What or Where is Har Megiddon – Armageddon?

The end times is a hot topic these days and Armageddon is often involved in such discussions… This post offers some insights and also suggests food for thought, as well as possible answers to some of those most frequently posed questions. As always scripture is the base for all subsequent writing; and every reader is strongly encouraged to research and study God’s Word for themselves and to take everything before the Lord in prayer.

Why?

Because our personal opinions are just that, opinions and

His Word alone is TRUTH.

 הר מגידו ‎ 

 Har Megiddo

 in Hebrew:

Har Magedon.

Meaning in Hebrew: Hill of Megiddo

Revelation 16:16; Judges 4 & 5:19;

2Kings 9:27;23:29; Zech 12:11

 

According to the Book of Revelation,

Armageddon (/ ˌ ɑːr m ə ˈ ɡ ɛ d ən /,

from Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών

Ἐβραϊστί Ἃρ Μαγεδών 

Harmagedōn,

or

Armageddon.

Late Latin: Armagedōn,

taken from the Hebrew: הר מגידו ‎ Har Megiddo

It is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end of the age, variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location.

Although Armageddon is a Hebrew word, it does not occur specifically in the Old Testament. Its meaning has raised questions, however it is best understood to mean

Mount Megiddo, since 

Har in Hebrew means mountain

and Mageddon is the place-name of Megiddo.

Armageddon is the symbolic name given to this event, based on scripture references regarding divine obliteration of God’s enemies.

The hermeneutical method supports this position by referencing Judges 4 and 5 where God miraculously destroys the enemy of Israel, at Megiddo.

Another Armageddon definition is – the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil.  (Probably so called in reference to the battlefield of Megiddo.)

The actual word for Armageddon only appears once in the Bible (Revelation 16:16). Even though most of the New Testament is written in Greek, this comes from the Hebrew word which as already mentioned means, Mount Megiddo.

in the New Testament, it is a place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of God at the end of history.

Armageddon,

sometimes rendered Har– Magedon 

(Hebrew: Har Meghiddohn),

here it is translated: Mountain of Megiddo.

Megiddo was once a city in the territory of ancient Israel.

History tells of decisive battles that were fought in its vicinity, including some that are recorded in the Bible.

 The place we know as Armageddon was also the site for two great tragedies:

1) the death of Saul and his sons (1 Samuel 31:8) and

2) the death of King Josiah (2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chronicles 35:22).

It is probably because of this history, the valley of Armageddon became a symbol of the final conflict between God and the forces of evil.

It is the name of a real place, 56 miles north of Jerusalem.

it is approximately thirty miles wide by two hundred miles long.

Is it also a war, or is this just a symbolic reference to a future event that will be particularly destructive?

Armageddon is mentioned in the Bible in the Revelation to John, or the Apocalypse of St. John (16:16).

Really it is the:

Revelation of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach/Yeshua the Messiah, which was given to John.

Hebrew Translation.

הִתגַלוּת.

More Hebrew words for Revelation.

noun הִתגַלוּת. emergence, exposure, advent, epiphany.

Revelation [N] is an uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen.

God has been pleased in various ways and at different times Hebrews 1:1 

to make a supernatural revelation of himself and his purposes and plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been committed to writing.

The Greek name of the Bible book of Revelation,

A·po·kaʹly·psis (apocalypse), means:

Uncovering or Disclosure.

This name indicates the meaning of Revelation —it uncovers matters that had been hidden and discloses events some, that would happen long after it was written.

מגידו‎ 

Megiddo,

The city is located on a pass and commanding a road connecting Egypt and Syria; it was probably chosen as a symbol for such a battle, because it had been the scene of many previous battles.

noun זִרַת מִלחָמָה. Armageddon

The meaning of the word Armageddon is placed in the text, and is actually a compound of two thoughts.

The first part is taken from the Hebrew har. הַר

as this word means mountain or the place of.

The word megiddo is taken from the 

Hebrew root gadad (גדד).

This word means a gathering, to divide or cut.

 

Strong’s Greek: 717. Ἀρμαγεδδών

(Harmagedón) — Har-Magedon 

Every scholar will attest that  

Armageddon is the GREEK rendering of the 2 Hebrew words.

They are Har and Megiddon.

Har is the word for mountain and

Megiddon means

a place of crowds.

Those armies came together in a place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. Then the spirits brought the kings together in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. So they assembled them at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.

The spirits gathered the kings to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew. Rev 16:16

Taking a look at the ancient Hebrew pictographs:

Is there anything in the pictures that point to Yeshua HaMashiach Jesus the Messiah?

There is a curiosity within most people of wanting to know the future and more specifically what will happen to us as individuals. If we know beforehand whether it’s good or bad, we think we can hopefully prepare for either.

The Bible is filled with prophecies that describe many remaining future events in great detail so it’s the best place to look for future events and our final destination and probable events that will unfold prior to our reaching that destination.

One future event mentioned in scripture is an event often called the Battle of Armageddon.

It is mentioned more these days than ever before.

In the scriptures it’s described as not just a battle but also a place where in the future, a war the likes of which the world has never seen will take place.

We saw that in the Greek Translation of the New Testament The word Armageddon only occurs once and is used by the apostle John in Revelation 16:16:

“And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”

In verse 14 John tells us who is doing the gathering and who is being gathered:

“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”

 

John earlier described this war of destruction which is the culmination of God’s wrath in Rev. 6:17:

“For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”

 

Taking a closer look at the Hebrew pictographs about this war and place of destruction;

the first part

Har

which is spelled

Hey Reysh. הַר

HEY   ה

REYSH ר

Hey    is the picture of the man

with outstretched hands to the heavens 

  

and means

behold

or

pay attention to what follows.

