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Day of Atonement (9/23/15) and The Year of Jubilee

Posted: September 22, 2015 in Day of Atonement, Holidays- Holy Days
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Tonight as the sun goes down, the 25 hour fast of Yom Kippur begins.

Leviticus 23:27, ““Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. (32) “It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”

This is the most serious day on the Jewish Calendar. God wanted His chosen people to be holy (kadosh – set apart, sanctified), separated from sin and the heathen influences of the world.

Yom Kippur, also known as  Yom Ha kippurim (which means the day of covering or concealing), the Day of  Atonement, The Fast, The Great Fast, Day of the Covering, Face to Face (my favorite name); Day of Forgiveness, Day of Grace, or the Day of Judgment.

But this year is more serious- It is a Jubilee Year. It is said to be the 40th Jubilee year since Christ’s death,  70th  Jubilee year since Joshua brought the nation of Israel into their Promised Land and the 120th Jubilee year in history.

Leviticus 25:10, “And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.”

The Ten Days of Awe are finished. The books are sealed.

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Ten Days of Awe – Day 1 (9/14/15)

Posted: September 14, 2015 in Holidays- Holy Days
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Yesterday I was giving a love gift in the church offering and happened to look at the back of the $20 bill. I immediately was reminded why our nation has been so blessed. We trust God! This nation has Christian roots and mission money has gone out from our nation to all the nations! “IN GOD WE TRUST’ is centered right over the White House. No matter what problems our nation has had, we have always been able to be a blessing to the nations and stand behind Israel.

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This is why we are now praying for our nation:

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40 Days of Teshuvah – Day 29 (9/13/15)

Posted: September 13, 2015 in Day of Atonement, Eclipses, Feast of Tabernacles, Holidays- Holy Days, Teshuvah 40 Day Devotional
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This morning I awoke and I heard “Just and true are your ways, O Lord”, from the Song of Moses in Revelation 15:3. We have been doing out part, crying out to God for our nation and repenting for the many great sins. We have come before a Holy Judge, on behalf of ourselves and on behalf of the innocent.

We are in the time in history that Moses was on the mountain for the second 40 days, seeking forgiveness for the entire nation of Israel because of the sin of the Golden Calf. In history, the day that he came down with the judgment of mercy was September 23, The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).

This morning on a prayer call I had a vision of an hour glass, with time running out. Tonight ends the 7 year land cycle of Leviticus 25 and the last day of the Shemitah Cycle is today. Tomorrow begins the “Ten Days of Awe”, where books in heaven are opened for the ‘just, the unjust and those in-between’. I feel what the Spirit of the Lord is showing me is that there is judgment upon national leaders and nations right now and there is still time for them to humble themselves and turn to the Lord.

Time-is-running-out-HourglassThe books will be closed, judgement will be set at the end of the 10 days of Awe, as Yom Kippur begins, The Day of Atonement. In history, this is the day that Moses came down the mountain with the judgment of mercy for the nation of Israel. This year, the Jubilee Year will be announced on Yom Kippur. We are in very serious times, very dangerous times. Seek the Lord, not only for yourselves, but for the nations, for the leaders.

Tonight begins the partial Solar Eclipse. This will be over the southern part of the earth so most of us will not see it except by internet. I saw the short clip of what it will look like on http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2015-september-13. It looks like a bowl. May this not be filled with the judgment of God upon the nations as they prepare to take the Promised Land at the United Nations, Selah.

Revelation 15:3, “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”

40 Days of Teshuvah – Day 22 (9/6/15)

Posted: September 6, 2015 in Holidays- Holy Days, Passover, Planets, Shemitah Year, Signs In The Heavens
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We are currently in the ‘last days’ before Elul 29, which begins Saturday September 12 at sundown and ends Sunday September 13th at sundown. During the Shemitah Year, Elul 29 is call the “Day of the Lord’s Release according to Deuteronomy 15:1-6, “At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lends ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release.“ This was meant to be a blessing for those who follow God and deal with righteousness and justice, but it would turn into a judgment for those who are called of God and turned against His ways.

God ALWAYS gives us signs in the Heavens! ALWAYS! For this reason, I am reposting the signs in the heavens of the ‘first year’ of the Seven year cycle of land following the Day of the Lord’s Release 9/29/2008.

