One in Messiah Congregation

  קָּהָל אֶחָד בְּמָּשִׁיחַ

 

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    עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

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

Today is April 27 2019 – in the 21 Century

 Yehovah God has His own calendar, which is deleted from the world 

We are now in the 1st month of the God of Israel called Nisan, נִיסָן and ha aviv הָאָבִיב – 21th day

Today’s Topic

"The last day of the feast of unleavened bread” - חַג הַמַּצּוֹת

Free from the "leaven of iniquity"

 A solemn assembly

 עֲצֶרֶת  

 Shabbat Shalom

   שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

rootעָצַר   aw-tsar'

A primitive root; to enclose; by analogy to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble: keep (self close, still), refrain, restrain, retain, stop, withhold (self).

עֲצֶרֶת    עֲצָרָה

ătsârâh - ‛ătsereth - ats-aw-raw', ats-eh'-reth - an assembly, especially on a holy day: - solemn – meeting

Total KJV Occurrences: 21

 solemn, 10

Lev._23:36, Num_29:35, Deu_16:8, 2Ki_10:20, 2Ch_7:9, Neh_8:18, Joe_2:13-15 (3), Amo_5:21

 assembly, 9

Lev_23:36, Num_29:35, Deu_16:8, 2Ki_10:20, 2Ch_7:9, Neh_8:18, Jer_9:2, Joe_2:14-15 (2)

 assemblies, 1

Amo_5:21

meeting, 1

Isa_1:13

Solemn assemblies

Lev.23 [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; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

Num.29 [35] On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:

Deut.16 [8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

2Chr.7 [9] And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

Neh.8 [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.

Solemnity:

mô‛êd    mô‛êd    mô‛âdâh 

 מוֹעָדָה    מֹעֵד    מוֹעֵד

properly an appointment, that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand): - appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time (appointed).

 

Let’s read:

 Exod. 12

[15] Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

[16] And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

[17] And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

[19] Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

[20] Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.


Lev. 23

[1] And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of Yehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

[3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of Yehovah in all your dwellings.

[4] These are the feasts of Yehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

[5] In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is Yehovah's passover.

[6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Yehovah: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

[7] In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

[8] But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.


Num. 9

[9] And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying, [10] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Yehovah.

[11] The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

[12] They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

 

Num.28

[1] And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

[16] And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of Yehovah.
[17] And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

[18] In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:

[19] But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto Yehovah; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
[20] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
[21] A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
[22] And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
[23] Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
[24] After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto Yehovah: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

[25] And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

 

Deut. 16

[1] Observe the month of ha Aviv Abib, and keep the passover unto Yehovah thy God: for in the month of ha Aviv Yehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
[2] Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto Yehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yehovah shall choose to place his name there.

[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

[4] And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

[5] Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Yehovah thy God giveth thee:
[6] But at the place which Yehovah thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
[7] And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Yehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

[8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

 

2 Chr. 30 Hezekiah kept the Passover

[1] And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Yehovah God of Israel.
[2] For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
[3] For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
[4] And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
[5] So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto Yehovah God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
[6] So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Yehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
[7] And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against Yehovah God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
[8] Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto Yehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve Yehovah your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
[9] For if ye turn again unto Yehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for Yehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
[10] So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
[11] Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
[12] Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Yehovah
.
[13] And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
[14] And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron
.
[15] Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of Yehovah.
[16] And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
[17] For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Yehovah
.
[18] For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Yehovah pardon every one
[19] That prepareth his heart to seek God, Yehovah God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
[20] And Yehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

[21] And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised Yehovah day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Yehovah.

[22] And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of Yehovah: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to Yehovah God of their fathers.

[23] And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.

[24] For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
[25] And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
[26] So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
[27] Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

 

2 Chr. 35 - Josiah kept the Passover

[1] Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto Yehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
[2] And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Yehovah,
[3] And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto Yehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now Yehovah your God, and his people Israel,
[4] And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
[5] And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
[6] So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Yehovah by the hand of Moses.
[7] And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
[8] And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
[9] Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
[10] So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
[11] And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
[12] And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto Yehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
[13] And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
[14] And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
[15] And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
[16] So all the service of Yehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of Yehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

[17] And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

[18] And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

[19] In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
[20] After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
[21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
[22] Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
[23] And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
[24] His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
[25] And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations
.
[26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of Yehovah,
[27] And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.


Ezra 6 2nd Temple finished - the children of the captivity kept the Passover

[14] And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

 

[15] And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.


[16] And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy
,
[17] And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.


[18] And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

[19] And the children of the captivity kept the Passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

[20] For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
[21] And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek Yehovah God of Israel, did eat,

[22] And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

 

Ezek. 45

[18] Thus saith Yehovah Yehovah; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
[19] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
[20] And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.

[21] In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have (like the Gospels) the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

[22] And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.

[23] And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to Yehovah, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

Interesting verses

Luke 2 [41] Now Yeshua’s parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover

[42] And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.[43] And when they had fulfilled the days, (7 days) they returned…

Custom = manner according to the divine laws in Torah

Another reminder of the 2019 Spring Feasts and Holy Days

This year, the First fruits, Resurrection Day is the 28 day of April, Sunday - “Offering time” – tomorrow!

50 days from First Fruits: Hag Sh'vu-ot - חַג שָׁבֻעֹת “Offering time” - Feasts of Weeks / Pentecost, a Sabbath – June 16

In closing:

See you tomorrow, for a short time, for the resurrection of Yeshua, our first fruits.

Lord willing -  J

Shabbat Shalom

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