b“…Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of
the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever,
Exodus 3:15
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“Can a woman forget her
sucking child,
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she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
yea,
they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Behold,
I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;
thy
walls are continually before me. Thy children shall make haste;
thy
destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.”
Isaiah 45:15 - 17
“Thus saith the Lord
GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles,
and
set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their
arms,
and
thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.”
Isaiah 45:22
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children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
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house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had
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Therefore say unto the house of
I do not this for your sakes, O house of
And I will sanctify my great name, which was
profaned among the heathen,
which ye have profaned in the midst of them;
and the heathen shall know
that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD,
when I shall be sanctified in you before
their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:22,23
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“And it shall come to
pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again
the second time to
recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left,
from Assyria, and from
and from
the islands of the
sea. And he shall set up an ensign for
the nations,
and shall assemble the
outcasts of
the dispersed of
Isaiah 11:11,12
“Therefore, behold, the
days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the
children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither
he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave
unto their fathers.”
Jeremiah 16:14,15
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everlasting righteousness,
and thy law is the
truth. Thou art near, O LORD;
and all thy commandments
are truth Concerning thy testimonies,
I have known of old that
thou hast founded them for ever.
Thy word is true from
the beginning:
and every one of thy
righteous judgments endureth for ever.”
Psalm 119:142,151,152,160
“For what nation is
there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is
in all things that we call upon him for?
And what nation is there
so great, that hath statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this
law, which I set before you this day?”
Deuteronomy 4:7,8
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Isaiah 42:21
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commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,
which the Lord your God
commanded to teach you, that ye might
do them in the land
whither ye go to possess it:
That thou mightest fear
the Lord thy God,
to keep all his statutes
and his commandments,
which I command thee,
thou, and thy sons and thy son’s son,
all the days of thy
life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore,
and that ye may increase
mightily,
as the Lord God of thy
fathers hath promised thee,
in the land that floweth
with milk and honey.”
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“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
“Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with
singing.
“Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that
hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his
pasture.
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts
with praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless his name.
“For the LORD is good; his
mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalm 100:1 – 5
“Of old hast thou
laid the foundation of the earth:
and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
“They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall
wax old like a garment;
as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be
changed:
“But thou art the same, and
thy years shall have no end.”
Psalm 102:25 - 27
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A MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE LAWKEEPERS, CO.:
ALL PRAISES BE
TO THE MOST HIGH YIHOVAH,
ELOHIM OF
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB
PRAISE HIS HOLY
NAME
FOR HE IS WORTHY
TO BE PRAISED!!!
LET US PRAISE
YIHOVAH!!!
A Poem of Praise
Year-in and year-out,
through the months, each day, at all hours, every minute, ‘til the very last
second of my life and forever and ever, I will PRAISE THE NAME OF YIHOVAH!
If I could count the blessings that HE
has bestowed upon me, I would have to confess that I have not thanked HIM
enough for HIS mercy and for answering my prayers; so I will PRAISE THE NAME OF
YIHOVAH!
Holy and precious is my
Savior, my Redeemer, my Rock and my All; the Deliverer of the Nation of Yisrael
is HE also called, for this I PRAISE THE NAME OF YIHOVAH!
On thee do I depend as I am
commanded; Thou shalt have no other gods
before me (Exodus 20:3), so I will PRAISE THE NAME OF YIHOVAH!
Valliant and great are all
HIS deeds, HE is the Master of the Universe and all things therein, HE defeated
the Egyptians and threw their chariots into the Red Sea, and for this I will
also PRAISE THE NAME OF YIHOVAH!
Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end, HE has no mother and no father. King of Kings, our Creator, and there is no other;
therefore, I will PRAISE THE NAME OF YIHOVAH!
Happy are all the servants
of YIHOVAH to serve a GOD as awesome as HE, let us PRAISE THE NAME OF YIHOVAH!
Halleluyah!! Halleluyah!!
Halleluyah!!
ALL PRAISES BE TO THE MOST HIGH
YIHOVAH,
ELOHIM OF ABRAHAM, ISSAC, AND
JACOB!
PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME
FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!!!
Halleluyah!! Halleluyah!!
Halleluyah!!
Shalom and Shalom,
Yehudah ben Yacob,
President
The LawKeepers
[HALLELUYAH,
HALLELUYAH, HALLELUYAH! T.Y., Editor]
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Tribute to the New Moon
Revised:
The service of
this solar/lunar calendar of TORAH
Realizing that even some Israelites use the dark
phase of the moon to call the new month, I would like to add one obvious
fact. By definition, there can only be a
“New Moon,” per se, after the dark phase interval and when the
PLEASE
NOTE: The Hebrew New Year is also
determined by the “LIGHTS” in the Heavens and not by the “sighting of
barley.”
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“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
“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 the LORD.”
Isaiah 66:22,23
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BY LOOKING IN THE “WEST”
JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON.
