The KING is COMING
Ps. 32:8 "I, Yahweh, WILL INSTRUCT you and TEACH YOU in the WAY you SHOULD GO; I WILL COUNSEL YOU with MY EYE UPON you."
Every year there are SEVEN FEASTS in any Biblical year of Yahweh - I never observed any of it - nor knew anything of it.
For most of my life - I lived my life as a Christian - believing only what I was taught - not knowing that I was missing out on our heavenly Father's PRESCRIBED FEASTS and His PRESCRIBED (7th DAY) SABBATH.
I was totally out of the RHYTM of HIS APPOINTED TIMES and SEASONS - missing out on His HOLY DAYS and the BLESSINGS that flow from out heaven - blessings coming from our Creator and our Savior Himself for being OBEDIENT to His Word - for the YAH that we serve is a Rewarder ... bestowing blessings and favor on those who DO as HIS WORD SAYS - those who are OBEDIENT.
When I met Yahshua Face to face eleven years ago on the morning of the 27th of July 2008 - in a private spiritual experience - engulfed in His Light - Yahshua took the veil from my eyes - restored my spiritual vision - so that His TRUTH could FLOW into me - and OUT of me.
The TRUTH of the WORD of YAHWEH always BRINGS LIGHT AND FREEDOM. For those who OBEY His WORD - LOVE Him - TRUST IN Him - RELY ON Him - He promises that He HIMSELF WILL TEACHES us - GUARDS us and SHOWS us what to do (Ps. 32:8) Scripture that He had given me many years ago in 1995.
The DEVIL is a THIEF:
For most of my life, and in the lives of the average Christian - the devil made sure that Yahweh's feasts never came up in any Church sermon - any Bible study group - any Prayer meeting - any Pastoral visiting ... for it was seen as "JEWISH" FEASTS - feasts that has NOTHING to DO with the "NEW TESTAMENT FAITH" and the "NEW TESTAMENT" BELIEVER - just like the enemy of our souls wanted it to be.
THE BIG GUNS were FIRED and it hit the heart of mankind:
Besides that - the devil made sure that YAHWEH'S FEASTS were completely REPLACED with FEASTS that would SUIT the ENTIRE WORLD with Constantine's NEW WORLD RELIGION - CHRISTIANITY.
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY:
In Christianity - with all its Saints (fore-father spirit worshiping) and Saint-honoring days - and into the REFORMATION the TWO MAIN PAGAN FEASTS SETTLED in the HEART of MAN:
EASTER - a WORLD FEAST - to REPLACE YAHWEH'S PASSOVER FEAST
and
CHRISTMAS - an old pagan feast honoring the gods of ancient Babylon (Nimrod (sun-god) and his re-incarnated son-sun-god Tammuz) - with a "NEW" exclusive CATHOLIC NAME (CHRIST coming from CHRISTOS (the ANOINTED) (Helios - the SUN) MASS - honoring Tammuz' death and re-incarnation) - also a WORLD FEAST and pagan - all of it coming out of ancient Babylon.
The FEAST of TRUMPETS:
In ancient Israel, the SHOFAR played an important role. It was BLOWN for various reasons inclusive of a CALL to WAR and for that reason, the Jewish leaders had to take care in the Greek and then Roman occupied Israel when they blew the shofar on the Feast of Trumpets. It could mistakably thought of as a rebellion being launched and ignited WAR.
A CALL with HEAVENLY INTERPRETATIONS:
The blowing of the TRUMPET on the 29th of September this year, is a picture of a CALL for the heavenly Bridegroom to come FETCH His bride. It is a CALL (a REMINDER) for anyone who has not repented yet, to come clean - to repent and TURN to YAH wholeheartedly.
It is PROCLAIMING - our SAVIOR - our KING is COMING.
O Abba, Yahweh - Yahshua ... Let ALL the earth FEAR Your - REVERE and WORSHIP You; let ALL the INHABITANTS of the world stand in AWE of You - for You SPOKE, and it was done; You COMMANDED, and it STOOD FAST. Your COUNSEL stands forever, the thoughts of Your heart through all generations. Blessed - happy, fortunate and to be envied is the nation whose Yah is Yahweh, the people You has chosen as Your heritage. You look from Your dwelling place upon all the inhabitants of the earth, You fashions the hearts of man - Your eye is upon those who fear You, who revere and worship You with AWE - who WAIT for You (Ps. 33:8-15;18) O come our King ...our heavenly Bridegroom ... we are waiting ... come fetch Your bride ... Amen
If we have a DEAFENED EARS and BLINDED EYES to our Creator's APPOINTED TIMES and FESTIVALS (FEASTS) we are MISSING out on so much - for EVERY ONE of His FEASTS is PART of HIS SALVATION PLAN. With HIS SON is in the MIDST of ALL of it - Abba SPECIFICALLY COMMANDS us to KEEP HIS [SEVEN] FEAST (divided into three APPOINTED TIMES) to KEEP our FOCUS on HIS GREAT PLAN of SALVATION - HIS SON and YAHSHUA'S COMING to FETCH His BRIDE.
