Newsletter 5860-036
The 1st Year of the 5th Sabbatical Cycle
The 29th year of the 120th Jubilee Cycle
The 22nd day of the 9th month 5860 years after the creation of Adam
The 5th Sabbatical Cycle after the 119th Jubilee Cycle
The Sabbatical Cycle of the Red Heifer, Famine, Captivity & The 2 Witnesses
October 26, 2024
Shabbat Shalom to the Royal Family of Yehovah,
Shalom, this is Sombra, Sombra Wilson for those who don’t know me. I’m part of the leadership team on sightedmoon.com
This week I am repackaging a newsletter Joseph wrote in 2012. This subject is brought to you at the tender season when Joseph has lost his mother this past week. Please join me as we allow Joseph to mourn this loss and take the time needed to turn his mourning into dancing, as Psalm 30:11 says
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Obituary for Hazel Helen Dumond (nee Howe)
Peacefully at Dufferin Oaks, Shelburne on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at the age of 87. Beloved Mother of Joseph Dumond (Barbara), Peter Dumond (Donna-deceased), Yvonne Macdonald (Martin) and Wendy Sugg (Ralph-2018). Cherished grandmother of Natalie (Ryan), Adam (Michelle), Daniel (Alexi), Ryan (Breanne), Andrea (Scott) and Michael (Emily). Dearest great-grandmother of Jackson, Levi, Nora, Lyla, Cohen, Beau, Ruby, Noah and Hudson. Remembered by her sister Valerie Hounsell (Dave) and her brother Fred Howe (Rose). Missed by her sister-in-law Marg Howe. Predeceased by her brother Gord Howe and her sister Beulah Goobie (Jack). Hazel will also be greatly missed by other relatives and many friends.
Visitation will be held at the Dods & McNair Funeral Home, Chapel & Reception Centre, 21 First St., Orangeville on Friday, November 1st, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 at 11:00 am. with visitation beginning at 10:00 am. Interment to follow reception at St. John’s Cemetery, Mono. Memorial donations to Dufferin Oaks would be appreciated by the family.
A tree will be planted in memory of Hazel in the Dods & McNair Memorial Forest at the Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville.
Condolences may be offered to the family at www.dodsandmcnair.com
She was known by many names. She was called, Hazel, Aunty Haz, Rusty, Aunt Rusty, Nanna, Neighbour and friend
But we had the true privilege to call her
MOM
Till we meet again
Rest now Mom
The following is edited, by Sombra, from a past newsletter from 2012 when Joseph’s sister-in-law Donna died.
This past week my mother died. She is just another one in a growing list of people who passed away this past month.
Her death makes my whole family and extended family look at life and wonder what it is all about. What happens after this life? Is she in Heaven; I hope she is not in Purgatory; I know she is not in Hell; What happens when you die? They all say.
In the news of late there have been the deaths of some famous people. I won’t mention them by name here and add to their fame, but Brethren, my Family in the faith, are you aware of the names of the Saints that have died lately? I am not going to list them all in case I leave some one out, but I am going to name one that has had an effect on my life and yours.
I began to write this Newsletter out of anger when I first started. I was mad that my Church of God brethren had the nerve to ask me not to come back. Me!! I was a good person. So I began the web site the very same week I was asked to leave. That was back in July of 2006.
Since then I have had my share of hateful emails from those who call themselves followers of God and also followers of Yehovah. And these messages would get to me after a while.
But at some point this Saint wrote to me, as have others, to tell me how much my Newsletters meant to her. They were a breath of fresh air she would say.
This lady had worked in the office in Australia for the Church of God Australia.. And then she began to read the Newsletter at sightedmoon.com and then she began to write.
Her encouragement always came when I was about to quit. I did not need this flack I was getting and I felt no one was hearing me and so I was about to give up many times. And almost every time I was about to quit, this lady’s email would come along to encourage me and to tell me how much a certain newsletter had touched her.
Brethren had it not been for her I think I would have stopped this a number of years ago. Had I stopped when I wanted to, you would not be reading the Prophecies of Abraham today, nor the 9 other books and the one I am writing right now. You would not be learning the many things the bible has to say about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years; at least not from this site.
You would not know about the Prophecy in the Law of Niddah which this same lady inspired me to look at as we discussed the subject. That led me into an even deeper study of the 70 Shabua.
How different things would have been had this elderly lady from Australia not had the wit and charm and desire to write and tell me to keep going. This Saint is Wendy McNamara and not too many people knew her or were aware of her death. She died from cancer.
Another lady who died many years ago before I had ever thought of starting the web site said to me the things I was talking about had to be said and to keep telling people until they heard it. I wrote about her in one of my early Newsletters.
I could go to the scriptures and pull up many stories of how the little things that people did led to bigger successes of others. Do not think for a moment that you do not count; that you living in the corner of the world where you are does not matter and there is nothing you can do. The person you encourage could go on to do great things. That little boy or that little girl you talk to and tell them nothing is impossible could be inspired because of your choice words. Just as I was by Wendy’s encouraging emails.
When a Saint dies does anyone notice? Most assuredly the one who created them Knows. If He knows all the hairs on your head then He knows who you are and what He has planned for you to do.
Mat 10:28 “And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in Gehenna. 29 “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground without your Father. 30 “And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 “So do not fear, you are worth more than many sparrows. 32 “Everyone, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him I shall also confess before My Father who is in the heavens. 33 “But whoever shall deny Me before men, him I shall also deny before My Father who is in the heavens.
At funerals, Ministers often state that the deceased is in heaven right now looking down on us here. I have to wonder how that would suck to be in such an awesome place and to always be looking down here where everyone is so hurting. It would make them so sad I thought to see how we are hurting.
People speak of the rapture that we are going to be in. I have to ask then, if these people are in heaven why would they come back down to be raised up first before those in the rapture?
Another wonders if they are going to hell. Everyone thinks they are going to heaven and no one ever says may they have peace in purgatory.
The minister talks of the dead already in heaven and then quotes from Ezekiel about the dead bones coming back to life. Does this mean those who were in heaven have to give that up and then go back into their former bodies that just came back to life?
