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Lev
23:23 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
24
Speak to the Sons of Israel, to say, In the seventh renewed month
on
the
one of the renewed month shall be to you
a Shabbathon
(Rest) of a Memorial (Reminder) of
Blowing
(Signaling) of a
Sacred (Holy) Calling (Convocation). 25 You shall not do any work of
service: and you
shall
bring near a Fire Offering to hwhy.
Looking at the following words:
MEMORIAL
The Hebrew word for memorial
is "zeekh-ah-rohn"- Zayin, Kaph, Resh, Vav, Noon Sophit (Nwrkz). It is from
Strong's Concordance number 2146, and its definition
From
H2142; a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing): - memorial,
record.
from 2142 "zah-khahr" (rkz), and its definition
A
primitive root; properly to mark (so as to be recognized), that is, to
remember; by implication to mention; also (as denominative from H2145)
to be male: - X burn [incense], X earnestly, be male, (make)
mention (of), be mindful, recount, record (-er), remember, make to be
remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still,
think on, X well.
Notice that
in the Hebrew text, the Hebrew word "zeekh-ah-rohn" has a Vav
and Nun in the end (Nwrkz). This tells us
that this Hebrew word is in the feminine.
BLOWING
The Hebrew word for blowing is
"t'roo-ah"- Tav, Resh, Vav, Ayin, Heh (hewrt). It is from
Strong's Concordance number 8643, and its definition
From
H7321; clamor, that is, acclamation of joy or a battle cry; especially
clangor of trumpets, as an alarum: - alarm, blow (-ing) (of, the)
(trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout (-ing), (high,
joyful) sound (-ing).
from
7321 "roo-ah"
(ewr),
and its
definition
"A
primitive
root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively to split the ears
(with sound), that is, shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry
(alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for
joy), sound an alarm, triumph". The phrase
"memorial of blowing" is the Hebrew "Zeekh-ah-rohn T'rooah" (hewrtNwrkz).
It
is
commanded to blow the shofar on the new moons, including Yom Teruah,
which is noted in the book of Numbers
Numbers
10:10
Num 10:10 And for separation
between the Holy and between the profane, and between the
unclean and
between the clean; 11 And to teach ta-the Sons of
Israel taall of the Statutes
which hwhy had
spoken to them on
the hand of Moses. This
scripture
commands us to blow the trumpets for the sacrifices.
hwhy
commanded the
following sacrifices for the day of Yom Teruah which is noted in the
book of Numbers
Numbers
29:1-6
Num
29:1 And in the
seventh renewed month, on the one of the renewed month, shall be to you
a Sacred (Holy)
Calling (Convocation); you shall not do any work of service: shall be
to you a Day of
Blowing
(Sounding). 2 And you
shall do an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt
Offering)
for
a
pleasant scent to hwhy; one
bullock (calf) of a son of a herd,
one ram, seven perfect sheep of sons of a year: 3 and their
Donation Offering (Food Offering, Grain Offering) of flour mixed
(overflowed) in
the oil, three tenths for the
bullock (calf), two tenths for the ram, 4 And one tenth for the one
sheep, for
the seven sheep: 5 And one goat of the kids of a Sin Offering
to
atone upon you: 6
from by apart the Elevation Offering (Ascension
Offering, Burnt
Offering)
of the renewed
month,
and her Donation Offering (Food
Offering, Grain Offering), and the Continual Elevation Offering (Ascension
Offering, Burnt
Offering), and her Donation Offering (Food
Offering, Grain Offering), and their Drink
Offerings, according to (as) their Ordinance, for a pleasant scent
of a
Fire Offering to hwhy.
In verse one of this Numbers passage, the Hebrew
phrase for "day of blowing" is "yom
teruah" (hewrtMwy).
This is where
we get our Biblical Fall High Holy Day term.
