PASSOVEWR AND THE FEAST DAYS

PASSOVER AND THE FEAST DAYS OF YAHUAH
LESSON 1 ^{NEW 2008}

YAHUAH’S feast days are very important to Him. It is clear from scripture that YAHUAH wants all of His people to keep His feasts. We are rapidly approaching the time/season here in America when many Hebrew Israelites will be observing the Passover and the feasts of YAHUAH. As we enter this season, we know that YAHUAH wants us to keep the feast days, but as important is when, where, and how we should keep them. Much of what we have learned in the past concerning YAHUAH’S feasts have been what “man” has written concerning the feasts, but when we compare what “man” has written to what YAHUAH has spoken in scripture; it is completely different. Ask yourself the question: is the way you observe the feast days, YAHUAH’S way or your own way? So many people are observing these feasts at different times, different places, and different ways. Every man is doing his own thing, and this is not the prescribed way in scripture. In scripture, they were all on one accord in the same place at the same time, and observing them the same way.

One thing YAHUAH requires from us when observing His feasts is obedience to what He has spoken. It is so important that we observe His feasts exactly as He says observe them because it was our ancient ancestors that YAHUAH spoke to concerning His feasts and how to observe them, when to observe them, and where to observe them. It was our ancient ancestors disobedience to the things of YAHUAH that got us put out of the land of Canaan; as the descendants of ancient Yashar'YAH we shouldn’t let our disobedience keep us from re-entering Canaan. As a nation we are still a stiffneck, hardhead people who take pleasure in doing things our own way. YAHUAH takes no pleasure in this, but it is when we do things YAHUAH’S way that we get YAHUAH’S results. From the ancient Hebrews, and even to the Passover lamb, YAHUSHA, and His disciples after Him, kept the Passover and the feasts days at the appointed place, appointed time, and prescribed way that YAHUAH set forth from the beginning.

There are five scriptures that I will use as background scriptures that deal with YAHUAH’S feasts and how, when, and where they should be observed. These scriptures are: Exodus 12:1- 51, Numbers 9:1-14, Deuteronomy 16: 1-17, Joshua 5:10-12, and Acts 2: 1-21. As we examine these scriptures we will learn exactly what YAHUAH requires from us in observing these feasts, and if these feasts can be rightfully and lawfully observed outside of YAHUAH’S appointed place (Jerusalem). In studying the background scriptures, scripture will prove that we should not keep the Passover or any of YAHUAH’S feast days outside of YAHUAH’S appointed place (Jerusalem). This is the first writing of several, and over several writings we will examine all the feasts. We will examine every scripture concerning the Passover and the feast days, and we will see when, where, and how they are to be kept. We will begin with Passover.

THE FIRST PASSOVER IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN IN EGYPT (MITSRAYIM)

Background Scripture #1 Exodus chapter 12:1-51 And YAHUAH spake unto Moses (Mosheh) and Aaron (Aharon) in the land of Egypt (Mitsrayim), saying,

2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Yashar'YAH, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Yashar'YAH shall kill it in the evening.

Notice! It was in the land of Egypt when YAHUAH first spoke to Moses and Aaron concerning Passover and when and how it should be observed.

YAHUAH established His calendar with our ancient ancestors by declaring unto them in verse two: “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.” The first month of the year is important to us because this month, Abib (also called Nisan), is the month which begins the observance of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

YAHUAH commanded Moses (Mosheh) and Aaron (Aharon) to speak to all the congregation of Yashar'YAH (Israel). This command, “Speak ye unto all the congregation of Yashar'YAH,” that YAHUAH gave to Moses and Aaron is most significant to the Hebrew Nation today though we are scattered abroad among the nations of the world. What YAHUAH commanded Moses and Aaron to speak to all the congregation of ancient Yashar'YAH concerning Passover and His feast days is exactly what all the congregation of YAHUAH should be hearing today. This is why the congregation of YAHUAH finds it difficult to know when, where, and how to keep Passover and the feast days of YAHUAH. Rather than following what YAHUAH has set forth in scripture we find more pleasure in doing it our own way, but “My thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways” saith YAHUAH (Isaiah 55:8). The reason why there is so much confusion about when, where, and how to keep the Passover and YAH’S feast days is because we refuse to follow scripture. YAH made sure all the congregation of Yashar'YAH heard what He required. Now let us take a closer look at what YAH set forth in order, even at the first that will never change as long as there are Yashar'YAH (Israelites) on the face of the earth. Once again let us understand that Passover and YAH’S feast days must be kept/ observed according to His calendar and not man’s.

