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Shabbat Shalom שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

All welcome

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Let’s pray

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Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory, from the 1500’s

Today is October 2, 2012

October —the eighth month – wrong, now the 10^th month, go figure…

Middle English octobre

Latin October

Latin octo “eight” + -ber (adj. suffix)

Latin october mensis “eighth month”

October has always had 31 days.

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Tuesday—Tiu’s day

Middle English tiwesday or tewesday

Old English tiwesdæg “Tiw’s (Tiu’s) day”

Latin dies Martis “day of Mars”

Ancient Greek hemera Areos “day of Ares”

Tiu (Twia) is the English/Germanic god of war and the sky. He is identified with the Norse god Tyr

Mars is the Roman god of war

Ares is the Greek god of war

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Now, God’s truth

Yehovah has His own calendar

We are now in the 7th month of God called ha Ethanim, 15^th day

1Kgs.8[2] And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

It is not New Year, Rosh ha Shannah nor when the world was created nor Adam’s birthday, Judaism and some Messianics are wrong!

This month is called ha Ethanim not Tishrei which is not found in the Hebrew Bible

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They have been deleted from your knowledge. You haven’t a clue they are missing. I will undelete them.

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Happy Feast of Tabernacles

My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign

Exod.31[ 13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yehovah that doth sanctify you.

[ 14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

[15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Yehovah: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

[16] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

[17 ] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Yehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

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Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Yehovah.

35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah: it is a solemn assembly - עֲצֶרֶת ; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

Solemn assembly

עֲצֶרֶת ats-eh'-reth - an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday: - (solemn) assembly (meeting).

Holy convocation

מקרא miqra: convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together, sacred assembly, something called out, that is, a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal

קדשׁ kodesh: a sacred place or thing; consecrated, dedicated, hallowed, holiness, saint, sanctuary, apartness, sacredness, separateness, apartness, sacredness, holiness

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Lev.23 [39] Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto Yehovah seven days : on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

[40] And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Yehovah your God seven days.

[41] And ye shall keep it a feast unto Yehovah seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

[42] Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

[43] That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yehovah your God.

[44] And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of Yehovah.

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The feast of ingathering at the end of the year

(Not new year as Judaism and many Messianics say)

Exod.23[ 16] And the feast of harvest , the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering , which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

חַג הָאָסִף בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה

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Shadows of "things to come"

The feasts and holydays of the Lord are all about the Messiah

Colossians 2:16: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday , or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17: Which are a shadow of "things to come"(future tense); but the body is of Messiah

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The first Tabernacle - Sukkoth

Genesis 8:4 and the ark rested in the seventh month (ha Ethanim), on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

**Ha Ethanim 17 – Today it would be the 2nd day into the Feast of Tabernacles

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3 harvests - 3 feasts, not 7 feasts

which is

which was

which is to come

Rev.1 [4] John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

[8] I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

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Exod.23 - [14] Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

[15] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

[16] And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field:

and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

[17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Yehovah.

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Deut.16 [16] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Yehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose; in

The feast of unleavened bread,

and in the feast of weeks,

and in the feast of tabernacles

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חַג הַמַּצּוֹת feast of unleavened bread

When Messiah died and rose

firstfruits of your harvest

עֹמֶר רֵאשִׁית קְצִירְכֶם

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Feast of weeks חַג שָׁבֻעֹת

חַג הַקָּצִיר feast of harvest – When The Holy Spirit came

Messiah said:

John.14 [15] If ye love me, keep my commandments.

[16] And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

[17] Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

[18] I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

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Feast of tabernacles חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת

חַג הָאָסִף feast of ingathering – When Messiah comes back, the last gathering

Exodus 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. (Shows this is NOT New Year)

וְחַג שָׁבֻעֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה לְךָ, בִּכּוּרֵי קְצִיר חִטִּים; וְחַג, הָאָסִיף--תְּקוּפַת, הַשָּׁנָה

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Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous

רַנְּנוּ צַדִּיקִים, בַּיהוָה

Pss.33 [1] Rejoice in Yehovah, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Pss.97 [12] Rejoice in Yehovah, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Lev.23 [40] And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Yehovah your God seven days.