These are the sacrifices from
book of
Numbers in chapters twenty eight and twenty nine that were required
for
The Yom Teruah Sacrifice: In a different format:
THE
YOM
TERUAH OFFERINGS:
THE YOM TERUAH OFFERING
THE
ELEVATION OFFERING *One bullock, son of a herd *One ram *Seven perfect lambs, sons of a
year
THE SIN OFFERING (for atonement) *One kid of the goats THE
FOOD (GRAIN) OFFERING *For the one bullock: 3/10 ephah
of flour mixed in oil *For the one ram: 2/10 ephah of
flour mixed in oil *For each lamb: 1/10 ephah of
flour mixed in oil (1/10 x 7 = 7/10
ephah)
THE NEW MONTHS (NEW MOON) OFFERING THE ELEVATION
OFFERING (ASCENSION OFFERING, BURNT OFFERING) *Two bullocks, sons of a herd *One ram *Seven perfect lambs, sons of a
year
THE SIN OFFERING *One kid of the goat THE DONATION OFFERING (FOOD OFFERING,
GRAIN OFFERING) *For each bullock: 3/10 ephah of
flour mixed in oil (3/10 x 2 =
6/10 ephah) *For the one ram: 2/10 ephah of
flour mixed in oil *For each lamb: 1/10 ephah of
flour mixed in oil (1/10 x 7 = 7/10
ephah)
THE DRINK OFFERING For each bullock: 1/2 of the hin
of wine (1/2 x 2 = 1 hin) For each ram: 1/3 of the hin of
wine (1/3 x 2 = 2/3 hin) For each lamb: 1/4 of the hin of
wine (1/4 x 7 = 1 3/4 hins)
*This occurs every
new moon when the visible crescent moon is sighted. There is no Daily
Food Offering with the
New Month Offering. Why? I don't have an answer to it at this time. THE DAILY FIRE
OFFERINGS
THE FIRE OFFERING
*Two
perfect lambs, sons of a year- the first lamb in the morning and the
second lamb between the mixing periods (evenings)
THE DONATION OFFERING (FOOD OFFERING,
GRAIN OFFERING)
*1/10
of
the Ephah of flour, mixed in 1/4 of a hin of oil beaten (similar
to Leviticus 2:1-3 [Note: the adding of frankincense is not mentioned])
THE
DRINK OFFERING
*1/4
of
the hin [of wine], and in the Sacred (Holy) Sanctuary the priests pour
the
strong drink to hwhy
(*This is done without The Donation
Offering (Food
Offering, Grain Offering)
[THE SHABBATH OFFERING
(Depending on
the day and year)]
THE ELEVATION
OFFERING (ASCENSION OFFERING, BURNT OFFERING) *Two perfect lambs, sons of a
year
THE DONATION OFFERING (FOOD OFFERING,
GRAIN OFFERING) 2/10 ephah of flour mixed
in oil THE FIRE OFFERING: THE DAILY
CONTINUAL ELEVATION
OFFERING (ASCENSION OFFERING, BURNT OFFERING) *Without The Donation Offering (Food
Offering, Grain Offering)
*Practically, it is
close to a double Fire Offering. The Daily Fire
Offering in this case did not include The Food Offering. Maybe it
is hwhy's
mercy on them,
because it is the Shabbath, and there was already a Food (Grain)
Offering. I'm
guessing the other Drink Offering is the same requirement as the one
for The Daily Fire Offering.
hwhy also
wants us
to sacrifice our desire to work on the seventh day by resting on the
Shabbath and have fellowship with Him.
This High Holy Day sacrifice included The New Month Offering, because
Yom Teruah occured on the new moon. I do not know
why it did not include a drink offerings for Yom Teruah, but allowing
it for The Daily Fire Offering. Maybe it's the fact that it was a
Solemn Assembly, and hwhy didn't want the
Priest to get too much of the Drink Offerings, if you get my drift.
This High Holy Day sacrifice
included The Beginning of Months
Sacrifices, because Yom Teruah occurred on the new moon. Also based on
Numbers 10:10, the Israelites were to blow the trumpets during the
sacrifices on Yom Teruah.
None
of the scriptures in the Torah called
Yom Teruah a feast,
but a solemn day.
This account by our founding father was a precursor to the fall feasts,
which is noted in the book of Genesis
Genesis
24:1-14
Gen 24:1 And
Abraham was
old, going in the days: and hwhy had blessed
ta-Abraham in
allness. 2 And
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, the ruler
over all
that he had, Put now your hand under my testicles: 3 And
I
will make you swear in hwhy, the Elohim
of the Heavens
and the Elohim of the Earth that you will not take a wife to
my
son from the daughters of the Canaanites whom I dwell in his
midst:
4 But you will go to my land, and to my kindred, and you will
take a wife for
my son, for Isaac. 5 And the servant said to him,
Perhaps
the
woman, she is not willing to go out after me to this land: that
returning, I shall return ta-your
son to the land
which you came out from there? 6 And Abraham said to him, Take
heed for yourself lest you return ta-my son
there. 7 hwhy, Elohim of
the Heavens, who took
me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and
who
spoke to me, and who swore to me, to say, I will
give ta-this land to your seed;
He shall send His Messenger
to your face, and you
shall take a wife for my son from there. 8 And the woman, if she shall
not
be willing to go after you, and you shall be innocent of my
oath from this:
only do you not return ta-my son
there.
