Author Topic: Introduction (Read 2099 times)

Firestarter · « **on:** November 11, 2018, 08:31:00 am »

I had not seen that there is a subsection on the forum where I can introduce myself.

I was born, raised and survive in the Netherlands.

I’ve studied physics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and finished with my degree in 1996.
I’ve worked for almost 10 years in ICT, and since then schooled myself in law, as my own attorneys stepped me in the back in several court cases, including a 10-year-running against the Rothschild and Dutch Royal family affiliated ABN AMRO bank.
Because of several publications in the Dutch state media by corrupt attorneys I’m unable to get a job.

Regularly the things that I write get deleted from forums and from internet search results.

Since 2015, I’ve been collecting information on a variety of topics: false flags, genocide, WW II, AIDS, vaccination, psychiatry, paedophilia, Donald Trump, etc. The result is that I could post about a lot of topics.

As I'm no Christian, maybe it's smart to not post about my views on the Christian Church.
I will say that I'm surprised how often Christians call the other "sort" of Christianity inferior - Catholics and Protestants insulting each other...

patrick jane · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am »

Quote from: Firestarter on November 11, 2018, 08:31:00 am

I had not seen that there is a subsection on the forum where I can introduce myself.

I was born, raised and survive in the Netherlands.

I’ve studied physics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and finished with my degree in 1996.
I’ve worked for almost 10 years in ICT, and since then schooled myself in law, as my own attorneys stepped me in the back in several court cases, including a 10-year-running against the Rothschild and Dutch Royal family affiliated ABN AMRO bank.
Because of several publications in the Dutch state media by corrupt attorneys I’m unable to get a job.

Regularly the things that I write get deleted from forums and from internet search results.

Since 2015, I’ve been collecting information on a variety of topics: false flags, genocide, WW II, AIDS, vaccination, psychiatry, paedophilia, Donald Trump, etc. The result is that I could post about a lot of topics.

As I'm no Christian, maybe it's smart to not post about my views on the Christian Church.
I will say that I'm surprised how often Christians call the other "sort" of Christianity inferior - Catholics and Protestants insulting each other...

Welcome aboard it's great to have you. I won't delete anything unless it bothers me personally. You will be good for my Conspiracy forum and I could create a forum just for you. As far as your views of the "Christian church" there are many places of worship but only one church, the Body Of Christ. I encourage you to tell us your views and maybe we can learn from you and you from us. We're not all Christians here so don't worry about it. I'm excited to have you on the forums. Are you on Let's Roll Forums? How did you find me?

Firestarter · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2018, 11:20:27 am »

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am

You will be good for my Conspiracy forum and I could create a forum just for you.

Maybe one day I'll send you a request for my own forum, but for now I'm happy to be a member of this one...

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am

As far as your views of the "Christian church" there are many places of worship but only one church, the Body Of Christ. I encourage you to tell us your views and maybe we can learn from you and you from us.

The reason why I try to refrain from posting on religion (especially after first joining a forum), is that my criticism could be considered insulting.
In short I'm all for the teachings of Jesus Christ, but haven't found a single reliable source on what he actually said. In short my opinion on Christianity is that it was founded and corrupted by Roman sun worshipping Emperor Constantine, to pacify the followers of Jesus.

While I prefer Taoism and Buddhism, I've never encouraged anybody to become "followers".
I think that all organised religion is meant for population control.

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am

Are you on Let's Roll Forums? How did you find me?

I was once a member of LRF, but was banned. The last thread I started was "School's out" by controversial shock rocker Alice Cooper.
I sometimes check LRF if there's a false flag; I did find this forum through LRF...

guest8 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2018, 12:10:21 pm »

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am

Quote from: Firestarter on November 11, 2018, 08:31:00 am
I had not seen that there is a subsection on the forum where I can introduce myself.

I was born, raised and survive in the Netherlands.

I’ve studied physics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and finished with my degree in 1996.
I’ve worked for almost 10 years in ICT, and since then schooled myself in law, as my own attorneys stepped me in the back in several court cases, including a 10-year-running against the Rothschild and Dutch Royal family affiliated ABN AMRO bank.
Because of several publications in the Dutch state media by corrupt attorneys I’m unable to get a job.

Regularly the things that I write get deleted from forums and from internet search results.

