Scarlet Sins & Scapegoats?

October 9, 2022

Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith- the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

“אם יהיו חטאיכם כשנים כשלג ילבינו”
“Even if your sins will be scarlet, they will become white as snow.”

”שָׁנִי

shani – shawnee – scarlet #8144

Original Word: שָׁנִי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shani
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-nee’
Definition: scarlet

Isaiah 1:18
HEB: יִֽהְי֨וּ חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ
NAS: your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white
KJV: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
INT: become your sins scarlet snow white

Why does our Heavenly Father call sin as scarlet?

Scarlet is the color of blood and it is the blood of Yeshua/Jesus that removes the sin, sins are not scarlet are they?

In answering this question we must try to remember that words for things that are common usage today, would be totally confusing to people even a hundred years ago. E.g., In conversation today, we might say, “My laptop has a wifi Bluetooth mouse but my tablet and ipad do not.” This statement would mean nothing to someone born in the early 1900’s! A mouse with a bluetooth!! they would think you were completely crazy!

The point is our language and application of words changes, so when we read the scriptures we must remember what was relevant to those people at their time and according to the culture of their native country.

In those days people were not used to color as we are today. They did not decorate or color co-ordinate their homes or clothes; because bright colors were rare, they had not turned color into a science all its’ own as industry has today. There was no such thing as Interior/exterior paint and there were no paint spray cans or colored pencils/pens.

In the middle east their surroundings were mostly desert browns with sparse greenery and when a bright colorful flower animal or insect was observed it caused them to stop and be amazed.

The Hebrew word used for scarlet in this verse is kashanim

from the root word shani שָׁנִי

which is a word for a specific insect.

Crimson, scarlet in the Bible (37 verses). Hebrew: שָׁנִי …

Hebrew Base Word: שָׁנִי.

שָׁנִי

šānî (H8144)

Crimson, scarlet (thread)

Definition: Crimson, properly, the insect or its color,

also stuff dyed with

Scarlet, crimson.

Properly, the insect ‘coccus ilicis’, the dried body of the female yielding coloring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to color it scarlet or crimson.

The ka in front of the word is a preposition: like or as

so it would read literally:

though your sins be as or like an insect.

Translators correctly used the word scarlet because the people of that day were very familiar with this unique insect. This unusual insect caused the observers to be amazed because this little creature attached itself to a tree to give birth to its offspring, and when it died and its body dried up, it turned a bright, scarlet, red color. So a bright color such as scarlet would have been rare and thus everyone in Israel thousands of years ago, knew what scarlet/crimson was, or, the reference in the verse, red like crimson.

Scarlet is not only tied into the concept of sin and redemption, but it was also used practically within the confines of the Jewish Temple. Scarlet and crimson were united together in the Temple curtains/veils:

Exodus 35:25

All the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue and purple and the scarlet material [tola’at ha-shani] and in fine linen.

The Hebrew word for material in this passage is towla-at, which is the same word used for crimson-worm. So it appears that this word evolved from representing the worm to also representing any material colored scarlet by the worm itself.

This scarlet material (tola’at shani) is found in mulyiple places in scripture, and had a particular emphasis in decorating the Temple.

Exodus 26:31-33

“You shall also make a veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material [w-towla’at shani] , and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. Then you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also of gold, on four bases of silver. You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve as a partition for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.”

Strong’s Hebrew: 3680. כָּסָה (kasah) — to cover

When this scarlet worm is ready to lay its eggs, it attaches itself to the trunk of a tree, more specifically, the Kermes oak found in the Mediterranean region. It secures itself very firmly because it already knows it will not come back down that tree alive!

It is a voluntary sacrifice!

(Is this sounding familiar to another

death on a tree as a voluntary blood sacrifice??)

Its’ eggs, which are birthed beneath its body, remain protected until they hatch and are able to go off on their own. When the worm dies, it secretes a crimson fluid that stains its body and the wood around it.

Many people had the job of gathering these little insects. Once they died dried out and began to decay giving off its scarlet color. These dead insects were then collected, crushed and turned into a scarlet color dye. The dye was then applied to the material used to make clothes for royalty and those in society who could afford such luxuries. Because it was so uncommon to be clothed in bright garments, when a person wearing scarlet clothes came by, it was an obvious clue that they were very important.

Click link below for more detail on this amazing insect.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-how-a-worm-preached-the-gospel/

Why does this matter?

Because when someone heard the word

shani שָׁנִי or scarlet

they immediately thought of

this insect that was dead, and literally decaying.

The association with sin would then be quickly recognized as that dead decaying thing in your life, that choked the spiritual life out of you.

In the same way they would also understand that in skillful hands this dead thing could be turned into something of great beauty. Our Heavenly Father was saying that although our sins make us spiritually dead as that scarlet colored insect, He is able and willing to restore us to new spiritual life.

There are historical and archeological references, easily found on line, describing the Assyrian armies uniforms who, in Isaiah day, were Israels’ greatest enemies and eventually conquered them. It’s not beyond the realm of possibility, that most people living in Israel had heard the battle accounts; and that one thing they would have noticed was the uniform of the soldiers in the chariots. These chariots were manned by, some say 2 others 3 warriors, 1 to drive the chariot and the other 2/3 to shoot the arrows while racing as close to the enemy lines as possible; then they would circle around for another attack.

With all the enemies arrows flying, casualties were high, however it seems one arrow was not enough to knock such tough warriors down, and their wounds still bled. The scarlet colored uniforms concealed the blood coming from their wounds, and the enemy could not tell if they were hitting their targets or were fighting against something more supernatural!

Due to this military cultural practice, scarlet became known also as a camouflage.

It was part of the art of war, a means of keeping the soldiers injuries concealed and hidden from those observing the battle.

Applying this to our spiritual condition, it is telling us that when our Heavenly Father says that even though your sins are as scarlet, these sins were not the only ones destroying you but also included are those hidden or secret sins. Hidden sins are those that no one else but our Heavenly Father knows about, and even those sins that are hidden and concealed will be cleansed.

It is interesting that a word for sin is chata’

which is an archer’s term for

missing the mark or target.

And also makes us think of the verse in Ephesians concerning the fiery darts/arrows of the evil one which is why our shield of faith should always be held up high.

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

The word sin both in Hebrew and Greek means missed the mark, just as any archer might.

The Mark, the centre, the bulls eye, that man is to make this his aim through life, as to THE GLORY OF GOD.

Paul tells us that to all alike, missing this mark is SIN. The standard is a high one however, we are to aim directly and always at God’s glory and not mans’.

One of the words for sin in Hebrew, as mentioned does mean:

miss the mark,

meaning that: you didn’t achieve the right goal.

There are other words for sin, and some of them mean something more like: deliberately chose the wrong goal, which is rather more serious.

In Hebrew: HATA

Hebrew Strong’s #2398

Literally: to MISS God’s Standards.

(e.g. Hosea 8:1; Daniel 9:11; Isaiah 5:20-24)

“Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4 KJV cf. Romans 7:7.

God’s Target is His Commandments.

Breaking His Commandments is Missing God’s Target.

Same root, not the same word

Miss the mark is hechti החטיא

which also means: caused somebody to sin

Sin is chet חטא

Hebrew has several other words for sin beyond hata, each with its own specific meaning.

The word pesha, or trespass,

means: a sin done out of rebelliousness.

The word aveira means: transgression.

And the word avone, or iniquity,

means: a sin done out of moral failing.

A Hebrew word for sin is

חטאה

hhatah,

Strong’s #2403

and literally means: miss the mark.

The Greek translation of the Old Testament often used hamartia,

an equivalent word also meaning: to miss the mark.

Word meanings were often not as precise as English words are, because the Hebrew language had a small vocabulary; and it’s very common in language to use very natural terms as a way to describe things that are much more abstract.

Just as Paul wrote in Philippians 3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

The same author told us in Romans 14:23

…whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

It is clear that the will of God, whether we are aware of what it is or not, is the mark. The responsibility is on us to both discover and to do it.

