Shalom brothers and sisters

Praise Yah for understanding and truth, in this season of deception, we as Israelites must be watchful, prayerful and cautious. Israel has been called by Yah to be the truth bearers.

With that being so, we must examine ourselves, and that which we teach and learn. This article is part 2 to our first article on Passover, in article one it was shown from scripture that in order to properly keep Passover, Unleavened bread, Pentecost, and feast of tabernacles we must be in Jerusalem with the temple, and Levite priest.

Yah gave the mandate on how to keep this feast once we entered the land and become a sovereign nation. There isn't one scripture that says we can keep the feast in any other way other than the one Yah gave us. It was also shown that the Apostles and Messiah kept the Passover, Unleavened bread, Pentecost in the manner Yah told us to.

Now that brings us to part 2, we must examine the doctrine that many teach, in order to Justify keeping a feast day other than the way Yah has told us to do it. In other words, many are saying you can keep the feast without being in Jerusalem, and without the ordinance Yah gave to us through Moses.

The justification for this teaching is, THEY SAY (please notice the emphasis on THEY) YAHOSHUA DID AWAY WITH THOSE ORDINANCES, WHEN HIS EARTHLY MISSION WAS COMPLETE. This teaching stems from Mark 14, Luke 22, and Mat 26. We will look at those scriptures to get a better understanding of what actually took place hours before Yahoshua was executed, as you will see this didn't change the ordnances of Yah's Passover.

Our subtitle to this article is DID YAHOSHUA USHER IN A NEW PASSOVER MEMORIAL? DID HE KEEP THE PASSOVER BEFORE HE WAS EXECUTED?

Those two questions will be the focus of this article; lets begin by answering question one. DID YAHOSHUA USHER IN A NEW PASSOVER MEMORIAL?

Is there a new Passover that we have to keep, one that is different from the feast Yah gave us, one that is different from the feast King David, Yahoshua, the prophets and all of Yah's righteous servants kept. Lets go to scripture to find out.

As I stated in Part 1, there is confusion regarding Yah’s feast of unleavened bread, Passover etc. The confusion consists of what is the right date, (Israelites as a whole keep the Passover from Feb, until May), how to keep it, what to do when keeping it, what to drink, grape juice or wine, what to use for bitter herbs, what ingredients to use to make unleavened bread, what part of the lamb should be used (chops, shoulder, legs, half lamb etc).

How can this much confusion exist from something that comes from the ALL KNOWING FATHER YAH, scripture says he is not the author of confusion, but why is his people so confused about how to keep his feast? Where there is confusion the adversary is present.

Before we go deeper into our lesson, lets understand something as it relates to our present confusion. In the ancient days, when our people observed Passover, as in the days of Josiah and king Hezekiyah. Notice they weren't confused about how to keep this feast, they weren't confused about what bitter herbs were, and they weren't confused about what day it fell on.

They weren't confused about weather or not the feast should be kept in Jerusalem. None of our confusion was present with them, they didn't have computers, cell phones, the Internet, and all the communication tools we have.

But the word got out to the people, WHEN AND WHERE TO KEEP THE FEAST, and they were on one accord. The sole reason for this was Yah was with them, his hand was upon his people. IS YAH WITH US TODAY AT OUR PASSOVER CELEBRATIONS?

IF HE IS, WHICH ONES DO HE HONOR?

SINCE ALL THE CELEBRATIONS TODAY ARE WITHOUT THE TEMPLE, LEVITES AND JERUSALEM, WHOSE PASSOVER IS THE RIGHT ONE?

IS IT THE ONES DONE IN FEBRUARY , OR THE ONES IN MARCH, OR APRIL, OR WHAT ABOUT THE ONES IN MAY?

IS IT THE ONES WHO EAT MARKET BOUGHT LAMB OR IT IS THE ONES WHO DON'T EAT LAMB?

IS IT THE ONES WHO USE GRAPE JUICE OR THE ONES WHO USE WINE? WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PASSOVERS BEING CELEBRATED WHO IS THE RIGHT ONE?

Which one is the correct one, which we all should follow? My people do you see the seriousness of this, there is so much confusion because we are doing something in a manner Yah said not to do, we have created our own feast days, this is something Yah hates.

Amos 5: 21 I hate, I despise your (ISRAEL) feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Did Yahoshua sanction any of these new celebrations? Israelites who don't eat lamb for Passover say lamb is no longer a requirement because Yahoshua is the Passover lamb. They also say on the night of his execution, he kept Passover without lamb; he used bread and wine, so this means we, as his followers should keep Passover in the exact same manner. We will let scripture tell us if this is correct or is false.

We are dealing with what is written, not any private interpretation.

