Yahuwah's Holy Days or Feast Days
(Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles)
When it talks about “holy convocations” below, concerning the feast days, the word convocation means a sacred assembly, memorial, and rehearsal. All three of these definitions help us understand exactly why Yahuwah tells His people to celebrate these feasts. They help us remember the things He’s done in the past for His people, and they cause us to rehearse for the future. In rehearsals we practice until we get better and better, but we will be able to get it all right when He returns and guides us in the Millennium period. That’s comforting to me. When I mess up, I get to rehearse again. And these are HOLY days! Being types and shadows does not mean they are not important or required. We, as Yahuwah’s children, are commanded to celebrate and honor them.
We do them in simple ways - by following the Scriptural instructions as best we can, but we don't do the sacrifices. Some people make them into big celebrations. You can search online to learn how different Messianic groups celebrate these feasts. I'm just giving the basics here.
Because there is no temple or priesthood presently, we do not do the sacrifices or offerings to Yahuwah during these feasts. In the Millennium, however, the Bible tells us there will again be animal sacrifices, and they will be done as a remembrance and act of worship.
PESACH OR PASSOVER:
Leviticus 23:4-5 King James Version
4 These are the feasts of Yahuwah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is Yahuwah's passover. (The first Hebrew month is not January, it is in the springtime.)
Following are the instructions for the first Passover, when the Hebrews were slaves in Egypt, and Yahuwah was about to kill all the firstborn of the Egyptians as a plague because they refused to let His people go free.
Exodus 12:1-14 King James Version
1 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Yahuwah's passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am Yahuwah.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to Yahuwah throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Deuteronomy 16:1 King James Version
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Yahuwah thy God: for in the month of Abib Yahuwah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
The Passover is in remembrance of when Yahuwah had the Hebrew slaves in Egypt paint lamb’s blood over their doorposts and it protected them from the destroying angel killing their firstborn children, as it killed the firstborns of the Egyptians as one of the plagues upon them for enslaving Yahuwah’s people. It is prophetic about Yahushuwa who died on the cross on Passover, as our Passover lamb, so that His blood on the doorposts of our hearts would protect us from death and destruction, when we get born-again. He fulfilled this feast day when He was crucified, and we are to observe it every year as a memorial. If you’re not able to keep it on the right day because of illness, etc., a second Passover is permitted 30 days later (see Numbers 9:11).
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Yahuwah thy God: for in the month of Abib Yahuwah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
The Passover is in remembrance of when Yahuwah had the Hebrew slaves in Egypt paint lamb’s blood over their doorposts and it protected them from the destroying angel killing their firstborn children, as it killed the firstborns of the Egyptians as one of the plagues upon them for enslaving Yahuwah’s people. It is prophetic about Yahushuwa who died on the cross on Passover, as our Passover lamb, so that His blood on the doorposts of our hearts would protect us from death and destruction, when we get born-again. He fulfilled this feast day when He was crucified, and we are to observe it every year as a memorial. If you’re not able to keep it on the right day because of illness, etc., a second Passover is permitted 30 days later (see Numbers 9:11).
We also are instructed to teach our children about Passover on this day.
Exodus 12:25-27 King James Version
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Matthew 26:1-2 King James Version
1 And it came to pass, when Yahushuwa had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
Yahushuwa tells us in the verse below to keep the Passover after His death IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIM. 1 Corinthians 10:16 calls it communion. This was Passover, and we are to celebrate it once a year.
1 Corinthians 11:23-25 King James Version
23 For I have received of the Messiah that which also I delivered unto you, that Mashiach Yahushuwa the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
‘Testament’ above, #1242 diathēkē in Strong’s, refers to ‘a will which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death.’ He was making a will and testament of His blood for us, for after His death.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8 King James Version
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Yahushuwa our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Luke 23:44-46 King James Version
44 And it was about the sixth hour (noon), and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour (3 p.m.)
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And when Yahushuwa had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
When Yahushuwa was on the cross and said “why have you forsaken me?” and “It is finished”, those two statements mean something different than you probably have been taught. I’m quoting from another source because they explained it well:
"While hanging on the cross, Jesus was still instructing His disciples. Jesus spoke the words from Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
As a rabbi, Jesus used a teaching tool called a Remez, in which the rabbi quoted a part of scripture, allowing his disciples to recall the rest of that book or passage, therefore applying its significance.
So, as Jesus said the words from Psalm 22:1, He wanted His disciples to recall verses such as:
But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all! Everyone who sees me mocks me… (Psalm 22:6-7 NLT, emphasis added)
My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat. They divide my garments among themselves and throw dice for my clothing. (Psalm 22:16-18 NLT, emphasis added)
As they watched their Rabbi and Lord dying on the cross, these verses literally played out before them. Jesus used the Remez to tell them He was the Messiah.
In addition, as Jesus spoke His last words, “It is finished,” the priest yelled from the altar, “It is finished,” to let the people know the sacrifices were done.” – (Stephanie Pavlantos - Bible Study Tools website)
1 Corinthians 11:23-25 King James Version
23 For I have received of the Messiah that which also I delivered unto you, that Mashiach Yahushuwa the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
‘Testament’ above, #1242 diathēkē in Strong’s, refers to ‘a will which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death.’ He was making a will and testament of His blood for us, for after His death.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8 King James Version
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Yahushuwa our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Luke 23:44-46 King James Version
44 And it was about the sixth hour (noon), and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour (3 p.m.)
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And when Yahushuwa had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
When Yahushuwa was on the cross and said “why have you forsaken me?” and “It is finished”, those two statements mean something different than you probably have been taught. I’m quoting from another source because they explained it well:
"While hanging on the cross, Jesus was still instructing His disciples. Jesus spoke the words from Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
As a rabbi, Jesus used a teaching tool called a Remez, in which the rabbi quoted a part of scripture, allowing his disciples to recall the rest of that book or passage, therefore applying its significance.
So, as Jesus said the words from Psalm 22:1, He wanted His disciples to recall verses such as:
But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all! Everyone who sees me mocks me… (Psalm 22:6-7 NLT, emphasis added)
My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat. They divide my garments among themselves and throw dice for my clothing. (Psalm 22:16-18 NLT, emphasis added)
As they watched their Rabbi and Lord dying on the cross, these verses literally played out before them. Jesus used the Remez to tell them He was the Messiah.
In addition, as Jesus spoke His last words, “It is finished,” the priest yelled from the altar, “It is finished,” to let the people know the sacrifices were done.” – (Stephanie Pavlantos - Bible Study Tools website)
1 Corinthians 5:7 Amplified Bible
…… For Yahushuwa our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.
