“…Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The
Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me
unto you: this is my name for ever,
and this is my memorial unto all generations.”
Exodus 3:15
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“Can a woman forget her sucking child,
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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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behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD
liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and
which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from
all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own
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Exodus 3:15
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord GOD;
I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but
for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye
went.
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 Egypt, and from Pathros, and
from Cush,
and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and
from
the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the
nations,
and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather
together
the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the
earth.”
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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“Thy righteousness is an 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
“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth
in man,
and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth
from the LORD.”
Jeremiah 17:5
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“The LORD is well pleased for his
righteousness’ sake;
he will magnify the law, and make it
honourable.”
Isaiah 42:21
“Now these are the 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, Israel, and observe to do it; that it
may be well with thee,
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.”
Deuteronomy 6:1 - 3
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“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.”
Jeremiah 22:29
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EXALTATION OF THE MOST HIGH
GOD OF ISRAEL:
“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 Israel, and
a law of the God of Jacob.
“This he ordained in Joseph for a
testimony,
when he went out through the land of Egypt:
where I heard a language that I understood
not.”
Psalm 81:1 - 5
*****
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF THE LAWKEEPERS, CO.:
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IS WORTHY TO BE
PRAISED!!!
MOSHE’S SONG
DEUTERONOMY 32nd CHAPTER
“Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the
words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the
dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness
unto our God.
[He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are]
judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.
They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of
his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not
he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established
thee?
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not
he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established
thee?
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations:
ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when
he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the
number of the children of Israel.
For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his
inheritance
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling
wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of
his eye.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
[So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god
with him.
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might
eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock;
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of
the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou
didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with
abominations provoked they him to anger.
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew
not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast
forgotten God that formed thee.
And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the
provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their
end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is]
no faith.
They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they
have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy
with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a
foolish nation.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the
lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the
foundations of the mountains.
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon
them.
[They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,
and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,
with the poison of serpents of the dust.
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young
man and the virgin, the suckling [also] with the man of gray hairs.
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the
remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their
adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our
hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any]
understanding in them.
O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they
would consider their latter end!
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to
flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves
[being] judges.
For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah:
their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of
asps.
[Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my
treasures?
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his
servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut
up, or left.
And he shall say, Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom
they trusted,
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of
their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, [and] be your protection.
See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me:
I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can
deliver out of my hand.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on
judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that
hate me.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall
devour flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from
the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the
blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will
be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.
And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of
the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to
do, all the words of this law.
For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life:
and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go
over Jordan to possess it.
And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is]
in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of
Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto
thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his
people:
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at
the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified
me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Yet thou shalt see the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go
thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.”
Shalom and Shalom,
Yehudah ben Yacob,
President
The LawKeepers
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Tribute to the New Moon
Revised:
The
service of this solar/lunar calendar of TORAH READINGS is by
definition using the “LIGHTS” of the sun and moon, according to Genesis 1:14,
to number the “days” of each month. And
the dark phases of the moon cooperatively provide a break between the
months. If there were no dark phases of
the moon, we would have a tough time determining when one month ended and when
another would begin. The Hebrew New Year
is, thus, determined by the “LIGHTS” in the Heavens and not by the “sighting of
barley.” Please see the “TORAH
READINGS CALENDAR” for more information on how our Hebrew New Year is
determined (www.thelawkeeper.org).
***
“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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IF “SIGHTED,”
And if it’s not the evening of GOD’s Holy Seventh Day
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START THE NEXT NEW MOON WATCH ON THE EVENINGS OF
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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 Israel observes a “feast” on the day of the New Moon,
then wisdom tells the Nation of Israel to do likewise. King Saul and the anointed David observed
this service (I Samuel 20th Chapter).
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.
***
“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 Israel, and a law of the
God of Jacob.”
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! Whether the Moon shines on its own or 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 New Moon
Crescent in the Heavens we eliminate any confusion as to which day IS the First
Day of the month.
“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 “Moon Crescent
Sighting” - the light in the firmament…i.e.,
the “Sign” for (lunar) days. Thus, if we
are to count all the lunar days (29.5) in a month, it only makes sense to start
counting from the New Moon Crescent “when the New Moon was come” and NOT from
the dark phases at the end of the month, which do not emit any “sign” or “light”
in the heavens.
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 New Moon Crescent. Nonetheless,
when “Sighted,” one can easily distinguish the New Moon Crescent from all the other
phases due to its thin sliver and its low position in the heavens. And the reason is that no two days or
rather phases of the visible moon are alike.
Hence, to use the New Moon Crescent as the “Sign” in the heavens, as
we are COMMANDED to do for our seasons, days, and years, negates the belief
that the “commandment was given to the luminaries.” The “luminaries” fulfill GOD’s
Commandments: the sun shines and the
moon orbits the Earth. They have no need
to determine seasons, days, and years. Hence,
our New Moons are obviously of more spiritual significance to the Nation of
Israel than we are aware. And for sure,
the TRUTH concerning them are in GOD’s WORD to HIS Prophets/Seers - not the
White Jews or other Gentiles. All we
need do is use wisdom, discern what’s written in Scripture, accept it, and act
accordingly!
