Why All the Wars in the Holy Land?
Why All the Wars in the Holy Land?
WAR is a terrible thing and is an offense to our Creator, YHUH (H#3068 – יהוה) Alahim, the MOST HIGH. Yet, He remains compassionate and ever-present as He cares for His faithful people no matter their nationality. Not to negate the current horrors and atrocities occurring in Israel today, there is more to the history of Israel and her enemies than first meets the eye.
Discover in this article just what it is about the HOLY LAND of ISRAEL that is at the heart of all the wars and upheaval since the first days of antiquity. The answer may astonish you and add previously unperceived foundational elements to your collection of knowledge, or at the very least, it may give you pause to ponder the MAJESTY AND POWER OF YHUH Alahim, WHO WINS IN THE END.
Jerusalem – The Center of Yahuah’s Purposes
I have chosen to utilize a short story by Jonathan Cahn to introduce this subject at such a critical time in Earth’s history.
“He opened one of the drawers in his study and took out a thin rectangular wooden box. Inside was a collection of ancient coins, most of them badly worn, but some well preserved. He gave me time to examine them.
‘Of the entire surface of this planet,’ said the teacher, “what plot of land on Earth do you think has been the most fought over in history?
‘I wasn’t a history major,’ I answered. ‘I really have no idea.’
‘The answer is Jerusalem. All these coins are from that plot of land, each representing a kingdom or empire that approached its walls. Jerusalem, the City of Alahim (God), the City of Peace, yet it’s been reduced to ashes more than once and been laid siege over twenty times. It’s been the ground of over a hundred conflicts. From ancient times to the modern world, no city on Earth has been so fought over or the focus of so much warfare. Why? It has no great military or strategic value, and no great resources.
If we were visiting this planet for the first time, it would tell us that there’s something about that city, something that sets it apart from all other places, and beyond natural explanation. What conflict would there be from that which is beyond the natural… to war against the City of Peace?’
‘A conflict in the spiritual realm. The conflict of the enemy.’
‘And why?’ asked the teacher.
“Because Jerusalem is at the center of Yahuah Alahim’s purposes?”
‘Yes,’ he said, ‘at the center of His purposes, past, present, and future, the place where His feet will touch the Earth, and the throne from which the kingdom of Yahuah will go forth. (Zechariah 14:4) Thus it must be the most warred over of grounds. So all the conflict, the controversy, and the warfare itself is a testimony to Jerusalem, to what Jerusalem is – the central ground of Yahuah Alahim’s (God’s) purposes on Earth. And why is the conflict so great? Because His purposes for Jerusalem are so great…’
‘And so too in your life, and in the lives of all His children….as you do the will of Yahuah Alahim, there must be conflict, and warfare, and attacks. But don’t ever let that discourage you. Be encouraged. It’s a sign of revelation by default, that you’re on the right path and what you’re doing will be of great effect and reward. DON’T STOP!!! But press on all the more. For the greatness of the battle is only because of the greatness of Yahuah Alahim’s (God’s) purposes for His holy place—you!'” Isaiah 52:1-2; 2 Corinthians 6:4-10; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Zechariah 14:4. The Book of Mysteries, War of the Holies, Jonathan Cahn, p.263.
[Disclaimer: We are not followers of Jonathan Cahn as there are many beliefs we don’t hold in common.
When and Where It All Began
Scripture tells us there was war in heaven:
“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the Earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our Alahim (God), and the power of His Christ Messiah have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our Alahim (God) day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the Earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the Earth, he persecuted the woman [the obedient followers of Yahuah and Messiah] who gave birth to the male Child.” Revelation 12:7-13
I believe the above is a synopsis of the big picture that began before this Earth was created. The war that began in heaven did not end there. When the Earth was created and Adam and Eve were made in the image of YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim and placed in their garden home, so too Satan, by some legal arrangement, was allowed to be there for a time as well.
Satan carried with him his rebellion and argument that YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim, the Most High, was a controlling, unjust, and unfair tyrant. This declaration placed the Most High Father on trial. But now the object of the conflict changed to include the new creation called mankind. Satan’s goal was to cause the new creation, Adam and Eve, to also rebel and sin against their creator, as he sought to prove to the unfallen realm that, indeed, his claims against Yahuah the Most High were founded and true. By so doing, it would continue the battle on Earth between Satan and Yahuah Alahim and His Son, Yahusha haMashiach (H#3091 – יהושׁע), all for the sake of the object of their love and attention for you and me.
But most significantly, the arrangement was agreed upon that Yahusha, the Messiah, would ultimately lay down His life as fair trade and ransom for mankind. He would give His life so that mankind may choose righteousness as their covering and receive eternal life. So it is that the battle of good and evil on Earth began, but with a promise of restoration for all who choose the Messiah as their substitute because of the wages of sin and death, that He would die in their place.
