IT'S BEEN A MONTH

 GOD WOKE ME UP AND ALL IS GOOD!! GOD IS GREAT!! 

WELL IT'S BEEN A MONTH TODAY THAT ZOEY LEFT US.  WERE MISSING HER, BUT IT'S OK. WE CHERISH THE MEMORIES SHE GAVE US AND THE SMILES THAT SHE GAVE US.  

WELL THE LAST TWO NIGHTS WE'VE HAD SEVERAL STORMS ROLLING ACROSS THE STATE.  BUT WE NEED THE RAIN AS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE THE HURRICANES LAST YEAR.  EVERYTHING WAS LOOKING SO DEAD AND DISMAL.  THE GRASS WASN'T GROWING AND THE FIELD ACROSS FROM US WAS BROWN.  NOW YOU CAN SEE SOME GREEN.  I LOVE THE SPRING TIME AS IT'S A TIME OF REBIRTH AND EVERYTHING IS COLORFUL AND BRIGHT.  THE FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING AND THE TREE FROGS ARE CROOKING.  WE HAVE LOTS OF TREE FROGS IN OUR YARD!! 

ANYWAY HERE IS THE LORDS PRAYER , HE SPECIFICALLY TELLS YOU HOW TO PRAY..IN PRIVATE. GOD KNOWS ALL , HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED NOT WHAT WE WANT. 

The Lord's Prayer

Mat 6:5  And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 

Mat 6:6  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 

Mat 6:7  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 

Mat 6:8  Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 

Mat 6:9  After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 

Mat 6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 

Mat 6:11  Give us this day our daily bread. 

Mat 6:12  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

Mat 6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Mat 6:14  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 

Mat 6:15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 

BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR.

 The Passover

Lev 23:4  These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 

Lev 23:5  In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover. 

Lev 23:6  And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 

Lev 23:7  In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 

Lev 23:8  But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 

SO I CHECKED TODAY TO FIND OUT WHEN THE NEW MOON WAS AND IT'S ON THE 20TH, THEN I READ LATER ON THIS PASSAGE AT WORK AND REALIZED THAT IT STARTS TODAY ON THE 15TH OF THE MONTH.  SO WE AREN'T TO EAT ANY BREAD FOR A WEEK. ANYTHING WITH YEAST IN IT.  LEAVEN ..SO I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO WORK TODAY, BUT I HAD TO AS SOMEONE CALLED OUT AND THEY NEEDED ME TO GO IN.  I'M LOYAL LIKE THAT, AND RIGHT NOW WE NEED THE MONEY TO PAY BILLS AND TO STAY AHEAD OF THIS CHAOS OF INFLATION GOING ON.  

SO THIS IS A NEW YEAR IN BIBLE TIMES THAT WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING.  SO IT'S HARD TO GET USED TO, AND IT'S HARD TO BREAK FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT ALL OF OUR LIVES WITH THE CALENDAR OF MAN.  SO WERE DOING THE PASSOVER FEAST NEXT SATURDAY PROBABLY. AND HAVING LAMB FOR THE MEAL.  

Exo 12:2  This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 

IT'S ALSO COVERED IN EXODUS 12 ABOUT THE PASSOVER :  

Exo 12:12  For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 

Exo 12:13  And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 

Exo 12:14  And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 

SO I HOPE THIS HELPS AND THERE'S ALOT TO LEARN  BUT GOD IS PATIENT AND KNOWS WERE TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY HIM.  SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING WEEK NOT EATING ANY BREAD.. WISH ME LUCK.. 

GOD IS GREAT GOD IS REAL

 SHABBAT SHALOM.

GOD IS GREAT!! 

 I HAVEN'T POSTED LATELY AS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO POST ABOUT AND TRYING TO UPDATE SOME PAGES. 

THIS COUNTRY IS A MESS WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.  WE HAVE A FAKE PRESIDENT, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR MINDS AND SOULS. 

 JUST READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT A MAN THAT SHOT TWO PEOPLE IN A MCDONALDS DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG. THEY SURVIVED, AND HE'S IN JAIL. BUT WHAT THE HECK.. WHY WAS HE IN SUCH A HURRY?? 

THIS NATION IS ALL ABOUT " ME, ME, ME" OR "I WANT IT NOW" 

PEOPLE ARE BEING PROGRAMED THROUGH THE TV AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO HATE OTHER PEOPLE OR ETHNICITIES., PEOPLE ARE BEING DIVIDED TO BRING CHAOS INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 

 THIS HAS TO STOP.  WE HAVE TO TURN TO GOD AND KNOW THAT HE IS REAL!!! 

