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Is the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) simply a Jewish tradition, or does it reveal the return of the Messiah?
In this episode, Joseph Dumond and Ryan Nall explore the prophetic significance of Leviticus 23 and Numbers 29, showing how the Fall Holy Days point directly to the second coming of Yeshua. They discuss why understanding the biblical festivals is essential for understanding the Messiah—and why missing these appointed times can cause believers to overlook some of the Bible’s most profound prophetic truths.
The conversation then turns to one of the most debated topics in Torah observance: How do you determine the first day of the seventh month? Was the biblical calendar based on the visible crescent moon, or should believers follow the fixed Hillel calendar used throughout much of Judaism today?
Joseph explains:
- Why every biblical feast centers on the Messiah.
- How Passover foreshadowed Yeshua’s first coming—and why Yom Teruah foreshadows His return.
- The connection between the Feast of Trumpets, the Ten Days of Awe, and Yom Kippur.
- The meaning of repentance (teshuvah) and returning (shuv).
- The history of the Hillel calendar and why it was created during the Jewish diaspora.
- The development of the postponement rules (deḥiyyot) and how the calendar evolved over centuries.
- Why the Karaites continued observing the visible crescent moon while Rabbinic Judaism adopted a calculated calendar.
- Why this calendar debate matters for anyone seeking to observe God’s appointed times according to Scripture.
Whether you’re new to the biblical feasts or have studied them for years, this episode provides historical context, biblical insight, and practical discussion on one of Torah’s most important—and controversial—subjects.
Topics Covered:
- Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)
- Leviticus 23 & Numbers 29
- The Second Coming of Yeshua
- The Biblical Calendar
- Crescent Moon vs. Hillel Calendar
- Ten Days of Awe
- Yom Kippur
- Teshuvah & Repentance
- Karaite vs. Rabbinic Calendar
- Biblical Prophecy and the Appointed Times
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
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In this powerful episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, host Ryan Nall and co-host Joseph Dumond sit down with Yair Pinto—an Israeli Defense Forces officer, journalist, husband, father of three, and Jewish believer in Yeshua (Jesus).
Yair shares his firsthand experiences serving on the front lines following the October 7 Hamas attacks, searching terror tunnels in Gaza, defending Israel’s northern border, and balancing the responsibilities of military service with raising a young family. He offers a deeply personal look into what it means to repeatedly leave home, knowing his children may not understand why their father must go to war.
The conversation also explores one of the most difficult questions believers wrestle with: How can a follower of Jesus serve as a soldier? Yair explains how he reconciles Yeshua’s teaching to “turn the other cheek” with the biblical responsibility to defend innocent lives. Rather than promoting hatred, he speaks passionately about praying for Israel’s enemies, believing God can transform hearts—even in places like Iran where many are coming to faith despite persecution.
This interview is an honest, thoughtful discussion about faith, sacrifice, fatherhood, and trusting God in the darkest moments.
In This Episode: Yair Pinto’s experience as an IDF officer after October 7 * The emotional challenge of leaving his wife and young children for combat * The inspiration behind his new book, Boots on the Ground* * Why he believes defending Israel is compatible with following Yeshua * What “turn the other cheek” really means in the context of national defense * Praying for enemies while standing against terrorism * How God builds faith during seasons of war and uncertainty
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
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As tensions continue to rise across the Middle East, discussions surrounding the coming of Mashiach in Judaism and the Mahdi in Shia Islam have once again entered the public conversation. Why are these expectations becoming more prominent? Could current events be fueling ancient prophetic hopes?
In this episode, Ryan sits down with Joseph Dumond to examine the beliefs surrounding the Mahdi in Shia Islam, the Jewish expectation of Mashiach, and how these end-times traditions compare. Together they discuss:
- The Islamic belief in the hidden Mahdi and his anticipated return.
- Why the Mahdi plays a much larger role in Shia Islam than in Sunni Islam.
- The role attributed to Jesus (Isa) in Islamic end-times tradition.
- The historical significance of Karbala and its influence on modern Iranian ideology.
- Why current conflicts involving Iran, Israel, and the United States have intensified speculation about the Mahdi’s appearance.
- The Jewish expectation that every generation may contain a potential candidate for Mashiach.
- How current geopolitical events are being interpreted through the lens of biblical prophecy and religious expectation.
Whether you’re interested in biblical prophecy, Middle Eastern history, comparative religion, or current events, this conversation explores how ancient expectations continue to shape modern thinking in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
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ポッドキャスト概要
今回のゲストは、レムナント誌編集者・歴史研究家の久保有政氏です。
本エピソードでは、古代イスラエルの失われた十部族と日本の歴史・文化・神道との関係について、長年の研究をもとに詳しくお話しいただきました。アッシリア捕囚後の十部族の東方への移住ルート、日本語や「ヤマト」の語源、日本人の遺伝学的特徴、そして秦氏の役割など、多角的な視点から「日ユ同祖論」の根拠が紹介されます。
*注：久保氏はマルコ・ポーロが日本を訪れたのを西暦16世紀と指摘しましたが、これは誤りでした。正しくは西暦13世紀と言うべきところでした。**
また、古代神道が一神教的な信仰を持ち、偶像を置かない神社の構造や祭礼に聖書との共通点が見られるという興味深い考察も語られました。諏訪大社の祭礼や稲荷神社に残る信仰告白など、日本各地に残る伝承がどのように聖書の世界と結びつくのかを探ります。
さらに、この研究の目的は「すべての日本人がイスラエル人の子孫である」と主張することではなく、日本人の宗教的ルーツを見つめ直し、聖書の神への理解を深めるきっかけを提供することだと久保氏は語ります。
日本の歴史、聖書考古学、失われた十部族、神道の起源に興味のある方にとって、非常に示唆に富んだ内容となっています。ぜひ最後までお楽しみください。
ゲスト：久保在正さん
Remnant Magazine の研究者、著者、編集者:https://remnant-95127.medium.com/gods-fingerprints-from-israel-to-japan-a8bc389237e0
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
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Could the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel have influenced the spiritual history of Japan? Did the Netzarim (Nazarenes)—the earliest Jewish followers of Yeshua (Jesus)—travel east along the Silk Road, leaving behind evidence that still exists today?
In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, host Ryan Nall explores one of the most fascinating intersections of biblical history, Japanese tradition, and ancient Asia. Beginning with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, we trace the migration of the early Netzarim through Central Asia to Xi’an, China, where Christianity, Buddhism, and imperial China intersected in remarkable ways.
We examine the arrival of Alopen in 635 AD, the support of the Tang emperors, and the significance of the famous Nestorian Stele, one of the earliest surviving records of Christianity in China. We also explore the development of the Buddhist expectation of Miroku 弥勒(Man of The Future) and discuss whether Messianic concepts found their way into East Asian religious thought through contact with believers in the God of Israel.
Finally, we consider the evidence often cited in support of the understanding that elements of Shinto and Japanese religious practice preserve traditions resembling those of ancient Israel, and how these claims fit into the broader discussion surrounding the Lost Tribes.
Whether you’re interested in biblical prophecy, Japanese history, archaeology, the Silk Road, or the early history of Christianity in Asia, this episode presents a thought-provoking historical investigation.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
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Could the Japanese people preserve echoes of the ancient tribes of Israel?
In this solo episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall explores one of the most fascinating and controversial historical questions surrounding the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel and their possible connection to Japan.
Beginning with the Assyrian exile of 722 BC, Ryan traces the proposed migration routes of the northern tribes along the Silk Road through Central Asia and into the Far East. Along the way, he examines historical traditions, cultural similarities, and archaeological clues that have led some researchers to suggest an Israelite influence on early Japanese history.
Topics discussed include:
- The Assyrian captivity and the migration of the Lost Ten Tribes
- The Silk Road as a possible migration route into East Asia
- The Hata Clan and traditions brought from Central Asia
- The mysterious reference to “Toranomaki” (Torah Scroll)
- Ancient Japanese traditions surrounding the divine name “Yah”
- Similarities between Shinto shrine architecture and the Tabernacle of Moses
- The indigenous Jōmon people and cultural comparisons
- Why biblical traditions may survive long after their original meaning has been forgotten
- How religions and cultures preserve ancient memories across generations
Ryan also previews an upcoming interview with Dr. Arimasa Kubo, one of Japan’s leading researchers on the Lost Tribes of Israel, who will join the podcast to discuss his decades of research into the historical connections between ancient Israel and Japan.
Whether you’re interested in biblical history, archaeology, prophecy, or Japanese culture, this episode offers a thought-provoking introduction to one of history’s most intriguing mysteries.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
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Joseph Dumond joins us LIVE from the walls of Jerusalem to examine one of the most anticipated prophetic milestones—the completion of Daniel’s 2,300-day prophecy.
Did July 12 fulfill Daniel 8? Was the prophetic timeline incorrect, or does this date mark the beginning of a purification process rather than a single dramatic world event?
In this episode, Joseph and Ryan examine the significance of the Red Heifer purification, the cleansing of the sanctuary, escalating tensions with Iran, and recent geopolitical events that may represent the opening stages of a much larger prophetic season.
They also revisit previously discussed prophetic milestones, including the October 7 Hamas attack, the 1335-day marker, and the ongoing prophetic timeline extending toward 2026, 2028, 2033, and the 120th Jubilee in 2044.
In this episode:* Daniel 8 and the completion of the 2,300 days * Why July 12 may represent the beginning of purification—not a failed prophecy * Joseph Dumond reporting LIVE from Jerusalem * The Red Heifer ceremony and the cleansing of the sanctuary * U.S. military strikes against Iran and their prophetic implications * Israel, the Temple, and restoration of biblical worship * Torah, grace, obedience, and righteousness * The true meaning of “No man knows the day or the hour” * Crescent moon sightings and the biblical calendar * Food shortages, El Niño, and global famine warnings * Future prophetic milestones leading toward 2044
Whether you agree with these interpretations or simply want to understand the prophetic framework being discussed, this episode provides an in-depth look at how current events are being viewed through the lens of Scripture.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
If you want to know what the mark of the beast really is, get this book: https://sightedmoon.com/bismallah-lp/
What if the story of Joseph in Egypt was much bigger than we have been told?
In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, host Ryan Nall continues the discussion with Joseph Dumond as they explore the biblical story of Joseph, the promises given to Abraham, the blessings of Jacob’s sons, and the possible historical connections between Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt and the Hyksos period.
Could the rise of a Semitic ruler in Egypt provide historical context for how Joseph became second only to Pharaoh? Was the Hyksos era connected to the events described in Genesis? Ryan and Joseph examine theories surrounding Joseph, the title “Salitis,” Benjamin’s possible connection to later Hyksos rulers, and archaeological clues such as Semitic names found in ancient Egyptian records.
The conversation also dives into the aftermath of Jacob’s death, the fears of Joseph’s brothers recorded in Genesis 50, and the deeper family dynamics between the tribes of Israel as power and authority shifted in Egypt. Through biblical chronology, ancient history, and the Sabbatical and Jubilee timeline, this episode explores the possibility that the history of Israel stretches far beyond what is commonly understood.
Join us as we continue tracing the journey of Israel—from Abraham’s covenant promises, through Joseph in Egypt, and forward into the unfolding history of nations.
Topics discussed:
• Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt
• The Hyksos period and Semitic rulers
• Abraham’s promise of many nations
• Jacob’s blessings over the tribes of Israel
• Joseph and Benjamin in Egyptian history
• Genesis 50 and the fears of Joseph’s brothers
• Biblical chronology and ancient timelines
Discover the forgotten history, examine the evidence, and follow the trail of the promises given to Israel.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
If you want to know what the mark of the beast really is, get this book: https://sightedmoon.com/bismallah-lp/
For nearly 2,000 years, the mystery of the Red Heifer has remained one of the most fascinating prophetic subjects in Scripture. Why does Numbers 19 speak of a perfect red heifer? What role does the cleansing water play? And why are so many watching events unfolding in Israel today?
In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, host Ryan Nall is joined by Joseph Dumond and special guest Byron Stinson, a man closely connected to the modern Red Heifer and the Build The Temple project in Israel.
Byron shares his incredible personal journey — from growing up in Texas with a deep love for the Scriptures, to a life-changing calling concerning the Jewish people, and eventually becoming connected with events surrounding the first Red Heifer ceremony preparations in generations.
Together we discuss:
• The search for the Red Heifer
• The significance of the ashes and living water
• Why the ceremony matters in biblical prophecy
• The relationship between Judah and the lost tribes of Israel
• The restoration promises found throughout the prophets
• The connection between Israel, the nations, and the covenant promises of God
Could we be witnessing pieces of prophecy coming together in our generation? Join us as we explore the history, Scripture, and modern events surrounding one of the Bible’s greatest mysteries.
“And I will take the children of Israel from among the nations…and make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel.” — Ezekiel 37:21-22
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Byron’s Project: https://www.buildthetemple.com/
Byron Stinson’s Book “Hunt For The Red Heifer”: https://a.co/d/0bHpHYua
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
If you want to know what the mark of the beast really is, get this book: https://sightedmoon.com/bismallah-lp/
What if the promises given to Abraham were not just ancient history, but a prophetic roadmap that continued through Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and the generations that followed?
In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, host Ryan Nall sits down again with Joseph Dumond to explore the covenant promises given to Abraham and how those blessings shaped the identity and destiny of Israel.
Beginning in Genesis 12, we trace Yehovah’s promises of land, descendants, kings, nations, and blessings that would reach all families of the earth. From Abraham’s obedience, to Isaac receiving the covenant, to Jacob and the twelve tribes, these passages reveal a story much larger than isolated events.
We examine how Joseph died in faith, giving instructions concerning his bones, how Moses honored that promise during the Exodus, and how Phinehas later stood with zeal for holiness and covenant faithfulness.
This discussion also connects these ancient promises to the historical questions surrounding the tribes of Israel, their captivity, migrations, and the biblical theme of identity.
Topics covered:
• The promises given to Abraham in Genesis 12, 13, 15, 17, and 22
• Why Abraham was promised many nations and kings
• The blessing passed through Isaac and Jacob
• Joseph’s prophetic faith concerning the Exodus
• Moses carrying Joseph’s bones out of Egypt
• Phinehas and the covenant of zeal
• The question of the lost tribes of Israel
• How biblical prophecy unfolds through generations
From Abraham’s covenant to the nations of today, this episode explores the continuing story of promise, obedience, and identity.
Join us as we search the Scriptures and examine the history behind one of the Bible’s greatest prophetic promises.
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In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond sit down with Chaim Malespin, Executive Director of the Aliyah Return Center in Israel, to discuss what life has been like since the October 7 Hamas attacks and the prophetic restoration of Israel.
Chaim shares his firsthand experience of being called into military service immediately after the massacre, serving during the war, and documenting daily life from inside Gaza with thousands of encouraging Bible-based updates that have inspired people around the world.
The conversation also explores the biblical concept of Aliyah—the return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel—and clears up common misconceptions about who can make Aliyah, how the Aliyah Return Center serves new immigrants through humanitarian aid, and the separate ministry that trains Christians from around the world to better understand Israel’s past, present, and prophetic future.
Joseph and Chaim discuss:
- What happened in Israel immediately after October 7
- Chaim’s experience being called into military service
- Why he began filming daily updates from the front lines
- The prophetic significance of the Jewish return to Israel
- The mission of the Aliyah Return Center
- The Faithful Galileans training program
- Jewish perspectives on Christianity and why many misunderstand Yeshua
- Why understanding the Jewish roots of the Bible is essential for believers today
This is an honest and insightful conversation about Israel, prophecy, faith, and the challenges of building bridges between Israel and the nations during one of the most significant periods in modern history.
If you enjoy biblical history, current events in Israel, prophecy, and thoughtful discussions about the Jewish roots of the faith, be sure to subscribe and share this episode.
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What Does the Red Heifer Have to Do with Jesus? | Sightedmoon Podcast
Why are so many Christians suddenly talking about the Red Heifer? Does the sacrifice of a red heifer have any relevance after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, or is it simply an Old Testament ritual that no longer matters?
In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond welcome Chris Granzow, a leader deeply involved with Israel through humanitarian work, tourism, and the ongoing Red Heifer project. Chris shares firsthand insight into how the five famous red heifers were brought from Texas to Israel, his involvement with those overseeing the project, and why he believes these events are significant for both Jews and Christians.
Together, they examine:
- The biblical foundation of the Red Heifer in Numbers 19.
- Why ritual purification was required before entering God’s presence.
- Whether the Red Heifer contradicts the sacrifice of Jesus—or actually points to Him.
- Why Jesus Himself would have participated in the Temple purification system during His earthly ministry.
- How the Red Heifer fits into God’s larger plan of redemption and the prophetic future of Israel.
- Why this ancient commandment continues to generate worldwide interest today.
Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or have been following the recent developments surrounding the Red Heifers in Israel, this conversation offers historical context, biblical study, and firsthand experience from someone directly connected to the project.
Join us as we explore one of the most discussed prophetic topics of our generation and ask: What does the Red Heifer really have to do with the Messiah?
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Who Are the Americans? The Lost Tribes, Gaul, and the Migration of Israel
In this fascinating episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall sits down with Joseph Dumond to explore one of the most controversial and intriguing questions in biblical history:
Who are the Americans, and where did the Ten Tribes of Israel go?
Beginning with the testimony of the Jewish historian Josephus, who wrote that the Ten Tribes were “beyond the Euphrates until now, and are an immense multitude and cannot be estimated by numbers,” Joseph and Ryan trace the historical migrations of the northern kingdom after the Assyrian captivity.
Could the peoples known as the Cimmerians, Scythians, Galatians, and Gauls be connected to the dispersed tribes of Israel? What evidence has been proposed from ancient history, heraldry, family crests, and biblical prophecy? Why do some traditions in places as far away as Japan and India preserve customs that resemble ancient Israelite practices?
In this episode, you’ll hear discussions about:
• Josephus and the Ten Tribes beyond the Euphrates
• The migration of Israel through the Caucasus Mountains
• The connection between the Galatians and ancient Gaul
• Biblical tribal standards and their influence on heraldry
• Family crests and the symbolism of the tribes of Israel
• The traditions of the Bnei Menashe of India
• Similarities between ancient Shinto practices and Levitical customs
• The question: Who are the Americans?
Whether you agree with these historical interpretations or are hearing them for the first time, this episode invites you to examine the evidence, search the scriptures, and investigate history for yourself.
Join us as we explore identity, prophecy, and the enduring mystery of the scattered tribes of Israel.
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Who Are the Americans? The Hidden History of the 13 Colonies and the Lost Tribes of Israel
In this fascinating episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall sits down with Joseph Dumond to explore one of the most controversial and intriguing questions in biblical history: Who are the American people, and where did they come from?
Beginning with the symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States—the 13 stars, 13 arrows, 13 stripes, 13 olives, and the unfinished pyramid—Joseph argues that these symbols were not chosen at random. He traces the religious convictions of early American settlers, the Sabbath-keeping communities among the colonies, and the traditions inherited from Britain and Europe.
The conversation then journeys far deeper into history, examining the northern tribes of Israel, the Assyrian captivity, and the dynasty of Omri. Joseph explains why the Assyrians referred to the Israelites as the “House of Omri” and explores how this identity may have followed the descendants of Israel as they migrated across Europe and eventually into the British Isles.
Ryan and Joseph also discuss:
- The significance of family crests and heraldry
- The Norman Conquest and Anglo-Saxon heritage
- Ancient Israelite migrations through Europe
- The symbolism embedded in America’s founding emblems
- Genealogy, tribal identity, and biblical prophecy
- Why understanding history matters for believers today
Whether you agree with these conclusions or are hearing these ideas for the first time, this episode offers a thought-provoking look at history, Scripture, identity, and the enduring questions surrounding the nations of the modern world.
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In this thought-provoking episode of the Sidemoon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond welcome renowned Christian apologist and author Dr. Alex McFarland for an honest conversation about the spiritual condition of the Church in North America and the prophetic significance of Israel in the last days.
Is the Church boldly proclaiming biblical truth, or has it become silent in the face of cultural pressure? Why are so many Christians divided over Israel and replacement theology? And what role should pastors play in addressing moral, political, and spiritual issues from the pulpit?
Dr. McFarland shares his perspective on:
- The current state of the Church in America and Canada
- Why many pastors have become hesitant to speak boldly
- The Church’s responsibility to be “salt and light” in society
- The rise of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment
- Why he believes Israel remains central to God’s prophetic plan
- The dangers of replacement theology
- Biblical prophecy and what believers should understand about the end times
This conversation is both challenging and encouraging, calling Christians back to biblical conviction, courage, and hope in an increasingly uncertain world.
Guest: Dr. Alex McFarland
Christian Apologist | Evangelist | Author | Founder of Truth for a New Generation
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Did Trump Just Set the Stage for Biblical Prophecy? | The Abraham Accords, Iran, and Zechariah 5
In this eye-opening episode of the Sidemoon Podcast, Ryan Nall sits down with Joseph Dumond to discuss the dramatic developments unfolding in the Middle East and why they may have profound prophetic significance.
Joseph shares his strong reaction to reports that President Trump was pursuing a peace agreement with Iran without first addressing Iran’s uranium stockpiles. As new details emerged throughout the week, the conversation shifted toward the expanding role of the Abraham Accords, the involvement of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Arab nations, and how these geopolitical events could align with end-time biblical prophecies.
The discussion then turns to the book of Zechariah, specifically Zechariah chapter 5, where the prophet describes a mysterious flying scroll and a woman called “Wickedness” being transported to the land of Shinar. Could this ancient prophecy have relevance to current world events? What does the symbolism of the ephah, the flying scroll, and the land of Shinar reveal about the future?
Join us as we connect current headlines, Middle Eastern diplomacy, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Abraham Accords, and biblical prophecy in a thought-provoking discussion that challenges viewers to watch world events through the lens of Scripture.
Topics Covered:
- President Trump’s evolving position on Iran
- The Abraham Accords and their prophetic implications
- Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the future of Middle East peace
- Iran’s uranium program and nuclear concerns
- Zechariah 5 explained verse by verse
- The Flying Scroll prophecy
- The Woman in the Ephah
- The significance of Shinar (Babylon)
- End-time prophecy and current events
- How today’s headlines may connect to biblical predictions
Be sure to subscribe, like, and share this episode as we continue examining world events through the framework of God’s Word.
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Are current global weather disasters, food shortages, and geopolitical tensions connected to biblical prophecy?
In this eye-opening episode of The Sighted Moon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond examine alarming developments unfolding across the world, including record-breaking heat waves in Europe and India, severe drought conditions affecting North America’s food supply, disruptions to global fertilizer and oil markets, and the growing economic consequences of instability surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.
Joseph explains how today’s events mirror historical patterns seen during the devastating 1877–1878 El Niño, a climate event that contributed to widespread famine across India, China, and Africa. The discussion explores how these historical parallels align with Sabbatical and Jubilee cycles, the warnings found in Leviticus 26, and what these developments may mean for the years ahead.
The conversation also addresses the impact of rising fuel and fertilizer costs on farmers, shrinking crop yields, concerns about food security, and the broader question of whether current weather extremes are part of a recurring historical cycle or something entirely different.
Topics Discussed:
• Record-breaking heat waves across Europe and India
• The historic 1877–1878 El Niño and global famine
• Drought conditions affecting North American agriculture
• Rising food prices and global food shortages
• The Strait of Hormuz and its impact on oil and fertilizer supplies
• Sabbatical cycles and Jubilee chronology
• Leviticus 26 and biblical warnings concerning famine
• Economic pressures on modern farming
• Climate cycles versus modern climate change theories
• Current events through the lens of biblical prophecy
Join Ryan and Joseph as they connect current headlines, historical events, and biblical prophecy to better understand the times in which we are living.
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In this powerful episode of The Sighted Moon Podcast, host Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond sit down with special guest Amanda Grace from Ark of Grace Ministries to discuss her compelling new book, Brace for Impact. Together they explore biblical prophecy, end-time events, the significance of the Shemitah cycle, blood moons, eclipses, and the prophetic implications surrounding the years 2027 and 2028.
Amanda shares why she believes the Church is entering a critical season that requires spiritual preparation, discernment, and bold action. The discussion examines prophetic patterns found throughout history, including parallels between 2008 and what may unfold in 2028, the significance of Jewish leap years, Purim, global political developments, New York City, and the role of the Church in navigating the challenges ahead.
Ryan and Joseph also bring unique insights from their own extensive studies of biblical prophecy, discussing Revelation 12, the September 11, 3 BC celestial alignment, the timing of King Herod’s death, and how historical events may connect to future prophetic fulfillments.
Whether you’re interested in biblical prophecy, end-time events, the Hebrew calendar, Shemitah cycles, blood moons, or understanding the times and seasons spoken of in Scripture, this conversation offers thought-provoking perspectives and a deeper look into the prophetic landscape of our generation.
Topics Covered:
• Amanda Grace’s new book Brace for Impact
• The prophetic significance of 2027 and 2028
• Shemitah cycles and Jubilee patterns
• Blood moons and solar eclipses
• Double Purim and Jewish leap years
• Global political and economic parallels
• Revelation 12 and the celestial sign
• September 11, 3 BC and the birth of Messiah
• Understanding the times and seasons
• The Church’s role in the days ahead
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What happens when God strips away the life you’ve spent years building?
In this deeply personal episode, Ryan shares the powerful story of his spiritual journey, the influence of his mentor Richard, and the life-altering events that forced him to reevaluate everything he believed about faith, success, and obedience to God.
From building a successful career in IT management to caring for a dying mentor, Ryan recounts the struggles of balancing worldly responsibilities with biblical convictions. He opens up about keeping the Sabbath, wrestling with workplace demands, facing seasons of spiritual complacency, and the unforgettable words Richard spoke shortly before his death that would forever change the course of Ryan’s life.
The conversation takes an emotional turn as Ryan shares the story of his daughter’s life-threatening illness, the prayers that followed, and the remarkable series of events that seemed to confirm God’s hand at work. Through hardship, sacrifice, and unwavering faith, Ryan learned firsthand what it means to trust God completely—even when the future is uncertain.
This episode is a powerful testimony of repentance, perseverance, discipleship, Sabbath obedience, and God’s faithfulness through life’s greatest trials.
Topics Covered:
- Keeping the biblical Sabbath
- The influence of spiritual mentors
- Faith during family crises
- Balancing career and ministry
- Biblical obedience and discipleship
- Overcoming spiritual complacency
- Trusting God through hardship
- Personal testimony and transformation
- The cost of following God’s calling
- Lessons learned from Richard’s life and legacy
Whether you’re struggling with your own faith journey, wrestling with obedience to God’s commandments, or searching for encouragement during difficult times, this episode offers a heartfelt reminder that God can use even our greatest challenges to draw us closer to Him.
Did the blessings given to Ephraim and Manasseh shape the course of modern history? In Episode #110 of The Sightedmoon Podcast, Joseph Dumond takes a deep dive into one of the Bible’s most fascinating prophetic mysteries. Exploring the promises spoken over Joseph’s sons in Genesis 48–49, they examine whether the rise of powerful nations such as Great Britain and the United States could be connected to the ancient tribes of Israel.
Discover the biblical foundations behind the birthright blessings, the remarkable differences between Ephraim and Manasseh, and the historical evidence often cited in support of the “Lost Tribes of Israel” narrative. Along the way, Joe discusses prophecy, national identity, covenant promises, and how these ancient blessings may still be impacting the world today.
Whether you’re interested in Bible prophecy, Israelite history, end-time events, or the identity of the Ten Lost Tribes, this episode offers a thought-provoking look at a subject that continues to spark debate among believers and historians alike.
🔹 Did Ephraim become a company of nations?
🔹 Did Manasseh become a single great nation?
🔹 What do the promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph reveal about our world today?
🔹 Could modern geopolitics be connected to ancient biblical prophecy?
Join the conversation and decide for yourself.
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What does it truly mean to live by faith? Is faith merely belief—or is it obedience to the commandments of God no matter the cost?
In this powerful episode, we journey through Revelation, Romans, Isaiah, Habakkuk, Psalms, Galatians, and the great “Hall of Faith” in Hebrews 11 to uncover the biblical connection between faith, righteousness, and obedience. From Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the prophets, Scripture reveals that the righteous have always lived by faith—a faith proven through action, endurance, and covenant loyalty to God.
We explore:
- Revelation 14 and the identity of the saints
- The commandments of God as righteousness
- The fruit of the Spirit and the white robes of the righteous
- Why creation itself groans awaiting redemption
- Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac by faith
- Why faith without obedience is empty
- The difference between enduring faith and falling away
This episode challenges modern ideas of belief by asking a sobering question: Do we truly have enough faith to obey God regardless of persecution, rejection, or death?
The righteous live by faith—and that faith walks in obedience.
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What happens when a lifelong Catholic begins to question everything he’s been taught? In this powerful episode, Joseph Dumond shares
the deeply personal story of how a late-night radio broadcast in 1981 launched him into a decades-long search for biblical truth. What began
as an attempt to prove the Sabbath wrong led to a complete transformation of his faith, career, and understanding of Scripture. Joe recounts
his struggles with church authority, conversations with Catholic priests and seminarians, the shocking realization that tradition could not be
defended by Scripture alone, and the life-altering decision to obey what he found written in the Bible. This episode dives into the origins of
his ministry, the cost of conviction, and the journey that eventually led to uncovering the prophetic significance of the Sabbath, Jubilee cycles,
and God’s appointed times.
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Who are the great multitude clothed in white robes in the book of Revelation—and where did those robes come from? In this powerful teaching,
Joseph Dumond takes a dive deep into Revelation 6, 7, and 14, uncovering the identity of the innumerable multitude who come out of the
Great Tribulation and the prophetic role of the 144,000. This episode explores the meaning of the white robes, the calling to obedience,
the parable of the wheat and the tares, and the urgent responsibility believers have to proclaim the Torah and the gospel before the coming tribulation.
Discover how the wave offering, firstfruits, Shavuot, and end-time harvest imagery all connect together in one prophetic picture—and why the choices
being made now may determine who stands before the throne in the age to come.
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As tensions explode across the Middle East, Joseph Dumond and Ryan Nall break down the escalating war with Iran and ask the critical question: where does this fit in biblical prophecy?
From the October 7 attacks to the collapse of Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran’s military infrastructure, this episode connects current events with Daniel, Revelation, the Jubilee cycles,
and the prophetic patterns of judgment throughout history. Discover how the “little horn,” the beast system, the four horsemen, and the trumpet plagues may already be unfolding before
our eyes—and why understanding the Jubilee charts is essential for discerning the times we are living in now.
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What if the resurrection isn’t random—but follows a precise, God-ordained order revealed through the biblical feast days? In this powerful episode, Joseph Dumond unpacks the mystery of the firstfruits resurrection, the identity of the 24 elders, and the prophetic meaning behind Wave Sheaf Day and Shavuot. Connecting 1 Corinthians 15, Leviticus 23, and Revelation, this teaching reveals a stunning timeline: Christ the firstfruits, the early resurrection saints, and the future raising of believers at His coming. Discover how the “three appearances” before Yehovah point to the resurrection moment at the end—and why your loved ones in the faith already have an appointed time to rise.
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What is the Wave Sheaf Offering—and why does it matter for understanding Shevuot and biblical prophecy? In this powerful episode of the Moon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond walk you through the foundational command in Leviticus 23 and bring the ancient Wave Offering to life.
Step into the barley field as we reenact the firstfruits harvest exactly as it was done—marking the barley, cutting it after the Sabbath, and presenting it before Yehovah. Discover how this joyful, community-driven command is more than tradition—it’s a prophetic picture.
Learn how the Wave Sheaf Offering points directly to the resurrection of Yeshua and the saints in Matthew 27, revealing a deeper timeline connection between Passover, Firstfruits, and the coming harvest yet to be fulfilled.
If you want to truly understand Shevuot, you must start here.
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What if Pentecost isn’t just a historical event—but a divine appointment you’re meant to keep?
In this powerful episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond connect the dots between Passover, Pentecost, and the deeper prophetic pattern revealed in Scripture. From the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2**, this episode explores how these two monumental events are not separate—but part of the same message.
Is God showing us that His Spirit and His commandments are inseparable?
You’ll hear how the 50-day count from The Sunday after Passover to Pentecost points forward to even greater prophetic fulfillment—hinting at themes like Leviticus 25 and the Jubilee cycle. The conversation challenges listeners to rethink priorities: if we schedule everything else in life, why not our appointed times with God?
👉 Are you showing up at the time God set—or are you missing the appointment?
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- The connection between Mount Sinai and Acts 2
- Why Pentecost is more than tradition—it’s a divine meeting time
- How the Spirit and obedience to God’s commandments work together
- The prophetic significance of counting the 50 days
- Why keeping God’s calendar might matter more than you think
Don’t miss this eye-opening discussion that challenges you to put God first on your calendar—not last.
🎧 Tune in now!
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The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
The Resurrection, Not the Rapture?
What if everything you’ve been taught about the “rapture” needs to be reexamined?
In this episode of the Sightedmoon Podcast, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond challenge the popular, Hollywood-style view of believers suddenly disappearing—made famous by series like Left Behind. Instead, they take a deeper look into Scripture to uncover a perspective that many have overlooked: The Resurrection.
Diving into the foundations of the Bible, this discussion connects the death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua directly to the appointed times outlined in Book of Leviticus—especially chapter 23 and the Feast of First Fruits. Could the timing of the barley harvest and wave offering reveal a powerful prophetic pattern?
You’ll explore:
- Why the resurrection may be the true focus—not a sudden “rapture”
- The connection between first fruits, the barley harvest, and Messiah’s resurrection
- What Scripture really says about life after death—and whether anyone has ascended to heaven
- How returning to the “beginning” changes our understanding of end-time events
This episode also touches on the ongoing work in Israel—searching for the barley each year—and how these ancient practices continue to shape modern prophetic insight.