“He appointed the moon
for seasons…”
Psalm 104:19
The first “Sign” in the Heavens to provide the
start of days, years and “seasons” can only begin with the “Sighting” of the
New Moon Crescent - that which we can “see” in order for it to serve as a
“Sign” and enable us to begin counting our days and months. Just imagine not being able to “see” the
moon at all. How then could it be
appointed for a “Sign” or for “seasons”?
“The natural thought might be that the moon is
like a living being. It is born, grows,
reaches maximum size, then fades and dies, going through all these stages in
one month. Even today, we still talk of
the thin crescent in the western sky as a new moon and the thin
crescent in the eastern sky a month later as the old moon. Half way between is the full moon. As I explained earlier, this cycle of phases
of the moon established the month as a unit of time, and the first calendars
were based on this.” ISAAC ASIMOV’S
GUIDE TO EARTH AND SPACE, pages 79 and 80
In that the King of Israel is supposed to be a “Righteous
Judge” (II Chronicles 1:11), it stands to reason that he is also supposed
to be a “Righteous Role Model.”
Thus, if the King that GOD appoints over
To their and our hurt our forefathers worshipped all
manner of symbols: the sun, moon, stars,
and images of gold and silver. To
observe the “Sign” in the heavens as being the New Moon “Sighting” is NOT
worshipping the moon, but rather it is doing as we are COMMANDED in Genesis
1:14:
“And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs,
and for seasons, and for days, and years:”
Some people feel that the moon has no “light,”
but according to GOD’s WORD to HIS Prophets, it most certainly does: Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 30:26; Jeremiah 31:35;
Ezekiel 32:7.
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“Sing aloud unto God our
strength: make a joyful noise unto the
God of Jacob.
“Take a psalm, and bring
hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
“Blow up the trumpet in
the new moon, in the time appointed,
on our solemn feast day.
“For this was a statute
for
Psalm 81:1 - 4
(A Psalm of Asaph, the
Seer –
one who should be well
informed about GOD’s Ways)
“Also in the day of your
gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye
shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings,
and over the sacrifices of
your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your
God: I am the LORD your God.”
Numbers 10:10
Contrary to the belief of some Israelites, the
moon does indeed shine! Even if the Moon
shines with the aid of the sun, IT STILL SHINES! And the fact that Scripture attests to this
fact, is what’s important: Isaiah 60:19;
Jeremiah 31:35; and Ezekiel 32:7. Therefore,
Genesis 1:14 is proof enough that we must use the shining New Moon Crescents as
“…SIGNS, AND FOR SEASONS, AND FOR DAYS, AND FOR YEARS:”
Some Israelites, along with White Jews, use
the dark phase of the moon to determine the start of a new month. If the dark phase of the moon lasts for “2-3
days,” then which of these days is supposed to be the distinguishing “Sign”
that determines the First Day of the month?
Or do we just arbitrarily select either/or depending on the imaginations
of our hearts?
On the contrary, with the use of the sighted “Sign”
of the
“So David hid himself in the field: and WHEN
THE NEW MOON WAS COME, the king sat him down to eat meat.” I Samuel 20:24
At the time of the dark phases of the moon
(generally 2-3 days), as previously written, there is no “moon” in SIGHT. Therefore, I Samuel 20:24 sheds more light on
Genesis 1:14. “WHEN THE NEW MOON WAS
COME,” is clearly telling readers that this is a reference to a visible “
The only problem that presents itself when using
the “New Moon Sighting” to call the First Day of the month is cloud coverage,
as this prevents the ability to see the
“Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on
the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
“Even after a certain rate every day, offering
according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new
moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast
of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.”
II Chronicles 8:12,13
Unless there is an emergency, please try not to
buy or sell on this day. Conduct all
financial and business transactions prior to the day of the New Moon. Interesting enough, II Kings 4:23,24 constitutes
the New Moon as being a day to seek “the man of God.” Although the New Moon is NOT a Day of
Rest, Our GOD did set it aside for recognition:
“Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the
time appointed, on our solemn feast day.”
Psalm 81:3
“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 the LORD.”
Isaiah 66:23
“…When will the new moon be gone, that we may
sell corn?…” Amos 8:5
Probably, the Scripture that most determines
and clarifies the fact that our New Moons are Feast Days is Ezekiel 45:17:
“And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt
offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in
the NEW MOONS, and in the Sabbaths, in ALL SOLEMNITIES of the house of
Israel: he shall prepare the sin
offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace
offerings, to make reconciliation for the HOUSE OF ISRAEL.” (Caps. are mine.)
Unequivocally, our New Moons are included in
these “SOLEMNITIES” mentioned in Ezekiel 45:17.
“Likewise the people of the land shall worship
at the door of this gate before the LORD in the Sabbaths [Feasts – NOT 7th
Day Sabbaths*] and in the NEW MOONS.”
Ezekiel 46:3 (Brackets are
mine.)
