HEBREW HOLLY DAYS 2014 /2006 A.D

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New Year: 01-01-2006 A.D
Roman CALENDAR March 15-2014

Beware

Daniel 7:25

King James Version (KJV)

²⁵ And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

PASSOVER

March 28th Sundown – March 29th Sundown
Feast of Unleavened Bread : March 29th Sundown – April 4th Sundown, 2014 (First Day observe as Sabbath: (ie Sundown 29th to Sundown 30th) -Last Day observe as Sabbath: (Sundown 4th to Sundown 5th))
Biblical Reference: Leviticus 23:5, Leviticus 23:9-14
What is it about?
The Passover is a Holy Day Feast in which we remember how the Most High saved our forefathers from the hard bondage in Egypt under Pharaoh by sending great wonders and plagues, the last of which was the angel of death. Only those who had the blood of the lamb sacrificed by Moses and Elders of Israel upon their door posts would be saved from that plague, but those that did not all the first born of the Egyptians and their cattle were slain by the angel of death.
This was a preparation for the Most High sending his son Yashaya to also be a lamb without blemish or without sin in order to be sacrificed for the nation of Israel that all under his blood can be saved from death and receive eternal life being restored back to the father through Christ.  (Galatians 4:4-5)
Because the children of Israel were at haste to leave Egypt they ate with their loins girded or clothed, shoes on their feet and staff in their hand and made unleavened bread as there was no time to put leaven into the bread, and once they had eaten the Passover in haste they woke up early at night to leave the land as the Most High had commanded.
How do we celebrate it?
We celebrate the Passover by making a Holy Convocation and eating lamb made with fire, bitter herbs and unleavened bread. This should be done as closely as possible to how our fathers did it in Exodus the 12th chapter. We don’t deal with the sacrificial part of it because Christ fulfilled this by dying for our sins on the cross.
“Exo 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Exo 12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.”
The feast of Unleavened Bread should be celebrated by removing leaven (yeast) from our homes so we don’t consume anything with leaven for seven days. For seven days we are to feast and celebrate but the 1st and 7th day shall be a Holy Convocation (gathering).
“Exo 12:19  Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Exo 12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.”
How Christ fulfilled this Holy Day:
The Most High no longer accepted the animal sacrifices of the nation of Israel (Isa. 66:2-3; Isa. 1:11-15; Amos 5:21-22). Christ was the sacrifice/Lamb without blemish that would redeem Israel back to the Father (Isa. 53, Dan. 9:24, Matt. 20:28, John 1:29; 36, 1 Pet. 18-19). Christ is the Passover Lamb of the nation of Israel (1 Cor. 5:7).


FIRST FRUITS


Date: May 17th Sundown – May 18th Sundown, 2014
Biblical Reference: Leviticus 23:15
What is it about?
First Fruits (Pentecost / Feast of Weeks) is calculated by counting 7 Sabbaths  from the day after the Passover. The children of Israel would offer a free will offering unto the Most High according to how much he had blessed their harvest with increase. This was celebrated by offering the first fruits of all that was produced and bringing them to the Levites for a free will offering to the Most High. This was a time when all Israel would gather in Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Convocation.
How do we celebrate it?
Today we celebrate this by feasting and remembering the feast of First Fruits (Pentecost) in which the Disciples received the gift of the Holy Spirit and began to speak with different tongues and all men of all nations understood them as if they spoke in their native tongue in which they were born.
Act 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
How Christ fulfilled this Holy Day?
After Christ was crucified, he promised that he would send a gift from on high to his disciples (Luke 24:49, John 14:16-17;26, John 15:26). The disciples became the First fruits of Christ through receiving the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2).


BLOWING OF TRAMPETS

 
Date: September 13th Sundown – September 14th Sundown, 2014

Biblical reference: Leviticus 23:23-25
What is it about?
The children of Israel would blow the trumpets at the beginning of the month. Also, before going off to war they would sound or blow the trumpet and the Most High would remember them and save them from their enemies.
How do we celebrate this Holy Day?
We are to have a Holy Convocation and a to Feast unto the Most High.
How did Christ fulfilled this Holy Day:
The Most High sent forth teachers in the earth who are commanded to blow the trumpet and warn His people (Isa 58:1). The book of Revelations also mentions the blowing of trumpets which will lead to Yashaya’s coming.