As noted, the common Hebrew term translated sin is chat·taʼthʹ; in Greek the usual word is ha·mar·tiʹa. In both languages, the verb forms (Hebrew, cha·taʼʹ; Greek, ha·mar·taʹno)

mean: miss, in the sense of:

missing or not reaching a goal, way, mark, or right point.

In our case how do we miss the mark?

We all miss the mark of perfection, in the sense that we are all called sinners in the scriptures.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23

The reason Messiah Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach left his heavenly home and was born as a human, was to offer up His perfect human life in exchange for the perfect human life that Adam forfeited, when he rebelled against God’s authority.

“and it is as a free gift that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:24

chet: a sin

Original Word: חֵטְא
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chet
Phonetic Spelling: (khate)
Definition: a sin

ḥă·ṭā·’ê·ḵem — 1 Occurrence

Isaiah 1:18
HEB: אִם־ יִֽהְי֨וּ חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג
NAS: Though your sins are as scarlet,
KJV: the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet,
INT: Though become your sins scarlet snow

The Scapegoat –

Azazel עזאזל

Ayin Zayin Aleph Zayin Lamed

Leviticus 16:9-10: “And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering. (10) But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, [and] to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.”

There is something interesting in Jewish writings regarding Rosh Hashanah:

During Yom Kippur in ancient days, two goats were brought before the High Priest.

Both were as identical as possible.

Lots were then drawn.

One bore the words To the Lord and the other To Azazel.

The word Azazel is an interesting word as there is much debate as to what its meaning really is. Many translations just translate it as Azazel in reference to a geological location. Some of the earlier translations use the word scapegoat. As to whether Azazel meant scapegoat to the ancient Hebrews is said to be questionable.

In 1530 William Tyndale broke the law of the land by translating the Bible into English. This was an act for which he was put to death. Azazel was the name of a demon and even a common name among Jews used for Satan. To say the other lot fell to Satan who was allowed to escape, did not seem right, so Tyndale considered the word Azazel to be a compound word, as for goat; ez and azal for sending away, hence scapegoat. However, if we stay with the original understanding of Azazel as a demon or even a reference to Satan himself, we are then open to a deeper and maybe a more relevant understanding of this strange ritual.

It seems obvious that the goat who received the lot, To the Lord, was representative of the Messiah, as we identify to be Jesus/Yeshua. This Messiah gave His life and shed His blood for the sins of all mankind. But what was the reason for the Azazel and sending the goat into the wilderness? because the scapegoat never made it out of the wilderness alive.

The sages had no problem with one goat being slaughtered and shedding its’ blood as a sign of God’s forgiveness of sin, but they also realized just having your sins forgiven was not enough. It was a great relief on Yom Kippur to have all your sins forgiven, ready to start the New Year with a clean sheet, but what about the consequences of those past sins which was primarily the consequence of guilt. It seems it was not uncommon for Jews to amend their rituals and add to God-given directions. An example would be that an individual may not realize until they are older of the many sacrifices made by family members for their benefit. Sometimes the commandment to honor parents cannot be fulfilled if the parents die before they are able to repent, ask for forgiveness and personally thank them. They pray and repent and they receive Gods forgiveness by faith, and that sin is washed away, like the goat shedding its’ blood for their sin; yet some individuals carry that guilt and live with the burden of it for years.

The sages saw that Azazel, a demon, or the enemy himself, is constantly whispering in our ears. We are to remember and be encouraged that after God has forgiven you and cleansed you

the only weapon the enemy has

are his lies.

Because of this it was agreed that the Azazel or the scapegoat also represented the guilt of the sin. God forgave the sin but many still live with the guilt.

One word for wilderness is medabarah which could also be translated as words from the heart. So, the picture they saw of the scapegoat was the words that the Azazel puts into your heart, words of condemnation and guilt are to be sent away far from the tabernacle or tent.

Again be certain that not only did

God forgive our sins,

He also

removed the guilt

often attached to that sin.

The only guilt we feel is just the lies of the Azazel or the enemy. Messiah came to set the captives free from ALL of it.

The sins were placed on the scapegoat and by so doing removing all guilt being carried; and they did two extra things not mentioned in the Torah which are recorded in the Talmud/Jewish Literature.

First, they tied a red wool thread around the horn of the scapegoat and cut off a piece of that red wool thread.

Then when they sent the goat away some priests followed it and when the goat got near a cliff, they made sure the goat fell to his death, accordingly the lies of Azazel were put to death!

When the Pharisees placed their hands on the goat and confessed the sins… it was ALL placed on the scapegoat. When the Pharisees slapped Jesus/Yeshua on His head and called Him blasphemous; this act was, placing the sins of all mankind on the head of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, maybe unintentionally… but it fulfilled their job! So when Messiah died and went to paradise all the guilt went too.

Tradition teaches that when that scapegoat with the red thread tied around its horn was tossed off the cliff, the piece of wool thread that the High Priest cut from the red wool thread on the horn, turned white; as proof that God not only forgave the sins of the nation but took away the guilt as well.

Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

https://www.minimannamoments.com/at-one-ment-with-the-one-you-love/

This season of self examination should not be only for when we reflect on the Appointed Times; but daily we are to examine our hearts before our Heavenly Father and apply His precious crimson scarlet blood to our lives.

Even if your sins (all our of missing the mark), will be scarlet, be as or like a shani שָׁנִי insect; literally that dead decaying thing in our lifes/chaim that choked the spiritual life out of us – they will become white as snow in skillful hands; and this dead thing can be turned into something of great beauty.

Our Heavenly Father was & is saying that although

our sins make us spiritually dead as that scarlet colored insect,

He is able and willing to restore us to new spiritual life in Him; and in that process, completely removing

ALL sin and ALL the guilt and shame

associated with those sins through the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua, His own sacrificial Lamb and scapegoat.

How?

By staying in right relationship with Him every possible moment, and walking step by step in obedience to the path He designed for each of us.

As we are entering into the week of

Sukkot/Booths/Tabernacles,

it is appropriate to think on the

soon return of our King, our Messiah

when He will tabernacle with us for ever.

All our waiting and hoping

will be turned into

rejoicing and fullness of peace/shalom;

as His presence will not be by faith believing,

but will be tangible and complete.

Hallelujah!

Stay always alert and ready,

for we know not the hour our Lord returns…

Matthew 24:42

for so much more on Sukkot/Tabernacles/Booths

please be sure to click links below:

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

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

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sukkot-the-promise-of-a-permanent-dwelling-place/

Keep your lamps filled trimmed and lit..

our bridegroom is coming and the midnight hour is here.

Shalom aleikhem

friends and family – chaverim and mishpachah!

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week, especially through Sukkot.

You are greatly loved and prayed for daily.

Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation and the deep inner knowing that you are sealed to the day of redemption by the Blood of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

Not sure ..you can be…

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Your Passover Lamb/Your High Priest of the Atoning Blood Sacrifice

and soon returning King;

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT 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.

Day of Atonement – Yom HaKippurim

October 1, 2022

Known in English as the

Day of Atonement,

Yom HaKippurim

יום כפור

It occurs 9 days after

Yom Teruah/The Feast of Trumpets/Day of Blowing.

It is celebrated on the 10th day of the 7th month in the Hebrew calendar.

(5th October 2022).

It was given originally to the sons of Israel/Yisra’El.

“Speak to the children of Yisra’El, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you have a rest, a remembrance of Teru‛ah,” Wayyiqra/Leviticus 23:24

The Annual Moedim/Appointed Times of the Lord

were set in by our Heavenly Father to remind us of His Plan and Purpose for our lives now and eternally. The very same God Who granted favor and mercy to all humanity by sending the Messiah, Jesus/Yeshua, to die for our redemption; will also send Him again to destroy His enemies and to separate the wheat from the tares, the sheep from the goats, and to provide the ultimate atonement/redemption for those who are His.

When you see all these things begin to come to pass look up for your redemption draws near. Luke 21:28

What does His Word tell us about this Kadosh/Holy/set-apart day?

