Nuusbrief 5862-009
Die 3de Jaar van die 5de Sabbatsiklus
Die 32ste jaar van die 120ste Jubileumsiklus
Die 7th of the 3rd month, 5862 years after the creation of Adam
Die 5de Sabbatsiklus na die 119de Jubileumsiklus
Die Sabbatsiklus van die Tiendes aan die Weduwees en Weeskinders
April 25, 2026
Shabbat Shalom aan die koninklike familie van Jehovah,
Dit is die 49ste dag van die telling van die Omer.
Why We Are Expanding This Year
With this Shabbat we have now reached Dag 49. Dit is die seventh Sabbath since the waving of the Omer on March 5, 2026.
But before I get to this week’s teaching, I want to speak to you plainly about why we have been doing so much last year and again this year.
In 2025, we spent about $78,000 in advertising to promote the warning and our books. In 2026, we have signed agreements to spend $ 36,000 met Pray.com to host our podcasts weekly, twice each Shabbat. We have also signed with a PR firm to help place this message on major Christian television and radio shows across North America. That representation will cost well over $36,000 at the base level, and I expect our advertising costs this year may rise as high as $150,000.
At the same time we have undertaken redoing the website once again. It currently is not going to stand up to the way technology is changing and has to be updated to meet what we expect to be the coming demands.
I want you to understand why I am doing this.
It is not about building the SightedMoon.com brand.
It is not about making money.
It is about the warning found in Ezekiel 3 and 33.
Ezk 3:16 And it happened at the end of seven days, even it happened that the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Esg 3:17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the Word of My mouth, and give them warning from Me.
Ezk 3:18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
Ezk 3:19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
Ezk 3:20 And when the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and when I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezk 3:21 But if you warn the righteous so that the righteous does not sin, and if he does not sin, he shall surely live because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
And to make sure you get it, and I mean you really get it, Yehovah tells Ezekiel the same thing again.
Esg 33:1 En die woord van die HERE het tot my gekom en gesê:
Esg 33:2 Mensekind, spreek met die kinders van jou volk en sê vir hulle: As Ek die swaard daaroor bring, oor 'n land, en een man neem uit die volk van die land, van hulle grense, en hom as hulle wag stel ;
Esg 33:3 as hy die swaard oor die land sien kom, hy op die basuin blaas en die volk waarsku,
Esg 33:4 dan elkeen wat die geluid van die basuin hoor en nie waarsku nie, as die swaard kom en hom wegneem, sal sy bloed op sy eie hoof wees.
Esg 33:5 Hy het die geluid van die basuin gehoor en nie gewaarsku nie. Sy bloed sal op homself wees. Maar hy wat hom waarsku, sal sy siel red.
Esg 33:6 Maar as die wag die swaard sien kom en nie op die basuin blaas nie en die volk nie gewaarsku word nie; as die swaard kom en vat 'npersoon onder hulle uit, hy word in sy ongeregtigheid weggeneem. Maar ek sal sy bloed van die wag se hand eis.
Esg 33:7 En jy, mensekind, Ek het jou 'n wag vir die huis van Israel aangestel. Daarom moet julle die Woord uit My mond hoor en hulle van My af waarsku.
Esg 33:8 As Ek vir die goddelose sê: O Goddelose, jy sal sekerlik sterwe; as jy nie spreek om die goddelose van sy weg te waarsku nie, sal die goddelose deur sy ongeregtigheid sterwe; maar Ek sal sy bloed van jou hand eis.
Esg 33:9 Maar as jy die goddelose vir sy weg waarsku, om daarvan af te draai; as hy hom nie van sy weg bekeer nie, sal hy deur sy ongeregtigheid sterwe, maar jy het jou siel gered.
That is what has driven this work since we began. We have operated on a shoestring budget for many years, and many of you have faithfully stood with us month after month. I thank you for that. But the end of this age is now here, and for us to stay small at this crucial hour is a crime. We must find any way possible to make the warning go farther across all of Israel, all 12 tribes.
We were warning about 2020 when no one else was. Once we knew we had that time correct, we began warning about 2023. We got that right as well. And now we are warning about 2026. Our credentials are before us in all of our Newsletters. If nothing happened in 2020, we were going to close the doors on this ministry. But something BIG did happen, and you all know it.
That is why SightedMoon is expanding right now.
James is helping preserve and strengthen the website and the more than 21 years of newsletters that must not be lost. Pauline is helping improve how we present the message through graphics, Facebook, and YouTube. Ryan is helping host and grow the podcast. Sombra continues to help carry the podcast, the Midrashes, and the work in Africa. Shawna, Kim, Ivette, Consuelo, and Sally are each helping strengthen different parts of the work, from PR and organization to translation and audio narration. What began with me trying to explain the Jubilee cycles to people has now grown into an organization. It was not something I planned. But it is a conglomeration of many things we have done over the years. We must now streamline everything so that it all works together, guiding the new person to learn and helping them to obey Yehovah.
This year we are striving to preserve the archive, strengthen the website, improve the public presentation of the message, grow the podcast, improve YouTube, expand the audiobooks, strengthen translation efforts, and appear on larger Christian media platforms so that more people can hear, understand, and respond.
That is extremely ambitious. It is meant to be. And it seems daunting when you look at it as a whole. But it must be done in order to help the new comers begin to grow and understand.
If you are not already supporting this work and you believe this warning needs to go out, then I would ask you to prayerfully consider helping with a $10, $25, or $100 monthly donation. If you understand what we are trying to do, then perhaps you may want to be a part of it and help pay it forward for those yet to come.
And I also want to say this plainly: I know many of you have prayed, and are praying, for me, my team, and this work. I thank you for that more than I can say. I ask you now to pray with fresh understanding, knowing what we are trying to do in waking up the ten virgins, both the foolish and the wise. Pray that Yehovah will open doors no man can shut, provide what is needed, protect this work from error and distraction, and use it to awaken all those whom He is calling in these final hours.
This weekend is Shavuot and we will be having our Shavuot service on Sunday beginning at 10 AM eastern.
In our Newsletter this week, I am showing you some of the early signs of famine once again. I am not saying anything new really. The nightly news sources are doing all the talking. Listen to the videos and understand just how far reaching the shutting down of the Strait of Hormuz is. No, the USA is not replacing the volume of oil tankers that come through the Strait, no matter how much President Trump says they are. This is both for the oil and fertilizers. We have talked about the Philippines in prior newsletters. This week we are talking about Australia and the USA and how this oil crisis is being compounded with a record heatwave and drought in the spring planting and harvesting season. The newscasters are also talking about the price of beef and how families must now choose between food products and the increasing cost of living. And those same broadcasters are saying that this disruption is lightly affecting things this year but is going to have a huge impact on next year’s planting season.
All of this is coming exactly at the time we have been saying since 2005 was the year the two witnesses would come on the world scene and the start of the 3 1/2 years of famine. I am not forcing the subject. I am merely sharing what the news is saying. Are you getting ready?
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Daar is baie mense wat gemeenskap nodig het en wat op die Sabbat by die huis sit met niemand om mee te praat of mee te debatteer nie. Ek wil julle almal aanmoedig om by ons aan te sluit op Shabbat, en om ander uit te nooi om ook by ons te kom aansluit. As die tyd nie gerieflik is nie, kan jy na die onderrig en die midrash daarna luister op ons YouTube-kanaal.
Wat doen ons en hoekom onderrig ons op hierdie manier?
Ons gaan albei kante van 'n saak bespreek en jou dan laat kies. Dit is die werk van die Ruach (Gees) om jou te rig en te leer.
Die Middeleeuse kommentator Rashi het geskryf dat die Hebreeuse woord vir worstel (avek) impliseer dat Jakob “gebind” was, want dieselfde woord word gebruik om geknoopte rande in 'n Joodse gebedsjapie, die tzitzityot, te beskryf. Rashi sê, "so is die manier van twee mense wat sukkel om mekaar omver te werp, dat die een die ander omhels en hom met sy arms knoop".
Ons intellektuele worsteling is vervang deur 'n ander soort stryd. Ons worstel met Yehovah terwyl ons met Sy Woord worstel. Dit is 'n intieme handeling, wat 'n verhouding simboliseer waarin Jehovah en ek en jy saamgebind is. My worsteling is 'n stryd om te ontdek wat Yehovah van ons verwag, en ons is "gebonde" aan die Een wat ons bystaan in daardie stryd.
Vandag sê baie Israel beteken “Kampion van God”, of beter – die “Worstelaar van God”.
Ons Torah-sessies elke Shabbat leer jou en moedig jou aan om voortdurend uit te daag, te bevraagteken, daarteen te argumenteer, asook alternatiewe sienings en verklarings van die Woord te sien. Met ander woorde, ons moet “met die Woord worstel” om by die waarheid uit te kom. Jode glo wêreldwyd dat jy met die Woord moet worstel en voortdurend Dogma, Teologie en sienings moet uitdaag, anders sal jy nooit by die Waarheid uitkom nie.
Ons is nie soos die meeste kerke waar “Die prediker praat en almal luister nie”. Ons moedig almal aan om deel te neem, te bevraagteken en by te dra wat hulle weet oor die onderwerp wat bespreek word. Ons wil hê jy moet 'n kampioen-stoeier van die Woord van Yehovah wees. Ons wil hê jy moet die titel Israel dra, met die wete dat jy nie net weet nie, maar ook in staat is om te verduidelik hoekom jy weet dat die Torah waar is met logika en feite.