Number 1: Passover is observed in the first month of the year according to YAHUAH’S calendar, not man’s calendar (verse 2)

Number 2: On the tenth day of the first month, every man is to take a lamb according to the house of his father, a lamb for a house (verse 3).

Number 3: If his household is too small for the lamb than he and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of souls/ beings, every man according to his eating shall make his count for the lamb (verse 4).

Number 4: The lamb is to be tamiym {taw-meem} perfect, complete, whole, entire, sound, without blemish (verse 5).

Number 5: The lamb must be a male of the first year (a year old male) and he is to be taken from the sheep or from the goats (verse 5).

Number 6: You are to mishmereth {mish-meh'-reth} (keep, hold, guard, watch, and preserve) him until the fourteenth day of the same month (verse 6).

Number 7: Then all the whole assembly of the congregation of Yashar'YAH shall kill him between the evenings (verse 6).

Number 8: You shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs (verse 8).

Number 9: Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire, his head with its legs and his inward parts
(verse 9).

Number 10: And do not leave nothing of him until morning, and what remains of it until morning you are to burn with fire (verse 10).

In verses 12 and 13, YAHUAH gives the meaning of the Passover to them, “For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods (elohiym) of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am YAHUAH. 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.”

Then in verse 14 YAHUAH says, “this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to YAHUAH throughout your generation; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.” Then Moses called for all the elders of Yashar'YAH and rehearsed with them all that YAH had spoken unto him and Aaron.

Now concerning Passover, Moses commanded the elders to draw out and take you a lamb according to your families and kill the Passover. Verse 21 Then Moses (Mosheh) called for all the elders of Yashar'YAH, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For YAHUAH will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, YAHUAH will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Now notice carefully what verse 24 says, “And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.” This verse proves the ordinance that YAHUAH has set forth for Passover in scripture should be kept by the Hebrew Israelites forever. Notice carefully verse 25. Moses is speaking of a time when the Hebrew nation (Yashar'YAH), will come to the land of promise (Canaan), and they will keep the Passover service.

“And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which YAHUAH will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this [Passover] service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of YAHUAH’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Yashar'YAH in Egypt, when YAH smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. . .” (verses 26-27). Now let us look carefully at verse 28, “And the children of Yashar'YAH went away, and did as YAHUAH had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they” (verse 28). Moses, Aaron, and the children of Yashar'YAH did exactly what YAHUAH had commanded them to do in keeping the Passover. We also must do exactly what YAHUAH has commanded us to do in scripture concerning keeping the Passover. When we do things YAHUAH’S way, we get YAHUAH’S results. As we can see in scripture, the results that our ancient ancestors got from doing it YAHUAH’S way was that there was no death in all Yashar'YAH when YAHUAH struck down the Egyptians and after being in captivity 430 years they were set free; all this took place on Passover.

This is the ordinance and statue of Passover that YAHUAH set forth for our ancient ancestors to observe just before they came out of Egypt when they first performed it in the land of Goshen. This ordinance is to be observed by the nation of Yashar'YAH forever and will never change as long as there are Yashar'YAH (Israelites) on the face of the earth. This same ordinance/ statue for Passover is performed in the wilderness of Sinai, the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt (Number 9:1).

Yashar'YAH (ISRAEL) KEEP PASSOVER IN THE WILDERNESS OF SINAI

Background Scripture#2 Numbers 9:1-14 “And YAHUAH spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Let the children of Yashar'YAH also keep the passover at his appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it” (verses 1-3). As we stated earlier, YAHUAH set in place the order of the Passover in Egypt. The same way the children of Yashar'YAH observed the first Passover is the same way they observed it in the wilderness of Sinai. The first thing I want to bring to your attention about the observance of the Passover in both Egypt and Sinai is that the Hebrew nation was still altogether and in one place. They were not scattered. They were altogether, on one accord, and in one place for the first Passover and were altogether, on one accord, and in one place for the second Passover. Now notice the ordinance of the Passover service. Remember this is in the wilderness of Sinai, the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt.

Number 1: The Passover was kept the first month of the year (verse 1).

Number 2: The children of Yashar'YAH also kept the Passover at its {mo-ade} (appointed time and appointed season) [verse 2].