Are there things that we are supposed to do and see and hear?

In studying the Scriptures about Yom HaKippurim / Day of Atonement, we could pray in the words of King David: Heavenly Father, please “open our eyes that we might behold wonderful things from your Torah” and see our returning Messiah Jesus/Yeshua in this moed/appointed Day.

Gods’ Word was given to us to speak of Him and we should seek to hear its’ voice… His voice… especially during His appointed times/moedim.

What Does Scripture Say About Yom HaKippurim?

Yom HaKippurim

יום כּףּר,

Strong’s #3117 + #3725

means

“day [of] atonement”.

Atonement

is the Hebrew word kippur

and it comes from the word

kaphar

which means:

“to cover”.

The blood of atonement was used to cover and cleanse the spiritual uncleanness of the children of Israel/ Yisra’El.

Hebrews 10:4 tells us that the blood of bulls and goats will not take away sins. However there are numerous passages in the Torah, which tell us that the blood of bulls and goats will make atonement or temporary covering.

“For it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” Ibrim/Hebrews 10:4

In reality we know that the

Atoning Blood of Messiah has covered and cleansed us.

He is our atoning sacrifice.

Wayyiqra/Leviticus 16:1-34 tells us of the casting of lots for the “scapegoat”

The word translated as “scapegoat”

In Strong’s #5799

is the Hebrew word:

עזאזל

azazel.

This word is only used to describe the “scapegoat” in Leviticus 16.

There is some debate among scholars about the literal meaning of the word.

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon translates it as:

“for absolute removal”.

Strong’s translates it as “goat of departure”.

The NAS Concordance translating it as “entire removal”.

The Septuagint, an early Greek translation of the Old Testament,

took the Hebrew as;

ez ozel [“the goat that departs”]

and translated it as:

tragos apopompaios [“goat sent out”].

This translation was used by the Latin Vulgate, which rendered the word as:

caper emissarius, or “emissary goat”.

William Tyndale rendered the Latin as

“(e)scape goat”

in his 1530 Bible and his translation was later used by the authors of the KJV 1611.

We know that bulls and goats cannot remove sin (Hebrews 10:4) we now understand the purpose of the “scapegoat” was to somehow take the uncleanness associated with sin away from the camp. The person who releases the goat then had to bathe to remove the “stain” of being in contact with the goat.

According to Leviticus 16:29-31 and 23:27

It is a day to “humble your souls”

Heb: ועניתם את נפשׁתיכם

v’initem et napheshoteykhem

Some translations treat this as

“afflict your souls [nephesh]”.

If anyone does not humble himself on this day that person shall be cut off from among his people. Leviticus 23:29.

It is an extremely serious penalty to be cut off from Israel/Yisra’El so we should make an effort to understand what is meant by

“humbling our souls”.

There are two passages in the Tanakh/Old Testament, that use the same words. The first comes from the Psalms where David said:

Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know. They repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, And my prayer kept returning to my bosom. I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother. Tehillim/Psalm 35:11-14

The 2nd is from Isaiah:

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’ Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers. Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one’s head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the Lord? Yeshayahu/Isaiah 58:3-5.

Strongs #3665

kana: to be humble

Original Word: כָּנַע
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kana
Phonetic Spelling: kaw-nah’

2 Chronicles 7:14
HEB: וְיִכָּנְע֨וּ עַמִּ֜י אֲשֶׁ֧ר
NAS: by My name humble themselves and pray
KJV: by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray,

Yom HaKippurim/Day of Atonement

pictures Messiah because He is

the Great High Priest

Who will bring about

a permanent atonement and cleansing for His people.

“Therefore, since we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, יהושע the Son of Elohim, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was tried in all respects as we are, apart from sin. Therefore, let us come boldly to the throne of favour, in order to receive compassion, and find favour for timely help.” Ibrim/Hebrews 4:14-16

He is the One Who “stands in readiness” to

lead away our uncleanness

with the scapegoat, the goat of removal.

He is the scapegoat that will

bear our sins and take them away

“For Messiah has not entered into a set-apart place made by hand – figures of the true – but into the heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of Elohim on our behalf, not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters into the set-apart place year by year with blood not his own. For if so, He would have had to suffer often, since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the offering of Himself. And as it awaits men to die once, and after this the judgment, so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to those waiting for Him, unto deliverance.” Ibrim/Hebrews 9:24-28

The self sacrifice that is necessary to atone for our sins is so far beyond what any of us is willing or able to do. It would take every single drop of our own blood to cover our own sins let alone for anothers’. Yet what purpose would this serve if we lost our lives in the process? The justice required by the Lord might be satisfied but His mercy and grace would not be fulfilled.

This Holiest of days in our Fathers Appointed Times/Moedim, is when the haCohen haGadol/the High Priest has to perform the sacrificial offering; to make atonement for the sins of the people through the shedding of innocent blood.

Hebrews 9:6-15

6But The Priests were always entering the outer Tabernacle and performing their ministry, 7But The High Priest would enter the inner Tabernacle once a year by himself with blood, which he was offering in the place of his soul and in the place of the evil doing of the people. 8But by this The Spirit of Holiness had taught that the way of holiness had not yet been revealed, as long as the first Tabernacle was standing.9And this was a symbol for that time in which gifts and sacrifices were offered, which were not able to perfect the conscience of him who offers them, 10Except in food and drink only, and in various washings, which are ordinances of the flesh that are established until the time of reformation.

11But The Messiah who has come has become The High Priest of the good things that he did, and he entered The Great and Perfect Tabernacle which is not made with hands, and was not from these created things. 12And he did not enter with blood of yearling goats and of calves, but with his own blood he entered the holy place one time and has achieved eternal redemption. 13For if the blood of kids and of calves and the ashes of a heifer were sprinkled on those who were defiled and it sanctified them for the purifying of their flesh, 14How much more therefore, will the blood of The Messiah, who by The Eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works that we may serve THE LIVING GOD?

15Because of this, he is The Mediator of The New Covenant, for in his death he is salvation to those who violated The First Covenant, that we, those who were called to eternal inheritance, would receive The Promise.

However much blood is in that sacrifice …it will eventually stop flowing and it will therefore never be enough.

The ONLY ONE Who can sympathize with our weaknesses yet is apart from sin (4:15) is Messiah Yeshua/Jesus and…. HE has come. As haCohen haGadol of the coming good things, He alone could enter the greater and more perfect tabernacle… neither through the blood of goats and calves but through His own innocent blood.

Atonement has been made

and Messiah has obtained age enduring redemption for us. When John declared in 1:29 Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! We know now this prophetic statement was completed 2000+ years ago.

Justice is satisfied and mercy fulfilled …once and for all…. The blood, His blood its everywhere and it’s alive.. not drying up, or running out… because, in Messiah there will always be enough. HalleluYah!

Dear Heavenly Father we humble ourselves before you as we think on this Holy time. Denying ourselves because You once denied Yourself for us. We bless your Name with a thankful heart for you have done for us what we could never do for ourselves. Our Father God, Lord, King, our Savior and Redeemer, we worship You and bow down before You in humility; by ourselves we are nothing but in You and in You alone we have everything because You are more than enough….

Chag Sameach Yom HaKippurim!

For other much more detailed posts on this Appointed Time/Moed and the amazing connection between Blood and gold…

click links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/at-one-ment-with-the-one-you-love/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/secrets-of-a-life-filled-with-feasts/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-is-the-connection-between-blood-gold-and-the-mystery-of-beth-shemesh-part-2/

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם‎,

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week, you are greatly loved and prayed for daily. Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation and the deep inner knowing that you are sealed to the day of redemption by the Blood of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

Not sure ..you can be…

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Your Passover Lamb/Your High Priest of the Atoning Blood Sacrifice

and soon returning King;

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT 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.

Yom Teruah – Rosh HaShannah

September 26, 2022

Yom Teruah יום תרועה

Also known as Rosh HaShannah

One of the facts concerning this day is that it is considered the New Year in Israel although it is not called that in scripture. The truth is this day comes in the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar year and was given the name Yom Teruah.

