With respect to the Feasts of Israel, the only real incidents during a year of any real consequence, which occur during Full Moons, the Jewish calendar has a 15 day error, starting with Passover (the Lord’s Last Supper) in March.
Timing Feasts of Israel, Lev 23 (Full Moons)
178 days between 1st full moon in March (Passover, Last Supper) and Feast of Trumpets (24 September)
N.b., the Jewish calendar would predict Feast of Trumpets to be on September 9th.
Zola Levitt, a Messianic Jew, now deceased, discovered an amazing correlation between Jewish Holy Days and the gestation periods of a human baby, from conception to birth. Zola, upon contacting a gynecologist for some help in understanding gestation, was informed: “On the fourteenth day of the first month, the egg appears.” The statement struck a chord in his Jewish mind because that was the date of Passover.
The gynecologist continued: “The egg must be fertilized within 24 hours, or it will pass on.” This reminded Zola of the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the seed or grain that “fell into the ground and died” in order to produce a harvest, the firstfruits of which was presented to God.
Next, the gynecologist said, “Within two to six days, the fertilized egg attaches itself to the wall of the womb and begins to grow.” And, sure enough, the Jewish evangelist thought, “The Feast of Firstfruits is observed anywhere from two to six days after Passover!”
Next, he was shown a photo of an embryo showing arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, a head, eyes, etc. The caption said, “Fifty days.” The gynecologist continued, “Around the fiftieth day, the embryo takes on the form of a human being. Until then, we don’t know if we have a duck or a tadpole.” Zola thought, “That’s Pentecost!”
The next picture showed the embryo at seven months. The gynecologist said, “On the first day of the seventh month, the baby’s hearing is developed. For the first time, it can hear and distinguish sounds outside the womb.” Zola knew that was the date for the Jewish Festival of Trumpets.
The gynecologist continued, “On the tenth day of the seventh month, the hemoglobin of the blood changes from that of the mother, to a self-sustaining baby.” Zola thought, “That’s the Day of Atonement, when the blood was taken into the Holy of holies!”
Next, the gynecologist said, “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the lungs become fully developed. If born before then, the baby would have a hard time breathing.” And Zola thought, “That’s the festival of Tabernacles, a time of celebrating the Temple, home of the Shekinah glory or Spirit of God.”
Birth takes place on the tenth day of the ninth month. Eight days after birth, in Jewish families, a son is circumcised. Zola noted that the eight days of Hanukkah are celebrated right on schedule, nine months and ten days after Passover.
No human being could have understood the gestation period 3,500 years ago. The establishment of the Jewish Holy Days, the Feasts of Israel, was given to Moses by Jehovah, Himself. Zola thought: Its correlation with the human gestation period is not only remarkable; it proves Intelligent Design. It proves the existence of an intelligence beyond this world. It proves that there is a Creator God that guides the affairs of man.
On the Fifth Feast, that of Trumpets, coming soon, viz., the 1st of Tishri corresponds to the 9th of September on the Gregorian Calendar, which is the de facto international standard, and is used almost everywhere in the world for civil purposes, including in China, India, etc., and corresponds to western Christianity, with traditional era notations “AD” and “BC” (“Anno Domini” and “Before Christ”), or of late with “CE” and “BCE” (“Common Era” and “Before Common Era”).
The Messiah’s Second Coming, taking place in the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, the month of Tishri, on the first of the month, will be fulfilled on the day proclaimed in the great plan for man, the plan of salvation, as presented 2300 years ago in the book of Leviticus, in chapter 23. This fifth Feast, of which there are seven in all, is referred to as the Feast of Trumpets by Messianic Jews and Christians, and as Rosh HaShana, or Jewish New Year, which of course is the traditional New Year for Jews, but it is not the Biblical New Year, since this holiday begins the seventh month, not the first, Pesach, in which Passover (the Lord’s Last Supper took place, and which paces or gives discrete times for all events in the year.
On the first day of the seventh month Jews are told to rest and blow the shofar, a special trumpet made from a ram’s horn, which was blown in ancient Israel for various reasons, now anticipated by Messianic Jews and Christians announcing the soon return of King Messiah, our Lord and Christ, to planet Earth. Throughout the New Testament The Lord’s return is promised to be accompanied by the blowing of the shofar (see 1 Cor. 15:51-52 and 1 Thes. 4:16). In the book of Revelation, with the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Christ returns to Earth.