Reysh

is the picture of the head      

and means: the leader or

the prince.

 The pictures in Har depict behold the prince.

But what is the connection to mountain or hill, is it of any significance?

Is there a specific prince to whom this is referring?

Here we take a journey back to the time when Moses wrote about the Akedah.

Where in Genesis 22:14 Abraham was to offer his only son Isaac to the LORD, and at the very last moment God provided another sacrifice to take his place:

“And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah jireh as it is said to this day. In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.”  

This mount (HAR) was identified as being in the land of Moriah

and is believed to be the identical location where Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.

Moses tells how God provided a ram instead of Abrahams son Isaac and because the ram died in his place, Isaac would live.

It all unfolded in this place and was a picture of the Prince who in the future would die a substitutionary death for us.

The Prince is Yeshua/Jesus who was and is the perfect Lamb of God, and more than 2000 years later, at this exact location.

Looking carefully at the Hebrew Scriptures it does not actually say 

in the mount of the LORD it shall be seen,

it is written

one shall be seen.

So here, Moses is referring to the Lord God Himself saying:

On the Har God shall be seen.

(Recall the SHEMA – God is one).

The next part of Armageddon is

Megiddon and means

place of crowds.

this is spelled:

Mem Gimel Dalet Vav Noon.

 מגידו

            ו   י ר ג מ      

Noon Vav Dalet Gimel Mem

(read from right to left.)

Mem מ

Gimel ג

Dalet ר

Vav י  

Noon ו

In the pictographs for this megiddon/place of crowds, it is:

Noon/Nun

   is the picture of

the fish  

or seedling

and means life or activity.

 

Vav  

is the picture of

the wooden hook or iron nail     

and means:

to fasten or secure two things together that are separated from one another.

Dalet   

is the picture of the door;

   and means:

a doorway or

a place of decision

that can lead to life or death.

Gimel 

is the picture of the foot

or later a camel      

and means to lift up, to be lifted up with pride,

or to lift up the name of the Lord.

Mem  

is the picture of waters

that can be waters of destruction like a tsunami or gentle waters that bring life.

We could read into these pictures that for this crowd it will be a place of decision, a doorway that will lead to either life or death.

The doorways connected to one of two possible groups and their future.

Those who are lifted up with pride who will suffer destruction like a tsunami.

Those that will receive the gentle waters of life, who lift up the name of the Lord.

Which doorway they will choose and to which group most in this crowd belong John writes:

“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.”

Revelation 6:15-16.

 

God will bring His wrath to force the reluctant to choose.

Everyone will go through one door or the other. Those doorways are open to us now just as they will be to those in Revelation. We must choose the dalet/doorway to life now before the unbearable wrath of God is unleashed.

IAM the door

Har Megiddon in the pictographs =

Behold the Prince.

Lift Him up and enter the doorway that is connected to life.

The book of Revelation associates Megiddo in northern Israel with the end of days.

John Martin – The Great Day of His Wrath: A vision of the apocalypse, circa 1851.

We often use the word “Armageddon” to mean the end of the world, and we now know from our study how it became associated with the final catastrophe that will end humanity.

Early Judaism had no tradition of the world ending in a day of divine judgment and no such idea appears in the 1st Temple period material in the Hebrew Bible. But the idea does suddenly appear in prophetic books penned after the late 6th century B.C.E., such as Deut. -Isaiah, Zechariah and Daniel. For example:

“Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you” (Zechariah 2:11).

We saw in

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-revealing/

that Apocalypse is a Greek noun meaning uncovering, revealing or revelation. As it is the first word of the book in its original Greek, it became used as the name of the book as this was the common practice at the time.

Since the book describes the end of the world, and its Greek title began to be used by English speakers to refer to the end of the world itself, there is little doubt that this is how we got the word apocalypse.

Out of the mouth of dragons

Armageddon appears in In Revelation 16, where John tells us that he heard “a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, ‘Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.’”

He proceeds to describe these bowls of God’s wrath being poured on the earth: The 1st is an outbreak of “festering sores”;

the 2nd the turning of the sea to blood and the death of all that live in it;

the 3rd is the turning of the rivers into blood;

the 4th is the scorching of the people by the burning son;

the 5th is the kingdom of the beast being plunged into darkness;

the 6th is the drying up of the River Euphrates.

Then before he gets to the seventh and final bowl – a mighty thunderstorm accompanied by massive earthquakes and a hailstorm of biblical proportions – he says that “he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon” (16:16).

Who exactly is gathered to Armageddon is not exactly clear from context. It might be “three impure spirits that looked like frogs  and “came out of the mouth of the dragon” or “the kings of the whole world.”

Either way, according to John, just before the world comes to an end, they will convene at “a place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”

Whatever John meant by this, it is clear that he believed that just before the end of the world, something momentous would take place there. Later Christian theologians interpreted this as meaning that this would be the site of the showdown between the forces of good and evil, which will obviously end with the victory of God and the good.

The view from Megiddo

The identification of the town of Megiddo with the site of apocalypse has some merit, since it is mentioned several times in the Bible, tellingly, as the site of several epic battles, such as the Israelites vs. the Canaanites (Judges 5:19) and Judah vs. Egypt. In the latter struggle King Josiah who the bible explicitly calls the best of the Judean kings, was killed:

“While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo”

(2 Kings 23:29).

The main challenge to the interpretation that John was referring to a Hebrew text that talked of har Megiddo, is the fact that Jews never referred to a “Mount Megiddo” – and for good reason. There is no mountain at Megiddo. At most the site could be called a small hill, or more accurately,

a TEL.

