TIME TO RECONCILE?

I read an early morning email which arrived during the night, and it once again weighed in on the debate revolving around the two pesach dates this year with this particular author of the mail coming out in favour of a March Pesach as opposed to an April Pesach. The mail, in my opinion, had some valid Scriptural references BUT, again in my opinion, it exuded a "spirit" of judgement, self righteousness and criticism, sins that I am afraid I am often guilty of: Possibly some of you out there reading this blog may also be able to relate to these sins? 

If these attitudes (sins) are indeed evidenced in our lives THEY MUST BE REPENTED OF AND MUST STOP if we are to grow in Messiah and within HIS Community to WHICH HE WILL ADD DAILY. (Acts 2:47(b)).

Please refer to my first blog (Is it midnight already) for some back ground on this issue of the Pesach debate.

In our zeal and efforts for Yeshua hopefully we all strive to be correct in all that we say and do; but in this holy endeavour is it possible that our efforts, no matter how well meaning, may have become a bit of an obsession with us and we have lost the essence of WHO YHWH ELOHIM IS? 

Is it just possible that we are all missing the entire point here of what Our Abba through Yeshua and His Ruach is trying to teach and instruct us?

Again is it not possible that YHWH Elohim, our Abba and Rabbi, our Betrothed and High Priest wants to teach us to be family in Him; a family knitted and woven together in and through Messiah? (Rom. 12:1-8; 1 Cor. 12:12:1-29)

Is it not a fact that we all see as through a darkened glass and we all reason as children?

Is it not also a fact ALL IS KNOWN TO HIM, and it is us to seek out diligently all HE says? Prov. 25:2 

Is not equally true that even when we are allowed to "discover" some Truth we CANNOT EVEN GRASP THE FULL MAGNITUDE OF THESE SIMPLE TRUTH'S THAT HE SHARES WITH US PERSONALLY?

SO I ASK THEN - WHAT OF HIS BIG PICTURE? (Is. 55:8-11; 1 Cor. 13:9-12)

Could it be that we have lost, or may even never truly have discovered His Love for us; His Grace which sets us free from our sins past, present and future  thereby allowing us to deeply explore with abandon His Word; to drink of The River of Life and to eat of The Tree of Life? Eph. 3:14-20

Have we become so obsessed with our own "bits" of information that we no longer love our neighbours as ourselves, but instead in our arrogance and pride bring our neighbour before the Father and His Son accusing them of all sorts of "sins" all the while forgetting that we too have a multitude of sin still needing to be addressed and rectified in our own lives? (Mat. 7:3-5; John 8:3-11 arw Jer. 17:13).  

We seem to forget that YHWH Elohim has a heart of reconciliation NOT OF SEPARATION, and yet should He so require HE will achieve RECONCILIATION by SEPARATION to HIS Glorious and eternal Kingdom and Will here on Earth: HE will and does use an uncircumcised Nebuchadnezzar, even a violent Cyrus! Ezra 10 and other instances - remember to be made HOLY is to be separated from the world and its way; Daniel 2; Is. 45:1-7.

HE will use the Sun, Moon and Stars to declare HIS Glory, even wind, fire and earthquakes - for heavens sake HE even used a donkey, which I am afraid many of us act like; so I am sure that YHWH can use a Karaite Jewish Hebrew scholar (this is whom the author of the email really took umbrage against) to point out finer points of the Biblical Hebrew Language, just as YHWH has also allowed unredeemed Scholars to translate His Word into many other languages so as to "feed" HIS Sheep.  1 Kg. 19:9-13; Num. 22:28-30!

To begin with reconciliation we will need to accept the fact that The Word is a double edged Sword that wields Prophecies that work simultaneously on many different levels and in many different time-frames?

Brethren the fact is we all limit the Glory, Majesty and Wonder of YHWH BECAUSE WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HIS INFINITE PERSONA AND WAYS BUT INSTEAD TRY TO ALIGN THEM WITH OUR WICKED HEARTS, OUR FINITE AND PERVERTED MINDS WHICH ARE WORKING IN ACCORDIANCE TO THE DICTATES OF OUR FLESHY DESIRES!

Our heavenly Father is not as interested in what we do as HE IS WITH THE HEART WITH WHICH WE DO WHAT WE DO!

So with the above taken into consideration lets us look again very quickly at the time-line of Noach as recorded in Genesis 5-8 because there we see what appears to be a second pesach recorded in the second month (Gen. 7:10-11).

Even though there is a second Pesach YHWH Elohim Masterfully brings everything together to culminate right in the middle of the Feast of Sukkot, the 3rd day - again a foreshadowing of the Resurrection of Messiah Yeshua and herein The Ruach leads us to a unified Mo'ed of Sukkot, the time of YESHUA'S RETURN FOR HIS BRIDE. (Appointed Time - Lev. 23; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thes. 4:16).