Ons het egter 'n paar reëls. Laat ander praat en luister. Daar is geen bespreking oor UFO's, Nephilim, Entstowwe of sameswering-tipe onderwerpe nie. Ons het mense van regoor die wêreld met verskillende wêreldbeskouings. Nie almal gee om wie die president van enige spesifieke land is nie. Behandel mekaar met respek as mede-stoeiaars van die woord. Sommige van ons vakke is moeilik om te verstaan en vereis dat jy volwasse moet wees en as jy nie weet nie, luister dan om kennis en begrip en hopelik wysheid te verkry. Die einste dinge wat jy beveel word om vir Yahweh te vra en Hy gee aan die wat vra.
Jas 1: 5 Maar as iemand van julle wysheid kortkom, laat hom dit van God bid, wat aan almal eenvoudig en sonder smaad gee, en dit sal aan hom gegee word.
Ons hoop jy kan diegene wat Torah wil onderhou nooi om by ons aan te sluit deur op die skakel hieronder te klik. Dit is amper soos 'n Torah-onderrig-genootskap-geselsprogram met mense van regoor die wêreld wat deelneem en hul insigte en begrip deel.
Ons begin met 'n bietjie musiek en dan 'n paar gebede en dit is asof jy in die kombuis in Newfoundland sit en 'n koppie koffie drink en almal van ons geniet mekaar se geselskap. Ek hoop dat jy ons eendag met jou geselskap sal vereer.
Sabbatdienste begin om 12:30 PM EDT waar ons van hierdie uur af gebede, liedere en onderrig sal doen.
Shabbat midrash sal omstreeks 1:15 Oostelik begin.
Ons sien uit daarna dat jy by ons familie aansluit en ons sal leer ken soos ons jou leer ken.
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Torah gedeelte
Torah gedeeltes
Ons lees die hele Tora saam met die Profete en die Nuwe Testament een keer oor 'n tydperk van 3 1/2 jaar deur. Of volgens die Sabbatsiklus, wat beteken dat ons dit alles twee keer oor 'n tydperk van 7 jaar lees. Dit stel ons in staat om meer in diepte te dek eerder as om gehaas te word om soveel te dek as wat jaarliks gedek word. Ons laat almal toe om kommentaar te lewer en deel te neem aan die besprekings.
Sewentigjarige Torah gedeelte
As jy na Torah gedeelte in ons argiefafdeling kan jy dan na die 1ste jaar gaan, wat die 1ste jaar van die Sabbatsiklus is, die een waarin ons nou is, soos ons boaan elke Nuusbrief sê. Daar kan jy afblaai tot by die regte datum en sien dat ons hierdie Shabbat baie goed kan wees oor:
Getalle 3
Esegiël 47-48
Job 1-2
3 John 1
Judas
Ons is in die eerste Sabbatsiklus in 2024-2025. Ons gaan twee keer deur die hele Bybel in 'n 7-jaar siklus. Dit beteken dat ons die hele Bybel een keer elke 3 1/2 jaar dek. Dit gee ons meer tyd om te debatteer en te bespreek oor elke gedeelte wat ons lees.
As jy verlede week se opwindende ontdekkings gemis het terwyl ons daardie afdeling bestudeer het, kan jy verby gaan kyk Shabbatte op ons media afdeling.
Tel die Omer
Tel die Omer
Few Will Enter
Few Will Enter
The Narrow Gate, the Commandments, and Love for the Brethren
One of the most sobering questions ever asked of Yehshua was this:
Luke 13: 23-24 “And one said to Him, Lord, are the ones being saved few? And He said to them, Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.”
Notice carefully, Yehshua did not dismiss the question. He did not say not to worry about it. He did not say that nearly everyone was going to heaven or that all would enter. Instead, He gave a warning. He said to streef to enter at the narrow gate, because baie will seek to enter and will not be able to get in.
This same warning is given in Matthew:
Matthew 7: 13-14 “Enter in at the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in through it. Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
There are only two ways. One is broad, easy, popular, and filled with many. The other is narrow, difficult, and found by only a few. The broad way leads to destruction. The narrow way leads to life.
So what is the narrow way?
Is it merely attending church, paying your tithes, and serving as a deacon or Sunday school teacher?
It is merely saying, “Lord, Lord” or claiming things in the name of Jesus?
It is hearing truth without obeying it, claiming the commandments are nailed to the cross and no longer in effect.
Yehshua Himself said:
Matthew 7: 21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works? And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness!”
This is one of the most terrifying passages in all of Scripture. These are not atheists. These are not pagans. These are religious people, people who thought they were serving Yehovah. They used His name. They read this newsletter. They did works in His name. And yet Yehshua says to them, “Depart from Me,” because they were workers of wetteloosheid.
That word matters. Lawlessness is the opposite of obedience. It is the rejection of Yehovah’s law. It is living as though His commandments no longer matter. But it is more than that. It is not having His love in you.
That is why obedience is not optional.
John 14: 15 “As julle My liefhet, bewaar my gebooie.”
Yehshua did not say, “If you love Me, ignore My commandments.”
He did not say, “If you love Me, replace obedience with emotion.”
He did not say, “If you love me, have more praise and worship festivals.”
He said plainly, “As julle My liefhet, bewaar my gebooie.”
John confirms this truth:
1 John 2: 3-4 “And by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, I know Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
Again, Scripture could not be clearer. This is how we know that we know Him, as ons Sy gebooie bewaar. And if someone says, “I know Him,” but refuses His commandments, John says that person is a leuenaar.
John says it again:
1 John 5: 2-3 “By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.”
Love for God is not proven by words alone. It is proven by obedience.
This is why so few enter. The narrow gate is narrow because it requires repentance. It requires surrender. It requires obedience. It requires us to stop following the crowd and begin walking in the commandments of Yehovah.
In Luke 13, those shut out protest to Yehshua:
Lukas 13:25 En as die eienaar van die huis eers opgestaan en die deur gesluit het, en jy begin buite staan en aan die deur klop en sê: Here, Here, maak vir ons oop, en Hy sal antwoord en vir jou sê: Ek doen ken jou nie; waarvandaan is jy;
Lukas 13:26 dan sal jy begin sê: Ons het voor u aangesig geëet en gedrink, en U het op ons strate geleer.
Lukas 13:27 Maar Hy sal sê: Ek sê vir julle: Ek ken julle nie; van waar jy is. Gaan weg van My, alle werkers van ongeregtigheid!
They had proximity to truth and could ask questions. They had exposure to His teachings. They had heard Him and seen the miracles or heard about them. But exposure is not obedience. Familiarity is not faithfulness. Hearing the truth is not the same as doing it.
Jas 2: 14 My broers, watter wins is dit as iemand sê dat hy geloof het en nie werke het nie? Kan geloof hom red?
Jas 2: 15 As 'n broer of suster naak is en gebrek aan daaglikse voedsel,
Jas 2: 16 en as een van julle vir hulle sê: Gaan in vrede, word warm en versadig, maar gee hulle nie die dinge wat die liggaam nodig het nie is dit?
Jas 2: 17 Selfs so, as dit nie werke het nie, is die geloof dood, omdat dit vanself is.
Jas 2: 18 Maar iemand sal sê: U het geloof, en ek het werke. Wys my jou geloof sonder jou werke, en ek sal jou my geloof uit my werke wys.
Jas 2: 19 Jy glo dat daar een God is, jy doen goed; selfs die demone glo en bewe.
Jas 2: 20 Maar sal jy weet, o nietige mens, dat geloof sonder werke dood is?
Jas 2: 21 Is ons vader Abraham nie geregverdig deur werke toe hy sy seun Isak op die altaar geoffer het nie?
Jas 2: 22 Sien jy hoe geloof saam met sy werke gewerk het, en uit die werke geloof volkome gemaak is?
Jas 2: 23 En die Skrif is vervul wat sê: "Abraham het God geglo, en dit is hom tot geregtigheid gereken, en hy is 'n vriend van God genoem."
Jas 2: 24 U sien dan hoe 'n mens geregverdig word uit werke, en nie slegs deur geloof nie.
Jas 2: 25 En net so is Ragab, die hoer nie ook geregverdig uit werke toe sy die boodskappers ontvang het en gestuur hulle op 'n ander manier uit?
Jas 2: 26 Want soos die liggaam sonder die gees dood is, so is die geloof sonder die werke ook dood.
This pattern is seen all through Scripture. There is always a remnant. There are always a few doing the work.
Die Matthew 22: 14 “Want baie is geroep, maar min is uitverkies.”
1 Peter 3: 20 “…when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah… wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”
Jesaja 10: 22 “For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return…”
The pattern never changes. The majority do not obey. The majority do not listen. The majority choose the easy road. But the remnant, the few, strive to enter, obey the commandments, and endure to the end.
And there is another mark of the true disciple that modern religion often ignores. Yehshua said His people would not only be known by obedience. They would also be known by their love for one another.
John 13: 34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, as I loved you, that you also love one another. By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward one another.”
Yehshua did not say His disciples would be known merely by what they claim to know. He did not say they would be known only by arguments, charts, or theological debates. He said they would be known by their love that they showed one another.
And yet what do we so often see? Many who claim to be in the truth have no love for the brethren at all. The moment someone disagrees with them or sees a matter differently, the hatred comes out. They curse. They gossip, slander, and speak evil of the brethren. They mock and pray for their destruction, thinking they are being righteous. As they leave they swear, they accuse, and they divide the fellowship. They wound the very brethren they claim to love.
Many have left SghtedMoon.com in exactly this spirit, cursing and swearing as they went. And by their own words they exposed their own hearts.