In fact, when the Bible actually refers to a geographic feature related to Megiddo, it is not a mountain but a valley:

Below are some pictures of the ongoing archeological digs and some of the items recovered from the area.

Excavating Megiddo Tel:

A neighborhood of small homes and workshops

Credit: Ariel David

Tel Megiddo

Credit: Yaron Kaminsky

“On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo” (Zechariah 12:11).

“In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate” (Ezekiel 38:8).

Other theologians and scholars suggest that the original word was

megiddon, not Megiddo at all –

but a word derived from the root G-D-D (or G-D-ayin),

which would mean this mountain was

the mountain of gathering or being cut off – meaning, destruction.

The Greek translation of Zechariah 12:11 may relate to the plain of Megiddo in this way, but no such high-altitude gathering places appear anywhere in the Hebrew writings that have become available.

GOG the Battle of the ROOF!

Here is another view of what the world calls the Battle of Armageddon:

could it be already in full fury and is the problem that the church is asleep and does not even know about it?

It seems as if the church is too busy anticipating gog and magog trying to figure out how and when Russia and others are going to join with China or other countries to attack Israel, seemingly not aware of the spiritual battles that are in full fury right now.

Is it possible that if the church wins the spiritual battle there will be no ground war?

Certainly if we lose the spiritual war the world will be all but destroyed.

Has the enemy kept the church wrapped up in fund raising and building programs which is another great distraction keeping focus off the spiritual battles?

Has the church ignored the scriptural terminology allowing the half truths of the world to dilute the truth?

The battle recorded in 2 Kings 23:29,30 and 2Chronicles 35:22;

tells the story of the battle in which Josiah king of Judah is mortally wounded.

The Hebrew name is: The valley of Jezreel and it lies at the foot of the mountain,

Har mediggo – meaning Mt Mediggo.

This was also the location of the Midianite army that Gideon chased off with trumpet and lanterns.

In 1Samuel 29:1 the philistine armies gather at Jezreel. but the battle is at Mount Gilboa in the valley of Esdraelon, which is east of the Valley of Jezreel. In the new testament the armies gather at Har Mediggo in Revelation 16:12.

12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 

Judges 5:19, 2Kings 9:27;23:29, Zech 12:11

Har Mediggo in English translation is taken from the Latin text, which has Armageddon. The Greek text has Harmageddon, where the armies gather but the battle is not at Har Mediggo.

Note:

There is no battle but the bowls of God’s wrath!

It would seem from reading here that later

at the end of the millennium,

the battle of Gog and Magog

is formed at the valley of Jehoshaphat.

The word jehoshaphat (yehoshafat in Hebrew) means ‘God has judged’, and this narrow furrow of land located between Temple Mount/Al Haram Ash Sharif and the Mount of Olives is where it is said the events of Judgment Day will take place (Joel 3:12) and all nations will be judged. At the southern end is a series of tombs dating from the Second Temple period.

 

Joel 4:2

I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Y’hoshafat [ Adonai judges]. I will enter into judgment there for my people, my heritage Isra’el, whom they scattered among the nations; then they divided my land. 

verse 12 “Let the nations rouse themselves and go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.”

The valley of Jehoshaphat is a few miles south east of Jerusalem also called the valley of Beracha in 2Chronicles 20:26.

King James Version (KJV). 26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

God takes care of the armies when they surround Jerusalem.

and

In Revelation 20:7

 And when the thousand years are completed, the Adversary/hasatan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog –

to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

(Ezekiel 7:2 ) Gog and Magog 

and

(Ezekiel 38:2)  Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, King James Version (KJV)

In 2Kings 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Ezekiel 39:6  And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

 

Maybe we are looking for the wrong war?

Maybe we got the name of the place wrong?

Maybe we thought we knew what the scripture said? and hopefully, maybe we won’t even be here?!

Scripture says this is at the end of the millennium and is often referred to as apocalypse, which is the Greek word for revelation/ revealing.

This is the terrible time when it takes seven months to bury the dead.

In Ezekiel 39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

If we look at the current war, it is against humanism and the war, the battle of the roof. What is happening on the ground now is but a mild example of what is going on in the spiritual realm, the invisible dimension of the heavenlies.

Believers in humanism align themselves with compromise and tolerance of pagan beliefs and is a spiritual battle which offers the choice of loyalty to God’s teachings vs. those who tolerate all manner of evil and accepting other lifestyles in preference to that which God lays out for us in the Scriptures.

The need to be politically correct and extending people’s rights beyond what the Scriptures tell us has only succeeded in accelerating the changes we see in the world today. Materialism is another powerful spirit at this time; warfare against principalities and powers need to be corporate as it is becoming increasingly too dangerous for individual prayer, in the same way that one soldier does not go into battle against an army!

These alternatives encourage teaching of occult and false religions in public schools yet forbid teaching and practice of Christianity and godly values; all in the name of multiculturalism. The battle will not be won with the weapons of war however it will be won in the hearts of those individuals where repentance and/or revival takes root.

There is an inner connection between the names gog and magog and the fall/autumn feast of sukkot/tabernacles/Booths.

The Hebrew word gog means roof and there is a major difference between a real roof and the flimsy sukkah, the singular of sukkot.

The sukkah is a weak unstable shelter made with branches. A driving rain will soak right through it. And a driving wind will blow it away.

People have the power to make themselves safe and secure against their earthly contemporaries by buildings sturdy walls; so they delude themselves into thinking that they can make themselves safe and secure up against that which comes from above, against God and his power to direct matters.