Since 2015, I’ve been collecting information on a variety of topics: false flags, genocide, WW II, AIDS, vaccination, psychiatry, paedophilia, Donald Trump, etc. The result is that I could post about a lot of topics.

As I'm no Christian, maybe it's smart to not post about my views on the Christian Church.
I will say that I'm surprised how often Christians call the other "sort" of Christianity inferior - Catholics and Protestants insulting each other...

Welcome aboard it's great to have you. I won't delete anything unless it bothers me personally. You will be good for my Conspiracy forum and I could create a forum just for you. As far as your views of the "Christian church" there are many places of worship but only one church, the Body Of Christ. I encourage you to tell us your views and maybe we can learn from you and you from us. We're not all Christians here so don't worry about it. I'm excited to have you on the forums. Are you on Let's Roll Forums? How did you find me?

I would like to Welcome Firestarter to FEF. I am saddened that in the fact that you have not taken care of your everlasting soul specifically referring to it final resting place (Heaven or Lake of Fire).

The last statement you made was very provocative and I would like to address it; "I will say that I'm surprised how often Christians call the other "sort" of Christianity inferior - Catholics and Protestants insulting each other..."

There are two subjects that most people stay away from: Politics and Religion. I was told this all the way through my younger years. While we can see that politics has divided the world (especially the US), Religion can and does do the same. Leaving out politic, I will concentrate on Religion.

John 1:1 tells us; "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

I begin here for all religion is either united or separated because of this verse.

There are those that have decided for one reason or the other, that the WORD of GOD is subject to errors and/or falsehoods. They substitute the word of man into Bible versions that deny the deity of Jesus Christ, deny the virgin birth, deny the atonement, salvation, etc., etc., etc. In most cases they use other articles, publications, ancient manuscripts, etc. remove the Gospel of Jesus Christ into something that would fit their worldview and or lifestyle. In one case, the POPE is considered the "VICOR" of Christ (in place of Christ) here on earth and through out the centuries (AD) they vehemently taken steps to make this so by ruling not only their congregations but nations and kingdoms as well. The Protestant groups that separated themselves from the ROC. did so with around 99% still maintaining a number of ties/beliefs to the ROC. This was seen during the Reformation period of the 15-1600's where people were still put to death because they did not believe what the authors of the protestant Bible prescribed. Even today, most protestant churches (97%) have realigned themselves with the Catholic Church by signing a covenant with the "National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA"

For lack of knowledge on HOW TO place a Link on this site, I will give One link to the NCCC. (https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/organizations/national-council-of-churches-of-christ-in-the-usa)

Be aware that this Group and other Churches that agree with their beliefs are all called "Christian"

********

There is a group, and MINORITY of the Protestant division of the Christian religion. This group believes in John 1:1 and that the KJV is the whole Word of GOD. We (I place myself in that group), believe that every word in this book is HIS WORD. Thus, we believe in the Trinity, Virgin Birth, Atonement, Salvation, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Dispensations of the Bible, and the fact that GOD has the power to be true to His WORD and preserve HIS WORDS: psalms 12:7.."Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."

We believe that the Book of Revelation as a literal prophecy of coming attractions. In Chapters 2 and 3 probably the most important of the chapters in the Book of Revelation TO US that are still living.

In each of these letters to the Churches, Jesus's instructions also contain a comment that "OVERCOMERS" will live in Heaven. In Revelation 4:5, we see the Lamps of ALL seven of the Churches in Heaven. These Lamps were defined in Rev 1:20.

Therefore it is my opinion there will be some people from all churches within the Christian Religion that are considered "Overcomers" by Jesus will live in Heaven.

I guess the Name I would call all of these Churches that fall outside of this minority are "false teachers" teaching a False Gospel.

As I am one of this minority, I believe in the WORD of GOD without any restrictions and send this message to the others.

GOD tells us in Revelation 22:18-19...."For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: v.19...And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

They (the other self-proclaimed Christians) are not bad people in most cases ( aside from murders, thieves, etc), just misguided and because of their church doctrines, they are going to have a very hard "ROW to HOE".

Have a good day Firestarter and again "WELCOME' to this forum. Look forward to your post.

Blade

patrick jane · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2018, 04:19:37 pm »

Quote from: Firestarter on November 11, 2018, 11:20:27 am

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am
You will be good for my Conspiracy forum and I could create a forum just for you.
Maybe one day I'll send you a request for my own forum, but for now I'm happy to be a member of this one...