THE UNFULFILLED FEASTS (APPOINTED TIMES) PROCLAIMED by our heavenly Father Himself:
1. TRUMPET (29th of September 2019)
2. ATONEMENT (9 October 2019)
3. TABERNACLES (SUKKOT) (13 October 2019)
The FEAST of TABERNACLES (The feast of IN-GATHERING):
The very FIRST time the Feast of Tabernacles is mentioned in the Bible - it is CALLED the FEAST of IN-GATHERING (Ex. 23:16b).
In the Scriptural verses in Exodus 23 we receive the message of the importance of the THREE APPOINTED TIMES (Festivals) of HIS SEVEN FEASTS - all of it inclusive of Sabbath days besides the regular Seventh day Sabbaths:
Ex. 23:14 "Three times a year you shall keep a FEAST to Me."
First Appointed Time:
The first appointed time of Yahweh comprises of three feasts - it is called the UNLEAVENED BREAD FEAST:
1. Passover (Yahshua our Passover Lamb)
2. Unleavened Bread feast (Yahshua our pure uncontaminated [unleavened] Bread from Above) and
3. First Fruits (Yahshua's resurrection as the First Fruits of the harvest)
Ex. 23:15 "You SHALL KEEP the FEAST of UNLEAVENED BREAD; seven days you shall eat UNLEAVENED BREAD AS I COMMANED you to do, at the appointed time in the month of Abib (Babylonian Nissan) ..."
SECOND APPOINTED TIME:
FEAST OF HARVEST (PENTECOST):
Pentecost or the Feast of Harvest is EXACTLY 50 DAYS AFTER the FIRST FRUIT FEAST when Yahshua was RESURRECTED. Pentecost means 50 and was the COMING of the NEW COVENANT when the HOLY SPIRIT was POURED out on JEW AND GENTILE (Eph. 2:14-15).
THIRD APPOINTED TIME of YAHWEH - the TRUMPET FEAST:
1. TRUMPETS
2. ATONEMENT
3. TABERNACLES
1. TRUMPETS:
(BLOW the TRUMPET - MAKE an ALARM - the KING is ON HIS WAY.
After the Trumpet feast, we have TEN DAYS to make amends, to RESTORE our RELATIONSHIP with YAHWEH and to RECEIVE FORGIVENESS. Then comes the DAY of ATONEMENT.
2. ATONEMENT:
According to Leviticus, Atonement is a day of COMPLETE FASTING with NO WATER OR FOOD CONSUMPTION - A SABBATH DAY with NO WORK.
A LAST CHANCE to MAKE THINGS RIGHT:
The ten days from Trumpets to Atonement are widely seen as a GRACE PERIOD of time - A LAST CHANCE of REPENTANCE - CLEAN UP OF LIVES - to CHANGE and TURN from INIQUITIES and to TURN WHOLEHEARTEDLY to YAHWEH - AFTER WHICH THERE IS NO TURNING BACK!
Lev. 23:29 "For whoever is NOT AFFLICTED by FASTING in PENITENCE (repentance, atonement, remorse, regret, sorrow, apology) and HUMILITY on THIS DAY shall be CUT OFF from among his people - so that he may not be included in the atonement made for them."
3. TABERNACLES - THE INGATHERING:
:16b And THIRD you shall KEEP the FEAST OF INGATHERING (BOOTHS or TABERNACLES) at the END of the YEAR ..."
This FEAST is a JOYOUS FEAST - a DRASTIC TRANSITION from REPENTANCE to JOY of SALVATION. It is prophetically and symbolically seen as the DESIGNATED PERIOD of the WEDDING FEAST of the Lamb when it goes into FULFILLMENT.
Revelations 20:6 "BLESSED and HOLY is he who has PART in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Over such the SECOND DEATH HAS NO POWER, but they shall be PRIEST of YAH and of MESSIAH, and shall REIGN WITH Him a THOUSAND YEARS."
When Yahshua was growing up - He went to the all the feasts [or appointed times] of Yahweh in Jerusalem with His family (Luke 2:41-42). As ADULT YAHSHUA CONTINUED to OBEY the COMMAND of His FATHER - in KEEPING YAHWEH'S [SEVEN] FEASTS.
