“…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

 

 

THE LAWKEEPERS’ MONTHLY JOURNAL

 

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May this our Seventh Month of Holy Days

bring us joy in the knowledge of Our Most Merciful GOD

of

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel!

 

 

  

OUR GOD BLESS US

AND REMEMBER HIS COVENANT WITH

ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB!

 

 

“I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,

to be your God:

I am the LORD your God.”

Numbers 15:41

 

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 49:15 - 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 49:22

 

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<>ALL MONTHLY EDITIONS ARE A TRIBUTE<> 

 

TO 

 

<>THE CREATOR GOD OF ISRAEL<>

<>TAKING BACK HIS UNIVERSE<>

 

AND

 

<>MANIFESTING THE SECOND GREAT EXODUS<>

 

OF

 

<>THE SEED OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL<>

 

FOR

 

<><><><>HIS HOLY NAME’S SAKE<><><><>

 

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LORD GOD of ISRAEL,

"I will declare thy name unto my brethren:

in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,

glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel."

Psalm 22:22,23

 

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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

 

<> And God said moreover unto Moses, <>   

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

 

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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ESTABLISHED FOR

 

THE RECOGNITION, EXALTATION, AND PRAISE OF

 

THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB

 

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

 

“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger,

as for one of your own country:

for I am the LORD your God.”

Leviticus 24:22

 

“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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THE<>TRUE<>AND<>LIVING<>GOD!

 

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EXALTATION OF THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL:

 

"Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song,

and his praise in the congregation of saints.

 

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

 

Let them praise his name in the dance:

let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

 

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

 

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

 

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;"

Psalm 149:1 – 6

 

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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)

 

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It’s ETHANIM and There’s a Jewish Messiah in Brooklyn

 

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon

at the feast in the month Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month.

 I Kings 8:2

 

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month,

shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Leviticus 23:24

 

Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement:

it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls,

and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:27

 

And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses,

that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

Nehemiah 8:14

 

Shalom O Nation of Yisrael! It is with great joy and happiness that we the LawKeepers greet you in this our Seventh Month, Ethanim.  Let us not lose sight of the significance of our observance of the three “High Holy” days celebrated this month.

 

The following article was taken from the free weekly New York newspaper called, the Village Voice.  The subject of the article is the proclaimed Hasidic “Messiah” of the Jewish community.  This article is more affirmation that these people are a fake and a fraud by their own hand and condemnation. 

 

The Crown Heights Lubavitchers

Ecstatic Jews, a messiah proclaimed, and the consequential divisions

By Elizabeth Dwoskin

Like many other young men in Crown Heights, Itzik Balulu studies the Talmud and other Jewish texts from early in the morning to well into the night.

But you should see his ride. When he's not ensconced in 770 Eastern Parkway, the center of the Chabad-Lubavitch universe, the 26-year-old Israeli and his crew drive around in a blinged-out Cadillac, a regular kandy-kolored streamline baby. Oy vey.

The Caddy, which they bought a few years ago, is bright yellow and covered with enormous decals featuring a "King Messiah" crown and a picture of the messiah himself: Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson. A dollar bill is attached to the upper right corner of the windshield—a symbol of the rebbe's practice of handing out dollar bills to his visitors to give to charity.

Among Lubavitchers, the rebbe is more than revered. Officially, he died 14 years ago. But to many Lubavitchers, dead he's not, and the messiah—not just for Jews, but the entire planet—he most certainly is.

When they aren't studying, the yeshiva boys doggedly tool around the city and install yellow flags in homes and businesses. The flags look a lot like the images on the car: a crown and the words "Long Live the King Messiah Forever and Ever." Balulu installed seven last week and just ordered a thousand more from a factory in China. He plans to go to India next year: The rebbe, he says, has advised him to be a Chabad emissary.

For now, Balulu goes to Union Square every Friday afternoon to hand out Chabad materials and to "bar-mitzvah" non-observant Jews. He and the boys usually set up shop beside an Amish cheese vendor at the weekly farmers' market. They tend to get into friendly discussions with passersby, like a recent confab they had with a teenage Korean Christian missionary and the Pennsylvania Amish vendor over the meaning of Orthodox Judaism. Their target, however, is secular Jews. >From behind their table festooned with (what else?) yellow flags, the boys ask Jews to pray with them—specifically to repeat, word for word, a prayer referred to as the Yechi chant, which identifies the rebbe as the messiah. Yes, the Messiah.

Schneerson's the reason you see dark-suited young men like Balulu in Union Square every Friday calling to passersby and asking: "Are you Jewish?"—and also the reason there are Chabad houses in Laos and Bangkok and South Africa.

The nerve center, however, remains 770 Eastern Parkway, which has such cachet because it was the home and synagogue of Schneerson, the Chabad-Lubavitch's head rabbi from 1950 until his death in 1994. He is credited with turning a demoralized group of Lubavitch Jews that had moved to Brooklyn in the wake of World War II into a multimillion-dollar global empire that spans more than 70 countries, boasts hundreds of thousands of devotees, and has established beachheads on more than 100 American college campuses.

You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in Crown Heights who could point to a single character flaw that the rebbe possessed—or still possesses, because people like Sara Kanevsky insist that he never died.

Kanevsky's is a world of constant miracles. Pictures of the rebbe plaster the walls of her third-floor apartment. Every night, she and her friends put on a trance CD of traditional Yiddish hymns set to techno music, and they dance for hours. They take belly-dancing classes that can start at midnight. Her cell-phone ringtone plays the Hebrew messianic slogan Yechi ha Melech, which roughly translates as "Long Live the King Messiah Forever and Ever." She answers the phone with these same words.

Not all Lubavitchers have gotten the message. Even as Chabad has grown into a billion-dollar empire in the wake of the rebbe's death, the battle lines between those who accept Schneerson's demise and those who don't have hardened.

Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin, a spokesman for Chabad, describes the behavior of people like Kanevsky as "more painful than words"—an abuse of the rebbe's message. For some Jews within and outside Chabad, messianism, with its prophecy of a sort of second coming, smacks too much of Christianity. Others say it violates the monotheistic religion's prohibitions against idolatry. And some think it cultish or just too simplistic—a caricature of Jewish teachings.

"At the end of the day, running around saying, 'My guy is the messiah' over and over—it's an echo chamber," says Shmotkin, a 39-year-old rabbi. "And what the rebbe was creating was the opposite of an echo chamber."

Meanwhile, the conflict continues to reverberate. In Crown Heights, messianists and non-messianists pray in separate synagogues, listen to different radio programs, and study in separate houses of learning. Many messianists wear yellow lapel pins adorned with crowns and erect matching yellow flags on the façades of their homes. The two groups do not intermarry.

In a way, Kanevsky herself is a cornerstone of the controversy. A court battle between the two camps is connected to Kanevsky's arrest for doggedly hanging onto the cornerstone of 770 Eastern Parkway during a contretemps outside the building in 2004: The Chabad leadership had obtained a restraining order against the messianists after they defaced the stone. That case is still on appeal.