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am
As far as your views of the "Christian church" there are many places of worship but only one church, the Body Of Christ. I encourage you to tell us your views and maybe we can learn from you and you from us.
The reason why I try to refrain from posting on religion (especially after first joining a forum), is that my criticism could be considered insulting.
In short I'm all for the teachings of Jesus Christ, but haven't found a single reliable source on what he actually said. In short my opinion on Christianity is that it was founded and corrupted by Roman sun worshipping Emperor Constantine, to pacify the followers of Jesus.

While I prefer Taoism and Buddhism, I've never encouraged anybody to become "followers".
I think that all organised religion is meant for population control.

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 10:06:02 am
Are you on Let's Roll Forums? How did you find me?
I was once a member of LRF, but was banned. The last thread I started was "School's out" by controversial shock rocker Alice Cooper.
I sometimes check LRF if there's a false flag; I did find this forum through LRF...

Sounds good. I created a sub forum for you here, that's what I was talking about. If you click on Forum in the top header and scroll down you will see it called "Firestarter On Fire" - you can post anywhere here but for really good content you can use your sub forum. Stay out of my Trump thread, lol.

Firestarter · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2018, 04:33:11 am »

Quote from: Bladerunner on November 11, 2018, 12:10:21 pm

There are those that have decided for one reason or the other, that the WORD of GOD is subject to errors and/or falsehoods. They substitute the word of man into Bible versions that deny the deity of Jesus Christ, deny the virgin birth, deny the atonement, salvation, etc., etc., etc. In most cases they use other articles, publications, ancient manuscripts, etc. remove the Gospel of Jesus Christ into something that would fit their worldview and or lifestyle.

Thanks for your reply, clearly we disagree on what "the WORD of GOD" means.

"Words" are only invented by man to assist us in communication. Writing is a relatively "new" invention. The Bible isn't written by "God".
The Tanach (that you probably call Old Testament) was written long before Jesus was on earth. Jesus was no "follower" in any sense of the word, and was certainly no follower of the Tanach.

I have no reason to believe that the New Testament is an accurate description of the teachings of Jesus.
The New Testament wasn't written by God, Jesus or any of his followers. It was compiled under the instructions of the (sun-worhsipping) Roman Emperor Constantine, almost 300 years after Jesus was executed. Maybe one day I'll start a thread on that topic.
At the time Jesus was murdered the area that we call "Israel" was ruled by Romans.
Jesus Christ has never said that he was the "Son of God"...

For me "believing" isn't in any way an objective. I try to find the "truth" and in my search for it I try to go beyond "believing" into the realms of "knowing".
Unfortunately I often find that I'm not capable of "understanding" everything, so as I struggle to find the "truth", I often find that there are things in which I "believe".

What I "believe" isn't what others tell me, but is something personal, that for the most part I keep to myself. Coincidentally my "believes" come close to Taoism and Buddhism, but I don't think that I'm really a "Taoist" or "Buddhist".

If you look beyond all of the propaganda that's used to divide us, in reality all religion and philosophy should be one.
In my world view, doing sinful deads creates bad "kharma". I try to refrain from doing evil, just like anybody should do.

Firestarter · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2018, 04:40:21 am »

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 04:19:37 pm

I created a sub forum for you here, that's what I was talking about. If you click on Forum in the top header and scroll down you will see it called "Firestarter On Fire" - you can post anywhere here but for really good content you can use your sub forum.

Thanks...
I try to post only "really good content", but will try to find a good middleground between posting in the other sub forums and my "own"...

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 04:19:37 pm

Stay out of my Trump thread, lol.

I hope you don't mind if I post some not so "flattering" information on Donald Trump in "my" subforum. I could write a book on some of the scandals surrounding the man.
There are many ties from Trump to Clinton, Bush, Nixon and the powerful Rothschild banking dynasty.

patrick jane · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2018, 07:28:59 am »

Quote from: Firestarter on November 12, 2018, 04:40:21 am

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 04:19:37 pm
I created a sub forum for you here, that's what I was talking about. If you click on Forum in the top header and scroll down you will see it called "Firestarter On Fire" - you can post anywhere here but for really good content you can use your sub forum.
Thanks...
I try to post only "really good content", but will try to find a good middleground between posting in the other sub forums and my "own"...

