Newsletter 5861-028
The 2nd Year of the 5th Sabbatical Cycle
The 30th year of the 120th Jubilee Cycle
The 13th day of the 7th month, 5861 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
September 6, 2025
Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom to the Royal Family of Yehovah,
Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom to you all.
As we travel to our Sukkot destinations this year, I have a question for you to think about: Why does Yehovah tie the seven days of Sukkot and the 8th Day of Shemini Atzeret to the 40 years wandering in the wilderness? We read in Leviticus 23 where Yehovah directly connects Sukkot to the Exodus wanderings.
Leviticus 23:43 (MKJV): “So that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.”
Here is another question for you to think about along your travels. If Sukkot is likened to the 40 years wandering in the wilderness, then what does this mean in regard to the 2nd Greater Exodus, and what should we be learning from this?
We are also reviving our Sightedmoon.com Radio broadcast. While we work on getting this back up and running sign up here so you can tune in and listen to it as you drive to and from work. You can also take this URL https://sightedmoon.com/radio_landing/ and share it with others. We are going to have our podcasts in English, Tagalog, Visayas, Japanese and possibly Chinese.
I want to thank you all for the prayers, encouragement, and support you have given us this year. As we look back, it is only then that we realize just how far we have come, and how much we have done. But we do not dwell on our past accomplishments. No, we are squarely focused on the mountains in front of us to climb and the valleys we must cross, and we are not shrinking back, especially seeing how far we have come. Please share our sign-up link https://sightedmoon.com/newsletter-lp/ with others and encourage them to discover the many truths you have learned here. Give them the book “It Was A Riddle Not A Command” so they can understand what Yeshua said when He said no man could know the day or the hour. You can also give them the two free PDFs about The Stones Cry Out, so they can learn about the calendar and the Tombstones of Zoar, which are truly stones crying out, declaring exactly which calendar they used and when the Jubilee years are.
Finally, Brethren Rejoice. Rejoice in all you do during this Feast. Bless one another and even those around who are wondering why you are camping in the backyard. Rejoice and know OUR KING IS COMING. Chag Sameach, Family.
The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2
The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2
Do you want to know how to prove the Zadok Calendar, the Enoch Calendar, and the Book of Jubilee Calendar false?
Do you want to know how the calendar issue became so confusing?
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In The Stones Cry Out, I walk you through the history of each change and why those changes came about, starting with the Maccabean days. Yes, it all began around 164 B.C. When Yehshua was here, he was dealing with two schools of thought. The Sadducees were all but wiped out when the Temple fell in 70 C.E. This left only the Pharisees, who began to be persecuted after the failure of the Bar Kochbah Revolt in 134 C.E.
The truth began to become out of focus around 160 C.E. when Rabbi Jose wrote the Seder Olam. This work originally was written to proof Simon Bar Kochbah was the Messiah. When that did not pan out the history was later revived and then redacted as the truth into the Mishneh Torah by Rabbi Judah ha Nasi in 180 C.E. After this the Jerusalem Talmud begins to debate these issues. It was then during this time as the Jerusalem Talmudist are forced to flee and the Babylonian Talmudist continue to grow until the 6th century that Hillel came up with a solution to help them keep the Holy Days at the proper time while they were out of the land of Israel. He did this in 358 C.E. This work was then modified and adjusted over the next 800 years with additions added and other rejected. Until it was finally redacted once again in 1177 by Rambam. And with that we now have the modern Hillel calendar which includes the errors passed on during each redaction. These errors included the time of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.
Once the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., the Jews recorded time by counting from the time It was destroyed. This is why the 40 tombstones of Zoar, which record this information, are crucial to understand.
When you understand why the Postponement rules were first created so that the crescent moon would not be seen in another part of the world before it was seen in Israel then you can understand how they were still trying to follow the crescent moon to begin the month. The Tombstones show us this exact thing. The tombstones also show us when the Jews changed from a crescent moon to a Conjunction moon to begin the month. They also show us when the Jews changed the year from the month of Aviv to the Tishri to begin the year.
I really want you to understand these things so you know why you do what you do as far as following a calendar to keep Yehovah’s moedim.
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Most people assume that Hillel created the calendar in 358 C.E. They then assume that because it was a Sanhedrin, they are not allowed to change in order to obey Yehovah. The Hillel calendar has been changed many times since 358 C.E. up until 1177 C.E. Few people talk about these changes but we do in our latest Book The Stones Cry Out Part 1 which is free on our website. The Hillel calendar was changed on many occasions and many sought to make other changes during this time. They never needed a Bet Din to approve those changes. They just did them. So this excuse that we do not have the right to obey Yehovah because the Bet Din has not approved it is a crock of crap.
You have the obligation to obey Yehovah. You have the duty to prove which calendar you are to go by. You must prove it beyond all doubt. Yehshua never followed the Hillel calendar. Nor did any of the Apostles.
The reason no man can know the day or the hour is because it refers to a crescent moon to begin the 7th month. That is the day He was born on and the day He comes to judge on. At a day and hour no one can know. Using the Hillel calendar predicts Yom Teruah years in advance so every one knows when to keep it. But even in the Hillel calendar they keep two days of Yom Teruah reckoning back to the sighted moon. Also in the postponement rules developed long after Hillel, they again state that if the conjunction is at a certain time then the day begins at such and such, in order that the moon will not be seen in another part of the world before it is seen in Israel. That was rule number 2.
