Holy Day Greetings from HomeWorship 101™

“These are the Feasts of the Lord (YHWH),
Holy Convocations
which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.”
- Leviticus 23:4

This year, the Feasts of the seventh month begin with a small controversy. Once again there is a difference between man’s preprinted calendars, and YAHWEH’s Heavenly signs. The sighting of the crescent new moon was a day later then planned, meaning all the Holy Days are postponed for one day. Some would say, “…what’s the big deal?” Technically speaking, it is a big deal. Do we follow man’s ‘holidays,’ or YHWH’s ‘Holy Convocations’ at HIS ‘appointed times.’ I can’t help but wonder, is it a subtle test by YHWH to see how true the Bride really is? Log on for the correct dates: http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_calendar.htm

“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it,…
And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God,
and books were opened.
And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
And the dead were judged according to their works…
The sea gave up the dead who were in it,
and Death and Hades delivered up the dead…
And they were judged, each one according to their works.”
- Revelation 20:11-13

The sage says that the facade of man [or woman] has three sides: What he thinks he is, what others think he is, and what he really is. To understand our place in life, we must be honest and yield ourselves to the higher Divine life-force and see our true face. Sometime in the future, there will be a day, you are standing in line and nervously looking up you receive a majestic nod to step forward and give account (Rev.20:12). GOD will ask: What part of "Thou shalt not..." didn't you understand? Lame excuses for our mistakes, or misdeeds, won't work on this Day, our FATHER sees our hearts (Heb.4:12). This is a serious day to take responsibility for our actions, we should reflect on our life, repent for our sins, forgive and be forgiven. We are commanded to afflict our souls through a 24 hour fast (Lev.23:26-32). For more info log on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall.htm .

YHWH has ordained one annual Holy Day that teaches humanity Divine Grace and Judgment, and that day is approaching soon – probably sooner then you think. The 10th day of the 7th Biblical month (Sunday, September 23, figuring from the first day Sept.14), for angel and human alike, is one of the most important Holy Days of the year. It is Divine Judgment Day, the fearsome Day of YHWH'S reckoning (Gen.9:5-6); in English it is generally called “the Day of Atonement.” In Hebrew it is called “Yom Kippur.” Jewish tradition teaches that on this day, sometime in the future, the Book of Life will be sealed, and the gates of Heaven will be closed.

“We love the LORD, of course,
but we often wonder what HE finds to love in us.” - Ed Howe

The true Believer has nothing to fear on Judgment Day. There is some confusion regarding the term Judgment Day, because the same word is associated with different Biblical events, so to clear up some confusion lets review them. Sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, the next big Judgment Day will be after the Messiah returns to earth and judges the nations of the world. The peacemaker nations will survive and become the nations of the Messiah’s Millennium Kingdom (Mat.25:31-46; Rev.19:11-21) – the haters and warmongers will not survive. The last and final Judgment will be after the Millennium rule of the Messiah when YHWH returns to earth. HE calls the evil angels from their holding cells and all humanity from their graves, and begins the final judgment of whether they will die permanently or enter into eternal life (2Pet.2:4; Rev.20:11-15). There is only one group of humans that escape these two spiritual judgments, that is the Bride of the Messiah. Sometime before the Messiah returns to earth He will call out His true believers (from the living and the dead) and translate them to the place prepared for them in heaven. Once there, every person called will spend a little private time with time with the Messiah, not to be judged, their sins are burnt up as wood hay and stubble (1Cor.3:11-13), but it will be their unique traits that will be examined, and determined how the candidate can best serve in the Millennium Kingdom – and beyond. Remember: The true believer has nothing to fear on Judgment Day, they have already passed the test – so to speak.

Character Counts

Facing a Divine Judgment Day causes one to ponder, just exactly what is my covenant obligation? What must I do to receive that approving nod from YHWH to enter the Gates of Heaven? GOD is love (1John 4:8), and HE wants all humanity to join HIM in HIS Kingdom, but there are conditions. YHWH does not believe in the whip of big government, HE promotes self-discipline and small government, and to that end, HE teaches us in HIS Scriptures to heed HIS Commandments, because the bad behavior called “sin” (adultery, fornication, lying, stealing, etc) will not get you to into HIS Kingdom. Sin is mentioned over 640 times in the Bible, unfortunately today, our political and religious leadership does not like to talk about sin any more – it’s too divisive they say, so they talk about empty feel good topics. Let no man deceive you (1Tim.4:13), the hard reality is that sinners cannot get into Heaven – even if they are Christians (1Cor.6:9; Gal.519-21; Eph.5:3-6; Rev.21:8, 22:15), and this is the Holy Day that teaches a-l-l humanity, not just the Jews, to repent and change from your wicked ways.

