Babylon Mystery Calendars 5785/2025
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Welcome. Babylon Mystery Calendars 5785 (2025): covers important details about the timing of Rosh HaShanah, and why it is a role of the priesthood (rather than barley inspectors or random people) to declare Rosh HaShanah.
It explains why it is logistically impossible to retroactively declare Rosh HaShanah 10 days after the new moon. And how having a barley witness decide to retroactively declare the month 10 days later 1) violates biblical order and 2) would cause many to break Yahweh’s written Torah commandments for how to keep the feasts.
It also explains how many calendar groups claiming to be biblical commit Mystery Babylonian worship, how these groups break biblical order, (causing chaos rather than unity), and how it is necessary to keep ‘all’ of Yahweh’s commandments rather than picking and choosing which to keep.
Introduction
You might ask yourself, “What is a Babylonian mystery calendar?” And what we have been learning in the parashiot series is that Mystery Babylon is anytime you say that you are worshiping Yahweh, but in reality, you are doing something else. And that ‘something else’ typically has to do with obeying the teachings and commandments of other false, fallen, created elohim.
We hope to do a fuller presentation on that topic in Parashat Noach. There is a lot of material to cover, and it is very important. But while I was preparing the presentation on Parashat Noach, I realized that we have a Mystery Babylon calendar situation developing right here in the barley movement.
We are going to see the hallmarks of Yahweh’s word is that it follows Yahweh’s word, follows Yahweh’s voice, and we do what Yahweh says to do ‘His way’.
One of the things that we see about Mystery Babylon is that it does not follow the commandments, teachings, and words of Yahweh. It does something else. And we are going to see a disorganized version that is being formed in our midst.
I talked about this some in Parashat B’reisheet (Genesis) 5785/2024, covering both the parasha portions and the aviv barley calendar situation. I tried being very gentle in the presentation, because we are still very prayerful for the relationship with our barley witness (Becca Biderman).
We were very hopeful that with a gentle presentation she might be able to see the truth and see what is actually happening. But she did not respond that way.
And judging from the comments we received on that video, it seems we had a lot of people who did not understand the situation. And this is such an important issue, people need to understand it.
We are talking about the substitution of Yahweh’s order or a lack of order. And we are going to see a lot of things along this vein.
Adar Bet (and other viewer comments)
Before we start, let us clear up we one question we received. It is a frequently asked question, and many people are probably wondering about it. Then we are going to head into the rest of the presentation. And I am going to be more complete. I must be a lot more direct than in Parasha B’reisheet. Because apparently people did not understand it.
Let us take this question:
“Shabbat Shalom Nazarene Israel. A wonderful teaching. I have probably missed the information for or against the Adar Bet. I have not found any scripture verses that truly covers it…”
[Viewer comment]
You probably never will find any Scripture verses that cover what is called the Adar. Because the Adar bet is not a biblical term, it is a rabbinical term. This is a visual depiction of the rabbinical calendar.
We see that it looks a lot like a zodiac. You have the Roman-Gregorian months running around the outside. And then you have the Jewish months running around the inside. Except they are not Yahweh’s months.
Yahweh’s months are ‘first month’, ‘second month’, ‘third month’, ‘fourth month’, etc. But these have Babylonian names. And that is because Judah effectively still has one foot in Babylon. And we have spoken about this all throughout the parashiot series.
If you go clockwise on the rabbinical calendar from the 12:00 o clock position, you have Nissan, Iyar, Sivan, etc, all the way around. And then the last month is Adar. That is twelve months.
The issue is that the Hebrew calendar handles leap years and leap months a whole lot differently. In the Roman-Gregorian version we have a leap year which is established by adding an extra day at the end of February. So, you have February 29th in a leap year.
You have three years, and then every fourth year on average you add this leap year. And that is how they adjust to keep the calendar in keeping with the solar calendar, or however that is best said.
Now, we will cover some quick details here. We do not have time to unpack all of it. Adar bet just means 13th month. It is like saying “second December” or “December bet”.
We cover this in the Torah Calendar study. But typically, a month is either 29 or 30 days long. And typically, it will bounce back and forth between the two. And when you do that, you end up with a year that is about 354 days long.
The Roman Gregorian solar year is 365-point whatever it is (.24 or .25), and there is a little extra. But there are 365 days in the Roman Gregorian calendar whereas there are only 354 days in the Hebrew calendar when you count 29-30 days. So, where do the extra 11 days come from?
What happens is, every third year on average, they add a leap year, or in this case, a leap month. About two thirds of the time, you will have 12 months in your year. And then the remaining approximately one-third of the time there will be a 13th month. And that sort of compensates.
You have those 11 extra days each year, so you add those together for three years and you come up with 33. This way you take away 29.5 of that. Over time it balances out. It is just a different way of adjusting the calendar.
One of the things that confuses people is that in the Roman-Gregorian system, being solar-based, we like to focus on precision where it has got to be exactly the same every year.
Precisions fine as far as that is, except that the real rule in the Hebrew model is to go from start of the year to start of the year. Which means to go from the very first wave sheaf of barley (aviv Firstfruits) to the very first wave sheaf of barley. However long that is it does not matter.
And people get confused because they ask, what about a year with only 11 months or a year with 14 months. Is that possible? Yes, it is possible.
For example, if you had a wave sheath that came very late one year and then the next year it came very early, it is very possible to have an 11-month year. And in the inverse, if the wave sheaf came very early last year and then it comes very late the following year, again you could end up with a 14-month year.
In summation:
- Adar Bet just means “13th month” (“December Bet”).
- 2/3 of the time there will be 12 months.
- 1/3 of the time there will be 13 months (“Adar Bet”).
- The real rule is to go from aviv to aviv which is the Scripture commandment, (however many months it is).
- 11-and-14-month-years are hypothetically possible (but rare).
The 11-month and the 14-month scenarios are rare but hypothetically possible. The main thing is the mental shift we must go through. We have to stop thinking that there must be an exact solar chronology.
Yahweh is not concerned with that. Yahweh is concerned with whether we are paying attention to and watching for His signs that He commands. And with the calendar, that is the aviv. It is the very first wave sheaf of barley representative of Yeshua.
Again, we do not have time to unpack the whole thing here in this study. If you want more information, we have a study in the Torah Calendar on the “New Moon Days”. And we also have a few different video versions of that, so Establishing the Head of the Year is another good study to refer to. You can find those at nazareneisrael.org.
Additional comments:
Now let us get into some other comments we received. We did get some positive comments which we appreciated very much. For example, this one.
“So sorry that sister Bitterman [Biderman] is treating you this way. You guys have supported her for years and you deserve at least to get responses back and constructive dialogue. Very disappointing on her end.”
[Viewer comment]
Thank you to this brother/sister. We agree. I was quite frankly very shocked by the way things happened. I am wondering why I was shocked. What we wanted was constructive dialogue. The way it was done, we do not feel that she understands the full picture of what it is she is doing, as we will see in this study.
We appreciate the support and the moral support. And we appreciate that brother. But we had a lot of other questions and comments that seemed clear to us that the people did not necessarily understand what was going on.
This one brother says:
“Norman: Please consider your relationship with [your barley witness]:…”
[viewer comment]
That is what we are hoping to do.