Meanwhile, the fight continues to play out right inside the building. Chabad, the empire, has its headquarters on the third floor, and it's at war with many of the people who pray and study in the synagogue below.

Last December, as a part of the same court battle, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the owners of the building had the right to remove a banner that the messianists had placed over the Torah ark in the downstairs synagogue. The banner, proclaiming the rebbe "King Messiah Forever and Ever," had been put up by four messianist trustees who were elected to run the synagogue. Naturally enough, they're appealing the judge's ruling.

There are two things that most Lubavitchers agree on: Crown Heights is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and for the messianists, 770 is the holy nerve center. Some consider the building to be the resurrection of the Great Temple, destroyed in Jerusalem in 70 CE. Young people incorporate 770 into their e-mail addresses; older folks try to buy houses with that auspicious number and have built exact replicas of the Neo-Gothic building, which once housed a medical clinic, in places as far-flung as Argentina and Brazil.

Portraits of the rebbe and his wife are fixtures in just about every home. Schneerson was a powerful figure who received heads of state and advised multimillionaire financiers, and his followers cherish their memories of him, even at a house next to his (ostensible) Long Island grave, where the video Encounters With the Rebbe plays on a continuous loop.

Now about that grave: Unlike the thousands of other Lubavitchers, Sara Kanevsky has never paid a visit. She doesn't know who or what is in the grave, but she's certain it's not the rebbe. On the anniversary of his death this past July, while more than 50,000 people waited on a four-hour line outside the cemetery, midnight buses rolled in from Canada, and Israelis camped out for the weekend in the Chabad house next-door, Kanevsky went to 770 to celebrate.

Kanevsky does a lot of celebrating when others are mourning. She says that in the time of redemption, all rules are reversed. Two years ago, she walked around eating ice cream in 770 on a fast day, which led to her being kicked out. And on the most recent fast day this summer, she talked with some Chabad members in Florida who were enjoying a spaghetti dinner. Kanevsky has even written a book in four languages on the new rules.

She acknowledges that to some people in Crown Heights, she appears to be a nut. But even that, she says, is part of the program. "The rebbe says you have to be crazy about moshiach," she says, using the Hebrew word for "messiah." "Miracles are crazy."

Those lubavitchers who believe that Schneerson is the messiah became more vocal about it after the rebbe suffered a debilitating stroke in 1992.

In the preceding year, Schneerson himself had begun to tell his followers that the redemption was imminent. He urged them to do everything in their power to bring it about.

Though he never referred to himself directly as the messiah (the rebbe rarely spoke about himself), some people began to see it that way. At religious gatherings, hundreds of people shouted the Yechi chant. It's unclear what the rebbe thought of these outcries. Messianists say he shook his fist in support; confidantes claim that he was pained by the sight of it; and still others aren't sure whether, after the stroke, the rebbe was able to understand the implications of what was happening before his eyes.

No one really knows how many Lubavitchers believe that Schneerson is the messiah. It's been a mostly futile effort trying to quantify them, though some have tried methods like counting yellow flags. This is partly due to the gradations of belief among the messianists: While many believe that the rebbe's death was an illusion, there are some who accept it but are convinced that he will one day be resurrected; others who believe deeply that he is the messiah but don't publicize it, preferring to keep the whole thing a matter of the heart; and still others who aren't 100 percent sure either way but are afraid to really talk about it, since it has become such a contentious matter. And then there are those, like Kanevsky and Balulu, who proclaim their faith to everyone they meet.

A youthful, 40-year-old mother of seven, Kanevsky and her friends live their lives in a state of near-ecstasy. And while fervor and joyousness are central to all forms of Hasidic Judaism, the messianists' exuberance is unusual.

The crown lies easy upon their heads. In fact, as Kanevsky stands before a cluster of five women sitting on benches in 770, she's wearing not only a form-fitting black skirt and a long-haired wig, but also a necklace with a golden crown attached to it—the symbol of the King Messiah. The jewel-studded crown is larger than her palm. She has two cell phones pressed to her ears. Another cell phone and an iPod rest on the bench in front of her. The devices are recording her daily three-hour radio address and workshop, the topic of which is the redemption. The address is being broadcast live over the Internet. A blown-up portrait of the rebbe has been placed on a bench behind them.

The women pass around grapefruits, figs, and homemade baked tilapia in a large aluminum catering tray. "We call this the fish of the redemption," says regular attendee Devorah Leah Blau as she fills her plate (a friend is rocking Blau's baby).

Kanevsky is largely self-taught, but when she has a question of any significance, she says she consults the rebbe. Like Balulu and others, she does this by either placing a note or asking a question aloud in front of a stack of books containing his collected letters. Then she turns to a page at random and finds that the rebbe has left an answer there. Last week, for example, she wondered in a dream whether her friend Ruth would become a millionaire. When she opened the book, she says, the date of her friend's birthday was on the page—a sign that the rebbe was listening.

After Kanevsky's class ends, she stashes the rebbe's photo behind a bookcase in the women's section. "Did I tell you about the time I got arrested?" she asks. Then she bolts out the door and onto the promenade, which is elevated about 10 feet above the sidewalk. She looks over a stairwell and points down below, to a cornerstone in the façade of the building. In 2002, the Chabad leadership placed a plaque engraved with the words "of blessed memory" beside the cornerstone in honor of Schneerson. The messianists, resenting the implication that Schneerson was no longer alive, vandalized the plaque and put their own in its place. Multiple riots erupted in front of 770, and the police put up barriers and surrounded the plaque.

During one pf the uprisings, Kanevsky saw the commotion and decided to leap from the promenade. But wearing high heels, she fell, and people thought she had broken her ankle. Then she got up and ran to the cornerstone. Her friend Ruth jumped in after her. The women held onto the stone until the police pulled them away.

Zalman Shmotkin acknowledges that Jewish law allows for a great wise figure in every generation, but he's not convinced that Schneerson should be considered the king messiah of them all. Shmotkin, who has an office on the third floor of 770, says he never prays in the building's synagogue. One of his deepest fears is that people will see messianism as the face of Chabad, and that this will alienate them from the rebbe's teachings. "It's so not what we're about," he says.

"It violates common sense and makes the movement seem insane," says David Berger, a historian and the author of The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference. "They think it turns people off to Hasidic teaching, and it's a sincere concern."

Berger, himself an observant Jew, says that while researching the book, he watched videos that were filmed at 770 after the rebbe's death. In one, people cleared a path across the synagogue to allow the invisible rebbe to walk to his chair. "When people tell me that the kind of scene I just described is crazy," he says, "I react by saying that there are millions of people in the world who are perfectly normal and intelligent people, who believe that the priest is holding a piece of bread and that this bread is the real presence of Jesus of Nazareth."

With the Lubavitchers as with Christians, messianic beliefs are nuanced, Berger says. He thinks that most Luba- vitchers, either secretly or openly, do believe that the rebbe is the messiah, but that only a small fraction believe he is still alive.