If you’re ready to move beyond surface-level theology and rediscover the deeper Biblical narrative, this conversation will challenge and expand your perspective.
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The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
In this week’s Sightedmoon podcast episode, host Ryan Nall sits down again with Joseph Dumond to continue a deep and challenging discussion on one of the most misunderstood statements in Scripture: “no man knows the day or the hour.”
Building on their previous conversation, they dig into the overlooked connection between Passover, the Wave Sheaf offering, and how Jesus Christ spoke in parables that even His own disciples struggled to understand. Drawing from passages like John 16 and Mark 8, they explore a key question: if the apostles themselves didn’t fully grasp His words at the time, how confident should we be in modern interpretations without understanding the full biblical and cultural context?
This episode challenges assumptions, uncovers forgotten foundations, and calls listeners to reconsider what they think they know about prophecy, timing, and the teachings of Christ.
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Get the book, It’s going to help you understand the foundations of scripture in a new and powerful way! : It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
In this thought-provoking episode, Ryan Nall and Joseph Dumond explore how the biblical calendar
—particularly the role of barley, wave offerings, and Pentecost—relates to understanding God’s timing.
The discussion examines the meaning behind “no one knows the hour,” the prophetic symbolism of the
first wave offering, and the significance of the two leavened loaves presented at Pentecost. They also
consider questions about resurrection themes tied to the patriarchs, prophets, and even speculation
surrounding John the Revelator. By connecting the barley harvest, the Feast timeline, and the imagery
of wheat representing believers, this episode highlights why Pentecost may be a key moment in
understanding the unfolding of God’s plan.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
Yeshua was presenting a riddle or a parable so everyone could hear, but was also intentionally hiding the prophecy so no one could understand it until the Last Days.
This is directly tied to a specific event outlined in the Old Testament. But what was Yeshua talking about? Where in the Old Testament is an event that is held on a day and hour no man knows?
We discuss this and more so keep listening to find out.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not the angels of Heaven, but only My Father.
Mat 13:34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,
Mat 13:35 so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
Psa 78:1 An instruction of Asaph.Give ear, O my people, to my law; bow down your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psa 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak dark sayings of old,
Psa 78:3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psa 78:4 We will not hide them from their sons, showing to the generations to come the praises of Jehovah, and His strength, and His wonderful works that He has done.
Psa 78:5 For He set up a testimony in Jacob, and ordered a Law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should teach them to their sons;
Psa 78:6 so that the generation to come might know; sons shall be born, and they shall arise and tell their sons,
Psa 78:7 so that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His Commandments;
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
From Gog and Magog to the great White Throne of Judgement, Ryan and I discuss the events that unfold up until the very end. Ryan thinks there may be two separate Gog and Magog events and I think it’s only one. We have different opinions about this and that’s okay. We are on the watch tower, watching and praying and so should you. Listen to see what conclusion we draw out of consulting the scriptures.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Headlines are changing by the hour as tensions surrounding Iran threaten to reshape the future of the Middle East. But thousands of years ago, the prophet Ezekiel described a war led by Gog and Magog against Israel. Could today’s events be setting the stage?
Ryan and I are going on the record to a friendly debate to see if what is unfolding now is truly what Ezekiel saw roughly 2600 years ago.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
What is the lie that Worked in Daniel? What is the truth that was cast to the ground? How does this LIE affect our daily lives? Are you going to be wise and store up for the days ahead, or will you be one of those who eat your children?
We answer those questions and more with repeated current events as we draw closer to end time prophecy being fulfilled. Be wise, store up for the rainy day, because the darkness of an ominous storm is ahead.
We are on the watch tower shouting “GET READY” will you listen?
Dan 8:12 And an army was given to him against the daily sacrificebecause of transgression, and it cast the truth to the ground. And it worked and succeeded.
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner of the altar desolating abominations, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.
Today we talk about the strait of Hormuz and what it will look like in the event that it doesn’t open back up soon. Regardless, we are already in a bad situation and the global impact on distribution chain supply has already been disrupted. It’s only a matter of time before it hits the western countries.
The only reason the west hasn’t felt it, is because we are running on reserves and that is projected to be about a 30-ish day supply of oil. Once these reserves deplete, your local grocer will stop getting shipments of food, the trucks that deliver the goods will be Parked and you will be hungry. Unless you are storing some RIGHT NOW, you will be going hungry.
I hope we are wrong and the whole thing gets sorted out and everything goes back to normal. But it’s already too late for that. We know what the Bible says about the days we are living in and I think it’s say to say, prepare.
There is no rapture that is going to save you from the great tribulation. It’s only your relationship with God that is going to get you through what is coming.
I’ve been talking about this for years and even Ryan has been speaking about this in his ministry for a year and a half or so.
Are you going to listen, or will you be one of the foolish virgins?
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Bob Barth and I continue our conversation about what Yehovah’s Holy Spirit actually does to a person once received. But also we had an interesting conversation about whether or not a person can truly understand the Bible without understanding history. Can someone truly know what is happening in the Bible without at least a basic understanding of its historical context and original language?
Many seem to think you can..
You don’t want to miss this one!
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
The event has concluded and Sombra and I take a moment to recap this incredibly fun week. I hope you all enjoyed the content as much as we enjoyed making it. We hope to do it again next year, but that all depends on the barley for next year. If you want to see us at this event again, you can support us at sightedmoon.com and click the donate button.
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Meet Joel Chernoff! He is a Messianic Jew who is a former musician and currently the Chairman of the Board of “Alliance For Israel Advocacy”. His organization provides for the needy in Israel, while also delivering the word of the Gospel of Yeshua . He states that there is no better way to express the truth of Jesus than to provide for the poor. When they begin to ask questions it’s not evangelism or proselytizing, it’s simply provided a service for those in poverty.
If you want to help Joel these are links to his organizations:
Joseph Project International: https://tinyurl.com/45dewbz9
Alliance For Israel Advocacy: https://www.israeladvocates.org/index.html
Both of these organizations take donations. If you want to bless Israel, here is your chance!
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Lev 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. But when does the counting begin to Shavuot? Do you count the morrow after the seventh day Sabbath? or the marrow after the high Sabbath? We iron out these details and more in this podcast episode. I explain how we arrive at Passover in its proper time and the count to the feast of weeks.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
‘m back home after a very long trip to Israel. I am exhausted but I wanted to get this podcast out right away to speak to all of the nay sayers out there. There have been reports from certain people that discredit what my team has done. If you want to miss God based on your takkanot, so be it. But I will remain true to what the Torah instructs. We all risked life and limb to get a correct report and we went to several places and the barley was aviv everywhere. Don’t believe me? I’ve been posting the videos to prove it.
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
The first podcast I uploaded was cut off. This is the full version of that interview for those who wanted to hear the entire interview. Larry Brook is an editor at Southern Jewish Life Magazine and is currently supporting a company who helps IDF soldiers with PTSD.
NES clinic is the organization that is helping the IDF soldiers you can contribute to helping the Israeli IDF soldiers using the link below:
blessil.org
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Live at the NRB 2026 we have Monte Judah from Lion & Lamb Ministries. Monte Judah explained how be began in the Baptist church and rose up from there to heed the calling of Yehovah in obedience and began a ministry of his own. We disagree on certain things but we still love each other as brethren should.
Monte Judah’s Website: https://lionandlamb.tv
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Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
Join us as we speak with the wife of the late Ron Wyatt to tell us about his adventures and the discoveries of his lifetime. It all began when he proved that Noah’s Ark was in the mountains of Ararat in 1978. This sparked a lifelong journey which led him to many more discoveries, such as; The Ark of The Covenant and the real Mount. Sinai. If you’re interested in evidence, look no further than this episode, because it’s on full display here!
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It Was A Riddle Not A Command (https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp)
The 2300 Days of Hell (https://sightedmoon.com/2300-days-lp)
Remembering the Sabbatical Year of 2016 https://sightedmoon.com/2016-sabbatical-year-co/
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts https://sightedmoon.com/sabbatical-chart-lp/
The Restoration of All Things https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The Abomination That Makes Desolate https://sightedmoon.com/restoration-abomination-co/
The 10 Days of Awe https://sightedmoon.com/10-days-of-awe-co/
This is a very special interview with Yehuda Glick. This man has been influential in restoring prayer for both Jews and Christians to the Temple Mount. Yehudah Glick has made it his life mission to restore the Temple Mount to “The House of Prayer For All Nations” just as it was in the days of Solomon.
Join the fight with us to bring the knowledge of God to the nations.
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NRB 2026 Interview with Byron Stinson, who was in charge of finding and delivering the Red Heifers to Israel. His testimony of the entire account is amazing, and he also says some things that not many have heard in the mainstream.
Num 19:1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 19:2 This is the ordinance of the law which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke ever came.
For the first time in 2000 years, we are seeing prophecy unfold.
This a major prophetic event and it’s happening in our lifetime.
You won’t want to miss this!
Bryon Stinson’s Website: https://www.byronstinson.me
Bryon Stinson’s Book “Search For The Red heifer: https://tinyurl.com/3w653ef7
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NRB 2026 interview with Sam Sorbo who is an expert an home schooling children. She discusses the importance of not using the manufactured educational system to indoctrinate our children. According to Sam Sorbo, when we send our children to a public school, we are saying, we don’t want the responsibility of educating our children and somewhere down the road the public school training will eclipse what children learn from their parents. Like it or not, our children are not learning about God or the Bible while at school.
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We were live at the NRB 2026 and had the privilege to sit down and speak with Kevin Sorbo about many things. We spoke about Noah’s Ark and Kevin’s up coming movie about Noah’s Ark. You don’t want to miss this interview. Share, Like and
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Documentary on Amazon “Standing Against the World”: https://tinyurl.com/2yhuanmp
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The conversation continues as we dive deeper into the heart of God or the mind of God. This also compliments directly with the heart/spirit of man as well. Sometimes in our pursuit to find God we end up making everything way more complex than it needs to be. What Yehovah is trying to get us to understand isn’t difficult. It’s all a matter of principle and that’s why Yeshua’s sayings we short, simple and to the heart of matter at hand. We can’t forget this as we are going about our journey in the wilderness of find Him.
Psa 14:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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We are live at the NRB and today we are interviewing Rich Pearson from prophecyusa.org and he is going to tell us about is new book “America’s Josiah Moment”. Rick Pearson believes there is a connection between modern day America and Babylon. Trump being a “type” of Josiah, attempting to get America back to her Godly roots.
You can find Rick Pearson @ https://www.prophecyusa.org
You can find his new book @ https://www.prophecyusa.org/book-shop
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We are now live at the NRB 2026 here in Nashville, TN! This is our first interview with Larry Brook from the Southern Jewish Life Magazine and they are working on building up support for the IDF troops on the ground in Israel. They are working on a program that will support the soldiers with treatment for PTSD among other things.
If you want to support Larry and the work they are doing over at the Southern jewish Life Magazine; There information is below..
Website: https://sjlmag.com/author/larrybrook/
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Contact Page: https://sjlmag.com/contact/
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What is the key differences between the old and new covenant? Why was a new covenant necessary? Have we always had access to God’s Holy Spirit or is this a new thing that happened as a direct result of the “New Covenant”? Join me and Bob Barth as we aim to answer some of these difficult questions in this rather colorful podcast.
Jer 31:31 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:
Jer 31:32 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:
Jer 31:33 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.
Jer 31:34 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.
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This week, we are preparing to attend the NRB in Nashville, Tennessee, and we have interviews with some big names, so I hope you tune in to the podcasts, where they and many other updates will take place live as they happen. I am very excited about all that is taking place and the potential developing this year compared to last year. Please do keep us in your prayers.
Immediately after the NRB, half of our team will be leaving directly from Nashville to fly to Tel Aviv and begin the barley search for the first Aviv, green heads of grain. We will have approximately 15 searchers coming this year from around the world. The USA, Iran and Israel continue to posture with each other about preemptive first strike and retaliatory strikes. I want you all to seriously pray and ask Yehovah to keep us in the palm of His hand and to protect us. We are there doing precisely what He has asked in searching for the very first fruits. We ask for His protection and guidance to find it and find plenty of it, so that there will be no argument. We ask that He make it very plain for all to see. Most of us will be flying home on March 16, 2026.
There is one other mission that I must investigate on this tour. I will also be fasting leading up to that event, and I again seek your covering in prayer. I will explain it to you all after I get back.
And all of you need to plan and prepare for Passover and deleavening your homes just in case we do find barley. Be prepared.
The festival dates have all been updated at https://sightedmoon.com/holy-days/. If the barley is Aviv by Wave Sheaf Day on March 8, 2026, then all these dates are very close, depending on when the moon will be seen. Once again, this confirms the Hebrewism Yehshua said, that no one would know the day or the hour. We are just not sure until we actually see the barley and sight the moon; then we will know for certain.
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I want to encourage you all to give the gift that keeps on giving. Give your loved ones a copy of It Was A Riddle, Not A Command and tell them it shows precisely which day Jesus was born on. Let this book do for them what you cannot do yourself. Let it convict them. Then you can have that conversation you have been praying Yehovah will grant you by having your family in this walk with you. Get a copy and give it to them today. https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp/. We read this book at the Shabbat meetings a few years ago and have recently published videos that include the readings and the midrash that followed. Please have a look in order to whet your appetite to share this book (YouTube Link).
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In early 2025 I was researching the Holy days and happened across a video of Joe at a speaking event talking about 2020 and the high possibility of famine and pandemic way back in 2008. This caught my attention as we all know what happened in 2020 and this Joseph Dumond was prophesying this years before it happened. I wonder if those that sat in the crowd remember that day in 2008 when we were all faced with the rise of a pandemic in 2020. This is what the knowledge of the Jubilee and Sabbatical Cycles have unlocked. It’s knowledge that foretold the Covid-19 Pandemic that no one heard. It’s also pointing toward a foreboding future that speaks of war and tribulation.
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Article written by Sombra Wilson.
I’m taking a class with Simonette Cherepanov from sevenlampwellness.com called Back To
Eden – Renewing Your Mind. It’s a 21 day journey using cycles of 7 to take captive our thoughts
and reset our body, mind and spirit to what it was designed to be from the Garden. I really love
this program. It is so similar to what Joe teaches us about cycles of seven on a macroscopic
level. Where he’s teaching us about Sabbatical Years and Jubilee Years and Millennial days,
what Simi is teaching us is about sets of 7 days to deal with the inner thoughts. It’s a
microscopic look at what Yehovah’s plan is for us.
You know how Joe so often talks about Matthew 24 and about how we have to have oil in our
lamps. We usually say the oil is Mitzvot. It’s the keeping of the commandments. You have to
have a history of keeping these commandments to have a quantity of oil in your lamp, you can’t
just go buy it at the last minute. Well this oil, like olive oil, it comes from the crushing of the fruit,
the pulp of the olive flesh. In the same way, when we are crushed, when we go through those
trials, those tests, we prove, or fail to prove, that we have learned the message of the
commandments and know how to live it all out. A teacher can teach us torah, but until we start
living it ourselves, we have not yet done these mitzvot. This oil is based on our own
relationship, this intimacy we have developed ourselves. It can’t be bought, nor inherited. We
sometimes say “God doesn’t have grandchildren – just because your parents were believers
doesn’t make you a child of God.
– You have to choose to be a child of God yourself. It’s YOUR
choice. So you have to develop your own intimacy.
So Simi is teaching us this class, and we sit and learn from her for about an hour or so a day,
but then we have to go do the work ourselves. Let me share with you a little of the class.
Every day we start the session with Thanksgiving, Praise and Worship. Let me give you an
example: Abba Father, I’m so thankful that you are using me to share with Ryan and the
podcast audience all the things you are teaching me. I’m thankful for the direction you are
leading me in to heal that defenseless little girl within me and teach me that I don’t need to
defend myself, for You are my Buckler and Shield. You hold me in the palm of Your Hand and
you defend me under the shelter of Your Wings. I’m so thankful that the fear and anger I have
felt is dissipating, that I don’t need to have the anxiety anymore, that the rage I once felt which
led me to sin in my anger has all but vanished and now I am comfortable patiently waiting for
You do defend me in what ever way You choose to resolve my conflicts.
I Praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I praise You for You keep your promises,
even when I fail to keep mine. I praise You because You covenant covers me, and your mercy
gives me time to learn to obey and your grace guides me back to the righteous path. I Worship
You with my whole body, mind and spirit. I come in supplication under Your authority, to rule and
reign in my life. I worship you with singing and dancing, with every movement of my body, with
every chore I perform, I do it for Your glory. I pray that I reflect Your image as I daily serve you
my King.The next step in the program is to do a 7 minute breathing exercise. The rhythm of the breathing
goes like this, we breath in through the nose, from the belly, breath in for 5 seconds. Then you
hold the breath for 5 seconds, then you release the breath slowly through the nose for 10
seconds, really emptying the lungs. Then the pattern begins again, breathe in, hold, release.
We do this rhythm for 7 minutes, there are 3 rounds per minute, so 7 minutes means 21 cycle
of this breathing pattern – you’ll see how 21 plays into this program in a few minutes, and at the
end of the 7 minutes, with empty lungs, you hold your breath as long as you can. While we’re
doing this breathing, we listen to a recording Simi made which reinforces what’s going on inside
us while we’re doing the breathing. Let me read through this 7 minutes and see if you can
follow along with the breathing while I read her script.
A seven minute cellular reset designed into the human body by God. Breath is a gift from God.
Rest is a command. Renewal is a promise. There is nothing spiritual about the breathing pattern
itself. It is simply a tool God placed within our physiology. What is spiritual is what we choose to
focus on during the stillness. Our focus is gratitude, worship, scripture, identity in Messiah, the
renewal of our mind. As Paul writes in Romans 12:2, be transformed by the renewing of your
mind. This practice simply creates the biological conditions that make the renewal easier for the
brain to receive. We will use the patterns in the back to Eden Renewing Your Mind book in order
to strengthen our inner self to our father’s original design by practicing what some call CBT and
DBT; cognitive behavioral therapy or dialectic behavioral therapy. therapies that Simmonette
Cherepanov is certified to teach and she prefer to call it what it is; biblical instructional behavior.
We can never go wrong following his word. He is our creator and father of all. So now that we
have set the premise for this practice, let’s get glean from the research that many have
developed in the past few decades thanks to the advance of technology. Recent research from
MIT, Harvard, and Stanford has revealed something remarkable. A specific pattern of slow
intentional breathing can activate the cellular renewal pathways that fasting activates. This is not
mystical. This is not tied to Eastern practices. This is simply part of the design God placed in the
human body. Scripture tells us that our father breathed life into us. Genesis 2:7. Breath is part of
his creation. Not just a survival mechanism but a tool for restoration. What is autophagy?
Autophagy is God designed process for our body’s cellular cleanup where the body removes
damaged proteins, repairs stressed cells, recycles old components and restores healthy
function. In 2016, the Nobel Prize in Physiology went to Hoshinori Osumi for mapping how
autophagy works. This discovery confirmed what scripture has always shown us. Renewal is
built into creation. Until recently, people believe only long fasting could activate autophagy. But
new scientific breakthroughs showed that your breath also triggers these pathways because
God designed your nervous system, oxygen level, and CO2 balance to communicate directly
with your cells. What is the science behind the breath activated autophagy? Researchers from
MIT and Harvard found that slow control breathing can signal the body to shift from growth
mode to repair mode, activating the same cleanup system triggered by fasting. There is also
another very well-known study in the Netherlands by Wimhof. It’s called the Wimhof method.
This study on control breathing demonstrates that particular
breath activates the EMPK pathway, one of the main switches that triggers autophagy. EMPK is
like the body’s repair switch. Breathing affects it directly. The research that Stanford carried outwas on hypoxia in 2023 showed that slow breathing and long exhale mimic the metabolic
signature of fasting increases ketones suppressed and the growth signal and activates
autophagy genes all without changing diet. Why this matters? Modern life keeps many people in
constant fight or flight, preventing the body from entering renewal mode. The results: brain fog,
emotional exhaustion, sluggish thinking, stressdriven cravings. Scripture speaks over and over
about stillness in quietness and trust is your strength. Isaiah 30:15. Be still and know that he is
our Elohim, our God. Psalm 46:10.He restores my soul. Psalm 23:33.Science is now catching
up with the reaity that God hardwire renewal into rest and breath. The breath pattern you
will learn today is inhale 5 seconds, hold for 5 seconds, exhale 10 seconds. I like to use my
hands for that. You inhale with one hand 5 seconds, the other hand you hold 5 seconds, and
then you exhale with both hands 10 seconds. This ratio increases CO2 tolerance which allows
oxygen to be delivered more
efficiently throughout the body that it’s called the bore effect. It also signals the brain to switch
into parasympathetic mode. The place where your body heals. The extended exhale is the
primary trigger.
This will have two phases. The first phase would be from minutes 1 to 7. You will sit tall with a
straight spine. This is not about appearance. It allows the vagus nervous to activate properly.
Take a moment to notice your natural breath. This pattern calms the nervous system, improves
oxygen efficiency, lowers stress hormones, increases CO2 tolerance, signals the body to enter
cellular repair. It will be 21 cycles of
5, 5, and 10. The second phase is the final exhale hold. After the last exhale, hold your breath
out for 30 to 60 seconds, keeping the body relaxed. Stanford research shows that this exhale
retention phase creates the most powerful shift towards cellular cleanup and mental clarity.
What you may feel is calmness, mental clarity, warmth in the body, reduce hunger, focus, a
deep shift towards stillness. This is our body responding to our father’s design. The invitation is
to practice this for 21 days. As you may notice, better focus, clearer thinking, calmer emotional
response, fewer cravings, improved sleep, more stable energy, and a deeper sense of God’s
peace.
So Ryan, how did that breathing go? Do you feel a sense of calm? Do you feel
energized? Oxygenated?
Ryan, Have you been to Japan? Or just speak Japanese? Have you ever heard of
Radio Taiso?
Following that we do something called a Radio Taiso. This is a quick 3 minute exercise
routine that has been practiced in Japanese culture for nearly 100 years. Every
morning people gather in the streets or parks or schools and do these three minute
simple movements that help with strength and flexibility and mobility. It’s a way people
connect in Japan. We’re such a disconnected society in North America, most of us
would feel foolish to just stop in the street and do some simple movements for 3
minutes, but in Japan it’s a way of life, and we all know the Japanese are famous for
longevity. And it’s free, no gym membership or sweating or special workout gear. Themovements are timed to music, a simple piano tune plays so that you know when to
change the exercise and help you with the rhythm of the movements. And everyone
can do these, whether sitting or standing.
All this is to just get your body and spirit set to get to work on your mind.
We often see in modern psychology this idea “You’re not broken” when people face
challenges. A person can be suffering from depression and the mantra is, you’re not
broken. They want us to normalize mental health issues and just accept them as part of
the experience of life. They want us to accept that others are the way they are and they
need not change. But is that what Yehovah wants from us? If I feel bitterness because
I’ve dealth with hardship in life, maybe I was raised in poverty and seeing my friends
with the latest and greatest shoes and gaming computer and earphones etc. The world
should just accept me that I’m a bitter person, it’s just the way I was made right? NO,
That’s not how we were designed. We were made in the image of Yehovah, and like
His Character is determined by the torah, so our character also is to be determined by
the Torah. There is a principle in scripture, everything Yehovah created, he divided it,
so that it can be restored. When Yehovah created Adam, He created Him, Male and
Female. But then Yehovah divided Adam in to Man and woman – Adam and Chavah,
Male and Female. When we choose a marriage partner, and come together in unity, we
are now restored, a unit with both the male and female characteristics working together
as one – we are made whole, complete when we are together.
So we have experienced a division. There is a separation between us and Yehovah.
We have a flesh, a physical body. We also have a spirit. These two parts have been
separated and need a bridge to restore the breech. THe Flesh can live without the
Spirit, but it is perpetually in survival mode. It has no idea it is missing the Spirit until the
eyes are opened and the soul begins to bridge that gap between the body and the spirit.
This book is about building this bridge in the soul – which is the mind – and over a 21
day cycle take captive a thought and bring it into submission to the Spirit. 2
Corinthians 10:3-6 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according
to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power
to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against
the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to
punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
Believe it or not, our thoughts have mass. You can weigh and measure a thought. A
thought in your brain is held on something called a dendrite. This is all neuroscience. It
looks like a little tree inside your brain. A healthy thought looks like a healthy tree, a
negative thought though looks like a scraggly tree. When our brain is populated with allthese negative thoughts and we are suffering depression, we have to deal with these
negative thoughts by dissolving these dendrites and growing new healthy dendrites in
their place. This is called Neuroplasticity, the ability to grow new pathways in the brain
to change our thought patterns.
It was Dr Caroline Leaf who discovered it takes about 21 days to dissolve a negative
thought and replace it with a budding new healthy thought. Simonette Cherepanov has
taken this 21 days and broken it into 3 sets of 7 days of work. In the first week you are
working on Identifying the warning signs of a specific toxic thought,this is at a
physician level. The second week, we’re uncovering the root of this toxic thought,
dealing with it on a soul level and, the third week we are looking at replacing that toxic
thought with a righteous thought, dealing with it on a spiritual level. This cycle of 21
days begins the process of changing the neuropathways in your brain so that you can
heal your mind. Simi suggests 3 of these 21 day cycles to make a solid change in the
way your mind deals with triggers.
Every day of the 7 days of the week are represented by a colour from the rainbow, which
is also something Yehovah created with the pattern of 7, red, orange, yellow, green light
blue, indigo and purple. Peace is represented by the purple. We were created to be in
peace, but through sin, the whole and perfect light of Yehovah in us is broken up,
refracted, the way we see it in the rainbow. Day 1 is the colour red. Red is for the flesh,
a picture of the fire of survival, day 2 is represented by orange, the heat of anger, fear,
shame, and blame comes to the surface on this second day. By day 3, the heat hascooled off some, yellow is represented as we begin to surrender and cease striving and
begin to accept. The 4th day is a crux, a new beginning, represented by the colour
green, new growth, new life revival. Day 5 is represente by blue, the spirit of wisdom, the
spirit of living waters moving within us. Day 5 is indigo, a deepening of this spirit in us,
a seed of reasoned obedience after the first few days struggling in the flesh of our
thoughts. And then finally on the 7th day, the blue of the spirit and th red of the flesh
combine to restore the peace we were designed with. The physical and the spirit are
bridged together as the soul heals and is transformed through this renewing practice of
taking captive every though.
There are other patterns of 7 we follow. We look at the 7 days of creation, what
Yehovah was at work doing in those days, and how that is at work in our minds and
thoughts. Another layer of 7s is the feast of Yehovah, this pattern shows us the journey
the relationship between Yehovah and His bride are on, and how that is at play in the
mind. There’s the pattern of 7 spirits of wisdom from James 3:17 17 But the wisdom
from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good
fruits, impartial and sincere. Have you ever heard of Neil Andersen’s 7 steps to
freedom? Simi has this woven into this program too, learning to see ourselves through
what Yeshua has said about us. What about Musar? Are you familiar with the Jewish
discipline of Musar? It’s about moulding moral character within yourself. We must
discipline our flesh to come under the measuring rod of Yehovah.
So using these 7 different sets of patterns, we use these to direct our thoughts
regarding this toxic thought that we are trying to dissolve and replace with a righteous
thought. Then after taking the time to sit with your reflections, you then journal your
reflections. The act of writing things down helps us to sort through why we think
something and truly process it. It also gives you a record of the journey you’ve walked
as you heal from the trauma of life. This healing of the soul puts an end to this division
of body and soul and restores us to the complete wholeness we were designed with to
be not just a physical being, but a spirit being as well.
This morning we were talking about the cornerstone, how when a building goes up, the
builders carefully set the cornerstone so that two walls are build outward from that
stone. If that stone is set on a sandy shifting soil, a faulty foundation, it means that
cornerstone will move and the walls will crumble. In this same way, we need to build the
physical and the spiritual frameworks of our lives so that they are firmly affixed to the
cornerstone, Yeshua being that cornerstone. When we build up our spirit, soul and flesh
on this foundation, all three work together for soundness, completeness, wholeness and
peace. We build that intimacy as we grow in likeness to Yehovah’s image. This intimacies the oil we need for that day that our Bridegroom comes for His Pure Spotless Bride.
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Today we’ve got a special guest. Someone who has been studying the Bible for a long time. Bobby Barth, Came on to share his testimony with us and it does not disappoint! I always love hearing what led people to come to the Yeshua. The crux of Bobby’s message is simply, come to the Father as a child would come, and do the things that please Him.
Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the wholematter. Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole duty of man.
This in just a few lines, is the whole of the Gospel of Christ.
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Lord Yehovah bless you all.
It is truly amazing how God takes us and molds us into His image through various trials. Kay Beards testimony is nothing short of that, and I sincerely enjoyed our conversation and I hope you do too!
Kay begins by grounding her testimony in Ezekiel 34:24–30, emphasizing the New Covenant promise where God writes His Torah on the hearts and minds of Israel and causes His people to walk in His ways.
She was raised Southern Baptist from birth, deeply involved in church life and programs throughout her childhood.
As a young girl, she participated in Girls Auxiliary (GA’s), a structured discipleship and missions program focused on scripture memorization, evangelism, and spiritual discipline.
The GA program included multi-year progression, scripture memorization, examinations, ceremonies, and symbolic rewards, culminating in a formal coronation as “queen.”
Though she didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, the intense scripture memorization left a lasting imprint and still informs her biblical knowledge and apologetics today.
Looking back, she recognizes that God was working in her life early, even when she was unaware of it.
Like many, she went through rebellious teenage years, made mistakes, and later returned to God as an adult.
After marrying and having children, she felt a strong conviction to teach her children God’s Word, but struggled because she realized she didn’t fully understand Scripture herself.
This led her to homeschool her children, during which she was introduced to Messianic teaching through other homeschoolers.
She learned about a Messianic ministry led by Joe Good, which sparked questions about whether believers were meant to live differently than traditional Christianity taught.
Her journey into Torah pursuance began with rejecting Christmas, recognizing it was neither biblical nor the Messiah’s birthday.
As she researched further, she encountered the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) and became convinced she needed to observe it.
Despite resistance from her husband—who initially thought she had “lost her mind”—she became determined to obey what she was learning.
While still attending a Baptist church and leading Bible studies, she invited people from multiple denominations to celebrate biblical feasts with her.
When her husband refused to build a sukkah, she resolved to do it herself, marking a pivotal moment of personal obedience and spiritual transformation.
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Is Israel really Israel and are the Jews really the Jews?
I think that question alone is very loaded and a lot of study of history is needed to even in an elementary way, Provide the answer to that question. Now this question is coming up a lot, especially among Christian believers who are for one reason or another, have taken it upon themselves to want to disband the narrative that Israel is a legitimate country or that the bloodline of the Jews, as we know them today are completely an utterly illegitimate people and have no links and ties to the biblical Hebrew people. So, first of all, I don’t want there to be any guise, entering in to this discussion, that I am persuaded, that all arguments that suggest that Israel is not Israel, and that the Jews are not the Jews; Those claims are unfounded and completely and utterly false. It’s nothing but a strategy from the enemy to take our eyes off of what is important in our spiritual walk with Christ and some people say “well the Jews are sinners!”. “These are sinful people” “how can they still be God‘s chosen people” and my answer to that, would be rather my response to that, would be, they are God‘s chosen people in as much as the same way we as Christians consider ourselves to be God‘s chosen people. So it’s about the covenant. It’s about the promise. Because God made a covenant with Israel! So what benefit do Christians have exactly in de-legitimizing the nation of Israel if it’s none other than to just simply be hateful. Because here’s the thing, according to the scriptures, in the New Testament scriptures, we are not replacing Israel, but rather brought into Israel by faith! Those that believe in Christ, we are brought into Israel by faith, we’re not replacing Israel by Faith that’s a ridiculous concept which is completely unbiblical on every account! Roman’s here gives us the answers from the New Testament. We don’t have to go to the prophets to get this answer;
The Remnant of IsraelRom 11:1 I say then, Did not God put away His people? Let it not be said! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God did not thrust out His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture said in Elijah, how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:3 “Lord, they killed Your prophets and dug down Your altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
Rom 11:4 But what does the Divine answer say to him? “I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Rom 11:5 Even so then, also in this present time a remnant according to the election of grace has come into being.
Rom 11:6 But if by grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it is of works, then it is no more of grace; otherwise work is no more work.
Rom 11:7 What then? Israel has not obtained that which it seeks, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened
Rom 11:8 even as it is written, “God gave to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not seeing, and ears not hearing” until this day.
Rom 11:9 And David said, “Let their table become for a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a recompense to them.
Rom 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and their back always bowing.”
Gentiles Grafted InRom 11:11 I say then, Did they not stumble that they fall? Let it not be! But by their slipping away came salvation to the nations, to provoke them to jealousy.
Rom 11:12 But if their slipping away is the riches of the world, and their default is the riches of thenations, how much more their fullness?
Rom 11:13 For I speak to you, the nations; since I am the apostle of the nations, I glorify my ministry;
Rom 11:14 if by any means I may provoke those who are my flesh to jealousy, and might save some of them.
Rom 11:15 For if their casting away is thereconciling of the world, what is the reception except life from the dead?
Rom 11:16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump isalso holy; and if the root is holy, also the branches.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,
Rom 11:18 do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you.
Rom 11:19 You will say then, The branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
Rom 11:20 Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not behigh-minded, but fear.
Rom 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, fear lest He also may not spare you either!
