A DAY OF SALVATION

What a difference a day makes compared to the day of salvation.

2Co 6: v2. For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)

I guess the 6,000 years is the only chance to be in the kingdom. No other chances to be in the family? Isaiah has it right and is the original scripture mistakenly translated.

 Isa 49: v8. Thus saith Yahweh, in an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages .

This 6,000 year period is a day of salvation for the 144,000 saints. Our Creator speaks in parables to blind most of the world; not many are called out, even fewer are chosen.

Mat 13: v10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, why speakest thou unto them in parables?

V11. He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Luk 8: v10. And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Yahweh: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Luk 12: v32. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Those that are baptized in the correct name, repent and overcome daily have a chance to be in the 144,000 at the 7th Trump, if Messiah is fully formed in you by that time. There are Old Covenant and New Covenant Saints.

 John 10: v16. And other sheep I have (Old Covenant Saints), which are not of this fold (New Covenant Saints): them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one-fold, [and] one shepherd.

So, the majority of people in the past 6,000 years were not even called. Are they ever going to get a chance to be in the family? No chance if this 6,000 years is the day (only day) of salvation. Remember, Isaiah has it right, today is a day of salvation and there will be another day (later day) of salvation. There will be an opportunity for all humans that are not part of the 144,000 to be in the family! What, that's crazy, how can that be possible? A clue:

Isa 66: v23. And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahweh.

All flesh is certainly not worshiping him now so when is this period of time? None other than the Millennial Sabbath of YahwehZidkenu for a 1000 years.

During the Millennial Sabbath, our Creator and 144,000 Saints in spiritual bodies assuming a physical shape will teach all humanity, all aborted fetuses, everyone who ever lived, Hitler, even murderers. Impossible you say? Read the article titled Life and Death. If Messiah can extend Lazarus’s life after being dead 4 days, he can extend everyone else's physical life after 4,000 years.

Jhn 11: v39. Messiah said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Messiah, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.

V44. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Messiah saith unto them, loose him, and let him go.

All flesh not part of the 144,000 at the 7th Trump will have their physical life extended just like Lazarus into the millennium. Some have trouble with the following scriptures:

Rev 20: v3. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season (first hundred years of the Last Great Day where every one else gets a chance to overcome the adversary, i.e. another day of salvation).

V4. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Messiah, and for the word of Yahweh, and which had not worshipped the beast (creature=creation), neither his image (false idols, worshiping creation rather than the Creator), neither had received [his] mark (ignoring the Sabbath or working any day you want) upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with YahwehZidkenu a thousand years.

V5. But the rest of the dead (spiritually dead those who did not receive a spiritual body at the 7th Trump like the 144,000) lived not again (can have their physical life extended into the millennium but no resurrection to a spiritual body) until the thousand years were finished (no more spiritual bodies until after the millennium and the first hundred years where the adversary is let out in the Last Great Day, then those who overcome him have a chance to be in the family as part of the innumerable multitude and receive a spiritual body at the second later spiritual resurrection after the millennium). This [is] the first resurrection (first and better resurrection is for the 144,000 Saints at the seventh trumpet prior to the millennium).

V6. Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of YahwehZidkenu, and shall reign with YahwehZidkenu a thousand years.

So every human ever created, every aborted fetus, all will get a chance to be in the family. The adversary is put away for a thousand years so all flesh will live for a thousand years and know our Creator perfectly. Then the adversary will be let out for about a hundred years at the start of the Last Great Day and will deceive most people and will lead up to the great battle of Gog and Magog, similar to Armageddon prior to the Millennium. Nonetheless, if you fail at this stage, you will still be given the gift of an endless life and live outside the kingdom eternally. What? That's crazy! The following scriptures show that people thrown in the lake of fire end up living outside the kingdom externally.

Rev 21: v8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Rev 22: v15. For without (outside New Jerusalam,) [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Our Creator even told the Pharisees who put him to death that they will be gods (live eternally outside the kingdom). 

Jhn 10: v34. Messiah answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

V35. If he called them gods, unto whom the word of Yahweh came, and the scripture can not be broken;

Remember death is thrown into the lake of fire.

Rev 20: v14. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

2Ti 1: v10. But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour YahwehShua Messiah, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Even the fallen angels, and the adversary are going to be fixed, reconciled, purified by the lake of fire, and live outside the kingdom eternally. What? Is YahwehShua too weak to fix all his creation? Yahweh forbid!