John speaks to this plainly:
1 John 3: 14-15 “We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love his brother abides in death. Everyone hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.”
This is not a small matter. Hatred for the brethren is not a personality flaw. It is not a minor weakness. Scripture says the one who hates his brother abides in death.
En weer:
1 John 4: 20-21 “If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love God whom he has not seen? And we have this commandment from Him, that the one loving God should also love his brother.”
A person may claim to have truth. He may claim to understand prophecy. He may say he knows the calendar, the feast days, the Jubilee cycles, or the deeper things of Scripture. But if he has no love for the brethren, if he curses his brother, if he attacks and devours those with whom he disagrees, then he is revealing that something is deeply wrong in his walk.
1Co 13: 1 Al spreek ek in die tale van mense en engele en het ek geen liefde nie, ek het geword asklinkende koper of 'n rinkelende simbaal.
1Co 13: 2 En al het ek profesieë en verstaan ek al die verborgenhede en alle kennis; en al het ek alle geloof om berge te versit en het ek geen liefde nie, ek is niks.
1Co 13: 3 En al gee ek al my goed uit om te voer die armes, en al gee ek my liggaam aan om verbrand te word, en het ek geen liefde nie, het ek niks baat nie.
1Co 13: 4 Liefdadigheid het geduld, is vriendelik; liefdadigheid is nie afgunstig nie, is nie ydel nie, is nie opgeblase nie;
1Co 13: 5 tree nie onwelvoeglik op nie, soek nie haar eie nie, word nie maklik uitgelok nie, dink geen kwaad nie.
1Co 13: 6 Die naasteliefde is nie bly in die ongeregtigheid nie, maar is bly in die waarheid,
1Co 13: 7 bedek alles stil, glo alles, hoop alles, verdra alles.
1Co 13: 8 Liefdadigheid faal nooit. Maar as daar isprofesieë, hulle sal afgeskaf word; as tale, hulle sal ophou; as kennis, sal dit afgeskaf word.
1Co 13: 9 Want ons ken ten dele, en ons profeteer ten dele.
1Co 13: 10 Maar wanneer die volmaakte ding kom, dan sal dit wat ten dele is, laat ophou.
1Co 13: 11 Toe ek 'n baba was, het ek gepraat soos 'n baba, ek het gedink soos 'n baba, ek geredeneer as 'n baba. Maar toe ek 'n man geword het, het ek weggedoen met die dinge van 'n baba.
1Co 13: 12 Vir nou sien ons dof in 'n spieël, maar dan van aangesig tot aangesig. Nou weet ek ten dele, maar dan sal ek ten volle weet, soos ek ook ten volle geken is.
1Co 13: 13 En nou bly geloof, hoop, liefde, hierdie drie; maar die grootste hiervan is liefdadigheid.
Truth without love becomes a weapon in the hands of the flesh.
The true brethren are not known merely by what they know. They are known by how they love, how they endure, how they correct with patience, and how they refuse to hate one another even in disagreement.
The saints are described this way in Revelation:
Openbaring 14: 12 “Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
Notice that the saints are not described as commandment breakers. They are not described as lawless. They are those keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
So let no man deceive you.
The narrow gate is not broad.
The saved are not the careless majority.
And those who truly love God do not cast away His commandments.
If you love Him, keep His commandments.
If you know Him, walk as He walked.
If you love the brethren, do not hate, curse, slander, and devour them.
If you would enter life, strive to enter at the narrow gate.
Because many will seek to enter and will not be able to….
THE NARROW GATE IS NOT A NEW IDEA, BUT A DEEPLY JEWISH ONE
When Yehshua spoke about the smal hek en die twee maniere, He was not inventing a new religious concept detached from the Torah. The exact phrase “narrow gate” may not have been a standard Jewish idiom, but the idea behind it was deeply Jewish and already well established. What Yehshua was doing was taking an ancient and familiar Biblical pattern and sharpening it with urgency, force, and finality.
The Torah had already set this pattern before Israel.
Deuteronomium 30: 19 “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life…”
From the very beginning, the choice was never between many roads. It was always between 2. One leads to life and blessing. The other leads to death and cursing. That is the same structure Yehshua uses when He speaks of the narrow gate and the broad way.
The Psalms say the same thing.
Psalm 1: 6 “For Yehovah knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.”
Again, there are only two ways. The way of the righteous and the way of the wicked. The way that Yehovah knows, and the way that perishes. This is the Jewish foundation behind the words of Yehshua in Matthew 7 and Luke 13.
By the time of the Second Temple period, this understanding had become even more clearly developed. Jewish writings often spoke of the twee maniere, or of two opposing spiritual paths. One was the way of truth, obedience, and life. The other was the way of falsehood, rebellion, and death. This was not a foreign language to Jewish ears. It was part of the air they breathed.
Judaism also spoke of taking on the yoke of Torah. In other words, the path of life was never treated as casual, careless, or easy. To walk with Yehovah meant discipline. It meant accepting His rule. It meant study, obedience, restraint, and submission. That is why the way of life could rightly be understood as narrow. Not narrow because Yehovah is unjust, but narrow because truth is not broad enough to accommodate rebellion.
The same struggle is seen in the Jewish understanding of the yetzer ha-tov en die yetzer ha-ra, the good inclination and the evil inclination. Man is always being pulled between obedience and disobedience, righteousness and sin, life and death. This fits perfectly with the language of Yehshua in Luke 13:24:
Die Lukas 13: 24 “Strive to enter in at the narrow gate…”
The word “strive” shows struggle, effort, and urgency. Entry into life is not casual. It is not automatic. It is not secured by mere profession. It requires repentance, obedience, and endurance.
So the framework itself was deeply Jewish. But Yehshua sharpens it in several very important ways.
First, He intensifies the warning. Judaism strongly emphasized obedience and disobedience, life and death, blessing and cursing. But Yehshua presses the matter further by saying:
Die Matthew 7: 14 “…narrow is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
En weer:
Die Lukas 13: 24 “…many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.”
That is stronger language. It is not merely a call to choose rightly. It is a warning that the majority will choose wrongly.
Second, Yehshua adds the image of the hek. The Hebrew Scriptures and Jewish thought often speak of a path or a way. Yehshua keeps that but adds the gate as a point of entry, a point of decision, a point beyond which there may be no return. This gives the warning a sharper edge. One must enter now. One must choose now.
Third, He adds the terrifying language of personal judgment.
Die Lukas 13: 25 “…and He shall answer and say to you, I do not know you…”
This is more than a statement about morality. It is a statement about relationship, recognition, and covenant standing before the Master of the house. Many may think they belong. Many may assume they are safe. But if they are walking in disobedience, He says, “I do not know you.”
And fourth, Yehshua adds finality.
Die Lukas 13: 25 “And once the Master of the house has risen up and has shut the door…”
The door does not remain open forever. The gate is narrow now, but the day is coming when the door will be shut. Once that happens, pleading, familiarity, and religious memory will not save anyone.
So if a Jew in the first century heard Yehshua speak of the narrow gate, he would not have thought, “This is a brand new religion.” He would have recognized the old biblical pattern of lewe en dood, righteous and wicked, obedience and rebellion, blessing and cursing. But he would also have heard Yehshua intensify that pattern with greater urgency.
In effect, Yehshua was saying:
Yes, there are two ways.
Yes, there is a way of life and a way of death.
Yes, Torah still defines righteousness.
But the matter is more urgent than you think, more exclusive than you think, and more final than you think.
That is why the narrow gate is such a fearful warning. It is not Greek philosophy. It is not church tradition. It is the ancient biblical call to choose life, now spoken with even greater force by the Messiah Himself....
Why Do We Read Ruth on Shavuot?
Why Do We Read Ruth on Shavuot?
Harvest, Covenant, David, and the Hidden Pattern of Redemption
On Shavuot it is the long-standing Jewish custom to read Megillat Ruth, the Scroll of Ruth. The liturgical custom itself is preserved in the festal reading cycle associated with Masekhet Soferim 14:16-18, where the appointed readings of the sacred scrolls are tied to the moedim. At the simplest level, the connection seems obvious. Ruth’s story unfolds in the harvest season. Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem “in the beginning of barley harvest” (Ruth 1:22, MKJV), and Ruth remains in the fields of Boaz “to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest” (Ruth 2:23, MKJV). Shavuot, of course, is itself “the feast of weeks” and “the firstfruits of the wheat harvest” (Eksodus 34:22, AOV). That is the outer reason for the custom, and it is true as far as it goes.
But it does not go far enough.
The Book of Ruth is not read on Shavuot merely because it is set in the right agricultural season. Harvest is the surface. The deeper pattern is covenant. Beneath the barley field stands Sinai. Beneath the gleaning stands the Exodus. Beneath the marriage stands redemption. And beneath the genealogy stands David.
Ruth’s story begins with a decisive rupture from her old world. She does not merely accompany Naomi out of kindness. She renounces Moab and cleaves herself to the God of Israel. Her confession is one of the great covenant declarations in all of Scripture: “Your people shall be my people, and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16, MKJV). That is far more than sentiment. It is identity, loyalty, and covenant transfer. Ruth leaves one people and joins herself to another. She leaves one god-world and comes under the authority of Yehovah.
This is why Ruth’s journey mirrors Israel’s own journey. Israel left Egypt in order to enter the covenant at Sinai. Ruth leaves Moab in order to come under the wings of the God of Israel. Israel crossed out of bondage and into a covenant future. Ruth crosses out of barrenness and widowhood into covenant hope. The shape is the same. Departure comes first, then provision, then covenant, then redemption.
