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Today I want to talk about learning the natural in order to understand the spiritual . "However the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.  The first man [Adam] is of the earth, made of dust; the second man [Adam] is from heaven."  1 Corinthians 15:46-47      The things that YHVH has outlined for Israel to do in the Torah...they are the "natural."  I find that many believers have been taught to skip right over  the "natural" aspects of faith in Yeshua and rush right into the "spiritual" elements.  But Paul spells it out for us in 1 Corinthians -- the spiritual does not come first; the natural does.   This principle applies to YHVH's Appointed Times.  Each feast has a "natural" and a "spiritual" fulfillment.  If we want to understand the spiritual, guess where we need to begin? The natural. This is why it is important to learn about and celebrate YHVH's Appointed Times.  They are natural, but they

  A lovely place for Sabbath rest! Greetings Friends and Readers!  The Sabbath is on my mind this morning...for one thing, as I sit behind my keyboard, it is the Sabbath.  It has been a lovely morning of rest and contemplation.  I am currently reading through the book of Jeremiah and am struck once again with the great importance that YHVH puts on Sabbath rest.  We learn in the book of Exodus that the Sabbath is to be a sign between YHVH and His people, Israel.   (If you are unsure if this applies to you as a Christian, remember that in the book of Romans, Paul reveals the great mystery that gentile believers are grafted into Israel ).  Here in the book of Jeremiah, we read the following: Thus says Adonai, "Guard your souls!  Carry no burden on the day of Shabbat or bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem.  Nor should you carry a burden out of your houses on Yom Shabbat or do any work, but keep Yom Shabbat holy -- as I commanded your fathers."   Jeremiah 17:21-22 The cont