Number 3: In the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings, ye shall keep it in the {mo-ade} (appointed time and appointed season) according to all the rites (statue, ordinance, that which has been prescribed) of it, and according to all the ceremonies (judgment, ordinance, process, procedure, execution, manner, plan) thereof, shall ye keep it. And what this means is that: *On the tenth day of the first month every man is to take a lamb according to the house of his father, a lamb for a house. *If his household is too small for the lamb than he and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of souls/ beings, every man according to his eating shall make his count for the lamb. *The lamb is to be tamiym {taw-meem} perfect, complete, whole, entire, sound, without blemish. * The lamb must be a male of the first year (a year old male) and he is to be taken from the sheep or from the goats. *You are to keep, hold, guard, watch, and preserve him until the fourteenth day of the same month. *Then all the whole assembly of the congregation of Yashar'YAH shall kill him between the evenings. * You shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. * Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire, his head with its legs and his inward parts. * And do not leave nothing of him until morning, and what remains of it until morning you are to burn with fire.

Then scripture says in verse 5, “And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that YAHUAH commanded Moses, so did the children of Yashar'YAH.” Again, this is how we must observe the passover, according to all YAHUAH has commanded. Are we keeping the Passover according to the rites and ceremonies today? Do we today take a male lamb of the first year that is without blemish on the tenth day and keep it until the fourteenth day or do we instead go to our local stores and buy lamb chops or lamb legs without knowing whether the lamb is male or female, the age of the lamb, and if it is without blemish? Does the whole assembly of Yashar'YAH today, gather at the same appointed place, and at the same appointed time to kill it? Do we roast the lamb with fire (his head with his legs and his inner parts) and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs? YAHUAH said that we should eat the whole lamb, its head with its legs and its inner parts. Today, the Hebrew nation is all observing Passover in different places, at different times, and according to their own rituals. Again are we keeping YAHUAH’S Passover as prescribed in scripture or are we doing our own thing? I confess that we are doing our own thing. Whatever pleases us is the way we have been keeping it, and this is not the way of YAHUAH. Each group has literally copied off each other, and we all are wrong because we still have not done it according to the way YAHUAH prescribed in scripture.

KEEPING PASSOVER THE SECOND MONTH OF THE YEAR

Even though we are scattered abroad; yet YAHUAH requires for us to assemble ourselves together in one accord, at the same time, at the same place, and keep it the same way. Because YAHUAH is so adamant about us keeping His Passover and feast days according to His appointed time, appointed place, and prescribed way that He has even made provisions for those that are unclean or on a long journey and cannot keep the Passover the first month of the year. Numbers 9:6 says, “And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of YAHUAH in his appointed season among the children of Yashar'YAH? And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what YAHUAH will command concerning you. And YAHUAH spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Yashar'YAH, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto YAHUAH.” Notice the instructions YAHUAH gave to Moses concerning those who were unclean or had to travel from a far distance and could not keep the Passover the first month.

Number 1: Passover still will be observed on the fourteenth day but in the second month between the evenings (verse 11).

Number 2: They shall keep it and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (verse 11).

Number 3: They shall leave nothing of it until morning nor break any bones of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it (verse 12).

Number 4: But the man that is clean and is not on a journey, and has failed to keep the Passover, that same soul/ being shall be cut off from among his people, because he did not bring the offering of YAHUAH at its appointed time- that man bears his sin (verse 13).

YAHUAH MAKES PROVISIONS FOR THE STRANGER
THAT DWELLS AMONG US DURING PASSOVER

Numbers 9:14: And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto YAHUAH; according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. YAHUAH has even made provisions for the stranger who dwells among the Hebrews. If the stranger is willing to keep the Passover and the feast days according to the way YAHUAH has prescribed to keep it, he will be able to keep it. According to scripture, there is only one ordinance for both the stranger and the one born in the land. This also proves that even the strangers in this land (America) that are trying to observe the Passover of our ancient ancestors can only observe it according to the prescribed way in scripture. We cannot keep the Passover of our ancestors in this land neither can the stranger that dwells among us keep it in this land. It must be done YAHUAH’S way.

WE CANNOT KEEP PASSOVER ANYPLACE WE WANT TO

Background Scripture #3 Deuteronomy 16:1- 17 I will continue to echo that we must keep Passover and YAHUAH’S feast days according to His appointed place, according to His appointed time, and according to His prescribed way. The reason why there is still so much confusion on the observance of Passover and the feast days of YAHUAH is because we still insist on keeping it our own way and not according to scripture. YAHUAH has set {mo-ade} (appointed signs and signals) to help us to identify the time and season in which we are to observe His feast days. Let us look at the consistency of how the Passover and feast days should be kept according to Deuteronomy 16.