It shall be a Yom/Day of sounding for you. Numbers 29:1

For this year, 1 Tishrei, 5783 is September 26, 2022.

Because Israel counts the years from Genesis and not like the western calendar, which begins from Messiah Jesus/Yeshuas birth 2022 years ago; the date is 5783. Some scholars say there is compelling evidence that during/after one of the enforced exiles, the dates lost 200 years in the counting and would make the date 5983 which makes all the more startling number towards the 6000 year marker looking towards the 7^th thousand year millennial reign of Messiah… whether this is accurate or not there is no doubt we are closer than we think to His return.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Romans 13:11

The biblical/spiritual year starts in the spring with the month of Nisan. Exodus 12:2 the beginning of the new agricultural year. However the sages gave such significance to the first Sabbath/Shabbat of the fall/autumn holy days, that they eventually considered it as the new year and changed the name.

Biblically it is Yom Teruah translates as the

day of sounding/festival of trumpets/shofars,

hence the day became known as the

Head of the Year which is the direct translation of

Rosh Ha Shannah.

The purpose of this Holy Day is summed up in the word regathering. Since these days call Israel to regather to a pure faith in God. Rosh Hashannah came to represent the day of repentance. It’s the day when the people of Israel make a careful examination of their spiritual condition and make the necessary changes to ensure that the upcoming new year will be pleasing to God.

This day was so important that the whole of the preceding month of Elul takes on a holy significance of its own.

The 40 days prior to Yom Teruah from the 1^st day of Elul through the 10^th of Tishrei (Yom Kippur),

was to be a time of special spiritual preparation. This was based on the belief that it was the 1^st of Elul that Moses ascended Mt Sinai to receive the 2^nd set of Tablets of the Law/commandments/Torah and that he came back down on Yom Kippur.

It shall be a Day/yom of sounding for you.

Micah 7:19

In synagogues, the shofar or rams horn is sounded daily to alert the faithful that the time of repentance is near. The theme of Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashannah is regathering for repentance and the focus is serious and for each individual to be authentic before a Holy God and there is always an abiding awareness of hope – because of Gods’ heart of forgiveness/ mercy towards His children.

In a traditional home in Israel, the evening begins with a meal and then a meeting at the local synagogue. Much of the following day is also spent in worship.

The Scripture readings and subject matter of the prayers and music are focused on the recurring theme of repentance/teshuvah, turning to God, our King. Based on Micah 7:19 where the prophet promises You will throw all their sins into the depths of the sea… families and groups of people will go in the afternoon to a body of water, (ocean, lake or stream); and join in an ancient service of Tashlich. This word comes from the verse above and to illustrate this beautiful promise people throw breadcrumbs or small stones into the water and rejoice in Gods promise of forgiveness. For Believers in Messiahs sacrificial death and resurrection we are trusting in His blood for our forgiveness and redemption having confessed and repented of our sins.

The most memorable part of this day is the blowing of the shofar, the rams horn which is mentioned in the scriptures. The shofar is sounded in the meetings with 4 different notes:

the tekia blast

the Shevarim – broken notes,

the teruah – alarm

and the tekia gedolah – the great blast.

The word for the second note is teruah

the name for the day Yom Teruah.

These notes provide some us with some spiritual lessons.

The shofar was used in the ancient world to hail/greet a king. So too at Rosh Hashanah all Israel is said to appear before the King of Kings in anticipation of personal judgement.

Also in the Bible the shofar was often:

sounded as an alarm to gather the troops together for battle!

as in Joshua 6 and the blowing of the shofars which were part of Gods’ instruction prior to the city walls collapsing.

For us the shofar is our wake up call – an alarm to call us to our appointed time.

Today it is recognized as the new year in Israel and also called the day of blowing Yom Teruah. The future day of judgement will be announced by blasts on the shofar. Matthew 24:31. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, (with a great shofar), and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

This prophetic fulfillment was believed by the rabbis to be the holy day of regathering and the Messiah who would be the agent of regathering.

This season is a season of spiritual preparation and for us today, it’s a future fulfillment of His return and regathering of the believers in Jesus/Yeshua Messiah. Paul makes an interesting connection to this day in 1Thess.4:16, For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry/shout with a call from one of the ruling angels and with God’s shofar.

The events on Mt Sinai also recorded the sound of Gods’ shofar.

So it would seem that the signal of the gathering will be the sound of the shofar. In fact the reference here is to a particular note sounded at Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah. In verse 16, the word normally translated shout or cry comes from the Hebrew word teruah; which is better translated as the alarm blast of the shofar. Similar references can be read in 1Cor 15:50 -58 and Rev 4:1.

Another important fulfillment of this day/yom, is the:

regathering of the remnant of the children of Israel at the second coming of Messiah.

In the 7^th century B.C. Isaiah wrote verses 12-13 in chapter 27.On that DAY Adonai will beat out the grain between the Euphrates River and the Vadi of Egypt; and you will be gathered, one by one, people of Israel. On that DAY a great SHOFAR will sound. Those lost in the land of Egypt; and they will worship Adoanai on the holy mountain in Jerusalem/Yerushalayim.

It seems clear that this scripture is referring to a coming DAY/Yom, regathering of the believing remnant. Likewise Messiah Jesus/Yeshua when asked about the future of Israel confirmed this as a latter Day promise in His own teaching. Matthew 24:31 He the Son of Man will send out His angels with a great shofar and they will gather together His chosen people from the four winds from one end of the heaven to the other.

The sound of the shofar is a reminder of the blessed hope every messianic believer possesses in Titus 2:13, and that we can enter Messiahs’ presence at any time.

13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

When He comes, He will gather us to Himself and we do not know the exact day that our Lord will come; so we are to be ready like those 5 wise virgins – alert and prepared at a moments notice to answer the call of our Heavenly Bridegroom.

Keep looking up

mishpachah/family & chevarim friends

because…

one YOM /DAY He will come….

For more detail and sounds of the shofar.. click links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/midweek-mannabite-the-sound-of-the-trumpet/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/apocalypse-of-the-teruahs-cry/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/blowing-your-own-trumpet-2/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/yamim-noraim-days-of-awe-or-high-holy-days/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/blowing-your-own-trumpet/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/apocalypse-of-the-trump-shofar-notes-and-numbers-the-sound-of-a-mystery/

The legend of Messiahs Missing Shofar

https://www.minimannamoments.com/secrets-of-a-life-filled-with-feasts/

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

L’shana tova tikateivu

(pronounced: shah-NAH toe-VAH tee-kah-TAY-voo)

literally means, “May you be written for a good year.”

L’shana tovah u’metukah

(pronounced: l’shah-NAH toe-VAH ooh-meh-too-KAH)

means “for a good and sweet year.”

L’shana tova (pronounced: luh-shah-NAH toe-VAH)

means “To a Good Year.”

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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.

Seasons of The Lord – Moedim – Rhythm of Life Part 2

September 10, 2022

Moedim – מועדים

Continued from the last post where we looked at an overview of the Spring Moedim – Our heavenly Fathers Appointed Times/ Seasons/Signs.

The fall Moedim or last of the 7 annual appointed times/feasts begin in September in the Hebrew month of Tishrei.

The calendar months are shown in a chart below:

The spring feasts/moedim, clearly reveal the first coming of Jesus our Messiah/Yeshua our Mashiach:

Rosh Chodashim – The Biblical/spiritual New Year [Nisan 1]

Preparing for Passover – Spring – cleaning house

Passover Pesach – Celebration of freedom/deliverance

The Passover Seder – Nisan 15 (evening of the 14th)

Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot – Messiah’s Burial – Nisan 15-22

Sefirat HaOmer – Counting from the Omer – Nisan 16 – Sivan 5; the countdown to Shavu’ot.

