“…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
THE LAWKEEPERS’ MONTHLY JOURNAL
>>>>>APRIL / MAY 2002<<<<<
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>>>>>A SPECIAL PASSOVER/PESACH
EDITION<<<<<
“AND the LORD
spake unto Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second
year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
“Let the
children of Israel also keep the Passover at his appointed
season.
“In the
fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed
season: according to all the rites
of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof,
shall ye keep it.”
Numbers 9:1 - 3
ESTABLISHED FOR
THE
EXALTATION, PRAISE, AND RECOGNITION OF
THE MOST
HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB
“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, O 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
“O earth,
earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.”
Jeremiah 22:29
EXALTATION OF THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL:
“That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,
which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from
Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of
bondage;
“…I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out
of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and
gave you their land;
Judges 6:8,9
“Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and
to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
“He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for
thee these great and terrible things, which thine eye have
seen.
“Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten
persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for
multitude.”
Deuteronomy 10:20 - 22
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF THE LAWKEEPERS, CO.:
For Jacob
my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I
have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
I [am]
the LORD, and [there is] none else,
[there
is] no God beside me:
I girded thee, though thou
hast not known me:
That they may know from the
rising of the sun, and from the west, that [there is] none beside me. I [am] the
LORD, and [there is] none else.
I form the light, and
create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these
[things].
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THE TUESDAY, APRIL 2nd EDITION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES PRESENTED A BREAKDOWN OF THE MILITARY MIGHT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 2001. THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES WERE ENUMERATED AS FOLLOWS:
ACTIVE DUTY - 130,000 ARMY RESERVES - 530,000 ARMY
36,000 AIR FORCE 57,000 AIR FORCE
6,500 NAVY 4,000 NAVY
172,500 TOTAL 591,000 TOTAL
TANKS 3,900
HELICOPTERS (GUN SHIPS) 275
FIGHTER PLANES 435
MISSILES 2,500
TOWED/SELF PROPELLED ARTILLERY 9,600
3 NAVAL BASES (HAIFA, ASHDOD & ELAT)
5 ARMY BASES (ZEFAT, NABLUS, JERUSALEM, HEBRON & TEL AVIV)
12 AIR & MISSILE DEFENSE BASES (2 @ HAIFA, 6 @ TEL AVIV, 1 @ HEBRON, 3 IN THE NEGEV)
THE PALESTINIANS FORCES ARE MADE UP OF KIDS, TEENAGERS, AND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN...... ALONG WITH THE HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH. THE KIDS AND YOUNG MEN/WOMEN ARE ARMED WITH SLING SHOTS AND ROCKS (THE DAVIDS). WHILE THE HEZBOLLAH AND THE HAMAS DO HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY OF ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND AK47'S THEIR MILITARY ARTILLERY CANNOT MATCH THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES FIREPOWER (THE GOLIATHS).
THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HAS BEEN THE SACRIFICE OF THE YOUTHS OUTFITTED IN EXPLOSIVES AND SENT INTO ISRAELI CITIES.
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO WHEN ISRAELITES ROAMED THE HILLS OF ISRAEL, THE MOST HIGH ELOHIM GUIDED THE ROCK IN KING DAVID'S SLING TO LODGE ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF GOLIATH'S FOREHEAD (BETWEEN THE EYES);..... DURING OUR CONFLICT WITH THE PHILLISTINES.
OH WHAT
A BLESSING IT IS TO HAVE YIHOVAH OF ISRAEL TO FIGHT OUR BATTLES FOR
US!
“For the LORD YOUR God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.”
Deuteronomy
20:4
“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come
as a destruction from the Almighty.”
Isaiah 13:6
Shalom,
Yehudah
Ben Yacob, President
THE LAWKEEPERS
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PLEASE
TAKE PART IN “SIGHTING” THE NEW MOON -
START THE NEXT NEW MOON
WATCH ON THE EVENINGS OF
April 12, 13,14,
2002
BY LOOKING IN THE “WEST”
JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON.
“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
“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
“But unto the place which
the LORD your God shall choose out
of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye see,
and thither thou shalt
come:
“And thither ye shall bring
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings
of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of
your herds and of your flocks:
“And there ye shall eat
before the LORD your God, and ye shall REJOICE in all that ye put your hand
unto, ye and your households,
wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.”
Deuteronomy 12:5 - 7
Tribute to the New Moon:
Unless
there is an emergency, please try not to buy or sell on this day. Conduct all financial and business
transactions prior to the New Moon.