Paul, in his letter to the church of the Thessalonians, states: states: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first …” ref: 1 Th 4:16
You will note it is without any commercialization. Please restrain comments to faith-based issues. Thank you.
A tiny, so-called house spider, runs when approached by an intruder to its world. So does virtually every living thing. It is a characteristic that is shared by all animate creations. It is the thread that binds; binds us all; that fear of facing the end of one’s existence.
Terrorists and other predator-like beings are an anomaly to the ‘order of things.’
When you gather up the tiny spider and place it out of harms’ way you are servig all mankind in some sense. You have put down fear and its sometimes unintended consequences.
The driver that antagonizes another is like the predator that knows no fear; that shares not in the thread that binds. As does the bully in the school yard or the suicidal bomber. They too share a common thread but it is not part of God’s plan.
So to partake in the latter is errant behavior and to be part of the former is what all Christians strive for; that is what ‘brotherly love’ is all about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3WDhd4oAyY
The link to the music I have placed here is in memorial to all those “creatures great and small” (compliments of James Herriot), who have had their lives cut short by great tragedies.
Aim of Life
As a Christian we should have a well-formed idea of the purpose of life. Philosophers (or writers on philosophy),
use terminology of the marksman, e.g., aim of life, in describing the mental state of a seeker of truth; aim of life being
the ataraxia, or freedom from disturbance. The way to this state of mind is the final realization that certainty is imposible;
that no argument is incontrovertible; and these arrived at through the suspension of one’s judgment.
Some of the Stoics of the early Roman empire, I contend, were pagans who had been affected by the Christian message. Although
non-believers they nontheless attempted to withdraw from the cares and turmoil of everyday life: the practice of hero worship, worship
of individuals of power, and concerns (to the extent possible) of the pagan attributes associated with territorial expansion, subjugation of
the populace, vice, and licentious behavior of the ruling class.
PHI 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things
[are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things
[are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things
[are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be]
any praise, think on these things.
14th of Nissan (March 29th) plus 50 days = May 19th = Pentecost [ if in today's modern 12 months/year calendar]. Really, I reckon, it could be May 24th (full moon). Do you know?
The dates are irrelevant to New Testament Christians, Jews and Gentiles both) but it helps me keep ‘tuned’ to His Word.
Jesus died for His church,
the bride of Christ
. (Ephesians 5:25-33) but men through the addition of man-made doctrines and creeds (Matthew 15:9) have created the divided religious world of our day.
However, you should know that it is still possible today to be a member of the church that Jesus built.
By doing what people did almost 2000 years ago. — (Acts 2:36-47).
Without being in any denomination. — (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13).
You should know that, in Bible times, the church is called – -
The temple of God. — (1 Corinthians 3:16)
The bride of Christ. — (Ephesians 5:22-32)
The body of Christ. — (Colossians 1:18,24; Ephesians 1:22-23)
The kingdom of God’s son. — ((Colossians 1:13)
The house of God. — (1 Timothy 3:15)
The church of God. — (1 Corinthians 1:2)
The church of the first-born. — (Hebrews 12:23)
The church of the Lord. — (Acts 20:28)
The churches of Christ. — (Romans 16:16)
You should know that the church is –
Built by Jesus Christ. — (Matthew 16:13-18)
Purchased by the blood of Christ. — (Acts 20:28)
Built on Jesus Christ as the only foundation. — (1 Corinthians 3:11)
Not built on Peter, Paul, or any other man. — (1 Corinthians 1:12-13)
Composed of the saved, who are added to it by the Lord, who saves them. — (Acts 2:47)
You should know that members of the church are called –
Members of Christ. — (1 Corinthians 12:27, 1 Corinthians 6:15, Romans 12:4-5)
Disciples of Christ. — (Acts 6:1,7; Acts 11:26)
Believers. — (Acts 5:14; 2 Corinthians 6:15)
Saints. — (Acts 9:13; Romans 1:7; Philippians 1:1)
Priests. — (1 Peter 2:5,9; Revelation 1:6)
Children of God. — (Galatians 3:26-27; 1 John 3:1-2)
