jeudi 19 juin 2014

MEANING OF THE BIBLICAL SHABBATONS



The Shabbatons
On the Meaning of the Biblical Shabbatons
Written by David M Rogers
www.BibleTruth.cc
Published: June 2010
Table of Contents


If you scan the internet for websites which explain the meaning of the biblical Shabbatons, you will be sorely disappointed.  The vast majority of web pages which contain the term Shabbaton are Jewish websites which use the term as a synonym for a weekend get together, a youth event, a "special" seventh day Sabbath, or some other annual social event.  None of these usages are derived from the meaning of the term as it is given in the written Torah of Moses.
Shabbatons are not parties.  Nor are they the private social events of any congregation of Torah observant communities.  The Shabbat Shabbatons as found in the writings of Moses have a very specific meaning and usage.  It is our goal in this study to examine the biblical usage of the term Shabbaton and discern its meaning and application.
The Hebrew word Shabbaton is found 11 (eleven) times in the Tanach, all of which occur in the Torah of Moses.  6 of those times, the word is used in the phrase Shabbat Shabbaton, and the other 5 occurrences the word Shabbaton is used independent of the phrase above.  The term shabbaton is used to describe the weekly Sabbath and each of the 7th month moadim.  It also describes the 7th year.  Our word occurs 11 times in 10 verses:  Used of: Sabbath (Shemot 16:23; 31:15; 35:2; Vayiqra 23:3), Yom Teru’ah (Vayiqra 23:24), Day of Atonement (Vayiqra 16:31; 23:32), Feast of Tabernacles (Vayiqra 23:39 twice), every seventh year (Vayiqra 25:4,5).
The terms Shabbat and Shabbaton are not interchangeable.  They do not have the same meaning.  The Shabbat (Hebrew, שַׁבָּת) is a day of cessation from regular work.  The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT) defines shabbat as meaning to cease, desist, rest.  The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) presents our word as to cease, stop; to come to an end; to rest.  Almost exclusively, the term shabbat as a noun refers to the seventh day of the week, which Yehowah blessed and separated in Creation:
By the seventh day Elohim had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.  And Elohim blessed the seventh day and separated it, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. (Bereshith 2:2-3)
(More about the seventh day Sabbath below).
The Shabbaton is the Hebrew ! שַׁבָּתוֹן; (pronounced shăbătōwn).  TWOT renders this word as Sabbath observance.  The Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Brown Driver Briggs) defines our word as sabbath observance, sabbatism.  And HALOT says this of the word:
one individual and particular שַׁבָּת;, such as one that is to be observed in a particularly strict way, or one observed as a special celebration.
The "particularly strict way" which the Hebrew ! שַׁבָּתוֹןimplies is usually indicated by its translation as "cessation, rest, sabbath observance, complete rest."  In the body of our study, we will explore two theories about why some days are shabbaton and others are not.
The Sabbath שַׁבָּת  as a Shabbaton שַׁבָּתוֹן 
The seventh day Sabbath is called a shabbaton in four different places (Shemot 16:23; 31:15; 35:2; Vayiqra 23:3).  The first reads thus:
He said to them, "This is what Yehowah commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to Yehowah. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.'" (Shemot 16:23)
The Hebrew of the key phrase is:
Exod 16:23 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה שַׁבָּתֹון שַׁבַּת־קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה מָחָר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאפוּ אֵפוּ וְאֵת אֲשֶֽׁר־תְּבַשְּׁלוּ בַּשֵּׁלוּ וְאֵת כָּל־הָעֹדֵף הַנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד־הַבֹּֽקֶר׃

Literally rendered this reads, "Shabbaton, Shabbat” of set-apartness to Yehowah (is) tomorrow."
The reference of "tomorrow" is to the seventh day Shabbat.  Then, the instruction which follows seems to explain the significance of the Sabbath being a shabbaton.
So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.
Special instructions are given in regard to the manna which was on the ground every morning and which the benei Yisrael would gather each morning:  It seems that the activity of preparing food to eat was the definitive prohibition which the Sabbath as a shabbaton requires
On the seventh day, because it is a "Shabbaton, Shabbat of set-apartness to Yehowah," the congregation was instructed NOT to go out and gather the manna, for it would not be found on the Sabbath day.  On the Sabbath, Mosheh told the people,
"Eat it today," Mosheh said, "because today is a Sabbath to Yehowah. You will not find any of it on the ground today.  Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any." (Shemot 16:25-26)
The second place where the seventh day Sabbath is called a shabbaton is in Shemot 31:
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest (Hebrew, Shabbat shabbaton), set apart to Yehowah. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death (vs 15).
In this text, what makes the Sabbath a complete rest (shabbaton) is that no work at all is to be performed on that day.  On pain of death, the sons of Yisrael are urged to set this day apart to Yehowah and not do any of their work.  But nothing is said specifically about preparing food in this passage.
The third occurrence of shabbaton as delimiting the Sabbath day is in Shemot 35:2-3:
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your set apart day, a Sabbath of rest (Hebrew, Shabbat shabbaton) to Yehowah. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.  Do not gather a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day."
In this text, the special restfulness of the Shabbat as implied by the term shabbaton is described by the prohibition of "gathering a fire."  (I lay out in great detail the meaning of the prohibition of "kindling a fire on the Sabbath" in my study of Keeping Shabbat). 
And the final text in which the Sabbath day is called a shabbaton is in Vayiqra 23:3
There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest (Shabbat shabbaton), a day of set apart assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to Yehowah.
As in the Shemot 31 passage, this text does not specify the particular activity which is prohibited by the term shabbaton.
While shabbaton was connected to the prohibition of preparing food on the Sabbath in Shemot 16, in Shemot 35 shabbaton is connected to the prohibition of "gathering a fire" on the Shabbat.  In the other two passages we are merely told that we are not to do any work on the Sabbath on pain of death.  So, it’s difficult at this stage to draw the conclusion that the shabbaton is linked specifically with the preparation of food.  Rather, it seems to prohibit all non essential activity - any activities that could be taken care of in advance.
What exactly does it mean that no work is permitted on these shabbatons?  This is the million dollar question.  People debate the meaning of work as used in this context all the time.  Everybody has an opinion about what this forbidden work is.  Usually, the opinions expressed are derived from one's own selfish desire to exonerate oneself from their own cherished activities which people refuse to cease doing on the Sabbath!
But, let's not guess anymore at what "work" is.  Let's find the definition for "work" by its usage in the Tanak (the Old Testament).  In Shemot 20:9 and 10, the Hebrew word for "work" is מְלָאכָּה. (pronounced "melacha").  So it reads, "For six days you may labor and do all your melacha, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yehowah your Elohim; on it you shall not do any melacha."
Melacha is defined by The BDB Hebrew Lexicon as "occupation, work.The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT) defines this word as "work, business."  And the Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) renders it "1. trade mission, business journey, 2. business, work, 3. handiwork, craftsmanship."
The first occurrences (3 times) of our word comes in the account of the seventh day following the six days of creation:
By the seventh day Elohim finished the work (melacha) that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work (melacha) that he had been doing.  Elohim blessed the seventh day and made it set-apart because on it he ceased all the work (melacha) that he had been doing in creation (Bereshith 2:2,3).
How should we understand the meaning of melacha in Scripture?  What was the nature of the melacha which Elohim was doing here? 
In other places the melacha which Elohim was doing in creation is described in different terms:
The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.  The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land (Tehillim 95:4,5).
And
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place (Tehillim 8:3).
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands (Tehillim 102:25 NIV).
In each of these Scriptures, the melacha of creation is described as the "work of his fingers" or "work of his hands."
Hold that thought while you consider this:
If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges, to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods (melacha) (Shemot 22:8)
...then there will be an oath to Yehowah between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor's goods (melacha), and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to make it good (Shemot 22:11).
Sometimes the Hebrew melacha is translated "goods" (in the NIV of these verses above, it is translated "property") and refers to the end result of the work of one's hands. 
We should understand, then, that the word melacha refers to human activity (work) that results in the production of a finished end product.  Just as the "work" of Elohim's hands produced heaven and earth (an end product), the work which we are forbidden to do on the Sabbath is that melacha which results in products which are made or produced by the skill and labor of our hands.  It is easy to see how melacha could also be translated "occupation," "business," "handiwork," or "craftsmanship."  All of these terms have to do with the work that people do to produce goods and services.
But keep in mind that this is just a human attempt to understand the meaning of melacha.  If we use my definition above for work, then we will still run into problems in the grey areas.  At this point, we must use common sense and reasonability.  For example, Yahusha said it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.  And he ordered a man to pick up and carry his mat on the Sabbath.  Thus, reason and the example of Messiah should show us that there are many things which are perfectly fine to do on the Sabbath, but which we will be criticized for doing.  The important thing to remember is that your daily occupational tasks should cease on the seventh-day.
With that in mind, we can produce a kind of general "list" or rule of thumb (but this is not a "law") regarding work that is forbidden on Shabbat.  Activities which produce an end product are not permitted, such as any occupational work done to produce an income (one's normal business affairs) including craftsmanship, work in a field which ultimately will produce a crop, chores done in a home (which requires the work of one's hands to accomplish) such as gathering wood for a fire (or grocery shopping!), and cooking which produces an end product (a cooked or prepared meal), or anything that requires someone else to work on your behalf (you are commanded to let your servant rest, too!).  [More on cooking being explicitly prohibited by Scripture in section below.]
Activities which are permitted on Sabbath include (clearly) Scripture study which makes us wise in our walk before Elohim, personal hygiene tasks, games which exploit friendship and fellowship, rest, eating (as long as it doesn't require melacha on the Sabbath to prepare said meal), and the like.  Also included in activities which are permitted are those acts of mercy and compassion to help men and animals in a situation which endangers their health and life.  Remember, "it is always right to do good on the Sabbath."  But "good" is not an activity which profits you.
Each of the appointments (moadim) of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar are also called shabbaton.  And so, the next 5 occurrences of the Hebrew word shabbaton refer to Yom Teru’ah (Vayiqra 23:24), Day of Atonement (Vayiqra 16:31; 23:32) and the Feast of Tabernacles (Vayiqra 23:39 twice).
Of Yom Teruah, which falls on the first day of the seventh month, Scripture says,
Say to the sons of Yisrael: 'On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a set apart assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.  Do no regular work, but present an offering made to Yehowah by fire.'" (Vayiqra 23:24-25)
The Hebrew reads,
Lev 23:24 דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם שַׁבָּתֹון זִכְרֹון תְּרוּעָה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃
Lev 23:25 כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָֽה׃ ס

