Uncovering the ANCIENT TORAH!

Luke 10:25-26 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap Him by asking, “Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?” But YESHUA said to him, “What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?”

Noce that YESHUA points back to the Torah that He does not limit “Torah” to the five books of Moses alone? He never says what is in the Torah of Moses which is Genesis Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy! We arrived at that conclusion because that is what has been handed down to us. I have mentioned this in previous messages that TheTorah.com mentions that the Torah in the Second Temple period included more than five books.

In the Second Temple Period the idea of “Torah” was not limited to the Five Books of Moses. Prof. Molly M. Zahn writes:

Expanding Torat Moshe

“Ezra-Nehemiah refers to certain laws as torah that are not found in versions of the Pentateuch that we are familiar with. For example, Nehemiah 10:35 mentions a wood offering:

נחמיה י:לה וְהַגּוֹרָלוֹת הִפַּלְנוּ עַל־קֻרְבַּן הָעֵצִים הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְהָעָם לְהָבִיא לְבֵית אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְבֵית־אֲבֹתֵינוּ לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה לְבַעֵר עַל־מִזְבַּח יְ־הוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ כַּכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה.

Neh 10:35 “We have cast lots [among] the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring the wood offering to the House of our God by clans annually at set times in order to provide fuel for the altar of YHWH our God, as is written in the Torah.

It is possible that the authors of Ezra-Nehemiah knew a version of the Pentateuch that did contain these laws.[8] But it is also possible that the authors are attributing the laws to Torah as a way of indicating (or claiming for them) a CERTAIN LEVEL OF AUTHORITY.[9] In other words, they have a broader idea of “Torah of Moses” than what was contained in the written Pentateuch. The latter interpretation is likely in light of a number of Second Temple period texts that present themselves as SINATIC TORAH. Two premier examples are the book of JUBILEES AND THE TEMPLE SCROLL.”

What did YESHUA say?

Matthew 23:13 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“Woe to you, scribes and Perushim (Pharisees) and deceivers! Who hold back THE WAY of the heavenly kingdom from the peoples. So you do not go in, NOR ALLOW THEM TO GO IN.”

YESHUA said that the Pharisees hold back “The Way” of the heavenly kingdom! This is important because what is the scriptural definition of “The Way?”

Psalms 119:1 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“How happy are those whose WAY OF LIFE is blameless, who live by the TORAH OF YAHWEH!”

Psalms 103:7 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“He made His WAYS known to Moses, His mighty deeds to the people of Yisra’el.”

What was given to Moses on Mount Sinai? The 10 commandments! Therefore, the Torah is ELOHIM’s literal WAYS!

2 Esdras 14:30-31

“And received the LAW OF LIFE, which they did not keep, which you also have transgressed after them. Then land was given to you for a possession in the land of Zion; but you and your fathers committed iniquity and did not KEEP THE WAYS which the Most High commanded you.”

Isaiah 64:4 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“You favored those who were glad to do justice, those who remembered You in YOUR WAYS. When you were angry, we kept sinning; but if we KEEP YOUR ANCIENT WAYS, we will be SAVED.”

Malachi 2:9 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Therefore I have in turn made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you did not keep My WAYS but were partial in applying THE TORAH.”

Revelation 15:3 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And they sang the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb, and said, “Great are the works of YAHWEH Elohei Tseva’ot (YAHWEH Elohim of the armies)! RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH are your WAYS o King of kings!

Righteousness is Torah (Deuteronomy 6:25) and so is truth (Psalms 119:142)!

YESHUA is saying that the Pharisees have HELD BACK THE TORAH from the people and by them doing so, it prevented not only the Pharisees from entering the kingdom, but also those who were deceived by them.

Matthew 15:12-14 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And His disciples drew near to Him and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended because of the word which they heard?” So He answered them and said, “Every plant that My Father did not plant will be uprooted. Let them alone, for they are BLIND LEADERS OF BLIND ONES. And the blind who leads another blind, THE TWO OF THEM WILL FALL INTO THE GRAVE.”

Hosea 4:6 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“My people are destroyed FOR WANT OF KNOWLEDGE. Because you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as priests for Me. Because you FORGOT THE TORAH OF YOUR ELOHIM.”

As I stated in the message “Bible Definitions”, knowledge is the Torah.

Malachi 2:7 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“A priest’s lips should safeguard KNOWLEDGE, and people should SEEK TORAH from his mouth, because he is the messenger of YAHWEH-Tzva’ot.”

Thanksgiving Hymns (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) page 269

“And they, TEACHERS OF LIES AND SEERS OF FALSEHOOD, have schemed against me a devilish scheme, to exchange the Law engraved on my heart by You for the smooth things which they speak to Your people. And they WITHHOLD FROM THE THIRSTY THE DRINK OF KNOWLEDGE, and assuage their thirst with vinegar, that they may gaze on their straying, on their folly concerning their feast days, ON THEIR FALL INTO THEIR SNARES.”

The writer of the Thanksgiving Hymns agrees with YESHUA that the false teachers have held back the Torah and taught lies and was a snare to them. They held back the truth from those who were seeking it. The point is that if we do not have the full Torah then that means we will not be able to walk in the complete truth and will be breaking YAHWEH’s commandments. There is proof that the Rabbis have hidden the truth:

In a lecture by Rachel Elior titled “Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls and why were they forgotten?” she states, “Rabbi’s said any book dealing with the PRIESTHOOD, ANGELS, OR 364 DAY CALENDAR are external books.”

Sefaria.org writes:

“In the Mishnah (Sanhedrin 10, 1) Rabbi Akiva issues a shocking statement: one who reads “SefarimHitzonim” (“external books”) has no share in the world to come!”

The books that they banned just happened to deal with the calendar and angels. The festivals in Temple Scroll are based on the 364-day solar calendar and it strictly defines the commandments of the Torah. Jubilees is also based on the 364-day solar calendar, has angel interaction, angels involved as priests in heaven (Jubilees 30:18) and shows how Noah and Abraham performed priestly duties before the Levitical law. So, it’s easy to see why the Pharisees would want to ban these books and label them as “external” because these books threatened the lunar calendar they adopted, and it threatened the power they had over the people who accepted their oral torah and interpretation of the scriptures as authoritative. So, the best thing for them to do was to threaten the salvation of anyone who dared to read those books and to this very day their threat worked.

If anyone were to read The Temple Scroll and Jubilees, then they would see that what is written in them contradicts the teachings of the Pharisees aka Rabbinical Judaism.

7 Books of the Torah

Understanding that the truth has been intentionally held from believers is critical as outlined above to show that YESHUA never limited His teaching to only 5 books! What did He teach?

Matthew 16:5-12 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And when they came to the shore of the sea to pass on further, they forgot to take their bread. Then He said to them, “Beware of the leaven of the Sadducees and Pharisees.” So they thought in their inward parts saying, “He says this because we do not have bread.’ But YESHUA, who knew what they thought, said to them, “What do you think in yourselves, men without believing? You think that I said this because you do not have bread? Why do you not understand or remember the five loaves and the five thousand men, how many lumps remained? And seven loaves and four thousand men, and how many lumps remained? And why do you not understand that I am not speaking about the bread? But I say to you that you must beware of the leaven of the Sadducees and the Pharisees.” And then they comprehended that He did not speak about the leaven of the house, but OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PHARISEES AND THE SADDUCEES.”

Firstly, how many lumps were picked up with the 5,000?

Matthew 14:17-21 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“They answered Him, “We have nothing here besides five loaves and two fishes.” So He said to them, “Bring them to Me.” And He commanded that the people should sit on the grass. Then He took the loaves and the two fishes, and looked into the heavens and blessed them—and broke them and gave them to the disciples. And the disciples gave them to the people. And all of them ate and were satisfied. And the leftovers remained TWELVE FULL LUMPS. And the number of those who ate were five thousand men, besides both women and children.”

How many lumps were picked up with the 4,000?

Matthew 15:34-38 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“But YESHUA said to them, “How many loaves do you have? And they said, “Seven, and a few fishes.” Then He commanded the people that they should sit on the ground. And afterwards He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and He did a prayer of thanksgiving to YAHWEH and broke them and gave them to His disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. And all of them ate and were satisfied. And of that which remained, they took up SEVEN FULL LUMPS. And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.”

The key numbers in these two accounts are 7 and 12, but what do they represent? 7 is the number of completion and perfection and represents the 7 books of the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Temple Scroll and Jubilees. The number 12 represents the 12 festivals of YAHWEH!

Temple Scroll Column 11:9-13 (A New Translation by Michael Wise, Martin Abegg and Edward Cook)

“And you shall offer sacrifices upon the altar of burnt offering for all YAHWEH’S FESTIVALS: On the SHABBATS and at the BEGINNING OF MONTHS, and on the FIRST OF THE FIRST MONTH, and on the FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, and on the day of the WAVING OF THE OMER, and on the FEAST OF THE SECOND PASSOVER, and on the FEAST OF WEEKS, that is, of the Feast of First fruits for Wheat, and on the FEAST OF WINE…and on the FEAST OF NEW OIL and on the SIX DAYS OF THE WOOD OFFERING, and on the DAY OF REMEMBRANCE (YOM TERUAH) and on the DAY OF ATONEMENT and on the FEAST OF BOOTHS…”

In this list we see that the 2nd Passover is mentioned which would make the total13; however, we know that only ONE Passover is to be celebrated by each person. The 2nd Passover is only for those who are unclean or on a long journey (Numbers 9:3-14), therefore, the total number of festivals to be observed by an individual is 12 total!

Also, there are 52 Shabbats in a year, ELOHIM lumps them together and counts them as 1 Festival and although there are 12 months in a year He counts the first day of each month as 1 festival. This would include the Days of Remembrance in Jubilees 6:23 which all fall on the 1st day of month and will be covered in more detail in another section. And the first day of the first month is separated from the other beginning of the months because it is a High-Shabbat just like Yom Teruah is on the 1st day of the 7th month.

Notice after YESHUA asks them how many lumps were picked up after breaking the loaves and fish which were 12 and 7 that YESHUA goes on to tell them to beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees! YESHUA was telling His disciples that He taught them that there are 7 books in the Torah and 12 festivals! Teach this to the people and feed them spiritually and physically as I have shown you, but do not teach them the false doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees!

Proverbs 6:23 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“For the COMMAND IS A LAMP, TORAH IS LIGHT, and reproofs that discipline are the way to life.”

The etymology for the word lamp in Proverbs 6:23 is “niyr” pronounced neer (H5216) and is the same word for lamp in Leviticus 24:2-4, which are the 7 lamps on the Menorah. So, the command is a lamp and the torah is a light, so just as the menorah is LIGHT with 7 LAMPS, so is the TORAH a LIGHT (Proverbs 6:23) and LAMP unto our feet (Psalms 119:105) with 7 BOOKS. And the 12 loaves of shewbread (Leviticus 24:5) represents the 12 festivals!

The number 12 is important because it also represents the 12 Tribes of Yisra’el, 12 disciples, 12 months in a year, and 12 gates in the New Jerusalem.

We see YESHUA rebuke Pharisees several times and warns His disciples not to follow them.

Matthew 16:12 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And then they comprehended that He did not speak about the leaven of the house, but OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PHARISEES AND THE SADDUCEES.”

Matthew 15:8-9 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“This people which honors Me with words but their heart is far from Me, they honor Me in vain, imposing YOUR INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMANDMENTS OF THE MEN.”

The Dead Sea Scrolls a New Translation (Wise, Abegg, and Cook page 18)

“As Josephus wrote, “The Pharisees have imposed on the people MANY LAWS FROM THE TRADITION OF THE FATHERS NOT WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES” Ant. 13.297).

Testament of Levi 16:1-2

“And now I have learned in the book of Enoch that for seventy weeks you will go astray, and profane the priesthood, and pollute the slaughtering’s. And you will MAKE VOID THE TORAH, and set the words of the prophets at nothing by evil perverseness.”

Temple Scroll

I have done a message showing that the Temple Scroll is Torah so I will not focus on the witnesses in this message, but if you have not seen it, you can view it here: https://youtu.be/ZdXPVHtuA8M?si=3HjVrsX2cftUP6tQ

One more witness showing that the Temple Scroll is a part of the Torah involves John the Baptist.

In an article by Kyle Pope titled “It is Not Lawful for You to Have Her” he writes “As John prepared the way for Jesus, the Bible tells us he called all the people to repent and prepare for the Messiah (Luke 3:7-14). One of the boldest demonstrations of this came when he had the courage to rebuke the UNLAWFUL MARRIAGE of Herod and Herodias. He told Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have her” (Matt 14:4, NKJV). According to Josephus, Herodias was Herod’s NIECE by his brother Aristobulus (Antiquities 18.5.1), but she was ALSO “his brother Philip’s wife” (Matt. 14.3).”