Num 31: v23. Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean:

Col 1: v18. And he is the head of the body, the assembly: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

V19. For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell;

V20. And, having made peace through the blood of his beam in the tree, by him to reconcile (restore a right relationship) all things unto himself; by him, [I say,] whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven (the only things in heaven that need reconciliation is the adversary and fallen angels!).

 A short summary of those who have died physically and then received spiritual bodies and live eternally:

 Approximately, 2000 years ago Messiah received his spiritual body and ascended to the Father as Yahweh Shua. At the future 7th trumpet, 144,000 Saints will receive spiritual bodies and ascend in the air up to YahwehShua prior to Armageddon. Likely the innumerable multitude will ascend to the 144,000 Saints prior to the great battle of Gog Magog, after the Millennial Sabbath when the adversary is let out. All other creation including the fallen angels, the adversary, and humans that fail to ever overcome despite being thrown in the lake of fire will live outside the kingdom in spiritual bodies because death is put in the lake of fire .

So this 6,000 years is a day of salvation for the 144,000. The first hundred years of the Last Great Day is a day of salvation for the rest of humanity and the ones that overcome will be part of the innumerable multitude in the kingdom!

What a difference a day makes!

HalleluYahwehShua!

STAKE? BEAM? CROSS?

Today we had a great discussion regarding the greatest act of love of all time. Was our Creator nailed to a beam, a cross, a tree, impaled? While not a salvation issue, it is a interesting subject. What does the Bible say?  

Mrk 15: v30. Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

Luk 23: v26. And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear [it] after Messiah.

Jhn 19: v23. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Messiah, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also [his] coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

Looks like a cross, but what is the Strong’s definition for cross and crucified? 

Notice upright stake or beam.

 Other scriptures mention a beam or a tree.

Act 13: v29. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him (Messiah), they took [him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a sepulchre.

V30. But Yahweh the Father raised him from the dead:

V31. And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.  

 Gal 3:13 YahwehShua hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:

Act 5: v30. Yahweh the Father raised up YahwehShua Messiah, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

1Pe 2: v24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

What is the Strong's definition of tree? 

Notice upright stake or beam.

When the Messiah was with his disciples in his resurrected spiritual body assuming a human shape, he mentions his hands and feet.

Jhn 20: v27. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

V28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My YahwehShua.

V29. YahwehShua saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.

Luk 24: v36. And as they thus spake, Messiah himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.

V37. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

V38. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

V39. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have (his resurrected spiritual body assuming a physical shape likely this will also be the case in the Millennial Sabbath).

 A sister brought up an interesting point that if he was impaled, it was likely the spear that was the used on him. She is right. Impaling a human body on a sharp stake through the internal organs would be a quick death. This is why the soldier pierced him, he wanted to be sure he was dead, this would quickly finish him off before the high Sabbath, or if he moved after the piercing they would break his legs.

Jhn 19: v32. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him (3 in the tree).

V33. But when they came to Messiah, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

V34. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

What did our Creator say through Moses about being lifted up?

Jhn 3: v14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.

This greatest act of love of all time is going to fix all creation including the fallen angels, the adversary, and anyone who's not part of the 144,000 and the innumerable multitude, will get an endless life outside the kingdom. 

Col 1: v20. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross (upright stake or beam), by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say,] whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven (fallen angels and the adversary).

 Putting these scriptures together, it's likely our Creator was stretched out on a beam and had his wrists nailed (between the distal ulnar and radial bones as a brother pointed out if not Messiah would pull out from the nail) above his head and his ankles pulled down and stretched further and nailed to the bottom of the beam. The rope (likely a flax rope) was likely thrown over a limb and then attached to the top of the beam and the beam pulled up into the tree lifting him up with the other two criminals. Pulling a cross up into a tree would be more difficult because of tree branches. The beam rope and nails could be used over and over with that damaging the tree. 

My brothers and sisters figured out all this today on our weekly Sabbath, they are teaching me!

Iron sharpens iron but I think their iron is a little sharper than my iron! 

Pro 27: v17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

HalleluYahwehShua!

BUYING & SELLING

How did buying and selling creep into the Sabbath when no mention of it was made when our Creator discussed the manna with Moses.