Neh.8 [1 ] And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yehovah had commanded to Israel.

[13] And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

[14] And they found written in the law which Yehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

[15] And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

[16] So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

[17] And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. שִׂמְחָה, גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד

[18] Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner

approx. little over 1000 yrs. - 1451 BC. 446 BC no booths

Jeshua ( Joshua ) died in 2523 approx.

וַיִּקְרָא בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת הָאֱלֹהִים, יוֹם בְּיוֹם־־מִן־הַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן, עַד הַיּוֹם הָאַחֲרוֹן; וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־חָג שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת כַּמִּשְׁפָּט

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Why rejoice?

Deut.16 [12] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: (like our old man of sin) God delivered us. We are no longer bondservants - slaves

Isa.43 [25] I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Our Sukkah is a shadow of our future Home

Rev.21[ 3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Isa.65 [17] For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Isa.66 [22] For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Yehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.

2Pet.3 [13] Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new

heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Rev.21 [1] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

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It is all about Messiah who has eternal life

Matt.19[ 16] And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Matt.25[ 46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

John.12[ 25] He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

John.17[ 3] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent

John.3[ 15] That whosoever believeth in him ( Messiah ) should not perish, but have eternal life.

John.5[ 39] Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me, Messiah.

John.6[ 54] Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

[68] Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

John.10[ 28] And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

1John.5[ 11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12 ] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.[13 ] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

[20] And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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The Branch - Messiah

Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branchצֶמַח of Yehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

Jeremiah 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness צֶמַח צְדָקָה to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. נֵצֶר

Zechariah 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Yehovah of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; צֶמַח and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of Yehovah:

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Isaiah 11: Branch - Messiah נֵצֶר (ene) Nazarene

1: And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch נֵצֶר shall grow out of his roots:

נצר netser - a shoot; figuratively, a descendant: - branch

Matthew 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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back to Isaiah 11:

2 And the spirit of Yehovah shall rest upon him ( Messiah ), the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yehovah;

3 And shall make him ( Messiah ), of quick understanding in the fear of Yehovah: and he ( Messiah ), shall not judge after the sight of his ( Messiah ), eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ( Messiah ), ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he ( Messiah ), judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he ( Messiah ), shall smite the earth with the rod of his ( Messiah ), mouth, and with the breath of his ( Messiah ), lips shall he ( Messiah ), slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his ( Messiah ), loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his ( Messiah ), reins.

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his ( Messiah ), rest shall be glorious.

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John 12:13 Took branches of palm trees,and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

John "7"

1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles (Lev. 23:34 ) was at hand.

3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.

6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

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37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, (the 8th day - Lev. 23:36 ) Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

From:

Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet ( Messiah ) from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken

back to John "7" - 41 Others said, This is the Messiah / Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

42 Hath not the scripture said, That Messiah / Christ cometh of the seed of David,

Psalms 132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I ( Messiah ) set upon thy throne.

back to John "7" - and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he ( Messiah )come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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An interesting thought

Num.29[1 ] And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
[2] And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto Yehovah; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
[3] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
[4] And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
[5] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
[6] Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto Yehovah.
[7] And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
[8] But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto Yehovah for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
[9] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
[10] A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
[11] One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

[12] And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Yehovah seven days:

First Day
[13] And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto Yehovah;

thirteen young bullocks,

two rams,

and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

[14] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,

[15] And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:

[16] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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[17] And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks,

two rams,

fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

[18] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

[19] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.

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[20] And on the third day eleven bullocks,

two rams,

fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;

[21] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
[22] And one goat for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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[23] And on the fourth day ten bullocks,

two rams,

and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish

[24] Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner

[25] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering

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[26] And on the fifth day nine bullocks,

two rams,

and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

[27] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner

[28] And one goat for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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[29] And on the sixth day eight bullocks,

two rams,

and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

[30] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

[31] And one goat for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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[32] And on the seventh day seven bullocks,

two rams,

and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

[33] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

[34] And one goat for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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[35] On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:

[36] But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto Yehovah:

one bullock,

one ram,

seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

[37] Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

[38] And one goat for a sin offering;

beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

[39] These things ye shall do unto Yehovah in your set feasts , beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

[40] And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yehovah commanded Moses.

