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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Our intellectual wrestling has been replaced by a different kind of struggle.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 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.

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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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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.

Shabbat Shuva

Shabbat Shuvah (“Sabbath [of] Return” שבת שובה) refers to the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Only one Shabbat can occur between these dates. Occasionally there are two. In that case, the second Sabbath is Shabbat Shuva. This Shabbat is named after the first word of the Haftarah (Hosea 14:2-10) and literally means “Return!” It is perhaps a play on, but not to be confused with, the word Teshuvah (the word for repentance).

Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27

Hos 14:2  Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah. Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive usgraciously, that we may repay with the calves of our lips.

Hos 14:3  Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses. Nor shall we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.

Hos 14:4  I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely; for My anger has turned away from him.

Hos 14:5  I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast out his roots like Lebanon.

Hos 14:6  His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Hos 14:7  They who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive like the grain, and grow like the vine. Their scent shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

Hos 14:8  Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him and watched him; I am like a green fir tree. Your fruit is found from Me.

Hos 14:9  Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Understanding, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but sinners shall fall in them.

Mic 7:18  Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

Mic 7:19  He will turn again; He will have pity on us. He will trample our iniquities. Yea, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Mic 7:20  You will give faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Joe 2:15  Blow a trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn gathering.

Joe 2:16  Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, gather the elders, gather the children and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth out of his chamber, and the bride out of her room.

Joe 2:17  Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Have pity on Your people, O Jehovah, and give not Your inheritance to shame, for a proverb among those of the nations. Why should they say among the people, Where is their God?

The Lord Had Pity

Joe 2:18  Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and pity His people.

Joe 2:19  Yes, Jehovah will answer and say to His people, Behold, I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with it. And I will no more make you a curse among the nations.

Joe 2:20  But I will remove the northern army far from you, and will drive him into a barren and deserted land, with his face toward the eastern sea and his rear toward the western sea. And his stench shall come up, and his ill odor shall come up, because he was doing great things.

Joe 2:21  Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice. For Jehovah will do great things.

Joe 2:22  Do not be afraid, beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness grow green; for the tree bears its fruit, and the fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

Joe 2:23  Be glad then, sons of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God. For He has given you the former rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.

Joe 2:24  And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

Joe 2:25  And I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the locust larvae, and the stripping locust, and the cutting locust, My great army which I sent among you.

Joe 2:26  And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of Jehovah your God, who has dealt with you wonderfully; and My people shall never be ashamed.

Joe 2:27  And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and no one else; and My people shall never be ashamed.

It is a not so subtle reminded that now is the time to repent and return to Yehovah. With this Sabbath you have the remaining time until Yom Kippur to repent and teshuvah to Yehovah.

As we approach the final 10 Days of Awe, also known by us as the 10 Years of Awe, these verses become more and more real. They were inspired by Yehovah but they are prophetic to us today. 2030 represents the Shabbat of Shuva, the time of return when the Two Witnesses will bring Israel back to Jerusalem and then be killed as the two lambs are every day.

Preparing for the Fast

I have done many fasts in my lifetime, including 21 days in a row. You will not die from not eating or drinking for one 24-hour period. Determine in your mind that you are going to do this and prepare for it. There is no need for drama queens panting and moaning to let everyone know how heroic you are for not eating. Stop it. Just do the Fast and serve Yehovah by obeying His commandments.

The following article was written for us by Pamela Perrine a number of years ago.

The Day of Atonement

Lev 23:26  And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 23:27  Also, on the tenth of this seventh month, this is a day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. And you shall afflict your souls and offer a fire offering to Jehovah.

Lev 23:28  And you shall do no work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, in order to make an atonement for you before Jehovah your God.

Lev 23:29  For any soul who is not humbled in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

Lev 23:30  And any soul who does any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

Lev 23:31  You shall do no kind of work. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Lev 23:32  It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall humble your souls. In the ninth of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your sabbath.

From Sunset Wednesday, August 14th, you will not eat nor drink until after sunset Thursday, August 15th.