This is important because Rabbinic Judaism says that it is lawful for a man to marry his niece because it is not specified in the laws of Leviticus 18. The only place where marrying a niece is forbidden is in the TEMPLE SCROLL! And if what Josephus says is correct this is more evidence that John the Baptist was familiar with this law from the Temple Scroll in order to express the two reasons why Herod’s marriage was unlawful.

Temple Scroll (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) Column 66 page 220

“A man shall not take his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, for this is abominable. A man shall not take his father’s sister or his mother’s sister, for this is immoral. A man shall NOT TAKE THE DAUGHTER OF HIS BROTHER OR THE DAUGHTER OF HIS SISTER for this is abominable.”

Again, the Zadok Priest in the Damascus Document understood this:

Covenant of Damascus 5:7 (Compete Dead Sea Scrolls page 133).

“And each man marries the DAUGHTER OF HIS BROTHER OR SISTER, whereas Moses said, You shall not approach your mother’s sister; she is your mother’s near kin (Leviticus 18:13). But although the laws against incest are written for men, they also apply to women. When, therefore, a brother’s daughter uncovers the nakedness of her father’s brother, she is also his near kin.”

Jubilees

Mark 2:27-28 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“Then He said, “The SHABBAT (Sabbath) was made for the sake of MAN, not the man on account of the Shabbat. And because of this the Son of ELOAH is Adon (Master) of EVERYTHING, whatever is in the world – and OF THE SHABBAT.”

Jubilees 2:24-25 (James VanderKam’s  Hermeneia translation with Hebrew fragment)

“It was granted to these that for all times they should be set-apart and blessed ones. This the TESTIMONY AND THE FIRST LAW as it was SANCTIFIED AND BLESSED ON THE SEVENTH DAY. He created the heavens, the earth, and everything that was created in six days. YAHWEH gave a set-apart festal day to ALL HIS CREATION. For this reason He gave orders regarding it that anyone who would do any work on it was to die; also the one who would defile it was to die.”

YESHUA said that the Shabbat was made for the sake of mankind! Why? Because the Shabbat was the FIRST LAW given to humanity as a gift of rest. YESHUA says that He is the Master of the Shabbat because as the Creator He instituted the Shabbat as the first law for mankind during creation.

John 1:1-3 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“In the beginning was the SON OF ELOAH. The SON of EL was both with EL, and the SON of EL was ELOAH. This was in the beginning with EL. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; and without Him nothing was made, of that which was made.”

YESHUA speaking pre-incarnate says:

Isaiah 48:16 (The Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Come close to Me, and listen to this: SINCE THE BEGINNING I have not spoken in secret, since the time things began to be, I HAVE BEEN THERE; and now YAHWEH ELOHIM has sent Me and His Spirit.”

YESHUA and Jubilees on Shabbat

Matthew 12:5 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And have you yourselves never READ IN THE LAW that the priests at times break the Shabbats in the Sanctuary with NO INIQUITY?”

YESHUA appeals to the Pharisees about reading about this in the law, but we don’t find a statement like this in Numbers 28 concerning the sacrifices. Benson’s commentary states: Benson Commentary

Matthew 12:5-6. Have ye not read in the law, &c. — He does not mean that the words following were to be found in the law, but only that they might read in the law, how the priests were obliged, on the sabbath days, to perform such servile work in the temple as, considered separately from the end of it, would have been a profanation of the sabbath, but really was not so, because it was necessary to the public worship of God, on account of which the sabbath was instituted.”

We will arrive at the same conclusion as Benson with only the five books of Moses, but if we turn to Jubilees, we will find a statement in the law that excuses the work of the priests as the only work that can be done on the Shabbat.

Jubilees 50:10-11 (James VanderKam Hermeneia translation)

“For great is the honor that YAHWEH has given Yisrael to eat, drink, and be filled on this festal day; and to rest on it from any work that belongs to the work of humanity EXCEPT TO BURN INCENSE AND TO BRING BEFORE YAHWEH OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES FOR THE DAYS AND SHABBATS. ONLY THIS KIND OF WORK IS TO BE DONE ON THE SHABBAT DAY IN THE SANCTUARY of YAHWEH your ELOHIM in order that they may atone continuously for Yisra’el with offerings from day to day as a memorial that is acceptable before YAHWEH. And in order that He may receive them forever; day by day, as you were ordered.”

75 in Jubilees, Acts, Seputagint, and Dead Sea Scrolls

In the New Testament we find the RUACH HA’KODESH pointing back to Jubilees and other ancient translations when He was speaking through Stephen.

Acts 7:14 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Joseph then sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, SEVENTY-FIVE PEOPLE.”

Many people have concluded that Stephen was quoting from another tradition or that he made a mistake, but it would be impossible for Stephen to make a mistake as he was speaking by the RUACH HA’KODESH and the truth is found below.

Jubilees 44:33-34 (James VanderKam Hermeneia translation)

“All the persons of Jacob who entered Egypt were SEVENTY PERSONS. So all of these sons and grandsons of his were SEVENTY, AND FIVE WHO DIED IN EGYPT BEFORE THEY MARRIED. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. Judah’s two sons Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan. They had no children. The sons of Yisra’el buried those who died, and they were place among the seventy nations.”

Jubilees tells us that 75 total people came from Jacob and entered Egypt, but FIVE of them died in Egypt before they were married and had no children; therefore, since that occurred the number 75 is technically 70. And 75 souls that came out of the loins of Jacob are confirmed in other ancient manuscripts.

Exodus 1:5 (Septuagint)

“But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were SEVENTY-FIVE.”

Exodus 1:5 (Dead Sea Scrolls Bible, 4Q1)

“And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were SEVENTY-FIVE SOULS.”

Seasons or Appointed Times

Genesis 1:14 (Septuagint)

“And ELOHIM said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven for shinning, to divide between day and night and let them be for signs and for SEASONS and for days and for years.”

Genesis 1:14 (Dead Sea Scrolls Bible)

“And ELOHIM said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to separate the day from the night; and they were for signs, and for SEASONS, and for days and for years…”

Genesis 1:14 (Samaritan)

“And ELOHIM said, let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to light the earth and separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs, and for SEASONS, and for days, and years.”

Genesis 1:14 (TS2009)

“And ELOHIM said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and APPOINTED TIMES, and for days and years…”

The common doctrine concerning Genesis 1:14 is that the moon is used for the appointed times aka the feast days but notice that all the ancient translation says “seasons”. So, the ancient translations say seasons and other translations place “appointed times” where “seasons” is. The etymology for the word season is “Mo’ed” H4150 and defined by Brown-Driver-Briggs as “1)Appointed place, appointed time, meeting 1a) appointed time 1a1) APPOINTED TIME (general) 1a2) SACRED SEASON, SET FEAST, APPOINTED SEASON 1b) APPOINTED MEETING 1c) appointed place 1d) appointed sign or signal 1e) tent of meeting.

Strongs defines it as “properly an appointment, that is, a FIXED TIME OR SEASON; SPECIFICALLY A FESTIVAL; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand): appointed (SIGN, TIME), (SET, SOLEMN FEAST.)

In the etymology for season, we see the words: season, festival, and appointed times mentioned. So, when we combine seasons with appointed times, we get the truth of the command found in Jubilees that during the four divisions of the year (the beginning of each SEASON) is an APPOINTED TIME AND WE ARE TO HAVE A FEAST. The first day of the first month is SPRING, the first day of the fourth month is SUMMER, the first day of the seventh month is FALL, and the first day of the tenth month is WINTER.

Jubilees 6:23-29 (James VanderKam Hermeneia translation)

The Four MEMORIAL DAYS and DAYS OF SEASONS

“On the first of the first month, the first of the fourth month, the first of the seventh month, and the first of the tenth month are memorial days and DAYS OF THE SEASONS. They are written down and ordained at the FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR AS AN ETERNAL TESTIMONY. Noah ordained them as FESTIVALS for himself throughout the history of eternity with the result that through them he had a reminder. On the first of the first month he was told to make the ark, and on it the earth became dry, he opened it and saw the earth. On the first of the fourth month the openings of the depths of the abyss below were closed. On the first of the seventh month all the openings of the earth’s depths were opened, and the water began to go down into them. On the first of the tenth month the summits of the mountains became visible, and Noah was very happy. For this reason he ordained them for himself forever as memorial FESTIVALS. So they are ordained, and they ENTER THEM ON THE HEAVENLY TABLETS.”

In conclusion, we can see that books have been removed and or hidden by the Pharisees and by doing so they held back the way of the heavenly kingdom for those who want to enter. Do not be one of the blind ones who are following the blind leaders and their man-made doctrines. Let us come back to the ancient Torah that has been uncovered for us in these last days so that we can completely obey YAHWEH! As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name.

Was Abraham involved in paganism?

In the last message I defended the Book of Jubilees in regard to fasting on the Shabbat. Another reason Torah believers are rejecting the Book of Jubilees is because they believe that the book contains Greek customs being that Abraham wore a wreath, and we will examine that. I have stated in other videos that Jubilees and the Temple Scroll are both Torah and that both books are a direct revelation from ELOHIM to Moses and accept their claim.

Jubilees 16:30 (James VanderKam, Hermeneia translation)

“For this reason it has been ordained on the heavenly tablets regarding Israel that they should celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles joyfully for seven days during the seventh month which is acceptable in YAHWEH’s presence—a law that is eternal throughout  their history in each and every year. This has no temporal limit because it is ordained forever regarding Israel that they should celebrate it, live in tents, PLACE WREATHS ON THEIR HEADS, and take leafy branches and willow branches from the stream.”

Temple Scroll Composite Text, Column 17:1 (Charlesworth translation page 293)

“…the PRIESTS, and they shall put WREATHED-CROWNS UPON THEIR HEADS.”

If YAHWEH ordains it, then we know it is not pagan at all. This section of the Temple Scroll concerns the ordination of the priests, and we see that they put wreathed-crowns upon their heads, and Jubilees shows us that Abraham performed priestly duties during his lifetime before the Levitical law. I prove this in a message I did three years ago, If you have not seen that video, you can view it here: 

https://youtu.be/P7jj8Eqp4Ow?si=QXHAzE8_BvOmwjcR 

Other witnesses in the sixty-six books:

Proverbs 1:9 (Septuagint)

“For you shall receive for your HEAD A CROWN of favor and a chain of gold around your neck.”

Proverbs 1:8-9 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“My son, heed the discipline of your father, and do not abandon the teaching of your mother; they will be a GARLAND to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck.”

Proverbs 4:9 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will bring you honor; and she will give your head a GARLAND of grace, bestow on you a crown of esteem.”

The word garland is also translated as “ornament” or “crown” in both of these scriptures from Proverbs and the etymology for the word is “Livyah” H3880 and defined by Brown-Drivers-Briggs as “WREATH” and Strongs defines it as “something attached, that is, A WREATH: - ornament.”

Ancient Hebrew defines it as: LYW-YH (Lamed, yod, waw, yod, hey) WREATH: As JOINED TOGETHER

Though used metaphorically we can conclude that the wreath in the scriptures above are connected to favor, grace, and honor not paganism. This is confirmed by what YAHWEH says in Ezekiel.

Ezekiel 16:11-12 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“I GAVE YOU jewelry to wear, bracelets for your hands, a necklace for your neck, a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears and a beautiful CROWN FOR YOUR HEAD.”

The etymology for the word crown is “Atarah” H5850 and defined by Brown-Driver-Briggs as: “CROWN, WREATH”.

Ancient Hebrew defines atarah as: AhTh-RH (Hey, Resh, Tet, Ayin) “WREATH: As ENCIRCLING THE HEAD. Used as a sign of authority LIKE A CROWN.”

1 Kings 7:17 (Complete Jewish Scriptures) Concerning the building of the temple.

“He also made checker-work nets and CHAINED WREATHS, even for the top of each capital.”

The etymology for the word is “gedil” H1434 and defined by Strongs as: “(in the sense of TWISTING); thread, that is, a tassel or festoon: -fringe, WREATH.”

Although in this scripture the wreath is not being worn on the head of a human, the word was still used in the building of the temple which involved TWISTING material together as we know a wreath involves the TWISTING of vines, branches, leaves, etc.

James 1:12 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And “blessed is the man whom ELOAH chastens so do not refuse the discipline of SHADDAI,” for after the chastisements you will receive the CROWN OF LIFE, which YAHWEH promised to those who love Him.”

2 Timothy 4:8 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“All that awaits me now is the CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS which YAHWEH, “The Righteous Judge,” will award to me on that Day--- and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for Him to appear.”

I do not have a Hebrew lexicon to define these words and can only look them up with the concordance that is currently available. The etymology for the word crown is “stephanos” G4735 and defined by Thayer as “1b) metaphorically the eternal blessedness which will be given as a prize to the genuine servants of ELOHIM and Messiah: the CROWN (WREATH) which is the reward of the righteousness.” From an apparently primary stepho (TO TWINE OR WREATHE).”