September 29, 2008 was the last day of the Shemitah Cycle (Leviticus 25) and was most remembered for the 777 point drop in the stock market on the Day of the Lord’s Release (Deuteronomy 15:1-3). As the final bell rang on Wall Street, Israel began Rosh HaShanah. This is also known as the Feast of Trumpets, the fifth  of the seven ‘fixed appointed times of the LORD (Leviticus 23:24). At that time, the new set of seven year cycle of the land began. At this writing we are currently in the 7th year of the cycle, known as the Shemitah Year, the year the land enjoys her Sabbath rest. So many have reported the current signs in the heavens, but I felt the need to review my blog of 6/1/11, ‘2009 – When the Heavenly Birth Pains Began’. I hope you enjoy my review.

Note: 4 times in Mark 13 Jesus told us to ‘watch’ as He told them what would happen in the last days. This is my report as a ‘watcher’.

I have studied the heavenly signs of the Second Coming of the Lord since early 1990s when I read Marilyn Hickey’s book called Signs in the Heavens. As a Christian, I thought watching and studying the heavens (astronomy)  was full of witchcraft because of those who looked at the constellations to decide how to live their lives (astrology). Once I read Hickey’s book, I came into a new understanding of why God created the “fixed stars”, which we know as Constellations.

I studied, read, and researched everything the Bible had to say about the heavens.  I clipped out every heavenly occurrence when there was an important happening in Israel, but was not released to teach it. In 2009, God finally released me to teach what I had stored up and I have been teaching it ever since. By the time I began sharing and teaching, I had several great books on Biblical astronomy and a full box of research.

A pregnant woman understands signs of the birth being near, especially waiting for the water to break and the birth pains to begin. As we near the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we are looking for the signs of His coming. Jesus said there would be signs in the heavens before He returned.

HERE ARE SOME UNUSUAL HEAVENLY OCCURRENCES OF 2009

February 24, 2009, El Cajon, CA. CBS News Channel 8, February 24, 2009. El Cajon, CA. The 3 letters in Arabic are 666. There was no natural explanation for the red Arabic letters in the sky and they were reported by CBS news.

February 25, 2009, Cosmic Eye of God (Helix Nebula)

April 7-8, 2009, Passover

  • April 7,  2009- Hand of God in Action. This beautiful image of a “cosmic hand” reaching for the stars has been captured by a Nasa observatory.
  • April 8, 2009- Crown of Thorns
  • April 8, 2009- Blessing of the Sun, Birchat HaChama- Rabbis call this the Third Redemption. Three times in recorded history the Sun has lined up as in the day of Creation (4th day, Genesis 1:14) and Passover. The first time was the first Passover  recorded in Exodus, the second time was when Mordecai and Esther were fasting for the saving of their nation and the last time was in Passover 2009. The first 2 times the nation was saved from destruction by an enemy that wanted to destroy them. In Israel it was a very encouraging sign that God was going to save them from destruction one more time. They base this on Hosea 6:1-2.  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130732

June 2, 2009- New Clouds Found and were  named Asperatus clouds. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1189877/The-cloud-Meteorologists-campaign-classify-unique-Asperatus-clouds-seen-world.html. Asperatus means ‘rough‘ and they were said to look ‘mean’. Evangelist Del Mar Coward of Vision Ministries had a vision of these clouds the beginning of 2009 while in prayer. www.thevisionministry.org. When I showed him the article, he said they were the exact clouds God showed him. He said that he had never seen anything so wicked and evil. Since that time, God has shown him that it was a demonic force released upon the earth. God has led him to an understanding of that vision from Daniel 10, to start in the 1st verse and he has received much revelation since then on principalities and power released.

July 21, 2009, Planet Jupiter (King planet representing Israel & Messiah) was hit by a heavenly object 15 years to the date that Shoemaker Levi Comet bombarded Jupiter. History records that when Jupiter is hit from a heavenly object, something will happen to the country and people of Israel. 15 years ago the ‘land for peace’ deal was taking place in Oslo, Norway.

July 22, 2009 , Total Solar Eclipse http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html This was the 2nd of 3 years in a row on the Hebrew day of Av 1 (August 1, 2008 & July 11, 2010) and was the longest in the 21st Century and it was called a ‘monster’ solar eclipse. It began in India, crossed through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curved through the Pacific Ocean. All the countries under the Solar Eclipse are in the 1040 Window.

December 2, 2009, Superbright Supernova,  first of its kind-  believed to be a star that first populated the universe. A supernova is a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. 