Literally, this reads in English, "Shabbaton v.24), a remembrance of trumpet blast, a set apart proclamation." And “melacha” (work v.25)
Though we are told that Yom Teruah is a shabbaton, no specific details are given regarding prohibitions.  We are merely told that no regular work is to be performed.  What is this "regular work" which is prohibited on the shabbatons?  The Hebrew phrase here is:
Lev 23:25 כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָֽה׃ ס

 which literally is rendered, "all work of service you shall not do."  The Hebrew word for "work" is מְלָאכָּה. (pronounced "melacha").  And the Hebrew word עֲבוֹדָה (pronounced ăvōdăh) means simply labour, service.  So, in Vayiqra 23:24, the instruction is telling us all work of service is not to be done.  In other words, any activity of our hands which produces a product or service is forbidden on this day.  As we saw above in the examples given regarding the seventh day Sabbath, these forbidden activities would include such things as preparing food and gathering a fire.
Yom HaKippurim - the Day of Atonement - is twice said to be a shabbaton.
This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work-- whether native-born or an alien living among you-- because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before Yehowah, you will be clean from all your sins. It is a sabbath of rest (Shabbat shabbaton), and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance. (Vayiqra 16:29-31)
And also later,
The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a set apart assembly and deny yourselves, and present an offering made to Yehowah by fire.  Do no work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before Yehowah your Elohim. Anyone who does not deny himself on that day must be cut off from his people. I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on that day.  You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.  It is a sabbath of rest (Shabbat shabbaton) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath." (Vayiqra 23:27-32)
Again, as above, no melacha is to be done on Yom HaKippurim.  All work is banned for the day.  Because it is a Shabbat shabbaton, all work is forbidden.  Yet, because it is a day of fasting, it makes sense that preparation of food is forbidden on this day.
The first and eighth days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Chag HaSukkot) are called shabbaton.
So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to Yehowah for seven days; the first day is a day of rest, and the eighth day also is a day of rest.
Lev 23:39 אַךְ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יֹום לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאָסְפְּכֶם אֶת־תְּבוּאַת הָאָרֶץ תָּחֹגּוּ אֶת־חַג־יְהוָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בַּיֹּום הָֽרִאשֹׁון שַׁבָּתֹון וּבַיֹּום הַשְּׁמִינִי שַׁבָּתֹֽון׃

 literally, "on the first day - shabbaton - and on the eighth day - shabbaton."
The prohibition against work is given in verses 34-36 of Vayiqra 23:
Say to the sons of Yisrael: 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month Yehowah's Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.  The first day is a set apart assembly; do no regular work.  For seven days present offerings made to Yehowah by fire, and on the eighth day hold a set apart assembly and present an offering made to Yehowah by fire. It is the closing assembly; do no regular work.
Here, again, the word translated as work is melacha.
There are three annual biblical appointments (moadim) that are not said to be shabbatons.  Two of these occur in the springtime.  The 1st and 7th days of Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) are NOT called shabbaton.  Nowhere in all the Torah are these days commanded to be shabbaton.  Thus, it is notable that on these days, food is permitted to be prepared - presumable the reason they are never called “complete rests.”
For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must put away the yeast from your houses because anyone who eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh day may be cut off from Yisrael.  And on the first day there will be a set-apart miqra, and on the seventh day there will be a set-apart miqra for you. You must do no work of any kind on them, only what every person must eat--that alone may be prepared for you (Shemot 12:15,16).
Here, we are told not to do "all melacha" (any melacha), except to prepare that which you need to eat!  The Hebrew is somewhat emphatic:
Exod 12:16 And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work (melacha) shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

