Posted on 09/10/2018 10:03:09 PM PDT by Sontagged
Also, I noticed that I messed up on describing Conception vs. Hanukah. To clarify, I feel the time of Conception likely occurred at the start of Hanukah (Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.), as a shadow of a previous event - Hanukah first, Conception the latter event.
This is precisely what occurred Passover vs Crucifixion - one a "shadow event" of the other. Wonder what else is coming based on the previous dates?
All said, IMO, one of the more important observance we should keep, daily, is to remember Him when we break bread and drink from the cup. :)
“This is precisely what occurred Passover vs Crucifixion - one a ‘shadow event’ of the other. Wonder what else is coming based on the previous dates?”
Paul described the feasts, new moon, and sabbaths as “a shadow of things to come” in Colossians 2:17. Interestingly, the only feast that occurs on a new moon is the Feast of Trumpets. (The other new moons of the year were also celebrated but were not among the prescribed feast days.)
“All said, IMO, one of the more important observance we should keep, daily, is to remember Him when we break bread and drink from the cup.”
These elements exquisitely picture the death and resurrection of Christ, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and His second coming. Of course, the bread pictures His physical body being broken at Calvary, and the fruit of the vine pictures His blood which was the payment for our sins. Like you said, these are things we must keep before us daily—taking up our cross daily, dying daily, and being made conformable to His death. We commemorate His death with perishable symbols because there is no body in a grave somewhere to visit as a shrine. He is risen. We don’t have to take a pilgrimage to connect with this. He told His disciples to keep this ordinance until He comes again. It foreshadows the time when He will return and dine with us.
The coming of the Holy Spirit is pictured because not only Christ’s physical body is pictured in the bread, but also His spiritual body, the church.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
This is the primary meaning of Paul’s warning about “not discerning the the Lord’s body” which he expounds further in the subsequent passages about spiritual gifts bestowed by the Spirit.
December 25 observed as a holy day isn’t holy to the Father or the Son.
He wasn’t born there and when one divorces themselves from false traditions of men, that His Word and science can prove isn’t accurate, they may see one way how Satan can possibly deceive the whole world.
One way Satan deceives the whole world is with the calendar. People calling holy what isn’t..
I for one am not married to September 11. That is a date on the false Roman calendar.
It isn’t biblical either.
The day that commemorates when the Word became flesh is a day that occurs once a month, not just once a year.
And it is a day the Father taught Israel to keep holy.
A day that points to Genesis 1:1, John 1:1 and John 1:14
That is a monthly occurrence on the Father’s calendar,not an annual.
Interestingly though, September 11 2018 was in fact one of those holy days on the Fathers calendar. A day He has once a month, that points to Genesis1:1, John 1:1, and John 1:14.
When the world gets to see that, all the inherited lies we have been forced to follow will start to melt away.
His birth occurred on a biblically significant holy day that the Father has at the beginning of every one of His months, because it commemorates the Beginning.
Israel was called to keep that day holy every month.
He was circumcised on a day that is holy every month as a Sabbath on the Father’s calendar. Israel was called to keep that day holy every month.
He was presented in the temple on a day that is holy once a year. A Sabbath on the Father’s calendar. Israel was called to keep that day holy once a year.
He was baptized on a day that is holy every month.
He began His ministry on a day that is holy once a year.
He was killed as the Lamb on a day that is set apart once a year, but is commemorated once a month on the Father’s calendar.
He laid in the tomb resting on a Sabbath that is holy every month.
He was raised on a day that is set apart once a year, but is commemorated once a month on the Father’s calendar.
The Holy Spirit was gifted on a day that is holy once a year ,but also commemorated every month on the Father’s calendar.
The Word really did become flesh.
It will be amazing when Israel learns this. They don’t follow it today. They can’t. They follow inherited lies that blind them from the Truth.
Satan’s lies are hiding Truth that can open the eyes of the blind. When one stops accepting the lies, the eyes can be open to Truth.
The World needs that dearly.
But religion may fall in the process
I don't claim to be an "expert", but the expert person's explanation, which you quoted, is incorrect.
First, Astarte is only one of many derivatives of the original goddess Ishtar, who dates way back to practically the beginning of recorded history. Other, later fertility goddess with similar characteristics, are Inanna and Aphrodite among others.
I'm not familiar with the author's source material, a "Alexander Hislop's 1853 book The Two Babylons", but there are countless relics, scrolls and a number of clay tablet recordings available which describe these ancient pagan gods and goddesses and their progression through history.