Passover Sacrifices
The following is a list of time-centric events that have already occurred in their order on the very same plot of land spanning 4,000 years. The first sin on Earth occurred in the Garden of Eden nearly 6,000 years ago. The curse of death was now upon mankind and all their offspring. Scripture declares, “Upon the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:17). But Adam and Eve didn’t die that very day. Discover the reason why below.
#1 – The First Time-Centric Passover Event in Eden
Adam and Eve would have surely died that very day they sinned had it not been for the lamb sacrifice that provided an exemption on their behalf. This first lamb sacrifice set the standard with a promise whereby a blood atonement was required that also canceled the sin. Meaning that where there was no blood atonement for a covering, the law remained that “the wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23). Yet, they were provided a way of escape. A free gift of exchange was provided through a slain lamb contingent on whether they were willing to seek pardon for their sin and trust in the promise of an anointed one to come, yet future, to pay the price for it. But for now, this fair trade agreement would be symbolized and sealed with a slain lamb. And from that day forward, the lamb would be the perpetual symbol and promise each year in the spring of a coming anointed one who would lay down His life for that atonement, once and for all, saving mankind from sin and death.
The Lamb was this substitute sacrifice for sin that pointed forward to the coming Messiah, the anointed Lamb, the only begotten Son of Yahuah, who would one day lay down His life one time only as a sacrifice for all mankind. Without it, you and I would cease to exist the first time we sinned if it weren’t for the fact that the curse is now held in check by His actual sacrifice. For the promise of the sacrifice was fulfilled when the anointed Messiah, Yahusha haMashiach, came to Earth, lived and died, and paid the required price upon the cross for mankind, breaking the curse of sin and death for all who rely on His saving merits through confession and forgiveness. (Romans 6:23).
#2 – The Second Time-Centric Passover Event at Mount Moriah
Although Noah’s cataclysmic flood event forever changed Earth’s landscape, both YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim and the enemy (Satan) never lost track of the exact place where the cancer of sin entered Earth’s stage and where the marvelous PROMISE AND REMEDY was to one day be provided.
Approximately 2,100 years after the first sacrifice in Eden, Abraham was called by Yahuah Alahim to sacrifice His only son at the place that Yahuah would show him. Abraham and Isaac were led to Mount Moriah, a specific mountain and specific spot in Yarushalom (Jerusalem). It is recorded that Isaac declared, “Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham’s prophetic answer was, “My son, Yahuah Alahim, will provide Himself a lamb…”(Genesis 22:7). This single phrase from the lips of Abraham spoke not only to that very moment in time but was also prophetic, spanning 1,900 years to the exact same day of the year and month in which the promised Messiah lay down His life as a sacrifice for all.
#3 – The Third Time-Centric Passover Event in Egypt (in route to Yarushalom)
Right from the start, Exodus 12:1-4 begins with Yahuah declaring to both Moses and Aaron just 15 days prior to the exodus from Egypt that His shamayim (heavenly) time system was of pivotal importance. He was now about to detail how it worked and what great sign to look for in the SKY for the start of His original and authentically ordained YEAR.
“The New Moon, this self-same one, is HEAD (ROSH) of the LUNAR MONTHS, which is FIRST in PLACE as the New Moon for measuring the revolution of the YEAR (HASHANAH). Exodus 12:2 (Compare with modern versions.)
This TIME MODEL, as it related to the coming Passover event, was Israel’s first test of obedience for keeping Passover on the correct date and a paramount step in their recovery and ultimate restoration to the Promised Land. Thus, a descriptive revelation of the Creator’s Calendar was given to prepare an obedient Israel for success so that they may be saved during this last and most horrific plague of Egypt, the death of all firstborn males.
Consider what may have occurred had ancient Israel chosen to ignore YHUH’s (Yahuah’s) 180-degree calendar restoration from that of the Egyptian’s dark conjunction lunar phase, given to the people by way of Moses and Aaron on the night of the full moon in spring so long ago. For if Israel had refused to accept the first full moon in spring as the true New Moon and relinquish the dark conjunction lunar phase utilized by the Egyptians, they would have been off by half a month for Passover and would have, no doubt, lost all their firstborn sons, right along with the Egyptians. Refer to the article Restoring the Creator’s Calendar.
#4 – The Fourth Time-Centric Passover Event in Yarushalom (Jerusalem)
Indeed, the LAMB was provided approximately 1,900 years after Abraham and Isaac were led to sacrifice a lamb on Mount Moriah. But this LAMB was the long-promised, living and breathing, anointed Messiah, Yahusha haMashiach. In His great love and compassion for sinners of all throughout the ages, He laid down His life at the very same spot where the PROMISE was first given in the Garden of Eden. We now know this was Passover, the 14th day counted from the full moon as the original and authentic New Moon Day and not the popularized dark conjunction or crescent.