That contention has made Berger the target of severe attacks in the Lubavitch world. And though he staunchly opposes the movement, he says that there are strong theological underpinnings both to the messianism and even to the "seemingly crazy assertion" that the rebbe really didn't die.

"Judaism says that in every generation, there is a righteous person that connects the world to the divine energy," he explains. "If there is no leader, the world would actually cease to exist. So the fact that the rebbe has died and that the world continues to exist is a conundrum to them, and it leads them to believe that the rebbe must not have died. But even people who believe he did die find this to be a challenging question." They resolve it, he adds, by opining that we're living in strange times, or that the rebbe is still providing the divine connection from his grave.

Kanevsky finishes her class in the late afternoon. By that time, Crown Heights is a rush of preparations for Sabbath. She passes hat shops with old-world lettering on their façades, ancient gumball machines, and elderly women begging for some Sabbath charity on the sidewalk. Kanevsky gives each of the women a few dollars and walks into a glatt-kosher meat store. The store sells things like goulash and schnitzel, but Kanevsky is looking for a special kosher chicken.

The store appears to be out of stock. The clerk—who doesn't wear a yellow pin—says to Kanevsky, in Hebrew: "With your luck, Yechi ha Melech, you'll find the meat." She reaches into a pile and finds the last package for sale. Yet another miracle.

Kanevsky continues walking, buying flowers from an Israeli child. She stops in a Caribbean-owned dry cleaners to pick up a jacket and laments that she is out of the moshiach business cards that she normally carries around. Then she remembers that she gave them all out on the subway earlier in the day. As she passes a group of men, one of them calls out: "Moshiach!"

Kanevsky looks over her shoulder. "See? They believe it, too, but don't show it," she says, almost surprised that someone would keep the greatest thing in the world a secret. Then she smiles. "They know what I represent."

So now you know; its time for the world to wake up to these people and their sham.    

 

Rosh Chodesh Shalom!!!

 

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 Co. 

 

[These Lubavitcher believers leave much to be questioned.  It seems they believe more in this dead man, Schneerson, rather than believe in the GOD of Israel.  I'm not at all surprised, as every so-called Messiah that I have known anything about seems to be dead or is a walking dead man purporting lies.  These people might be "Messiahs" or so they call themselves and have others believing, but they certainly have their tribulations.  One was hung on a cross, another died of a stroke, and another one believes in himself and his diet.  Only time will tell how far it all gets him.  In any case, neither of these men, dead or alive, can confirm anything with their belief or dealings because it is to the LAW and the Testimony that is the proven factor:  If they speak not according to this WORD, then there is no light in them (Isaiah 8:20)!  The GOD of Israel said nothing about belief in man, a Talmud, Lubavitchers, the "New Testament", or anything about maintaining vegan diets.    HE did, however, Command worship of HIM and observance of HIS LAW, FOREVER, or suffer the consequences.  And that speaks volumes!   By the way, "Balulu" is the name in Hebrew given to "Buggieman".   I think the connection is clear.  T.Y., Editor]

 

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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. 

 

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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

 

<<<PLEASE TAKE PART IN THE NEW MOON WATCH>>>

 

<<<For The First Day of the “HEBREW” Month>>>

 

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:

thelawkeepers@yahoogroups.com

 

START THE NEXT NEW MOON WATCH ON THE EVENINGS OF

 

<<<SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1,2, 2008>>>

 

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.”  

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, i.e., reflects the light 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)

 

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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:

 

“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 31:17,18

 

Since we know for a fact that GOD’s Holy Seventh Day Sabbath is a “Sign” between HIM and Israel, why take any chance to profane it?  Every passage about the Holy Sabbath of COMPLETE Rest stands strong in support of GOD’s Commandment to abide in our places on the Seventh Day (Exodus 16:29) – ever last one of them – including the passage in Jeremiah where we are Commanded to “Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;”  Jeremiah 17:21   (Please read verses 21 to 27.)

 

Perhaps the wise thing to do would be to define the word “burden.”  But more importantly, we need to determine whether or not Exodus 16:29 is a Commandment or not.  And if it is determined to be one, then we should Fear the GOD of Israel and be obedient to what HE has Commanded of us.

 

“But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power

and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,

and to him shall ye do sacrifice.  And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law,

and the commandment, which he wrote for you,

he shall observe to do for ever more;

and ye shall not fear other gods.”

II Kings 17:36,37

 

Why must we debate that which is clearly written for us to do and for very good reason, if we will only consider and think about it?  The Holy ONE wants us to be first to observe HIS weekly Anniversary of Creation, which is to keep HIS Holy Seventh day at REST, as HE did, in order that we might be REFRESHED!  

 

“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

 

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.”   Exodus 24:12

 

“Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should DO SO IN THE LAND whither ye go to possess it.”   Deuteronomy 4:5 (Caps. are mine.)

 

CONSIDER ALSO the fact that the CREATOR GOD of Israel only Commanded that we go to JerusalemTHREE TIMES in the year”.  Had the Holy ONE wanted us to travel to Jerusalem on HIS Holy Sabbath Day of COMPLETE REST, HE would have Commanded that, as well.  Thus, given Exodus 16:29, we have to realize, understand, and accept the fact that it was never HIS intention for us to travel and/or leave our places on HIS most Holy Seventh Day. 

 

“Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.  Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)  And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.  Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.”   Exodus 23:14 - 17

 

“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast”   Deuteronomy 16:16

 

There is no Scripture indicating that Israelites traveled to Jerusalem on GOD’s HALLOWED SEVENTH DAY.

 

THE PLACE THAT OUR GOD OF ISRAEL CHOSE IS THE HOLY CITY JERUSALEM.

 

The Israelite Way of Life was set in stone in the Wilderness, as to how we are Commanded to prepare to live according to ALL GOD’s LAW, as well as for HIS Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of Complete REST, i.e., how we are supposed to keep it, as well as the consequences for profaning it.  And there are no exceptions.

 

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 “HolySeventh 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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The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. 

Next, is the keeping of HIS Laws.

 

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THE TORAH READINGS FOR THE NEW MOON,

AND GOD’s SEVENTH DAY SABBATHS

DURING THE MONTH OF

 OCTOBER 2008

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.)