Rom 11:22 Behold then the kindness, and theseverity of God; on those having fallen, severity; but on you, kindness, if you continue in the kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
Rom 11:23 And those also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in. For God is able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive-tree?
so he’s painting a picture that the root is Israel right? This is where we came from. This is this is where Faith was sprung up from right out of the seed of Abraham the root also the branches, and if some of the branches were broken off and you being a wild olive tree or grafted in among them (as Israel) you were a gentile, but God grafted you in among the root, which is Israel, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them do not boast against the branches, but if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you. The root is Israel you’re the branches you can’t boast against it. It’s holding you up, but the root bears you, you don’t bear the root, you will say then the branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in, well because of unbelief. They were broken off and you stand by Faith, do not be high minded, but fear, for if God did not spare the natural branches fear. lest, he also may not spare you either. Behold in the kindness and the severity of God on those having fallen fallen away severity, but on you, kindness, if you continue in the kindness, otherwise you also will be cut off. So there’s no such thing as once save always saved here folks. You are grafted in to Israel by a covenant that God established with Israel long ago before any of us were born, he gave the promise to Abraham. He realized it through Moses, and that was passed on down to our current day. He made a covenant with the nations by Yeshua, Messiah, Jesus Christ, and by that covenant we are brought into Israel, so we can’t boast against Israel if we belong to Israel. If you’re a true believer, now if you’re not a believer, then you belong to other nations then so be it, but you can choose to join a nation. You can choose to Join God in his salvation and if you are choosing God‘s salvation, then you’re a part of Israel, you’re no longer an alien. This is very plain in the scriptures
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 12 at that time you were without Christ being aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenant of promise having no hope, and without God in the world.
So here is a very plain explicit statement from Paul that through Christ by faith you have been brought into Israel no longer a stranger, an alien, a gentile. You have become an Israelite. Here’s another great scripture
Hebrews chapter 8 verse 10 for this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days. Says The Lord, I will put my laws into their mind and write them into their hearts, and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people.
Now, this is Paul quoting Jeremiah, so and it is universally believed by all of those that believe that Jesus is the Messiah, that Yeshua is the Messiah, is universally believed that Hebrews chapter 8 verse 10 is referring to people that are brought in to salvation by Jesus and that his laws the laws of God are written on our hearts, so if we believe that, then it’s just as what the scripture says; that this covenant was not made with Gentiles, this covenant was made with the house of Israel. So if you are subscribing to that belief of Christ that he died and rose again and forgave your sins and pardoned your iniquities, then you’ve been brought into this covenant with the house of Israel. So you’re not this extension of Israel or alien to Israel.
Because if you’re not a part of Israel, then you’re not a part of the covenant of Christ and the scriptures have made that very plain and the modern day church have taken an attitude that is reminiscent of a pride against Israel rather than a being thankful for having been brought into a covenant wth God. Israel were the originators of our faith, for the Bible also tells us that Abraham being the father of faith, so again, if we’re to believe that, then we have skin in the game with Israel. We are not to be their enemies, but rather we are being called by God to look at them as Brethren.
Here’s the thing. No one, and I mean, no one believed that Yehovah was more than one at any time up until the Nicene Creed time period. The trinity doctrine comes from syncretism with babylonian mystery religion which was introduced by Simon Magus. The Simon Magus doctrine is what eventually morphs into Gnosticism and eventually Catholicism. So without addressing any scriptures, we already have a solid foundation for an understanding of what not to believe; by that I am referring to the confusion of the trinity. Yehovah also explains it to us in His name. Yeshua means Yehovah Saves. No one else saved but HIM. Why? because Yehovah stepped out of heaven and became flesh. John so eloquently puts it, The Word was both with God and was God. There aren’t two beings here, God is still One. Yeshua said, have you been with me so long that you don’t know that if you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father also?
In Revelations 1:8 we have Jesus saying, I am the Alpha and Omega, Beginning and end. Which is the biblical definition of the name Yehovah.Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
I can go on and on but it’s the simple answer that is usually the answer. My first premise of discarding the trinity is on the basis that I’m not Catholic and the trinity doctrine is mystery religion doctrine. So, that’s first. Second, how is it that no one believed that God is more than one until the NT is written. It’s like all of the sudden when you turn from Malachi to Matthew God has now split Himself into three “persons” and adopted a “merciful” mindset?
Malachi 3:6 says that I am Yehovah and I change not. That’s a very important thing to understand as one turns the page to delve into the NT scriptures, But the disciples weren’t confused by this at all, as they understood the Torah and believed that Yehovah is Yeshua. But after they died the non-Torah keepers who were being indoctrinated by the Simon Magus Mystery cult left a vacuum in the religious world and that eventually became Christianity as we know it.What should shock everyone, is the fact that we are 2000+ years after the death of Yeshua and people who do not claim to be Catholic are still subscribing to their Nicene doctrines.Isa 45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Isa 45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Isa 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
He is all there IS and there is none else… Explicit.
I’ll leave you with this one.
Isa 43:10 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.
There you have it, God is not two or three or seven or eight. He is ONE and the only ONE.
You may or may not be convinced, you have the scriptures, the rest is up to you.
Shalom Shalom
Article written by Sombra Wilson
Moses begins to write Deuteronomy, and by the end of it, Moses has died and the
Children of Israel need to continue on into the Promised Land without Him.The Greek
word Deuteronomy means Second Law or a repetition of the law. In Hebrew this book is
called Devarim, which means “Words”. These are the final words of Moses, the final
speeches he makes to Israel that they may keep the commandments of Yehovah.
Last week we mentioned inheritance, and how the children of the concubine do not get
an inheritance, how a woman without a covenant has no protection or provision in the
case of the man’s death or if he leaves her. In Deuteronomy 1, the children of Israel are
being offered their inheritance following their receiving the covenant at Mount Sinai.
Moses is speaking to the Young Nation of Israel on the East side of the Jordan. They
are about to enter and take possession of their inheritance, but Moses reminds them of
what happened over the last 40 years and reminds them to trust their Bridegroom and
not fear, not fail to keep the covenant.
Deuteronomy 1:1-8
The Command to Leave Horeb
[1] These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the
wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth,
and Dizahab. [2] It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to
Kadesh-barnea. [3] In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses
spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in
commandment to them, [4] after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who
lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. [5]
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, [6]
“The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this
mountain. [7] Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and
to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the
Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the
great river, the river Euphrates. [8] See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take
possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’All that you see in this map was supposed to be the inheritance for the Nation of Israel,
from the where they were in the South near the Red Sea, to the Mediteranean sea on
the west all the way to the Euphrates in the east, to the mountains in Lebanon in the
north. It should have taken them only 11 days to journey to their inheritance, but
because the spies brought back a bad report, and they trusted in the evil report rather
than in Yehovah’s word, they were then given a consequence of 40 years in the
wilderness for this lack of faith. They would die in the wilderness, but their children
would still gain an inheritance.
Number 14:20-23 Then the LORD said, “I have pardoned, according to your word. 21 But
truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD, 22 none of the
men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and
yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice, 23 shall see
the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall
see it.
Number 14:28-35 28 Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the LORD, what you have said in my
hearing I will do to you: 29 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your
number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled
against me, 30 not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you
dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little
ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land
that you have rejected. 32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer
for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness. 34
According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year
for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.’
35 I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are
gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there
they shall die.”
This inheritance of land symbolizes God’s covenant. He is faithful and gives good gifts,
a tangible blessing that will be a home, in perpetuity, enduring provision. It is a home
where Yehovah can continue their relationship with His people. It’s a sign of God’s love
and promise, but requires obedience for the fulfillment of the covenant; we forfeit this
inheritance when we are unfaithful, including the ultimate inheritance which is eternal
life with Him.
Leviticus 25:23-24 “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you
are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the country you possess, you shall
allow a redemption of the land.
We could have inherited all this land from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, and
today we fight to keep the land wedged between the Mediterranean and the Jordan,
every day we are threatened with wicked men trying to take our inheritance from us.
Let’s keep reading Deuteronomy 1:9-11
[9] “At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself. [10] The LORD your
God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.
[11] May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as
you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
At the time Moses was to take the Children of Israel into the Promised Land at the end
of the 40 years there were approximately 2 -3 Million in the camp of Israel. Moses
prays that there would be 1000 times as many. In 2026, there are about 15.7 Million
Jews world wide, about half living in the State of Israel. But what of the others – the rest
of the tribes of Israel, those who went into the Assyrian exile and never came back?
They have scattered around the world, and there’s no real way to count them. But
Christians are part of Greater Israel, and there are an estimated 2.6 Billion Christians. I
would say Yehovah has answered Moses prayer.
Deuteronomy 1:12-18[12] How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife? [13]
Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint
them as your heads.’ [14] And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is
good for us to do.’ [15] So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men,
and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds,
commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes. [16]
And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and
judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. [17] You
shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall
not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard
for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’ [18] And I commanded you at that time
all the things that you should do.
I have recently been in the situation that I have had trouble with a brother. I have not
been able to bear the trouble myself. I could not defend myself from the assault and
instead of going to God with my troubles I began to comfort myself with food. This is
the sin of gluttony. The food is not the sin, the eating is not the sin, rather, the
comforting myself with food rather than comforting myself by seeking Yehovah to be my
defender, my protector, my comforter; that was the sin.
Moses is telling of how he could not bear the weigh of all the troubles between the
brethren, and Jethro, his Father in Law, advised him to set up judges to over see courts
beneath him to support him. There are definitely times we need others to help us
resolve our troubles, advisors, intermediaries, judges. But the best and first solution
should always be to seek Yehovah’s face regarding the troubles you are in, for Yehovah
is never overburdened like Moses was with our troubles. Rather, He longs for us to run
to Him, especially for the little troubles, for if we did that with the little things, there would
be far fewer big things that we would need to stand before a human Judge for.
Because of the corruption in the world we live in, we fear the courts. The courts are
supposed to be there to protect us, to discern right from wrong, to restore justice and
order. But corruption in our world has made everyone feel the victim, feel oppressed
and feel there is no trust for the system. Both the plaintif and the defendant feel they
are the victim and feel victimized by the courts. This is why we fear to come before
Yehovah – we feel we are the victim and rarely want to face that we are guilty of sin,
even the smallest sin. Scripture gives us a pattern that we are to come before Yehovah
and bring our sacrifices twice daily – whether it be sacrifices in the temple, or the
sacrifice of prayer. If we were in the habit of doing this, with true humility, with the soul
searching done to recognize our responsibility in a trouble with another – with reverence
asking forgiveness, and doing the work to change what ever it is that caused us to do
this part in the trouble with our brother, then we would have a much more peaceful
society and the troubles would be resolved without needing the courts.
2 Peter 1:2-15
2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our
Lord.
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through
the knowledge of him who called us to[c] his own glory and excellence,[d] 4 by which he
has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may
become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the
world because of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement
your faith with virtue,[e] and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control,
and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness
with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities[f] are
yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so
nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.
10 Therefore, brothers,[g] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election,
for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly
provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ.
12 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them
and are established in the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this
body,[h] to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 since I know that the putting off of my
body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 And I will make every
effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
Moses knew he needed to teach the people to come before Yehovah themselves. Every
good teacher knows they are trying to work themselves out of a job. My design is not to
be your teacher forever, my design is that each of you would grow to have your own
deep intimate relationship with the Father so YOU can go out and teach others, that you
would outgrow your need for me to teach you every week. Peter also knew that his
disciples needed to grow to not need him. We are all human, we all will die, but if the
body of believers falls apart when a teacher dies, then the teacher has failed to teach
the disciples.
Let’s keep reading Deuteronomy 1: 19 -33Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land
[19] “Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying
wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our
God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea. [20] And I said to you, ‘You have
come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. [21] See,
the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD,
the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’ [22] Then all of you
came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for
us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which
we shall come.’ [23] The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you,
one man from each tribe. [24] And they turned and went up into the hill country, and
came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out. [25] And they took in their hands some of
the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is
a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’
[26] “Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your
God. [27] And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hated us he
has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to
destroy us. [28] Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt,
saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up
to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’ [29] Then I said
to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. [30] The LORD your God who goes before
you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, [31] and in
the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man
carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ [32] Yet in spite of
this word you did not believe the LORD your God, [33] who went before you in the way
to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to
show you by what way you should go.
Yehovah has given us a direction, instructions on how to get to His Promised Land.
Just as Leviticus 23 tells us the feast days, the path the betrothed heavenly couple
takes on their journey toward eternity together, and we are to rehearse these steps
yearly, Moses too is reviewing and retelling and reminding the Children of Israel about
the fatal steps they made along their journey which lead to Yehovah’s wrath. The could
have entered the Promised Land at Kadesh Barnea, instead they were sent back to
learn some more, to grow in intimacy with Him.
Mark 12:3434 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far
from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more
questions.
Sometimes we are so close to where we are supposed to be but we slip, we miss the
mark. We suffer trials and tribulations, then we need to learn a lesson. The trial are
not designed to destroy us, they are designed to teach us, to strengthen us, to learn
to use what we have already been taught, but have failed so far to implement.
When we read the story in Numbers, it seemed it was Yehovah’s idea to send the spies
into the Land, but here in Deuteronomy it says Yehovah gave them permission after
they were apprehensive and needed proof the Promised Land was a good place to go.
We too sometimes need to put a fleece out before Yehovah to know what we are
supposed to. It is OK to ask Him what to do, it is ok to have trepidation, but when you
ask for a sign, you need to trust the sign and not doubt.
Judges 6:36-40 36 Then Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you
have said, 37 behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew
on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save
Israel by my hand, as you have said.” 38 And it was so. When he rose early next morning
and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just
once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the
fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew.
” 40 And God did so that night; and it
was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
Gideon may have had trepidation, but he asked, and asked a second time for a second
witness, but in the end, he went. If Gideon had concerns when he was first called to go
to Midian, the next part of the story tells us he doesn’t get to go with a mighty army, but
must go with just 300 men. You see, it’s not about our weakness. Or rather, it’s not
about our strength, we need to go forth in our weakness trusting Yehovah has it all
under control. What ever we are facing, going in weakness, trusting in the strength of
Yehovah – THIS is the way to victory.
If the Children of Israel had trusted in the strength of Yehovah regardless of their own
weakness, He would have given them their inheritance despite those giants in the land.
Instead they focused on their own weakness and felt they could not conquer these
giants in their own strength. And they were right.. They couldn’t. When we look at our
own lack, when that is our focus, instead of looking towards what Yehovah has
promised us, trusting Him as our faithful Bridegroom – we risk that eternal unity with
Him. There is no such thing as “Once Saved Always Saved”. There is a judgement
day. There is a door that might be closed on us.
Deuteronomy 1: 34-46
The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion
[34] “And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore, [35] ‘Not one of
these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your
fathers, [36] except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his
children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed
the LORD!’ [37] Even with me the LORD was angry on your account and said, ‘You also
shall not go in there. [38] Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter.
Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. [39] And as for your little ones, who
you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of
good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
[40] But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’
[41] “Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD. We ourselves will go
up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened
on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country. [42] And the
LORD said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your midst, lest you
be defeated before your enemies.’ [43] So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but
you rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the
hill country. [44] Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you
and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah. [45] And you
returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD did not listen to your voice or give
ear to you. [46] So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained
there. (ESV)
Not even one of these, Moses included would enter this promised land.
Let that sink in.
Even Moses didn’t have “Once Saved Always Saved” and Moses spoke with Yehovah
face to face.
I do not say this to scare you. There is no fear in love.1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with
punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Our Father Loves us, with a perfect love. Let me pray a prayer from the Sidur. It’s found
on page 89 of the Complete Artscroll Sidur (book of Prayers)
With an abundant love have you loved us, Yehovah, our God; With exceedingly great pity
have you pitied us. Our Father, our King, for the sake of our forefathers who trusted in
You and whom You taught the decrees of life, may You be equally gracious to us and
teach us. Father, the merciful Father, who acts mercifully, have mercy upon us, instill in
our hearts to understand and elucidate, to listen, learn, teach, safeguard, perform, and
fulfill all the words of Your Torah’s teaching with love. Enlighten our eyes in your Torah,
attach our hearts to Your commandments, unite our hearts to love and to fear your
name. And may we not feel inner shame for all eternity. Because we have trusted in your
great and awesome holy Name, may we exult and rejoice in your salvation. Bring us in
peacefulness from the four corners of the earth and lead us with upright pride to our
land. For you effect salvations, O God: You have chosen us from among every people
and every tongue. And You have brought us close to Your great Name forever in truth, to
offer praiseful thanks to You, and proclaim Your Oneness with love. Blessed are you,
Yehovah, who chooses his people Israel with love.
Yehovah’s love does not punish, and it does not cause us to fear, so we can draw near
to Him and we can confess our sins and be forgiven. We have nothing to fear. We must
listen to Him and follow His instructions.
Psalm 37:11
peace.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of
That word Meek, that’s the word Anav, and it means humble or afflict. At Yom Kippor we
are to afflict ourselves so that we come before our Father to be judged as righteous.
That’s the part of the Betrothal journey where we either go forward to the wedding feast,
or are given a writ of divorce. Those who go forward to the wedding feast, they shall
inherit the earth and have abundant peace.
Philemon, would you please bring Yehovah’s blessing to us from Numbers 6 please.
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We’re going to stay right here on this topic, because this episode brings us to the conclusion of our discussion on rabbinic authority—and, honestly, to what may be the most serious implication of everything we’ve covered so far.
If someone insists on full submission to rabbinic authority—over the calendar, Sabbath boundaries, Torah interpretation—then we have to ask the unavoidable question: where does this leave Yeshua Himself?
What we begin to see is not a minor disagreement, but an unavoidable collision.
Over the last few episodes, we’ve talked about the Noahide Laws. We’ve talked about rabbinic authority. We’ve talked about the idea that we must wait for rabbinic approval before observing the calendar or making any changes. But when you follow those assumptions all the way out, you have to ask: what does this actually imply?
That’s what we’re going to chase down today.
And I want to say this carefully, respectfully, and honestly. Rabbinic authority does not merely disagree with Yeshua. It explicitly rejects Him. Once you see that clearly, the authority question can no longer be avoided or softened.
This is not an attack on rabbis as people. But if you submit yourself to rabbinic authority as binding, and you believe in Yeshua, you place yourself on a collision course. There’s no way around that. We can’t soften this message without losing the truth of it.
Here’s the tension that’s been turning the wheels for me over the last few episodes:
If you submit to rabbinic authority, you must ultimately reject Torah as written.
But if you submit to mainstream Christianity, you also reject Torah.
So on one side, Torah is rejected in favor of rabbinic authority.
On the other side, Torah is rejected in favor of Christian tradition.
Either way, Torah loses.
That’s an oxymoron—yet most believers have never actually examined it.
And here’s another assumption that needs to be challenged. Many believers assume that rabbinic sources are either silent about Yeshua, or that they simply view Him as a misunderstood teacher or a marginal historical figure. That assumption is incorrect.
The foundational texts of rabbinic authority do not treat Yeshua as misunderstood. They preserve explicit judgments against Him. These are not obscure footnotes. These are part of the authoritative rabbinic record itself.
Today, we’re going to read some of those records directly—starting with the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 43a—where Yeshua is accused of practicing sorcery. And it’s important to understand: this accusation functions as an outright prohibition against believing in Him as Messiah.
Once you see this, the authority question can no longer be ignored.
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Welcome to the SightedMoon Podcast.
I’m your host, Ryan Nall, and I’m joined again today by Joseph Dumond, author and founder of SightedMoon.com. Joe, it’s great to have you back.
In our last episode, we discussed the question of authority—specifically how the biblical calendar was changed from one based on observable, agricultural signs in the land of Israel, such as the ripening of barley and the sighting of the new moon, to the fixed rabbinic calendar used today. We talked about how rabbinic authorities disbanded the original calendar system, usurped the authority of the Sanhedrin, and replaced it with a highly complex calculated calendar. Joe also shared compelling archaeological evidence supporting this historical shift, including his research on the Zoar tombstones.
Today, we want to take this discussion further, because the issue of authority doesn’t stop with the calendar.
Rabbinic authorities often argue that believers must submit to their authority, appealing to passages in Judges and other scriptures to justify this claim. But if we accept that argument—if we say we must submit to rabbinic authority on how the law is interpreted and practiced—then we need to ask an important question: what else are we agreeing to when we say that?
Authority is not something you can selectively submit to. If you accept it, you accept its rulings in full.
One of the clearest implications of this authority structure is the claim that there are two separate legal systems: one for Jews by birth, and another for Gentiles. This distinction is expressed through what are commonly known as the Seven Noahide Laws, which are presented as the full extent of Gentile obligation before God.
Those laws are:
- Prohibition of idolatry
- Prohibition of blasphemy
- Prohibition of murder
- Prohibition of sexual immorality
- Prohibition of theft
- Prohibition of eating flesh from a living animal
- The requirement to establish courts of justice
According to rabbinic teaching, Gentiles are forbidden from going beyond these laws. That means calendar observance, Sabbath keeping, and biblical festivals are explicitly excluded.
In Sanhedrin 58b, the Talmud states that a Gentile who keeps the Sabbath is guilty of a capital offense. The reasoning given is that the Sabbath is a covenantal sign reserved exclusively for Israel, and that a Gentile who observes it is intruding into a covenant that does not belong to them.
This raises a serious problem.
If someone from another nation desires to serve the God of Israel—if they want to obey His commandments—you would think that would be welcomed. Instead, this system treats that desire as trespassing, as crossing into forbidden territory.
What’s even more striking is that there is no biblical passage that supports this position.
Maimonides, one of the most respected rabbinic authorities in history, writes in Laws of Kings and Wars, chapter 10, section 9, that Gentiles are not permitted to observe the Sabbath or establish festivals for themselves. He states that Gentiles must restrict themselves to the Seven Noahide Laws and may not innovate religious practices or perform commandments not specifically commanded to them—implying that the Sabbath and festivals are for Jews alone.
This means the debate over the calendar is not an abstract theological issue. It has real, concrete implications.
If someone says, “You must submit to rabbinic authority regarding the calendar,” then consistency demands that they also accept the rest of that authority—including the ruling that Gentiles must not keep the Sabbath, must not observe the festivals, and must not follow Israel’s calendar.
That’s the other side of the coin.
What becomes clear is that this system does not function as an entry point into obedience, but as a ceiling. Gentiles are allowed to obey only so far—and no further. They are not permitted to grow into deeper covenantal obedience.
So the question becomes unavoidable:
When two authorities claim opposite things, which one are you going to follow?
That’s where we’ll continue the conversation today.
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Article Written by Sombra Wilson
As I begin to write today, people around the world are celebrating Christmas. A parallel was
brought to my attention, that keeping Christmas is similar to the of the Golden Calf incident.
The Children of Israel were trying to worship Yehovah, but because they did not have a depth of
knowledge, a depth of intimacy with Yehovah, they resorted to what they knew from Egypt on
how to worship deity. The Egyptians worshipped their god Hathor with revelry, so they sought to
worship Yehovah in the same way. Their intention was pure, they truly wanted to worship
Yehovah, who had rescued them from the slavery in Egypt, but now they were at the base of
Mount Sinai, and had cut the betrothal covenant with Yehovah, and were at a loss for what to do
given their leader, Moses, had gone up the mountain and not returned. They had seen the fire
on top the mountain, maybe they thought he had been burned up like a sacrifice. They looked
to Aaron to lead them in worship, and Aaron did what they asked.
Let’s read the telling of this story.
Exodus 32:1-6
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people
gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go
before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do
not know what has become of him.” 2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold
that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to
Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool
and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought
you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And
Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.
” 6 And
they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings.
And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
Though they had been chosen, hopped over; though they had passed through the Red
Sea, seen their enemies die, their past slavery was dead, and they had been lifted up like
firstfruit on the other side of the Red Sea, as if resurrected to a new life of freedom; they
still had bitterness and needed to learn to apply the Tree of Life, the Torah to their lives
that they may produce good fruit. And even so, here at Mount Sinai, they’ve been
betrothed to Yehovah, and they still do not understand the relationship and to whom
they have been betrothed.
This makes me think of Jacob, when he was to marry Rachel, and found himself tricked
on his wedding day. Please read Genesis 29:15-26
15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve
me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” 16 Now Laban had two daughters.
The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah’seyes were weak,[a] but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. 18 Jacob loved
Rachel. And he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” 19
Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other
man; stay with me.” 20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him
but a few days because of the love he had for her.
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is
completed.” 22 So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a
feast. 23 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he
went in to her. 24 (Laban gave[b] his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her
servant.) 25 And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is
this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you
deceived me?” 26 Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger
before the firstborn.
We too, as a Christian society, have been tricked into being betrothed to a different
Bridegroom. If we don’t know Who Yeshua truly is, we are deceived into being the bride
of another Christ. We have allowed the influences of the world to tell us who our
Betrothed is, and we have seen and understood Him through a veil of deceit. Ask
yourself, are you betrothed to the Hebrew Yeshua, who is defined by the Torah, Identified
through it and came to fulfill it? Or are you betrothed to the Greek Jesus, of whom we
are told, did away with the law, and died so we have no need to be under the law, no
need for that Sabbath and those feast days, for He made all things new, even His day of
rest changed to Sunday.
What kind of deceit have we been deceived with?
Matthew 23:1-7
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit
on Moses’ seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do.
For they preach, but do not practice. 4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay
them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their
finger. 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries
broad and their fringes long, 6 and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best
seats in the synagogues 7 and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by
others.
Yeshua tells us to do and observe that which the Pharisees tell us. But do the Pharisees
always tell us the right thing to do? Yeshua tells us they have authority, yet he alsorebukes them in Matthew 15:13-14 13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter
yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. 15 Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte,
and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as
yourselves.
We could have read a dozen more verses showing us Yeshua rebuking the Pharisees, so
why has He also told us to obey them? What is this Moses Seat?
This is the type of seat that the leader of the Synagogue sits in on Shabbat. So is it the
seat that makes us supposed to obey them? Or maybe it’s what is proclaimed from this
seat! The Pharisees would read the Torah from this seat. This is what we are to do and
observe!
Matthew 15:1-9 Says 15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem
and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not
wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the
commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ‘Honor
your father and your mother,
’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from
me is given to God,”
6 he need not honor his father.
’ So for the sake of your tradition
you have made void the word of God. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of
you, when he said:
8 “‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Now I have seen the Kenyan people wash their hands, there is a strong custom in your
land of washing hands, and it’s a good custom. But is it a commandment? If one fails
to wash their hands, is it sin? According to the Pharisees, even the handwashing that is
done in the restaurants and public washrooms is not according to the teachings of
these Pharisees, these rabbis; according to them, it’s still sin. They teach that when you
wash your hand, you take a jug of water and pour water over the left hand first, then the
right hand, then the left hand then the right hand and then a third time. But even that is
not sufficient. The addition of soap renders the ceremonial washing of the hands also
not right. The thing that makes the pouring of the water over the hands three times
righteous is the saying of the blessing. Blessed are You, Yehovah our God, King of the
Universe who sanctifies us with the commandments and commanded us regarding the
washing of hands. The complaint made in the verses of Matthew 15 by the Pharisees is
that the disciples did not perform this ceremonial washing of the hands before they ate.
They have made their tradition equal to, or greater than the commandments found in the
Torah. This commandment that is mentioned in this blessing – this claim that we are
commanded to wash our hands – there is no such commandment. It doesn’t exist. It’s
not in the Torah. It is a good custom, but it is not sin to not wash the hands and say the
blessing before eating. It is good health to wash the hands, it is good etquette to wash
the hands, but it is not sin to wash with soap or not say the blessing. We can not make
man’s traditions, man’s ways equal to God’s Commandments. Yehovah alone defines
sin.
The word Pharisee comes from the word Prushim; to separate, literally to disperse to
wound: – scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting. And these Prushim are the direct
descendants of the Orthodox Rabbis who hold as truths that:
- There are 2 Torahs – the Written Torah and the Oral Torah, This oral Torah is now
written down as the Mishnah, the Talmud and the Midrash.2. The Rabbis have absolute authority – even if they say the right is left and the left
is right – I must obey them.
- Midrashic Interpretation: Ignores Language and Ignores Context. They say that
Scripture is a divine code and only the Rabbis have the ability to interpret the
divine code. They took words out of the context of scripture and gave them divine
meaning.
- They have Authority to Sanctify custom: Clothing, Holidays, headcovering, they
can determine what and how these customs are applied.
- Commandments of the Rabbis – tradition or rabbinical enactment. – the
Ceremonial Washing of the hands is an example of this.
Is Yeshua agreeing with these principles of Pharisaism in Matthew 15? Let’s look at
Exodus 23:1-3
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a
malicious witness. 2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear
witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, 3 nor shall you be
partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.
From this commandment we see we CAN NOT just go with what the majority or the
wicked man says, we MUST NOT be swayed by the cultural norms. Rather we MUST
proclaim the truth, even if we are the only ones declaring this truth. The third principle
of these Pharisees says we can truncated this message from You shall not fall in with
the many to do evil, to fall in with the many Can you see how this completely perverts
the meaning of this instruction?
Now it’s not fair to just finger point at the Jewish Rabbis and say they are the only ones
doing this. We clearly see Christian Pastors doing this as well.
Matthew 12:8
8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:28
28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
If Yeshua is Lord EVEN of the Sabbath, then why have our forefathers – the Church
Elders, the Pope, the Protestant Ministers – why do they claim that Sunday is now the
day of rest? By their own testimony, Christians themselves don’t do what Yeshua said.
These forefathers have usurped Yeshua’s Authority over the Sabbath.We can extrapolate that, those who keep Sunday, the very individual who has read the
scriptures, seen what it said, but chosen to do differently, even those individuals have
usurped Yeshua’s authority.
Matthew 16:6
Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Let’s read that whole section
Matthew 16:5-12
5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6
Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” 8 But
Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among
yourselves the fact that you have no bread? 9 Do you not yet perceive? Do you not
remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11
How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that he did not tell
them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.
While you may not think you are following the Rabbis, for they teach the Jews not
Christians, why is it that the Forefathers of the Christian Faith still seem to hold the
same principles as the Pharisees? Pastors, Priest, Ministers all seem to say that the
scriptures can’t be interpreted, can’t be understood unless you have been to Theological
Seminary, unless you have been ordained – some groups even DISCOURAGE the lay man
from reading the Bible. True, some do not have strong reading skills, so as Yeshua said,
go – hear the Word of God spoken from the Moses Seat.
How much scripture is even read in church these days?
If a pastor chooses one scripture verse to expound on, how are we to hear – or read – the
whole Word of God?
Deut 31:9-13
9 Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the
ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses
commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year ofrelease, at the Feast of Booths, 11 when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your
God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their
hearing. 12 Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within
your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do
all the words of this law, 13 and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and
learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the
Jordan to possess.”
This is what Yeshua meant by telling us to do and observe that which the Pharisees
teach from the seat of Moses – that they are to hear the Torah. If you do not have a copy
of the Bible, as most Israelites did not in Yeshua’s day, nor in Moses day – and still many
Kenyan’s do not have a copy of the Bible even today. The Word of God must be READ
Aloud so that the people can hear it and understand it and interpret it for themselves,
without the Rabbis, or Pastors spoon feeding them what they are supposed to
understand from it. This is why I find it important to give you so much scripture to read
to support my teachings each week, and why I want YOU to be doing the reading, so you
can hear it in your own language, straight from the Word of God. This is why Pastor
Philemon has you using a highlighter to highlight key phrases.
Deut 17:13-20 14 “When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and
you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations
that are around me,’ 15 you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will
choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put
a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 Only he must not acquire many horses
for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since
the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ 17 And he shall not
acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself
excessive silver and gold.
18 “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a
copy of this law, approved by[c] the Levitical priests. 19 And it shall be with him, and he
shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by
keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, 20 that his heart
may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the
commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his
kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.
I have been writing out for myself the New Testament for the last few years. I have not
been consistent, but I have written all of Matthew and I’m now in Mark 10. I have a
friend who did write out the whole Torah. We are commanded to do this. – well, kingswere commanded to do this so that they could rule and reign from a place of
righteousness, and could have their own copy of the torah to reference. We are to be
Prophets, Priests and Kings – and so we too are to have a copy of the scriptures to
reference. If you don’t have a purchased copy of the scriptures, is writing out a copy a
practice you can put into place? – there is great wisdom in doing this, even if you have
your own purchased copy. As you write out the words in your own handwriting, into your
own notebook, you pay attention to the words Yehovah is speaking to us in His Word.
You dwell on words and ponder them, you ask yourself questions and then ask Yehovah
for answers.
In today’s modern age, you all have phones to do your business through M-Pesa. Use
this tool in your hands for more than talking to friends and buying and selling. Use it to
read the Word of Yehovah. Download a copy of the Bible in your Mother tongue and
write it out for yourself. Invest in your relationship with Yehovah and stop letting
someone else tell you what you are supposed to do with your relationship with your
Beloved BrideGroom. Grow in Wisdom. Know the Truth for yourself that you will not fall
into the trap of following the leaven of the Pharisees. Know the Word of God so you do
not fall to worshipping a golden calf, or fall into apostasy.
Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so
as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
This false Christ, this Apollyon, the AntiChrist is at the doorstep. 2300 days from when
W.H.O. shut down the world and put an end to sacrifices and offerings in 2020 brings us
to July 12, 2026. What exactly this will look like we do not yet know, but we must keep
our eyes open and pay attention to the times and seasons we are in. This is the next
thing that these Sabbatical and Jubilee Charts are pointing to. Get the leaven out, and
do it now. Get serious about what you believe – about whom has authority over you, and
choose to submit to this authority.
Philemon has the book 2300 Days of Hell by Joseph Dumond in his library and is willing
to loan it out. Joseph is writing another book right now called “The Lion Rises Up, the
coming of Apollyon” Joseph writes with LOTS of scripture as his motto is Prove All
Things. We need to be able to prove what we believe, if to no one else, prove it to
ourselves.