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total 70 bullocks

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total 98 lambs of the first year without blemish

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total 14 rams

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total = 70 + 98 + 14 = 182 ( all these numbers are divisible by 7 )

total goats for a sin offering " 7 "

Also in verses:

14] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,

[15] And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:

[16] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering;

three tenth deals times 70 bullocks = 210/10

two tenth deals times 98 rams = 196/10

several tenth deal ( 1/10 ) times 14 lambs = 14/10

add 210 + 196 + 14 = 420/10 or 42 ( which is divisible by 7 )

beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. ( which is all divisible by 7 )

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Succoth

Gen.33[ 17] And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth .

וְיַעֲקֹב נָסַע סֻכֹּתָה, וַיִּבֶן לוֹ בָּיִת; וּלְמִקְנֵהוּ עָשָׂה סֻכֹּת, עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם סֻכּוֹת

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A few of Judaism’s things they add to Torah which we are commanded by God not to do, don’t get caught up into them

No 4 species as Judaism states!

The Four Species:

****Where does it say this in the Word?

Etrog - citron (a citrus fruit native to Israel)

Lulav - palm branch

Hadas - myrtle branch

Arava - willow branch

The etrog is held separately. The three branches are bound together and referred to collectively as the lulav.

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The lulav, whose central pillar is referred to as its "backbone" (shidrah) resembles the backbone of man.

The leaves of the myrtle branch (hadas) resemble the eyes of man.

The leaves of the willow branch (aravah) resemble the lips of man.

The etrog resembles the heart of man.

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The Etrog represents the heart, the seat of our emotions.

The Hadas (myrtle) has leaves shaped like an eye.

The Lulav (date palm) represents the spine, from where our actions emanate.

The Aravah (willow) represents the lips, our speech.

* Lulav – the spine
* Hadass – the eye
* Aravah – the mouth
* Etrog – the heart

****there is no Mitzvah of a lulav

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All added to the Word

With these four species in hand, Jews recite a blessing and wave the species in six directions (east, south, west, north, up and down) to symbolize that God is everywhere. The four species are also held during the Hallel prayer.

Each day during Sukkot, there are special processions in synagogue around the Torah. The etrog and lulav are held during these processions. These processions, called hoshanas because during the procession a prayer with the refrain hoshana (please save us) is recited, commemorate similar processions around the altar of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
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Now truth, here is what the Scripture says:

Leviticus 23:40 And ye shall take you on the "first day" the

boughs of goodly trees, פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר

branches of palm trees, כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים

and the boughs of thick trees, וַעֲנַף עֵץ-עָבֹת

and willows of the brook; וְעַרְבֵי-נָחַל

and ye shall rejoice before Yehovah your God seven day.

וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן, פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים, וַעֲנַף עֵץ-עָבֹת, וְעַרְבֵי-נָחַל;

וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם, לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם--שִׁבְעַת יָמִים

Nehemiah 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch

***Judaism is wrong again, more than Four Species below:

1 - olive branches, עֲלֵי-זַיִת

2 - and pine branches, וַעֲלֵי-עֵץ שֶׁמֶן

3 - and myrtle branches, וַעֲלֵי הֲדַס

4 - and palm branches, וַעֲלֵי תְמָרִים

5 - and branches of thick trees, וַעֲלֵי עֵץ עָבֹת

to make booths, as it is written.

וַאֲשֶׁר יַשְׁמִיעוּ, וְיַעֲבִירוּ קוֹל בְּכָל-עָרֵיהֶם וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר--צְאוּ הָהָר וְהָבִיאוּ עֲלֵי-זַיִת וַעֲלֵי-עֵץ שֶׁמֶן, וַעֲלֵי הֲדַס וַעֲלֵי תְמָרִים וַעֲלֵי עֵץ עָבֹת: לַעֲשֹׂת סֻכֹּת, כַּכָּתוּב

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A little backup

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שׂכך סכך - sâkak śâkak - saw-kak', saw-kak' - A primitive root; properly to entwine as a screen; by implication to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect: - cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.

