Time to Start Preparing

Disclaimer- 2 Peter 2:21-Verily if would have been better for them not have known the way of righteousness than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment that was delivered to them.

Greetings,

We are 31 days away from the start of the New Year and 6 weeks away from Passover. It's time to get all of the food that has leavening in it in one area as much as you can to eat it all before Passover.

Like just one shelf in your freezer and fridge. An area on your counter or a table for the stuff from your pantry area.

Between now & Passover, I'll be going over how do we know when the year begins and why the rabbinical calendar is wrong to follow. I'll also be covering what is Hametz or leavening so if there is some food you thought you had to throw out or use, you can put back in your pantry.

It's also a time to prepare our hearts and our minds for Passover. Do we have any lingering sin that could be putting itself between us & Yeshua? Are we inviting Yeshua into our homes but tell him if you could stay away from this corner of my life as I treasure it so much, we'll get along just fine.

It's time to examine ourselves so we don't partake of the Passover unworthily. (1 Cor. 11:27) Are we truly giving of ourselves to him? To our creator?

Until next week,

Lori

P.S. The New Moon of the next spiritual month is due to be seen Saturday night. Time to blow the shofar. I'll be explaining more on new moons in later articles.

Purim-12th or 13th Month?

Disclaimer- 2 Peter 2:21-Verily if would have been better for them not have known the way of righteousness than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment that was delivered to them.

Greetings,

We are in the 12th month of the scriptural year. For some, since last year was a leap year in the Gregorian calendar, they had a leap year in the Biblical observed calendar. And this year, according to the biblical observed calendar, we have a 13th month. (I'll be going more into this in later entries)

Many groups, think when there is a 13 month year, they need to keep Purim in the 13th month. But, what does the book of Esther say? What month does the book of Esther fall in?

Let's take a look at scripture and see what it says.

The first time we see a timeline is in Esther 2:16-Esther took up residence in Xeres homes in the 10th month.

The 2nd time is in Esther 3:7-A lot was cast & the first day of Nisan (Abib) was to select a day and month for destruction of the Jews. The day that came up was the 12th month-the month of Adar.

Esther 3:12-The 13th day of the first month (the day before Passover), the secretaries wrote out the script in all languages of the people in all the land.

Esther 3:13-On the 13th day of the 12th month-All Jews were to be annihilated, men, women & children. A copy of this edict was sent to every province.

Esther 4:16-The fast of Esther, she didn't eat or drink for 3 days. She asked others to do the same. She asked for 3 days, not just 1 day.

Esther 8:9-23rd day of the 3rd month, Mordecai wronte in the name of King Xeres that Jews may assemble & protect themselves from any attackers.

Esher 8:12-The 13th day of the 12th month is when this was supposed to happen.

Esther 9:1-On the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out, the Jews had the upper hand, upper hand over those that hated them.

Esther 9:15-The Jews came together on the 14th day of Adar (12th month).

Esther 9:17-13th day of Adar and the 14th day of Adar (12th month) they rested and made a day of feasting & joy.

Esther 9:16-Rural Jews, overse the 14th day of the month of Adar (12th month)as a day of joy & feasting, a day for giving present to each other.

Esther 9:20-22-Mordecai recorded these events & sent letters to all of the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerex, to have them celebrate annually the 14 & 15th day of the month of Adar (12th month) as a time the Jews got relief from their enemies.

Esther 9:27-28-These days should be remembered & celebrate throughout the generations.

Esther 9:31-Establish these days of Purim at their designated times as Mordecai & Queen Esther had decreed for them. And their descendents in regard to their times of fasting & lamentation.

Scripture tells us that we need to keep this festival on the CORRECT days. As you can see, many times over in scripture, Purim is to be celebrated in the 12th month, not the 13th.

Don't we owe Queeen Esther & Mordechai that? They put so much at risk for the Jewish people.