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I want to preface this by saying, the purpose of this episode is not meant to condemn the Rabbis; but rather to challenge that status quo on the topic of the Biblical calendar presented to us in Exodus.
In this episode Joe and I discuss how the Hillel calendar was installed and then tweaked over the course of hundreds of years.
Fast forward to our current day, if you even hint at challenging the Rabbis on the calendar front then you are guilty of disobeying their authority, supposedly given to them in Deut 17:9.
This verse has been wildly miss-appropriated to give the Rabbis authority that trumps the very Bible itself. If this authority is granted them then they almost of unilateral authority in almost all areas pertaining to religion and daily life.
This is why Jesus challenged this idiology when it was in its infancy in the first century and ultimately was the reason why they killed him. Tradition wins at the end of the day, and what we were handed was a calendar that is based on tradition rather than Biblial truths.
This is really why God has raised up a man like Joseph Dumond to dig through the annuls of history to prove this work with archeological evidence combined with scripture in order to help us get back to Yehovah’s true calendar.
God’s calendar is based on observations and not pre-calculations and that it the first thing we have understand. When the Barely is ripe (Aviv) then you know that you are in the first month of the year base on Deut 16 and Exodus 12:2
Deu 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Exo 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
The Hillel calendar ends the year at Tishri, which is the seventh month of the barley calendar. So, how are we to reconcile keeping this? If we begin the year in Tishri we are disobeying the commandment of God! Do the Rabbis know better than Yehovah? Certainly not!
The point of this conversation is not to condemn the Rabbis but rather post a rebuttal to the traditions that has been handed down to us without question. We should all be asking ourselves these why we keep a calendar based off of assumptions and man made calculations.
But here is what came to me as Joe and I were discussing this, is that in Judaism they are denying the Bible by obeying the Rabbis and disregarding the barely calendar; And in Christianity, they are denying the Bible by saying that the Laws and Commandments of God have passed away, based on their interpretive traditions.
Both Christians and Jews are guilty of deny the Bible based on tradition. This is the very thing that Jesus was trying to help us to understand and yet, men on both sides of the fence are denying Him based on tradition.
Let’s get back the Bible folks and understand that God gave us a calendar to Observe, to look, to go outside and touch grass!
As we get farther into the technological age we are seeing how detached we are from knowing the times and the seasons. Now we are dependent on our phones to tell us what month/day it is. So, how does anyone feel secure in the expected coming of the Messiah? The lazy approach is, oh well, we’ll just wait for Him to return before we figure this stuff out. But that’s not what the Bible says.
The Bibles tells us that He is not coming back until the restoration of all things.
Act 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Mat 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
Elijah must first come and restore all things before the return of our Messiah. This is the entire purpose of the two witnesses in Revelation. You cannot understand this, unless you understand the times and the season detailed in the Torah (Books of Moses).
There are many things that were omitted in the New Testament, because the early church were widely aware of the times and seasons, therefore there was no need to write about it. Paul tells us this in 1 Thessalonians.
1Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
But it won’t take them like a thief in the night, why? Because they are fully aware of the times and the seasons.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
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Zion’s Coming Salvation
Isa 62:1 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes out as brightness, and her salvation as a burning lamp.
Isa 62:2 And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah will name.
Isa 62:3 You also will be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
Isa 62:4 You will no more be called Forsaken; nor will your land any more be called Desolate; but you will be called My Delight is in her, and your land, Married; for Jehovah delights in you, and your land is married.
Isa 62:5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
Isa 62:6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who will not always be silent all the day nor all the night; you who remember Jehovah, do not be silent.
Isa 62:7 And give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Isa 62:8 Jehovah has sworn by His right hand, and by the arm of His strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of strangers will not drink your wine for which you have labored.
Isa 62:9 But its gatherers will eat it and praise Jehovah; and they who collected it will drink it in My holy courts.
Isa 62:10 Pass! Pass through the gates; prepare the way of the people. Raise up! Raise up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples.
Isa 62:11 Behold, Jehovah has sent a message to the end of the earth, Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.
Isa 62:12 And they will call them, The Holy People, The Redeemed of Jehovah; and you will be called, Sought Out, a city not forsaken.
What is the Difference Between The Wheat and the tares?In the parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 MKJV), Yehshua uses a real agricultural reality to illustrate a profound spiritual truth. Wheat (good seed sown by the Son of Man) produces full, heavy grains that bow the stalk under their weight—valuable, harvestable seed that becomes bread and sustains life. Tares (darnel, a poisonous weed sown by the enemy) look almost identical to wheat while growing, but when mature, their heads remain upright and their “seeds” are small, black, lightweight, and worthless for food (often toxic if ground into flour).
Mat 13:24 He put out another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Mat 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went his way.
Mat 13:26 But when the blade had sprung up and had produced fruit, then the darnel also appeared.
Mat 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where have the darnel come from?
Mat 13:28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them up?
Mat 13:29 But he said, No, lest while you gather up the darnel you also root up the wheat with them.
Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my granary.
Yehshua explains the meaning of this parable in the following verses.
Mat 13:36 Then sending the crowds away, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
Mat 13:37 He answered and said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
Mat 13:38 the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
Mat 13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Mat 13:40 Therefore as the darnel are gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be in the end of this world.
Mat 13:41 The Son of Man shall send out His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity,
Mat 13:42 and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 13:43 Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
The wheat represents the true children of the kingdom—those who, by abiding in Yehshua, bear lasting spiritual fruit. Their lives produce “full grains”—righteous works, obedience to Torah, love, and souls won for the kingdom that endure into eternity.
Jhn 15:1 I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
Jhn 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away. And every one that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bring forth more fruit.
Jhn 15:3 Now you are clean through the Word which I have spoken to you.
Jhn 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
Jhn 15:5 I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Jhn 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Jhn 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you.
Jhn 15:8 In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, so you shall be My disciples.
Jhn 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.
Jhn 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
Jhn 15:11 I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full.
Jhn 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Jhn 15:13 No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Jhn 15:14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
The tares, sown by the devil, may mimic wheat outwardly (attending services, speaking religious words, even performing signs), but they produce no harvestable fruit.Their “seed” is empty, poisonous, and worthless—lives that bear no lasting righteousness, only deception and destruction. At the harvest (end of the age), the difference becomes undeniable: wheat is gathered into the barn (eternal life), tares are bound and burned (judgment).This agricultural detail underscores Yehshua’s warning. Your fruitfulness or the lack thereof reveals your identity.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruits, nor can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
I Never Knew YouMat 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness!
The Greek word for “lawlessness” here is anomia—literally “without law” or “Torah-lessness.” These people performed impressive works and called Him “Lord,” but they lived in rebellion against Yehovah’s commandments. Yehshua did not “know” them because they did not truly know Him—they never entered the intimate relationship that comes through obedience to the Father’s will, which is keeping His Torah.Yehshua makes this explicit in the same chapter: “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven”. Doing the Father’s will is not optional; it is signs and wonders—it is living according to His instructions.So how do we get to know Yehovah and Yehshua? The Bible repeatedly ties “knowing” God to obedience, love expressed through the commandments, and walking in His ways:
1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments.
1Jn 2:4 He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5 But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
1Jn 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.
Jhn 14:15 If you love Me, keep My commandments.
Jhn 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
Hos 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Those who called Him Lord refused to do what He commanded—keeping the Father’s Torah out of love. Knowledge of God is not intellectual or emotional alone; it is an intimate relationship, proven by walking in His commandments. Those who live in lawlessness, no matter their miracles or words, remain strangers to Him.The wheat full of fruit, bows humbly under the weight of its grain; the tares stand proud but empty. We are commanded to produce fruit worthy of repentance—visible evidence of a changed life through obedience, good works, and righteousness. This “fruit” is not optional but is the proof of genuine faith and repentance.
Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance;
Act 26:20 But to those first in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the country of Judea, and to the nations, I made known the command to repent and to turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance
What are the fruits we are to be producing? As you read this, take note of the fruits of the flesh which we are not to produce.
Gal 5:16 I say, then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.
Gal 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness,
Gal 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Gal 5:24 But those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in theSpirit.
Gal 5:26 Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another.
You now have a clear list of the works of the flesh. We must now include James’s infamous words on faith and works.
Jas 2:14 My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him?
Jas 2:15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
Jas 2:16 and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it?
Jas 2:17 Even so, if it does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself.
Jas 2:18 But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works.
Jas 2:19 You believe that there is one God, you do well; even the demons believe and tremble.
Jas 2:20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22 Do you see how faith worked with his works, and from the works faith was made complete?
Jas 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.”
Jas 2:24 You see then how a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
Jas 2:25 And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
These verses show that fruit worthy of repentance is commanded—obedience, righteousness, and good works flowing from true faith. Without it, one risks being cut off.In these last days, let us examine our lives—are we producing the full, life-giving grain of the kingdom, or standing upright with nothing to offer at the harvest?Wheat bears good fruit; tares look similar but are false and bear nothing worth harvesting. This is very plain and simple. It is the obedience to Yehovah vs. rebellion.What does this look like today, in practical terms? Does your study life bring you to know Yehovah, or does it lead you away from knowing anything about Him? Do the things you study lead you to do works demonstrating your faith, or are they works not worthy of being followed by others?Paul warned us of these days we are in now.
2Ti 4:1 Therefore I solemnly witness before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to judge the living and the dead according to His appearance and His kingdom,
2Ti 4:2 preach the Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
2Ti 4:3For a time will be when they will not endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear.
2Ti 4:4 And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turned to myths.
2Ti 4:5 But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.
Paul also wrote the following condemning words and each of us must consider them:
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
2Th 2:6 And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he is now holding back until it comes out of the midst.
2Th 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming,
2Th 2:9 whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie,
2Th 2:12 so that all those who do not believe the truth, but delight in unrighteousness, might be condemned.
The key scriptures I’m referring to are 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 and 2 Tim 4:3-4, which directly link a lack of love for the truth to a desire to seek out deception and myths. You cannot fall away from the truth unless you are first following Torah. This message is to the elect. Those same elect that if possible, Satan would be able to deceive.
Mat 24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if it were possible, they would deceive even the elect.
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
It is the elect who know Torah that will follow false prophets and go after them, seeking these myths and deceptive teachings.
Paul warns about the end times when the “man of sin” is revealed, which is our time right now. Those who reject the truth (the gospel and Yehovah’s commandments) and do not develop a love for the truth of the Torah, never embrace it with their whole heart. Because of this, Yehovah allows a “strong delusion” to come upon them, leading them to believe lies, and because they do this, they face condemnation. The phrase emphasizes that salvation requires not just hearing the truth, but loving and living it. A related verse reinforcing this is Hosea 4:6.
Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your sons, even I.
Conspiracy theories, while often captivating, divert believers from the heart of Scripture: knowing Yehovah through obedience to His commandments as we just showed you in 1 John 2:3-4. And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.Think about this. All of these conspiracies are made up and/or flat-out lies. Are you serving Yehovah or Satan by spreading lies? Have some of these conspiracy theories become your god? This is then idolatry.We all know many “Brethren” who are experts in each and every one of them, spending endless hours reading or watching videos to learn more about them, chasing these deceptions—researching, debating, and spreading them—which, in the end, robs them of the time they could have spent studying Torah. They are spreading and fostering fear over faith and division over unity. Below, I examine each theory chronologically by origin so you can see when this myth or lie began. I will then assess whether it’s factual or a lie, and explain how it hinders understanding of Yehovah by prioritizing speculation over His revealed will. The will of Yehovah is that we keep the Commandments.Link to the full article written by Joseph Dumond: https://sightedmoon.com/choose-this-day/
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The very first Hebrew word in the bible is B‘resheit. We translate it as “In the Beginning”
and that’s a very good way to begin the Bible, but this is deeper than a “starting point” or
a reference to the time of creation.
Preparing for the coming of Passover in the next few months, we have been looking at
the Passover Story and its meaning to be hopped over, chosen. We are chosen to go
forward, to leave Egypt and become the New Creation, The Bride of Christ. In order to
be that Bride of Christ, we need to be a FirstFruit. So let’s dig into this word for
FirstFruit to understand what it means and how we become FirstFruit.
Let’s read Leviticus 23:4-14 to refresh our minds about these feast days. 4 “These are
the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the
time appointed for them. 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at
twilight,[a] is the Lord’s Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the
Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
8 But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is
a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”
The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to
them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring
the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall wave the sheaf
before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest
shall wave it. 12 And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb
a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 And the grain offering with
it shall be two tenths of an ephah[b] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the
Lord with a pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a
hin.[c] 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day,
until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
The word for Firstfruit is reshiyt ר ֵ אשׁ ִ ית means the first, as in first place, time, order or
rank (specifically a firstfruit): – beginning, chief (-est), principal thing.
The first word in scripture places the letter bet before this word Resheit. As a
preposition, the letter beit can mean, “in – into – within – on – for – as” Translators have
chosen to use “IN” – as in “in the first place”, or “IN the beginning”
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.We could also translate it as “For the Firstfruit” if we reread the Genesis 1:1 replacing
that first word with this translation we read, For the Firstfruit, Yehovah created the
Heavens and the Earth.
If the Universe was created for the Firstfruit, we should know a little bit about this
firstfruit.
Remember the story of the Feast days is our story. It’s the love story between us and
Yehovah, so if He is giving us a picture of these firstfruits, then this has something to do
with us as His Chosen Bride.
Yehovah created the Universe the heavens and the earth, and placed within it Adam- but
Adam lost that position of resheit – firstfruit because he sinned against Yehovah, our
Heavenly Father. Adam was cast out of the Garden and angels were placed as guards
so he could not come back and eat from the Tree of Life.
Genesis 3:22-24
22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good
and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live
forever—” 23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the
ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the
garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to
guard the way to the tree of life.
We have a similar story told to us from the Family of Israel. Jacob is father to 12 sons,
and in Genesis 49, before his death, he speaks words of blessing over his sons, words
of prophecy and guidance. This is what He says to Ruben
Genesis 49:3-4
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4
Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
Reuben was the firstborn, he should have lived a life of dignity and power, that his
descendants would be known as the firstborn of the House of Israel. But Reuben sinned
against his father, he took to bed one of Jacob’s concubines – what should have been a
blessing is now taken from him. The position of Firstborn has been given to another.We were designed to be the Firstfruit, but we too have sinned and lost our position of
firstfruit. Shall we just hang our heads in despair and submit to this breach of
relationship? Or shall we seek to find a way back, a way to restore the relationship, and
thus restore our position as Firstfruit? This is the crux of the message of scripture. This
is the meaning of the word Gospel, that we hear the message and follow the path back
to the restored relationship.
The word Firstborn in Hebrew is בְּכוֹר bekôr as in chief: – eldest (son), first-born (-ling)…
it comes from the root word bâkar meaning to burst the womb, that is, to bear or make
early fruit (of woman or tree); also to give the birthright.
The Feast day mentioned in Leviticus 23:9-14 is called Yom HaBikkurim. Day of the
firstborns. We are either firstborns that have been hopped over at Passover, or we are
firstborns that have been cut down because we failed to put the blood on the doorposts
of our hearts.
Exodus 12:29-32 29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive
who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose up
in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in
Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31 Then he summoned
Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and
the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. 32 Take your flocks and
your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”
Exodus 13:12-14 12 you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the
firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the LORD
‘s. 13 Every firstborn of a
donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its
neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 And when in time to
come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand
the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Let’s look at this word Fruit – as the FirstFruit, or First Born, the Fruit of the Womb. Fruit
is the word in פְּר ִ י perı̂y – bough, ([first-]) fruit ([-ful]), reward. The root of the word is the
picture of an open mouth, and a head. Combined these mean “open the head”. The
heads of grains are scattered on the threshing floor, a smooth, hard and level
surface.and are trodden upon to reveal the grain within the chaff.We rarely think of grain as being fruit. We tend to think of fruit as being the sweet fruit
from trees, like pawpaw (papaya), guava, or from the ground like watermelon or
pineapple, but these grains are also fruit. They are what opens the head, or opens the
womb of the earth to nourish us.
How do we know if we are the firstfruit of Egypt or the FirstFruit of Israel. We are told we
need to have the Fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:16-24 says 16 But I say, walk by the
Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are
against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are
opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you
are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are
evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,
jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies,
and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do[e] such
things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such
things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh
with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become
conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
How are we living today? Do we have sweet fruit like that listed in verse 22? 22 But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Or is our fruit that of the flesh in verse 19-21 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident:
sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of
anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like
these.
If we have not left behind the Egypt of our past, if we have not let that part of us be
healed; if we continue to walk in this flesh our fruit is bitterness, anger, fear – rotten fruit.
And so while we may have been chosen, passed over, we still walk in the bondage that
we suffered in Egypt. We have not become the Firstfruit that we were designed to be
when Yehovah placed us in the Garden. We have not fulfilled our purpose as the whole
reason for the Creation of the Universe.
Let me show you what happened to the Children of Israel when they came out of Egypt.
They went through the Red Sea, the Egyptians who pursued them had been destroyed inthe sea as the walls of water crashed down on them. They had seen with their eyes
their past destroyed, they had in front of them absolute freedom. But they failed to see
it, for they walked to the waters of Mara in their bitterness. Let’s read Psalm 126
When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“The LORD has done great things for them.”
3 The LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad.
4 Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like streams in the Negeb!
5 Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.
The Israelites had survived the Angel of Death, walked through the Red Sea, they had
seen their salvation from Egypt, but they were in a daze, in a dream like state, their
minds were not clear, and they still had the mindset of slaves though they were free. It
was the Nations, who had to tell them they were free. We are like this too. Sometimes
we have walked along the journey of our faith, we have come into the relationship with
Yeshua, been chosen, and even been baptized, but we live still as if in a daze, as if we
still have not realized that we are a new creation in Messiah. We are made in His Image
and therefore should be reflecting His Sweet countenance, the sweet sweet fruit of the
Spirit. That’s when we will know we are the FirstFruit that is to be offered up, to be
redeemed.
Let’s read what happened at Mara.
Exodus 15: 22-27
22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness
of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came
to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was
named Marah.[b] 24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall wedrink?” 25 And he cried to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log,[c] and he threw it into
the water, and the water became sweet.
There the LORD[d] made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, 26
saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is
right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put
none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer.
”
27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm
trees, and they encamped there by the water.
That log, that Tree that Yehovah told them to throw into the waters to make the waters
sweet was the Tree of Life, the Torah, The Teaching and Instruction of Yehovah. This is
why we can not claim the Law is done away with, because it is the Law, the Torah that
removes the bitterness and brings sweet sweet fruit to our lives, to our hearts, to our
character.
We know who these verses are talking about and who is bearing this good fruit.
Isaiah 11:1-2
1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Of course this is speaking of Yeshua. Yeshua is the bough, the branch of the stump of
Jesse. How does He bear Fruit? Through the Spirit of the Eternal God resting upon
Him, The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and might and the
Spirit of Knowledge and Fear. It is this same Spirit in us that leads us to produce good
fruit. And our good fruit will get us through the judgment that we might be the FirstFruit
of the Wheat Harvest just as He is the FirstFruit of the Barley Harvest – this is all a
picture of the resurrection.1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep”.
Adam opened the door to sin and death for all, while Jesus, the Second Adam, opened
the way to spiritual life and redemption for those united with Him.
1 Corinthians 15:45-49
45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”;[a] the last Adam
became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and
then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second
man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the
dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we
have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall[b] also bear the image of the man of
heaven.
If we want to be restored to the Garden of Eden, to reflect the image of the Man of
Heaven, we must do like the Children of Israel and put the Torah into our chaos, into the
water, into the movement of our daily lives, that the Gospel that we were told comes to
completion and that we are restored to Our Heavenly Father. We must move forward,
away from the Egypt, away from the slavery to sin, and move towards the Wedding
Feast that will bring us eternity with our BrideGroom.
Isaiah 4:2-6
2 In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the
land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. 3 And he who is left in Zion
and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in
Jerusalem, 4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion
and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by
a spirit of burning.[a] 5 Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and
over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by
night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy. 6 There will be a booth for shade by
day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.Remember when we talked about the smoke and the flaming fire as a picture of the
sealing of the covenant after Sukkot? This is why it’s so important to not just “believe”
the scriptures, but to actuall DO them, actually KEEP the Passover, Actually LEAVE Egypt
and Die to sin and be REvived to LIFE – the LIFE Living out the Torah
Isaiah 27:6 In days to come[b] Jacob shall take root,
Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots
and fill the whole world with fruit.
I’m not sure how much of my testimony you all know. As a child I was raised in a house
with abuse. Sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse. Because of the wound I
carried from this abuse, I had very low self respect and carried a bad reputation. I had
many many boyfriends from a very young age. At 23 I met Stuart and we began to date.
We didn’t do things in Yehovah’s order, we dated, then lived together, then got engaged,
then had a baby, then got married. But just before we got married, while we were doing
premarital counselling, we met Jesus, both of us, same moment. From that moment on,
my life began to change. From that moment until the wedding, 2 months later, we
refrained from intimacy. We were baptized about a year after we met Jesus, but even
though I had met Jesus and had been baptized – I was still living with the shame of the
sin and pain from the wound of my childhood. I was easily angered, very defensive. It
took time to learn that I was valuable and that I deserved to be protected, that I didn’t
need to fight my own battles, that it was ok to let Stuart, and God, defend me and
protect me. It was a process to learn not to seek the attention of other men. Much of
the healing came as I began to forgive my dad – and my mom – for the trauma I had
suffered as a child. But forgiving was not the only thing needed, I needed to repent too,
for though I was sinned against – I also sinned. My behaviour was not lovely. 11 years
later we learned about the Torah, and we began to keep Sabbath and the Feast days,
and my relationship with Yehovah grew deeper and my healing increased even more.
There were new layers of forgiving that I had to do, and new layers of repenting. I do
believe if Yeshua returned today, He would say, well done good and faithful servant. But
I can not rest on that. I can not say that I have arrived. I must keep on doing the work to
get the leaven out of my life. I do spend time self reflecting and looking for any seeds of
bitterness, anger, fear – I look for rotten fruit and do my best to purge it through
forgiveness and repentance. I confess my sins to Yehovah and ask for forgiveness, and
if it’s safe, confess to the one I have sinned against too, and I look to make sure the
steps forward I am taking are free from repeating these sins again. And if I stumble oR
fall, I’m quick to pick myself back up and try again. And I forgive myself. I do not hold
on to the shame and guilt of my past. I release it. I freely accept the forgiveness
Yehovah has offered me.My friends, I encourage you to be doing the same, for this is how we will be the Firstfruit
of the Wheat Harvest when our BrideGroom comes for us.
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In continuing to prepare ourselves for the Passover this coming spring, let’s look at the
first time the word Pesach – Passover is actually recorded in the scriptures and seek to
understand this word in order to understand the meaning of this Feast Day.
Exodus 12:1-14
12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first
month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the
tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a] for his family, one for each
household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with
their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You
are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will
eat. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take
them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the
month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at
twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of
the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to
eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without
yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head,
legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till
morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into
your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the
Lord’s Passover.
12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both
people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I
will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
14 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall
celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.
Why are we talking about the Passover again? Because each year it needs to be
retaught. Even this chapter of Exodus tells us we will need to explain it to our children
what we are doing and why over and over again. Exodus 12:26-27 26 And when your
children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the
Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and
spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down
and worshiped.
Chapter 11 of Exodus tells us about the First Born of those who are not covered by the
blood and what will happen to them. Exodus 11:4-6 4 So Moses said, “This is what theLORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will
die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the
female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 There
will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be
again. 7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you
will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
This is Yehovah telling the people through Moses in advance what to expect – therefore
Ch 11 is prophetic, about what will happen in the very short future before the Greater
Exodus we read about in:
●
Jeremiah 23:7-8: “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“when they
shall no longer say,
‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of
the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up and led the
descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country and from all the
countries where he had driven them.'”
●
Ezekiel 36:24-28: “I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the
countries… I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you… and
you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”
●
Isaiah 11:11-12:11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to
reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from
Upper Egypt, from Cush,[a] from Elam, from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath and from
the islands of the Mediterranean. 12 He will raise a banner for the nations
and gather the exiles of Israel;
he will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.
According to the timeline we see in the SightedMoon Charts, we expect this Greater
Exodus to begin at Passover 2030. That is just 5 short years away. This is why we are
preparing for Passover this year months before the event, so that you are prepared to
keep this rehearsal, understanding it’s meanings for the future.
Ch 13 is prophetic about the First Born of those who ARE covered by the blood, and this
is a long term prophecy, for all of time. Exodus 13:8-10 8 On that day tell your son, ‘I do
this because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 This observance
will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law ofthe LORD is to be on your lips. For the LORD brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.
10 You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.
Year after Year.
So this word Passover פסח – Pasach means to Hop: To hop from one place or another.
Also to be lame as one who hops on one leg. to hop, that is, (figuratively) skip over (or
spare); by implication to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance: – halt, become lame,
leap, pass over.
But we use it, in reference to this feast day – Pesach, in this context used only technically
of the Passover (the festival or the victim): – passover (offering). It is both an event and
a sacrifice, meaning an animal, namely a lamb or a goat, dies in place of the firstborn.
Do you have in your culture this concept of the grim reaper?
Imagine a person out scything the grasses. If he’s doing a good job, it all gets cut down
and no blades of grass are left standing.But here is a picture of a section of grass that was hopped over, or skipped over. This is
the same thing that happened with those Israelites in Egypt when the Blood was on the
doorposts of their houses. They were skipped over, left to continue.
We see this same picture in Matthew 24. These verses are often used to preach the
Rapture Theory saying that those taken were taken up in the Rapture. They say that
those left are the ones “left behind” or left without the blessing of eternal relationship
with Yehovah. But given the picture we have of the Passover, where those who are
covered by the blood are hopped over, skipped over, left to continue, is this really what
these verses are trying to portray to us? Let’s read in Matthew 24: 36-41 36 “But about
that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the
Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what
would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at thecoming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the
other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the
other left.
Now this phrase “No one knows the day or the hour” is a phrase, an idiom, referencing
the Feast of Trumpts, but there is a reason these two feasts, Passover and Feast of
Trumpets are related. The Feast of Trumpets is a warning, reminding us that the
Judgement is coming, that Yom Kippor, the Feast of Atonement is coming. It is
reminding us we need that covering, that blood on the doorpost of our hearts. That
covering says we are chosen, we were skipped over and remain close to his heart in a
sea full of those He would see as strangers.
This brings us to the connection between Passover and Atonement. Yeshua is that
Passover Sacrifice, He is our Passover Lamb. It is His shed blood that covers us so that
we may be hopped over, left standing, chosen, so that we can continue forward to the
Atonement, to the Judgement. For Yeshua is not only our Passover Lamb, He is also
our Atonement Goat. Yeshua’s death on the cross is not just that we may be chosen to
be taken out of the ways of this world, but He also is the one who, in the days still to
come will be the one who dies to make Atonement for our sin at the end of days. There
is a Judgement to come, a day when those 10 virgins will be waiting for their
Bridegroom to come for them, and some will be ready and waiting with their oil, and
some will be waiting, but not ready, not prepared, they will have no oil and will try to gain
some at the last moment and will return to find that the Bridegroom has come and the
door has been shut on them. They will knock, but He will answer “Away from me, I know
you not”
We were taught in our Christianity that once saved always saved. We were taught that
once we had been chosen, once we had experienced this Passover Moment where we
entered this relationship was THE moment, and all that comes after pales in contrast to
this “born again moment”, the moment where we said our sinners prayer and gave our
lives to Jesus. But this is just the beginning, and this idea only recognizes Yeshua as our
Passover Lamb but fails to understand, fails to see how we must continue the
relationship and grow in the relationship so that we grasp the meaning of all the feasts,
so that we come to understand what it means that Yeshua is also our Atonement Goat.
A Relationship is not a once and done situation. We don’t choose a spouse and say to
them only once “I Love You” and then never again say it, nor live it out. We can not
assume that a relationship like this is going to last a lifetime.Psalm 130:4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve
you.
Matthew 26:28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins.
Acts 10:43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives
forgiveness of sins through his name.”
The whole purpose of being hopped over, of being left standing, passed over is so that
we can continue on, continue along the journey. Once the children of Israel were passed
over in Egypt, they did not remain in Egypt. They began the journey, leaving Egypt. And
Egypt didn’t want them to leave, it tried hard to bring them back. We have the same
thing in our lives. Once we have made the decision to follow Yehovah, there are people
who are trying to get us to remain in our old way of life. People who criticize us for
trying to change our lives, trying to walk in righteousness. The world does not like it
when we try to pull ourselves up out of our pit, the world wants to drag us back. How
dare we try to be better than them by working for our freedom. How dare we walk away
from them.
But the Children of Israel did walk away, and they walked through a process, they
proceeded to the Red Sea which is a picture of Baptism, which is a picture of the Feast
of First Fruits. A picture of being made new, leaving behind the old life and walking
forward as a New Creation. They then continue walking toward Mount Sinai, and enter
into the Covenant, the relationship that has boundaries, stipulationship, conditions. And
if these boundaries are not kept, if the stipulations are not met, if the terms and
conditions are ignored, then we can not be surprised that at the Judgement, we will not
pass through the judgement and be found worthy to continue forward to the
Confirmation of the relationship, the sealing at the wedding feast. You see, it’s not Once
Saved Always Saved. The “born again” moment is not the only thing that matters, as a
matter of fact, it’s the least important. If you claim to be chosen, but lose your chosen
status because you glorified yourself in being chosen instead of walking out your life as
if you were chosen to be in covenant then you have missed the whole purpose of being
chosen in the first place.
John 6:60-70 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who
can accept it?”61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this
offend you? 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they
are full of the Spirit[e] and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For
Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would
betray him. 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me
unless the Father has enabled them.”
66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of
eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” 71
(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to
betray him.)
Verse 66. From this time, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
You can not read this and think those who no longer followed him are going to be
atoned for, that they will enjoy eternity with Yehovah if they have turned their back on
Him.
Yeshua is our Passover Lamb. He is also our Goat for Atonement. Passover means we
are chosen, Atonement means our sins are covered. Yeshua accomplished both these
things at the cross, but we do not receive both these things in one moment.
There are two things needed to make restoration when a relationship is broken, as ours
is because of the Fall in the Garden of Eden. Those two things are Forgiveness and
Repentance. We can forgive a person for what they did to us, the wound their sin
inflicted upon us, but we can not, should not, restore the relationship until there is
repentance. Without repentance the person who wounded us is likely to do it again. We
call this person “toxic” in our current culture. Because people fail to repent, we
frequently also refuse to forgive, for we have equated forgiveness with restoration.
These are two separate actions, just like Passover and Atonement are two separate
pictures. When we forgive a person, we take the debt they owe us and give up our right
to have that debt paid – we give that debt to Yehovah and He pays that debt with His life
on the cross. This is the action Yeshua did as the Passover Lamb. Likewise, we can
repent of having hurt someone through our sin, but the relationships still can not berestored until we are forgiven by that person. Repentance of sin is what is covered at
Atonement. It is a two step solution to the reconciliation of relationship between
persons here on earth, and for the reconciliation of our relationship with our Abba
Father against whom we have sinned.
Please read again Exodus 12:26-27 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this
ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who
passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck
down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Why do we have to do Passover every year? Because we need a reminder, a refresher.
And each year there will always be children who have not experienced this being passed
over, this being chosen, and they will need to be taught – so that they will bow down and
worship.
Last week we asked “What are we teaching our children?” This week we ask, what have
we failed to teach our children. If we are not celebrating the Passover Meal, do we truly
understand what forgiveness is? Do we understand what it means that we are chosen,
that our debt is paid? And if we expect that the whole of our relationship is completed,
we will fail to be ready at the Judgement in the year 2033? We must walk out the whole
of our Salvation. We have been chosen, not so we can stand still, but chosen so we can
move foreward, towards our Salvation, towards the Wedding Feast, towards Eternity
with out Bridegroom.
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– Ba’al
Moloch the God Ba’al, the Sacred Bull, was widely worshipped in the ancient Near East and wherever Punic culture extended. Baal Moloch was conceived under the form of a calf or an ox or depicted as a man with the head of a bull.
Hadad, Baal or simply the King identified the god within his cult. The name Moloch is not the name he was known by among his worshippers, but a Hebrew translation. The written form Moloch (in the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament), or Molech (Hebrew), is no different than the word Melech or king, transformed by interposing the vowels of bosheth or ‘shameful thing’.
He is sometimes also called Milcom in the Old Testament (1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:33, 2 Kings 23:13 and Zephaniah 1:5)Forms and grammarThe Hebrew letters מלך (mlk) usually stands for melek ‘king’ (Proto-Northwest Semitic malku) but when vocalized as mÅlek in Masoretic Hebrew text, they have been traditionally understood as a proper name Μολοχ (molokh) (Proto-Northwest Semitic Mulku) in the corresponding Greek renderings in the Septuagint translation, in Aquila, and in the Greek Targum. The form usually appears in the compound lmlk. The Hebrew preposition l- means ‘to’, but it can often mean ‘for’ or ‘as a(n)’. Accordingly one can translate lmlk as “to Moloch” or “for Moloch” or “as a Moloch”, or “to the Moloch” or “for the Moloch” or “as the Moloch”, whatever a “Moloch” or “the Moloch” might be. We also once find hmlk ‘the Moloch’ standing by itself.
Because there is no difference between mlk ‘king’ and mlk ‘moloch’ in unpointed text, interpreters sometimes suggest molek should be understood in certain places where the Masoretic text is vocalized as melek, and vice versa.
Moloch has been traditionally interpreted as the name of a god, possibly a god titled the king, but purposely misvocalized as Molek instead of Melek using the vowels of Hebrew bosheth ‘shame’.
Moloch appears in the Hebrew of 1 Kings 11.7 (on Solomon’s religious failings):
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and lmlk, the abomination of the Sons of Ammon.