When the time came near for Yahshua to be crucified - and in the fall [prior to His death]- it was time for the FEAST OF TABERNACLES. This time, Yahshua did not get ready to attend the feast - something His brothers seemed very surprised at.
Scripture tells us that Yahshua knew that the leaders of the Jews were looking for Him - to KILL Him ... (John 7:1,11-13)
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES DREW NEAR:
John 7:2-3 "Now the Feast of Tabernacles was drawing near. So His brothers said to Him, LEAVE HERE and GO into JUDEA, so that Your DISCIPLES there may also see the works that You do ...
Yahshua's BROTHERS STILL in UNBELIEF:
:4-5 For no one does anything in secret when he wishes to be conspicuous and secure publicity. If you must do these things and act like this, SHOW YOURSELF OPENLY and MAKE Yourself KNOWN to the WORLD! For even His BROTHERS did NOT BELIEVE IN or ADHERE TO or TRUST IN OR RELY ON Him EITHER ...
YAHSHUA TOLD THEM HIS TIME HAS NOT COME YET:
:6 Whereupon Yahshua said to them, My TIME HAS NOT COME YET; but ANY TIME is SUITABLE for you and your opportunity is ready any time ...
The WORLD HATED Him because HE EXPOSED its WICKEDNESS and EVILNESS:
:7 The world CANNOT HATE you, but it DOES HATE Me because I DENOUNCE it for ITS WICKED WORKS AND REVEAL that its DOINGS are EVIL ...
YAHSHUA TOLD His BROTHERS to GO without Him for IT IS NOT TIME for HIM to GO to JERUSALEM:
:8 GO to the FEAST YOURSELVES. I am not yet going up to the Festival because MY TIME IS NOT RIPE. My TERM is NOT YET COMPLETED; it is NOT TIME for Me to go ...
HE STAYED BEHIND in GALILEE:
:9 Having said these things to them, HE STAYED BEHIND in GALILEE.
He WENT to Jerusalem quietly:
:10 But afterward, when His brothers had gone up to the Feast, He went up also, not publicly, but by Himself quietly and as if He did not wish to be observed ...
When the FEAST WAS ALREADY HALF OVER He STARTED to TEACH in the TEMPLE:
:14 When the Feast was already half over, Yahshua went up into the temple court and began to TEACH."
HELP US ABBA to be OBEDIENT - to KEEP YOUR FEASTS - to DO AS YOUR WORD SAYS - to HONOR YOU and YOU ALONE - to LOVE You with ALL our HEARTS and SOULS and MINDS - to RELY on YOU - TO TRUST YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY - O, LET US BE YOUR OWN ... our wonderful KING - our GOD - our SAVIOR ... our PROTECTOR ... our PROVIDER ... in Yahshua Messiah's name. Amen.
The SHOFAR -
BLESS the NAME of YAHSHUA MESSIAH:
With the TRUMPET FEAST on Sunday the 29th of September through to sunset on the 30th - Abba brought it to my mind to say something more about the TRUMPET or the SHOFAR - so very relevant to His Trumpet Feast.
For most of us in Christianity, the trumpet or shofar is just a thing that the Jews used/still use. Likewise, the FEASTS of YAHWEH are to us only Jewish feasts that have nothing to do with us.
WE TOO are REJECTING our MESSIAH:
By having this mindset we are being "BAPTIZED" with by the enemy - who are at work in the modern Christian church - we are clinging to a New Testament Messiah - REJECTING our Old Testament Messiah. A Messiah who are in EACH of the Books of the entire Bible and who are REPRESENTED in EACH and EVERY FEAST of YAHWEH - PROCLAIMED by Himself.
The SOUNDING of the TRUMPET (shofar) is COMMUNICATION between us and our Creator Himself just like it was in ancient Israel.
The BLOW of the TRUMPET (SHOFAR or RAMSHORN) ANNOUNCED in ancient Israel various important happenings. It is mentioned more than 80 times in the Bible. It was made of the horn of an animal - that is FIT to EAT although COW or BULL were NOT used, because it was a REMINDER of Israel's SINNING in the WILDERNESS by building the GOLDEN CALF.
There are two types of horns. The ramshorn is made from the horn of a male sheep at least one year old.
1. RAMSHORN SHOFAR: (short ramshorn)
The RAMSHORN goes ALL THE WAY BACK when ABRAHAM took ISAAC to SACRIFICE him being OBEDIENT and TRUSTING YAHWEH. When Isaac was bound on the altar, Yahweh PROVIDED A RAM to OFFER.
A REMINDER YAH is our PROVIDER:
The RAMSHORN is a REMINDER that YAH is our PROVIDER in the MIDST of OBEDIENCE.