Everyone has to choose. You have the right to be wrong. But if you choose to be wrong then you also must live with the consequences that come with sin. And that is the death penalty for not keeping the Holy Days, these Sabbath at the proper time. It is your choice.
Just because you write in to me to justify your position does mean it is right. It just means your sounding off.
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And yes, many observe the Equinox. There are many who are deceived, improperly educated. And this is why Joe puts out a newsletter every week, why he writes books, why the SightedMoon Zoom Shabbat service started, why he travels to places like England and the Philippines to share this message and why were are going to the NRB in February. The calendar is always a divisive issue in social circles because the details are many, that’s why there are so many books Joe has written. I’m not looking to put Joe on a pedestal here. This is not about Joe worship. But Joe has tenaciously studied out the calendar from every angle, not to prove himself right, to to seek to find and share what Yehovah is telling us about His Calendar.
In The Stones Cry Out, Joe has shared the history of all the different groups within Israel, and the beliefs they had about the scriptures and the feast days and the calendar. When you line it all up, you can see for yourself the how and why these misunderstandings and arguments about how and where and why they came about.
This is my new favourite book and I’m only 60-70 pages in. And I encourage you to read the footnotes in this one. Sometimes there’s more footnote on the page than Joe’s words.
Sombra Wilson
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 in use 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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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 you and I 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.
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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 Newsletter. There, you can scroll down to the proper date and see that this Shabbat, we could very well be midrashing about:
Exodus 36
Jeremiah 5-6
Proverb 8
Acts 6-7:22
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.
It Was A Riddle Not A Command
It Was A Riddle Not A Command
Listen to this Podcast discussing one of Joseph’s most popular books.
You Can Learn the Secret Meaning of:
No One Knows the Day of the Hour
Why does no One Know When Jesus was born?
When Does the Thief in the Night Come?
Why Are the Foolish Virgins Rejected?
No One Knows The Day or The Hour is a Hebrew idiom or parable.
Jesus spoke in parables to conceal His message which He later explained to the Apostles.
No One Knows The Day or the Hour is telling you the very day He will come back on!
The exact opposite to what you thought it said!
This is the very same day when He first came.
The Book of Revelation Tells you the very day and hour He was born.
You are given clues in Revelation about the thief that comes in the night, about being caught naked and ashamed. All of these clues tell you about the very day He is coming back.
Paul wrote to the Thessalonians telling them they had no need to write them about the Day of the Lord
FOR THEY KNEW FULL WELL THE MOEDIM!!!
Knowing the Moedim shows you the Day and Hour No Man Can Know.
We are also told about the Two Witnesses in the Book of Revelation…
What revelations do the Two Witnesses show you about the birth of Jesus?
There was a heavenly Host praising God when Jesus was born.
This, too, tells you the Day He was born.
Are you aware that the 5 Foolish Virgins did not understand what the Thief in the Night was?
Do You?
All these questions and so much more are explained in detail.
It was a Riddle for us to figure out.
It was not a command that we could not know.
We can KNOW.
YOU Can Know!
Thoroughly researched and profoundly significant!
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There just isn’t a better book on Christian prophecy than this! What an eye opener!
Of the many books and articles that I have read on prophecy in my personal search for truth, this is the only one that does not rely on old ideas that were developed hundreds of years ago when knowledge was minimal. So much more has been learned through historical and archeological research. The world has changed so much that before now no one could have clearly envisioned how prophecy might play out.
I think the average Christian doesn’t realize that recent developments in technology and huge increases in knowledge offer us a unique opportunity to raise the veil so that we might see clearly what was once hidden behind a dark glass.
After learning about these things and seriously considering the Bible, with a willingness to set aside my traditional beliefs about prophecy, I have come to the conclusion that this book is inspired by God. Mr. Dumond presents compelling information that overturns long held assumptions and unverified beliefs making the entire body of prophetic knowledge fully accessible. As a matter of fact I think that just about anyone with no previous knowledge of the Bible would understand things that scholars have devoted their lives to explaining.
I would like everyone to know what is being shown in the pages of this book. No serious truth seeker should pass up the opportunity to have their eyes opened through its revelations. I believe it is the most important book ever written,- next to the Bible itself.
Thank you Joseph Dumond.
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East Coast Prophecy Tour 2025
East Coast Prophecy Tour 2025
One lady, a newsletter reader and occasional zoom midrash participator, took it upon herself to begin contact other assemblies and churches in order to have me come and present our banners to them. She has organized three so far. I am going to go and teach them the Jubilee message. Many of you could do a similar thing if you want to. Here is her story.
Hello, My name is Fayvah Steffie from Pennsylvania and I am part of The East Coast Prophecy Tour.
With all of us gearing in to the end times and seasons; Anita Diltz and I did a book club and our first launch was The Stones Cry Out Part 1.
It was a blast of information! I am in great anticipation in reading Part 2 about the Tombstones!!! If you want to know the truth of some things – read these books! I have been dumbfounded about the jubilee cycles- never understood why we don’t know. Well now I do understand these cycles after reading Joe Dumond’s book.
Many things happened to bring this truth about in my life and a vision. I went on a trip to Greece in May with Joshua Aaron that was amazing.
