BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION Today, being the 14th of Nisan (the first month of the Hebrew calendar), is the day that the L-RD commanded the children of Israel and those who attached themselves to Israel to celebrate the Feast of Passover. It is without a doubt that this Feast was solely practiced by the Jews year after year for thousands of years and is obviously part of their tradition. For the non-Jews, what is the significance of this Feast? Is it really important to waste our time to learn and celebrate this Appointed Time? What benefit do Christians get when they put an effort to learn, understand and perform the Feast of Passover? Is it even relevant to our faith in this modern times? To better understand the true meaning of Passover, we need to consider its historical account and the purpose as to why it was even included in the Bible to begin with. In this topic, we will deal with the seven P’s, to wit: The Purport of Passover The Past of Pesach The Perfect Paschal Lamb The Penalty of the People The Punishment of the Pantheon The Perspicacity to Prophecy The Percipience of the Prudence Watch the Message >>
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BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION This shabbat we are observing a rather unique day for it is not only the regular weekly shabbat but it is also Rosh Chodesh or New Moon. But this New Moon is not just a regular beginning of a Hebrew month but also it is the beginning of the Hebrew year. Today is the first of Nisan, the first day of the first Hebrew month. In the past, when we read the Bible, we hardly understand that G-D only talks to His people on His Appointed Times. Because our teachers rejected their Hebraic roots and failed to observe G-D’s Feasts, they fail to understand the deeper and more meaningful messages that G-D has written for His people and those who attach themselves to Israel. In this teaching, we will be studying the four M&M’s relating to the sweetness of G-D’s message in this Rosh Chodeshim, being the first new moon [month] of the year. Let us first examine the first M&M - the Moments of the Messages where we can find that G-D only speaks to His people on Shabbat, New moons and Feasts and not in random days as people would assume. Watch the Message >> BY RICHARD SISON | 2016INTRODUCTION Purim means "lots", from the word “pur” is a Jewish holy day that celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people during the ancient Persian Empire where a plot had been formed to annihilate them. The account has been recorded in the biblical book of Esther (known as Megillat Ester in Hebrew). The Book of Esther described Haman, a royal adviser to King Ahasuerus (known to be Xerxes I of Persia) planned and attempted to obliterate all the Jews in the empire, but his plans were foiled by Mordecai and his adopted daughter Esther who had risen to become Queen of Persia. The supposed day of extermination became the day of deliverance and was observed with feasting and rejoicing. Purim is celebrated every year in accordance to the instructions of Mordecai and Queen Esther (Est 9:20-21) according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th and 15th day of the Hebrew month of Adar the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies. However, the Jews have been persecuted centuries before the Messiah came. As a matter of fact, the Greeks through Antiochus IV Epiphanes subjugated the Jews and prevented them from performing circumcision or reading of the Torah with the punishment of death. Other well-known persecutions of the Jews were the Crusades, the Holocaust and today, the BDS. All too often, Jewish communities have narrowly escaped catastrophe. More often than not, the plot involves an evil tyrant who follows the ways of Haman. And just like the Purim story, G‑d is there to save His people and at the end of the days, He will do it again. Watch the Message >> BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION The Moedim or the Appointed Feasts of Elohim as stipulated in Leviticus 23 and in all the Torah have superior distinctions compared to pagan Feasts or christianized pagan practices for they represent a lot of spiritual truths manifested in physical realm. And Hanukkah has characteristics reflective of G-D´s Appointed Times. The name "Hanukkah" derives from the Hebrew verb "חנך", meaning "to dedicate" because the Maccabean Jews regained control of Jerusalem and rededicated the Temple, according to the history. But it represents many spiritual truths, to wit: 1. It is written in the Bible. It was documented in John 10:22-42 2. It points to a monumental event in the past. It points to the Maccabean in 167 BCE - 160 BCE 3. It shows types and shadows of the Messiah. It is Feast of Lights. Yeshua is the Light of the world 4. It reveals G-D´s Timetable for man´s salvation. Hanukkah refers to restoration of all things 5. It is a shadow of what is to come. Hanukkah refers to dedication of the Temple. Rev 21:22 speaks about the L-RD G-D Almighty and the Lamb being the Temple in the New Jerusalem. 6. The L-RD speaks to His people during Appointed Feasts. Yeshua spoke to His people in John 10:22-38 7. It is a message that points and reveals the Messiah. Yeshua is the Messiah, the Son of G-D Watch the Message >> BY Jaime Noriega | 2015INTRODUCTION "On the first day you are to take choice fruit, palm fronds, thick branches and river-willows, and celebrate in the presence of YHWH Elohim for seven days..." Leviticus 23:40 Four Kinds of People
On Sukkot we take all four species together to show that all types of people are important and equal before G-D. It is a holiday of unity and appreciation of each other. However, there are the ties that bind them all together. A fifth type of person - one who brings all the other types of people together. We all can and should assume the rol of the "fifth part of the four species." Everyone has the ability to love all people, respect all people, and teach others to do the same. Watch the Message >> BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION One of the most controversial topic in Christianity today are the biblical feasts, which are often referred to as Jewish feasts. There are different reactions among the christians from the theologians and pastors to nominal attendees. There are those who would hear it and are amazed but there are those who are angry and will passionately oppose it. The topic would always create excessive emotions to any christians who would hear it and we have to ask ourselves why? The negative emotions can be identified due to following reasons, to wit: 1. Ignorance about christian’s hebrew roots. 