You say ‘I can’t be certain there will be the needed barley for the wave sheaf, so I can’t declare this to be the first month.’…”
[viewer comment]
That is exactly right. That is the only way that you should do it. Either you know you are going to have barley for the wave sheaf, or you do not declare the month of the aviv. That is it. Done! Period! End of discussion! That is the way we have always been doing it up until this year.
But he continues:
[Your barley witness] says: ‘I can’t be sure there WON’T be the needed barley, so I can’t declare this the 13th month… (or I can’t declare this NOT to be the first month)…’”
[Viewer comment]
She does not know. But notice we are talking about the relationship. Who is supposed to declare the aviv? Does The barley witness declare the aviv? Or is the aviv declaration a priesthood function?
Is she behaving in capacity as a barley witness? Or is she behaving in capacity as a barley priestess? What is she doing? What is her concept? What is her vision of herself? What are her goals?
The Salient Issues and Questions (part 1):
Well, again, I really wanted to focus on Parashat Noach because there is so much good information. I wonder how I am going to get it in there even with a whole week set aside. But the people do not understand what is going on here. The people do not understand what the problem is. So, we have to do something so that the people at least understand what the problem is.
Now if they make the wrong choice after that, that is on them. But I have not done my job until I have at least presented to where the people can understand. So that is my point with this study.
I probably spent half the week praying about this and dialoguing about this. And if you are going to have a genuine dialogue around this issue then these are the questions that we need to discuss:
- Can you declare the aviv retroactively? Or must the aviv be declared with the month (on Aviv 1)?
- Who should make this decision / declaration?
- Should there even be a set-apart priesthood?
- If we should have a priesthood, do the Scriptures say it should be disorganized (Messianic) or organized (Nazarene)?
One primary question is, can you declare the month of aviv retroactively? Is that lawful to do? Obviously it is legal according to man’s law. According to man’s law you can do whatever you want. But is it lawful according to Yahweh’s law to declare the aviv retroactively?
Or to do things Yahweh’s way (which is to say not the Mystery Babylonian way) do you have to declare the month on aviv 1? Meaning, if this is the month of the aviv, then do you have to declare that on the first? Or can you go back retroactively (up to 10 days according to Sister Biderman)? We are going to discuss that in this presentation.
Point number two, who should make this decision? And who should make this declaration? We are going to discuss that, also. Because we are going to see that is the priesthood’s job.
Then we will start to get into Messianic versus Nazarene Israel questions. This is where it is all going. And this is where the people need to be made aware. People need to understand what is going on.
There is a question amongst the Messianics whether there should even be a set-apart priesthood. Should you have a separated priesthood in the Messianic movement? Most Messianics will say no. Nazarene Israel will say yes. That is one of the differences. The Messianic movement preaches disorganization. The Nazarene movement preaches Scriptural organization.
So that is point number four. If we are going to have a priesthood then what is it going to look like? Is it just a bunch of independent ministers? Is it a bunch of un uncovered ministries? Or are we going to actually do what the pages of the Renewed Covenant tell us to do, and actually organize to give Yeshua what He wants, which is what He died for? Those are the questions at stake here.
Based on that I realized that this is a much, much bigger issue than the second parasha, Noach. And since we are in the 13th month and between the parashiot schedule at this time, it seemed better to postpone Parashat Noach until next week.
There are fine and delicate points. We want to give proper treatment and we want to give credit where credit is due. And we want to point out flaws and errors that need to change where they need to change.
- Can you declare the aviv retroactively? Or must the aviv be declared with the month (on Aviv 1)?
- Who should make this decision / declaration?
- Should there even be a set-apart priesthood?
- If we should have a priesthood, do the Scriptures say it should be disorganized (Messianic) or organized (Nazarene)?
In regards to these questions, we will be taking a lot of information from the Torah Government study, available at nazareneisrael.org.
Biblical roles and structure
One of the things we see in Torah Government is that you have three main offices or three main roles in Israel. Those are the king, the priest, and the prophet. And then sometimes they had a fourth which is the anointed judge. And the anointed judge is basically a special combination of all three or two of the three roles.
1. King: chosen by Yahweh. Heads the temporal army and host. Serves on the battlefield and in his court.
2. Priesthood: Male. Head of the spiritual army (altar, rituals, prayers, render judgment). Declares the year.
3. Prophet: hears from Yahweh and transmits His words to the people. (Foretell, forthtell.)
4. Anointed Judge: combination of all three for special circumstances (shaliachim / apostles).
There are some special things to see here. One is we do see female persons in the kingship role. Those are called queens. We also see female prophetesses and that is not an issue. You can have male and female prophets and prophetesses. It is not uncommon, and it is a good thing. That is something that we should learn to want to do.
However, we have never seen a female priest. There is no example anywhere in the Tanakh of a female priest, or a female apostle.
Some people will talk about Junia. The question is, was she an apostle as we think of it as apostle? Or was she an apostle in the sense of being a messenger, and she and her husband were apostles in the sense of being messengers. We explain about this in “Junia: Woman Apostle or Courier?” at nazareneisrael.org.
There are a lot of people who are in rebellion against this fact. And there are a lot of women that just do not want to accept that the priesthood is the domain of the male. It is not nice to say but it goes back to Genesis 3 (B’reisheet 3). That is the origin of it. People just need to step into their roles the way Yahweh says to do it, and not try to make up something new.
This is one of the big problems we have. People will bring up Devorah (Deborah) the prophetess as an example of a female anointed judge. And that is true. But let us notice that even Devorah’s anointing was both kingly and prophetic. She did not have a priestly anointing, and she did serve in a temple.
So, once again, you can have females in the kingship, and in the prophetic roles, and even in special circumstances in the judgeship roles. And that is not a problem. But the priesthood is always exclusively the domain of the male.
It is the priesthood that has the job (or the responsibility and function) of declaring the year for the nation as a whole. And that is one of its jobs, is to declare for the nation as the whole so that you get a unified nation rather than a fragmented nation. Which is what happens if you do not have a priesthood to make that kind of declaration.
Priesthood rules for declaring the aviv barley
If you are part of the priesthood there are some very simple rules for declaring the aviv barley. It is very straightforward and simple.
Once you have aviv barley, then you can site for the first crescent sliver of the new moon. When you see the first crescent sliver of the new moon, if you either have aviv barley or if you know that there will be aviv barley in time for the wave sheaf offering on Yom HaNafat HaOmer (which is 15 to 21 days later), then you go ahead and declare the month of the aviv.
The priesthood must do that at the time the month is declared (at the first sliver crescent of the new moon). It is the only way that makes sense. It is the only way to prevent breaking Yahweh’s Torah commandments (as we will see later in this study).
We are going to see that there are people that do not understand that. There are people that do not understand that it does not make sense and it does not work if we do not do things Yahweh’s way.
If you have aviv barley and you see the first crescent sliver of the new moon, or if you know (beyond a shadow of a doubt), that you will have aviv barley 15 to 21 days later, (like it is almost right there, it is almost aviv but just needs a few more days, and the weather is good), that month can be the month of the aviv.
If you do not have aviv barley at the time you site the first crescent sliver of the new moon, you wait. Just stop, okay! A yellow light means ‘break to a halt’. It does not mean speed up and try to race through! If you do not have a green light, do not go.