Yes Brethren when you go to any funeral there are so many false teachings that it makes you want to puke. Yet none of these people will bother to look into the only source that tells them. Instead they rely on the man of the cloth, the Catholic or Anglican Priest or Baptist Pastor who is supposed to know these things. They only know the doctrines that their association has taught them; but not what Yehovah says in His word.
We all think we know and can point to those about to go to hell. But if it is suggested that you too are headed for hell, you get offended. No one wants to hear the truth to change the direction of where they will go when they die. How much garbage do you carry with you today brethren? Do you understand the plan of Yehovah? Is He going to leave any behind so Satan can claim victory over even one?
In today’s newsletter we will republish some old articles which flesh out what happens to a soul when the body dies. We need hope for our own futures, and for the ones who have passed, but we can not hope on a lie. We need to seek Yehovah’s truth. We can not change the life and decisions made by our deceased loved ones, but we can, with clear understanding of God’s word, make decisions for our own lives to direct our own eternity.
Torah Portion
Torah Portions
We read through the entire Torah along with the Prophets and the New Testament, once over the course of 3 1/2 years. Or according to the Sabbatical Cycle which means we read it all twice over a 7-year period. This allows us to cover more in-depth rather than being rushed to cover as much as is covered on an annual basis. We allow all to comment and take part in the discussions.
Septennial Torah Portion
If you go to Torah Portion in our archived section, you can then go to the 1st year, which is the 1st year of the Sabbatical Cycle, the one we are in now, as we state at the top of every News Letter. There, you can scroll down to the proper date and see that this Shabbat, we could very well be midrashing about:
Genesis 39
2 Samuel 4-7
Psalm 79
Luke 1:27-80
We are in the 1st Sabbatical Cycle in 2024-2025. We go through the entire bible twice in a 7 year cycle. This means we cover the entire bible once every 3 1/2 years. It gives us more time to debate and discuss each portion we read.
If you missed last week’s exciting discoveries as we studied that section, you can go and watch past Shabbats on our media section.
Join Our Sabbath Meetings
Join Our Sabbath Meetings
There are many people in need of fellowship and who are sitting at home on the Sabbath with no one to talk to or debate with. I want to encourage all of you to join us on Shabbat, and to invite others to come and join us as well. If the time is not convenient then you can listen to the teaching and the midrash after on our YouTube channel.
What are we doing and why do we teach this way?
We are going to discuss both sides of an issue and then let you choose. It is the work of the Ruach (Spirit) to direct and to teach you.
The medieval commentator Rashi wrote that the Hebrew word for wrestle (avek) implies that Jacob was “tied”, for the same word is used to describe knotted fringes in a Jewish prayer shawl, the tzitzityot. Rashi says, “thus is the manner of two people who struggle to overthrow each other, that one embraces the other and knots him with his arms”.
Our intellectual wrestling has been replaced by a different kind of struggle. We are Wrestling with Yehovah as we grapple with His Word. It is an intimate act, symbolizing a relationship in which Yehovah and I and you are bound together. My wrestling is a struggle to discover what Yehovah expects of us, and we are “tied” to the One who assists us in that struggle.
Today, many say Israel means “Champion of God”, or better — the “Wrestler of God”.
Our Torah sessions each Shabbat teaches you and encourages you to constantly challenge, question, argue against, as well as view alternative views and explanations of the Word. In other words, we are to “wrestle with the Word” to get to the truth. Jews worldwide believe that you need to wrestle with the Word and constantly challenge Dogma, Theology, and views or else you will never get to the Truth.
We are not like most churches where “The preacher talks and everyone listens.” We encourage everyone to participate, to question and to contribute what they know on the subject being discussed. We want you to be a champion wrestler of the Word of Yehovah. We want you to wear the title of Israel, knowing that you not only know but are capable of explaining why you know the Torah to be true with logic and facts.
We have a few rules though. Let others talk and listen. There is no discussion about UFO’s Nephilim, Vaccines or conspiracy-type subjects. We have people from around the world with different world views. Not everyone cares who is the President of any particular country. Treat each other with respect as Fellow wrestlers of the word. Some of our subjects are hard to understand and require you to be mature and if you do not know, then listen to gain knowledge and understanding and hopefully wisdom. The very things you are commanded to ask Yehovah for and He gives to those who ask.
Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.
We hope you can invite those who want to keep Torah to come and join us by hitting the link below. It is almost like a Torah teaching fellowship talk show with people from around the world taking part and sharing their insights and understandings.
We start off with some music and then some prayers and it’s as though you were sitting around the kitchen back in Newfoundland having a cup of coffee and all of us enjoying each other’s company. I hope you will grace us with your company someday.
Sabbath services begin at 12:30 PM EDT where we will be doing prayers songs and teaching from this hour.
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The Perpetual Calendar
The Perpetual Calendar
We have available from our website a calendar you can use to keep track of the days of the month based on when the Barley is ripe and when the moon is sighted. ALl you have to do is download it. https://sightedmoon.com/perpetual-calendar/
With the new year about to begin, you can learn about the calendar as you record it. This is a great tool to have and it is free to anyone who wants it.
The Stones Cry Out Part 1
The Stones Cry Out Part 1
Two Weeks ago, we gave our latest PDF book to our Supporters, letting them read The Stones Cry Out Part 1. If you are supporting this work, you should have received an email with instructions on how to get your copy. Monthly supporters have access to all our PDF books, all our audiobooks and early viewing of new releases.
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When I wrote Stones Cry Out, I wanted it to be one of our FREE books so everyone would have it. It is more of an encyclopedia than a book to read. It will be your quick resource book; you will have access to every question about any calendar, how it got started, and who started it. You will also learn the history of how the Mishnah was assembled, when it was assembled and why. Then, you will learn how that information was transferred into both the Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud until it reached its final stage in the Mishneh Torah. Along with this progression, the calendar also progressed and changed long after 358 C.E. when Rabbi Hillel first published it. But…what was before the Hillel calendar? What does the Mishnah record about those things?
The Stones Cry Out was originally going to be one book explaining all the various proofs we have discovered, demonstrating when the Sabbatical and Jubilee years are throughout history.
You can know; it is not a mystery.
