Teaching Session by Teddy Chadwick & Gavriel Ogugua. [like]
On Sept 21, Teddy and Gavriel held a seminar at Christ Church in Sheridan Indiana on such topics as the Feasts, Torah for believers, grafted into the Olive Tree, and the two resurrections of Revelation 20. We shared Scriptures, visions and dreams from the prophetic realm. We caught most of it on this recording above.
The December 21, 2010, lunar eclipse dazzled viewers across North America. This image is a two-exposure combination taken in Mead, Colorado, by attaching a digital camera to a 4-inch telescope. Photo by Richard McCoy
By Teddy Chadwick
On June 15, 2011, there will be a full lunar eclipse visible only in Israel, parts of Africa, and the Middle East, as well as parts of Asia and Australia; but VERY well seen in Israel, AND visible in the night sky for a longer period of time than normal. Arguably, this bit of info is quite significant, depending upon what you know about prophecy, eschatology, and current world events. Let’s check into it a bit further:
Background:
A full lunar eclipse is a bit rare. It’s called a blood moon because only the infra-red band of light gets around the earth and bounces off the moon to be seen by us, only in certain places on the globe depending on the angle. What’s even more rare is when 4 of these blood moons happen in a row.
(Additional background about moon signs here).
What’s even more rare is when all four of these consecutive blood moons occur on YHWH’s Feast Days, commonly and erroneously known as Jewish Festivals. (In the Bible, the Feasts are called “The Feasts of YHWH,” never “Jewish Feasts”).
So, four consecutive blood moons, all occurring on Feasts of YHWH. And that’s what is going to happen in 2014 and 2015. Meaning, Israel will see the world will witness full lunar eclipses on Passover 2014, Tabernacles 2014, Passover 2015, and Tabernacles 2015.
Ok, back up a little, and let’s get a few questions out of the way:
“Does YHWH use the moon for signs?”
Yes: Genesis 1:14, Luke 21:25.
“Are Feasts relevant to YHWH, and related to the moon?”
Yes: Leviticus 23.
“Are blood-red moons prophetic in Scripture?”
Yes: Joel 2:10,31; Acts 2:20; Rev. 6:12.
Update: I just received a photo of the June 15 eclipse so I’ll insert it below:
June 15, 2011 Blood Moon Eclipse Photo by Mr. Roberts, Brisbane Australia
1494 Sep. 15 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
Major Event – None for the next 456 Years.
16th Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast days
17th Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
18th Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
19th Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
Major Event – Israel becomes a Nation in 1948.
Year Feast
1949 Apr. 13 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Passover
1949 Oct. 7 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
1950 Apr. 2 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Passover
1950 Sep. 26 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
Major Event – 6 Days War – Israel takes control of Jerusalem in 1967.
Year Feast
1967 Apr. 24 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Passover
1967 Oct. 18 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
1968 Apr. 13 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Passover
1968 Oct. 6 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
Major Event – Broken Peace Agreement?
Year Feast
2014 Apr. 15 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Passover
2014 Oct. 8 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
2015 Apr. 4 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Passover
2015 Sep. 28 Total Lunar Eclipse Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles)
Major Event – None for the next 500 years.
22nd Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
23rd Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
24th Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
25th Century No Lunar Tetrads on Feast Days
(above timeline credit: http://joybysurprise.com/Sign_of_Messiah_s_Return.html)
Additional notes and figures, from:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2011/jimh18.htm
http://pub48.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=4086901292&frmid=13&msgid=1052114&cmd=show
“My hand is opening an extraordinary door, leading to something glorious that I’ve kept specifically for this generation. The marketplace will be shaken and my Spirit shall cause wells to spring up in places least expected.
“On Tuesday, I require all of My warriors to shut their mouths.” Wow! A silent day? Impossible. But then He proceeded, “I want to hear NO COMPLAINING or negative words proceeding from their mouths on Tuesday specifically.”
Malachi 3:16:
“Then those who feared the Lord SPOKE TO ONE ANOTHER…..AND THE LORD LISTENED….AND HEARD THEM; SO A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE WAS WRITTEN BEFORE HIM FOR THEM THAT FEARED THE LORD, AND THAT THOUGHT UPON HIS NAME.” The word “spoke” in Hebrew is Dabar which means to “commune, command, declare, pronounce and subdue.” The word “thought” is Chashab which means, “to value and weave.” YES!!!!