If you do not have aviv barley or you do not know for that you will have aviv barley in time for the wave sheaf offering that month, it is not the month to declare as the month of the aviv. That is it. It is simple. Can we make that any clearer? Is there anyone that does not understand that simple set of rules?
1) Did you see Aviv (medium dough) barley, or are you certain that there will be Aviv barley by the Day of the Wave Sheaf Offering (15-21 days later)?
2) If yes, announce the aviv with (the start of) that month!
3) If no, WAIT until the next month, and then REINSPECT!
14 days are needed to prepare for Pesach:
We are going to see that there are a lot of people who do not understand that simple set of rules. We have been talking with sister Biderman for some time. And she has been extremely helpful. I believe that I first met up with her when I was still in Chile. She helped us to know what is aviv barley.
That has always been a big question in the movement. And It is a very important question. Because that is what the start of the year hinges upon. Do we have aviv barley or will we have aviv barley in time for the day of the wave sheaf offering? For the priesthood to make that determination, we need to know what aviv barley is. And the definition is very important.
But if you were a farmer in ancient Israel this is how it would happen, especially if you are in one of the areas where the barley is ripening soonest that year. You see the barley ripening and you know you want to eat it. But you know you cannot cut anything because that starts the omer count. [For more on why this is crucial and how the Karaites get this wrong, see “Let’s Not Break Deuteronomy 16:9“.]
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:9
9 “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
You need to wait so that ‘as a nation’ you can begin the omer count together. Again, that is ‘as a unified nation’ and not as a bunch of individuals. And not as a mob.
So, what you need to do is you need to notify the priesthood. And the priesthood is going to come up and inspect, or however it is that they do that. Then, whether they go back to Jerusalem or they make the declaration from on location, or however they do that, the priesthood makes the declaration. And this declaration would then be disseminated throughout the land.
1) Farmer would notify the priesthood & priesthood would come to inspect
2) Priesthood makes declaration, and this declaration is disseminated throughout land (2-5 days)
In the land of Israel, in ancient times, that could take days. Unless you are using horses that is different. But could it takes the better part of a week for the news to spread.
Once you get the notification that this is the first month, what do you do? Well, then you have to prepare. You have to get ready to come up for the feast. And there is a lot involved in that. A lot of people think they will just jump in the truck and put the lamb in the back seat, and off they go. And there are a lot of people that do not realize how it would work if you were living on the farm back in ancient times.
There is a lot of coordination. Can the whole family go up or do grandma and grandpa stay home? Is someone too pregnant to travel? If you are not going to bring your physical tithe, then you must coordinate to sell it.
There are a lot of things that must take place to get ready to come up for the Pesach. (When you prepare to go on vacation how long does it take you? Some people may throw a spare shirt in a bag and be ready to go. Other people need time to pack, especially if they have elderly family members or children.)
It is going to take the people between two and six days or longer to come up. And let us not forget that people are required to either bring a lamb or to take a lamb on the 10th. Let us remember that, because sometimes some people who were serving as barley witnesses might forget that.
3) People prepare to come up
4) People come up (2-6 days)
5) People must bring or take a lamb (on the 10th).
Walking it out-travelling up to the feast
This map is just Google Earth. We started with Eilat and then went to Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Let us take a look at the travelling distance. Walking the shortest route is 69 hours. (That is likely an improved road.) The longest short route is 72 hours. Now check my math. If you were to walk 12 hours a day that would take 6 days. (6 x 12 = 72 hours.)
Let us think about this. If you are an adult male of military service age, probably walking 12 hours a day is not that big of a deal. But what if you are a child? What if you are elderly? What if you are sick? Some women, to ask them to walk 12 hours a day plus bringing all their gear, that is a lot. So, you are talking easily six days or more just for transit. Is this registering with people? You need at least six days.
And there have been other times where in other parts of expanded Israel they would have to travel that far or even farther.
10 Days Lamb Dilemma Scenarios: Pick one:
Dilemma #1
There are some dilemmas that come up if we are going to walk this through. And we did a similar thing in a former study when talked about the Karaite errors. We showed how if you take the Karaite model and you step it through, what you actually have to do on this day and that day, you would have to be in two or three places at once. And it is the same problem here with sister Biderman’s model.
Here is your first dilemma scenario.
1) You choose your lamb on the 10th, and then leave home, and start walking up to Jerusalem (which takes 2-6+ days). So, you might not even arrive in time for Pesach on the 14th!
(Becca says these concerns are not Biblical.)
Let us say that you choose your Lamb on the 10th (Shemote 12:3) and then you leave home and start walking.
Shemote (Exodus) 12:3
3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
This is one of the scenarios. Sister Biderman is going to announce on the 10th (whatever time of day she makes that announcement publicly). Now you are going to leave home and start walking up to Jerusalem. But what if it takes you six days or longer? Or what if it takes four days or longer? You are not going to be able to arrive in time for the Pesach on the 14th?
So, you get the notice on the 10th (whatever time it is given). And bang, you drop everything! Drop your hoe, drop your rake! Quickly gather all the sheep into the pen. Grab your lamb for the Pesach offering. (Hopefully, there is some daylight left.) And you take off. You might not even arrive in time. Depending on where you live, you will not even make it there for the feast.
Sister Biderman says this concern is not biblical. And she has cut us off because of it.
“When I look at the fact that I didn’t find aviv barley which you know there’s always a kerfuffle. This year there has been two kerfuffles. One group demanded that I should uh not look for barley after the first of the year and then they add added non-scriptural clauses because the priests need two weeks to get ready for themselves and they needed a week to get the people ready non-scriptural clauses. I can’t find that written.”
Sister Biderman does not even bother to quote us accurately. We are invalidated. We are blocked. We are shadow banned. And she will not even tell people what we actually said. We did not say the priesthood needs a week. The people need a week. What we said is that Yahweh gives the people 14 days, why are you giving the people four? Why are you changing the commandment of Yahweh? That is what we asked. She will not repeat it.
Dilemma #2
What is the second 10th-day lamb dilemma scenario? If you have a barley witness who is so certain that we are going to have aviv barley, and it is going to take you six days to go up, then there is another way you can do it. You can go up to Jerusalem early and be there on the tenth. And you can buy your lamb there.
2) Alternately, you can go up to Jerusalem early and buy your lamb there on the 10th. However, what if you arrive on the 10th and the barley witness declares “Sorry, there is no aviv this month! Come back next month!” (But now your second tithe and your time are already gone.)
(That would have happened this year. Becca says, “Not a problem.”)
But what happens if you launched because of your barley witness’s recommendation and you arrive there in Jerusalem on the 10th, and oh no, there was no barley?
“Oh, so sorry! We are so spiritual, how could this have happened? No, sorry, there is no aviv this month! Just come back next month!”
But now your tithe money is gone, your time is gone, and you have to get back to your crops because you came up to Jerusalem and it is a false start.
What we need to see here is that scenario would have happened this year, undoubtedly. Because someone would say, “No, we are going to have aviv barley. Come on up!” Someone would have taken that advice, they would have launched, and they would have lost their time and their second tithe money.
Becca’s responds by telling us it is not a Scriptural concern, do not bother her with it, we are shadow banning you.
“And I will admit that’s a little shocking. I thought we would be further around. I was actually even hoping for aviv. But I did not find aviv in this field on the 10th day of what we had hoped would be the first month. It’s now become the 13th month.”