DAY OF ATONEMENT

 
Date: September 22nd Sundown – September 23rd Sundown, 2014

Biblical Reference: Leviticus 23:26-32
What is it about?
On this day Israel would make a sacrifice unto the Most High to atone for their sins. Israel would make offerings of rams and bullocks and lambs without blemish to be accepted before the Most High.
How do we celebrate it?
We are to have a Holy Convocation in which we do no servile work and afflict our souls with fasting and prayer. A guide to how to fast is shown in these scripture: (Isaiah 58:1-14 and Matthew 6:16-18)
How Christ fulfilled this Holy Day:
After being crucified, Christ went into the heavenly tabernacle in order to shed his blood for the nation of Israel. Due to this, we no longer are required to make sacrifice on this Holy day.

FEAST OF TABERNACLES


Date: September 27th – October 3rd: (Sabbath: September 27th Sundown – September 28th Sundown), (Sabbath: October 3rd Sundown – October 4th Sundown), 2014

Biblical Reference: Leviticus 23:33-44

What is it about?
During this feast the children of Israel remember how they dwelt in tabernacles in the wilderness for forty years. They were to go and make booths and to dwell therein for seven days feasting and giving thanks to Most High for bringing them out of Egypt. The first and the eighth day were to be Holy Convocations.
How do we celebrate it?
We celebrate this feast by not doing any servile work on the 1st or 8th day of the feast and having holy Convocations in which we come together with church and feast. We are also to dwell in booths or tabernacles as our forefathers did.
How Christ fulfilled this Holy Day:
During our travels in the wilderness, we dwelt in the presence of the Lord. This will happen again in the wilderness (Zech 2nd chap.) and also in the kingdom (Hos. 6:2; Isa. 60:19-20; Rev. 21:22-25).


FEAST OF DEDICATION/ FEAST OF LIGHTS

Date: December 6th Sundown – December 13th Sundown, 2014(i.e.Sundown 6th to Sundown 7th is First Day; Sundown 13th to 14th is Last Day)

Biblical Reference: John 10:22, 1 Macc 4th Chapter
What is it about?
During the time of the Maccabees Antiochus and the Greeks had defiled the temple of the Most High and made it law that the children of Israel could no longer follow the commandments of the Most High. The Greeks also stole the vessels from the temple and began to profane the temple by sacrificing swine and other abominations in the temple. The Feast of Dedication is in remembrance of  how Jonathan Maccabee lead our people into fighting against this tyranny of the Greeks and us rededicating the temple to the Most High once we gained control over our land again.
How do we celebrate it?
We are to feast and have a Holy Convocation to the Most High and read through the scriptures that pertain to how we regained control of our temple.
How Christ fulfilled this Holy day:
‘The Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands..’ (Acts 7:48). We instead are the Most High’s temple (1 Cor. 3:16-17; 1Cor. 6:19-20). This Holy day signifies that we must now dedicate our temples to the service of the Most High as Yashaya did.



PURIM

 Date: February 24th sundown – February 25th sundown & February 25th sundown – February 26th sundown, 2015


Biblical reference: Esther 9:21
What is it about?
During the reign of King Ahasuerus in the Medo-Persian captivity, Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite (the enemy of all the Jews from the seed of Amalek (Est.3))  due to his hatred towards Mordecia, devised a plan against the Jews to destroy them, and cast Pur, i.e.Lots to consume them and to destroy them. Queen Esther (the niece of Mordecai) made petition to King Ahasuerus to help deliver her people from the hands of Haman (Est. 7th). Haman eventually was hung on the same gallows which he built for the purpose of hanging Mordecai (Est. 7:8)
How do we celebrate it?
This Holy Day is celebrated by feasting and reading through the scriptures to get the history of the events that lead to the Jews being saved from their enemies by the Most High and Mordecia and Esther. It is also a time to send gifts to each other.
“Est 9:19  Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.”