But in other passages the god of the Ammonites is named Milcom, not Moloch (see 1 Kings 11.33; Zephaniah 1.5). The Septuagint reads Milcom in 1 Kings 11.7 instead of Moloch which suggests a scribal error in the Hebrew. Many English translations accordingly follow the non-Hebrew versions at this point and render Milcom.
(The form mlkm can also mean ‘their king’ as well as Milcom and therefore one cannot always be sure in some other passages whether the King of Ammon is intended or the god Milcom.) It has also been suggested that the Baâ’al of Tyre, Melqart ‘king of the city’ (who was probably the Baâ’al whose worship was furthered by Ahab and his house) was this supposed god Moloch and that Melqart/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical with other gods whose names contain mlk. But nothing particularly suggests these identifications other than mlk in the various names.
Amos 5.27 reads in close translation:
But you shall carry Sikkut your king,
and Kiyyun, your images, the star-symbol of your god
which you made for yourself.
The Septuagint renders ‘your king’ as Moloch, perhaps from a scribal error, whence the verse appears in Acts 7.43:
You have lifted up the shrine of Molech
and the star of your god Rephan,
the idols you made to worship.
Accordingly this association of Moloch with these other gods is probably spurious.
All other references to Moloch use mlk only in the context of “passing children through fire lmlk”, whatever is meant by lmlk, whether it means “to Moloch” or means something else. It has traditionally been understood to mean burning children alive to the god Moloch. But some have suggested a rite of purification by fire instead, though perhaps a dangerous one. References to passing through fire without mentioning mlk appear in Deuteronomy 12.31, 18.10–13; 2 Kings 21.6; Ezekiel 20.26,31; 23.37. So the existence of this practice is well documented. For a comparable practice of rendering infants immortal by passing them through the fire, indirectly attested in early Greek myth, see the entries for Thetis and also the myth of Demeter as the nurse of Demophon.
Biblical textsThe pertinent Biblical texts follow in very literal translation. The word here translated literally as ‘seed’ very often means offspring. The forms containing mlk have been left untranslated. The reader may substitute either “to Moloch” or “as a molk”.
Leviticus 18.21
And you shall not let any of your seed pass through Mo’lech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20.25:
Again, you shall say to the Sons of Israel: Whoever he be of the Sons of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that gives any of his seed Mo’lech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his seed Mo’lech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives of his seed Mo’lech, and do not kill him, then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, whoring after Mo’lech from among the people.
2 Kings 23.10 (on King Josiah’s reform):
And he defiled the Tophet, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire Mo’lech.
Jeremiah 32.35:
And they built the high places of the Ba’al, which are in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire Mo’lech; which I did not command them, nor did it come into my mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Moloch has also been referred to simply as a rebel angel.
Traditional accounts and theoriesThe 12th-century rabbi Rashi, commenting on Jeremiah 7.31 stated:
Tophet is Moloch, which was made of brass; and they heated him from his lower parts; and his hands being stretched out, and made hot, they put the child between his hands, and it was burnt; when it vehemently cried out; but the priests beat a drum, that the father might not hear the voice of his son, and his heart might not be moved.
A different rabbinical tradition says that the idol was hollow and was divided into seven compartments, in one of which they put flour, in the second turtle-doves, in the third a ewe, in the fourth a ram, in the fifth a calf, in the sixth an ox, and in the seventh a child, which were all burnt together by heating the statue inside.
Later commentators have compared these accounts with similar ones from Greek and Latin sources speaking of the offering of children by fire as sacrifices in the Punic city of Carthage, which was a Phoenician colony. Cleitarchus, Diodorus Siculus and Plutarch all mention burning of children as an offering to Cronus or Saturn, that is to Ba’al Hammon, the chief god of Carthage. Issues and practices relating to Moloch and child sacrifice may also have been overemphasized for effect. After the Romans finally defeated Carthage and totally destroyed the city, they engaged in post-war propaganda to make their archenemies seem cruel and less civilized.
Paul G. Mosca in his thesis (described below) translates Cleitarchus’ paraphrase of a scholia to Plato’s Republic as:
There stands in their midst a bronze statue of Kronos, its hands extended over a bronze brazier, the flames of which engulf the child. When the flames fall upon the body, the limbs contract and the open mouth seems almost to be laughing until the contracted body slips quietly into the brazier. Thus it is that the ‘grin’ is known as ‘sardonic laughter,’ since they die laughing.
Diodorus Siculus (20.14) wrote:
There was in their city a bronze image of Cronus extending its hands, palms up and sloping toward the ground, so that each of the children when placed thereon rolled down and fell into a sort of gaping pit filled with fire.
Diodorus also relates relatives were forbidden to weep and that when Agathocles defeated Carthage, the Carthaginian nobles believed they had displeased the gods by substituting low-born children for their own children. They attempted to make amends by sacrificing 200 children at once, children of the best families, and in their enthusiasm actually sacrificed 300 children.
Plutarch wrote in De Superstitiones 171:
… the whole area before the statue was filled with a loud noise of flutes and drums so that the cries of wailing should not reach the ears of the people.
Lev.20:1-5 (NAB) The Lord said to Moses, (2) “Tell the Israelites : Anyone, whether an Israelite or an alien residing in Israel, who gives any of his offspring too Molech shall be put to death. Let his fellow citizens stone him. (3) I myself will turn against such a man and cut him off from the body of his people; for in giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. (4) Even if his fellow citizens connive at such a man’s crime of giving his offspring to Molech, and fail to put him to death, (5) I myself will set my face against that man and his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who join him in this wanton worship of Molech.”
Yahweh didn’t want Israel to begin to look on Him like Molech.
As incredible as it may sound in Psalm 106:34-28 it tells us that Israel did get involved in this worship.
(34)They did not exterminate the peoples, as the Lord had commanded them, (35)But mingled with the nations and learned their works. (36)They served their idols, which became a snare for them. (37)They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, (38)And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, desecrating the land with bloodshed;
The Catholic Encyclopedia says the primitive title of this god was very probably Melech, “King”, the consonants came to be combined through derision with the vowels of the word BOSETH, “shame”. Or king of shame
Speaking of the Phoenicians the catholic encyclopedia says
“They deified the sun and the moon which they considered the great forces that create and destroy, and called them Baal, and Astaroth. Each city had its divine pair: at Sidon it was Baal Sidon (the sun) and Astarte (the moon); at Gebel , Baal Tummuz and Baaleth; at Carthage, Baal Hamon and Tanith. But the same god changed his name accordingly as he was conceived creator or destroyer; thus Baal as destroyer was worshipped at Cartage under the name of Moloch. As creators they were honored with orgies and tumultuous feast; as destroyers by human victims. Baal Moloch was figured at Carthage as a bronze colossus with arms extended and lowered. To appease him children were laid in his arms , and fell at once into a pit of fire. “
In Ezek 23:39 (NAB) Yahweh says
” On the very day they slew their children for their idols they entered my sanctuary to desecrate it.” The Israelite’s had mixed Yahweh’s worship with the worship of Moloch just as he had said not to.
In Jeremiah 19:1-15 (NIV)
Thus said the Lord, “Go, buy a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priest, (2) and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate , and proclaim there the words that I tell you. (3) You shall say, “Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon this place that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle. (4) Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by burning incense in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, (5) and have built the high places of Ba’al to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Ba’al, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind; (6) therefore , behold, days are coming, says the Lord , when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnon, but the valley Slaughter. (7) And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth. (8) And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at ; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. (9) And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and every one shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.”
(10) Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, (11) and you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potters vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury. (12) Thus will I do to this place, says the Lord, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth. (13) The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah – all the house upon whose roofs incense has been burned to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been pored out to other gods – shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.”
(14)Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy , and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house, and said to all the people: (15) “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words.”
Topheth in Strongs concordance is #8612 taken from #8611 to mean a smiting or contempt. Tophteh #8613 is from #8612 meaning a place of cremation. And #8611 is taken from #8608 taphaph meaning to play on the drum the tambourine; play with timbrels.
Note it says that the drums were played to drown out the screams of the children who were being cremated alive.
From the Catholic encyclopedia, Topheth was the place where Judas Iscariot hung himself and his body fell and burst open on the rocks below. The field of blood (Haceldama).
From the Chamber Encyclopedia under Molech, it is clear that in Palestine and Syria from at least the 18th century BC infants about 8 days old were sacrificed and buried in womb shape jars, possibly in connection with fertility rites. In the king cult, the king was regarded as the son embodiment of god & the Hebrew phrase “to the molech” may have meant for the sake of the life of the king. Remember we said earlier Melek = king of the netherworld.
Jeremiah (NIV)7: 30-31For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight , says the Lord; they have set their abomination in the house which is called by my name, to defile it (31) And they have built the high place of Topheth which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command nor did it come into my mind.
Jeremiah (NIV) 8:1-2 At that time, say the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priest, the bones of the prophets and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs; (2) and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshipped; and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
Note: They are worshiping the sun god Ba’al Moloch and the moon god Astarte. That’s why Yahweh spreads them out before their god as dung.
Jeremiah (NIV)32:28,30-35 “Behold I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon and he shall take it. (30) For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; the sons of Israel have done nothing but provoke me to anger by the works of their hands, says the Lord. (31) This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight (32) because of all the evil the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they did to provoke me to anger – their kings and their princes, their priest and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (33) They have turned to me their back and not their face; and though I have taught them persistently they have not listened to receive instruction. (34) They have set up their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. (35) They built the high places of Ba’al in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them , nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
So in the early 600’s BC in Jeremiah’s time, this was the official religion and it included child sacrifices.!!
But even in King Solomon’s day, it was going on.
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Who were these “Wise Men” the Bible tells us about!?
Much has been written about the life of Jesus Christ, the historical person whose name is attached to the many different denominations of Christianity that exist today. In fact, so much has been written that one might wonder whether anything truly new could be written about this one life. As the reader will see, new facts about the life of Jesus Christ can be ascertained by combining the accounts of the Bible with secular historical accounts and traditions about the time in which He lived. This chapter is not intended to be a complete history of the life of Jesus Christ. It will cover those aspects of His life and times which have not been generally known.
The prior chapter dealing with the Parthian Empire discussed historical events shaping the world into which Jesus Christ was born. When some surprising information about His life is added to the history contained in the previous chapter, it can be seen that Jesus Christ actually played a role in the great power politics which occurred between the empires of Parthia and Rome. The Bible hints that He could have played a much larger role in the political affairs of that era if He had chosen to do so.
Did Jesus Really Live?There is no doubt that the person, Jesus Christ, actually lived in Palestine at the beginning of the first century A. D. While some skeptics doubt this fact, this chapter will begin by offering firm evidence that Jesus Christ was a real, historical person.
Josephus, a Jewish historian of the first century A. D., regarded the life of Jesus Christ as an established fact. In Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus wrote:
“there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for He was a doer of wonderful works, — a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was Christ; and when Pilate [Pontius Pilate, Roman Procurator of Judea], at the suggestion of the principle men among us, had condemned him to the cross…He appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.”1
In this account, written shortly after Christ died, Josephus not only gave us a powerful witness that Jesus Christ truly lived, but also provided an independent corroboration of many of the biblically-discussed events of His life. Josephus refers to him as “a wise man,” and wonders whether He was more than a mere man because of the “wonderful works” He did. That a non-Christian, Jewish historian of the apostolic era writes of the miracles of Jesus as actual facts offers contemporary support to the Bible’s accounts about them. Josephus agrees with the testamental writings that Jesus was sentenced to be crucified by Pontius Pilate at the behest of the Jewish Sanhedrin, “the principle men among us.” Josephus also acknowledged that Jesus Christ fulfilled many prophecies of the Hebrew prophets about the Messiah, and even refers to His resurrection as an historical fact!
Josephus’ reference to Jesus as “the Christ” acknowledges that Jesus was the Messiah, “the anointed.” Since a non-Christian source so close to the actual time of Christ has confirmed these facts of His life, the musings of modern skeptics questioning Christ’s existence are without merit. Josephus could speak with eyewitnesses of Jesus’ life; modern skeptics are almost two millennia removed from the events, and their writings are merely speculative. Jesus Christ did live, and the writings of Josephus substantiate the Bible’s claims of His performance of supernatural deeds as well as His being raised from the dead.
Roman secular sources agree with Josephus. Celsus, an anti-Christian writer of the Roman Empire in the second century A.D., wrote:
“It was by magic that He [Jesus] was able to do the miracles which He appeared to have done.”2
Here a Roman opponent of Christianity grudgingly acknowledges the reality of Christ’s “miracles,” which he labels as “magic.” However, Quadratus, writing in approximately 117-134 A.D.,
“urged people to believe in Jesus because the effect of His miracles continued up to the present — people had been cured and raised from the dead, and ‘some of them…have survived even to our own day.’”3
Tacitus, the famous Roman historian, writing about the Christians just decades after the death of Christ, stated:
“Nero fabricated scapegoats — and punished…the notoriously depraved Christians (as they were popularly called). Their originator, Christ, had been executed in Tiberius’ reign by the governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate.”4
Tacitus’ comment about Christ appears as a mere aside in an overall account of events in the reign of Nero. It is particularly compelling evidence that Jesus Christ really did live! Tacitus was no fan of Christ or Christianity, and he had no “axe to grind.” His account that “Christ” was a real person crucified by Pontius Pilate is highly credible as Tacitus refers to it as an official act of Pontius Pilate within His overall accounting of Rome’s activities.
Clearly, Roman accounts confirm that Jesus Christ lived, and that He was executed in Judea during the administration of Pontius Pilate. Even His detractors acknowledged that He performed supernatural deeds. Whatever your views about Jesus Christ, we begin with the fact that He, indeed, lived and died when the Bible states that He lived and died, that He performed marvellous deeds, and that He made a major impression on the civilization of His day.
Let us now review the historical setting into which Jesus Christ was born. The Roman and Parthian Empires were both powerful, well-established “superpower” rivals at the time Jesus was born. Rome ruled the Mediterranean region, and Parthia ruled Asian lands from modern Syria to the Indus River. Palestine was located within the Roman Empire, but was close to the Euphrates River constituting the Parthian border.
Five decades before the birth of Jesus, Rome and Parthia fought several battles with one being fought near Antioch of Syria (very close to Palestine).5 In about 40 B.C., the Parthians launched a major assault which drove the Romans out of Asia! For three years, 40-37 B.C., Palestine was within the Parthian Empire and was ruled by a Jewish vassal king of the Parthians named Antigonus. At that time King Herod, the Roman king of Judea, fled from the Parthians in fear of his life. While the Parthian-sponsored rule of Antigonus was brief, it was apparently popular with the Jews. When the Parthians withdrew across the Euphrates, Antigonus, with Jewish support, attempted to maintain himself as king of the Jews, but was defeated by Herod. Mark Antony, the Roman leader famous for his dalliance with Cleopatra, ordered Antigonus beheaded, and Josephus records that this was done to compel the Jews to accept the hated Herod as their king.6 Mark Antony afterward led a massive invasion of Parthia in 37-36 B.C., but his army was utterly defeated by the Parthians.7
To help modern readers gain a frame of reference for these ancient events, these Roman-Parthian wars were more recent events for the people at the time Jesus was born than World War II and the Korean War are to modern readers. Parthian rule over Palestine was, therefore, vividly remembered by many in Jewish society as being preferable to Roman rule.
Parthia’s victory over Mark Antony led to a long period of peace between Rome and Parthia, with the Euphrates River serving as the border between their two vast empires. This prolonged period of peaceful relations lasted from 36 B.C. until 58 A.D.,8 including not only all of Jesus Christ’s life, but also the early period of the Apostolic Church as well. Rawlinson records that it was an established Roman policy not to provoke a Parthian war during that period of time so long as both empires agreed to coexist on separate banks of the Euphrates River. Rawlinson comments on this peaceful interlude as follows:
“It is a well-known fact that Augustus left it as a principle of policy to his successors that the Roman Empire had reached its proper limits, and could not with advantage be extended further. This principle, followed with the utmost strictness by Tiberius, was accepted as a rule by all the earlier Caesars…”9
As long as the Caesars wanted peace with Parthia, Roman officials along Parthia’s border, such as King Herod and Pontius Pilate, knew they risked their positions and lives if they entangled Rome in an unwanted war with Parthia.
Without this period of Parthian-Roman detente, it would have been impossible for some of the events of Jesus Christ’s life to have occurred, as we shall see. The first such event was the coming of the Magi, or “Wise Men” to pay homage to Jesus. We read of this event in Matthew 2:1-12, which becomes more important when considered in the overall context of Roman-Parthian relations.
Parthia’s Magi Visit Jesus (and Frighten Jerusalem)As discussed in the previous chapter, the Magi were powerful members of the Parthian bicameral body that elected Parthian monarchs and wielded great influence within the empire. One assembly was composed of members of the royal family (the Arsacids), and the other consisted of the priests (the “Magi”) and influential Parthians of non-royal blood (the “Wise Men”). The Magi and Wise Men were jointly known as the Megistanes.10
Matthew 2:1 states that “wise men from the east” came to worship Jesus. The term “Wise Men,” which appears in Matthew 2:1, is not a generic description of these visitors, but was the proper title of Parthian Megistanes. The Greek word translated “wise men” is “magian,” literally meaning “Persian astronomer or priest,”11 from which we derive the word “Magi.” Parthia governed Persia at the time of Christ, so the “Wise Men” cited in the Bible were Parthian nobles and/or priests. While traditional Christian accounts of this episode celebrate the coming of “the three wise men,” the Bible does not limit the number of visiting Magi-Wise Men to three men. Indeed, biblical events and the realities of that time argue for a much larger contingent of Parthian Magi.
Since we saw in previous chapters that the Parthians were descended from the ten tribes of Israel and that their priests were likely descended from the tribe of Levi, it is likely that this delegation of Magi consisted of leading members of the ten tribes of Israel. Because there were numerous Jews of the tribe of Judah in Parthia’s empire, they may have been represented as well. Consequently, the delegation of Magi could easily have consisted of at least ten or twelve men representing the various tribes of Israel.
Also, the Bible confirms that the Magi did not visit the young Jesus in the manger at Bethlehem as most nativity scenes depict, but rather visited Jesus in a house somewhat after His birth. Matthew 2:11 states that this visit of the Magi took place in a house (not at the manger) when Jesus was old enough to be called “a young child.” Luke’s version of Christ’s birth (Luke 2:8-40) mentions the shepherds’ arrival at the manger, but makes no mention of any Magi visiting Christ while He was “in the manger.”
Matthew 2:8 adds that Herod sent the Magi “to Bethlehem” after conferring with the Jewish hierarchy about the prophesied location of the Messiah’s birth. They cited Micah 5:2 that the Messiah would originate in Bethlehem, and they were likely familiar with Daniel 9:25-26 which predicted that the arrival of the Messiah was due at that time. Herod privately met with the Parthian delegation, and enquired when “the star” which they followed had first appeared. He apparently learned that this period of time was almost two years because he killed all male children in Bethlehem under two years of age in an attempt to kill the Messiah, whom he regarded as a competitor for his position as king of the Jews.
Although the Bible tells us that “the star” appeared to the Wise Men almost two years prior to His birth, this offers inexact information in determining how old Jesus was when the Wise Men came to him. The Wise Men were prominent people in Parthia when “the star” appeared, and they had to make a very time-consuming journey to reach Judea. It took time to prepare the costly gifts to present to the Messiah, set their affairs in order for a long absence, organize and equip a caravan, obtain an armed escort for protection and make the slow, lengthy journey to Judea in a caravan of pack animals. Since the “star’s” appearance was not necessarily timed to coincide exactly with the time Jesus was born, He may have been a few months (or up to two years) old at the time of the Magi’s arrival.
Consider also that Matthew 2:1-3 states:
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. Saying, where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.” (KJV)
The arrival of the Magi’s caravan in Jerusalem was a very public affair because “all Jerusalem” was “troubled” by their arrival. What was it about the Magi’s caravan that scared the Roman leaders and the whole city of Jerusalem? The Magi, a delegation of high Parthian officials, came to Jerusalem in a caravan loaded with costly treasures and escorted by a strong force of armed Parthian soldiers! Since the Magi were high officials of the Parthian government, they would routinely travel with a substantial escort of Parthian soldiers to guarantee their protection. Since they were travelling with many costly treasures to present to the newborn Messiah, their escort may have been unusually large.
The Magi’s caravan would have included large numbers of servants, animal-handlers, cooks, etc. for such a long journey. These people alone would have constituted many hundreds of people! Given the fact that many high Parthian officials and very expensive treasures were in the caravan, there may have been many thousands of Parthian soldiers escorting the caravan! This is not an overstatement.
Josephus records that treasure caravans bringing expensive offerings to Jerusalem from Jews living in Parthian territory did so with “many ten thousand men” as escorts.12 In ancient times, travelling with expensive items was dangerous. There was danger not only from brigands, but also from local satraps who might use their armies to conquer a treasure train passing through their territories. If Jewish commoners from Parthia were allowed to travel to Jerusalem with the equivalent of several infantry divisions as escorts, would an important delegation of Parthia’s ruling class and a treasure train of gifts have been accompanied by any fewer armed escorts? If the Parthian column had included “many ten thousands” of soldiers, it would have justified the widespread fear in Jerusalem caused by their arrival. In the previous chapter, we learned that ancient Chinese historical accounts recorded that the Parthians sent 20,000 cavalry just to escort a Chinese ambassador into Parthian territory.
Plutarch records that Surenas — a Parthian military commander and, no doubt, a member of the Megistanes — travelled on routine business in a caravan of cavalry, servants, and attendants the size of “a baggage train of 1,000 camels…at least ten thousand men.”13 If one Parthian leader travelled with so large a caravan on routine business within Parthia, how large was the caravan of the Magi — a whole delegation of Parthian nobles carrying great treasures to worship a “new-born king?” It was large enough to frighten the whole city of Jerusalem!
The Wise Men coming to Jesus were not bringing just a few samples of gold and other precious things that they carried in their personal saddlebags. They were coming to worship a royal-born child, so they likely had a whole train of pack animals loaded with “gold, frankincense and myrrh!”
Their caravan was so huge that it was a “cause celebre” in Jerusalem. The whole city was in an uproar over their arrival, and that argues for a very visible and impressive Parthian caravan arriving in Jerusalem. The sheer size of the caravan, its treasures and its escorts awed King Herod and the whole city to the point they were all “troubled.” This indicates that the Parthian caravan had so many armed escorts that many feared it was an invasion force coming to besiege Jerusalem and start a new Roman-Parthian war. However, their reason — coming to visit a royal-born Messiah — could have electrified a city of Jews who intensely wanted the Messiah to come and free them from Roman rule! The Jewish hierarchy understood the Parthians were looking for the Messiah as they quickly looked for Messianic prophecies to locate the city of His birth.
After their consultations with Herod and high Jewish officials, the Parthian delegation travelled to Bethlehem to worship Jesus and present their gifts to him. By this time, Matthew 2:11 states Jesus and Mary were living in “a house,” so they were no longer staying at the manger. The Magi’s journey to Bethlehem would have been closely followed by Herod’s spies.
Joseph was then warned by an angel to flee quickly into Egypt (Matthew 2:13) to avoid Herod’s impending slaughter of Bethlehem’s young male children. Since Herod’s edict applied only to Bethlehem, there would have been no need for Joseph, Mary and Jesus to flee unless they were still in Bethlehem. Since Joseph and Mary actually lived in Galilee (Luke 2:4), the fact that they were in a house in Bethlehem indicates that this must have been weeks after Jesus’ birth while Mary was regaining the strength to make an overland trip back to Nazareth. Their flight to Egypt took them completely out of Herod’s area of jurisdiction.
Herod made the mistake of assuming the Messiah would be born to a family native to the Bethlehem area. Since Luke 2:39 states that Joseph, Mary and Jesus returned to Galilee not long after Jesus was born, it seems apparent that the stay of Joseph, Mary and Jesus in Egypt was very brief. Historical sources disagree on the year of King Herod’s death, but there is persuasive evidence that Herod died soon after giving his cruel order to murder the boy babies of Bethlehem. Matthew 2:14-19 states that Jesus and His parents returned from Egypt as soon as Herod was dead, and the account implies their stay in Egypt was brief.
(Yehshua was born on teh Feast of trumpets Sept 11, 3 B.C. Herod died after an eclipse which occured in 1 B.C. Two years after the birth of Yehshua)
This author acknowledges that there are differing scholarly and historical viewpoints concerning the year of Jesus Christ’s birth. While many people assume that Jesus Christ was born in a theoretical “year zero,” scholarly options for the year of Jesus’ birth focus on the time frame of 5 B.C. to 2 B.C.
It is significant that Jesus’ parents were faithful to God’s law requiring circumcision on the eight day (Leviticus 12:2-3), and to Jewish custom by making an offering to God at the Temple in Jerusalem to consecrate their firstborn male child. (Luke 2:21-24) This is an important observation as it shows Jesus was raised by a Jewish family that devoutly obeyed God’s laws.
When the Parthian column arrived at Jerusalem, the Parthian Magi came directly to King Herod, quite open about their reasons for being in Roman-occupied Palestine. They informed Herod that they had come to worship “He that is born king of the Jews.”
It is a tribute to the power of Caesar’s policy that the Roman-Parthian peace be maintained that war did not result from this statement, for Herod could easily have taken it as an insult. He could have flown into a rage, and yelled “How dare you ask to see another ‘king of the Jews’ besides me; I am king of the Jews!” That Herod swallowed his gargantuan pride, and meekly answered the Parthians is quite noteworthy. This is a tribute not only to Caesar’s policy to maintain the peace, but also to recognition that a sizeable Parthian army had come to Jerusalem as escorts of the Magi. Herod’s meek response to the highly provocative question of the Parthian officials does imply that he was intimidated by the many Parthian soldiers who accompanied the Magi.
Because the whole city was “troubled” by the Parthians’ arrival, the presence of so many Parthian soldiers surely sparked rumors in Jerusalem that a new Parthian-Roman war was imminent. Herod may even have suspected that the Parthians’ question was designed to provoke an incident, which would lead to an outbreak of hostilities and his removal from the throne. Herod and all Jerusalem was surprised, but relieved to learn that the Parthian Magi and soldiers had arrived with peaceful intent. Herod may have been expecting to hear an ultimatum for the surrender of Jerusalem to Parthia when the Magi were ushered into his presence.
Some observations must be made about the “star” which led the Magi to Jesus. Some have proposed that this star was a comet or a celestial phenomenon although the biblical accounts indicate that this was not the case. The biblically-described “star” moved, leading the Magi over a long east-to-west route from Parthia to Judea, and Matthew 2:9 states that it finally “stood over where the young child was.” Simple logic confirms that no comet or celestial phenomenon in the sky could possibly pinpoint a single city, much less “stand over” an individual child on the earth’s surface! Nevertheless, that is what the biblical “star” did.
The Bible periodically uses the word “star” to represent angels (Job 38:7, Revelation 1:20), and there is good reason to believe that the “star” which led the Parthian nobles to a specific child in a specific house in Judea was an angel of God. Nothing else makes sense. Only an angel, a spirit being, could literally “stand over” the baby Jesus to designate one specific child to the Parthian nobles.
Also, nothing in the biblical account indicates that this “star” was visible to anyone other than the Magi-Wise Men! Matthew 2:2 states that the Magi saw “the star,” but the context argues no one else ever saw it. Verse 7 relates that Herod asked the Magi when “the star” appeared to them, indicating no one in Judea was aware of any such “star.” If a striking celestial object had appeared in the sky, Herod and his astrologers would already have known the exact date and hour on which it had appeared.
After leading the Parthians to Judea, the “star” disappeared, forcing the Parthians to ask Herod for directions. After the Magi left Herod, the “star” again appeared to them, led them directly to Bethlehem (Luke 2:9), and finally “stood over” one specific child, Jesus. Verse 10 states the Magi rejoiced that the “star” had again appeared to show them where to go! Obviously, a “star” which appeared, disappeared and reappeared for the Magi (but which was apparently not seen by any other humans) had to be an angel. Supporting this fact is that Luke 2:8-15 records that the birth of Jesus was announced to shepherds by angels speaking to them out of a heavenly light which accompanied their appearance. God also used an angel to warn Joseph to flee to Egypt. Since God used angels to direct the movements of persons in the events surrounding Christ’s birth, it would have been completely consistent for God to also send an angel to guide the Magi’s movements.
Having found Jesus, the Magi worshipped him, offering costly gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense. They were then warned by God in a dream (Matthew 2:12) not to return to Herod, resulting in the prompt exit of the Magi and their many escorts from Judea. When Herod realized that he had been fooled, he wrathfully killed all the young male children of Bethlehem in a vain effort to kill the Messiah. However, there is no indication that Herod made any attempt to overtake or punish the Magi. As high Parthian nobles, they had “diplomatic immunity,” and Herod dared not anger Caesar by provoking the Parthians. Also, Herod’s garrison troops could have been vastly outnumbered by the size of the Magi’s military escorts.
There is another important aspect of this remarkable episode. While it is not surprising that Jewish leaders during Herod’s reign were sufficiently familiar with the prophetic writings to pinpoint for Herod exactly where the Messiah would be born, it is surprising that God was working so closely with members of the Parthian ruling class! This makes no biblical sense unless: (A) the Parthians were descended from the ten tribes of Israel and (B) the Magi (Parthian priests) included some Levites. During His ministry, Jesus Christ asserted that He had not been sent to the gentiles, but only to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24-28 shows the reluctance of Jesus to assist a gentile.
Throughout the Old Testament God worked almost exclusively with the House of Israel and the House of Judah. It was not until after the death of Christ that gentiles were given equal access to the God of Israel. The fact that God was working intimately with the Parthian nobility — sending them angelic messages, giving them divine messages in dreams — confirms that the Parthians had to be descended from the ten tribes of Israel which had migrated into Asia.
The fact that some of the Parthian ruling classes were apparently worshippers of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is most revealing. God obviously considered these Parthians to be “righteous” men under the terms of His laws or He would not have been dealing with them so personally. That educated Parthians were ready to visit and worship the Messiah at the time of Christ’s birth indicates they were also familiar with the prophecies of the Old Testament. Who but transplanted Israelites would have been looking for the Messiah at that time?
Although we are jumping ahead in the narrative, consider the events of Acts 2:9 which states Parthians were among those who made pilgrimages to Jerusalem for the Feast of Weeks, known to Christians as Pentecost Sunday. Verse 9 also mentions “Medes, Elamites, and dwellers in Mesopotamia” as being present at this feast, and all these regions were provinces of the Parthian Empire. We know that portions of the ten tribes had been relocated to “the cities of the Medes,” so the presence of devout visitors from Media most likely designates people from the ten tribes of Israel who still lived in Media. Interestingly, verse 9 also mentions “dwellers…in Asia” were present. The word “Asia” has clouded origins, but the Encyclopaedia Britannica states, “It is probable that it [“Asia”] has an Assyrian or Hebrew root, and was used first…with a specific or restricted local application, a more extended signification having eventually been given it…”14
As briefly mentioned in chapter two, one of the Scythian tribes was called the “Asii” (or “Asiani”).15 Since the “Asiani” were one of the Scythian tribes bearing the name of Isaac, the Sacae or Saka, the Bible’s reference to “Asians” attending the Feast of Weeks could indicate that Scythians were also present in Jerusalem at that time. This further indicates that the Parthians and Scythians were the displaced members of the “lost ten tribes of Israel.” The non-Israelite populations of Asia had no cultural interest in the worship of the God of Israel; only the ten tribes of Israel would retain such a custom.
It was not unusual for large pilgrimages originating in Parthia to travel to Jerusalem to worship the God of Israel. Josephus’ statement that caravans from Parthia arrived in Jerusalem under the protection of “many ten thousand men”16 was noted earlier. These must have been magnificent treasure trains to have warranted the protection of a sizeable army. Such huge protection of a sizeable army. Such huge “offerings” going to Jerusalem from Parthia indicates that significant numbers of people within the Parthian Empire worshipped the God of Israel. This meant that, at the time of Jesus and Herod, there was a great deal of travel and trade between the Parthian Empire and the Roman province of Judea. It also shows that there was a strong sense of community between Judea and many regions of the Parthian Empire. If a caravan of Parthian commoners could be escorted by “many ten thousand men,” how many escorts would accompany a caravan of Parthia’s nobility?
The Parthian nobility did not “travel light.” Plutarch records that Surenas, a high Parthian noble, had an entourage of ten thousand men when he travelled “on his own affairs” on routine business. Just one Parthian noble was accompanied by such a huge and imposing caravan when he travelled on routine business! Think how much larger would have been the caravan of a group of perhaps ten or twelve Parthian nobles, the Magi, travelling, not on routine business within Parthia, but through dangerous terrain with rich treasures and into Roman territory! Parthians believed in large numbers of armed escorts for VIPs. When an ambassador came to Parthia from China, an escort of 20,000 armed Parthian cavalrymen greeted him!18
Now you can understand why the whole city of Jerusalem was frightened when the Parthian Magi arrived to look for the young child of royal birth. They were accompanied by a gigantic caravan from Parthia moving toward Jerusalem. This column was escorted by many thousands of Parthia’s military cavalry. Many in Jerusalem feared the Parthians had come to start a war and besiege the city.
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Duet. 12:1-4, 29-32 (NAB) ” (1)These are the statutes and decrees which you must be careful to observe in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to occupy, as long as you live on its soil. (2)Destroy without fail every place on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every leafy tree where the nations you are to dispossess worship their gods. (3)Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, destroy by fire their sacred poles, and stamp out the remembrance of them in any such place. (4)That is not how you are to worship the Lord your God.”