 literally rendered becomes, "all work shall not be done for them, except that which is eaten by every person - that alone shall be done for you."
The Hebrew אַך (pronounced ahk), here rendered only or except, is a restrictive adverb used to contrast what precedes it with what follows.  The result is that while work is forbidden, an exception to the rule is being established here.  The conclusion we may draw from this curious statement is that preparing (boiling, baking) food falls under the umbrella of melacha.  So, while melacha is restricted on the first and last days of Unleavened Bread, there is an exemption from the rule for this one thing: to prepare your food.
It is important that we assimilate the point just made.  The prohibition against all melacha includes the preparing of food, except in those cases where special permission to prepare food is granted.  The term shabbaton implies "no melacha" and visa versa - "no melacha" means "no work of any kind" (except where an exception is made).
The third annual biblical appointment (moed) which is nowhere said to be a shabbaton is Chag Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), more commonly known as Pentecost.  If the term shabbaton is always associated with "no preparation of food," then we might be quick to assume that on Shavuot, food preparation is permitted, since it is not called a shabbaton.
But before we jump to that conclusion, consider this: the first and seventh days of Unleavened Bread are not designated shabbaton, but the permission to prepare food on those days is explicitly made as an exception to the rule of "no work of any kind is to be done."  So, the combination of not calling those two days shabbaton with the explicitly given instruction permitting the preparation of food is what causes us to conclude that we may cook on those two appointment days.
But what about Shavuot?  Neither occurs here.  Shavuot is not called a shabbaton.  But neither is explicit permission given for preparing food!  However, there is an explicit instruction about not doing any melacha!  Here is what Scripture says of Shavuot:
On that same day you are to proclaim a set apart assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live. (Vayiqra 23:21)
"Do no regular work" is from the Hebrew
Lev 23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile (abodah) work (melacha) [therein: it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

 again using melacha followed by avodah - "works of service."  The prohibition is clear - all work of service is banned on Shavuot.  No work of any kind is permitted.  If the definition of melacha includes preparing food (and that is clearly implied in Shemot 12:15-16), and no exception here is given, is it permissible to prepare food on Shavuot?  What gives?
On balance, since melacha includes all work done for the benefit of ourselves, including preparing of food, we conclude that the ban on "all works of service" on Shavuot must surely include the prohibition against preparing of food, even though Shavuot is not designated as a shabbaton.  We do not need to find a reference to Shavuot being a shabbaton to conclude that cooking is prohibited on Shavuot, because the prohibition against all works of service includes preparations for food.
The two remaining occurrences of the term shabbaton in the Scriptures are used to describe the seventh year land rest.  The instruction is given as follows:
Speak to the sons of Yisrael and say to them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath (Heb. shabbat) to Yehowah.  For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.  But in the seventh year the land is to have a sabbath of rest (Heb. Shabbat shabbaton), a sabbath (Heb. Shabbat) to Yehowah. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.  Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest (Heb. shabbaton).  Whatever the land yields during the sabbath (Heb. shabbat) year will be food for you-- for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you, as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten. (Vayiqra 25:2-7)
Every seventh year while living in the Land, all the sons of Yisrael were to give their fields rest.  They are to neither sow nor reap their fields.  All the produce which grows up of itself could be taken for food.  But the crops were not to be harvested for storage or for sale.  Thus, the seventh year was the designated shabbaton.
The usage of shabbaton to describe the "complete rest" of the land in the seventh year is evident.  No work at all was to be done in the fields.  Though shabbaton when it applies to the appointed days appeared to have had a direct correlation to the preparation of food, that correlation does not exist here where the seventh year is in view.  As such, it would be incorrect to connect the primary significance of the term shabbaton with the instruction not to do any food preparation.  The primary biblical significance of the word shabbaton must lay somewhere else.  This primary meaning is what we shall next explore.
The Jewish Rabbis have long held that the seventh day Sabbath is a little foretaste of the Messianic Age.  They have a phrase they use which expresses this thought.  Yom shekulo Shabbat is that saying.  It means, "a day that is all Shabbat."  What they mean by this is that the Sabbath day was designed to be a rehearsal of the time of Messiah's reign over the kingdoms of men.  The Sabbath is to be a day of ceasing from all of our own work, pleasure and pursuits in order to enjoy fellowship with our Maker.  As a shadow of the Messianic Age, the Sabbath is a time of joy and delight and great blessing.
The writer to the 'Ivrim (the Book of Hebrews of the Brit Chadashah) talked at length about the rest that is connected with the Sabbath day.  This rest he speaks of corresponds to the Yom shekulo Shabbat.
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.  For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.  Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as Elohim has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.  For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day Elohim rested from all his work."  And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."  It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience.  Therefore Elohim again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."  For if YHUSHA had given them rest, Elohim would not have spoken later about another day.  There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of Elohim; for anyone who enters Elohim's rest also rests from his own work, just as Elohim did from his.  Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. ('Ivrim 4:1-11)
It is clear to anyone who will hear that the writer is talking about keeping Sabbath and the promises connected with keeping Sabbath as a sign of fidelity to Elohim.  The "promise of entering his rest" is identified as that rest Elohim established at "the creation of the world" and of which it says that "on the seventh day Elohim rested from all his work."  And yet, entering that rest also speaks of another rest to which Elohim's may enter into.  Those who were disobedient in the wilderness did not go into that rest.  It is clear that "that rest" was the entering into the land of promise under Elohim's authority.  The disobedient ones all fell in the desert and failed to enter the promised land.
So, he goes on to say, the opportunity to enter the rest still stands.  Who will go into that rest? - that is, the "rest" of the Messianic Age?  "Anyone who enters Elohim's rest also rests from his own work, just as Elohim did from his."  In other words, participating in the Sabbath day rest and ceasing from all melacha is the avenue by which Elohim's faithful ones will enter into the Messianic rest.
Of interest to us here is that the word translated "a Sabbath rest" in verse 9 is the Greek sabbatismo,j (pronounced sabbatismos).  The BDAG Lexicon lists this word as meaning sabbath rest, sabbath observance - a special period of rest for God’s people modeled after the traditional sabbath.   Thayer's Greek Lexicon says this word means 1. a keeping sabbath. 2. the blessed rest from toils and troubles looked for in the age to come.
Used only this one time in the Greek New Testament, sabbatismo,j answers to the Hebrew shabbaton.  The "Sabbath rest" (sabbatismos) is entered into by resting on the Sabbath day.  By participating obediently in the Sabbath commandment, the covenantee is "making every effort to enter into that rest."  So the "complete rest" (shabbaton) of the Sabbath day is a participating in the foreshadowing experience of the Messianic Age.
What's peculiar about the usage of the Hebrew shabbaton in the Torah is that the days and times which are declared to be shabbaton are all foreshadowings of the Messianic Age and they all find their fulfillment in the Messianic Age.  Think about it.  The first and last days of Unleavened Bread and Shavuot are not called shabbaton.  These all had their fulfillment in Messiah's appearance as "Messiah ben Yoseph" - the suffering servant nearly two thousand years ago.
But the seventh day Sabbath, the four appointment days of the seventh month, and the seventh year are all presented as shabbaton.  Each of these finds its fulfillment in the Messianic Age.  The Sabbath depicts the Yom shekulo Shabbat, Yom Teruah finds fulfillment at the appearing of Messiah ben David with the sounding of the trumpet blasts, Yom HaKippurim occurs when Messiah punishes all his enemies and binds HaSatan, and the first and eighth days of Sukkot depicts Messiah ruling and reigning in his kingdom.  And the land Sabbaths also foreshadow and find fulfillment when Messiah rules from Yerushalayim.
We suggest, therefore, that the primary intent and meaning of the Hebrew word shabbaton is to indicate the complete rest of the Messianic Age.  All of its usages and applications point toward the fulfillment of the Messianic Hope.
The Shabbatons are those appointed times which depict the Messianic Age.  As such, Elohim draws our attention to this by requiring a complete rest on those days and years.  By ceasing from all our work, even from preparing food, we are better able to hear and respond to the proclamation of the coming of the Age of Righteousness with Messiah as the king of all the earth.
END

jeudi 1 mai 2014

THE LAST BATTLE



THE LAST BATTLE
Daniel ben Ya’acov Ysrael
Ezek 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

Prov 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.