שׂכך / סכך sâkak / śâkak -

1) (Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in

2) to block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover

2a) (Qal)

2a1) to screen, cover

2a2) to cover oneself

2a3) protector (participle)

2b) (Hiphil)

2b1) to screen, cover

2b2) to cover, defecate (euphemism)

3) (Qal) to cover, lay over

4) to weave together

4a) (Qal) to weave together

4b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together

Part of Speech: verb

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שׂכך / סכך - sâkak / śâkak

covered, 8

cover, 5

covereth, 2

covering, 2

defence, 1

defendest, 1

hedged, 1

join, 1

set, 1

shut, 1

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סך sôk – soke- a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair: - covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle.

סך sôk

covert, 1

den, 1

pavilion, 1

tabernacle, 1

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סכּה - sûkkâh - sook-kaw' - Feminine - a hut or lair: - booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. - thicket, covert, booth, thicket, booth (rude or temporary shelter)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

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סכּה - sûkkâh

booths, 9

tabernacles, 9

pavilions, 3

tabernacle, 3

booth, 2

pavilion, 2

cottage, 1

covert, 1

tents, 1

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סכּוּת - sikkûth - sik-kooth' - Feminine an (can be idolatrous) booth: - tabernacle.

Sikkuth = “tent”

1) a Babylonian deity

2) Tabernacle

Part of Speech: noun proper feminine

tabernacle, 1 – Amos 5:26

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סכּת סכּות - sûkkôth sûkkôth - sook-kohth', sook-kohth' - Plural - booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine: - Succoth.

Succoth = “booths”

1) the site where Jacob put up booths for his cattle and built a house for himself; apparently east of the Jordan near the ford of the torrent Jabbok and later allotted to the tribe of Gad

2) the 1st stopping place of the Israelites when they left Egypt

Part of Speech: noun plural proper locative

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סכּת / סכּות - sûkkôth

succoth, 18

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סכּות בּנות - sûkkôth b^enôth - sook-kohth' ben-ohth' - the (irregular) plural - booths of (the) daughters; brothels, that is, idolatrous tents for impure purposes: - Succoth-benoth.

succothbenoth, 1 – 2Kings 17:30

Succoth-benoth = “the daughter’s booth”

1) Assyrian or Babylonian deity worshipped by the Babylonians in Samaria

Part of Speech: noun proper

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סכּי - sûkkîy / sook-kee'- Patrial from an unknown name - a Sukkite, or inhabitant of some place near Egypt (that is, hut dwellers): - Sukkiims.

סכּי - sûkkîy - Sukkiims = “booth dwellers” - a people who supplied warriors for the Egyptian army under Shishak

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine - sukkiims, 1 2Chron. 12:3

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hese verses below, in Haggai chapter 2 are during the Feast of Tabernacles, on the 7th day of the feast, before the last great day.

the “word of Yehovah came saying” to Haggai the prophet

הָיָה, דְּבַר-יְהוָה, בְּיַד-חַגַּי הַנָּבִיא, לֵאמֹר

Hag. 2 חַגַּי הַנָּבִיא

[1] In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of Yehovah by the prophet Haggai, saying,
[2] Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

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( first temple)

[3] Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

[4] Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Yehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Yehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Yehovah of hosts:
[5] According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

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(second temple)

[6] For thus saith Yehovah of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
[7] And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: (Messiah) and I will fill this house with glory, saith Yehovah of hosts.

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[8] The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Yehovah of hosts.

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[9] The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith Yehovah of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith Yehovah of hosts.

(first temple) compared with the (second temple where Messiah came, verse 3)

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The Jews all over the world are anticipating the coming of the Messiah. Judaism says he is supposed to establish peace such as has never been seen before.

Haggai 2:7 [7] And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: (Messiah) and I will fill this house with glory, saith Yehovah of hosts. The Messiah is the desire of all nations.