2. SHOFAR:
The shofar is a longer horn - made from BUSHBUCK living in the edges of the African desert or in modern day - KUDU HORN.
The shofar was REPLACED with the 2 SILVER TRUMPETS that were made ACCORDING to Numbers 10:1-10 per the INSTRUCTION of YAHWEH Himself.
2 X SILVER TRUMPETS:
Num. 10:1-2 "And Yahweh said to Moses, Make TWO TRUMPETS of SILVER; of HAMMERED or TURNED WORK you shall MAKE them, that you may USE them TO CALL the CONGREGATION and for BREAKING CAMP."
An ASSEMBLY - COMING TOGETHER - BOTH TRUMPETS were BLOWN in SHORT, SHARP TONES:
Num. 10:3 "WHEN THEY BOTH ARE BLOWN, ALL the congregation shall ASSEMBLE before you at the TENT of MEETING."
When the congregation was to be assembled, the 2 x TRUMPETS were blown in SHORT, SHARP TONES but NOT the BLAST of an ALARM. (Num. 10:7)
ONE BLAST on a SINGLE TRUMPET - CALL for a MEETING of the LEADERS (heads of the tribes):
Num. 10:4 "And if the ONE BLAST on a SINGLE TRUMPET is BLOWN, then the PRINCES or LEADERS, HEADS of the TRIBES of Israel, shall GATHER THEMSELVES to you."
An EVERLASTING LAW:
Num. 10:8 "... and the TRUMPETS shall be to you for a PERPETUAL STATUTE throughout your generations."
BLOW the TRUMPET when you GO TO WAR - BLOW an ALARM:
Num. 10:9 "When you go to WAR in your land against the ENEMY that OPPRESSES you, then BLOW AN ALARM with the TRUMPETS ...
THAT YAHWEH WILL REMEMBER you:
... that YOU MAY BE REMEMBERED BEFORE YAHWEH ...
AND SAVE you from YOUR ENEMIES:
... and YOU SHALL BE SAVED from your ENEMIES."
BLOW it in the DAY OF REJOICING;
BLOW it in His SET FEASTS;
BLOW it at the BEGINNING of your MONTHS;
BLOW it OVER your OFFERINGS;
SIN OFFERING and PEACE OFFERING;
Num. 10:10 "Also in the DAY OF REJOICING, and in your SET FEASTS, and at the BEGINNING of your MONTHS, you shall BLOW the TRUMPETS over your BURNT OFFERINGS and your PEACE OFFERINGS ...
AS a REMINDER before YAHWEH:
... thus they may be a REMEMBRANCE BEFORE Yahweh, I am Yahweh your Yah."
With the FEAST of TRUMPETS - BLOWING the SHOFAR - is a WARNING of the coming and FINAL WAR - when MESSIAH YAHSHUA will COME BACK with HIS PEOPLE (His BRIDE) - to wage WAR against the DEVIL and his hordes and to be VICTORIOUS.
It is a WARNING SOUND of PREPARATION for us - to PREPARE OURSELVES first of all to ESCAPE (taken away - raptured) the terrible days that will come over the earth and its inhabitants especially during the last three and a half years of the Great Tribulation.
According to my spiritual experience 2017, it seems as if we will all be going into the Tribulation for three and a half years - then the RAPTURE - and for the last three and a half years things will be very very HARSH.
The SOUNDING of the SHOFAR on TRUMPET DAY is then also a WARNING to US TO COME CLEAN - to be OBEDIENT to Yahweh and His Word - to TURN to HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY - so that we will be WORTHY of ESCAPING the terrible days.
The SOUNDING of the SHOFAR is also a REMINDER that YAHWEH is KING.
It is a REMINDER to LIFT UP OUR VOICES as with the BLOWING of a TRUMPET - in itself a DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE - ALARMING OTHERS -
GET READY!
The KING is COMING!