That is why the details of Ruth matter so much. She arrives in Bethlehem, the House of Bread, at the beginning of barley harvest (Ruth 1:22, MKJV). She is suddenly dependent upon provision not of her own making. She does not own a field. She cannot command a harvest. She can only gather what grace leaves behind. In this sense she resembles Israel in the wilderness, gathering what Yehovah provides one day at a time. Israel gathered manna. Ruth gleans barley. Both are sustained by provisions that come from above and beyond themselves.
Boaz sees immediately that Ruth’s story is more than survival. He says to her, “A full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust” (Ruth 2:12, MKJV). That is covenant language. Ruth is not merely a hungry woman in a field. She is a stranger who has come to seek refuge under the wings of the God of Israel. This is exactly why her story belongs to Shavuot. Shavuot is not only about grain. It is about coming under the rule of Yehovah. It is about being brought near in covenant.
The threshing floor then becomes the great turning point of the book. Naomi tells Ruth to wash, anoint herself, and go down to the floor, and there Boaz “shall tell you what you shall do” (Ruth 3:3-4, MKJV). Ruth obeys. When Boaz awakens, she says, “Spread your skirt over your handmaid, for you are a near kinsman” (Ruth 3:9, MKJV). In other words, cover me. Take me under your covenant protection. Redeem me.
This scene is often read only as a private moment between Boaz and Ruth, but that is too small. The threshing floor echoes Sinai. At Sinai, Israel stood at the foot of the mountain to enter covenant with her God (Eksodus 19:17, AOV). At the threshing floor, Ruth comes in humility to the feet of the one who can redeem her. At Sinai there is a cleansing, an approach, fear, a covenant, and the formation of a people. At the threshing floor there is a cleansing, an approach, fear, a covenant, and the redemption of a bride. The setting is different, but the pattern is the same.
This is why Ruth is not merely a harvest story. It is a covenant story. It is the story of a woman who comes from outside, enters the covenant people, and places herself under the authority of the redeemer.
That word matters. Boaz is not simply a kind man. He is a doelwit, a kinsman-redeemer. Under the Torah, redemption has an order and a legal structure. There is a nearer kinsman. There is a process. The matter must be settled lawfully before the bride can be taken. Only after the redemption is secured do we read, “So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife” (Ruth 4:13, MKJV). Redemption comes first. Union comes afterward. That pattern runs all through Scripture. The redeemer must redeem before he takes a bride.
The book then ends not in sentimentality but in kingship. The women say of the child born to Ruth that “there is a son born to Naomi,” and the genealogy ends with the words, “And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David” (Ruth 4:17, MKJV). This is one of the reasons rabbinic tradition gives Ruth such prominence. The Talmud says plainly that Samuel wrote his own book, Judges, and Ruth (Bava Batra 14b). The same sugya also explains why Ruth stands at the head of the Writings even though it begins in suffering: because it ends in hope and redemption and because David descended from her (Bava Batra 14b). In other words, Ruth is not preserved merely as a touching village narrative. It is preserved because it vindicates and explains the line of David.
That is one reason Shavuot and Ruth belong together so naturally. Shavuot is the feast of covenant revelation, and Ruth is the story of covenant entrance. Shavuot remembers the giving of Torah, and Ruth is the story of a woman who embraces the God and people of Torah. Shavuot celebrates harvest, and Ruth lives out the harvest season. Shavuot stands under the shadow of kingship, and Ruth leads directly to David.
Later Jewish tradition also links David himself to Shavuot, which makes the reading even more fitting. Whether one approaches that tradition liturgically or historically, the association is ancient and meaningful: Ruth is read at the feast not only because of harvest but also because her story carries the line of David.
The New Testament does not break this pattern; it deepens it. In Handelinge 2, on the morning of Shavuot, the disciples are gathered together, and the Spirit is poured out. The crowd hears them and mocks, saying, “These men are full of new wine” (Acts 2:13, MKJV). That accusation is startling, because there is only one other famous place in Scripture where fervent prayer is mistaken for drunkenness: Hannah at the sanctuary. Eli says to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you” (1 Samuel 1:14, MKJV). Hannah answers that she has poured out her soul before the LORD (1 Samuel 1:15, MKJV). From that anguished prayer comes Samuel, and according to the Talmud, Samuel is the one who writes Ruth (Bava Batra 14b), and Samuel is the one who anoints David (1 Samuel 16:13, MKJV).
Then Peter, standing on Shavuot in Acts 2, points directly to David: “Men, brothers, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day” (Acts 2:29, MKJV). The connection is astonishing. Hannah, mistaken for drunkenness, gives birth to Samuel. Samuel writes Ruth and anoints David. Ruth gives us David’s line. And on Shavuot, when the disciples are accused of drunkenness, Peter rises and speaks of David. That is not random. It is the same redemptive pattern surfacing again.
Ruth also reveals something else that is central to Shavuot, namely the bringing in of the outsider. Scripture never lets us forget who she is. She is “Ruth the Moabitess.” Yet she is brought near. She takes refuge under the wings of Yehovah (Ruth 2:12, MKJV). She enters covenant. She is redeemed. She becomes part of the house from which David comes. That pattern reaches forward into the prophets and into Acts itself. Isaiah says of the sons of the stranger who join themselves to the LORD that He will bring them to His holy mountain (Isaiah 56:6-7, MKJV). And in Acts 2, Jews from many nations hear the mighty works of God in their own tongues (Acts 2:6-11, MKJV). Ruth is not merely a private convert. She is a prophetic sign that the outsider can be brought near through covenant faithfulness.
This is why the book belongs to the feast of weeks. The journey from Passover to Shavuot is not only a calendar count. It is a spiritual journey from redemption toward covenant fullness. Ruth’s story walks that same road. She leaves the old land. She comes to the House of Bread. She lives by provision. She comes under God’s wings. She approaches the redeemer. She is covered. She is redeemed. She enters covenant union. And from that union comes David.
So why do we read Ruth on Shavuot?
We read Ruth on Shavuot because the story is not merely about gleaning in the fields. It is about leaving Moab and choosing the God of Israel (Ruth 1:16, MKJV). It is about arriving at Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest (Ruth 1:22, MKJV). It is about continuing through barley and wheat harvest (Ruth 2:23, MKJV). It is about taking refuge under the wings of Yehovah (Ruth 2:12, MKJV). It is about the covenantal approach to the redeemer at the threshing floor (Ruth 3:9, MKJV). It is about redemption before marriage (Ruth 4:13, MKJV). It is about the royal line that culminates in David (Ruth 4:17, MKJV). And rabbinic tradition itself underscores this by preserving the Shavuot reading custom (Masekhet Soferim 14:16-18) and by identifying Samuel as the writer of Ruth and David as the reason the book ends in hope (Bava Batra 14b).
In other words, Ruth is read on Shavuot because hidden inside her story is the pattern of the feast itself. It is harvest, yes. But more than harvest, it is covenant. It is redemption. It is kingship. It is the stranger brought near. It is the bride covered by the redeemer. And it is the road that leads from barley fields to David, from David to promise, and from promise to fulfillment.
Israel Memorial Day-Yom HaZikaron
Israel Memorial Day-Yom HaZikaron
On Monday April 20, 2026 Israel entered a very difficult day in The Holy Land, a day where the trauma and grief that so many are desperately trying to process and cope with reaches new depths!
On Israel’s Memorial Day, we stand together in remembrance with them.
Monday night and Tuesday, we remember and honour the 25,648 soldiers who fell defending Israel and the victims of acts of horrific terror.
The brave men and women in uniform who died defending the Jewish Homeland, and all the precious souls who were brutally murdered in terror attacks!
Their lives and stories will never be forgotten; we cherish and honour all of their memories!
I want to now share two stories with you that portray the agony that Israel is going through this year, both as a nation and as individuals.
Yossi, Amir Tsarfati’s Uncle
As we commemorate today Israel’s fallen soldiers, allow me to share my personal angle with you –
I was born almost exactly five years to the day after October 21, 1967 – the day the destroyer INS Eilat was sunk, and my uncle Yossi, who was on board, was killed just days before his 19th birthday.
At around 5:30 PM, INS Eilat was patrolling off the coast of Port Said when Egyptian missile boats launched Soviet-made Styx missiles.
The first strike hit hard.
A second followed within minutes, leaving the ship crippled.
As the crew fought to survive and sailors began abandoning ship – the nightmare was not over.
About two hours later – around 7:30 to 8:00 PM – two more missiles were fired, striking again while men were already in the water.
Forty-seven sailors were killed.
Yossi was one of them.
I never knew him –
but I remember him.
His loss did not end that day – it shattered my mom’s family.
My mother lost her only younger brother, and her life was deeply affected by it. I grew up largely in foster care under the weight of that loss.
My grandparents, Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their lives in Israel, lost their hope –
my grandfather, who had never touched alcohol, was never sober again –
my grandmother, once strong and full of life, suffered a stroke that left the left side of her body paralyzed.
Yet life continued – my mother built a family, and today there are children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren.
This is one family’s story among tens of thousands who rose from the ashes of the Holocaust – only to face bereavement once again.
The Lord brought us back to our ancestral homeland – and our fight to live here is marked by sacrifice, alongside undeniable divine protection.
Tomorrow, my son will go to the cemetery and stand beside his best friend’s grave –
a new war, a new sacrifice, a new generation –
the same story, the same country, the same God, and the same promise.
Our parents mourned their families –
our children mourn their friends.
But we are strong – and we have hope.
Am Israel chai.