They think that they can find security in the protection of their own might, they take their fate in their own hands, and crown the building of human greatness with sturdy roofs, with no need to depend on God.

The war of gog and magog is also the battle of gog; (the Hebrew word for roof,) against sukkah,

it’s the fight of the roof illusion, of human greatness which never allows the rest,

against

the sukkah-truth of cheerful confidence and serenity which comes from placing trust in God’s protection.

Magog is gog with the prefix M; this prefix expresses the idea of projecting something, representing the philosophy that man can insulate himself against the heavenly power of God –

Magog is possibly the attempt to affect this philosophy on earth.

for more on Apocalypse click link

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-revealing/

Time to get our house /sanctuary spiritual house in order. Working out our salvation with fear – reverent respect -and trembling

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, Phil 2:12-13

work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

Very serious and sober, being vigilant, with a godly clean heart and motives, observing the times, for the days are evil, short and few and the night comes when no man can work.

Our salvation/ Full redemption will be manifested as we are birthed into our sanctified supernatural bodies in which we can enter His presence.

No unclean thing can enter in. No flesh will survive the transition for we shall be changed into a new creature like unto Himself and we shall see Him as He is. Our feeble attempts to visualize what is ahead, pales in comparison to what glories will be revealed and no doubt will bear little if any resemblance to our earthly images.

We make the mistake of bringing God down to our level and to our likeness. The image and likeness of our Father that is within us is purely spiritual in nature. He has no form like we do or like Jesus/Yeshua did in His incarnate form while present on the earth. And yet He said if you have seen Me you have seen the Father!

Our limited concepts belie reality and do His incomparable being an enormous disservice. It is most certain that all of us will gasp in true awe and amazement at the inevitable realities that await the eyes of our understanding when they are finally enlightened.

It is on a serious note that we must be ready for encounters in the spiritual realm as the veil between the realms continues to thin prior to His return. It is not that these entities both good and evil, are suddenly there, merely that we can now see them just as Elisha prayed for with his servant.

The fight is in the spiritual realm. The war is in the heavenlies and we merely observe the outworking below in this earthly realm we inhabit.

Angelic Messengers are at work always and around us continually; and so to are the spirits of darkness. They have been crouching at the door since Cain’s day waiting an opportunity to work their mischief and evil. (evil=out of harmony with God) 

Don’t give him a foot hold – not even a toehold!

Keep our sanctuaries pure and holy

keep out the unclean and ungodly.

Immerse ourselves in His Word  and His presence, praying in the Holy Spirit Ruach HaKodesh, and building ourselves up in our most holy faith.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy

Jude 20-25

For the days are evil and waxing worse. This is a time to draw closer to him then ever before and Have no fellowship with the fruitful works of darkness

Romans 13:12. The night is nearly over/far spent; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.” Romans 13:12, KJV:

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather {e} reprove them. (e) Make them open to all the world, by your good life. Ephesians 5:11

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” John 9:4

We are to shun the man made festival days that are rooted in idol worship and rather spend the 31st of October in prayer and fasting not in celebrating sin and death.

A quote below concerning this date, should send shivers down our spine and shake us to the core; from the now deceased leader.

What are we thinking?????

Forgive us Father in Yeshua/Jesus name.

Almost every festival and observance on the Gregorian calendar has its roots in pagan worship of idols, false gods/ demonic entities and evil spirits.

What are we doing? Thinking it is acceptable to a Holy God. Would we take Jesus/Yeshua with us when we go trick or treating???

If not – why are we even going?

The WAY – HIS WAY is narrow

and in His words..

few there are that find it…

We need to and must follow Him and Him alone

and enter in through Yeshua/Jesus, the gate the Door the Dalet.

A serious message for serious days.

our times are in His hands and

today is the day of salvation/ deliverance.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what we know we should do,

or not do, today.

IT”S LATER THAN WE THINK!

Trust Him and obey.

There is no disappointment in Him.

He is the way, the truth and the life …

let’s not miss our day of visitation.

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

He is coming back very soon – so let’s keep looking up!

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

 

NAMES? – PATTERNS? – NUMBERS?

NAMES? – PATTERNS? – NUMBERS? 

In a previous post

https://www.minimannamoments.com/hubble-cross-ing-the-great-divide/

we saw how human DNA is connected to the universe and how 31,000,000 light years away appears the image of the agent of our salvation!

Cross in The Centre of the Whirlpool Galaxy.

The Hubble Space Telescope took a picture of the center of the Whirlpool galaxy, M51, and it looks like this:

 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” (Psalm 19:1)

God’s ‘fingerprints’ are everywhere…

 

Ps 139:7- 8

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there

Apparently every cell in our body is controlled by DNA which is genetic information that carries the characteristics of living things.

Just another example of God’s fingerprint in creation.


Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created. Rev.4:11

Researchers have discovered a sequence of numbers that is always repeated in DNA.

lt is like a signature of our Heavenly Father.

The Signature of the Architect can be found just beneath the surface of virtually everything, including but not limited to such things as quantum mechanics; particle physics; string theory; celestial dynamics; chemistry and even biology.

One researcher, a Dr. Rubinstein, contends that he has found the gematria of the Tetragrammaton in human DNA. Other authorities have tried to verify the authenticity of the assertion and are not at all satisfied with the explanation.  

Dr. Rubinstein was a researcher who says he found a unique pattern that forms breaks in the amino acid sequence between the bridges.

This posts explanation may be somewhat lacking, however he claims the first break is at an interval of 10,

the second at 5,

the third at 6 and

the fourth at 5.

The pattern then repeats itself all the way through the strand.

