The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2

Do you want to know how to prove the Zadok Calendar, the Enoch Calendar, and the Book of Jubilee Calendar false?

Do you want to know how the calendar issue became so confusing?

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In The Stones Cry Out, I walk you through the history of each change and why those changes came about, starting with the Maccabean days. Yes, it all began around 164 B.C. When Yehshua was here, he was dealing with two schools of thought. The Sadducees were all but wiped out when the Temple fell in 70 C.E. This left only the Pharisees, who began to be persecuted after the failure of the Bar Kochbah Revolt in 134 C.E.

The truth began to become out of focus around 160 C.E. when Rabbi Jose wrote the Seder Olam. This work originally was written to proof Simon Bar Kochbah was the Messiah. When that did not pan out the history was later revived and then redacted as the truth into the Mishneh Torah by Rabbi Judah ha Nasi in 180 C.E. After this the Jerusalem Talmud begins to debate these issues. It was then during this time as the Jerusalem Talmudist are forced to flee and the Babylonian Talmudist continue to grow until the 6th century that Hillel came up with a solution to help them keep the Holy Days at the proper time while they were out of the land of Israel. He did this in 358 C.E. This work was then modified and adjusted over the next 800 years with additions added and other rejected. Until it was finally redacted once again in 1177 by Rambam. And with that we now have the modern Hillel calendar which includes the errors passed on during each redaction. These errors included the time of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.

Once the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., the Jews recorded time by counting from the time It was destroyed. This is why the 40 tombstones of Zoar, which record this information, are crucial to understand.

When you understand why the Postponement rules were first created so that the crescent moon would not be seen in another part of the world before it was seen in Israel then you can understand how they were still trying to follow the crescent moon to begin the month. The Tombstones show us this exact thing. The tombstones also show us when the Jews changed from a crescent moon to a Conjunction moon to begin the month. They also show us when the Jews changed the year from the month of Aviv to the Tishri to begin the year.

I really want you to understand these things so you know why you do what you do as far as following a calendar to keep Yehovah’s moedim.
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Most people assume that Hillel created the calendar in 358 C.E. They then assume that because it was a Sanhedrin, they are not allowed to change in order to obey Yehovah. The Hillel calendar has been changed many times since 358 C.E. up until 1177 C.E. Few people talk about these changes but we do in our latest Book The Stones Cry Out Part 1 which is free on our website. The Hillel calendar was changed on many occasions and many sought to make other changes during this time. They never needed a Bet Din to approve those changes. They just did them. So this excuse that we do not have the right to obey Yehovah because the Bet Din has not approved it is a crock of crap.
You have the obligation to obey Yehovah. You have the duty to prove which calendar you are to go by. You must prove it beyond all doubt. Yehshua never followed the Hillel calendar. Nor did any of the Apostles.
The reason no man can know the day or the hour is because it refers to a crescent moon to begin the 7th month. That is the day He was born on and the day He comes to judge on. At a day and hour no one can know. Using the Hillel calendar predicts Yom Teruah years in advance so every one knows when to keep it. But even in the Hillel calendar they keep two days of Yom Teruah reckoning back to the sighted moon. Also in the postponement rules developed long after Hillel, they again state that if the conjunction is at a certain time then the day begins at such and such, in order that the moon will not be seen in another part of the world before it is seen in Israel. That was rule number 2.
Everyone has to choose. You have the right to be wrong. But if you choose to be wrong then you also must live with the consequences that come with sin. And that is the death penalty for not keeping the Holy Days, these Sabbath at the proper time. It is your choice.
Just because you write in to me to justify your position does mean it is right. It just means your sounding off.

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And yes, many observe the Equinox.  There are many who are deceived, improperly educated.  And this is why Joe puts out a newsletter every week, why he writes books, why the SightedMoon Zoom Shabbat service started, why he travels to places like England and the Philippines to share this message and why were are going to the NRB in February.  The calendar is always a divisive issue in social circles because the details are many, that’s why there are so many books Joe has written.  I’m not looking to put Joe on a pedestal here.  This is not about Joe worship.  But Joe has tenaciously studied out the calendar from every angle, not to prove himself right, to to seek to find and share what Yehovah is telling us about His Calendar.