Twine defined by Oxford languages is “cause to wind or spiral round something.” And a synonym for twine is WREATHE.”

In conclusion we see that a wreath is a crown that encircles/winds or spirals around the head and there are different forms of it. They are commonly called “wreaths,” but they are worn on top of the head LIKE A CROWN. Abraham did not participate in anything pagan related, rather he was wearing a wreath/crown around his head that the priest wore in the Temple Scroll. Or being that he was celebrating Sukkot which is the festival of in-gathering that he was wearing wreathed-crown of vines, olives, or branches around his head. Either way we can safely conclude that the command was scriptural and again proves the authenticity of Jubilees.

And just as James and Paul said that those who endure until the end will receive the crown of life, which is connected to the wreath, we know that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will also receive the crown of life.

Matthew 8:11 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And I say to you that many will come from sun-rising and from sunset, and will REST with ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVENS…”

Testament of Judah 25:1

“And after these things ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB WILL ARISE TO LIFE, and I and my brothers will be rulers of the tribes of Yisrael…”

Testament of Levi 18:10-14

“And He will open the gates of paradise, and will remove the threatening sword against Adam. And He will give to the set-apart ones to eat from the tree of life, and the spirit of set-apartness will be on them. And Belial will be bound by Him, and He will give power to His children to tread upon the evil spirits. And YAHWEH will rejoice in His children, and be well-pleased in His beloved ones forever. Then will ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB rejoice, and I will be glad, and all the set-apart ones will clothe themselves with joy.”

As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Jubilees and FASTING ON SHABBAT?

I have noticed that there is a growing number of people who are rejecting the Book of Jubilees and the biggest argument I have heard is “The Book of Jubilees says that anyone who fasts on the Shabbat shall be put to death, and we know that YESHUA and Moses both fasted for 40 days!” I understand your concerns and would like to address the issue in this message. This book along with the Temple Scroll is needed in these last days as we return back to the ancient path.

Jubilees 50:12-13 (James VanderKam translation)

“Any person who DOES WORK: who goes on a trip; who works farmland whether at his home or in any other place; who lights a fire; who rides any animal; who travels the sea by ship; any person who beats or kills anything; who slits the throat of an animal or bird; who catches either a wild animal, a bird, or a fish; WHO FASTS and makes war on the Shabbat day---a person who does any of these things on the Shabbat day is to die…”

On the surface it does appear that we have an apparent contradiction with the rest of the scriptures but lets dig deeper. In VanderKam’s translation there is a colon before we get a list of what is forbidden on the Shabbat.

Jubilees 50:12

“Any person who DOES WORK:

What is the function of a colon?  yourdictionary.com says “A colon is a punctuation mark that introduces or POINTS TO OTHER DIRECTLY RELATED TEXTS.”  Merriam-Webster dictionary says “a punctuation mark: used chiefly to DIRECT ATTENTION TO MATTER (such as a list, explanation, quotation, or amplification) that follows.” And dictionary.com says “used to mark a major division in sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc…”

So, the context of the list is all pertaining to work and we see the work activities of butchers, fisherman, hunters, and farmers listed here. We know that we cannot work on the Shabbat. Being that we cannot speak about our own interests, work, business, or wealth on Shabbat, is the same way we cannot FAST IN RELATION TO ANY OF THESE THINGS ON SHABBAT. Let’s view the scriptures about not talking about work, business, or wealth on Shabbat.

Isaiah 58:13 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“If you hold back your foot on Shabbat from pursuing YOUR OWN INTERESTS on My set-apart day; if you call Shabbat a delight, YAHWEH’s set-apart day, WORTH HONORING; then HONOR IT by not doing YOUR USUAL THINGS OR PURSUING YOUR INTERESTS OR SPEAKING ABOUT THEM.”

Damascus Document (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) page 141-142

Under the section titled “Concerning the Shabbat to observe it according to its law” states “No man shall speak any vain or idle word on the Shabbat Day. He shall make NO LOAN to his companion. He shall make NO DECISION IN MATTERS OF MONEY AND GAIN. HE SHALL SAY NOTHING ABOUT WORK OR LABOR TO BE DONE ON THE MORROW. NO MAN SHALL WALK IN THE FIELD TO DO BUSINESS ON THE SHABBAT.”  Verse 15 “No man shall PROFANE THE SHABBAT FOR THE SAKE OF RICHES OR GAIN ON THE SHABBAT DAY.”

4Q Halakhah B (4Q264a) The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls

“No man shall revise the scroll of a book reading its script on the day of Shabbat…But they may read and study it. No man shall make plans with his mouth….on the day of Shabbat. HE SHALL NOT TALK ABOUT ANY MATTER RELATING TO WORK OR WEALTH or…on the day of Shabbat.”

Amos 8:5 (Good News translation)

“You say to yourselves, “We can hardly wait for the set-apart days to be over so that we CAN SELL OUR GRAIN. WHEN WILL THE SHABBAT END, SO THAT WE CAN START SELLING AGAIN? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.”

As we see the scriptures are very strict about how we are to observe the Shabbat and the strong stance against even talking about work or gain. Furthermore, we saw in Isaiah 58:13 we are to call the Shabbat a delight and honor that day, yet in Amos we see that the people’s hearts were not right! They weren’t honoring the Shabbat, they didn’t delight in it, they were waiting for Shabbat to end so they could go right back to work! Likewise, the person who is fasting about work related issues or gain on the Shabbat does not have their heart set on honoring YAHWEH’s set-apart day.

Jubilees 2:26

“Now you command the Israelites to observe this day so that they may sanctify it, not do any work on it, and not defile it for it is MORE SET-APART THAN ALL OTHER DAYS.”

James 4:1-3 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And why is there war among you? Is it not because of your DESIRES/LUSTS which fight in your members? So you desire, but do not receive; and he who takes revenge and stays angry does not profit by it. And why all this? Because you do not pray, and when you do a prayer, it is not answered BECAUSE YOU PRAY WRONGLY.”

They were praying “amiss” for their worldly lusts, likewise one can “fast amiss” for worldly lusts on a day we shouldn’t even be talking or thinking about work, business, or gain.

The Shepherd of Hermas has a scripture relating to fasting, and though it is not specifically about the Shabbat, we can glean from it regarding “fasting amiss” for worldly things.

Shepherd of Hermas (5th Similitude, Chapter 3)

“This fasting,” he (Angel of repentance) continued, “is very good, provided the commandments of YAHWEH be observed. Thus, then, shall you observe the fasting which you intend to keep. First of all, be on your guard against every evil word, AND EVERY EVIL DESIRE, AND PURIFY YOUR HEART FROM ALL THE VANITIES OF THIS WORLD. If you guard against these things, YOUR FASTING WILL BE PERFECT.”

We can safely conclude that YESHUA, Moses, Elijah, Ezra, and Baruch did not fast for any evil desires or vanities of this world; rather, when they fasted it was for revelation, protection, and to further the Kingdom of YAHWEH which would be acceptable on Shabbat! Furthermore, we do not see either of them making a daily habit out of this practice, but when they did it was FOR GOOD!

YESHUA fasted for 40 days as He was getting ready to start His ministry and to bear witness of the truth to the world and to die to free us from all violation of the Torah (Titus 2:14).

John 18:37 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“Then Pilate said to Him, “If so, are you King? YESHUA answered, “You say that I am King. I, for this matter I was born – and because of this I came to the world – to do truthful witness. Every man who is truthful obeys My words.”

Moses received the Torah which is for the entire world and which YAHWEH says will give life:

Leviticus 18:5 (The Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“You are to observe My laws and rulings; if a person does them, He will have LIFE THROUGH THEM; I am YAHWEH.”

Ezekiel 20:11 (The Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“I gave them MY LAWS and showed them My rulings; if a person obeys them, HE WILL HAVE LIFE THROUGH THEM.”

Acts 7:38 (The Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“This the man (Moses) who was in the assembly in the wilderness, accompanied by the angel that had spoken to Him at Mount Sinai and by our fathers, the man who was GIVEN LIVING WORDS TO PASS ON TO US.”

Although Moses did not eat physical food on Mount Sinai he was eating spiritual food as YAHWEH says He is the Fountain of Living Water:

Jeremiah 2:13 (The Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“For My people have committed two evils: they have abandoned Me, the FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER, and dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water!”

The RUACH HA’KODESH is Living Water:

John 7:37-39 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And in the great day of the Feast, YESHUA stood, calling out and saying, “If any one does come unto me, he will drink; as whosoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘a stream of LIVING WATER will run from his belly.: And He said this concerning RUACH HAKODESH—which those who believe in Him would receive; for He had not yet given the RUACH because YESHUA had not yet come into the light/esteem of the Most High.”

And YESHUA is Bread:

John 6:35 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“Then YESHUA said to them, “I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE; whosoever comes unto me will not be hungry, and whosoever believes in Me will not have thirst in eternity.”

Moses had spiritual Bread and Water and this food is better than any food on earth! Likewise, I believe that when one is led to fast for the good reasons, I mentioned above that they are receiving the same food as Moses did.

As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Sunrise a Babylonian custom? Acts 20:7 breakdown!

With the rise of the morning-to-morning doctrine there are some brothers and sisters coming into Torah who are confused with the conflicting information they are hearing. In response, I have made five videos to show from the scriptures and even from the bees that the Shabbat day is from evening to evening. The goal is simply to let the truth prevail.

The irony of it all is that those who observe the “morning to morning” doctrine will accuse those who observe “evening to evening” as learning it from Babylon; although it is not conclusive on either side here is what five sources have to say in regard to morning to morning being observed by the Babylonians:

A secular site says:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-chronicle-of-timekeeping-2006-02/

“Uniform Hours

“ALTHOUGH THE MECHANICAL CLOCK could be adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to keeping equal ones. With uniform hours, however, arose the question of when to begin counting them, and so, in the early 14th century, a number of systems evolved. The schemes that divided the day into 24 equal parts varied according to the start of the count: Italian hours began at sunset, BABYLONIAN HOURS AT SUNRISE, astronomical hours at midday and great clock hours (used for some large public clocks in Germany) at midnight. Eventually these and competing systems were superseded by small clock, or French, hours, which split the day, as we currently do, into two 12-hour periods commencing at midnight.”

www.yrm.org (YAHWEH’s Restoration Ministries) write:

“I have heard some teach that the Scriptural day begins at sunrise, rather than the Jewish sunset. Is this true? The sunset ending and beginning of a day is not a “Jewish” determination but a BIBLICAL ONE. The Romans and Egyptians began their day at midnight, as the world does today. THE BABYLONIANS BEGAN THEIR DAY AT SUNRISE BECAUSE THEY WERE WORSHIPERS OF THE SUN.”

www.lastmessageofmercy.com writes:

“The BABYLONIANS CONSIDERED A DAY BEGINNING AT SUNRISE, while the Egyptians and Romans were the first to begin the day at midnight. Only the Hebrews observed the day as BEGINNING AT SUNSET AND ENDING THE NEXT SUNSET: as God had declared is a day.” (Bonita M. Quesinberry, Truth Gathering, p. 227)

Wikipedia states in the section “Counting hours” under the subtitle “Counting from DAWN” states ”BABYLONIAN HOURS” divide the day and night into 24 equal hours, reckoned FROM THE TIME OF SUNRISE.”

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2008725

“The Jews were not the only people to reckon days in this way. The Athenians, the Numidians, and the Phoenicians did likewise. The BABYLONIANS, on the other hand, CONSIDERED SUNRISE TO BE THE BEGINNING OF EACH NEW DAY, while the Egyptians and the Romans reckoned their days from midnight to midnight, as is the modern custom. Present-day Jews, however, still begin and end their Sabbath observance at sundown.”

I wanted to share those articles to give you something to think about. Could you be the ones walking in Babylonian customs? But, as I stated earlier, neither is conclusive as to whether they observed evening to evening or morning to morning; therefore, we cannot let these contradicting articles be the source of our truth, so as always, we will go to the scriptures. Let’s look at the New Testament and we will see that Paul and those that were with him also observed the Shabbat from evening to evening!

Acts 20:7 (Aramaic and most translations)

“And on the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, while the disciples were assembled to break bread, Paul preached to them, and because he was ready to leave the next day, he prolonged his speech UNTIL MIDNIGHT.”

Acts 20:7 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“On MOTZA’EI-SHABBAT, when we were gathered to break bread, Sha’ul addressed them. Since he was going to leave the next day, he kept talking until midnight.”

1 Corinthians 16:2 (Aramaic and most translations)

“On the FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK, let each of you put aside and keep in his house whatever he can afford, so that there may be no collections when I come.”

