Iraqi Dinar and Modern Babylon” on YouTube to see evidence of the prophecies in this book coming alive!

 

August 22, 2017

 

SIXTH NEW MOON OF THE YEAR: A SPECIAL ONE THIS TIME

 

Yesterday, August 21, 2017, the US had its most dramatic eclipse-covering the most states-since 1918 as a total eclipse swept across the face of America from coast-to-coast!

 

From our location, Pocahontas, AR, I made several photos as the eclipse progressed (see attachments). We were not in the path where a total eclipse could be seen, but our location experienced 95.7% maximum coverage.

 

The Biblical first day of the month for the US, however, is today, August 22, 2017 as the day moves around the globe.

 

Following on the cusp of a dramatic TOTAL ECLIPSE sets this sixth month apart from most!

 

The New Moons are important sentients in the heavens throughout the year, and are definitely shadows of things to come (Col. 2:16-17).

 

A reference in Matt. 24:29-30 strongly hints Yahshua will return following closely after what apparently is the description of a total solar eclipse. Read this remarkable account!

 

This sixth New Moon also tells us the Feast of Tabernacles is a month and a half away; just six weeks. I hope everyone has finalized or is finalizing plans to attend this important festival.

 

As chaos, “a therapy culture” of this generation, and rebellion against authority accelerate, so are end time prophecies coming to light as never before!

 

With this it becomes increasingly important that we maintain our focus in staying the course in keeping Yahweh’s planned Holy Days.

 

The New Moons are also one of those important times we must not overlook or devalue!

 

 

 August 19, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: TITHING…..ON MONEY? SURPRISING FACT!
THE BIBLE NOWHERE TEACHES TITHING ON MONEY….not once.
HERE ARE THE LAWS OF TITHING:

 

“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree is holy unto Yahweh.” (Lev. 27:30)

 

“And the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto Yahweh.” (Lev. 27:32)

 

These verses do not say these tithes on produce and animals can be exchanged for money and then ten percent of the money given. That would be adding to the Law (Deut. 12:32).

 

Now. Sometimes the word translated “increase” in the King James version is used to mean anything beyond produce or animals such as your paycheck, or monetary profit, by quoting:

 

“Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.” (Deut. 14:22)

 

“…thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year…” (Deut. 14:28)

 

Or perhaps: “”When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase….” (Deut. 26:12)

 

The word “increase” in the KJV should be translated “produce, crop” (New World translation); “yield, produce, fruit” (Revised Standard Version); “produce, crop” (Moffatt translation)

 

Usually a favorite verse used to try to support tithing on money is:

 

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,…and prove me now herewith,….if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” (Mal. 3:10)

 

Money is mentioned numerous times in Scripture, but not once is any command given to tithe on it.

 

READ OUR BOOK: “BIBLICAL TITHING IS NOT ON MONEY” and YOU BE THE JUDGE. What does the Bible really say about tithing?

 

August 12, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS:  THEY ADMIT THE SABBATH IS STILL BINDING.
WHY DO THEY NOT OBSERVE IT?

 

“The Sabbath instituted in the beginning, and confirmed by Moses and the prophets, has never been abrogated…”  [“Bishop’s Pastoral” (Methodist Episcopal)]

 

NEW TESTAMENT:

 

“…and, as his custom was, he [Yahshua] went into the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up for to read.” (Lk. 4:16).

 

“…and…on the Sabbath day he [Yahshua] entered into the synagogue, and taught.”  (Mk. 1:21)

 

“And he [Yahshua] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.”  (Lk. 13:10)

 

“And he [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”  (Acts 18:4)

 

 

August 5, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS:   TIME AND PURPOSE

 

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

 

“….a time to heal;…time to break down, and time to build up;

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…” (Eccl. 3:1, 3-4)

 

“A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” (Prv. 17:22)

 

“Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” (Prov. 4:23)

 

“The Name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run into it and is safe.” (Prv. 18:10)

 

 

July 29, 2017

 

SABBATH THOUGHTS: BELIEVE

 

“And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.” (Matt. 21:22)

 

“…and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he says.

 

Therefore I say to you, What things soever you desire, when you pray believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.” (Mark 11:23-24)

 

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (Shakespeare)