Thereby, this verse justifies the First Day of
each month being our “Feast” Day. It
should be realized that the Feast Days that Our GOD selected (Leviticus 23rd
Chapter) are “Holy Convocations,” i.e., on these days we cannot do any work. However, because King Saul observed the New
Moon as a Feast Day, we have every reason to do so, as well. We also have learned that our forefathers
traveled to the
When we return to our heritage and worship
YIHOVAH according to HIS Ways, then we can establish our own “Calendar of the
Universe,” whereby, the days of the New Moon and all GOD’s Holy Days will be
recognized by the whole entire World.
And I am sure that it will be the desire of the Righteous Remnant and
ALL the world to make a Feast to the Most High GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob/Israel every First Day of the Month.
ALSO, I believe that if Lot (Genesis 19:3) and
Abraham (Genesis 21:8) can proclaim “Feasts,” then there is no stipulation for
NOT establishing Feast Days, as we so desire. Therefore, to proclaim a feast to EXALT
the Holy ONE of Israel on the First Day of each month is quite acceptable -
given the Scripture (above) regarding worshipping Our LORD GOD of ISRAEL, Our
SAVIOR, on the New Moons. We should
know that throughout the Tanakh Hebrew Israelites called for “feasts” for various
occasions. Therefore, we are within our
rights to observe a Feast every New Moon to Our GOD, the GOD of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob/Israel. And those of us
who love this WONDERFUL GOD and who choose HIM to EXALT HIM for being the ONLY
LORD and SAVIOR can be at liberty to use the day of the New Moon to show forth
HIS PRAISE in a “feast” and worship HIM in Jerusalem FOREVER.
“And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a
dream. And he came to
I Kings 3:15
*Leviticus 23:24,39
(Sabbaths of Feasts)
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A Tribute to GOD’s
“HOLY” Seventh Day Sabbath of Complete REST - HIS WEEKLY ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE
and SIGN between HIM and Israelites for HIS CREATION of the Heavens and the
Earth:
“REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY”
Exodus 20:8
“See, for that the LORD
hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread
of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on
the seventh day.” Exodus
16:29
“And Moses gathered
all the congregation of the children of
“Six days shall work
be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of
rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.” Exodus 35:1,2
“Six days shall work
be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation [“HOLY
DAY”]; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your
dwellings.” Leviticus 23:3
“Six days may work be
done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever
doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore
the children of
“And on the seventh day
God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all
his work which he had made. And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested
from all his work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:2,3
Significantly, in the beginning when the Holy
ONE of
If “ALL” GOD’s COMMANDMENTS are sure, then for
sure, we must give credence to Exodus 16:29 and abide in our places on GOD’s
HOLY Seventh Day of Complete REST as we are COMMANDED TO DO!
“He hath shewed his people the power of his
works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. The works of his
hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.” Psalm 111:7
GOD’s Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of REST is not
only one of HIS Greatest WORKS of all time, but this Holy Day is an extraordinary
“SIGN” between this Most High GOD, the CREATOR and HIS Chosen People, the
Children of Israel! This Seventh Day
also marks the Anniversary of GOD ending the Creations of the Heavens, Earth,
man, and all that is therein.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he
had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he
had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:1 - 3
“And he said unto them, This is that which the
LORD hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake
that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which
remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
“See, for that the LORD hath given you the
sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide
ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” Exodus 16:23,29
CONCERNING “HOLY
CONVOCATION”
The issue stemming from the meaning of “Holy
Convocation” written in Leviticus 23rd Chapter is real, and the
interpretation is grossly misunderstood.
“Holy Convocation” does not mean “To Gather.” And the sin committed by traveling and
gathering on the CREATOR’s Holy Sabbath of Complete REST has grave consequences
(Exodus 31:12 - 18).
Conclusive evidence that “holy convocation”
DOES NOT mean to assemble is provided in the passage on Passover. In Exodus 12:16 we are told that Passover is
a “holy convocation” but yet, we are Commanded to observe this High Holy Day
with our immediate families and only to join with another family if one’s
members are too few for the lamb (Exodus 12:4).
This proves without a doubt that “holy convocation” cannot mean to
assemble, but rather to keep the holy days “HOLY.” Some call attention to the fact that because
Israelites were Commanded to ”…turn in the morning and go into their
tents” (Deuteronomy 16:5-7) that this is
proof of an assembly. Those Israelite
families that joined with others are the ones GOD Commanded to return to their
tents.
The Holy ONE of
The wise, obedient ones understand the great
importance of observing this Seventh Day of Rest exactly as GOD Commanded and
will not add to or diminish from this Law of the “Blessed,” “Sanctified,”
and “Holy” Seventh Day Sabbath.
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“…we will remember the name of the LORD
our God.”
Psalm 20:7
“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.”
Psalm 9:10
“… The LORD God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob…this is my name for ever,
and this is my memorial unto all generations.”
Exodus 3:15
“Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant
whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me,
and understand that
I am he:
before me there was no God formed,
neither shall there be after me.
“I, even I, am the LORD;
and beside me there is no saviour.”
Isaiah 43:10,11
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