First for HIS BRIDE - the rest of Yahshua's people will be MARTYRED during the great Tribulation. Then He comes to JUDGE ... to JUDGE the WORLD ... the UNGODLY ... the REBELLIOUS ... the IDOLATROUS (those worshiping other gods) the ADULTEROUS - the FORNICATORS - the MURDERERS - the RUDE and the CRUDE - the LIARS and the THIEVES - the HOMOSEXUALS and the LESBIANS - the TRANSGENDERS and the PERVERSELY IMMORALS - the BLASPHEMOUS and the BARBARIC ... the NARCICISTS and the JEALOUS ... the MINIONS of SATAN ... the UNRESPECTFUL and the PHEDOPHILES ... the TORTURERS and the PERSECUTORS ... the INTIMIDATORS ... the OPPRESSORS ... the LOVERS of SELF ... the UTTERLY SELF-CENTERED ... the MONEY LOVERS ... the GREEDY and the PROUD ... the ARROGANT and the SCOFFING ... the DISOBEDIENT and the INHUMAN ... the UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY and PROFANE ... the RELENTLESS ... the SLANDERERS ... the FALSE ACCUSERS and TROUBLEMAKERS ... those LOOSE in MORALS and CONDUCT ... the UNCONTROLLED and FIERCE ... the HATERS of GOOD ... the BETRAYERS ... the RASH and INFLATED with SELF-CONCEIT ... the LOVERS of SENSUAL PLEASURES and VAIN AMUSEMENTS ... (see 2 Tim. 3)
BIGGEST IMMEDIATE IMPACT on ALL OF US:
When the LAST THREE FEASTS will be GOING into FULFILLMENT (TRUMPETS, ATONEMENT and TABERNACLES) it is going to HAVE the BIGGESTS IMMEDIATE IMPACT on ALL OF US - more than the other three feasts.
For these three feasts days are a REMINDER and a PROPHETIC PICTURE of the TIME IMMEDIATELY BEFORE and AFTER YAHSHUA'S RETURN, a TIME that IF YAH WOULD NOT INTERVENE ... NO FLESH would be able to survive (Matt. 24:22).
O Abba, hear our prayer when we CRY for MERCY ... as we LIFT UP OUR VOICES to You our heavenly Father and PLEAD for the SOULS of our LOVED-ONES ... those who are still in bondage ... those who are still thinking that they are in right standing with You ... those who were lied to ... those who are clinging to only half of the Gospel because the church is teaching only this half. We beg You Father - to pluck them from the fire ... to make them Your Bride ... so that we can all be with You before Your terrible day of judgment will come upon the people of the earth when Your feasts go into fulfillment. In the name of our REDEEMER, SAVIOR, the COMING KING - Amen.
Ps. 32:10 "Many are the SORROWS of the WICKED, but HE WHO TRUSTS IN, RELIES ON, and CONFIDENTLY LEANS on YAHWEH shall be COMPASSED ABOUT with MERCY and with LOVING- KINDNESS."
29 September 2019 - TRUMPET FEAST (Rosh HaShanah)
9 October 2019 - ATONEMENT DAY (Yom Kippur) :
Leviticus 16:29-31 “This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord. It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute."
TEN DAYS AFTER the TRUMPET FEAST (Rosh Ha'Shanah) coming up this Sunday [29th of September] - is the DAY of ATONEMENT. It is the 10th of the 7th MONTH of Yahweh's Biblical Calendar - corresponding to the 9th of October 2019.
ATONEMENT - The ACTION of MAKING AMENDS for WRONGS or INJURY or LIFESTYLE.
Atonement leads up to ATONEMENT DAY:
The TEN DAYS LEADING up to Yom Kippur (ATONEMENT) are GRACE-DAYS - SYMBOLICLY DAYS of LOOKING BACK on our LIVES - ACKNOWLEDGING our WRONGS - REPENTING by ASKING FORGIVENESS of our SINS - ALL of it - ALL of our WRONGS and FORGIVING THOSE WHO HAVE WRONGED us.
It is a time of TRUSTING YAH through His HOLY SPIRIT to bring our WRONGS to MIND so that we can ASK FORGIVENESS and TURN BACK to Him.
It is a time of HUMBLING OURSELVES and SUBMITTING to Him WHOLEHEARTED.
It is a time of MAKING THINGS RIGHT that are WRONG in our lives so that our heavenly Father could be WELL PLEASED with us - looking more and more like His SON.
Ps. 32:1 "BLESSED, happy, fortunate, to be envied, is HE WHO HAS FORGIVENESS of his transgressions CONTINUALLY EXERCISED UPON him, whose SIN is COVERED."
Ps. 32:3 "When I KEPT SILENT before I CONFESSED, my BONES WASTED AWAY through my GROANING ALL the DAY LONG. For DAY AND NIGHT Your hand of DISPLEASURE was HEAVY UPON me; my MOISTURE was TURNED INTO the DROUGHT of summer. Selah, pause, and calmly think of that!"
Ps. 32:5 "I ACKNOWLEDGED my SIN to You, and my INIQUITIES I DID NOT HIDE. I said, I WILL CONFESS my TRANSGRESSIONS to YAHWEH CONTINUALLY UNFOLDING the PAST TILL ALL is TOLD - THEN - You INSTANTLY FORGAVE me my GUILD AND INIQUITY of MY SIN. Selah, pause and calmly think of that!"