Yahoshua was killed on the 14th of Abib around the exact time the Passover lambs were being slaughtered. Remember the Passover is not a feast; it is not a high Sabbath day. Unleavened bread, which follows after Passover is the feast, the first and last day of unleavened bread, is a high Sabbath.

It's on the 1st day of unleavened bread that the Passover (lamb) is eaten, along with the unleavened bread and bitter herbs. With that understanding lets see did Yahoshua eat the Passover lamb before he was executed, and did he usher in a new celebration.

KJV_Matthew 26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Yahoshua, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover?

18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, my time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Yahoshua had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover.

20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

26 And as they were eating, Yahoshua took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

28 For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Luke 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer:

16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:

18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, this is my body, which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, this cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

After reading these verses it would seem as if the brothers were partaking in Passover, but lets really look and see if this is true.

The key to understanding this is first you have to know what the Passover is, which has been explained in both articles.

The Passover is the slaughtering of the lamb.

Exodus 12; 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the Passover.

2nd chronicles 35:6 So kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of YAH by the hand of Moses.

11 And they killed the Passover,................

Notice the phrase KILL THE PASSOVER if Passover was the feast, how do you kill the feast? The Passover is the lamb; the slaughtering of that lamb or goat was the Passover. This event lasted for only a few hours, as soon as the sunset, on the 14th of Abib the 15th begins which was the first day of the feast of unleavened bread.

Passover and unleavened bread were so close together they were called the same feast day. Passover never came before unleavened bread. The slaughtered lamb or goat is to be eaten at the first day of the feast of unleavened bread.

In verse 19 of Matthew 26, where it states the disciples made ready the Passover, this only means they got the lamb ready to be slaughtered. Notice it does not say they killed the Passover, it doesn't even mention lamb was a part of the meal the brothers were eating.

If you read the entire chapter it never says THE REQUIRED PASSOVER MEAL WAS BEING EATEN, EVEN THE BREAD THE MESSIAH BROKE, SCRIPTURE DOESN'T SAY IT WAS UNLEAVENED BREAD, IT DOESN'T SAY THEY HAD BITTER HERBS. ALL OF THOSE ARE ORDNANCES FOR THE PASSOVER MEAL.

Yahoshua lived as a man who never sinned; this means he never broke one of Yah's commandments or ordnances. But if he were partaking of the feast of unleavened bread without the Yah ordained meal, then he would have broken a commandment.

In a few hours of eating the meal, he was to be offered up as the Passover (this will be explained). The Passover had to be without spot and blemish, Yah could not have any fault with Yahoshua, before the slaughtering of the Passover.

Ask yourself this if there was a Passover lamb present among the brothers, why didn't Yahoshua compare his body to that of the lamb? He said the bread was his body. He didn't say the unleavened bread, but just bread. The brothers were not partaking of the Passover.

In Luke 22 Yahoshua says in verse 15 he desired to eat this Passover with the brethren before he suffered, but notice what he said in verse 16 "FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, I WILL NOT ANY MORE EAT THEREOF UNTIL IT BE FULFILLED IN THE KINGDOM OF YAH.

Some believe this is saying Yahoshua was eating the Passover and in the midst of eating he stopped and said he will not eat it any more. No that's not so, Yahoshua was telling the brothers he wanted to eat the Passover (which were to take place a few hours from that time period), before he suffered. But he couldn't do that because at the same time the Passover was being slaughtered, he was on the stake dying, and on the first day of unleavened bread he was in the grave. It would have been impossible for him to partake in the Passover and unleavened bread. It was his desire to do so, but it was the will of Yah that he did not partake of the feast before he suffered.

NOTICE HE SAID HE WILL KEEP PASSOVER IN THE KINGDOM OF YAH. INTERESTING HUH, WHY DID HE SAY THAT?

Because the kingdom of Yah will come and it will be in Jerusalem, and Jerusalem is the only place you can keep the Passover.

To father show from scripture that Yahoshua didn't keep a Passover in the upper room lets look at the book of John which shows he was killed during the Passover (the slaughtering of the lambs or goats)

John 19:14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Israelites, Behold your King!

15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, we have no king but Caesar.

16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Yahoshua, and led him away.

17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Yahoshua in the midst.

At the sixth hour of the preparation of Passover, (slaughtering the lambs) Yahoshua was in the custody of Pilate about to be executed. The Passover didn't begin until after the meal with the brothers in the upper room, Yahoshua was being put to death at the same time the Passover were being killed. Which meant in a few hours unleavened bread was to begin.

Many Israelites who believe Yahoshua kept Passover in the upper room put forth an argument the Sabbath day mention in mark 15 is the weekly Sabbath and not the Sabbath before the feast of unleavened bread. This erroneous notion is put forth in support of the changing the Passover doctrine.