2. Anti-semitism 3. Afraid of change 4. Scared of being confronted with the truth 5. Inability to face persecutions 6. Having no desire to learn new things 7. Blinded with the lies and no love for the truth. G-D’s moed (hebrew for Feast) is unique compared to the usual holidays that the christian world would normally celebrate. Whether you accept it or not, the holidays as we know of today are of pagan origin. Christmas, valentines day, easter and halloween, among other things came directly from paganism and they were christianized only during the emergence of the Roman Catholic Church in the early 4th century of the common era. These pagan feasts were neither celebrated by Yeshua nor His apostles and their disciples in the first and second century. There is nowhere in the Bible that would prove to any of these christianized pagan holidays as G-D’s blessed day. On the contrary, G-D’s appointed Feasts are written in the Scriptures and have abundant passages that would prove these as the L-RD’s holy days and were practiced by our Messiah and all the saints from the ancient times. Even the Brit Chadasha (Newer Covenant) documented it very well that these things were observed during the time of Yeshua HaMashiach and even long after His resurrection from the dead. Watch the Message >> BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day among the people of G-D. The Bible calls this day Shabbat Shabbaton, the sabbath of sabbaths (Lev 23:26-32). During this day of complete fasting, we devote ourselves to individual and communal repentance, teshuvah, returning to the right path. Yom Kippur begins with the evening service of Kol Nidre (all vows), during which the liturgy introduces the main themes of this day: communal confession of sins, individual atonement, and divine compassion. Because Yom Kippur marks the end of the special forty-day of repentance, it is characterized by a sense of urgency and solemnity. In Yom Teruah we uttered “Write us in the Book of Life” and on this eve of Yom Kippur we pray “Seal us in the Book of Life.” Watch the Message >> BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION Yom Teruah, which is the Day of the blowing of the trumpet, falls on the 1st of Tishrei, the 7th month in the Hebrew calendar, which is around mid-September and October. This event is better known in the Jewish circle as Rosh HaShanah, which literally means "head of the year" and is being celebrated as a primary. From the late biblical times up to the present time, Yom Teruah has symbolized the season of Penitence and Renewal, of "Teshuvah", which literally means "to turn" or going back to the right way. In John 14:6 Yeshua said: " I am the way, the truth and life, no one goes to the Father except by me". Yom Teruah emphasizes several central themes: 1. Divine judgement 2. Repentance 3. Renewal The themes of Yom Teruah, acceptance of G-D's Kingdom and return to the Torah, are found in the book of Nehemiah. Repentance is a subject in the Bible that has been repeated time and time again. Watch the Message >> BY JONAH DOCTURA | 2015INTRODUCTION The whole month of Elul is a 30-day process of preparation through personal examination and repentance for the coming High Holy Days. Teshuvah is a special Hebrew season, that means "to return or repent". It begins on the first day of the month of Elul and continues 40 days, ending with Yom Kippur. Thirty days into Teshuvah, on Tishrei 1, comes Rosh HaShanah. Rosh HaShanah marks the Jewish New Year and is a part of the season of repentance. Rosh in Hebrew means "chief" or "head" and shanah means "year". Rosh HaShanah is the head of the year on the civil calendar, and is also known as the birthday of the world since the world was created on this day. Rosh HaShanah is referred to in the Torah as Yom Teruah, the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar. Teruah means "an awakening blast" - the theme is "to awake". The first coming of Yeshua is associated with a shout in Zechariah 9:9. The ultimate shout or final blast is in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. Watch the Message >> BY RICHARD SISON | 2015INTRODUCTION Today, the Jewish people from around the world celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their freedom for over 3 millennia from being slaves in ancient Egypt that led to the birth of the nation of Israel under the leadership of Moses. Passover commemorates the story on how G-D judged the the Egyptians, the enemy of His people, as described in the Hebrew Bible, by killing all the first-born among the Egyptians. This monumental event caused the people of the L-RD to be freed from the bondage of slavery and was led to the promise land. Passover is the second “appointed time” (Heb: moed) mentioned in Leviticus 23 as Sabbath being the first “moed”. It was first observed in Exodus 12. Passover is an event that is most celebrated by the Jewish people even up this day. As many secular Jews would say, they’d make sure to celebrate the Passover every year even if the miss out any other Biblical/Jewish Feast, its fine with them. Yom Kippur is another “appointed time” they would observe wholeheartedly. The English word "Passover" was first recorded in the English language by William Tyndale's translation of the Bible, later appearing in the King James Version as well. The Hebrew verb "pasàch" is first mentioned in the Torah account of the Exodus from Egypt (Exodus 12:23). There are many speculations about its exact meaning: the commonly held assumption that it means "He passed over", in reference to God "passing over" (to skip) the homes of the children of Israel during the final plague against the Egyptians. This stems from the translation provided in the Septuagint (παρελευσεται in Exodus 12:23, and εσκεπασεν in Exodus 12:27). Targum Onkelos translated Pesach as "He (GOD) had pity”. Significant Events of the Passover 1. Salvation of Israel and the “mixed multitude” and birth of the nation Israel. 2. The end of supply of manna (Jos 5:10-12) 3. Josiah kept the Passover after Torah was found. (2 Ki 23:21) 4. Hezekiah cleaned the Temple and invited all Israel to celebrate Passover (2 Ch 29:3 - 30:5) 5. Ezra celebrated after return from captivity (Ezr 6:19) 6. The establishment of Newer Covenant (Luke 22:20) 7. Death of Yeshua was on Passover. 8. Millennial kingdom celebration of Passover (Eze 45:21) Watch the Message >> |
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