1 Peter 1:19 King James Version
19 But with the precious blood of Yahushuwa, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
…… For Yahushuwa our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.
1 Peter 1:19 King James Version
19 But with the precious blood of Yahushuwa, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Here is a good articles explaining the events of the crucifixion. I encourage you to read it to get a deeper understanding of it:
https://isaiahsixtyoneseven.blogspot.com/2021/01/did-messiah-eat-passover-before-he-died.html
Did Messiah Eat the Passover Before He Died? - Maria Merola
FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD:
Exodus 12:18 King James Version
18 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.
The fourteenth day of the first month is Passover, so on Passover we are to begin eating the unleavened bread. The title of Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on the fifteenth day, so it’s eight days altogether that we eat the unleavened bread.
Exodus 12:20 King James Version
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:6-8 King James Version
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Yahuwah: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (EXTRA SABBATH)
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (EXTRA SABBATH)
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days;
8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahuwah thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Amplified Bible
6 Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?
7 Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new batch, just as you are, still unleavened. For Yahushuwa our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.
8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and [untainted] truth.
The leavening represents sin here. Notice how this is the New Testament instruction, and Paul tells the believers to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread! No leavening is to be used or even kept in the home for the week as a reminder of how the Hebrews left Egypt in a hurry and didn’t have time to leaven their bread. The first and seventh day of this are extra Sabbaths in which no ‘servile’ work is to be done (like working a job for pay). This represents Yahushuwa quickly being put in the tomb in order to get it done before the extra Sabbath arrived (on Thursday, as He was crucified on Passover on Wednesday). He was sinless, so considered ‘unleavened’, and this feast also represents that. Also, removing all of the leavening out of our homes reminds us of how hard it is to remove all sin out of our lives. It’s easy to miss something.
The leavening represents sin here. Notice how this is the New Testament instruction, and Paul tells the believers to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread! No leavening is to be used or even kept in the home for the week as a reminder of how the Hebrews left Egypt in a hurry and didn’t have time to leaven their bread. The first and seventh day of this are extra Sabbaths in which no ‘servile’ work is to be done (like working a job for pay). This represents Yahushuwa quickly being put in the tomb in order to get it done before the extra Sabbath arrived (on Thursday, as He was crucified on Passover on Wednesday). He was sinless, so considered ‘unleavened’, and this feast also represents that. Also, removing all of the leavening out of our homes reminds us of how hard it is to remove all sin out of our lives. It’s easy to miss something.
YOM HABIKKURIM OR FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS:
Leviticus 23:9-11, 14 King James Version
9 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahuwah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS on the first Sunday right after Unleavened Bread)
14 …. it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
9 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahuwah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS on the first Sunday right after Unleavened Bread)
14 …. it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
It is observed the day after the sabbath that occurs during the Feast. So, it will always be a Saturday evening to the following Sunday evening.
To the Jews this feast celebrated the first fruits of the new year field harvest, but it also celebrates the true day Yahushuwa rose from the dead, NOT Easter Sunday! (He actually rose the day before, on the Sabbath, in the late afternoon, and the women found Him on Sunday morning.)
Jonah 1:17 King James Version
17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:40 King James Version
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
The key here is that our Messiah was crucified on Passover which fell on a Wednesday that year, and 3 days and 3 nights (72 hours) later, He rose from the dead, NOT on a ‘Good Friday’, but on the Sabbath, Saturday, before sunset.
1 Corinthians 15:20 King James Version
20 But now is Yahushuwa risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
SHAVUOT OR FEAST OF WEEKS OR PENTECOST:
17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:40 King James Version
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
The key here is that our Messiah was crucified on Passover which fell on a Wednesday that year, and 3 days and 3 nights (72 hours) later, He rose from the dead, NOT on a ‘Good Friday’, but on the Sabbath, Saturday, before sunset.
1 Corinthians 15:20 King James Version
20 But now is Yahushuwa risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
SHAVUOT OR FEAST OF WEEKS OR PENTECOST:
Leviticus 23:15-21 King James Version
15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: (called COUNTING THE OMER – sheaf of grain)
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto Yahuwah.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto Yahuwah.
18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto Yahuwah, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto Yahuwah.
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before Yahuwah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Yahuwah for the priest.
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. (EXTRA SABBATH)
This is to celebrate the second harvest of the fields, 50 days after Firstfruits. It is also said to be the day that Moses gave the Hebrew people the Ten Commandments and the rest of the law. For believers in Messiah it is the day when the Holy Spirit was given to the people in the upper room and they all spoke in unknown tongues and 3,000 Jews responded to Peter’s first proclamation of the gospel.
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto Yahuwah.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto Yahuwah.
18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto Yahuwah, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto Yahuwah.
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before Yahuwah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Yahuwah for the priest.
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. (EXTRA SABBATH)
This is to celebrate the second harvest of the fields, 50 days after Firstfruits. It is also said to be the day that Moses gave the Hebrew people the Ten Commandments and the rest of the law. For believers in Messiah it is the day when the Holy Spirit was given to the people in the upper room and they all spoke in unknown tongues and 3,000 Jews responded to Peter’s first proclamation of the gospel.
Numbers 28:26 King James Version
26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto Yahuwah, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
Deuteronomy 16:9-12 King James Version
9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. (Called ‘Counting the Omar.)
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Yahuwah thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto Yahuwah thy God, according as Yahuwah thy God hath blessed thee:
11 And thou shalt rejoice before Yahuwah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which Yahuwah thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Acts 2:1-4 King James Version
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. (Called ‘Counting the Omar.)
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Yahuwah thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto Yahuwah thy God, according as Yahuwah thy God hath blessed thee:
11 And thou shalt rejoice before Yahuwah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which Yahuwah thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Acts 2:1-4 King James Version
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
YOM TERUAH OR FEAST OF TRUMPETS OR DAY OF SHOUTING, ALSO ROSH HASHANAH (Jewish civic new year)
Leviticus 23:23-25 King James Version
23 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. (7th month falls in the autumn, EXTRA SABBATH)
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah.
It is a one or two day period, and the beginning of a ten-day period of repentance before Yahuwah, known as the Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe), leading up to Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year when all are to make sure they are clean and pure before Him. The trumpet blasts are a wakening call to examine our lives and make sure we repented of our sins and asked forgiveness of any people we have sinned against. A greeting often used by the Jews on this day is “May your name be inscribed in the book of life.” (Notice that the ‘book of life’ is NOT just a New Testament thing. Interesting.) On Yom Teruah the trumpets are blown from morning to evening during this feast. There is a period immediately afterwards called the Ten Days of Awe in which the people are to continue examining themselves for any sin they need to repent of, and then this culminates on Yom Kippur, which I will explain shortly.
