Did you know the Bible tells us about special appointments,
that our Heavenly Father wants us to keep,
but most Christians teach that we should
no longer keep these appointments?
It's time to unlearn the lies.
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My name is Lex, and I'd like to invite you to join us each week,
As we unlearn the lies and dig deeper into the truth of Yah's Word.
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What if God wanted to make a special appointment with you?
What if He told you a specific date, and asked you to mark your calendar
so that you would not miss your very important meeting with Him?
Would you do it?
The Hebrew word "moed" (מועד)
means an appointed time, place, or meeting.
And this word is used a number of times in the Bible to refer to appointed times,
when Yahweh wants to meet with his People.
One of the most prominent examples is found in Leviticus,
when Yahweh told Moses to have the people mark their calendar for the Feasts of the Lord.
"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the Children of Israel, and say to them:
"The Feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
these are My Feasts." ' " - Leviticus 23:1-2
This entire chapter is devoted to describing the special meeting times
that Yahweh wants to have with His people.
The first on the list is the Sabbath.
" 'Six days shall work be done,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation.
You shall do no work on it; it is a Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.' " - Leviticus 23:3
The phrase "holy convocation," means "a set apart assembly of the people."
It's a time when Yahweh wants to assemble His people together,
for a special meeting with Him.
He does not want us to be distracted with work, and chores, and other worries of this life.
He wants us to set that day apart, as a special day,
when we can gather together, and spend time with Him.
Some people neglect this meeting,
and treat it as something common, and unimportant,
because it happens so often.
However, to the contrary, this weekly appointment
is actually the most important appointment on Yahweh's calendar.
It's such an important meeting, that it takes place every week.
It is so important, that it was listed as one of the Ten Commandments.
The Sabbath is a sacred appointment with the King of the Universe,
and we should not dare to offend our King by missing our special appointment with him.
In Exodus, the Sabbath is described as the sign between Yahweh and His people:
" 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations,
that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you...
" 'It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever;
for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,
and on the seventh, day He rested and was refreshed.' " - Exodus 31:13, 17
Notice that He makes a connection between the Sabbath and creation.
Just as He did, on Mount Sinai when He gave Moses the Ten Commandments.
" 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
In it you shall do no work:
You, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant,
nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
For in six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth,
the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day.
Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.' " - Exodus 20:8-11
Keeping the Sabbath is a sign that we are the people of Yahweh,
because it shows that we are serving the God of Creation;
the God who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.
Keeping the Sabbath is the one commandment that uniquely identifies us with the God of Creation.
That's why it's a sign between us and God.
Many religions tell you to love others, to be kind, to seek peace,
to abstain from murder, and sexual Immorality,
but there's only one God who says to keep the Sabbath.
Not only is the Sabbath the most important feast of the Lord,
but Yeshua explained that He is the Lord of the Sabbath!
This means the Sabbath is Yeshua's appointed time.
It belongs to him.
It was created by Him, and for Him.
This should be no surprise,
because Colossians explains that it was Yeshua who spoke everything into existence.
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him, all things were created that are in heaven
and that are on Earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him and for Him.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist." - Colossians 1:15-17
Everything was created by Yeshua,
Therefore He is the one who established the Sabbath.
It is His appointed time.
Colossians goes on to explain that the Feasts and the Sabbaths
are shadows of the Messiah.
"So let no one judge you in food or in drink,
or in regarding a Feast or new Moon or Sabbaths,
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is Christ." - Colossians 2:16-17
Yeshua is the substance of the Feasts and Sabbaths.
He is the purpose of the moedym (מועדים).
He is the reason for the appointed times.
They are shadows of the Messiah, and they bring us closer to Him.
Yeshua is Lord of the Sabbath,
which means we should honor Him on the Sabbath as Lord and King.
We know that with the Lord, a day is as a thousand years,
and when Messiah returns He will reign for a thousand years!
The record of man from Adam to now is approximately six thousand years,
which equates to six days - and we believe that Messiah is going to return at the end of the sixth day,
and reign for a thousand years.
This means he will reign during the Sabbath Millennium.
So when we keep the Sabbath, we are practicing for His return.
The Sabbath reminds us that He is the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords,
and we are to honor Him by keeping the Sabbath.
The next appointed time listed is Passover.
" 'These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.
On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover.' " - Leviticus 23:4-5
Notice it's the Lord's Passover.
Again, these are the appointed times of the Lord.
We know that the Bible refers to Yeshua as the Passover Lamb of God,
and that He died on Passover.
This is why He took the Passover wine and Passover Bread,
and He told His disciples to eat and drink in remembrance of him.
The Passover wine represents His blood,
and the unleavened bread represents His body.
Passover is a covenantal meal,
and is very sacred.
Only those who are in covenant with Yahweh are allowed to eat of His Passover.
After Passover is the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
in which we are commanded to keep yeast out of our homes for seven days,
and not to eat any bread with yeast during that time.
After that is the Day of Firstfruits, in which a single sheaf is waved before God,
thanking Him for the harvest that will follow.
Yeshua was the firstfruits of the Resurrection,
and when He returns He will see a great harvest, when the dead in Messiah are raised
from their graves, and given their immortal bodies.
Fifty days after Firstfruits is the day of Pentecost,
Shavuot (שבועות) in Hebrew - which celebrates the giving of the Torah and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
These spring Feasts are all connected to Yeshua's first coming,
and the fall Feasts are all connected to His return.
The fall Feasts are the Day of Trumpets,
the Day of Atonement,
and the Feast of Tabernacles -
which are all detailed in Leviticus 23.
Trumpets announce the return of the King,
Atonement is the day of judgment for the world,
and Tabernacles is the harvest festival,
which celebrates the ingathering of God's people and the Wedding of the Lamb.
These are wonderful times that our Lord has given to us to meet with Him,
and we should desire to keep His calendar!
Unfortunately many people have forgotten the calendar of our Creator,
and have traded it for pagan celebrations that He did not command.
In the 4th century, the pagan emperor Constantine got rid of the Sabbath, and replaced it with Sunday.
He commanded that the empire be united in celebrating "the venerable Day of the Sun,"
and commanded that they no longer keep the Sabbath.
This Is why most Christians keep Sunday, instead of the biblical Sabbath.
Over the centuries many, non-biblical holidays have been added to the calendar,
such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween,
Valentine's Day, and Saint Patrick's Day.
These man-made holidays do not originate from the Bible,
and many people argue that they were adopted into Christianity from pagan celebrations.
In fact, many Wiccan holidays are celebrated on the same day and with similar traditions...
For example, Christmas and Yule share much in common.
Likewise, Halloween and Sowen also share much in common.
So the question we must ask is,
can we celebrate any day we want?
The Bible gives us a very good example of what Yahweh thinks about those types of celebrations.
In Exodus, the Bible describes a time when Israel tried to create their own man-made feasts to worship Yahweh:
"So all the people broke off their golden earrings which were in their ears,
and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand,
and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and he made a molded calf.
Then they said, 'This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!'
So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it.
And Aaron made a proclamation and said, 'Tomorrow is a Feast to Yahweh." - Exodus 32:3-5
Notice they were trying to worship the God who led them out of Egypt,
and Aaron even says, "This is a Feast to Yahweh,"
But as we read a little further,
Yahweh tells Moses that they are worshiping other gods and He is not pleased with what they're doing.
And He sent Moses down to stop them.
If we truly want to honor our King, then we will meet him
on His appointed days and follow His instructions - and stay away from man-made holidays or pagan festivals
that honor other gods.
" 'And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve,
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' " - Joshua 24:15
The King of The Universe has invited you to celebrate His appointed Feasts - will you attend?
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