Some may immediately recognize these numbers.

They happen to be the number value of each letter

in the Tetragrammaton

(yud-hey-vav-hey) in sequence.

The yud has a gematria of 10.

The heh has a gematria of 5.

The vav has a gematria of 6 and

the final heh, of course, is another 5.

If true, this would be highly significant.

If anyone is interested videos can be found on youtube where Dr. Rubinstein explains: Video 1 in Hebrew (Youtube)

A counter argument is presented here: Kofer

The reader can make up their own mind

and take time to do their own research,

however it makes one pause for thought! 

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions.

DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule.

DNA is formed from 2 parts.

1 part from each parent and

the DNA has connections on all of it – just like bridges.

There is a repeating pattern in all of it.

A sequence of the numbers:

10 – 5 – 6 – 5.

We have seen in previous post how each Hebrew each letter is equivalent to a number in the alef bet (alfabet).

In Old Testament the name of God is written with 4 letters

YHWH

If we would speak or write the name of the creator as a sequence the result is truly amazing… because

10 5 6 5

in the value of Hebrew letters –

is the name of the creator of the universe

and it is what unites both parts of our DNA cells!

“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17)

WOW!

His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.” (Romans 1:20)

Ps. 136:19

Your eyes saw my unformed substance, formless, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before and planned…

For more on the connection to the womb and His Appointed Times click link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-season-of-our-hiding/

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. –Psalm 139:13-14

 

In

https://www.minimannamoments.com/hubble-cross-ing-the-great-divide/

 

we also discovered there’s a protein inside our body called

Laminin.

Laminin has an extremely vital role in our bodies.

So vital, that without it, we could literally cease to exist. What is it exactly that makes Laminin so special?

It is a cell adhesion molecule that is organized into a specific structure and it dictates what job the cell performs in the body.

In other words, it literally holds all the cell membranes in your body together. 

It is the glue of the human body.

We could say that as a cell adhesion molecule –

it’s the rebar of the human body.

It holds us together just like God does, and the shape is incredible. Yet another amazing example of God’s fingerprint in creation!

Does a Planetary Alignment show Messiah on the cross?

 April 3, 33 AD,

is the day commonly viewed as that of Yeshua/Jesus’ actual crucifixion.

Apparently on that day, the planets Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Earth and Venus aligned to form what looks like someone on a cross with the head, the hands spread out and the legs together in accurate positioning, rotation and on a galactic scale.

Indeed, even Saturn’s rings can be viewed as representing

the halo or crown of thorns

Because of computer programs and their algorithm abilities,
we get to look back in time.

This alignment even appeared previously in the year 4 B.C., regarded by some scholars as the year of Yeshua/Jesus’ birth.

This same alignment appears to have occurred only six times between the year 0 and 2000 A.D., equivalent to once every 333 years!

Even the letters in the planets’ name look like this:
J-upiter ~ E-arth ~ Saturn ~ U-ranus ~ Venu-S

This is not Astrology its Astronomy and Messiah said there would be signs in the sun moon and stars.

We know these are not just ‘coincidences’!!

Click link https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mysteries-of-im/

For more on the constellations  – Mazzaroth

and

Does DNA reveal the Name of The Creator?

YHWH is used almost 7,000 times throughout the Bible as

the only and unique name

of the Mighty One of Israel.

This Name is 4 Hebrew letters YHWH.

If we compare this four-lettered name YHWH to the four elements: hydrogen,

nitrogen,

oxygen and

carbon

that make up human DNA –

we discover an ancient secret of creation.

Bereshit/B’resheet

(בְּרֵאשִׁית‎):

In [the] beginning [of something]

By converting elements to letters,

based upon their matching values of atomic mass,

hydrogen becomes the Hebrew letter Yod (Y),

nitrogen becomes the letter Hey (H),

oxygen becomes the letter Wav (W), and

carbon becomes Gimel (G). 

YHWG!

Substituting modern elements for the ancient letters,

it is clear that although we share in the first three letters representing ¾ or 75% of our Creator’s name (YHWG!),

The presence of YHWH is

the invisible and intangible form

of the three gases

hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen,

The last letter of our name (G) is carbon:

This is the material or substance that gives us the:

color, taste, texture, and sounds of our body.

The one letter that sets us apart from YHWH 

is also the element that makes us real or physical in our world.

If we substitute these modern elements for all four letters of the ancient name,

YHWH

we see an unexpected result.

Replacing the final H in YHWH 

with its chemical equivalent of nitrogen, 

The name

YHWH

becomes the elements:

hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

(HNON) 

all are colorless, odorless, and invisible gases!

We understand God is spirit from the scriptures

and spirit is all of these …

In other words,

replacing 100 percent of YHWH’s personal name

with the elements of this world

creates a substance that is an intangible,

yet very real form of creation!

Could this be why we are YHWG,

because we will never be equal to YHWH?

Additionally, the first chapters of Genesis relate that it is in a nonphysical form (invisible) that the Creator was present during the time of creation. (Genesis 1:2).

It was the spirit of YHWH that first moved over the face of the earth. 

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃

the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—

The Creator has put His own unique stamp upon every person.

This stamp is actually

His name as revealed to Moses thousands of years ago. 

Exodus 3 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a][b] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord,[c] the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: this is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

In Deuteronomy

there is also a very interesting occurrence

in the first 5 verses.

There is a repeating pattern of Hebrew letters

that spells out the word…

Torah

in a fixed sequence.

תּוֹרָה‎

(Tav Vav Reysh Hey)

Torah

Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses, or Torah,

(Also known as the Chumash – KHUM-ush or khoo-MAHSH.)

