Shabbat shalom, Nazarene Israelites.
1. PRAISE REPORTS, PRAYER REQUESTS, UPDATES: 11 October 5784 (2024)
a. Vayiqra (Leviticus) 26:3-4
3 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,
4 “then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.”
2. STUDIES:
a. Weekly studies:
Parasha Bechukotai: Joseph Still Lives! עוֹד יוֹסֵף חָי
Parasha Bechukotai explains about how idolatry and forsaking Yahweh’s written Torah led to the house of Joseph (Ephraim, or the northern house of Israel (and those of Judah dwelling with him)) going into the Assyrian diaspora, as well as Ephraim’s prophesied return.
In the Torah portion, we will see the consequenses of adding, taking away, or changing the commandments of Yahweh. In the Haftarah portion we will see Elohim’s goodness and mercy toward Ephraim, to bring the remnant back home. And in the Brit Chadasha portion we will examine how the written Torah commands us to keep Shabbat versus the fence laws instituted by the rabbinical order, and the problem with adding manmade laws to Elohim’s law.
b. Additional Studies:
Previous parashiot videos
Video Studies
Video Shorts
Book Studies
c. Beit Sefer Children’s Publications (Home Page):
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Parasha activities
Tanach activities
Brit Chadasha activities
Hebrew Lessons
3. SABBATHS, NEW MOONS, AND CALENDAR EVENTS:
a. 7th month feasts:
11 March 2024 was Rosh HaShanah (the beginning of the Hebrew year). The new moon of the 7th Hebrew month was seen from Israel on the evening of 4 September 2024.
Yahweh’s feasts are officially over for the year. If you are new to the Torah Calendar and were not able to keep the feasts with this year, we hope to you will be able to keep them next year.
For more information about the Torah Calendar and news calendar updates, please visit Torah Calendar News 2024.
b. 9th Hebrew month:
The new moon of the 9th Hebrew month is expected to be seen from Israel on the evening of 3 November 2024. Confirmation will be made upon witnesses from Israel (or at the end of the 30th day of the month if the moon is not seen).
To understand why Nazarene Israel does not observe 8th month feasts, please see “Feasts of the 8th Month“.
To understand why Nazarene Israel does not observe the Jewish Rosh HaShanah (October 2024), please continue to section 3e (below).
c. Upcoming Discipleship Meetings:
All meetings are at 8 AM Colombian time (always UTC-5, but watch your Daylight Savings Time adjustments). The Discipleship Meeting is a discussion between disciples. It is generally 1-hour long but may run longer depending on how the Spirit leads. For more on NI’s description of discipleship, please see NI’s Discipleship program.
4 November 2024- new moon discipleship meeting (expected)
Note: If the monthly Discipleship Meeting coincides with the weekly Shabbat Meeting, the Shabbat Meeting will take precedence, and new moon discussion will be combined with the Shabbat meeting. However, in the case of a Feast Day Meeting coinciding with a Shabbat meeting, the Feast Day Meeting will take precedence.
d. Why the FirstFruits Torah Calendar?
Every year we receive questions about the Firstfruits Torah calendar and why it differs from Karaite, Jewish, and Messianic, and Equinox calendars. The different calendars that exist can (and do) cause a lot of confusion. But if we follow Scripture without adding or taking away from Yahweh’s word, we see that there are significant errors in the Karaite, Jewish, Messianic, and Equinox calendars.
We explain these errors in the following studies, as well as why it is important to follow the true Firstfruits Torah calendar in order to observe Yahweh’s feasts at His appointed times only.
4. NAZARENE ISRAEL REVELATION NEWS:
I encourage you to check the news each week, to follow the trends of the four horses. Also, if you have never gone through the permanent links, we urge you to read them. Click here to read the Nazarene Revelation News on the website. (You must be logged in to view.)
The purpose of the Revelation News is to show that the Revelation Timeline is correct (as explained in the study, Revelation and the End Times.) Links on the news page are for the sole purpose of giving updates pertinent to the Revelation news timeline. Nazarene Israel does not necessarily support doctrine shared in outside news sources.
Everything is still 100% on track according to the Revelation Timeline in Revelation and the End Times!
Shalom!