Number 1: It is written: Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto YAHUAH thy YAHUAH: for in the month of Abib YAHUAH thy YAHUAH brought thee forth out of Egypt by night (verse 1). The first month of the year was called Abib by YAHUAH. Abib is not a name of a month, but rather a sign and signal that identifies a time and season that our ancient ancestors, Yashar'YAH, knew would begin the celebration of YAHUAH’S Passover and feast days. The word Abib comes from an unused root word meaning to be tender. This tenderness is referring to the tenderness of the crops that were planted. This word Abib means to be fresh, month of ear forming, young barley ears, barley, and the greening of crops. This is also the month YAHUAH brought our ancestors out of Egypt by night.

Number 2: Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto YAHUAH thy YAHUAH, of the flock and the herd, in the place which YAHUAH shall choose to place His name there (verse 2). Now we see in scripture for the first time that YAHUAH is speaking of a place in which we are to sacrifice the Passover, which He will choose to place His name there.

Number 3: Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it (verse 3). They were not to eat any leavened bread with the Passover.

Number 4: Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy sha'ar {shah'-ar} (gates, public meeting place, city, town, tabernacle, temple) which YAHUAH thy YAHUAH giveth thee: (verse 5). But at the place which YAHUAH thy YAHUAH shall choose to place his name in. . . . (verse 6). Again YAHUAH is speaking of a time that He will establish a place where He will put His name, and that will be the only place where we can keep the Passover and that place is Jerusalem. I will prove this in the coming scriptures.

Number 5: . . . there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun . . . (verse 6). The Passover is sacrificed at evening at the going down of the sun.

Number 6: . . . at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt (verse 6). That is the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib) at night.

Number 7: And thou shalt roast and eat it in THE PLACE WHICH YAHUAH thy YAHUAH SHALL CHOOSE (verse 7): Over and over again in this chapter YAHUAH keeps speaking of a place that He will choose to put His name; there is where we are to keep the Passover and the feast days. Remember the children of Yashar'YAH were still in the wilderness when YAHUAH told them that he will choose a place to place His name and that will be the only place where we can observed YAHUAH’S Passover and feasts.

Number 8: . . . and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents (verse 7). Passover was observed at night because it was Passover night when YAHUAH brought us forth out of the land of Egypt in haste that we may remember the day when we came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of our lives.

PASSOVER KEPT IN THE LAND OF CAANAN

Background Scripture #4 Joshua 5:10-12 And the children of Yashar'YAH encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched [corn] in the selfsame day. And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Yashar'YAH manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. Remember in Exodus chapter 12 when Moses prophesied “And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which YAHUAH will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service” (verse 25). This celebration of the Passover in Joshua chapter 5 is the service that Moses prophesied about in Exodus 12:25. The scripture teaches us that the children of Yashar'YAH encamped in Gilgal. Gilgal is the first sight of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho; they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. Jericho is a city five miles west of the Jordan and seven miles north of the Dead Sea and the first city that was conquered by our ancestors, the Hebrew Israelites, upon entering the land of promise (Canaan). We know from the study of the previous scripture that the month Passover is celebrated in is the first month. So it is the first month of the year when YAHUAH caused the children of Yashar'YAH to enter into the land of promise, and they entered into the land at evening. Major events have always happened around the feast days. After forty years in the wilderness, YAHUAH caused His people to cross the Jordan into the promised land on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening, and there they kept the Passover also as prophesied by Moses upon entering into the land. I would like to pose this question for you: In your celebration of keeping the Passover in this land, has any miraculous things happened to you; has there been any healing, has any gadowl (great) things taken place among you as it did among our ancestors when they kept the Passover YAHUAH’S way and in His appointed time, and now in His appointed place. I can answer this for you. The answer is NO, and the reason why is because we haven’t done it YAHUAH’S way. It is only when we do things YAHUAH’S way that we get YAHUAH’S results. Here is an excerpt of an e-mail that I received that is a perfect example of the sentiment that is felt concerning the feast days of YAHUAH: “. . . Every year I try to find out who is correct in observing the feasts, when and where they are held. Everyone is different or they don't keep all or some of them (synagogue I use to attend did this). They couldn't even tell me what the Feast of Tabernacles was all about. Some of the members said, " Oh! you are going to have a lot of fun." So I had to study on my own to find out what the feasts were all about, etc. I prayed that Yah would guide me. I never became a member, but I use to attend and later found out this was not the place where Yah wanted me to go every Sabbath, so I left.