Rom 8:4  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

Rom 8:5  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 

Rom 8:6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

Rom 8:7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

Rom 8:8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT GOD IS REAL AND JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE HIM, DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE DOESN'T EXIST.  MANY PEOPLE HAVE WITNESSED GODS AWESOMENESS.  

YESTERDAY WE HAD A 9YR OLD BOY THAT WENT MISSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD POLICE, SHERRIFFS EVERYWHERE SEARCHING FOR HIM.  BECAUSE OF EVERYONE PRAYING AND PULLING TOGETHER, HE WAS FOUND.   

PRAYER WORKS.  PRAYER IS POWERFUL. GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS.  BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DO THE FOOTWORK TO MAKE SOME PRAYERS WORK.  GOD GUIDES US AND SHOWS US WHAT HE WANTS US TO SEE.  I HAVE WITNESSED THIS MANY TIMES.  

 THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO ACQUIRE AND READ A BIBLE TODAY, THERE'S NO EXCUSE NOT TO. THERE'S APPS FOR THE COMPUTER, PHONE, AND OLD FASHIONED GOOD OLD BOOKS THAT YOU CAN BUY.  WE AS A NATION NEED TO REPENT AND SEEK GOD AND TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT GOD.  

e-Sword: Free Bible Study for the PC

PSALM 100

IF PEOPLE WOULD TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES A DAY AND OPEN THEIR BIBLES AND READ JUST THIS PSALM , THEY WOULD GET TO KNOW GOD... 

GOD LOVES US ALL AND WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIM AND LOVE HIM.. 

 His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

Psa 100:1  A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 

Psa 100:2  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 

Psa 100:3  Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

Psa 100:4  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 

Psa 100:5  For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. 

HAVING BELIEF AND FAITH IS NOT ENOUGH

 I HAVE TO SAY THAT HAVING FAITH AND BELIEF IS NOT ENOUGH.  

THAT IS WHY THIS NATION IS IN THE SHAPE ITS IN..

 THAT'S WHY OUR CHILDREN ARE KILLING, AND CHANGING THEIR GENDER. 

THAT'S WHY OUR PARENTS AREN'T A ROLE MODEL FOR THEIR CHILDREN

. THAT'S WHY OUR GOVERNMENT IS THE WAY IT IS.

BECAUSE THEY AREN'T READING GODS WORD AND LEARNING HOW WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AS A PEOPLE.

I BET THAT 90% OF PEOPLE COULDN'T SAY WHAT THE 10 COMMANDSMENTS ARE. 

THE NEWS, OUR GOVERNMENTS, DON'T RULE OUR LIVES.  

THE TV DOESN'T RULE OUR LIVES

WERE LETTING THEM.

WE'VE BECOME LAZY AND DISOBEIDENT.

The Ten Commandments

Exo 20:1  And God spake all these words, saying, 

Exo 20:2  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

Exo 20:3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Exo 20:4  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 

Exo 20:5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 

Exo 20:6  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 

Exo 20:7  Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 

Exo 20:8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 

Exo 20:9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 

Exo 20:10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 

Exo 20:11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

Exo 20:12  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 

Exo 20:13  Thou shalt not kill. 

Exo 20:14  Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Exo 20:15  Thou shalt not steal. 

Exo 20:16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 

Exo 20:17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 

Exo 20:18  And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 

Exo 20:19  And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 

Exo 20:20  And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 

GOD IS REAL. MUSIC KEEPS ME GOING.

GOOD MORNING.. GOD WOKE ME UP AND GOT ME GOING THIS MORNING.  THERE'S STILL ALOT THAT I NEED TO DO.  AND I'M FINDING IT HARD TO MANAGE MY TIME.  I'M GOING TO BED LATE AND GETTING UP LATER THAN I WANT TO.  BUT I NEED MY SLEEP.  BUT I THANK GOD EVERYDAY.. 

 I LISTEN TO MUSIC TO KEEP ME GOING AND THE MAIN ONE I LISTEN TO IS DAVID CROWDER BECAUSE HIS MUSIC IS SO DIFFERNT FROM ANYONE ELSE.  