I do not know what all these dates mean right now, but I am convinced that when Yeshua warned us in Mat. 24:36-44 & Luke 17:26-27 about the days of Noach HE was speaking about much, much more than just the social, matrimonial and culinary aspects of Noach's day - THESE WERE FORESHADOWINGS OF SPECIFIC BEACONS, EVENTS AND FEASTS TO ANNOUNCE HIS RETURN TO US:

To add additional support to this statement I will take just a moment to expound on Luke 17: 28-30 which is obviously referring to Genesis 19 - here again is a point of interest, a possible addition to the time-line - Gen. 19:3 states that Lot prepared "Unleavened bread" for his Guests "feast" - the use of unleavened bread to feed his Guests indicates the very strong possibility once again of this being in the time of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. (Ex. 12:8; Lev. 23:6-8).

When we add this all to the Noach Time-line second Passover event as sanctioned in special circumstances and as recorded in Num. 9; the fact that Yeshua's Olivet Discourse recorded in Mat. 24; Mark 13 & Luke 17 & 21 was heralding in His Death at Pesach; and that Lot's rescue from, and the destruction of, Sodom and Gomorra also possibly occurred during a Pesach (Unleavened Bread) period, we see through these recorded events a rather clear picture of Biblically recorded judgements all seemingly occurring on the Passover/Unleavened Bread Festival (Mo'ed) period!

We also seem to have an example of a Biblical shortening of the "last days..for the sake of the elect' Mat. 24:22; plus what may be construed to be a supportive statement from Yeshua for such a shortening through a second Passover event where our Master says in Mat. 24:20 that we should pray that our flight be not on a Sabbath "or in the winter" - a second Pesach would carry us further away from a colder Pesach on or about the summer equinox!

Just a thought right now.

And as an additional aside - Lot's event may have been a meteor shower as well!

As I said above I am not at all sure what this all means but I do believe it bears further investigation, so even though this is a work in progress I feel led to send it out, firstly because I really believe time is of the essence; and secondly, because it was laid on my heart this morning to write about reconciliation between the 2 Pesach camps by using this Noach time-line as an example of a possible linking of the two Pesach's which occurred this year. 

To begin to wrap this up, regardless of what these date-lines may reveal is it not also possible that through these revealed dates in Noach life and the Flood we are already being shown that YHWH's Ways and Thoughts are not our ways and thoughts, and that HIS WAYS & THOUGHTS are indeed as high above our thoughts as the heavens are above the earth? Is. 55:8-11

As a point of illustration I am reasonably sure that Zechariah did not know what the "Flying Scrolls" and "The Evil Woman in the Lead Basket" meant in his Divine Vision recorded in Zech. 5, and nor did the believers of his day, but that does not make that which was seen, heard or in some way communicated by YHWH through HIS Ruach to Zechariah WRONG JUST BECAUSE THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT!  

Now a warning if I may please:

Brethren I hear constant reports from the business and commercial sectors on how the demand for products is rapidly declining and how international trade is shrinking because of this lack of demand; there are foreign currency restrictions for most nations, especially us smaller ones - yet for the the local consumer taxes and commodity prices just keep rising - it sounds like we are in the days of Gen. 41, the days of severe famine, or is it just me that thinks so?

I do believe the writing is very definitely on the wall, we are in the times of the end - yet I constantly see "believers" trying to do more and more, make more plans and sacrificing more and more TO AQUIRE MORE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE ECONOMIC STATUS QUO!

The USA it seems is now even buying nuclear material from Iran!!!! (link) And this is NORMAL?

Right now, if we have not already begun, I believe this may be a really good time to begin concentrating prayfully on Mat. 6:19-7:20 so that we are able to stand before our Master Yeshua and be assured of not hearing HIM say those dreaded words "…. I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity!" KJV Mat. 7:21-23     

We need community; we need reconciliation, especially in these critical times - WE CANNOT WALK ALONE (Acts 2:43-47); we need to reconcile first with YHWH Elohim through Yeshua and then with our family in Messiah Yeshua - BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE NEED UNITY THROUGH COMPROMISE ON THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, NO NEVER - WE NEED UNITY THROUGH MESSIAH YESHUA AND THE LEADING OF HIS RUACH ACCORDING TO HIS WORD!

Brethren, dare we pray that we become part of HIS INSTRUMENT OF RECONCILIATION?

I for one shudder when I pray such a prayer as I am very aware of my human frailties, I stumble often, but this is not an excuse we can ever use because RECONCILIATION is the only way to the Heart of OUR FATHER.

HIS SON DIED TO RECONCILE US TO HIM - WHAT DO WE EXPECT FOR OURSELVES, HIS CHILDREN THEN?

Therefore my prayer for us all is:

Father please forgive us our sins in Yeshua's Name and have mercy on each and every one of us who love You and are called by Your Name according to Your purposes, and please in Your infinite Mercy and Grace lead us beside the still waters and into pastures green, restore our souls and lead us in paths of righteousness for Your Name's sake so that when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death we will fear no evil and will be assured that goodness and mercy will indeed follow us all the days of our lives and we will, as Pillars in Your Temple, dwell therein for eternity. In Yeshua's Name we plead and ask this please. Amein, Amein!  

YHWH bless you and keep you; YHWH make His Face shine upon you and be gracious unto you; YHWH lift up His countenance upon you and give you Shalom. Num. 6:24-24

We are all just sojourners trying to find our way back home, let us carry where we can, and be carried where needed.

Bo'az.

Is it midnight already?