Second, I'm not sure what the author is trying to say in his second part, for Herod was a Jew, king of the Jews at the time Judea was a client state of Rome, even so, it practiced its own religious beliefs.
Thirdly, the KJV mentions "Easter" one time, in Acts 12:4:
"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."
The NIV doesn't use the term "Easter". And frankly, it wouldn't be the only time KJ translators messed up a translation. Certainly other parts of the KJV verify it was Passover, Herod was most concerned about - just my thoughts, an admitted none expert - and the Pagan observance of "Easter" occurred during springtime, IIRC.
Fourthly, there are much better sources than the 1828 Webster's dictionary to use to define words in the KJV Bible. One of many Bible Concordances to begin with.
Regardless of what you or others may currently believe, I strongly encourage looking into the matter further. It is a fascinating and very interesting study, and will serve to increase your knowledge of God's Word.
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better." - Ephesians 1:17
Third, to the KJV translators, "Easter" was not a pagan holiday, but a Christian one. They observed Easter and many of the calendar charts in the front of a 1611 KJV are based on Easter9. If "Easter" is a pagan holiday, the KJV translators were pagan.
And rereading Acts 12, the chapter that mentions Easter in the KJV:
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 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.
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Apparently the Jews under Herod's direction, captured Peter around the time of the feast of unleavened bread (a seven day feast which includes Passover). And apparently around this same time, Peter was turned over to "four quaternions of [most likely Roman] soldiers [each quaternion consisted of four soldiers, so that they were in all sixteen].
Lightly researching the Roman version of Ishtar/Easter, their goddess of fertility, you find references to Cybele. In the Spring (around the time of Passover) the Romans also had their own "holy days" for honoring this goddess.
It makes sense Herod would wait until after these festivities completed before requesting "four quaternions" of [most likely Roman] soldiers to bring him (Peter) forth to the people.
In this case, I believe the KJ translators got the translation right and the expert whom you quoted, simply confused the Jewish feast days with Roman feast days.
I agree Herod, a Jew, probably did not observe the Roman "Easter", other than as an officiating requirement?
The English word “Easter” did not exist at that time. It was derived from a German word many centuries later, sort of like Protestantism. The Greek and Latin word in the Bible is correct. Easter is a word for the Christian holyday of the Resurrection of Jesus after His death during Passover.
YHvH's calendar may appear to be lunar,
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
however,
it is corrected each year by the ripening of the barley.
I think you will find 2001 & 2008shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
can be better explained by
the 29th of the month of Elul
when all debts are forgiven &
slaves released each Sabbath year.+ See Rabbi Jonathan Cahn's books
Protestants don't revere the Leviticus Feast Days because they "feel" they are for the Jews. On the contrary, God said they were His Feast days. If you belong to Him, they are for you. God laid out His plan very early to make sure His people knew the calendar of events that were coming. Hanukkah was not one of them. People seem to forget that we have been adopted into the Family of God. That is Israel(Jacob)
I gave you all of the reasons Jesus was born on Tabernacles. They say the poles lit with swaddling cloths soaked in oil in the Temple courtyard is the "light of the world."
John 8:12, Jesus is in the Temple with the adulterous woman. He states that He was the Light of the World. This was on Tabernacles and the Jews would have been reading Scripture about the Light of the world. "Light of the world" is a theme of Tabernacles. He announced to everyone He was the Light of the World. John 10:1 was Hanukkah and Jesus was on the porch. I don't read anything about Him saying here that He is the Light of the World. There is a couple of months between Tabernacles and Hanukkah.
We could have a discussion if you wanted to assert Jesus was born on Trumpets, Yom Kippur, or Tabernacles, because a baby can be a few weeks early or late. But God told of His days thousands of years in advance. Jesus died exactly at the same hour the evening sacrifice was killed on Passover in the Temple. He rose from the dead exactly on First Fruits. All predicted thousands of years in advance. Hanukkah is not even listed in Leviticus 23.
...." Tradition ascribes it to winter, with the Western half of the Church using December 25 and the Eastern half January 6."....
The first word says "Tradition". We are to beware of the traditions of men. The Bible is our anchor, not men. The church of Babylon changed off of God's calendar to the Roman one. The church of Babylon changed the Feast days to pagan ones. The Sabbath is clearly listed in Leviticus 23 as the 7th day. God repeats it in the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20:10. For some arbitrary reason Rome changed to the day they worshiped the sun god. (Go figure) Ezekiel 31 speaks of a large tree being cut down by God. This "tree" speaks of a man made church. Tree's are men in the Scriptures. God's church is a woman, a virgin. This man made church has demons in it. Beasts of the field and birds of the air, refer to demons. It is the doctrine of demons to forbid marriage. Believers have been made kings and priests. We don't need a go between to pray for us. Our mediator is Jesus Himself. We are told to not pray repetitive prayers like the pagan do. Pagan's put trees in their house.