Exo 16: v16. This [is] the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents

V20. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

V22. And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man:] and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

V23. And he said unto them, This [is that] which Yahweh hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yahweh: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day,] and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. (notice they didn't have to cook it prior to the Sabbath on Friday because it would stay fresh without cooking until the next day, unlike the other days of the week).

V24. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

No mention of buying and selling looks like the Sabbath is a day off from the work or usual toil or occupation to get manna (or money nowadays to buy food, or taking care of your physical and spiritual families, usual toil, or even taking care of and loving your enemies).

Exo 20: v8. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

V9. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work (occupation, business, usual toil):

Perhaps buying and selling refers to barter or trade in a marketplace i.e., a business or occupation.

Rev 18: v11. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth (Strong’s definition: to be in the marketplace, to do business) their merchandise any more:

Rev 13: v16. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

V17. And that no man might buy or sell (Strong’s definition :to barter, occupation), save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

V18. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] six hundred threescore [and] six.

Looks like the mark of the beast is not a chip. It's the rejection of Yahweh’s 7th day Sabbath and doing your own occupation / business / trade / usual toil any day of the week. Instead, work six days to get your physical bread (physical manna) for the week, then take a break on the 7th day and have a holy convocation, and thereby get the true bread (spiritual manna) from heaven.

Jhn 6: v31. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

V32. Then Messiah said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

V33. For the bread of Yahweh the Father is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

V35. And Messiah said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Jhn 6: v49. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

V50. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

V51. I am the living bread (true spiritual manna) which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

What about Nehemiah chapter 10 verse 31? If you apply the Strong’s definition in Revelation to Nehemiah, then he was not so angry about buying and selling, but was angry about them doing their job, occupation, barter, or trade on the Sabbath.

Neh 10: v31. And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

What about Amos chapter 8 verse 5? If we apply the Strong's definition from Revelation it makes more sense.

Amo 8: v5. Saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell (barter, occupation, trade) corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat (in the marketplace to do business), making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit.

 It's not mentioned in the Ten Commandments, rather it says work 6 days and rest on Yahweh's seventh-day Sabbath.

Exo 20: v8. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

V9. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work (occupation, business, usual toil, chores):

V10. But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of Yahweh: [in it] thou shalt not do any work (occupation, business), thou, nor thy son (usual toil), nor thy daughter (usual chores), thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

V11. For [in] six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is,] and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed (to set apart) it.

A holy convocation or set apart assembly is part of the Sabbath.

Lev 23: v3. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work (occupation, business, usual toil) [therein:] it [is] the sabbath of Yahweh in all your dwellings.

Because of the following scripture, some won't even leave their house on the Sabbath.

 Exo 16: v26. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

V27. And it came to pass, [that] there went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

V28. And Yahweh said unto Moses, how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

V29. See, for that Yahweh hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Again, they were doing their occupation or work to get their manna on the sabbath therefore our Creator told Moses to tell them to stay in on the 7th day.

You can leave the house, just try to lay down your usual business, occupation, or usual toil if possible.

I remember years ago thinking well I guess kids can't even go out and play. Obviously I was wrong (see article on this website titled “Don't seethe a kid in its mother's milk” June 15th 2022).

I remember years ago seeing a brother who was a former prisoner who spent most of his life in prison and taught me more about the Bible than anyone I'd ever met up to then. I said isn't this buying and selling and also aren’t you causing people to work on the Sabbath? He was very kind and said he didn't want to offend me, but he thought that our Creator wanted us to keep it holy with the holy convocation, but also to enjoy it with friends or family (physical or spiritual). We had long talks about how would it ever be possible to have someone not working for you on the Sabbath. For example, someone is working at the phone company while you're on the cell phone or even if you have it turned off. Even if you get a generator and water and go live in a field in a tent, someone is working in the property tax office even if you own the field or if you rent the field the person you pay rent to is working. The standard line was just do the best you can. What? Has the adversary won because it’s impossible? Yahweh forbid!

But on the other hand breaking the Sabbath is punishable by death.

Num 15: v32. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks (likely heavy manual labor cutting timber and firewood usual occupation toil) upon the sabbath day.

V33. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

V34. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

V35. And Yahweh said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

V36. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Remember our Creator knows our mind. I suspect if the guy was cutting wood to help out poor people or disabled people for free or possibly even for money (it’s lawful to do good on the sabbath) it wouldn't be a problem. But if he was doing it just to get gain that may be a problem.