Quote from: patrick jane on November 11, 2018, 04:19:37 pm
Stay out of my Trump thread, lol.
I hope you don't mind if I post some not so "flattering" information on Donald Trump in "my" subforum. I could write a book on some of the scandals surrounding the man.
There are many ties from Trump to Clinton, Bush, Nixon and the powerful Rothschild banking dynasty.

You can rip on Donald in any other threads but mine.

patrick jane · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2018, 08:12:16 pm »

NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR THE HOUR?

At the Time of the End, the wise shall understand. Dan 12:10

Understanding the expression "No man knows the day or hour" is not possible
by simply taking the English translation literally, because in the book of
Daniel and the Book of Revelation, we are given EXACT descriptions of
timing, relative to KEY events - such as the shutting down of the altar
sacrifices in Jerusalem at the MID-POINT of the 70th week. Dan 9:27

Jesus was asked, "When shall these things be?" Matt 24:3

His answer ties us in to a very specific event (The Abomination of
Desolation) which can be measured on our calendars: "When you therefore
shall see the Abomination Of Desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand:)..." Matt 24:15.

It is now clear that "no man knows the day or hour" does NOT mean "no man
knows the day or hour" as we read it from a modern-day English perspective.

>From his book "Signs In the Heavens" by Avi Ben Mordechai, he devotes a
chapter to explaining what "no man knows the day or hour" truly means from
a rabbinical Hebraic perspective. It is a figure of speech.

The following chapter contains edited excerpts from Avi Ben Mordechai's
commentaries and builds on them aiming to explain that the Holy Bible does
in fact reveal the "day and hour" or "exact timing" of our Lord's Return.

No One Knows the Day or the Hour?

Christians over the centuries have separated themselves from their Hebraic
roots causing the misunderstanding of key Jewish biblical idioms. An idiom
is also a figure of speech. When Y'shua (Jesus) uttered His famous words
concerning the Messianic Era in Mattityahu (Matthew) 24:26,

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but
only the Father", He used a common Jewish figure of speech referring to a
specific Jewish Festival. In essence He was saying, "I am coming for My
Bride on such and such a day! Be watching!" What day could the Jewish idiom
be referring to? Keep reading!

HEBRAIC ROOTS

Y'shua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) was Jewish and lived a
Torah-observant Jewish life. Evidence suggests that He communicated to His
audience in the Hebrew language, in Hebraic ways. What does it mean to
communicate in Hebraic ways?

It means to think and talk like a Jew. In Y'shua's day it meant to speak in the language and idioms of the day.
Those who heard the Lord speak knew what He was saying and usually what He was
alluding to unless He was speaking in parables, which had their own
analogies. Of course, today's generation of believers struggles to
understand His words and concepts.

Speaking, thinking and acting like the
Jewish Rabbi He was helped His mission in bringing the gospel message to
"the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matt 15:24).

Y'shua was quoted in Mattityahu (Matthew) 8:11 as saying: "I say to you
that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places
at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven".

Since we are talking about Jewish idioms, have you ever considered the meaning of
these words? Specifically, our Lord used and confirmed common Jewish ideas
about the Day of the Lord - the millennium - and its relation to the Feast
of Sukkot (Tabernacles) in Z'kharyah 14.

In speaking, Y'shua referred to
the Festival and its traditional guests of honour, Avraham, Yitzchak and
Ya'acov, called the ushpizin (uoosh-piz-zin) or seven shepherds (exalted
guests), invited into every succah (tabernacle) at the Feast of Sukkot in
the fall of the year.

The seven shepherds in descending order are
1. Avraham (Abraham), 2. Yitzchak (Isaac), 3. Ya'acov (Jacob), 4. Mosheh
(Moses), 5. Aaron, 6. Yosef (Joseph) and 7. HaMelech David (King David).
By mentioning the feast and three of the seven shepherds,

His audience
immediately understood the allusion to the Messianic age - "Millennium" or
"Day" of the Lord.

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost" (Luke 19:10).
Again, in this simplistic phrase Y'shua, the Son of Miriyam and Yosef,
spoke of two things: His Deity (by calling Himself the subject of the
prophet Dani'el's vision) and His mission (by calling Himself the One God
Who spoke to Mosheh on Mount Sinai) as it is written in Dani'el and
Yechezk'el (Ezekiel):

In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was One like a Son of
Man, coming with the clouds of Heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days
and was led into His presence (Dani'el 7:13-14).