“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 Temple to worship the Holy ONE on the New Moon (II Kings 4:23;
Ezekiel 45:17; and Ezekiel 46:1), and when HE has HIS Temple rebuilt, then we
will again be able to resume this service and worship.
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 Jerusalem, and stood
before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and
offered peace offerings, and [he] made a feast to all his servants.”
I
Kings 3:15
*Leviticus 23:24,39 (Sabbaths
of Feasts)
*******
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 Israel
together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath
commanded, that ye should do them.
“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 Israel shall keep the
sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in
six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and
was refreshed.” Exodus 31:15 - 17
“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 Israel established this Sabbath Day of
COMPLETE REST and when HE clearly COMMANDED the Children of Israel in the
Wilderness to observe this Holy Day, HE
MADE NO EXCEPTIONS!
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 Israel DOES NOT contradict HIMSELF! HE would
not COMMAND us to “Rest” on the Sabbath Day of Rest and also Command us to “abide
ye every man in your place on the seventh day,” and then confuse us by
telling us to “assemble” on the “rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD.” This would make absolutely no sense
whatsoever. Therefore, if the Holy ONE
of Israel said don’t bear a burden on the Sabbath Day of Rest (Jeremiah
17:21,22) and that our asses (used for travel) had to also rest, then for sure
we have to “abide in our places…on the seventh day.” Thus, using our cars and paying tolls and
public transportation on GOD’s Holy Seventh Day of Rest is absolutely
forbidden! And walking to the Temple
or to any meeting place was and still is out of the question all because GOD’s
Seventh Day is specifically to be kept as a DAY of “COMPLETE REST” - Shabatone (as is written in
Hebrew).
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.
*******
“…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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THE TORAH READINGS FOR THE NEW MOON,
AND GOD’s SEVENTH DAY SABBATHS
DURING
APRIL / MAY 2006
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(If some of the Sabbath Readings are too lengthy for
one day, then pace yourself,
and consider reading the TORAH Readings on the Sabbath
and the rest of the Scriptures listed throughout the
week.)
***
NEW MOON WATCH:
April 27,28,29, 2006
“Sing, O heavens; and be joyful,
O earth; and break forth into
singing, O mountains: for the
LORD hath comforted his people,
and will have mercy upon his
afflicted.” Isaiah 49:13
Numbers 10:10
Psalm 81:1 – 10
Ezekiel 46:3
Exodus Chapter 33 - 35
Isaiah 57:11 - 21
Ezekiel 44:10 - 31
Ezra 9th Chapter
Psalm 13th Chapter
Psalm 23rd Chapter
Psalm 44th Chapter
“And these words, which I command thee
this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou
shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,
and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in
thine house, and when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up.” Deuteronomy 6:6,7
SHABBOT READINGS -
4/29/06
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 16:29
Exodus 31:12 - 18
Jeremiah 17:19 - 27
Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Exodus Chapters 36 - 38
I Chronicles 28th Chapter
Ezekiel 43rd Chapter
Psalm 49th Chapter
Zechariah 2nd Chapter
Zechariah 4:1,2
Psalm 90th Chapter
SHABBOT READINGS - 5/6/06
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 16:29
Exodus 31:12 - 18
Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Exodus Chapters 39 and 40
and Leviticus Chapter 1
Isaiah 49th Chapter
Ezekiel 10:1 - 4
Ezekiel 43:18 - 27
Psalm 103rd Chapter
Psalm 129th Chapter
Malachi 2nd Chapter
Psalm 99th Chapter
SHABBOT READINGS - 5/13/06
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 16:29
Exodus 31:12 - 18
Jeremiah 17:19 - 27
Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Leviticus Chapters 2 - 4
Numbers 15:22 - 31
Ezra 6:1 - 12
Ezekiel 16th Chapter
Ezekiel 40:39 - 46
Ezekiel 42:13,14
Isaiah 61:8 - 11
Isaiah 58:1
Psalm 51st Chapter
Psalm 54th Chapter
SHABBOT READINGS -
5/20/06
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 16:29
Exodus 31:12 - 18
Jeremiah 17:19 - 27
Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Leviticus Chapters 5 - 7
Ezekiel 46:19,20
II Chronicles 29:20 - 36
Judges 11th Chapter
Psalm 16th Chapter
Psalm 119:105 – 112
SHABBOT READINGS – 5/27/06
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 16:29
Exodus 31:12 - 18
Jeremiah 17:19 - 27
Deuteronomy 5:12 – 15
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Leviticus Chapters 8 - 10
Malachi 1:7,8
II Chronicles 13:5 - 22
I Kings 18th Chapter
Nehemiah 8th Chapter
Psalm 99th Chapter
Psalm 132nd Chapter
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Watch for the next NEW MOON Crescent
"Sighting" on
MAY 27,28,29, 2006
“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun
for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the
stars for a light by night,
which divideth the sea when the waves
thereof roar;
The LORD of hosts is his name:
“If those ordinances depart from before me,
saith the LORD,
then the seed of Israel also shall cease
from being a nation before me for ever.”
Jeremiah 31:35,36
“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:”
Genesis 1:14
“And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in
the land of Egypt saying,