 

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NEW MOON WATCH FOR

THE MEMORIAL OF BLOWING

OF TRUMPETS:

September 30, Oct. 1,2, 2008

“…the LORD said unto me, Gather me

the people together, and I will make them

hear my words, that they may learn to fear

me all the days that they shall live upon

the earth, and that they may teach

their children.” Deuteronomy 4:10

 

Numbers 10:10

Psalm 81:1 – 10

Ezekiel 46:3

Leviticus 23:23 - 25

Deuteronomy Chapters 11 - 13

Numbers 29:1 - 6

Ezra 3rd Chapter

Nehemiah 8:1 - 12

I Chronicles 5th Chapter

Jeremiah 30:18 - 24

Deuteronomy 18:15 - 22

Joshua 1st Chapter

Joshua 18:7

I Kings 21st Chapter

Psalm 70:4,5

Psalm 14th Chapter

Psalm 18th Chapter

Psalm 69:30 - 36

“Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai,

and spakest with them from heaven, and

gavest them right judgments, and true

laws, good statutes and commandments:

And madest known unto them thy holy

sabbath, and commandedst them

precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand

of Moses thy servant:” Nehemiah 9:13,14

 

SHABBOT READINGS – 10/4/08

 

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

Deuteronomy Chapters 2 - 4

I Chronicles 1st Chapter

Jeremiah 49:1 - 22

Obadiah

Malachi 1st Chapter

Joshua 2nd Chapter

Ezekiel 20: 5 - 38

Hosea 8th Chapter

II Kings 17th Chapter

II Kings 18:1 - 4

Numbers 21:9

Isaiah 55th Chapter

Jeremiah 23rd Chapter

Jeremiah 30:22 - 24

Psalm 25th Chapter

Psalm 32nd Chapter

Psalm 34th Chapter

Psalm 148th Chapter

 

YOM KIPPOOR

(Day of total fasting -

NO FOOD AND NO WATER!)

Date depends on NM Sighting.

The 10th Day of the Seventh Month

“Ye shall not add unto the word which

I command you, neither shall ye diminish

ought from it, that ye may keep the

commandments of the LORD your

God which I command you.”

Deuteronomy 4:2

 

Leviticus 23:26 - 32

Psalm 51st Chapter

Deuteronomy Chapters 8 - 10

Numbers 29:7 - 11

Leviticus 16th Chapter

Leviticus 25:8 – 23

Ezra 8:21 - 23

Amos 2nd Chapter

II Samuel 12th Chapter

Nehemiah 1st Chapter

Isaiah 25th Chapter

Isaiah 63rd Chapter

Isaiah 64:5 - 12

Micah 6th Chapter

Psalm 60th Chapter

Psalm 80th Chapter

Psalm 103rd Chapter

Psalm 25th Chapter

Psalm 30th Chapter

Psalm 32nd Chapter

Psalm 38th Chapter

Psalm 130th Chapter

“In those days, and in that time, saith the

LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought

for, and there shall be none; and the sins

of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I

will pardon them whom I reserve.”

Jeremiah 50:20

 

SABBATH READING – 10/11/08

 

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

Deuteronomy Chapters 5 - 7

Joshua 23rd Chapter

Ezra 9th Chapter

Isaiah 48th Chapter

Jeremiah 2nd Chapter

Amos 3:1 - 7

Joel 2:21 - 32

Isaiah 59th Chapter

Psalm 119:1 – 24

 

The FIRST DAY OF FEAST

OF TABERNACLES

(DWELLING IN BOOTHS) 

Date depends on the NM Sighting.

The 15th Day of the Seventh Month.

“…the LORD hath taken you, and brought

you forth out of the iron furnace, even out

of Egypt, to be unto him a people of

inheritance, as ye are this day.”

Deuteronomy 4:20

 

Leviticus 23:33 - 44

Deuteronomy Chapters 14 - 16

Numbers 29:12 – 40

Deuteronomy 12th Chapter

Deuteronomy 31:6 - 30

Ezra 3:1 - 6

Nehemiah 8th Chapter

Nehemiah 9th Chapter

Ezekiel 45:25

Zechariah 14:16 – 21

Psalm 89th Chapter

Psalm 96th Chapter

Psalm 98th Chapter

Psalm 147th Chapter

"And it shall come to pass, that every

one that is left of all the nations which

came against Jerusalem shall even go

up from year to year to worship the

King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep

 the feast of tabernacles.” Zechariah 14:16

 

SHABBOT READINGS – 10/18/08

 

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

Deuteronomy Chapters 17 - 19

I Samuel 11th Chapter

I Samuel 12th Chapter

I Samuel 13th Chapter

I Samuel 16th Chapter

II Kings 23:2,3

I Chronicles 29:9 - 30

Malachi 1:7 - 14

Psalm 24th Chapter

Psalm 72nd Chapter

Psalm 95th Chapter

 

The Eighth DAY OF FEAST

OF TABERNACLES

(DWELLING IN BOOTHS) -

Date depends on the New Moon

“Sighting”

The 22nd Day of the Seventh Month.

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is

one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD

thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy

soul, and with all thy might.”

Deuteronomy 6:4

 

Leviticus 23:33 - 44

Deuteronomy Chapters 20 -  22

Deuteronomy 15th Chapter

Deuteronomy 31:8 - 13

Judges 4th Chapter

Judges 6th Chapter

II Kings 17:34 - 39

II Chronicles 8:12,13

Jeremiah 5th Chapter

Joshua 8th Chapter

Psalm 66th Chapter

“I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out

of my mouth in righteousness, and shall

not return, That unto me every knee shall

bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall

one say, in the LORD have I righteousness

and strength: even to him shall men come;

and all that are incensed against him shall

 be ashamed.” Isaiah 45:23,24

 

SHABBOT READINGS - 10/25/08

 

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

Deuteronomy Chapters 23 - 25

Exodus 17:8 – 16

I Samuel 15th Chapter

I Samuel 30th Chapter

II Kings 23:1 - 20

Micah 3:5 - 12

Psalm 15th Chapter

Isaiah 50th Chapter

II Chronicles 25:1 - 4

Ezekiel 18th Chapter

Proverbs 28th Chapter

Psalm 34th Chapter

 

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Watch for the next NEW MOON Crescent "Sighting" On

 

October 29,30,31, 2008

 

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“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

 

“He [GOD] appointed the moon for seasons: 

the sun knoweth his going down.”

Psalm 104:19

 

“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 

 

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A complete TORAH Readings Hebrew Calendar for

all the months of the year, lists Scripture for

the “Holy” Sabbaths of Rest, the New Moon Watches, and

the Holy Feast Days and can be found on The LawKeepers WebSite: 

 

www.thelawkeepers.org

 

Click on “TORAH Readings.”

 

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QUESTIONS ON “OLD TESTAMENT” BIBLE TRIVIA TO PONDER:

 

Why did the GOD of Israel choose the Seventh Month for the Feast of Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets and for the Feast of Tabernacles?

 

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How can we prove that the Feasts of the Seventh Month are all for the Glory and Praise of the GOD of Israel?

 

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QUESTION AND ANSWER:

 

How will the Gentile nations that are left after GOD's Judgment upon the wicked revere the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?

 

"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

 

"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee."   Zechariah 2:10,11

 

"Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD."   Zechariah 8:22

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INFO/HINTS FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:

 

 

HEALTH REPORT FROM THE DESK OF OUR SISTER T'ZIRAH BAHT YISRAEL:

 

Thank you YHWH for making me. YOU alone sustain me. 

Praise YHWH for HIS majesty, for YOUR mercy, and YOUR patience with me.

I just wanted to thank YOU for making such a wonderful body.

What a creation you made. . My body is a miracle of parts and systems. 

Thank you YHWH.

Praise YHWH.

 

HALLELUYAH! HALLELUYAH!  HALLELUYAH!

