Newsletter: 2008-12 A Time to Rejoice \O/

Joyous Holy Day Greetings from HomeWorship 101™

“And it shall come to pass
that everyone who is left of all the nations
which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year
to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,
and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”
– Zechariah 14:16

Humanity is entering the final acts of our CREATOR’S grand spiritual opera and it begins on the 15th day of the 7th Biblical month. These last two Holy Days have such wonderful spiritual symbolism that it is a real tragedy that their meanings have been hidden all these centuries – even most of the Jewish world has forgotten their true meanings. Sometime in the future it is on these last two Holy Days that humanity will finally enjoy their Covenant rewards, and it begins on the 15th day of the 7th Biblical month (Thursday, Oct.16). In English it is known as the Holy Days of Tabernacles, called in Hebrew, Hag Ha-Sukkot (Lev.23:33-44). On the 8th day of the Tabernacles Festival (Thursday, Oct.23), is the last Holy Day called the Last Great Day, Hebrew. Sheimini Atzert, (Lev.23:36). They are combined to be the most joyous time of the year. It is an 8-Day festival, a time to be merry, and give thanks. Rejoice! Dance! Be Happy! HalleluYAH! We are under our FATHER'S protection and our reward is at hand!

“Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
Praise the Lord with the harp;
make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.”
–Psalm 33:1-3

Generally YHWH’s Holy Days are home worship events, in ancient Jerusalem the faithful might have paid their respects at the Temple, but afterwards they continued their worship at home with family and friends. This Holy Day week is different, here, we go out into the streets and rejoice with the community. Sometime in the future after the return of the Messiah, it will be a weeklong global block party - as the whole world will honor YHWH and Yahshua.

“And behold, I am coming quickly,
and My reward is with Me,
to give to every one according to his work.”
- Revelation 22:12

In the beginning of YHWH’s year He showed us His Ancient Path and we have made the commitment to walk it. At times we may stumble and go off the Path, but our caring FATHER shows us the way back. In spite of the trials and tribulations we have held fast to YHWH, walked the Path, and at the last Holy Day we paid our tolls to YHWH. Now YHWH’s toll gated is lifted and we will finish our spiritual journey. It is time to rejoice because our “reward’ is near. There are many references in Scriptures of our eventual “rewards” for keeping the faith and heeding YHWH’s Commands, but did you ever stop to consider just exactly what our reward would be like? Many simply say our reward is getting into Heaven or YHWH’s Kingdom. Yes that is true but what is Heaven really like? Will we be in some heavenly place singing praises to our CREATOR for eternity? Or will we be dancing in the clouds with angels for an eternity? Reflect on it for a while, and if you are courageous enough to consider some outside-the-box ideas, log on to my web page “The Ruling Messiah” for a thought provoking, prophetic chronicle of the Messiah’s Millennium Kingdom (which is also a shadow of things to come of YHWH’s Kingdom): http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c11b_ruling_messiah.htm

The Tabernacles Holy Days are a time to rejoice because it teaches us about two promised Kingdom rewards. Sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, our first Kingdom reward is when the Millennium Kingdom of the Messiah begins. After the thousand-year reign of the Messiah, the second Kingdom reward is when YHWH’s promised eternal Kingdom begins. The seven days of the Tabernacles Festival and the Last Great Day, on the eight-day, is actually a two-stage spiritual lesson. The first stage is when we are under a temporary Divine protection for a short time (7 Days), while earthly preparations are being made, and the second-stage is the 8^th Day is when we physically enter our reward – our new life in the Kingdom.

It has always been believed that during the fall season of Holy Days all the spiritual decisions for the following year are made. It is also believed that YHWH releases special favors, and answers prayers during this season. In the spring, the Holy Days officially began on the 15^th day of the 1^st month as YHWH supernaturally protected ancient Israel in their exodus out of the evil Egyptian empire and took them to the “new promised land.” Here on the 15^th day of the 7^th month, all our prayers are answered as the faithful finally leave this evil world behind, and take their first steps into the promised Kingdom while under YHWH’S supernatural protection – YHWH keeps HIS Covenants.

Most know that sending the Messiah (the innocent lamb, who would be the redeemer to cancel the debt of sin) was one of YHWH’s original Covenant promise. Isn’t it a coincidental date that on the 15^th day of the 1^st month (Days of Unleavened Bread), Yahshua exactly full filled His mission as the suffering Messiah when He was put to death and buried. Now here on the 15^th day of the 7^th month Yahshua will full fill His role as the conquering Messiah when He ushers in the Millennium Kingdom of peace - YHWH keeps HIS Covenants. (It is interesting to note, the 7^th unit of time is also considered Divine. The seventh day is a Sabbath. The seventh year is a Sabbath year. Seven times seven years, is a Jubilee year. Is it a coincidental date that the seventh millennium is a Sabbath millennium under YHWH’s Messiah, Yahshua?)