December 8-14, 2009, Geminid Meteor Showers during  the Jewish festival Hanukkah, peaked December 13 with 130 ‘shooting stars’ per hour. The normal evening would see approximately 10 per hour.

December 31, 2009, Blue Moon. The moon is not really blue unless there is a volcano or something that would put dust into the atmosphere. A Blue moon means the 2nd full moon in one month, which is very rare.

Since 2009 the heavenlies have been very interesting. I suggest you get a good Hebrew Calendar for Christians and record whenever there is something unusual happening in the heavens.

“Keep looking up, our redemption is drawing nigh”

Meteor Hits Iran July 31, 2015 on Tu B’Av

Posted: August 2, 2015 in Holidays- Holy Days, Signs In The Heavens
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On the same day as the 2nd full moon in July, known as a Blue Moon, a Meteor hit Iran.

Trend News Agency: Iran has confirmed that a meteor has hit somewhere in the northern part of the country.
The meteor landed in Avaj in the province of Qazvin, Mohammad Ali Ahani, director of Qazvin Crisis Management Staff said, Mehr news agency reported July 31. Also, there have been reports that some pieces of rock have hit areas in Eshtehard, Alborz Province, Arsalan Qasemi, governor of Boeen Zahra, county in Qazvin Province, said. Another local governor of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, said that the area witnessed the passing of the meteor, but nowhere in the district under his supervision had been hit.  (one report was the meteor was 2 meters long, many broken windows)

This happened on the happiest day on the Jewish calendar, Tu B’Av, the 15th of Av. It is celebrated as a day of love, like Valentines Day. Below is from Aish.com, ‘today in history’ or the 15th of Av, which was July 31, 2015.

On this date, four historical events occurred: (1) the Jews of the Exodus generation stopped dying in the desert, (2) intertribal marriage was permitted to post-Exodus generations, (3) the tribe of Benjamin was saved from extinction, (4) the Romans permitted the burial of Jews killed in the Beitar revolt (138 CE). After the Romans had destroyed the Second Holy Temple, the emperor Hadrian planned to transform Jerusalem into a pagan city-state with a shrine to Jupiter on the site of the Temple. This led to the great Jewish revolt of Simon Bar Kosiba (Bar Kochba), whose guerilla army succeeded in actually throwing the Romans out of Israel and establishing, albeit for a brief period, an independent Jewish state. It required large numbers of Roman troops to crush the revolt. Bar Kochba made his final stand in the city of Beitar, located southwest of Jerusalem. It was estimated that hundreds of thousands of Jews lived in Beitar, and they were all massacred “until their blood flowed into the Mediterranean Sea.” Further, the Romans did not allow the Jewish bodies to be buried. According to Jewish tradition, the bodies lay in the open but did not rot, until three years later on the 15th of Av, burial was finally permitted. Today, the standard “Grace After Meals” includes a special blessing recalling this event in Beitar.

Could God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Eternal Holy God, be showing His love for His covenant people and Promised Land by sending a warning from heaven?

Blood Moon over Jerusalem on “Little Purim” in 2008

Posted: March 4, 2015 in Eclipses, Holidays- Holy Days
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Blood Moon over Dome of the Rock March 2008This famous photo of the Blood Moon over the Dome of the Rock  taken February 20, 2008 was what spurred Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries to find the incredible Four Blood Moon teaching. I have been following Pastor Mark Biltz via Bill Koenig of Watch.org and both are credible in their reporting.

This morning I discovered an 3 incredible facts of this beautiful photo.

  1. The Blood Moon was on a Shemitah Year. The 7th year of the 7 year cycle for the land as ordered by God in Leviticus 25.
  2. February 20, 2008 was the 14th of Adar 1, called “Little Purim”. When the Hebraic calendar has a leap year there are 2 months of Adar, 1 & 2 or A & B. The festival of Purim always falls on the 2nd month of Adar during a leap year, but the first month is also joyous. It is called Purim Katan and the thought is “Always Happy”.
  3. A Hebrew leap year is called a “pregnant year” since it has 13 months instead of 12. I think this year was pregnant with the unveiling of the message of the Four Blood Moons!!!

Keep looking up!!