As I began to write The Stones Cry Out, I quickly found myself going back, time and time again, to explain how the calendar is behind the confusion of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Rabbis, as they began to write the Mishnah, incorporated wrong understandings, and those errors were written into what became known as the Talmud and then the Mishneh Torah. The expulsion from the land and subsequent persecutions in trying to send out messengers to report the barley being found or the crescent moon being seen, proved to be more and more dangerous over time. All of these things took place over 14 centuries.
Then as I was working on The Stones Cry Out, I discovered that many people were now accepting the Zadok calendar as factual. This is when we pivoted to include all the details of the various calendars that have crept back into public knowledge today and are being used to mislead new people who are just starting to learn about the calendar. All of this was directly connected to the period starting with the Hasmonaeans, up to the destruction of the Temple. Then, with the compiling of the Mishnah, the studies that led into the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud, then the Babylonian Talmud and finally the Mishneh Torah, each error that was added is compounded over time.
The Stones Cry Out, Part 1 explains the history of how each compilation of the Oral Torah incorporated errors, leading the followers thereof away from the actual Torah. In understanding these facts, it is then possible to understand more readily how the Sabbatical and Jubilee years were then mixed and later changed. By explaining all this history, I will be able to help you the reader understand the tombstones when most authorities do not. They have assumed, to their error, the Hillel calendar to have always been since Mount Sinai. Not understanding the history of the calendars is why most authorities dismiss the tombstones as too confusing to use. Once you understand The Stones Cry Out Part 1, Part 2 will be very easy to grasp.
Daniel 7:25 tells us he will change the appointed seasons and commandments. Many assume Constantine did this when he made Sunday the Sabbath. Few have considered the calendar’s many changes and how they relate to us today. Hidden in this proverbial swamp of confusion is the truth about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Sabbatical and Jubilee years reveal the truths about the calendar that have been hidden for almost 2000 years.
We are in the very last days and Yehshua warned us that during this time:
Mat 24:10 And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets will rise and deceive many.
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will become cold.
Mat 24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe.
Paul also warned Timothy about these last days, warning that some would leave the truth and begin to follow demonic teachers:
1Ti 4:1 But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
Paul again warned the Thessalonians that the Great Falling away would take place in the last days. How can you fall away if you have never come to know the truth? So who is Paul talking to? Those who are called and answer that calling begin to walk this road of restoration back to Yehovah, and then at some point along that walk, they change and leave this walk following the teachings of demons to false calendar.
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
We must endure until the end. We must not let ourselves become offended by personalities and leave the faith once given.
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The Mourner's Kaddish
The Mourner’s Kaddish
(Quotes from Shiva.com)
Kaddish, also known as the “Mourner’s Prayer,” is said in honor of the deceased. This prayer is spoken collectively and serves as an affirmation of Jewish faith as well as a reminder that no mourner is alone in their grief.
Kaddish has been said for nearly 2,000 years to honor and commemorate parents who have passed away. Today, some recite the Mourner’s Kaddish for the deceased of other familial relations as well. It is one of the most widely recognized prayers of the Jewish faith and is one of its fundamental customs, reflecting on life, tradition and family. Reciting the Mourner’s Kaddish is one of Judaism’s greatest mitzvahs, or good deeds.
Kaddish must be said in a quorum of 10, which is called a minyan. Before saying Kaddish, a portion of the Torah must be read. Traditionally, the Kaddish is said daily for 11 months after the passing of a parent, and again on the Yahrzeit, the anniversary of their passing. Many in the Jewish faith try to adhere to this time-honored tradition and recite the Kaddish in accordance with their Jewish beliefs. For those who are unable to recite the prayer, another Jewish individual may do so in their place as, according to the Torah, all Jews are one.
View the Mourner’s Kaddish as provided by the Central Conference of American Rabbis below:
Sitting Shiva - A Tradition Worth Exploring
Sitting Shiva – A Tradition Worth Exploring
(bulk of the article is from Wikipedia)
Traditions are – just that – traditions. They are not commandments from God, however, good traditions help you uphold the commandments, help you to live out the commandments in a tangible way. And so, with this in mind, I, Sombra, present to you the wikipedia material for this period of time called Shiva. Before you throw the baby out with the bathwater, there is a section within this article that shows you examples of how bible characters observed this 7 days of mourning.
One of the struggles in our current world is we all struggle with how to deal with death. Do we stoically move forward and ignore the pain we are feeling in order to get on with business and life? Or does a death give us the opportunity to stop, reflect, ponder, remember, and receive the blessing of compassion and fellowship with community. There is no one efficient way to move through grief. Each one of us must deal with the grief in our own way. However, we must DEAL with grief; we can not allow grief to stop our lives and hold us captive; and this is where the traditions come in to play. When we have a system in place to help us through the grief, have community to support us, then the grief is easier to process. When we are alone in our grief, it’s easy to wallow and get depressed.
Shiva (Hebrew: שִׁבְעָה, romanized: šīvʿā, lit. ‘seven’) is the week-long mourning period in Judaism for first-degree relatives. The ritual is referred to as “sitting shiva” in English. The shiva period lasts for seven days following the burial. Following the initial period of despair and lamentation immediately after the death, shiva embraces a time when individuals discuss their loss and accept the comfort of others.[1]
Its observance is a requirement for the parents, siblings, spouses, and children of the person who has died. It is not a requirement for the family of an infant who was less than thirty days old at the time of death.[2] At the funeral, mourners wear an outer garment that is torn before the procession in a ritual known as keriah. In some traditions, mourners wear a black ribbon that is cut in place of an everyday garment.[3][4] The torn article is worn throughout the entirety of shiva. Typically, the seven days begin immediately after the deceased has been buried. Following burial, mourners[5] assume the halakhic status of avel (Hebrew: אבל, ‘mourner’). This state lasts for the entire duration of shiva.
It is necessary for the burial spot to be entirely covered with earth in order for shiva to commence. During the period of shiva, mourners remain at home. Friends and family visit those in mourning in order to give their condolences and provide comfort. The process, dating back to biblical times, formalizes the natural way an individual confronts and overcomes grief. Shiva allows for the individual to express their sorrow, discuss the loss of a loved one, and slowly reenter society.[6]
Etymology
The word shiva comes from the Hebrew word shiv’ah (Hebrew: שבעה, lit. ‘seven’), referring to the seven-day length of this period.