Ps. 32:6 "For THIS FORGIVENESS, let EVERYONE WHO IS GODLY PRAY - PRAY to You in a TIME WHEN YOU MAY BE FOUND; surely when the GREAT WATERS of TRIAL OVERFLOW they shall NOT REACH the SPIRIT IN him."
CLEAN UP OUR LIVES THOROUGHLY:
It is a time to REALLY CLEAN UP OUR LIVES for many of us are DEAD (spiritually) in our SINS and totally ignorant of it.
Rev. 3:1c "... I KNOW your RECORD and WHAT YOU ARE DOING; you are SUPPOSED to be ALIVE, but in REALITY YOU ARE DEAD."
RESTORING what is on the POINT of DYING:
It is a time of KEEPING WATCH AND BE AWAKE - RESTORING and RE-INVIGORATING our lives in that which is ABOUT to DIE.
WE THINK we are DOING it for Him:
Many of us (professing believers) think we are in right standing with Abba through all the things we do - thinking we are doing it for Him.
We do missionary work - are deacons and elders in the church - attend all the the church-meetings and Bible study groups - youth group activities - and we get so busy that we are too busy to KNEEL before the Father - repenting of our wrongs.
We get so busy that we are totally missing out on the VOICE of our Father - telling us "THIS is the WAY ..."
KEEP AWAKE ... KEEP WATCH:
Rev. 3:2 "ROUSE yourselves and KEEP AWAKE, and STRENGTHEN and INVIGORATE what REMAINS AND is on the POINT of DYING; for I HAVE NOT FOUND A THING that you have done MEETING the REQUIREMENTS of My Yah or PERFECT in His sight."
Rev. 3:3 So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; CONTINUALLY LAY them to HEART AND OBEY them, and REPENT. In case you do NOT ROUSE YOURSELVES and KEEP AWAKE AND WATCH, I WILL COME UPON YOU like a THIEF, and you will NOT KNOW or SUSPECT AT WHAT HOUR I WILL COME.
Thank You Abba for Your WORD - thank You for Your SON Who paid with His life to make a way for us - BACK to You. Thank You for Your SPIRIT - our Helper - helping us to lead a life well-pleasing to You. Thank You for being our HIDING PLACE. You, Yahweh, PRESERVE us from trouble, YOU SURROUND us WITH SONGS and SHOUTS of DELIVERANCE (Ps. 32:7) - O ABBA You INSTRUCT us and TEACH us the WAY we SHOULD GO - You COUNSEL us with Your EYE UPON us - (Ps. 32:8) - IF WE MEET Your REQUIREMENTS. Help us then O Father, Yahshua and Spirit in this late hour - with Your Feasts to start soon - to see the DOOR that is WIDE OPEN ... a DOOR that nobody is able to shut (Rev. 3:8b). Help us to be OBEDIENT - REPENT - and TURN to YOU wholeheartedly - fully acknowledging our sins and repenting of it - so that we can be in Your PRESENCE - KNOW You INTIMATELY and WALK in a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with You. In Yahshua Messiah's wonderful name. Amen.
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REMINDERS:
Ps. 34:7 "The messenger of Yahweh ENCAMPS ALL AROUND THOSE who FEAR Him [who REVERE and WORSHIP Him with AWE] - AND RESCUES them."
IT IS ALL ABOUT our MESSIAH and His SALVATION PLAN:
All SEVEN the FEASTS or APPOINTED TIMES of Yahweh has to DO WITH HIS SON - YAHSHUA our MESSIAH. ALL of it CENTERS around YAHSHUA and is REMINDERS of SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
REMINDERS:
Yahweh's FEASTS are full of ACTIONS (things we SHOULD DO) and/or REMINDERS of SOMETHING very IMPORTANT - things that are FULFILLED and things that are STILL to be FULFILLED.
FULFILLED FEASTS:
1. Yahweh's PASSOVER feast:
The PASSOVER FEAST is a REMINDER of what our MESSIAH has DONE for us. EACH PART of the PASSOVER FEAST (a SEVEN DAY FEAST) REMINDS us of SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
(i) LAMB - (NOT EASTER PORK/HAM!):
The PASSOVER LAMB:
When eating LAMB during PASSOVER - it is a REMINDER of YAHSHUA as the FIRSTBORN SACRIFICIAL LAMB. A LAMB of YAH without SPOT or BLEMISH - SINLESS - SELF YAH Who gave Himself up willingly to MADE a WAY for us to be SAVE;
2. The FEAST of UNLEAVENED BREAD:
John 6:35 "Yahshua replied, I AM the BREAD of LIFE ..."