UPDATE: Heavenly Signs of the First Year of Current Shemitah Cycle- 2009

Posted: March 2, 2015 in Holidays- Holy Days, Passover, Planets, Shemitah Year, Signs In The Heavens
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September 29, 2008 was the last day of the Shemitah Cycle (Leviticus 25) and was most remembered for the 777 point drop in the stock market on the Day of the Lord’s Release (Deuteronomy 15:1-3). As the final bell rang on Wall Street, Israel began Rosh HaShanah. This is also known as the Feast of Trumpets, the fifth  of the seven ‘fixed appointed times of the LORD (Leviticus 23:24). At that time, the new set of seven year cycle of the land began. At this writing we are currently in the 7th year of the cycle, known as the Shemitah Year, the year the land enjoys her Sabbath rest. So many have reported the current signs in the heavens, but I felt the need to review my blog of 6/1/11, ‘2009 – When the Heavenly Birth Pains Began’. I hope you enjoy my review.

Note: 4 times in Mark 13 Jesus told us to ‘watch’ as He told them what would happen in the last days. This is my report as a ‘watcher’.

I have studied the heavenly signs of the Second Coming of the Lord since early 1990s when I read Marilyn Hickey’s book called Signs in the Heavens. As a Christian, I thought watching and studying the heavens (astronomy)  was full of witchcraft because of those who looked at the constellations to decide how to live their lives (astrology). Once I read Hickey’s book, I came into a new understanding of why God created the “fixed stars”, which we know as Constellations.

I studied, read, and researched everything the Bible had to say about the heavens.  I clipped out every heavenly occurence when there was an important happening in Israel, but was not released to teach it. In 2009, God finally released me to teach what I had stored up and I have been teaching it ever since. By the time I began sharing and teaching, I had several great books on Biblical astronomy and a full box of research.

A pregnant woman understands signs of the birth being near, especially waiting for the water to break and the birth pains to begin. As we near the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we are looking for the signs of His coming. Jesus said there would be signs in the heavens before He returned.

In the beginning of  2009, two ministers who I highly respect received the following words from the Lord:

  • John Kilpatrick (www.johnkilpatrick.org) received a word for 2009, RESURRECTION, with each letter corresponding with what would happen that year. The ‘S’ stood for Signs in the Heavens.
  • Hank Kunneman (www.ovm.org)  wrote regarding 2009: Signs in the Heavens and Wonders on the Earth. Jesus said the powers of heaven will be shaken in Luke 21:26, we have seen shakings upon the earth but have we never seen the powers of heaven shaking as we are going to. Watch for incredible and very unusual signs in the heavens. New discoveries in science and astronomy; signs in the sun that will cause great discussion. Things will be written in the newspapers and on the media as they won’t be able to explain the unusual signs in the heavens, as God uses this to bring glory and honor to Jesus Christ while others try to explain it away.

HERE ARE SOME UNUSUAL HEAVENLY OCCURRENCES OF 2009

February 24, 2009, El Cajon, CA. CBS News Channel 8, February 24, 2009. El Cajon, CA.  The 3 letters in Arabic are 666. There was no natural explanation for the red Arabic letters in the sky and they were reported by CBS news.

February 25, 2009, Cosmic Eye of God (Helix Nebula)

April 7-8, 2009, Passover

  • April 7,  2009- Hand of God in Action. This beautiful image of a “cosmic hand” reaching for the stars has been captured by a Nasa observatory.
  • April 8, 2009- Crown of Thorns
  • April 8, 2009- Blessing of the Sun, Birchat HaChama- Rabbis call this the Third Redemption. Three times in recorded history the Sun has lined up as in the day of Creation (4th day, Genesis 1:14) and Passover. The first time was the first Passover  recorded in Exodus, the second time was when Mordecai and Esther were fasting for the saving of their nation and the last time was in Passover 2009. The first 2 times the nation was saved from destruction by an enemy that wanted to destroy them. In Israel it was a very encouraging sign that God was going to save them from destruction one more time. They base this on Hosea 6:1-2.  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130732

June 2, 2009- New Clouds Found and were  named Asperatus clouds. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1189877/The-cloud-Meteorologists-campaign-classify-unique-Asperatus-clouds-seen-world.html. Asperatus means ‘rough‘ and they were said to look ‘mean’. Evangelist Del Mar Coward of Vision Ministries had a vision of these clouds the beginning of 2009 while in prayer. www.thevisionministry.org. When I showed him the article, he said they were the exact clouds God showed him. He said that he had never seen anything so wicked and evil. Since that time, God has shown him that it was a demonic force released upon the earth. God has led him to an understanding of that vision from Daniel 10, to start in the 1st verse and he has received much revelation since then on principalities and power released.