This is supported by the evidence of a three-hour solar eclipse occurring from the sixth to the ninth hour on this prophetic appointed mid-month day. He alone provided the ultimate sacrifice for sin and redemption for all mankind who choose His Righteousness through faith and obedience, allowing His death and blood to cover their sins. Refer to the article From the Sixth to the Ninth Hour.
But this was not the end of the matter. On the third day, the end of the 16th day of the lunar month, by night, on that very same plot of land, our Messiah rose again to new life. This illustrated that the grave could not hold Him. This also symbolized that for those who confess their sins and trust in the promise will receive the covering of His blood. Then, days later, He ascended up to heaven to complete His role of intervention for mankind as our High Priest and advocate before His Father, Yahuah Alahim. In this way, the faithful and obedient to His Covenant Torah Law and Testimony (Isaiah 8:20) will also rise again, receiving the reward of Eternal Life. So by His merits alone, they are restored, as they are covered and clothed in His robes of Righteousness. Their part was to seek obedience to His Torah Law, honoring and worshiping according to His preordained plan. Refer to the article Three Days and Three Nights, Sign of Jonah.
X Marks the Spot
Do you see a parallel between the Garden of Eden with its first lamb sacrifice location and Mount Moriah? In this place, YHUH Alahim led Abraham and Isaac and then fulfilled His promise on that very same plot of land with the sacrificial death of Yahusha haMashiach (the Messiah). Although 4,000 years apart and divided by tremendous land convulsions accompanying Noah’s flood, this illustrates that our Eternal Father does not lose track of His Kadosh (sacred and set-apart) landmarks. It is like breadcrumbs of evidence being dropped so that you and I may see the connection and realize the intrinsic importance and value of that sacred plot of land.
The Cross of Calvary is the “X” that marks the spot of the greatest treasure mankind can fathom or realize. Jerusalem represented the location where not only SIN and EVIL first entered upon Earth’s stage, causing the fall of the entire human race, but it also marked the place of its coming FULL RESTORATION. How? Because it represents the POWER, PROMISE, and PROVISION of YAHUAH ALAHIM, who sent YAHUSHA ha Mashiach, His only Son, to lay down His life that you and I might be rescued from the LAW that stipulated the WAGES OF SIN and DEATH. (Note, this Law, “the handwriting that is against us,” is not the Torah Law, although it is recorded there, but the STANDARD of Righteousness that has existed eternally with YAHUAH Alahim.)
YAHUSHA haMashiach (the Messiah) accomplished this so that He may RESTORE His faithful and obedient followers to YAHUAH Alahim, the MOST HIGH ETERNAL FATHER, permanently. Indeed, the greatest treasure coming forth from that sacred plot of land we call Jerusalem is ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL WHO SEEK FAITHFULNESS AND OBEDIENCE TO THE TORAH LAW. And this is only possible through YAHUSHA ha MASHIACH, the only begotten Son of YAHUAH ALAHIM.
“But when the fullness of the time had come, Yahuah Alahim sent forth His Son [Yahusha the Messiah], born of a woman, born under the [Torah] law, to redeem those who were under the [Torah] law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Galatians 4:4-5
“And because you are sons, Yahuah Alahim has sent forth the Spirit of His Son [Yahusha the Messiah] into your hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father!’ Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of Yahuah through Messiah.” Galatians 4:6-7
The day the sacrificial types were met by the antitypical (physical) sacrifice of YAHUSHA haMashiach, GRACE was made manifest, and YHUH (YAHUAH) Alahim’s character was vindicated, for all who would reach out and receive it and faithfully walk in His Covenant Torah Law and Testimony (Isaiah 8:20). This was the only way that mankind could signify their acceptance of His so great and gracious gift. The Torah Law and Grace work hand in hand and do not now, nor have they ever existed one without the other.
The Cross or Stake Controversy
There are many today who declare that YAHUAH Alahim, the Eternal Father, would never allow His Son, our Messiah, to die as a sacrifice on a cross designed to honor Satan by way of the pagan god Tammuz, but that it was a single stake. Yet, in this, they reveal their ignorance.
Yes, Satan inspired the Romans to utilize the cross as the cruelest instrument of torture, doubling as sacrifices to himself through their Babylonian god under the sign of the “T” for Tammuz. Through this pagan rite, it was Satan’s goal to have the promised Messiah sacrificed upon the cross of this same sign in honor of himself. While Satan meant this for evil, Yahuah Alahim used it for good. It exposed Satan for the tyrant he is, the progenitor of evil intent, in that he planned to have the Son of the Highest, YAHUAH Alahim, KING OF KINGS, be tortured and sacrificed to honor himself. He intended this to be a sign to the UNIVERSE that he won the great controversy between himself and YAHUAH Alahim that began before he was thrown out of heaven (Revelation 12:7-13).