In Midrash Rabbah - Deuteronomy I:23, we read Heggai 2:7 is specifically applied to the time of the coming of the Messiah

Let's read Midrash Rabbah - Deuteronomy I:23:

23. Another explanation: I HAVE BEGUN. etc. This bears out what Scripture says, Hope deferred maketh the heart sick (Prov. XIII, 12).

R. ‘Azariah said: This verse refers to the salvation yet to come.

How? When the prophet says unto Israel, Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth (Hag. II, 6),

they reply, ’Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.’

But when the prophet said, Behold, thy salvation cometh (Isa. LXII, 11)...

Isa.62 [11] Behold, Yehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. (Messiah)

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We know that the Second Temple was not as glorious a structure as the first. So how could its glory surpass that of the first temple? The answer is simple, the Messiah was supposed to come to this second temple.

Mal.3 [1] Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Yehovah of hosts.

The second Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. Messiah had to come before the second Temple was destroyed, and He did.

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Gen. 49 [10] the sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

The sceptre is understood to be the national identity of Judah, from where the Kings and the law came. Shiloh is another name for Messiah. (Our King)

Judah retained its identity and judicial authority even during the seventy years of Babylonian captivity.

Ezra 1:5-8 shows that the priests and prince were still in existence even after seventy years in exile.

[5] Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of Yehovah which is in Jerusalem.
[6] And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
[7] Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
[8] Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

The sceptre did not depart during this time. Judah retained its identity until the temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. At that time the sceptre depart from Judah.

Yes, again I say, Messiah had to come before the second Temple was destroyed, and He did.

In Daniel 9, we are told the exact time that Messiah was supposed to come.

Dan. 9

[21] Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
[22] And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
[23] At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

[24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

[25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
[26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Messiah was to come 69 weeks after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem.

Messiah was to be cut off in 62 weeks.

Then the end…

A week above is 7 years.

Example:

Gen.29

[27] Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

[28] And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

[29] And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
[30] And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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We can see in the scriptures there were three decrees.

As History records:

Cyrus – approximately 536 B. C.

Darius - approximately 531 - 486 B. C.

Artaxerses - approximately 454 - 434 B. C.

The exact date is always debatable; however that is not the point of this study.

The Messiah was supposed to come 483 years after a specific date recorded by Daniel.

In our way of dating today, that would be the right time Messiah did come. (a little short of 2000 yrs ago, as of 2012)

From the scriptures above, it is clear to see, Messiah did come before the second temple was destroyed.

No person now in (2012) or in the future came claim to be the Messiah as the scriptures above record.

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We now await the second coming of Messiah, known as the "Son of man", coming in, with "the clouds" of heaven!

Dan. 7

[13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven...

Matt. 24

[30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matt. 26

[64] Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Mark. 13

[26] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Mark. 14

[62] And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

1 Thes. 4

[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: [17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Rev. 1

[7] Behold, he (Messiah) cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

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Another gathering at the END

The feast of ingathering which is at the year's end

חַג הָאָסִיף־־תְּקוּפַת הַשָּׁנָה

John.7 [2] Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

Rom.2 [28] For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;

[29] But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly;

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Matt. 3

[10] And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
[11] I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:[12] Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Matt. 13 [24] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

[25] But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

[26] But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

[27] So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

[28 ] He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

[29] But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

[30] Let both grow together until the harvest: הָאָסִף and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Matt. 24

[25] Behold, I have told you before.

[26] Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

[27] For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

[28] For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

[29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

[31] And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather הָאָסִף together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matt. 25

[31] When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

[32] And before him shall be gathered הָאָסִף all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

[33 ] And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

[34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

[35 ] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

[36] Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

[37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

[38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

[39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

[40] And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

[41] Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels :

[42] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

[43] I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

[44] Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

[45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

[46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Mark. 13

[23] But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

[24 ] But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

[25 ] And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

[26 ] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

[27 ] And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather הָאָסִף together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Get ready for the last gathering הָאָסִף

Happy Feast of Tabernacles

Shabbat Shalom

Latin octo “eight” + -ber (adj. suffix)

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