July 21, 2009, Planet Jupiter (King planet representing Israel & Messiah) was hit by a heavenly object 15 years to the date that Shoemaker Levi Comet bombarded Jupiter. History records that when Jupiter is hit from a heavenly object, something will happen to the country and people of Israel. 15 years ago the ‘land for peace’ deal was taking place in Oslo, Norway.

July 22, 2009 , Total Solar Eclipse http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html This was the 2nd of 3 years in a row on the Hebrew day of Av 1 (August 1, 2008 & July 11, 2010) and was the longest in the 21st Century and it was called a ‘monster’ solar eclipse. It began in India, crossed through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curved through the Pacific Ocean. All the countries under the Solar Eclipse are in the 1040 Window.

December 2, 2009, Superbright Supernova,  first of its kind-  believed to be a star that first populated the universe. A supernova is a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. 

December 8-14, 2009, Geminid Meteor Showers during  the Jewish festival Hanukkah, peaked December 13 with 130 ‘shooting stars’ per hour. The normal evening would see approximately 10 per hour.

December 31, 2009, Blue Moon. The moon is not really blue unless there is a volcano or something that would put dust into the atmosphere. A Blue moon means the 2nd full moon in one month, which is very rare.

Since 2009 the heavenlies have been very interesting. I suggest you get a good Hebrew Calendar for Christians and record whenever there is something unusual happening in the heavens. We are in interesting times. As always, I will do my best to keep my findings updated on this blog.  My teaching manual and CDs are available for purchase on our Resource link on our web site, www.KenBostromMinistries.org . “Keep looking up, our redemption is drawing nigh”

15 Insteads of Purim

Posted: March 1, 2015 in Holidays- Holy Days
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Word of warning to nations that try to take out Israel from Ecclesiastes 1:9, “History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.” God has a way of turning things around for His covenant people and covenant nation. The Book of Esther is the history of the happenings that led to the annual Festival of Purim.

From my studies, I have found 15 “insteads” in the Book of Esther and Purim. You may have found more. Please comment if I missed any.

  1. Vashti – Instead of being queen, she was beheaded (not proven, but no longer queen)
  2. Esther – Instead of her name being Hadagaskar (Myrtle), her name was changed to Esther (Star)
  3. Esther – Instead of being an unknown orphan, she became a queen to be remembered in history
  4. Mordecai – Instead of being hanged on the gallows by wicked Haman, Mordecai was honored and paraded through the streets by wicked Haman
  5. Mordecai – Instead of a servant / scribe, he became Prime Minister
  6. Mordecai – Instead of the gallows, wicked Haman was hanged
  7. Haman – Instead of being promoted to head over princes, he was hanged
  8. Haman – instead of being honored in history, his name continues to bring loud ‘boos’ and noise makers and stamping of feet drown out the sound of his name year after  year
  9. 10 sons of Haman – Instead of a grand life in Haman’s household, they were hanged
  10. Jews – Instead of being destroyed, killed, annihilated and plundered possessions- unable to defend themselves, the Jews were able to defend themselves (Wikipedia says 75,000 of the Jews enemies were killed)
  11. Jews– Instead of being slaves to fear, they lived in safety and did not touch the enemies plunder
  12. Jews– Instead of fear and dispair, their had light and gladness, joy and honor (8:16)
  13. Power of Attorney (signet ring) – Instead of Haman having the signet ring, Mordecai was given the king’s power
  14. Officials, Satraps, Governors – Instead of being against the Jews, they defended the Jews
  15. Jews – Instead of being totally wiped out, they are enjoying the blessings of God and prospering through the Covenant Blessing
  16. History – Instead of that being an annual day of mourning, it became a international holiday of feasting and joy, sending presents and giving gifts to the poor.

Esther 8:9 is the longest verse in the Bible: “Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.”

I have no doubt of Israel’s future, for our Faithful God has decreed that He never slumbers and He never sleeps. However, I am concerned about the nations that seek to drive them out of their Promised Land and wipe them off the map.

A word for the leaders of the United States: “Let Israel defend themselves.” That would bring a great blessing upon America.

10th of Tevet Fast Day

Posted: January 1, 2015 in Holidays- Holy Days
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Today (1/1/15) is the 10th of Tevet  on the Hebraic calendar, which is the calendar started by God and has never changed. It is called the Hebraic or Jewish calendar because the Jews were entrusted in keeping the calendar accurate throughout their challenged history.

The 8th, 9th and 10th of Tevet have great historical significance and all of these 3 dates are dates remembered with fasting.