Biblical accounts similar to shiva
A number of Biblical accounts describe mourning for fixed periods; in several cases, this period is seven days. For example, after the death of Jacob, his son Joseph and those accompanying Joseph observed a seven-day mourning period.[7] The seven-day period of mourning that Joseph underwent was depicted by the sages before the revelation at Mount Sinai. In the Book of Job, it is stated that Job mourned his misfortune for seven days. During this time, he sat on the ground, with his friends surrounding him.[8]
Biblical mourning involved refraining from feasts, songs, and Temple rituals. Amos declared to the people that God would “turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentations” as a punishment for sin, describing this mourning as similar to “the mourning for an only son”.[9] After two of the sons of Aaron, a High Priest, were killed, Aaron refused to eat the animal sacrifices, saying this would be inappropriate at a time when he was mourning the sons’ death.[10]
Stages of bereavement
The process of mourning begins with the first stage, otherwise known as Aninut. During this time, individuals experience the initial shock of their loss. Often emotions associated with the period of Aninut include anger, denial, and disbelief. During this period, which technically precedes the official mourning, the mourner is exempt from performing most positive commandments. The keriah (the rending of the garments) is performed during this period. Aninut begins the moment the individual dies and lasts until the end of the funeral service. Following Aninut is shiva, in which the mourners dedicate seven days to remembrance of the deceased person. Throughout shiva, individuals are instructed to take a break from their routines in order to focus on their loss.[11] For these seven days the mourners’ home is generally an open house for friends and family to come to offer comfort. The stage of mourning known as sheloshim (literally “thirty”) lasts until thirty days after the burial. The first seven days of sheloshim is the period of shiva; sheloshim continues after shiva has ended. After the intense period of shiva, which is mainly contained to the home, during the remainder of sheloshim the bereaved leave their residences and begin to interact with others again. Sheloshim encourages individuals to participate in social relations in order to slowly ease back into normal daily activities. The final stage, shenat aveilut, is a twelve-month period of mourning, during which limitations are placed on mourners in the realms of wearing newly-bought clothing, attending social gatherings and receiving gifts. During the first eleven months Kaddish is said. After the year’s conclusion, yearly remembrance ceremonies, known as yahrzeit or hilula (on the date of passing) and yizkor (on major holidays) are held for the individual who died.[1]
Computing the timing of shiva and sheloshim
The shiva period commences immediately after the burial. The remainder of the day (until sundown) is considered to be the first day of shiva, even though it is only a partial day. On the seventh day (e.g., on Monday, if the first day was Tuesday), shiva ends in the morning after shacharit prayers (if no public services are held on the morning of the seventh day, a service is conducted in the home of the mourner); thus, the seventh day is again a partial day. The sheloshim (thirty-day period of mourning) continues until the end of morning services on the 30th day, 23 days after the end of shiva; as with shiva, the two partial days at the beginning and end are counted as full days.[1][12]
Had the news of a close relative’s death reached them 30 days after their deceased relative had expired, the 30th-day included, the mourner is only obligated to sit in mourning for one day. However, had the news of a close relative’s death reached them within 30 days after expiration, the mourner is required to sit in mourning for seven days.[13]
Religious holidays during times of mourning
Religious holidays during shiva and sheloshim change the mourning period slightly. Because Judaism embraces the holidays with joy, the sadness and grief associated with mourning are meant to be set aside until the holiday concludes. Typically, if an individual dies before the beginning of a holiday, the holiday removes the observance of shiva or sheloshim. The days of the holiday are counted towards the days of mourning, and the rules enforced during mourning are revoked in order to encourage the celebration of a holiday. If a death occurred during the holiday or unknowingly, mourning commences after the holiday ends. In other situations, if the entirety of shiva has been observed prior to the start of a holiday, the holiday will cancel the observance of sheloshim, signifying the fulfillment of this period of mourning.[1]
The occurrence of a major Jewish holiday terminates the shiva.[14] If the funeral occurs during a festival, the start of the mourning period is delayed to the end of the festival.
Sabbath
During Shabbat, private mourning continues, while public mourning is suspended. Individuals are permitted to wear shoes and leave their home to partake in public prayer services. In order to prepare for Shabbat, individuals are allowed to interrupt shiva for up to one hour and fifteen minutes in order to cook, dress, and perform other tasks. If this is not enough time to do so, in certain situations there may be two and a half hours allotted for such.[1]
Passover
During Passover, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven when the holiday begins. Since Passover is celebrated for eight days, any mourning prior will total to fifteen days when holiday ends, leaving only fifteen days of observance of sheloshim.[1]
Shavuot
During Shavuot, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven when the holiday begins. The first day of Shavuot equates to seven days. The second day of Shavuot is considered the fifteenth day, leaving only fifteen days left of observance of sheloshim.[1]
Sukkot
During Sukkot, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven when the holiday begins. Since Sukkot is observed for seven days, any mourning prior will total to fourteen days when the holiday ends. Shemini Atzeret is considered the eighth day of Sukkot, and equates to seven days of mourning. Simchat Torah is considered the twenty-second day of mourning, leaving only eight days of observance of sheloshim.[1]
Rosh Hashanah
During Rosh Hashanah, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven days when the holiday begins. Yom Kippur following Rosh Hashanah, will symbolize the end of mourning, and the end of both shiva and sheloshim.[1]
Yom Kippur
During Yom Kippur, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven days when the holiday begins. Sukkot, following Yom Kippur, will symbolize the end of mourning, and the end of both shiva and sheloshim.[1]
Yom Tov
If the death occurs during Yom Tov, shiva does not begin until the burial is completed. Burial may not take place on Yom Tov, but can during the intermediate days of Sukkot or Passover, otherwise known as Chol HaMoed.[1]
Chol HaMoed
If a burial occurs on Chol HaMoed of Passover, shiva does not begin until after the Yom Tov is completed. In the Diaspora, where most Yamim Tovim are observed for two days, mourning does not take place on the second day, but the day is still counted as one of the days of shiva.[1]
Shiva customs
There are many traditions that are upheld in order to observe shiva. Throughout this time, mourners are required to stay at home and refrain from engaging with the social world.
