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Based on our understanding of Scripture, the seasons and the ‘lights in the heavens’, below is our reckoning of the tentative dates for the Biblical observances for the Gregorian year 2022.

Not only is the recognition and observance of the Biblical Holy Days a part of each believer’s ‘reasonable service’, there is a revelation, clarity and understanding that only comes in the ‘doing’.

The entirety of the Gospel Message is laid out in the Feasts of Yahweh, and in the doing of these mandated events, there comes a greater depth of insight into the days in which we find ourselves, end-time events and days that are to come; events and days for which we are actually performing ‘dress rehearsals’ in our physical and spiritual observances of these appointed days/dates.

So, as the writer of Hebrews admonishes, may we not forsake the assemblies as has become the habit of some as ‘The Day’ approaches. Shalom

Projected Holy Day/Dates 2022

Biblical New Year                               April 2^nd (beginning the evening before)

Bringing in of The Lamb                     April 11^th (beginning the evening before)

Passover Service                                 April 15^th  (that evening)

1^st Day Unleavened Bread                 April 16^th – Sabbath (begins the evening before)

Day of the Wave Offering                  April 17^th  (begins the evening before)

Last Day Unleavened Bread              April 22^nd – Sabbath (begins the evening before)

Pentecost/Shavuot                            June 5^th  – Sabbath (begins the evening before)

Feast of Trumpets                              Sept 26^th  Sabbath (begins the evening before)

Day of Atonement                             Oct 5^th  Sabbath (begins the evening before)

First day of Sukkot                             Oct 10^th Sabbath (begins the evening before)

Last day of Sukkot                             Oct 16^th  (begins the evening before)

8^th Assembly                                       Oct 17^th  Sabbath (begins the evening before)                               

Study theme for this Sabbath – Exo. 13:17-17:16; Judges 4:4-5:31; Matt 14:22-33

‘Yeshua in The Torah’ and ‘Getting Back to Basics’

³ He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

 ⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

 ⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The  chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

 ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isa 53:3-6)

They shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces toward it, `Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD,  a perpetual covenant not to be forgotten.’ ⁶ “My people have become lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place. (Jer 50:5-6)

These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. ⁶ “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Mat 10:5-6)

And behold, a Canaanite woman (not of the 12 tribes) came out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”

 ²³ But He did NOT answer HER a word. And His disciples came to and kept asking Him, saying, “Send her away, for she is shouting out after us.”

 ²⁴ But He answered and said (TO HIS DISCIPLES) , “I was not sent but for the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Mat 15:22-24)

So, according to Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Yeshua, the lost sheep of the House of Israel are comprised of not only those of the nations, and not only Ephraim, but Judah as well. All who have not placed themselves under the Shepherd Yeshua are ‘lost sheep’. For Yeshua came to seek and to save that which was lost  – which is everyone that has not accepted Him for Who He Is. .

Believe and Church

We want to take a moment and examine two words, two concepts about which there seems to be some confusion in the Body today. We also always want to keep in mind that the purpose of all Scripture is to point us to The Messiah Who in turn makes the way for us to be restored to our Heavenly Father.

The Scriptures repeat over and over again the importance and necessity and preeminence of ‘believing’ in The One Who is Worthy to be believed.

“For in the volume of the Book it is written of Me.” Hebrews 10:7

“And beginning with Moses and the prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” Luke 24:27

“Yeshua said – “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; No one comes to the Father except through Me.”” John 14:6

Now, let’s begin . . .

The English word ‘believe’ appears over 170 times in the Scripture (we’re using the NKJV)  –  with at least 25 of those occurrences in the Tanakh or Old Testament. Without exception, each of those occurrences is a translation of the Hebrew word ‘aman’ (Strong’s #0539 and the source of the English word ‘amen’) which means ‘to support, confirm, be faithful to, to rely upon, to entrust.’

In the remaining 145+ appearances of ‘believe’ in the Apostolic Writings/New Testament, some are in the positive – believing – and some are in the negative or ‘not believing’. But all forms of the word stem from the same root – Strong’s #2982 – which, when simply put, means ‘persuaded’.

“For this reason I (Paul) also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have BELIEVED and am PERSUADED that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that Day.” (2Tim 1:12)

Belief – in both ends of The Bible – means simply what it says – ‘to be persuaded, to be faithful to, to entrust to, to rely upon’. Belief in Messiah Yeshua is the only separation between difference heaven and hell.

