“…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,
Exodus 3:15
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“Can a woman forget her sucking child,
that
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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Therefore, 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
land.
Jeremiah 23:7,8
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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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AND HIS EVERLASTING BOOK OF THE LAW
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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:
“”O
give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth
for ever.
“Let
Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
“It
is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
“It
is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
“The
LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
“The
right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
“I
shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.”
Psalm
118:1,2,8,9,14,16,17
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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!!!
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:
(Deuteronomy 6:4)
HAVE NO FEAR, YIHOVAH IS
NEAR
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4
No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in
judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the
LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 54:17
And
kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they
shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick
up the dust of thy feet; and
thou shalt know that I [am] the
LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah 49:23
The
nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their]
hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf. They shall lick the dust
like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth:
they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Micah 7:16, 17
The
LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, [even] the
LORD, [is] in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Zephaniah 3:15
Thine,
O LORD, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all
[that is] in the heaven and in the earth [is thine]; thine [is] the kingdom, O
LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
I Chronicles 29:11
There’s no need to
fear, for YIHOVAH is near,
all we have to do is call
on HIS Holy name!!!
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
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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 and conveniently 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. Hence, because the Commandment is to use the “Lights” in the Heavens for “Signs” for seasons, days, and years, the New Moon Crescent is what provides us with our first lights of each new month and these lights continue waxing and waning until they are diminished to the dark phases. And then in two to three days, the New Moon Crescent reappears again starting the First Day of another new month.
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 New Moon Crescent reappears, thus, we understand the concept of having a “New” moon.
If the dark phase of the moon begins the First Day of the month, then when the New Moon Crescent is “Sighted” that could approximately be as far into the month as the Fourth Day, i.e., the appearance of the “Light” in the Heavens could possibly fall on the Fourth Day. It makes no sense to start to count the first dark phase of the moon as being the First Day of the month, as this process disregards the use of the “Light” in the Heavens to determine our “days,” as we are Commanded to do in Genesis 1:14. Consider what King David said in I Samuel 20:24: “…when the New Moon was come…” He had to be speaking about the New Moon Crescent, as we are unable to “Sight” the appearance of the dark phase or rather see it “come.”
It’s the absence of seeing the moon for forty-eight or more hours that enables us to identify the approaching Crescent “Sign” in the Heavens (mentioned in Genesis 1:14) that recognizes the moon as being “New.” And upon “Sighting” this “New” Crescent” we distinguish it as being the “New Moon” and the time of the New Month, as well.
PLEASE
NOTE: The Hebrew New Year is also determined by the
“LIGHTS” in the Heavens and not by the “sighting of
barley,” as some Black Hebrew Israelites and European “Jews” advocate.
***
“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
<<<PLEASE TAKE PART IN THE NEW MOON WATCH>>>
<<<For The First Day of the “HEBREW” Month>>>
IF “SIGHTED,”
And if it’s not the
evening of GOD’s Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of
COMPLETE REST or other Holy
Day,
please report your evidence
(day, date, and time) to:
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START THE NEXT NEW MOON WATCH
ON THE EVENINGS OF
<<<JULY 15,16,17, 2007>>>
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.
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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 Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.”