This last Sabbath I shared this which I have recorded here under at a Shabbat Fellowship.

This whole matter is obviously very serious, thus it is in my opinion necessary that I send it out for public dissection and information.

I am not saying that this is a "So said YHWH" message, but I obviously believe that it may very well have originated from HIM otherwise I would not in my wildest dreams be sending it out, but as can be seen this is a sort of work in progress, and should it be necessary I will add to this as I believe YHWH is directing.

There is so much smoke around this "double Pesach" this year that there just very well may be a massive fire just beyond the horizon.

I shall say no more as I do not in any way wish to unduly influence or coerce any of you.  So here is a slightly revised edition of what I shared, and what I later sent out to a few trusted sprit filled family in Messiah asking their counsel and prayers:

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This is something I shared this morning at our Shabbat fellowship (16 April 2016) - I hope to go into it in a little more detail tomorrow, Abba willing.

This message has a bit of a history which I shall try and cover later, but right now just a review because of potential time restrictions - you will all hopefully understand my rush after reading this mail.

I am going to be very upfront here and ask that those to whom I have chosen to send this (just a few of you) will be brutal in your approach to what I believe I need to share, we need to know the Truth - I know we are all expecting “something” to happen in this period leading up to and covering the Pesach and beyond, but I feel almost surreal about what I will now share.

For the last few weeks, as some of you know, The Ruach has been sharing Scriptures with me bringing my focus onto this particular Pesach period; the reason for these Scriptures is not relevant to what I wish to share now though, except to reiterate the emphasis on Pesach.

Last Thursday after a situation arose which necessitated me having to sit before Abba and seek His Face and Counsel and whilst praying I felt the need to go and read the times/dates of the Great Flood of Noah, there was an urgency in my spirit to do so.

I read from Gen. 7:4 onwards.

To be honest I could not find a connection at all to what I had read about the dates of the floods.

I prayed, nothing came up, yesterday I went about my usual day and Shabbat preperation, but the whole time just playing around with the thought of the times of the Genesis floods.

This morning, Shabbat morning, having coffee and just being quiet before YHWH I began to read a Parashat commentary on Parsha Metzora (Lev. 14:1-15:33) for this week - this Parsha was very relevant because I have been looking and praying about us who are celebrating what some believe to be the second Numbers 9:6ff Pesach this year and that the need for this was because the people in Number 9 had unavoidably become defiled or were otherwise away from the camp at the time of the Pesach of month Abib, and were given authority by YHWH to hold a second Pesach in the second month - additionally this 2nd Pesach has received international attention from the Body at large as most of you will know, including a suggestion from a lady named Yedidah from Come Enter The Mikvah ministry as a means to “shorten the last days for the sake of the elect” as Messiah says in Mat. 24:22. So it would appear that all the watchmen are seeing with one eye and calling out with one voice right now!

Then it clicked - I read the account of Noach again - Gen. 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noach’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven opened.

THIS DATE, WHICH THE RUACH HAS TAKEN GREAT EFFORT TO RECORD IN THE GENESIS ACCOUNT, WOULD SEEM TO BE THE POSSIBLE DATE OF THE FESTIVAL OF FIRST FRUITS OF THE SECOND PESACH, IF UNLEAVENED BREAD WAS ON THE 15: THIS DATE LINE WOULD THEN POSSIBLY LINE UP WITH THE CREATION WEEK AND OUR MESSIAH’S CRUCIFIXION WEEK!!!

IF THIS SO THEN THIS 17 DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DATE THAT YESHUA ROSE FROM THE DEAD!!!

GENESIS 7:17: IT THEN RAINED FOR 40 DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS AFTER THE FIRST FRUITS 17th DAY OF THE MONTH ——THIS BRINGS US TO THE DAY THAT YESHUA ASCENDED TO HIS FATHER (Acts 1:6-11) AND THE DATE THAT THE APOSTLES WENT UP TO THE UPPER ROOM TO AWAIT THE RUACH HAKODESH!!!

Vs. 4 GENSIS 7: FOR YET SEVEN DAYS, and I will CASUE IT TO RAIN UPON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS ……..(JUDGEMENT ENSUED) That would have been 7 DAYS BEFORE 17 OF SECOND MONTH WHEN YHWH BEGAN THE FLOOD TAKING US BACK TO THE ……….10th DAY OF THE MONTH - THE DAY THE PASSOVER LAMB WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HOME FOR INSPECTION (Exodus 12:3, 5-6): THE DAY YESHUA RODE INTO JERUSALEM ON A DONKEY BEFORE HIS PESACH SACRIFICE (see Last Supper vs. Pesach)!

GENESIS 7:15-16 : ALL ENTERED THE ARK…….AS YHWH COMMANDED AND YHWH SEALED THEM INTO THE ARK …… THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 10th day of THE SECOND PESACH MONTH as recorded above!

Please bear with me here, I am trying to record some, but not all, the details in this initial mail to just sketch a rough outline so that you can see that this is not something I came across upon through my own initiative or research! 

After having read to Genesis 7:19 I felt led to go to Haggai, as this was Scripture that YHWH used extensively when HE was leading Zanja and I out of the Church system and showing us through Hag. 2:12-14 - the uncleanness of the Church ordained marriages and their accompanying ceremonies and liturgy PLUS THE RESTORATION OF HIS TEMPLE!  