“And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth
do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,
on them there will be no rain.
If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in,
they shall have no rain;
they shall receive the plague
with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up
to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
This shall be the punishment of Egypt
and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up
to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.” – Zechariah 14:17-19

Critical thinking is a lost art. Oftentimes when I talk about the Biblical Holy Days, many people look at me a little puzzled and ask, “aren’t those the Jewish holidays, what does it have to do with us?” It is the preprogrammed – knee jerk - response from most of the Christian world because their leadership teaches that the Old Testament is for the Jews and the New Testament is for the Christians - they couldn't be further from the truth. The above Bible verse clearly states that during the Millennium Kingdom of the Messiah, a-l-l the nations of the world will celebrate the Holy Days of Tabernacles – not just the Jews. (One would think, since the Bride will be the Messiah’s helpers during the Millennium that they would know more about it – but Satan has been busy.) As a matter of fact, this Holy Day is so important to the Messiah that if the nations do not come to Jerusalem to honor it then there will be dire consequences. What does that mean you might wonder. It doesn’t mean that Yahshua will send in the military jets and bombers, the Messiah has the power to control nature and He will simply stop the rain, and bring some very uncomfortable plaques on them. Then people will become unhappy and they will want their leadership to comply with the Messiah’s requests.

Sir Isaac Newton,
a great scientist and a student of prophecy stated:
“About the time of the end,
a body of men will be raised up
who will turn their attention to the prophesies
and insist upon their literal interpretation
in the midst of much clamor and opposition.”

Many folks hear me and wonder, is it courage or naiveté to put myself out there and kindle what I hope will be constructive debate. My focus is intellectual honesty, not defense of tradition (Act.17:11). What I mean by that is that some traditions are good, and some are wrong and need correction. But that doesn’t mean we all must march in formation. YHWH calls HIS people to unity, not uniformity, and the Holy Days of Tabernacles is a good example. Today this example is played out by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. They sponsor an annual Tabernacles parade through the streets of Jerusalem in which many nations participate. To see the variety of colorful ethnic costumes, flags, and people, is a beautiful thing to behold. The idea is that we all celebrating the same Holy Day, but we all bring our unique cultural style and prayers to the event.

Spiritually, it is about time to let intellectual honesty prevail and agree that all the Holy Days listed in Leviticus ch.23 are universal; their spiritual depth is undeniable, and they are more then just Jewish tradition – they light our Ancient Path. If we watch these annual Holy Days we see their multilevel interlocking spiritual lessons pointing to YHWH’S Kingdom. We acknowledge the Holy Days out of respect to our CREATOR. And sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, Yahshua will be teaching a-l-l humanity their higher spiritual lessons. Understanding the lessons will bring humanity peace. Peace of the mind, peace of the heart, peace for the growth of the spirit, peace in our house, peace in our communities, and peace in our nations.

"...I am God, and there is none like Me. Declaring the end from the beginning.
And from ancient times
things that are not yet done..."
- Isaiah 46:9-10

I often say, one cannot fully understand prophecy until one learns YHWH's Holy Days, because the Holy Days teach us prophecy and YHWH’s Heavenly designed prophetic timetable effecting the entire world. If we learned our Holy Day lessons correctly, the Passover season teaches us about our CREATOR’S peace and protection - if we accept it. The Feast of Pentecost teaches us about our CREATOR’S knowledge and power - we should respect it. And now the prophetic season of Tabernacles teaches us about our CREATOR’S rest - if we want to keep it.

All of YHWH’s prophetic spiritual lessons come together in this early-fall Holy Day season. The first prophetic promise YHWH made to Adam and Eve (and a-l-l humankind), was of a future Messiah, and the prophecies are fulfilled in this Holy Day season beginning on the Day of Trumpets. Many of the faithful miss the fact that the spiritual symbolism of Yahshua/Jesus is much richer in this Holy Week then the winter Christmas season. To begin with, scholarly studies point to this time period as the actual time of Christ’s birth, and a Biblical hint is given in John 1:14. In the verse, the word dwelt is derived from the Hebrew word tabernacle. Some Bible translations will read “...and tabernacles among us.” Christ’s-mass is really during this Tabernacles week!

