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  Hello Friends and Readers!  Good to be with you once again as I do a bit of sharing about the "Fall Feasts."  The Fall Feasts are the appointed times, mentioned in Leviticus 23, that take place in Autumn each year.   I want to be transparent in telling you that I am not an expert or authority on any of YHVH's appointed times...Fall, Spring, or otherwise.  But... I am someone who went from not knowing that appointed times even existed a few years ago, to someone who now celebrates them.  As they are quickly approaching...want to learn and seek along with me?  Let's go! Yom Teruah is the first of the Fall Feasts, or Fall Appointed Times.  In English, it is often called the Feast of Trumpets.  If you read  Leviticus 23:23-25   you will see why.  You may have noticed that Yom Teruah is celebrated in the 7th month (the others also)...but the reference here is the Hebrew 7th month, which falls in September/October and not our month of July.  Yom Kippur is the second of t

Good to be with you again Friends, for what will be the final Christmas blog in this series.  I want to begin today by sharing with you what I believe the entire Bible is about.  Ready? Getting Back to Eden Everything that we do in this walk, is all about our journey through this imperfect world back to The Garden of Eden. I hear a lot of talk about the book of Revelation lately.   Take a moment to scan through Revelation 22 . What do we find there: the river of the Water of Life the Tree of Life bearing 12 kinds of fruits the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations no longer will there be any curse no need for lamplight or sunlight...why? because YHVH Elohim will shine! This is where we are going Friends!  Are you getting excited?  I am! Most of my readers are familiar with Revelation 22, but I want to introduce you to an almost parallel passage found in the book of Ezekiel.   Take a moment to scan through Ezekiel 47. Now, let's see what we find there: a river - whe

Good to be with you again dear readers!  I want to share a word with you that has been showing up in my life for a few months now. 🍃Restoration You see, that is what it is all about.  Soon, I believe that the words of Isaiah 11:12 will come to fruition, and YHVH will "assemble the dispersed of Israel , and gather the scattered of  Judah ."  ↩ Two different people groups, by the way.   Even today, I believe there are those "erecting road markers and signposts", and "setting their hearts toward the highway" (Jeremiah 31:20) for what will be called one of the most important events in history.  It is an event so big that YHVH will no longer be known as He "who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. (Jeremiah 23:7)" That must be pretty big! What is it? Ever heard of the Second Exodus? It's a thing.  But don't take my word for it.  Read it for yourself. 11 Then it will happen on that day th

Are you still here?  Welcome back for the 8th installment of Christmas in July.  I truly appreciate that you keep coming back and do not take it lightly that you give me this opportunity to share.  I hope that you will be challenged and blessed by what you may learn.  Most importantly, my prayer is that YHVH will receive greater honor and glory through the lives of those of us who follow Him as we learn obedience to His ways instead of our own. In Part 7 , we looked at the festivals of Saturnalia and the Kalends of January through the lens of Mr. Clement A. Miles and his book, Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Christian and Pagan .   After re-reading that blog, I feel like I need to back up and mention a few things that I have only lightly touched upon to this point.  #1 -- Ancient people were more closely tied to agriculture than we are today.  They understood that both the sun and rain were essential in food production and human survival.  Of course, we understand this now, but

Welcome to the first August installment of Christmas in July 😉 If you have just now started this series, you may want to back up and begin with ➜ Part 1  as we've covered a lot of ground. In Part 6  I shared how early believers transitioned from keeping YHVH's feasts to observing holidays created by church leaders and politicians.  In this portion, I want to paint a better picture of what the pagans of the day were celebrating, so you can get an idea of the different festivals that were slowly merged together between 274 and 325 AD under the umbrella of Christmas. While the Bible is my main source for all truth, I will be using a book titled Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan  by Clement A. Miles within this blog to share some information about 2 ancient winter festivals.  The book was originally published in 1912, and can be read and downloaded for free at this link on Project Gutenberg .  The research Mr. Miles has done is quite impressive, an