Read and understand the penalty for not obeying.

Lev 23:29  For any soul who is not humbled in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

Lev 23:30  And any soul who does any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

“In Lev 23:27 we are told to “afflict our beings” ….. to fast – from sundown on the ninth day to sundown on the tenth day. That’s pretty specific and includes an entire 24-hour period. For most of us, the idea of neither eating nor drinking for that amount of time can be intimidating.

While Scripture says that we are to ‘afflict our being, it doesn’t say that we must be miserable or unsafe while we do it.

People have not always had access to food on a 24/7 basis. It won’t harm our body in the least to go without for a day. There are some things we can do during this next week to help us keep Yehovah’s command.

For some, caffeine is the main problem. For some if they go 24 hours without caffeine they get a crushing headache. It makes trying to do anything else nearly impossible.

So here are some things you all may want to do to prepare your bodies to handle the Fast in such a way that you can focus on Him and His Word instead of your withdrawal pains. Anyone with diabetes, blood sugar problems, liver or kidney disease needs to check with your doctor to ensure that it will be safe to go without eating/drinking for 24 hours.

Begin now to reduce the amount of caffeine you consume daily. Most of us can cut it in half each day without getting a caffeine headache. The more you drink now, the more you need to do this b/c your entire system has come to depend on it, whether or not you realize it.

Also, begin to reduce the amount of food you are eating daily! In years past I’ve heard folks talk about having a huge meal just before sundown on the 9th. While that may seem comforting, it actually causes a variety of digestive issues which may make going without the next day more difficult. Cut back a little every day until the evening of the 9th. Then have something which is easy to digest, not a heavy meat-laden meal, especially since Yom Kippur will happen during hot weather for many of us.

Staying hydrated is important for everyone. Some of us may be unable to go without drinking all day because of medical conditions. The need to take medicine may require drinking so please be wise in this.

Honey can help us remain hydrated while not drinking for a period of time. Not the sugary crap found in most grocery stores, but Raw, Unfiltered Honey. It is more expensive than the stuff in the cutsie bear bottles but worth every penny. Unless you’re diabetic or have blood sugar problems, take a spoonful of honey every couple of hours thru the day of the 9th. You can mix it into water if you’d like. Water with honey and lemon is excellent for cleansing our insides!!! If you drink this daily between now and the Fast it will have helped expel some toxins from your system so that they won’t all be released while you’re not eating.

I have a cup of warm water/honey/lemon right before sundown. That little bit of honey will help prevent my body from craving water during the next 24 hours. I also drink as much water as I can then, to expel any toxins.

During the daylight hours of Yom Kippur try to get outside in fresh air for a bit. A gentle walk in the cool of the morning should encourage your body to eliminate more toxins, which could prevent a fasting headache.

I’m not trying to say that we should breeze thru this day like it’s nothing, friends. But we need to focus our time and energy on the Most High – not on ourselves. Hope this helps!”

TeShuva-If They Confess Their Crookedness

Once this Feast of Trumpets is declared then and only then can we know the rest of the Fall Holy Days are to take place.

Lev 23:24 Speak to the sons of Israel saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath, a memorial summons, a holy convocation. You shall do no work of labor but you shall offer a fire offering to Jehovah.

Once we know when the Day of Trumpets is, the day no one knows, then we can count Ten Days to the Day of Atonement.

This week, we are going to examine these ten days and show you things about this teaching you may not have considered, especially in Prophecy.

On the 9th of Av or the 9th day of the 5th month, the curse was given to Israel to wander in the wilderness for 40 years before being allowed into the Promised Land.

This is very significant. 50 days later, using the month as a 29-day month would bring you to the Feast of Trumpets. There are 20 Days for the remainder of the fifth month and 29 days for the sixth month.

The Feast of Trumpets, the day of Pentecost, and The Jubilee year are all related in the meaning and importance thereof. And for that matter, so is The Eighth Day Feast. So from the 9th of Av until Trumpets is 50 days and something to keep in mind as you repent and prepare yourself for the wedding. Again, all of these Feasts are connected and lead you in the plan of salvation.