Jer 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
Jer 10:4 They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.
Jer 10:5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do any good."
This "tree church" will be cut down by God in the Last days, but the stump will remain(Jesus). This tree church will be another woman,....a whore. It will house the Spirit of Jezebel(Rev 2:20, the church at Thyatira) Thyatira was Semiramis's daughters name. Tammuz was her son's name who was supposedly a resurrected Nimrod.( Eze 8:14)
Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach."
In that day, refers to the Last days. 7 women refer to ALL the churches in Revelation. Eating your own food is making up your own theology. Wearing your own apparel is calling good; evil, and calling. evil; good. But they will all call themselves Christian instead of calling themselves the church of Satan or the Temple of Baal.
I noticed you said "Protestant", like you assumed I was Protestant. NO, I'm what some call non denominational, but I call myself a believer. If I speak in tongues, you assume I'm Pentecostal, but I'm not Pentecostal. I believe the Bible. If Jesus tells me I can pray to receive the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues and receive other gifts, I believe Scripture. Baptists say the Perfect has come speaking of the Bible, but I say the "Perfect" is Jesus, and He hasn't come yet. Trusting your traditions or anyone else's traditions instead of Scripture is crazy. If you leave the RCC and go to a Methodist church or a Lutheran, it's just a daughter of the woman that gave you traditions of men in the first place. If you want to study Scripture, I feel much more comfortable with a Jewish Rabbi than a European Frenchman or Italian that comes from Babylons church in the 1200's.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
God loves His people. Notice He is calling His people out of this mess of a church. He is giving them a chance to repent and come to Him and ditch this woman. If they will hear the Word of God and stop relying on traditions of men, they can be saved. If they don't, they will suffer the same fate as non believers. It's all there in The Bible and it's not as if you haven't studied. You have just studied amiss, believing men instead of the Holy Spirit. Deprogramming someone that has been raised in a cult is the hardest thing in the world. If up has been down all your life, it's difficult to stand right side up. I read many posts here on FR about the Bible and am stunned to read what some people think is in the Bible. IMO, it comes from antisemitism that blinds them that Jesus came as a Jew, lived as a Jew and died as a Jew. We have been adopted into this family, they haven't been kicked out. Joseph had 2 Gentile sons and were adopted into Jacob's(Israel) family. What on earth makes people think they know what Jesus was saying if they don't know anything about Jewish history, customs and laws? It's not new. 3 John verse 9 says John,...the one Jesus loved,... tried to visit a Greek church before he died and was turned away. For many Christians, the Jesus they study and love, is NOT the Jesus of the Bible. They have invented another Jesus that fits more like what they want, than who He is. That is as much idol worship as carving a piece of wood and putting it in your pocket to take out when you want it.
Seek the face of YHvH in his WORD. There is only one authority:
SHALOM B'SHEM YAH'SHUA HAMASHIACH
Yah'shua, the WORD of G-D.
Today at sundown beginsshalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
the holist day of YHvH's
Feast Days:Yom Kippur : the day of Atonement.
Seek His Face in His WORD.
Odd; on what basis?
Seek the face of YHvH in His WORD
Leviticus 16:29 mandates establishment of this holy day on the 10th day of the
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
7th month as the day of atonement for sins. It calls it the Sabbath of
Sabbaths and a day upon which one must afflict one's soul. Leviticus 23:27
decrees that Yom Kippur is a strict day of rest.
Christians are enjoined, as I cited, to observe the LORD's passover
in the light of the New Testament.
So, unless one is a Jew practicing the Jewish religion, Yom Kippur does not directly apply.
He will rule the world for a thousand years Yah'shua did not come to start the Roman church. Yah'shua did not come to start Christianity. Yah'shua came to be the Lamb of YHvH. As a Pesach sacrifice for all of the sins of the world, All who call on His NAME: If you wish to follow the Christ , you will be grafted in.
Seek the face of YHvH in His WORD. Yah'shua was, is & will always be a Jew.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
with a rod of iron from the throne of David
in Jerusalem. see the Book of Revelation ch 20.
if one calls on His NAME,
Yah'shua, which means YHvH (be/is) my Salvation.
Read Romana Ch 9,10 & 11
The available evidence overwhelming points to the sacrifice and resurrection of Yeshua occurring on Passover and First Fruits.
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