(29)When the Lord, your God, removes the nations from your way as you advance to dispossess them, be on your guard! Otherwise, once they have been wiped out before you and you have replaced them and are settled in their land, (30)you will be lured into following them. Do not inquire regarding their gods, ˜How did these nations worship their gods? I, too, would do the same .” (31)You shall not thus worship the Lord your God, because they offered to their gods every abomination that the Lord detests, even burning their sons and daughters to their gods.”
Lev. 18:21,(NAB) “You shall not offer any of your offspring to be immolated to Molech, thus profaning the name of the Lord you God.”
In the King James, it says to pass through the fire to Molech.
Lev. 18:1-5,(NAB) ” The Lord said to Moses, (2)”Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I, the Lord am your God. (3) You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you once lived, nor shall you do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; do not conform to their customs. (4)My decrees you shall carry out and my statutes you shall take care to follow. I, the Lord, am your God. (5)Keep, then, my statutes and decrees, for the man who carries them out will find life through them. I am the Lord you God.
Lev.18:24-30 (NAB) ” Do not defile yourselves by any of these things by which the nations whom I am driving out of your way have defiled themselves. (25) Because their land has become defiled, I am punishing it for its wickedness, by making it vomit out its inhabitants. (26) You, however, whether natives or resident aliens, must keep my statutes and decrees forbidding all such abominations (27) by which the previous inhabitants defiled the land; (28) otherwise the land will vomit you out also for having defiled it, just as it vomited out the nations before you. (29) Everyone who does these abominations shall be cut off from among his people. (30) Heed my charge, then, not to defile yourselves by observing the abominable customs that have been observed before you. I, the Lord , am your God.“**
From the Zondervan Bible Dict. Moloch, Molech, Muluk, Malik, Chemosh, Milcom (1 Kings 11:5), Malcam (Zeph 1:5) are all variants of Hebrew words meaning “the reigning one”. A heathen god worshiped especially by the Amorites with gruesome orgies in which little ones were sacrificed. At least in some places, an image of the god was heated and the bodies of the children who had just been slain were placed in the arms.
Note ” the statue was made of bronze or iron with a hollowed out human body and the head of a calf. A fire was heated in the statute till a red glow came from the statute then the child was placed on the outstretched arms as a sacrificial offering.
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molech
– Ba’al
Moloch the God Ba’al, the Sacred Bull, was widely worshipped in the ancient Near East and wherever Punic culture extended. Baal Moloch was conceived under the form of a calf or an ox or depicted as a man with the head of a bull.
Hadad, Baal or simply the King identified the god within his cult. The name Moloch is not the name he was known by among his worshippers, but a Hebrew translation. The written form Moloch (in the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament), or Molech (Hebrew), is no different than the word Melech or king, transformed by interposing the vowels of bosheth or ‘shameful thing’.
He is sometimes also called Milcom in the Old Testament (1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:33, 2 Kings 23:13 and Zephaniah 1:5)Forms and grammarThe Hebrew letters מלך (mlk) usually stands for melek ‘king’ (Proto-Northwest Semitic malku) but when vocalized as mÅlek in Masoretic Hebrew text, they have been traditionally understood as a proper name Μολοχ (molokh) (Proto-Northwest Semitic Mulku) in the corresponding Greek renderings in the Septuagint translation, in Aquila, and in the Greek Targum. The form usually appears in the compound lmlk. The Hebrew preposition l- means ‘to’, but it can often mean ‘for’ or ‘as a(n)’. Accordingly one can translate lmlk as “to Moloch” or “for Moloch” or “as a Moloch”, or “to the Moloch” or “for the Moloch” or “as the Moloch”, whatever a “Moloch” or “the Moloch” might be. We also once find hmlk ‘the Moloch’ standing by itself.
Because there is no difference between mlk ‘king’ and mlk ‘moloch’ in unpointed text, interpreters sometimes suggest molek should be understood in certain places where the Masoretic text is vocalized as melek, and vice versa.
Moloch has been traditionally interpreted as the name of a god, possibly a god titled the king, but purposely misvocalized as Molek instead of Melek using the vowels of Hebrew bosheth ‘shame’.
Moloch appears in the Hebrew of 1 Kings 11.7 (on Solomon’s religious failings):
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and lmlk, the abomination of the Sons of Ammon.
But in other passages the god of the Ammonites is named Milcom, not Moloch (see 1 Kings 11.33; Zephaniah 1.5). The Septuagint reads Milcom in 1 Kings 11.7 instead of Moloch which suggests a scribal error in the Hebrew. Many English translations accordingly follow the non-Hebrew versions at this point and render Milcom.
(The form mlkm can also mean ‘their king’ as well as Milcom and therefore one cannot always be sure in some other passages whether the King of Ammon is intended or the god Milcom.) It has also been suggested that the Baâ’al of Tyre, Melqart ‘king of the city’ (who was probably the Baâ’al whose worship was furthered by Ahab and his house) was this supposed god Moloch and that Melqart/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical with other gods whose names contain mlk. But nothing particularly suggests these identifications other than mlk in the various names.But you shall carry Sikkut your king,
and Kiyyun, your images, the star-symbol of your god
which you made for yourself.
The Septuagint renders ‘your king’ as Moloch, perhaps from a scribal error, whence the verse appears in Acts 7.43:
You have lifted up the shrine of Molech
and the star of your god Rephan,
the idols you made to worship.
Accordingly this association of Moloch with these other gods is probably spurious.
All other references to Moloch use mlk only in the context of “passing children through fire lmlk”, whatever is meant by lmlk, whether it means “to Moloch” or means something else. It has traditionally been understood to mean burning children alive to the god Moloch. But some have suggested a rite of purification by fire instead, though perhaps a dangerous one. References to passing through fire without mentioning mlk appear in Deuteronomy 12.31, 18.10–13; 2 Kings 21.6; Ezekiel 20.26,31; 23.37. So the existence of this practice is well documented. For a comparable practice of rendering infants immortal by passing them through the fire, indirectly attested in early Greek myth, see the entries for Thetis and also the myth of Demeter as the nurse of Demophon.
Biblical textsThe pertinent Biblical texts follow in very literal translation. The word here translated literally as ‘seed’ very often means offspring. The forms containing mlk have been left untranslated. The reader may substitute either “to Moloch” or “as a molk”.
Leviticus 18.21
And you shall not let any of your seed pass through Mo’lech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20.25:
Again, you shall say to the Sons of Israel: Whoever he be of the Sons of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that gives any of his seed Mo’lech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his seed Mo’lech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives of his seed Mo’lech, and do not kill him, then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, whoring after Mo’lech from among the people.
2 Kings 23.10 (on King Josiah’s reform):
And he defiled the Tophet, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire Mo’lech.
Jeremiah 32.35:
And they built the high places of the Ba’al, which are in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire Mo’lech; which I did not command them, nor did it come into my mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Moloch has also been referred to simply as a rebel angel.
Traditional accounts and theoriesThe 12th-century rabbi Rashi, commenting on Jeremiah 7.31 stated:
Tophet is Moloch, which was made of brass; and they heated him from his lower parts; and his hands being stretched out, and made hot, they put the child between his hands, and it was burnt; when it vehemently cried out; but the priests beat a drum, that the father might not hear the voice of his son, and his heart might not be moved.
A different rabbinical tradition says that the idol was hollow and was divided into seven compartments, in one of which they put flour, in the second turtle-doves, in the third a ewe, in the fourth a ram, in the fifth a calf, in the sixth an ox, and in the seventh a child, which were all burnt together by heating the statue inside.
Later commentators have compared these accounts with similar ones from Greek and Latin sources speaking of the offering of children by fire as sacrifices in the Punic city of Carthage, which was a Phoenician colony. Cleitarchus, Diodorus Siculus and Plutarch all mention burning of children as an offering to Cronus or Saturn, that is to Ba’al Hammon, the chief god of Carthage. Issues and practices relating to Moloch and child sacrifice may also have been overemphasized for effect. After the Romans finally defeated Carthage and totally destroyed the city, they engaged in post-war propaganda to make their archenemies seem cruel and less civilized.
Paul G. Mosca in his thesis (described below) translates Cleitarchus’ paraphrase of a scholia to Plato’s Republic as:
There stands in their midst a bronze statue of Kronos, its hands extended over a bronze brazier, the flames of which engulf the child. When the flames fall upon the body, the limbs contract and the open mouth seems almost to be laughing until the contracted body slips quietly into the brazier. Thus it is that the ‘grin’ is known as ‘sardonic laughter,’ since they die laughing.
Diodorus Siculus (20.14) wrote:
There was in their city a bronze image of Cronus extending its hands, palms up and sloping toward the ground, so that each of the children when placed thereon rolled down and fell into a sort of gaping pit filled with fire.
Diodorus also relates relatives were forbidden to weep and that when Agathocles defeated Carthage, the Carthaginian nobles believed they had displeased the gods by substituting low-born children for their own children. They attempted to make amends by sacrificing 200 children at once, children of the best families, and in their enthusiasm actually sacrificed 300 children.
Plutarch wrote in De Superstitiones 171:
… the whole area before the statue was filled with a loud noise of flutes and drums so that the cries of wailing should not reach the ears of the people.
Lev.20:1-5 (NAB) The Lord said to Moses, (2) “Tell the Israelites : Anyone, whether an Israelite or an alien residing in Israel, who gives any of his offspring too Molech shall be put to death. Let his fellow citizens stone him. (3) I myself will turn against such a man and cut him off from the body of his people; for in giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. (4) Even if his fellow citizens connive at such a man’s crime of giving his offspring to Molech, and fail to put him to death, (5) I myself will set my face against that man and his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who join him in this wanton worship of Molech.”
Yahweh didn’t want Israel to begin to look on Him like Molech.
As incredible as it may sound in Psalm 106:34-28 it tells us that Israel did get involved in this worship.
(34)They did not exterminate the peoples, as the Lord had commanded them, (35)But mingled with the nations and learned their works. (36)They served their idols, which became a snare for them. (37)They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, (38)And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, desecrating the land with bloodshed;
The Catholic Encyclopedia says the primitive title of this god was very probably Melech, “King”, the consonants came to be combined through derision with the vowels of the word BOSETH, “shame”. Or king of shame
Speaking of the Phoenicians the catholic encyclopedia says
“They deified the sun and the moon which they considered the great forces that create and destroy, and called them Baal, and Astaroth. Each city had its divine pair: at Sidon it was Baal Sidon (the sun) and Astarte (the moon); at Gebel , Baal Tummuz and Baaleth; at Carthage, Baal Hamon and Tanith. But the same god changed his name accordingly as he was conceived creator or destroyer; thus Baal as destroyer was worshipped at Cartage under the name of Moloch. As creators they were honored with orgies and tumultuous feast; as destroyers by human victims. Baal Moloch was figured at Carthage as a bronze colossus with arms extended and lowered. To appease him children were laid in his arms , and fell at once into a pit of fire. “
In Ezek 23:39 (NAB) Yahweh says
” On the very day they slew their children for their idols they entered my sanctuary to desecrate it.” The Israelite’s had mixed Yahweh’s worship with the worship of Moloch just as he had said not to.
In Jeremiah 19:1-15 (NIV)
Thus said the Lord, “Go, buy a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priest, (2) and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate , and proclaim there the words that I tell you. (3) You shall say, “Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon this place that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle. (4) Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by burning incense in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, (5) and have built the high places of Ba’al to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Ba’al, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind; (6) therefore , behold, days are coming, says the Lord , when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnon, but the valley Slaughter. (7) And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth. (8) And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at ; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. (9) And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and every one shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.”
(10) Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, (11) and you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potters vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury. (12) Thus will I do to this place, says the Lord, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth. (13) The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah – all the house upon whose roofs incense has been burned to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been pored out to other gods – shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.”
(14)Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy , and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house, and said to all the people: (15) “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words.”
Topheth in Strongs concordance is #8612 taken from #8611 to mean a smiting or contempt. Tophteh #8613 is from #8612 meaning a place of cremation. And #8611 is taken from #8608 taphaph meaning to play on the drum the tambourine; play with timbrels.
Note it says that the drums were played to drown out the screams of the children who were being cremated alive.
From the Catholic encyclopedia, Topheth was the place where Judas Iscariot hung himself and his body fell and burst open on the rocks below. The field of blood (Haceldama).
From the Chamber Encyclopedia under Molech, it is clear that in Palestine and Syria from at least the 18th century BC infants about 8 days old were sacrificed and buried in womb shape jars, possibly in connection with fertility rites. In the king cult, the king was regarded as the son embodiment of god & the Hebrew phrase “to the molech” may have meant for the sake of the life of the king. Remember we said earlier Melek = king of the netherworld.
Jeremiah (NIV)7: 30-31For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight , says the Lord; they have set their abomination in the house which is called by my name, to defile it (31) And they have built the high place of Topheth which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command nor did it come into my mind.
Jeremiah (NIV) 8:1-2 At that time, say the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priest, the bones of the prophets and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs; (2) and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshipped; and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
Note: They are worshiping the sun god Ba’al Moloch and the moon god Astarte. That’s why Yahweh spreads them out before their god as dung.
Jeremiah (NIV)32:28,30-35 “Behold I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon and he shall take it. (30) For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; the sons of Israel have done nothing but provoke me to anger by the works of their hands, says the Lord. (31) This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight (32) because of all the evil the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they did to provoke me to anger – their kings and their princes, their priest and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (33) They have turned to me their back and not their face; and though I have taught them persistently they have not listened to receive instruction. (34) They have set up their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. (35) They built the high places of Ba’al in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them , nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
So in the early 600’s BC in Jeremiah’s time, this was the official religion and it included child sacrifices.!!
But even in King Solomon’s day, it was going on.
1 Kings 11:1-13 (NKJV) But King Solomon loved many foreign woman, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites- (2) from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them , nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. (3) And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
(4)For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. (5) For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (6) Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David.
[Notes He partially followed Yahweh and partially followed other gods. Mixing Yahweh’s religion with foreign gods.]
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, (Mount of Olives and Mount of Corruption, 2 Kings 23:13) and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon. (8) And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, (10) and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded. (11) therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. (12) Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. (13) However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.
Note. Solomon’s weakness greatly encouraged this worship, and for this reason, Yahweh stripped the dynasty from him. Because he and his wives were sacrificing children.
2 Kings 16:1-4 (NKJV) In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jothan, king of Judah began to reign. (2) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father David had done. (3) But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed he made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel. (4) And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree.
2 Chronicles 28:3 (NKJV) He burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:1-9 (NKJV) Manassah was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty five years in Jerusalem. (2) But he did evil in the sight of the Lord , according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. (3) For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; [My notes Hezekiah was Ahaz’s son.] he raised up altars for the Ba’als, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. [Chambers Encyclopedia melech was often used as divine name for heavenly king.] (4) He also built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said “In Jerusalem shall My name be forever”. (5) And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. (6) Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire** in the Valley of the son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger. (7) he even set a carved image , the idol which he had made , in the house of God,..(9) So Manassah seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
[Read on to see how Manassah repented.]
In 2 Kings 23: 1-28 we read how Josiah destroyed all the altars and poles and shrines. It is a good read but I want to point out the following scriptures. (5)Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem and those who burned incense to Ba’al , to the sun, to the moon , to the constellations, and to the host of heaven. (10) And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech. (11) then he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
And again in the book of Acts, Stephen just before he is martyred says in
Acts 7:42-43 Then God turned and gave them over to worship the whole host of heaven, as it is written in the prophets; (43) You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, images which you made to worship;.. Stephen is quoting Amos 5:25-27 where he says in verse (26) You also carried Sikkuth (Moloch) your king and Chiun your idols, the star of your idols which you made for yourselves.
It says in Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
Why does God hate our feast days? We know how much he hates Molech and Astarte , but we don’t worship them. Or Do we??? DO YOU?
In Ezekiel 20: 18-21
“But I said to the children in the wilderness, “Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgements, nor defile yourselves with their idols. (19) I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgements, and do them; (20) HALLOW My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. (26) and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the Lord. (31) “For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day.
That day was in Ezekiel’s day, but as Revelation 2:14 points out it was still going on in the 90’s AD.
(14) But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balaak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. (15) Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which thing I hate,
The Catholic Encyclopedia on Nicolatians reveals very little other than to say, ” based on the identical meaning of the names to the Bileamites or Balaamites (Rev 2:14) who are mentioned just before them as professing the same doctrines.
The Catholic Encyclopedia under Moloch it says,” The offerings by fire, the probable identity of Moloch with Baal, and the fact that in Assyria and Babylonia Malik, and at Palmyra Malach-bel, were sun-gods, have suggested to many that Moloch was a fire or sun-god.
The following article traces Moloch back to Nimrod and also shows how he was connected to the Roman Mithra and Saturnalia.
Bible Prophecy Research Title: Moloch Submitted by: owner-bpr@philogos.org (Ronni)Date: August, 1999URL: http://philogos.org/bpr/files/m009.htm Moloch
(Amos 5:25-26) “Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? {26} But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.” (Acts 7:43) “Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
Moloch (or Molech) Moloch was the Old Testament deity of the Ammonites. The Israelites later fell into idolatrous worship of this pagan god:
(Judg 10:6) “And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.”
(1 Ki 11:5-6) “For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom [Moloch] the abomination of the Ammonites. {6} And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.” Moloch was “honored by the sacrifice of children, in which they were caused to pass through or into the fire.
Palestinian excavations have uncovered evidences of infant skeletons in burial places around heathen shrines. Ammonites revered Molech as a protecting father…No form of ancient Semitic idolatry was more abhorrent than Molech worship.”[1] From Milton’s Paradise Lost: “First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents’ tears, Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud,Their children’s cries unheard, that passed through fire to his grim idol.” Exactly how human sacrifices were made is uncertain, but some rabbinic writers suggest that Moloch was worshipped in the form of a hollow brass statue in the shape of a human but with a head of an ox. The children were placed inside the statue which was then heated from below. The cries of the victims were drowned out by the beating of drums. One ancient description of Moloch reads: “Unlike the houses of the other idols, that of Moloch was set outside the city. It was gigantic in form and had the head of what appeared to be an ox, the hands stretched out as if to receive something, the body was hollow inside. Before the idol, there were seven temples, the first six of which were employed for the sacrifice of various fowl and animals, the seventh reserved for a human sacrifice.” [2] Diodorus has a slightly different description of the ritualistic sacrifices offered to Moloch: “First, the devotee would kiss the image of Moloch. He would then make a fire under the idol, which would quickly cause the hands of the statue to become red-hot. A victim would then be placed in the hands to suffer an agonizing death. His cries would be muffed by the drums. While this was taking place, the prophets would dance around an altar, with violent gesticulations, and, having excited themselves to a pitch of frenzy by it, as well as by their fearful vociferations they began to cut their bodies with knives and lancets. In this unnatural state they began to prophesy, or rather rave, as if possessed by some invisible power.”
[3] “The etymology of the term ‘Molech’ is interesting. Scholars suggest that it is a deliberate misvocalization of the Hebrew word for king or for the related participle (molek), ‘ruler.’ They propose that the consonants for the Hebrew word for king (mlk) were combined with the vowels from the word for shame (boshet) [king of shame]. Thus, this title was a divine epithet expressing contempt for the pagan god.”
[4] This has lead many to believe that the word “Moloch” is not a proper name at all. An article by Moshe Weinfeld in the Encyclopedia Judaica has an opposing viewpoint on the ritualistic worship and identity of Moloch: “The testimonies of the Pentateuch, which seem to be the most ancient and therefore the most reliable ones, should be divided, according to the formulation of the law, into two groups: the laws of the Holiness Code which speak about giving or passing children (lit. seed) to Moloch (Lev. 18:21; 20:2, 3, 4) and the law in Deuteronomy which speaks of ‘passing [one’s] son or daughter through fire’ (18:10). The author of the Book of Kings, who was influenced ideologically and stylistically by Deuteronomy, speaks about ‘passing [one’s] son and daughter through fire’ (II Kings 16:3; 17:17; 21:6). II Kings 23:10 speaks about ‘passing [one’s] son or daughter through fire to Moloch,’ which actually constitutes a conflation of the formula in Leviticus with that of Deuteronomy. In all these sources there is no mention of ‘burning’ or ‘sacrificing’ (slaughtering) children to Moloch. These latter terms are found, on the other hand, in the prophetic sources: Jeremiah 7:31; 19:5; Ezekiel 16:21; 20:31; 23:37, 39; and one may add here Isaiah 57:5; and Psalms 106:37-38. The difference in the presentation of the Moloch worship in the legal-historical and in the prophetic sources is significant. A legislator has to be precise in his formulation and therefore his description is more trustworthy than that of the prophet or preacher who tends to exaggerate. At any rate, the fact that the legal-historical, in contrast to the prophetic poetic, sources do not mention real burning should serve as a warning against a hasty identification of Moloch with human sacrifice.
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When we look at the future, it is what we are teaching our children today that will be the
path of our society in the future. The Spiritual health of our future lies in what our
children grow to adopt as their truth. Society, not just parents, also influences our
children, and sometimes the teaching of society is stronger than the teaching the
parents give to our kids.
But that doesn’t mean we give up and let society teach our kids. We must speak plainly
and emphatically to our children and teach them the truth.
In the coming season, the influence in our society will be about Christmas. I know this
influence is strong in Kenya, as while we were out grocery shopping in Nairobi, a group
of kids came up and started commenting on Stuart’s long white beard and associating
him with Santa and began singing “We wish you a Merry Christmas”. Through rounds of
this song we had to get into the van and get away from their begging for items from our
grocery order.
Yehovah also has had a hard time teaching His Own Children to worship Him in purity
without adding in the worship of the pagan gods. The influences of the world are
strong, behind these influences of course is the Devil, the deceiver, the destroyer, the
one who leads us to worship the dead.
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life
and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your
descendants may live;
In the news this week, there was a situation in Israel where two Palestinians drove their
vehicle into a crowd of people, and one man got out of the car and started stabbing the
victims who had been run down. Both these terrorists were killed by soldiers in the area,
but the father of one of these 18 year old terrorists praised his son and said he knew
from childhood his son would die a martyr. This father was proud of his son. This is a
culture of death, a culture that celebrates the death of their children and the destruction
of anyone… whether Jew, Christian, American, or even anyone who is not of their own
sect of Islam.
This culture of death, are we guilty of teaching this to our children too? Are we teaching
our children to choose life?If we are allowing the teaching of Christmas to influence our children, if we are allowing
lies to infiltrate our worship of Yehovah, then all measures of other lies will easily lead
our kids astray.
Yehovah gave us some plain instructions in Jeremiah regarding what’s called in our
modern day the Christmas Tree.
Jeremiah 10:1-10
1Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus says the Lord:
“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are [a]futile;
For one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
6 Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord
(You are great, and Your name is great in might),
7 Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
For among all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.8 But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a [b]worthless doctrine.
9 Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
And gold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all the work of skillful men.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
This is an idol and even the singing regarding this tree is worship – it will bring Yehovah’s
indignation. We are told not to learn the ways of the Gentiles, it is difficult, it’s
everywhere, everyone is doing it. Even if Kenyan’s are not putting this tree up in their
homes, the venerating of such a symbol is worshipping an idol. If we are teaching our
children songs to sing about this tree, or about the season, we are teaching the children
to mix in the pagan worship towards Yehovah. We are teaching our children syncretism.
Let me tell you a little of the history of Santa. There really was a man named Nicolas,
who was the Bishop of Myra, located in Turkey, in the 4th century. He is said to have
suffered persecution under Diocletian, then rescued from prison by Constantine. He is
said to be known for generosity, to children and destitute women who would have
otherwise fallen into prostitution, providing them with dowries. He is said to have been
part of the Counsel of Nicea. Because he is said to have restored some women to life
after being butchered to death, he was made a saint, and his name went from Saint
Nicholas to Sinterklaus to Santa Claus. This European tradition of venerating this man
for his generosity was brought to North America and became the Santa Claus of
modern day Christmas.
Now some say, “We don’t keep Christmas about Santa Claus, we keep it because it’s the
birthday of Jesus”. I can prove to you, it is not. We must follow a trail through scripture
to determine when Yeshua was born, and prove it was not December 25. The trail starts
with Zechariah who is serving in the temple.Luke 1:5-7
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias,
of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was
Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments
and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was
barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
What is this division of Abijah? We follow the trail to 1 Chronicles 24:3-10
[3] With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar,
David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service. [4] Since more
chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they
organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight
of the sons of Ithamar. [5] They divided them by lot, all alike, for there were sacred
officers and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar. [6]
And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence
of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and
the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father’s house
being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
[7] The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, [8] the third to Harim, the fourth
to Seorim, [9] the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, [10] the seventh to Hakkoz, the
eighth to Abijah, ,
Ah, there’s Abijah – Abijah is of the 8th division of these priests chosen for appointed
duties
So if we count from the barley, every two weeks the division changes, so 16 weeks from
the barley was when Zechariah was in the temple. He goes home from his term of
service when his wife Elizabeth gets pregnant. Then the Angel comes to Mary when
Elizabeth is 6 months pregnant.
Luke 1:36
[36] And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and
this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
Zerchariah served from the 16th to the 18th week of this year, this would be half way
through the 4th month when Elizabeth conceived then. 6 months later makes it about
midway through the 10th month. Now let’s read about when Mary conceives.
Luke 1:26-31[26] In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named
Nazareth, [27] to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. [28] And he came to her and said, “Greetings,
O favored one, the Lord is with you!” [29] But she was greatly troubled at the saying,
and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. [30] And the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [31] And behold, you will
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
From the midpoint of the 10th month we add 9 months of pregnancy for Mary, this
brings us to the end of that year and then another 7 months. If that year John was born
in was a 13 month year, Yeshua would then be born on Yom Teruah, the first day of the
7th month. This fits with the symbolism of the Feast of Trumpets which is a day where
we shout for joy, a day the trumpets bring announcement that the Bridegroom is
coming, or warning that the Atonement is near. If the feast of Shouting, YomTeruah, is
part of the picture, then somewhere in the birth of Yeshua story we would see
something about shouting or heralding, and we do in Luke 2:8-20
8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch
over their flock by night. 9 And [c]behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and
the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel
said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which
will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who
is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in
swaddling cloths, lying in a [d]manger.
”
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God
and saying:
14 “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill[e] toward men!”
15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the
shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has
come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and
found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen
Him, they made [f]widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.
18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the
shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then
the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard
and seen, as it was told them.The evidence points to Yeshua born in the fall, not in the winter. Another sign that this is
so, is that shepherds are not on the hillside in winter, for it is too cold. In winter the
sheep are brought back down to the corral and fed in the protected space with hay
harvested for this season.
Another evidence is that of the moon beneath the Virgin’s feet. Let me show you the
picture in the heavens. This picture can only be in the Fall, not in the winter. This is the
picture telling us when the New Moon of the 7th Month in the year 3 BC was. This
image can only be seen for about an hour on that day and none other in the time frame
when Yeshua was born.
Revelation 12:1-2 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being
with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
You will find much more detailed explanation of when Yeshua was born in the book “It
was a Riddle, Not a Command” by Joseph F DumondSo who is this that is born in December, on the 25th day, that we have been deceptively
taught is the Messiah’s birth? Why was this date told to us? It is Mithra, the Iranian god
of oaths, the friend, the god of obligations, the god of good relations. Mithra is the sun
god.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon,
and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them,
which the LORD your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a
heritage.
Deuteronomy 17:2-7
2 “If there is found among you, within any of your [c]gates which the LORD your God gives
you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the LORD your God, in
transgressing His covenant, 3 who has gone and served other gods and worshiped
them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not
commanded, 4 and it is told you, and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently. And
if it is indeed true and certain that such an [d]abomination has been committed in Israel,
5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that
wicked thing, and shall stone to death that man or woman with stones. 6 Whoever is
deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he
shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 7 The hands of the witnesses
shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the
people. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
There is grave consequences for worshipping this Mithra – this sun god – for making
oath with this idol. December 25, the winter solstice is known as “the birthday of the
unconquered sun” or as the Romans called it Invicus Sol. Let me read to you from a
website called Early Church History 101
The records actually show that Constantine seemed to act in genuine Christian
charity while at the same time continuing to embrace various aspects of Sun
worship. But it must also be remembered that prior to Constantine early
Christians had already co-opted aspects of Sun worship.
Clement of Alexandria portrays Christ, like the Sun-god, racing his chariot across
the sky. Many pagans accused the Christians of Sun worship because they met
on Sunday mornings – the early Christians did this to celebrate “the Lord’s Day”as opposed to the Jewish Sabbath. Early in the fourth century the birthday of the
Sun-god was co-opted as the day to celebrate the nativity of Jesus – there is no
clear record of who started this tradition.
You see, the infiltration of this sun-god into the Christian Faith was right from the
beginning with Constantine and the Counsel of Nicea when they changed the Sabbath
to Sunday and changed the day of Yeshua birth to that of Mithra’s birth.
We have been subtly lied to, just like Eve was by the Serpent in the Garden of Eden.
The sly whispers of Satan over the ages has taught us as children, our parents as
children, our grandparents as children, before we had discernment to know Truth and
stand for Truth. So the subtle lie regarding Santa Claus is that we have not learned the
truth of where this tradition of having your children sit in the lap of Santa Claus comes
from Jeremiah 9:13- 16
13 And the LORD said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them,
and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have walked
according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers
taught them,” 15 therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will
feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 16 I will
scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known.
And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”
Jeremiah 9:25-26 25 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that I will punish
all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of
Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For
all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the
heart.”
The Circumcised children of Israel had forsaken the Instructions of the Torah and were
worshipping Baals – the Baals of Egypt, Edom, Ammon and Moab. We were warned
not to do this.
Leviticus 18:21
And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall
you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
We’re told right here not to let our descendants – that means our children – pass through
the fire of Molech. Who is this Molech? Long before Jeremiah wrote his Prophetic
words into a book, King Solomon, who was seduced by his many wives later in life,brought pagan gods into the city and put them up on the Hills to the east of the Temple –
that is, he erected monuments to false gods at Golgotha.
1 Kings 11:7
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that
is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.
Molech is the god of the Ammonites. A picture is worth a thousand words, so take a
good look at this image. This is a bronze statue, that they heat with fire until the bronze
is bright red. They then lay a child in the arms of the statue. This is the form of worship
to this baal – sacrificing children. Now let me show you the connection between Molech
and Santa ClausSatan’s deceit has transformed the horrific practice of child sacrifice into a seemingly
harmless tradition. During Christmas, families worldwide intentionally extend this
ancient pagan ritual by bringing their children to sit on the lap of Santa Claus, a figure
strikingly reminiscent of idols like Molech. Children have a keen sense of awareness ofdanger and can sense the evil in the man in the red suit.
I opened this message with a current story, the story of the terrorism in Israel, and the
praise the father gave of his son’s actions. Parents who bring their children to sit in
Santa’s lap do it with conviction that they are doing a good thing, just like this terrorist’s
father was convicted. He believes he was doing a good thing raising his son to die while
killing Jews.
The subtle message behind the Christmas tree, Santa and Christmas day is that we are
worshipping Yehovah, while quietly we have chosen death over life, we have chosen
this abomination of sacrificing our children to this Molech, this culture of death.
Why are we so surprised we are having trouble raising our children to serve Yehovah
with purity, with righteousness, with obedience to the Torah when we have allowed this
whisper of the serpent to slither into our lives.
Let me share with you another little piece of history. It comes from the book of
Maccabees.The books of Maccabees are not scripture, they are not the inspired word of
Yehovah, but they do give historical telling of the world into which Yeshua was born. You
may not have it in your bibles, so I have it here in Luo 1 Jo-Makabayo 1:41-64
Antioko Epifano osando jo-Yahudi modagi weyo timbegi
41Bang mano ruoth Antiko nogoyo milome mondo ji duto odok oganda achiel, ka ng’ato
ka ng’ato weyo chike mag ogandane. 42Ji duto ma ok jo-Israel noluwo chik ruoth,
43kendo jo-Israel mang’eny bende noyie lemo e dini mare, ka gigolo liswa ni nyisechemanono kendo giketho chieng’ Sabato. 44Ruoth bende nooro joote Jerusalem kod
miech Juda, komiyo gi chik manyiso ni nyaka jo-Israel luw timbe mag jopinje mamoko.
45Nokwerogi bende ni kik gitim misengni miwang’o pep, gi misengni mamoko, kod
misengni miolo piny, ma gin misengni ma itimo Kama Ler. Bende nokwerogi mondo
gijwang’ ndalo Sabato gi ndalo sewni, 46kendo nomiyo Hekalu kaachiel gi jodolo odoko
mogak. 47Bende nogero kende mag liswa, gi hembko, kod hekalu moko, mag nyiseche
manono, kotimo misengni gi nguruwe kod le mamoko ma ok ler. 48Nokwero jo-Israel
mondo kik ter yawuotgi nyangu, kendo nochungogi mondo gichiwre ni timbe mag
dwanyruok malich makuero. 49Notimo kamano mondo wi ji owil gi Chik Musa ka
giweyo weche mag chik duto. 50Ruoth nochiko ni, ka ng’ato ok omako chikenegi, to
onego ng’adne buch tho. 51Barupe manyiso wechegi noor e pinje duto manie bwo
lochne, kendo noketo jolimbe e piny ngima mane dhi e dala ka dala mar Juda mondo
gichun ji otim liswa.
52Ji mang’eny nojwang’o chik Musa, kendo nobiro ir jolimbego, 53mi timgi marach e
piny duto nomiyo jo-Israel oringo mondo opond kamoro amora mane ginyalo konyoree.