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
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.
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THE TORAH
READINGS FOR THE NEW MOON AND
SABBATHS
DURING
APRIL /
MAY 2002 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NEW MOON - AVIV
(THE BEGINNING OF
MONTHS)
NEW MOON WATCH:
April 13,14,15, 2002
Psalm 81:1 - 10
Exodus 10:1 - 3
Exodus 11th
Chapter
Exodus 12th
Chapter
Psalm 3rd Chapter
Psalm 118th Chapter
FIRST SHABBAT READINGS
OF THE NEW YEAR - 4/20/02
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Numbers 15:32-36
Isaiah 56:1-8
Isaiah 58:10-14
Exodus 12th
Chapter
Psalm 3rd Chapter
Genesis 2:2
Exodus 20:8-11
Psalm 37th Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS -
4/27/02
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah
58:10 - 14
Exodus 13th Chapter
Joshua 2nd Chapter
Joshua 6th Chapter
Psalm 119:97-112
EREV PASSOVER
(14TH at Sundown) - Determined
by the New Moon “Sighting.”
Deuteronomy 16:1 - 8
Exodus 12th
Chapter
Exodus 3:6 - 18
Numbers 9:1 - 14
II Chronicles 35:1 - 19
Ezra 6:18: - 22
Isaiah 43rd Chapter
Jeremiah 15:11
Leviticus 23:5 - 8
Psalm
33rd Chapter
FEAST OF UNLEAVENED
BREAD
Determined by the NM “Sighting.”
Readings:
Exodus 14th
Chapter
Joshua 5:10,11
II Kings 23:21-23
II Chronicles 30th Chapter
II Chronicles 35:1 - 19
Ezra 6:18 -22
Ezekiel 45:21 - 24
Jeremiah 2nd Chapter
Isaiah 32nd Chapter
Psalm 62nd Chapter
Psalm
78th Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS (Passover Week) -
5/4/02
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Exodus Chapters 15 - 17
Isaiah 12th Chapter
II Samuel 22nd Chapter
I Chronicles 29:10 - 19
Psalm 66th Chapter
Psalm 114th Chapter
Psalm 10th Chapter
7TH DAY OF FEAST OF UNLEAVENED
BREAD
Readings:
Leviticus 23:5 - 8
Psalm 105th Chapter
Psalm 106th Chapter
Psalm 59th Chapter
Psalm 71st Chapter
Psalm 91st Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS -
5/11/02
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Isaiah 43rd Chapter
Joshua 1:1 - 9
Joshua 24:26,27
I Kings 8:23 - 53
Deuteronomy 30:1 - 3
Nehemiah 9:13,14
Nehemiah 13:15 - 22
Psalm 68th Chapter
Watch for
the next NEW MOON "Sighting" on 5/12,13,14/2002.
A complete TORAH
Readings Hebrew Calendar displaying all the months, Sabbaths of Rest, New
Moon Watches, and Holy Days for the year can be found on The LawKeepers
WebSite:
www.thelawkeepers.org
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SOME QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
Why did the Holy ONE of Israel Command that
we take a lamb (male) of the “first year?”
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What were the “TWO” Covenants that the Holy
ONE of Israel made with the Children of Israel after delivering them out of the
Land of Egypt, the House of Bondage?
Please feel free to contribute responses to these questions, and if so, they will be published in the next Newsletter.
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HINTS FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:
LEAVENING
WATCH
Introduction
As we enter the season of Passover one of the subjects of its observance calls for a lack of the use of leavening, which is generally a prime ingredient for most of our bread foods.
Concerning leavening agents, one household product used religiously in countless American kitchens for decades and helps fashion plates of golden muffins, cornbread, cakes, and cookies has in the mix one ingredient which may lay claim as the Baron robber of memory. The familiar can with the girl holding a plate of fluffy biscuits or the familiar muted red can which holds promise for stacks of pancakes, bread, and other mouth watering pastries waiting to satiate the hungry palate hardly presents as the culprit for potential brain deterioration and total thought entrapment.
Baking powder, the leavening agent used by cooks for years wait now under the scrutiny of the health conscious and numerous researchers for a clean bill of health. Just as saccharin before it bore the brunt of scrutiny, as did the great cancer scare of the sixties, sodium aluminum sulfate (Baking powder) has proven in recent years to be suspect in the rising numbers of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's
disease the scourge of 20th century health has devastated families, disconnected
fathers to sons and mothers to daughters.
It is somehow tragic to think
that an ingredient in the foods we eat may be the key.