Have a good Sabbath,

Lori

A bit about myself

Greetings & Welcome to this new blog,

Let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm a Torah observant follower of Yeshua. What this means, I follow the laws of the old testament and I believe in Yeshua (Jesus).

I grew up in the Lutheran/Methodist realm until I started confirmation classes. I was having to split my time between the Lutheran church and the methodist church. One Sunday, I was fed up with the games that I was having to play.

I asked the confirmation class teacher at the Lutheran church on a Sunday morning, if we are supposed to believe in the same God, then why so many churches? What is the difference? I was told just to listen to the sermon and watch what is done, you'll see.

The next Sunday, I was at my home Methodist church. I asked him the same thing, I was told the same thing. At this point, I was disgusted. Didn't they know what they believed or taught?

I went home & threw all of my confirmation books away. I told my grandmother, I'm done, I'm done playing games, I'm tired of my questions not being answered and I'm sure as hell tired of my prayers being answered. I yelled.....why would God allow me to be treated like a piece of property instead of a child with feelings & thoughts? Why would God allow a child to be constantly told, what you have to say doesn't matter & to be constantly treated harshly.

I turned aethiest that day. I was only 13. I had 2 bibles that had been given to me. I didn't toss them but I put them on the bottom shelf of my book shelf so I didn't have to see them on a consisten basis.

I went into a very dark time in my life. I drank, I did things I shouldn't. I had a couple of boyfriends. One took me to his senior prom. His classmates were spiking the punch with Everclear, he didn't tell me. He thought it was hilarious how drunk I was getting. We broke up a couple of weeks later.

July 20, 1986, my grandmother and her live in boyfriend had left for day. I was sitting out on the front porch, reading & watching the world go by. Even tho it was July, the day wasn't too hot or too cold, it was a perfect summer day. A friend I had met when I was out riding my bicycle stopped by, as we were talking, a guy in a rusty orange car came zipping down the street. He went down to the corner, did a u turn & came back to park under the Maple street that provided shade to most of the yard. My friend knew him. I walked thru the yard in my stocking feet and sat down on the curb. His name was Tom & he was handsome. My heart was beating very fast, I tried to make sure I made coherent sentences.

Somehow the conversation went over to motorcycles and Tom went home to get his motorcycle to take me for a ride. We got about a mile out of town & something "happened" to his motorcycle & we had to head back to his place to fix it. He let me go into his bachelor pad, he had a very snooty bassett hound that went out the back door when I walked in. I looked on his kitchen table and saw a magazine called the Plain Truth magazine. My grandfather had gotten it for years when he was alive.

Reading that magazine started my feet back on the path of going back to God. I immediately did a 180 and started believing in God again. He took me home about an hour later. I walked past my grandmother who was sitting on the front porch with a stern look who asked where I was. I simply said with a new friend.

I went upstairs to my room and got one of my bibles off the shelf. And I started reading, I haven't stopped.

He asked me to marry him the next evening. We were married 22 months later. We attended the Worldwide Church of God until 1999. We were in the Intercontinental Church of God for 4 years until the death of Garner Ted Armstrong. In a splinter group for a year but they didn't like what we were saying, so we left. In 2005, we went independent and our spiritual knowledge grew by leaps and bounds. We listened to Avi Ben Mordechai, Nehemia Gordon, Michael Rood, Eddie Chumney and Brad Scott.

In 2005, we started observing New moons & changed the way we did Passover. I'll be going more into depth about these in later articles.

My husband passed from cancer almost 3 years ago. He loved Sabbath, he loved the festivals & new moons. Its hard to enjoy these days since he is no longer here but I try. I go to a local bible study group on Sabbath sometimes. I like to study by myself sometimes. I learn more that way.

Some of the articles that will be coming will be scripture based, talking about Passover, New Moons, when the festivals are & all the manmade traditions that are part of the Hebrew roots movement. And many more topics, there are 66 books in the bible, lots to cover.

Until next time,

Lori