It Was A Riddle Not A Command

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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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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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I would like to add this recent comment to encourage you all to get this book and learn these truths. And the Book is FREE. You have no reason not to get it.

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.

Allow me to share this endorsement of our latest book again. If you have read our books, please share your thoughts about them with us in the comments below or email me.

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.

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When Did Yeshua Keep Passover?

I have asked Pauline to create this graphic for us so that we can address the wide variety of calendar issues many have. It is now one of our banners, and we will share it with those who come to our booth at NRB this coming February. Above is the Aviv side and below is the Thief in the Night side. There are a number of teachings we can do from each banner about the calendar.

Today I want to use the first banner to explain a few things.

We all know and understand that Yehshua was killed at 3 PM on a Wednesday afternoon, at the very same time the lambs were killed that would be eaten for Passover. This was Nisan or Aviv, the 14th day. You can see in the chart below that the 14th is on the green line, and below that is Wednesday. Each day begins at sunset the night before.

When we count Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Friday Night, we have a total of 3 nights.

When we count Thursday day, Friday Day, and then Saturday day, we have a total of 3 nights. This gives us a grand total of 3 days and 3 nights.

Sunday Nisan 11

Continuing in John from where we just left off, he says the next day, after these men came to see them at Lazarus’s house. The next day after Shabbat is Sunday. This is now Palm Sunday

Jhn 12:12 On the next day, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, a great crowd who had come to the Feast

Jhn 12:13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they cried, Hosanna! “Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord!”

Jhn 12:14 And finding an ass colt, Jesus sat on it; as it is written,

Jhn 12:15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the foal of an ass.”

Jhn 12:16 But His disciples did not know these things at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.

Jhn 12:17 Then the crowd witnessed, those who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead.

Jhn 12:18 Because of this the crowd also met Him, because they heard that He had done this miracle.

Jhn 12:19 Then the Pharisees said among themselves, Do you see how you gain nothing? Behold, the world has gone after Him.

His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

Mark will now begin to describe the events of Palm Sunday.

Mrk 11:1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples.

Mrk 11:2 And He said to them, Go into the village over across from you. And as soon as you have entered into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

Mrk 11:3 And if anyone says to you, Why do you do this? Say that the Lord has need of him, and immediately he will send him here.

Mrk 11:4 And they went, and they found the colt tied by the door outside, in a place where two ways met. And they untied him.

Mrk 11:5 And certain of those who stood there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt?

Mrk 11:6 And they said to them even as Jesus had commanded. And they let them go.

Mrk 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw their garments on it. And He sat on it.

Mrk 11:8 And many spread their garments in the way, and others cut down branches off the trees and scattered them in the way.

Mrk 11:9 And those going before, and those following, cried out, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

Mrk 11:10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

Mrk 11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

This is Sunday, and Yehshua rides in on a colt on this Palm Sunday, and then goes up to the Temple, looks around, and then leaves, going back to Bethany because it was already late.

Mathew records more events that took place that same day.

Mat 21:1 And when they drew near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Mat 21:2 saying to them, Go into the village across from you. And immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

Mat 21:3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them, and immediately He will send them.

Mat 21:4 All this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Mat 21:5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt the foal of an ass.”

Mat 21:6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.

Mat 21:7 And they brought the ass, even the colt, and put their clothes on them, and He sat on them.

Mat 21:8 And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.

Mat 21:9 And the crowds who went before, and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of theLord! Hosanna in the highest!

Mat 21:10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

Mat 21:11 And the crowd said, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

Luke also records this same event as follows:

Luk 19:28 And saying these things, He went in front, going up to Jerusalem.

Luk 19:29 And it happened as He drew near Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mount called Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples,

Luk 19:30 saying, Go into the village across from you, and having entered, you will find a colt tied up, on which no one of men has yet sat. Untie it and bring it.

Luk 19:31 And if anyone asks you, Why are you untying it? You will say this to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

Luk 19:32 And going, those who were sent found as He had said to them.

Luk 19:33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why are you untying the colt?

Luk 19:34 And they said, The Lord has need of him.

Luk 19:35 And they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their garments on the colt. And they set Jesus on it.

Luk 19:36 And as He went, they spread their clothes in the way.

Luk 19:37 And when He had come near, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

Luk 19:38 saying, Blessed is the King coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in thehighest!

Luk 19:39 And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

Luk 19:40 And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

Luk 19:41 And as He drew near, He beheld the city and wept over it,

Luk 19:42 saying, If you had known, even you, even at least in this day of yours, the things for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Luk 19:43 For the days will come on you that your enemies will raise up a rampart to you, and will surround you, and will keep you in on every side.

Luk 19:44 And they will tear you down, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone on a stone because you did not know the time of your visitation.

Monday Nisan 12

Mark then continues and tells us the events of the next day after Palm Sunday, which is now Monday, the 12th of Nisan. But notice that Mark says Yehshua cleansed the Temple and overturned the tables on Monday. Mathew and Luke mixed those events with those of Palm Sunday. It seems to me that Mark was an actual witness, while Matthew and Luke wrote about these events after the fact.