In The Stones Cry Out, Joe has shared the history of all the different groups within Israel, and the beliefs they had about the scriptures and the feast days and the calendar.  When you line it all up, you can see for yourself the how and why these misunderstandings and arguments about how and where and why  they came about.

This is my new favourite book and I’m only 60-70 pages in.  And I encourage you to read the footnotes in this one.  Sometimes there’s more footnote on the page than Joe’s words.

Sombra Wilson

When I wrote Stones Cry Out, I wanted it to be one of our FREE books so everyone would have it. It is more of an encyclopedia than a book to read. It will be your quick resource book; you will have access to every question about any calendar, how it got started, and who started it. You will also learn the history of how the Mishnah was assembled, when it was assembled and why. Then, you will learn how that information was transferred into both the Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud until it reached its final stage in the Mishneh Torah. Along with this progression, the calendar also progressed and changed long after 358 C.E. when Rabbi Hillel first published it. But…what was before the Hillel calendar? What does the Mishnah record about those things?

The Stones Cry Out was originally going to be one book explaining all the various proofs we have discovered, demonstrating when the Sabbatical and Jubilee years are throughout history.

You can know; it is not a mystery.

As I began to write The Stones Cry Out, I quickly found myself going back, time and time again, to explain how the calendar is behind the confusion of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Rabbis, as they began to write the Mishnah, incorporated wrong understandings, and those errors were written into what became known as the Talmud and then the Mishneh Torah. The expulsion from the land and subsequent persecutions in trying to send out messengers to report the barley being found or the crescent moon being seen, proved to be more and more dangerous over time. All of these things took place over 14 centuries.

Then as I was working on The Stones Cry Out, I discovered that many people were now accepting the Zadok calendar as factual. This is when we pivoted to include all the details of the various calendars that have crept back into public knowledge today and are being used to mislead new people who are just starting to learn about the calendar. All of this was directly connected to the period starting with the Hasmonaeans, up to the destruction of the Temple. Then, with the compiling of the Mishnah, the studies that led into the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud, then the Babylonian Talmud and finally the Mishneh Torah, each error that was added is compounded over time.

The Stones Cry Out, Part 1 explains the history of how each compilation of the Oral Torah incorporated errors, leading the followers thereof away from the actual Torah. In understanding these facts, it is then possible to understand more readily how the Sabbatical and Jubilee years were then mixed and later changed. By explaining all this history, I will be able to help you the reader understand the tombstones when most authorities do not. They have assumed, to their error, the Hillel calendar to have always been in use since Mount Sinai. Not understanding the history of the calendars is why most authorities dismiss the tombstones as too confusing to use. Once you understand The Stones Cry Out Part 1, Part 2 will be very easy to grasp.

Daniel 7:25 tells us he will change the appointed seasons and commandments. Many assume Constantine did this when he made Sunday the Sabbath. Few have considered the calendar’s many changes and how they relate to us today. Hidden in this proverbial swamp of confusion is the truth about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Sabbatical and Jubilee years reveal the truths about the calendar that have been hidden for almost 2000 years.

We are in the very last days and Yehshua warned us that during this time:

Mat 24:10 And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Mat 24:11 And many false prophets will rise and deceive many.

Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will become cold.

Mat 24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe.

Paul also warned Timothy about these last days, warning that some would leave the truth and begin to follow demonic teachers:

1Ti 4:1 But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

Paul again warned the Thessalonians that the Great Falling away would take place in the last days. How can you fall away if you have never come to know the truth? So who is Paul talking to? Those who are called and answer that calling begin to walk this road of restoration back to Yehovah, and then at some point along that walk, they change and leave this walk following the teachings of demons to false calendar.

2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,

2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.

2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,

2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.

We must endure until the end. We must not let ourselves become offended by personalities and leave the faith once given.

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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.

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It Was A Riddle Not A Command

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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?
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It was not a command that we could not know.
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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.

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Why Are We Keeping The Feast A Month Ahead of Everyone Else?

We are in the 40 days of repentance leading up to the Day of Atonement when the books are closed. If your name is not found in that book, then you will not be in the Kingdom. Many people are unaware of the significance of the Feast Days. They are found in Leviticus 23, and they are for all mankind. They are not just for the Jews.