For years
families have come home after countless hours at work or school to be rewarded
by foods prepared with love and attention to detail as the most learned rocket
scientist prepares fuel for rocket propulsion. Measuring each ingredient by spoon or
cupful, the family cook has gone about the task of creating for the family
tables crusty morsels of food probably
containing this ingredient of potential disaster.
Aluminum a
natural occurring chemical has been used in food production since modern food
preparation has been known.
However, recent information has brought to light about its accumulated
effects when stored in the body over time.
Baking powder and other products
containing aluminum have led to researchers to consider them suspect in memory
loss.
Aluminum in
the preparation of antiperspirants has also come under suspicion. Deodorants
containing natural ingredients should be substituted. Tom's brand and also Ahera All Natural
ROLL-ON DEODORANT contain no harsh ingredients.
As for alternatives to the baking powder we have all come to know and love, there are alternatives out there without Aluminum. One brand out of Canada called ENCORE GOURMET BAKING POWDER does not contain this aluminum.
At this time of Passover we are reminded of the need to leave out the leavening agents in our breadstuffs for seven days to remind us of the haste with which our Israelite forebears had to flee Egypt. However in retrospect we may have to evaluate this leavening agent with much more scrutiny and for much longer than the required 7-day-abstinence. We will have to evaluate it for our future health for all time.
May you have a memorable and
Peaceful Passover.
June E. Porter MSN RN CS
T'Zirah / JELPO@AOL.COM
[This is an excellent article – ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT! T.Y., Editor]
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Last month I received a notice from someone informing me about “Heating Foods in the Microwave,” and for the life of me, I can’t find the E-mail, and I do not remember who sent it. I just snatched this info and passed it right on. Now, I regret so much not being able to give him/her recognition. In any case, please read that very important notice below:
On Channel 2 this morning… They had a Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital on the program. He is the manager of the Wellness Program at the hospital. He was talking about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics release dioxins into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.
Dioxins are carcinogens and highly toxic to the cells of our bodies. Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results without the dioxins. So such things as TV dinners, instant saimin and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad, but you don't know what is in the paper.
Just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might remember when some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Pass this on to your family and friends.
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A few days later, I received another E-mail notice this time from Kathy McDonald, and this one is equally as important for us to know. It follows:
A preventative way to assist your body in ridding itself of dioxins and free radical cells is to take a daily dose of Vitamin E.
If you haven't started, jump on the bandwagon. Free radicals are the cells that love to form tumors, so you know what they say, “An once of prevention goes a long way,” and in this instance, it slaps ‘em before they can start!!!
Kathy McDonald
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I have absolutely no idea who Kathy is, but “we” certainly thank her for this information. And while you use the microwave to heat your foods for the Feast of Unleavened Bread just remember not to use plastic.
Tziona Yisrael, Editor
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SOCIETY
WARNS ABOUT SHAMPOO, TOOTHPASTE INGREDIENT
AMMAN
(Petra) – The National Society for Consumer Protection
(NSCP) on Wednesday called on the Ministry of Helth to examine the use
of the substance sodium lauryl sulphate,
used in shampoos and toothpaste manufacturing. According to NSCP President Mohammad
Obeidat, there are scientific reports
showing that sodium lauryl sulphate is carcinogenic.
The Jordan Times
Home Newspaper
April 4, 2002
www.jordantimes.com
May the Most High GOD of
Israel sustain us with good health and high spirits, throughout this Passover
Season and New Year.
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
Learn about the Reparations Mass Movement for Descendants of Slaves and how YOU can get involved: Go to: www.thelawkeepers.org and click on “Repnow.”
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:
Passover is most certainly upon us, and I hope that everyone is, by now, in preparation for it. I say this although I realize that some Brothers and Sisters celebrated Passover in March in accord with the White Jewish Calendar.
Please permit me to say that there are some of us who follow the “Barley Watch” and some who follow the New Moon “Sighting” that falls on or after the “spring equinox” (March 20,21) for determining the start of the New Year. Obviously, for each New Year, I am among those who follow the New Moon “Sighting” that falls on or after the “spring equinox,” which has everything to do with using the “Lights” in the heavens to determine our seasons, days, and New Years.
It might come as a surprise to those who follow the “Barley Watch” or the White Jewish system “Dark Phase” for the New Year and Passover, that last year’s Passover fell on April 8th/9th, and this years Passover fell on March 28th/29th. This means that those who do not use the New Moon “Sighting” on or after the “spring equinox” have observed two Passovers in one solar year. Needless to say, there is something wrong with this picture!
