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MD
21742-3595. You can also visit his ministry's web site, Hebraic
Heritage Ministries International, at www.hebroots.org.
I also recommend the video by Arts & Entertainment titled,
"Quest
for the Lost Tribes." It is a documentary of the exile of
the tribes into Assyria and Babylon.
Is the keeping of our Everlasting Father's proper time important? It
certainly is because they are critical to keeping His Sabbaths and
Appointed Times or Feasts Days. Take a look at the scriptures quoted
on this page and you will realize the necessity of keeping Yahuah's
time properly. The Sabbath day is based on the seven-day cycles of
the moon. The Biblical months begin at the sighting of the first
crescent of the moon. Psalm
89:35-37
reveals that the moon is a faithful witness to
Yahuah's Sabbaths and Feast Days (Appointed Times). The traditional
Jewish calendar establishes the Feast Days on a calculated lunar
calendar but yet the weekly Sabbath is based on a solar-Gregorian
calendar. Could social, political, and commercial influences cause
the Jews to have superimposed a Biblical (Lunar) calendar on a pagan
solar-Gregorian calendar sometime in the history of Israel?
To understand the key passages of scripture that establish the
Biblical Calendar is lunar based, see the Ministry's Featured Bible
Study titled, "Why the
Sabbath is Determined by Sighting of the First Crescent Moon"
in the section titled, "Ministry's Featured Bible
Studies."
Note that sighting of the first crescent moon is by observation each
month as commanded by our Everlasting Father. Biblical months are
not to be calculated in advance as it is done on the traditional
Jewish calendar because the forecasting of the first crescent moon
can be off by one to two days. I sight the first crescent moon in
the skies of the Northwestern United States. Israel is 10 to 11
hours ahead of Pacific Time and in certain months, the first
crescent may be seen one day earlier from the Northwestern United
States. I also rely on Karaite
Korner's Sighting Report and Michael
John Rood's Biblical Hebrew Calendar for identifying when the
first crescent moon is sighted over Israel. Most of the time the
sightings are in agreement.
Keep in mind the calendars have special notes and are like
worksheets for tracking the days of the month, Sabbaths and Yahuah's
Appointed Times (Feast Days). Because the knowledge of the true
Sabbath day according to a lunar-based Biblical week was only
recently revealed to many in the Body of Messiah, there will be
disagreement among those who are beginning to keep Sabbath according
to a Lunar-based week. These issues are addressed in the Ministry's
Featured Bible study referenced above.
In the calendars you will find all the Biblical Feast Days and an
example of the counting of the Omer from Day of Firstfruits to
Shavuot. The renewed moon ("New Moon") periods are not
counted during the counting of the Omer. The renewed moon days are
observed as an extension of the 4th Sabbath of the Biblical month,
and symbolizes the coming 8th day or millennium.
The concept of "renewal" is more evident in the Hebrew.
Once you recognize this, it will give you a deeper understanding of
the scriptures. The words "Rosh Chodesh (head of the month),"
"Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit)" and
"B'rit Chadashah (Renewed Covenant)" all
have a relation to the word of "chadash" (Strong's
2318) which means "renewal." The word "Ruach
HaKodesh" is the combination of Strong's 7307 (ruwach) and 6944
(qodesh). In this context we can see how the Holy Spirit is
also a renewing spirit. This understanding of words gives us
insight into why we become a "new" or "renewed"
man when baptized in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Let's look at the word "B'rit Chadashah." In the
context of the definitions we learned, we can see how the "New
Covenant" is the "Renewed Covenant." The New
Covenant is a renewing of the Old Covenant, where the Torah or Law
is placed in our hearts (Jeremiah
31:31-33).
Some of the scriptures quoted on this page have their reference
number underlined. These numbers are underlined because they are
significant symbolically. If you read the Ministry's Featured Bible
Study titled, "World
Trade Center Collapse: Judgment of Yahweh, The 11:11 Phenomenon, The
Apostate Church (Whore of Babylon) Is Divorced, Her First Seal is
Broken" you'll begin to understand the symbolic meaning of
numbers. Note that Luke
19:41-44
quoted on the bottom of this page has the number 144 & 14
symbolically in it. Also, Genesis
1:14
quoted on this page has the numbers 11 & 14
symbolically in it. If you want to better understand the symbolic
meaning of the numbers 29, 10, 11, 14, 144 and how it
relates to Deuteronomy
29:28 and the
revealing of our Everlasting Father's secrets, be sure
to spend time with the Ministry's Featured Bible Study titled,
"Why the Sabbath is
Determined by Sighting of the First Crescent Moon."
Be sure to return to this study for updates. In order to print this
study you need to set your left margin to .75 inches and the top,
bottom and right margin to .50 inches, and set the format to
landscape. If you have reduction capabilities, you can set the
margins to about .35 inches & reduce to 90% and set the
orientation to portrait. To print the calendars from a web browser,
you need to set your margins to about .35 inches, reduce to 90% and
set the orientation to portrait.
May Yahuah Bless
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