Firstfruits – Reishit Katzir- Messiah’s Resurrection; Nisan 17

Pentecost – Shavu’ot – The giving of the Torah at Sinai and the giving of His Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit to the Church – Sivan 6-7

Due to the length of the previous post, Shavuot,

pronounced Sha-voo-ote/ Pentecost,

it is included here first, as the last of the Spring Moedim.

Links for more on each of the Moedim are included throughout the text and for Shavuot at link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/2-x-3000-a-marriage-made-in-heaven/

Its’ purpose was the Offering of the harvest – First Fruits in the month of Sivan, mid-May to mid-June, seven weeks plus one 50 days after the First Fruits of Unleavened Bread.

The Greek word for Pentecost meaning 50. It was symbolized by the basket, which at Shavuot would have held the wheat recently harvested.

Leviticus 23:15. And you shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete; 16. To the next day after the seventh Sabbath shall you count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the Lord. 17. You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits to the Lord. 18. And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bull, and two rams; they shall be for a burnt offering to the Lord, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire, of sweet savor to the Lord. 19. Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lamb of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the Lord with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21. And you shall proclaim on the same day, that it may be a holy gathering to you; you shall do no labor in it; it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22. And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not make clean riddance up to the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them to the poor, and to the stranger; I am the Lord your God.

This commandment to leave the corners and not to glean is the only commandment in Leviticus 23 that deals with something other than these special days. The reason for this command is that this reminds the farmer that the crop is not his, but the Lord’s; it also ties in with the story of Ruth and Boaz.

The Feast of Weeks is not on a specific date, but the start of it is determined by counting the weeks, seven weeks plus one day, which is why it is called Weeks.

As already mentioned, the Greek name is Pentecost, meaning 50, for the 50 days or 7 weeks plus 1 day. Counting the days between them ties the two First Fruits together, just as Yeshua/Jesus ties His resurrection, ascension, and the giving of the baptism of His Holy Spirit at the Feast of Weeks/Pentecost.

Exodus 19:1 tells us that in the 3rd month, the month of Shavuot, the people were at Sinai. This chapter tells how He gave the Torah to His people and for this reason Weeks/Shavuot, also celebrates the giving of Torah. The emphasis on Torah brings to mind the statement.

You shall have no other gods before Me.

This means we must leave ALL our idols behind, which is hard to do in this materialistic, Nicolaiton-like, Humanist, pleasure-filled age. In our fleshly carnal lives, old habits die hard, clearly seen with the children of Israel during their years in the wilderness; and today, in our focus on material things instead of being doers of the things Messiah speaks of in Matthew 25:35.

For I was hungry and you gave Me to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, 36. and I was poorly clothed and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.

Because in Exodus 19:8 all the people answering said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do and this was on Shavuot; this day is likened to a wedding, tying His people permanently to Him.

The Fall Feasts reveal:

the Messiah coming for His bride

the kellat Mashiach – Bride of Messiah,

the 2nd coming of our Savior,

the national conversion and atonement of Israel, God’s original-covenant people,

and – especially regarding Sukkot –

the final restoration of the earth in the olam habah/world to come:

Yamim Nora’im – Days of Awe:

Rosh Hashanah–Trumpets – Yom Teru’ah on Tishri 1 –

the Messiah coming for His bride/the kellat Mashiach –

i.e., the church/ecclesia or Bride of Christ.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/apocalypse-of-the-teruahs-cry/

Day of Atonment – Yom Kippur – Tishri 10 – Israel’s national salvation

Tabernacles – Sukkot – Tishri 15-21 – A picture of the millennial kingdom

Hoshana Rabbah – Tishri 21 The seventh day of Sukkot

Shemini Atzeret – Tishri 22 – The 8th day of assembly following Sukkot

Simchat Torah – Tishri 23 – Celebration of the giving of the Torah

The Hebraic Biblical Spiritual Year begins with Passover/Pesach and the Hebrew/Jewish civil year in Israel begins in the fall. Preparations for these days begin with a 30 day period of repentance/teshuvah during the entire month of Elul.

The Fall appointed times/mo’adiym for Israel are outlined in Leviticus 23:23-44.

Then the next 10 days begin on Tishri 1 with the

Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah,

and end on Tishri 10 with the

Day of Atonement Yom Kippur,

These first 10 days of the civil new year are called the

Ten Days of Awe – aseret ye’mei teshuvah: עֲשֶׁרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה.

In Hebrew they are also called:

The High Holy Days –

Aseret Yemei Teshuvah – Ten Days of Repentance.

This takes place during the first 10 days of the month of Tishrei, which is usually between late August to late September.

Days of Awe is the name of these days from

Rosh HaShanah to Yom Kippur,

these days are for each person to focus on repentance and on choosing to be a better person during the coming year than they were in the year just completed.

In Psalm 119:59 David knew he was not perfect: and we all need to be like him as he said, I considered my ways.

All of us must admit that since the beginning of time there has only been One perfect being Who walked the earth – our Messiah.

The Fall Appointed Times are intended to remind us each year that everything we say or do should be done for eternal reasons reminding ourselves that all our words and actions have eternal consequences and results

The Fall Appointed Times

can help us to understand an eternal truth.

Almost all believers are at least aware to some extent of the

Biblical Fall Holy Days:

Rosh HaShanah/Yom Teruah/Feast of Trumpets,

Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement

and Sukkot /Tabernacles.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/midweek-mannabite-the-sound-of-the-trumpet/

Over the years, more and more churches have begun to add, or in some way recognize these days.

In Judaism, these Days are referred to in terms of

repentance and asking for forgiveness

and then

having sins covered from one year to the next,

through the substitutionary sacrifice made on Yom Kippur.

As we read and study these days in the full context of Scripture, we learn that the most important part of them is not about the here and now, but about the eternal aspect. These days, as well as all of the other Appointed Times, were provided so that we would have a temporary symbolic reminder in helping us to be more focused on the eternal reality of our existence and future goal.

These Appointed Times/Moedim, are to continually remind us that we are an eternal spirit/soul living temporarily in a physical body and to be more mindful of the Heavenly, not the Earthly.

Why is this important?

Because if we are living solely for the present, then our hearts are focused on the things of this world which include the snares and traps of the enemy in the form of addictions, fornication, greed, envy, gluttony, adultery and all other sins as we read in:

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away along with its desire, but the one who does the will of God abides forever.

Also in Romans 8:7-8

For the mindset of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not submit itself to the law of God—for it cannot. 8 So those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

and Romans 8 doesn’t end there… it goes on to say in verse 9:

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Ruach (Spirit)—if indeed the Ruach Elohim dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Ruach of Messiah, he does not belong to Him.

This dichotomy between the temporal of the Flesh and the Eternal of the Spirit is also revealed in Galatians 5:16-17:

But I say, walk by the Ruach, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Ruach, but the Ruach sets its desire against the flesh—for these are in opposition to one another, so that you cannot do what you want.

We can clearly see that the battle is not about being good or bad, it is about living for either the temporal or the eternal and as it says in Colossians 3:1-2:

Therefore, if you have been raised up with Messiah, keep seeking the things above—where Messiah is, sitting at the right hand of God. Focus your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

The Fall Appointed Times are intended to remind us each year that everything we say or do must be done for eternal reasons because our words and actions have eternal results or consequences.

Sometimes called the Day of Memorial

The Hebrew name is Zichron – Memorial or Remembrance,

More well known as Rosh HaShanah/ ראש השנה /New Year.

This time can be a good opportunity for us to remember all that our Heavenly Father has done for us and for each of us to respond to the ongoing call to teshuvah/repentance,

a time of reflection in preparation for remembering the Day of Atonement that Messiah is indeed our atoning sacrifice.

This time is sometimes referred to as the Feast of Trumpets/Yom Teruah, the Bible does not specifically call this a feast, and neither is a trumpet mentioned in the Hebrew text. The shofar/rams horn, is blown as a call to repentance.

