Appointed Times of YHVH
"These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them... (Leviticus 23:4 ESV)
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When Does the Feast of Unleavened Bread Start
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. (Exo 12:18-20 ASV) There are some who believe this passage is defining the parameters of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which lasts 7 days, to…
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When a Day Begins and Ends
I’ve recently compiled a study on When a Day Begins and Ends according to Genesis 1 that I thought would be helpful to those who are seeking this matter out. I also addressed several of the most popular texts used to justify an evening-to-evening reckoning of a Day. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below. You might also be interested in this video presentation by the same name:
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Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 2011 – Leviticus 23:40 The Way We Did It part 1
23:40 and on the first day ye shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year. We went to the “hill country” of our family land to gather these things. For the goodly fruit of the trees, we chose Persimmons. We picked about a dozen and chose one each of the choice fruits for each of us. This is obviously a fitting fulfillment of “goodly fruit of trees”. We were thinking along the lines of rejoicing for the fruit Yahweh has provided from…
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Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 2011 Our Sukkah
Here is our homemade sukkah. Constructed of Eastern Red Cedar, a few lag bolts, paracord and deck screws. It has 3 1/2 walls and a door. The half wall is open at the bottom to allow access to the tent. The booth is our living and dining area, the tent is for a waterproof bedroom. The whole family got in on the project. It was a lot of work but entirely satisfying and rewarding.
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Present an Offering Made to YHWH By Fire
I was reading in Leviticus 23 last night and noticed that the instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles in verse 36 says, “For seven days present offerings made to YHWH by fire, and on the eighth day…” I then noticed this instruction to “present offerings made to YHWH by fire” are also found in verse 8 (Feast of Unleavened Bread), verse 23 (Yom Teruah), and verse 27 (Yom Kippur). This particular phrase was not made during the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), however now I realize we are told to do the same there. But what does this mean? I understand it meant to go to the tabernacle and literally present…
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Leviticus 23:32 A little clarification please!
Yom haKippurim is on the 10th day of the 7th month. Lev 23:32 says that the Shabbat begins on the even of the 9th and continues to the even of the 10th. Many or most seem to interpret this as the end of the 9th to the end of the 10th. This is well and good but I thought the even begins the days. So the even of the 9th would be the start of day 9 and the even of the 10th would start the 10th. It seems to me if the day does start at the even, then this Shabbat should start at the even of the 10th…
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Yom Kippur Day of Atonement October 6, 2011
The Day of Atonement begins the evening of the 9th and goes to the evening of the 10th of the 7th month. Most would agree with this but the question is, when does the timing fall according to the pagan calendar? By our reckoning, this would be 10/5/2011 to 10/6/2011. We are questioning if we are not a day late. We do not seem to feel that we are early and this is for a lot of reasons. We are going to chart the moon closely and see how the month ends up working itself out. I will admit, this is the one Shabbat that seems to make sense running…
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Keep From Doing As You Please
As I was studying out the Day of Atonement in Scripture, I came across a familiar passage, Isaiah 58:13-14: “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the LORD has…