But to the contrary, this was the damning evidence that sealed Satan’s fate and exposed to all the universe the truth of the tyrant he was and that all the things he accused YAHUAH Alahim were only lies, but in actuality were really about him. A simple stake would not have carried the gravity of our Messiah dying on an implement of pagan worship to honor Satan. The CROSS was to be the eye-opening SYMBOL, revealing the gravity of the event that would ultimately be the catalyst to end the war between good and evil, yet future. Not only this but of necessity, our Messiah was made to be sin and its curse (death). Through His sacrifice alone, upon the most criminal contrivance of torture, the penalty of sin and its curse upon mankind would be forever broken.
His death upon the cross atoned for the sins of every man, woman, and child, but it is only received by those who humbly confess and turn from their sinful ways. Saying one “believes” is not enough, for “the demons also believe, and tremble” (James 2:19). All who seek faithfulness and who TRUST in YAHUAH Alahim’s TORAH LAW will also seek to OBEY and synchronize their soul temples to His time measuring arrangement for sacred worship that begins with His New Moon Days, lunar seventh day Sabbaths, and lunar appointed annual Feast Days.
Pragmatic Symbols of the Aleph and Tav
In the beginning, YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim inspired the paleo-Hebrew Semitic language, which is prophetic in nature. The Hebrew alphabet’s first letter, “Aleph,” carries the numeric value of “1” or first. It is also a visual depiction of the first lamb slain lying on its side, and not an ox (bull of Baal worship), as has been made popular in Rabbinical Judaism.
And then, by no coincidence, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the “T” for “Tav,” which carries the visual depiction and promise (prophetic) of the sacrifice of the Messiah upon the Cross of Calvary.
While this was the Messiah’s last work on the Earthly stage, His prophetic work of Salvation and REMEDY for SIN had only just begun, as demonstrated by the order of the lunar appointed Feast Days. At His death, the Levitical system, as defined by the Temple ceremonies, ended as the type met anti-type. This meant the symbols of the Temple system were now being fulfilled by the long promised Messiah, Himself, in real-time, but now it moved to the heavenly stage (heavenly Temple), where this same Messiah took on the role of our High Priest in the Temple, not made with human hands.
If this evidence alone was not enough, Yahusha, the Messiah, punctuated this fact multiple times regarding Himself as THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD when He declared in His Hebrew mother tongue, “I AM THE ‘ALEPH‘ AND THE ‘TAV,’ THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END.” Revelation 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13.
Suppose you missed the significance of this in your English version. In that case, it is because the New Testament has been both transferred and translated into the Greek language instead of Hebrew, utilizing the Greek Alphabet (Alpha and Omega), rendering this magnificent sign of our Messiah almost hidden from sight and nearly meaningless. Therefore, He is not merely the first and last, but the first and last sacrifice for sin. The Aleph was the PROMISE first implemented in Eden as the lamb was slain, and the last was the actual death of Yahusha haMashiach upon the cross to fulfill the prophecy as the GREAT REMEDY FOR SIN.
Thus, the crucifixion of our Messiah upon the CROSS fulfilled the ALEPH and TAV sacrificial prophecies, yet He was raised to life again. So it is that the CROSS has become the symbol of the saving work of Yahusha haMashiach (the Messiah). The CROSS will stand forever as the SIGN OF VICTORY over Satan and the curse of sin and death. All occurring on the same plot of land.
From Salem to Jerusalem
At the time of Abraham, this sacred plot of land was called SALEM (Salem – H#8004 = peace, shalom) (Genesis 14:18, Psalms 76:2). For example:
“Then Melchizedek king of Salem (Shalom/Peace) brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of YAHUAH Alahim (God) Most High.” Genesis 14:18
“In Salem (Shalom/Peace) also is His tabernacle, and His dwelling place in Zion.” Psalms 76:2
Psalms 76:2 identifies that Salem was indeed the same city that was later called Jerusalem, as it became the place of the tabernacle/temple to honor Mt. Zion, YAHUAH’s Kadosh (sacred) system of time-measuring, in the sides of the north.
Jerusalem to Yarushalom
In our modern Bibles, this sacred plot of land is called and spelled “Jerusalem.” Yet, there are a few problems with this. First of all, there are no “J” sounds in Hebrew. The first letter is called the yod, which sounds like “Ya,” as in the sacred names of YAHUAH Alahim and YAHUSHA haMashiach. Then we add the “r” and now have “Yar.” This matches the first two of three letters in the word for moon (H#3394 – ירח – yareach – moon). Add this to the word shalom, and you have Yarushalom or “moon’s peace.”
Yarushalom is spelled this way as a sacred bond connecting this sacred plot of land to the Creator of the Universe and His LUNAR TIME SIGNATURE set in motion at creation. Interestingly, there is no getting around the connection between YAHUAH’s sacred plot of land and His unique time-measuring model placed in the heavens and based primarily upon the moon and having the time-centric location fulfilled by the authentic Messiah on the cross.