Yom Teruah is also called Rosh Hashanah, and the Jews believe it is the day that Yahuwah created the heavens and earth, the day Adam was created, the day that Samuel was born, and the day the first temple was dedicated! Rosh Hashanah means ‘head of the year’, but this would be a civic new year, not the real new year, which is in the springtime. This day is on the beginning of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar, not the first month, which is in the springtime.
The trumpet blasts also represent the announcing of a king, the new king of Israel, and this is the day Yahushuwa was born, the true King of Israel. There is information to prove this. There is a lot to this, and others have written about it better than I would, unless I repeated them word for word, so I'll give the name of the webpage where you can learn more if you want to.
23 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. (7th month falls in the autumn, EXTRA SABBATH)
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah.
It is a one or two day period, and the beginning of a ten-day period of repentance before Yahuwah, known as the Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe), leading up to Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year when all are to make sure they are clean and pure before Him. The trumpet blasts are a wakening call to examine our lives and make sure we repented of our sins and asked forgiveness of any people we have sinned against. A greeting often used by the Jews on this day is “May your name be inscribed in the book of life.” (Notice that the ‘book of life’ is NOT just a New Testament thing. Interesting.) On Yom Teruah the trumpets are blown from morning to evening during this feast. There is a period immediately afterwards called the Ten Days of Awe in which the people are to continue examining themselves for any sin they need to repent of, and then this culminates on Yom Kippur, which I will explain shortly.
Yom Teruah is also called Rosh Hashanah, and the Jews believe it is the day that Yahuwah created the heavens and earth, the day Adam was created, the day that Samuel was born, and the day the first temple was dedicated! Rosh Hashanah means ‘head of the year’, but this would be a civic new year, not the real new year, which is in the springtime. This day is on the beginning of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar, not the first month, which is in the springtime.
The trumpet blasts also represent the announcing of a king, the new king of Israel, and this is the day Yahushuwa was born, the true King of Israel. There is information to prove this. There is a lot to this, and others have written about it better than I would, unless I repeated them word for word, so I'll give the name of the webpage where you can learn more if you want to.
If you go read the book “The Star of Bethlehim: The Star that Astonished the World” by Ernest L. Martin, Ph.D., it gives the details of exactly how we can know the exact day and hour of His birth. You can get this book for free online as a PDF document, or read it for free online, or order a hard-copy: Go to the link below to get it.
It has to do with the Scripture that describes the woman clothed with the sun who is giving birth to a man-child. This is a constellation arrangement and it took place exactly like the Scripture says, only at one time in history.
Illustration is from Ernest Martin's book
“The Star of Bethlehem: The Star that Astonished the World”
The woman in this constellation is Virgo, the sun is by her torso like it clothes her, the moon is below her feet, there are twelve stars around her head, the red dragon is actually a constellation that is positioned between her legs, and it actually looks like a red dragon, even though the verse represents SATAN attacking this woman’s offspring.
Revelation 12 King James Version
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
(Right – another illustration showing the red dragon in position to grab the baby at birth.)
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto Yahuwah, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of Yahuwah, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our Yahuwah, and the power of his Mashiach: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our Yahuwah day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Yahuwah, and have the testimony of Yahushuwa ha Mashiach.
He was born on September 11 in 3 BC, near 7 p.m., but since our calendar is not exactly like the Hebrew calendar, it doesn’t always fall on September 11 for us in America. You can download a program for free which can show you what was going on during this year and month - it takes you back in time to show you when the stars aligned certain ways, when eclipses were, etc. It is the program that Ernest Martin used to help him determine the exact day and time of the birth of Yahushuwa, our Messiah.
"There are several distinct trumpet blasts to be made during the Feast of Trumpets.
Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets 2018) Shofar Blast
"The Tekiah (a short blast) is calling the people to convocation. The Shevarim (three wails – three tekiah together) is a reminder of the cry from the widow and the orphan, which should move us to help. The Teruah (the staccato blast of several short blasts) is a call to war; reminding us of the conflict we are in and not be complacent. The Tekiah HaGadol (the long blast) is the blast of ‘the Lord’. This is the blast we expect to hear at the resurrection and warning of the Day of ‘the Lord’."– From “A Brief Explanation of Our Calendar and the Biblical Festivals” by az-static.llm.io/2022
In ancient Israel this was the day that the kings were crowned and began their reign. It was the day that Solomon was crowned, and Jehoash (1 Kings 1:34). A shofar was blown and its meaning as “The king is coming and will be crowned today, his government has started.” Then he was anointed with oil and crowned. So Yahushuwa being born on that day, and returning on that day for His bride, fits right in there!
Joel 2:1 King James Version
1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Yahuwah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
It is also the day He will return for His bride (rapture). Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) is called ‘the day that no man knows’ because it starts on the day the new moon is sighted, and since sometimes the sliver of the moon is hidden by clouds, this feast is given 2 days in case no one was able to see the moon on the first day (it will then be counted on the second day.) That fits with ‘no one will know the day or hour’ when Yahushuwa will return (Matthew 24:36). It is, however, the ancient Jewish custom for the groom to arrive at midnight to get his bride and carry her off when people aren’t expecting him.
Matthew 25:6-7 King James Version
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 King James Version
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (the dead in Messiah will be raised at this time, not all the dead)
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Matthew 24:29-31 King James Version
29 Immediately AFTER THE TRIBULATION of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great SOUND OF A TRUMPET, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 King James Version
15 For this we say unto you by the word of Yahushuwa, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of Yahushuwa shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For Yahushuwa himself shall descend from heaven WITH A SHOUT, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Yahuwah: and the dead in Yahushuwa shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet Yahushuwa in the air: and so shall we ever be with Yahushuwa.
Notice how the verses above, which are talking about the rapture, say He will descend “WITH A SHOUT”, and “AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound”, and “AFTER THE TRIBULATION”. For ten days after the Tribulation, or right before the end of the Tribulation time when the refining period is finished and Yah’s wrath begins, called the Great Tribulation, Yahuwah will pour out His wrath on those who remain on the earth – those who still rebelled against Him. His bride will be taken up before He does this, as we are not appointed to His wrath. I wrote about that earlier as to who the bride is and what will happen after the rapture. Here we have three different verses about the rapture that let us know it will be on the Feast of Trumpets which is also called The Day of Shouting, and is the day that the kings were crowned and began their reign, the announcing of a king, the new king of Israel and as I said before, is also called ‘the day that no man knows’. Wow!