But before I can go any further I need to go down a rabbit trail - 

Zanja and I have just these past few days been communicating  with a sister in Messiah and her Husband who live in the USA AND BECAUSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION I NOW NEED TO RELATE SOMETHING WHICH I AM SURE IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE A MASSIVE SHOCK - BUT THIS MATTER IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO ADDRESS DIRECTLY - THIS SISTER FORWARDED A WELL BALANCED SCRIPTURAL EXPOSÉ ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THE Mat. 24:22 end days being cut short.

After reading her material, and based on my own take of certain Scriptures I have arrived at this conclusion (a conclusion in line with what my sister in Messiah in the USA and her husband believe at this juncture as well)- THE GREAT DECEPTION SPOKEN OF BY MESSIAH YESHUA IN Mat. 24:24-28 may be achieved by the proposed 3rd Temple that the Rabbinical sect in the Temple Institute wish to commission on Temple Mount and for that I give the following reasons:

1. There is no Biblical Mandate to build this Temple (Eze. 40 is clearly a millennia Temple).

2. This group at the Temple Institute DENY YESHUA IS THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF YHWH ELOHIM, they HAVE REJECTED THE CORNER STONE HIMSELF!

3. Thus Messiah/YHWH cannot be in this physical Temple.

4. The Word tells us in Rev. 13:13 that beast will call fire from Heaven.

5. Messiah tells us in Mat. 24:26-28 that if we are told that HE (Messiah) is in the desert, don’t go, or if .."HE IS IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS, believe it not: FOR AS THE LIGHTENING COMETH OUT OF THE EAST, AND SHINETH EVEN UNTO THE WEST; SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. FOR WHERESOEVER THE CARCASS IS, THERE WILL THE EAGLES BE GATHERED TOGETHER.” (Here is another potential witness from another sister in Messiah sent to Zanja and I  earlier this evening which included a photo of an unprecedented amount of vultures circling above their farm and she quoted Mat. 24:28 - The Vultures gathered together! She knows nothing of this, in fact she will be getting this mail with the rest of you!

Still on the Rabbit trail - The word translated as SECRET CHAMBERS and used in Mat. 24:26 above, comes from the Greek G5009 tamion = an inner chamber, a secret room, a storage room - MY RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS WORD IS SINGULAR AND NOT PLURAL AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CASE CAN BE MADE THAT YESHUA WAS REFERRING TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE: 

“...What would such a term naturally suggest to Christ's hearers? There was one place in their midst which was preeminently a secret chamber, namely the innermost section of the temple, where Jehovah had His special dwelling in the holy of holies. It was peculiarly a "closet," from which the people were excluded. It was a place marked by silence and secrecy, seclusion and separation."

http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Sermon/sermon_23.htm

Pleased note:

• YESHUA BEGINS Mat. 24 in verse 2 WITH A DISCOURSE ON THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE.
• YESHUA SPEAKS IN Mat. 24:15ff OF THE END DAYS AND THE GREAT TRIBULATION.
• YESHUA SPEAKS IN Mat. 24:24 OF THE MASSIVE DECEPTION, EVEN OF THE ELECT WERE IT POSSIBLE.
• YESHUA THEN GOES ON IN Mat. 24:25-28 TO INSTRUCT HOW THIS MASSIVE DECEPTION CAN BE AVOIDED, AND SEEMINGLY SPEAKS OF THOSE LOOKING FOR YHWH ELOHIM IN THE SECRET CHAMBER (HOLY OF HOLIES?) - AND IF THIS IS CORRECT, THIS IS AFTER THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE, AND JUST PRIOR TO HIS RETURN AT THE END OF THE AGE - INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF THERE BEING A TEMPLE WITH A HOLY OF HOLIES IN PLACE!
• WE ARE TOLD IN Rev. 13:13 THAT THE ANTI-MESSIAH WILL BE ABLE TO CALL DOWN FIRE!
• YESHUA GOES TO GREAT PAINS IN Mat. 24:27 TO TELL US IN THESE END TIMES THAT HIS RETURN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MASSIVE WORLD WIDE DISPLAY OF LIGHTENING/FIRE VISIBLE FROM THE EAST UNIL THE WEST.

Now if  THE TEMPLE IS NOT OF YHWH, AND IS BUILT BY THOSE REJECTING YESHUA AS THE MESSIAH -THEN AS STATED YHWH ELOHIM CANNOT BE IN THE TEMPLE OR OBVIOUSLY THE HOLY OF HOLIES, THUS SHOULD HASATAN CALL DOWN FIRE ONTO THE ALTAR OR PROVIDE THE “LIGHT” IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES THE PEOPLE WOULD BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT OF SCRIPTURES SUCH AS Lev. 9:24; 1 Kgs. 18:38; 2 Chron. 7:1-3 THAT HE IS THE COMING MESSIAH AND THIS I BELIEVE, COULD RESULT IN MASSIVE DECEPTION TO BOTH “JEWS" AND NOMINAL, BUT UNSAVED BELIEVERS.