We know the first and last days of unleavened bread are Sabbaths, and we know that every 7th day of the week is the Sabbath......

During the time that Yahoshua was executed, and buried, there were two Sabbath days in that week, the regular weekly Sabbath and the Sabbath of the feast.

Scripture is clear and makes a distinction between the two Sabbaths...

Mark 15 says the Sabbath that came about as Yahoshua was put into the grave was a high Sabbath the first day of unleavened bread

Mark 15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation,

that is, the day before the Sabbath,

43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, which also waited for

the kingdom of YAH, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the

body of Yahoshua.

44 And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the

centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the

linen, and laid him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled

a stone unto the door of the sepulcher

The preparation day is the day before the feast, when the Passover lambs are slaughtered, and the leaven is removed from the dwellings, this took place on the 14th of Abib, as soon as the sunset on that day, the high Sabbath of unleavened bread begins.

Yahoshua was put into the grave before the first day of unleavened bread; he remained in the grave for three days and three nights. The Sabbath day mention in Matthew 28 is described as the weekly Sabbath.

This is the Sabbath day the sisters came to the tomb of YAHOSHUA, Scriptures makes it clear that as it dawned toward the first day of the week, a distinction is made between the two Sabbaths. One was before the day of feast preparation, and the other is the seventh day weekly Sabbath.

The sisters didn't come to the tomb until three days later and scriptures tells us Yahoshua was gone...

Matthew 28:1 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.

2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

Mark 16:1 And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun.

Can you see the messiah did not keep unleavened bread before he was executed, he did not slaughter the Passover.

The priest whom conspired to kill Yahoshua said they didn't want to kill him on the day of the feast, because the people would be in an uproar.

Mark 14:1 After two days was the feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Mark 14: 1 took place on the 13th of Abib in two days would be the first day of unleavened bread. Always remember Passover is not the feast, so when they say they didn't want to kill him on the day of the feast, they were speaking about the FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. They didn't kill him on the day of unleavened bread it was during the slaughtering of the lambs which is called the Passover, this is when he was put to death.

If he was not keeping Passover and unleavened bread in the upper room, then what were they doing? What is the breaking of the bread and the drinking of the cup? Yahoshua said as often as you do this, do it in remembrance of me.

I will repost those scriptures from Matthew 26: and I have some very important questions you need to ask yourself, if you believe Yahoshua changed the mandate of Passover.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover.

20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

23 And he answered and said; He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born.

25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

28 For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives.

Brothers and sisters read those verses with logic,

1. WHERE DOES YAHOSHUA SAY THIS IS A NEW PASSOVER?

2.WHERE DOES HE SAY YOU CAN KEEP PASSOVER OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM?

3.WHERE DOES HE SAY THE ORDINANCE OF THE PASSOVER IS DONE AWAY WITH?

WHERE DOES HE SAY ANYTHING RELATING TO THE PASSOVER IS VOID? YOU CAN'T FIND IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE, THIS WAS NOT A NEW PASSOVER. THIS WAS NOT A REPLACEMENT PASSOVER.

In 1st Corinthians 11: The apostle Shaul is explaining to the Corinthians about what took place in the upper room and how to observe it.

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Master's Dinner.

21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own dinner: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 What? Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of Yah, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 For I have received of the master that which also I delivered unto you, That the master Yahoshua the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the master's death till he come.

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the master, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of Yahoshua.

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Yahoshua body.

30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the master, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

 

This is very clear, the question to you all is, WHERE DOES SHAUL MENTION:

1. ANYTHING ABOUT A PASSOVER?

2. WHERE IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEING A NEW PASSOVER?

3. WHERE IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEING ADDED TO THE PASSOVER?

4. WHERE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SAYS YAH'S PASSOVER HAS CHANGED?

5. WHERE IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE BREAD BEING UNLEAVENED BREAD?

6. WHERE DOES IT SAY THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE ON THE 14TH OF ABIB?

7. WHERE IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD BEING DONE AWAY WITH?

As you can see Shaul is speaking about the exact same event in the upper room, hours before the Passover and Yahoshua execution. Shaul mentions in verse 20 that this is called the Master's dinner and he is correcting the brothers on how to properly do it. But he never compares this to Passover or says what took place in the upper room was a Passover, or a replacement Passover. So now the question is WHY DO SOME OF YOU USE THAT EVENT AS A PASSOVER? YAHOSHUA, SHAUL, OR ANYBODY ELSE NEVER SAID WHAT IS MENTION IN DEUTERONOMY 12 AND 16 IS DONE AWAY WITH.