54Chieng’ due apar gabich, due mar Kislev, e higa mar mia achiel gi piero ang’wen
gabich mar loch jo-Grik, ruoth noketo Gima Kuero Makelo Kethruok e wi
kendo-mar-misango mar Nyasaye, kendo nogero kende mag liswa e mier molworo
Jerusalem, 55kendo nowang’o ubani e dhoudi kendo e wang’yore. 56Kitepe duto mag
Chik mane oyudi noyiech kendo nowang’, 57kendo ng’ato ang’ata mane oyud gi kitap
Chik, kata mane oyud komako Chik, nyaka ne ng’adne buch tho, kaluwore gi chik ruoth.
58Ne gin gi teko, omiyo ne gilworo mier duto mag Juda due ka due, ka gisando ji duto
mane giyudo koketho, 59Chieng’ due piero ariyo gabich, ne gitimo liswa e
kendo-mar-misango mar Nyasaye mitimoe misengni miwang’o pep. 60Mon mane okelo
nyithindgi mondo oter nyangu nonegi, 61kolier nyithindgi e ng’utgi, kendo joutegi,
kaachiel gi jong’ad nyangu bende nonegi kaluwore gi chik ruoth.
62Kata kamano, ji mang’eny e Israel notimo chir modagi luwo chikego, ka gitamore
chamo gik ma ok ler. 63Ne giyie tho moloyo bedo mogak gi chiemo ma kamano, kata
moloyo ketho singruok mane gitimo gi Nyasaye. Kuom mano, noneggi. 64Mano kaka
masira mane omako Israel ne lich ahinya!
1 Maccabees 1:41-64
Antiochus now issued a decree that all nations in his empire should abandon their own
customs and become one people. All the Gentiles and even many of the Israelites
submitted to this decree. They adopted the official pagan religion, offered sacrifices to
idols, and no longer observed the Sabbath.
44 The king also sent messengers with a decree to Jerusalem and all the towns of
Judea, ordering the people to follow customs that were foreign to the country. 45 Heordered them not to offer burnt offerings, grain offerings, or wine offerings in the
Temple, and commanded them to treat Sabbaths and festivals as ordinary work days.
46 They were even ordered to defile the Temple and the holy things in it.[e] 47 They were
commanded to build pagan altars, temples, and shrines, and to sacrifice pigs and other
unclean animals there. 48 They were forbidden to circumcise their sons and were
required to make themselves ritually unclean in every way they could, 49 so that they
would forget the Law which the Lord had given through Moses and would disobey all its
commands. 50 The penalty for disobeying the king’s decree was death.
51 The king not only issued the same decree throughout his whole empire, but he also
appointed officials to supervise the people and commanded each town in Judea to offer
pagan sacrifices. 52 Many of the Jews were ready to forsake the Law and to obey these
officials. They defiled the land with their evil, 53 and their conduct forced all true
Israelites to hide wherever they could.
54 On the fifteenth day of the month of Kislev in the year 145,[f] King Antiochus set up
The Awful Horror on the altar of the Temple, and pagan altars were built in the
towns throughout Judea. 55 Pagan sacrifices were offered in front of houses and in
the streets. 56 Any books of the Law which were found were torn up and burned, 57
and anyone who was caught with a copy of the sacred books or who obeyed the Law
was put to death by order of the king. 58 Month after month these wicked people
used their power against the Israelites caught in the towns.
59 On the twenty-fifth of the month, these same evil people offered sacrifices on the
pagan altar erected on top of the altar in the Temple. 60 Mothers who had allowed their
babies to be circumcised were put to death in accordance with the king’s decree. 61
Their babies were hung around their necks, and their families and those who had
circumcised them were put to death. 62 But many people in Israel firmly resisted the
king’s decree and refused to eat food that was ritually unclean. 63 They preferred to die
rather than break the holy covenant and eat unclean food—and many did die. 64 In his
anger God made Israel suffer terribly.
All the Gentiles and even many of the Israelites submitted to this decree. They adopted
the official pagan religion, offered sacrifices to idols, and no longer observed the
Sabbath.
This is what our world looks like today. This is what the Christian Church looks like
today. And this is the same thing that is going on when people are celebratingChristmas, they have bowed to the influences of the world, the oppression of Satan –
and have become like these Hellenized Jews in the days before Yeshua was born. I
encourage you to keep reading the history in the book of 1 and 2 Maccabees –
specifically about Mattatias and his sons who fought to uphold the Torah against the
persecution of the Greeks – even to die to save the Jews from the Greeks. There is a
story in 2 Maccabees 7 about a woman named Hannah whose 7 sons were killed
because they would not forsake the Torah.
Are we teaching our children to be willing to die to uphold the Torah? Are we willing to
die to uphold the Torah? Or are we going to allow the wiles of the devil to infiltrate us
and whisper to us that it’s ok to allow a little syncretism, allow us to put up a little fence
law like Eve saying that Yehovah said we could not even touch the tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil. Any time we add to or take away from the Torah, we are
tearing down the walls that Yehovah put up around the Garden of Eden to keep it
separate from this world. We were designed to live in the Garden, but we can’t live in the
Garden if we are going to listen to the one who came to steal, kill and destroy.
John 10:10
The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you
might have life—life in all its fullness.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
15 “Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death. 16 If
you obey the commands of the LORD your God, which I give you today, if you love him,
obey him, and keep all his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many
people. The LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are about to occupy. 17 But
if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to worship other gods, 18 you will
be destroyed—I warn you here and now. You will not live long in that land across the
Jordan that you are about to occupy. 19 I am now giving you the choice between life
and death, between God’s blessing and God’s curse, and I call heaven and earth to
witness the choice you make. Choose life. 20 Love the LORD your God, obey him and be
faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he
promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Philemon, will you please give us the Blessing from Numbers 6
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Having now read all of John’s letters, who is the antichrist he is warning you about? Those who do not and will not obey the commandments and they who do not believe Yehshua is the anointed or Messiah. But before you do as other Christians do and begin to point the finger at the Jews, let’s now read some scriptures they have in the Old Testament.
Yehovah is our Redeemer.
Isa 41:13 For I, Jehovah your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isa 41:14 Do not fear, worm of Jacob and men of Israel; I will help you, says Jehovah, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Yehovah is our Savior!
Israel’s Only SaviorIsa 43:1 But now so says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
Isa 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame kindle on you.
Isa 43:3 For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
Isa 43:4 Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life.
Isa 43:5 Fear not; for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west.
Isa 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring My sons from far and My daughters from the ends of the earth;
Isa 43:7 everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isa 43:8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
Isa 43:9 Let all the nations be brought together, and let the people be gathered; who among them can declare this and make us hear former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true.
Isa 43:10 You are My witnesses, says Jehovah, and My servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me no God was formed, nor shall there be after Me.
Isa 43:11 I, I am Jehovah; and there is none to save besides Me.
Isa 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says Jehovah, that I am God.
Isa 43:13 Yea, before the day was, I am He; and no one delivers out of My hand; I will work, and who will reverse it?
Isa 43:14 So says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, whose shout is in the ships.
Isa 43:15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
Isa 43:16 So says Jehovah, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;
Isa 43:17 who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are put out, they are snuffed out like a wick.
Isa 43:18 Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.
Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
Isa 43:20 The beasts of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.
Isa 43:21 This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
Isa 43:22 But you have not called on Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
Isa 43:23 You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
Isa 43:24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with silver, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Isa 43:25 I, I am He who blots out your sins for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
Isa 43:26 Cause Me to remember; let us enter into judgment; declare yourself, that you may be justified.
Isa 43:27 Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have sinned against Me.
Isa 43:28 And I will defile rulers of the sanctuary, and will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
There is no other gods besides Yehovah. There are not two or three. There is no Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Yehovah and He alone is our saviour.
Isa 45:5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else, no God besides Me; I clothed you, though you have not known Me;
Isa 45:6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and to the sunset, that there is none besides Me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else;
Isa 45:7 forming the light and creating darkness; making peace and creating evil. I Jehovah do all these things.
Isa 45:8 Drop down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I Jehovah have created it.
The Lord, the Only SaviorIsa 45:14 So says Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come to you, and they shall be yours. They shall come after you in chains; and they shall cross in chains and they shall fall down to you. They shall plead to you, saying, Surely God is in you; and none else, no other God.
Isa 45:15 Truly You are a God who hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
Isa 45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go into disgrace together.
Isa 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in Jehovah with an everlasting salvation. You shall not be ashamed nor blush to the forevers of eternity.
Isa 45:18 For so says Jehovah the Creator of the heavens, He is God, forming the earth and making it; He makes it stand, not creating it empty, but forming it to be inhabited. I am Jehovah, and there is no other.
Isa 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain. I Jehovah speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isa 45:20 Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, escaped ones of the nations; those who set up the wood of their graven image, and those that pray to a god that cannot save. They know nothing.
Isa 45:21 Declare and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this of old? Who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me.
Isa 45:22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Isa 45:23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isa 45:24 He says, Only in Jehovah do I have righteousness and strength; even to Him he comes. And they are ashamed, all who are angry with Him.
Isa 45:25 In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
The Lord Is My Strength and My SongIsa 12:1 And in that day you shall say, O Jehovah, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, turn away Your anger, and You shall comfort me.
Isa 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.
Isa 12:3 And with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isa 12:4 And in that day you shall say, Praise Jehovah! Call on His name; declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted.
Isa 12:5 Sing to Jehovah; for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
Isa 12:6 Cry out and shout, O dweller of Zion; for great isthe Holy One of Israel in your midst.
Yehovah is telling you that He will become our Salvation, our Yehshua. Yehovah is telling you that He did become Yehshua,
H3444 (Strong) יְשׁוּעָה yeshû‛âh yesh-oo’-awFeminine passive participle of H3467; something saved, that is, (abstractly) deliverance; hence aid, victory, prosperity: – deliverance, health, help (-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
God with us Immanuel.
Mat 1:19 But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man , and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
Mat 1:20 but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Mat 1:22 Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord, through the prophet, saying,
Mat 1:23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, ‘God with us.’
Yehovah just told you in Isaiah 12:2 He would become your Yehshua. Matthew is telling you the Messiah is called God with us. Luke is saying the same thing only Luke says Yehshua.
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Birth of Jesus ForetoldLuk 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luk 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luk 1:28 And the angel came in to her and said, Hail, one receiving grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed areyou among women.
Luk 1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what kind of greeting this might be.
Luk 1:30 And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Luk 1:31 And behold! You shall conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name JESUS.
The name Jesus here is:
G2424 (Thayer) Ἰησοῦς IēsousThayer Definition:
Jesus = “Jehovah is salvation”
1) Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate
We also read in the words of the Apostle John the following:
Jhn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jhn 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
Jhn 1:3 All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
Jhn 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of theFather, full of grace and of truth.
The Word, is the Torah. The Torah is Yehovah. Yehovah was the Word in the beginning and was God. Yehovah, God became flesh and dwelt amongst us. We also know this is true because of what we are told in Lev 16.
Lev 16:7 And he shall take the two he-goats and present them before Jehovah at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Lev 16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots on the two he-goats; one lot for Jehovah and the other lot for a complete removal.
Lev 16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat on which Jehovah’s lot fell, and offer it for a sin offering.
The Goat that represented Yehovah is the Goat that is to be killed as our SIN OFFERING, Yehovah became Yehshua, salvation as Isaiah said. Yehovah the Word Dwelt amongst us. Yehovah was killed at Passover as both our Passover lamb and as the atonement Goat for our sin offering.
I say all of this to reask the question now. Who are the antichrists? Those who deny the Messiah, Yehovah our Saviour. Those who deny the Word, the Torah that became flesh and dwelt amongst us. Who is that? Yehovah our Salvation-Yehshua.
On this note, I want to encourage you again to watch our video about the number 666 and who the beast is. These people do not believe in Yehovah or Yehshua. They are antichrists.
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Does the Temple have to be rebuilt?
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner of the altar desolating abominations, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.
The translators have added the words of the altar.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
2Th 2:6 And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he is now holding back until it comes out of the midst.
Paul is very specific about the man of sin sitting in the Temple of God.
G3485 (Thayer) ναός naosThayer Definition:
1) used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice
2) any heathen temple or shrine
3) metaphorically the spiritual temple consisting of the saints of all ages joined together by and in Christ
The Temple Mount is not nor ever was the Temple, so that is ruled off the table from the get go. The actual Temple area consisted of the area above what is now the City of David. Specifically above the Shem stone or what is called Temple Zero found just above the Gihon spring and just below the platform where you enter Hezekiah’s tunnel.
Understanding just how little time is left, from now until 2033, do I expect the Temple to be rebuilt? No.
We have shown you that one of the key elements of the Temple was and is the Red Heifer altar. It is the same as the sin altar that is outside the city. This is where Abraham offered Isaac, and later, Solomon built his shrines to the god Molech and others. This is Golgotha, where the head tax was done. It is now called the Mount of Offence because of Solomon. This is the altar the Lamb of God was sacrificed beside.
When I was there last year, in 2023, they built a new shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but they had not installed her in the shrine before October 7.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many forone week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner of the altar desolating abominations, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.
The words of the altar are not there in Hebrew. They have been added.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm H1396 the covenant H1285 with many H7227 for one H259 week: H7620 and in the midst H2677 of the week H7620 he shall cause the sacrifice H2077 and the oblation H4503 to cease, H7673 and for H5921 the overspreading H3671 of abominations H8251 he shall make it desolate, H8074 even until H5704 the consummation, H3617 and that determined H2782 shall be poured H5413 upon H5921 the desolate. H8076
The word overspreading is;
H3671 (Strong) כָּנָף kânâph kaw-nawf’From H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle: – + bird, border, corner, end, feather [-ed], X flying, + (one an-) other, overspreading, X quarters, skirt, X sort, uttermost part, wing ([-ed]).
This is the same word as the corner of a tallit which has fringes and tzit tzit.
Abominations is the word:
H8251 (Strong) שִׁקֻּץ שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûts shiqqûts shik-koots’, shik-koots’From H8262; disgusting, that is, filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol: – abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
He shall make desolate is the Hebrew word:
H8074 (Strong) שָׁמֵם shâmêm shaw-mame’A primitive root; to stun (or intransitively grow numb), that is, devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense): – make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish (-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate (-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Unitl the consumption:
H3617 (Strong) כָּלָה kâlâh kaw-law’From H3615; a completion; adverbially completely; also destruction: – altogether, (be, utterly) consume (-d), consummation (-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
This is telling me that in the Holy Place near the Altar on Golgotha will be a disgusting idol, that will stun the people and be there until the end when the Messiah destroyed it. For me this is related to the events of Revelation 13 which is going to Shamem, stun the world.
The Second BeastRev 13:11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. And it had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and those dwelling in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And it does great wonders, so that it makes fire come down from the heaven onto the earth in the sight of men.
Rev 13:14 And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the miracles which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived.
Rev 13:15 And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Rev 13:16 And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads,
Rev 13:17 even that not any might buy or sell except those having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
Rev 13:18 Here is the wisdom. Let him having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
When the man of sin comes, there is already a place for him to sit on the Mount of Offence, where this Idol had a new shrine built last year. Golgotha is the Altar where Yehshua was killed. And this same place is going to be split in half when the Messiah does come. In the days of Uzziah, the southern part of the Mountain split and moved 1.5 km to the south.
The Coming Day of the LordZec 14:1 Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, and your spoil shall be divided in your midst.
Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped. And half of the city shall go into exile, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Zec 14:3 And Jehovah shall go out and fight against those nations, like the day He fought in the day of battle.
Zec 14:4 And His feet shall stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall divide from its middle, from the east and to the west, a very great valley. And half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Zec 14:5 And you shall flee to the valley of My mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Jehovah my God shall come, and all the saints with you.
This is the place I am looking for the man of sin to be sitting. The Pope already has his flag on this mountain. Will the Iman of Islam also stake his flag there? We will soon see.
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Who is the Antichrist?The Antichrist is a person who is against Christ. The prefix anti can also mean “instead of,” and both meanings will apply to this coming world leader. He will overtly oppose Christ and at the same time pass himself off as Christ.
The Antichrist will aggressively live up to his terrible name. He will persecute, torture, and kill the people of God as he leads the armies of the world into the Battle of Armageddon. He will be the most powerful dictator the world has ever seen, making Caesar, Hitler, Mao, and Saddam seem tame by comparison.
Even though the Antichrist is identified by that name only four times in the Bible, he appears many more times under various aliases. He is also called:
“the promise that shall come” –Daniel 9:26 NKJV
“a fierce king”—Daniel 8:23 NLT
“a master of intrigue”—Daniel 8:23 NIV
“a despicable man” –Daniel 11:21 NLT
“a worthless shepherd”—Zechariah 11:16–17 NLT
“the one who brings destruction” –2 Thessalonians 2:3 NLT
“the lawless one” –2 Thessalonians 2:8 NKJV
“the evil man” –2 Thessalonians 2:9 NLT
“the Beast” –Revelation 13:1 NKJV
When he comes on the scene, people will flock to him like flies to honey, and they will do anything he asks.
How will he unite the nations?The prophet Daniel describes the Antichrist in these terms: “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast … And there … were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. … He shall speak pompous words against the Most High” (Daniel 7:7–8, 25).
As Daniel says, the coming world leader will be renowned for this kind of eloquence, which will capture the attention and administration of the world.
Daniel goes on to tell us that not only will this golden–tongued orator speak in high–blown terms, but he will also speak arrogantly against God. The apostle John describes him similarly in the book of Revelation: “And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies” (Revelation 13:5).
Daniel continues his description of the Antichrist by telling us he is a man “whose appearance was greater than his fellows” (Daniel 7:20). In terms of his outward appearance, this man will be strikingly attractive. The combination of his magnetic personality, speaking ability, and extreme good looks will make him virtually irresistible to the masses. The apostle John expands on Daniel’s description of the Antichrist’s blasphemous acts by telling us that every living person will be required to worship this man. “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as man as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed” (Revelation 13:15).
Finally, Revelation 13:1–8 describes the Antichrist as a Beast—an appropriate title for him. During the last 3½ years of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will personify Satan himself. Second Thessalonians 2:9 says, “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders.” Step by step, the Antichrist will promote himself from a European leader, to a world leader, to a tyrannical global dictator, and finally to a god.
What is the “unholy trinity”?Satan is the first person and the father of the unholy trinity. The Antichrist will be the second member and the son of the unholy trinity. The False Prophet, the third member of the unholy trinity, will direct the worship and praise of the people back to the Antichrist (Revelation 13:11–12).
How does the Antichrist gain political power?His rise to power will be inconspicuous. It will not be noticed in the beginning and will hardly raise the attention even of the those who are closer to the center of action. He will rise out of the general population. John says, “Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns” (Revelation 13:1). The sea in biblical imagery stands for the general mass of humanity or, more specifically, the Gentile nations.
Whatever power the Antichrist has, he is allowed to have it by the overriding authority of Almighty God. As bad as the Tribulation will be, it will never be out of God’s control. There is a leash on Satan, and God is holding it. Satan will be able to do only that which God allows him to do during the Tribulation period.
Who will worship the Antichrist?According to Revelation 13:8, “all who dwell on the earth will worship him.” Daniel 7:25 tells us that the Antichrist is a cultic leader. “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High … and shall intend to change times and law.” He will speak out against the true God of heaven. The language suggests that he will try to raise himself to the level of God and make declarations from that position.
Second Thessalonians 2:4 says the Antichrist “opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” He will accept the worship of the people of the world.
What will happen to the Antichrist as he leads the Battle of Armageddon?During the Battle of Armageddon, the world will become increasingly discontented with the leadership of this global dictator who has gone back on every promise he made. Major segments of the world will begin to assemble their own military forces and rebel against him.
The king of the South and his armies will be the first to come after the Antichrist, followed by the armies of the North. “At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him: and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships” (Daniel 11:40).
The Antichrist will put down some of the these first attempts at rebellion against him. But before he can move toward his goal of destroying Israel and Jerusalem, something happens: “But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many” (Daniel 11:44). The Bible leaves no doubt as to the source of the news that so disturbs enrages the Antichrist: “Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared” (Revelation 16:12).
The Euphrates is one of the greatest rivers in the world. It flows from the mountains of western Turkey, through Syria, and continues through the heart of Iraq, not far from Baghdad. It eventually unites with the Tigris to become the Shatt el Arab, and finally empties into the Persian Gulf. The entirety of the Euphrates flows through Muslim territory. In Genesis 15 and Deuteronomy 11, the Lord specified that the Euphrates would be the easternmost border of the Promised Land. It serves both as a border and a barrier between Israel and her enemies.
With the disappearance of the Euphrates, the Antichrist will be vulnerable to attack by the kings of the east. Their arrival will mark the beginning of the greatest war of all history.
The Man of Lawlessness2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
2Th 2:6 And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he is now holding back until it comes out of the midst.
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If we are created naked and unashamed in the garden, then what has happened that
Adam now feels the need to hide himself and cloth himself with fig leaves? The word
that is translated as coverings in verse 7 is the Hebrew word חֲג ֹ ר ָ ה chăgôrâh a belt (for
the waist): – apron, armour, gird (-le). It can be something we bind about ourselves to
carry a weapon, so a garment of war, which gives us the image of armour. Why was
this loincloth made from figs? Figs are a prolific green fruit that hide among the leaves
making them difficult to see.
Genesis 3:6-11 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.
She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them
were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together
and made themselves coverings.
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,
and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the
trees of the garden.
9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked;
and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of
which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
Was this the same belt of truth we see in the Armour of God from Ephesians 6:14?
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of
righteousness, No, this chagorat was a garment to cover his shame! Adam was now
feeling shame not righteousness! Their eyes had been opened to good and evil. What
God had created as very good was now corrupted with good AND evil. Clearly Adam
was trying to hide himself and his wife. These pictures all point to the hiding. Verse 10
said they were hiding from Yehovah for they were afraid. The word Chaba means hide,
and it is a chet, a fence, and a bet the house or the tent, at it’s root. Adam and Eve
were putting up a wall between themselves and Yehovah by putting on these Chagorot.
They were attempting to save themselves within this refuge of the loin cloth.
Genesis 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to
know good and evil. How does this sentence read in Luo? Is it the same as how my
English reads? If I take the Hebrew words and translate them literally it says man has
become united with the intimacy of good and evil. True Yehovah knows all things – and
that includes Good and Evil – but to translate this to say that our eyes open to evil as
well as good makes us more like Yehovah is a bit misleading – it suggests that this
action is better than how they were created on the 6th day – when Yehovah said they
were made very good.
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The book of Revelation tells us exactly Jesus was born and also details when He will return!
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•The author notes that modern calendars predict the Feast of Trumpets years in advance, yet Matthew 24:36 says the day cannot be known — creating a conflict.
•This leads the author to believe the sighted new moon must be the correct method, since it cannot be known ahead of time.
•Though this idea made sense to the author, they could not initially prove it from Scripture.
Influence of Others
•The author discovers Nehemia Gordon, the Karaites, and Michael Rood, who support the sighted-moon view.
•However, arguments from those who use the conjunction moon cause continued uncertainty.
•Both groups claim to follow the Law, leaving no definitive “thus says the Lord” Scripture.
Personal Practice Caused Doubt
•In 2005, the author kept two sets of each Holy Day (Passover, Pentecost, Trumpets) due to uncertainty.
•This felt hypocritical and troubling, especially knowing the Hebrew Calendar uses postponements the author believes are unbiblical.
Purpose of the Paper
•The author seeks to offer “proof positive” for which new moon is correct for determining the biblical calendar.
•Emphasizes the importance of keeping Holy Days exactly when God commands, not when humans choose.
Discovery in Dr. Ernest L. Martin’s Work
•While reading The Star that Astonished the World, the author encounters astronomical arguments that unexpectedly clarify the new-moon question.
• Martin determines the exact day and hour of Jesus’ birth using astronomy.
•This includes identifying the celestial signs described in Revelation 12.
Biblical and Ancient Star-Related Background
•Cites Scriptures showing:
•The heavens reveal God’s glory and serve as signs (Ps 19, Gen 1:14).
•God set constellations in the sky (Job 38, Isaiah 40).
•Discusses how constellations (especially Virgo) historically carried prophetic significance related to the Messiah.
Virgo and Messianic Symbolism
•Virgo is historically associated with:
•A virgin.
•A branch (symbolic of the Messiah).
•A seed of grain (symbolic of Christ as the seed).
•The article suggests the Zodiac originally conveyed God’s messages but was later corrupted by paganism.
Revelation 12 as Astronomical Evidence
•Revelation 12’s imagery (woman, sun, moon, dragon) is interpreted as astronomical—not merely symbolic.
•Virgo is the only zodiacal constellation that fits the description.
•Martin argues:
•The Sun “clothing” Virgo occurs only about 20 days per year (late Aug to mid-Sept).
•The moon being under Virgo’s feet during this window happens only once per year.
Struggle Over Which New Moon to Use
•The author notes that modern calendars predict the Feast of Trumpets years in advance, yet Matthew 24:36 says the day cannot be known — creating a conflict.
•This leads the author to believe the sighted new moon must be the correct method, since it cannot be known ahead of time.
•Though this idea made sense to the author, they could not initially prove it from Scripture.
Influence of Others
•The author discovers Nehemia Gordon, the Karaites, and Michael Rood, who support the sighted-moon view.
•However, arguments from those who use the conjunction moon cause continued uncertainty.
•Both groups claim to follow the Law, leaving no definitive “thus says the Lord” Scripture.
Personal Practice Caused Doubt
•In 2005, the author kept two sets of each Holy Day (Passover, Pentecost, Trumpets) due to uncertainty.
•This felt hypocritical and troubling, especially knowing the Hebrew Calendar uses postponements the author believes are unbiblical.
Purpose of the Paper
•The author seeks to offer “proof positive” for which new moon is correct for determining the biblical calendar.
•Emphasizes the importance of keeping Holy Days exactly when God commands, not when humans choose.
Discovery in Dr. Ernest L. Martin’s Work
•While reading The Star that Astonished the World, the author encounters astronomical arguments that unexpectedly clarify the new-moon question.
• Martin determines the exact day and hour of Jesus’ birth using astronomy.
•This includes identifying the celestial signs described in Revelation 12.
Biblical and Ancient Star-Related Background
•Cites Scriptures showing:
•The heavens reveal God’s glory and serve as signs (Ps 19, Gen 1:14).
•God set constellations in the sky (Job 38, Isaiah 40).
•Discusses how constellations (especially Virgo) historically carried prophetic significance related to the Messiah.
Virgo and Messianic Symbolism
•Virgo is historically associated with:
•A virgin.
•A branch (symbolic of the Messiah).
•A seed of grain (symbolic of Christ as the seed).
•The article suggests the Zodiac originally conveyed God’s messages but was later corrupted by paganism.
Revelation 12 as Astronomical Evidence
•Revelation 12’s imagery (woman, sun, moon, dragon) is interpreted as astronomical—not merely symbolic.
•Virgo is the only zodiacal constellation that fits the description.
•Martin argues:
•The Sun “clothing” Virgo occurs only about 20 days per year (late Aug to mid-Sept).
•The moon being under Virgo’s feet during this window happens only once per year.
• In 3 BC, this alignment occurred on one specific evening only: September 11th.
Key Astronomical Claim
•On September 11, 3 BC:
•The Sun was mid-body in Virgo.
•The Moon was under her feet.
•The Moon was in crescent phase, indicating a sighted new moon, not a conjunction.
•This alignment lasted only about 90 minutes after sunset.
Implications
•Martin’s astronomical reconstruction:
•Pinpoints Jesus’ birth to the evening of September 11, 3 BC.
•Shows this was Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets.
•The author concludes this proves:
•The biblical new moon was a visible crescent, not a hidden conjunction.
•Revelation 12 depicts a crescent new moon, validating the sighted-moon method for determining biblical months.
• In 3 BC, this alignment occurred on one specific evening only: September 11th.
Key Astronomical Claim
•On September 11, 3 BC:
•The Sun was mid-body in Virgo.
•The Moon was under her feet.
•The Moon was in crescent phase, indicating a sighted new moon, not a conjunction.
•This alignment lasted only about 90 minutes after sunset.
Implications
•Martin’s astronomical reconstruction:
•Pinpoints Jesus’ birth to the evening of September 11, 3 BC.
•Shows this was Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets.
•The author concludes this proves:
•The biblical new moon was a visible crescent, not a hidden conjunction.
•Revelation 12 depicts a crescent new moon, validating the sighted-moon method for determining biblical months.
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Ella is a member of our executive team here at sightedmoon.com and we had a great testimonial discussion about what lead us to God.
In all of our conversation I was encouraged by her, because she kept saying something to the effect of “don’t forget the love of God.” and her prayer was “Father, what do I need to know?”
I think we all tend to pray very similar things. At the end of the day, most of us here, are genuinely searching for God. But the love of God is where all of the corners of the Gospel meet. The love of God is what knits it all together. It’s because of the love of God that we maintain breath in our bodies. And it’s because of the love of God that we obey His word and keep His commandments.
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Was Hanukkah commanded by God to observe it? Or is it simply a tradition that has been passed down for centuries. I want to do a deep dive into some of the history of Hanukkah since we are in the season. Hopefully to shed some light on something that some of us may be observing. I think when talking about traditions and holidays it’s critical to understand the roots of it the best we can and make informed decisions on wether or not this is something that we should be observing.
I’ll be the first one to say that Hanukkah is not something that I have observed growing up, nor do I observe it. So, I want to tread lightly since I know this could be a sensitive topic for some. But regardless, there is an objective truth here, independent of our feelings toward it.
I am quoting some reputable sources during the course of this episode; Encyclopedia Britannica, Dr. Nehemiah Gordon and Dr. Shrel-Fox. Both of these men being Biblical and historical scholars. I want to keep the discussion as objective as possible but I do insert some of my opinions into this as well. But I want you to understand that there are places where I make a distinction about what’s my opinion and what’s historically factual.
It is our mission here at sightedmoon.com to give you the best and more historically accurate information so that you can make decisions that are primarily Bible based when it comes to keeping or observing certain Holy Days or holidays.
The Maccabean revolt, which was led by Judas Maccabeus around 161-164 BC were the first among the Jewish people to fight to defend their faith with their lives.
The Second Temple was rededicated in 164 BC after the revolt. The Temple was purified and dedicated on Kislev 25, Judas was said to have proclaimed that the dedication of the restored temple should be celebrated for eight days every year beginning on Kislev 25. But is that true, or is that tradition?
This was said to have been the starting point of a holiday that gets passed down for centuries leading up to our very day, called Hanukkah or The Festival of Lights.
But I ask the question; Is it Biblical?
Listen and find out.
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Is your Christ really a Babylonian Mystery god!?
Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
When you look into history you can see the form of the mark of the beast religion almost in full form. How it morphs from Babylon and stretches all the way to our current day and we don’t even realize it. The book of Revelation has been unfolding since 600AD and people don’t even think about it. The seals of God begun being opened hundreds of years ago and we are about to see the 7th seal open very shortly.
This is continuation episode exploring the Babylonian roots of Christmas as well as glossing over some of the other popular holidays on our calendar. But to explain where Christmas came from we must first deep dive into the gods that were worshiped by Babylon and by those that preceded them. Why? Because all of the rites that were blended into Christmas came from these ancient Phoenician gods.
Isis, Horus, Tammuz, Ba’al and Nimrod are all ancient links to what we know today as Christmas. When the truth is, that it has nothing to do with Christ at all. Even the so called birth date of Christ (December 25th) is false and also shares the same birthday as the pagan gods previously mentioned.
I hope you are ready for a deep one as we get into the dark side of Christmas.
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I am still reletively new to the concept of clean vs. unclean and the reasons on why it’s crucial to our spiritual and physical well being to eat as God commanded. Sombra and I are having a discussion today about how even in the Garden of Eden there was a concept of clean, unclean and what you should and shouldn’t do. In other words, Law. God even had established the premise of obedience from the very beginning. he didn’t wait until Moses to start talking to people and giving His people expectations of proper living. Everyone attributes the Levitical laws to Moses because God spoke to him more details than any other person before him. But this isn’t Moses’ thing, it’s God’s thing. His expectation for us is still relevant for today just as it was for the children of Israel back then. God’s Word never changes, for He is the same today, yesterday, and forever.
Mal 3:6 —For I am the YEHOVAH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
So, if you think that you are just fine by eating or consuming whatever you want; you need to hear this one as Paul never sanctioned the eating of anything unclean. But let’s go back and read Leviticus and listen to what God says about it since all scripture was breathed and inspired by YEHOVAH.
2 Tim 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
NOTE: the only book considered scripture during the day Paul was writing his epistles was the Old Testament. Paul would not have referred to his own writings as scripture.
If the above scripture is true them the whole book is inspired by God! Not just the later half of it. None of it passed away because God’s Word never comes back void.
Isaiah 55:11 —So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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Yehovah Bless You All!
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The topic of today’s discussion is how Christmas is not at all related to Christ. You might be surprised by this, or you might even be aware of it, but you still might be on the fence whether you should do anything about it or not.
That’s what I aim to do with this podcast series, is to give you the information you need to see how much Christmas really honors a pagan sun god and how all of it’s rituals were rolled into a “Christian” holiday.
Much of my material is take from the book the Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop and Encyclopedia Britanica.
Central Thesis: Hislop argues that many Roman Catholic practices originated from ancient Babylonian paganism and were later adopted into Christianity.
Historical Claim: The book links the worship of Semiramis and Nimrod in Babylon to later forms of idolatry in various cultures.
Mary and Semiramis: Suggests the veneration of the Virgin Mary parallels the pagan worship of mother-goddess figures like Semiramis or Ishtar.
Sacraments and Rituals: Claims Catholic rituals such as the Mass, use of the cross, holy water, and confessional have roots in ancient pagan rites.
Papal Authority: Hislop asserts that the Pope fulfills a role similar to the “Pontifex Maximus,” a title from pagan Rome.
Symbolism: The book connects symbols like the cross, the obelisk, and certain festivals (e.g., Easter, Christmas) to pre-Christian pagan traditions.