In ancient Israel this was the day that the kings were crowned and began their reign. It was the day that Solomon was crowned, and Jehoash (1 Kings 1:34). A shofar was blown and its meaning as “The king is coming and will be crowned today, his government has started.” Then he was anointed with oil and crowned. So Yahushuwa being born on that day, and returning on that day for His bride, fits right in there!
Joel 2:1 King James Version
1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Yahuwah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
It is also the day He will return for His bride (rapture). Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) is called ‘the day that no man knows’ because it starts on the day the new moon is sighted, and since sometimes the sliver of the moon is hidden by clouds, this feast is given 2 days in case no one was able to see the moon on the first day (it will then be counted on the second day.) That fits with ‘no one will know the day or hour’ when Yahushuwa will return (Matthew 24:36). It is, however, the ancient Jewish custom for the groom to arrive at midnight to get his bride and carry her off when people aren’t expecting him.
Matthew 25:6-7 King James Version
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 King James Version
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (the dead in Messiah will be raised at this time, not all the dead)
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Matthew 24:29-31 King James Version
29 Immediately AFTER THE TRIBULATION of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great SOUND OF A TRUMPET, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 King James Version
15 For this we say unto you by the word of Yahushuwa, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of Yahushuwa shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For Yahushuwa himself shall descend from heaven WITH A SHOUT, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Yahuwah: and the dead in Yahushuwa shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet Yahushuwa in the air: and so shall we ever be with Yahushuwa.
Notice how the verses above, which are talking about the rapture, say He will descend “WITH A SHOUT”, and “AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound”, and “AFTER THE TRIBULATION”. For ten days after the Tribulation, or right before the end of the Tribulation time when the refining period is finished and Yah’s wrath begins, called the Great Tribulation, Yahuwah will pour out His wrath on those who remain on the earth – those who still rebelled against Him. His bride will be taken up before He does this, as we are not appointed to His wrath. I wrote about that earlier as to who the bride is and what will happen after the rapture. Here we have three different verses about the rapture that let us know it will be on the Feast of Trumpets which is also called The Day of Shouting, and is the day that the kings were crowned and began their reign, the announcing of a king, the new king of Israel and as I said before, is also called ‘the day that no man knows’. Wow!
“Flavius Josephus was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for The Jewish War, who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry.” (Wikipedia) He was born in 37 A.D. Yahushuwa was born in September in 3 B.C. and began His ministry in 28 A.D., at 30 years old (taking into account that there is no 0 B.C.) He was crucified on Passover in the springtime in 32 A.D., at about 33 1/2 years old. Josephus was born 5 years after Yahushuwa was crucified. He wrote “The Jewish War” and “Antiquities of the Jews” and was a very trusted historian. “His works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Palestine, and provide a significant and independent extra-Biblical account of such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, James the Just, and possibly Jesus of Nazareth.” (Wikipedia). That was to give a bit of history on him. He is a trusted historical source.
So, in his book “Antiquities of the Jews” there are footnotes by William Whiston, an English theologian historian who translated the book into English in 1736, that say the year 23 B.C. was a Jubilee year (the 79th one since the creation). With that being so, then the next Jubilee year after that was 28 A.D. (when adding up the years you don’t count 0 B.C. or A.D. because there was no such thing – also, we’re going by our Gregorian calendar) on Yom Kippur, and that is the day Yahushuwa began His ministry, at 30 years old, when Luke 4:17-19 took place, and that would be the 80th Jubilee. In the Jubilee year all slaves were to be set free and all sales of land were returned to the original owner in the 50th year.
Leviticus 25:9-10 King James Version
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Below is when Yahushuwa began His ministry:
Luke 4:17-19 King James Version
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Yahuwah is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Yahuwah.” (This is a Yom Kippur Jubilee year reading.)
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is not this Joseph’s son?
23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
He did not read the rest of the passage, which says:
Isaiah 61:2b-3
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Yahuwah is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Yahuwah.” (This is a Yom Kippur Jubilee year reading.)
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is not this Joseph’s son?
23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
He did not read the rest of the passage, which says:
Isaiah 61:2b-3
2b…and the day of vengeance of Yahuwah, to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahuwah, that he might be glorified…
The reason He stopped where He did is because the rest of the passage is about His second coming, which will be on Yom Kippur in the 120th Jubilee, in the future, whereas the first part is about Him at the time when He read it, which He proclaimed as a Jubilee on ‘that’ Yom Kippur, when He began His ministry, and was basically letting them know that He is their Messiah, and that ticked them off.
The next Jubilee year, according to the date in Josephus’s book, will be 2028, and will be the 120th Jubilee year, and that equals 6,000 years (a Jubilee is every 50 years and 50x120=6,000), meaning it’s time for Messiah to return and start the beginning of the 7,000th year Sabbitical time period, the Millennium, which lasts 1,000 years, with Him and the saints ruling, and peace on earth finally.
Genesis 6:3 King James Version
3 And Yahuwah said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Man’s days being 120 years is referring to the 6,000 years that man lives on earth doing things HIS way, and when that time period is over we have 1,000 years left in which Yahushuwa will rule with His saints, and do things HIS way. It is 120 Jubilees, which equals 6,000 years (120x50=6,000). He was giving us the timing for His return.
Another confirmation that it will be 2028 is the Parable of the Fig Tree in Matthew 24:32-34. The fig tree is Israel.
Matthew 24:32-34 King James Version
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahuwah, that he might be glorified…
The reason He stopped where He did is because the rest of the passage is about His second coming, which will be on Yom Kippur in the 120th Jubilee, in the future, whereas the first part is about Him at the time when He read it, which He proclaimed as a Jubilee on ‘that’ Yom Kippur, when He began His ministry, and was basically letting them know that He is their Messiah, and that ticked them off.
The next Jubilee year, according to the date in Josephus’s book, will be 2028, and will be the 120th Jubilee year, and that equals 6,000 years (a Jubilee is every 50 years and 50x120=6,000), meaning it’s time for Messiah to return and start the beginning of the 7,000th year Sabbitical time period, the Millennium, which lasts 1,000 years, with Him and the saints ruling, and peace on earth finally.