Let’s take a quick look at each one again.

Shavuot, the Feast of Pentecost;

Exo 19:15 And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman. And it happened on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain. And the voice of the trumpet was exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God. And they stood at the lower part of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because Jehovah came down upon it in fire. And the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and became very strong, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. And Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

The Feast of Trumpets depicts nothing less than the return of Yehshua to the earth to establish the Kingdom of Yehovah! The book of Revelation reveals a sequence of earth-shaking events heralded by angels sounding a series of seven trumpet blasts. The Feast of Trumpets is the start of Judgment on this world.

Rev 11:15 And the seventh messenger sounded, and there came to be loud voices in the heaven, saying, “The reign of this world has become the reign of our Master, and of His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and ever!”1 Footnote: 1See 12:10, Ps. 2:8, Ps. 22:28, Dan. 2:44, Dan. 7:13-14, Obad. 15-21, Hag. 2:22, Zech. 14:9. .

Actually, the word “trumpet” does not appear in this verse. The phrase “trumpet blasts” translates a single Hebrew word, teruah, which means a loud, resounding noise—a great shout or blaring, or an awakening blast. This was the sound of a “trumpet,” but not the metal, musical kind also used by the Israelites.

So this Feast is properly called Yom Teruah or Day of Shouting.

So notice that at Shavuot, there were trumpets blasting, and at the Feast of Trumpets, also.

On the Feast of Trumpets, the nations of the world gather to war with the Messiah. You are beginning to see this prophecy become a reality on our nightly news. The world is coming to fight against Israel right now. At some point, Israel is going to lose this fight.

Zec 14:1 Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, and your spoil shall be divided in your midst. For I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped. And half of the city shall go into exile, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. And Jehovah shall go out and fight against those nations, like the day He fought in the day of battle. And His feet shall stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall divide from its middle, from the east and to the west, a very great valley. And half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Rev 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the sovereigns of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to fight Him who sat on the horse and His army.

Paul also shows us that the entire earth waits for this very day. You will notice that he uses the term first fruits, which is another reference to Shavuot.

Rom 8:19 For the intense longing of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of Elohim. Footnote: 1Lit. anxiously looking with outstretched head. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not from choice, but because of Him who subjected it, in anticipation, 21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage to corruption into the esteemed freedom of the children of Elohim. 22 For we know that all the creation groans together, and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 And not only so, but even we ourselves who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we ourselves also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

The Jubilee (Hebrew Yov-el ) year is the year at the end of seven cycles of Sabbatical years (Hebrew Shmita), and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the territory of the kingdoms of Israel and of Judah. The English term Jubilee derives from the Hebrew term yobel (via Latin Jubilaeus), which in turn derives from yohbel, meaning ram; the Jubilee year was announced by a blast on an instrument made from a ram’s horn called a shofar, during that Jubilee year’s Yom Kippur.

The shofar was used to announce holidays (Psa 81:3 Blow the ram’s horn at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our festival day. ), the Jubilee year (Lev. 25. 9), and to tear down walls in Jericho. The first day of the seventh month (Tishri) is termed “a memorial of blowing” (Lev. 23. 24), or “a day of blowing” (Num 29:1 ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you have a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work, it is a day of blowing the trumpets for you.), the shofar. They were for signifying the start of a war (Josh. 6. 4; Judges 3. 27; 7. 16, 20; I Sam. 8. 3).

As you study this day of Yom Teruah, keep in mind how it relates to the other Holy Days and the Jubilee years.

Many of us have come out of Christian faiths and realized the many lies we were taught there. We then jump into the other ditch of Judaism as we seek our Hebraic roots. Then, after a while, we again see the things that Judah does that can`t be supported by the scriptures.

Then, some of you want to throw out everything Jewish. Please do not throw out the baby with the bathwater. There are some awesome teachings to be found in Judaism who have been keeping the Torah for some 3400 years since the Exodus while we, the northern Ten lost tribes, have been keeping every pagan tradition we could find and not the Torah.