For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I Myself will search for My sheep
and look after them (Yechezk'el-Ezekiel 34:11ff).

In the Gospel narrative of Luke 23:31, Y'shua said: "For if men do these
things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" In this
verse Y'shua points His audience, who had portions of the writings of the
Prophets memorized, to the verses in Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 20:45 to 21:7.
Without question, Y'shua's hearers knew He referred to Chevlei HaMashiach
or Ya'acov's Trouble in the Great Tribulation and warned His audience that
what they do to Him in hardness of heart now, God will do to the nation in
judgement later.

Y'shua's encounter with Natan'el (Nathanael) is recorded in Yochanan (John)
1:47-48: When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, "Here is a
true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false". "How do You know me?"
Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the
fig tree before Philip called you".

Again, our Lord used a strong figure of speech pointing to a widely taught
Jewish expectation concerning the resurrection and the millennium. In
brief, He told Natan'el that he will be alive on the Last Day to inherit
the land promised to Avraham (Bereshith-Genesis 17:

. From Y'shua's words,
Natan'el understood he would participate in the resurrection since "that
Day" was yet future.

This is understood in the first century Jewish figure
of speech, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree", which
refers to life and study of Torah in the millennium (Midrash Rabbah
Genesis, Rabbah Song of Songs).

Y'shua also told Natan'el that he is like
righteous Avraham who received his reward for trusting God. This is
understood because of the phrase, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there
is nothing false". The millennial concept of the fig tree is found
throughout the Tanach including Z'kharyah 3:10:

"In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree", declares the
LORD Almighty. For this reason Natan'el responded emphatically to Y'shua
and His words, saying: "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; You are the King of
Israel!"

God through HaMashiach Y'shua spoke to the Jews in many portions and in
many ways (Hebrews 1:1-2) relying upon known figures of speech, common
expectations and direct thoughts from Talmudic and Pharisaic teachings. The
concepts I addressed only scratch the surface, so-to-speak.

Every phrase
and word from the mouth of the Lord meant something to His audience. He
spoke with precision. With that as a basis, let us go on to one of the most
interesting Jewish figures of speech misunderstood by the Church over the
years. It concerns Y'shua's phrase,

"No one knows about that day or hour,
not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father". In
context, He refers to the home-taking of His bride, the beginning of the
Messianic era and His millennial reign as King of kings over all the earth.
To understand this concept, we begin by examining its foundation.

ROSH HASHANAH

Chapter Five described the annual Jewish Festival of Trumpets or Rosh
HaShanah - the first day of the seventh month. A few themes linked to this
Jewish festival are resurrection, repentance, kingship, corronation and a
marriage feast.

This chapter shows another theme and convincing proof that
Rosh HaShanah is not only the start of "The Day of the Lord" (Millennium),
but is also the day of the resurrection! It has to do with the moon and its
29-day cycle of renewal.

In this period of slightly less than 30 days, the moon goes from darkness
to light and back to darkness again. This is not a haphazard occurrence
attributed to evolution or science.

God planned it for many reasons, one
being as a picture of resurrection and renewal. With each cycle of nearly
30 days the ancient rabbis understood that the moon was being reborn or
"born again" (Sefard siddur, Mussaf for Shabbat and Shabbat Rosh Chodesh,
p. 509 and 646-648).

NEW MOON

In Y'shua's day, the moon was so important that a Jewish festival was
proclaimed at the beginning of every month (Talmud Tractate Chaggigah 17b;
Shavuot 10a; Arachin 10b). This was called the New Moon Festival and in the
B'rit Chadashah, Rabbi Sha'ul (Paul) makes note of it (Colossians 2:16).
Even in the Tanach, King David provoked King Sha'ul (Saul) over it (1
Shmu'el-Samuel 20:5).

In the coming millennium the gate of the inner court
of the Temple facing east shall be opened on the new moon
(Yechezk'el-Ezekiel 46:1).

And finally in the millennium all nations will
celebrate the New Moon festival every month (Yeshayahu-Isaiah 66:23). It is
obvious from the Hebrew Scriptures that in the millennium God has no plans
to do away with His system.