תּוֹרָה‎

(Tav Vav Reysh Hey)

Torah

Starting with the Hebrew letter heh ה

that is the last letter of Mosheh’s/Moses name,

and then counting 48 letters,

we see the Hebrew letter

reysh ר.

48 more letters and we see the Hebrew letter

Vav ו

and then

48 more letters and we see the Hebrew letter

Tav ת.

That is, we see Torah spelled backwards.

..interesting because it appears in a similar pattern at the beginning of every one of the 5 books of Torah also.

In Genesis 1:1-5 there is a repeating pattern of the word

Torah,

spelled forwards,

with each letter forming the word spaced exactly

49 letters apart.

Starting with the final Hebrew letter of the word

in the beginning (Bereshith/Beresheet – Genesis),

and then counting every 49th letter, again we see the word Torah.

The same thing happens in Exodus 1:1-6;

starting with the final letter of the 2nd word (shemot)

in the opening phrase these are the names,

we see the Hebrew letter Tav.

Then counting precisely 49 letters,

we see a Vav;

then 49 more letters and

we see a reysh,

and then 49 more letters and

we see a heh, which again forms the word

Torah.

In Leviticus it is a little different.

In Leviticus, the priestly book,

we see the divine name

YHVH

spelled out with the letters

yud-hey-vav-hey ‘הוה

spaced precisely 7 letters apart.

Beginning with the yud in the first word of Leviticus

and he summoned, (and the Lord called to Moses)

and then counting

every 7th letter,

we see God’s name

(Yehoveh) YHVH

once again.

In Numbers, as in Deuteronomy, the word

Torah

is spelled backwards in an exact sequence.

Beginning with the first occurrence of the word

Moses in Numbers,

we take the

heh (the last letter of Moses….Mosheh’s….name)

and then count 49 letters

and we see a reysh,

49 more letters

and we see a Vav,

49 more letters and we see a Tav.

Torah spelled in reverse.

 

Then there is yet another pattern; beginning

in Genesis we have Torah spelled forwards,

in Exodus Torah spelled forwards,

in Leviticus we have God’s name Yehoveh,

then

in Numbers Torah spelled backwards and finally

in Deuteronomy Torah spelled backwards.

The 49-letter spacing is key because it is 7 X 7

that being the divine number of God, and the fact that 7 is the spacing of the letters in God’s name in Leviticus is also quite amazing.

However the question may be asked:

why is the spacing of the letters of the word

Torah

in Deuteronomy 48, one less than 49?

Could the answer be that the book of Deuteronomy is different than the first 4 books only because this is a sermon of Moses??

The first 4 books are more direct oracles from God prefaced with words like, ‘And, the Lord said’.

Deuteronomy is different because this is about Moses saying….

Although Moses’ is the Fathers’ Mediator and speaks for God;

he is not God;

so the importance of what Moses’ Torah

(Moses instructions) is,

in comparison to the importance of what God’s Torah

(God’s instructions), is less; and therefore is it possible this is shown in the text as one less?

What is presented here is seemingly not a mathematical anomaly or coincidence.

(No such word as coincidence in the Hebrew vocabulary – Hebrew thought believes all things are purposed.)

So it’s not an accident;

God does not ever make mistakes –

that is a human trait.

From this we have to agree that it was intentionally placed there!!

 

Truly He speaks TRUTH when He said

In that day you will know that

I am in the Father,

and

you in me

and

I in you…..

Indeed closer than our breath..

in our very DNA!

….teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you always even unto the end of the age. Amen.

KJV. Matt 28:20.

Shalom, shalom, mishpachah!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

Fear not, simply rest in Him and be comforted The same God that purposed all these amazing details has purposed our lives and has EVERYTHING under HIS CONTROL whatever man believes!

Stay alert, prepared and be ready!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read the posts and for all your kind and encouraging comments. Please continue to share with others, like and subscribe for notifications of new postings.  It all helps to freely spread the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth and reaches others with the blessing of His Truths that always point us to Our Heavenly Father, Through Jesus/Yeshua by the power of His Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh.

Share His comfort to those going through times of testing and trouble…be an encourager of hearts! 

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Please don’t leave this page without the knowing in your heart you are totally His.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

In The End – It’s ALL About Yeshua/Jesus

The Feasts/Moedim – Appointed Times of the Lord

are all

an annual rehearsal

for the prophetic fulfillment of

the first coming and the soon return

of the Messiah of Israel.

The last Appointed Time

of the Hebrew Calendar Year

has been completed for this years’ life cycle and…

It ended with

the water pouring ceremony

on the

8th great day of Sukkot.

This is to be our… 

The Season of our JOY!

It is a good opportunity to refresh our understanding of the meaning behind this celebration

and links follow to the posts

that cover these important and timely days

of our Heavenly Fathers Calendar.

Yeshua/Jesus –

The Word of God –

was made flesh

and

still

Tabernacles among us.

One of these days we will be with Him forever

and the cycle will be completed

as we dwell, live, abide in His Eternal Presence.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words; on the ground of that Divine revelation which I have made unto you. 1Thess. 4:18

Chag haSukot,

also Succouth, Sukkot or Sykkot

If you haven’t already located the posts for

Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret

they are:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sheltering-presence-god/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-sheltering-presence-of-god-cont/

 

His Life was poured out for us 

 

We need to remember that

with God, our Heavenly Father,

Endings

are simply

New Beginnings….

https://www.minimannamoments.com/endings-are-simply-new-beginnings/

Also included below is a video compilation of rare photographs taken in the 1800’s showing scenes of daily life in Jerusalem including these images:

The Sheltering Presence of God

Abides With Us

Always!