 

"And the LORD (YHWH) said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,

which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,

in there which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."

KJV: Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 29.

 

YHWH gives us what we need, Praise YHWH with your whole heart.

Hallelu YAH!  Hallelu YAH!  Hallelu YAH!

 

[Please allow me to make it perfectly clear that the information below is not presented for any reason to worship the moon but only to consider the context of the article.  For a fact, we know that the tide rises with the gravitational attraction of the moon, and perhaps there are other happenings that can be related to the moon.  T.Y., Editor]

 

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New Moon, New You

 

There is anecdotal evidence that show that certain parts of the body renew itself each month.  Just as there is a cyclic program to body function just as there is with menstruation.  Hair loss, skin sloughing, and nails have a tendency to break off with a cyclic pattern. Nails have been seen as the extension of skin and is often evaluated to assess for health.

 

Here are a few observations that can be used to assess your own state of health.

  • White spots on nails (medical term: leukonychia) - injuries frequently bring on such spots, the primary cause seems to be a zinc defeciency. According to Dr. Carl Preiffer, research scientist and director of Princeton's Brain Bio Center, the entire world population is probably deficient in zinc, and he recommends 20 mg. of zinc gluconate be taken twice daily.
  • Spots or furrows - caused by virus infections, colds, high fever or other severe stresses
  • Nail abnormalities - often seen in people with hypertension who are know to have high serum copper - the nail will be constricted in from where the nail normally is located.
  • White nails - may signal poor circulation or anemia (when circulation is poor, the nail bed - skin under the nail doesn't receive enough blood - this causes the color to change from healthy pink to pale or white
  • Green nails - indicate a bacterial infection which usually occurs when the nail is slightly seperated from the skin, leaving an open space where bacteria can thrive
  • Red splinters - tiny hemorrhages in the capillaries in the nail bed - they may be caused by minor injury to the nail or in rare cases by liver trouble or psoriasis
  • Dark horizontal streaks - may indicate an underactive adrenal gland - the streaks usually fade after the adrenal gland begins to get stronger
  • Hangnails - lack of < SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">protein, folic acid and Vitamin C can cause this nail problem.
  • Splitting nails - lack of Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) contributes to splitting nails.
  • Fungus in and around the nails - can be caused by lack of friendly bacteria in the intestinal system. Andrew Weil, M.D. in "Natural Health, Natural Medicine", says Tea Tree oil will clear up fungal infections of both toenails and fingernails even if they are resistant to strong systemic antibiotics.

Article on Hair and Nails

 

References: "Health Store News" - October 1986, page 14 "Best ways" - June 1979, page 97 "Better Nutrition for Today's Living" - May 1992, page 34 "Nutrition Science News" - April 1998, page 210-214

 

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SUBJECT:  VEGETABLE…VERY INTERESTING

 

This is absolutely amazing - and makes perfect sense!!

 

A friend sent this to me. It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best and more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what parts of our body!
God's Pharmacy!  A mazing!

 

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. A ll of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

 

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

 

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

 

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

 

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

 

Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. A nd how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

 

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

 

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

 

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

 

Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

 

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

 

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"And the LORD (YHWH) said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in there which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."  KJV: Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 29.

 

YHWH gives us what we need, Praise YHWH with your whole heart.

Hallelu YAH!  Hallelu YAH!  Hallelu YAH!

 

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!

(The Ideal Diet Plan, The Mediterranean Diet)

(The African Diet)

 

The ideal diet promoted today is just what Chapter 1 verse 29 of Genesis refers to: Herbs, seeds, nuts, fruits and green vegetation. Today, are we slowly evolving towards this ideal diet with the downturn of the economy and research constantly proving that new and improved processed foods are not the way to go for a healthy life?

 

Eat your vegetables your mother said. You remember? That wonderful savory one pot meal of Green beans, mixed greens or a variety of dried beans complete with cornbread?

 

Although your mother wasn't a licensed nutritionist she knew what made you grow and what kept you healthy.  Many of us thrived despite digesting meals heavy laden with generous infusions of bacon drippings and pork fat seasoning. 

 

As our appetites became used to an increased consumption of fibrous red meat in the form of steaks and chop diets, the sweet and heavy carbohydrate desserts of cake, cookies, and pies, we watched as our cholesterol levels rose to dangerous levels, our weight balloon and ultimately pay the price for deviating from mama's vegetable meals with increased weight and along with this unhealthy maladies.

 

 Now the trend has reversed itself again and instead of rich desserts and red meat consumption so called "experts" are advocating we return to one pot vegetable meals and less fat. They now call this ideal diet plan, The Mediterranean Diet.

 

The so-called Mediterranean Diet as experts claim include all the necessary rich bulk and vegetables needed for a healthy existence. This cooking type can easily be called the African Diet too!

 

Both cultures enjoy one dish meals complete with vegetables and the occasional meat addition in the form of lamb. The same ingredients our ancestors enjoyed millennia ago.

 

The oil used then was olive oil fresh from all the olive trees or either from the various nut palms. Instead of highly saturated fats like solid vegetable shortenings our parents used.

 

The wonderful one pot meals… ingredients we lost so long ago...With those one pot meals you'll see the fats replaced by healthy olive oil. Pork replaced by lamb, chicken or fish.

 

All this new information just proves that not only mother did know best but we're moving ever towards the most healthy way of eating as YHWH intended.

 

We praise YHWH for HIS GREATNESS and for HIS blessings to sustain us.

 

Hallelu YAH!  Hallelu YAH! Hallelu YAH!

T’Zirah B. Yehudah

 

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T’Zirah B. Yehudah holds a Masters Degree in Nursing with a specialty in Health Promotion and Wellness. She has some 35 plus years of professional nursing experience in various health care settings, which include Medical-Surgical health care,  Occupational Health, School nursing and Ambulatory Health. She has attended various workshops and seminars on Health Promotion and Wellness over the years that have included Alternative /Complementary Health Care.

 

[Many thanks and much appreciation to our Sister T'Zirah for her expertise in the health field and for the valuable information on herbs that she has shared with us.  Please know that I am delighted to report that you will be able to see her health information every month in our LawKeepers' JOURNAL.  T.Y., Editor]

 

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[Burning incense can cause cancer?  Well, who would have thought that?  I wonder why.  Could it be because people are burning incense to false gods, and the CREATOR GOD doesn't like it?  Could it be that it's because of the ingredients of the incense that's causing cancer – ingredients that are forbidden by GOD to use, other than in HIS Holy Temple?  Just a thought.  T.Y., Editor]

 

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BURNING INCENSE INCREASES CANCER RISKS: STUDY

 

Monday, August 25, 2008

CBC News

Inhaling incense fumes over long periods increases the risk of developing cancers of the respiratory tract, a finding that applies to Asian populations worldwide, researchers warn.

Burning incense — a mix of plant materials and oils — is an integral part of daily life in large parts of Asia, as well as in North Africa and among Inuit populations.