1 Corinthians 16:2 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Every week, on MOTZA’EI-SHABBAT, each of you should set some money aside, according to his sources, and save it up; so that when I come I won’t have to do fundraising.”

Most translations will translate this as the “first day of the week”, which is technically correct because when the sunsets on Saturday it is the start of Sunday the first day of the week. The Aramaic is reflecting the Hebraic thought that they would all have been familiar with.

Glossary of Shabbat Buzz-words by aish.com writes:

“Motzei Shabbat-SATURDAY NIGHT, AFTER SHABBAT IS OVER.”

Acts 20:7 (Good News Translation)

“On SATURDAY EVENING we gathered together for the fellowship meal. Paul spoke to the people and kept on speaking until midnight, since he was going to leave the next day.”

Acts 20:7 (The Aramaic English New Testament)

“And on the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, when we assembled to break bread, Paul spoke with them, because he was to depart the next day; and he continued his discussion till midnight.”

There is a footnote #168 for this verse which says “AFTER THE SEVENTH DAY SHABBAT there is a traditional Jewish ceremony known as havdilah, which makes a separation between Shabbat and the first day of the week. ALTHOUGH SHABBAT IS OFFICIALLY OVER AT SUNSET, the sweet FELLOWSHIP enjoyed during Shabbat often extends far into the night, and sometimes until morning of the next day. Paul’s fellowship until midnight has absolutely nothing to do with why Christians go to church on Sunday morning.”

Again, Shabbat ended at SUNSET, and they all recognized that the day shifted to the first day of the week, but they continued to fellowship together until midnight. It makes more sense to realize that on Saturday night AFTER THE SUNSET aka Motza’ei Shabbat that Paul would fellowship with brethren and speak until midnight which would be about 6 hours. When it says that he would leave “the next day” is referring to the DAYLIGHT portion of Sunday the first day of the week. Paul was speaking to them during the NIGHTTIME HOURS of Sunday the first day of the week.

www.lastmessageofmercy.com writes:

When Luke writes that Paul’s sermon went until midnight, he is speaking of what we would call, “SATURDAY NIGHT.” Notice these alternate translations:

Good News Translation: "On SATURDAY EVENING we gathered together for the fellowship meal ..."

Revised English Bible: "On the SATURDAY NIGHT, when we gathered for the breaking of bread ..."

New English Bible: "On the SATURDAY NIGHT, in our assembly for the breaking of bread ..."

According to Hebraic timing (which Luke, the author of Acts, is clearly using) “midnight” would BE ROUGHLY SIX HOURS INTO THE NEXT DAY which, in this context, is the NIGHT PORTION of the Festival of Firstfruits when they would begin counting the Omer (the seven weekly Sabbaths) until Shavuot/Pentecost. Paul then departed at “the break of day” (Sunday morning) and did not stay for any so-called Sunday worship service.

But why did Paul stay so long Saturday night with these believers? Quite possibly because of a Jewish custom called, Motza’ei-Shabbat (also called, Havdalah). In his Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern writes:

“Motza’ei-Shabbat in Hebrew means ‘departure of the Sabbath’ and refers to Saturday night … the Greek sabbaton transliterates Hebrew Shabbat and may be translated ‘Sabbath’ or ‘week,’ depending on the context … A Saturday night meeting would fit more naturally with Jewish Shabbat observance, wherein the restful spirit of Shabbat is often preserved into Saturday evening, after the official end of Shabbat itself, WHICH OCCURS AFTER SUNSET when it gets dark enough to see three stars. It would be natural for Jewish believers who had rested on Shabbat with the rest of the Jewish community to assemble afterwards to celebrate their common faith in Yeshua [Jesus] the Messiah.”

So David Sterns commentary of the Complete Jewish Scriptures matches what was written in the Aramaic English New Testament. These scriptures match one that I have used in a previous video concerning a day being from evening to evening:

Ezekiel 46:1-2

“This is what YAHWEH Elohim says: ‘The east gate of the inner courtyard is to be SHUT ON SIX WORKING DAYS, but on SHABBAT IT IS TO BE OPENED, and on Rosh-Hodesh (New Month)  it is to be OPENED. 2 The prince is to enter by way of the outer vestibule of the gate and stand by the support of the gate. The priests are to prepare his burnt offering and peace offerings. Then he is to prostrate himself in worship at the threshold of the gate, after which he is to leave; but THE GATE IS NOT TO BE SHUT UNTIL EVENING.”

This scripture is very clear! The gate is to be shut on six working days but is to be opened on the Shabbat which is a non-working day! Then after the Shabbat is over in the EVENING the gate is shut! Why? The evening is the start of Sunday, which is one of the six WORKING DAYS. I pray that this has been helpful and will open up the eyes of those who were still confused.

As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

BEES testify that Shabbat starts in the EVENING!

I recently did a video showing how Beaver’s rest on the Shabbat Day and testify to humanity and more so, Christianity who has rejected the Shabbat for Sunday the first day of the week. In this message is proof from an article that Brazilian bees in the Amazon rainforest start the Shabbat at sunset on Friday. This is another witness from creation to verify the videos I have done showing that a scriptural day starts at sunset and not the morning. If you have not seen those videos, you can watch them here:

1.     https://youtu.be/R0b07K0FP88?si=uWzepeLaNFMOZAqk  (

2.     https://youtu.be/nuPwxpNS1Ho?si=RgrVHBNRCKT7ushw 

3.     https://youtu.be/mGc8FLpF3Oc?si=8OVFuMTZeCj-AxmM 

4.     https://youtu.be/fgHEIPOSRWk?si=SJgzLDWGboKJKa0N     

This article is from www.salvation1.com and written by Slawek Gromadzki, if you want to read the entire article click here: Sabbath Keeping Bees & Sabbath Instinct | Salvation1

I have taken two excerpts from the article that pertain to the subject below:

“When Dr Lee arrived there it was still Sabbath so he wanted to see with his own eyes that the bees were really resting. And sure enough, although there were many hives in that apiary, there were no bees seen around in the field. He was very excited about it and wanted to learn as much as possible, so he told the pastor to ask the beekeeper to open one of the beehives so that he could see if the bees were there. The beehives were made of empty tree stumps and on the top, they were sealed with a lump of clay. Encouraged by the beekeeper Dr Lee put his ear to one of the holes made in the clay, and when he did that he could hear a clear buzzing noise made by bees inside the hive. It was amazing that none of them was trying to get outside although it was a very sunny and bright day with plenty of colorful flowers around.

Then Dr Lee asked that man when the bees STOP WORKING AND START THEIR SABBATH REST. The answer he received made him even more thrilled as the beekeeper answered that the bees always STOP WORKING EXACTLY AT THE SUNSET EVERY FRIDAY.”

“Dr Lee was also told that if someone wanted to move these hives, it could be done only after SUNSET ON FRIDAY, as otherwise, it would cause a big problem.”

YAHWEH is awesome and has given us plenty of witnesses with the scriptures and even with the bees to show us how and when to observe the Shabbat properly. Repent and turn from the morning-to-morning doctrine to the scriptural evening to evening days in obedience to YAHWEH’s commandment!

 More scriptural witnesses:

Genesis 7:11-12

“ On the SEVENTEENTH DAY of the second month of the 600th year of Noach’s life all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the sky were opened. 12 It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.”

Jubilees 5:23

“He (Noah) entered it during its sixth year, in the second month---on the first of the second month UNTIL THE SIXTEENTH. He and all that were brought to him entered the ark. YAHWEH closed it from outside ON THE SEVENTEENTH IN THE EVENING.”

Scripture makes it clear that 16 full days had passed and then on the evening of the 16th, which is the start of the 17th day when the sunsets, the rain began to fall at the start of the judgement for the flood. Jubilees uses this same language in Chapter 49 to show us the shift of a day starting at sunset.

Jubilees 49:1

“Remember the commandments that YAHWEH gave you regarding the Passover so that you may celebrate it at its time on the FOURTEENTH OF THE FIRST MONTH, that you may sacrifice it before evening, and so that they may eat it AT NIGHT ON THE EVENING OF THE FIFTEENTH FROM THE TIME OF SUNSET.”

Jubilees 32:27-30 (Concerning Sukkot and the 8th Day)

“He celebrated ONE MORE DAY THERE (8TH DAY). On it he sacrificed exactly as he had been sacrificing on the previous days, and called its name ‘Addition,’ for this day was added and the previous days he called ‘The Feast.’ And thus it was manifested that it should be, and it is written on the heavenly tablets: why it was revealed to him that he should celebrate it, AND ADD IT TO THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST (SUKKOT). And its named was called ‘Addition,’ because it was recorded among the days of the Feast Days, according to the number of the days of the year. AND IN THE NIGHT, ON THE TWENTY-THIRD OF THIS MONTH, Deborah, Rebecca’s nursed died…”

The Zadok Priestly calendar shows us that Sukkot starts on Wednesday which is the 15th day of the 7th month and runs for 7 days ending on Tuesday the 21st day of the 7th month. The 8th Day Closing Assembly is on Wednesday which is the 22nd day of the 7th month. So, after the celebration of the 8th day AT NIGHT when the sunset the day transitioned from the 22nd to the 23rd day of the 7th month which is a Thursday the day that Deborah died.

And the same Zadok Priest that declared Jubilees to be a part of the Torah specified it in their own writings in the Damascus Document, that I have already quoted in a previous video, but as a refresher it says:

Damascus Document (The Weekly Shabbat)

“Guard the Shabbat according to its law. No man is to do work on the sixth day FROM SUNSET when the diameter of the sun can still just be seen above the horizon. For that is what He said, guard the Shabbat Day to keep it set-apart (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12).

As always may YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

Beaver’s rest on SHABBAT/SATURDAY do YOU?

Beavers that rest on Saturday: https://youtu.be/49T5unQEIbY?si=_USh0JQZOdTIVHhz

This video was shared with me by a sister in YESHUA! I was so amazed by this video that I wanted to share it with anyone who has not seen it. How is it that beavers know how to rest and obey YAHWEH on the Shabbat, but human beings do not? I pray that this video and the scriptures I want to add with this video will convict you to keep the Shabbat (Saturday) as YAHWEH commanded.

Exodus 20:8-11

 8 “Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for ELOHIM. 9 You have six days to labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Shabbat for yahweh your ELOHIM. On it, you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, NOT YOUR LIVESTOCK, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. 11 For in six days, YAHWEH made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why YAHWEH blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself.”

Jubilees 50:12

“Any person who does work: who goes on a trip; who works farmland whether at his home or in any other place; who lights a fire; WHO RIDES ANY ANIMAL…”

YAHWEH commands that the animals also need to rest, as human beings need to! Animals and creation naturally obey YAHWEH, but will you?

Jeremiah 8:8-9 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Storks in the sky KNOW THEIR SEASONS; Doves, swallows and cranes THEIR MIGRATION TIMES; but MY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THE RULINGS OF YAHWEH! How can you say, “We are wise; YAHWEH’s Torah is with us,” when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has turned it into falsehood? The wise are put to shame, alarmed, entrapped. They have rejected the word of YAHWEH, so WHAT WISDOM DO THEY HAVE?”

Isaiah 1:2-3 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Hear, heaven! Listen, earth! For YAHWEH is speaking. “I raised and brought up children, but they REBELLED AGAINST ME. An OX KNOWS ITS OWNER AND A DONKEY ITS MASTER’S STALL, BUT YISRA’EL DOES NOT KNOW, MY PEOPLE DO NOT REFLECT.”

To Yisra’el’s shame an ox and donkey know how to return home to their masters, yet mankind is rebellious and they don’t understand how to repent and return back home to their Master YAHWEH!  

Enoch 2:1-3

“Observe everything that takes place in the heavens, how they DO NOT CHANGE THEIR ORBITS, and the luminaries which are in the heavens, how they all rise and set in order each in its season, AND DO NOT TRANGRESS AGAINST THEIR APPOINTED ORDER. Behold the earth, and observe the things which take place on it, from first to last, how steadfast they are, how NONE OF THE THINGS ON EARTH CHANGE, but all the works of ELOHIM appear to you. Behold the summer and the winter, how the earth is filled with water, and the clouds cause the dew and rain to rest upon it.”

Enoch 3:1

“Observe and see how in the winter all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but renew their foliage after two to three years.”

Enoch 4:1

“And again, observe the days of summer how the sun is above her and ahead of her. And you seek shade and shelter because of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with blazing heat, and so you cannot walk on the earth, or on a rock because of its heat.”