The Ten Commandments of the Old Covenant and the magnified Ten Commandments of the New Covenant all point to the need for Messiah to come in the flesh to absorb all sins past present and future which no one else can do.

Heb 10: v5. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me

The one and only sin sponge that can absorb all sin past present and future guaranteeing all creation  an endless life. However, to get in the family that's a little more difficult see the other articles on this website). Fortunately, it’s lawful to do good on on the Sabbath which makes most decisions straightforward. 

Luk 6: v9. Then said Messiah unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil?                             

The Messiah said that he who is without sin cast the first stone which means no one is qualified to cast a stone except our Creator and no one should ever be stoned to death again! That’s a great blessing since the physical act of adultery is now just thinking about it. Everyone on the planet would have to be stoned to death. There wouldn’t be anyone left alive except children and the elderly.

Jhn 8: v7. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

I was once told I couldn't do anything on the Sabbath unless it was an emergency. A woman bent over 18 years surely could have waited one more day. Surely animals can go a day or two without food or water?

Luk 13: v11. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up [herself.]

V10. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

V12. And when Messiah saw her, he called [her to him,] and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

V13. And he laid [his] hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified Yahweh.

V14. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Messiah had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, there are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

V15. Messiah then answered him, and said, [Thou] hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or [his] ass from the stall, and lead [him] away to watering?

Referring back to eating out at a restaurant which causes people to serve you on the Sabbath? Paul says we're not to judge the world and most of the world won't be called until the millennium. He says to be a light in the world and only judge within your small assembly and family. However, if a brother is working at a restaurant on the Sabbath, you may want to take him aside and talk to him privately and see if he's having financial problems, or needs some assistance, or take the rest of his shift so he can rest on the Sabbath.

1Co 5: v9. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

V10. Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world (be a light in the world, this life the darkness below, the first hell, but come out of the ways of the world).

V11. 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 idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

V12. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

V13. But them that are without YahwehShua judgeth. Therefore, put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Many won't seek any pleasure on the Sabbath because of Isaiah chapter 58. However, Isaiah chapter 58 is talking about the day of coverings which is a solemn annual feast day (not the weekly Sabbath). This day was done away with by our Creator's perfectly planned sacrifice at 3:00 p.m. on the daylight portion of the 14th of Abib.

Isa 58: v6. [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke

V7. [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh (physical family even a non believer takes care of their family how much more should believers).

V13. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of Yahweh, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

Messiah didn't condemn any businesses operating during the Sabbath, but did clear out businesses operating in the temple. I suspect he did it in a kind yet firm way, because anger is not a fruit of the holy spirit. See article on this website Wrath of YahwehShua.

Mat 21: v12. And Messiah went into the temple of Yahweh, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

V13. And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Jhn 2: v14. And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

V15. And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

V16. And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

V17. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

 Scriptures that help me on the Sabbath are the ones that tell you to consider others better than yourself and to serve.

Php 2: v3. [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

V4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Gal 5: v13. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

V14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

My father worked as a family physician in a small rural town without a hospital and would get called 7 days a week to treat patients (serve them), many were poor and couldn’t  pay but many would offer something

Work can be caring for your family during the week and also can be your usual toil such as paying bills, going to appointments, or calling on friends and family. When Paul says if you don't work you won't eat, the spiritual meaning is if you don't work at studying the word especially on the Sabbath you won't absorb or eat the word. He also was very busy doing his toil which was making tents the other six days.

In the New Covenant, the law has been magnified so try not to even think about your usual toil on the Sabbath. Enjoy the Sabbath with your spiritual family and friends and your physical family and friends. Remember it's lawful to do good on the Sabbath and even if you have to work your job to help someone out, that is okay.

 I'm very blessed to have two spiritual sisters and a spiritual brother to pray for me. And with my past that is going to be a full-time job for them with overtime!

HalleluYahwehShua!

YAHWEH'S CLOCK & PASSOVER

Passover is correctly translated in the old covenant 46 times and in the new covenant 26 times. However, translators made a mistake one time in translating the Hebrew to the Greek in Acts 12:4 translators use the term Easter instead of the proper term Passover. Guess which translation the world clings to?

Act 12: v4. And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison, and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Easter actually started as a ritual of celebrating the spring equinox.

The earth is spherical and looks like it's hanging on nothing in space however, it's the invisible gravitational pull of the Sun that holds it in orbit and keeps it from flying off.