Genesis 6:3 King James Version
3 And Yahuwah said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Man’s days being 120 years is referring to the 6,000 years that man lives on earth doing things HIS way, and when that time period is over we have 1,000 years left in which Yahushuwa will rule with His saints, and do things HIS way. It is 120 Jubilees, which equals 6,000 years (120x50=6,000). He was giving us the timing for His return.
Another confirmation that it will be 2028 is the Parable of the Fig Tree in Matthew 24:32-34. The fig tree is Israel.
Matthew 24:32-34 King James Version
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
A generation being 70 or 80 years:
Psalm 90:10 King James Version
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psalm 90:10 King James Version
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Israel became a nation in 1948, and 80 years from then is 2028! 70 years would have been 2018 and that is not the Jubilee year, plus it didn’t happen in 2018, so that leaves only 2028 with an 80-year generation, AND the Jubilee. The next Jubilee year is 2078 and there is no way our Messiah is waiting that much longer to return. All the signs of the times are here NOW.
There is another witness to the year 2028 as well. In 2014, two cows were born with the number 7 on their foreheads. THEY WERE BORN FIVE DAYS APART in different states. The first one was born in Loretta, Pennsylvania on September 20th, on Saturday, the Sabbath (and it was the final Sabbath before the Jewish civic new year). The second one was born in Gatesville, Texas. on September 25th, on the Feast of Trumpets. Both were born on significant days, holy days of Yahuwah. And if you add the two 7s you get 14 – in 14 years from that year is the year 2028.
Why make an issue out of these two cows? Aside from the things I just mentioned, there is Scripture about two sets of 7 cows in a dream that Pharaoh had. Let’s look at this:
Genesis 41:17-21 King James Version
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
Here is the interpretation that Joseph gave to Pharoah concerning the dream:
Genesis 41:29-31 King James Version
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
The black cow with the fancy number 7 on its face may very well represent the seven healthier, fatter cows in the dream, and represent blessing and abundance in the land, as the cows in Pharaoh’s dream were prophetic of 7 years of abundance. This would be from September of 2014 until September of 2021. Although we had troubles in those years, we did also have a lot of blessings. C19 came on the scene in about February 2019 and things began to get gloomy with all the fear and restrictions that was promoted by the governments around the world. The restrictions caused many people to lose their jobs and businesses and the disease got many people sick and many died, and then the jab came into being and permanently injured and killed thousands upon thousands of people. So things took a turn for the worse before the 7 years was up.
The brown cow with the plain number 7 may represent the seven thin, sickly cows in the dream, and represent removal of blessings, sickness and famine. People have been dropping dead by the thousands now that the jabs have had time to circulate in their bodies, and the boosters have been taken. Healthy athletes are now dropping dead while they are playing the sports, and even children are having heart attacks, heart disease and blood clots. This is very abnormal for children, but has become such a problem that pediatric cardiac centers are being built to treat all of the sick and dying children in. This is especially being noticed and dealt with in 2022. We’ve been advancing towards more and more difficult times and now, in the summer of 2022, experts are saying that there will be famine very soon. We will find out soon enough. It appears that the plagues of Revelation in the Bible are being poured out even now, and I expect the Tribulation to begin in the spring of 2025, which is only a little more than 2 ½ years away (I’m writing this in January of 2023.) The Tribulation is 3 ½ years, not 7 years as many believe. See this blog to better understand this:
by Maria Merola Wold
Leviticus 25:9-10 New International Version
9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land.
10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan.
Leviticus 25:9-10 King James Version
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
There is speculation, based on Jubilee years and prophecy, that this will happen in the year 2028. I believe this. During the Jubilee of 2028, Yahushuwa will return and put an end to the tribulation, and the earth will revert back to its original owner, which is Yahushuwa. All slaves were set free, and all sales of land were returned to the original owner in the 50th year. It is 2022 presently. We have only a little over five more years (from January 2023 until the fall feasts in 2025)! I’ll leave that right there. I’m not prophesying. I’m looking at the evidence and making an educated opinion. Watch for it.
Now I’m going to take this a bit further. We believe that Donald Trump is going to become president again in 2025. We have believed this for over a year, and it’s interesting that he just announced in November of 2022 that he will run again. There is much evidence that he is the Little Horn in the book of Daniel. See this blog:
by Maria Merola Wold
Matthew 24:15-24 King James Version
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: (Jen’s note – notice that the Sabbath is not done away with but is being honored in these last days!)
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Messiah, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
I’m thinking that those from Judah who had to flee for protection are the 144,000 from the tribes of Israel – 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes, and they are the ones protected for 3 ½ years – they are sealed ahead of time. 144,000 is very likely referring to households and not individual people. And where it says they have not been defiled by women and are virgins, it means they haven’t been defiled by the mother harlot church. Read these verses first and then I’ll explain:
Revelation 7:1-4 King James Version
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of Yahuwah in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 14 King James Version
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
In verse 4 where it says they weren’t defiled with ‘women’, that word was translated wrong – The Greek word is #1135 in the Strong’s Concordance and means ‘woman’ – singular, not plural. (#1135 gune: goo-nay’ probably from the base of 1096; a woman; especially, a wife: - wife, woman.) And the Greek word for ‘virgins’ is #3933 parthenos: “A virgin; marriageable maiden; a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man; a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom or idolatry; a man who has never had intercourse with a woman.” The actual meaning of this verse is a man who has not committed whoredom or idolatry with the mother harlot church. Below is a link that may shed some light on the 144,000 topic. Check it out and see what you think.
Here is a link to several blogs about Donald Trump and his probable involvement in the Great Tribulation. We will find out when it either does or doesn’t happen this way. It’s good to prepare spiritually, mentally and physically.
by Maria Merola Wold
by Maria Merola Wold
On the Feast of Trumpets, at the last trumpet blow, at the end of the tribulation, and before the ten days Yahuwah’s wrath during the Ten Days of Awe, Yahuwah will gather (rapture) His faithful ones, His bride, the wise virgins, the church of Philadelphia who have both the Messiah Yahushuwa (did not deny His name - are born-again and know the name of their Messiah) AND keep the commandments/law (have kept His word), and have an open door (to the wedding), give them their incorruptible bodies, and have the wedding with them for seven days.
Revelation 3:7-13 King James Version
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of Yahuwah, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of Yahuwah, and the name of the city of Yahuwah, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from Yahuwah: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
It does not appear that Christians will be a part of this rapture, because they do not keep the commandments/law of Yahuwah. Most of them are workers of lawlessness, as they eat pork, catfish, shellfish, etc., do not keep the 7th day Sabbath holy, do not celebrate the feast days of Yahuwah, and instead most of them celebrate the pagan holidays of Christmas and Easter, and some other pagan days as well. There are other laws they don’t even attempt to obey as well. This is where being a Torah observant believer (aka Messianic, Hebrew Roots, or Natsarim) becomes very important, and that is why satan fights so hard against the typical Christians accepting any teaching on this (the topic in this book). He has his demons sitting on many of their shoulders with their arms wrapped around their eyes and ears so they will not see or hear the real truth of the gospel.