“He ordained the MOON for
SEASONS(#4150 – mo’edim – specific lunar appointed dates; Feast Days)…” Psalms 104:19
For details on the meaning of mo’edim, refer to the article, The Missing Key Puzzle Piece.
Yarushalom – Where Sacred Land and Lunar Time Intersect
Once we comprehend that this sacred plot of land and the Creator’s original calendar intersect in “Yarushalom” (Moon’s Peace), it is easy to understand that only one authentic Messiah, Yahusha haMashiach, died for the sins of the world on Passover, Abib 14 on lunar time. It was the fourteenth day counted from the full moon as the New Moon Day of Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Day) in the spring. For more on the full moon as the original New Moon, refer to the article, Support Evidence for the Full New Moon.
In conflict with this narrative, we were all taught that the personage referred to as “Jesus Christ” was the anointed messiah recorded in the English New Testament versions. Yet it is taught that He died on Good Friday of the Roman solar calendar system and was resurrected on Easter SUNDAY. Strikingly, these two time-measuring systems cannot be synchronized, as they conflict with one another. The facts laid out from the beginning in the Torah (O.T.) Scriptures identify that the sacred months and weeks are intrinsically lunar, exposing the pseudo messiah, “Jesus Christ,” and his pagan solar calendar rhythm as impostors.
The following verses explain what governs the Creator’s time elements of “SEASONS and/or lunar appointed Feast Days” in Genesis 1:14 and Leviticus 23:2-4. It also reveals that the sun, as the greater light, rules alone by daylight from sunrise to sunset. Strikingly, the full moon is the original “lesser light” that rules from east to west one night only, together with the stars, along the east-west time continuum, without the presence of the sun. This identifies the full moon as the original and authentic ruling start of months.
But most of all, don’t miss the fact that lunar appointed time is the time model used to identify the sacred and prophetically ordered worship appointments mankind has with their Creator and Messiah unto Salvation.
“Let there be LIGHTS in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for SIGNS, and for SEASONS (#4150 – mo’edim – lunar appointed times), and for DAYS, and YEARS… Genesis 1:14
“Then Alahim made two great LIGHTS: the greater LIGHT (Sun) to rule the day, and the lesser LIGHT (Moon) to rule the night with the stars He made the stars also.” Genesis 1:16
“He ordained the MOON (#3394 – yareach) for
SEASONS(#4150 – mo’edim – lunar appointed times, feast days); the brilliant rays of the SUN reveal and endue it, making known its entrance [in the east].” Psalms 104:19
“It shall be established FOREVER like the MOON, even like the trustworthy WITNESS in the sky.” Psalms 89:37
The Date Sin Entered the Eden Home
Have you ever considered the possibility that Passover’s lunar date of the 14th of Abib marks the original date that Adam and Eve first brought sin into the world when they ate of the forbidden tree? How might we consider this plausible? Because we know that Adam and Eve were created on the 6th day of the creation week and spent the seventh-day Sabbath in joy and communion with their maker. They were instructed to be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth (Genesis 1:22), yet we know that when they sinned, they still had no children and that Eve gave birth in pain sometime after they were banished from their Garden home. So it is that Eve’s experience at the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil actually occurred within the first year of their existence on Earth. But there’s more…
Abib 14, 2,500 and 4,000 B.C.
Twenty-five hundred years later, Passover, the 14th of Abib, was the date given for the Yashralites (Israelites) to celebrate their first Passover just prior to leaving Egyptian bondage. Then, 1,500 years later, the 14th of Abib was the same Passover date and anointed time for Yahusha haMashiach (the Messiah) to lay down His life upon the cross as the long-promised sacrifice. His sacrifice brought an end to the sacrificing of lambs as they were only substitutes for the true.
So the question is, might Passover, Abib 14 have been the actual date when sin entered? Could that devastating event of sinning by eating the forbidden fruit have occurred just one week after Adam and Eve were created? YES, of course, as it would have been easier to deceive them in their newness than after long years of faithfulness to their Creator. And on that same day, the first lamb was sacrificed as the promise of the future Messiah laying down His life to cover their sin and nakedness.
You see, if sin first occurred in Eden on Abib 14 after Adam and Eve had been in the Garden for a year, there is no doubt that these two perfect humans who were given instructions to “be fruitful and multiply” would have had a child by then. But since they had no children at the time of their removal from Eden, isn’t the evidence compelling that the first sin and its sacrifice (Passover, Abib 14) occurred one week after they were created? Have you ever considered this?
The First Month of Earth’s History
Might it be this very evidence that defines that, in all actuality, the first Passover occurred on the 14th day from the day we call “IN THE BEGINNING?” This means that Adam and Eve must have sinned and were clothed with the lamb’s skins in the first month of Earth’s history. Therefore, the first Passover was not at the exodus at the time of Moses but in Eden.