Now that we are returning and rediscovering our true roots, we must sift through it all and keep that which is good.

One such teaching is The Ten Days of Awe. These are the days between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur.

http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday3.htm

Days of Awe

Level: Basic

Significance: A time of introspection
Length: 10 Days (including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
Customs: Seeking reconciliation with people you have wronged; Kapparot
The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim) or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur.

One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that G-d has “books” that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d’s decree. The actions that change the decree are “teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah,” repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). These “books” are sealed on Yom Kippur. This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.”

Among the customs of this time, it is common to seek reconciliation with people you may have wronged during the course of the year. The Talmud maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and G-d. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible.
Another custom observed during this time is kapparot. This is rarely practiced today, and is observed in its true form only by Chasidic and occasionally Orthodox Jews. Basically, you purchase a live fowl, and on the morning before Yom Kippur you wave it over your head reciting a prayer asking that the fowl be considered atonement for sins. The fowl is then slaughtered and given to the poor (or its value is given). Some Jews today simply use a bag of money instead of a fowl. Most Reform and Conservative Jews have never even heard of this practice.

Work is permitted as usual during the intermediate Days of Awe, from Tishri 3 to Tishri 9, except of course for Shabbat during that week.

Two lesser special occasions occur during the course of the Days of Awe.

The Shabbat that occurs in this period is known as Shabbat Shuvah (the Sabbath of Return). This is considered a rather important Shabbat.

I want you to take special notice of what this article says: that these 10 days are the Days of Repentance and that This is a time for serious introspection.

Why?

The answer is found in of all places Lev 26 where we read about the curses for not keeping the Sabbatical years. Amazing. This was a shocker to me when I first saw it.

Lev 26:33 ‘And I shall scatter you among the gentiles and draw out a sword after you. And your land shall be desert and your cities ruins, 34 and the land enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies waste and you are in your enemies’ land. Then the land would rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35 ‘As long as it lies waste it rests, for the time it did not rest on your Sabbaths when you dwelt in it. 36 ‘And as for those of you who are left, I shall send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee. And they shall flee as though retreating from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues. 37 ‘And they shall stumble over one another, as from before a sword, when no one pursues. And you shall be unable to stand before your enemies. 38 ‘And you shall perish among the gentiles, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up, 39 and those of you who are left rot away in their crookedness in your enemies’ lands, and also in their fathers’ crookednesses rot away with them.

The first curse of Terrorism, the second curse of Drought and severe weather, the third curse of pestilence and famine and earthquakes, the fourth curse of war, and the fifth curse of captivity are all declared to you in verses 14-39.

But now we are about to read something. Yehovah says that if we repent and are humbled and we accept our punishment, then and only then will He remember us and not destroy us. Read this very carefully.

Lev 26:40 ‘But if they confess their crookedness and the crookedness of their fathers, with their trespass in which they trespassed against Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me, 41 and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies – if their uncircumcised heart is then humbled, and they accept the punishment of their crookedness, 42 then I shall remember My covenant with Yaaqob, and also My covenant with Yitshaq, and also remember My covenant with Abraham, and remember the land. 43 ‘For the land was abandoned by them, and enjoying its Sabbaths while lying waste without them, and they were paying for their crookedness, because they rejected My right-rulings and because their being loathed My laws. 44 ‘And yet for all this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I shall not reject them, nor shall I loathe them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them. For I am Yehovah their Elohim. 45 ‘Then I shall remember for their sake the covenant of the ancestors whom I brought out of the land of Mitsrayim before the eyes of the nations to be their Elohim. I am Yehovah.’ ”

We read the very same thing when Solomon asked the dedication prayer when the Temple was first finished.