Having made this reference in Mat. 24 above to the 3rd Temple I now move back to Haggai 2:1 which deals with the Temple, its cleanliness and how YHWH was again going to restore its Glory as it was before, BUT ACCORDING TO HAGGAI 2:6-9 THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE AND FINAL SHAKING OF THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH - THIS IS AN END TIME PROPHECY WHICH ALIGNS WITH ZECHARIAH 3 THE PROMISE TO THE HIGH PRIEST JOSHUA (YESHUA IN HEBREW, ALSO THE NAME OF JOSHUA WHO LED THE PEOPLE INTO THE PROMISED LAND AFTER MOSHE DIED) 

NB: THE DATE THIS PROPHECY WAS MADE IN HAGGAI 2:1 WAS ON THE 20 DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH - THE 6TH DAY OF THE FEAST OF SUKKOT, SUKKOT, ALSO KNOW AS THE FESTIVAL OF HUTS, OR THE MARRIAGE FEAST - THE PERIOD OF THE RETURN OF THE MESSIAH AND HIS TAKING OF HIS BRIDE AFTER YOM KIPPUR - 10TH OF THE 7TH MONTH - THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (JUDGEMENT) - SHAKING OF THE HEAVEN AND EARTH?

Please see the reference Yeshua makes to the Days of Noach in Mat. 24:36-44, this, I believe, has much deeper implication and applications as what we may think!

Again I must note that before sitting down to write this mail, I decided to read the Genesis account of Noach again, but for some reason I had not yet read past Gen. 7:19, please imagine my absolute wonder when I read in Gen. 8:3-4 that after 150 (5 months) ON THE 17 DAY OF THE 7 MONTH THE ARK RESTED ON MT ARARAT - DRY GROUND - THAT DATE IS THE FEAST OF SUKKOT, TABERNACLES, THE MARRIAGE FEAST SPOKEN OF IN HAGGA1 2 ABOVE, THE END TIMES PROPHECY WHICH TIES IN WITH ZECH. 3 AGAIN!

There appears to be an uncanny relationship between the dates of Noach, Haggai and Zechariah, the circumstance of Mat 24 the end times shortening of the days the cleansing of the temple/Body of Messiah and this 2nd Pesach and still much more, too much for me to just leave it so I am sending it out without delay for each of your perusal and prayerful attention please. As a watchman I must get this out.

The Ark was sealed by YHWH with His Remnant safely inside on 10 of the 2nd month - Gregorian dates 18 APRIL (Monday Night - Tuesday Night).

I am needing to look at the other days in The Genesis account to see how they all line up with us in 2016, and Abba willing, if this is not all nonsense I shall come back asap!

Please if possible could each of you, if so led, pray over this matter - any comments at all will be most welcome.

I hope this is not too confusing, but it is rather difficult to follow this thread as I am led backwards and forwards.

Once again thanks for your time and attention,

Shalom in Messiah Yeshua 

Bo'az 

Last Supper vs. Pesach Seder

I have just sent a mail out to a sister in Messiah and felt the need to incorporate it in a blog for your attention:

The subject at hand is one of those ongoing "Messy Messianic Midrashes" (Biblical discussions for the purpose of arriving at the Truth) arising from our trying to discover the Truth of the Word.

It is a fact that our Biblical view of The Word is influenced by our colourful and varied cultures and backgrounds. 

Add to that the freedom many of us are finding to now study and think "outside of the box" of the main-line established religions which most of us have been exposed to, it is no surprise that many of us are having to learn to now walk out our own salvation with fear and trembling - WITH OUT ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY. Discovering this privilege of having to do our own research and study of the Scriptures can be both exciting and daunting, and can lead to animated discussions, thus our passion to Midrash.

You see it only stands to reason that those accepting the call to "come out" have decided to take responsibility for their own salvation and the walking out thereof in Faith (obedience to the leading of The Ruach HaKodesh according to The Word) - they no longer place this burden in the hands of the others - "ordained clergy".

The entire spiritual struggle from day one I believe can be summed up in two words - RELIGION & RELATIONSHIP and that is what the entire Word is based on from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 - doing things Elohim's Way and not mans' way!

So that having been said here is the opinion I believe is worthy of consideration at this present time of my understanding of The Scriptures as led by The Ruach, because obviously if I did not believe what I am writing here I would be a person presenting false witness and thus deliberately leading the Sheep of YHWH astray…quite frankly the consequences of such an act do not even bear thinking about:

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I watched the Jonathan Cahn youtube and I believe it was traditionally correct; but here is my dilemma - it was traditionally correct - THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE IT TORAH CORRECT FOR THE OCCASION OF THE PASSOVER MEAL!

Most of what was celebrated and practised can be verified in the Word (except the egg - Ishtar?; the Shank bone - which he himself says is a mystery as to why it is there):

In my opinion what we see in the Gospels, and what we call the “Last Supper” WAS NOT A PASSOVER MEAL, BUT RATHER A CELEBRATION MEAL, iets soos a Matriekafskyd met joy onerwyser (something like a Matric farewell with your teacher):

Let me explain please:

When a Rabbi completed his course with his disciples he would often hold a sort of end of course meal, and I believe this is what this meal was -

Why do I say that it was not a Passover meal?

