Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the…
We have written extensively on the scriptural background of the Sabbath. For a more in-depth overview, go here. This post is more anecdotal. This last week my wife forced me to go on vacation. I had decided to take a week off from work, but my plan was for more of a ‘staycation’, where I could…
As stated in a previous article, my family has decided to celebrate the all seven appointed times and feasts of YHVH this year for the first time. I wanted to take some time to briefly share what we have learned so far. Accuracy: This year, one concept I have learned is the importance of accuracy…
David says: Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! Then I shall not be put to shame, when I regard all your commandments. Psalms 119:5-6 Paul says: The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and…
Isa 66:1-5 Thus saith YHVH: The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool; where could you build a house for Me? What place could serve as My abode? All this was made by My hand, and thus it all came into being – declares YHVH. Yet to such a one I look:…
Over the years our family has learned the commandments of YHVH concerning the ways of the nations ie., Christmas, Easter, and Halloween (Deut. 12:30-32). As we have learned His commandments, we have found that we are to learn and keep His Feasts and Holy Days. As we look forward to preparing for a new year…
My family stopped celebrating Christmas a little over 10 years ago. The reason we stopped was due to its pagan beginnings. We believe that when God said not to worship Him in the way that the pagans worship their gods, He meant it in every sense. We believe that when He said He wants to…