As we get further in to the special month of Elul, this is a perfect time to reconnect with our biblical legacy and dive deep into what the men behind the Scrpture actually went through to bring their Words to us. While at the Tabernacle of David synagogue in Burnsville Minnesota earlier this month, I was privileged to deliver a two part audio teaching called “The Five Prophets.” I chose these exceptional men because to tell their extraordinary stories links us not only to nearly all the other prophets in Scrpture, but also to the kings of Judah and Israel that they labored under, sometimes cooperatively but often in life and death opposition. Part 1 covers Isaiah and Jeremiah, while Part 2 focusses on Ezekiel, Elijah and Elisha. But 1F1PM members also get exclusive access to my notes, which was not in the original teaching. Enjoy!
While 2024 is a “disruption year” with the rabbis being a month late, we have all the tools you need to navigate the confusion and maybe celebrate twice the feasts for twice the fun! Get the full details of what to expect and make the best choice possible for you and your families. Enjoy! Also, as long as you are here, you might want to also check out my latest free teaching “The Five Prophets” on mp3 and including my teaching notes. It’s at the bottom half of the home page.
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Welcome to the 2023 Shavuot Special! Explore the deep connection of this very special Great Feasts, with the giving of the Ten Commandments and the stunning events in Acts 2. Also find out which famous miracle of Yeshua has a special connection to Shavuot that most folks don’t even know about. Enjoy!
Please note: Video #3, for unknown reasons, was recorded at a higher volume level than the others. Sorry for any inconvenience, that you may have to play this video at a slightly lower volume!
From the upcoming Chukkat parsha, here is a special teaching about the deep links between the Eternal Torah Calendar, Moshe and Yeshua the Messiah! The math patters derive from a 1447 BCE Exodus, that being 480 years before Solomon’s 4th year, when he began building the Temple on the 2nd day of the 2nd month of Ziv/Iyar (1 Kings 6:1, 2 Chronicles 3:1-2). Solomon’s 4th year is derived as 967 BCE by three different dating methods: 1) Counting backwards from Hezekiah’s 14th year which is marked by a solar eclipse that happened February 25th Gregorian in 702 BCE (2 Kings 20:9-11); 2) According to Pharaoh Shishak’s tomb walls his invasion of Judah was in his 20th year or 926 BCE (Dr. Ian Shaw, Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, p. 481) so we count 41 years back from that time of Rehoboam’s 5th year, which brings us also back to 967 BCE; and 3) The excellent chronological research of Edwin Thiele and Leslie McPhall (The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings), which accounts to co-regencies and the different time keeping methods in Kings and Chronicles. The main topics are:
*Working 9 to 5: The first pattern suggests that when arranging the one biblical age of 4,000 years (3901 BCE to 100 CE), that is from the creation of Adam to the death of the Apostle Yochanan on Patmos, it is helpful to divide that age by 10 into 400 year long eras. From there each 400 year long era can be divided into 10 40 year generations.
*Among those 400 year long eras, the 5th (2301-1901 BCE) and the 9th (701-301 BCE) represent times of hardship and severe judgment, regarding Noah’s Flood (2245-2244 BCE) and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple (586 BCE) respectively. This suggests that neither 9 nor 5 by themselves are problematic but we need to beware when the two numbers come together for a particular event.
*Judgment Comes in Sixes: Whenever Father YHWH has decided that His grace has run out, the next Shemittah group will not reach its seventh year but will instead face judgment in Year 6, so the very next spring the land can get her sabbaths back. We track three such occasions of Year 6 judgments: The Assyrian invasion and captivity of the Northern Tribes (722 BCE), the Great Purge of King Josiah against paganism in Judah (622 BCE) and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple (586 BCE) were all sixth years according to the Eternal Torah Calendar[1].
*Sometimes Time is Zeroed Out: This concept has two applications. First, when it comes to math calculations, the last day of any cycle (generation, era or age) always resets to zero on the last day of that cycle at sunset. The math does not continue, so the error never builds up to throw off the timing. The second application is that when you have lost time because of wickedness, when that time is put back through punishment, the math cancels out. So when seventy land sabbaths were missed over a 500 year period, once the seventy years of Babylonian captivity were over, time resumes as if there was no violation.
*Nativity Timing and the Destruction of the Second Temple: Yeshua is born a year after the completion of the 28th Jubilee (7 x 4, or perfection times foundation) or Year 1 at the start of #29. The 29th Jubilee runs from 6 BCE to 45 CE spring to spring, so in 45 CE 29 is completed. From that time to the destruction of the Second Temple on day 9 of month 5 which is 29 days long (Av) gives us a remainder 5.31 months. If we treat the passage of all the Jubilees then from the entrance to Canaan to 45 CE as a whole number (29) and add 50% completion of 25 years (spring of 45-spring of 70 CE) plus the remainder of 4 months and 9 days of the 29 day month of Av in 70 CE (126 days of 365), .34, the total comes out to 29.53, which is the precise average length of a lunar month (29 days, 12 hours 44 minutes and half a second). So thinking about how Father Yah’s time is different for Him than for us such as in Psalm 90, the entire period from 1406 BCE to 70 CE is experienced as a single lunar month.
