“Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same. Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for God is your guide, and the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts.” (2 Esdras 16:74-76)
Notice a pattern?
…Babylon is fundamentally built to defy God.
But this serves an important purpose.
Whoever can overcome her will be called “great” in the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 5:19).
This means “eshewing evil” in addition to sincere faith and belief.
Some folks claim that the laws are abolished. But if that were true, why the desperation of enticing folks to carry out the very same acts that God said not to do…?
For instance…
Why is pork byproduct put into candy, Jell-O, and marshmallows?
Why is Black Friday the most iconic shopping extravaganza of the year?
Why do the most lucrative careers (i.e. politicians, military, doctors, public service) require swearing oaths?
Why the cult-like obsession with guns in American culture?
Why is there so much enticement to party, nightclub, and engage in happy hour on Friday nights?
Why the culture of pre-marital sex and one-night stands?
Why the explosion of LGBTQIA+ in mainstream media?
Why are obvious pagan holidays like Halloween acceptable, even in Christianity?
Why imprint a reference to “god” on government-backed paper currency at all?
Why so much propaganda to get COVID-19 vaccines “inside” of every person’s body?
Because that’s how you Wage War…
That’s how you win, if you’re trying to Destroy.
So let’s face it…
Except for the disannulment pertaining to the Levitical priesthood (Heb 7:11-24), the laws of God Stand! And many of these sins are Salvation issues, hence the urgency in pushing God’s voice now.
“He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.” (Job 13:16)
The Bible warns that no hypocrite can come before the Father. That means we need to clean up our act while there is still “Grace” for (repentable) sins.
Wisdom teaches us that part of our covering and protection, especially in these last (Violent) days, is our Obedience unto God. So as the days grow more chaotic, let’s make sure we are in compliance with His laws, statutes, and commandments.
…because if we already came this far, then we might as well try to Win the War.
High Holy Days
Weekly Sabbath
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” (Exo 20:8)
The Sabbath day occurs on the 7th day from evening to evening. Calculate these dates based on the weekly calendar and time of dusk.
Monthly New Moon
“Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival.” (Psa 81:3)
The new moon festival occurs when the moon is full. Calculate these dates based on the full moon cycle.
Passover
“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.” (Exo 12:13-14)
Passover occurs on the 14th day of the 1st month. Calculate this date based upon the first month of the new year which begins in Springtime.
Feast of Unleavened Bread
“And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.” (Lev 23:6-8)
The Feast of Unleavened Bread occurs immediately after Passover, on the 15th day of the 1st month, and continues for a duration of seven (7) days.
Feast of Firstfruits
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord. And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”
The Feast of Firstfruits occurs on the day after the Sabbath following Passover. Calculate this date based on the Passover date.
Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord. And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.” (Lev 23)
The Feast of Weeks or Pentecost occurs (50) days after the Feast of Firstfruits. Calculate this date based upon the Feast of Firstfruits date.
Feast of Trumpets
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.” (Lev 23:23-25)
The Feast of Trumpets occurs on the 1st date of the 7th month. Calculate this date based upon the monthly biblical calendar.
Day of Atonement
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.” (Lev 23:26-32)
The Day of Atonement occurs on the 10th day of the 7th month. Calculate this date based upon the monthly biblical calendar.
Feast of Tabernacles
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” (Lev 23:33-44)
The Feast of Tabernacles occurs on the 15th day of the 7th month, for seven days. Calculate this date based on the monthly biblical calendar.
Tips to Sabbath-Keeping
Keep the sabbath holy, honorable, & revere His sanctuary (Exo 20:8, Lev 26:2)
Delight & rejoice (Isa 58:13-14)
Rest, no work (cease from doing thine own way) (Lev 23:3, Isa 58:13-14, Heb 4:9-10)
Allow household to rest (servants, children, livestock) (Exo 20:8-11, Deut 5:12-14)
Do good (healing, rescuing) (Matt 12:12)
No kindling a fire, cooking (Exo 16:23, 35:3)
No commerce, trade, buying or selling (Neh 10:31; 13:15–22)
No servile work or income generation (Exo 20:10)
Holy convocation (congregate or house fellowship) (Lev 23:3, Acts 2:46, Rom 16:5)
Observe laws, statutes, and commandments (Psa 1:2, Jos 1:8)
Read and meditate upon scriptures (don’t speak own words) (Isa 58:13-14)
Limit travel to a Sabbath’s day journey (Exo 16:29, Acts 1:12)
The Great Blessing of Sabbath Worship: “If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” (Isa 58:13-14)
Tips to New Moon Feast-Keeping
Mark the beginning of a new month (Num 28:11, Psa 81:3)
Blow the trumpet (Isa 66:23)
Have thanksgiving (Num 28:11)
Burn incense (Tobit 1:8)
Feast, fellowship, share a communal meal (clean food) (I Sam 20:5, 18, 24)
Fast (optional) (Tobit 1:8)
No buying or selling or income generation (Amos 8:5)
Prophetic worship (Isa 66:23, Eze 46:1-3)
Rejoice, sing, read Psalms (Psa 81:1-4, Num 10:10)
Open the gates to all (Isa 66:23)
I’ll post more information about laws, statutes, and commandments as time goes on.
Thanks for reading.
Love, Sara