HE REMINDS ME IN ALL HIS SONGS THAT GOD LOVES US AND HE'S REAL AND WANTS US TO LOVE HIM. HE'S FORGIVING AND RELENTLESS AND ALL KNOWING.  I LISTEN TO MUSIC , CHRISTIAN MUSIC BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER STUFF IS GARBAGE AND DOESN'T REFLECT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.  

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO LOVING GOD AND WORSHIPPING HIM.

 HE MADE US.  

HE GAVE US LIFE.

HE GAVE US HIS LIFE FOR OURS, 

HE DIED FOR OUR SINS. 

 HIS PROPHETS HAVE WARNED US THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THIS ALL WOULD HAPPEN.  

WHY DON'T PEOPLE SEE THIS.. ??????

ANYWAY I HOPE SOMEONE DOWNLOADS A BIBLE APP ON THEIR PHONE TODAY AND STARTS READING GODS WORD.. 

PROVERBS HAS 31 CHAPTERS IN IT. IF YOU JUST READ ONE CHAPTER FOR EACH DAY OF THE MONTH, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT START..

Pro 11:4  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. 

Pro 11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 

FEASTS AND THE SABBATH.

EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T LIVE IN THE TIMES THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN, THERE ARE STILL WAYS TO FOLLOW GODS LAWS AND COMMANDMENTS IN TODAYS TIMES. 

 I BELIVE AS LONG AS YOU MAKE AN EARNEST ATTEMPT TO DO THE FEASTS AND THE SABBATHS THAT GOD WILL SEE THIS, AS HE SEES ALL WE DO.  

THERE ARE WAYS TO LIVE BY GODS WORDS.

 NOT WORKING ON THE FEAST DAYS

MAKING A MEAL OF LAMB FOR PASSOVER, 

NOT EATING LEAVENED BREAD FOR A WEEK  (WHICH IS HARD AT FIRST, WHEN YOUR JUST LEARNING THESE WAYS, BUT IT CAN BE DONE IF YOU TRULU LOVE AND WORSHIP GOD. )

THEY ARE SIMPLE EASY STEPS TO TAKE, WE JUST HAVE TO BE WILLING TO STEP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE, OF OUR PRESENT TRADITIONS THAT ARE WRONG AND BE WILLING TO DO IT.  

WE SIT DOWN TO A MEAL AND READ PASSAGES ABOUT THE PASSOVER AND REMEMBER OUR PEOPLE THAT GOD TOOK OUT OF EGYPT TO SAVE US AND HIS SON HE SENT TO DOWN TO EARTH TO DIE FOR OUR SINS AND HIS RESURRECTION.  

 

 Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals

Exo 23:10  And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 

Exo 23:11  But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 

Exo 23:12  Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 

Exo 23:13  And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 

Exo 23:14  Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 

Exo 23:15  Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) 

Exo 23:16  And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 

Exo 23:17  Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. 

Exo 23:18  Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 

Exo 23:19  The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 

PROVERBS 8

GOD IS IN CONTROL.

WELL I'VE BEEN REMINDED OF MY PAST DUE TO A FRIEND THAT IS AN ALCOHOLIC AND ISN'T DOING WELL. SHE'S DRINKING HERSELF TO DEATH AND NOTHING I OR ANYONE CAN DO TO STOP HER.  IT HURTS AND BRINGS BACK BAD , MEMORIES.  FEELING HELPLESS AND SCARED OF NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING... BUT WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING... CAN WE.  ???? LISTENING TO MUSIC IS A BIG PART OF STOPPING THE DEPRESSION AND SADNESS.  THAT ENVELOPS ME IN TIMES LIKE THIS .  I HAVE TO KEEP SPREADING GODS WORD AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE'S REAL.. EVEN IF NO ONE LISTENS.. 

I HAVE TO TRUST THAT HE'S PUT ME WHERE I AM TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS ME TO BE.  

 The Blessings of Wisdom

Pro 8:1  Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 

Pro 8:2  She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 

Pro 8:3  She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 

Pro 8:4  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 

Pro 8:5  O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 

Pro 8:6  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 

Pro 8:7  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 

Pro 8:8  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. 

Pro 8:9  They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. 

Pro 8:10  Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 

Pro 8:11  For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 

Pro 8:12  I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 

Pro 8:13  The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 

Pro 8:14  Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. 

Pro 8:15  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 

Pro 8:16  By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 

Pro 8:17  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 

Pro 8:18  Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. 

Pro 8:19  My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. 