Exo 12:49 There shall be one law to the native, and to the visitor that stays among you.

Lev 24:22 One judgment shall be for you whether an alien or a native; for I am Jehovah your God.

Num 9:14 And if a stranger shall live among you, and prepares the Passover to Jehovah, he shall do according to the ordinance of the Passover, and according to its ordinance. You shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him that was born in the land.

Num 15:15 One ordinance for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that resides with you, an ordinance forever in your generations. As you are, so the stranger shall be before Jehovah.

Num 15:16 One law and one way shall be for you and for the stranger that lives with you.

In the Kingdom of God, there will be one law. The same law that has always been. It is and has always been men who have changed Yehovah’s laws.

Mal 3:6 For I am Jehovah, I change not. Because of this you sons of Jacob are not destroyed.

Mal 3:7 From the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of Hosts. But you say. In what way shall we return?

The current Hillel calendar came to be created in the year 358 C.E. But on the Tombstone of Zoar they did not begin to implement it until 432 and 444 C.E. Those are the earliest dates I can find where they changed record keeping from Aviv to Tishri to begin the year and from using the crescent moon to begin the month to using the conjunction moon. We have recorded this in our books, The Stone Cry Out, Part One and Two. You can get your free copies at https://sightedmoon.com/the-stones-cry-out-lp/. Just click on the link, fill in the form, and start reading right away.

At Sightedmoon.com, we have learned when each calendar came into creation. We have documented those dates in The Stone Cry Out books. The Enoch, Zadok, Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Book of Jubilee Calendars all can be easily proven false, and we show you how to do that in The Stones Cry Out.

This week, I am showing you the calendar Yehovah uses. The same one that the Mishnah records was being used before the Temple was destroyed. The Mishnah was the first book written to record the ceremonies that took place at the temple. They wanted a record because they feared they would not be going back for many years. Rabbi Akiva began this collection before 135 C.E., when he was killed at the end of the Bar Kochba Revolt. That was 65 years after the Temple was destroyed. Rabbi Yehuda then redacted his notes and created the Mishnah in 180 C.E., 110 years after the temple was destroyed and 150 years after Yehshua was killed.

You can read about the Barley ceremony at this link from the Mishnah and this one as well. You can read about the First Fruits of Wheat and then the first fruits of wine, figs, pomegranates, dates and olives at this link.  Yes, I am giving you the links so you can look them up yourselves. The first fruits of each species was given at a specific time of year. Barley was given on Wave Sheaf Day during the 7 Days of Unleavened Bread. This was the first Chag or going up to the Temple. The second Chag was Shavuot, when the first fruits of wheat made into two loaves were offered up. The third Chag was at Sukkot when the first fruits of wine, along with the figs, pomegranates, dates and olives were offered.

None of these first fruits depended on the equinox. They were entirely dependent on Yehovah’s decision to make them ripe, which could be achieved by sending the rains or stopping them. In the video you are about to watch, you will hear the witnesses testify how the drought made the crops ripen earlier. Yes, Yehovah did that. But you will also hear how none of them changed their position to come alongside Yehovah once they saw the evidence.

We are now in the final 10 years of awe leading up to the time Satan will be locked away at Atonement in 2033. We, as the bride, must be making ourselves white and being spotless. This means perfecting our walk and not remaining the same for convenience’s sake. But when we see errors, we change and repent.

I pray that each of you watches this video and then shares it each day on your social platforms until the Feast of Trumpets comes, and we then know when the fall feast days are. You can find them on our website at Sightedmoon.com.

Barley Review of 2025: The Barley, The Wheat and the Grapes.

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Sombra in Kenya

Here is Sombra’s teaching from Wednesday October 9, 2025.

50 Days After the Feast of Trumpets Three Years in a Row

Elijah:

The Blunt Prophet Who Spoke Hard Truths

and Faced Death Threats

Elijah’s Crude and Direct Style: No Sugar-Coating the Truth

The Backlash: Threats and Attempts to Kill Him

Who Is Elijah in These Last Days?

The Two Witnesses

Hated Harbingers of Restoration

In the prophetic landscape of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the figure of Elijah emerges as a bold, unyielding restorer—tasked with turning hearts back to Yehovah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Malachi 4:5-6 (MKJV) declares:

“Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, that I not come and strike the earth with utter destruction.”