9 And the servant put ta-his hand
under the testacles of
Abraham, his lord (master), and swore to him upon this word.
10 And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his lord
(master),
and left; and all the goods of his master were in his hand: and arose,
and went to Aram Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
11 And the camels knelt down outside of the city by a
bored-well of the water, by
the time of the mixing period (evening), by the time of the going out
of the drawing.
12 And said, hwhy, Elohim of
my lord (master), Abraham, cause to meet now
towards the facing of today (the day), and
do
kindness with my lord (master), Abraham. 13 Behold, I
am standing upon the eye-well of
the
water;
and
the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water: 14
And shall be, the young woman whom I shall say to her, Let down now
your
pitcher, and I may drink her; and say of her, Drink, and also I
will water your camels: her, you have designed for your
servant,
Isaac; and in her shall I know that you
have done kindness unto my lord (master).
Abrhaham "called" or
"shouted" to his servant, who is commonly
known by the majority as Eliezer, to get a bride for Isaac. When
Eliezer arrived, he "called" to hwhy
to
provide a bride for Isaac. One
can say, there was a call "on earth as in the heavens" for a bride for
Isaac. These events in this chapter were
the precursors of "Yom Teruah".
THE WRITING ACCOUNTS
David also made note to blow the shofar on these appointed times, which
is noted in the book of the Psalms
Psalms
81:3-4
Psa 81:3
Blow the
shofar in the new moon, in the full moon,
of the day of our
feast. 4 For he is a Statute for Israel, an ordinance of
the Elohim of Jacob.
David
was including the
blowing of shofar during the new moon which would include the seventh
new moon on the Biblical High Holy Day of
"Yom Teruah".
Indirectly related, King
Saul became David's enemy. He had a
feast during the new
moons. It is not
mentioned what month it occurred, but it is an interesting new month
account. It occurred on the first, second and third days of the month,
which is noted in the book of the prophet Samuel
1
Samuel 20:18-42
1Sa 20:18
Then Jonathan
said to David, To
morrow is
the new moon: and thou shalt be missed,
because thy seat will be empty.
19 And when thou hast stayed
three
days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou
didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by
the stone Ezel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof,
as though I shot at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying,
Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto ta-the lad,
Behold, ta-the arrows
are on this side
of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no
hurt; as hwhy liveth. 22
But if I say thus
unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way:
for hwhy hath sent
thee away.
23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, hwhy be between
thee and me for
ever. 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new
moon
was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon
his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan
arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,
Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the
month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his
son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday,
nor to day? 28 And Jonathan answered ta-Saul, David
earnestly asked
leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee;
for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath
commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine
eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he
cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled
against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse
rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse
to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's
nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground,
thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and
fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered
Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what
hath he done? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him:
whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay
David. 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat
no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,
because his father had done him shame. 35 And it came to pass in the
morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed
with David, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad,
Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot
an arrow beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the
arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said,
Is not the arrow beyond thee? 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make
speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and
came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan
and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his
lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 41 And as soon as
the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell
on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they
kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we
have
sworn both of us in the name of hwhy,
saying, hwhy be between
me and thee, and
between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and
Jonathan went into the city.
A question come to me, "Did
this account occur on the seventh
month,
including the day of Yom Teruah"? In my opinion, it is possible. Why
would hwhy
make a big deal regarding the time of the new month? Unless, He is
trying to say that this was a high holy day of Yom Teruah.
After the southern House of
Judah's return from Babylonian
captivity,
for the first time, they rehearsed Yom Teruah in Jerusalem, which is
noted in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Ezra
3:1-3, 6-7
Ezr 3:1 And
when the
seventh renewed month was come, and the sons of Israel
were in the cities, the People gathered themselves together as one man
to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and his
brethren, the Priests, and Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and his
brethren, and builded the Altar of the Elohim of Israel, to elevate
upon him the Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt
Offerings), as it is written in the
Teaching (Torah) of
Moses, the man of
Elohim. 3 And they set the Altar upon his bases; for their fear was
upon them
because of the people of those lands: and they elevated upon him the
Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings) untohwhy,
the
Elevation Offerings(Ascension Offerings, Burnt
Offerings) for the breaking period
(morning) and for the mixing period (evening)....6 From the first day
of
the seventh
renewed month began they to elevate Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt
Offerings) unto hwhy. But the Foundation
of the Temple ofhwhywas not yet
laid. 7
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat,
and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant
that they had of Cyrus, King of Persia.