Mrk 11:12 And on the next day, they going out of Bethany, He was hungry.

Mrk 11:13 And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs.

Mrk 11:14 And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

Mat 21:18 And returning early to the city, He hungered.

Mat 21:19 And seeing a fig tree in the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, let no fruit grow on you forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

Mat 21:20 And when the disciples saw, they marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree has withered away!

Mat 21:21 Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this miracle of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.

Mat 21:22 And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Mrk 11:15 And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Mrk 11:16 And He would not allow any to carry a vessel through the temple.

Mrk 11:17 And He taught, saying to them, Is it not written, “My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?” But you have made it a den of thieves.

Mrk 11:18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they sought how they might destroy Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.

Mrk 11:19 And when evening came, He went out of the city.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Mat 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

Mat 21:13 And He said to them, It is written, “My house shall be called the house of prayer”; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Mat 21:14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

Mat 21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were angry.

Mat 21:16 And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?”

Mat 21:17 And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Tuesday Nisan 13

We have now reached the conclusion of Monday, Nisan 12. Mark said in Mark 11:19 And when evening came, He went out of the city. They went back to Bethany and then described the events that occurred on Tuesday, Nisan 13, as they returned to the Temple early that morning. I am not going to quote everything that took place at the Temple on this day. You can go and read about all of this in (Matthew 21:23–23:39; Luke 20:1–21:4).

Mrk 11:20 And passing on early, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

Mrk 11:21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered away.

Mrk 11:22 And answering Jesus said to them, Have faith of God.

Mrk 11:23 For truly I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said.

Mrk 11:24 Therefore I say to you, All things, whatever you ask, praying, believe that you shall receive them, and it will be to you.

Mrk 11:25 And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive it so that also your Father in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Mrk 11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in Heaven forgive your trespasses.

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

Mrk 11:27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him

Mrk 11:28 and said to Him, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?

Mrk 11:29 And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask of you one thing, and answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mrk 11:30 The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer Me.

Mrk 11:31 And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

Mrk 11:32 But if we shall say, From men, they feared the people, for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

Mrk 11:33 And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And answering Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

You can read about all the events that happened that Tuesday in Mark up until Chapter 13. I am including them here for you to read.

The Parable of the Tenants

Mrk 12:1 And He began to speak to them by parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and he let it out to vinedressers, and went away.

Mrk 12:2 And at the season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard.

Mrk 12:3 And taking him, they beat him and sent himaway empty.

Mrk 12:4 And again he sent to them another servant. And stoning that one, they struck him in the head, and sent him away, insulting him.

Mrk 12:5 And again he sent another. And they killed him, and many others, beating some and killing some.

Mrk 12:6 Therefore, still having one son, his own beloved, he also sent him to them last of all, saying, They will respect my son.

Mrk 12:7 But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.

Mrk 12:8 And they took him and killed him and cast himout of the vineyard.

Mrk 12:9 Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.

Mrk 12:10 And have you not read this scripture “TheStone which the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner:

Mrk 12:11 this was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes”?

Mrk 12:12 And they sought to seize him, but feared the crowd. For they knew that He spoke the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

Mrk 12:13 And they sent certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him, to catch Him in His words.

Mrk 12:14 And coming, they said to Him, Teacher, we know that you are true and you care about no one. For you do not look to the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Mrk 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, Why do you tempt Me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see.

Mrk 12:16 And they brought it. And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? And they said to Him, Caesar’s.

Mrk 12:17 And answering Jesus said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at Him.

The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

Mrk 12:18 Then the Sadducees came to Him, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked Him, saying,

Mrk 12:19 Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man’s brother die and leaves his wife, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

Mrk 12:20 And there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Mrk 12:21 And the second took her, and died; neither did he leave any seed. And the third likewise.

Mrk 12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

Mrk 12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.

Mrk 12:24 And answering Jesus said to them, Do you not err because of this, not knowing Scriptures, nor the power of God?

Mrk 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are as the angels in Heaven.

Mrk 12:26 And as regards the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses how God spoke to him in the Bush, saying, “I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?”

Mrk 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore you greatly err.

The Great Commandment

Mrk 12:28 And coming up one of the scribes heard them reasoning, knowing that He had answered them well, he asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?

Mrk 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

Mrk 12:30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” This is the first commandment.

Mrk 12:31 And the second is like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Mrk 12:32 And the scribe said to Him, Right, Teacher, according to truth You have spoken, that God is one, and there is no other besides Him.

Mrk 12:33 And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Mrk 12:34 And seeing that he had answered intelligently, Jesus said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared to question Him any more.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

Mrk 12:35 And answering, teaching in the temple, Jesus said, How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David?

Mrk 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: “The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.”

Mrk 12:37 David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and why then is He his son? And the great crowd heard Him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

Mrk 12:38 And He said to them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to walk about in robes, and love greetings in the markets,

Mrk 12:39 and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts

Mrk 12:40 who devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.