1Ki 8:29 “For Your eyes to be open toward this House night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name is there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place. 30 “Then, shall You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Yisra’?l when they pray toward this place, when You hear in Your dwelling place, in the heavens? And shall You hear, and forgive? 31 “If anyone sins against his neighbour, and he has lifted up an oath on him, to cause him to swear, and comes and swears before Your altar in this House, 32 then hear in the heavens, and act and rightly rule Your servants, declaring the wrongdoer wrong, bringing his way on his head, and declaring the righteous right by giving him according to his righteousness. 33 “When Your people Yisra’?l are smitten before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, and they shall turn back to You and confess Your Name, and pray and make supplication to You in this House, 34 then hear in the heavens, and forgive the sin of Your people Yisra’?l, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. 35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they sin against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your Name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them, 36 then hear in the heavens, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Yisra’?l – for You teach them the good way in which they should walk – and shall give rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance. 37 “When there is scarcity of food in the land; when there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locusts, grasshoppers; when their enemy distresses them in the land of their cities; any plague, any sickness, 38 whatever prayer, whatever supplication made by anyone of all Your people Yisra’?l, each knowing the plague of his own heart, and shall spread out his hands toward this House, 39 then hear in the heavens, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and render unto everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know. Because You – You alone – know the hearts of all the sons of men, 40 so that they fear You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers. 41 “Also, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Yisra’?l, but has come from a far land for Your Name’s sake – 42 since they hear of Your great Name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm – and he shall come and pray toward this House, 43 hear in the heavens Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, so that all peoples of the earth know Your Name and fear You, as do Your people Yisra’?l, and know that this House which I have built is called by Your Name. 44 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, in the way that You send them, and they shall pray to Yehovah toward the city which You have chosen and toward the House which I have built for Your Name, 45 then shall You hear in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause? 46 “When they sin against You – for there is no one who does not sin – and You become enraged with them and give them to the enemy, and they take them captive to the land of the enemy, far or near; 47 and they shall turn back unto their heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and shall turn, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and acted crookedly, we have committed wrong,’ 48 and they shall turn back to You with all their heart and with all their being in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and shall pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the House which I have built for Your Name, 49 then shall You hear in the heavens Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause, 50 and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You? And give them compassion before those who took them captive, and they shall have compassion on them. 51 ‘For they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Mitsrayim, out of the iron furnace. 52 “Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Yisra’?l, to listen to them whenever they call to You. 53 “For You have separated them unto Yourself for an inheritance, out of all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke by the hand of Your servant Mosheh, when You brought our fathers out of Mitsrayim, O Master Yehovah.”

When we find ourselves surrounded by the plagues that beset us, we are to stop, turn to Jerusalem, and pray for forgiveness with earnest hearts.

Read that again. Keep in mind we are talking about the 10 Days of Awe.

This is exactly what Daniel did, and the resulting revelations were amazing.

Dan 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood the number of the years by books, which came of the Word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and holy desires, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed to Jehovah my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and awesome God, keeping the covenant and mercy to those who love Him, and to those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your commandments and from Your judgments.  Neither have we listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us the shame of our faces, as it is today to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, and to all Israel who are near and who are afar off, through all the countries where You have driven them because of their sin which they have sinned against You. O Lord, shame of face belongs to us, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against Him. We have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in His Laws which He set before us by His servants the prophets. Yea, all Israel has transgressed Your Law, and turned aside, that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. And He has confirmed His Words which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil. For under all the heavens it has not been done as it has been done to Jerusalem. As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we did not make our prayer before Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand Your truth. Therefore Jehovah has watched over the evil, and has brought it on us. For Jehovah our God is righteous in all His works which He does; for we did not obey His voice. And now, O Lord our God, who have brought Your people out from the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have brought fame to Yourself, as it is today, we have sinned, we have done wrong. O Lord, I pray You, according to all Your righteousness let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a curse to all those who are around us.  And now, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his holy desires, and cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. O my God, bow down Your ear and hear. Open Your eyes and behold our ruins, and the city which is called by Your name. For we do not present our prayers before You on account of our righteousnesses, but because of Your great mercies.  O Jehovah, hear; O Jehovah, forgive; O Jehovah, listen and do. Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God; for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

Gabriel Brings an Answer

Dan 9:20  And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my cry before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God; yes, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, touched me in my severe exhaustion, about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Brethren, it was when I was caught in sin, and I saw it, and only when I repented of it and confessed it and cried out to Yehovah for help and forgiveness; then and only then were things revealed to me. First was the revelation of the sighted moon as the calendar we are to follow. The second was the Sabbatical years, and the third was the Prophecies of Abraham.