They may not know any better, but I do not know if that will be an acceptable excuse to Yahuwah or not, because many are EXTREMELY stubborn to even consider listening and learning. I sure wouldn’t want to take the chance that it is not. Plus I do know better, so I don’t even have that option. And you who are reading this book also know better and need to adjust your life accordingly or you may not even make it to heaven at all. It’s not worth it to play Russian Roulette with your salvation.
After ten days (the Ten Days of Awe, between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur, is when Yahuwah will pour out His wrath on those remaining on the earth, through the bowl judgements – Revelation 16), He will return with His bride/army on white horses on Yom Kippur, to end the Great Tribulation.
Revelation 19:14 King James Version
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
The foolish virgins (Church of Smyrna) had to go through ten more days of tribulation instead of getting taken up before the wrath, because although they faithfully kept His commandments and did not get defiled with the mother harlot church, they did not understand that Yahushuwa is their Messiah, but finally realize who their Messiah is and are born-again in Him, and He receives them as His bride also. They now have their lamps filled with oil and are ready for the groom, and will be his bride also, with the five wise virgins, and will celebrate the wedding during the Feast of Tabernacles.
Here is a quote from Maria Merola Wold that may help it make more sense:
“Those who go into the marriage with the bridegroom are “taken,” and those who do not have their lamps filled (the five foolish virgins) are the ones who are “left” out of the marriage. To see more evidence for this, see my other article entitled: “Remember Lot’s Wife: Taken or Left?””
“Interestingly, the Hebrew & Greek meaning for the word “taken” means “to take into marriage” while the Hebrew & Greek meaning for the word “left” means “to divorce or forsake.” Contrary to what some people teach and believe, the five wise virgins who are “taken” represent the corporate bride of Mashiach.”
“They will be taken into a “set-apart” place called the “chuppah” or “bridal chamber” (Psalm 19:5; Joel 2:16). After seven days in the chuppah, the corporate bride will return with Mashiach on white horses (Revelation 19:7-14). But the five foolish virgins are the ones who are “left” out of the marriage.”
“From that group, there will be a remnant that will go and buy oil during “the ten days of tribulation” (Revelation 2:10). There will be some from that group who will be ready to meet their Mashiach at the Mount of Olives when he returns (see Revelation 19 & Zechariah 12).” – end of quote by Maria Merola Wold
Consider the story of Jacob - how he married Leah first and fulfilled the ‘week’ with her, and then the father gave Him Rachel to be his wife also (Genesis 29:27–28.) There are a lot of types and shadows in the Bible, and some believe that this is one of them. We will find out for sure how it plays out when the time comes.
The Millennium period begins shortly after that.
The Millennium period begins shortly after that.
If you want blow a trumpet for Feast of Trumpets, but don't have one, here are some links to shofar's sounding off for this feast day:
YOM KIPPUR OR DAY OF ATONEMENT (also known as ‘face to face’):
Leviticus 23:26-32 King James Version
26 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah. (YOM KIPPUR OR DAY OF ATONEMENT)
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before Yahuwah your God. (EXTRA SABBATH)
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Ten days later, The Day of Atonement, called Yom Kippur, is the holiest day of the year. The Jews repent of all their sins from the previous year. Since believers are already forgiven of their sins, and should repent of any new ones daily, this day isn’t celebrated in quite the same way, but it IS a commanded feast day and we DO celebrate it and take it seriously.
We are told to ‘afflict your souls’ and the most understood meaning is to fast. Afflict is #6031 ‘ana’ in Strong’s Concordance and means oppress, humble, be bowed down, be depressed, be downcast, to make weak, etc. – the main word that keeps being mentioned is humble. Souls is #5315 nepes and has many meanings but the ones that most believe fits best is appetite, desire, passion.
This was the only day that Yahuwah let the High Priest enter the Holy of Holies to meet Him ‘face to face’ (although he couldn’t ‘see’ Yahuwah, he was in His holy presence.) As born-again believers in our Messiah Yahushuwa, our eternal High Priest, we can enter the Holy of Holies spiritually, entering into the tangible presence of Yahuwah, and His love that we feel is the most wonderful and amazing thing in the world! And we can do this any day of the year.
Psalm 16:11 King James Version
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
He gave the blood sacrifice for sins. Two goats were offered on this day – one as a blood sacrifice for the people’s sins, and the other as a scapegoat, which was released into the wilderness to symbolize the people’s sins being carried away forever.
Psalm 103:11-12 King James Version
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
This was a yearly event. When the veil in the tabernacle was torn in half during the crucifixion, it symbolized how we no longer have to be separated from the presence of Yahuwah, as He offered Himself as the final sacrifice, and we can now enter the Holy of Holies in a spiritual way, through our Messiah Yahushuwa.
Matthew 27:50-51 King James Version
50 Yahushuwa, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Hebrews 10:19-20 King James Version
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yahushuwa,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Psalm 35:13 King James Version
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Isaiah 58:3 King James Version
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
That verse above shows that afflicting one’s soul has to do with fasting. It’s a somber day spent in fasting and praying, but can end in a joyful celebration. Fasting doesn’t serve the purpose of atoning for our sins, but it’s done because Yahuwah says to do it and it does make us more sensitive to the Holy Spirit and more open to Yahuwah speaking to us.
The ten days between Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement are called The Ten Days of Awe, and is the time when Yahuwah’s people are to think about what sins they need forgiveness for and repent of them. They are to dwell on Yahuwah’s holiness. For its’ future meaning, many people believe it is during this time, after the rapture on the Feast of Trumpets, when Yahuwah will pour out His wrath on the inhabitants of the earth with the bowl judgments, and the time when the Church of Smyrna will suffer her ten days of tribulation (Revelation 2:10) before she realizes that Yahushuwa is her Messiah (the five foolish virgins who needed to go get oil for their lamps – they kept the commandments but didn’t have the Messiah, didn't know His true name), and when He comes back with His bride army on the Day of Atonement to stop the war in the tribulation (His second coming – His return), He will accept the rest of His bride, Smyrna, who now believes in the true Messiah and has the oil in her lamp, and bring her to His kingdom as well, and for the next week there will be the wedding celebration for His marriage to His bride during Sukkot.