Firstly - John 13:29-30 - these verses tell us it was night (ie. after sundown) and that when Yeshua told Judas to go and complete the betrayal his other disciples thought it was to go and buy provisions for the Feast (Passover meal): In the normal practice if this was a Passover Celebration they would have sat down at Sundown to begin the Passover meal, AND ALL PREPARATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED: Then the sun would have gone down moving the whole meal into the First day of unleavened bread, commonly called a High Sabbath (Lev. 23:4-7)- A DAY WHEN NO BUYING OR SELLING COULD BE DONE - THERE IS NO WAY THAT JUDAS WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO BUY PROVISIONS FOR THE FEAST  - in fact nothing in Jerusalem would have even been open for business.

Secondly - The Passover Lamb (fore-shadowing Yeshua) was to be offered up on the eve (afternoon traditionally from15:00) of the 14 day of Nissan so it could be eaten from Sundown 14 Nissan into the breaking of 15 Nissan - First day of unleavened bread - TO HAVE HELD THE FEAST BEFORE THIS DATE WOULD HAVE BEEN SINFUL, AGAINST TORAH (Ex. 12:6-8) and then Yeshua would have not been the Passover Lamb WHOSE BLOOD IS USED FOR OUR REDEMPTION! 

Think of this please - YESHUA IS THE LAMB, HE HAS TO SUPPLY THE BLOOD FOR A COVERING/CLEANSING - COULD HE NOW THAT, ALL THE LAW HAD BEEN FULFILLED EAT OF HIMSELF? This would be circular thinking/application - if we read John 17:1-8 it would seem that Yeshua has COMPLETED HIS WORK AND IS NOW PRAYING IN THE ROLE OF THE HIGH PRIEST OF MELCHIZEDEK - NB: OUR MASTERS PRAYERS OF JOHN 17 WOULD HAVE BEEN PRAYED ON THE 14 OF NISSAN - INSPECTION TIME HAS PASSED!

Therefore I opine that up till this point HE had been instructing and showing us how to walk in The Torah as redeemed believers (Mat. 5:17-20) thus HE kept and fulfilled the entire Law (Mat. 3:13-17); HE has now completed this portion of HIS work and Abba has chosen HIM and placed HIM in HIS, ELOHIM'S HOME (Ex. 12:3-7 The earthly Temple represent HIS HOME HERE ON EARTH) before the Priesthood from 10 Nissan for their inspection of The Lamb to see if HE had any blemishes, HE HAS NONE -

At the time of this Last Supper Yeshua was transitioning fromYeshua the 2nd Adam to Yeshua The High Priest and Perfect Atonement - does this make sense?

Thirdly - it would seem according to the Gospel accounts that Bitter herbs and unleavened bread (Matzah) which are part of the Eternal instructions when holding the meal, were not included in this meal - (Ex. 12:8); also there is no mention of even eating lamb included in the Gospels! See Mark 14:1 - Greek for unleavened bread is G 106b - azumos;  and Mark 14:22 Yeshua broke the bread G740 - artos - bread as raised, a loaf. See also 1 Cor. 11:23 - again refers to G740 - artos. HAD THIS BEEN THE PASSOVER MEAL ANY YEAST PRODUCTS WITHIN THIS ROOM/HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRAVENTION OF TORAH - AGAIN A SIN!

Next we have the leaders of the Sanhedrin wanting to speak to Pilate after the arrest of Yeshua and Pilate had to come out to them and he, PILATE, accepted this break in Protocol because  according to their (Pharisee’s etc) Oral Torah  (Pharisee’s etc NOT OURS) - TO GO INTO THE PLACE OF THE GENTILES ON PREPARATION DAY (i.e. the 14 Nissan) WOULD MAKE THEM UNCLEAN TO HOLD THE PASSOVER MEAL AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY Num. 9:10! See John 18:28-29. See Peter’s misplaced dilemma regarding being with “Gentiles” recorded in Acts 10! 

In John 18:3 we also see the Temple Guard, accompanied by a band of men and officers (G4686- speria - a mass of men - a Roman Military cohort, (an ancient Roman Military unit) also by analogy a squad of Levitical Janitors) coming to arrest Yeshua:

This word speria is used in Mat. 27:27; Mark 15:16, Acts 10:1, Acts 21:31; Acts 27:1 and all their applications seem to indicate them being used for Soliders of Rome:

We see that the Greek word speria, by analogy can be applied to a janitor as well;

1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor "doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus) + agent suffix -tor. Meaning "caretaker of a building, man employed to see that rooms are kept clean and in order" first recorded 1708. Fem. forms were janitress (1806), janitrix (1818).

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=janitor 

By my reckoning John 18:3 takes efforts to identify the personnel sent to arrest out Master - and it would seem that they are Roman Soldiers with Officers and Levitical janitors, Temple Door Keepers/ Guards WHO I BELIEVE DO NOT HAD AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION TO TO ARREST ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE TEMPLE PRECINCTS, and Yeshua’s arrest was definitely not within the Temple precincts - see Acts 3:1-4:22 which took place in The Temple precincts:

Just the fact that the Sanhedrin approach Pilate, and Pilate in his turn uses Herod (the civil leader of Israel empowered by Rome) to me proves thats the Sanhedrin had no civil authority at all - only religious authority confined to the Temple precinct, and in John 18:28-40 proves this when Pilate also has the supreme authority to circumnavigate the civil laws with a customary one almost at whim!