Keriah
After hearing of the death of a close relative, Jewish beliefs and traditions instruct individuals to tear their clothing as the primary expression of grief. The process of tearing the garment is known as keriah.[15] The tearing is done while standing and is required to extend in length to a tefach (handbreadth), or what is equivalent to about 9 centimetres (3.5 in).[16][17] Upon tearing the clothing, the mourner recites a blessing which describes God as “the true Judge”. This blessing reminds mourners to acknowledge that God has taken the life of a close relative, and is seen as the first step in the acceptance of grief. The garment is torn over the heart if the individual who died was a parent, or over the chest on the right side if the individual who died was another relative. The torn article of clothing is worn throughout the period of shiva, the only exception being on Shabbat.[18][19]
Washing hands
After being near or around the deceased, it is ancient custom to wash oneself, or at minimum wash one’s hands, as a means of purification. After a funeral, or visitation to a cemetery, individuals are required to wash hands as a mark of spiritual transition through water.[20] During shiva, it is especially mandatory to do so before entering the home. There are many different origins of this tradition, though the act is typically associated with symbolic cleansing, the idea being that death is impure in a spiritual sense. Within Judaism, the living is thought to emphasize value of life rather than focus on death. When washing hands after visiting the deceased, it is custom to not pass the cup of water used from person to person. The reason behind this stems from the beliefs and hopes of stopping the tragedy it began, rather than allowing it to continue from person to person as symbolized by the passing of the cup.[1]
Meal of Condolences
The first meal which should be eaten after the funeral is known as the seudat havra’ah (Hebrew: סעודת הבראה, “meal of comforting”). Traditionally, mourners should be served the meal of condolences by neighbors.[21] The act of preparing such meal is considered to be a mitzvah. Though being the tradition, if the meal of condolences is unable to be prepared by a neighbor, extended family may do so, and in the last case the mourner themselves may prepare the meal. It was seen that many times following the death of a loved one, individuals who were in mourning possessed a death wish and often attempted to undergo starvation. The meal given to them upon returning home provided warmth in order to lessen such wishes. In order to be deemed the meal of condolences, the food selections must contain several specific dishes. An example of this is bread, which is symbolic for the staff of life. Aside from this, the meal must contain hard-boiled eggs, cooked vegetables, and coffee or tea. Often wine is allowed to be served as well. The only time the meal of condolences is not served occurs when there is no public observance of mourning or if the individual died by suicide.[1]
Kaddish
During the process of mourning, Kaddish is typically recited. Rather than losing faith in the religion, Jewish traditions require those who have experienced the loss of a loved one to publicly assert their faith in God. This is typically done in front of a minyan. The recitation of Kaddish is done in order to protect the dignity and merit of the individual who died within God’s eyes.[18][19] Judaism believes that prior to a soul’s entry into heaven, a maximum of twelve months is required in order for even the worst soul to be purified. Though the entirety of mourning lasts for twelve months, Kaddish is only recited for eleven months so as to not imply the soul required an entire twelve months of purification.[46]
Mourner’s prayer
Traditionally the true mourner’s prayer is known as El Malei Rachamim in Ashkenazi literature and Hashkavah in Sephardic literature. Often the mourner’s prayer is mistaken for Kaddish. The recitation of the mourner’s prayer is done for the soul of an individual who has died. The prayer itself is an appeal for the soul of the deceased to be given proper rest.[47] Typically recitation of this prayer is done at the graveside during burial, during the unveiling of the tombstone, as in the Yizkor services on Jewish holidays. If the recitation is done as an individual commemoration, the prayer contains the name of the individual who died. However, if the recitation is done in the presence of a group, the prayer will contain a description of the individual who died.[48]
When a Loved one dies, then what? Yeshua's 3 Prayers
When a Loved One Dies, Then What?
Do you know the stories of the constellation that explain this?
The stories of the little bear and the great bear which Yehovah speaks about in Job? Do you understand and know about the meaning of the constellation of the Good Ship Argo?
Do you know and understand about the wave offering and how it depicts the first resurrection of Saints? Before this ceremony became a reality no one had gone up to heaven! Do you know this?
Joh 3:11 “Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what We know and witness what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 “If you do not believe when I spoke to you about earthly matters, how are you going to believe when I speak to you about the heavenly matters?13 “And no one has gone up into the heaven except He who came down from the heaven – the Son of Adam.
No Enoch did not go up to Heaven; if he did then Yehshua is a liar.
But on that day after the Messiah came out of the grave having been in there for 3 days and 3 nights, on this first day of the week when He told Mary Magdalene not to touch Him as he had not yet ascended to heaven. It was on this first day when the wave offering is made that Yehshua who was the wave offering went before Yehovah and he brought with Him an example of those who had already believed.
Joh 20:15 Yehshua said to her, “Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said to Him, “Master, if You have carried Him away, say to me where You put Him, and I shall take Him away.” 16 Yehshua said to her, “Miryam!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Yehshua said to her, “Do not hold on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My Elohim and your Elohim.’ ”
Paul spoke of the First Fruits that went with Him.
1Co 15:14 And if Messiah has not been raised, then our proclaiming is empty, and your belief also empty, 15 and we are also found false witnesses of Elohim, because we have witnessed of Elohim that He raised up Messiah, whom He did not raise up, if then the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then neither Messiah has been raised. 17 And if Messiah has not been raised, your belief is to no purpose, you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Messiah have perished. 19 If in this life only we have expectation in Messiah, we are of all men the most wretched.20 But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those having fallen asleep. 21 For since death is through a man, resurrection of the dead is also through a Man. 22 For as all die in Adam, so also all shall be made alive in Messiah . 23 And each in his own order: Messiah the first-fruits, then those who are of Messiah at His coming,24 then the end, when He delivers up the reign to Elohim the Father, when He has brought to naught all rule and all authority and power.
Do you see what Paul just said?
Yehshua is the first Fruit of those who are asleep. This is the barley wave offering and is also the little bear or little Dipper depicting the first crop of saints to be raised from the grave on this very special day. Before this day no one went to heaven. All were dead and asleep in the grave. Moses, Elijah and Enoch were all dead in the grave.