Beizer Sergey Katy·
A few days ago I was asked how do you celebrate Independence Day. I kept silent for a moment and answered:We don’t have Independence Day – we have Memorial Day.After Nick’s death, life was divided into before and after.This is not an exaggeration, this is not a drama, and these are not just metaphorical words — this is a real feeling and reality.“Before” – it’s not just a past. It’s another version of life, another world.When you lose a child (and I emphasize – a child, because that’s the most unnatural thing that can happen), the moment Nick was murdered a version of the life he was in is gone.His world is gone — the world he was supposed to live in.Gone are the simplest and routine things we did together:The roads we walked, the places we visited, the games we played,The words that have not yet been said – and there is no longer a chance to say or hear them,The events that won’t happen, the dreams that won’t come true, the plans that won’t be executed.So “before” isn’t just a point in the timeline — it’s another reality.I miss not only what happened in the past,I also miss whatever happens in the future.It feels like a fracture.And why did it break and not loss?Because in loss – the world remains whole. The mood, the circumstances, the feeling changes.But when I buried my child — the foundation I stood on broke.The foundation of life.Nick witnessed my life.He went with me, he knew me in the deepest way possible.And now, when he’s gone — my world has lost continuity and continuity.That’s why I feel like I’m living in a different reality.The world of “after” will never be the same as “before”.Because in “after” there is already the knowledge of death –Knowledge that breaks illusions and turns time into something final.After the loss, I live differently.Less naive, more aware.I live with the knowledge that everything can end suddenly.And I’m not as strong as you think – I’m just different.I do not live in the past — I live in the present, without a future.One of the hardest things in the new life is to “wear a mask”:Pretending that everything is okay.Inside — A Hell.Outside – smiling.Inside — falling apart.Outside— hanging in there.On the inside — screaming.Outside – being silent.It’s an exhausting game – to look strong and whole when you’re broken inside.You get to work, say hello, function – but inside there’s space.You talk to people, sometimes even laugh – but inside there’s a heavy silence.You’re functioning, but not an animal.Because all the power is going into that no one notices.No one should ask “how are you”,Because if they ask – you can’t answer. Oh no really.Pretending is harder than breaking.It’s an ongoing tension that never ends.Every morning you wear the mask,And in the evening you take it down – and you’re left alone with yourself.And it breaks.Because you can’t live like that for long.Sooner or later — the mask will fall off, and you are with it.Many will say: You have Nicole.True. She the only thing that’s keeping me going and strong.I love her endlessly.I admire the strength in her.I’m proud of her – in the way she chose, in her abilities.Only for her, and because of her – I live.But it’s a different life…
Rivana Tendler wrote:
On this upcoming Memorial Day, I wish to share the story of my daughter, Keren, who was killed in Lebanon.
Master Sergeant (Res.) Keren Tendler, of blessed memory—my daughter—was the first female aerial mechanic on IDF Yasur helicopters. She was killed in Lebanon when a missile fired by Hezbollah terrorists struck her helicopter and that of her comrades, after they had deployed paratroopers and medical corps forces inside enemy territory in Lebanon.
Before departing on her final flight into Lebanon, Keren asked her younger brother to bring her a knife, so that she could cut her veins if she were taken captive. This was two days before the end of the Second Lebanon War.
The missile hit the helicopter seconds after the forces had been deployed and just seconds after it had lifted off the ground. Following the impact, the helicopter burst into flames and crashed completely into a wadi in Hezbollah-controlled territory. A massive fire lit up southern Lebanon that night as a result of the explosion. The paratroopers—some of whom had been on the helicopter just minutes earlier—were forced to witness the horrific scene, and through their resourcefulness, the abduction of the crew’s bodies was prevented. Keren’s body could not be found.
We received the notification that Keren had been killed in Lebanon, and that her body was missing, on the night following August 12, 2006. Not only had we lost our Keren in such a tragic and sudden way—we feared that there would be no body to bury in Israel.
In order to locate Keren’s remains in Lebanon, soldiers from Unit 669 and the Shaldag unit were sent into Lebanon. Assisting them in the search was the deputy commander of the paratrooper battalion that had been deployed in the area; after the war, he was awarded a brigade commendation for his bravery.
Three days after the helicopter was brought down by a Hezbollah missile, Keren’s charred remains were found beneath part of the wreckage.
The soldiers of Unit 669 and Shaldag were forced to hide with parts of Keren’s body for an entire day in a concealed location in Lebanon, out of fear that Hezbollah terrorists were observing them. Under cover of darkness, on the night of August 16, 2006, Keren was brought from enemy territory in Lebanon on a long foot journey to the Israeli border and to burial in Israel, carried by soldiers of Unit 669 and Shaldag, accompanied by paratroopers.
Twenty years have passed since Keren was killed. To this day, she remains the only female IDF soldier to have fallen in combat in Lebanon, across all of Israel’s wars in the region.
Over the past months, I have tried to reach out to anyone I could—pages with large followings, celebrities, and social media influencers—in the hope that they would write something about Keren. Sadly, without success.
I ask you—please do not let Keren and her memory be cast into the trash heap of history.
Two weeks before she was killed in Lebanon, Keren wrote in her diary a letter filled with pain and sorrow over soldiers who were being killed, turning to God with a plea to protect the soldiers of the IDF.
It breaks my heart to think that my Keren might be forgotten as if she had never existed—even after 20 years.
Keren was my only daughter. After her, my son—her only brother—was born. Keren’s father and I are already quite elderly, and her father is currently coping with Parkinson’s disease.
The thought that there may be no one left to tell and carry on the story of my Keren—who gave her life for the State of Israel at the age of 26, before she had the chance to marry and have children of her own—tears my soul and my heart apart.
I ask you—do not let this happen.
On this upcoming Memorial Day, marking 20 years since Keren fell in Lebanon, please tell the story of my daughter—Master Sergeant (Res.) Keren Tendler, of blessed memory—the first (and only) female soldier to fall in Lebanon.
Dankie uit die diepte van my hart,
Rivana, Keren’s mother.
Isa 40: 1 Troos, troos my volk, sê jou God.
Isa 40: 2 Speak lovingly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is done, Wat her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received of Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.
Isa 40: 3 Die stem van hom wat in die woestyn roep: Berei die weg van die HERE, maak 'n grootpad gelyk in die woestyn vir onse God.
Isa 40: 4 Elke dal sal verhef word, en elke berg en heuwel sal laag gemaak word; en die krom plekke moet gelyk gemaak word en die ruwe plekke glad;
Isa 40: 5 en die heerlikheid van die HERE sal geopenbaar word, en alle vlees sal dit sien it saam; want die mond van die HERE het gespreek.
As you all know from the Jubilee cycles, we are in the very last days before Yehovah comes.
We are at the very end of the 120th Jubilee since the creation of Adam. The seventh millennium of rest begins in 2045, which is just 17 years from now. But Yehshua said unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved alive. And this brings us back to 2033 as the final day of judgment.
Those days are cut short, as it was in the Days of Noah and as it was in the Days of Lot. Those Jubilee cycles line up with 2033 in our time as the final judgment for Satan.
In Israel they stand in memorial to the 25,648 who died defending Israel as well as the many victims of terror. What Yehovah is showing us and what Shavuot teaches us is that on this Feast of Shavuot the dead saints at this time will be raised up to live. In exactly the same way, those saints were raised up to life again when Yehshua came out of the grave on Wave Sheaf Day in 31 AD.
Matteus 27:50 En Jesus het weer met 'n groot stem gehuil en losgelaat Sy gees.
Matteus 27:51 En, kyk! Die voorhangsel van die tempel was van bo na onder in twee geskeur. En die aarde het gebewe, en die rotse is afgekap,
Matteus 27:52 en die grafte is oopgemaak, en baie liggame van die ontslape heiliges het opgestaan,
Matteus 27:53 en uit die graf kom na Sy opstanding hulle in die heilige stad gegaan en aan baie verskyn.
Paul said Yehshua led a host of captives free.
Eph 4: 8 Daarom sê Hy: "Toe Hy opgevaar het na die hoogte, het Hy die gevangenes gevange geneem en gawes aan die mense gegee."
Eph 4: 9 (Nou dat Hy opgevaar het, wat is dit anders as dat Hy ook eerste in die onderste dele van die aarde neergedaal het?
Eph 4: 10 Hy wat neergedaal het, is ook dieselfde as Hy wat opgevaar het bo al die hemele, om alles te vervul.)
Paul also said Yehshua was the first of the first fruits from death.
1Co 15: 12 But if Christ is proclaimed, that He was raised from die dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15: 13 Maar as daar geen opstanding van die dode is nie, is Christus ook nie opgewek nie.
1Co 15: 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is worthless, and your faith is also worthless.
1Co 15: 15 And we are also found om te wees false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He raised Christ; whom He did not raise if the dead are not raised.
1Co 15: 16 Vir as die dead are not raised, then Christ is not raised.
1Co 15: 17 And if Christ is not raised, your faith is foolish; you are yet in your sins.
1Co 15: 18 Then also those that fell asleep in Christ were lost.
1Co 15: 19 As ons net in hierdie lewe hoop op Christus het, is ons die ellendigste van alle mense.
1Co 15: 20Maar nou het Christus opgestaan uit die dood, en het die eersteling geword van die wat ontslaap het.
1Co 15: 21 Want sedert die dood is deur die mens, die opstanding van die ook dood is deur 'n Man.
1Co 15: 22 Want soos almal in Adam sterf, so sal almal ook in Christus lewend gemaak word.