Yeshua affirms this in

Matthew 17:11 (MKJV): “And answering Jesus said to them, Elijah truly shall come first and restore all things.”

This restoration isn’t vague; it involves reclaiming Yehovah’s original commands—the sighted crescent moon to begin months, Aviv barley to start the sacred year in the month of Aviv, calling upon the name Yehovah, and observing the sabbatical and jubilee years globally, not just in Israel. It counters historical losses of each of these events in history, such as the post-31 CE persecution of law-keepers, Constantine’s 321 CE Sunday decree blending paganism and torah observance, Nicaea’s 325 CE anti-Jewish Easter shift, and Laodicea’s 363 CE bans on Sabbath/Holy Days (Canon 29, 16, 37-38, MKJV equivalents in context).

Allow me to explain these quotes in more detail.

Detailed Explanation of “(Canon 29, 16, 37-38, MKJV equivalents in context)”

The phrase “(Canon 29, 16, 37-38, MKJV equivalents in context)” refers to specific rulings from the Council of Laodicea (held around 363-364 CE in Phrygia, modern-day Turkey), a regional synod of Christian bishops that issued 60 canons (church laws) aimed at standardizing practices and combating perceived “Judaizing” influences. These canons were part of a broader historical shift away from biblical Torah observance toward Roman-influenced Christianity, including the replacement of Sabbath and Holy Days with Sunday and Easter. The referenced canons (29, 16, 37, and 38) specifically targeted elements of Yehovah’s commands, such as the Sabbath and feasts, which are central to the restoration discussed in this article.

The “MKJV equivalents in context” means the biblical commands from the Modern King James Version (MKJV) that these canons directly oppose or undermine. By banning or altering these practices, the canons “counter” the original Torah instructions, contributing to the historical losses that end-time restorers (like Elijah figures) must address. Below, I’ll explain each canon in detail: its text (from historical sources like the Synod of Laodicea’s records), purpose, and the MKJV Scriptures it contradicts, showing how it deviates from Yehovah’s commands.

Canon 29: Banning Sabbath Rest and Promoting Sunday

• Canon Text: “Christians must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the Lord’s Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ.” (From Synod of Laodicea records, as preserved in patristic writings and historical compilations like those by Philip Schaff).
• Purpose and Context: This canon explicitly forbids Christians from observing the seventh-day Sabbath as a day of rest, labeling it “Judaizing” (imitating Jewish practices). Instead, it mandates work on Saturday and shifts rest to Sunday (the “Lord’s Day,” referencing Resurrection traditions). Offenders were to be excommunicated (“anathema”). This was part of a post-Constantine effort to separate Christianity from Judaism, influenced by Roman sun worship and anti-Semitic sentiments, as seen in earlier decrees like Constantine’s 321 CE Sunday law.
• MKJV Equivalents It Counters: This directly opposes the Fourth Commandment and related verses emphasizing Sabbath as eternal and holy:
  • Exodus 20:8-11 (MKJV): “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God. You shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger within your gates. For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.”
  • Exodus 31:13-17 (MKJV): “Speak also to the sons of Israel, saying, Truly you shall keep My sabbaths. For it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies you. You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone that defiles it shall surely be put to death. For whoever does any work in it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done, but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Therefore the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant. It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever. For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.”
  • Isaiah 58:13-14 (MKJV): “If you turn your foot because of the Sabbath, from doing what you please on My holy days, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Jehovah, honorable; and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall delight yourself in Jehovah; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the inheritance of Jacob your father. For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.”
• How It Counters Restoration: By banning Sabbath rest, this canon replaces Yehovah’s eternal sign (Exodus 31:17 MKJV) with Sunday, severing believers from Torah roots. Restoration requires reclaiming the seventh-day Sabbath as a global covenant marker, not a “Judaizing” relic.