[Full report on the barley inspection Mar 10th, 2025-Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, minute 8:03-8:22]
Can we see that this scenario more than likely would have happened this year? The barley witness would have said,
“I’m sure of it. Take my word for it. I’m so very spiritual! I’m out in nature all the time. I know what I’m doing. Trust me.”
And someone would have launched. They would have said, “Okay, up we go! We are going to buy our lamb once we get there.”
This scenario would have happened this year. But when you bring this kind of thing up to sister Biderman it is just not a concern with her. She says, “I am not even trying to recreate the conditions of ancient times. I am not trying to recreate conditions of the first-century.”
Becca’s ministry has is called Ancient Path New Moon and In Search of His Ancient Path, but she is not interested with how things would work out in ancient times? Is that what she is telling us?
“When I’m reading your questions plural it would seem that you believe I am trying to replicate what would have
happened in Egypt or on any given first month calendar during ancient times. The short answer is I am not.”
[Barley after the new moon or why barley at all?-Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, minutes 4:18-4:32]
Nonsensical concepts
De-nial is an amazing thing. (It is not just river in Egypt!) I have met some amazing people in my life. One time I was looking at purchasing this house. The land was right and everything was right, except this one room was not big enough. I was going to need more space in this room.
So, I am looking at this ceiling joist and everything considering what could I do. And I said ‘Well, I guess I could knock out this wall and extend it four feet or something.”
The real estate agent came back and she said, “Or you could knock out all four walls and extend them all outward a foot.”
And I just looked at her, and I tried explaining to her that it does not work like that. She could not understand what I was saying. Because if you knock all four walls out, the very first thing is that the roof is going to fall in on you. And then the whether… anyone who works in construction is probably laughing already.
If you have a concrete slab or a concrete foundation you would have to move everything out of foot. Now you have these walls that are not quite big enough, so you must extend all the walls. And then all of the roof trusses, which are typically done in a factory to get them just exactly right. You can make them yourself, and you can hobble little pieces on the ends of everything.
But realistically you are probably two or three times better off just destroying the building and starting over than you are trying to extend everything out like that. Because even with all the time and effort you go into doing all that, it is still not going to be right. You are better off just starting over from scratch. I tried explaining this to the real estate agent and she just could not understand what I was saying.
I do not know if people understand what I am saying here. But we are trying to explain to sister Biderman that her model does not work. And that she is going to cause people to either go up for the Pesach too early, or many of them are not going to have enough time to go up at all. And then there is the whole lamb on the 10th day thing. She does not care. She is not interested. It does not bother her.
Retroactively declaring Rosh HaShanah
This is one of the reasons why we have been trying to talk sister Biderman out of this for so many years. Because we know what a disaster it is going to cause if someone actually goes back and retroactively declares the aviv, like what she is talking about.
This shows that Friday the 28th on the Gregorian calendar is the last day of the month of February. But if you were to have a leap year, then you would add a day (February the 29th). And you will do that about every four years on average.
But do they not always announce a leap year in advance? Or how would it be if you got all the way to March 11th, and then someone decided 10 days later that they are going to retroactively declare a leap year? You only thought it was March 11th, now it is March 10th. And all those transactions and all those financial things, everything you did gets changed.
Boom! Based solely on the authority of a barley witness. We are not talking about the priesthood; we are talking about a barley witness making this change. And what if you have more than one barley witness and they do not all agree?
We have known that this would be a disaster. And I guess it is like the realtor who could not understand what I was telling her. How you cannot just knock out four walls; it does not make sense. You could extend one wall, but to extend all four walls does not work. But she could not understand.
So, we are trying to explain this concept of people needing time to come up for the feasts. And if someone does not understand that a six-day walk from Eilat to Jerusalem means that you probably need at least six days to do it, it is like, where do you go from there?
It is amazing to me that that anyone could think that they have the authority to go back and retroactively change the calendar. We know Yahweh made the sun stand still in the sky for Joshua. Is sister Biderman claiming that there is going to be some similar miracle of a 10-day roll back for her, because she does not want to give the people 14 days? And she wants to give the people three or four days?
Face value (no adding or subtracting!)
Our understanding and what we stand on is the face value of Shemote (Exodus) chapter 12 starting in verse two. Yahweh says, “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.”
(In context, this is when the barley was becoming of aviv.)
Shemote (Exodus) 12:2
2 “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
In verse three He says, “On the 10th of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb…”
Shemote (Exodus) 12:3
3 “Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
How much advanced warning do you have for the Pesach? Two weeks. And Israel was not even scattered at this point! Israel was all collocated at this point in time. Yahweh still gave everyone 14 days. Now we are not only scattered in the land, we are scattered all over the world. We do not need 14 days? And this is a decision that a barley witness is qualified to make for everyone?
14 days are needed to prepare for Pesach:
The people need 14 days. The priesthood has to come and inspect. I am not counting that in the 14 days. The farmer would notify the priesthood that his barley was coming ready, then the priesthood would come and inspect. We are not counting that in the 14 days, that has to happen before the priesthood starts the 14-day count.
Then the priesthood will make a declaration or determination. And then this declaration or determination is disseminated throughout the land. It takes time. Even if you are talking horses, it takes time. If you are talking runners, it takes time.
Even with adult males of military age, it takes time. It is like six days to get to Eilat. So, again, the people need time to get ready to come up. I do not know if I have ever gone on a vacation and or gone on a long trip without spending at least a little time planning my luggage.
And let us not forget the people must either bring a lamb from the 10th on, or they have to take a lamb on the 10th. One or the other! Sister Biderman’s plan does not provide for that. And she says these are non-biblical concerns.
1) Farmer would notify the priesthood & priesthood would come to inspect
2) Priesthood makes declaration, and this declaration is disseminated throughout land (2-5 days)
3) People prepare to come up
4) People come up (2-6 days)
5) People must bring or take a lamb (on the 10th).
What is a Babylonian calendar?
We have been talking about what a Mystery Babylonian calendar is. A Babylonian calendar is something with a different order than what Yahweh commands.
Or it is something where you keep maybe a third of the commandments that Yahweh commands, (or two-thirds, or 99% of the commandments that Yahweh commands, but not all the commandments that Yahweh commands). But you pretend that you are doing everything just fine.
In other words, it is a lie. That is what we are really saying here. People could not understand the soft language in “Parashat B’reisheet“, so we must step the volume up. Because people must understand what we are dealing with. We are dealing with a systemic lie that has infected the Messianic movement.
One of the problems is we do not have a proper priesthood. We do not have proper servant leadership. In Yehezqel (Ezekiel) chapter 22 verse 26, Yahweh is upset because the priesthood does not teach people the true Torah.
The priesthood profanes his set-apart things. The priesthood is not teaching the people the difference between what Yahweh says is set-apart and what Yahweh says is profane. They have not taught people the difference. And they have hidden their eyes from His Sabbath and His things so that Yahweh is profaned among us.
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 22:26
26 “Her priests have violated My Torah and profaned My set-apart things; they have not distinguished between the set-apart and the profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.”
That is the condition in the Messianic movement. Because Yahweh is commanding things, and we are not doing them. We are rallying to teachers who tell us we do not need to do them, and that we only need to focus on the easy parts, or we only need to focus on the parts that we personally, particularly like. And Yahweh is upset about it.