Since it is so important, exactly what is a new moon? It is the opposite of
a full moon. Every month the moon goes through a complete cycle of renewal
called Rosh Chodesh, the head or beginning of the renewed month. Twelve
times a year on Rosh Chodesh, the moon always starts off with its disk
being very dark to the naked eye.

Over the course of 15 days it gets
brighter and brighter until it finally reaches a full white-faced disk or
full moon. Over the next 15 days it becomes darker and darker and finally
becomes invisible to the naked eye again.

The ancient rabbis saw a great lesson in this. Just as the moon has no
light of its own but receives its light from the sun, so we too have no
light of our own and must receive it from God.

As the moon goes through a
near 30-day cycle of dark to light to dark, so we need constant spiritual
renewal and repentance. Like the moon, we too must be reborn or "born
again" into HaMashiach and constantly renewed through repentance. This is
why God called it a faithful witness in the sky (Mizmor-Psalm 89:37).

If the moon is so important to God, why do we pay so little attention to
it? We have lost touch with God's faithful witness in the sky. But Y'shua
and the people of His day never lost touch with it. And as I previously
noted, not only was the new moon necessary for the Jewish calendar, it was
also a monthly festival celebrated with a feast fit for a king!

So, when
Y'shua said His famous words in Mattityahu-Matthew 24:36, it had
far-reaching implications. Here are the words of Y'shua in a few different
translations:

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but
my Father only. (KJV)

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the
Son, but only the Father. (NIV) But of that day and hour knoweth no one,
not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only. (ASV)
About the exact time, however, and the hour, none knows - not even the
messengers of Heaven; but My Father alone. (Fenton Modern English
Translation)

Failing to think like Y'shua and taking phrases out of Jewish context can
lead one to misunderstand His words. For example, in many places of the
B'rit Chadashah Y'shua knew the future and talked about it openly. In one
instance He warned His talmidim (disciples) about their future saying,
"See, I have told you ahead of time" (Mattityahu-Matthew 24:25). His
context concerned the tribulation, the destruction of the Temple, the rise
and fall of false messiahs (antichrists), etc.

If He knew the future in
Mattityahu 24:25, and the context concerns the Day of Trouble, why would He
suddenly speak as though He did not know the future in the same context
just 11 verses later in Mattityahu 24:36? Was He confused? Or was He making
perfect sense in light of the customs of the Jews?

Since the subject of our discussion is the new moon and figures of speech,
realize the phrase, "Of that day and hour no man knows" refers to the
sanctification or setting apart of the new moon. Without this
sanctification, the Jews had no way of determining God's "appointed times"
or moedim.

Twelve times a year a new Jewish month (Rosh Chodesh) was announced to the
people. We have no system like it today. We look at a calendar to determine
the first of the month; the Jews, however, looked at the moon.

This system
of chronology was given to the Jews to know precisely when the Holy
festivals (moedim) would fall (there are still eight of them; seven
appointed times and Shabbat). The moon was the faithful Jewish calendar or
witness in the sky and 12 times a year was sanctified as the basis of the
Jewish stellar calendar.

GOD'S APPOINTED TIMES

Because the moon was so important for Jewish date - setting, the authorities
in charge of announcing the new moon in Y'rushalayim took great care to
ensure the first day of the month was announced on time. To correctly
announce the first day of the month, established by the new moon, was one
of the Sanhedrin's greatest responsibilities. They had to ensure the people
knew when the first of the month began 12 times a year! Therefore God said
to the leaders of Israel:

These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations which you
shall proclaim at the times appointed for them (Vayikrah-Leviticus 23:4).

In other words, God gave the Sanhedrin authority to announce and sanctify
the new moon to the people. Its proclamation on earth was supported by God
in Heaven (c.f. Mattityahu 18:18-20 where the Jewish context supports a
believers' Sanhedrin as seen in Acts 15).

As soon as the new moon was
announced, the first day of the month began. Once the beginning of the new
month was established, the festivals and weekly Shabbats for the upcoming
month were sanctified for observance. In Hebrew, those observances have
always been called "appointed times" or moedim, literally "a sacred and
set time".

From God's perspective, the appointed times belong to Him
(Midrash Rabbah Numbers, Vol 2.21.25, p. 852) and no one has the authority
to change the celebration of an appointed time.

To do so was a serious
matter and great sin. Appointed times had to be kept because of their
Messianic implications.