May we all remain

in the

Sukkah of His Loving Protection.

Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved (Acts 16:31). 

The cry for salvation at Tabernacles

is heard

and answered through

Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah,

for He came to 

save His people from their sins (Matt. 1:21).

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sheltering-presence-god/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-sheltering-presence-of-god-cont/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/endings-are-simply-new-beginnings/

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Blessed are You, HaShem, Who spreads the Sukkat Shalom upon us, upon all of His people and upon Israel.

Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

He is coming back very soon – so let’s keep looking up!

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Disciples Divine Design – Moadiym

The Moedim are:

the Appointed Times of the Lord

or also called

The 7 Feasts.

They can also be seen as

The Divine Design for Discipleship,

simply because they are an annual cyclical sequence of reminders to aid the observers to keep moving forward on the straight and narrow WAY.

These times are much more than an opportunity to focus on the Hebraic roots of our faith and beliefs. They are more than simply days to think on the prophetic meanings without physical participation, even though they are essentially fulfilled through Jesus/Yeshua’s Life, death and resurrection.

These Moadiym/Moedim, offer great spiritual insight and give us a unique opportunity for being discipled by His Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh; as we walk in the WAY of His Son, ever moving towards realizing our full potential and servant-hood for our Heavenly Father.

As we spend time learning their meaning in light of Jesus/ Yeshua and then living out the fullness of each of the Moedim as it relates to a disciples lifestyle; believers in Messiah will draw closer to Him and in that personal and intimate relationship, will become that much more effective and victorious. (Living a life of victory for and in Yeshua/Jesus.)

Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות ‎ or סֻכּוֹת Hebrew pronunciation: , sukkōt; traditional Ashkenazi spelling: Sukkos/Succos),

commonly called the Feast of Tabernacles or in some translations the Festival of Shelters, and known also as the

Feast of Ingathering

(חג האסיף, Chag HaAsif),

Sukkot at the Western (Wailing) Wall, Israel.

It is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei (varies from late September to late October). (October 2-9, 2020) one of the three biblically based pilgrimage holidays (chaggim or regalim) of the year.

It is the time to give thanks and appreciate the shelters of our homes and bodies as Sukkot is a hut-like structure in which the children of Israels lived when they were traveling during 40 wilderness years.

While walking through the seasons and the corresponding Moedim each year, we must allow His spirit/ruach to sow into us the deep truths that each Moed is designed to help us remember, integrating the revelations into our understanding and spiritual perception.

The end goal being, that our Heavenly Father may gather in a great harvest through us, for His glory and to lift up His Name and the Name of His Son Jesus/Yeshua, our Savior and soon returning King.

Why observe and why bother with these old testament feasts?

One good reason is the root of the words disciple, which is discipline. Paul is the great example, 

1Corinthians 9:24. 

But what made him so effective? Discipline! And the fact that he was successful because he understood the importance of submission to the Lord.

We are well aware that discipline is the key to perseverance, yet many times we allow our flesh to determine our tolerance level. If we submit to fathers discipline as Yeshua/Jesus did…

..rather than what we think we are able to endure, it teaches us our true potential and everything becomes less of an overwhelming mountain. Then we can run the race, however if we refused to submit to the discipline of our heavenly father – the race makes us – So we need His discipline to become His disciples and run to win on the straight and narrow way; leaving the flesh in the dust that it was formed from and will one day return to.

Yom Kippur just past as an appointed time of meeting with God.

The day of atonement –

at one ment

– is not so much a feast day as others but rather a day of

repentance/teshuvah.

It is significant to all, not just for Israel.

Paul refers to it

Saying the fast had already gone by.

in Acts. 27:9

It is a time for thinking,

assessing,

keeping the flesh and its desires under.

We are not perfect and all of us are working out our salvation. Walking daily in repentance and forgiveness in newness of life dealing with daily sin as it becomes an issue, thoughts attitudes etc..

We need to vow each year to be better than the year just passed.

It is the one day a year the High Priest enters into the Holy of Holies where the ark is, to take the blood of the sacrifice and place it on the Mercy seat Kapporet/ lid of the ark, between the cherubim, where rested the presence of God/the throne of His presence.. Leviticus 23:26 – 32

This action was to atone for his and the people sins. The High Priest wore all the symbolic clothing and the light of God’s Shekinah filled the Holy of Holies where there was no other source of light. Hebrews 9:24 Jesus/Yeshua became our High Priest; Hebrews 6:20, when He presented Himself to the Father. He told Mary I have not yet ascended to My Father don’t touch Me. (This may have been because it would’ve caused uncleanness before He ascended?) The real ark/ mercy seat/ throne/ His presence – is in the heavenlies/ha shamayim. And Yeshua/Jesus’ blood paid the price for all time. Hebrews 3:1; 2:14; 4:14; 5:9; 9:7; 9:11.

To be a propitiation means to be the agent through whom forgiveness and atonement can be achieved.

Yom Ha Kipuriym – Day of the Atonements.

יום הכיפורים‬

It is the holiest day on Israel’s calendar perhaps even surpassing the 7th day Shabbat.. Like the 7th day, Yom Ha Kipuriym is designated a Shabbat Shabbaton. This means it is a day to stop from all kinds of work and to rest completely once a year and begins the evening before at sundown.

Not primarily a feast because it is a day to deny self or afflict ones soul. As the High Priest performs the atonement for himself, the altar, the Tabernacle and the whole community of Israel; the people participate through their non participation! Not only are they not to come near the Holy place on this day but are to deny their own existence. They are in essence – to: stop being. By not even giving in to themselves for basic needs such as food and water.