There are a lot of people who do not want to hear this message. We already know that 90% of Ephraim is not going to survive the Tribulation. Because why? Because they are not going to give Yahweh what He wants which is full willing obedience.
“Whoever’s calendar you keep, that is who you worship.”
Let us continue with some more comments.
“Thank you for another rich study! There’s a lot to reflect on there… I’ve been relying on Devorah Gordon’s Aviv Barley report for around ten years, but I hadn’t heard of Bitterman’s [Biderman’s] report or considered this information about the calendar before.”
[viewer comment]
Praise Yah. We do not even follow sister Devorah Gordon any longer, or the Messianic barley searchers who are qualifying fields, and disqualifying fields, and doing whatever they want, making up all kinds of rules that do not exist in Scripture. As of this time (March 2025), sister Biderman is pretty much the only option that we see. She is the only barley witness that really knows what aviv barley is.
Briefly, what the Karaites, the rabbis, and most Messianics are looking for is that they want to bring in the main harvest. And then they are going to produce a false wave sheaf symbolic of the anti-Messiah. So, their model is to bring in the harvest first, and then to produce their anti-Messiah.
You can understand why the Pharisees and the Karaites have this model. But the Messianics have no excuse, because Yeshua is the true Firstfruits. He was one, He was singular. If we look at the bell curve by Wikipedia, Yeshua would be left of the red arrow and the very Firstfruits of the barley.
Praise Yah. We do not even follow sister Devorah Gordon any longer, or the Messianic barley searchers who are qualifying fields, and disqualifying fields, and doing whatever they want, making up all kinds of rules that do not exist in Scripture. As of this time (March 2025), sister Biderman is pretty much the only option that we see. She is the only barley witness that really knows what aviv barley is.
Briefly, the Karaites, the rabbis, and most Messianics are looking for is that they want to bring in the main harvest. And then they are going to produce a false wave sheaf symbolic of the anti-Messiah. So, their model is to bring in the harvest first, and then to produce your anti-Messiah.
You can understand why the Pharisees and the Karaites have this model. But the Messianics have no excuse, because Yeshua is the true Firstfruits. He was one, He was singular. If we look at the bell curve by Wikipedia, Yeshua would be left of the red arrow and the very Firstfruits of the barley.
Devorah Gordon and the Messianics have a totally different definition of aviv which means they must wait until the main body of the harvest comes ripe, while the earliest barley is already on the ground.
And Devorah Gordon has boasted that they know this is the main harvest because the earlier barley is already shattered and on the ground. So, sister Biderman is the only one that understands what aviv barley truly is. And as far as we can tell. She is the only barley witness that we can qualify, let us put it that way.
Our commenter continues with a very good observation:
“It seems the calendar decides the congregation as we cannot guard Shabbat, new moons and feasts together if we all keep them on a different day.”
[viewer comment]
Amein! Picture this. You try and get your Lunar Sabbath people, and your regular Sabbath people, and all these people together. It does not work because you are not meeting on the same day. It is impossible that it could work.
“Beyond that it seems vital to be precisely on Yah’s schedule during the events of the greater Exodus.”
[viewer comment]
He also says that it seems vital to be precisely on Yah’s schedule during the events of the greater Exodus. He is talking about how these are all prophetic shadow pictures of things to come. And the need for us to be in the right place at the right time. Not starting the month early. Not having a false Pesach start or anything like that.
The rabbis have an old saying and that is that whoever’s calendar you keep, that is who you worship.
“Whoever’s calendar you keep, that is who you worship.”
[old rabbinic saying]
That saying is completely true. Because whoever you worship, that is who you consider worthy to tell you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. So, if you truly worship your Elohim, then that is what you need to do. You need to do what He says, when He says, and how He says.
And quite frankly, this is why the rabbinical order has such trouble, is the rabbinical order is always wanting to change Yah’s Torah and yet call it Torah. When Yahweh is very clear that if we change His commandments, they are no longer His Torah; now it is your Torah.
The rabbis have their own calendar, which was fine until they came back to the land of Israel in 1948. And now it is not fine. But of course, that is Judaism which is the worship of Judah.
They should call it Rabbinism because it is effectively the worship of the rabbis. Or in general, you could call it cabalism, because most of your leading rabbis are in fact cabalists. You could call them Babylonian Oracle researchers because that is basically what they are.
But that is why you have a Babylonian rabbinical calendar that is different than the calendar that Yahweh commands. Because the people are not listening to Yahweh. People are listening to the rabbis in the Talmud. And that is a great big problem because this is a true saying.
So, in this context, what does it mean that sister Biderman is attempting to introduce her changes into the calendar? Let us continue the comments.
“I watched the videos in Ancient Path New Moon you reference but Sister Rivkah was addressing someone named Patricia and not you.”
[viewer comment]
That’s partially true and part of the problem.
“I also reached out to her about your statement about her making a video about you and she indicated it had nothing to do with you.”
[viewer comment]
Firstly, that is not what I said and that is not what I meant. So, this sister is misquoting me.
“We should be careful not to assume and thus do lashon hara.”
[viewer comment]
If only this sister knew, because she does not know the half of what is going on.
“She never has told anyone what calendar to be on but only reports on the barley…”
[Viewer comment]
If only that was true sister. Then there would not be any problem. This is the first year sister Biderman has actually gone through with her plans. I do not know what you were told but let us take a look at what the facts.
Time Sequence Summary:
1. We have spoken with sister Biderman many times over years about the need to have all 14 days Yahweh gives us to prepare for the Pesach.
I started talking with sister Biderman back when I was in Chile. And she was very helpful with regarding the barley calendar and determining what exactly aviv barley is. But we have had several clashes since then. And we have had several places where she has insulted us and never come back to apologize. And this kind of a thing. So, it makes me wonder why I was so shocked by her recent behavior.
What I want to say is that we have spoken with sister Biderman many times over the years, maybe for four or five years, all about the need for the people to have all 14 days that Yahweh gives them, so that they have enough time to prepare for the Pesach and to go for the Pesach.
This is not negotiable. Yahweh gives us 14 days. Why is sister Biderman trying to take 10 of them away? Well, she did not answer that question. Instead, she just bans us.
2. In the video, she said that if she found aviv barley by the 10th of aviv, she planned to declare the aviv retroactively—so I (Norman) wrote her privately to remind her that the people need all 14 days.
In her video, sister Biderman she said that if she found aviv barley by the 10th of the month of aviv she planned to declare the aviv retroactively, with all the problems that we just saw in the dilemma situation.
Last year (2024) was very busy. And so, my assistant Rivkah was monitoring the whole barley situation. She had it under control. It was not a close sheaf, so, I did not have to get involved. And we did not have questions for sister Biderman. But she helped us a lot four or five years ago, back when we were determining the accurate definition for aviv barley.
Since then, we had several clashes and several insults, and she did not come back. But we just look these things over because we are all trying to forward the barley calendar. The barley calendar is the truth, so let us focus on the things that we have in common and let us work together on those things that we have in common that the Bible says.
3. Sister Biderman did not answer my email. Instead, she posted a (new) video to her YT channel, Barley after the New Moon or why Barley at all?