Leviticus 23:23. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24. Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of horns, a holy gathering. 25. You shall do no labor in it; but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Tradition has noted this day as being the anniversary of Creation, which is how this day became known as Rosh Hashanah/New Year. Civil Years are dated from this day, while months are counted from Nisan, Passover/Pesach which is also the start of the spiritual new year.. The year 2022 is the Hebrew year of 5782 and moving into 5783.

Tradition also has the Day of Memorial as Judgment Day. Matthew 16: 27. For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will give back to each according to his actions.

The focus of synagogue services are prayer and repentance. There are services the first evening, the next morning, then a late afternoon service which has a custom called Tashlikh, meaning cast, during which sins are symbolically cast into the sea. This is based on Micah 7:19.

He will again have compassion upon us; he will suppress our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

The whole congregation throws bread into the nearest sea, lake, or river. Cast your bread upon the waters.. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and Micah 7:19 says ..You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. The water needs to be flowing to represent the washing away of sin. The waters of Rosh Hashanah symbolize the creation of the world and its new beginning, as with each individual and the casting away of sin. Most important in this event is a call for forgiveness, for each individual to forgive everyone of everything each has against someone.

True repentance cannot bear fruit until the repentant person forgives every one of every little thing and every big thing. Nothing can be held back.

Matthew 6:12, 14, 15. You must right now forgive our sins for us, in the same manner as we have completed forgiving everyone of everything, big and little, against us. 14. For if you would forgive all other people their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15. but if you would not forgive all other people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.

The Day of Memorial celebration lasts two days because it is so difficult to precisely determine the day for the new moon, the 1st of Tishrei, other months are less critical than Tishrei 1.

At meal times, round loaves of hallah/challah bread are a symbol of the ongoing cycle of life/chaim. Many dip pieces of bread or apples in honey which speaks of hope for a sweet year about to begin.

The Day of Atonement In Hebrew:

Yom Kippur – יום הכיפורים, Yom HaKipurim

Its’ purpose is for repentance and forgiveness of sins.

Also called Shabbat Shabbattone meaning Sabbath of Sabbaths, indicating the Holiest Day of the Year, and no manner of work is done on this day, Tishrei 10, which is between early September and early October.

The Scriptures referred to are Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41. These are called the Sh’ma Yisrael, which means, “Hear, O Israel..”

Leviticus 23:26. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27. Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement; it shall be a holy gathering to you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.

And you shall do no work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29. For whatever soul it is who shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 30. And whatever soul it is who does any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31. You shall do no kind of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32. It shall be to you a Sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls; in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, shall you celebrate your Sabbath.

It is important for Christians to recognize that even though we are made righteous by faith and by the blood of the Lamb, we are not to be presumptuous, because not one of us has been perfected and all need to improve during this coming year. It is this desire to be who our Heavenly Father wants us to be, that compels us to walk in daily repentance, however we are to be especially watchful during this time that His instructions have established a season of repentance.

The last of the 7 is Tabernacles/BOOTHS

The Hebrew name is Sukkot

and another English name often used is Tabernacles

the purpose of this feast/appointed time, is for the

First Fruits of the Fall Harvest

celebrated on Tishrei 15, which is mid-September to mid-October.

Leviticus 23:33. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34. Speak to the people of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days to the Lord. 35. On the first day shall be a holy gathering; you shall do no labor in it. 36. Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord; on the eighth day shall be a holy gathering to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord; it is a solemn assembly; and you shall do no labor in it.

The Feast of Booths begins at sundown on Tishrei 15. Most Christians usually call this the Feast of Tabernacles, however the correct term is Feast of Booths because the Hebrew word used is Sukkot, referring to the flimsy shelters that are required, and because it has no relationship to either the tabernacle in the wilderness or to David’s tabernacle.

Booths are made, based on Leviticus 23:42. You shall dwell in booths seven days; all who are Israelites born shall dwell in booths; 43. That your generations may know that I made the people of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. 44. And Moses declared to the people of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

These booths are made from palm fronds or leafy branches, and are not supposed to be very stable, meaning they are not good for protection. Men are to live in the booths during the entire time of the feast. Women have the option of living in the house or staying in the booth, although meals are to be eaten in the booth. Meals are shared with friends, neighbors, and especially the poor and the entire feast is celebrated as a family, doing everything together and the children are involved in every part of the celebration.

Nehemiah 8:17,18 And all the congregation of those who were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths: for since the days of Yeshua (Joshua) the son of Nun to that day the children of Yisra’el (Israel) had not done so. And there was very great gladness. Also day-by-day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the Torah of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the prescribed form. (Jerusalem Bible, Koren Publishing, Jerusalem).

On the first day the reading is from Zechariah 14:1-17

It seems from scripture that Jesus/Yeshua celebrated Sukkot.

John 7: 2. And the Feast of Booths of the Jewish people was near.

John 7:10. And as His brothers went up to the feast, then He also went up, not openly, but in secret. Messiah honored every season of His Father and never suggested any changes to them and neither has author of the New Testament suggested changing any of these Biblical seasons.

Sukkot, or Booths, is the third First Fruits of the seasons being the Fall harvest. The first fruits are to be brought in a basket, as described in First Fruits during Unleavened Bread.

As the Feast begins, the trumpets are blown for the first time since the first of the month Elul, the month before Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are announced by the shofar, the call to repentance. The trumpet, however, is a call to rejoice, and a call to war.

Links below:

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

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sukkot-the-promise-of-a-permanent-dwelling-place/

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

https://www.minimannamoments.com/in-the-end-its-all-about-yeshua-jesus/

In celebrating Sukkot each celebrant carries a collection of branches, called Lulav. The Lulav is taken to the Western Wall in Jerusalem according to the following Scripture: Leviticus 23:40. And you shall take on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

Tradition uses Four Species as very important symbols. The two best known symbols speak of unity, which represents both unity of purpose and unity of the Jewish people:

The citron = the heart;

the palm branch = the spine;

the three myrtle leaves = the eye;

the two willows = the mouth.

The total number of items included are 7.

The palm branch and the three myrtle leaves are held in one hand, the citron and two willows in the other. These are waved to the North, South, East, and West to show that every corner of the earth belongs to God. This is a parallel to the 70 bulls offered which were meant to secure blessings for the 70 nations of the ancient world.

Next there is the etrog, having both taste and a pleasant aroma, this is to symbolize a person who knows Scripture and does good deeds. The lulav, a branch of the date palm whose fruit has a taste but no aroma, symbolizes someone who knows Scripture but does not do good deeds!

The myrtle, having no taste but does have an aroma, symbolizes a person who does not know Scripture but does good deeds. The willow, having neither taste nor aroma, symbolizes the person who neither knows Scripture nor does good deeds!

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

Anyone not in Jerusalem/Yerushalayim carry these Lulav to their synagogue and wave them while reciting Psalms 113-118. They walk in procession around the inside of the synagogue seven times, reciting prayers for deliverance. The basis for this is from when Joshua marched around Jericho seven times on the seventh day.

And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory shall be a canopy. 6. And there shall be a booth for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. Isaiah 4:5,6.

The first day, from sundown to sundown the next day, is a Sabbath, but feast day Sabbaths are partial Sabbaths. The partial Sabbath is noted in

Leviticus 23:6.

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7. In the first day you shall have a holy gathering; you shall do no labor in it. 8. But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord seven days; in the seventh day is a holy gathering; you shall do no labor in it.

The second day is the Libation, which refers to:

pouring water from the Pool of Shilokh/Siloam on the altar.

Water from this pool was used with the ashes of the red heifer.

On the third day, Ecclesiastes is read as a reminder of human frailties, a follow-up of Yom Kippur.

The sixth day is a cry for salvation,

Hoshea na rabah

Save us now! Let us increase!

This is a time for repentance, which is necessary for salvation, and a reminder of Yom Kippur. On this day during the 2nd temple period/Messiahs’ day, there was a procession through the streets of Jerusalem, singing Hoshea na! from Psalm 118:25.

Hoshea na,

written in Greek as Hosanna,

means Save us! Now!!