Isa 40: v22. [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle (sphere) of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers (people are tiny compared to earth); that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in

Job 26: v7. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

View of earth from space!

The spring and fall equinoxes are the times that occur twice a year when the northern and southern hemispheres of the earth are the same distance from the Sun.
 

Our Creator set the Earth in motion spinning on its axis (line through north and south pole) with a tilt of 23.5 degrees. The earth spins towards the east and completes a revolution every 24 hours, however, since the earth is so massive (compared to us the earth looks to be flat since it's so massive compared to our small size) it carries the atmosphere with it and therefore it appears that we're sitting still. This is similar to being in a car with no windows and you can't tell you're moving (unless the car stops). It also explains why the sun appears to rise in the east. We're actually moving (with the earth) towards the east. This rotation is part of the Creator’s clock as the earth continues to spin on its axis over a 24-hour period The sun appears to move across the sky eventually setting below the western horizon marking the beginning of a new day!

 Precisely when the top of the round sun drops below the horizon at even (sunset) a new day has begun!

Psa 19: v4. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun

V5. Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

V6. His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof (the sun appears to orbit the earth every 24 hours but it’s the rotation of the earth on it’s axis every 24 hours to the east that gives this view).

Our Creator also set the earth in another motion circulating, revolving, or making a complete circuit, circle, or orbit around the sun counterclockwise once a year. If there was no tilt of the earth's axis then there would never be a change of seasons as the earth revolves around the sun once a year because if the axis was vertical the northern and southern hemispheres would be the same distance from the sun at all points during the year. When the tilt is away from the sun this marks the depth of winter in the northern hemisphere and when the tilt is towards the sun marks the depth of summer since the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun in between are the equinoxes when the northern and southern hemispheres are a equal distance from the sun.

Gen 1: v14. And Yahweh said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

Yahweh's clock/calendar drives the seasons and hence when the barley will be ripe. Noah kept time on the ark and I'm sure he didn't have any barley field growing in the ark to determine the season. Noah used the sun and moon (Yahweh's clock). He knew that a new moon would be seen every 29 to 30 days. If it wasn't seen on the 29th because of clouds, then the next day would mark the new moon.

Noah’s ark has been found! See for yourself at arkdiscovery.com.

Gen 8: v13. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month,] the first [day] of the month (new moon), the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

The new Moon occurs 21 times in the Bible and is translated the first day of the month. Moses probably read the book of Deuteronomy to the people on a new moon (a day off, not a holy convocation).      

Deu 1: v3. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Yahweh  had given him in commandment unto them;

 The first new moon on or after the spring equinox is a SIGN or beacon that the new year is about to begin!

The first month of the new year must start in the spring !

Exo 12: v2. This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you.

Isa 66: v23. And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahweh (future millennium).

Amo 8: v5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit (buying/selling=barter/trade=occupation)

1Sa 20: v5. And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even (David probably saw the new moon crescent  the evening before after sunset making the next sunset that night and the next day/morrow/tomorrow the new moon day).

Since the new year starts in spring, not winter, the spring equinox is a SIGN the new year is about to start depending on the new moon (The first sliver of light on the moon after sunset). Since the first day of the (new) month can't start in the (old) month the following evening would mark the start of the first day of the year. However, most follow Herbert Solinsky's theory that the first faint reflection (crescent) of the new moon can sometimes be seen before sunset, at sunset, or after sunset, but always  before the stars come out. Herbert has studied this over 50 years and I have great respect for his work. He believes the start of the new day is imprecise  and thinks the faint crescent can be seen sometimes before sunset, usually after sunset, but always before the stars come out (personal communication). If the day begins and ends when the stars come out that would always be after the sighted crescent and would be the first day of the month !

However, the end and beginning of a day doesn’t happen when stars come out later. The day ends and begins at sunset before the crescent is seen!

The day begins and ends in a precise moment in time when the Sun sets below the horizon; this is proved in Leviticus 23:32.

Lev 23: v32. 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

The Hebrew word for even is sunset therefore a 24-hour day begins and ends precisely at sunset when the sun drops below the horizon. 

Other scriptures that support the sunset doctrine.