In this paper we are going to see what the last battle is all about and found it’s foundation in the scriptures.
Yehowah (Yahweh for some or Yahuah for others) in his unlimited wisdom proclaim the End from the beginning (resheet)
Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Isa 46:9 Souvenez-vous de ce qui s'est passé dès les temps anciens; Car je suis Elohim, et il n'y en a point d'autre, Je suis Elohim, et nul n'est semblable à moi.
Isa 46:10 J'annonce dès le commencement (resheet)ce qui doit arriver, Et longtemps d'avance ce qui n'est pas encore accompli; Je dis: Mes arrêts subsisteront, Et j'exécuterai toute ma volonté.

The Hebrew word « resheet » est le titre du premier livre de Moshe « B’resheet/The Beginning »
The Last day battle is presented to us by Daniel the Prophet who warns the believers what will bring the great change that could take even the believers captive.
Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change* times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
*The verb “change” should have been translated as “think to alter” which is a better meaning, as we will soon see.

I have already pointed in different papers that Yehowah has set covenants with his people and the greatest of all is given us in the creation:
 Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day elohim ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Elohim created and made.

Please consider the wording, because i twill show to be of highest importance in our understanding.


The Shabbat
Shabbat is a sign (owth) between Yehowah and His Children for all generations. It is through the shabbat that Yehowah does sanctify his Children (compare with b’reshit/Gen. 2:2-3). The Shabbat is also a perpetual covenant(briyth)
Exod 31:12 And יהוה spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am יהוה that doth sanctify you.
Exod 31:14 Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exod 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest (shabbat shabbatown), holy to יהוה: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exod 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant (briyth).
Exod 31:17 It is a sign (otwh) between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days יהוה made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Exod 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.

Le shabbat est un signe (owth) entre Yehowah et ses Enfants pour toutes les générations. C’est au travers du Shabbat que Yehowah sanctifie ses Enfants (compare avec B’reshit/Gen.2 :2-3). Mais le shabbat est aussi une alliance (briyth) perpétuelle !
Exod 31:12 Yehowah parla à Moïse, et dit:
Exod 31:13 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et dis-leur: Vous ne manquerez pas d'observer mes sabbats, car ce sera entre moi et vous, et parmi vos descendants, un signe auquel on connaîtra que je suis Yehowah qui vous sanctifie.
Exod 31:14 Vous observerez le sabbat, car il sera pour vous une chose sainte. Celui qui le profanera, sera puni de mort; celui qui fera quelque ouvrage ce jour-là, sera retranché du milieu de son peuple.
Exod 31:15 On travaillera six jours; mais le septième jour est le sabbat, le jour du repos (shabbat shabbatown), consacré à Yehowah. Celui qui fera quelque ouvrage le jour du sabbat, sera puni de mort.
Exod 31:16 Les enfants d'Israël observeront le sabbat, en le célébrant, eux et leurs descendants, comme une alliance (briyth) perpétuelle.
Exod 31:17 Ce sera entre moi et les enfants d'Israël un signe (owth) qui devra durer à perpétuité; car en six jours Yehowah a fait les cieux et la terre, et le septième jour il a cessé son œuvre et il s'est reposé.
Exod 31:18 Lorsque Yehowah eut achevé de parler à Moïse sur la montagne de Sinaï, il lui donna les deux tables du témoignage, tables de pierre, écrites du doigt de Dieu.

During the creation Yehowah establish a perfect system to rule the days, the year, the season and……
Gen 1:14 And Elohim said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs (owth), and for seasons (moedim), and for days, and years:

Here we need to take time to look in particular to the Hebrew word for « seasons » :
- Original: מועדה מעד מועד
- Transliteration: Mow`ed, plural mow’edim
- Phonetic: mo-ade'
- Definition: 
1.  appointed place, appointed time, meeting    
a.  appointed time   
1.  appointed time (general)  
2.  sacred season, set feast, appointed season   
b.  appointed meeting  
c.  appointed place  
d.  appointed sign or signal  
Since the beginning Yehowah set the sun and the moon to rule his creation, from the beginning and for the coming time.
Ps 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons (moedim): the sun knoweth his going down.


The « mow’edim »
Lev 23:1 And יהוה spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 23:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts ‘mow’edim of יהוה, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts (moew’dim).
Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest (Shabbat shabbatown), an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of יהוה in all your dwellings.

The first of all the Feast (moew’dim) of Yehowah is the Shabbat !
The chapter 23 gives us all of the “mow’edim” of Yehowah and their timing!

What if we don’t have the right timing (calendrier)? I have heard before that it is Yehoshua (Yeshua) who will set the right timing as his return! Is that true? We will investigate and see that it is our duty to search and establish the truth!
Prov 25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Are we not Kings and Priests?
Nowadays the majority of believers keep the “Saturday” shabbat, not even asking if it is the right Shabbat, saying that the “Jews” who keep it also cannot be wrong, is not them who brought the Shabbat to us! Is that so sure that they are not wrong?
Ps 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons (moedim): the sun knoweth his going down.
We have seen that it is the Moon who regulate the « mow’edim » de Yehowah!
We have also seen that the Prophet Daniel warn the believers that the fourth Beast will work to change and alter the time and laws (plural)
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think* to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

*The word for « think is the word « cebar », to bear in mind!

Yehoshua tells the Pharisees:
John 8:42 Yehoshua said unto them, If Elohim were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from Elohim; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.
John 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth (Torah), because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Yehoshua tells the Pharisee that they have the same nature as Satan ! This was not  a small warning but a profound truth.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

The ALL world ! Not only the « pagans », the Goyim, but also the believers as we will soon see.

The ALL world include also the believers ! At this point it is good to remind Yehoshua’s parable:
Matt 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Matt 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Matt 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Matt 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Matt 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Matt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matt 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Matt 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Matt 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Matt 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Matt 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, My master, My master, open to us.
Matt 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Matt 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Yehoshua do not say that the virgins do not know the season, but the day and the hour only !
This parable must be read in its context, the Feast of Shavuot, the only Feast which has not date, but we are commanded in the Torah to COUNT, 49 days + 1 to come to Shavuot.
What if we don’t have the right calendar? Will we be among the wise virgins or the foolish ones?  Let us now for a while imagine that we don’t have the right calendar, you think it’s not possible for believers to be trapped?  Wait and read a bit more.