In Acts 6 we read of the arrest of Stephan, we are not told where it took place, but just that a mob was organised to basically “use violence" to incapacitate & drag him before the Sanhedrin - now seeing that Stephan was who he was, it can be assumed that he attended Temple everyday for the prays (Acts 2:46) and this would have presented a daily opportunity to enforce an arrest, illegal or not!

Therefore I submit that had Yeshua and His disciples held a Passover seder then the day of His arrest would have been the 1st day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT “JEWS AND GENTILES” WOULD HAVE EVEN BEEN SEEN TOGETHER LET ALONE WORKED TOGETHER ON THE ARREST OF THE MASSIVELY EXPLOSIVE SITUATION INVOLVING THE MESSIAH - See an example of this in Acts 12:1-5 - here we see Herod using soldiers NOT TEMPLE GUARDS as his actors AND THEN DECIDING TO NOT DO ANYTHING TO PETER BECAUSE IT WAS DURING THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD AND POLITICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY UNPALATABLE! 

Do you not think that if the dates that were used by the corrupted priesthood had indeed been incorrect THAT YESHUA WOULD NOT HAVE SAID SO -BUT HE DID NOT! 

If the dates that were used by the corrupted priesthood had indeed been incorrect AND YESHUA HELD A PASSOVER SEDER ON THE CORRECT DAY THEN TORAH WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN BROKEN BY YESHUA'S DEATH BEING HELD ON THE WRONG DAY - THUS MEANING YESHUA IS NOT THE MESSIAH, OR YHWH IS NOT IN CONTROL - HEAVEN FORBID!

We also see that the Disciples are relaxed at this Feast, in fact so much so that John was leaning his head against the bosom of Messiah (John 13:23); when in fact we are instructed to eat this meal in haste, dressed and ready at any moment to depart with Yeshua out of Egypt - Ex. 12:11! 

There is more we can talk about such as the verse which seem to indicate that this “Last Supper" took place on the 14 Nissan (Mat. 26:17; Mark 14:12); Mark 13:34-35 where Yeshua says that He is giving a “New Commandment” - if Yeshua was indeed giving a “New Commandment” HE IS AGAIN NOT THE MESSIAH BECAUSE HE IS IN CONTRAVENTION OF ADDING TO THE WORD Deut. 4:2; 12:32 & Rev. 22:18-19 where in fact what Yeshua says actually lines up with Lev. 19:18 as also seen in 1 Cor. 13; and where Yeshua says that HE had looked forward to sharing this Passover with His Disciples prior to His death Luke 22:15-16; the foreshadowing of the Bridal Meal with the Cups of wine and so forth.   

To sum up: Is it possible that Yeshua was giving us a pattern of a special fellowship meal which can be held at any time at all, a “Love Feast” if you will where we get together as Believers to fellowship around a meal and just contemplate and speak of Messiah; to just centre our thoughts on Him and what HE did, the same as the Shalom Offering (Shelamim korban - voluntary or thanks offering)? - See Lev. 3 & 7:11-34. Looking at Acts 2:46-47 and Jude 1:12 this may bear out my opinions at this time, opinions which may change as I grow in His Word!

So it would seem to me that the only instruction that we have as to how and what to eat at the Passover meal on the night of 14 Nissan into 15 Nissan is found in Ex. 12: we need to have is THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB OVER OUR LIVES WHICH ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE OF HIS COVENANT, WILL COVER OUR UNSAVED SPOUSES AND FAMILY WITHIN STILL UNDER OUR ROOF (1 Cor. 7:14); we need Matzoh and not leavened bread; we need lamb (braaied - not boiled or braised); we need to be prepared and ready to flee at any moment; we need to eat in haste; and we need to pass on the story of the first Passover and Messiah’s redemption for us and our forefathers when coming out of Egypt to our children, and I believe a good explanation of the *** second Greater Exodus would not be out of order -   

The Passover seder that Jonathan Cahn presented is, I believe, sincere and traditional, BUT IS IT THE PROPER WAY WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO HOLD THE PASSOVER MEAL? I am not sure that it is.

Let me know what you think please!

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***Here is another link which I include from the same source as the one above which helped bring my thoughts together on the Last Supper vs. The Passover. I do not agree with all this young man says but his honesty and attitude really appeal to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i035w_2olhE&nohtml5=False

I do not want to labour a point, but maybe we should really be paying more attention to HIS Ways, especially at what now seems to be a very late date in History!

Blessings and shalom in Messiah Yeshua in this, HIS approaching Pesach season.

Bo'az

Just a thought: Easter vs. Passover

As we all, believers and those not so believing, who live in the Western World will know we  have just been through the season of the Easter holidays.

For those celebrating Easter, the time has past, whilst for those celebrating Passover (Pesach) there are those of us still awaiting the Appointed Time when we are to celebrate this called out Holy Feast day.