I know that our Heavenly Father is not confused so I would rather follow Him and His Word than people who have different days for Yah's celebrations and other things. Everyone should be in one accord but they are not. I agree it should be the same time and place every year. So until Abi directs me differently I will continue to follow what He says this is my conviction now. I will appreciate any information you may find in your research. . .”

For the last three years out of ignorance I have tried to keep the Passover and feast days the way man said to observe them. Every year it has been at a different time, and we have done it different ways trying to make the scripture fit what man has wrote concerning the way Passover and the feasts should be kept. It never occurred to me that it was possible that we were not doing it YAHUAH’S way, but I was struggling to make scripture fit into the way I was told it should be done. When understanding come, I am committed to put away childish things. Halal YAHUAH for understanding.

JERUSALEM IS THE PLACE WHERE THE PASSOVER AND FEASTS DAYS ARE TO BE KEPT

Background Scripture #5 Acts 2:1-21 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Verse 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Yahudah, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Verse 14 But Peter (Kepha), standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Yahudah, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: There is so much here in these twenty one verses. I only chose these verses to prove a point.

Point #1: As I stated earlier, and we must remember that when YAHUAH is about to do anything miraculous it is always centered around His feast days, and His people are going to be on one accord and in one place. You can look back over the scriptures we have previously discussed and the one thing all these scriptures have in common is that the people were all on one accord and in one place, whether it was in Goshen or in the wilderness of Sinai or in Gilgal in the land of Canaan. They were all in one place and on one accord. Here in Acts chapter 2, it was when the Day of Pentecost/ Feast of Weeks was fully come. They were all in one place and on one accord.

Point #2: And that place was Jerusalem. All of Yahudah, devout men out of every nation under heaven were all dwelling at Jerusalem

Point #3: Because they were at the appointed place and at the appointed time, something miraculous took place. Every man of YAHUAH regardless what language they spake, heard YAHUAH speak to them in their own language by the brethren who were Galilean the wonderful works of YAHUAH. The question is: Why were all the men of Yashar'YAH gathered at Jerusalem during Pentecost/ Feast of Weeks? In the book of Deuteronomy chapter 16:16 it is written, “Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before YAHUAH thy YAHUAH in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before YAHUAH empty:” This is why they were gathered together at Jerusalem because this was YAHUAH’S appointed place, appointed time, and they were gathered according to YAHUAH’S prescribed way. Then, “Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Yahudah (Israelites), and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel (YoYAH); And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith YAHUAH, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of YAHUAH come: And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of YAHUAH shall be saved.

Oh if we only just do it YAHUAH’S way! I desired to keep the feast days because I wanted to be obedient to all that YAH commanded. Little did I know that in my quest to be obedient, I was being disobedient by not keeping the Passover and feast days according to the way YAHUAH has prescribed. I know, like many of you who have been trying to keep the Passover and feast days because we know that it is something YAHUAH wants the entire Hebrew nation to do but just as important as YAHUAH wanting us to keep the Passover and feasts days, it is equally as important for us to know when, where, and how to keep them. Even though I know that it is not rightfully or lawfully for me to observe the Passover and feast days in this land or any other land outside of Jerusalem (His appointed place), I will continue to study and ponder the order and statue of these feast days because I know that when YAHUAH brings shalom (peace) to the land of our ancestors and when we get in position to return, these feast days that we long to keep, we will when YAHUAH restores our land, the tabernacle, and the Levitical priesthood what a kabowd time it will be because once again we will be doing it YAHUAH’S way in Jerusalem and at the tabernacle of YAHUAH. We must all be patient and walk in obedience to all that YAHUAH has commanded. Once again, only when we do it YAH’S way do we get YAH’S results. This is just the beginning of the study that we have begun on the Passover and feast days. There will be much more to come on Passover because we will examine every scripture on Passover and the feast days of YAHUAH. I palal (pray) that YAHUAH will you give you biyn (understanding) as you study and obey his dabar (word).

In the Yachal (Hope) of YAHUSHA HA MASHAYAH,
Raah Brown

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