Psa 136: v7. To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

V8. The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] for ever

V9. The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

The weekly Sabbath is fairly straightforward compared to the annual Sabbaths. The international date line is actually in the wrong place. Yahweh’s international dateline  is Jerusalem. Our Creator will be there in Ezekiel's temple during the Millennium and our Creator and Father both will be there in the new heavens and new earth when New Jerusalem comes down out of heaven (heaven coming to earth)!

Isa 2: v3. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of  YahwehZidkenu (our Creator) to the house of the Yahweh of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of YahwehZidkenu from Jerusalem (Millennium).

Mic 4: v2. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YahwehZidkenu, and to the house of the Yahweh of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the  from Jerusalem  (Millennium).

Friday night at sunset in Jerusalem is the start of the weekly Sabbath there and as the earth rotates towards the east the sunsets move west around the globe in a 24-hour period to also start your Sabbath wherever you are on Friday night at sunset.

The key is using Jerusalem as the international dateline. This way everyone on the planet has their Sabbath start on Friday night at sunset wherever they are located. Jerusalem would start their Sabbath friday at sunset and would be first. As the earth rotates on its axis in 24 hours the sunsets progress around the globe. Thus the Sabbaths start later and later as you go west but everyone on the planet would have their Sabbath start at Friday night at sunset wherever they're located. Thus the Sabbaths come to you from Jerusalem first and then to you wherever you are on Friday night at sunset!

Israel is a narrow north to south country that is all in one time zone. Therefore, they would all start their Sabbath first at the same time Friday night at sunset.

Likewise, the new moon would first be sighted in Jerusalem, Israel, and then as the sun sets progress west over 24-hour period later and later but after sunset on the same day of the week for everyone on the planet (assuming no different cloudy weather conditions). 

Yahweh’s Assembly in Yahshua (should be YahwehShua see articles on this site regarding name) sights the new moon wherever they are located and create a monthly new moon report. I've spent time utilizing their extensive database and compared local sunset times with local new moon sighting times. I found no cases where the new moon was sighted before sunset. The new moon was always sighted later after sunset. I have not seen the faint crescent of a new moon (which is a reflection) before or at sunset because the faint reflection from the moon can't compete with direct sunlight (not a reflection) from the sun. The new moon or faint crescent is seen after the sun sets. The sun rules the day, moon & stars rule the night!

The sun sets in the very precise time the second it drops below the horizon and can no longer be seen. That's a new day, starting precisely when the sun sets and if the new moon has not been visualized yet then it would be the start of a new day of the (old) month. Since the first day of a new month needs to start in the new month the evening after the crescent is sighted would really be the start or first day of the new month! There is a small sect who had some writings previously on the internet which I reviewed in the past regarding the sunset doctrine and I agree with their findings but I have had no personal communication. However, I think the sunset doctrine is the correct clock and harmonizes with the scriptures

You see to the sunsetters, it would mean that if we spotted the sliver tonight, which by the way, always follows an hour or so after sunset, this would mean that not tomorrow but rather two days after the evening we sight the crescent, would be the New Moon!” (The beginning of Yahweh’s months forums at Eliyah.com September 15,2002).

 I think Yahweh does everything extremely precisely, even his clock that he has set in motion: the first second of the first minute of the first hour of the first day of the first month of the new year starts at exactly a precise time when the sun sets the next night after visualizing the crescent the prior night with the naked eye! The first new moon of the year is the one that is seen on or after the spring equinox (equinox SIGN). The first day of a new month is the sunset that occurs after the visualization of the crescent the prior night (crescent SIGN)! If the crescent is visualized before sunset or at sunset, that would be the first sunset and the start of the first day of the year which would correspond with Solinsky’s calendar. But if the crescent is seen after sunset (true fact) that means the day started before the crescent was seen and the start of the day was in an old month. Therefore, if the crescent is seen after sunset the next sunset would be first day of the first month of the new year! Everything after that precise moment in time is of the new year everything prior to that precise moment in time is of the old year. Yahweh's clock is extremely precise! Yahweh the Father’s timing is perfect! He had his Son (our Creator the true Lamb of Yahweh) sacrificed at the exact same time the lambs were being slaughtered on the preparation day (Passover).

New moon after sunset:

Choose your doctrine! Currently the Light of YahwehShua follows Herb Solinsky's research to keep peace and love within our assembly until we (our small assembly) are all of one mind!

Again, weekly Sabbaths are easy, but annual Sabbaths are more difficult. I agree with the sunset doctrine, but submission and service to one another is more important.