Now, let’s talk about the ‘church’, or ‘circus’ as some might phrase it. And yes, sometimes the congregation can look like a circus with folks singing and dancing, praising and praying, especially when The Holy Spirit chooses to move on and among the people!

But again, let’s look at the word ‘church’. There are at least two primary schools of thought as to the etymology of the word ‘church’. One trail leads backward from the old English ‘cirice’ through the German ‘kirika’ to the Greek ‘kuriake’ which means ‘of or pertaining to the Lord’ and is related to the Greek word ‘kurios’ (translated most often in the NT as Lord) and refers to ‘Master’ or ‘Him to Whom it belongs.

The other school of thought on this matter states that the word ‘church’ has it’s roots in the Anglo-Saxon ‘kirke’ which hails from the latin ‘circus’, a Romanized version of the Greek word ‘kirkos’ which simply means ‘ ring or circle’. There is evidence to support the fact that early assemblies would at times gather in a circle, much like what we see today in groups both large and small.

Both schools of thought on this matter (whether they realize it or not) seem to wind up at the same place – a circle or ring of believers that trust in The One To Whom It All Belongs.

There ARE so-called ‘congregations’ that push the limits of behavior beyond what would be considered Scripturally acceptable, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

So whether it’s ecclesia or congregation or assembly or kahal or edah or sode or church or, even at times perhaps a circus, it’s all about Him. Shabbat Shalom

Projected Feast/Holy Day dates for 2022 will posted here no later than January 15th. This information will be available on the static page in this site entitled

‘UPCOMING FEAST DATES 2022’

“and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, He was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about Himself.”As we read and study Scripture, we should always ask two questions – “where is Messiah Yeshua in this” and “how can I apply this to make me more like Him”.

As we continue to do the work the Creator has called us to – to prepare people and prepare for people in regards to the days in which we live and the days to come – we ask that you would consider supporting us in that work as you contemplate your end-of-year giving.

You can find all our contact information at the link listed below. Thank You.

Shalom U’Vrachot B’Shem Yeshua – Peace & Blessings in Jesus’ Name

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And (The Comforter), when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment; ⁹ concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;” (John 16:8-9)

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁶ “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ¹⁸ “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (Joh 3:14-18)

Then (Yeshua) said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” ²⁸ And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” ³⁰ And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹ but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. (Joh 20:27-31)

 “knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus the Christ, and we too have believed in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus the Christ, that we might be justified by faith in Messiah and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. (Gal 2:16)

 “In those days and in that time,” says the LORD, “The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the LORD their God. ⁵ They shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces toward it, saying,`Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.’ ⁶ “For My people (Israel and Judah) have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place. (Jer 50:4-6)

All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)

“Again he said to them: “I am going away; you will look for me and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come. “” (John 8:21)

 “I have told you already: You will die in your sins. Yes, if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”  (John 8:24)

 “It is written in the prophets,`And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. (John 6:45)

The Word  – Yeshua/Jesus  in the Old Testament

Yeshua/Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58)

“And in the beginning was The Word . . . and The Word become flesh and dwelt among us and we behold His Glory, the Glory  as of the only begotten of The Father, full of grace and Truth.” (John 1)

“And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” (Luke 24:27)

“Moreover the Word of the LORD came to me, saying,” (Jeremiah 1:11)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying,” (Jer 1:13)

“Jeremiah said, “The Word of the LORD came to me, saying,”” (Jer 32:6)

“And the Word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,” (Jer 33:19)

“And the Word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,” (Jer 33:23)

“Then the Word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch had written at the dictation of Jeremiah, saying,”  (Jer 36:27)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 6:1)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 14:2)   

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 20:2)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 21:1)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 21:18)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 22:17)

 “And the Word of the LORD came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,”  (Eze 24:1)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,”  (Eze 25:1)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,”  (Eze 28:20)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,” (Eze 33:1)

“And the Word of the LORD came to me saying,”  (Eze 38:1)

“The Word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.” (Hos 1:1)

“When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry, and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD.” (Hos 1:2)

“Now the Word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,”  (Jonah 1:1)

“Now the Word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,”  (Jonah 3:1)

“Moreover the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:” (Zec 4:8)

“Then the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:”  (Zec 6:9)

“Then the Word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,”  (Zec 7:4)

“Then the Word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,”  (Zec 7:8)

“Again the Word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,”  (Zec 8:1)

“Then the Word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,”  (Zec 8:18)