Pro 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: 

Pro 8:21  That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. 

Pro 8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 

Pro 8:23  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 

Pro 8:24  When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 

Pro 8:25  Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 

Pro 8:26  While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 

Pro 8:27  When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: 

Pro 8:28  When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 

Pro 8:29  When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 

Pro 8:30  Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; 

Pro 8:31  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 

Pro 8:32  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 

Pro 8:33  Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 

Pro 8:34  Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 

Pro 8:35  For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. 

Pro 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. 

DEVORAHS' POST ABOUT PASSOVER

 SO I COPIED THIS FROM A POST FROM DEVORAHS PAGE ON FACEBOOK TO SHOW YOU HOW AND WHEN WERE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER. 

SO IT'S ALOT TO TAKE IN AND LEARN BUT IT CAN BE DONE.  

• Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. ( Exodus 12:15)
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WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY LEAVEN (YEAST) OF ANY KIND IN OUR HOUSE EITHER.  

Dear Friends,

Some of you asked whether I could explain when the pessach (passover sacrifice) would have been brought, and why some began Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) on April 5, 2023.

Let me just preface this by reminding you that I’m personally planning on beginning the year with the upcoming New Moon on April 20 or 21, 2023 (https://mailchi.mp/e79.../why-im-beginning-the-year-in-april), and that it may be best to simply ask someone who you know began Chag HaMaztot on April 5, why they chose to do so. However, if you asked me because that’s not possible to do for whatever reason, I can try and share with you what I think is going on.

Let’s begin with the fact that the pessach (passover sacrifice) was brought at the END of the 14th day of the first month, which is also the beginning of Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread. (Ex 12:3,6,18; Lev 23:5-6; Nu 3:3; Joshua 5:10).

Now we need to figure out when is the END of the 14th day of this month. Well, we looked for the New Moon on March 22 (the end of the 29th day of the month), but we didn’t see it, making March 23 at sunset, the beginning of new month by default (there also happened to be two witnesses). Now we count the days from the beginning of the month, to figure out when is the END of the 14th day of the month.

Day 1   - sunset Mar 23 - sunset Mar 24

Day 2   - sunset Mar 24 - sunset Mar 25

Day 3   - sunset Mar 25 - sunset Mar 26

Day 4   - sunset Mar 26 - sunset Mar 27

Day 5   - sunset Mar 27 - sunset Mar 28

Day 6   - sunset Mar 28 - sunset Mar 29

Day 7   - sunset Mar 29 - sunset Mar 30

Day 8   - sunset Mar 30 - sunset Mar 31

Day 9   - sunset Mar 31 - sunset Apr 1

Day 10 - sunset Apr 1   - sunset Apr 2

Day 11 - sunset Apr 2   - sunset Apr 3

Day 12 - sunset Apr 3   - sunset Apr 4

Day 13 - sunset Apr 4   - sunset Apr 5

Day 14 - sunset Apr 5   - sunset Apr 6

So the END of the 14th day, is April 6 at sunset. So why did some begin Chag HaMatzot on April 5 at sunset?!?

First, it’s important to understand that most people who observe Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread), follow the Rabbinic Calendar, and the Rabbinites began Chag HaMatzot on April 5th at sunset. Then there are those who say they follow the Biblical Calendar, but don’t begin the month based on the sighting of the New Moon from Israel. Some of those arguments include the following:

1. “The New Moon would have been visible on March 22, were it not for overcast.”

The truth is that we can’t be certain the New Moon would have been visible were it not for the overcast,  as the moon only had an illumination of 1.00%, and a lag time of 55 minutes. Furthermore, I don’t think we are supposed to speculate about such matters. The fact is that the New Moon wasn’t sighted, and I don’t think we should assume that atmospheric obstructions, such as overcast, aka “Acts of God”, are a mistake. Rather I believe we are supposed to look for the New Moon, and trust that if we are meant to see it, it will be revealed. That’s what I believe the ancient Israelites would have done. 

2. “We should begin the month based on the local New Moon.”

My understanding of this argument is that when we travelled through the desert (prior to entering the Land of Israel), we presumably began the months based on the local New Moon, so why can’t we continue doing so today. My response to that is that once we entered the Land, we were instructed to follow the commandments in the Land (Dt 6:1), which would include the setting of the Biblical Calendar. If you try to set the Biblical Calendar based on signs (Gen 1:14) outside of Israel, you may begin the year in the wrong month, and the month on the wrong day.