Blood Red Moons In The Tribulation
A Most Excellent Total Lunar Eclipse, June 15, 2011
http://www.rapturedays.com/apps/forums/topics/show/4888698-blood-moon-15-june-2011?page=last
http://mbostrom2.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/solar-and-lunar-eclipses-of-2011/
Lastly, while I didn’t get great photos here in Israel, I’ll post what I have of the latter part of the eclipse as the moon moved out of the Earth’s shadow:
And finally, that nice composite pic of the blood moon eclipse December 2010:
The December 21, 2010 lunar eclipse. This image is a two-exposure combination taken in Mead, Colorado, digital camera attached to a 4-inch telescope. Photo by Richard McCoy
And be not conformed to this world; but be you transformed by the renovation of your minds: and discern you what is the good and acceptable and perfect pleasure of Elohim. (Romans 12:2 AENT)
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How do we “discern” the “pleasure” of Elohim? How do we begin to know what gives Him pleasure? What kind of Wisdom do we need to know this? How do we obtain this Knowledge?
Answer: The Fear of YHWH.
The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. (Ps 111:10 AV)
The fear of YHWH is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Pr 1:7 AV)
The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy (Set Apart) is understanding. (Pr 9:10 AV)
Notice that in most English translations (which are from the Greek), the verse in Romans speaks of discerning the “will” of Elohim. That word is ok, in that doing His commandments is certainly according to His will. However it gets confused with a fatalist kind of Father-imagery, as if He dictates to us different levels of the bulls’ eye of His will, i.e. shall we go to college or get a job. However, as we read in the Aramaic English New Testament, the word “pleasure” is more suitable; it speaks toward what we can do to please Him.
Do we want to please Him? Do we actually LOVE Him?
And by this we will be sensible that we know him, if we keep his Commandments… He that says “I am in him” is bound to walk according to his halakha. My beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old Commandment which you had from the beginning; and the old Commandment is the Word which you have heard. (1 John 2:3,6&7 AENT)
If you love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15 AENT)
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And by this we will be sensible that we know him, if we keep his Commandments… He that says “I am in him” is bound to walk according to his halakha. My beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old Commandment which you had from the beginning; and the old Commandment is the Word which you have heard.
(1 John 2:3,6&7 AENT pg.652)
“Halakha” in Hebrew, הלכה means “the way of walking.”
Halakha (הלכה) comes from the verb “lelekhet” ללכת which means “to go, to walk; to go ahead; to leave, to pass, to disappear; to follow.”
In Biblical lifestyle, Halakha הלכה means to base one’s life upon the written Word of Elohim.
In Judaism, however, Halakha הלכה refers to following traditions of men. Those traditions are often based upon the Word, but quite often conflict with the Word as well. According to tradition, if the tradition conflicts somehow with the Word, the tradition trumps the Word. At least, that’s what the tradition says!
In the verse above, however, we are not taught to follow the traditions of men. When we read that “Yeshua is our Halakha” this means that He shows us the way we must walk, according to the way He walked.
This is what it means to be a disciple: To walk as He walked.
Yeshua walked according to the Word. He is the Word (John 1). The Word is the same Word from the beginning (Genesis: “In the Beginning”):
My beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old Commandment which you had from the beginning; and the old Commandment is the Word which you have heard. (1 John 2:7 AENT pg.652)
What then is the Way in which we should walk ללכת?
Yeshua is the Way.
Yeshua is the Walking.
Yeshua is הלכה.
Y’shua said to him, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father except by me.” (John 14:6 AENT pg.280).
Why did the world have to wait until the year 1830 to ever hear of the idea of the “secret rapture?”
How come Jesus didn’t return before the Chinese believers suffered persecution?
Could so many “Left Behind” books be wrong?
If these questions are enough to get you started, then you are ready to start re-examining the secret rapture theory for yourself. It may change the way you choose to live your life.
I’ve enclosed some links to get you started:
http://www.thewordsofeternallife.com/manuel_lacunza.html
http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/will-a-secret-rapture-occur-just-before-jesus-returns.html
Taking the above articles into consideration, esp. concerning Lacunza, I really recommend prayerfully reading Duncan McDougall’s “Rapture of the Saints.” He certainly offers enough evidence to make you doubt this beloved doctrine for good:
http://www.sheldonemrylibrary.com/RaptureOfTheSaints.pdf
On another note, while I don’t necessarily agree with Tim McHyde‘s articles on the rapture, I do find that his take on other prophetic subjects such as the return of Yeshua (Jesus) to be quite helpful in finding the way to truth.