Might Passover have always marked the day Adam and Eve were spared from certain death and were PASSED OVER because of the slain lamb sacrifice on that 14th of the first month? Then might the skins of the lamb that were fashioned and placed upon our first parents have been symbolic tokens of the promised LAMB’S ROBES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS that cover us? Do you see the symbology?
“…They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.” Revelation 7:14
Then, by Yahuah Alahim’s power and provision, might this sacred plot of ground have always been linked to the specific sacred date, synchronized to PASSOVER Abib 14? What could be a more authoritative and convincing SACRED SIGN, SEAL, and PROMISE unto ETERNAL LIFE for all who will receive the free gift and arise and walk in it throughout the ages, past, present, and future? The evidence appears to indicate that just one week after Adam and Eve were created, while still babes in their new home, they were sorely tempted and ate of the forbidden tree. Yet, although they failed the test of obedience, it was a compassionate and loving Eternal Father who provided an exemption and a way out.
Location Location Location & Location
Is it any wonder that Satan, the enemy of souls, has maintained war and strife since those first two weeks at the very beginning of Adam and Eve’s life in the garden? We have discovered that this rather small plot of land at the site of Yarushalom (Moon’s Peace) has held the secret of TIME & EVENT, but also LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION & LOCATION.
It is the location site of the first lunar Passover Promise with the first lamb sacrifice in Eden and its sacred lunar Passover fulfillment by our long-promised anointed Messiah. Then, sandwiched between these two events, it was also Abraham and Isaac’s Mount Moriah and Melchizedek’s Salem. Each of these Passover events occurred on Abib 14, as counted from the full New Moon in the spring, on the east-west time continuum.
Roman Catholic and Protestant Christian Claims
With regard to the Roman Catholics and Protestant Christian church denominations who have become a dominant factor at this holy site in Yarushalom, has their presence added an ounce of sacredness? No! Why might this be? This is because of their several rebellious teachings and witty inventions that are all self-made customs entirely opposed to the truths of the Most High YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim and His Torah Law, as found in Scripture:
- Their denouncement of the Torah Law of instruction is like setting dynamite to the foundation of a 144-story building. The entire structure crumbles to the ground like a house of cards. Likewise, claiming “We are no longer under the TORAH LAW, but under Grace” affects the sacred calendar, its New Moon Days, lunar Sabbaths, and prophetic lunar appointed Feast Day appointments. It removes the promise and provision of Salvation that only comes through these time-centric appointments, the divine pathway of the authentic Messiah. When we miss our sacred appointments with Him, we never meet with Him on His Kadosh (sacred) lunar appointed days (#4150 – mo’edim). The result will one day be that… He will say on that great day, “Depart from Me. I never knew you! (Matthew 7:23). Refer to the article The Constantinian Creed.
- Their replacement of Yahusha, the Messiah, with the fictional Jesus Christ causes all worship to be diverted to Satan instead, the one behind the mask. Refer to the article Constantine’s Creation of Jesus Christ.
- Because Jerusalem on Earth continues to contain the PROMISE, it is a type and symbol of the Heavenly New Jerusalem. So when these replace the lunar appointed Passover date of Abib 14 with Easter Sunday on a fabricated solar calendar system, it causes all both small and great, rich and poor, to receive the Mark of the Beast. Why? Because keeping Passover, Abib 14 was the pre-ordained SIGN and SEAL in our hand and in our forehead that we honor and worship the Most High YAHUAH Alahim by way of Yahusha ha Mashiach’s blood atonement (Exodus 13:9-10). In this way, we receive His Seal and are covered by the blood of the Lamb. No one will enter the Eternal Promised Land or Holy City (New Jerusalem) without the covering of the blood of the Lamb, and that blood is only shed on Passover, Abib 14, as counted from the full New Moon. And having this sign and seal is the only way to avoid the Mark. In these things, all of Rome’s daughter Christian churches follow their Pied Piper, the Roman Mother Church, right over a cliff to eternal destruction.
“It [Passover] shall be as a SIGN to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes that Yahuah’s Torah Law [of instruction] may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahuah has brought you out of Egypt. You shall therefore keep this ordinance [Passover] in its
season[#4150 mo’edah – lunar appointed time] from year to year.” Exodus 13:9-10
So it is that the Christians continue to represent the fallen state of mankind because they remain in rebellion against YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim and His Son by making and adhering to their own laws, replacing all sacred names and rhythms of worship in opposition to His. Yet, as always, in times of ignorance, He winks and continues to lead His people ever upward. (Acts 17:30). He only looks the other way when folks are ignorant. He continues to call His people out of the false teachings.
As we near the end of time… wars and rumors of wars will continue. Each of these religious factions will declare peace and safety, but they will never experience it because none of them chose to be covered by the blood of the PASSOVER Lamb.