From minutes 3:47 to 4:19, listen very carefully as she says she will answer the questions of ‘three or four other people’ who also wondered why she would be looking for barley after the new moon.
Here is the point I want to make. If sister Biderman was referring to me as one of those three or four people, that is good but she did not answer my question. And if she was not referring to me as one of those three or four people then she did not answer my question at all. Instead, she just shadow banned us and that is all she did. Because she did not like our question.
4. At 3:47 – 4:19 she says she will answer the questions of “3 or 4 other people” who also wondered why she would look for barley after the new moon. (If she was not referring to me, then she did not answer me at all!)
“In addition to Patricia’s question, I’ve had I think about three or four people ask me about why I can continue to look for barley after the first of the month. Wouldn’t Israel have known? Wouldn’t they have decided before the first of the month? Don’t you think they should have known by that new moon? Those types of questions. So, I’m going to attempt to answer your question in addition to Patricia’s.”
[Barley after the new moon or why barley at all?-Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon]
Did sister Biderman answer my questions? Or not answer my questions? Was I one of the three or four other people she was responding to or not one of the three or four other people she was responding to? Because my question is not resolved.
My question is why does Yahweh give us 14 days, and sister Biderman says we get three or four? And how can you retroactively declare the aviv on the 10th of the month? How does that work? Is that even sane?
I got to thinking about it and realized that there are a couple other emails she never responded to either. So, maybe are things changing. Maybe she just decided she is not going to correspond with us. So, what am I going to do?
Sister Biderman will not respond in my private email. She has this new YouTube video. So, I watch the YouTube video and asked a question in the comments about “How can you retroactively declare the first of the month on the 10th?” (What sense does that make?)
5. I posted a question, asking how she can retroactively declare Aviv 1 on Aviv 10. (Other people had the same question.) Sister Biderman responded with multiple insults and ridicule, including asking if I was well: “How is your health?”
I should point out that other people had the same question. Sister Biderman responded with insults and ridicule, and asked me if I am well. “Oh, Norman, how is your health?” (Perhaps are you crazy? Maybe that is why you are concerned that Yahweh’s people get the 14 days Yahweh promises them! Are you feeling well? Maybe you have a fever. Why would you be concerned about such things?)
An email discussion ensued after that. Not only did she not agree, but she said that she would delete all our posts, block us, and she would make sure that we could not access her posts. And this is because we are sticking up for Shemote (Exodus) 12 and verse two. We are sticking up for what Yahweh says. The people should get 14 days to prepare for the feast. Well, according to miss Biderman, we are to be blocked.
6. She said she would delete our posts, block us, and make sure we could not access her posts (for asking calendar questions.)
So, we are not given to make windows into men’s souls. That is not us. Elohim knows what men are thinking but we do not always know what people are thinking.
But what it seems like to us is that if we are going to stand fast on Shemote (Exodus) 12 and verse two, and if we are going to stand fast that we are all supposed to obey all of the Brit Chadasha, then we are blocked and we are shadow banned. She is going to shut us out and shut us down.
Well, she can try what she wants. Yahweh has something to say about it. We are shut out. She is like “Do not write me, do not talk to me, do not communicate with me! No text, no phone calls, nothing!”
Wow. What a shock. Okay. We decided that if she is:
- Going to ignore us,
- Going to insult us publicly on her thread for asking legitimate calendar questions for the benefit of Yahweh’s people Israel, so that the body can come together as one,
- Against unity like that,
- Against Yahweh’s order and organization,
- Against Shemote (Exodus) 12 and verse two,
…then we should stop sending money. We have been sending money for several years. We should stop. Because when we need help and we need communication, and we need to get something resolved, she is like, “I am not listening to this.”
7. We decided that if she is going to ignore us and insult us publicly for asking legitimate calendar questions, then we should stop sending money.
Again, we do not know exactly what is going on in her mind or in her heart. But we just look at the fruit and the actions. We have been shut out for asking about the needs of the people, which is our job in the priesthood.
We are still asking prayers for her. And now we are also praying and asking people to pray that Ephraim will realize this. If we do not do what Scripture says to do then we do not get to go home. We have been talking about this for the better part of a year in the 2024-5 parashiot series.
We do not get to go home if we do not do what Yahweh says to do! Which in our case in the Dispersion includes the principles and precepts of the Torah, and then all of the specific commandments of the Brit Chadasha, (where Yeshua Himself commands certain things… things that the vast majority of the Messianics do not want to hear about!)
8. We are asking prayers for her, and also that His people will realize that if we do not organize as Scripture says, we do not get to go home.
The Salient Issues and Questions (part 2):
- Can you declare the aviv retroactively? Or must the aviv be declared with the month (on Aviv 1)?
- Who should make this decision / declaration?
- Should there even be a set-apart priesthood?
- If we should have a priesthood, do the Scriptures say it should be disorganized (Messianic) or organized (Nazarene)?
Let us focus on the main issues.
Can you declare the aviv retroactively? Or must the aviv be declared with the month (on Aviv 1)?
The main issue and the big question is ‘can you declare the aviv retroactively?’ (Considering that by declaring aviv retroactively some people are not going to be able to arrive in Jerusalem on time. And people are not going to have the ability to purchase the lamb on the 10th or to obtain the lamb on the tenth. And that declaring aviv retroactively is going to cause huge problems.)
Or do we have to do the sensible, logical thing and just declare the aviv with the month on aviv one, and thus avoid all these kinds of problems?
I do not understand how that cannot be clear. How can anyone not get that? How can anyone not understand that?
Who should make this decision / declaration?
The second issue is ‘who should make such a decision or declaration?’ Who should decide? Does the barley witness decide? Or is that the priesthood’s job?
That depends on whether we are talking Messianic or Nazarene Israel. Because the Messianics do not really have any organization. It is just whatever each individual feels like doing. You find someone and they claim to be spiritual, and trustworthy, and following the Scripture “in the Spirit”, and then you let them do whatever they want.
The question is, are we going to obey the Renewed Covenant and thus build the Stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim? Or are we not going to obey the full Renewed Covenant and thus not build the Stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim? I would suggest that those are the real issues that are at stake here.
Let us go to sister Biderman’s video “final thougth [sic] about the season of barley inspection 2025”.
We apologize about sister Biderman’s language. But she’s going to say something about the seventh month. I spoke with my assistant Rivkah and neither one of us remembers mentioning anything about the seventh month.
We are talking about the first of the first month. So, we feel that she is really mischaracterizing us in everything she says here. We cannot say whether that is intentional or not intentional. But she is completely mischaracterizing what we are saying. Again, we did not say anything about the seventh month.
“Which brings me to the last point that I just will put out there is that that’s why I put the disclaimer about not being affiliated or associated with other ministries. Because was a little bit difficult this year. With the first group that really thought that they could tell me their regulations…”
[we asked questions about why sister Biderman is adding to Scripture, which should apply to everyone who is seeking to serve Yahweh],
“…and tell me I was *** up their seventh month if I didn’t follow their [really, Yahweh’s] regulations. People, I love you. But you did not bring me to Israel. You did not create the miracle that brought me here, the absolute miracle that brought me here. It’s in my testimony on YouTube if you want to watch it. But I can’t follow you. I wasn’t brought to follow you when I came to Israel.”