1Co 15: 23 Maar elkeen in sy eie orde: Christus die eersteling, en daarna die wat aan Christus behoort by sy koms;
1Co 15: 24 dan is die einde, wanneer Hy die koninkryk aan God, ja die Vader, oorgee; wanneer Hy alle heerskappy en alle gesag en mag laat staak.
1Co 15: 25 want dit is vir Hom reg om te heers totdat Hy al die vyande onder sy voete gestel het.
1Co 15: 26 Die laaste vyand wat gemaak is om op te hou is dood.
He rose from the dead at the end of the Sabbath, having been in the grave for three days and three nights. He was crucified on Wednesday afternoon and died at 3 pm. Three days and three nights later is Saturday late afternoon when He comes back to life, and then the saints are seen walking into Jerusalem, as we have just read. This was what the Wave Offering represented each year being fulfilled in reality. This was the GREAT MIRACLE of the resurrection. Men too were being raised back to life.
At the exact same time when the Wave Offering is made on Sunday morning at 9am, Yehshua, along with those saints who came back to life, is being presented in Heaven before the Throne of Yehovah as the Wave Offering.
The next Wave Offering is found again in Leviticus 23, speaking about Shavuot.
Die fees van eersteling
Lev 23: 9 En die HERE het met Moses gespreek en gesê:
Lev 23: 10 Spreek met die kinders van Israel en sê vir hulle: As julle in die land kom wat Ek aan julle gee, en die oes daarvan afoes, moet julle 'n gerf van die eerstelinge van julle oes na die priester bring.
Lev 23: 11 En hy moet die gerf voor die aangesig van die HERE beweeg om vir julle ontvang te word. Die volgende dag ná die sabbat moet die priester dit beweeg.
Lev 23: 12 En op daardie dag as jy die gerf beweeg, moet jy 'n lam sonder gebrek van die eerste jaar as 'n brandoffer aan die HERE berei.
Lev 23: 13 En sy spysoffer sal wees twee-tiendes fyn meel gemeng met olie, 'n vuuroffer aan die HERE vir 'n lieflike geur. En die drankoffer daarvan sal weesvan wyn, die vierde deel van 'n hin.
Lev 23: 14 En jy mag geen brood of gebraaide koring of groen are eet tot op dieselfde dag totdat jy aan jou God 'n offer gebring het nie. Dit sal wees 'n ewige insetting vir julle geslagte in al julle wonings.
Die Fees van Weke
Lev 23: 15 En jy moet vir jou tel van die volgende dag ná die sabbat af, van die dag af dat jy die beweegoffergerf gebring het; sewe sabbatte sal volmaak wees.
Lev 23: 16 Tot die volgende dag ná die sewende sabbat moet julle vyftig dae tel. En jy moet 'n nuwe spysoffer aan die HERE bring.
Lev 23: 17 Jy moet uit jou huise twee beweegbrode van twee-tiendes bring. Hulle moet fynmeel wees. Hulle moet met suurdeeg gebak word, eerstelinge vir die HERE.
Lev 23: 18 En by die brood moet jy sewe jaaroud lammers sonder gebrek en een jong bul en twee ramme bring. Hulle sal wees vir 'n brandoffer aan die HERE, met hulle spysoffer en hulle drankoffers, 'n vuuroffer van lieflike geur aan die HERE.
Lev 23: 19 Dan moet jy een bokram as sondoffer offer en twee jaaroud lammers as dankoffer.
Lev 23: 20 En die priester moet dit beweeg saam met die brood van die eerstelinge, 'n beweegoffer voor die aangesig van die HERE, saam met die twee lammers. Hulle moet vir die priester heilig wees aan die HERE.
Lev 23: 21 En jy moet op dieselfde dag uitroep Watdit kan vir jou 'n heilige samekoms wees. Jy mag geen arbeid doen nie. Dit sal wees 'n ewige insetting in al julle wonings in julle geslagte.
Lev 23: 22 En as jy die oes van jou land insamel, moet jy die hoek van jou land nie heeltemal afoes nie. As jy die afoes van jou oes insamel, mag jy nie insamel nie. Jy moet dit aan die armes en aan die vreemdeling oorlaat. ek am Jehovah jou God.
This is why we must keep each and every Holy Day in Leviticus 23 because they show us the plan of salvation. So if the dead were raised in 31 AD on Wave Sheaf Day, then the next resurrection, or the next Rapture, is going to take place at Shavuot. This takes place at the end of the Tribulation when the 144,000 and the innumerable number of saints are then raised up to meet Him in the clouds.
Die 144,000 XNUMX van Israel verseël
Eerwaarde 7: 1 En ná hierdie dinge het ek vier engele op die vier hoeke van die aarde sien staan en die vier winde van die aarde vashou, sodat die wind nie teen die aarde of teen die see of teen enige boom sou waai nie.
Eerwaarde 7: 2 En ek het 'n ander engel uit die ooste sien opkom, met die seël van die lewende God. En hy het met 'n groot stem geroep na die vier engele aan wie dit gegee is om die aarde en die see te beskadig,
Eerwaarde 7: 3 en gesê: Moenie die aarde of die see of die bome beskadig voordat ons die dienaars van onse God op hulle voorhoofde verseël het nie.
Eerwaarde 7: 4 En ek het die getal van die verseëldes gehoor, honderd en vier en veertig duisend verseëldes uit elke stam van die kinders van Israel.
'n Groot menigte uit elke nasie
Eerwaarde 7: 9 Ná hierdie dinge het ek gesien, en kyk, 'n groot menigte wat niemand kon tel nie, uit alle nasies en geslagte en volke en tale, staan voor die troon en voor die Lam, bekleed met wit klere, met palms in hulle hande.
Eerwaarde 7: 10 En hulle het met 'n groot stem uitgeroep en gesê: Verlossing aan onse God wat op die troon sit, en aan die Lam.
Eerwaarde 7: 11 En al die engele het rondom die troon gestaan, en die ouderlinge en die vier lewende wesens, en hulle het voor die troon op hulle aangesig geval en God aanbid,
Eerwaarde 7: 12 sê: Amen! Seën en heerlikheid en wysheid en danksegging en eer en krag en mag be aan onse God vir ewig en altyd. Amen.
Eerwaarde 7: 13 En een van die ouderlinge het geantwoord en vir my gesê: Wie is hulle wat bekleed is met wit klere, en waar kom hulle vandaan?
Eerwaarde 7: 14 En ek sê vir hom: Meneer, u weet dit. En hy het vir my gesê: Dit is hulle wat uit die groot verdrukking gekom het en hulle klere gewas en hulle wit gemaak het in die bloed van die Lam.
Eerwaarde 7: 15 Daarom is hulle voor die troon van God, en dien hulle Hom dag en nag in sy tempel. En Hy wat op die troon sit, sal onder hulle woon.
Eerwaarde 7: 16 Hulle sal nie meer honger en nie meer dors hê nie, en die son sal ook nie op hulle skyn of enige hitte nie.
Eerwaarde 7: 17 Want die Lam wat in die middel van die troon is, sal hulle voed en hulle na toe lei diefonteine van lewende water. En God sal alle trane van hulle oë afvee.
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While we draw close to this time when the final Shavuot resurrection will take place in just 7 years from now—think about that. Just 7 years more. And while we can rejoice in that fact, we must also consider the rest of what Isaiah said.
Isa 40: 2 Speak lovingly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is done, Wat her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received of Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.
Israel has received double for all her sins.
Watter sondes?
Judah, the older brother in the prodigal son, has been in the Land of Israel since 1948. We have had the ability of the phone and communications since 1876 in Europe and North America. There have always been Israelis living in the land of Israel since the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. We have always had the ability to know when the beginning of the year was by some searching for the barley. And with mass communication since the 1870s and 1880s. And today with instantaneous communication from texting and computers, there is no reason why anyone should not know when the barley is Aviv in Israel to begin the year.
And because they do not restore this important information about the calendar, the Jews to this day commit a sin by keeping the Holy Days at the wrong time each and every year. This ritual of the barley celebration is even documented by the Temple Institute and can be studied at this link. https://templeinstitute.org/omer-offering/
There is yet another blatant sin that they are committing, and it too is documented in the Talmud and by the Temple Institute. It is the using of the conjunction moon to begin each month. The Bible shows us it is the crescent to begin the month, and even Revelation 12 demonstrates that this is speaking about a crescent moon beneath her feet. By not using the crescent moon but instead by using the conjunction moon, the Jews have changed each holy day by one or even as much as three days each month. You can read about this at the Temple Institute’s own teaching on this subject. https://templeinstitute.org/rosh-chodesh/
Judah has paid double for her sins. Consider all the pogroms since the 1880s forcing Jews into Germany. Consider how they were forced out of Spain in 1492. Consider how they were repelled from the United Kingdom and North America and forced back to Europe. Consider the Holocaust in WWII. Consider all those who have been murdered around the world just for being Jewish. Consider those who were slaughtered on October 7, 2023, and taken hostage and all those who have died defending this nation since then on 7 fronts. Consider just how hated the Jews are around the world now, and then think about what sins they have done that they are paying for.
While we mourn for those loved ones who have died, while we remember the cost of those who died paying the ultimate sacrifice for the Land of Israel, do we forget that Yehovah could have and can save this land without one person dying? Do we believe that or not? Then if we do believe that, then we must look at what we are doing that might be the cause.
Why has Yehovah not protected us? He promised that He would, did He not? And when you answer that question, you should at the same time discover the sin that has separated you from Yehovah.