Now, if you’re going to start doing some Bible doctrine research into the End Times, it’s crucial for you to own a decent New Testament. My study in the New Testament has improved a hundredfold since getting this Bible. I like it so much I became a distributor. Pick up your copy at my site, JTOD.org:
And while you’re at it, some copies of my praise music CD’s can always be a help as well:
Yerubilee CD’s Direct from Israel
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“But concerning the times and seasons, my Brothers, you need not that I write unto you: for you know assuredly, that the day of our Master (Y’shua) so comes as a thief by night…. But you, my Brothers, are not in darkness; that day should not overtake you as a thief. For you are all children of the light and children of the day; and are not children of the night and children of darkness.” (1 Thess 5:1-2,4-5 AENT)
Thanks, and many blessings to you in the name of Yeshua our Messiah.
For those interested in a study Bible, we do carry the AENT over at JTOD.org.
May I ask you about Colossians 2:16-20 please? Would this not have some major effect on the lifestyles and beliefs of many Messianic Believers or others who follow the Law of The ‘Old Testament’? May I please have your ‘take’? THANK YOU!
“And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Mashiyach, in behalf of his body which is the assembly.”(Col. 1:24 AENT)
(16) “Let no (pagan) therefore judge you… (17) …BUT the Body of Mashiyach.”
“Let no (pagan) therefore judge you… EXCEPT the Body of Mashiyach.”
“…you (ex-pagans)…were alienated… because of your evil deeds… to you now He has given peace…that he might establish you in his presence, Set Apart, without blemish and without offense.” (Col 1:21-22 AENT)
“Therefore we also, from the day we heard (of it), have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that you may be filled with a knowledge of the will of Elohim in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding; (10) That you may walk as is right and may please Elohim with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of Elohim.” (Colossians 1:9-10 AENT)
Blessings,
“Clearly, not any spilled blood is accepted by the Torah as a sacrifice. Jesus’ crucifixion may qualify as an atonement according to the Greek Testament, but since his blood was not offered on the altar, it is not in line with what the Torah mandates.” -Jews for Judaism, “Another Look at Leviticus 17:11”
However, the writer(s) missed an important fact: The blood of Yeshua was offered in Heaven, the True Sanctuary which trumps the earthly sanctuary. The earthly Temple was a mere representation; a picture of the Heavenly Sanctuary.
This is the reason why Yeshua’s blood did not need to be offered in the earthly temple made with hands. As Paul explained to the Hebrew disciples of Y’shua haMashiach:
“Because everything, according to Torah, is purified with blood: and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin. For it was necessary that these, the representations of heavenly things, should be purified with those things [shedding of blood]; but the heavenly things themselves, with a sacrifice [which is Y’shua] superior to them [that is, superior to the earthly representations of the heavenly things. In other words, Y’shua the Messiah is superior to the Temple].
(v.24) “For the Mashiyach entered not into the sanctuary made with hands which is the emblem of the true (sanctuary): but he entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of Elohim for us.” – Hebrews 9:22-24 (AENT p.414 [my emphasis added])
That is the answer sought by any Hebrew person who is familiar with the Temple: Y’shua haMashiach, as sacrifice, is superior to the earthly temple. His blood offered in the heavenly sanctuary trumps whatever blood might be offered in the earthly.
Now, without faith, no one can accept the book of Hebrews. Without faith, no one can accept the Mashiyach even if He has been sent by YHWH. In fact, without faith, how can one accept even the Biblical account of the Passover? However, WITH and THRU FAITH, it is clear that anyone, Jew or Gentile, can accept the pure and spotless sacrifice of Y’shua’s blood. It has been offered in the Sanctuary in Heaven, and His blood does in fact qualify as the perfect atonement for sin, once and for all.
As regarding Leviticus 17:11, the J4J writer(s) neglected the context. Clearly, Leviticus 17:10-16 is about the eating of blood; and that it is forbidden not only for tribes of Israel, but also for “sojourners” (Strong’s 01616 גר ger) that is, those from any nations who live with Israel. In other words, since blood is for sacrifice, therefore eating blood is forbidden. Arguably according to Ephesians 2 and Romans 2, this applies to any who have been grafted in to Israel (Romans 11) through the blood of Y’shua the Messiah.
The J4J quote reference to the “Greek testament” intends to point out how far the faith in Yeshua is from the Hebrew faith. (Too bad he doesn’t yet know about the Aramaic NT!) In truth, the Renewed Covenant (Brit Chadasha aka NT) affirms an extraordinary amount of connection between the Tanakh (aka OT) and the Brit Chadasha: The blood sacrifice of Y’shua haMashiach ABSOLUTELY satisfies EVERY requirement for Temple sacrifice and thus provides Atonement, for Hebrews as well as those joined to Israel through faith.