“For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober…” 1 Thessalonians 5:3-6
“For YHUH (YAHUAH) did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Master YAHUSHA haMashiach, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
The Mystery of Yasharal (Israel) and Judah
While it is true that Abraham’s descendants were ordained to be the people of the promise to inherit the Promised Land and to be the progenitors of the Promised Messiah, this was fulfilled in the first century A.D. Interestingly the criteria that establish who Israel was in ancient times remains the same today. So the question remains: How does Israel fair? Do those living in Israel meet YHUH’s STANDARD today? Or do they have a “Get Out of Jail Free Card, so to speak?”
STANDARD OF THE COVENANT
for THOSE WHO ARE YASHARAL (Israel)
- First, they must honor YHUH (H#3068 – יהוה – YAHUAH) Alahim (H#430 – אלהים – Alahim/Elohim – the Creator God) by His kadosh (holy) non-vowel pointed sacred NAME and not by a replacement and substitute name such as Adoni, Lord, God, or Jesus Christ. Refer to the article I AM YAHUAH!
- Honor YHUH Alahim by remaining faithful and obedient to His ordained TORAH LAW, the BRIDAL COVENANT, as contained in the Ten Commandments, Judgments, Statutes, and Testimonies. (Deut. 5:31; Deut. 30:16; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 11:38; Jeremiah 7:23; Malachi 4:4; Psalms 119: All.) Refer to the article The Bride in Waiting.
- Remain faithful to His sacred worship appointed time prescription for lunar YEARS, lunar MONTHS, lunar Sabbaths, and lunar appointed Feast Dates counting from the full moon as the original start of months and years (Ezekiel 46:1-3, Isaiah 66:22-23, Amos 8:5, and Leviticus 23). Refer to the article Appointing Our Days.
- Seek and recognize that indeed the long-promised Messiah came and fulfilled all the Messiah prophecies. He was born in a manger, lived among men that He may be acquainted with our infirmities, yet without sin (Heb. 4:15). At the lunar appointed time He laid down His life as a blood atonement for sinners and three days and three nights later rose again. So it is that since that time, if you are Messiah’s you qualify as Abraham’s seed, and are heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:29). Refer to the article Three Days and Three Nights.
While they do not meet the required STANDARD of YAHUAH Alahim, even so, there remains a mystery surrounding them by way of the Bridal Covenant of their fathers. Romans 11 and Zechariah 12 explain it and put it this way…
The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation
Romans 11:25-36
“For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “THE DELIVERER WILL COME OUT OF ZION, AND HE WILL TURN AWAY UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB; FOR THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”
Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of Alahim (God) are irrevocable. For as you were once disobedient to Alahim, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.
For Alahim has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of Alahim! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
“FOR WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF YAHUAH? OR WHO HAS BECOME HIS COUNSELOR? OR WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM AND IT SHALL BE REPAID TO HIM?”
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” Romans 11:25-36
Me Whom They Have Pierced
Zechariah 12:10-14
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Me as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Me as one grieves for a firstborn.
In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves; all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves. Zechariah 12:10-14
This gives us hope, as we are all invited into His Bridal Covenant, that we may confess our sins and also receive His benevolent forgiveness and its accompanying salvation as a free gift.
“For you are all sons of YAHUAH Alahim through faith in YAHUSHA haMashiach. For as many of you as were baptized into Messiah have put on Messiah. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in YAHUSHA haMashiach. And if you are Messiah’s then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:29
When and Where the Wars End
Yarushalom will remain war-torn until the end of the 6,000 years allotted for this Earth. Yet, PEACE & GRACE were and still are bestowed to YAHUAH Alahim’s obedient and faithful followers (referred to as Yasharal or Natsarim) scattered in every nation and location, who through the PASSOVER and the other Feast Day lunar appointments of TIME & EVENT, are covered by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
These treasures of knowledge that were once proactively hidden from view under the rubble of erroneous doctrines are now miraculously being restored. These newly restored truths have become His vetting system, His STANDARDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS that will determine who enters the pearly gates to populate His ultimate PROMISED LAND, His Eternal Kingdom of the Righteous (right doing).
The war and strife will have forever ended, and all the remnant people will be caught up in the glorious Second Coming, the RETURN of the Messiah. But according to Scripture, there are 1,000 years that Satan and his angels wander the Earth, bound in chains of darkness, awaiting the fire prepared for them. (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10,14).
All war, evil, death, and sorrow will forever end when they are finally thrown into the lake of fire. Death is swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:54). The good news about Hell Fire is that it is neither burning now nor will it burn forever (Malachi 4:1-3). It is an unquenchable fire (no one can put it out) that thoroughly consumes and then burns itself out. The prophet Malachi says that only ash and stubble will remain (Malachi 4:1-3). We don’t serve an Alahim (God) who tortures those who don’t love Him, nor will He allow sin and sinners to writhe in pain for all eternity anywhere in His vast and sovereign universe. And this is all because the foundational principle of this same universe is that YHUH (YAHUAH) ALAHIM (GOD) IS LOVE! (1 John 4:8)
Then, from the location of the Mount of Olives in Yarushalom, the very same plot of land, YAHUSHA the Messiah, our King of Kings, will stand on that great and marvelous day and remake this Earth and all things new again, restored to their former and original grandeur. (Zechariah 14:4).