This is when the dead came out of the grave in Mathew after Yehshua rose first and they walked into Jerusalem.
Mat 27:50 And Yehsua cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. 51 And see, the veil of the Dwelling Place was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split, 52 and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the set-apart ones who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they went into the set-apart city and appeared to many.
The Saints arose ‘coming out of the tombs after His resurrection’ after the Messiah was resurrected. They came back to life that Saturday evening when Yehshua came back to life. This is so amazing as it had never happened before.
Eph 4:8 That is why it says, “When He went up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” 9 But what does “He went up” mean, except that He also first went down into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who went down is also the One who went up far above all the heavens, to fill all.
Those who are dead are captive; they are captives of Satan whose only tool to scare people to obey him is through death. And once you commit sin you are a prisoner of sin and when you die you are a captive of Satan. But the Saints Yehshua rescued as we have just read.
At the first wave offering Yehshua went into the grave and then came up and brought the Saints with Him out of captivity. And they went with Him to Heaven. Not everyone who had died went, but only those Saints, the Set-Apart Ones did.
This is why this time of year is so precious. It shows us that the dead will rise to be with the Messiah if we are guarding the commandments and doing them. If we do not then we will remain dead but not forever.
The next wave offering is at Pentecost and it is the one with the wheat offering. Not Barley this time. We are to be the wheat. And it is at this time in the near future that the wheat cakes or two loaves will be raised up and waved before Yehovah. This is when all those Saints from the time of Messiah will then be raised up, those who are dead first and then those of us who are alive at that time.
1Th 4:13 Now, brothers, we do not wish you to be ignorant concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you be sad as others who have no expectation. 14 For if we believe that Yehshua died and rose again, so also Elohim shall bring with Him those who sleep1 in Yehshua (Footnote: 1An euphemism for death, a typical Hebrew word for it.) 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Master, that we, the living who are left over at the coming of the Master shall in no way go before those who are asleep. 16 Because the Master Himself shall come down from heaven with a shout, with the voice of a chief messenger, and with the trumpet of Elohim, and the dead in Messiah shall rise first. 17 Then we, the living who are left over, shall be caught away together with them in the clouds to meet the Master in the air – and so we shall always be with the Master. 18 So, then, encourage one another with these words.
This is not the rapture; it is the second wave offering of Pentecost and it is just for those people who keep and kept the commandments. It is not for all mankind. This resurrection at this Feast of Pentecost is explained by understanding the Great Bear or as we know it today the Big Dipper.
But what about the rest of mankind who never knew the Messiah or had a chance to learn about Him? This is explained by the Fall Feast of Sukkot. It is the harvest of all the rest of the fruit. It is the harvest of all the rest of Mankind at that time. And the constellation of the good ship Argo also helps in explaining this.
http://www.ucg.org/booklet/gods-holy-day-plan-promise-hope-all-mankind/feast-tabernacles-jesus-christ-reigns-over-all-e/
In his first inspired sermon after receiving the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the apostle Peter summed up God’s instruction for mankind: “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began” (Acts 3:19-21).
But what are these “times of refreshing” and “times of restoration” of which Peter spoke?
God’s plan for mankind involves restoration. The Feast of Tabernacles symbolizes the restoration process, which will start with the return of Jesus Christ, pictured by the Feast of Trumpets, and the banishment of Satan, depicted by the Day of Atonement. Once these events have taken place, as represented by the previous Holy Days, the foundation is in place for the restoration of the creation to peace and harmony with God.
The seven-day Feast of Tabernacles, which begins with an annual Holy Day (Leviticus 23:34-35), pictures the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ over the earth after His second coming (see Revelation 20:4). This period is often called the Millennium, which simply means “1,000 years.”
That age to come, a wonderful “rest” following the hardships of the present age, is symbolized every seven days by the weekly Sabbath (Hebrews 4:1-11) and every year by the Feast of Tabernacles. Also called the Feast of Ingathering (Exodus 23:), it celebrates the great harvest of humanity when all people who are alive on earth will learn God’s ways. Humanity will at last be restored to a right relationship with God (Isaiah 11:9-10).
In the beginning, God created mankind to cooperate with Him in a beautiful relationship characterized by love, peace and obedience to His laws. At the completion of His creation, “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good” (Genesis 1:3). This time of peace and harmony abruptly ended because of Satan’s deception and man’s disobedience (Genesis 3:1-6). Disobedience cut mankind off from God’s way (verses 21-24). The Bible describes the tragic result: “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:).
This broken relationship between God and man has continued through history to our time. Paul reflected on this state: “Through one man [Adam] sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:).
Paul knew that the breach created by man’s disobedience is healed through Jesus Christ: “For since by man [Adam] came death, by Man [Christ] also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:21-22).
We have the first wave offering when the Saints who lived up to the time of Yehshua were raised up. We have the second wave offering of Pentecost when the next group of Saints who have lived since Messiah will then be raised up. And we have the Feast of Sukkot which shows us when the rest of mankind will be raised up at the end of the 7th Millennium.
This is the Great News that needs to be shared at these funerals. Not the dreaded end of life that is now taught there.
I know some of you are still hurt from the loss of a loved one recently. Some of you are trying to be strong and live your life. It is OK to go and cry and have a good long cry. You will not see them for a long time. But know they will be raised up at some time. And if you want to be there with them when it happens then keep the commandments and study the Holy Days and pray.
The meaning of the wave offering at Passover is so huge when you grasp it. This year as you keep Passover and think of your loved ones who have already died, think on these truths. And rejoice this Passover as you come to know the truth of the Plan of Yehovah.
Here are some more articles that may help you to understand this overall plan of Yehovah.
http://www.ucg.org/booklet/why-does-god-allow-suffering/
http://www.ucg.org/booklet/heaven-and-hell-what-does-bible-really-teach/
http://www.ucg.org/booklet/what-happens-after-death/
Brethren I have just come to understand something I had never seen before this week. I would like to share with you a prophecy that Yehshua shared just before He died and how it is for us in this last Jubilee cycle.
So many times we read over something and never see what is being said in it.