Canon 16: Restricting Sabbath Activities to Reading Only

• Canon Text: “The Gospels are to be read on the Sabbath [i.e., Saturday], with the other Scriptures.” (From Synod of Laodicea records).
• Purpose and Context: This allows limited Sabbath activity (reading Scriptures) but implies no full observance like rest or feasts, reinforcing Canon 29’s work mandate. It aimed to Christianize the day without fully honoring it as holy, distinguishing from Jewish practice.
• MKJV Equivalents It Counters: This undermines the full Sabbath command, reducing it to partial observance:
  • Exodus 20:8-11 (MKJV): As above, commanding complete rest and holiness, not just reading.
  • Nehemiah 8:1-3 (MKJV): “And all the people gathered themselves as one man into the street before the water gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And he read in it before the street in front of the water gate from daybreak until noon, in front of the men and the women, and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people listened to the Book of the Law.” (Reading is part of feasts like Trumpets, but not the sole activity; full rest is required.)
  • Isaiah 66:23 (MKJV): “And it will be, from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before Me, says Jehovah.” (Sabbath as worship day, not limited to reading.)
• How It Counters Restoration: It dilutes Sabbath to a mere liturgical day, ignoring rest as Yehovah’s sign. Restoration demands full obedience, including cessation of work to honour the Creator.

Canon 37: Banning Receipt of Jewish Feast Portions and Joint Feasting

• Canon Text: “It is not lawful to receive portions sent from the feasts of Jews or heretics, nor to feast together with them.” (From Synod of Laodicea records).
• Purpose and Context: This prohibits sharing in Jewish Holy Days (e.g., Passover matzah or Sukkot fruits) or feasting with Jews/heretics, severing ties to biblical festivals and labelling them heretical.
• MKJV Equivalents It Counters: This opposes Yehovah’s commanded feasts for all:
  • Leviticus 23:1-2 (MKJV): “And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, The feasts of Jehovah, which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, even these are My appointed feasts.”
  • Zechariah 14:16-19 (MKJV): “And it shall be, everyone who is left of all the nations which came up against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of Hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be, whoever will not come up from all the families of the earth to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of Hosts, even on them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt does not go up, nor come in, they shall have no rain, there shall be the plague with which Jehovah shall strike the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”
• How It Counters Restoration: By banning feast participation, it rejects Yehovah’s eternal appointments, replacing them with pagan-influenced holidays. Restoration reclaims these as signs of obedience.

Canon 38: Banning Receipt of Jewish Unleavened Bread and Participation in “Impiety”

• Canon Text: “It is not lawful to receive unleavened bread from the Jews, nor to be partakers of their impiety.” (From Synod of Laodicea records).
• Purpose and Context: Specifically targets Passover/Unleavened Bread, forbidding matzah from Jews and labeling it “impious,” furthering separation from Torah feasts.
• MKJV Equivalents It Counters: Directly defies the Feast of Unleavened Bread:
  • Leviticus 23:6-8 (MKJV): “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Jehovah. You must eat unleavened bread seven days. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no servile work in it. But you shall offer a fire offering for a burnt offering two young bulls, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year. They shall be to you without blemish.”
  • Exodus 12:15 (MKJV): “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.”
• How It Counters Restoration: It deems Yehovah’s commanded bread “impious,” promoting leavened Easter instead. Restoration revives unleavened observance as a covenant symbol.

Overall Significance and Tie to Restoration

These canons from Laodicea represent a pivotal “historical loss” in Christian practice, enforcing separation from Torah roots and imposing Roman customs. They counter Yehovah’s commands by labelling biblical obedience “Judaizing” or “heretical,” leading to the “falling away” (2 Thessalonians 2:3 MKJV). In the restoration context, end-time Elijah figures must reverse this by reclaiming the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11 MKJV), feasts (Leviticus 23 MKJV), and related practices, facing similar hatred as Yehshua did from leaders who “knew” but rejected the truth. These historical facts align with the purpose of this article: the true restoration counters such losses by restoring them to the Brethren’s practice to prepare for the Messiah.

The Mishnah

The Mishnah also records key proofs that must be restored: the barley search ceremony on the Sunday after the weekly Sabbath during Unleavened Bread, and interrogating two witnesses for the new moon to declare the Feast of Trumpets hallowed. This is the feast that no man knows the day or hour of.