Walking in Greece – 2 things – It felt like I was walking with Y’Shua in Paul’s steps! But the realty of it was and the most explanatory is that we are all like the fictional Indiana Jones daring expeditions in today’s antisemitic world.
Every year as a follower of Y’Shua I ask Him what event do you want me to do and I pray.
This year after finishing up the book club I asked? How can we further this truth in what we learned?
Ok here we go; let’s get the show on the road!
My goal is to keep all the groups intertwined but yet each one is distinct in their own practices for the Glory of Yah!
We are in this together and together we shall stand!
May the truth go out on this tour and even the last gentile come in. We give all the glory to Abbah Father.
Blessings
Fayvah Steffie
Yes, we are going to be doing this one in both Spanish and English. Help us share the information and contact Fayvah if want to consider having me come to your assembly and present this information. All you have to do is feed me.
Our Celtic Roots
Our Celtic Roots
A big thanks to our very first underwriter of the podcast. Joseph Dumond is an international speaker. He teaches the ancient roots of the Gaelic people at Sightedmoon.com.
You’ll hear me mention him in each episode of the podcast at the end of the show. This is not exactly advertising. It’s awareness promotion. I have no more than four more slots available every month if you, your business or your band want to be mentioned as an underwriter of the podcast.
Feast days of the 7th Month
Feast days of the 7th Month
Every year since I began to keep the feasts in 1982, I have been tested about each feast, and especially as we approached Sukkot season. Every single time. I am already feeling a very heavy weight this year as we begin these 40 days. The podcasts interviews, completing my latest book, A Lion Rises Up, and the Coming of Apollyon and published by Sept 30, 2025,, getting our newsletter out each week on time, preparing for the NRB and the $20,000 needed to do this event, encouraging new people, rebuking the hate emails, and sometimes getting it wrong about things and or people, keeping our executive team updated and encouraged to complete the tasks they have taken on, staying on top of the books ordered for some place and the banners ordered for other areas that have not arrived, family life and trying to figure out how to finance the ad campaigns, podcast campaigns, and maintain this website. The stresses pile up, and they always come to a head just before Sukkot.
Most years, it would be easy and solve all my problems if I just didn’t go to Sukkot. Or that is how I felt. In the beginning, I did cave in and not go. Life just got much worse after that, and the problems did not go away. When I determined I was keeping the Feast come Hell or High Water, and I went, every single problem that seemed so unmanageable or so beyond my ability to do before the Feasts, disappeared, and when I looked back, almost all of them were a figment of my own making. They were just a puff of hot air I had worked up into a whole lot of nothing.
This is Just a Test
Yehovah is testing each and every one of us. He has commanded that we do our heavy cooking—roasting, baking, boiling, broiling on the day before the Sabbath. The command to do this is clear. It is interesting to think about how frequently men think that “what Yehovah says” does not really apply to them or that it does not matter. What they are doing is presuming to add or subtract from His Word.
Yehovah said that He was going to give Israel a test (Exodus 16:4). The test dealt with keeping the 4commandment, the Sabbath. He wanted to see whether they would obey Him. He then commanded them to prepare for it, so that they could pass the test!
Does Yehovah mean what He says? He is serious enough about our keeping of the Sabbath that He included commandments to make sure that we are prepared to keep it and thus pass the test. The test, then, is not whether we know about the Sabbath but how we keep it. To keep the Sabbath, we must prepare for it.
Whether or not we will live by Yehovah’s Word depends upon our faith because, in reality, the test is of our faith. It tests whether we believe what Yehovah says. If we are depending only upon our eyes—our senses—we are quite limited. There are things we cannot see or hear that are very important to Yehovah. By appearance, the Sabbath is no different from any other day of the week. This means everybody is confronted by a test of faith in keeping it, and preparation is a key to keeping it properly.
To Yehovah, idolatry and Sabbath-breaking go hand in hand. Sabbath-breaking is shown to be idolatry because the Israelites were either using it in idolatrous devotion to a false god or not keeping it at all.
The Sabbath was given so that Israel would know Yehovah, so that they could fulfill their purpose, which was to witness for Yehovah before the world, learn more of His purpose, and work to build character so that they could inherit Yehovah’s Kingdom. They failed miserably and totally.
Yehovah accomplished His goal of bringing them into their own land only to uphold the reputation of His name. But what was the overall result? The Israelites in the wilderness died there (Hebrews 3:16-4:2). Their descendants failed in the same manner, so Yehovah cut them off and sent them into captivity and slavery.
Israel’s history reveals that the Creator, Yehovah, is the Source of the Sabbath, and Yehovah’s children have the responsibility to honour Him by keeping it.
In Ezekiel 20, Yehovah is referring to Israel’s Sabbath-breaking in their wilderness journey, quite early in their relationship with Him. In addition, if there was any time in all of the history of Israel’s relationship with Yehovah, this was a time during which they had no excuse for breaking the Sabbath. He was with them at all times in the cloud and the pillar of fire. They were also a completely closed society. There should have been no other god to worship.
All of the people were gathered in one general location. There was no place to go. Double manna fell each Friday, and no manna fell on the Sabbath. They had no excuse for losing track of what day it was. Yehovah, jarringly, had a man executed for Sabbath-breaking to remind them how important the day is and to instill in them respect for it. Yet, Yehovah says they still rebelled, suggesting that Yehovah was mostly concerned with how they were keeping it.