Had I not repented I would never have been shown any of this. Had Daniel not repented and asked for forgiveness for all of Israel, Yehovah would not have sent the angel to tell him some of the greatest prophecies of the bible.

During these Ten Days of Awe; from the time the judgement begins on the world on the Feast of Yom Teruah, we should seek to humble ourselves and repent of all the evil that we do against Torah and Yehovah. You want to seek forgiveness before the books are sealed on the Day of Atonement for this year.

Knowing these things allows us to step up to the next higher level of understanding.

The Ten Days of Awe are not days but years. These are ten years of judgment. Israel,all 12 tribes, has already been judged and will be destroyed. Israel all 12 tribes go into captivity together as Hoshea 5:5 tells us.

Hos 5:5 “And the Excellency of Yisra’el shall witness to his face, and Yisra’el and Ephrayim stumble in their crookedness. Yehudah shall also stumble with them.

Now, while both houses are in captivity and are suffering the horrors of decapitation, sexual enslavement for women and children and young boys, cannibalism beatings and starvation, freezing cold and blistering heat with no place to call home that is safe, it is while in this state enduring the punishments for her sins that Yehovah stands up and begins to judge the world who did this to His bride.

These ten years of judgment are on the entire world.

During those Ten Days of Awe, there is always a Shabbat that comes at some point. It is called Shabbat Shuva, and it falls on the Sabbath, which comes between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement.

When you go to the charts in The Charts Archive you will see on the opening page the current Jubilee cycle.

It is during the shmitah cycle of famine that the two witnesses come on the world scene in 2026 and demand the Beast to release all the Israelite captives. Much like Moses and Aaron did in Egypt. After three years of drought around the world and ¼ of the earth’s population dying; only then are all the Israelites released and brought back to the Land of Israel. And they all arrive by Passover 2030.

2030 just so happens to be the Sabbatical year at the end of the 5th Sabbatical cycle of famine.

Here is when the martyrdom of the saints begins. Satan has allowed all the Israelites to be brought back to Israel for one reason and one reason only. To get them in one spot to completely kill them all off.

This is when the two witnesses are killed at Passover and this then is the beginning of the last 3 ½ years of the Great Tribulation. Up until this point, we have only been following the Sabbatical cycle and its curses.

Now the last 3 ½ years begin just as it did in Noah’s Day and also in Sodom’s day. They both concluded in the middle of this 6th Sabbatical cycle which also matches when the Day of Atonement comes at the end of these ten years in our current cycle. That year is 2033.

This is the year Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed in 2047 After the Creation of Adam. It is the third year of the 6th Sabbatical Cycle.

This is the year of Noah’s Flood in 1656 After the Creation of Adam. It is the 4th year of the 6th Sabbatical Cycle.

And it is on The Day of Atonement in 2033 that Satan will finally be bound and cast into darkness for the 7th millennium.

Shabbat Shuva is the Shabbat between Rosh Hashana, The Feast of Trumpets and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is called thus after the Haftara from Hoshea 14, which reads:
“Shuva Yisrael – Return, O Israel, unto Hashem your G-d.”

During these days, we are obligated to do teshuva and repent. In fact, some people call this Shabbat Tshuva since it is the Shabbat of the Ten Days of repentance. It is customary in all congregations for the Rabbi to give a sermon calling upon the people to repent before Yom Kippur. He also reviews the laws of Yom Kippur.

And this is what each of us needs to do at this time of year as we approach the Day of Atonement.