Nehemiah
8:1-14
Neh
8:1 And all of the People gathered themselves together as one man
into the street that was
before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra, the Scribe, to bring ta-the Scroll of
the Torah of
Moses, which hwhy had
commanded to ta-Israel.
2 And
Ezra, the Priest, brought the ta-Torah before
the Assembly, from men, and unto women, and all that could hear with
understanding, in the one day of the seventh renewed month....3
And he
read therein before the
street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday,
before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the
ears of all of the People were attentive unto the Scroll of the Torah.
4
And
Ezra, the Scribe, stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for
the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah,
and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his
left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and
Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the Scroll
in the sight of all of the People; (for he was above all of the
People;) and
when he opened her, the whole stood up: 6 And Ezra blessed ta-hwhy, the great
Elohim. And all of
the People answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
bowed their heads, and worshipped hwhy with their
faces to the
ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,
Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan,
Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the People to understand the Torah:
and ta-the People
stood in their
place. 8 So they read in the Scroll in the Teaching (Torah) of Elohim
distinctly,
and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. 9 And
Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the Priest, the Scribe, and
the Levites that taught ta-the People,
said unto all of the People, This day is Sacred (Holy) unto hwhy, your
Elohim; mourn not, nor
weep. For all of the People wept, when they heard ta-the Words of
the Torah. 10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet,
and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day
is Sacred (Holy) unto our Adon: neither be ye sorry; for the Joy
of hwhy is your
strength. 11 So the
Levites stilled all of the People, saying, Hold your peace, for the day
is
Sacred (Holy); neither be ye grieved. 12 And all of the People went
their way to
eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth,
because they had understood the Words that were declared unto them. 13
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers
of all of the People, the Priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra, the
Scribe,
even to understand the Words of the Teaching (Torah).
On the day of Yom Teruah, it was the first time that the Torah was read
since the Jews' return since their captivity from Babylon. Ezra, the
Priest, said that the
Jews could eat drink and be
merry on Yom Teruah in verses ten through twelve of Nehemiah's passage.
There are those that say Yom Teruah could be celebrated for two days
based on verses thirteen and fourteen. This is not the
case. The
second day was a regular day, because the leaders and the priests were
looking
at the scriptures. So Yom Teruah is still only one day.
THE BRITH
KHADASHAH (THE NEW COVENANT)
This is the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant) has a parable regarding
the Ten Virgins,
which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew
25:1-6
Mat 25:1 Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And
five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that
were
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise
took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the
bridegroom
tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And
at midnight
there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet
him.
The cry
or "shouting" of the bridegroom coming
is a type and
shadow of the Biblical Fall High Holy Day of Yom Teruah warning the
believers
that Yeshua is coming for us. You
can
find it in my teaching "The Parable of the Ten Virgins" by clicking on
the link below to get to the webpage.
There are sections from the apostle Paul relating the shofar in
raising
the dead and living in Messiah, which is noted in the apostle Paul's
letters to the assembly in Corinth and in Thessalonica
1
Corinthians 15:51-58
1Co 15:51
Behold, I shew
you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed, 52 In
a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this
corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O
death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting
of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the Torah. 57 But thanks be
tohwhy, which
giveth us the
victory through our Lord Yeshua Messiah. 58 Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain inhwhy.
1
Thessalonians 4:13-18
1Th 4:13 But
I would not
have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no
hope. 14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so
them
also which sleep in Yeshua willhwhybring with
him. 15
For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord
that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of hwhyshall not
prevent
them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord, Himself,
shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the Trump ofhwhy: and the
dead in
Messiah shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meethwhyin the air:
and so
shall we ever be withhwhy.
18
Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
It is probable that this
account could occur on the High Holy Day
of Yom Teruah in which we as
believers
in Yeshua will be snatched up in the air.
THE
CONTROVERSY OF ROSH
HASHANNAH
It
has been well publicized that this day of the seventh month is the
Biblical New Year, but there is a problem with that. There are
connective concrete Biblical
scriptural accounts that prove the Biblical New Year does "not" start on the
Biblical seventh
month of Ethanim/Tishri, but on the first Biblical month of
Aviv/Nissan. You can read my commentary
article titled "Rosh Hashannah, the Biblcial New Year?", by clicking on
the link below to get to the webpage.
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teachings below, are solely those
of the personnel and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions
of The
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