Exo 14:13 Toe sê Moses vir die volk: Moenie vrees nie. Staan stil en aanskou die redding van Jehovah, wat Hy vandag vir jou sal voorberei. Want die Egiptenaars wat jy vandag gesien het, jy sal hulle nooit meer sien nie.
Exo 14:14 Die HERE sal vir jou veg, en jy sal swyg.
Zec 2: 8 For so says Jehovah of Hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.
Zec 2: 9 For behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a prize for their servants. And you shall know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent me.
Psa 121:4 Kyk, Hy wat Israel bewaar, sal nie sluimer of slaap nie.
Psa 121:5 HERE is jou bewaarder; Jehovah is jou skaduwee aan jou regterhand.
Psa 121:6 Die son sal jou bedags nie slaan nie, en ook nie die maan in die nag nie.
Psa 121:7 Die HERE sal jou bewaar van alle onheil; Hy sal jou siel bewaar.
Psa 121:8 Die HERE sal jou uitgang en jou ingang bewaar van nou af tot in ewigheid.
Deu 33:29 Geloofd is you, O Israel! Who is like you, O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! And your enemies shall be found liars to you, and you shall tread on their high places.
Deu 32:11 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them and bears them on her wing,
Deu 32:12 Jehovah alone led him, and daar was no strange god with him.
Isa 31: 5 As birds flying, so Jehovah of Hosts will defend Jerusalem; also defending, He will deliver it; and passing over He will preserve it.
Isa 31: 6 Draai na Him from whom the sons of Israel have deeply revolted.
Isa 46: 3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by Mefrom the belly, who are lifted from the womb;
Isa 46: 4 selfs to old age I am He; and to gray hairs I will bear jy. I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver jy.
Isa 41: 11 Behold, all those who were angered against you shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing. And those who fight with you shall perish.
Isa 41: 12 You shall seek them, and shall not find them; men warring against you shall be as nothing, and as ceasing.
Isa 41: 13 For I, Jehovah your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isa 41: 14 Moenie bang wees nie, wurm van Jakob en manne van Israel; Ek sal jou help, sê die HERE, en jou Verlosser, die Heilige van Israel.
We are to inscribe this day of Shavuot forever. Have you considered what this commandment means, especially at this time of year when Israel is memorializing their dead?
Lev 23: 21 En jy moet op dieselfde dag uitroep Watdit kan vir jou 'n heilige samekoms wees. Jy mag geen arbeid doen nie. Dit sal wees a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
H2708 (Sterk)
חֻקָּה
tsjûqqâh
khoek-kaw'
Vroulik van H2706, and meaning substantially the same: – appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
H2708 (Antieke Hebreeus)
H2708 = AHLB# 1180-J (N1)
1180) Qh% (Qh% HhQ) ac: Skryf in mede: ? ab: Custom: The pictograph h is a picture of a wall representing a separation. The q is a picture of the sun at the horizon representing the idea of “coming together”. Combined these mean “separation and coming together”. A custom brings a people separated together.
B) Qqh% (Qqh% HhQQ) ac: Skryf in mede: ? ab: Custom:The appointment of a specific time, function or duty. A custom as something that is appointed.
V) Qqh% (Qqh% Hh-QQ) – Inscribe: To write a decree or custom. [freq. 19] (vf: Paal, Hophal, Pual, Participle) |kjv: lawgiver, governor, decree, grave, portray, law, printed, set, note, appoint| {H2710}
Nm) Qqh% (Qqh% Hh-QQ) – Pasgemaak: [freq. 2] |kjv: thought, decree| {H2711}
H) Eqh% (Eqh% HhQH) ac: Skryf in mede: ? ab: ?: To write a decree or custom.
V) Eqh% (Eqh% Hh-QH) – Inscribe: [freq. 4] (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Participle) |kjv: portray, carve, print| {H2707}
J) Qfh% (Qfh% HhWQ) ac: ? mede: ? ab: Custom: The appointment of a specific time, function or duty. A custom as something that is appointed.
Nm) Qfh% (Qfh% HhWQ) – Pasgemaak: [freq. 127] |kjv: statute, ordinance, decree, due, law, portion, bounds, custom, appointed, commandment| {H2706}
Nf1) Eqfh% (Eqfh% HhW-QH) – Pasgemaak: [freq. 104] |kjv: statute, ordinance, custom, appointed, manners, rites| {H2708}
H2708 (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חקּה
tsjûqqâh
BDB definisie:
1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed
1a) statute
Matteus 17:10 En sy dissipels het Hom gevra en gesê: Waarom sê die skrifgeleerdes dan dat Elia eerste moet kom?
Matteus 17:11 And answering Jesus said to them, Elijah truly shall come first and herstel alle dinge.
What are the things that Elijah is going to be restoring? If you don’t know, then let me urge you to get and read Die herstel van alle dinge. Just click on the link. We also have many of our books in audio format for you to listen to while you are driving.
Australian Food Supply Chain In Havoc from Drought and Low Fertilizer
Australian Food Supply Chain In Havoc from Drought and Low Fertilizer
Heatwave threat combined with low fertiliser stocks may smash food supply chain
A dire warning has been issued as experts say farmers may be forced to take measures that could devastate Australia’s food supply
An expert has warned that a “demand destruction” for fertiliser will force Australian farmers to take drastic measures that could cause chaos in the country’s food supply chain.
A bleak report by Rabobank this week outlined concerns of a prolonged period of tight supply in the international fertiliser market due to the ongoing Middle East war.
The agribusiness banking specialist said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz had impacted global trade, leading to “substantial” volumes of fertiliser being removed from circulation.
The prices of nitrogen and phosphates have increased “far faster than agricultural commodity prices” as a result, and farmers around the world, including in Australia, cannot afford them.
Fertiliser trade has dramatically slowed due to the Middle East conflict, sending prices and demand soaring. Picture: John Macdougall / AFP
Bruno Fonseca, a senior analyst at Rabobank, said affordability and supply issues meant farmers will be forced to cut down on fertiliser use, delay purchases or plant different crops.
“The outlook for 2026 points to continued pressure on farm economics and increased downside risks for global crop production and food price stability,” he said in the report.
“In such a scenario, farmers may switch to planting crops that require less nitrogen or choose to lower application rates and/or planted areas, impacting demand for a longer period.”
Australian farmers, who have been struggling with tight cost margins since at least the Covid pandemic, will likely have to implement some of these measures to stay afloat.
RaboResearch Australia-based commodities analyst Paul Joules said farmers may favour crops such as barley and canola, which have previously shown “greater margin resilience”.
Other farmers have suggested popular vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower won’t be grown in coming months, citing fertiliser and fuel costs.
Rabobank’s Paul Joules warns of a food supply crisis in Australia as a result of short fertiliser supply. Picture: Supplied
A change to production could lead to diminished crop yields, rising food costs, and possible shortages that would cause serious disruptions to the country’s food supply chain.
Marit Kragt, professor of agricultural economics at the University of Western Australia, said there is enough fertiliser supply in the country to last until at least May, but the federal government has to think ahead to the cooler months between July and August.
“If those purchases are not filled, that’s when the crunch happens,” she told SBS.
Heatwave, El Nino threat
Another problem that could exacerbate the global food supply chain is heatwaves.
As Australia heads towards winter, the northern hemisphere begins to warm up, with the South East Asian region forecast to have a warmer-than-usual early summer.
For example, the temperature reached at least 37C for three consecutive days in Malaysia late last month.
Singapore has experienced direr than usual weather, leading to higher temperatures, according to the nation’s meteorological service.
While Thailand and Vietnam, around the same period, recorded highs of 40C and 38C, respectively, with Indonesia also expected to see above-normal temperatures.
MetMalaysia’s director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip warned that the heatwave is expected to persist until at least June.
Australia, particularly the northern parts, can be impacted by South East Asia’s heat as the regions are interconnected by atmospheric and ocean patterns.
Heat can severely impact the agriculture sector. This was seen in January when mango, banana and avocado growers lost tonnes of crops in scorching temperatures near 50C heat.
Elsewhere, wheat and grape yields have also declined in part because of more heatwaves.
Farmers say millions of dollars worth of crops and income were lost, with some suggesting it would take a year to understand the full extent of the damage.
El Nino could also ravage the Australian agriculture sector this year. Picture: Supplied
While the threat of a “super” El Nino could bring drought, extreme heat and bushfire risks to Australia later this year, another problem farmers may have to deal with.
El Nino refers to a natural climate cycle when ocean temperatures along the equator in the Pacific rise well above average, shifting weather patterns globally.
Australia often feels the impact more than most countries, with previous El Nino events coinciding with some of the worst droughts.
After three years dominated by La Nina – the system that typically brings wetter conditions – the Pacific is now in a cooling phase, opening the door for a swing back to El Nino during the key transition period between mid to late June.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned that its and other modelling suggests the tropical Pacific will continue warming to reach levels consistent with El Nino.
El Nino typically brings heatwaves, bushfires and/or drought. Picture: Supplied
“The models vary in the timing at which El Nino thresholds may be reached. Some suggest as early as May, while others show a slower warming with thresholds not being met until July,” the BoM said in a report released last week.
“Historically, El Nino has generally had a drying influence over areas of central and eastern Australia, but El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is only one part of a complex system that impacts global weather and climate and all events are different.
“The long-term drying trend over southern Australia in recent decades is also likely to be a contributing factor.
“While models show an increased chance of El Nino forming later this year, any impact on Australia’s winter–spring rainfall will depend on many factors.”
Stadige herstel
Rabobank forecasts a “limited recovery” for fertiliser but only in the second half of 2026.