Enoch 5:1-5

“Observe how the green trees are covered with leaves and bear fruit. Now pay attention and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that lives forever has made them so. And all His works go on from year to year forever, AND ALL PROSPERS AND OBEYS HIM, AND DOESN’T CHANGE, BUT EVERYTHING WORKS ACCORDING TO THE WAY ELOHIM HAS ORDAINED. And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and DO NOT CHANGE THEIR TASKS FROM HIS COMMANDS. But YOU: YOU HAVE NOT BEEN STEADFAST, NOR DONE THE COMMANDS OF YAHWEH, but you have turned away and spoken proud and hard words with your impure mouths against His greatness. Oh you hardhearted, you shall find no peace. Therefore you shall curse your days, and the years of our life shall perish, and the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal cursing, and you shall find no kindness.”

Baruch 3:33-35

“The One who sends forth the light, and it goes; He called it, and it OBEYED HIM, TREMBLING; the stars shone in their watches, and were glad; He called them, and they said, “Here we are!” They shone with gladness for Him who made them.” This is our ELOHIM; no other can be compared to Him.”

Testament of Levi 3:9

“Therefore when YAHWEH looks at us, ALL OF US ARE SHAKEN; yes, the heavens, and the earth, and they abysses TREMBLE AT HIS MAJESTY. But the SONS OF MEN, NOT PERCEIVING THESE THINGS, SIN AND PROVOKE THE ANGER OF THE MOST HIGH.”

Deuteronomy 10:16 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart; and don’t be STIFFNECKED ANY LONGER!”

Repent! Don’t be one who doesn’t obey the commands of YAHWEH and walk in the error of false doctrine. All creation knows to obey YAHWEH and does not transgress against Him, except for humans! Turn back to your Master YAHWEH and follow the example of the beavers and rest on the Shabbat.

As always, may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Don’t be a "seeker of SMOOTH THINGS!:

Jubilees 1:12 (James VanderKam translation with Hebrew fragment)

“I will send witnesses to them so that I may testify to them, but they will not listen and will kill the witnesses. THEY WILL PERSECUTE THOSE TOO WHO STUDY THE LAW. They will neglect everything and will begin to do evil in My presence.”

Make no mistake these aren’t just Christians who will persecute those who study the Torah, but also the seekers of smooth things will persecute them too. They will accuse those who want to obey all the Torah without turning to the right nor the left by saying “You are doing too much!” or “You are going too far!”  They will also call them Pharisees! Calling someone who wants to walk in the written Torah is an improper label when we know what the real meaning of a Pharisee is. A pharisee added to the Torah and put the oral torah above the written! So how is a person who is obeying the written Torah a Pharisee? That would be saying that ELOHIM who is the giver of the Torah is a Pharisee! Let it not be!

Who are the seekers of smooth things?

Damascus Document page (Ken Johnson) page 25

“This brought down the ancient hills by departing from righteousness and moving the landmarks of the ancients in their inheritance. Then the curses of the covenant took hold on them, delivering them to the sword to avenge the breaches of the covenant. These “SEEKERS OF SMOOTH THINGS” chose DECEIT AND LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW.”

Is this you? Do you read the Torah and see a command that you don’t want to do and then search for loopholes and gray areas to get out of obeying? My brothers and sisters, you cannot tell a Christian to obey the Torah when you don’t want to obey it yourselves. The Zadok priests knew this to be true as they saw the laxed approach of the Pharisees interpretation of the Torah. The Sadducees had a stricter interpretation of the Torah, yet the rejected any books outside of it, while also rejecting the resurrection, existence of angels and spirits. Simply put, we can’t look Eastern on the outside but have Western hearts on the inside. We will go into more detail about “seekers of smooth things” in another section.

Romans 12:1-2 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of ELOHIM’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for ELOHIM. This will please Him; it is the logical “Temple Worship” for you. In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of this present world. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what ELOHIM wants and will agree that what He wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.”

Instead of being transformed by the renewing of their minds and carrying the light yoke of YESHUA, people will make excuses as to they don’t have to wear tsit-tsit, don’t have to practice circumcision, don’t have to obey the purity laws, saying we can wear mixed fabrics, and that divorce and remarriage is permissible and more.

This same spirit lives on today whether believers are aware of it or not. The Zadok priests only confirmed what YAHWEH already knew as He has declared the end from the beginning!

Words of Moses 1Q22 (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) page 574

“ELOHIM spoke to Moses in the fortieth year after the children of Yisra’el had come out of the land of Egypt, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, saying: ‘Gather together all the congregation and go up to Mount Nebo and stand there, you and Eleazar son of Aaron. Interpret to the heads of family of the Levites and to all the Priests, and proclaim to the children of Yisra’el THE WORDS OF THE LAW which I proclaimed to you on Mount Sinai. Proclaim carefully into their ears ALL THAT I REQUIRE OF THEM. And call heaven and earth to witness against them; FOR THEY WILL NOT LOVE WHAT I COMMANDED THEM TO DO, NEITHER THEY NOR THEIR CHILDREN, DURING ALL THE DAYS THEY SHALL LIVE UPON THE EARTH. For I say that they will ABANDON ME, and will choose the abominations of the nations, their horrors and their idols. They will serve false mighty ones which shall be for them a snare and a pitfall. They will transgress against the set-apart days, and against the Shabbat AND THE COVENANT, AND AGAINST THE COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU TO KEEP THIS DAY.”

We simply must be doers of the word and not hearers only!

Hearers and not doers

Hosea 10:11 (Aramaic)

“Ephraim is like a heifer that is trained, and loves to tread out the wheat; but I bent her neck under the yoke; I will make Ephraim to be ridden upon, I will cause Judah to tread wheat, and Jacob shall be plundered.”

In ancient Yisra’el, the grain would be placed on the threshing floor and then the cows would step on the grain and crush it with their weight. This was an easy job for the cows to do! A yoke is a wooden beam or frame that joins oxen together so that they can pull the weight of the plow, which is harder to do. In other words, Ephraim, just like Torah followers today, want it easy, they want to hear the word only, which is easy to do, but don’t want to pull the plow, meaning to pull the yoke of the Torah by putting it into action and being doers of the word. Scripture has already warned us about this:

Romans 2:13 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“For it is NOT MERELY THE HEARERS OF TORAH whom ELOHIM considers righteous; RATHER; IT IS THE DOERS OF WHAT TORAH SAYS who will be made righteous in ELOHIM’s sight.”

James 1:22 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“But you must be of those WHO DO THE WORD AND NOT OF THOSE WHO HEAR ONLY – by which they deceive you.”

Luke 11:28 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“As YESHUA was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice to call out, “How blessed is the mother that gave birth to You and nursed you from her breast!” But He said, “Far more BLESSED are those who HEAR THE WORD OF ELOHIM AND OBEY IT!”

Exodus 20:16 (Samaritan)

“You go near and hear all that YAHWEH our ELOHIM may say. And tell us all that YAHWEH our ELOHIM says to you, and we will HEAR AND DO IT.”

Deuteronomy 5:24 (Samaritan)

“You go near and hear all that YAHWEH our ELOHIM says, and you speak to us all that YAHWEH our ELOHIM speaks to you, and we will HEAR AND DO IT.”

Exodus 24:7 (Samaritan)

“And he took the book of the covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, all that YAHWEH has spoken WE WILL HEAR AND WE WILL DO.”

Exodus 24:7 (Septuagint)

“And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the ears of the people and they said, ALL THINGS that YAHWEH has spoken we WILL DO AND LISTEN TO OBEY.”

Will you put His Torah into action by doing it? Or will you only listen and obey the parts you like?

ELOHIM expects us to follow Him completely!

Deuteronomy 5:29 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Therefore you are to be careful to do as YAHWEH your ELOHIM has ordered you; you are not to deviate either to the right or the left. You are to follow the ENTIRE WAY WHICH YAHWEH your ELOHIM HAS ORDERED YOU; so that you will live, things will go well with you, and you will live long in the land you are about to possess.”

Deuteronomy 10:12 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“So now, Yisra’el, all that YAHWEH your ELOHIM asks from you is to fear YAHWEH your ELOHIM, follow ALL HIS WAYS , love Him and serve YAHWEH your ELOHIM with all your heart and all your being; to obey, for your own good, the commandments and regulations of YAHWEH which I am giving you today.”

Temple Scroll page 215

“Afterwards they will return to Me with all their heart and all their soul, in conformity with ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW, and I will save them from the hand of their enemies and redeem them from the hand of those who hate them, and I will bring them to the land of their fathers. I will redeem them, and increase them and exult over them. I will be their ELOHIM and they shall be My people.”

Thanksgiving Hymns (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) page 255

“I have loved Thee freely and with all my heart and soul I have purified…that I might not turn aside from ANY OF THY COMMANDS. I have clung to the Congregation…that I might not be separated from ANY OF THY LAWS.”

The Torah is clear on these topics!

People will say that the Torah isn’t clear on what should be done and how to apply them today, which leaves room for one’s own interpretation and eventually rebellion.

Damascus Document (Ken Johnson’s translation) page 31

“The Wall Builders blasphemy grieved the RUACH HA’KODESH when they spoke against the statutes of ELOHIM’s covenant, saying that they WERE NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH. THEY CONSTANTLY SPEAK ABOMINATIONS AGAINST THE STATUTES.”

Damascus Document (Vermes translation) page 133, Chapter 5

“Furthermore, they DEFILE THEIR RUACH HA’KODESH and open their mouth with a blaspheming tongue AGAINST THE LAWS of the Covenant of ELOHIM saying, ‘THEY ARE NOT SURE.’

YAHWEH has already told us what to do, it’s just a matter of whether you want to obey them or not.

The Damascus Document Column 16, page 139 (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls)

“For ELOHIM made a Covenant with you and all Yisra’el; therefore a man shall bind himself by oath to return to the LAW OF MOSES, for in it ALL THINGS ARE STRICTLY DEFINED.”

The Dead Sea Scrolls magazine (Special edition) page 12 says:

“This scroll (Temple Scroll), nearly thirty feet long, had been copied several times at Qumran, indicating that it was considered a KODESH (SET-APART) BOOK. It contains elaborate plans for the building of the Jewish Temple, and it’s overriding characteristic is STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE LAW, WHICH IS SPELLED OUT EXPLICITLY. The laws, pertaining to the city of the Temple, include instruction on furniture, utensils, sacrifices, personal hygiene, and separation of people according to gender, health, and standing with the community. The Temple Scroll also refers to some festivals and set-apart days not mentioned in scripture, such as the New Wine Festival, the New Oil Festival, and the Wood Offering Festival. The frequent use of the FIRST PERSON WHEN ELOHIM SPEAKS IS ANOTHER INDICATION that this scroll is related to the Pentateuch (The first five books of the Bible, called the Torah of Moses.)

 YESHUA told us plainly that His yoke is light, yet the “seekers of smooth things” look for a way out of doing parts of the Torah they don’t like.

Matthew 11:29-30 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And carry MY YOKE upon you and learn from Me, that I am humble and restful of heart, and you will find rest in your nepahshot (souls), for MY YOKE IS RESTFUL AND MY BURDEN IS EASY.”

YAHWEH tells us that His people would not like what He commanded them to do, yet we know that scripture tells us that His Torah can be obeyed and that it isn’t difficult nor burdensome!

The Torah is not burdensome!

1 John 5:3 (Aramaic)

“For this is the love of ELOHIM, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are NOT DIFFICULT.”

1 John 5:3 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“For loving ELOHIM means obeying His commands. Moreover, His commands are NOT BURDENSOME.”

Oxford languages define “burdensome” as- difficult to carry out or fulfill; taxing. Undesirably RESTRICTIVE and a synonym is OPPRESSIVE.

This is a terrible way to feel about the Creator’s commandments! People feel that YAHWEH’s Torah is restrictive and oppressive and in return they will seek the path of least resistance which leads to being a seeker of smooth things and looking for loopholes.

Deuteronomy 30:14 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“However, all this will happen only if you pay attention to what yahweh your ELOHIM says, so that you obey his commandments and regulations which are written in this book of the Torah, if you turn to YAHWEH your ELOHIM with all your heart and all your being. (LY: vi) 11 For this mitzvah (commandment) which I am giving you today is NOT, TOO HARD FOR YOU it is not beyond your reach. 12 It isn’t in the sky, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will go up into the sky for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey it?’ 13 Likewise, it isn’t beyond the sea, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey it?’ 14 On the contrary, the word is very close to you — in your mouth, even in your heart; therefore, YOU CAN DO IT!”

YAHWEH’s commands are not difficult, they just simply need to be obeyed by applying it to our lives and Moses says, “It is NOT TOO HARD FOR you, and you can DO IT!” Pull the plow by doing the works of the Torah!

Shepherd of Hermas Command #12

“I say to him, “Sir, these commandments are great, and good, and glorious, and fitted to gladden the heart of the man who can perform them. But I do not know if these commandments can be kept by man, because they are exceedingly hard.” He answered and said to me, “If you lay it down as certain that they can be kept, then you will EASILY KEEP THEM, AND THEY WILL NOT BE HARD. But if you come to imagine that they cannot be kept by man, then you will not keep them. Now I say to you, if you do not keep them, but neglect them, YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED, nor your children, nor your house, since you have already determined for yourself that these commandments cannot be kept by man.”