The barley ceremony, detailed in Mishnah Menachot 10:3-4, involved reaping the Omer sheaf at sunset after the Sabbath, with messengers sent to interrogate and confirm the barley’s readiness, ensuring the wave offering aligned with:

Leviticus 23:11 (MKJV): “And he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah to be received for you. On the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.”

For the new moon, Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:5-8 describes the Sanhedrin interrogating two witnesses who sighted the crescent, examining details like shape and position; if valid, they declared it sanctified, beginning the month for Trumpets as per:

Numbers 10:10 (MKJV): “Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. And they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Jehovah your God.”

Enter the two witnesses of Revelation 11—prophetic figures embodying the spirits of Elijah (restoration and confrontation) and Moses (law-giving and plagues). These aren’t ethereal symbols; they’re real individuals who will prophesy in Jerusalem for 1,260 days, wielding miraculous power amid global turmoil.

Revelation 11:3-6 (MKJV) describes: “And I will give power to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. And if anyone will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone will hurt them, so it is right for him to be killed. These have authority to shut up the heaven, that it may not rain in the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.”

Like Elijah calling down fire (1 Kings 18:38 MKJV) and shutting the heavens from rain (1 Kings 17:1 MKJV), and Moses turning waters to blood and unleashing plagues (Exodus 7:20; 8-12 MKJV), these witnesses will confront a world in rebellion. Their ministry restores Yehovah’s truths—exposing false calendars, names, and neglected cycles—while judging the unrepentant. But this won’t win popularity contests. Just as Yehshua was hated by the religious elite of His day, these witnesses will face visceral opposition from those who “should know better.”

Parallels to Yehshua’s Hatred by the Pharisees and Sadducees

Yehshua’s ministry was marked by direct, unflinching rebukes that exposed the hypocrisy of the religious leaders—the Pharisees and Sadducees—who prided themselves on knowing the Scriptures but twisted them for power and tradition. In Matthew 23:13-15 (MKJV), Yehshua blasts them:

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men. For you neither go in, nor do you allow those entering to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and pray at length as a pretense. Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”

These leaders knew the Torah inside out—they tithed mint and cumin (Matthew 23:23 MKJV) yet neglected justice, mercy, and faith. They hated Yehshua because He challenged their authority, called out their legalistic additions (like hand-washing traditions over heart purity, Mark 7:1-13 MKJV), and performed miracles that validated His message over theirs. They plotted His death repeatedly (John 11:47-53 MKJV: “Then from that day they took counsel together that they might kill Him”), seeing Him as a threat to their status and the nation’s stability under Rome.

In the same vein, the two witnesses—Elijah and Moses types—will be hated for their crude, direct corrections. They’ll call out modern “Pharisees”: Christians Jews and Messianics ignoring Yehovah’s feasts (Leviticus 23 MKJV), Hillel calendar adherents postponing holy days for convenience (contrary to sighted moons in Numbers 10:10 MKJV), and those using alternative names or calendars that deviate from biblical signs (Genesis 1:14 MKJV). Like Yehshua flipping tables in the Temple (Matthew 21:12-13 MKJV), they’ll disrupt complacency, demanding restoration of the original commands. The religious who “should know” Scriptures will resent this exposure of their traditions as man-made, labelling the witnesses as heretics or troublemakers, just as the Sadducees dismissed Yehshua’s resurrection teachings (Matthew 22:23-33 MKJV).

Revelation 11:10 (MKJV) foretells global hatred:

“And the ones who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will make merry, and will send one another gifts, because these two prophets tormented those living on the earth.”

Their plagues and shutdowns will infuriate a world clinging to false peace, mirroring how Pharisees accused Yehshua of blasphemy for claiming authority:

John 10:33 MKJV: “The Jews answered Him, saying, We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, make Yourself God”.

The 2025 Context: Hatred of Qualifiers Before the Witnesses Arrive

As Sightedmoon.com’s Jubilee cycles indicate, 2026 marks the witnesses’ emergence—1,260 days of ministry amid Tribulation, leading to Satan bound on Atonement 2033:

Revelation 20:1-3 MKJV: “And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years should be fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed a little time”).