The prophecies of the suffering Messiah became history when they were fulfilled in the life of Yahshua during the spring season of Holy Days. On the first day of this Holy Day season, the Day of Trumpets teaches the heart that can see, to await His return as the conquering Messiah. And on the Day of Atonement, the righteous-faithful need not fear the Messiah's Judgment of the Nations, or YHWH'S Judgment of a-l-l humanity on the universal Day of 'Reckoning' at the end times (Rev.20:6).

The prophetic hope of the faithful will finally be realized during these Days of Tabernacles. Sometime in the future, almost tomorrow, humanity will be under the protection of YHWH'S Anointed One, as He renews and prepares the earth for planetary peace, protection, and rest, for 1,000 years. This is generally known as the Millennium Kingdom of the Messiah (Rev.20:4). And sometime in the future, after the 1,000 years are finished, a-l-l humanity surviving YHWH'S Great White Throne Judgment, will enter into HIS supernatural protection while the Earth is being cleansed from the curse of sin (Rev.21:1).

The Tabernacles protection is temporary while permanent arrangements are made. To symbolize this, observant Jews worship in temporary structures called Sukkots. It is something like a little “lean-to” built outside against a wall of the house, or in backyards or patios, and it looks a little like the nativity manger. The Sukkot is decorated in a fun and festive, organic atmosphere. They are built of tree branches and palm leaves. The inside is decorated party-style, with a small table and some chairs or large pillows to relax on after dancing hard in the streets.

Behold, Fireworks Jerusalem Style!

The last act in our CREATOR’S grand spiritual opera is on the 8th day of the Tabernacles festival called the Last Great Day (Lev.23:36), (Friday, Oct. 5). Knowing that Christ had a 3½ year ministry and was put to death on Passover, it is believed that He began His ministry with His stunning proclamation on the last day of this Holy week. The Apostle John records in 7:37, “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Yahshua stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.” Yahshua’s symbolism was loaded with meaning to the Jews who witnessed it. The tragedy today is that most in the church haven’t got a clue. (Log on to: http://www.homeworship101.com/fyi_two_candles.htm )

“When filled with holy truth the mind rests.” — C.H. Spurgeon

“…and find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah 6:16 ESV. On this Great Last Day we will see the Prophet Jeremiah and we will all enter our “rest” together. This Last Great Day of the Feast is the day when humanity enters their Kingdom rewards. In ancient Jerusalem, the day was celebrated with the spectacular Festival of Lights emanating from the Temple - it was fireworks Jerusalem style, and a stunning wonder to behold. The Holy Day pictures the ‘last day’ of this Earthly existence under the Curse of Sin. It is a ‘great day’ because we are beginning a new life. On this day, under the Messiah, the surviving nations will return to their lands and humanity will enter the Millennium Age of the Messiah. And sometime in the future, after the Millennium rule, a New Jerusalem will descend to Earth from the Heavens, bringing our FATHER'S Kingdom back to recreated Earth for eternity (Rev.ch.21-22). Our CREATOR YHWH, and our Messiah Yahshua, will finally dwell amongst the creation. We are immortal! And we are 21 again! What a Great Day it really is!!!

“ YHWH 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.” - Revelation 21:4

Closing Note: I would just like to take this moment to thank you for all your emails of support – it keeps me going. The website hits are growing, and the biggest comment I always receive from readers of my website is that they feel alone in their beliefs, and happy to finally find someone of like mind. I know how you feel (and so does YHWH, 1Kng.19:18), but someday my friends we will celebrate together in Jerusalem. Here in the western world, it’s not easy to follow the Holy Days when the rest of the world doesn’t even pay attention or care. I do not feel superior because I have been called to learn them, I am humbled by it and I feel sad that the rest of the world does not appreciate the spiritual wonders that these Holy Days show us. It has been a long hard road living in this evil world, but rejoice our spiritual journey is almost complete.

Enjoy the journey of learning.
> http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c11b_ruling_messiah.htm
> http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall.htm
> http://www.homeworship101.com/holy_days_fall_observance.htm
> Ancient Path http://www.homeworship101.com/NL_2008_01.htm

Please remember to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and for all those who stand with Israel (Ps.122).

Wishing all a joyful Tabernacles blessings.
You faithful servant in Yahshua, Errol.
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Errol Mueller, chronicler extraordinaire
e-mail: errol@homeworship101.com
website: www.homeworship101.com
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WSC Newsletter 2008-12, posted 10/11/08.

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A Time To Rejoice \O/

Joyous Holy Day Greetings from HomeWorship 101™

“When filled with holy truth the mind rests.” — C.H. Spurgeon