Incense releases large amounts of smoke containing particulate matter that gets caught in the lungs, as well as possible carcinogens such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), carbonyls and benzene.

Indoor concentrations of particulate matter from burning incense has been found to far exceed outdoor air quality standards, and can potentially produce more particulate matter than second-hand tobacco smoke, previous studies have shown.

Burning incense almost doubled the risk of squamous cell carcinomas in the upper respiratory tract, such as the nose and sinuses, tongue, mouth and larynx, said the researchers led by Dr. Jeppe Friborg of the epidemiology department at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Their findings are published in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Cancer.

"Given the widespread and sometimes involuntary exposure to smoke of burning incense, these findings carry significant public health implications," the study's authors concluded.

"Besides initiatives to reduce incense smoke exposure, future studies should be undertaken to identify the least harmful types of incense."

While a cause-and-effect relationship could not be established in this type of study, experts suggest burning incense less often and improving ventilation to minimize the long-term risks.

The risk increased in both smokers and non-smokers, the study of more than 61,000 Singaporean Chinese found. The intensity and duration of incense use were also both linked to the levels of risk, Friborg's team found.

The overall risk of lung cancer did not appear to increase with incense use, but the study did suggest a link to increased risk of a specific type of disease, squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

Participants were aged 45 to 74 and were free of cancer when they were first interviewed in 1993-1998. They were followed until 2005.

Over that time, a total of 325 upper respiratory tract cancers (including nasal/sinus, tongue, mouth, laryngeal and other cancers) and 821 lung cancers were found.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/08/25/incense-cancer.html?ref= rss

http://search.conduit.com/ Results.aspx?q=burning+incense+and+cancer&ctid=CT227250&octid =CT227250

 

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Potassium Benefits

The Benefits of Potassium

By: Dr. George Obikoya

Potassium is an electrolyte (a substance that maintains your body's fluid levels), this mineral helps regulate blood pressure and heart function. Research shows that increasing your potassium intake can lower your blood pressure. Those individuals with existing hypertension, as well as those just looking to keep their blood pressure in check, can benefit from potassium.

A Harvard study showed that men who took a potassium supplement with a diuretic decreased their incidence of stroke by 60 percent, compared to men who did not. Potassium neutralizes acids and restores alkaline salts to the bloodstream. Potassium works with sodium in all cells including at nerve synapses to maintain or restore membrane potentials and to assist in metabolic processes. Potassium is critical to our cardiovascular and nerve functioning, regulating the transfer of nutrients into cells and facilitating muscle energy.

Potassium also regulates water balance and assists recuperative powers. Potassium aids rheumatic or arthritic conditions (causing acids to leave the joints and ease stiffness). Potassium is crucial for the elimination of wastes. Potassium is a natural pain desensitizer. Potassium helps control convulsions, headaches and migraines, promotes faster healing of cuts, bruises and other injuries and generally contributes to a sense of well being. Potassium is stored in the muscles. Body builders use a “potassium load” to give their muscles more energy but there is no scientific proof of its effectiveness.

Potassium naturally wants to bind to something to form a potassium compound. Since the human body is very inefficient at breaking down compound minerals, only a small percentage of the Potassium we consume actually gets used. To be utilized, Potassium must be in elemental form. The Potassium molecule needs be small enough to enter an individual cell, and it must be inside a water molecule.

Thus, Potassium must be water-soluble. Water-soluble minerals cannot build up in the body. Therefore they do not reach toxic levels. You can also get your potassium by eating lots of produce - bananas, orange juice, dried dates, and apricots. You need about 3,500 mg daily, but over-the-counter supplements contain no more than 99 mg.

The small amount of potassium in your multivitamin is fine, and don’t take more than 99 mg daily in supplement form because it can irritate your stomach. The effective dose of potassium you need? Take a multivitamin and eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily.

Potassium taken in excess can throw off your electrolyte balance and slow your heart down to dangerous levels. Potassium supplementation is, however, important for people taking certain types of diuretics, those that are non-potassium sparing such as Lasix.

Some Symptoms of Potassium Deficiency include poor circulation, bluish tint to skin, Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome, diabetes, earaches, edema, headaches, heart palpitations, hypertension, insomnia, intestinal pain, muscle weakness, oppressive breathing, pain in the eyes, prolapsed uterus, swollen glands, tissue anemia, and water retention.

All wasting diseases are associated with loss of potassium from the tissues. Potassium deficiency disturbs the excitability of tissues and leads to paralysis of muscle, including cardiac muscle. Sodium and potassium are two of the most important ions in maintaining the homeostatic equilibrium of the body fluids.

It is important that one be very careful in choosing a top quality supplement manufacturer when buying your mineral, including potassium. Take the following precautions when doing so:

Because minerals work synergistically, it is important that your supplement be formulated by scientists with top notch credentials. Many products on the market are simply “thrown together” and many of the ingredients can end up canceling each other out or even have harmful consequences. Moreover, supplements that are not scientifically formulated generally have poor bioavailability, which means that most of the ingredients will simply pass through the system and excreted with little to no benefit.

Because the supplement industry is not regulated in the U.S., consumers only have a one in five chance of buying what is stated on the label. Not only that, but many supplements have been verified by independent third party tests to have toxic contaminants, such as lead. It is therefore absolutely crucial that you choose a manufacturer that follows pharmaceutical GMP compliance, which is the highest standard possible.

Choose a mineral supplement that uses the chelated form. Chelated minerals are ones that are attached to protein molecules, which in turns allows them easier transport into the bloodstream for better absorption. Minerals that can come in chelated form are: boron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, vanadium. Call or email the company and ask if they have a certificate of analysis on file, confirming the potency of each batch. Avoid companies that do not respond or waver in their answer.

A good multivitamin is the foundation of health and nutrition. Take a look at our scientific reviews of many of the popular brands for factors such as ingredients, areas of improvement, quality level, and overall value. If you are looking for a high quality liquid multivitamin, we suggest that you take a look at the Multivitamin Product Comparisons.

References
1. Christin Marandino, Vegetarian Times, August 1998

2. Health & Medicine. (Statistical Data Included) American Fitness, July, 1999

 

http:/ /www.vitamins-nutrition.org/vitamins/potassium.html

 

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REGARDING OTHER MATTERS OF HEALTH AND EXERCISE…

 

As always, before starting ANY exercise program and/or diet, check with your doctor and get his approval.  This is all about being safe rather than sorry. 

 

And if you feel you are suffering from depression, do know that there are medications available for you.  Don’t be embarrassed; this malady goes with the RAT RACE.  Therefore, see your doctor, and feel better fast! 

 

Have you started that “Walking” for weight loss and healthy heart routine, yet? There is no excuse for not going it alone, joining with someone, or even forming a group to take that walk at least five (5) times a week and for 40 minutes minimum.  So, stop procrastinating and get started.  Walk to the tune of Scripture or your favorite upbeat music.  And if you prefer the quiet, walk and meditate with the Most High.  Just make sure that you make time for your body and soul.  You’ll see and feel the difference after just two weeks.