They undoubtedly gave lip service to the Sabbath, setting it aside on the calendar. When that day came around, any commercial business in the wilderness probably came to a halt on that day. They did not travel. It was what they were doing or not doing personally and individually on that day that harmed their relationship with Yehovah. That was the issue.
From Ezekiel 20, it is very clear to see that a major purpose of the Sabbath, apart from it being a sign, is that we might come to know Yehovah, which is eternal life (John 17:3)! If we are going to know Yehovah, the Sabbath must be kept. This passage ties the two of them together. Without knowing Yehovah, there is no eternal life. The Sabbath, then, is a necessary fixture in having eternal life.
In Ezekiel 20 verse 24 gives a concluding statement is given as to why Israel was taken into captivity. There are two possibilities regarding Israel’s Sabbath breaking. 1) Israel completely rejected Yehovah’s Sabbath for another day. This possibility exists due to the instances of the “My/their” or “Mine/yours” contrast, that is, My Sabbath as opposed to your Sabbath. 2) They polluted the Sabbath by careless, self-centered observance.
The probability is that they did both—some people completely rejected the Sabbath, while others carelessly observed it. However, it was because of Sabbath-breaking, a type of idolatry, that they went into captivity.
When we look at secular history, even biblical history, and society around us, how to keep this day is a mixed bag. On the surface, what we see in the New Testament is rigorous legalism from the Pharisees or asceticism from the Gentiles. Today, we might call that an extreme “rightism” or perhaps a reactionary conservatism.
In today’s world, though, we are confronted with the other side of the coin. We do not even begin to know how to keep the Sabbath because, from our earliest days, our culture’s emphasis has been on Sunday, a day that cannot be kept holy because it was never made holy!
The cycle of six workdays and one day of rest and worship is a legacy of the Bible. But in fairly recent history, society has undergone a radical transformation because of scientific, industrial, and technological achievements. A shorter workweek provides us with more leisure time. Businesses, however, make every effort to make the best use of time, to maximize production by scheduling work shifts so that the weekly cycle becomes a blur.
We have come to the place where we think that time belongs to us, and we can use it as we good and well please. This, in turn, makes a person very conscious of his free time. What does almost every individual do? He does the same thing that a business does. Every bit of time in a person’s life is booked up because they want to get the most out of life.
Even among those who are reasonably religious, the result has been that Sunday has become the hour of worship. The older among us can probably remember that, in the community, Sunday was once set aside very seriously. People did not work. They usually spent the day at home. Maybe the most secular thing they allowed themselves to do was to read the Sunday newspaper. Some, perhaps, did not even listen to the radio on Sunday because, to them, the day was holy.
But over the years, Sunday worship—which used to be kept somewhat as Yehovah expects us to keep the Sabbath—has now become, even among religious folks, an hour rather than a day of worship. People go to church for that one hour then perhaps return home. Or, maybe they go to a Sunday brunch at a restaurant. They spend the rest of the time on that day either making money or seeking their own pleasure.
All the while, the real Sabbath is ridiculed or ignored. This is what confronts us when we begin trying to keep it. A similar environment even affects those who continue to keep it. When we look in the Bible, we find that Yehovah does not give us many specifics as to how to keep it. Yehovah does, however, give us a number of broad principles, and He expects us to extrapolate from those principles in applying them.
Your Identity
What caused one house (Judah) to retain its identity and the other (Israel) to lose it? Yehovah gives the answer—the Sabbath. Whedon’s Commentary on the Bible (at verse 12) states, “The Sabbath was the visible sign to the Hebrews and to the world that they were his, and that he was theirs.”
A sign identifies. An example is a burqa, the long, loose garment covering the whole body from head to feet, worn in public by many Muslim women. A woman wearing a burqa is an unmistakable sign that she is Allah’s and that he is her god. It is a sign that separates and identifies.
With these verses in chapter 20 of Ezekiel, Yehovah guarantees that if His people keep the Sabbath—the sign that signifies who they are and who they worship—that sign would assure their identity. To be separate requires a definable identity. Yehovah, by their observance of the Sabbath, guaranteed they would remain separate and set apart, preserved as a select people unmixed with the nations.
Throughout history, the house of Judah has continued to observe the Sabbath. As a result, they have retained their identity. On the other hand, the house of Israel rejected the Sabbath, and true to Ezekiel 20, they have disappeared from view. They have lost their identity. They no longer have the sign that tells them, or the rest of the world, who they are.
The house of Israel chose to rebel against the Sabbath, a proclivity that began as far back as the wilderness journey:
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. (Ezekiel 20:13)
So, the Bible clearly and consistently identifies as Israel those nations that have become known as the “The Ten Lost Tribes” rather than the house of Judah.
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Why Are We Keeping The Feasts A Month Ahead of Everyone Else?
Why Are We Keeping The Feast A Month Ahead of Everyone Else?
We are in the 40 days of repentance leading up to the Day of Atonement when the books are closed. If your name is not found in that book, then you will not be in the Kingdom. Many people are unaware of the significance of the Feast Days. They are found in Leviticus 23, and they are for all mankind. They are not just for the Jews.
Exo 12:49 There shall be one law to the native, and to the visitor that stays among you.