3. “The month begins with conjunction.”

Then there are those who suggest the month doesn’t begin with sighting of the new moon (Gen 1:14), but rather with conjunction, when the moon can’t be seen for between 1-3 days. More specifically, the moment of conjunction, which I guess they think the ancient Israelites knew how to calculate. Today, we can just Google it and see that conjunction in Jerusalem was on March 21 at 7:23pm, and so they have declared the month to have started at sunset on March 21, 2023, and I presume began Chag HaMatzot on April 4 at sunset.

If you have a question regarding the Biblical Calendar, feel free to send it to us and we’ll do our best to try and answer it in a future newsletter. All of our answers are based on relevant Biblical verses, what we’ve seen in the Land over the years, and much study and prayer.

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UPDATE LAST NIGHT

 WELL IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS AND 4 DAYS SINCE ZOEY WENT OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

LAST NIGHT WHEN I GOT HOME I GOT THE MAIL AND THERE WAS A BILL FOR IN THE MAIL FOR THE BILL OF THE SERVICES FOR THE VET.  I INSTANTLY GOT MAD AND UPSET BECAUSE I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW RUDE THEY WERE TO SEND US A BILL WHEN IT'S BEEN ONLY TWO WEEKS NOT EVEN A MONTH.  MY HUSBAND THOUGHT OTHERWISE AND STATED THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE SERVICES PAID AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  RIGHT , AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SAVINGS AND AREN'T ABLE TO AS HE ISN'T ABLE TO WORK A JOB AND HASN'T FOR YEARS BECAUSE OF HIS PAIN LEVEL. IT'S OK. I WANTED HIM TO STAY HOME WITH OUR BABIES YEARS AGO. AND I TOLD HIM THAT.  AND HE HAS.  HE SCRAPS METAL AT HOME AND MAKES MONEY ON THE SIDE WHEN HE CAN.  DOING JOBS FOR PEOPLE AND HELPING PEOPLE OUT.  

ANYWAY WE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT AND WE WERE BOTH MAD AND UPSET.  AND IT TOOK ME TALKING TO MY FRIEND TO SEE THAT IT WAS A COMPUTER GENERATED BILL, FOR THE END OF THE MONTH WHICH THEY SEND OUT TO EVERYONE THAT OWES THEM. NO HARM INTENDED.  I APOLOGIZED TO MY HUSBAND AND HE DID ALSO.  WE MISS HER TERRIBLY AND WERE TAKING IT DAY BY DAY.  SHE WAS SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES, AND THEY ALL ARE. THEY ARE OUR CHILDREN.  WE CARE FOR THEM DEEPLY AND WOULD FEED THEM FIRST IF WE HAD TO IN CIRCUMSTANCES.  JUST LIKE CHILDREN , THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE.  

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE PROBLEM, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM DIFFERNT ANGLES AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO ASK FOR HELP TO SEE IT.

  LIKE GOD HAS CHOOSEN TO SHIELD PEOPLES SIGHT FROM SEEING HIM AND WHAT HE IS.  JUST LIKE THE QUOTE IN THE PICTURE., IT'S NOT THE WHOLE QUOTE AND THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST THAT.. 

The Light of the Gospel

2Co 4:1  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 

2Co 4:2  But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 

2Co 4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 

2Co 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 

2Co 4:5  For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 

2Co 4:6  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

THIS IS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT AND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT GOD STATES. NOT TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY FROM HIS WORD.  MEANING DONT' CHANGE IT OR USE IT TO DECIEVE PEOPLE .   

Deu 4:2  Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 

THERES SO MUCH AND SO MANY WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.  YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON UNTIL YOUR TOLD OR SHOWN.  WE CAN'T BE GETTING ANGRY AND THROWING TANTRUMS BECAUSE OF OTHER PEOPLES ACTIONS.  WE HAVE TO STOP WITH THE FEELINGS ASPECT AND GET BACK TO LOOKING AT THE FACTS OF WHATS GOING ON TO ANALYZE IT AND SEE. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO THINK ANYMORE, THEY AREN'T TAUGHT TO.  THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT BY TV, SOCIAL MEDIA, GAMES, AND SUCH TO JUST REACT.  WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS TEACHINGS AS THEY ARE JUST AND LOVING TO ALL OF US.  I PRAY THIS HELPS SOMEONE SEE THE LIGHT OF GOD AND JESUS.