So, if the commandments in the Torah are strictly defined and we can do them, especially with the discovery of the Temple Scroll, then why is this topic being ignored or rejected?

2 Timothy 4:3 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“For the time is coming when people will NOT HAVE PATIENCE FOR SOUND TEACHING, but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves TEACHERS WHO SAY WHATEVER THEIR EARS ITCH TO HEAR.” YES, THEY WILL STOP LISTENING TO THE TRUTH, but will turn aside to follow myths.”

That time is here brothers and sisters and in the next section shows that these are the signs of the last days.

Seekers of smooth things and the end times!

Malachi 2:9 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Therefore I have in turn made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you did not keep My ways but were PARTIAL IN APPLYING THE TORAH.”

Damascus Document (Ken Johnson) page 25

“This brought down the ancient hills by departing from righteousness and moving the landmarks of the ancients in their inheritance. Then the curses of the covenant took hold on them, delivering them to the sword to avenge the breaches of the covenant. These “SEEKERS OF SMOOTH THINGS” chose DECEIT AND LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW.”

Definition of “loophole” by Merriam-Webster says “a means of ESCAPE especially: an ambiguity or omission in the text through which THE INTENT OF A STATUTE, CONTRACT, OR OBLIGATION MAY BE EVADED.”

Statute is a law and YAHWEH’s covenant is a binding contract, so when people seek loopholes in the Torah to satisfy their flesh their intention is to EVADE YAHWEH’s commandments no matter how smooth they present their case.

Damascus Document (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) pg. 130

“For they SOUGHT SMOOTH THINGS and PREFERED ILLUSIONS (Isaiah 30:10) and WATCHED FOR BREAKS (Isaiah 30:13).”

Oxford languages defines “Illusions” a FALSE IDEA OR BELIEF.

Romans 16:17-18 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put snares alongside the teaching in which you have been trained — keep away from them. 18 For men like these are not serving our Master the Messiah but their own belly; by SMOOTH TALK and flattery they DECEIVE the innocent.”

Thanksgiving Hymns (Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) pg. 262

“But to the elect of righteousness Thou hast made me a banner, and a discerning interpreter of wonderful mysteries, to try those who practice truth and to test those who love correction. TO THE INTERPRETERS OF ERROR I HAVE BEEN AN OPPONENT, but a man of peace to all those who see TRUE THINGS. TO ALL THOSE WHO SEEK SMOOTH THINGS I have been a spirit of zeal; like the sound of the roaring of many waters to have all the deceivers thundered against me; all their thoughts were devilish scheming’s”.

Thanksgiving Hymns (Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) pg.264 Hymn 8

“I thank Thee, O YAHWEH, for Thou has fastened Thine eye upon me. Thou hast saved me from the zeal of LYING INTERPRETERS, and from the congregation of those WHO SEEK SMOOTH THINGS. Thou hast redeemed the soul of the poor one whom they planned to destroy by spilling his blood because He served THEE. Because they knew not that my steps were directed by Thee, they made me an object of shame and derision IN THE MOUTH OF ALL THE SEEKERS OF FALSEHOOD.”

Thanksgiving Hymns (Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) pg. 269

“I thank Thee, O YAHWEH, for Thou has illumined my face by Thy Covenant and sure as the dawn Thou appearest as perfect Light to me. TEACHERS OF LIES HAVE SMOOTHED THY PEOPLE WITH WORDS, and false prophets have led them astray; they PERISH WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING FOR THEIR WORKS ARE IN FOLLY. For I am despised by them and they have no esteem for me that Thou mayest manifest Thy might through me. They have banished me from my land like a bird from its nest; all my friends and brethren are driven far from me and hold me for a broken vessel. And they, TEACHERS OF LIES AND SEERS OF FALSEHOOD, have schemed against me a DEVILISH SCHEME, to exchange the Law engraved on my heart by Thee FOR THE SMOOTH THINGS WHICH THEY SPEAK TO THY PEOPLE. And they withhold from the thirsty the drink of Knowledge, and assuage their thirst with vinegar, that they may gaze on their straying, on their folly concerning their feast-days, on their fall into their snares.”

The writer of the Thanksgiving Hymns who I believe to be the Teacher of Righteousness was persecuted by the Wicked Priest and his followers, which again matches the scripture I quoted in the beginning.

Jubilees 1:12 (James VanderKam translation with Hebrew fragment)

“I will send witnesses to them so that I may testify to them, but they will not listen and will kill the witnesses. THEY WILL PERSECUTE THOSE TOO WHO STUDY THE LAW. They will neglect everything and will begin to do evil in My presence.”

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls pg. 499 Commentary on Isaiah 30:15, 4Q163

“This saying, referring to THE LAST DAYS, concerns the CONGREGATION OF THOSE WHO SEEK SMOOTH THINGS IN JERUSALEM…WHO DESPISE THE LAW AND DO NOT TRUST IN ELOHIM…As robbers lie in wait for a man…they have DESPISED THE WORDS OF THE LAW…”

We are in the last days as we see that not only Christians despise the Torah of YAHWEH, but also those within the Torah community despise the law and change it to satisfy their flesh. Sadly, the congregation of those who seek smooth things are concerned more with standing together in false unity versus completely standing for the truth. When a law is too difficult or a burden to them, they simply ignore it or reject it.

In conclusion let us remember this, that simply saying you are Torah observant isn’t enough, but are you doing the work of the Torah by pulling the yoke or are you content with treading the grain only? It’s time to be doers of the word and not hearers only, because YESHUA has already warned us!

Matthew 7:13-15 (Hebrew)

“YESHUA MASHIACH said unto His talmidim (disciples), “Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the way that leads man to destruction, and many are entering by it. But the gate AND THE WAY that leads to life, is EXCEEDINGLY NARROW; and FEW ARE THEY WHO FIND IT.” Guard yourselves from the PROPHETS OF DECEPTION, who come in clothes of ewes but in their inside they are rending wolves.”

Proverbs 11:31 (Septuagint)

“If the RIGHTEOUS ARE NARROWLY SAVED, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?”

1 Peter 4:18 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“If the RIGHTEOUS IS BARELY DELIVERED, where shall the unrighteous and sinful end up?”

Let us return to YAHWEH completely:

Temple Scroll page 215

“Afterwards they will return to Me with all their heart and all their soul, IN CONFORMITY WITH ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW, and I will save them from the hand of their enemies and redeem them from the hand of those who hate them, and I will bring them to the land of their fathers. I will redeem them, and increase them and exult over them. I will be their ELOHIM and they shall be My people.”

What is the definition of “conformity” according to Oxford Languages? COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS, RULES, OR LAWS! YAHWEH says that once we do this, then He will regather His people. So let us strive to obey and encourage our brethren to do the same.

Deuteronomy 5:26 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Oh, how I wish their hearts would stay like this always, that they would fear Me and OBEY ALL MY MITZVOT (COMMANDMENTS); so that it would go well with them and their children forever.”

As always, may YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

Yom Kippur: A Fast or Feast Day?

Yom Kippur this year is on September 27th which is equivalent to the 10th day of the 7th month. It is a Shabbat which means that no work can be done on this day. Due to a movement within the Torah community that says Yom Kippur aka The Day of Atonement is a feast day where food can be eaten; I wanted to make a message with more witnesses to refute this doctrine so that you will not transgress against YAHWEH on this important day.

Leviticus 6:23 (Samaritan)

“And EVERY SIN OFFERING that WILL COME FROM ITS BLOOD INTO THE TENT OF MEETING TO MAKE ATONEMENT in SET-APARTNESS SHALL NOT BE EATEN. IT SHALL BE BURNED WITH FIRE.”

Leviticus 6:23 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“But NO SIN OFFERING WHICH HAS HAD ANY OF ITS BLOOD BROUGHT INTO THE TENT OF MEETING IN THE SET-APART PLACE IS TO BE EATEN; IT IS TO BE BURNED UP COMPLETELY.”

This is exactly what we see happening on Yom Kippur! There is a bull for an iniquity offering made for Aaron and a goat for the people!

Leviticus 16:11-20, verse 27 (Samaritan)

“And Aaron shall offer the bull of the SIN OFFERING which is for HIMSELF AND MAKE ATONEMENT FOR HIMSELF AND FOR HIS HOUSEHOLD. And he shall slaughter the bull of the SIN OFFERING which is for himself. And he shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before YAHWEH, and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil. And he shall put the incense on the fire before YAHWEH, that the cloud of incense may cover the cover that is on the testimony, and if not, he will die. And he shall take SOME OF THE BLOOD OF THE BULL and sprinkle it with his finger before the cover on the east. Also in front of the cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. And he shall slaughter the GOAT OF THE SIN OFFERING WHICH IS FOR THE PEOPLE, AND BRING ITS BLOOD INSIDE THE VEIL, AND DO WITH ITS BLOOD AS HE DID WITH THE BLOOD OF THE BULL, and sprinkle it on the cover, and in front of the mercy seat. AND HE SHALL MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SET-APART PLACE, BECAUSE OF THE IMPURITES OF THE SONS OF YISRA’EL AND BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANGRESSIONS IN REGARD TO ALL THEIR SINS. And he shall do for the tent of meeting which dwells with them in the midst of their impurities.  And when he goes in to MAKE ATONEMENT IN THE SET-APART PLACE, no one shall be IN THE TENT OF MEETING until he comes out, that he may MAKE ATONEMENT FOR HIMSELF, AND FOR HIS HOUSEHOLD, AND FOR ALL THE ASSEMBLY OF YISRA’EL. And he shall go out to the altar that is before YAHWEH and make atonement for it. And he shall take some of the blood of the bull, and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. And with his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and consecrate it from the impurities of the Sons of Yisra’el. “

Verse 27 “And the BULL OF THE SIN OFFERING AND THE GOAT OF THE SIN OFFERING, WHOSE BLOOD WAS BROUGHT IN TO MAKE ATONEMENT IN THE SET-APART PLACE, shall be taken outside the camp. AND THEY SHALL BURN THEIR HIDES, THEIR FLESH, AND THEIR REFUSE IN THE FIRE.”

As we see from the scriptures above that none of the bull or goat was to be eaten, and again, verse 27 is a direct match to Leviticus 6:23 quoted earlier.

Leviticus 6:23 (Samaritan)

“And EVERY SIN OFFERING that WILL COME FROM ITS BLOOD INTO THE TENT OF MEETING TO MAKE ATONEMENT in SET-APARTNESS SHALL NOT BE EATEN. IT SHALL BE BURNED WITH FIRE.”

Other witnesses:

Temple Scroll Column 25:11, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls, page 199

“The tenth of this month is the DAY OF ATONEMENT. You shall MORTIFY yourselves. For any person who DOES NOT MORTIFY HIMSELF on this self-same day shall be cut off from his people.”

Oxford languages defines “Mortify” as to subdue the body of its NEEDS and desires by SELF-DENIAL or discipline.

Collinsdictionary.com defines “Mortify” as to punish (one’s body) or control (one’s physical desires and passions) by SELF-DENIAL, FASTING, etc., as means of religious or ascetic discipline.

SELF-DENIAL is followed by “fasting” in the Collins dictionary and this is brought out in the Complete Jewish Scriptures translation, which says:

Leviticus 23:26

“YAHWEH said to Moses, “The tenth day of this seventh month is YOM-KIPPUR; you are to have a set-apart convocation, you ARE TO DENY YOURSELVES, and you are to bring an offering made by fire to YAHWEH.”

By not giving your body its needs such as food and water by fasting is a perfect example of self-denial and mortifying yourself.

Leviticus 23:26-32 (Samaritan)

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, On exactly the TENTH DAY OF THIS SEVENTH MONTH IS DAY OF ATONEMENT. It shall be a set-apart reading for you. And you shall HUMBLE YOUR SOULS, and present an offering by fire to YAHWEH. And you shall not DO ANY WORK ON THIS SAME DAY, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before YAHWEH your ELOHIM. For any soul who will NOT HUMBLE HIMSELF on this same day, HE SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE. For any soul WHO DOES ANY WORK ON THIS SAME DAY, THAT SOUL I WILL DESTROY FROM AMONG HER PEOPLES. And you shall NOT DO ANY WORK. It is to be a statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It is to be a SHABBAT OF COMPLETE REST TO YOU (SHABBAT SHABBATON). And you shall TORTURE YOUR SOULS, on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall REST ON YOUR SHABBAT.”

The Samaritan translation includes HUMBLING our souls during Yom Kippur. A synonym for torture is to afflict. So, how can we humble our souls?

Psalms 35:13 (Septuagint)

" But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth and HUMBLED my soul with FASTING”.