Lev 24:22 One judgment shall be for you whether an alien or a native; for I am Jehovah your God.
Num 9:14 And if a stranger shall live among you, and prepares the Passover to Jehovah, he shall do according to the ordinance of the Passover, and according to its ordinance. You shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him that was born in the land.
Num 15:15 One ordinance for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that resides with you, an ordinance forever in your generations. As you are, so the stranger shall be before Jehovah.
Num 15:16 One law and one way shall be for you and for the stranger that lives with you.
In the Kingdom of God, there will be one law. The same law that has always been. It is and has always been men who have changed Yehovah’s laws.
Mal 3:6 For I am Jehovah, I change not. Because of this you sons of Jacob are not destroyed.
Mal 3:7 From the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of Hosts. But you say. In what way shall we return?
The current Hillel calendar came to be created in the year 358 C.E. But on the Tombstone of Zoar they did not begin to implement it until 432 and 444 C.E. Those are the earliest dates I can find where they changed record keeping from Aviv to Tishri to begin the year and from using the crescent moon to begin the month to using the conjunction moon. We have recorded this in our books, The Stone Cry Out, Part One and Two. You can get your free copies at https://sightedmoon.com/the-stones-cry-out-lp/. Just click on the link, fill in the form, and start reading right away.
At Sightedmoon.com, we have learned when each calendar came into creation. We have documented those dates in The Stone Cry Out books. The Enoch, Zadok, Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Book of Jubilee Calendars all can be easily proven false, and we show you how to do that in The Stones Cry Out.
This week, I am showing you the calendar Yehovah uses. The same one that the Mishnah records was being used before the Temple was destroyed. The Mishnah was the first book written to record the ceremonies that took place at the temple. They wanted a record because they feared they would not be going back for many years. Rabbi Akiva began this collection before 135 C.E., when he was killed at the end of the Bar Kochba Revolt. That was 65 years after the Temple was destroyed. Rabbi Yehuda then redacted his notes and created the Mishnah in 180 C.E., 110 years after the temple was destroyed and 150 years after Yehshua was killed.
You can read about the Barley ceremony at this link from the Mishnah and this one as well. You can read about the First Fruits of Wheat and then the first fruits of wine, figs, pomegranates, dates and olives at this link. Yes, I am giving you the links so you can look them up yourselves. The first fruits of each species was given at a specific time of year. Barley was given on Wave Sheaf Day during the 7 Days of Unleavened Bread. This was the first Chag or going up to the Temple. The second Chag was Shavuot, when the first fruits of wheat made into two loaves were offered up. The third Chag was at Sukkot when the first fruits of wine, along with the figs, pomegranates, dates and olives were offered.
None of these first fruits depended on the equinox. They were entirely dependent on Yehovah’s decision to make them ripe, which could be achieved by sending the rains or stopping them. In the video you are about to watch, you will hear the witnesses testify how the drought made the crops ripen earlier. Yes, Yehovah did that. But you will also hear how none of them changed their position to come alongside Yehovah once they saw the evidence.
We are now in the final 10 years of awe leading up to the time Satan will be locked away at Atonement in 2033. We, as the bride, must be making ourselves white and being spotless. This means perfecting our walk and not remaining the same for convenience’s sake. But when we see errors, we change and repent.
I pray that each of you watches this video and then shares it each day on your social platforms until the Feast of Trumpets comes, and we then know when the fall feast days are. You can find them on our website at Sightedmoon.com.
Barley Review of 2025: The Barley, The Wheat and the Grapes.
How Are the Seven Days of Sukkot Likened to the 40 Years of Wandering in the Wilderness?
How Are the Seven Days of Sukkot Likened to the 40 Years of Wandering in the Wilderness?
As we travel to our Sukkot destinations this year, I have a question for you to think about: Why does Yehovah tie the seven days of Sukkot and the 8th Day of Shemini Atzeret to the 40 years wandering in the wilderness? We read in Leviticus 23 where Yehovah directly connects Sukkot to the Exodus wanderings.
Leviticus 23:43 (MKJV): “So that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.”
Here is another question for you to think about along your travels. If Sukkot is likened to the 40 years wandering in the wilderness, then what does this mean in regard to the 2nd Greater Exodus, and what should we be learning from this?
How are these three different events to be linked?
The seven days of Sukkot (Feast of Booths) are a microcosm of the 40 years of wilderness wanderings, compressing the themes of transience, testing, provision, and deliverance into a week-long festival of remembrance and joy. Commanded in Leviticus 23:39-44 (MKJV), Sukkot requires dwelling in temporary booths while rejoicing, mirroring the Israelites’ fragile existence in the desert tents amid hardships, yet emphasizing Yehovah’s faithfulness that sustained them through trials.
Key scriptures outline Sukkot’s observance, linking it to the wilderness:
Lev 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast to Jehovah seven days. On the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Lev 23:40 And you shall take the fruit of majestic trees for yourselves on the first day, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the valley. And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.
Lev 23:41 And you shall keep it a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.
Lev 23:42 You shall live in booths seven days. All that are born Israelites shall live in booths,
Lev 23:43 so that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 23:44 And Moses declared the feasts of Jehovah to the sons of Israel.