Mat 26:36 Then Yeshua came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the taught ones, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 And He took with Him Kepha and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be grieved and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My being is exceedingly grieved, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” 39 And going forward a little, He fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I desire, but as You desire.” 40 And He came to the taught ones and found them asleep, and said to Kepha, “So, were you not able to watch with Me one hour? 41 “Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again He went away, a second time, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is impossible for this to pass unless I drink it, let Your desire be done.” 43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. 44 And He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then He came to His taught ones and said to them, “Still sleeping and taking rest? See, the hour has come near, and the Son of Adam is delivered up into the hands of sinners. 46 “Rise, let us go. See, he who delivers Me up has come near.” 47 And while He was still speaking, see, Yehud?ah, one of the twelve, with a large crowd with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 And he who was delivering Him up gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, it is He, seize Him.” 49 And going straight up to Yehshua he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. 50 And Yehshua said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Yehshua and seized Him.
I have been to this garden called Gethsemane many times. I have stayed there and prayed there and cried there. I have brought brethren up to it many times to show them the secrets it reveals.
This is also called Golgotha and The Mount of Offense and the Mount of Olives and is part of the Mountains of Mariah.
So let us begin to examine this event in Yehshua’s life and take special note of what we are being told. We begin with the word Gethsemane; what does it mean?
G1068 Gethsemane? gheth-say-man-ay’
Of Chaldee origin (compare [H1660] and [H8081]); oil press; Gethsemane, a garden near Jerusalem: – Gethsemane.
H1660 gath gath
Probably from H5059 (in the sense of treading out grapes); a wine press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them): – (wine-) press (fat).
H8081 shemen sheh’-men
From H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively richness: – anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil ([-ed]), ointment, olive, + pine.
You can easily see where the word Gath Sheh Men formed the modern word Gethsemane. The Mount of Olives is covered in Olive trees or used to be and at the top of this Mount in the place known as the garden of Gethsemane they would squeeze out the olive oil by applying pressure to the olives.
To this day there is an ancient Olive oil press complete with stone and basin. It is right beside the fountain and is so peaceful and quiet. This same fountain today is right along the rows of Olive and Orange Trees along with pomegranate and Lemon trees as well as Almond trees.
An Olive press is used to extract the olive oil from the fruit. The finest olive oil is produced by either just using the weight of the beam to squeeze out the oil or by adding one stone to it. This oil was used for anointing the Kings and High Priests. After so much time has passed another heavier stone is used to squeeze out even more oil. It is this oil that is used for the lighting of the Menorah; The Menorah which made to look like an almond tree. Then again after some time is passed another heavier stone still is added to squeeze the last of the olive oil out.
All of this took place at this garden of Gethsemane on top of the Mount of Olive. And it was in this very quiet and serene garden that we read about Yehshua praying just before the events that would lead to His death that same day on the 14th of Nisan.
Mark’s accounts of this event are the same as Mathews and John does not add any more to it. We can learn a little more from Luke.
Luk 22:39 And coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, according to usage, and His taught ones also followed Him. 40 And coming to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you do not enter into trial.” 41 And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and falling on His knees He was praying, 42 saying, “Father, if it be Your counsel, remove this cup from Me. Yet not My desire, but let Yours be done.” 43 And there appeared a messenger from heaven to Him, strengthening Him. 44 And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45 And rising up from prayer, and coming to His taught ones, He found them sleeping from grief. 46 And He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into trial.” 47 And while He was still speaking, see: a crowd! And he who was called Yehud?ah, one of the twelve, was going before them and came near to Yehshua to kiss Him. 48 And Yehshua said to him, “Yehudah, do you deliver up the Son of Adam with a kiss?”
In Luke Yehshua tells His disciples to pray they do not fall into trial or temptation.
He then takes Peter John and James off to pray and tell them to watch with Him. ‘Stay here and watch with Me’
They were commanded to watch; that is to be on guard. This is the same command we have today to guard the Torah and to keep it. But at this time Yehshua knew Judas was coming and it was for him that they were to watch for.
Yehshua then went to pray and it was this first prayer that is represented by the first squeezing of the Olive fruit. Yehshua was under stress and praying that what was about to come did not have to come to Him.
Mathew 26: 39 And going forward a little, He fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I desire, but as You desire.”
What I have come to understand brethren, is that this first prayer is symbolic of the first curse of Leviticus 26; the curse of Terror. Yehshua said ‘He began to be grieved and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My being is exceedingly grieved, even to death.’
There are five curses in Lev 26 and the first one was about the Terror to come.
His being; His body was grieved even unto death. Even unto death – This denotes extreme sorrow and agony.
Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, but all members do not have the same function, 5 so we, the many, are one body in Messiah, and members each one of one another.
We are the body of Yehshua and it is us that are grieved even unto death. I am speaking of this the last Jubilee cycle of this age. We are living it and as part of His body we feel the deep hurt and despair about what is coming. Those who see it and understand the curses of Lev 26 are moved to action and go out to warn everyone they can. We are moved in grief and despair.
We are to become like Yehshua.
Php 2:1 If, then, there is any encouragement in Messiah, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, one in being and of purpose, 3 doing none at all through selfishness or self-conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each one should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 For, let this mind be in you which was also in Messiah Yehshua, 6 who, being in the form of Elohim, did not regard equality with Elohim a matter to be grasped,7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, and came to be in the likeness of men.
But just like Yehshua when we go to the brethren we find them all asleep. And we rebuke them to wake up and watch and to look at the signs all around us of the coming trouble and to warn them again to pray.
Mark 14:37 And He came to the taught ones and found them asleep, and said to Kepha, “So, were you not able to watch with Me one hour? 38“Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.” 39 Again He went away, a second time, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is impossible for this to pass unless I drink it, let Your desire be done.”
This second time praying is then likened to the second stone being placed on the olives to create even more pressure and to squeeze even more oil out of them.
It is also likened to the second curse of drought in Leviticus 26. The second time Yehshua prayed the second time He was vexed about what was coming is just like the second curse of Lev 26. It is our second time to pray and return to Yehovah but when we come to the brethren to warn them we again find them all sleeping and not watching.