 

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THE 52-WEIGHT-LOSS DIET PLAN

 

Recently, I heard on the news that soon people will be spending a dollar out of every five for medical expenses.  But if we are healthy, we don’t have to fall prey to this reckoning.  As we grow older, we gain weight.  I am a witness!  And guess what?  We do not need this extra load we are carrying.  Therefore, I am doing something about it.

 

My friend and I have decided to embark upon a Weight-Loss Plan to lose 52 pounds in one year.  We have started by promising to lose one pound a week.  Thus, we hope to lose 52 pounds by the second week in February 2007.  We have already started, but it’s not too late for YOU to join with us.  So, hop on board and be a NEW HEALTHIER, LIGHTER WEIGHT this time next year!

 

Some of the things we plan to do are:

 

-limit our intake of “white” foods:  rice, bread, potatoes, ice cream, sugar, etc.

-eliminate fast foods and processed foods

-walk at least 3 days a week

-do not eat after 8 P.M. – drink green tea with mint

-eat more fruits and veggies

-bake rather than fry our meats

-drink plenty of water and tea

-weigh in every Tuesday and E-mail the other party the new weight status

 

A weekly journal is kept of weight lost or gained.  And there is no fair or fun cheating. 

 

If you do not need to lose 52 pounds, then adjust the plan to the amount of pounds to lose and time frame appropriate for you.  If you need any help, let me know.

 

The Brothers are welcomed to join in the program.  By all means, do feel free to share your progress.  List your name, the date you started and the weight you lose each week, or if you prefer to only post periodically, then list the date you started and the amount you lost.  If you have any special ways to lose a fast pound here and there, by all means do share.

 

Let’s start having some fun.  The more competition, the more encouraged we will ALL be to stick with this Weight-Loss-Diet Plan. 

 

On my first week, I lost four pounds, and I could feel the difference on my walk as I climbed the hills.  My husband and I both try to walk three days a week for forty-five minutes.  We do about four miles each day.

 

Don’t forget to first check with your doctor!  Better safe than sorry.

 

Now, get started and feel good and look even better!

 

Tziona Yisrael

 

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May the Holy ONE of Israel be with us to keep us safe and informed in order that we make wise and healthy decisions.

 

Tziona Yisrael

 

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY AND FOREVER:

 

Let’s keep YIHOVAH and HIS LAW our focus and pray for deliverance and fulfillment of all of GOD’s WORD, so that every Nation will show forth HIS Praise and Exalt HIM above all other gods.

 

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THE  GREATEST  “SPOIL”  OF  ALL

 

The Israelites received Reparations for their free labor when they left out of Egypt (Exodus 12:35,36, Psalm 105:37).   Note also that Reparations were given to Ezra for the building of GOD’s Temple and for the service of the House of the LORD GOD of Israel (Ezra 7:12 –21).  And it is prophesied that we will again receive compensation for our free labor and bondage in this modern-day Egypt (all the lands that took Israelites captive):

 

“The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.”   Jeremiah 15:11

 

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EDITORIAL  PERSPECTIVE:

 

THE THIRD PART

 

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel,

and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob,

shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD,

the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

"The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

"For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea,

yet a remnant of them shall return:

the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness."

Isaiah 10:20 – 22

 

"Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas,

and every thing that moveth therein.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah:

that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it:

and they that love his name shall dwell therein."

Psalm 69:34 - 36

 

September 10, 2008

 

As we well know, the CREATOR GOD of Israel scattered us, HIS Chosen People into the "Four Corners of the Earth".  We also know, all too well, why Our GOD made us outcasts to serve our enemies - the heathen.  And more importantly, we know exactly what we must do for Our GOD of Israel to once again SAVE us out of this horrible affliction, suffering, and dreadful misery.

 

Too many of us are numbered among the unemployed, living on welfare, committing crimes, in abusive relationships, abusing alcohol, and taking and selling illegal drugs, among the other vices that destroy us.  We suffer these curses upon us for forsaking Our GOD and turning to man-made idols and human similitudes and for rejecting HIS Righteous Laws, Statutes, and Judgments.  We prefer to make and live by our own imaginations, ordinances, and agendas that have gotten us nowhere and have gotten our captors, those we strive to emulate, just as far.

 

In struggling to be a part of this adverse Gentile society and reap some of its benefits, we do not realize it, but in doing so, we fall deeper into the grip of those who control our lives.  And worse, we become brainwashed and succumb to the White folks' Christian values and perverted ideals that, albeit, leave us perpetually dominated by them and still excluded from their mainstream of equal opportunities, prosperity, and the pursuit of happiness with nothing to show for our constant struggles to be successful. 

 

Yet, we continue to believe that we will rise above this plight, this horrible curse, that Our GOD, nonetheless, has put upon us to bring us to our senses and to cause us to return to HIM and to our heritage.  We delude ourselves every presidential election believing that, as a group, we can vote for a leader who will work in our behalf and better our economic status and improve conditions in the ghettoes of Hell established especially for Black folks in this land of plenty – no matter that the candidate is always White.

 

However, now, we have a fabulous Black man running for president, and we are all tickled pink firmly believing that for sure Barack Obama will make a difference in this 2008 presidential election.  Well, in truth, it is already different, and there has never been an election campaign like it since the founding of this country.  It is believed that this beautiful Black man with a proven track record of "change" and helping the poor and the underprivileged is going to be the one who will liberate the Black Peoples of America out of their despair and misery that the CREATOR GOD of Israel has put upon us, even though we have neither returned to HIM nor resigned ourselves to live and do HIS LAW.  And that which is so astonishing is that in this group of Black supporters are also Israelites who know the GOD of Israel and know HIS WORD but who still choose to put confidence in this so-called "democratic" voting system that has only secured for us continued suppression and regression.  The wise should know that GOD's purpose for scattering us here is for us to fail, so that we will turn to HIM, and that we cannot change HIS Will.   Thus, under these circumstances, we would be better served by taking a chance on a gumball machine.  At least then, if we insert our penny, or is it nickel or quarter these days, we know we will at least get something in return.  Let me explain.

 

Ever since GOD chose the SEED of Jacob, we have put faith and expectations in any and everything but the CREATOR that made us HIS Inheritance and that made an Everlasting Covenant with us.  One of our many abominable faults we had (and still have) is belief in false gods, the pagan "Queen of heaven" being one of them, that I have designated to prove a point. 

 

"But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.  But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?"   Jeremiah 44:17 – 19

 

The wicked Israelites turned from the CREATOR GOD that had given the Children of Jacob the Land of Canaan, a "Land flowing with Milk and Honey" and that had SAVED them countless times from their enemies and from captivity when they cried unto HIM. 

 

"…The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.  Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them."   II Chronicles 15:2 – 4

 

But HIS Help in saving them from their enemies was soon forgotten, and they returned to serving false gods and burning incense to them instead of their Loving SAVIOR.  The Israelites falsely believed in a heavenly body, one of GOD's Creations, rather than the CREATOR that literally gave them everything that mattered including power and wealth and rest from enemy attacks – a PEACE that only the CREATOR GOD of Israel can manifest. 