In Deuteronomy 16, Yehovah tells us to rejoice at the Feast of Sukkot and to come before Him bearing gifts according to how He has blessed you:
Deu 16:13 You shall keep the Feast of Tabernacles seven days after you have gathered in your grain floor and your wine press.
Deu 16:14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your slave-girl, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow inside your gates.
Deu 16:15 Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah shall choose. Because Jehovah your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
Deu 16:16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Jehovah your God in the place which He shall choose: in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast of Weeks, and in the Feast of Tabernacles. And they shall not appear before Jehovah empty,
Deu 16:17 but each with his gift in his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God, which He has given you.
Yehovah made us promises that if we obeyed, He would pour out on us:
Deu 7:11 And you shall keep the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which I command you today, to do them.
Deu 7:12 And it shall be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, Jehovah your God shall keep to you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
Deu 7:13 And He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.
Deu 7:14 You shall be blessed above all people. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your cattle.
Deu 7:15 And Jehovah will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you know upon you. But He will lay them upon all who hate you.
Deu 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on you and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
Deu 28:3 You shall be blessed in the city, and be blessed in the field.
Deu 28:4 The fruit of your body shall be blessed, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep.
Deu 28:5 Your basket and your store shall be blessed.
Deu 28:6 You shall be blessed when you come in, and blessed when you go out.
Deu 28:7 Jehovah shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be stricken before your face. They shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.
Deu 28:8 Jehovah shall command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and all that you set your hand to. And He shall bless you in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Deu 28:9 Jehovah shall establish you a holy people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of Jehovah your God and walk in His ways.
Deu 28:10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of you.
Deu 28:11 And Jehovah shall prosper you in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers to give you.
Deu 28:12 Jehovah shall open to you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. And you shall loan to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
Deu 28:13 And Jehovah shall make you the head, and not the tail. And you shall be always above, and you shall not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you today, to observe and to do them.
Deu 28:14 And you shall not go aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deu 30:15 Behold! I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,
Deu 30:16 in that I command you today to love Jehovah your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, so that you may live and multiply. And Jehovah your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it.
Towards the end of the 40 years in the wilderness, Balaam said something that causes us to take note. Balaam is telling you how righteous Israel was at this time.
Num 23:20 Behold, I have received word to bless. And He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Num 23:21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob, neither has He seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king among them.
Num 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt. He has, as it were, the strength of an ox.
Num 23:23 Surely, there is no spell against Jacob, nor any fortune-telling against Israel. According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What God has worked!
The 40 years of wandering in the wilderness were punitive for their unbelief.
Num 14:32 But as for you, your bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
Num 14:33 And your sons shall feed in the wilderness forty years and bear your fornications, until your dead bodies have wasted in the wilderness.
Num 14:34 According to the number of the days in which you searched the land, forty days, each day for a year you shall bear your iniquities, forty years; and you shall know My alienation.
Num 14:35 I Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be destroyed in this wilderness, and there they shall die.
But they were also instructional for us today, if we would only look and see how they were also filled with Yehovah’s miracles even amidst their failures. Here is a quick summary:
- Exodus from Egypt (Exodus 12-15, MKJV): Joyful deliverance at the Red Sea (Exodus 15:1, MKJV: “Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing to Jehovah, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea.”).
- Marah’s Bitter Waters (Exodus 15:22-27, MKJV): Testing with sweetened water.
- Manna and Quail (Exodus 16:4, MKJV): Daily trust in provision.
- Water from Rock (Exodus 17:6, MKJV): Miracle in thirst.
- Amalek Battle (Exodus 17:8, MKJV): Victory through faith.
- Sinai Arrival (Exodus 19:1, MKJV): Law preparation.
- Golden Calf (Exodus 32:1, MKJV): Idolatry failure.
- Tabernacle (Exodus 40:17, MKJV): God’s presence.
- Spies’ Report (Numbers 13:27, MKJV): Fear leading to decree.
- Korah’s Rebellion (Numbers 16:1, MKJV): Division and plague.
- Aaron’s Rod (Numbers 17:8, MKJV): Authority affirmed.
- Water Again (Numbers 20:11, MKJV): Moses’ error.
- Edom Refusal (Numbers 20:18, MKJV): Detour frustration.
- Aaron’s Death (Numbers 20:28, MKJV): Leadership loss.
- Fiery Serpents (Numbers 21:6, MKJV): Punishment for complaining.
- Victories (Numbers 21:24, MKJV): Over Sihon and Og.
- Balaam (Numbers 22-24, MKJV): Blessings despite curses.
- Moab Seduction (Numbers 25:1, MKJV): Moral failure.
- Phinehas (Numbers 25:11, MKJV): Wrath averted.
- Census (Numbers 26:1, MKJV): New generation.
- Inheritance (Numbers 27, MKJV): Justice.
- Joshua (Numbers 27:18, MKJV): Succession.
- Feasts (Numbers 28-29, MKJV): Including Sukkot.
- Vows (Numbers 30, MKJV): Integrity.
- Midian War (Numbers 31, MKJV): Vengeance.
- Settlement (Numbers 32, MKJV): Transjordan.
- Itinerary (Numbers 33, MKJV): Journey summary.
- Borders (Numbers 34, MKJV): Canaan division.
- Refuge Cities (Numbers 35, MKJV): Protection.
- Levite Cities (Numbers 35, MKJV): Provision.
