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Some interesting points in the Bible, maybe you never considered…….

Did you Know? • Did you know Jesus was born in Israel? • Yeshua is his name in Hebrew and it means "He will save"

Did you Know? • the letter "J "in our alphabet was created about 500 years ago?

Did you Know? • The Gospels and letters were written in Koine Greek? • The Greek transliteration and sound for the English word “Jesus “ • - Ιησους - Iisous pronounced ee-ay-sooce

Did you Know? • Jesus is Jewish?

Did you Know? • Joseph and Mary were Jewish? • (Yoseph and Miriam)?

Did you Know? • the prophets were Jewish?

Did you Know? • the Apostles were Jewish?

Remember: • I am talking about Jews in the Bible, not Jews in Judaism. • Judaism was created about 200 to 400 AD by rabbis. There are “NO” rabbis in the Bible except Yeshua, Jesus your master.

Some people try to tell you rabbi means teacher, it does not. In Hebrew, Moreh is a male teacher, morah is a female teacher. • Bible say: • Matt.23 • [8] But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Messiah; and all ye are brethren. • [10] Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Messiah.

Yeshua / Jesus never said call no man teacher. • John 20 • [16] Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. • John 1 • [38] Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

The word “Christian” appears three time in scripture • Acts.11[26] And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. • Acts.26[28] Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. • 1Pet.4[16] Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Think of this… • There were no Protestants before 1500 AD nor Catholics at the time of Messiah Yeshua / Jesus. • So what is the true meaning of the word “Christian”?

Let's define some words: Christ and christian • Greek- Christos - Christ - Messiah -מְשִיחַ = Anointed One • The English word “Christian” below really means Messiah followers, not meaning Protestants or Catholics. • Messiah followers - מְשִׁיחִי מְשִׁיחִיִּים

Did you know Jesus and all the Apostles did not have a bible like we have today? • Yeshua and the apostles read from the TaNaKh -acronym - ( Torah / Teaching, Nevi'im / Prophets and Ketivim / Writings). • You know this as the Old Testament. The TaNaKh was written Hebrew.

Did you know God has his own calendar? • God's New Year starts in the Spring, when all is new again • ( March / April ) • Read all Exod. 12 • Exod.12[ 2] This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

God’s Calendar has 12 months. • They are the Following:

1st Month of God – ha AvivNisan • Esth.3 [7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan , • בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, הוּא חֹדֶשׁנִיסָן • Exod.12[2] This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Exod.13[4] This day came ye out in the month Abib - Aviv. בְּחֹדֶשׁ, הָאָבִיב March - April, Spring • Ha Aviv means the newness of the barley harvest

2nd month of God - Zif • 1Kgs.6[1] And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month,בְּחֹדֶשׁ זִו, הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִיthat he began to build the house of Yehovah.

3rd Month of God - Sivan • Esth.8 [9] Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan,בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן • ( no scripture for the 4th, 5th and 6th months to show the names )

4th Month of God – no name • Tammuz ? No! Judaism names it after a pagan god • Ezek.8[ 14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yehovah's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz - ( pagan deity )מְבַכּוֹת אֶת הַ תַּמּוּז -- a Sumerian deity of food or vegetation, a Phoenician deity

5th month – no name • 5th month - no name

6th month - Elul Elul, seems like it is the name of the sixth month by the two verses below: Neh.6 [15] So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. Neh.7 [73] So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

7th Month of God – ha Ethanim • 1Kgs.8 [2] And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. • בְּיֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים, בֶּחָג הוּא, הַ חֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי

8th Month of God - Bul • 1Kgs.6 [38] And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month , • בְּ יֶרַח בּוּל, הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִי • was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

9th Month of God - Chislev • Zech.7[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Yehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; • לַחֹדֶשׁהַתְּשִׁעִי בְּ כִסְלֵו

10th Month of God - Tebeth • Esth.2 [16] So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth , in the seventh year of his reign. • בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי, הוּא חֹדֶשׁ טֵבֵת

11th Month of God – Sh’vat • Zech.1 [1] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Yehovah unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, • [7] Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat • לְעַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ, הוּא חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט

12th Month of God - Adar • Esth.3 [7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan,בַּחֹדֶשׁהָרִאשׁוֹן, הוּא חֹדֶשׁנִיסָן in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. • לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר

How do these months relate to the Calendar used today – the Gregorian Calendar? ( Catholic -Pope Greg – 1500’s ) • 1st Month Nisan / ha aviv March/April • 2nd Month Zif April/May • 3rd Month Sivan May/June • 4th Month no name June/July • 5th Month no name July/August • 6th Month Elul August/Sept • 7th Month ha Ethanim Sept/Oct • 8th Month Bul Oct/Nov • 9th Month Chislev Nov/Dec • 10th Month Tebeth Dec/January • 11th Month Sh vat Jan/Feb • 12th Month Adar Feb/March

The New Covenant • What is the New Covenant: • The New Covenant is not a book or letter. • God’s laws would be written in our hearts sealed with the blood of the Messiah – no longer of animal sacrifices.