Many think to be so smart, to know so much that Satan cannot trapp them and that they have already attained their goal. Sha’ul/Paul give us a strong warning:
Phil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Satan works since a long time to deceive the all world
Once again the lack of understanding in the original language hinders the truth to come out!
Today the deception is great and many are not prepared to stand for the truth! Let us now see how Satan, the enemy has plan to deceived the all world!
Isa 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of El: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Now let us see what the verse 13 says in the original:
Isa 14:13  And thou saidst in thy heart: the heavens I go up, Above stars of God I raise my throne, And I sit in the mount of meeting in the sides of the north. (YLT)
Isa 14:13  And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north. (DBR 1899)
Isa 14:13 וְאַתָּ֞ה H859 ve·'at·Tah you  אָמַ֤רְתָּ H559 'a·Mar·ta For thou hast said  בִֽלְבָבְךָ֙ H3824 vil·va·ve·Cha in thine heart  הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם H8064 hash·sha·Ma·yim into heaven  אֶֽעֱלֶ֔ה H5927 'e·'e·Leh, I will ascend  מִמַּ֥עַל H4605 mi·Ma·'al above  לְכֽוֹכְבֵי־ H3556 le·choch·vei- the stars  אֵ֖ל H410 'el of God  אָרִ֣ים H7311 'a·Rim I will exalt  כִּסְאִ֑י H3678 kis·'I; my throne  וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב H3427 ve·'e·Shev I will sit  בְּהַר־ H2022 be·har- also upon the mount  מוֹעֵ֖ד H4150 mo·'Ed of the congregation  בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥י H3411 be·yar·ke·Tei in the sides  צָפֽוֹן׃ H6828 tza·Fon. of the north

Isa 14:13  . . . 'amar559 . . lebab3824 . . 'alah5927 . shamayim8064 . . ruwm7311 . kicce'3678 ma'al4605 . kowkab3556 . 'el410 . . yashab3427 . . . har2022 . . mow'ed4150 . . yerekah3411 . . tsaphown6828
H4150 - Original: מועדה מעד מועד
- Transliteration: Mow`ed, plural mow’edim
- Phonetic: mo-ade'
- Definition: 
1.  appointed place, appointed time, meeting    
a.  appointed time   
1.  appointed time (general)  
2.  sacred season, set feast, appointed season   
b.  appointed meeting  
c.  appointed place  
d.  appointed sign or signal  

If we believe that the « Saturday Shabbat » kept by the Jews today in a continual 7 days cycle from Saturday to Saturday is the true Shabbat, we run into a great delusion.
In fact if we do, like I have done researches we will see that the today calendar date from Hillel II the chief of the Sanhedrin established in 359-360 AD.


“The 4 weeks correspond to the moon phases or the quarter of the moon” 
“TIED TO THE MOON’S COURSE”


“ ANOTHER LUNAR OBSERVANCE, THE SHABBAT”

The New Moon is still, and the Sabbth ORIGINALLY WAS DEPENDENT UPON LUNAR CYCLE”
These are only few examples of the true calendar as it is recognized by the Jews!
Satan works since a long time to deceive the all world! The Romans Catholic Church, the mighty tool of deception:
Sunday - fulfillment of the sabbath
2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ's Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man's eternal rest in God. For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ:107
Those who lived according to the old order of things have come to a new hope, no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord's Day, in which our life is blessed by him and by his death.108
2176 The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship "as a sign of his universal beneficence to all."109 Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.
The Sunday Eucharist
2177 The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."110
"Also to be observed are the day of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension of Christ, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi, the feast of Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, the feast of Saint Joseph, the feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints."111
2178 This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age.112 The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful "not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another."113
Tradition preserves the memory of an ever-timely exhortation: Come to Church early, approach the Lord, and confess your sins, repent in prayer. . . . Be present at the sacred and divine liturgy, conclude its prayer and do not leave before the dismissal. . . . We have often said: "This day is given to you for prayer and rest. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."114
2179 "A parish is a definite community of the Christian faithful established on a stable basis within a particular church; the pastoral care of the parish is entrusted to a pastor as its own shepherd under the authority of the diocesan bishop."115 It is the place where all the faithful can be gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. The parish initiates the Christian people into the ordinary expression of the liturgical life: it gathers them together in this celebration; it teaches Christ's saving doctrine; it practices the charity of the Lord in good works and brotherly love:
You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the priests.116
The Sunday obligation  (from:vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a3.htm)
2180 The precept of the Church specifies the law of the Lord more precisely: "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass."117 "The precept of participating in the Mass is satisfied by assistance at a Mass which is celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the holy day or on the evening of the preceding day."118
2181 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor.119 Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.
2182 Participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity. Together they testify to God's holiness and their hope of salvation. They strengthen one another under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
2183 "If because of lack of a sacred minister or for other grave cause participation in the celebration of the Eucharist is impossible, it is specially recommended that the faithful take part in the Liturgy of the Word if it is celebrated in the parish church or in another sacred place according to the prescriptions of the diocesan bishop, or engage in prayer for an appropriate amount of time personally or in a family or, as occasion offers, in groups of families."120
A day of grace and rest from work
2184 Just as God "rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done,"121 human life has a rhythm of work and rest. The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives.122
2185 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body.123 Family needs or important social service can legitimately excuse from the obligation of Sunday rest. The faithful should see to it that legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family life, and health.
The charity of truth seeks holy leisure- the necessity of charity accepts just work.124
2186 Those Christians who have leisure should be mindful of their brethren who have the same needs and the same rights, yet cannot rest from work because of poverty and misery. Sunday is traditionally consecrated by Christian piety to good works and humble service of the sick, the infirm, and the elderly. Christians will also sanctify Sunday by devoting time and care to their families and relatives, often difficult to do on other days of the week. Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation of the mind, and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life.
2187 Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day. Traditional activities (sport, restaurants, etc.), and social necessities (public services, etc.), require some people to work on Sundays, but everyone should still take care to set aside sufficient time for leisure. With temperance and charity the faithful will see to it that they avoid the excesses and violence sometimes associated with popular leisure activities. In spite of economic constraints, public authorities should ensure citizens a time intended for rest and divine worship. Employers have a similar obligation toward their employees.
2188 In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays. They have to give everyone a public example of prayer, respect, and joy and defend their traditions as a precious contribution to the spiritual life of society. If a country's legislation or other reasons require work on Sunday, the day should nevertheless be lived as the day of our deliverance which lets us share in this "festal gathering," this "assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven."125
CONSTANTINE CHANGED CALENDAR
HOW ROMAN/BABYLONIAN CYCLES CAME TO DOMINATE MODERN TIME.

In this Section we will deal with the time-reckoning of three different groups in the New Testament Era. 
These three groups are the Romans, the Hebrews and the man from Galilee and his disciples. Through this examination we will come to get a grasp on how time-reckoning evolved from the Scriptural system into the calendar most of us are on in modern times.  As we examine the facts be prepared for some startling surprises.  We start with the Roman system that evolved into essentially the system we have today.
 THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN CALENDAR