Some scholars say that this could have been the date of Messiahs’ triumphal entry, however, the date is not what is most significant. The important point is that all those at Messiahs’ triumphal entry knew about this practice and the full meaning behind it.

The 7th day is another partial Sabbath, called Shemini Atseret meaning Conclusion. This is celebrated back in the house. On this day the children pray, thanking God for a good harvest and praying for rain for the coming year for the next good harvest. John 7:37. And on the final Sabbath day of the feast Jesus stood and cried out saying, If anyone would drink he must continually come to Me and he must continually drink. 38. The one who believes in Me, just as the Scripture said, rivers of living water will flow out from his inner being. 39. And He said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in Him were about to take: for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Other Scriptures confirming this are:

Proverbs 18:4. The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom like a flowing brook.,

and Isaiah 58:11. And the Lord shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Living water is a symbol of Torah – the Word of God.

The 8th day is a post-Biblical holiday called Simchat Torah/Joy of the Torah, which in Jerusalem/Yerushalayim, is combined with Shemini Atseret/Conclusion. Simchat Torah is annually the most joyful day, when the reading of the Torah is completed each year according to Deuteronomy 34:5-12; and the reading for the coming year is started once again.

Genesis 1:1-31. The first verses of Genesis are read immediately following the reading of the last verses of Deuteronomy to provide continuity, so there will not be a time that Torah reading is completed. This too hints at the continuing cycle of life.

The appointed seasons from Leviticus 23 are completed however there is one more Israelite/Jewish holiday, mentioned in John 10:22

This holiday is Hanukkah, and means Dedication. Although normally spelled Hanukkah in english, and sometimes spelled Chanukkah, the correct spelling is Khanukkah.

This is celebrated on 25 Kislev, which is late November to late December.

As there is no reference to Khanukkah in Leviticus, it is not included in the 7 moedim and has been covered in posts links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/hanukkahchanukah-believers-today/

The Feast of Booths/Tabernacles completes the annual agricultural cycle and it’s a time to remember all that our Heavenly Father has brought us through, individually and collectively and encourage our brothers and sisters as we walk with Messiah.

Romans 12:8. or the one who encourages in encouragement: the one who shares, in sincerity without grudging, the protector or guardian giving aid in diligent eagerness, the one who is merciful in cheerfulness.

This is also a time for family and a time to look for the Messianic reign, to prepare His bride and ready ourselves for the wedding feast of the Lamb.

Revelation 19:5. And a voice came out from heaven saying, You, all His servants, and those who fear Him, the least and the greatest, (Psalm 115:13) must continually sing praises in honor of our God. (Psalm 22:23, 134:1, 135:1) 6. And I heard a sound like a great crowd and like a sound of many waters (Ezekiel 1:24, 43:2) and like a sound of strong thunders saying, Hallelujah, because our God the Lord of Hosts did reign. (Exodus 15:18, Psalm 22:28, 93:1, 99:1, Daniel 7:14, Zechariah 14:9)

Let us rejoice and be glad and we will give Him the glory, because the marriage festival of the Lamb has come and His wife has prepared herself 8. and it was given to her that she would be clothed in brilliant pure fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. (Isaiah 61:10)

Then he said to me, You must now write: Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God. (Revelation 19:9) 37.

These are the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy gatherings, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day; :38. Beside the Sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord. 39. Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days; on the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a Sabbath. 40. And you shall take on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41. And you shall keep it a feast to the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42. You shall dwell in booths seven days; all who are Israelites born shall dwell in booths; 43. That your generations may know that I made the people of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. 44. And Moses declared to the people of Israel the feasts of the Lord. (Leviticus 23:37-44)

The offerings mentioned for these feasts include animal sacrifices, which no Christian would make. The Jewish people have not offered animal sacrifices since the temple was destroyed in 70 AD because the sacrifices can only be offered in one place – on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. Even now, nearly 2,000 years after the destruction of the temple, the temple mount is still in the hands of heathens, since the Mosque of Omar stands directly over the rock where Abraham offered Isaac, which scripturally is the only place in the world that a Israelite/Jewish priest can sacrifice an animal other than the red heifer.

No Christian would ever need to offer an animal as a sacrifice because, even though Leviticus 17:11 says that the blood makes atonement, the blood of the Lamb of God, which is still being poured out for us Matthew 26:28, IS our atonement.

Although it’s not necessary to keep all the traditions, we do need to study the Hebrew Scriptures and familiarize ourselves with the facts on which the Israelite/Hebrew/Jewish traditions are based, and be a doer of everything Scripture requires.

Would it not be respectful to our Heavenly Father that each congregation carefully bring to remembrance appropriate celebrations and phase out the inappropriate pagan elements we have become accustomed to in our own denominational traditions? However, the most important thing is to bring Christians/believers to a better understanding of our Heavenly Father and His commandments and to observe the same seasons that Messiah Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach celebrated.

Each season is significant in meaning for every life committed to serving Him and this is the timetable Messiah, every New Testament author, all the apostles and disciples followed.

This annual schedule is referred to as The Rhythm of Life and if we follow it is very clearly the culmination of a process.

First comes redemption at Passover/Pesach; then the purpose of redemption which was receiving the Torah on Shavuot; and, finally, these lessons are brought into our everyday lives when we find our joy in observing the commandments at Sukkot.

Additionally, Sukkot is the fulfillment of the process of Teshuvah/repentance and Yom Kippur/atonement, when we successfully escape out of the snares of sin.

Matthew 5:17, 18. Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets: I did not come to abolish but to bring spiritual abundance. 18. For truly I say to you: until the sky and the earth would pass away, not one yod or one vav could ever pass away from the Torah, until everything would come to pass. (Luke 16:17)

Maybe if we are to see the power of the 1st century ecclesia/church in our communities and nations today, we need to match that early ecclesia/church in holiness, love, unity, and obedience to what they knew as Scripture. Remember all they had was what we term as the old Testament and sometimes when we say old, we think its no longer important to our lives….and it is still very relevant according to Jesus/Yeshua!

In conclusion here is a brief history of the removal of our Hebrew Heritage and roots. It is very sad concerning the way the ‘Church’ has acted, however it is important every one who calls themselves a Christian should be aware of the historical facts.

The reason Hebrew Heritage/Jewish Roots were lost early in Church history is that many of our often-revered Church Fathers were anti-Semitic, and deliberately changed their celebrations and altered various doctrines specifically to make a complete break from Judaism. Justin Martyr, Polycarp, and Marcion were among those in the 2nd century who began the onslaught against the Hebrew/Jewish people and Judaism itself. In the middle of the 2nd century, Marcion was the first to write that the New Covenant had replaced all previous covenants – and at the time he was known as a heretic. John Chrysostom, known for powerful, sermons in the 4th century, gave a series of 17 extremely anti-Semitic sermons at the time when the pagan celebration of Ishtar, the fertility goddess, was made official to replace Passover/Pesach for the celebration of Messiah Jesus’ death and resurrection. Some had begun this celebration of Ishtar late in the 2nd century. Also, the Roman winter solstice celebration in honor of the god Saturn was established as the celebration of Messiah Jesus’ birth. In the 5th century Augustine brought Greek philosophy into Christian theology, which has continued to influence the Church to this day.

In the 4th century the new celebrations made an official separation from Hebrew/Israelite/Judaism and opened the door to violence against the Jewish people, who because of this often view Christians even today as “the enemy” and in light of history with good reason. It is a sad and shameful fact that over the centuries Christians have exceeded all other groups combined in the killing of Gods chosen people/Jews. These include numerous persecutions and massacres, with brutal attacks on entire Jewish villages, all through Europe right through to the Holocaust.

Research shows that in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella forced all the Jews to leave Spain. These forced exoduses were common, with Jews moving from one country to another, virtually all over Europe, where every European country expelled them at least one time. Jews were forbidden to own land until they migrated to the colonies in American. The Spanish Inquisition is well known for cruelty to the Jewish people, where forcing conversions were imposed. It’s because of these historical events that the symbols of crosses and references to crusades are among the most evil things imaginable to Jewish people.