The following is very interesting information that one might consider as we go about trying to determine the actual start of our Hebrew New Year. This documentation entails Gentiles inserting months into the calendar year and at their discretion. It is my hope and prayer that these revelations will cause us to realize that we must delve deeper for a better understanding of Genesis 1:14 and our Hebrew Calendar.
“Ancient Calendars: The earliest complete calendars were probably based on lunar observations. The Moon's phases occur over an easily observed interval, the month; religious authorities declared a month to have begun when they first saw the new crescent Moon. During cloudy weather, when it was impossible to see the Moon, the beginning of the month was determined by calculation. The interval from new moon to new moon, called a synodic month, is about 29.53 days. Hence, calendar months contained either 29 or 30 days. Twelve lunar months, which total 354.36 days, form a lunar year, almost 11 days shorter than a tropical year.
“A lunar year is not suitable for agricultural purposes. To keep in step with the Sun, lunar-solar calendars were formed by adding an additional (leap) month when the observation of crops made it seem necessary. Hundreds of such calendars, with variations, were formed at various times in such different areas as Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, India, and China.” The 1996 GROLIER Multimedia Encyclopedia
“The Jewish Calendar + Each year that the barley was not ripe on the 16th of Nisan this month [Adar Sheni] was to be added, but never to be added for two years in a row.” Richard J. Voyles for Harold Shaw Publishers – Compton’s Interactive Bible, New International Version
“Because the year is not exactly divisible by months and days, the practice arose of making arbitrary divisions and inserting extra (intercalary) days or months.” The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, Third Edition Found on page, 133 under the entry word “calendar.”
“The ancient Babylonians had a lunisolar calendar of 12 lunar months of 30 days each, and they added extra months when necessary to keep the calendar in line with the seasons of the year. The ancient Egyptians were the first to replace the lunar calendar with a calendar based on the solar year. They measured the solar year as 365 days, divided into 12 months of 30 days each, with 5 extra days at the end. About 238 B.C. King Ptolemy III ordered that an extra day be added to every fourth year, which was therefore similar to the modern leap year. In ancient Greece a lunisolar calendar was in use, with a year of 354 days. The Greeks were the first to intercalate extra months into the calendar on a scientific basis, adding months at specific intervals in a cycle of solar years.
”The Jewish calendar, derived from the ancient Hebrew calendar, has remained unchanged since about A.D. 900. It is the official calendar of the modern state of Israel and is used by Jewish people throughout the world as a religious calendar… The Jewish calendar is lunisolar, based on lunar months alternately of 29 and 30 days. And extra month is intercalated every 3 years, based on a cycle of 19 years.” “Calendar,” Microsoft ® Encarta® 99 Encyclopedia © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights reserved.
As we well know, the so-called Jews couldn’t have been more adept at the use of intercalary (inserting) months:
“The scholars exerted their authority even outside of Palestine. They continued the practice of regulating the calendar, which had always been the prerogative of the Sanhedrin. At this time the calendar was still fixed by direct observation. A month began when the new moon was seen by two witnesses and testimony to the effect given before the high court. A year of twelve lunar months amounts only to about 354 days, so that it falls behind the solar year very rapidly. When the scholars saw that Passover was scheduled to fall too early – before the first grain would be ripe – they would add an additional month to the year.” Page 114 The Story of JUDAISM by Bernard J. Bamberger
“Year 361 C.E. - During the 20-month respite of Julian’s reign…Hillel II who was Nassi in Eretz Yisrael, called a session of the Talmud scholars and established the continuous calendar system that no longer required monthly moon sightings… This system is still used today [Mmn.Kid.Hach.5.3/Ramban Sefer HaZechut Git.34b(Rif. 18a)/Dor.Har.5.24-5, 375-6, 348, 393-8].” The Jewish Time Line Encyclopedia, Page 117
Strange as it may seem, “man,” be he Israelite, Converted “Jew,” or other Gentile, has always felt like he knows better than the All-Mighty Creator. Since the beginning of time, we’ve had perfect guidelines set by the True and Living GOD for determining a Calendar (Genesis 1:14), as well as a Righteous Way of Life, and when these Divine Ways are followed they work flawlessly!
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven…and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.” Genesis 1:14
“Calendar. During the Bible period time was
reckoned solely on astronomical observations. Days, months, and years were determined
by the sun and moon… The Jewish day
began in the evening with the appearance of the first stars… The Jewish week had
its origin in the Creation account, and ran consecutively irrespective of lunar
or solar cycles… The Hebrew month
began with the new moon. Before the exile months were designated by
numbers. After the exile names
adopted from the Babylonians were used.”