[1] Also, not mentioned on the video, there was a shemittah (or would have been if the Temple had not been destroyed) in 137 CE, making 136 CE a a year 6. This corresponds to the final crushing defeat of the Bar Kochba Revolt which ended in January of 136, and the aftermath dragged on well past that spring, the start of Year 6.
Excerpted from the upcoming Bamidbar parsha, this is the latest update on the “Shimon bar Yona” inscription found at Dominus Flevit monastery on the Mount of Olives in 1953. In this installment, Andrew takes you through a new article attempting to deny that it reads YONA (Jonah), showcasing deceptive tactics and irresponsible reporting of important details and facts. It is, quite honestly, a passionate defense that is also clinically presented. I am also including for our ministry members the Bamidbar notes that contain this entire teaching as well as my full and complete PDF images of Dominus Flevit, the Church of the Flagellation and specialized study graphics. This topic is too important to not make a separate teaching! Enjoy!
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Special Bonus! All of my special images and graphics from Dominus Flevit and the Church of the Flagellation. These include brand new research graphics and the new color shots from December 2022 Zupan Expedition!
From deep clues from Noah’s Flood to the death and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah, explore the surprising history of Pesach from beginning to end! Keep Reeding
In this nearly one hour video teaching culled from the “Tzav” parsha, this Torah Thought for the Week focusses on a basic but detailed explanation of the Eternal Torah Calendar. Go deep into the most ancient parts of the Hebrew Bible to see the calendar codes and rules coming straight out of the text.
As I mentioned on the video for the parsha, my friend Jim Barfield’s success in getting on the History Channel with his theory about where he thinks the Ark of the Covenant is, inspired me to look at my existing research on the subject and improve it. This new video and the new notes are the result. Explore the mystery with this video and the notes that go into vast detail from the Scriptures, Josephus, Philo, 2 Maccabees and fresh translations on certain key Scriptures not usually consulted for this topic but become relevant when translated properly. Enjoy!
From a grudge that dates back to Jacob and Esau, to a feast Yahweh commands the Israelites do while still in Egypt that did not happen, to waiting nearly a thousand years for that placeholder of a feast to be fulfilled, few feasts have a greater reach both backwards and forwards than Purim. There is even a deep connection between Purim and one of the most famous battles that ever happened in antiquity, as well as a deep linkage to Yochanan 5. Enjoy! Keep Reeding
It’s finally here! The full two part investigation into the historical identity of the Star of Bethlehem and how it connects Yeshua to all the Great Feasts through math, Scripture and astronomy. Explore the secrets of the original priestly calendar, who the Magi were, and how they interpreted what they saw. Father Yah wrote His redemptive message in the heavens so all nations would know His Son Yeshua the Messiah was coming. More than that, He also lit up the heavens with other rare and spectacular events that tracked the Holy Family’s sojourn into Egypt and back to Galilee.
From the pages of Genesis to Revelation, no feast has more clues about its prophetic approach than Hanukkah. This so-called “optional” feast that Jews keep though it is not in Tanakh and most Christians do not keep though it is in Yochanan 10, is one important enough to Yeshua that he went 90 miles in the rain and mud to get to Jerusalem, knowing he would get in and argument and yet proclaimed to the Pharisees, “I and my Father are one.” Join the journey to see Hanukkah also foreshadowed centuries in advance by Nehemiah and others. Also, for those of you who saw part 1 of the archaeology update in “Mikkets” about the Lost Biograph of Peter, part 2 is in video 2 and is not to be missed! But that is assuming you are watching from Shabbat, but I had to put the Hanukkah Special up before Mikkets on Wednesday night while Mikkets will air Thursday night. Keep Reeding
From the pages of Genesis to Revelation, no feast has more clues about its prophetic approach than Hanukkah. This so-called “optional” feast that Jews keep though it is not in Tanakh and most Christians do not keep though it is in Yochanan 10, is one important enough to Yeshua that he went 90 miles in the rain and mud to get to Jerusalem, knowing he would get in and argument and yet proclaimed to the Pharisees, “I and my Father are one.” Join the journey to see Hanukkah also foreshadowed centuries in advance by Nehemiah and others. Also, for those of you who saw part 1 of the archaeology update in “Mikkets” about the Lost Biograph of Peter, part 2 is in video 2 and is not to be missed! Keep Reeding