EATING of UNLEAVENED BREAD - (NOT EASTER HOT-CROSS BUNS!):
Eating UNLEAVENED BREAD for the duration of the feast (SEVEN DAYS) is a REMINDER of our MESSIAH who WAS the PURE BREAD from HEAVEN. There was NO LEAVEN IN Him - NO SIN - NO WRONGS - NO INIQUITIES.
3. The FIRST FRUITS FEAST:
HE IS ALIVE:
Exactly after THREE DAYS and THREE NIGHTS in the TOMB (GRAVE) - our MESSIAH ROSE from the DEAD - EXACTLY on the DAY of the FIRST FRUITS feast.
First Fruits reminds us of the RESURRECTION of our Messiah - HE IS ALIVE our MESSIAH LIVES!
1 Cor. 15:23 "But each in his own order: MESSIAH the FIRSTFRUITS, then AT His COMING THOSE WHO BELONG to Him."
4. PENTECOST:
In between the Feasts of Yahweh is PENTECOST - a REMINDER of the DAY when HIS SPIRIT COMES to LIVE in mankind IF we MEET His TERMS.
Acts 2:1 "And when the DAY of PENTECOST had FULLY COME ... :3 there appear to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each of them. :4 And they were all FILLED - DIFFUSED THROUGHOUT their SOULS - with the HOLY SPIRIT."
5. The FEAST of TRUMPETS (Rosh HaShanah):
With the Trumpet feast (a one day feast) just around the corner (29th of September) - we are REMINDED of the COMING of the KING.
The prophet Joel prophesied that it is TIME to PREPARE. TO BLOW the TRUMPET ... to WARN the PEOPLE ... PREPARE yourself for that what is coming.
PLEAD to YAHWEH:
Joel 1:14 "Sanctify a FAST, CALL a SOLEMN ASSEMBLY, GATHER the ELDERS and ALL the INHABITANTS of the LAND in the house (PRESENCE) of Yahweh - and CRY to YAHWEH in PENITENT (repentant, repenting, sorry, remorseful, regretful, apologetic) PLEADINGS.
JUDGEMENT DAY is COMING!
Joel 1:15 "ALAS for the DAY! For the DAY of the JUDGEMENT of YAHWEH is at HAND, and as a DESTRUCTIVE TEMPEST (storm, gale, hurricane, cyclone, blizzard ...) from the ALMIGHTY WILL it COME."
BLOW the TRUMPET:
Joel 2:1 "BLOW the TRUMPET in Zion; SOUND the ALARM on My holy hill. LET ALL WHO LIVE ... ALL the INHABITANTS of the land tremble, for the DAY of YAH is COMING; IT IS CLOSE at HAND."
THE TERRIBLE DAY of YAHWEH:
DARKNESS (MISTS) and GLOOM:
Joel describes the DAY of YAHWEH as a day of darkness and gloom - of clouds - and of a thick mists and darkness like the morning dawn that spreads upon the mountains. (Joel 2:2)
A MIGHTY ARMY - HEATHEN AND HOSTILE:
This ARMY that Yahweh is going to use in the end - will be HEATHEN AND HOSTILE - NUMEROUS and MIGHTY - the LIKES that has never been seen before nor will it be seen again. (Joel 2:2b)
A DEVOURING HORDES and DEVASTATION:
Joel 2:3 "A FIRE DEVOURS BEFORE them, and BEHIND THEM a FLAME BURNS; The land being as the GARDEN of EDEN BEFORE them - is let BEHIND THEM - a DESOLATE WILDERNESS where NO ONE HAS ESCAPED the DEVASTATION of this DEVOURING HORDES."
LIKE WAR HORSES AND HORSEMEN they RUN - like a MIGHTY PEOPLE in BATTLE ARRANGEMENT:
Joel 2:4-5 "Their APPEARANCE is like the APPEARANCE of HORSES, and LIKE WAR HORSES AND HORSEMEN, SO DO THEY RUN. Like the NOISE of CHARIOTS on the TOPS of the MOUNTAINS they LEAP - like the NOISE of a FLAME OF FIRE DEVOURING the STUBBLE, like a MIGHTY PEOPLE SET IN BATTLE ARRAY." [Rev. 9:7,9].
Joel 2:6 "BEFORE THEM the PEOPLES ARE IN ANGUISH; ALL FACES BECOME PALE."
A SUPERNATURAL ARMY:
Joel 2:7 "THEY RUN LIKE MIGHTY MEN - THEY CLIMB the WALL LIKE MEN OF WAR.
They MARCH EACH ONE STRAIGHT AHEAD on HIS WAYS and they DO NOT BREAK THEIR RANKS.
:8 NEITHER DOES ONE THRUST UPON ANOTHER;
They WALK EVERY ONE IN HIS PATH.