Haftorah Shuva
Hoshea 14:2-10; Yoel 2:11-27; Micha 7:18-20

This Shabbos is known as Shabbos Shuva – the Shabbos of Return because the Haftorah begins with the words, “Shuva (Return) Yisroel to G-d” Gleaned from both Hoshea and Yoel, the prophets describe G-d’s desire to forgive His children, if only they will repent. The fast of Yom Kippur is mentioned as well as the rewards awaiting us if we proclaim G-d in our midst.
The Shabbat that occurs in this period is known as Shabbat Shuvah (the Sabbath of Return). This is considered a rather important Shabbat.

Hos 14:1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
We have sinned and been removed from the land for our sins. Yahweh is now calling for us to return to Him. To return to the land of Canaan, to our promised land. He then tells us what to bring;

Verse 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD:

That is we are to bring the Torah Scrolls with us when we come back to the land.
We are told in Joel when this occurs. At the Feast of Trumpets, Blow the trumpet, and at the Day of Atonement, sanctify a fast. Notice where this is done. In Zion. JOEL 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Again looking at the chart you can see that after this Shabbat Shuva there are only three days left which represents the last 3 ½ years before Satan is locked away on the Day of Atonement in 2033.

The Ten Days of Awe represent the last ten years when Babylon is destroyed and the captives of Israel are freed and then some martyred. It concludes with the binding of Satan represented by the Goat on the day of Atonement that is led out to the wilderness baring all the guilt for all the wrong he has brought into the world; The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

The conclusion of all of these things is just nine years from this fall now. Are you ready? Are you repenting and making yourself white?

May Your Name Be Found

The following is from our chapter in The Ten Days of Awe book.

During these 10 Days of Awe there is another concept of our names being written in “books,” more specifically in the “Book of Life.”

The expression is “May your name be found in the Book of Life.” And the response is “May your name also be found.”

The time when this expression begins is Yom Teruah, with the understanding that the root of the word teruah is “alert” or “alarm” or “to raise awareness.” This feast day is also the only one that requires two witnesses to announce the sighting of the crescent moon in order to begin the feast. The Feast of Trumpets is the only Feast Day that begins on the first day of the month; just like the other new crescent moons, it requires two witnesses. It is the Feast that comes at a day and hour no man knows. So, you must be alert, watching and ready.

The Bible indicates that blowing a shofar is almost always a summons, a war cry, an alert warning to prepare for something, to hail an arrival, or a wake-up call if one has been spiritually or physically slumbering.

It acknowledges and confirms that Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets, is the start of judgment on all mankind – a fitting time to blow the shofars as it warned of the coming danger. Judgment and not being found in the Book of Life is the danger you are to warn about for those who do not obey.

I hope to hear everyone around the world on the 1^st day of Aviv 2024, blowing the shofar loud and then again on Yom Teruah later that same year. Get ready to join me and warn all of mankind on these days.

Yes, I said all mankind. The Feast of Trumpets and each of the Holy Days are not just for the Jews.

1 Behold, Jehovah empties the land and makes it bare, and distorts its face, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And as it is with the people, so it shall be with the priest; as with the servant, so with the master; as with the handmaid, so it is with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. 3 The land shall be completely emptied, and utterly stripped; for Jehovah has spoken this Word. 4 The earth mourns and languishes; the world droops and languishes; the proud people of the earth droop. 5 And the land is defiled under its people; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, and have broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell in it are deserted; therefore the people of the earth are burned, and few men left. (Isaiah 24:1-6)

The whole earth is being stripped. Although Isaiah uses a different word, בָּזַז bâzaz from Zb% he is still saying the same thing as we have been showing you in the word Choreph. The earth is going to be stripped and laid waste.

It is the whole earth that is being judged and found guilty of not keeping the covenant. It has to be the whole earth, all of mankind who must repent and return to the Torah, or their names will not be found in the Book of Life.

The first place I have found where the Book of Life is mentioned or spoken of is in Exodus.