The very earliest calendar used by the Romans was lunar, similar to others we have discussed in these lessons, although details of that most-ancient Roman Calendar are obscure.  By later Republican times, the  Roman  Calendar  is  well  documented.    Certain  Roman  religious  customs,  as  well  as  the  monthly subdivisions of Kalends, Nones, and Ides, indicate that the calendar was lunar, and that months began upon direct observation by a priest of the new moon crescent.
In  the  Roman  Republican  calendar,  the  months  contained  three  primary  markers  --  the  Kalends,  the Nones and the Ides.  The Kalends were always the first day of the month.  The Nones were usually the 5th but sometimes the 7th, and the Ides were the 15th but sometimes the 13th.  All the days after the Ides were numbered  by  counting  down  towards  the  next  month's  Kalends. Incidentally, this Latin word, Kalends is  where  our  English  word  Calendar  comes  from. This system was  vaguely  like  the  lunar "weeks" we have found in other calendars, in the sense of being tied to the moon's cycle.  The holidays were generally bunched together to form continuous celebrations, and the remaining days of the month were usually nondescript workdays.
It is in the Roman Republican calendar that we find a recurring cycle distinct from the lunar cycle.  This was  still  not  a  week  such  as  we  know  it  today,  but  after  a  few  more  centuries,  well  after  the  New Testament  era,  eventually  evolved  into  it.    This  "week"  had  a  recurring  cycle  of  8-days  called  the nundinae =  nine-days (nine  because of  inclusive counting).  This was  by  no  means an unchangeable cycle, as our modern 7-day week seems to be, however.  This is shown from the fact that it was not always 8 days, at times it was 10, based upon convenience and commerce.  The Roman "week" was not religious in significance, but originally indicated days upon which a market would be held in Rome.  It was simply a schedule of when business could be done and was something like a train or bus schedule might be viewed today.  In that sense  it was  not viewed strictly  as a division of time as the week  is viewed today.  Extant Roman calendars indicate this interval by giving each consecutive day a letter A through  H.    Note  that  this  was  simply  a  space  marker  for  each  day. The Romans did not call the individual days "day A," "day B," "day C," et.  CONSTANTINE CHANGED CALENDAR
2 THE JULIAN CALENDAR
 The Julian calendar was a major modification by Julius Caesar of the Republican calendar.  As pontifex maximus, Caesar was responsible for the smooth operation of Rome’s calendar, which previous neglect by  other  pontifices  had  been  allowed  to  fall  behind  the  seasons.    In  the  second  year  of  Caesar’s dictatorship (47 BC) the calendar was running as much as 90 days behind the seasons, due largely to political manipulation of the calendar.  Caesar began his calendar reform by ordering an ordinary leap year (intercalation of one lunar month).  That was not sufficient to deal with the problem.  Therefore, during  his  second  consulship  he  inserted  67  days  (exactly  how  isn’t  perfectly  clear,  but  probably  2 months  between  November  and  December  of  22  and  23  days,  plus  another  intercalary  month  after February).  With this "fix", by the end of the year we know as 46 BC, the calendar was pretty much back in sync with the seasons.  As you might imagine, these changes caused a great deal of confusion at the time.  In fact, later writers called it the annis confusionis (year of confusion).
The New Encyclopedia Britannica elaborates: The origin of the calendric system in general use today - the Gregorian calendar - can be traced back to the Roman republican calendar,  which is thought to have been introduced by the fifth king of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus (616-579 BCE)...  By 46 BCE the calendar had become so hopelessly confused that Julius Caesar was forced to initiate a reform of the entire system.  Caesar invited the Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes to undertake this task.  Sosigenes suggested abandoning the lunar system altogether and replacing it with a tropical year of 365.25 days. 
Further, to correct the accumulation of previous errors, a total of 90 intercalary days had to be added to 46 BCE, meaning that January 1, 45 BCE, occurred in what would have been the middle of March.  To
prevent the problem from recurring, Sosigenes  suggested that an extra day be added to every fourth February. The  adoption  of  such  reformatory  measures  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  Julian calendar, which was used for roughly the next 1,600 years.
Thus, the Julian Calendar marked a major change from the Lunar Republican Calendar, being a Solar calendar and the predecessor of the Calendar still  in use today.  It was not until 1582  AD that Pope Gregory  XIII  decreed  a  modification  to the  Julian  calendar,  giving  us  the  "Gregorian  Calendar"  that governs modern time.  The New Encyclopedia Britannica explains why that became necessary: During that time (since the initiation of the Julian calendar in 46 BC), however, the disagreement between the
Julian year of 365.25 days and the tropical year of 365.242199 gradually produced significant errors.  The discrepancy mounted at a rate of 11 minutes 14 seconds per year until it was a full 10 days in 1545, when the Council of Trent authorized Pope Paul III to take corrective action.  No solution was found for many years.  In 1572 Pope Gregory III agreed to issue a papal bull drawn up by the Jesuit astronomer Christopher Clavius.  Ten years later, when the edict was finally proclaimed, 10 days in October were skipped to bring the calendar back in line.

Considered  as  a  theoretical  calendar  (i.e.,  projecting  it  back  before  it  was  actually  invented),  the
Gregorian calendar matches up with the Julian in the third century CE.  Because the pre-Julian Roman calendar was not regular, the custom of historians is to use the Julian calendar proleptically for earlier CONSTANTINE CHANGED CALENDAR 3 dates.  That is, dates before 45 BC, which are naturally recorded in different calendars, are translated into the Julian calendar. 
 ACTUAL JULIAN CALENDARS CIRCA FIRST CENTURY

The  actual  Julian  calendar  represented  here  is from  the  time  when  the  Julian  calendar  was already well-established.  Although the original calendar  of  the  Roman  Republican  period  was replaced,  some  conventions  of  the  earlier Republican  era  calendar  continued  to  be maintained in the new calendar.  One important feature  carried  over  into  the  Julian  Calendar from the earlier Republican Calendar was the 8 day  “market”  cycle,  represented  by  letters  A through H on the calendar.  The 7-day Roman planetary  week  (7  day  cycle  named  after  the planet gods) had not yet evolved and is nowhere to be found on this first century Julian calendar. 
As we shall see, the 7-day planetary week was a later  innovation  initially  unrelated  to  market days. This  is  significant  for  Scripture  study.    We  must understand  that  the  Romans  had  no  7-day  week during the New Testament era.  Any reference to a "week" in the New Testament IS NOT a reference to the same cycle known today as a week.  The 7-day cycle known today as a week was completely unknown to the Romans of New Testament times, having not been adopted by them yet! 
 CONSTANTINE CHANGED CALENDAR
4 A 7 Day Planetary Week Emerged.  Antrols the first hour of the day named after it.  This system was brought  into  Hellenistic  Egypt  from  Mesopotamia,  specifically  Babylon,  where  astrology  had  been practiced  for  millenniums  and  where  seven  had  always  been  a  propitious  number  ("lucky"  7).    This pagan idea developed into a scheme among the Romans where certain days became connected with each of the seven planetary "gods."  A connection of each day with one of the seven planetary gods began to spread  through the  Roman  Empire  around  the turn  of  the  first  century.    The  earliest  evidence  of the beginning of the development of the planetary week was  found at Pompeii, the amazing  Roman  city destroyed by a volcanic eruption during the final quarter of the first century.  A wall inscription with the heading  'days  of  the  gods'  lists  the  planets  in  the  order  Saturn,  Sun,  Moon,  Mars, Mercury,  Jupiter, Venus.  This original order of the planetary week (starting with Saturn's day) varies from the week eventually written  into  Roman  law  in  the  fourth  century,  which  features  the  Sun's  day  as  the  first  day  of  the planetary week.  We should stress again that this innovation of a 7-day planetary week did not arise in the  Roman  Empire  till  after  the  writing  of  most  if  not  all  of  the  New  Testament  books;  "Since  the earliest evidence for the existence of the planetary week is to be dated toward the end of the first century A.D." - W. Rordorf
Even then, the religious planetary 7-day cycle did not have the force of time-reckoning later associated with  it. It  would  take  over  a  century  more  for  the  ceremonial  planetary  week  to  evolve  into  the institution of a continual 7-day weekly cycle used in dates.  The earliest known instance of this is from 205 AD, in an inscription from Karlsburg, Transylvania, while the earliest case from the eastern empire is a school lesson from Egypt, dated 294 C.E.
 CONSTANTINE CHANGED CALENDAR
5 CONSTANTINE ENFORCES ROMAN / BABYLONIAN TIME AT THE LATE DATE OF 321 AD.
 In 321 AD the Emperor Constantine the Great permanently grafted the astrological planetary week  system onto the Roman calendar, making the first day of this new week the day of the Sun and a day of rest and worship  for all, and  imposing the sequence and names to the days of the planetary week as we know them today.  With this official edict the market  week  and  the  planetary  week  were  finally  and  permanently fused into one continuous seven day cycle named after the "gods".  By edict  of  the  Emperor  Roman-Babylonish  time  was  suddenly transformed  into  "Christian"  time.    While  there  were  holdouts  for  a while, the new Roman system of time was adopted throughout most of western Europe: in the Germanic languages, such as Old English, the names  of  four  of  the  Roman  gods  were  converted  into  those  of  the corresponding Germanic gods.
 PAGAN WEEK DAY NAMES TELL THE STORY
All of this should be sufficient to demonstrate that the week we are so familiar with today originated as an amalgamation of paganism and commercialism and was not in any sense given to us by Yahuah.  In fact, the pagan origin of the planetary week is still to be seen in the names of the days of the week in use today: 