Leviticus 16:29-31 (Samaritan)

“In the SEVENTH MONTH, ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, you shall TORTURE YOUR SOULS, AND NOT DO ANY WORK, WHETHER A CITIZEN, OR THE PROSEYLTE sojourning among you. For it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to CLEANSE YOU. You will be clean for all your offenses before YAHWEH. It is to be a SHABBAT OF REST FOR YOU, THAT YOU SHALL TORTURE YOUR SOULS. IT IS A PERMANENT STATUTE.”

Oxford Languages lists AFFLICT as a synonym for TORTURE that the Samaritan translation also uses for Yom Kippur.

Isaiah 58:3 (Aramaic)

"Why have we FASTED, and You have not seen? Why have we AFFLICTED ourselves, and You took no notice?"

Matthew 9:14-15 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“The disciples of John came unto YESHUA MASHIACH, saying, “Why do your disciples not AFFLICT THEMSLEVES like us and the Pharisees? So YESHUA MASHIACH said to them, “Because of the bridegroom—while he is alive, all of them who are with him are not able to be quenched. But when the time comes that man will hide the bridegroom, THEN THEY WILL FAST.”

Damascus Document 6:19, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls page 134

“They shall keep the Shabbat day according to its exact interpretation, and the FEASTS AND THE DAY OF FASTING according to the finding of the members of the New Covenant in the land of Damascus.”

Damascus Document Manuscripts from Cave 4, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls 157

“They shall not bath or wash their garments on the GREAT DAY AND FAST, ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT.”

2 Chronicles 8:13 (Aramaic)

“Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Shabbats and the SOLEMN FEASTS, three times a year, in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, AND IN THE FEAST OF THE  FASTING, and in the Feast of Tabernacles.”

The translation of the Aramaic matches what see in the Dead Sea Scrolls!

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls (Prayers for Festivals, 1Q34) page 382

“Prayer for the DAY OF ATONEMENT. Remember O YAHWEH, the feast of mercies and the time of return…Thou has established it for us as a FEAST OF FASTING, AND AN EVERLASTING PRECEPT…Thou knowest the hidden things and the things revealed…

Commentary of Habakkuk, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls page 515

“Woe to him who causes his neighbors to drink; who pours out his venom to make them drunk that he may gaze on their feasts (ii, 15).

Interpreted, this concerns the Wicked Priest who pursued the Teacher of Righteousness to the house of his exile that he might confuse him with his venomous fury. And at the time appointed for rest, for THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, he appeared before them to confuse them, and to cause them to stumble ON THE DAY OF FASTING, their Shabbat repose.

Acts 27:9 (Aramaic Lamsa)

“There we remained for a long time, even till the DAY OF THE JEWISH FAST was over and, since it had now become dangerous for anyone to sail, Paul gave them advice.”

Acts 27:9 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And we were there a long time, and till after the DAY OF THE JEWISH FAST.”

There is a footnote marked #205 in the Aramaic English New Testament which says, “THIS IS YOM KIPPUR.”

Prayerfully this message will clear up any confusion or misinterpretation of the scriptures and allow for complete obedience to YAHWEH! As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Wood-Offering and the SET-APART SPIRIT!

As a reminder, New Oil is on September 8th which is equivalent to the 22nd day of the 6th month on the Zadok Priestly Calendar and after that is the Wood-offering.

The Temple Scroll (The Dead Sea Scrolls) translated by Charlesworth page 307

Column 23

“And AFTER the appointed time of the fresh oil (New oil), they shall present at the altar THE WOOD, the twelve clans of the sons of Yisra’el. And they shall be presenting (it) on the first day, the clans of Levi and Judah; and on the second day, Benjamin and the sons of Joseph together, Ephraim and Manasseh; and on the third day, Reuben and Simeon; and on the fourth day, Issachar and Zebulon, and on the fifth day, Gad and Asher; and on the sixth day, Dan and Naphtali…and they shall present upon the wood a burnt-offering for YAHWEH…”

So, we have a perfect match of what Nehemiah said was written in the Torah:

Nehemiah 10:35

“And we cast lots for the office of WOOD BEARING, we the priests and the Levites and the people, TO BRING WOOD into the house of ELOHIM, according the HOUSE OF OUR FAMILIES AT CERTAIN SET TIMES, YEAR BY YEAR, to burn on the altar of YAHWEH our ELOHIM as it is WRITTEN IN THE LAW…”

We see that WOOD was brought during a festival at a SET TIME and by FAMILIES as we saw that 12 tribes presented wood (2 tribes a day) for 6 days as it is WRITTEN IN THE LAW and that law is according to the TEMPLE SCROLL.”

Nehemiah 13:31 (Septuagint)

“And the OFFERING OF THE WOOD BEARERS was at CERTAIN SET TIMES and the in the times of the first fruits. Remember me my ELOHIM for good.”

Another witness if found in the Dead Sea Scrolls:

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls (Vermes translation) page 477 (Fragment 23)

“When you enter the land which I am giving to you as an inheritance, and you dwell upon it securely you shall BRING WOOD for a burnt offering and for all the service of the House of which you shall build for Me in the land, to lay it on the altar of burnt-offering, and the calves…for Passover sacrifices and peace-offerings and thank-offerings and free-will offerings and burnt-offerings daily…and for the doors and for all the service of the House you shall offer…THE FESTIVAL OF OIL, the twelve tribes THEY SHALL OFFER WOOD…Those who offer on the first day shall be Levi and…on the third day, Rueben and Simeon, and on the fourth day…”

So, we see that the 12 tribes would bring a donation of wood so that the fire on the altar would not go out and for burnt offerings.

How can we celebrate wood-offering today?

Leviticus 6:1-6

“YAHWEH said to Moshe, 2 (9) “Give this order to Aharon and his sons: ‘This is the law for the burnt offering [a]: it is what goes up [b] on its firewood upon the altar all night long, until morning; in this way the FIRE OF THE ALTAR WILL BE KEPT BURNING. 3 (10) When the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, the priest, having put on his linen garment and covered himself with his linen shorts, is to remove the ashes and put them beside the altar. 4 (11) Then he is to remove those garments and put on others, before carrying the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 5 (12) In this way, the FIRE ON THE ALTAR WILL BE KEPT BURNING AND NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO OUT. Each morning, the priest is to KINDLE WOOD ON IT, arrange the burnt offering and make the fat of the peace offerings go up in smoke. 6 (13) FIRE IS TO BE KEPT BURNING ON THE ALTAR CONTINUALLY; IT IS NOT TO GO OUT.”

The same way that the fire on the altar shall not be put out is the same way that we as the Temples of YAHWEH filled with the RUACH HA’KODESH (1 Corinthains 3:16, 1 Corinthains 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16) should not let the RUACH HA’KODESH be quenched (fire put out) within us!

1 Thessalonians 5:19 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

19 “Don’t QUENCH the SPIRIT”

Oxford languages defines quench as “EXTINGUISH A FIRE”

The etymology for the word quench is G4570 “sbennumi” sben’-noo-mee and defined by Mounce as to extinguish, quench, Strongs defines it as a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; to extinguish (literally or figuratively) and Thayer defines it as to extinguish, quench, of fire or things on fire, to be quenched, to go out.

Leviticus 6:12 (Septuagint)

“And the FIRE ON THE ALTAR shall be kept burning on it and shall NOT BE EXTINGUISHED…”

We are not to put out the fire of the Spirit, rather we are to let Him continue to burn within us because the RUACH HA’KODESH is likened to FIRE:

Acts 2:1-4 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“The festival of Shavu‘ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place. 2 Suddenly there came a sound from the sky like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then they saw what looked like TONGUES OF FIRE, which separated and came to rest on each one of them. 4 They were all filled with the RUACH HA’KODESH and began to talk in different languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.”

Moses Apocryphon 4Q376, 1Q29) The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls

“they shall shed light on you. And he shall go out with it with TONGUES OF FIRE. The left-hand stone of his left side will show itself to the eyes of all the assembly until the priest has completed his speech. And afterwards the…has gone up…and you shall keep and do all that he shall speak to you.”

2 Esdras 14:22,33-42

“If, then, I have found favor before thee, send the RUACH HA’KODESH (THE SET-APART SPIRIT) into me, and I will write everything that has happened in the world from the beginning, the things which were written in Your law, that men may be able to find the path, and that those who wish to live in the last days may live. Verse 38-42 “And it came to pass, on the next day, behold, a voice called me saying, “Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink. Then I opened my mouth, and behold, a full cup was offered to me; it was full of something like WATER (John 7:37-38), but its color WAS LIKE FIRE. And I took it and drank; and when I had drunk it, my heart poured forth UNDERSTANDING, AND WISDOM INCREASED in my breast, and my spirit retained its memory; and my mouth was opened, and was no longer closed. And the Most High gave me understanding to those five men, and by turns they wrote what was dictated, in characters which they did not know.”

Notice that Ezra asked YAHWEH to send the RUACH HA’KODESH to have him write down everything and what he was given to drink was like water? The RUACH HA’KODESH is described as Living Water and FIRE as we saw from the scriptures above:

John 7:37-39 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And in the great day of the Feast, YESHUA stood, calling out and saying, “If any one does come unto Me, He will drink; whosoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘a stream of LIVING WATER will run from his belly.” And He said this concerning RUACH HA’KODESH—which those who believe in Him would receive; for He had not yet given the RUACH because YESHUA had not yet come into the light (esteem) of the Most High.”

Matthew 3:11 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“I am immersing you with water at the place of repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not worthy to draw off His shoe. And He will immerse you with RUACH HA’KODESH, AND HE WILL HEAL YOU WITH FIRE.”

Community Rule Dead Sea Scrolls (Ken Johnson translation) pg.67 Fruits of the SPIRIT

“These are the foundation FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT for the Sons of Truth in this world. The reward for those who walk in these will be HEALING and peace with long life. They are spiritual sons with all the eternal blessings. They will receive joy with eternal life, and a crown of esteem clothed in light.”

Fire also purifies, just as the fire of the RUACH HA’KODESH purifies us and makes us acceptable to serve ELOHIM in preparation for The Day of YAHWEH!

Malachi 3:2 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“But who can endure the day when He comes? Who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a REFINER’S FIRE, like the soap maker’s lye. He will sit, testing AND PURIFYING THE SILVER; HE WILL PURIFY THE SONS OF LEVI, refining them like gold and silver so that they can bring offerings to YAHWEH uprightly.”

Thanksgiving Hymns (Hymn 8) The Complete Dead Scrolls pg. 258

“And therefore I implore You BY THE SPIRIT which You have given me to perfect Your favors to your servant forever, PURIFYING ME BY THE SET-APART SPIRIT.”

Community Rule, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls pg. 101:

“For it is through the spirit of true counsel concerning the ways of man that all is transgressions shall be expiated, that he may contemplate the light of life. He shall be CLEANSED from all his iniquities by the SET-APART SPIRIT (SPIRIT OF HOLINESS) UNITING HIM TO HIS TRUTH.”

Again, we see a cleansing by the RUACH HA’KODESH and that He will unite us to YAHWEH’s TRUTH! And truth is the Torah (Psalm 119:142)!

John 16:13 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“But when the RUACH (SPIRIT) OF TRUTH will come, He will TEACH YOU ALL TRUTH. For He will not speak of His own heart, only the words which He hears He will speak, and make known to you those words.”

By not quenching the fire of the RUACH HA’KODESH Who is dwelling within us, He will keep the devotion to serve YAHWEH burning within our hearts!

2 Timothy 1:6-7 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“For this reason, I am reminding you to FAN THE FLAME OF ELOHIM’s GIFT, which you received through ordination from me. For ELOHIM GAVE US A SPIRIT who produces not timidity, BUT POWER, love and self-discipline.”

Paul says fan the flame (keep the fire going) of ELOHIM’s gift that he has given! And it’s a beautiful thing knowing that the gifts are given by the RUACH HA’KODESH!

1 Cornithans 12:4-13 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

 “Now there are different KINDS OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT GIVES THEM. 5 Also there are different ways of serving, but it is the same Master being served. 6 And there are different modes of working, but it is the same ELOHIM working them all in everyone. 7 Moreover, to each person is given the particular manifestation of the Spirit that will be for the common good. 8 To one, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom; to another, a word of knowledge, in accordance with the same Spirit; 9 to another, faith, by the same Spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the one Spirit; 10 to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the ability to judge between spirits; to another, the ability to speak in different kinds of tongues; and to yet another, the ability to interpret tongues. 11 ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT IS AT WORK IN ALL THESE THINGS, distributing to each person as HE CHOOSES. 12 For just as the body is one but has many parts; and all the parts of the body, though many, constitute one body; so it is with the Messiah. 13 For it was by one Spirit that we were all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”

By not quenching the Spirit and operating within the gifts by the leading of the RUACH HA’KODESH burning within us we can continue being lights of the world.