30 And it happened on the next day, Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Jehovah. Perhaps I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. 32 And now will You forgive their sin! And if not, I pray You, blot me out of Your book which You have written. 33 And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. (Exodus 32:30-33)

Isaiah also speaks of those who would be recorded in the Book of Life as being holy.

2 In that day shall the Branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth excellent and comely for those who have escaped from Israel. 3 And it shall be, he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem; 4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. (Isaiah 4:2-4) 

This Book of Life is also spoken of in the Psalms.

8 You number my wandering; O put my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your Book? (Psalm 56:8) 

28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous. (Psalm 69:28)

Let me say here the righteous are not those who claim to be followers of Jesus and are waiting for His return to be raptured out. They are not those who go to Sunday church every week. The righteous ones whose names will be found in the Book of Life are those who keep and DO the commandments, who keep the weekly Sabbath, the Holy Days of Leviticus 23, and the Sabbatical and Jubilee Years of Leviticus 25.

172 My tongue shall speak Your Word, for all Your Commandments are righteousness. (Psalm 119:172)

15 If you love Me, keep My commandments. (John 14:15)

21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. (John 14:21)

23 Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves Me, he will keep My Word. And My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. (John 14:23)

10 If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. (John 15:10)

3 And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. (1 John 2:3)

3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3)

6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. (2 John 1:6)

This is what the 10 Days of Awe are all about: the repenting from not obeying Yehovah to now obeying Him and keeping the commandments of which the 4^th one includes the Sabbath and Holy Days. Those who will not obey and refuse to repent will not be found in the Book of Life.[1]

[1] 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrew 10:26-27)

The Feast of Trumpets is the day the Messiah is going to come back on and begin to judge the earth. If you understand this, then when you read about the five foolish virgins, you will understand that they are going out to “BUY” on this same Holy Day that the Messiah comes. The five foolish demonstrate by their very actions they do not know the Bridegroom. If they did, they would not be buying on the Feast of Trumpets, which is a Holy Day when you are not to buy or sell.

1 Then shall the kingdom of Heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps, but took no oil with them. 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there be not enough for us and you. But rather go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they who were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. 11 Afterwards the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I do not know you. 13 Therefore watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour in which the Son of Man comes. (Matthew 25:1-13)

When Daniel speaks of the Book of Life at the end of this age, are you going to be found as one of the wise ones turning many others to righteousness? Righteousness as we have just read is the keeping of the commandments.

1 And at that time Michael shall stand up, the great ruler who stands for the sons of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation; until that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever. (Daniel 12:1-3)

Look at this word for shine.

H2094 (Ancient Hebrew)

H2094 = AHLB# 1158-G (V)

1158) Rz% (זָר ZR) ac: Spread co: ? ab: ?: The pictograph z represents the harvest. The r is the picture of the head of a man. Combined these mean “harvest of heads”. After the grain has been harvested and the heads of grain have been broken open, the heads are thrown into the wind where the chaff is blown away and the seed falls to the ground where they can be gathered.

H2094 (Brown-Driver-Briggs) זהר zâhar

BDB Definition:

• to admonish, warn, teach, shine, send out light, be light, be shining

1a) (Niphal) to be taught, be admonished

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to teach, warn

1b2) to shine, send out light (figuratively)

H2094 (Strong’s) זָהַר zâhar zaw-har’

A primitive root; to gleam; figuratively to enlighten (by caution): – admonish, shine, teach, (give) warn (-ing).

Are you going to be found as one of the wise virgins? Will you shine like the stars? Are you turning many to righteousness now? Are you teaching Torah, or warning others, admonishing them to return to Yehovah’s Torah? Are you helping those who are? Will you be found guilty of doing this work?

10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do his commandments: His praise endureth for ever. (Psalm 111:10 KJV)

According to Paul, those who work and those who help others to do this work of turning many to righteousness by sharing the truth will be found in the Book of Life.

2 I beg Euodia and Syntyche that they be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 And I also beg you, true yoke-fellow, help those women who labored in the gospel with me and with Clement, and others of my fellow-laborers, whose names are in the Book of Life. (Philippians 4:2-3)