What I would like to do here, whether we celebrate Easter or Passover, is just have a quick look at a few points of fact related to the foundations of these two vastly different Feasts to stimulate possible thought on our behalf .

The word Passover, according to my online Lexicon, has been used 71 times in the King James, whilst the word Easter has been used once and that is in Acts 12:4 and this verse is found in the context of the execution of James (Ya'akov) and the imprisonment of Peter (Kefa) by Herod for political reasons.

Verse 3 of Acts 4 plainly tells us that this was at the time of unleavened bread, in other words the Biblical Passover.

The Word translated as Easter in Acts 12:4 is from the Greek Strongs G3957 - pascha  - the passover (the meal, the day, the festival or special sacrifices connected to it) - See H6453 - 

H6453 - pehsakh from H6452 - passover 

H6452 - pawsakh - a primitive root, to hop over, fig. skip over or spare, by implication, to hesitate, also lit. to limp or dance, leap, pass over.

The word "passover" is recorded 27 times in the Brit Chadashah (New Testament) and all these times the word translated as Passover comes from the Greek G3957 - pascha!

So it would seem obvious to the most casual of observers, that the use of the word Easter used in Acts 12:4 is not a correct translation of the original text! (http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t019.html)

Lets have a quick look at the etymology for the word Easter: It is reputed to have come from the name for the goddess Ishtar, Semiramis and other names; possibly even Hadassah, the Esther of Biblical fame who was renamed (NOT BY YHWH) to reflect the deity Ishtar (http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t020.html; https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Esther).

The name Ishtar (also variously recorded as Venus, Queen of Heaven, Isis, Aphrodite, Astarte and other names in different language pagan and ancient Middle Eastern and Persian nations) is mentioned on numerous occasions in The Bible as any simple Google search will reveal. 

This personage, according to pagan deity worship and legend, was the mother/wife of the sun god Tammuz who is spoken of in the Word in Ezekiel 8:14.

Dates Christian/Catholic Easter festivals are celebrated on are seemingly arrived at by adoption of a pre-determined lunar/solar calculation inaugurated by Constantine and seemingly ratified by the Council of Nicaea in CE 325. (http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/easter-date.html), and the choice of this date had to do with the the positioning of the sun and the occurrence of the Spring Equinox - NOT ELOHIM'S ESTABLISHED METHOD AS RECORDED IN THE WORD - Ex. 12:1ff arw Ex. 9:31 where HE brings the whole of Creation - sun, moon and nature together in harmony to decide on His seasons and as we have very definitely seen Him evidence this year; Lev. 23:4-8. 

Easter of course also has all the trimmings which we do not find in the Bible, the easter eggs (fertility symbols of Ishtar); the hot-cross buns; the easter rabbit - http://mystery-babylon.org/easter.html.

It is unfortunately a well known fact that the early Church adopted many of the pagan rituals of the conquered Roman Empire in an attempt to "attract" pagans to Christ Jesus - (https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/worshiping-like-pagans/; http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/holidays2.htm) so then is it any wonder that we have The Church of England building pagan temples to attract pagans (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10133906/Church-of-England-creating-pagan-church-to-recruit-members.html) and Chrislam being accepted in many areas of Christianity (http://www.infowars.com/in-new-york-pope-francis-embraced-chrislam-and-laid-a-foundation-for-a-one-world-religion/ ; http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/chrislam-starts-to-spread-in-america/)?

This is where Christianity began when it renounced the Word of YHWH and befriended the World by becoming Politically Correct; by rejecting the Torah Roots of Messiah and His People and setting aside verses such as Deut. 12:29-31 and adding to and subtracting from His Word as we were told to never do in Deut. 4:2; 12:32 and Rev. 22:19 and by doing so, and continuing on this path of adding and subtracting to/from His Word, we risk having our names being removed from The Book of Life, and even more dastardly, we have made Yeshua out to be a liar and a cheat because HE now condones the sin that His Father has sent previous generations to Hell for (Mat. 10:28; Mat. 25:41); because HE now refutes Scripture which says that the wages of sin are death (Rom. 6:23); thus according to The Jesus of the Church sin is no longer sin (1 John 3:4), and Yeshua has thus changed and is now a fickle sinner HIMSELF, and CANNOT BE THE MESSIAH!

Do you see what we have done dear brethren? It is not just the changing of a day and it's Biblical mandate, it is a changing of The Living Word through our actions and THEREBY MAKING A FOOL OF HIM!

May HE forgive us!

Please read this carefully, it expounds on much of what I am saying here - THE WAY IN WHICH WE EXERCISE OUR ACTIONS OVER AREA'S WE HAVE CONTROL OF ARE WHAT PEOPLE LOOK AT TO DEFINE OUR WALK WITH YESHUA, THIS DEFINES OUR TESTIMONY IN HIM - IT IS NOT A RELIGIOUS WALK - IT IS A PERSONAL, BIBLICALLY COVENANTED, RUACH LED WALK!

We each have to make up our own minds and decide to walk as He directs us according to HIS WAYS - NOT THE WAYS OF MAN OR NOT!

Just a thought which may be cause to span eternity, 

Shalom in Messiah Yeshua.

Bo'az