“And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Yarushalom; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea, in summer and in winter shall it be… And Yahuah Alahim shall be king over all the Earth. In that day shall there be one YHUH (Yahuah) Alahim, and His name one… And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more destruction, but Yarushalom shall be safely inhabited.” Zechariah 14:8, 9, 11.
YHUH’s (YAHUAH’s) restored truths validate and establish with credibility that, indeed, the lunar time-centric CROSS of our Messiah is the “X” that MARKS THE SPOT of both the Garden of Eden and Yarushalom’s most sacred plot of land. It has and will always remain at the center of His and His Son Yahusha HaMashiach’s purposes and as the GREATEST SYMBOL OF ALL TIME announcing TWO GREAT FACTS: 1) YHUH (YAHUAH) Alahim is LOVE, as His CHARACTER is ultimately been vindicated, and 2) All the trusting and obedient of YHUH and His Son who have confessed their sins and honor the Torah Law and the Testimony of the Messiah, the REMEDY FOR SIN AND SINNERS, are finally RESTORED back to the original standard set forth by their Creator as it was “IN THE BEGINNING.” HalleluYAH!!!
Yarushalom is sacred, holy, and set apart, not because of anything the Jews, Christians, or, for that matter, the Muslims have done there over the years, whether positive or negative. But only what YAHUSHA ha Mashiach (our Messiah) did there on PASSOVER.
- PASSOVER, Abib 14 as counted from the full moon, the first lunar month in Eden “IN THE BEGINNING.” So it was that nearly 6,000 years ago the first lamb was slain for sin, when YHUH Alahim gave the PROPHETIC PROMISE that at the appointed time He would provide a LAMB, the Messiah, who would lay down His life as a ransom for mankind.
- PASSOVER, Abib 14 as counted from the full moon, the day Abraham’s arm was stopped from slaying his only son Isaac on Mount Moriah, as a test of faith, and YHUH Alahim provided a Lamb sacrifice in his place.
- PASSOVER, Abib 14 as counted from the full moon, when the Egyptian captive Children of Israel slay their first lambs according to the instructions given Moses and Aaron by YHUH Alahim. This was the prerequisite for leaving Egypt alive and heading for the Promised Land of Israel, and Yarushalom (Jerusalem), the sacred and holy Mt. Zion.
- PASSOVER, Abib 14 as counted from the full moon, was the preordained LOCATION where PROPHETIC TIME & EVENT met at the crucifixion of YAHUSHA haMashiach, the Aleph and Tav, the first and last. Exactly as prophesied, He lovingly and willingly laid down His life as the ransom for all who confess their sins and receive His free gift of Salvation, the only REMEDY for lost sinners to this day.
- PASSOVER, Abib 14 as counted from the full moon, marks the climax and fulfillment of the GREATEST STORY ever told. Following the 1,000 years the Redeemed share in their temporary heavenly home. Then the Holy City New Yarushalom will descend from Alahim out of heaven as a Bride adorned for her husband (Rev. 21:2). YAHUSHA haMashiach then steps on to the Mount of Olives that becomes a great plane where the Holy City comes to rest (Zech. 14:4). Death will be swallowed up in Victory, and Sin and sinners will be no more (1 Cor. 15:54). The Earth and all things in it will be made new (Isa. 66:22-23). And YAHUSHA haMashiach shall reign Supreme on Earth. On that GREAT DAY the Redeemed of Earth will go up from year to year to celebrate Full New Moon Days, lunar Sabbaths, and PASSOVER, along with all the lunar appointed Feast Dates FOREVER and EVER, HALLELUYAH, HALLELUYAH!
When the dust settles, Yahusha, haMashiach, will reign from that same sacred and set apart plot of land when the Holy City, the New Yarushalom, comes down from Alahim, out of heaven. “Nation shall not lift up a sword against another nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.” (Micah 4:3). He will remain the MAJESTIC AND GLORIOUS KING OF KINGS, under His Father’s authority upon the restored Earth where all war shall cease. So it is that Yarushalom shall finally be the long-promised City of Peace (Moon’s Peace) on that LAST GREAT DAY unto infinity and beyond.
“Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Yarushalom, coming down out of heaven from Yahuah Alahim, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of Yahuah is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. Yahusha Himself will be with them and be their Alahim (God). And Yahusha haMashiach will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away… And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Aleph (Alpha) and the Tav (Omega), the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his Alahim and he shall be My son.” Revelation 21:2-7
And there, all the righteous saved of the Earth will continue to go up from year to year at each sacred lunar appointed time to praise and honor their Messiah, Yahusha ha Mashiach, who paid it all for them. HalleluYAH!!!