Planetary
"god"
Latin
Germanic
"god"
Modern English
Modern Italian
Sun  Solis    Sunday  domenica
Moon  Lunae    Monday  lunedì
Mars  Martis  Tiu  Tuesday  martedì
Mercury  Mercurii  Woden  Wednesday mercoledì
Jupiter  Jovis  Thor  Thursday  giovedì
Venus  Veneris  Freya  Friday  venerdì
Saturn  Saturni    Saturday  sabato
 CONSTANTINE CHANGED CALENDAR
6 THE PAGAN PLANETARY WEEK HAS NO CORRELATION TO SCRIPTURAL TIME
 The above facts are not in tune with the common perception that the current seven day week has always existed, and has existed in the same order in which we find it today.  Historically that just isn't true, yet quotes such as the following are produced and repeated as "proof" that the seven day week has been an uninterrupted institution from the beginning of time: "It is to be noted that in the Christian period, the order of days in the week has never been interrupted. Thus, when Gregory XIII reformed the calendar in
1582, Thursday, 4 October, was followed by Friday, 15 October.  So in England, in 1752, Wednesday, 2 September, was followed by Thursday, 14 September."  (The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910 Edition, Vol. 3, page 740,in the article "Chronology") In reality, it is irrelevant that the order of the days of the planetary week "in the Christian period" may have remained "uninterrupted" with the Gregorian calendar change in 1582 AD.  The "Christian period" The Catholic Encyclopedia is necessarily talking about is not the New Testament era (first century), but from 321 AD when Emperor Constantine, the first historic Pope, institutionalized the planetary week. 
The salient point here is therefore obvious to the avid Scripture student and truth-seeker.  Namely, 321 AD is just too late a time to be Scripturally relevant.  Further, the order of the Roman planetary week was never tied to any Scriptural numbering of days of the "week."  Indeed, the Roman week evolved completely separately from Scriptural time and changed in order with "Saturday" being moved from the first day to the last day of the Roman week.  In short, even if there were such a  thing as a Scriptural weekly cycle continuing unbroken from creation forward we could not assume that "Saturn's day", now the  last day of the Roman week,  is the same as  the "seventh day" of the creation week.  If Sabbath-keeping depended upon identifying the true seventh day of a continuous cycle of weeks from creation forward then Sabbath-keeping is impossible, for there is no unbroken cycle of Roman weeks that tie in directly to the Scriptural calendar!  Saturday and Sunday Sabbath-keeping are both equally based on the myth  of  the  first  century  Roman  week  that  never  existed.    Thank  Yah  that  He  "made  the  moon  for appointments!"  Unless He had done so we would have no way to determine when to meet Him to keep His Sabbaths.
 OUT OF SYNC WITH THE CREATOR'S TIME CYCLES - IN SYNC WITH BABYLON
 I would conclude this lesson by suggesting that the Roman system of time reckoning institutionalized by Constantine the Great has had a much more profound effect on us than we can scarcely realize. Yahuah gave us a system of time-reckoning tied directly  to the natural order he created.  By it any child can easily keep in step with Him according to the natural cycles that are meant to bless us in body, mind and spirit.  By contrast, the Roman system, based on commercial greed and pagan Babylonian religion, has the effect of divorcing us from the natural order.  It has put us on a 7-day treadmill that has little or no connection whatever with anything Yah created and that tends to keep us out of sync with both creation and Creator. Its  purpose  is  to  keep  us  in  sync  with  an  artificial  and  de-humanized  hamster-wheel mindset controlled by the ungodly world system of "Babylon" in rebellion to the healthful natural order and rule of Yah.  This has harmful effects upon us in body, mind and spirit that we probably can't even begin to imagine.  Friends, we have been almost totally asleep at the wheel, intoxicated by poisons we have taken for granted because we've never known any different.  It’s time to wake up and get a grip while it is still barely possible. (Excerpt from- Troy Miller)
Constantin an Idolater and the Mithra cult !
The counting of the ides and the Kalendes contained a height day week called nundines.
The seven day week was adopted in Rome in the third century AD and Konstantin changed the Sunday tomake it the first day of the week in honor of the sun! Before the first day of the week was “Saturn”.
Staurday, a substitut to the Shabbat of YHWH:
Rev 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

A particularity from the antik city of Pergamos, is that she received in 29 BCE, authorization from Rome to edify a Temple to August Caesar while he was still alive. This became the first provincial sanctuary from Rome build  in honor of a living emperor., The second been the one in Smyrna, build three years later.