On the 8th of Tevet 132 BC,  the Greek King Ptolemy II had 72 (6 from each of the 12 Tribes) translate the Torah into Greek. It became know as the Septuagint. Following the translation from Hebrew to Greek, there was 3 days of total darkness over the land (Tevet 8-10). It is believed that the darkness was due to the fact that the Torah would no longer be treated with great reverence and holiness, but with the Greek mindset that everything had to be reasoned out and understood mentally. At this time the Holy Torah was downgraded, from the supernatural (spiritual) to the natural (mental).

On the 9th of Tevet, 4th Century BC, Ezra the scribe died. He was the founder of the Great Assembly, a body of 120 prophets and sages who established important matters like the standard text found in Jewish prayer books today.

On the 10th of Tevet, 587 BC, Babylonia King Nebuchadnezzar began his siege of Jerusalem. Actually, there was little damage on that first day and no Jews were killed, yet it began a chain of disasters which ended with the destruction of the Holy Temple seven months later on the 9th of Av. The 10th of Tevet is still observed today by Jews as a public fast day, as mentioned by the prophet Zechariah (8:19).

This is a time to draw close to God, to humble ourselves before Him and bring back the holy fear of God into our lives. So many are beginning their January 1st New Year with reading the Bible in a Year program, fasting or journaling to get closer to God. I think it is amazing that these dates are together to bring us together on this Shemitah Year.

Super Moon August 10th – Erev Tu B’ Av

Posted: August 3, 2014 in Holidays- Holy Days, Signs In The Heavens
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There will be a Super Full Moon August 10, 2014 at 2 P.M. EDT. (Not a Blood Moon) This Summer is very unusual for the fact there are 3 super moons in a row. The first was  July 12, next will be August 10, and last will September 9.  This astronomy event is called a ‘perigee moon’, when the moon is closer to the earth and the new or full moon appears to be larger than normal. Perigee means ‘closest to the earth’.

What makes the event of August 10 spectacular is that it will become full the same hour as the perigee moon. NASA says this makes it an extra-super moon!

The photo below is from May 6, 2012 Super Moon over Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil.

Supermoon May 6 2012 Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro

Eve of Tu B’ Av Super Moon – This is the 15th day of the Hebraic month of Av. The 9th of Av is the saddest day of the year and the 15th of Av is known as the happiest. I find this incredible that this “extra-super moon” this year will happen as the evening begins a new day over Israel. This is called  of the “Day of Love”, the “Jewish Valentine’s Day“. Below is the historical events of the 15th of Av.

  • On the 40th year in the Wilderness they realized that no one had died on the 9th of Av that year.  Great celebration began as they realized their wandering days were over and the death sentence for the rebels was over. (Numbers 14:26-38)
    • Yom Kippur symbolizes God’s forgiveness to Israel for the sin of the Golden Calf
    • Tu B’Av symbolizes the forgiveness of believing the evil report of the 10 spies
  • The Talmud records that many years ago the “daughters of Jerusalem would go dance in the vineyards” on the 15th of Av, and “whoever did not have a wife would go there” to find himself a bride. (Chabad.org, Ta’anit Chapter 4)
  • On this day ban of only sons inheriting the Promised Land property given to their Tribe. (Nu 36:8-9). This ban was lifted on the 15th of Av after the first generation that entered the Promised Land under Joshua.
  • Judges 19-21, the Tribe of Benjamin was prohibited from marrying daughters outside their tribe because of the incident of homosexual Benjamites raping the Levite’s concubine.  This led to 25,100 men from the Tribe of Benjamin dying in on day (20:35) The few remaining Benjamites were allowed to take one of the dancing virgins on the 15th of Av, as the virgins danced in white in the forest.
  • During the Second Temple period, wood was rare and had to be brought from far away. The last day that wood was brought for storage over the winter months was Tu B’ Av and then they would celebrate, breaking the ax and burning it.
  • 132 BC, Simon bar Kokhba led a revolt against the Roman Empire. On Tu B’Av, the Romans permitted the bodies to be buried. MIRACLE- God had preserved the 100,000 bodes of the brave men from decaying in the summer heat from the 9th of Av to the 15th of Av.

FYI- The Tabernacles Blood moon of October 8 will be 5 times larger for viewing than April 15 Passover Blood Moon.

2015 there will be 6 super moons! WOW! September 28, 2015 will be a Super Blood Moon that will be seen over Israel during Tabernacles.

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