These are things that make you sigh deeply. Sadly, it does not stop there. Sister Biderman emphasizes that she is “not affiliated or associated with any other ministry”. And she sent out a special notice to that effect.
“Special Ministry Statement”-Becca Biderman
Thank you to those of you who are sending us forwards, who understand what is going on and that we are being banned without cause. Sister Biderman sent out a “Special Ministry Statement” on the 9th of March, 2025.
“Shalom Friends, In Search of His Ancient Path/New Moon affirms we are under the Order of Melchizedek through Yeshua Our High Priest and understand the biblical calendar points to Yeshua.”
[Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, Special Ministry Statement, 9 Mar 2025.]
Sister Biderman mentions being under the Order of Melchizedek. We are going to dig into this and we are going to see that the Order of Melchizedek does not mean what most Messianics think it means. It means something completely different than what most Messianics think it means.
She also states that the biblical calendar points to Yeshua. Of course, it does. Everything in Scripture points us to Yeshua. But let us talk about what it means to belong to the Order of Melchizedek.
Correctly defining the Melchizedekian Order
We have been talking about this for the better part of a year in the 2024-2025 parashiot series. In fact, we were in “Parashat Nitzavim” when we made a special point of pointing out how we are called into Torah as an ‘organized nation’. We are not called into Torah as individuals. We are called together as a nation from the least of us to the greatest of us. And everyone has their role. Everyone has their position.
First you had Abraham. Abraham had one heir, Yitzak. When Abraham passed, those blessings continued on to Yitzak. When Yitzak passed, it went to Yaakov (or Israel). But Israel had 12 sons, so what are you going to do?
You cannot just pass it to a single heir at that point. And that is one of the reasons, as we explain in Torah Government, that Yahweh took our people down into the iron furnace in Egypt. And we became forged as one nation divided into two camps.
The point is the unification. Moshe was used to draw us out of Egypt and gave us, effectively, the institutions of government that we needed in order to maintain self-rule. Among those includes the offices of kingship, priesthood, and the prophet. Those are the three main offices that must be filled. And there are roles, duties, and responsibilities for each and every one of them, according to the Torah.
Further, anyone who does not obey the full Levitical Torah dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. But somehow, for some reason, when people say, “Order of Melchizedek”, it somehow translates to “free-for-all” to them. There is no longer king, priest, and prophet. It is no longer order. There is no longer a Five-fold Ministry on a single Foundation of Apostles and Prophets.
No. When you mention the Order of Melchizedek in a Messianic sense, you are saying that we have a license to do whatever we want. We have a get-out-of-jail free card.
After all, we are only here for the free giftings, right? We are not here to give back to Yeshua, right? We are not here to give back to Yahweh, and we are for sure not going to order and organize ourselves the way the Renewed Covenant says, to build Yeshua the kingdom that He died for, right? (Wrong!)
This is the kind of lie that you get when people talk about ‘We belong to the Order of Melchizedek, so therefore we can do whatever we want as if there are no rules.’
Does it match Scripture?
We have been covering all of this for a year. So, let us consider sister Biderman’s ministry. And not just sister Biderman, but everyone.
“This ministry is not, nor has it ever been associated or affiliated with any other ministries… All barley inspections and new moon sitings [sightings] are independent of any ministries or individuals.”
[Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, Special Ministry Statement, 9 Mar 2025.]
Here is one thing. Sister Biderman refers to ‘this group’ and ‘that group’ throughout her videos and statements. I remember thinking in terms of groups back when I was a Messianic. And that was fine because as long as we had our group and there were these other groups, what can you do?
But when you shift away from the red-horse Esavite-Messianic concept, and you come back to ‘the Faith’ once delivered to the saints (Jude 3), and now you talking in a white-horse-Josephite or Ephraimite mindset, these things have totally different definitions.
So, let us take a look. Is Becca obeying the Melchizedekian order? Does Becca observe:
Titus 1:5?
Titus 1:5
5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you—
Under the order of Melchizedek there must be ‘order’. That is what Titus 1:15 is about. That is where the elders must be appointed by the apostles. Does sister Biderman hold that view? Or does she not focus on that part because she is only focused on the barley?
Ephesians 2:19-22?
Ephesim (Ephesians) 2:19-22
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of Elohim,
20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yeshua HaMashiach Himself being the chief cornerstone,21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a set-apart temple in Yahweh,
22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of Elohim in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2 verses 19-22 talks about the need to be established on a single Foundation of Apostles and Prophets, also called the Foundation of Apostles and Elders. That is the same as the Beit Din Gadol. That is the same as the so-called Jerusalem Council of Acts chapter 15 and Acts chapter 21.
Does sister Biderman agree with those passages? Or is that part of the Bible she feels she does not need to follow? Is that a part of Scripture that she does not subscribe to? She says that she is under the Order of Melchizedek, but she does not need to obey the Renewed Covenant commandments? Yes? No?
Ephesians 4:11-16?
Ephesim (Ephesians) 4:11-16
11 And He Himself [Yeshua] gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Mashiach,13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Mashiach;
14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Mashiach—
16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians 4:11-16 tells us something that Yeshua Himself commanded. That there are five main ministry giftings and they all need to work together upon that single Foundation of Apostles and Prophets. And there are rules for saying who is and who is not in the category of apostles and prophets.
Does sister Biderman subscribe to those regulations? Or do these other ‘Order of Melchizedek’ Messianic ministers subscribe to those points of the Renewed Covenant?
Or is that just for someone else? Or is that just for the first century and we do not do that anymore? Because we are not concerned with ancient times anymore. This is the modern era now. We can do whatever we want. We have a get-out-of-jail free card. And we are under the Order of Melchizedek because we are only here for the free gift.
1 Timothy 3?
TimaTheus Aleph (Timothy) 3:2, 12
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
First Timothy chapter 3. Does sister Biderman qualify under First Timothy chapter 3 to be either an elder or a deacon? Or how is it that somehow, the barley witness is somehow morphing into becoming the barley priestess? How are we getting a female priestess with an uncovered head, an uncovered doctrine, and an uncovered ministry, who declares whatever she wants, whenever she wants, however she wants?
Because she is more spiritual than us? She is more in tune with the land of Israel than us? Therefore that means she is allowed to violate the Renewed Covenant with impunity, right? (Wrong!)
Violating Scripture, causing chaos, and bragging about it?
That is what sister Biderman is arguing. She says “This ministry is not nor has it ever been associated or affiliated with any other ministries.”
“This ministry is not, nor has it ever been associated or affiliated with any other ministries… All barley inspections and new moon sitings [sic] are independent of any ministries or individuals.”
[Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, Special Ministry Statement]
[anti-unity, anti-Stick of Joseph, anti-Scripture]
And that is exactly part of the problem. She is witnessing against herself. “All barley inspections and new moon sightings are independent of any ministries or individuals.”
In other words, sister Biderman hates the Stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim. She is anti-unity. That is what she is announcing to us. Because she is independent and she has no need of the rest of the body. She has no need of the other ministers.
Again, this is the same kind of thing back when I was a Messianic. It was okay to be independent. I had my group, and then there were all these other groups.
When you start to see things the way Scripture says to do it, and when you start to see things through Yeshua’s eyes so-to-speak, you begin to realize He has one big flock and a whole bunch of disobedient sheep. And what He needs is a few faithful under-shepherds to obey His rules and to do things His way.