Australia relies heavily on fertiliser imports, but the closure of the critical shipping route means supply levels of urea, for example, have fallen to critical levels.
The conflict has seen granular urea prices surge by 94 per cent year to date, another added cost farmers do not need.
The Albanese government on Wednesday announced it has commenced “work” with leading fertiliser companies, such as Incitec Pivot and CSBP, to secure more supply by underwriting the purchase of fertiliser on the international market.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim signing an energy agreement last week. Picture: NewsWire/ Bianca De Marchi/Pool
“This package involves price risk support to protect importers from extreme price volatility and ensure additional fertiliser arrives in Australia for the current and upcoming growing seasons,” it said in a statement.
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Julie Collins said the government will continue to work with farmers to help manage the impacts of the war.
“We understand how critical fertiliser is for Australian farmers, for our food production system and the food security of our region – that’s why I have been working with industry to support getting fertiliser to Australian farmers,” she said.
“This is a significant outcome for our farmers and will support industry to secure and deliver the fertiliser we need sooner.”
Earlier this month, Ms Collins said Australian officials were speaking to a “range of countries in relation to fertiliser”, singling out Indonesia and Malaysia.
“There’s been some discussions with Indonesia. There’s been some discussions with Malaysia. But more broadly, across Southeast Asia,” she said.
Days later, Ms Collins announced the government was getting fertiliser to farmers “faster” by streamlining border processes of imported goods.
USA Winter Wheat is in Trouble
Texas Winter Wheat is Approaching 90–95% verlating
- USDA Crop Progress (week ending April 19): Texas winter wheat rated approximately 25% very poor + 29% poor = 54% poor or very poor. Enigste 15% good + 1% excellent = 16% good-to-excellent. The rest is fair.
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- Abandonment in hardest-hit areas: Farmers in West Texas and the Panhandle verslag 90-95% of fields may not be harvested for grain. Many fields are too thin, stunted (barely a foot tall), or being grazed out/terminated for other uses. Some farmers estimate only 5-10% of planted acres in those regions will make a harvestable crop.
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Dit is nie statewide — eastern/Blacklands areas are in better shape — but the Panhandle and West Texas represent a large share of Texas wheat production.Texas normally plants ~5.6–5.7 million acres of winter wheat. Harvested acres could drop sharply this year due to abandonment.U.S. Winter Wheat Overall (as of April 19, 2026)
- National rating: ~30–33% good-to-excellent (down sharply from 45–48% a year ago). ~32–33% poor-to-very poor.
dtnpf.com
- rofweg 65-68% of the U.S. winter wheat crop is in drought-affected areas.
ers.usda.gov
- The Southern Plains (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas) are the hardest hit. Oklahoma has even worse ratings than Texas in some reports.
Bottom line (most up-to-date facts):
Texas winter wheat is in very poor shape met major abandonment (approaching 90–95% in the worst Panhandle/West Texas counties). Nationally, the winter wheat crop is the worst in years due to drought, with only about one-third rated good-to-excellent. This fits the broader pattern of tightening wheat supply we’ve discussed in the context of fertilizer shortages and the 4th Sabbatical cycle.The next USDA Crop Progress report (week ending April 26) will be released early next week and should give even clearer harvest projections.
I have uploaded a number of other videos about the Winter Wheat across the USA. There is trouble coming and already here because of this drought and not just for wheat. The price of wheat is
Georgia
Colorado
Texas
Yes, beef prices and futures are at or near record highs in 2026, though futures have seen some short-term pullback recently after strong gains.Retail Beef Prices (Consumer Level)
- Maalvleis: Averaging around $6.70–$6.86 per pond in March/April 2026 — up ~12–16% from a year ago and near or at all-time record highs.
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- Beefsteaks: Rondom $ 12.73 per pond (up ~16% YoY).
- Overall retail beef prices have surged past $ 9 per pond in places and are forecast to rise another ~5.5–10%+ in 2026 due to tight supplies.
cbsnews.com
Live Cattle & Futures (CME)
- Live cattle futures (CME) recently hit all-time highs, with contracts topping $ 2.51 per pond (~$251/cwt) in mid-April 2026 — the highest on record going back to the 1960s.
cnbc.com
- As of April 23, 2026:
- April 2026: ~$246–$248/cwt (near records).
- June 2026: ~$243.225 (down slightly that day but still very elevated).
- Later months show a normal downward-sloping curve but remain historically high.
cmegroep.com
- Cash market (fed steers): Recently hit $248–$250/cwt in places — new records.
agroinformacion.com
Recent performance: Prices are up ~25% over the past 12 months and remain strong year-to-date, though futures pulled back modestly in recent sessions on profit-taking and demand concerns at these elevated levels.
Hoekom so hoog?
- Tight supplies: The U.S. cattle herd is at multi-decade lows (smallest in ~75 years) due to drought, high feed costs, and slow rebuilding.
- Beef production is forecast to decline further in 2026 (down to ~25.8 billion pounds).
- Strong demand (domestic + exports) continues to support prices.
- USDA forecasts fed steer prices around $241–$242/cwt for the year (up significantly YoY).
ers.usda.gov
Outlook: Prices are expected to stay elevated through 2026 (and possibly into 2027), with potential moderation later if herd rebuilding accelerates. However, many analysts see continued strength in the near term due to the fundamental supply crunch.
Dit stem ooreen met die swart perd dynamics and the 4th Sabbatical Cycle famine phase you have taught:
- Record-high beef prices while wheat crops fail in key regions.
Eerwaarde 6: 5 En toe Hy die derde seël oopgemaak het, hoor ek die derde lewende wese sê: Kom kyk. En ek het gekyk, en kyk, 'n swart perd. En hy wat daarop sit, het 'n weegskaal in sy hand gehad.
Eerwaarde 6: 6 En ek het 'n stem in gehoor die te midde van die vier lewende wesens sê: 'n Koenix van koring vir 'n penning en drie choenixes gars vir 'n denarius. En moenie die olie en die wyn seermaak nie.
Here are the 4th and 5th curses of Leviticus 26.
Lev 26: 23 En as julle nie deur hierdie dinge deur My verander word nie, maar tog teen My wandel,
Lev 26: 24 dan sal Ek teen jou wandel en jou sewe straf keer meer vir jou sondes.
Lev 26: 25 En Ek sal 'n swaard oor jou bring wat die wraak van die verbond sal voltrek. En as julle in julle stede versamel is, sal Ek die plaag onder julle stuur. En jy sal in die hand van die vyand oorgegee word.
Lev 26: 26 As Ek die staf van jou brood gebreek het, moet tien vroue jou brood in een oond bak, en hulle sal red jy jou brood weer volgens gewig. En jy sal eet en nie versadig word nie.
Lev 26: 27 En as julle vir dit alles nie na My wil luister nie, maar teen My sal wandel,
Lev 26: 28 dan sal ek ook in grimmigheid teen jou wandel. En Ek, selfs Ek, sal julle sewe maal tugtig oor julle sondes.
Lev 26: 29 En jy moet die vleis van jou seuns eet, en die vleis van jou dogters moet jy eet.
I want to remind you all that the word “sword” (Strongs H2719) can mean “war,” but it can also mean “drought.”
H2719 (Sterk) חֶרֶב chereb kheh’-reb
Van H2717; droogte; ook a sny instrument (from its vernietigende effect), as a mes, swaard, or other sharp implement: – axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
H2719 (Antieke Hebreeus)
H2719 = AHLB# 2199 (N)
2199) Brh% (Brh% HhRB) ac: Waste mede: swaard ab: ?:[from: rh – heat]
V) Brh% (Brh% Hh-RB) – Waste: A dry wasteland. Also a place that has been laid waste and made desolate. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [freq. 41] (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual, Participle) |kjv: waste, dry, desolate, slay, decay, destroy| {H2717, H2718}
Nf) Brh% (Brh% Hh-RB) – ek. swaard 'n Wapen wat gebruik is om 'n stad te verwoes. II. Afval: A dry or desolate place. [freq. 423] |kjv: sword, knife, dagger, axe, mattock| {H2719, H2720}
Nf1) Ebrh% (Ebrh% HhR-BH) – Waste: [freq. 50] |kjv: waste, desolate, desert, decayed, dry land, dry ground| {H2723, H2724}
gm) Brfh% (Brfh% HhW-RB) – ek. Hitte: II. Afval: [freq. 16] |kjv: heat, dry, drought, waste, desolation| {H2721}
jm) Nfbrh% (Nfbrh% HhR-BWN) – Drought: [freq. 1] |kjv: drought| {H2725}
A “day’s wages for a day’s food” scenario is materializing as protein becomes noticeably more expensive alongside grain/fertilizer pressures from Hormuz disruptions.
Prices are at or near historic highs and are expected to stay elevated through 2026–2027. The next major USDA reports (Cattle on Feed, Crop Progress) will provide further updates next week.
When you see the USA wheat crops in trouble along with Australia’s, and the price of fertilizer prices rising due to the shutdown in the Strait of Hormuz, and you then consider the price of beef rising along with the price of fuel, farmers are not going to be making anything. Then the consumer has to decide between higher food prices or higher fuel and heating prices and which one they will spend their money on.
The seven years of plenty are to come to an end in 2026, and the seven years of famine are to begin starting in 2027. This is what the Jubilee cycle of Joseph’s 7 years of plenty and 7 years of famine show us. That Jubilee cycle is laid over our own, which has the curse of Lev 26:23-29 famine being so bad that people will eat their own children.
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