I don't know if Yahweh’s clock/calendar is a salvation issue and certainly doesn't come close to the importance of getting baptized in the name of YahwehShua and having hands laid on you by an elder. The old covenant required physical circumcision to attend the feast of unleavened bread day one. The new covenant requires circumcision of the heart and hands laid on you by an elder to attend the last supper (preparation/Passover/14th day ) and the feast of unleavened bread (15th day).

Col 2: v11. In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of YahwehShua.

Col 2: v12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of Yahweh the Father, who hath raised him from the dead.

Rom 8: v15. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption (Spirit of Messiah/Holy Spirit), whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

 We are to serve one another and edify one another and have unity  and seek peace within the brethren. The following scriptures are a help.

1Co 8: v2. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

Rom 14: v22. Hast thou faith? Have [it] to thyself before YahwehShua. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

The assembly or act is more important than the day. In the old covenant, Moses at the direction of Yahweh, allowed Israelites who were defiled (unclean) to keep the Passover the second month on the 14th day clearly demonstrating that the  act of keeping the Passover is more important than the day since they were able to keep the Passover a month later!

Num 9: v9. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 9: v10. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover (kill the lamb on the 14th/ preparation day /Passover and consume the lamb after the end of the 14th after sunset  the 15th/ the Feast of Unleavened bread) unto Yahweh.

Num 9: v11. The fourteenth day of the second month at even (the beginning of the 15th) they shall keep it, [and] eat it (lamb) with unleavened bread (Feast of Unleavened Bread) and bitter [herbs].

What a loving Creator! Paul also gives insight regarding days in the new covenant.

Rom 14: v4. Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for YahwehShua is able to make him stand.

Rom 14: v5. One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike.] Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Rom 14: v6. He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto YahwehShua; and he that regardeth not the day, to YahwehShua he doth not regard [it.] He that eateth, eateth to the YahwehShua , for he giveth YahwehShua thanks; and he that eateth not, to the YahwehShua he eateth not, and giveth YahwehShua thanks.

Col 2: v16. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days:]

Col 2: v17. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body (assembly) [is] of YahwehShua

Back to the spring equinox! If you have a good view of the east and west horizons without trees it's easy to see the sunrise and sunset move over time. As we move towards winter you will notice the sunrise and sunset keep moving south to the right at sunrise and to the left at sunset. As we move towards summer the sunrise and sunset appear to move to the north to the left at sunrise and to the right at sunset. In between these movements are the equinoxes and if you have a stake driven in the ground (replace man in image 5 above with stake) the shadow at sunrise and sunset will overlap on the equinoxes (see fifth image above). The spring equinox always falls on March 19th, 20th, or 21st. This year it will occur on March 20th at 5:20 p.m. The first new moon on or after that date will be the signal that the new year is about to start!

At the end of the 13th day (sunset), after the first day of the new year will begin the start of the 14th of Abib. The Last Supper, the beginning of the preparation day, the Passover. The daylight portion of the 14th at 3:00 p.m. is when the true Lamb of Yahweh (our Creator) performed the greatest act of Love of all time!  At precisely 3:00 p.m. on the preparation day is the greatest moment in all time and in all history. The weekly and annual Sabbaths pale in comparison! That single act guarantees all creation an endless life!

Pray to Yahweh in the name of his resurrected Son YahwehShua for wisdom and truth. Love everyone especially the brethren!

Heb 12: v14. Follow peace with all [men,] and holiness, without which no man shall see YahwehShua.

Iphp 2: v3. [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

I'm still trying to get the giant redwood out of my own eye !

Mat 7: v3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Again the weekly Sabbaths are straight forward using Friday at sunset whever you are located using Jerusalem (YahwehShua’s international dateline) as the start of the first Sabbath on Friday at sunset. Without the correct clock YOU won’t have the correct time for the annual Sabbaths. Study Yahweh’s clock. Pray to Father Yahweh in the name of his Son YahwehShua for wisdom and true doctrine.

 HalleluYahwehShua!

HOLY OF HOLIES

The Holy of Holies is the inner most room of the tabernacle or Temple where the high priest would appear once a year before our creator who was sitting over the arc of the covenant and the covering angels .

Heb 9: v7. But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:

Exo 30: v10. And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it [is] most holy unto Yahweh.

The pattern for the tabernacle in the wilderness was given by our creator to Moses with precise exact dimensions and materials.