The kingdom of Pergamon existed for nearly one hundred and fifty years, with its seat of power in Pergamum, until it was willed by its King Attalus III to Rome upon his death in 129. Today, the ruins of Pergamum are found on a large rocky hill overlooking the Caicus River, about 20 miles from the Agean Sea. Its architecture is amazing to behold, even today, and one can only imagine how majestic it must have been 2000 years ago. (For you Lord of the Rings fans, think of Minas Tirith…) It was the seat of political power in Asia Minor (Ephesus was the commercial center), and it was also home to the frumetaria, a Roman garrison that protected food shipments through the major trade route from the Agean into Asia Minor.
Where Satan has His Throne
When we read John’s letter to the church in Pergamum, we must wonder why John twice refers to this city as a place where Satan rules. When we examine the city in its first century context, the possibilities abound.
One possibility lies in with the series of kings Attalus I – III and Eumenes I-III, alternating. The people of Pergamum may have been some of the first to deify their kings upon death, constructing Heroon (places of hero worship) upon their tombs. Many scholars believe that the Caesars were impressed by this practice in Pergamum, and that it led first to the deification of the Caesars in the outlying provinces, and then to the deification upon death of Caesars in all of the Empire – including Rome, and finally, with Domitian, to the deification of Caesar while still living. At Pergamum, upon the highest height of the Acropolis (the place where the greatest god was worshipped), are the ruins of a once great temple to Trajan Caesar (Emperor from 98 – 117 AD). With the atrocities conducted against early believers who refused to bow to Caesar, this is one possibility why this might be “Satan’s Throne”.
Another possibility lies in the agora (marketplace) on the Acropolis of Pergamum. It is here that the practice of burning incense to Caesar in order to be able to buy and sell in the market may have first begun. This practice later spread to Ephesus and became so pervasive that one could not buy or sell, get fire or water, or acquire meat without declaring Caesar was god, and to refuse could mean death to the believer. It is very likely that this is the practice referred to in Revelation 13:16-17, with the “beast” representing Nero or Domitian (most likely):
He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:16-17)
Because Pergamum was the seat of power in Asia Minor, and because of the evil practices in the worship of this power, this is another posibility of Satan’s throne.
A third possibility may have been in the Theater, which was of primary importance in Pergamum. The purpose of the theater was to make its views the peoples’ views. (Does this sound familiar?) The 10,000-seat theater on the Acropolis in Pergamum, the largest of several in the city, was dedicated (as all hellenistic theaters were) to the god Dionysus, the god of wine and orgy. Right next to the theater was the temple of Dionysus, and just before each performance, the people would go and partake of all the free wine they wanted (donations accepted, though), before watching the day’s performance, often performed in the nude, and sometimes “interactively”.* After the performance, many of the people would go next to the theater to participate in the vomitorium, where people would drink as much wine and eat as much raw meat as they could, before throwing up into the lowered center of the room and then partaking more drink and food. This would put them into an ecstatic state where they could have “visions” from Dionysus, after which they would leave the vile place and partake of the Dionysus temple prostitutes.
The Jewish Calendar
The Jewish calendar as we know it todayis not the one used in Yehoshua’s days. It is from the time of Hillel II, the chief of the Sanhedrin in 350 AD and calculated in a complicate form to match solar and lunar system in order to compromise with the Romains who persecuted them.
SO ! Who are these »Jews » who say to be Jews, and are not ?
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The Pharisee of those days, professed to be descendant from Abraham, but their actions were in contradiction with Abraham!
Brothers an sister in Mashiach Yehoshua, time is short, Satan use is biggest weapon, the fakeShabbat, for that he used the those Jews who proclaim to be Jews, descendants from the Pharisee in Yehoshua’s days, for the majority of them, edomites converted to Judaism!
Obad 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith יהוה Elohim concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from יהוה, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Obad 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Obad 1:3 The pride* of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
*Yeshayahu/ Isiah.14 :13
Obad 1:4 Though thou exalt* thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars*, thence will I bring thee down, saith יהוה.
*Yeshayahu/Isaiah 4:14
Obad 1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
Obad 1:6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Obad 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
Obad 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith יהוה, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Obad 1:9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
Obad 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obad 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
Obad 1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Obad 1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
Obad 1:14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
Obad 1:15 For the day of יהוה is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Obad 1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
Obad 1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Obad 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for יהוה hath spoken it.
Obad 1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
Obad 1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Obad 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be יהוה's.
They have changed the TRUE SHABBAT regulated by the Moon, for a subtitution shabbat, called « day of Saturn”, they have changed a lunar cycle, for a perpetual 7days cycle from “Saturday to Saturday”.
WITNESS OF THE FFIRST CENTURY:
The New Moon was the most important aspect of determining the months and the New Moon of Nisan determined the year, not Tishri as observed by Judaism. Rosh HaShanah, under its present system of determination, cannot be regarded as a correct biblical observance or as being a correct Christian observance.

Philo of Alexandria (tr. by F H Colson (Harvard University Press, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, 1937); The Special Laws, II, XI,41) tells us: “The third [feast] is the new moon which follows the conjunction of the moon with the sun”. And in II, XXVI,140: “This is the New Moon, or beginning of the lunar month, namely the period between one conjunction and the next, the length of which has been accurately calculated in the astronomical schools”. It should be noted that the popular Hendrickson Publishers edition (1993) of C. D. Jonge’s 1854 translation does not have the same information that the Colson translation gives. And the indications are that the conjunctions were determinative in deciding the first of the month.
I exhort you my brethren to take heart to return to the truth, the time is short and soon, there will be no more time to return (read the parable of the Ten virgins in Matthew 25), only those having the mark of Yehowah Zebaoth will walk toward a glorious time in the presence of Mashiach Yehoshua their King.
Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Rev 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Rev 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto יהוה and to the Lamb.
Rev 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of יהוה.
The Seventh month vengeance !
Rev 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear יהוה, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Rev 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Rev 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, (the false Shabbats/plural)
Rev 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of יהוה, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Rev 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of יהוה, and the faith of Yahushua.
Rev 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Master from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Rev 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Rev 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest* of the earth is ripe.

* G2326 θερισμός therismos (ther-is-mos') n.
1. reaping, i.e. the crop

This harvest is Shavuot !
Rev 14:17 And another angel  came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Rev 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Rev 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Rev 14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.

Here the explanation :
Rev 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest* of the earth is ripe.
This is the GRAIN harvest, the good seed of wheat, those who had Oil in their lamps and came at the right hour to Shavuot!
Matt 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:
Matt 3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

The Feast of Wheat is at Shavuot/Pentecost.
Matt 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Matt 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.…………………………….
Matt 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matt 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Matt 13:38  The field is the world; the good seed (verse 24,25) are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];
Matt 13:39  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Matt 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Matt 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Matt 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matt 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

See in its right context this parable tells us who is the messenger in Revealtion 14 with the sickle. The tares represent all those proclaiming false doctrines in the assemblies and the believers to intoxicate unstable people.

We need to see that Shavuot/Pentecost is the time of GRAIN Harvest and that Yehoshua tells us:
Matt 13:39  ………………………………… the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

The second part:
Rev 14:17 And another angel  came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Rev 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Rev 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Rev 14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.


But who is the « vineyard of the earth » ?
Isa 5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Isa 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isa 5:1 Je chanterai à mon bien-aimé Le cantique de mon bien-aimé sur sa vigne. Mon bien-aimé avait une vigne, Sur un coteau fertile…….
Isa 5:2 Il en remua le sol, ôta les pierres, et y mit un plant délicieux; Il bâtit une tour au milieu d'elle, Et il y creusa aussi une cuve. Puis il espéra qu'elle produirait de bons raisins, Mais elle en a produit de mauvais…………………………
Isa 5:7 For the vineyard of יהוה of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Yehoshua speak also from the Wine in the book of John, but in another context (the good one). Here what we need to remember from the Book of Revelation are the TWO Harvest:
-        The Grain harvest with the god seed for Shavuot/Pentecost
-        The 7th mont Harvest with the Judgement of the nations at Yom Kippur

Rev 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
The Grape Harvest is celebrated during the 7th month at Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacle, but before: Judgement!
2017 The Great deception !
Today 2014 we still have the choice to take what we like or not. The wise virgins, spend time to study the word et pray to keep Oil in their lamps:
Prov 6:23 For the commandment (mitzvot) is a lamp; and the Torah is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Satan once again will try to destroy completly the calendar with the helpf of the governments from this world and the Roman Catholic Church, by enforcing a new world perpetual calendar with following particularities!
-        Every year will start on SUN-DAY
-        The 31st of December will be a “floating” day, thus nullifying the “Saturday 7 day cycle”.



Look very carefully, februar has 30 days, August and Décember each 30 days, but the 31st will hang on nothing and called « world day » for humanity !
The supporter of the perpetual continual 7day Saturday shabbat will challenge their faith.
For those who keep the commandments of Elohim and the Lunar calendar, they already know how to count the days!
The MARK of the BEAST is coming, let those who have hear, ear and those having eyes see!
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Rev 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Rev 22:16 I Yahushua have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.


May Yehowah the Father and our Master yehoshua, be our help in our walk to keep the faith in mashiach Yehoshua !











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