Prophetic Interpretation: Hislop interprets Babylon in the Book of Revelation as symbolic of the Roman Catholic Church.
Purpose: The work is polemical, seeking to warn Protestants about perceived syncretism and to call for separation from Catholic practices.
This summary reflects the core arguments Hislop presents, though his conclusions are widely debated by historians and theologians.
Biblical Warning Against Idolatry: The Ten Commandments forbid worshiping carved images or symbols (Exodus 20:4–5), which some interpret as including religious symbols like the cross.
Focus Shift from God to Object: Critics argue that venerating or kissing the cross can shift devotion from God to a physical object.
Pagan Origins: Hislop and similar authors claim that the cross predates Christianity as a pagan fertility or sun symbol, making its use a form of syncretism.
Relics and Superstition: Treating crosses as protective charms or relics (e.g., wearing for luck or blessing) can be seen as a form of superstition rather than faith in God.
No Apostolic Precedent: The early church did not use the cross as a primary symbol of worship; emphasis came later through Roman adoption.
Object of Rituals: Bowing to or carrying the cross in processions can appear like giving it reverence due only to God.
These points are mainly presented from a critical or iconoclastic perspective. Many Christian traditions see the cross as a reminder of Christ’s sacrifice rather than an idol.
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Genesis 1
When God created the heavens and the earth and the earth was without form and void. In Hebrew we call it “tohu” and “boho”. “thou” means to be desolate, wilderness, and “boho” means empty and void. So God created this beautiful garden but he couldn’t just create something like this and then leave it to itself. He needed to place something there to maintain it, thus man was created to continue to perpetuate order and beauty to this garden that was created by God. He gave man mastery and dominion over creation, over the animals, to maintain this God given order.
Man took what God gave to him for granted and disobeyed (sinned) against God and His instruction and was exiled from the garden of Eden and made to now till the ground. What man had before was order and a gift, but now he must work to establish that order because there will be thrones and thistles in the land.
This also included the animals and everything man had dominion over. So, everything fell when Adam sinned, Because Adam was not just over his wife, he had dominion over all of creation. Even the animals became corrupt as a result of man’s transgression. Some people might see this as unfair, but in light of the grand scheme it’s quite fair. If a king falls, the entire kingdom and everything that king ruled over also falls. That is the order by which things have always operated since the fall of man. God didn’t design it to be that way, but man’s rebellion forced God’s hand in this, since He is supremely just.
It’s a very interesting conversation and I hope you all enjoy it!
Welcome back from your trip to Kenya, Sombra!
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Shane and I just having a nice conversation about keeping Torah and what changed our direction in our lives to follow after Yehovah God. We also talk about how this experience doesn’t separate us from following after Yeshua Messiah(Jesus Christ) and how Jesus actually wanted people to get back to the plain meaning of the Old Testament in order to follow after God properly.
Shane also speaks about his experience traveling with Joe and what it was like setting up these speaking events.
We had a lot of fun in this episode and hope that you have just as much fun listening to it.
Shalom.
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Hello and Shalom everyone! I am your host Ryan Nall and today I am interviewing a special guest, Joseph Dumond. Today we are going to be talking about his new book that will be coming out very soon “A Lion Rises up, The Coming of Apollyon” and how the current events in the middle east is Biblical prophecy coming to pass before our very eyes.
We talk about how some of these countries line up with the three little horns of Daniel 8 and what we are to expect in the coming years. We also discuss how President Trumps air strike on the Iranian nuclear facility presents us with an event that has never come to pass quite like this in history. Such as the middle eastern peace accord and all of the peace and safety that everyone seems to be declaring at the moment. Is it just a facade and foreshadowing of more terrible events to come?
One thing is certain, the beast system is present and we all need to be in fervent prayer leading up the great tribulation.
Time is up and we all need to be in our Bible daily watching and praying and not being like the 5 foolish virgins.
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Would you be shocked and appalled if I told you that Halloween was invented by Christianity?
Halloween is the 3rd most popular holiday in America according to ChatGPT. 15% considering it their favorite Holiday.
Halloween is believed to have stemmed from Celtic origin. The day was called Samhain pronounced Saw-ween. When Rome conquered the Celtic nation in 79 CE, they began to mix this custom with their own dead worshiping holiday.
In short, Halloween is a mixture of many foreign religions brought under the single umbrella of Christianity by the Roman Catholic Church or known in early Christianity as the “Universal Church”. Why was it originally called the “Universal Church” because from its inception Rome envisioned a single Religion or Church that would house all of their pagan deities. Since Christianity was becoming such a sensation all throughout Rome and Asia, what better religion to use than the Christians, since there were so many. By 380 AD Christianity becomes the national religion of Rome, only a facade to merge all of the Roman pagan deities both from Rome itself and the lands which they conquered into a single religion.
At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself, does celebrating the dead on Halloween honor my creator? Does my participation on Halloween pay homage to Yehovah my God? Is there any scriptural basis for celebrating the dead?
I hope your answer would be, of course not! Then why do we look at holidays like Halloween and think to ourselves “It’s just harmless fun”? This is exactly what Yehovah warned us about in Deuteronomy which is an Old Testament book and another reason why seemingly well meaning Christians today do not know these things. Because the Old Testament has “passed away” according to mainstream Christianity.
Let’s look at what God has to say about this;
Deuteronomy 12:29-31
29“When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them and dwellest in their land,
30 take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after they are destroyed from before thee, and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do likewise.’
31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God, for every abomination to the Lord which He hateth have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods.
But Pagan Rome became so anti-semitic that they wanted nothing to do with the God of the Hebrews because they had a new shiny tribune God called Jesus Christ along with the Virgin Mary. They polluted the name of Jesus by merging him with all the other pagan gods and their rituals which we today see as common place. This is exactly what Yehovah warned us about in Deuteronomy;
Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;
The Jesus that is worshiped in Christianity today is largely a false Christ. Yehovah said it in Isaiah;
Isaiah 43:10-11
10 “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.
11 I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no savior.
The thing you have to ask yourself is simply, does this honor Yehovah God? Not only Halloween, but none of the man-made holidays on our calendar pays any homage to our Father in Heaven nor to Jesus Christ.
So what are we doing celebrating these pagan deities and doing what the other nations do?
Let’s get back to the Bible! The only days we should be recognizing as legit holidays are the ones that Yehovah has set out for us as His Holy Days. He made it all very simple for us, just follow the scriptures.
Jesus said it in Luke;
Luke 6:46-48
46 “And why call ye Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man who built a house and dug deep and laid the foundation on a rock; and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock.
Are you founded upon a rock? When we are celebrating pagan gods and venerating dead people? Are we really founded upon a rock?
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Joseph Dumond speaking on “The Thief in the Night” and “No Man Knows the Day or the Hour,” this is a great teaching that will open your eyes to both of these Biblical sayings that everyone loves to quote. Joseph really breaks it down in simple language that a 7 year old can understand. I hope you enjoy this lesson and don’t hesitate to visit us at Sightedmoon.com.
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Today is a special episode and we are here speaking with Sombra Wilson who is in Kenya, Africa at the moment. She is experiencing such touching moments speaking with the Kenyan people and teaching the Word of Yehovah! We are certainly blessed by her testimony how the people are discovering a new truth in keeping the Sabbath, and gaining a deeper understanding of the Torah.
She also quotes Isaiah 11:10 and she describes that the Kenyan people understand Pathros to mean Kenya since Kenya is at the end of the Nile. What a blessing that Sombra has been able to do this great work for Yehovah in teaching the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. We pray for the people of Kenya that they continue their search for Yehovah and find Him.
Isaiah 11
10 “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand for an ensign of the people; to It shall the Gentiles seek, and His rest shall be glorious.”
11 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 who 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.
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The Yoreh Rains are the autumn rains of the year in Israel. These rains signify that the feast day calendar of the year has come to an end. While Israel and some other groups are celebrating Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles) this week, the rain has already come and gone! On Sept 25th, not only was it raining, but it also flooded parts of Israel with a record-breaking 5 inches of rain, marking the first occurrence in 93 years! This is Yehovah telling Israel that they are late in celebrating Sukkot. Why pray for rain, Schmini Azaret (8th Day Feast), if the rain has already happened? It’s a moot point to pray for rain while it’s raining. They are keeping Sukkot this week, and it’s literally forecast to rain in October. 12th. So, Yehovah is not only proving it to us once but twice that the Hillel calendar is a month late on the feast days. The Feast Days of Yehovah are dictated by scripture, by the wheat/barley being ripe for the harvest and the sighting of the crescent moon. While we were celebrating Sukkot in September, we didn’t see a single drop of rain. It was sunny the ENTIRE time. So, rain is the clue; if you see rain during Sukkot, then you’ve done something wrong. You have swerved off the path a few degrees. Let’s get back to the scriptures and start understanding when to celebrate the Holy Days of Yehovah at His appointed times.
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Today we are having a conversation with Sombra Wilson who is also a member of the executive team here at sightedmoon. We are talking about how did we find Torah?
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Today, I have a special guest and Consuelo Peregrin will giving her testimony. She explains what led her to Torah as well as to sighted moon.com
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Who were the Saxons and where did they come from? Then who were the Scythian's and where did they come from? Who were the Cimmerians and where did they come from? Who are the Machirians today? The sons of Machir.
The Scottish people-Who are they and how can we know where they come from? The Heraldry of Europe is a record of the various houses of Israel. What was Israel called by the Assyrian before and after the captivity? Once you know what the victors called them, then you will know by what names they were known in history and how that name changed and became what many of you already know as your ancestors.
What does the Crest of Northern Ireland tell us about our history? Who was Gauthalus and what did he start? The Gaulic language.
In this episode, we are going to trace the tribe of Gauthalus and the many names he has given us across Europe. One of them is the Port of Gaul. This is one of the most interesting studies I have done.
Despite the fact that he lives and works in Canada, Joseph Dumond (of sightedmoon.com fame) is incredibly occupied with bringing Torah and the two-house understanding to numerous nations in the Far East. He has seen that the reuniting of the two sticks of Ezekiel 37 is starting in the eastern hemisphere, not the west. Let him tell you of the experiences that he has been having with people in the Philippines, India. and all over Asia...
At Sukkot 2018, in Jerusalem, Joe had the opportunity to sit down and discuss with his longtime friend Nehemia Gordon what is coming in the very near future and how it is all laid out in Joseph's book the 2300 Days of Hell. This was a rare opportunity to spend the time and go into detail about what is going to happen. So listen in and hear the details and Joe's lays it out once again for a new audience.
Here is what Nehemia had on his wall for this podcast.
Hebrew Voices #95 – 2300 Days of Hell Posted on May 22, 2019
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, 2300 Days of Hell, Nehemia Gordon expresses his skepticism as author Joseph Dumond warns about the impending demise of hundreds of millions of people beginning in 2020. They discuss Jewish and Christian interpretations of Daniel's Messianic prophecy, ancient Aramaic tombstones that may reveal the true timing of Sabbatical years, and the many conundrums involved in deciphering chronological calculations.
Here is a link to the 45 Sabbatical year proofs we are mentioning in this podcast. https://sightedmoon.com/34-sabbatical-year-proofs-with-documentation/ I know the link says 34, but as I worked on this article I learned of another 11 which we then added to the list.
And here is the link to all the Tomb Stones we have found to date. https://sightedmoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/TombStone-Chart-2018.pdf
At the end of 6 day long weekend in Burundi Africa from August 30 until Sept 4, 2017, we grabbed Bishop Telesphore and his lead Pastor Daimond and sat them down to talk with us so we could share it with you. Telesphore is on the phone and on the go constantly taking this message of the Sabbath, the Holy Days and the Sabbatical year to every church and congregation across Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda and DRC the Congo, sharing with them all, no matter what denomination they are.
We taught them about the number 666 and how it is the mark of Satan. To know what this mark is you have to know what the mark of Yehovah is. Yehovah's mark is the Sabbath the Holy Days and the Sabbatical year. Once people saw this they then realized that Sunday was not the Sabbath and was the mark of Satan.
We wanted to have him in his own words describe to you the events of this weekend and what has happened and I also wanted you to hear from him about the UN and what they are doing in Burundi, the poorest nation on earth. As you hear this, keep in mind the great Whore of Revelation who is to rule the world in the last days just before the Messiah comes. Yes we are that close. Listen closely as Telesphore describes the
Listen closely as Telesphore describes the events around the LGBT and the President of Burundi and the UN. This is so revealing. Again keep in mind the Great Whore of revelation.
I do hope you will continue to support our work that we are doing in Burundi as well as the Philippines and North America. We cannot do it without you and the prayers of the righteous do avail much. Please never stop praying for Yehovah to open that next door and to help us fill the ones He has now opened to us.
Iran fired half-a-dozen ballistic missiles from domestic bases that hit Islamic State targets deep in Syria. The reason given was to avenge the Islamic State's recent suicide attacks on the Iranian Parliament.
Israel is right next door to Syria. And for decades, Teheran's ruling mullahs have been saying they intend to exterminate the Jews. So Tel Aviv is feeling the heat.
Lest anyone miss the point, Iran's foreign ministry issued a statement saying these launches were a message to Israel, America, and the Saudis.
To our knowledge, this was the first-ever battlefield test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) in the Mideast.
These missiles take just minutes to hit their targets. So it's hard to over-estimate how alarming a development this truly is.
The global media practically goes into paroxysms of alarm over North Korea's IRBM tests -- none of which have actually ever hit a target.
Some of them blew up on the launchpad, so nobody knows how close Kim's IRBMs are from actually being operational.
Not so for Iran -- which has now successfully demonstrated its ability to annihilate military targets in Israel and Saudi Arabia with missiles fired from inside its territory.
Make no mistake, Iran can now devastate Saudi Arabia's oil fields and all of Israel's cities with the push of a button.
Look at the following timeline from the past three months and realize that in the previous six years of the Syrian civil war, there was not one instance of direct fighting between the U.S. and Iranian proxies. Now, they clash almost daily.
April 4: Syrian President Bashar Assad launched a devastating chemical attack against his own people. April 6: U.S. President Donald Trump responded by firing 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the Mediterranean against the Syrian airfield, which marked the first time the U.S. had directly targeted the Assad regime in the Syrian civil war. May 18: A group from the Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigade, an Iranian-supported militia, approached the American al-Tanf military base on the border between Syria, Iraq and Jordan and, subsequently, was destroyed by aircraft. May 29: Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, a massive fighting force of mainly Iranian-backed militias, reached the Syrian border from Iraqi territory for the first time. Pictures were widely circulated in Iranian and Syrian media. June 6: An Iranian-backed militia advanced on the “deconfliction” zone in southern Syria. After repeated warnings to halt, U.S. aircraft destroyed the column of vehicles, including two artillery pieces, an antiaircraft weapon and a tank. June 8: An Iranian drone dropped a munition on U.S. coalition forces near al-Tanf, but it failed to detonate. The U.S. shot down the drone. June 12: Iranian state media released photographs of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Cmdr. Qassem Suleimani standing on the Iraqi-Syrian border alongside an Iranian-backed militia, culminating a lightning offensive across eastern Syria to reach the border. June 14: The U.S. moved its mobile artillery rocket launchers into southern Syria for the first time in order to provide a 300-kilometer (186-mile) security umbrella for its troops along the border. June 18: The U.S. shot down a Syrian jet for bombing its allies in the most significant ratcheting up of tensions to date. June 18: Iran’s revolutionary guard launched six ballistic missiles toward Syria, travelling 370 miles and receiving permission to fly over Iraqi territory. Gen. Ramazan Sharif told state media that “the Saudis and Americans are especially receivers of the message.” Obviously, this situation in Syria is highly combustible, especially considering that each side does not want to back down. As Mahan Abedin correctly noted in Middle East Monitor on June 6, a clash is “inevitable.” He wrote:
What is the truth about Colossians? What really was nailed to the Cross? What are these ordinances that were nailed there? What is that partition Yehshua tore down? Get ready to learn more truths and then once you understand the truth you can then decide to obey your Creator as He has instructed you.
This is one track you should be able to tell all your Christian friends and all your Seventh Day Adventist friends to listen to. Please do share this teaching and help them to learn these truths hidden from them.
In this episode of the Ten Tribes, we are going to look at the Trojan line that and one of them is Brutus the first king of Britain. Brutus was a descendant of the sons of Zerah who left Egypt after the death of Joseph.
We are also going to cover the Spartans who come from the tribes of Simeon. We are also going to share with you why the tribe of Simeon suddenly dropped after the killing of the Simeon Prince.
In this podcast, we will look at the Camp of Israel which similar to the description of the Cherubim. We are also going to look at the founding of Athen and Greece by the Argos who came from Egypt and were the Children of Israel who were fleeing Egypt for fear of the wrath of the children of Joseph after his death. This is such an amazing story.
We will also look at the lineage of Zerah and Pharis and where their descendants went. These are those who fled Egypt just before and after the death of Joseph.
These Israelites would later settle the city of Troy. And from Troy would come Brutus who would then found London.
Learning about the Tribes of Israel and who they are today via the blessing each child was given by Jacob.
We will learn in this teaching about the archers that have grieved Joseph. In this teaching, we are showing the audience many of the symbols of Israel. The heraldry of Israel. Your own family tree and crest could show you which tribe you are from in Israel.
Listen to the description of the symbols of Israel and then check out your own family crest and see.
What does this mean for America to turn away from the Paris treaty? Why is this a good thing for the USA?
Why is the EU, NATO and Germany so upset? Do you see what is really going on here or have you fallen for the strong delusion sent by Yehovah for those who will not obey? They seek to gain the wealth of the USA through the Paris treaty by crippling the US.
Now that this attempt has failed they will wage war which is the 4th curse of Lev 26. 2017 is the 4th Sabbatical cycle we are in now and this 4th curse of war is to take place starting in 2020.
Do you understand just how diabolical this Paris Treaty was to the USA? Listen and learn. Stop being deceived.
What is the Unpardonable Sin? Have you committed it? If you do not know what it is then you just don't know whether or not you have committed it.
We are told not to grieve the Holy Spirit, but what is it that grieves the Holy Spirit? Maybe you have done this sin?
Why did Ananias and Sapphira die after they gave money to Peter? Why was this such a big deal?
What is the proper understanding of the 3rd commandment? You are not to take the LORDS name in vain.
But this teaching is about the Feast of Shavuot, so why am I talking about all of these other things and how are they connected to Shavuot or Pentecost?
We have a very special interview today with Keith Johnson author of His Hallowed Name Revealed Again.
I just read this book again last week after having not read it for some years. It first blew me away in 2011 when I read it then. Now in 2017, I am blown away again at all the "Pearls" I did not see or just forgot about from my first reading. I cannot recommend this book enough to you to get and have in your library.
I asked Keith about the Grammar Rules in how to pronounce the name. We then talked about Swearing in the name of Yehovah and the third commandment and if this was the unpardonable sin.
We also talked about the power of the name and whether or not it was a sin to say the name Jesus as some say, who have now learned the Hebrew name was Yehshua?
Keith wanted me to point out these scriptures in the King James Bible from 1611 and see how the name of Joshua was translated as Jesus. You can learn more as you listen to the podcast and then refer to these two scripture passages.
Act 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. And next is the MKJV Act 7:45 Which also having received it by inheritance with Joshua, our fathers, with Joshua, in taking possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, Heb 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. And next is the MKJV Heb 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. You can read the first chapter of this book at this link And you can get the book along with the DVD that shows you how to pronounce the many versions of Yehovah in Hebrew at this link.
Jacob fell asleep and dreamt of a stairway to heaven. He anointed that stone which became the Pillar Stone upon which all the Kings of Israel were anointed. This stone is still in use today. Who are some of those tribes today? To whom did the name of Israel get passed down to? It was not to the Jews.
We had a problem in the middle of this recording with the audio. Please bare with us for a few minutes.
In this part 1, we must show you who Israel is and that the nation of Israel is not the nation of Judah as many assume. This is basic Biblical studies that most people just skip over. You can identify Israel by the blessings they have received. But we must identify those blessings so we can know what to look for.
We continue to explain the curses of Lev 26 starting now in this recording with the 2nd curse.
Why wait until disaster comes upon you, your family and property? Why not turn back to Yehovah today and begin to obey Him now?
Pestilence Earthquakes
Sword
Captivity
Does Yehovah hear your prayers? What does it mean to be righteous? What is the Mark of the Beast? What is the Mark of Yehovah?
What happens when we do not keep the Sabbatical Years? So what is the big deal about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years?
Are there curses for not obeying Yehovah happening right now on the nightly news? Yes, they are and we are going to show you what it looks like now today.
The curse of Terror
The curse of drought
The Curse of pestilence
The curse of war
The curse of captivity
Is the Seder Olam correct when they state a Shemitah year? How does the year of Nero as emperor determine when the Sabbatical years are? What about Julius Ceasar and the year he says was a Sabbatical year?
Does the Daniel Timeline prove when the next Jubilee years is? Is 2017 the next Jubilee year based on the Balfour Declaration and the 1967 war in Israel? What about the 70 years from the creation of Israel in 1947? Is 2017 a Jubilee year?
2 Kings 19:29 well prove these things true or false.
Why is there a 76-year difference between the years I am saying it is and those of the Jewish chronology? The Jewish chronology is based on the Seder Olam which at fault.
Many confess the name of Jesus quoting Romans 10:9 but few realize what that word confess means or just how serious it is in relationship to the Feast of Oaths. Those who confess the name of Jesus do not even understand what the Feast of Oaths is. Do you know what it means when you confess the name of Jesus? Do you know what the Feast of Oaths is? Do you understand the seriousness of a Blood Covenant?
How is any of this related to the Feast of Weeks and counting the Omer? Why did Jesus die on the tree nearly 2000 years ago? And how is this related to the 5 foolish virgins?
Come and join us as we explain all of this and more in this weeks teaching about the Feast of Oaths.
Lev 25:2 Jubilee year, how do we reconcile it to our time now? How do we reconcile the Hebrew Chronology with our time now? The year 701 is the date in history that matches ancient history with our time now. But this year of 701 B.C. also just so happens to be the 49th year of 2 Kings 19:29 and the Jubilee year of 700 B.C.
Here is the list of known Sabbatical years
701 & 700 BC 2 Kings 19:29
456 BC Nehemiah 8:18
162 BC 1 Maccabees 16:14
134 BC 1 Maccabees
43 BC Julius Caesar
36 BC Josephus Ant. 14:16:2
22 BC Josephus Ant. 15:9:1
42 CE Josephus Ant. 18
56 CE Nero's Note of Indebtedness
70 CE Temple Destroyed Sabbatical year
133 Rental Contract Bar Kochbah Revolt
140 rental Contract Bar Kochbah Revolt
439 Tombstone of Zoar 5th year of Sabbatical Cycle
515 Tombstone of Zoar 4th year of Sabbatical Cycle
Where does it say we are to count the Omer? What is an Omer? What does any of this have to do with me today in the 20th century?
Once you understand these answers and the reason for the Omer counting then you will get very excited. Many speak about a rapture to come, but have no clue, NO CLUE, what they are looking for. And yet in the very Holy Days of Lev 23 you are told when we would be changed in the twinkling of an eye. But because most people do not obey the commandments they do not and cannot understand the plan of salvation.
Get ready to be enlightened about a subject straight out of your own bible.
Does the Babylonian Talmud tell you to keep the Sabbatical year outside the land of Israel? How do you prove when the Sabbatical years are? Is the 50th year the 1st year in the next cycle? Can we learn when the Sabbatical year is in Lev 25:2? Only by doing the chronology in Genesis properly and we are going to walk you through that.
How old was Abraham when Yehovah made the covenant? How do you add up the years from Abraham to the Exodus? How does Shavuot show us how to keep the Jubilee year?
We have explained the 3 days and 3 nights and shown you that Yehshua was killed on Wednesday and came out of the grave on Saturday afternoon as the sunset. We have also explained the verse that added the word today in our teaching about The Road to Emmaus. But there are still some who use the day Yehshua rode into Jerusalem, known as Palm Sunday, claiming it is the 10th day of Nisan, to prove that He did not die on Wednesday but on Thursday instead, to justify a Sunday resurrection. Are they right?
Have they deceived you before you even get to answer the question about when was Passover? And now you're wondering how have you been deceived? John says Yehshua came to Bethany 6 Days before Passover. Let us now do the chronology and learn the truth about Palm Sunday and the day Yehshua was crucified on Nisan 14.
The United Kingdom has filed Article 50 and officially started the divorce process from the EU. Spain has now demanded that Gibraltar be returned to Spain as part of this divorce process. Europe has also demanded that Great Britain pay them 52 Billion Sterling in order to start the negotiations.
And then as I go to post this podcast we have news of the comments that Nigal Farage made at the EU parliament about these divorce proceedings. Isaiah 47, and Revelation have a very stark warning to us. They talk of this Babylonian whore also known as Europa but they do not call her a divorcee, no, the bible calls this End Time Beast Super Power a widow not a divorced woman. This is absolutely stunning to realize what we are being told. Who has died in order for the Great whore to be a widow? Those who are leaving the European Union, those who leave the Paris Treaty, those who will not submit to the EU rules and demands.
Trade wars begins with people talking and arguing in parliaments. They then turn to war. We are in the 4th Sabbatical Cycle, the cycle of the fourth curse of war from Lev 26. Very scary times we are entering into.
When reading about the Tabernacle built in the wilderness in the book of Exodus, we need to understand how are the two of them connected. Is there a connection or am I just putting two thing together to make a good teaching. The connections go deep and explain how this structure built in the wilderness explains how we have a relationship with our Father and how is it that He lives within us. Listen in and find out more.
Why do we need to keep the Sabbatical year? Is it truly just for when you're in the land of Israel? Does Yehovah care whether or not you keep the Sabbatical years? Does Yehovah show us when the Sabbatical years are? Can you prove this from your own bible? Is the Sabbatical year 49 or 50 years in length and can we prove it? How do you keep it and how do you survive?
Come with us and begin to learn the truth about the Sabbatical years and how you can prove them.
With the coming month of Aviv in 2017 the number of years since the creation of Adam is 5853. But the Jewish sages tell us it is 5777 since the creation.
We use the Sabbatical and Jubilee cycles which began with the creation of Adam. But there are still 76 missing years between the two chronologies, when both start at the same place. Why?
Walk with us back to the year 841 BC and watch what one wicked mother and grandmother does and the results that come from these events. Take note, the things you do will have an effect on your descendants for either good or evil. Choose wisely what you do today to bless your descendants tomorrow.
Today there is a cacophony of people out there all claiming to be "The Watchman" on the wall warning the people. Almost all of those warning the people about the end times never warn the people to repent from not keeping the Sabbath or the Holy Days nor the Sabbatical years.
Right now many Christian watchmen are talking about the rapture that is to come on Sept 23, 2017. Other messianic leaders are telling the people that 2017 is the Jubilee year and the Messiah is about to come. Still others are hanging on to the Daniel Time line teaching.
If your following some of these "watchmen" then they had better be telling you to return to the keeping the Sabbath and Holy Days and Sabbatical years. IF they are not telling you to repent and how to repent then you need to stop listening to them.
The sirens are sounding. The shofars are blowing, but due to the cacophony of false teachers no one hears them.
Music is by the Philadelphia Singers and is titled the Watchman.
Luke 24:1 states that today is the third day. And based on this one translation many have now excepted this to be the resurrection day on Sunday and have made this the reason they now keep Sunday as the Lord's Day and Easter Sunday. But is this a proper translation? Is there a reason for those doing the translation to change the wording ever so slightly?
The word today is not in the original Greek. It has been added. Lets look at this scripture and see the reason behind adding it to this passage and the motivation for doing it. Music is Hallelujah to the Lord by Maranatha! Music, Messianic Praise Album
Well it is that time again as we start the yearly cycle of Festivals and in a few weeks we will begin with Passover. There is always a lot of talk about leaven at this time and people are busy cleaning out their homes in preparation. Are we focusing in the wrong area? Do we have the correct understanding of what it actually spoken about in Torah when it comes to “leaven”? This is Part 2. Next I will be speaking on "Building your tabernacle. Stay tuned.
Trump's secretary of state, Rex Tillerson said it may be necessary to take pre-emptive military action against Pyongyang if the threat from their weapons program reaches a level 'that we believe requires action'. President Trump met with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and it was an awkward meeting between them. Lev 26 tells us Yehovah is going to send the sword against us. Mathew 24 tells us there will be wars and rumors of wars. The Bush Doctrine of Preemptive strikes came right after 9/11 and here we are 15 years later about to use it again.
It is Yehovah who is sending this terror that is plaguing the USA and the western world. But we do not see it.
March 19, 2017 would have been wave sheaf day had the barley been close to being ripe on February 27, 2017. We are now just 11 days away from the new moon being sighted on March 29, 2017. Will the barley be aviv by this new moon or will a 13th month be declared? Many declared a 13th month in 2016 because they did not have ripe barley by the new moon day. Will those same people now declare a 13th month again this year, two years in a row?
Checking the barley reports this week causes me to wonder because by New Moon day the state of the barley looks like it will be in the exact same state as it was last year when they declared a 13th month.
At Sightedmoon.com we believe you need to have ripe barley for the wave sheaf day during the days of Unleavened Bread. We do not believe you need ripe barley by New Moon day. But not everyone agrees with me. So ask yourself the question, why do we search for barley in the first place? Is it not for the wave sheaf offering during the Days of Unleavened Bread? Time to rethink our positions again.
The decisions that the Trump administration are having on Europe are becoming more dangerous and serious with each passing day. He has only been in office for two months now. Germany and Europe are nervous about the populist vote that is sweeping Europe. They are concerned that Trump and Putin are as close as they are. Europe is now seeking Nuclear armaments to supplement the army that they are now building which will be one of the largest on earth.
The 70 weeks of Daniel warn us that in 2020 the USA will be destroyed and this great whore of Babylon, Europa, will be the one that defeats her. The ancient nation of Assyria.
Well it is that time again as we start the yearly cycle of Festivals and in a few weeks we will begin with Passover. There is always a lot of talk about leaven at this time and people are busy cleaning out their homes in preparation. Are we focusing in the wrong area? Do we have the correct understanding of what it actually spoken about in Torah when it comes to "leaven"? Listen in and see if you even consider it from this perspective.
I want to introduce you to James Relf and let him explain to you in his own words what we are doing and how we came to this stage in our journey. Once again Yehovah has been orchestrating things and has had them planned many years before we even new of each other. This is very interesting.
James is going to be contributing teachings to our podcasts and News Letters.
In this teaching we are going to show you how to understand the 3 days and 3 nights properly and that it is not Good Friday to Easter Sunday. As we do this we are also going to share with you who Yehovah is and how the Holy Days help us to understand the plan of salvation. We are also going to show you why Yehshua was in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights and how this is prophetic in showing us when Yehovah is going to dwell here on this earth with us. IN order to do this we also need to know what the meaning of the 8th Day Feast is about. There is a lot to take in, so take a note book and write some of these things down.
We also have this teaching on our web site at the following url. sightedmoon.com/3 days and 3 nights what do they mean/ May Yehovah richly bless you in understanding and knowledge and wisdom.
In this podcast having already talked about the Metonic Cycles in part 1, we get down to business in counting the days of Ezekiel's 390 day and 40 day prophecy. When you count them out they do not work using the 30 day or 31 day per month calendar. Nor do they work if you only use the crescent moon calendar. In this podcast we explain to you why they do not work and then how they only work using the crescent moon to begin the month along with an intercalated 13 month. Another Biblical proof of which moon you should be using to count towards each Holy Day. This is very important to know and understand. Please do share it with others.
You can find more detailed information in our News Letter at this link
With the recent 13th month declared, many begin to question where that is found in the bible. Because so few keep the Holy Days of Lev 23 they do not understand the purpose and the deep meaning of the Wave Sheaf offering and what it represents. Still others postpone the Holy Days of Lev 23 by one two or three days and sometime by a whole month by using the Metonic Cycle found in the Hebrew Calendar. They do not realize they are already using a 13 month calendar in some years. The seriousness of this is found when those who thought they were protected by Yehovah realize they are not, and it is because they are not keeping the Feasts of Lev 23 when they are commanded to be kept. In this part 1 we examine the Metonic cycle.
Notes from our News Letter are found here.
As we draw closer to Passover it is time to once again go over the Exodus Story. When we read about the Taskmasters in Egypt I had never considered what they were doing until this year when I heard what a Taskmaster was. Then when I saw what took place in Mosul after ISIS took over that city, I was horrified at the atrocities they did to the Yezida people and to the Christians.
But when we see the relationship between the two, then I begin to shake as I watch the world being dominated by one religion in the years ahead.
What does it mean to follow the cloud? Israel did it when they came out of Egypt. How do we do this today? It is done by watching for the barley and by watching for the crescent moon. Is this year an Adar Bet year? Do we add a 13th month to this year? How do we know what to do and when to do it?
We are going to talk about some of these things in this podcast. Yehovah be with you and bless you with the eyes that are open to His understandings.
This is our first podcast. The 12th month of the year 5852. We are going to make some mistakes and we are learning new things with each one. Just getting to this stage has been an adventure. In this podcast I tell you a bit about my history and how we got to this stage. I share with you the days news that has caught my attention about Franklin Graham and how christians are protesting his speaking in Vancouver in March 2017. I also talk to you about our goals. We have much more to share and that will come over time. Please subscribe, even though this is a poor first take. They are going to get better. LOL At least we hope they do. And you too can help us to share this message around the world.
How is President Donald Trump and Baal Peor related through Bible Prophesy? Why is this so important? What does Brexit and the Paris Treaty got to do with Trump calling for the US to leave the UN and NATO. World events are happening according to bible prophecy. It is now time to learn these truth. If you would like to watch the video associated with the video the head over to youtube an watch it there. Click link below.