Christians. — (Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16)
You should know that the local church has –
Elders (also called bishops and pastors) who oversee and tend the flock. — (1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4)
Deacons, who serve the church. — (1 Timothy 3:8-13; Philippians 1:1)
Evangelists (preachers, ministers) who teach and proclaim the word of God. –(Ephesians 4:11; 1 Timothy 4:13-16; 2 Timothy 4:1-5)
Members, who love the Lord and each other. — (Philippians 2:1-5)
Autonomy, and is bound to other local churches only by the common faith shared. –(Jude 3; Galatians 5:1)
You should know that the Lord Jesus Christ –
Loved the church. — (Ephesians 5:25)
Shed his blood for the church. — (Acts 20:28)
Established the church. — (Matthew 16:18)
Added saved people to the church. — (Acts 2:47)
Is the head of the church. — (Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 5:23)
Will save the church. — (Acts 2:47; Ephesians 5:23)
You should know that man did not –
Purpose the church. — (Ephesians 3:10-11)
Purchase the church. — (Acts 20:28; Ephesians 5:25)
Name its members. — (Isaiah 56:5; Isaiah 62:2; Acts 11:26; 1 Peter 4:16)
Add people to the church. — (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 12:18)
Give the church its doctrine. — (Galatians 1:8-11; 2 John 9-11)
You should know that, to enter the church, you must –
Believe in Jesus Christ. — (Hebrews 11:6; John 8:24; Acts 16:31)
Repent of your sins. — (Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 17:30)
Confess faith in Jesus. — (Matthew 10:32; Acts 8:37; Romans 10:9-10)
Be baptized. — (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:48; Acts 22:16)
You should know that baptism requires –
Much water. — (John 3:23; Acts 10:47)
Going down into the water. — (Acts 8:36-38)
A burial in water. — (Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12)
A resurrection. — (Acts 8:39; Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12)
A birth. — (John 3:3-5; Romans 6:3-6)
A washing. — (Acts 22:16 Hebrews 10:22)
You should know that by baptism –
You are saved from sins. — (Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21)
You have remission of sins. — (Acts 2:38)
Sins are washed away by the blood of Christ. — (Acts 22:16; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 10:22; 1 Peter 3:21)
You enter into the church. — (1 Corinthians 12:13; Acts 2:41,47)
You enter into Christ. — (Galatians 3:26-27; Romans 6:3-4)
You put on Christ and become a child of God. — (Galatians 3:26-27)
You are born again, a new creature. — (Romans 6:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:17)
You walk in newness of life. — (Romans 6:3-6)
You obey Christ. — (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 10:48; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)
You should know that the faithful church will –
Worship in spirit and in truth. — (John 4:23-24)
Meet on the first day of the week. — (Acts 20:7; Hebrews 10:25)
Pray. — (James 5:16; Acts 2:42; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Sing, making melody with the heart. — (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16)
Eat the Lord’s supper on the first day of the week. — (Acts 2:42 Acts 20:7; Matthew 26:26-30; 1 Corinthians 11:20-32)
Give, liberally and cheerfully. — (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8)
You should know, that in New Testament times there was – -
One kingdom of Christ. — (Matthew 16:18-19; Colossians 1:13-14)
One body of Christ. — (Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4)
One bride of Christ. — (Romans 7:1-7; Ephesians 5:22-23)
One church of Christ. — (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4-6)
You know that the same church today –
Is guided by the same word. — (1 Peter 1:22-25; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Contends for the one faith. — (Jude 3; Ephesians 4:5)
Pleads for unity of all believers. — (John 17:20-21 Ephesians 4:4-6)
Is not a denomination. — (1 Corinthians 1:10-13; Ephesians 4:1-6)
Is faithful to Christ. — (Luke 6:46; Rev 2:10; Mark 8:38)
Wears the name of Christ. — (Romans 16:16; Acts 11:26; 1 Peter 4:16)
You should know that you can be a member of this church –
By doing what people 1900 years ago. — (Acts 2:36-47)
Without being in any denomination. — (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13)
You should know that a child of God –
Can be lost. — (1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 5:4; Hebrews 3:12-19)
But is given a law of pardon. — (Acts 8:22; James 5:16)
Is cleansed by the blood of Christ as he walks in the light of God. — (1 Peter 2:9-10; 1 John 1:5-10)