To understand the Hebrew Heritage and Jewish roots of western Christianity, we need to look at the Hebrew Scriptures; where among the 1st things the Church did to separate from Judaism was to change the Appointed Times/seasons of the Lord, which should be essential for believers to honor just as Jesus did. Recall the words of the Lord to Joshua in 1:8:

This Book of the Torah shall not depart from your mouth; but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written on it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

There are some Days of Teshuvah

remaining and we would do well to examine our ways…

and if we are wandering off that straight and narrow way…

it’s time to teshuvah –

https://www.minimannamoments.com/returning-to-your-first-love/

Turn back NOW

to our Heavenly Father with

ALL of our hearts and cling to Him with ALL of our strength

and allow Him to change us from the inside; so that in these days of darkness we will be the lights shining ever brighter. We are to be that beacon of hope to those who are hopeless; pointing to the One Who can forgive, redeem, restore, save, heal, deliver, sanctify and cover us in His precious Blood and lead us into everlasting life/chaim. Every year this cycle continues and will remain until He returns and we know…

Below in a nutshell although there seems to be variations on the date … the following according to hebcal.com are this years dates for:

Rosh Hashana 2022 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה 5783

begins at sundown on

Sunday, 25 September 2022 and ends at nightfall on

Tuesday, 27 September 2022. 1-2 Tishrei 5783.

Rosh Hashanah ראש השנה –

literally head of the year,

is the Jewish Civil New Year. It is the first of the

High Holidays – Yamim Noraim – Days of Awe,

celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur.

Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. Described in the Torah as יום תרועה -Yom Teruah,

a day of sounding the Shofar – Day of blowing.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/at-one-ment-with-the-one-you-love/

Yom Kippur / יוֹם כִּפּוּר /Day of Atonement

for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on

Tuesday, 4 October 2022 and ends at nightfall on

Wednesday, 5 October 2022.
10 Tishrei 5783

Yom Kippur – יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים, Day of Atonement,

is the holiest day of the year in Israel and themes are

atonement and repentance.

Traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known as the High Holy Days or sometimes the Days of Awe.

Sukkot / סוּכּוֹת/ Feast of Booths

Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on

Sunday, 9 October 2022 and ends at nightfall on

Sunday, 16 October 2022. 15-21 Tishrei 5783

Sukkot – סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos,

Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles

celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei – late September to late October. It’s one of the 3 Shalosh regalim on which they were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem/Yerushalayim.

Can we say with the children of Israel/Yisrael…

כֹּל אֲשֶׁר-דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע.

“All that God has spoken, will we do and obey.”

Exodus 24:7

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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.

Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith- the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

“אם יהיו חטאיכם כשנים כשלג ילבינו” “Even if your sins will be scarlet, they will become white as snow.”

”שָׁנִי

shani – shawnee – scarlet #8144

Original Word: שָׁנִי Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: shani Phonetic Spelling: shaw-nee’ Definition: scarlet

Isaiah 1:18 HEB: יִֽהְי֨וּ חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ NAS: your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white KJV: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white INT: become your sins scarlet snow white

Why does our Heavenly Father call sin as scarlet?

Scarlet is the color of blood and it is the blood of Yeshua/Jesus that removes the sin, sins are not scarlet are they?

The point is our language and application of words changes, so when we read the scriptures we must remember what was relevant to those people at their time and according to the culture of their native country.

In the middle east their surroundings were mostly desert browns with sparse greenery and when a bright colorful flower animal or insect was observed it caused them to stop and be amazed.

The Hebrew word used for scarlet in this verse is kashanim

from the root word shani שָׁנִי

which is a word for a specific insect.

Crimson, scarlet in the Bible (37 verses). Hebrew: שָׁנִי …

Hebrew Base Word: שָׁנִי.

שָׁנִי

šānî (H8144)

Crimson, scarlet (thread)

Definition: Crimson, properly, the insect or its color,

also stuff dyed with

Scarlet, crimson.

Properly, the insect ‘coccus ilicis’, the dried body of the female yielding coloring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to color it scarlet or crimson.

The ka in front of the word is a preposition: like or as

so it would read literally:

though your sins be as or like an insect.

Scarlet is not only tied into the concept of sin and redemption, but it was also used practically within the confines of the Jewish Temple. Scarlet and crimson were united together in the Temple curtains/veils:

Exodus 35:25

All the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue and purple and the scarlet material [tola’at ha-shani] and in fine linen.

The Hebrew word for material in this passage is towla-at, which is the same word used for crimson-worm. So it appears that this word evolved from representing the worm to also representing any material colored scarlet by the worm itself.

This scarlet material (tola’at shani) is found in mulyiple places in scripture, and had a particular emphasis in decorating the Temple.

Exodus 26:31-33

Strong’s Hebrew: 3680. כָּסָה (kasah) — to cover

When this scarlet worm is ready to lay its eggs, it attaches itself to the trunk of a tree, more specifically, the Kermes oak found in the Mediterranean region. It secures itself very firmly because it already knows it will not come back down that tree alive!

It is a voluntary sacrifice!

(Is this sounding familiar to another

death on a tree as a voluntary blood sacrifice??)

Its’ eggs, which are birthed beneath its body, remain protected until they hatch and are able to go off on their own. When the worm dies, it secretes a crimson fluid that stains its body and the wood around it.

Click link below for more detail on this amazing insect.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-how-a-worm-preached-the-gospel/

Why does this matter?

Because when someone heard the word

shani שָׁנִי or scarlet

they immediately thought of

this insect that was dead, and literally decaying.

The association with sin would then be quickly recognized as that dead decaying thing in your life, that choked the spiritual life out of you.

Due to this military cultural practice, scarlet became known also as a camouflage.

It was part of the art of war, a means of keeping the soldiers injuries concealed and hidden from those observing the battle.

It is interesting that a word for sin is chata’

which is an archer’s term for

missing the mark or target.

And also makes us think of the verse in Ephesians concerning the fiery darts/arrows of the evil one which is why our shield of faith should always be held up high.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

The word sin both in Hebrew and Greek means missed the mark, just as any archer might.

The Mark, the centre, the bulls eye, that man is to make this his aim through life, as to THE GLORY OF GOD.

Paul tells us that to all alike, missing this mark is SIN. The standard is a high one however, we are to aim directly and always at God’s glory and not mans’.

One of the words for sin in Hebrew, as mentioned does mean:

miss the mark,

meaning that: you didn’t achieve the right goal.

There are other words for sin, and some of them mean something more like: deliberately chose the wrong goal, which is rather more serious.

In Hebrew: HATA

Hebrew Strong’s #2398

Literally: to MISS God’s Standards.

(e.g. Hosea 8:1; Daniel 9:11; Isaiah 5:20-24)

“Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4 KJV cf. Romans 7:7.

God’s Target is His Commandments.

Breaking His Commandments is Missing God’s Target.

Same root, not the same word

Miss the mark is hechti החטיא

which also means: caused somebody to sin

Sin is chet חטא

Hebrew has several other words for sin beyond hata, each with its own specific meaning.

The word pesha, or trespass,

means: a sin done out of rebelliousness.

The word aveira means: transgression.

And the word avone, or iniquity,

means: a sin done out of moral failing.

A Hebrew word for sin is

חטאה

hhatah,

Strong’s #2403

“אם יהיו חטאיכם כשנים כשלג ילבינו”
“Even if your sins will be scarlet, they will become white as snow.”

Original Word: שָׁנִי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shani
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-nee’
Definition: scarlet

Isaiah 1:18
HEB: יִֽהְי֨וּ חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ
NAS: your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white
KJV: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
INT: become your sins scarlet snow white

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Original Word: חֵטְא
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chet
Phonetic Spelling: (khate)
Definition: a sin

Isaiah 1:18
HEB: אִם־ יִֽהְי֨וּ חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג
NAS: Though your sins are as scarlet,
KJV: the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet,
INT: Though become your sins scarlet snow