SHMINI ATSERET- The Mysterious 8th Day

SHMINI ATSERET- THE Mysterious 8^th Day

 Again YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁴ “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the Lord. ³⁵ On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. ³⁶ For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to YHVH. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to YHVH; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work. Leviticus 23:33-36

Celebrate this year From sunset Sunday the 7^th to sunset Monday the 8^th of October

The Torah tells us that Sukkot is celebrated for 7 days and then there is a mysterious Holy Convocation on the 8^th Day that stands on its own and is not officially part of Sukkot. During the 8^th Day we do not sit in booths anymore! It is now tradition among the Jewish People to celebrate the Feast of Simcha Torah (rejoicing over the Torah) on the evening after the 8^th Day. Originally Simcha Torah was celebrated at the same time of Shmini Atseret. It is the time of restarting the Annual Torah reading Cycle from Bereshi (genesis). This celebration is marked with great joy and dancing around the Torah. It reminds us of the celebrations during Brit Mila (Covenant of Circumcision) and Bar Mitsvah. We believe that the reason that we rejoice over the Torah on the 8^th Day is because the Living Torah Yeshua HaMashiach was circumcised on that day. Born in Sukkot and circumcised 8 days later entering into the Eternal Abrahamic Covenant!

This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. Genesis 17:10

It behove us to remember that Messiah Himself was circumcised on the 8^th day as every Jew is till this day. Especially during these times of rising anti -Jewishness and the defaming of the Covenant of Circumcision in various nations lately! Yeshua rose from the dead and we could still see the marks of the crucifixion! In the same way the marks of the Covenant of Circumcision were not erased! He remains Jewish to this day and is called “The Lion from the Tribe of Judah”

Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; ⁵ and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5, 6

It is a sobering thought that a Circumcised Jew is the only one that can open the Book of Judgment!

SUKKOT- Excerpts from “Grafted In” by Bishop Dominiquae Bierman

(to purchase the whole book click on shop at http://www.kad-esh.org)

This feast marks the real time of birth of Messiah and is also a prophetic representation of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb! It is the most joyous of feasts and all nations are commanded to celebrate it in the millennium lest a curse would befall them!

Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. ¹⁷ And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them. Zechariah 14:16,17

It is also the feast of ingathering of the LAST HARVEST and it is portrayed in Revelation

22:17- “The Spirit and the bride say, “Come, and let the one who hears say “come. And let the one who is thirsty come, let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.”

It will be a pure and holy bride restored to the position of royalty as Queen of Messiah, a royal priesthood and a holy nation that will be filled with His Glory! It will be this glorious Ecclesia (Church) that will bring in the LAST HARVEST OF THE NATIONS. And this bride will be completely FREE from Replacement Theology and will be completely GRAFTED INTO the Olive Tree of Israel. She will be like Ruth to the Jews and like Queen Esther on behalf of Israel! She will walk in the Glory followed by astounding signs, wonders and miracles. She will preach an uncompromising Gospel of Repentance and multitudes will turn from unrighteousness to holiness in a short time! This awesome Bride will present her King with many nations as SHEEP NATIONS! Her mark will be the Torah written in her heart and mind, and she will walk in burning love and holiness! Her very presence will cause principalities to shake and Babylon to fall! The marks of the Fall Feasts are;

REPENTANCE, FREEDOM AND RESTORATION!

“Arise and shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Yahveh has risen upon you. For behold darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but Yahveh will rise upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah 60:1-3

This Scripture pertains to both the Bride of Messiah and to Israel when she turns back to Y’shua as a nation!

Y’shua is inviting His entire Body to come into the Fall Feasts. To turn from, compromise, lukewarm ness, pride and ungodliness and to become Pure and Holy! The shofars are already blowing to call the Bride to come home, to the original Apostolic, Jewish Foundations of the Faith!

A joyous Sukkot and Simcha Torah celebrations to all those who love Messiah and Israel. We invite you to celebrate Sukkot 2013 with us in Israel next year!

Leshana Habaa BYerushalayim. Next year in Jerusalem!

Yeshua is the Living Torah and we invite you to celebrate Him this Feast!

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

Please pray for ALL Israel to get to know the Living Torah- Yeshua HaMashiach!

 

The Path of the Humble

 

If we were truly humble, we would not be forever searching higher paths on the mountaintops. We would look in the simple places, in the practical things that need to be done.

True, these are places in a world of falsehood. If the world only had a little more light, none of this would be necessary.

But the soul that knows its place knows that the great and lofty G‑d is not found at the summit of mountains, but in the simple act of lending a hand or a comforting word in a world of falsehood and delusions.

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman.