Deuteronomy 16; 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before YHWH in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before YAH empty:

17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of YHWH which he hath given thee.

Yahoshua was gathering with his brothers having a regular dinner, his last dinner with his faithful, before he was executed. He used his last dinner as his memorial, (which consisted of bread and whatever was in the cup). He didn't say Unleavened bread, bitter herbs, and roasted lamb was his memorial meal, because those which are the proper meal for a Passover celebration was not apart of the last dinner.

That meal would not be eaten until hours later, on the first day of unleavened bread. Yahoshua told the brothers "as often as you do this". DO WHAT? Gather together, in one place on one accord, the breaking of the bread is his memorial.

Now lets look at Yahoshua being the Passover lamb, some use this as a cause to disobey Yah's ordnance of his feast.

1st Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah our Passover is sacrificed for us:

Shaul was writing to the Corinthians making a comparison to Yahoshua and the Passover, but this does not nullify the ordnances Yah has set into place. Shaul is letting you know that just as the Passover was killed in Egypt and the blood, of the lamb, saved the people from certain death, Yahoshua is like that lamb, because his blood is what will save the righteous from certain death.

Yahoshua became a Passover when he was killed with the Passover lambs. Yahoshua is being compared to the first Passover in Egypt. The first Passover was the only one where the actual blood of the lamb saved the people, all Passovers that proceeded after the first was a memorial.

We were not required to put the lamb’s blood over our doorpost but upon the altar. After the Passover in Egypt, there was still a memorial that was kept; the slaughtering of the lamb in Egypt didn't nullify the celebrations afterward. Just as Yahoshua being offered up as a Passover, didn't nullify the way Yah ordained the feast to be kept. No one can show a scripture that says so. This is what it means by Yahoshua is our Passover.

Yahoshua never said any of the feasts had changed, in fact he said not one ordinance would change until all is fulfilled.

Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

18 For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law, till all is fulfilled.

19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Remember he said the least of the commandments, so if you believe that he was keeping Passover in the upper room (which means he and the brothers were slaughtering lambs) where is the COMMANDED MEAL?

WHERE IS THE LAMB, AS I STATED IT DOESN'T SAY THE BREAD HE BROKE AND GAVE TO THE BROTHERS WAS UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND WHERE IS THE BITTER HERBS?

IN THE UPPER ROOM HE HADN'T BEEN OFFERED AS THE PASSOVER YET. SO IF YOU BELIEVE HIS DEATH CHANGED THE ORDNANCES, THEN BEFORE HIS DEATH ALL THE ORDNANCES WERE STILL IN PLACE. SO IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMANDED MEAL AT THE COMMANDED FEAST, THEN YOU ARE ACCUSING HIM OF BREAKING ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS. WHICH MEANS HE COULDN'T BE OFFERED UP AS A PASSOVER, BECAUSE THAT LAMB HAD TO BE WITHOUT SPOT AND BLEMISH

THINK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ALL ARE SAYING AND TEACHING, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. LETS USE LOGIC, AND COMMON SENSE. AND PRAY TO YAH FOR WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND, TRUTH

In the upper room, Yahoshua who was to become the Passover lamb, never compared himself to the Passover, but he said the bread was his body. This was not the first time he made that comparison.

John 6:48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

51 I am the living bread, which came down from heaven: if any man eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

Interesting, was Yahoshua also instituting a new Passover here? He is saying the exact same thing he said in the upper room to the brothers. So why don't the brethren celebrate this event in John 6 as a Passover?

Because it's not, just as the event in the upper room was not a Passover celebration. To say Yahoshua created a new Passover and did away with the ordnances of the original. Is exactly like the Christians saying Yah's Sabbath day has changed from the seventh day to the first because the sisters went to YAHOSHUA tomb on the first day of the week and he was raised. Neither argument makes much sense; they both are based on misunderstanding of scripture.

In closing we have to know this: THERE IS A REASON AND PURPOSE YAH TOLD US TO KEEP THIS FEAST IN JERUSALEM WITH THE TEMPLE, JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE REPRESENTS OUR SOVEREIGNTY. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE YAH CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME, WHICH MEANS THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THE FEAST CAN BE KEPT.

Deu 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before YAH in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before YAH empty:

Luke 2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.

42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned

Act 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

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.

ZECH 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, YAH of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, YAH of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith YAH will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

We are no longer a sovereign nation, we are in a captivity that is greater than any we have ever experience. We are in an identity crisis that is unlike any we have ever experience. Yah will restore the proper feast days to us in due time, just like he will restore our identity, land, heritage and language. Because of our disobedience Yah has taken our heritage away, he will restore it. All we have to do is be obedient and patience.

Jer 17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land, which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever.

SHALOM