Our CREATOR makes the gates of Heaven available,
the Messiah opens the gates,
but you walk through on your own two feet.

Thankfully, GOD deals with humanity via HIS Covenants not man’s religions (Mat.22:23), and HE makes allowances for the false education humanity has been taught during their mortal lives. The Gospels lessons are centered on ‘grace,’ which is the advanced concept of mercy. Yahshua teaches humanity that our CREATOR is a GOD who loves and forgives all humanity, even the lowly most wretched person has value, and all should ‘learn’ so they may join HIM in HIS Kingdom (Mat.ch.5-7). The lessons Yahshua taught discount most Jewish oral law, but still use the lessons of the Torah and the Prophets of the Hebrew Bible as foundational guidance, and the main lessons are honor and humility, repentance and kindness.

“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.” – Psalm 51:2-3

These ten days between the two Holy Days of Trumpets and Atonement are traditionally called the Days of Awe. They are awe-inspiring because sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, the newly arrived Messiah has neutralized the warring nations and is now preparing the world for Divine Judgment (Rev.19:11-21; Mat.25:31-34). And sometime in the future, after the thousand-year rule of the Messiah, YHWH has arrived and has neutralized the warring nations, and will now be preparing the world for the final Great White Throne Judgment (Rev.20:7-15). For us mere mortals, the Divine lesson during this time is to forgive and be forgiven. Forgive those who have wronged you, and repent of the wrongs you have caused others. Because in the end, if you cannot forgive others, then you cannot expect to be forgiven (Mat.6:12-15).

The universal theme of this Holy Day is self-improvement. Evolve beyond your primitive sub-routines! Seize the moment to find "at-one-ment" with YAHWEH, and live again! Loose the customer is always right attitude, and the haughty spirit that knows nothing of repenting. One must approach our Covenant responsibilities with a humble spirit, because a humble spirit will learn, the haughty in spirit thinks they know it all and have no need to learn anything. This is a serious day to take responsibility for our actions, we should reflect on our life, repent for our sins, forgive and be forgiven. And find at-one-ment with YHWH and Yahshua. Humanity accomplishes this by afflicting our souls through a 24 hour fast (Lev.23:26-32).

For more info log on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall.htm .

How to: http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall_observance.htm

Today, modern science would agree with this ancient mandate from heaven: Repentance is good for the soul! It frees you from the heavy baggage of guilt that haunts your subconscious. This is the day to make peace with loved ones and friends, then put the old issues behind you, and start your renewed spiritual life. (A good place to begin learning about personal behavior is from the Biblical Book of Proverbs.)

Believers are commanded to grow in knowledge and grace (2Pet.3:18), to be a living sacrifice . . ., transformed by the renewing of your mind . . . (Rom.12:1-2). Seeing the error of your ways is accomplished in the most intelligent and clever way, and driving the point home, is not accomplished through brow beating sermons. Our Biblical example is with King David who stole the wife of one of his captains (2Sam.12:1-13). The Prophet Nathan was directed by YAHWEH to show King David the error of his ways, not by going and yelling at him, but by showing him his sin in the form of a parable, which was a story of a pet lamb.

In this story the Prophet paints a picture of a rich man with much live stock, but when the rich man wanted to provide a dinner for a visitor, he stole the poor mans only lamb. The poor man loved his only lamb and treated it so well it was like a member of the family. It is a wonderful story and anyone who is a pet lover can instantly relate to the example. Coincidentally, King David was once a shepherd and he understood the poor man’s pain. King David became enraged at hearing the story and said the rich man should die for what he did. Upon realizing he was the rich man, it moved King David to repent immediately (2Sam.12:1-14).

