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.
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