This makes 2025 a year of mounting tension, where those qualifying as Elijah/Moses types—restorers of the sighted moon, aviv barley, Yehovah’s name, and global sabbatical/jubilees—are already hated by groups who should recognize truth from Scriptures. The two witnesses will prophesy from fall 2026 to Passover 2030, amid the Great Falling Away, with the rapture at Shavuot 2033.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 MKJV: “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”

These qualifiers face backlash today from:

• Christians Ignoring Holy Days: Many dismiss feasts as “Jewish” or “old covenant” (despite Leviticus 23:2 MKJV: “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, Concerning the feasts of Jehovah, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed feasts”). They hate restorers for “legalism,” ignoring Zechariah 14:16-19 MKJV’s end-time mandate for all nations to keep Sukkot or face plagues.
• Hillel Calendar Followers: Rabbinic Jews and some Messianics cling to the fixed calendar (post-359 CE), postponing days for convenience (e.g., no Yom Kippur on Friday). They criticize sighted moon/aviv adherents as divisive, despite Psalm 104:19 MKJV: “He appointed the moon for seasons.”
• Other “Biblical” Calendar Users: Groups using conjunction moons or equinox starts (not in Torah) attack restorers for “unnecessary division,” ignoring Deuteronomy 4:2 MKJV: “You shall not add to the Word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it.”

This hatred echoes Pharisees’ resentment of Yehshua—leaders who memorized Torah but prioritized traditions (Matthew 15:3 MKJV: “But answering He said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”).

Profiles of Modern Qualifiers: Restorations and Current Hatred

Among documented restorers, several meet the qualifications, yet enduring hatred exists today for their teachings. They restore what was lost—often at personal cost, facing accusations of heresy, cultism, or false prophecy from those who “should know” Scriptures. All others learned from these pioneers or their influences. Nehemia Gordon taught most of the others.

1. Joseph Dumond (Sightedmoon.com):
   • Restorations: Restored Jubilee cycles in February 2005 through historical proofs (e.g., 2 Kings 19:29 MKJV aligned with Sennacherib’s stele); teaches sighted moons (Numbers 10:10 MKJV), aviv barley year start (Exodus 12:2 MKJV), name Yehovah (Zephaniah 3:9 MKJV), global sabbatical/jubilees (Leviticus 25:1-7 MKJV). Watches wheat first fruits for Shavuot, grapes around 9th Av, Yoreh rains (Joel 2:23 MKJV) after Sukkot.
   • When Restored: Jubilee cycles since February 2005; calendar and name integrated by about 2010, with independent barley searches starting in 2005 after learning from Nehemia Gordon in 2005.
   • Hatred: Criticized by Hillel users/Christians as “false teacher” for rejecting fixed dates; TorahTimes.org labels him heretical. Faces death threats for exposing complacency.
2. Nehemia Gordon:
   • Restorations: Restored the name Yehovah in the early 2000s via 1,000+ manuscripts; promotes sighted moons and aviv barley (Psalm 104:19 MKJV; Deuteronomy 16:1 MKJV); influences sabbatical awareness. He taught most others, including Dumond, Devorah Gordon, Rood, and Johnson.
   • When Restored: Name Yehovah since early 2000s (books like The Hebrew Yeshua vs. the Greek Jesus in 2005); calendar since 1988, with organized barley searches starting in March 1988.
   • Hatred: Attacked by Jews as “Christian-leaning heretic”; forums label him “deceiver” for calendar challenges.
3. Devorah Gordon (Devorah’s Date Tree):
   • Restorations: Leads aviv barley inspections and moon sightings (Exodus 12:2 MKJV; Numbers 10:10 MKJV) for global use; supports Yehovah.
   • When Restored: Barley/moon reports since 2016, inheriting and expanding from Nehemia Gordon’s work in March.
   • Hatred: Derided by Hillel groups as “divisive”; critics call reports “unreliable heresy.”
4. Keith Johnson (BFA International):
   • Restorations: Restored name Yehovah for Christians (co-authored A Prayer to Our Father with Gordon); teaches sighted moons/aviv barley, jubilee themes.
   • When Restored: Name Yehovah since December 2009, in collaboration with Gordon (book published that month); calendar since 2010s tours, starting in January 2010.
   • Hatred: Labelled “cultist” by Christians for leaving denominations; accused of “legalism” by Hillel followers.
5. Michael Rood:
   • Restorations: Restored biblical calendar with sighted moons/aviv barley (Genesis 1:14 MKJV); Yehovah name; sabbatical concepts.
   • When Restored: Calendar since 1996, after learning from Nehemia Gordon; name integrated by the late 1990s, starting in June 1997.
   • Hatred: Called “heretic” by Christians for feasts; Hillel users dismissed as “extremist.” (Note: Michael Rood survived a stroke in 2020 and continues his ministry, with Scott Laird (noted as a key collaborator and ministry friend) taking on a prominent role in operations and teachings, such as filling in during recovery periods.)