The Widow’s Offering

Mrk 12:41 And sitting down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the people threw copper coins into the treasury. And many rich ones threw in much.

Mrk 12:42 And a certain poor widow came, and she threw in two lepta, which is a kodrantes.

Mrk 12:43 And He called His disciples and said to them, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all those who have cast into the treasury.

Mrk 12:44 For all cast in from their abundance. But she, out of her poverty, has cast in all that she had, all her livelihood.

Then we read about Yehshua leaving the Temple and heading back to the Mount of Olives when He explains the end times. All of this is still on Tuesday, Nisan 13.

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

Mrk 13:1 And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, Master, see! What stones and what buildings!

Mrk 13:2 And answering Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be one stone left on another that shall not be thrown down.

Signs of the Close of the Age

Mrk 13:3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, across from the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately,

Mrk 13:4 Tell us, When shall all these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

Mrk 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Beware that no one deceive you.

Mrk 13:6 For many shall come in My name, saying, I AM, and shall deceive many.

Mrk 13:7 And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For it must happen, but the end shall not be yet.

Mrk 13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles. These things are the beginnings of sorrows.

Mrk 13:9 But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

Mrk 13:10 And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

Mrk 13:11 But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.

Mrk 13:12 And a brother will betray a brother to death, and a father his son. And children will rise up against their parents and will cause them to be put to death.

Mrk 13:13 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake, but he enduring to the end, that one will be kept safe.

The Abomination of Desolation

Mrk 13:14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, that spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Mrk 13:15 And let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

Mrk 13:16 And let him who is in the field not turn back again in order to take up his garment.

Mrk 13:17 But woe to those with babe in womb, and to those who give suck in those days!

Mrk 13:18 And pray that your flight is not in the winter.

Mrk 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

Mrk 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect’s sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.

Mrk 13:21 And then if anyone shall say to you, Lo, here isChrist! Or, lo, there! Do not believe him.

Mrk 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give miraculous signs and wonders in order to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

Mrk 13:23 But take heed; behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

The Coming of the Son of Man

Mrk 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Mrk 13:25 and the stars of Heaven shall fall, and the powers in the heavens shall be shaken.

Mrk 13:26 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Mrk 13:27 And then He shall send His angels and shall gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Mrk 13:28 And learn the parable of the fig-tree: when her branch is still tender and puts out leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mrk 13:29 So you also, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, at the doors.

Mrk 13:30 Truly I say to you that this generation shall not pass away until all these things occur.

Mrk 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.

No One Knows That Day or Hour

Mrk 13:32 But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

Mrk 13:33 Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when the time is.

Mrk 13:34 As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving authority to his servants, and each man’s work to him, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

Mrk 13:35 Then you watch, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or early;

Mrk 13:36 lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping.

Mrk 13:37 And what I say to you, I say to all. Watch.

Mark then goes on to say in Mark 14 that after two days, it will be Passover. This was on that Tuesday, Nisan 13. So we can count 2 days to Thursday when Passover was, and it is two days away on Nisan 15.

Mrk 14:1 And after two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft and kill Him.

Mrk 14:2 But they said, Not during the Feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Notice what Luke says about this upcoming Feast of Unleavened Bread. He says it was called Passover.  Unleavened Bread is for 7 Days. You are commanded to eat Unleavened Bread for only seven days. You are also commanded to eat unleavened bread with the Passover meal which is to be eaten on the 15th at the end of the 14th of Nisan.

Exo 12:15 You shall eat unleavened bread seven days; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Exo 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.

Luk 22:1 And the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.

Luk 22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

In Mathew 26:1, we read the same statement as Mark stating on Tuesday, that in two days’ time from this day, Tuesday, is the Passover, only this time, it is Yehshua Himself speaking it.

Mat 26:1 And it happened when Jesus finished all these sayings, He said to His disciples,

Mat 26:2 You know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man is betrayed to be crucified.

Mat 26:3 Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Mat 26:4 And they consulted so that they might take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

Mat 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Later in Matthew 26, we see them preparing for the Passover. It’s still the same Tuesday, Nisan 13, nearing sunset, marking the approach of Nisan 14, which is the preparation day for Passover on the 15th. John will highlight this when we reach that moment.

Luke also says this same thing only he identifies who the apostles are that are to go and prepare the room.

Luk 22:7  And the day of the Unleavened Bread came, when the passover must be killed.

Luk 22:8  And He sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, so that we may eat.

Luk 22:9  And they said to Him. Where do You desire that we prepare?

Luk 22:10  And He said to them, Behold, when you have entered into the city, you will meet a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he enters.

Luk 22:11  And you shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room where I shall eat the passover with My disciples?

Luk 22:12  And he shall show you a large, furnished upper room. Prepare there.

Luk 22:13  And they went and found it as He had said to them. And they prepared the passover.

Now, let’s read Matthew and then tackle the elephant in the room.