Matthew 5:13-16 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And it happened furthermore, that YESHUA MASHIACH said unto His talmidim (disciples), “You are the instruction of the world, but the instruction is cut off by them who are not saved, and nothing else is fit, except to cast them to the street and to trample them. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD is not able to hide the city that rests on the mountain. No man LIGHTS THE LAMP in order to set it under a covering, but to set it upon the menorah, in order to give LIGHT to all those who are in the house. SO LET YOUR LAMP SHINE BEFORE ALL, that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father who is in the heavens.”

We also see that the twelve tribes offered wood for the altar, so what kind of offering can we bring today? I know for sure that we can bring a spiritual offering:

1 Peter 2:5 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by people but chosen by ELOHIM and precious to Him, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be priests set apart for ELOHIM to offer SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES acceptable to him through YESHUA the Messiah.”

Sirach 35:1-2

“He that KEEPS THE TORAH BRINGS SUFFICIENT OFFERINGS: he that takes HEED TO THE COMMANDMENT OFFERS A PEACE OFFERING, he that repays a kindness offers fine flour; and he that shows mercy (charity) SACRIFICES PRAISE.”

And again, just as the wood kept the fire burning on the altar, we likewise have to keep the fire of the RUACH HA’KODESH burning within us by not grieving Him!  By turning away from the things of the world, denying our flesh, and walking in the fruits of the Spirit so that He doesn’t leave us which in return will put the fire within us out!

Ephesians 4:30

 30 “Don’t cause GRIEF to ELOHIM’s RUACH HA’KODESH, for he has stamped you as his property until the day of final redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, ANGER, violent assertiveness and slander, along with all spitefulness.” 3

The deeds above are acts of the flesh, but one of the fruits of the Spirit is JOY!

Galatians 5:22 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.”

The opposite of the joy which the RUACH HA’KODESH brings is grief and anger which are related to each other. and this will extinguish His fire within you!

Shepherd of Hermas Chapter 2, Commandment #10 (Parenthesis mine)

“Hear, then,” says he, “foolish man, HOW GRIEF CRUSHES OUT THE RUACH HA’KDOESH/SET-APART SPIRIT (Extinguishes the fire), and on the other hand saves. When the doubting man attempts any deed, and fails in it on account of his doubt, this grief enters into the man, and GRIEVES THE SET-APART SPIRIT, AND CRUSHES HIM OUT. Then, on the other hand, when ANGER attaches itself to a man in regard to any matter, and he is embittered, then grief enters into the heart of the man who was irritated, and he is grieved at the deed which he did, and repents that he has wrought a wicked deed. This grief, then, appears to be accompanied by salvation, because the man, after having done a wicked deed, repented. BOTH ACTIONS GRIEVE THE SPIRIT: doubt, because it did not accomplish its object; and anger grieves the Spirit, because it did what was wicked. Both these are grievous to the SET-APART SPIRIT — doubt and anger. Wherefore remove grief from you, AND CRUSH NOT THE SET-APART WHICH DWELLS WITHIN YOU, lest he entreat ELOHIM against you, AND WITHDRAW FROM YOU. For the Spirit of ELOHIM which has  been granted to us to dwell in this body does not endure grief nor straitness. Wherefore PUT ON CHEERFULNESS, which always is agreeable and acceptable to ELOHIM, and REJOICE in it. For every cheerful man does what is good, and minds what is good, and despises grief; but the sorrowful man always acts wickedly. First, he acts wickedly because HE GRIEVES THE SET-APART SPIRT, which was given to man a cheerful Spirit. Secondly, Grieving the SET-APART SPIRIT, he works iniquity, neither entreating YAHWEH nor confessing to Him. For the entreaty of the sorrowful man has no power to ascend to the altar of ELOHIM.” “Why,” say I, “does not the entreaty of the grieved man ascend to the altar?” “Because,” says he, “grief sits in his heart. Grief, then, mingled with his entreaty, does not permit the entreaty to ascend pure to the altar of ELOHIM. For as vinegar and wine, when mixed in the same vessel, do not give the same pleasure [as wine alone gives], so grief mixed with the SET-APART SPIRIT does not produce the same entreaty [as would be produced by the SET-APART SPIRIT alone]. Cleanse yourself from this wicked grief, and you will live to ELOHIM; and all will live to ELOHIM who drive away grief from them, and put on all cheerfulness.”

Let us not put the fire of the RUACH HA’KODESH, THE SET-APART SPIRIT out so that we can continue being lights to the world and being cheerful as we do His will! As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

You will SHINE!

I want to encourage my brothers and sisters on this narrow path to keep being  sold out disciples of YESHUA, because the reward is great! This means never denying Him and not turning aside from any of the commandments!

Deuteronomy 5:29 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Therefore you are to be careful to do as YAHWEH your ELOHIM has ordered you; you are not to deviate either to the right or the left. 30 (33) YOU ARE TO FOLLOW THE ENTIRE WAY which YAHWEH your ELOHIM has ordered you; so that you will live, things will go well with you, and you will live long in the land you are about to possess.”

Temple Scroll (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) Column 59 page 215

“Afterwards they WILL RETURN TO ME with all their heart and all their soul, inconformity with ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW, and I will save them from the hand of their enemies and redeem them from the hand of those who hate them, and increase them and exult over them. I will be their ELOHIM and they shall be My people.”

Revelation 14:12 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“Here is the hope of the set-apart ones, and here are those who DO THE COMMANDMENTS OF YAHWEH, AND BELIEVE IN YESHUA.”

As we know, YAHWEH does not lie, and there are many rewards awaiting the righteous; and one of them I want to discuss is how those who endure will shine brightly.

Matthew 13:43 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“The Son of ELOAH will send His messengers. All the stumbling-blocks in His Kingdom and the evil ones, He will place in the fire of Gei-Hinnom, and there will be weeping and trembling of teeth. Then the RIGHTEOUS ONES WILL SHINE LIKE THE SUN IN THE KINGDOM OF THEIR FATHER.”

The disciples saw a glimpse of what this will look like when they saw the esteem of YESHUA when His face shone like the sun!

Matthew 16:28 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“Truth I say to you that some of these who are here will not die, until they have SEEN THE SON OF ELOAH COMING IN HIS KINGDOM.”

YESHUA’s statement about Him being seen coming in His Kingdom leads right up to the following verses in the next chapter. And what happens?

Matthew 17:1-2 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And after five days He took Keipha (Peter), Ya’aqov (James) and Yochanan (John) his brother, and after he brought them up onto one exceeding high mountain, the figure (His figure) was changed before them, and the form of His FACE SHONE LIKE THE SUN, AND HIS GARMENT WAS LIKE SNOW.”

Scripture tells us that we will be made like YESHUA

1 John 3:1-2 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“See what love the Father has lavished on us in letting us be called ELOHIM’s children! For that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it has not known Him. Dear friends, we are ELOHIM’s children now; and it has not yet been made clear what we will become. We do know that when He appears, WE WILL BE LIKE HIM; because we will see Him as He really is.”

And being that this is true, YESHUA’s words are confirmed in many places!

Daniel 12:2-3 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Many of those sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken, some to everlasting life and some to everlasting shame and abhorrence. But those who can discern will SHINE LIKE THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN’S DOME, AND THOSE WHO TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE THE STARS FOREVER AND EVER.”

Enoch 104:1-2

“I swear to you, that in heaven the messengers remember you for good before the esteem of the Great One, and your names are written before the esteem of the Great One. Be hopeful, for you were previously put to shame through illness and affliction. But now you shall SHINE AS THE LIGHTS OF HEAVEN, YOU SHALL SHINE AND YOU SHALL BE SEEN, and the gates of heaven shall be opened to you.”

Enoch 108:11-13

“And now I will summon the spirits of the good who belong to the GENERATION OF THE LIGHT, and I will transform those who were born in darkness, who in the flesh were not repaid with such honor as their faith deserved. And I will bring forth in SHINING LIGHT those who have loved My Set-Apart Name, and I will seat each on the throne of his honor. And they shall be magnificent for times without number; for righteousness is the judgment of ELOHIM.”

2 Esdras 7:97 (Rewards for the righteous)

“The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their FACE IS TO SHINE LIKE THE SUN, AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE MADE LIKE THE LIGHT OF THE STARS, being incorruptible from then on.”

2 Esdras 7:125

“Or that the FACES of those who practiced self-control shall SHINE MORE THAN THE STARS, but our faces shall be blacker than darkness.”

2 Baruch 48:48-50

“Now, then, let us leave the wicked and inquire about the RIGHTEOUS. I will recount their blessedness and will not be silent to proclaim their esteem, which is preserved for them. For surely, just as in a little time in this world that passes by, in which you live, you have endured much labor, so in THAT WORLD THAT HAS NO END YOU WILL RECEIVE A GREAT LIGHT.”

2 Baruch 51:7-12

“But to those who have been saved by their works, and to those for whom the Torah now is hope, and understanding is an expectation, and wisdom is faith, to them marvelous things will appear in their time. For they will see THAT WORLD WHICH IS NOW INVISIBLE TO THEM, and they will see a time which is now hidden from them. And time will no longer make them older. For on the summits of THAT WORLD they will live, and they will be like the angels (Matthew 22:30), and they will be DEEMED EQUAL TO THE STARS. They will change themselves into any shape they wish, from comeliness into beauty and FROM LIGHT INTO ESTEEMED SPLENDOR. There the expanses of Paradise will be spread out before them. And they will be shown the comliness of the majesty of the living creatures that are beneath the throne, as well as the armies of angels who are now held by My word, lest they reveal themselves, and who are held by the command, that they stand in their places until their advent will come. And then the RIGHTEOUS will be more excellent than the angels.”

Wisdom 3:1-9

“But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of ELOHIM, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster and their going from us to be their destruction, but they are at peace. For though in the sight of others they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. 5 Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because ELOHIM tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will SHINE FORTH and will run like sparks through the stubble.  They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and YAHWEH will reign over them forever.  Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his set-apart ones, and he watches over his elect.[a]

Community Rule (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls) page 102, Chapter 4

“And as for the visitation of all who in this spirit, it shall be healing, great peace in a long life, and fruitfulness, together with every everlasting blessing and ETERNAL JOY IF LIFE WITHOUT END, a crown of esteem and a garment of majesty in UNENDING LIGHT.”

Thanksgiving Hymns (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls, Hymn #15) pg. 282

“For You have succored my soul, O my ELOHIM, and have lifted my horn on high. And I SHALL SHINE IN A SEVEN-FOLD LIGHT in the Council appointed by You for Your esteem; for You are an everlasting heavenly light to me and will establish my feet upon level ground for ever.”

We know the #7 represents completeness, fullness, and perfection! So the righteous will shine in complete perfect light for eternity.

Thanksgiving Hymns (The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls, Hymn #24) pg. 299

“You have caused the straying spirit to return that it may enter into a Covenant with You, and stand before You forever in the EVERLASTING ABODE, ILLUMINED WITH PERFECT LIGHT FOR EVER, with no more darkness, for UNENDING SEASONS OF JOY AND UNNUMBERED AGES OF PEACE.”

Proverbs 4:18 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“But the path of the righteous is like the LIGHT OF DAWN, SHINING EVER BRIGHTER UNTIL FULL DAYLIGHT.”

In the “peshat” the literal meaning of the scripture, just as the day gets brighter as the sun continues to rise, is how those who begin to walk in the Torah and continue walking in it by the leading of the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) will grow in understanding and be lights on this earth to help the lost.

Matthew 5:14-16 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“And it happened furthermore, that YESHUA MASHIACH said unto His talmidim (disciples), “You are the INSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD, but the instruction is cut off by them who are not saved, and nothing else is fit, except to cast them to the street and trample them. The LIGHT OF THE WORLD is not able to hide the city that rests on the mountain. No man lights the lamp in order to set it under a covering, but to set it upon the menorah, in order to give light to all those who are in the house. So let your LAMP SHINE BEFORE ALL, that they may see your GOOD DEEDS and praise your Father who is in the heavens.”

Philippians 2:14-15 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)

“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure children of ELOHIM, without defect in the midst of a twisted and perverted generation, among whom you SHINE LIKE STARS IN THE SKY, as you hold on to the Word of Life. If you do this, I will be able to boast, when the Day of the Messiah comes, that I did not run or toil for nothing.”

Likewise, in the “remez” the hint to a deeper spiritual meaning is that those who continue to endure until the end by keeping the commandments and belief in YESHUA (Revelation 14:12) will shine like the sun for eternity just as all the scriptures above have confirmed.

Let this found to be us those who hear His words and obey His words and grow in our understanding of His Torah, which leads to us grower brighter in our walk on earth, and to shining like the sun and stars in the Kingdom.

As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!