 

Warning: The world is ending and the Messiah is coming!

Monday, July 09, 2012 | Aviel Schneider – israeltoday.co.il

On one of Israel’s largest websites Ynet a yellow banner with large letters appeared on Saturday proclaiming the coming of the Messiah. “The Messiah is in Israel. This will be the last government of Israel.” A click on the banner leads directly to the website 871. Here, the religious creators of the site warn about the end of the world. “The next leader will be the Messiah Ben David. The situation in the country is getting worse and the government will become more incapable. Only the Messiah can save Israel during the war of Gog and Magog. In the near future the world will witness terrible disasters, like earthquakes and tsunamis. Cities in Europe and the United States will disappear in the sea. The world’s financial system will collapse and God will destroy the Mammon (Yiddish slang for “money”). Anti-Semitism in the world will get worse, just like on the eve of World War II. For every inch of land that the government abandons the people of Israel will be punished for, because this is a rebellion against God. Solely because the two-state solution was discussed in Israel we must pay a high price. This land was promised to the people of Israel for eternity and who negotiates about the God-given land will not experience the redemption.” The ones behind the website, who regularly publish warning signals in the Israel network, are unknown. The majority of Israel’s society does not take such websites seriously, but still they appear on Israel’s largest Internet portals, such as Ynet.

 

Bibi’s Bible Study

“Ben-Gurion…believed that the Bible should be the heritage of the entire nation—secular and religious, young and old, men and women,” said Netanyahu at the first gathering in the courtyard of his official residence in Jerusalem. “  The Bible is the foundation of our existence. It unites the Jewish People, as it has throughout the generations. It serves not only as a foundation but also as a map and a compass. The Bible is always relevant visà-vis today’s problems and challenges. It inspires, it is a source of life for our people and…it is important to expand…love of the Bible among all parts of the nation.”

Those attending included Netanyahu’s wife and two sons along with 16 rabbis, academics, Bible scholars and archeologists. The subject was the Book of Ruth.

Rabbi Yehuda Ben-Yishai, whose daughter Ruth was killed with her husband and three children in a Palestinian terrorist attack in the settlement of Itamar last year, said the Bible helps  us find “the light” in the darkest situations. “We came out of it all right,” he said, referring to the attack.

Though Israel is a secular democracy, it is founded on biblical principles such as the ingathering of the exiles, Jerusalemas the Holy City, the inheritance of the Promised Land, and ethics such as mercy and the love of one’s neighbor. The Bible provides Israel and the Jewish people with their national and spiritual identity and lays the foundation of their mission to be “a light to the nations” (Isaiah 49:6).

“The Bible is a parable for humanity,” Netanyahu said. “If the Jews are able to cross the river of time and in their vast odyssey cross the chasm of annihilation and come back to their ancestral home, that means there is hope for humanity.”

 

URGENT CALL TO PRAY FOR SOUTHERN ISRAEL, THE NEGUEV, ASHKELON, SDEROT, BEER SHEVAT AND EILAT!

Once again this past week a threatening rain of lethal missiles began falling on Sderot and other vulnerable southern Israeli communities, following deadly terrorist attacks along the Sinai and Neguev borders.  Since Monday, over 120 missiles have been launched into Israel, with more than 70 fired on Wednesday alone!

Many residing here in this war-front city must once again suffer the trauma of unexpected attacks, since, as yet, ‘The Iron-Dome’ defense system is technically inadequate to prevent each and every missile from landing somewhere near the communities which are so close to the rocket launching source.  Armed only with “blind faith’, these beleaguered people are again faced with the opening of wounds buried not so long ago following the hundreds of past missile attacks from which they have scarcely recovered. Upon hearing the loud blare of the incoming-rocket siren or ‘red alert’ the question immediately rises, “Where is the nearest shelter…and can I possibly make it in 15 short seconds, especially, running with small children”? This is the painful reality thousands of Israelis must now live through.

On top of all this, it has just been announced that the Muslim Brotherhood has won the national elections in Egypt. Hamas, which governs Gaza, is an ideological offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas terrorists have been firing celebratory shots in Gaza!

Please declare Psalm 91 over all of Israel and pray for a speedy recovery for all the traumatized.

(To see Israel Today article:  click here!)

May YHVH bless you as you bless Israel with your faithful prayers and by standing with Israel at such a time as this. (Gen 12:3)

 

 

 

 

Your Friends and Mentors in Israel

Bishop Dominiquae and Rabbi Baruch Bierman

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For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, and her salvation like a torch that is burning. Isaiah 62:1

(Thanks to Hands of Mercy Ministries for much of the information in this article. See http://www.israel-handsofmercy.org/)