SUKKOT OR FEAST OF TABERNACLES OR FEAST OF BOOTHS OR FEAST OF INGATHERING (The 8th day is called HoShanah Rabbah – The Great Day of the Feast)
26 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah. (YOM KIPPUR OR DAY OF ATONEMENT)
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before Yahuwah your God. (EXTRA SABBATH)
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Ten days later, The Day of Atonement, called Yom Kippur, is the holiest day of the year. The Jews repent of all their sins from the previous year. Since believers are already forgiven of their sins, and should repent of any new ones daily, this day isn’t celebrated in quite the same way, but it IS a commanded feast day and we DO celebrate it and take it seriously.
We are told to ‘afflict your souls’ and the most understood meaning is to fast. Afflict is #6031 ‘ana’ in Strong’s Concordance and means oppress, humble, be bowed down, be depressed, be downcast, to make weak, etc. – the main word that keeps being mentioned is humble. Souls is #5315 nepes and has many meanings but the ones that most believe fits best is appetite, desire, passion.
This was the only day that Yahuwah let the High Priest enter the Holy of Holies to meet Him ‘face to face’ (although he couldn’t ‘see’ Yahuwah, he was in His holy presence.) As born-again believers in our Messiah Yahushuwa, our eternal High Priest, we can enter the Holy of Holies spiritually, entering into the tangible presence of Yahuwah, and His love that we feel is the most wonderful and amazing thing in the world! And we can do this any day of the year.
Psalm 16:11 King James Version
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
He gave the blood sacrifice for sins. Two goats were offered on this day – one as a blood sacrifice for the people’s sins, and the other as a scapegoat, which was released into the wilderness to symbolize the people’s sins being carried away forever.
Psalm 103:11-12 King James Version
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
This was a yearly event. When the veil in the tabernacle was torn in half during the crucifixion, it symbolized how we no longer have to be separated from the presence of Yahuwah, as He offered Himself as the final sacrifice, and we can now enter the Holy of Holies in a spiritual way, through our Messiah Yahushuwa.
Matthew 27:50-51 King James Version
50 Yahushuwa, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Hebrews 10:19-20 King James Version
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yahushuwa,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Psalm 35:13 King James Version
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Isaiah 58:3 King James Version
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
That verse above shows that afflicting one’s soul has to do with fasting. It’s a somber day spent in fasting and praying, but can end in a joyful celebration. Fasting doesn’t serve the purpose of atoning for our sins, but it’s done because Yahuwah says to do it and it does make us more sensitive to the Holy Spirit and more open to Yahuwah speaking to us.
The ten days between Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement are called The Ten Days of Awe, and is the time when Yahuwah’s people are to think about what sins they need forgiveness for and repent of them. They are to dwell on Yahuwah’s holiness. For its’ future meaning, many people believe it is during this time, after the rapture on the Feast of Trumpets, when Yahuwah will pour out His wrath on the inhabitants of the earth with the bowl judgments, and the time when the Church of Smyrna will suffer her ten days of tribulation (Revelation 2:10) before she realizes that Yahushuwa is her Messiah (the five foolish virgins who needed to go get oil for their lamps – they kept the commandments but didn’t have the Messiah, didn't know His true name), and when He comes back with His bride army on the Day of Atonement to stop the war in the tribulation (His second coming – His return), He will accept the rest of His bride, Smyrna, who now believes in the true Messiah and has the oil in her lamp, and bring her to His kingdom as well, and for the next week there will be the wedding celebration for His marriage to His bride during Sukkot.
SUKKOT OR FEAST OF TABERNACLES OR FEAST OF BOOTHS OR FEAST OF INGATHERING (The 8th day is called HoShanah Rabbah – The Great Day of the Feast)
Leviticus 23:33-36, 39-44 King James Version
33 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Yahuwah.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (EXTRA SABBATH)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
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39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto Yahuwah seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. (EXTRA SABBATHS)
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Yahuwah your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto Yahuwah seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yahuwah your God.
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of Yahuwah.
Deuteronomy 16:13-17 - King James Version
13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Yahuwah thy God in the place which Yahuwah shall choose: because Yahuwah thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Yahuwah thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks (Pentecost), and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before Yahuwah empty: (bring food and drink – this is the ‘festival that I mentioned earlier – there are three different tithes! They are all from the harvest, and do not require bringing money.)
17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahuwah thy God which he hath given thee.
The females can go to the festivals too, and whole families should go, but it is only the males who are required to go. Those who can’t afford to travel or who don’t have a group to fellowship with will usually do these celebrations at their home, and do the best they can with them. This celebration commemorates when the people of Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years before any could enter the Promise Land. They lived in temporary dwellings, and when we celebrate it we are to spend some time each day in a temporary dwelling, such as a tent, or sukkah (Hebrew for booth).
Some go camping for the week and celebrate with other families in the woods in tents or cabins. Others make a little ‘dwelling’ (sukkah) in their yard with a sitting area and spend time each day in it eating a meal, or reading, or praying, etc. Sukkot is a very important link to Yahushuwa when He came to tabernacle among us in the flesh and when He returns to us again to have the week-long marriage ceremony with His bride.
It is a fun celebration. There are usually lots of activities for the children, and fun times for the adults as well. My favorite times were when we did it camped out in the woods with a group of fellow believers from the congregation I attended.
The next verses are instructions for Sukkot, and it’s talking about bringing our tithe of food and wine or strong drink if you desire. Remember, this is a ‘festival tithe’, not the tithe that Christians understand a tithe to be:
Deuteronomy 14:23-26 King James Version
23 And thou shalt eat before Yahuwah thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Yahuwah thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which Yahuwah thy God shall choose to set his name there, when Yahuwah thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which Yahuwah thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before Yahuwah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,…
Notice that the tithe is food and drink, and even includes strong drink (which would be stronger than wine) – it’s a celebration of the harvest, which includes fruits and the drinks they make from them.
1 Corinthians 5:11 King James Version
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Yahushuwa ate with drunks, but they were unsaved, and not ‘brothers or sisters’ yet.
Ephesians 5:18 King James Version
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Sometimes when believers get filled with the Holy Spirit they get so happy that they act like they’re drunk, being a bit unsteady on their feet, laughing and feeling happy. On the first Pentecost, when they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, onlookers thought they may be drunk because of the way they acted. In modern times many believers have a very similar experience.