- Marriage Laws (Numbers 36, MKJV): Inheritance.
- Recap (Deuteronomy 1-3, MKJV): Hardships reviewed.
- Obedience (Deuteronomy 4:1, MKJV): Possession call.
- Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4, MKJV): Unity declaration.
The seven days of Sukkot condense these 40 years so that you can see what it should have been like. You are to take 10% of your tithe and spend it on yourself:
Deu 14:22 You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed that the field brings forth year by year.
Deu 14:23 And you shall eat before Jehovah your God in the place which He shall choose to place His name there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks, so that you may learn to fear Jehovah your God always.
Deu 14:24 And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, or if the place is too far from you, which Jehovah your God shall choose to set His name there, when Jehovah your God has blessed you,
Deu 14:25 then you shall turn it into silver and bind up the silver in your hand, and shall go to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose.
Deu 14:26 And you shall pay that silver for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires. And you shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household
Deu 14:27 and the Levite within your gates, you shall not forsake him, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.
Imagine being commanded to spend 10% of your gross income on yourself and your family in just seven days on anything you want that will bring joy to you and your family. If you made $50,000 a year, Yehovah is telling you to spend about $1000 a day. Just enjoy it and rejoice. He is showing you that you will not want for anything if you will just obey.
Daily booth dwelling echoes tent life, harvest joy mirrors provision, and commanded rejoicing celebrates deliverance despite failures.
How Are These 40 Years Compared to the Next 20 Jubilee Cycles from 2045 to 3025?
The 40 wilderness years are also compared to the next 20 Jubilee cycles (49 years each, totaling 980 years from 2045 to 3025, marking the end of the 7th millennium). Just as the wilderness tested Israel through hardships like faith crises and rebellions, these next 20 Jubilee cycles represent another period similar to the first wandering. As they began with the Exodus we too will begin these next 20 Jubilee Cycles with what is known as the “second Greater Exodus.” This time Isaiah says we will be different.
Isa 11:1 And a Shoot goes out from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
Isa 11:2 And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.
Isa 11:3 And He is made to breathe in the fear of Jehovah. And He shall not judge according to the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.
Isa 11:4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with uprightness for the meek of the earth. And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Isa 11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His heart.
Isa 11:6 Also the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the cub lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isa 11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isa 11:8 And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
Isa 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 11:10 And in that day there shall be the Root of Jesse standing for a banner of the people; to Him the nations shall seek; and His resting place shall be glorious.
Isa 11:11 And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall again set His hand, the second time, to recover the remnant of His people that remains, from Assyria and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Persia, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the coasts of the sea.
Isa 11:12 And He shall lift up a banner for the nations, and shall gather the outcasts of Israel and gather together the scattered ones of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isa 11:13 And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the foes of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not trouble Ephraim.
Isa 11:14 But they shall fly on the shoulders of the Philistines to the west; they shall spoil the sons of the east together; they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the sons of Ammon shall obey them.
Isa 11:15 And Jehovah shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with His scorching wind He shall shake His hand over the River, and shall strike it into seven streams, and make one tread it with shoes.
Isa 11:16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people, those left from Assyria; as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isa 66:7 Before she travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came, she delivered a man child.
Isa 66:8 Who has heard a thing like this? Who has seen things like these? Will the earth be brought forth in one day? Or will a nation be born at once? For Zion travailed and also brought forth her sons.
Isa 66:9 Will I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, says Jehovah? Surely I will cause birth and restrain, says your God.
Isa 66:10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all who mourn for her;
Isa 66:11 that you may suck and be satisfied with her comforting breasts; that you may milk out and be delighted with the fullness of her glory.
Isa 66:12 For so says Jehovah, Behold, I will hold out peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream. Then you will suck, you will be carried on her sides and be dandled upon her knees.
Isa 66:13 As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isa 66:14 And you will see, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the grass. And the hand of Jehovah will be known toward His servants, and His fury toward His enemies.
Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord
Isa 66:15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and with His chariots like a tempest, to refresh His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Isa 66:16 For by fire and by His sword Jehovah will execute judgment with all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah will be many.
Isa 66:17 Those who sanctify themselves, and purify themselves to go into the gardens, behind one tree in the middle, eating swine’s flesh, and the hateful thing, and the mouse, will be cut off together, says Jehovah.
Isa 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts; it comes to gather all the nations and the tongues; and they will come and see My glory.
Isa 66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawers of the bow; to Tubal, and Javan, to the far away coasts that have not heard My fame, nor have seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.
Isa 66:20 And they will bring all your brothers for an offering to Jehovah out of all nations on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says Jehovah, as the sons of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
Isa 66:21 And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.
Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make stand before Me, says Jehovah, so will your seed and your name stand.
Isa 66:23 And it will be, from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before Me, says Jehovah.
Isa 66:24 And they will go out and see the dead bodies of the men who have sinned against Me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be put out; and they will be an object of disgust to all flesh.
Deuteronomy 16:15 Commands Joy During Sukkot—Why?
If we are focused on those things we did wrong in the past how will we ever be able to REJOICE? You know exactly how close we are to the end of Satan’s rule here on this earth. YOU KNOW!!!! So you also know exactly how close we are to seeing all these things spoke of in Isaiah coming to pass. As soon as the baby is born and placed on the woman’s breast, all the pain is forgotten, and her whole attention is now on this newborn. Israel was freed from Egypt, and the very first thing they did was focus on themselves, and they were bitter.