And they BURST THROUGH AND UPON the WEAPONS,
Yet they ARE NOT WOUNDED and DO NOT CHANGE THEIR COURSE.
:9 They LEAP UPON the CITY; THEY RUN UPON the WALL; they CLIMB UP ON AND INTO THE HOUSES; they ENTER IN AT THE WINDOWS LIKE A THIEF.
:10 THE EARTH QUAKES BEFORE THEM; the HEAVENS TREMBLE, The SUN AND THE MOON ARE DARKENED and the STARS WITHDRAW their SHINING. [Rev. 9:2-4; 16:14].
:11 And YAHWEH UTTERS His VOICE BEFORE His ARMY, for His HOST IS VERY GREAT, and they are STRONG and POWERFUL who EXECUTE YAH'S WORD. For the DAY of YAHWEH is GREAT and VERY TERRIBLE, and WHO CAN ENDURE it?
A NUCLEAR END?
To me it sounds like a NUCLEAR "ARMY" taking everything before them away - leaving behind them a fire burning. It's smoke fills the heavens - the sun is darkened with its terrible smoke and the moon cannot shine ... it is PROPHESIED in Joel that this army climbs walls, leaps upon the city, run upon the walls - climb into the houses - enter in at the windows - the earth quakes before them and the heavens tremble.
O PLEASE DO NOT FEAR and DO NOT DESPAIR:
When we read about these terrible things that are going to happen - O child of Yahweh - DO NOT FEAR and DO NOT DESPAIR - just make SURE you are in RIGHT STANDING with YAHWEH - and if you are NOT says ABBA in Joel 2:12 "Therefore also now, says Yahweh, TURN and KEEP ON COMING to Me with ALL YOUR HEART, with FASTING, with WEEPING, and with MOURNING UNTIL EVERY HINDRANCE is REMOVED and the BROKEN FELLOWHIP is RESTORED."
TURN TO HIM and KEEP ON COMING to HIM:
Our wonderful Father - our Savior tells us in Joel to REND OUR HEARTS - to TAKE OUT our HEARTS of STONE and LET OUR HEARTS BECOME SOFT and TEACHABLE - and RETURN to Him with ALL our HEARTS and ALL our SOULS and ALL of our INNERMOST BEING.
He PROMISES that HE IS GRACIOUS and MERCIFUL;
SLOW to ANGER;
ABOUNDING in LOVING-KINDNESS.
IF WE MET HIS CONDITIONS:
If we MET HIS CONDITIONS - HE WILL TAKE US BACK - BESTOW HIS BLESSINGS ON US - SAVE us (rapture - taken away and out of the way) FROM THE COMING DISASTER -and even if we are left behind - and have to go through it - we can still RENT our HEARTS and KEEP ON COMING to Him - even if it means death for being a believer.
WE NEED NOT FEAR DEATH:
With our lives in His hands - our hands in His - we need NOT FEAR DEATH - for death is only a TRANSITION ... a STEPPING into our eternal home. It is GOING HOME.
Joel 2:13 "REND YOUR HEARTS and NOT YOUR GARMENTS and RETURN to YAHWEH your YAH, for HE IS GRACIOUS and MERCIFUL, SLOW to ANGER, and ABOUNDING IN LOVING-KINDNESS; and HE REVOKES HIS SENTENCE OF EVIL when HIS CONDITIONS ARE MET."
O ABBA, today - while there is still time - a few days from Your Day of TRUMPETS feast - I am asking for Your HOLY SPIRIT OUTPOURING upon YOUR PEOPLE - the CHILDREN - WIVES and HUSBANDS - SONS and DAUGHTERS - GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS - I am ASKING for KNOWLEDGE and INSIGHT and UNDERSTANDING to FLOOD us - for PEOPLE to COME to YOU in their MULTITUDES - TURNING to YOU - WHOLEHEARTEDLY - REPENTING of their WRONGS UNTIL EVERY HINDRANCE is REMOVED and the BROKEN FELLOWSHIP and RELATIONSHIP with YOU IS RESTORED. Help us YAHSHUA to REND our HEARTS not our GARMENTS, to RETURN to You, our YAH, YAH of ISRAEL, YAH of ABRAHAM, ISAAC and JACOB - the ALMIGHTY - and to YOUR SON - YAHSHUA MESSIAH - our SAVIOR - CONVICT us O HOLY SPIRIT of our WRONGS so that we can CLEANSE OURSELVES and be in RIGHT STANDING with You for You are GRACIOUS and MERCIFUL, SLOW to ANGER and ABOUNDING in YOUR LOVING-KINDNESS. In YOUR WONDERFUL NAME - the NAME of the COMING KING - YAHSHUA our MESSIAH. Amen.