Yehshua asked again if this was possible to not have the coming events take place. If there was some other way, but if not then to let His will be done. But the Apostles just like the brethren today do not see the grave danger right in front of them because they have fallen asleep.
Mark 14:42 Again He went away, a second time, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is impossible for this to pass unless I drink it, let Your desire be done.” 43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
44 And He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then He came to His taught ones and said to them, “Still sleeping and taking rest? See, the hour has come near, and the Son of Adam is delivered up into the hands of sinners.
It is during this third time that Yehshua went to pray that we read of in Luke of His sweat turning to blood due to His extreme anguish.
Luke 22:41 And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and falling on His knees He was praying, 42 saying, “Father, if it be Your counsel, remove this cup from Me. Yet not My desire, but let Yours be done.” 43 And there appeared a messenger from heaven to Him, strengthening Him. 44 And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45 And rising up from prayer, and coming to His taught ones, He found them sleeping from grief. 46 And He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into trial.” 47 And while He was still speaking, see: a crowd! And he who was called Yehudah, one of the twelve, was going before them and came near to Yehshua to kiss Him. 48 And Yehshua said to him, “Yehudah, do you deliver up the Son of Adam with a kiss?”
This too is likened to the third stone being added to the Olive press to again squeeze out even more of the rest of the olive oil. It is also likened to us today in this the third and last sabbatical cycle that we have to warn the brethren of what is coming.
It was after this third prayer sweating blood that Yehshua again found the disciples sleeping and as He rebuked them that He was betrayed and arrested and began the beatings and trial and the nailing to the tree and the stoning until He died on that tree.
In this fifth Sabbatical cycle we continue to warn and tell people of the curses that are all around us; of the massive increase in earthquakes, and the growing food crisis and the lurking pestilence outbreak that WHO is expecting at anytime; H1N1 and H5N1, Swine and Bird flu, and covid 19. But the brethren are still sleepy eyed and do not get it.
And it will be while we are in the remaining curses, warning the brethren that we will be arrested. We are to watch for the one like Judas who is coming. He is coming from the brethren.
The fourth curse of Lev 26 is the coming war and this is represented by the torture and execution of Yehshua. He is grieved because He knows His bride, Israel will have to go through this severe trial and be as Daniel 9 says, be as if they never were. They, we, will be so utterly destroyed and devastated that little trace of us will be found. And just like Yehshua whom we are to be just like, we Israel, all twelve tribes will be destroyed and killed. We will be so devastated that few of us will be left. A tenth.
At Noon when the sun is the highest is when on this day it became the darkest as darkness fell on the land. Consider this which is part of the fourth curse in
Lev 26 and then consider the darkness from the following scriptures on judgment.
Isa 5:30 And in that day they shall growl over it as with the growling of the sea. And one shall look at the earth, and see, darkness and distress! And light shall be darkened by the clouds.Isa 13:9 See, the day of Yehovah is coming, fierce, with wrath and heat of displeasure, to lay the earth waste, and destroy its sinners from it. 10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations do not give off their light. The sun shall be dark at its rising, and the moon not send out its light. 11 “And I shall punish the world for its evil, and the wrong for their crookedness, and shall put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and lay low the pride of the ruthless. 12 “I shall make mortal man scarcer than fine gold, and mankind scarcer than the gold of Ophir.
Joe 2:1 Blow a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, and sound an alarm in My set-apart mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble, for the day of Yehovah is coming, for it is near:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, like the morning clouds spread over the mountains – a people many and strong, the like of whom has never been, nor shall there ever be again after them, to the years of many generations.
Amo 5:20 Is not the day of Yehovah darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
Zep 1:14 Near is the great day of Yehovah near and hurrying greatly, the noise of the day of Yehovah. Let the mighty man then bitterly cry out! 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and trouble, a day of waste and ruin, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 a day of ram’s horn and alarm – against the walled cities and against the corner towers.
2Pe 2:4 For if Elohim did not spare the messengers who sinned, but sent them to Tartaros, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be kept for judgment,
Joh 3:19 “And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked. 20 “For everyone who is practising evil matters hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Jud 1:6 And the messengers who did not keep their own principality, but left their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting shackles under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
Abraham also witnessed this great darkness when he made the covenant with Yehovah and he was terrified of it. All of this is pointing to the destruction of the USA and UK commonwealth countries.
When Yehshua was placed in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights it is compared to the 5th curse of Lev 26 when those of us who do survive this terrible war that is about to come will wake up and find ourselves in captivity. Being in the grave is likened to those who are dead. They are held captive by Satan.
But we all know Yehshua conquered the grave and rose from it. This is our only hope and we all need to pray like our very lives depended on it. We need to pray so hard and be so concerned that blood will drip from us, due to the anguish we feel for what is about to come. So many are about to die in the coming war which is about to start, as we await Israel to defend itself from Iran, Russia, China and North Korea.
We send you our Condolences Joseph
And as Brothers of the same Family of Yehovah, we also grief with you at this time of your loss of your most loving person on earth – your beloved mo0ther.
We all have a time we grieve for our love ones. No one is immune. But I do have a concern, this is being done on a Shabat. People are getting paid to work.
Two Scriptures come to mind that I would like to insert here : –
Luke 13:15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
Luke 14:5 Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
We have to consider that Joseph’s entire family are bound by Satan, and the Sabbath to them means nothing. I am sure that Joseph’s family decision to have the funeral done on the Sabbath was not Joseph’s wish.
I have given birth 4 times on Sabbath, 3 of those were born in hospital where staff was paid to be there. Some things can not be postponed. A burial is supposed to be done as soon as possible after the death. We can not control of which day we die and on which day we are buried.
We are told in Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Shalom.
Dear One. Prayer and prayers for the family and friends over your ministries and your life!
Elohim is in spirit and truth and will never leave us or for sake us.
In each teaching you set before us, is life…thank you…
Our Shalom of His present presence comfort!
Condolences from psi-steve.
There are no words of comfort.
To fill that gaping hole.
Caused by loss of loved ones,
That cuts our very souls.
There’s only ONE solution,
To trust in God above,
Time, mercy & compassion,
The wonders of His love.
May Yehovah heal the pains and grant peace to Joseph and his family.