Yes, it says the waters were bitter, but the waters could easily be translated as the people, which are often represented as the water. And what does Yehovah do? He simply tells Moses there is a Tree. The tree represents the Tree of Life, and Moses took the tree and threw it into the bitter waters, and the bitter people became sweet. The Tree of Life, The Torah is what will make us sweet. So where should our focus be as we approach this second Exodus date? It should be focused on Yehovah and His Torah. This is why we REJOICE!
Deuteronomy 16:15 (MKJV): “Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah shall choose. Because Jehovah your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.”
Embrace joy in any upcoming tests and view them as opportunities for growth and provision, much like Sukkot’s harvest celebration. Practice daily gratitude declarations, be thankful, and give gratitude in everything. Recall past deliverances and focus on Yehovah’s faithfulness.
The Second Exodus and Face-to-Face Testing: What If We Pass Instead of Fail?
Understand that in just a few short years you will be face to face with Yehovah in the exact same way Israel was after the Exodus when they met Him at Mount Sinai.
Ezekiel 20:35-38 (MKJV) warns of a second wilderness judgment: “And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Jehovah. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I will purge out from among you the rebels and those who sin against Me. I will bring them out from the land where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.”
If, unlike the first wilderness failures, you, the remnant, pass these tests—through obedience, faith, and humility—the outcome is going to be transformative. Passing these initial tests would mean no prolonged wandering, immediate inheritance, and a legacy of triumph, fostering deeper communion with Yehovah and eternal rejoicing. Imagine the next chapters in the Bible as a time of rejoicing when you obey Yehovah and choose to obey rather than run to do evil. What an awesome book that would be; we’d get to write it if we pass these tests.
Finding Joy in Hardship
“You shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your slave girl, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow inside your gates.” You shall rejoice because you know how close we are. You have made yourselves white on Yom Kippur, and you are not just readying yourself for a wedding, you are preparing yourself and your family for the blessing our King and our Groom will pour out on us.
Joy arises from recalling Yehovah’s sustenance, forgiveness, and promises, turning our time in a succah, a tent or the wilderness memories into shared stories and testimonies of our growth as we learn more and more about our King. In the second Exodus, this joy multiplies as we watch Satan being locked away and our King gathering us to Jerusalem to begin the 7th millennium. Observe Sukkot with gratitude—dwell in booths, wave branches, and rejoice. This rehearsal prepares for the 2nd Exodus that is about to begin.
May each of you have enough trials and victories to make your rejoicing AWESOME. Sing it so that they hear you in the Islands far off.
Joe, I see your reason for keeping the Feasts one month early. Devorah Gordon and Becca Bidderman said the Barley was Aviv March 2025. Where did you find their videos saying the barley was aviv. I also find it interesting that they pronounced the barley being aviv but not acting upon it immediately. Instead they celebrated wave sheaf day a month late. Devorah Gordon said this regarding when the Biblical Year begins.
She says: “The Biblical Calendar is a luni-solar calendar, in which the sun and moon are to be for signs, appointed times, days, and years (Gen 1:14). In other words, the beginning of the month is anchored to a particular phase of the lunar cycle (conjunction), and similarly the beginning of the year, is anchored to a particular phase of the solar cycle (Spring Equilux). And both begin with the sighting of the crescent New Moon (the sign), after the respective lunar/solar phase has been reached (Ps 104:19).
She doesn’t even mention that it needs to be aviv by the wave sheaf day (1st day of the counting of the Omer on the morrow after the Sabbath).
She also says this:
We know that the beginning of the Biblical Year is anchored to the Spring Equilux, as this is when the barley fields begin to ripen, due to the sun becoming stronger. And what’s meant by the commandment to begin the Biblical Year with Chodesh HaAviv (month of the Aviv) (Ex 12:2, Ex 13:3-4, Ex 23:15, Ex 34:18, Dt 16:1).
See this: What do you think about this: Devorah continues: “In other words, the beginning of the Biblical Year isn’t determined by a particular type of barley field, in a particular region, reaching a particular state of development, by a particular date. Rather the Torah states that the beginning of the year is determined by the sun (Gen 1:14).
This is how everyone knew when to start their trek up to the Temple, in time for Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread), regardless of where they lived. And how Chag HaSukkot (Feast of Booths), falls out at the end of the agricultural year (Ex 23:16, Ex 34:22, Lev 23:39, Dt 16:13).
This year, the Biblical Year began on 30 March 2025 at sunset (Ex 12:2), when we clearly spotted the crescent New Moon from Israel, with the naked eye. And as Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread), begins at the end of the 14th / beginning of the 15th day of the first month (Ex 12:18, Lev 23:6, Dt 16:4), the holiday will begin this evening, Sunday, 13 April 2025, at sunset.
For those that asked, the Passover lamb (or goat) was held until the 14thof the first month, and then slaughtered in the evening (Ex 12:6, Lev 23:5), marking the beginning of Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) (Ex 12:18, Lev 23:6,Dt 16:4). However, it’s not advised to reenact the Passover Sacrifice, which can only be brought at the Temple (Dt 12:5-14, Dt 16:2,5-6). ” End of Devorah’s dissertation.