Further in Vayikrah (Leviticus) 23:4, notice the phrase, "holy
convocation". The phrase in Hebrew is mikraw kodesh, better translated,
"holy convocation and rehearsal". In other words, God's appointed times are
actually "holy rehearsals" set apart to reflect events in the Messianic
era. God said to the people,

"Pay attention! On this day I am going to do
something! Wake-up! The Jews were to know and practice all of God's mikraot
or holy convocations. This is the essence of Rav Sha'ul's words that the
Shabbat, new moons and festivals, "are a shadow of things to come; the body
of Mashiach" (Colossians 2:17).

Twice a year, in the spring and fall, there were several appointed times
and specific days of holy convocation dedicated to the Lord. The new moon
was the key in being able to fulfill those set times, holy convocations and
rehearsals.

For example, when the new moon was announced on the first day
of Nisan, also called Aviv, the people knew when to observe the holy
convocations and set times of the 10th (Shemot-Exodus 12:3), 14th and 15th
(Shemot-Exodus 12:6; Bamidbar-Numbers 33:3), 16th (Vayikrah-Leviticus
23:15), and finally the 21st.

In the same way, when the new moon was
announced on the first day of Tishri also called Ethanim, the people knew
when to observe the Holy convocations of the 1st (Vayikrah-Leviticus
23:23), 10th (Vayikrah-Leviticus 23:26), 15th (Vayikrah-Leviticus 23:39),
and 22nd (Vayikrah-Leviticus 23:36).

Thus from the announcement of the new
moon to the festival dates which followed, it was only a matter of counting
the right number of days. In a moment you will understand how this applies
to the phrase that Y'shua spoke concerning His coming again.

THE SANHEDRIN AND THE TWO WITNESSES

The Mishnah, also referred to as the Oral Law, dealt with the legal
elements of daily Jewish religious life, in Hebrew called halachah. In the
treasure of the first and second century halachah we find many explanations
to help us understand the Torah particularly in Y'shua's day since it was
still oral then.

In volume two called "moed" or festival, tractate Rosh
HaShanah teaches us about the Sanhedrin and its selection process of two
witnesses who would tell us when the new moon arrived. Once a month the
Sanhedrin discussed when to proclaim the new moon. They did this through
the agency of two witnesses, the element of all legal transactions in
Judaism.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any
sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the
mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut 19:15

The men were important because by their witness, Israel celebrated God's
appointed times. They had to be of good character and were always treated
with great honour.

They had special privileges such as authorization to
ride into Y'rushalayim on horseback on the Shabbat to bring the good news
of the new moon festivities! The men had special status because they were
the confirmation that Y'hudah (Judaea) depended on for the correct timing
of the new month and the festivals.

Rosh HaShanah Chapter 2, Mishnah 5 reads: There was a large court in
Jerusalem called Beth Ya'azek. There all the witnesses used to assemble and
the Beth Din used to examine them. They used to entertain them lavishly
there so that they should have an inducement to come. (The witnesses were
allowed to break the Shabbat travel restrictions for this one purpose lest
they might be reluctant to come and give the essential evidence of the
sighting of the new moon).

Continuing in Chapter 2, Mishnah 6: How do they test the witnesses? The
pair who arrive first are tested first. The senior of them is brought in
and they say to him, tell us how you saw the moon - in front of the sun or
behind the sun? To the north of it or the south? How big was it, and in
which direction was it inclined?

And how broad was it? If he says (he saw
it) in front of the sun, his evidence is rejected. After that they would
bring in the second and test him.

If their accounts tallied, their evidence
was accepted, and the other pairs were only questioned briefly, not because
they were required at all, but so that they should not be disappointed,
(and) so that they should not be dissuaded from coming.

In qualifying the witnesses, the Sanhedrin used the following criteria:
They never arrived at the same time.
They were never questioned at the same time.
There were always two new witnesses each month.

In short, the two qualified witnesses usually stood before the Nassi or
President of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) to give account of the
moon's appearance prior to its becoming total dark (Moed Rosh HaShanah,
Chapter 3, Mishnah 1).

Just before the moon's disk enters total darkness,
there are tiny slivers of white on the edges of the waning disk. These were
called the "horns" of the moon.