Exo 25: v8. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

V9. According to all that I shew thee, [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make [it.]

A cubit is equivalent to 18 inches or 1 and a half feet and the following diagrams are based on  essentially Exodus chapter 25 onward.

Notice how the tabernacle was the center of the Israelites camp (life) and and there were three tribes to the east and three to the west and three to the south and three to the north in an orderly pattern related to the tabernacle. New Jerusalem when heaven comes to Earth will have three gates on the east west north and south.

 Rev 21: v13. On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

The Arc of the Old Covenant was initially in the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle in the wilderness and then later in the Holy of Holies in Solomon's Temple. Our Creator the Yahweh of the Old Covenant would appear in his shekinah glory (image below) over the Ark of the Old Covenant !

Our Creator also gave a pattern to King David who relayed the pattern to Solomon to build Solomon's Temple.

 1Ch 28: v11. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

V12. And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of Yahweh, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of Yahweh, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things

Our Creator also gave the pattern of the future Millennial Temple to Ezekiel.

 Ezk 41: v4. So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This [is] the most holy [place.]

Paul confirms that these tabernacles and temples were just copies or patterns of the true Temple in heaven and could only purify or protect  the flesh.                                                 

 Heb 9: v8. The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

V9. Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience ( mind );

After our Creators perfect planned sacrifice on the Passover or daylight portion of the 14th he later ascended to the true holy of Holies to the Father’s Temple as YahwehShua cleansing all creation of past/present/future sins and guaranteeing all creation eternal life.

Heb 9: v23. [It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

V24. For YahwehShua is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of Yahweh the Father for us:

V25. Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

V26. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

The day of coverings was done away with forever with that one act nor is the day of coverings mentioned in the millennial Temple of Ezekiel .

Just like the Old Covenant Israelites would meet on the weekly Sabbath in the synagogues and then travel to Jerusalem to Solomon's Temple for the high holy days. Now our bodies are the synagogues or temples as Messiah is being formed in us and we have access to the Father's temple through his Son our Creator the veil to the true Holy of Holies in the Father's Temple.

1Co 6: v19. What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of YahwehShua, and ye are not your own?

V20. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify YahwehShua in your body, and in your spirit, which are YahwehShua’s.

Heb 10: v19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of our creator.

V20. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Also the diagrams above and scriptures show the Holy of Holies is a perfect cube(10cubits x 10cubits x 10cubits or 15feet x 15feet x 15feet) in the tabernacle in the wilderness and (20cubits x 20cubits x 20cubits or 30feet x 30feet x30feet) in Solomon's Temple and the future millennial Temple described in Ezekiel.

1Ki 6: v16. And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place.]

Ezk 41: v4. So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This [is] the most holy [place.]

When New Jerusalem which comes out of heaven in the new heavens and earth the dimensions are a perfect cube 1500 mi by 1500 miles by 1500 miles or a pyramid with a base of 1500 miles by 1500 miles and the top of the pyramid 1500 mi from the base.

Rev 21: v1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

V2. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from Yahweh the Father out of heaven, prepared as a bride (144k and innumerable multitude) adorned for her husband(YahwehShua).

V3. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of Yahweh the Son [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and Yahweh the Father himself shall be with them, [and be] their Father

V4. And Yahweh the Son shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

V16. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

In the new heavens and earth the temple of Yahweh the Father and Yahweh the Son will be with the 144,000 and the innumerable multitude inside the New Jerusalem. Truly the Father's Holy of Holies will be on this planet in the new heavens and new earth and the 144,000 and the innumerable multitude will be inside the kingdom with them.

Rev 22: v3. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of Yahweh the Father  and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

V4. And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in their foreheads.

Rev 22: v14. Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Everyone else will have eternal life and be purified physically and spiritually and live outside the kingdom forevermore.

Rev 22: v15. For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie (Satan the father of lies, fallen angels, humans that fail to overcome in this life or in the first 100 years of the Last Great day).

These same were previously were tossed into the lake of fire.

Rev 20: v15. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

V14. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Rev 21: v8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

What a plan! all creation perfected! All live eternally! Yahweh the Father and YahwehShua the Son in the true Holy of Holies coming soon to this planet! Want to take a look inside you have to have the right ticket! Read all the articles on this website under news and pray to Father Yahweh in the name of his resurrected son our Creator YahwehShua for wisdom and consider taking the first step!

HalleluYahwehShua!