 

"… I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal."   Hosea 2:8

 

"Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant."   I Kings 8:56

 

Therefore, what else does Our GOD of Israel need to show us in order to make us realize that all our hope, trust, and expectations must be in ONLY HIM for ONLY HE can save us out of our distresses?  And ONLY HE can better our lives and the lives of our children.

 

"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.  The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."   Isaiah 1:2,3

 

There is no one and/or nothing that can improve our status and predicament in these United States EXCEPT the GOD of Israel that brought all this turmoil upon us and upon the world – ALL BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT SINS AGAINST HIM!

 

At this day and time, we should be putting all our energies in prayer and fasting to Our GOD of Israel.  We must beseech HIM in Truth with contrite spirits for HIS Mercy to remember HIS Covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and to remember HIS Promise to restore us to our Land and to our Righteous state, as it is written in the Hebrew Scriptures at the word of HIS Prophets.

 

"Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil."   Joel 2:12,13

 

"For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them."   Jeremiah 32:42

 

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land."   Jeremiah 33:14,15

 

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."   Jeremiah 31:31 – 34

 

From Our GOD's WORD, we must realize what it is that we have no choice but to do to recover our identity and to return to our heritage.

 

"And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:"   Deuteronomy 30:1 – 4

 

This is better than trusting in a man, even if he is a promising Black with a promising platform.   Trusting in any man running for president of the US is just as futile as trusting in the man-god, JC, to save us out of our troubles.  Think about it!  Men can die and men can depart (together with their promises) leaving us hopeless and in the same quandary we have endured since being forcibly brought to the States as Slaves.  But Our GOD of Israel is ever present and awaiting our return to HIM by way of HIS conditions set forth millennia ago.  We must believe this; otherwise HE never would have left for us the only solution that exists to our oppressive state.

 

"And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them."   Deuteronomy 4:27 – 31

 

And let us not forget King Solomon's Prayer that is filled with so much more promise than hope in a Black president.

 

"When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers."   I Kings 8:33,34

 

However, of most importance, the GOD of Israel, HIMSELF, is reading hearts to see who indeed has returned to HM and to HIS Paths of Righteousness.  And from this REMNANT that is escaped and left, Our GOD of Israel will choose HIS Special Ones, those who will elect to serve and worship HIM according to HIS Book of the Law, as it is written.

 

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them."   Exodus 24:12

 

"Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries."   Ezekiel 6:8

 

"And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein."   Zechariah 13:8

 

This Remnant will be of the Nation of Israel because they trust in the Most High GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

 

This Remnant will be the Third Part of the Nation of Israel that GOD will SAVE and whose prayers HE will hear to establish them according to HIS WORD to our forefathers all because they will trust in HIM and will wholly follow HIM and HIS LAW.

 

"Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:"   Numbers 32:11

 

As it has always been written in stone, the determining factor for the establishment of this Third Part hinges on the Israelites who will serve and worship the GOD of Abraham and live by the teachings that HE gave to HIS Prophet Moses.  The GOD of Israel will gather this Third Part of Israelites out of the Gentile countries by HIS Mighty Hand, take us into the Wilderness, where HE will again demonstrate HIS Power and HIS Miracles to make believers out of us and where HE will plead with those of us who Fear HIM to make us once again HIS Covenant People.

 

"And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD."   Ezekiel 20:34 – 38

 

The matter now at hand, is whether or not we really want to improve our lot and want to be SAVED out of captivity or continue to play games with Our GOD and in the end be lost in HIS Wrath upon Babylon and upon all the evil and wicked of the world who reject HIS Principles of Truth and Righteousness.

 

As we observe GOD's Holy Days of the Seventh Month, let us show Our REDEEMER that we want to be numbered among this Third Part that will live in Righteousness to Represent HIM before the world to prove that HE ALONE is the ONE and ONLY CREATOR GOD.  Let us Feast, indeed as we have been Commanded, but let us also be humbled and prayerful for Our GOD of Israel to Change the Times and Deliver us out of the hands of those who took us captives.  Let us give heartfelt meaning to our Holy Feast Days and to our Redemption and Salvation.

 

The Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets:

 

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD."   Leviticus 23:23 – 25

 

"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

 

"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

 

See also Numbers 29:1 - 6

 

The Day of Atonement:

 

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."   Leviticus 23:26 – 32

 

See also Numbers 29:7 - 11

 

The Feast of Tabernacles and Dwelling in Booths: 

 

 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein."   Leviticus 23:33 – 36

 

"Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."   Leviticus 23:39 – 43

 

See also Numbers 29:12 - 40

 

May the GOD of Israel Bless us, all who seek HIM in Truth to hope and trust in ONLY HIM for Our HELP cometh from HIM ALONE!  HE also is Our ONLY SAVIOR, the ONE able to Deliver us out of this gross affliction and unhappiness that we suffer at the hands of our enemies who hold us yet captive.  HE has already cursed the "Two Parts" of Israelites by cutting off and killing our wicked forefathers.  This is a fact!  Now, since HE has opened our eyes, HE is conditioning The Third Part of the House of Israel that will return unto HIM and be obedient to HIS Ways.

 

"And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

 

"And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God."   Zechariah 13:8,9

 

May Our GOD of Israel soon enable us to know the true meaning of FREEDOM and allow us to pray before HIM in HIS Holy City, Jerusalem, that sits atop HIS Holy Mount.

 

LORD GOD of Jacob, with quaking and Judgment make haste to be Exalted and to be Magnified, and let your Covenant People, the SEED of Jacob, show the world that YOU ALONE are the True and Living GOD and that YOU ALONE are to be Praised, served, and worshipped above all gods upon this Earth.  Father of Abraham and Moses, make the world understand that, of a Truth, all other gods are but wood, stone, and human imaginations lacking any iota of your Divine LAW or any tribute to your Ways of Righteousness.  We know that YOU are our only hope.  Father, it is time for you to take back your Universe!  It is time for every knee to bow to YOU, Heavenly Father!  Now, let the Remnant that you will call Return and Represent YOU and Exalt YOU in Truth, Dear Father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! 

 

"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber."

Psalm 121:1 - 3

 

"For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies

will I gather thee.  In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment;

but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee,

saith the LORD thy Redeemer."

Isaiah 54:7,8

 

"Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles,

and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know

that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob."

Isaiah 60:16

 

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 “O taste and see that the LORD is good:

blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”

Psalm 34:8

 

BE EXALTED, LORD GOD OF ISRAEL.  TAKE BACK YOUR UNIVERSE AND SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU ALONE ARE THE ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD, the All-Mighty GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel!

 

BLESS THE LORD, YIHOVAH,

GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB,

BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL

AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, BLESS HIS HOLY NAME!

 

Tziona Yisrael,

Servant of the Most High GOD of Israel for HIS Holy Name’s Sake!

www.thelawkeepers.org

 

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“Remember these, O J