Correctly sighting the "horns" (on the
waning crescent) determined the beginning of the new month. Once the two
witnesses were qualified and questioned, if the President (who had
knowledge of astronomy) was convinced their observation was accurate, he
publicly sanctified the start of the new month.

After careful scrutiny to determine the official arrival of the new moon,
the Nassi or President of the Sanhedrin proclaimed Rosh Chodesh with the
words: "Sanctified", and all the people repeat after him, "Sanctified,
sanctified". After the proclamation, the Sanhedrin ordered watchmen on the
nearby hillsides to light fires and thus inform the Jews in all of Y'hudah
(Judaea), Shomron (Samaria), Egypt, Babylon and the galut (diaspora) that
the new month had begun. That started the festival of the New Moon and
counting of the next 29- days to the next new month proclamation.

Again, once the Sanhedrin set Rosh Chodesh, or the beginning of the new
month by sighting the new moon, the rest of the festivals were calculated.
However, the seventh month, Tishri, was particularly important because it
was the only month that had a holy convocation or appointed time on the
first day of the month.

This posed a unique problem. The first day of
Tishri was the appointed time called Rosh HaShanah, the Feast of Trumpets
(Vayikrah-Leviticus 23:24). Yet no one could begin observing the festival
until they heard those famous words from the President of the Sanhedrin,
"Sanctified!"

No one in Israel could plan for the first day of the seventh month Tishri,
called Yom Teruah or the Feast of Trumpets (also called Rosh HaShanah).
When they knew how many days to count to a festival, that would be easy.
But:

HOW COULD THEY PLAN FOR A FESTIVAL THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW AT WHAT DAY OR
HOUR IT WOULD PUBLICALLY BE ANNOUNCED AND THUS BEGIN?

This was unique to Rosh HaShanah and dependent upon the testimony of the
two witnesses. Prophetically, we are informed of two important witnesses
during the Great Tribulation:

And I will give power unto My Two Witnesses, and they will prophesy 1260
days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:3

Of course, anyone could look up into the twilight or early morning sky and,
if they looked hard enough, see the new moon or at least its "horns". And
certainly an astute observer knew when about 29- days were completed since
the previous Rosh Chodesh.

But recall, ONLY THE SANHEDRIN NASSI had the
authority to proclaim the first of Tishri, which was already established as
a technical procedure.

Once proclaimed, the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh
HaShanah) commenced. Until that public announcement by the Nassi, everyone
had to wait before they could begin the observance of the festival. No one
could begin the festival beforehand!

Thus, we can more clearly see the
analogy Jesus made with His words: "But of that day and hour knoweth no
man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" was in regards to
this important festival of Rosh HaShanah.

**********************************************************************

To educate, train and equip for study both the Jew and
Non-Jew in the Rich Hebraic Heritage of our Faith.

Please visit the Hebraic Roots Global Network
Web Site located at:

http://www.hebroots.org/

PayPal Donations : https://paypal.me/ThankYou3169
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/patrick_jane3169
Flat Earth Forums : https://3169.createaforum.com/index.php?action=forum
Theology Forums : https://theologyforums.com/index.php
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpzjN3dF-_PnAc81SQVjqhg?view_as=subscriber
Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/patrickjane3169/
Google : https://plus.google.com/u/0/113527239869543729835
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-jane-833769164/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/patrickjane3169
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007669219364+

patrick jane · « **Reply #9 on:** May 08, 2019, 02:03:53 pm »

Nice to meet ya.

patrick jane · « **Reply #10 on:** August 15, 2020, 08:09:46 pm »

thanks

patrick jane · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2020, 10:13:10 am »

Quote from: patrick jane on August 15, 2020, 08:09:46 pm

thanks

You added a lot to this forum, thank you sir, Firestarter.

patrick jane · « **Reply #12 on:** August 23, 2020, 10:14:42 pm »

Quote from: patrick jane on August 20, 2020, 10:13:10 am

Quote from: patrick jane on August 15, 2020, 08:09:46 pm
thanks
You added a lot to this forum, thank you sir, Firestarter.

Raising the post count

patrick jane forums

News:

User

Stats ezBlock

Author Topic: Introduction (Read 2099 times)

Firestarter

Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

Firestarter

Re: Introduction

guest8

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

Firestarter

Re: Introduction

Firestarter

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

patrick jane

Re: Introduction

Related Topics

Recent Topics