The New Compact BIBLE
DICTIONARY
Man, as you can see, be he Israelite or Gentile, has the ubiquitous propensity to add to and/or take from whatever GOD has Commanded and assigned for us, and this tampering with HIS Ways has resulted in our demise EVERY SINGLE TIME.
When
following the flow of the New Moons, exactly as the Creator orders them, and the
solar Spring seasons, as we are Commanded to do in Genesis 1:14 and NOT the “Barley Watch” as “man” has
ordained, we have a perfectly DIVINE Calendar “made in Heaven.” Why would we want anything more or
less than this?! And how can
we even imagine producing anything better?
We are mere creatures, and we
require GOD’s direction. Let’s take
it, be grateful, and REJOICE!
Another serious issue that I would like to bring to light is that many Brothers and Sisters falsely believe that we cannot observe Passover in exile. The mere fact that the Children of Israel kept Passover in Egypt and in the Wilderness proves this belief to be a complete misrepresentation of GOD’s Truth. There is nothing that we can do to duplicate the Passover of the night in Egypt, but we can most certainly keep it as a “MEMORIAL,” as Commanded. The Holy ONE wants HIS People and the World to know of HIS Love for HIS Chosen People, to know of HIS Power and Might in bringing the Children of Israel out of Egypt, and to know that HE is the ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD and that HE ALONE is to be FEARED. This is the reason why the descendants of the Biblical Israelites must observe Passover “FOREVER.” Therefore, why would the Holy ONE NOT want us to observe Passover in exile in our generations? To NOT keep Passover would diminish from its importance, which is to Exalt and give ALL the GLORY to the Holy ONE of Israel for SAVING the Nation of Israel out of Egypt.
"And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance FOR EVER." Exodus 12:17 (Caps. are mine.)
“And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.” Numbers 9:5
If
we would just follow GOD’s Book of the Law, there would be no reason to assume
anything, and the reason is that everything we need to know and do is outlined
right there in GOD’s Book of the Law.
Regarding whether we are to keep this observance in exile or not, please
realize that the Children of Israel were COMMANDED to keep Passover and two
other Holy Days in Jerusalem (the place GOD chose: Deuteronomy 16th Chapter) AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. Quite naturally, being in the
Wilderness, the Israelites could not keep these Holy Days in the land of Israel,
and let’s not forget that they were there, albeit, for 40 years due to, what
else, DISOBEDIENCE. Of all our
getting, we must get an understanding!
If our GOD of Israel, that saved the Nation of Israel by HIS Great Hand
out of bondage in Egypt, told us to observe Passover “FOREVER,” then I think
that this is what we must do whether we are in the land or in exile. And by the way, the COMMANDMENT to sacrifice a lamb for
Passover was not only given to the Priests but to “all the congregation
of Israel…and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
kill it in the evening” (Exodus 12:3,6). When you stop and think about it, there
were not enough Priests to administer this sacrifice for every “household” in
the Nation of Israel in the evening of Passover.
Right now, seeing eye-to-eye about living and doing GOD’s Book of the Law, OUR Hebrew Calendar, and our Holy Days are the most important tasks that lie before us. Nothing else should take precedence in our lives for Our Holy ONE of Israel and HIS Law is OUR LIFE!
“…thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for HE IS THY LIFE, AND THE LENGTH OF THY DAYS…” Deuteronomy 30:20
“…Set your hearts unto all the words which
I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to
do, all the words of this law.
“For it is not a vain thing for you; because IT IS YOUR LIFE…” Deuteronomy 32:46,47
We must start following
GOD’s Book of the Law as it is
written without adding the imaginations of our hearts and without doing what
we choose.
This Passover season, I am devoting my total concentration to prayer and meditation beseeching Our Holy ONE of Israel to DELIVER us from this World bondage just as HE Delivered our forefathers out of Egyptian. And come what may, I shall beg HIM not to prolong the days but to deal with the Rulers of this World and to fulfill Isaiah 10:20,21.
“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.”
“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 36:23
Please join me as I pray to YIHOVAH for the SALVATION OF ISRAEL and for the DESTRUCTION of this evil and wickedness that prevails upon this globe. We have only known lamentation, morning, and woe…
“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.” Lamentations 5:21
Tziona Yisrael
Servant of the Most High GOD of Israel For HIS Holy