Like Passover/Pesach, many scholars agree that Yom Ha Kipuriym find it’s clear fulfillment in Jesus/Yeshua as He is both High Priest and our sacrifice. He atoned for us once and for all and is continually making intercession for us before the Father

Intercession is more than prayer:

It is entering in and making a difference in someone’s life.

In Greek it is ENTUGCHANO, meaning to petition or to intercede.

The act of intervening or mediating between differing parties; particularly the act of praying to God on behalf of another person.

In Hebrew: PAGA – פָגַע. – paw-gah’. 

A primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity — come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, to meet, encounter, reach.

Intercession is prayer that pleads with God for your needs and the needs of others. But it is also much more than that. Intercession involves taking hold of God’s will and refusing to let go until His will comes to pass. Intercession is warfare  fighting the good fight of FAITH– the key to God’s battle plan for our lives.

He does not need to make sacrifices for Himself and for us year after year in order to atone for our sins.

It is already been accomplished forever.

Our self denial on this day therefore does not cause, aid or enhance our atonement but allows us to become acutely aware of our own mortality, our sin, our need for atonement and our desire for life. At the same time it causes us to appreciate on some very tiny level the sacrifice Messiah made on our half as He denied His own life. The sanctity and holiness of this day cannot be overstated.

Though we may find great joy in our eternal atonement in Messiah Yeshua, this is a day for remembering that atonement (at one ment) in such a way that will be very hard to forget. We ought to be completive, repentant, humble and dead/ die to self. We are to remember that we live and breathe only because the Father chooses. And that by His choice, He has the power to take it away as well.

These are the themes to think on, that without Messiah, we are truly hopeless, without hope, truly dead,

but

through His atoning blood and intercession

we are truly alive forevermore.

Five days after Yom Ha Kipuriym on the 15th day Office seventh month for seven days is the feast of the tabernacles Chag ha Sukot . (Leviticus 23:33-36, 39; 40-43)

Also called Chag ha Asif – feast of the ingathering….

Why?

Because it occurs at the outgoing of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labor from the field. Lev.23:16

Like the feast of Matzah (unleavened bread), Sukot (Sukkot) lasts for seven days and is a time of great celebration. It is different to Matzah in the way that only the first day of Sukot is a holy convocation. On this day Israel is commanded to do no regular work and to rest.

The main focus is the SUKAH – booth or tabernacle, constructed from various trees and flora from around Jerusalem. This is to remind the Israelites that brought them out of Egypt.

The spiritual significance is of

divine protection,

deliverance and

provision.

The temporary and flimsy construction of the SUKAH reminds us of our own weakness, fragile and temporary condition of our physical bodies that we dwell in on earth.

It is also symbolic of how Adonai

cares for us,

shades us, and

hides us from the elements that focus on our destruction.

(Those that would seek to steal, kill & destroy, prince of the power of the air)

At the time of the final ingathering we are to celebrate with overwhelming joyfulness that:

1. He has delivered us.

2. Watched over us.

3. Will soon be taking us to dwell permanently with Him in the SUKAH that will have no end.

The seventh day became known as

Hashanna Rabba

and was celebrated with a huge water libation ceremony to ask for abundant rain over the coming season.

 

This was the moment Jesus/Yeshua cried out…

click links below for more:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sheltering-presence-god/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/endings-are-simply-new-beginnings/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-sheltering-presence-of-god-cont/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/seeds-and-seasons/

The Eighth Day assembly.

In the scriptures: Leviticus 23: 36, 40. Nehemiah 8:14. 

it is written that this is to be observed

On the 22nd day of the seventh month.

The 7 day Sukot is the last moed of the year.

Yom HaShmiyniy Atzaret – The 8th day assembly.

The commands for this day are simply:

do no regular work, rest and assemble together.

It is a time to say goodbye to Sukot and the past years moedim/moadiym.

It is time to rest and reflect

but also a time to look forward to the future

because in six months time,

the cycle of life and annual rehearsal for the ultimate wedding of all time begins again.

Though this moed is often deemed insignificant or instead celebrated as Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah) which is an extra biblical Jewish holiday; it can also be very meaningful as we look back at the journey along the WAY that we have just completed.

The cycle of life that has come full circle and also to look forward to the new one that lies ahead.

Messiah fulfilled an intermediate fulfillment of all three Fall Feasts at His first coming:

1.) Announcement: Yom Teruw’ah, ushering in the King.

2.) Circumcision: Yom Kippur, removal of the veil (foreskin) called “face-to-face.”

3.) Dwelling with us: Sukkot; dwelt with us in a corruptible body.

John 1:14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among & we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth.

If Jesus/Yeshua was born on the 1st day of Sukkot, the 15th day of the 7th month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord?  Lev.23:34,

Then He would have been circumcised on the eighth great day – a festival following sukkot,

Shemini Atsaret – Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly

is a festival observed immediately after Sukkot Tabernacles,

i.e. on 22nd Tishrei (the seventh month) Luke 9:23

Messiah will fulfill all three Fall Feasts at His second coming: 

1.) Husband Ushering in the Bride: Yom Teruw’ah.

2.) Husband removes veil from the bride’s face: Yom Kippur.

3.) Husband consummates the marriage with the 4th cup: Sukkot; Dwells with bride for 1,000 years of Sabbath rest.

Coming very soon – so let’s keep looking up!

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

And spread over us the sukkah (shelter) of Your peace. Blessed are You, HaShem, Who spreads the Sukkat Shalom upon us, upon all of His people and upon Jerusalem.

Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.