Why So Few Followers and Supporters Despite Qualifications?

If these qualifiers (Dumond, Gordon, Johnson, Rood) are potential Elijah figures in these last days based on their merits—restoring Yehovah’s truths amid opposition—why aren’t more people following and supporting them? Just like in the Jewish marriage ceremony, where two groomsmen (shoshbinim) run ahead announcing the groom’s arrival and urging the bride to prepare, these restorers herald the Messiah’s return. Yet, why are so few getting ready and helping spread the message?

Biblically, true prophets are often rejected by the majority, even those who know the Scriptures. Elijah was hunted by Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 19:1-3 MKJV), with only 7,000 faithful remnants:

1 Kings 19:18 MKJV: “Yet I have left seven thousand in Israel for Me, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal…”.

Yehshua warned the way is narrow:

“Enter in at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it. Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14 MKJV).

Few follow because spiritual blindness prevails:

2 Corinthians 4:4 MKJV: “in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them”

And people love traditions over truth:

Mark 7:13 MKJV: “making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have delivered. And you do many such things”

In the marriage analogy, the bride (believers), often ignores the groomsmen’s call due to distraction or unbelief, like the foolish virgins without oil Matthew 25:1-13 MKJV. 

Revelation 19:7-8 MKJV: “Let us be glad and rejoice and we will give glory to Him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself”

Today, few prepare because of hatred from “knowers”—Christians see restoration as “legalism” (Galatians 3:3 MKJV folly), Hillel followers as “heresy,” and alternative calendar users as “division.”

Support lags as prophecy fulfills: “All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” (2 Timothy 3:12 MKJV). The remnant grows quietly, but mass following awaits witnesses’ signs.

Questions Readers Can Ask Any AI to Determine Restorers

To identify those restoring “all things” (Matthew 17:11 MKJV), ask these specific questions of any AI. They filter based on biblical criteria—sighted moon, aviv barley, Yehovah, sabbatical/jubilees. Responses should cite verifiable teachings/timelines.

1. Who teaches the biblical calendar as shown in the Mishnah, using sighted crescent moons to begin months, with scriptural basis like Numbers 10:10 MKJV?
2. Who determines the sacred year, as shown in the Mishnah, which starts with the aviv barley from Israel and cites Exodus 12:2 MKJV? When did they begin this restoration?
3. Who promotes calling upon the name Yehovah based on proper Hebrew theophoric names (e.g., Yehoshua in Joshua 1:1 MKJV), and when did they restore this?
4. Who teaches and applies sabbatical and jubilee years globally, with proofs like 2 Kings 19:29 MKJV aligned to all other Sabbatical and Jubilee historical records, and when did they restore these cycles?
5. List individuals restoring all four: sighted moons, aviv barley, Yehovah, sabbatical/jubilees. When did each begin, and are there others who learned from them?

These questions reveal qualifiers by demanding evidence-based answers, exposing those hated for truth amid these last days’ deceptions.

Conclusion: Discernment in the Last Days

The two witnesses, as Elijah/Moses types, will restore Yehovah’s truths amid hatred, proven by Sightedmoon’s cycles signalling the end. Like Yehshua facing religious elite who knew but rejected Torah’s heart.

Matthew 23:27 MKJV: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness”

They’ll be despised by today’s scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites. Those who qualify as potential witnesses or Elijah-like types, such as Dumond, Gordon, Johnson and Rood, face this now, as they are preparing the remnant. Watch for signs (Revelation 11:6 MKJV plagues), for those hated for truth may in fact being herald the Kingdom. Obey or face Deuteronomy 18:19’s requirement:

“And it shall be, whoever will not listen to My Words which He shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.”