Proverbs 23:21 King James Version
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
The Scriptures do not say it’s a sin to drink alcoholic beverages – that comes from twisting Scriptures. They say it’s sin to be a drunkard. In fact, they say to drink alcohol at times for your health, and they say to do it in moderation (“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess”.)
1 Timothy 5:23 King James Version
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. (meaning don’t drink ONLY water, but also a little wine.)
Why would one need wine for their ‘stomach’s sake’? Well, if the water has bad bacteria or funguses in it, the alcohol in wine will kill them and prevent dysentery. Some people who travel overseas will drink only wine because the water is polluted in many places, and it does prevent them from getting sick!
In John 2 Yahushuwa turned water into wine at a wedding, for celebratory purposes. So, it’s not just permitted for health purposes.
Then what about verses like this one?
Proverbs 20:1 King James Version
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
It says you can bring wine or strong drink to the Feast of Tabernacles. The key is to not drink so much that you are drunk and disorderly (a drunkard), or to where you become addicted to alcohol and cannot control yourself with it – cannot stop drinking it – an alcoholic. If you are an alcoholic, it’s best to not drink at all. If that is a weakness in you, why tempt yourself to fall? Just don’t drink it. But if you have no bad issues with it, the Scriptures permit you to drink it for health and also for celebrations.
This next verse even shows that Yahushuwa drank wine:
Luke 7:33-35 King James Version
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Verse 33 is plainly talking about eating bread and drinking WINE, and the next line is talking about the same, and that some accused Him of being a winebibber, indicating that He was, in fact, drinking wine! Some of you are probably about to flip your lid at this point because your pastor told you that drinking wine is a sin! But the Scriptures tell you otherwise, so who are you going to believe? Some of you were taught that their wine didn’t have any alcohol content. That is absurd. Of course it had alcohol content. It was wine and strong drink.
Now this one tells you when NOT to drink wine or strong drink!
Leviticus 10:9 King James Version
9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
Sounds like when the temple is in existence and operation, people better not drink alcohol when they go into it! But look at this next one:
Proverbs 31:4-7 King James Version
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Remember that song (which is actually a Scripture) that goes “to everything turn, turn, turn, there is a season turn, turn, turn, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” – a time to (this) and a time to (that)……. Well, there is a time to drink wine and strong drink, and a time not to, and Feast of Tabernacles is one of those times when it is allowed!
We do all of these feasts very simply because we haven’t had much money to do anything otherwise, and of course without the sacrifices and offerings, and they are all pleasant. They are not laws that no man can keep. It amazes us that Christians go all out celebrating holidays of man, and several which are pagan, yet they say it’s too hard to celebrate Yahuwah’s feast days. Here is a Bible for the lawless people:
33 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Yahuwah.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (EXTRA SABBATH)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuwah: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
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39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto Yahuwah seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. (EXTRA SABBATHS)
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Yahuwah your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto Yahuwah seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yahuwah your God.
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of Yahuwah.
Deuteronomy 16:13-17 - King James Version
13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Yahuwah thy God in the place which Yahuwah shall choose: because Yahuwah thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Yahuwah thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks (Pentecost), and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before Yahuwah empty: (bring food and drink – this is the ‘festival that I mentioned earlier – there are three different tithes! They are all from the harvest, and do not require bringing money.)
17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahuwah thy God which he hath given thee.
Some go camping for the week and celebrate with other families in the woods in tents or cabins. Others make a little ‘dwelling’ (sukkah) in their yard with a sitting area and spend time each day in it eating a meal, or reading, or praying, etc. Sukkot is a very important link to Yahushuwa when He came to tabernacle among us in the flesh and when He returns to us again to have the week-long marriage ceremony with His bride.
23 And thou shalt eat before Yahuwah thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Yahuwah thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which Yahuwah thy God shall choose to set his name there, when Yahuwah thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which Yahuwah thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before Yahuwah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,…
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Ephesians 5:18 King James Version
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Proverbs 23:21 King James Version
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
The Scriptures do not say it’s a sin to drink alcoholic beverages – that comes from twisting Scriptures. They say it’s sin to be a drunkard. In fact, they say to drink alcohol at times for your health, and they say to do it in moderation (“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess”.)
1 Timothy 5:23 King James Version
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. (meaning don’t drink ONLY water, but also a little wine.)
Why would one need wine for their ‘stomach’s sake’? Well, if the water has bad bacteria or funguses in it, the alcohol in wine will kill them and prevent dysentery. Some people who travel overseas will drink only wine because the water is polluted in many places, and it does prevent them from getting sick!
In John 2 Yahushuwa turned water into wine at a wedding, for celebratory purposes. So, it’s not just permitted for health purposes.
Then what about verses like this one?
Proverbs 20:1 King James Version
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
It says you can bring wine or strong drink to the Feast of Tabernacles. The key is to not drink so much that you are drunk and disorderly (a drunkard), or to where you become addicted to alcohol and cannot control yourself with it – cannot stop drinking it – an alcoholic. If you are an alcoholic, it’s best to not drink at all. If that is a weakness in you, why tempt yourself to fall? Just don’t drink it. But if you have no bad issues with it, the Scriptures permit you to drink it for health and also for celebrations.
This next verse even shows that Yahushuwa drank wine:
Luke 7:33-35 King James Version
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Verse 33 is plainly talking about eating bread and drinking WINE, and the next line is talking about the same, and that some accused Him of being a winebibber, indicating that He was, in fact, drinking wine! Some of you are probably about to flip your lid at this point because your pastor told you that drinking wine is a sin! But the Scriptures tell you otherwise, so who are you going to believe? Some of you were taught that their wine didn’t have any alcohol content. That is absurd. Of course it had alcohol content. It was wine and strong drink.
Now this one tells you when NOT to drink wine or strong drink!
Leviticus 10:9 King James Version
9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
Sounds like when the temple is in existence and operation, people better not drink alcohol when they go into it! But look at this next one:
Proverbs 31:4-7 King James Version
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Remember that song (which is actually a Scripture) that goes “to everything turn, turn, turn, there is a season turn, turn, turn, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” – a time to (this) and a time to (that)……. Well, there is a time to drink wine and strong drink, and a time not to, and Feast of Tabernacles is one of those times when it is allowed!
We do all of these feasts very simply because we haven’t had much money to do anything otherwise, and of course without the sacrifices and offerings, and they are all pleasant. They are not laws that no man can keep. It amazes us that Christians go all out celebrating holidays of man, and several which are pagan, yet they say it’s too hard to celebrate Yahuwah’s feast days. Here is a Bible for the lawless people:
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