Who was the “new covenant” given to? • Jer.31[ 31] Behold, the days come, saith Yehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [33 ] But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ;

Who was the new covenant given to? • Apostle Paul quotes Jer.31:31 • Heb.8[ 8] For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

A reasonable question: • Did you joined the Israel of God yet so we can be in this covenant?

Always One God for All! • Exod.12[ 49] One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you • Num.15[ 16] One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. • [29] Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

Jas.4[ 12] • There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy:....

In Messiah, there is only ONE body. • Jews and Gentiles all KEEP the same Commandments and Feasts of God. • We are all ONE in Messiah.

All of us need to understand: • Eph.2:[19] Now therefore ye (Gentiles) are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; • [20] And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; • [21] In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: • [22] In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

We are all “One” in Messiah • Eph.3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by] And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. the gospel... • Acts.15[9] And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. • Rom.3[22] Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: • Rom.10[12] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.[13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved

God’s day • God’s day starts in the evening. • Lev.23[32]… from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. • Deut.16[6] But at the place which Yehovah thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. • God’s day goes from Sunset to Sunset

Feasts of Yehovah • Date / Purpose / Significance to the believer in Messiah Yeshua

Spring Holy days and Feasts • The Spring Holy Days of the Lord were fulfilled by the Messiah's first coming! • They were a shadow or rehearsal for the 1st coming of the Messiah / The Christ

Passover - Pesach • Nisan 14 - Yeshua died on Thursday at 3:00 pm Matt:27:45 - 1st. Day • Remembering the deliverance from Egyptian bondage. An unblemished firstborn male lamb was sacrificed and its blood poured on the altar. A lamb was selected for each family, and four days before the lamb was to be slain it was brought into the home for a four-day examination period. Jesus is the sacrificial lamb who died for our sins. On Nisan 14 at the exact time the lamb was to be slain, Jesus was slain. Jesus also had a four-day examination period before the religious leaders and was found without blemish.

Feast of Unleavened Bread Hag HaMatzah • Nisan 15 - a Sabbath - 1st. night- 2nd day (Fri.) • Leaven symbolizes sin. Unleavened Bread speaks of sanctification. God told the Jews to cleanse all leaven from their homes and eat only unleavened bread, matzah, for seven days, symbolizing a holy walk with Him. Jesus is the "Bread of Life" without sin. Born in Bethlehem. In Hebrew, Bethlehem means house of bread. Just as matzah is unleavened, ( sign of no sin ) so was the Messiah sinless. • This Feast started the evening Jesus was buried. • Nisan 16 - a Sabbath - 2nd. night - 3nd. day (Sat.)

Day of Firstfruits Bikkurim • Nisan 17 - 3rd. night, • Nisan 17 then as the sun did rise - Mark 16:2 • early the first day of the week, Sunday -Yeshua rose from the Dead which is 3 days and 3 nights later • The first of the barley harvest was brought as an offering to the priest in the Tabernacle/Temple. The priest would present the first of the harvest unto the Lord by waving them back and forth. This reminded the Hebrews that God gave them the land, and the harvest belonged to Him. 1 Cor. 15:20-23). Jesus' resurrection marked the beginning of the harvest of souls. John 12:23-24,32 shows Jesus was likened to a grain of wheat falling to the ground and dying to produce a great harvest. Jesus arose on Firstfruits.

Fifty day later is the Feast of Weeks / Shavuot- • Pentecost where the Holy Spirit empowered the believers.

Do you knowthat the fall Holy Days of the Lord: • 1 - Memorial of blowing of trumpets • 2 - Day of Atonement • 3 - Feast of Tabernaclesare "shadows" of the second coming of Messiah Yeshua / Jesus?

Let's talk about the number 7 and the words: “shout”, “trumpet” and the “Day of the Lord “

On the 7th Month of God • 1Kgs.8[2] And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. • Lev.23[24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. • [27] Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto Yehovah.

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