Pride is the worst sin, because pride is what caused the dark angels to rebel against YAHWEH. Pride prevents asking for forgiveness, and then there can be no repentance. GODLY sorrow is a much deeper sorrow than simple remorse, GODLY sorrow leads to repentance. In YAHWEH’S Church a Believer must do as King David did, when a person understands their sin, one must repent. It is not merely a religious exercise of just going through the motions. Repentance means a change of mind. It invokes a “revelation,” of not only heartfelt sorrow for the past sins, but a total change of mind, of attitude, of direction and purpose to life. It is like tasting something spoiled, once you realize it, yuck, you spit it out, and think to yourself, I’ll never eat that again!

Psalm 51 describes a three-step process:

[1] Accept responsibility, and acknowledge the transgression, vs.1-2.

[2] Repentance (say you are sorry), then ask forgiveness, and offer restitution to the injured party, vs.3-4.

[3] Change lifestyle to avoid that sin, vs.10-11. Once repented do not commit that sin again (Heb.10:26). Work to strengthen the spirit. Study the Bible to increase knowledge and character in faith - grace - love - gentleness - temperance - patience - modesty - forgiveness - charity - truth - cheerfulness, etc.

This is also a day to give thanks for all the blessings of our CREATOR. Do you sometimes feel like the world is against you? If you need some reasons to give thanks, log on to http://www.homeworship101.com/wp_be_thankful.htm .

“…when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites…
and anoint your head… ” - Mat.6:16-17

Regardless of the day’s activities (if you have to work or not), DO NOT brag about it, or walk around with a sad countenance to show off your fast and sacrifice. It is private affair between you and your CREATOR. Beginning a fast, is also the time for the precious anointing with oil, (Mat.6:16-18). Anointing yourself and loved ones is a powerful spiritual power-tool. The Apostle John writes in 1John 2:27, that anointing refers to the Divine spiritual process in which the Holy Spirit empowers a person’s heart and mind with YAHWEH’S truth and love. For more info log on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/sp-t5_anointing.htm

Those who really need an anointing are easy to spot, the proud in heart, lofty in spirit, covetous in his aims, condemning others, justifying himself, unsympathizing or harsh, etc – but they are too proud to humble themselves before YHWH and Yahshua. For more info see the Book of James.

For tips on how to 'invoke' the sacred anointing, log on to http://www.homeworship101.com/sp-t8_order_of_rites.htm

Don’t forget your sea salt!

All believers are part of the Salt Covenant with YHWH (Lev.2:13; 2Chr.13:5). After a day of fasting, seal your prayers of repentance with a lick of pure sea salt to heal the spiritual rift. Modern science is confirming the benefit of YHWH’S ancient rites, (real unprocessed) sea salt acts as preservative for your body. (And believers also know it preserves our spirit.) Log on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/fyi_salt_covenant.htm

GOD Bless the USA!

Here in America, for a country based on 'unalienable' GOD-given-rights, it should be a national day of fasting and repentance (2Chr.7:14). And the money saved on food during the fast day, should be donated it to your local food bank, and then watch the blessings grow.

Through Noah, YHWH told humanity to form community governments, and HE told us how to run them in the Torah. The reason is simple; learning the personal virtues of this Holy Day also benefits our community. There is a saying; “Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.” Our founding fathers knew their Bibles and world history. They knew that basically there are two ways to govern a community. People will either be self-disciplined or need the whip of tyranny. If people are disciplined and honorable then they need less government to control them, if they have no moral character then they will need the whip of big government to control them. The early immigrants who settled this country were self-disciplined because they were a deeply religious Protestant Christian people. Unfortunately for the last 50+ years the intellectual - religious, political, educational - pinheads have been hard at work removing religious values from our public squares and educational establishments. These so-called intellectuals trump that they are progressive, but in reality they are forcing our country into devolving. Even if they did want to remove GOD from our public squares but still promote good values, then at least they would trumpet the Golden Rule – it’s universal and at the heart of spiritual maturity. But their silence speaks volumes; in my humble opinion, it would appear that they silently want to ruin this great nation instead of help it.

During your Holy Day prayers, please remember to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and for all those who stand with Israel (Ps.122).

Enjoy the journey of learning.

May you be written in the Book of Life.
Wishing you peace and blessings, Errol.
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Errol Mueller, chronicler extraordinaire
e-mail: errol@homeworship101.com
website: www.homeworship101.com
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WSC Newsletter 2007-10, posted 09/21/07.

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