And then He will bring us together and He will save us through the Tribulation. But not if we do not do things His way. If we are going to insist on doing things our way, it is not going to go well for us no matter who wants it to.
More Scripture violations
First Corinthians chapter 1 and verse 10 pleads with us in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach that we all speak the same thing. That means we have one doctrine, and that there are no divisions among us.
Qorintim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 1:10
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Adon Yeshua HaMashiach, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Meaning, it is not “I have my group, you have your group, they have some other group. It is okay! We are all cut up, we are all divided!”
No. He says there shall be no divisions among you. Because it is a unified kingdom. Not a bunch of individual little groups. We should be perfectly joined together in the same doctrine, in the same mind, in the same Spirit, and in the same judgment. That means in Yeshua’s doctrine.
That means that what Yeshua’s word says to do, we actually have to do it. And it is not okay to say, “I tie my tzit zit this way, so I do not need anyone who ties their tzit zit that way.” Or “I observe the barley this way, so I have no need of anyone who observes the barley somewhere else.”
When we do that, we set ourselves up as judges. Then we are judging the other people in the Hebrew Roots movement instead of mobilizing and banding together. And coming together as one man, with one shoulder, to fulfill Yeshua’s doctrine ministry-wide globally, the way Yeshua says to do it! So that we have only one ministry, Yeshua’s.
This is not my group. It is not Norman Willis Ministries. It is Yeshua’s ministry. As far as I know, we are the only ministry operating under this concept. All these other groups have ‘’my group’, ‘your group’, ‘insert their name here ministries’, or ‘insert their pet-project name here ministries’. Is that really what Yeshua died for? Is that really what Yeshua wants?
We continue First Corinthians 1 with verse 11.
Qorintim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 1:11-12
11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Shaul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Mashiach.”
This could apply equally to the modern-day, my brethren. Looks like those of Chloe’s household snitched that there were contentions among them. Any similarities in today’s time? Any kerfuffles among us?
“I am of this minister.” “I am of that minister.” “I follow this ministry over here.” “La, la, la, la, I do not want to know anything else.” “I am not interested in fulfilling all the needs, and all the purposes, and the movement.”
“I am just focused on this one.” “Because this one follows the barley. Or that one focuses on the Hebrew. Or that one gets into Talmud.” (Or whatever they do, whatever your interest is.) Or “this group ties their tzit zit this way and I like that.”
All the things of Scripture are important. All the areas need care, not just one. We do not just get to over-focus on our pet doctrine and then forget about the other requirements of the Renewed Covenant. It is like, what are you thinking?
Verse 13.
Qorintim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 1:13, 17
13 Is Mashiach divided? Was Shaul crucified for you? Or were you immersed in the name of Shaul?
17 For Mashiach did not send me to immerse, but to preach the Good News, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Mashiach should be made of no effect.
Is Mashiach’s body divided? (It sure is today, is it not?) For messiah did not send me to immerse. (He did not send me to fill pews. He did not send me to rack up views on YouTube.) But rather to preach the true good news. And not just with wisdom of words. (Not just a bunch of fancy double talk and words.) Least the cross (the execution stake, the stauros of Mashiach should be made of no effect.
As it is today, brothers and sisters. Because why? Because we do not have a single unified body. We do not have a Stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim. And we are not going to get a stick of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim as long as we continue to have ministers who do not care whether we come together.
Because they have their ministry and that’s all they are concerned with. Their ministry, their followers, the adoration they get from the people, and their income. And that is all they care.
Do they care about fulfilling Yeshua’s Ministry purposes? No. Do they care about building Yeshua’s kingdom according to His rules and regulations? No. Why? Because they have their group, and they have their reward in this lifetime. They have people go, “Oh you are so great!” They have some people sending money, so they get to work at ministry without actually helping Yeshua’s ministry succeed.
Do people get the difference? It is one of commitment. Do we get the difference?
Anti-Scriptural independent ministries
Drop down to verses 20-21.
Qorintim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 12:20
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.
One book. One Messiah. One ministry. That is it. “I have my ministry.” No. That is wrong. That is bad. That is Babylonian. That is adding things to Scripture! That is taking things away from Scripture!
Qorintim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 12:21
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you“; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
Independent, anti-body of Yeshua, anti-order, anti-biblical structure attitudes:
- I do not need you. You are asking too many Scriptural questions. We need to shadow ban you.
- I am independent. I am not affiliated and not associated with any other ministry. And I do not have to obey First Corinthians, either. I am not accountable. I am not accountable to Scripture, I am not accountable to Yahweh, I am not accountable to Yahweh’s people. I am definitely not accountable to Yeshua’s body.
- I am not trying to help build Yeshua’s body and bring Yeshua’s body together. I am trying to stop Yeshua’s body from coming together, because I do not like the rules and regulations that Yeshua uses for His body. They are inconvenient for me.
The Messianic mess
We have spoken before about the Messianic mess. There are no rules. No Protocol. No procedures.
There are so many people who believe that Facebook is the Great Commission. Why? Because it is easy, it is free, and you do not need to do anything. There is no accountability, you just hang out with your friends who you already like and who already believe the same way you do. And then you just close off and now you have your group.
You are not trying to reach out to the whole of the body of Messiah. You are not trying to reach out to all of Christendom. You are hanging out with your friends. Or if you are trying to witness and minister, are you bringing people to His true body? Are you building His true kingdom? Or you doing something else that works for you but not for Him?
Then you get into these attitudes of:
- I do not belong to any organization.
- I am not affiliated.
- I am not associated.
- Do not dare include me with the Stick of Joseph.
- Do not dare try to organize me.
- Do not dare talk to me about a foundation of Apostles and Prophets or a Foundation of Apostles and Elders.
- Do not dare talk to me about the qualifications for elders.
- Do not dare talk to me about what the Renewed Covenant requires us to do as a whole and how Yeshua wants us to enter into His program as a whole.
- I cannot be bothered. I am having too much fun posting on Facebook and hanging out in my friend’s living room eating lunch to be bothered with what Yeshua wants.
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:16-17
16 “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’
17 Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.”
Do people get that only after we come together in correct Scriptural order do we get to go back home to the Land?
Let me ask you, brethren. Are we not associated and not affiliated with anyone else in any way in the Renewed Covenant? Is that a pre-Great Falling Away attitude? Or is that a post-Great Falling Away attitude? I would submit to you that is a post-Great Falling Away attitude. I would submit to you that is an Esavite red-horse attitude.
Post-Great Falling attitudes
- We do not have to do anything.
- Do not look at us, we are not responsible for our brother.
- What are we, our brother’s keepers?
- Are we you responsible to do everything Yeshua said to do?
- Get away from me! Who do you think you are, Elohim?
That is how most of us treat Him.
Claiming HaRuach while violating Yahweh’s word.
Sister Biderman continues with her “Special Ministry Statement”. And this is so lovely. This is so beautiful. You can see sister Biderman say something like this in every post. (Forgive me, I am trying to keep things factual but it just gets so twisted at a certain point.)
Rivkah Biderman states that she “reports on the Land and relies on the Ruach Ha’Kodesh and Scripture for guidance“. And that she has “spent countless hours in nature observing the timing of the first fruits of the seven species given in Deuteronomy 8:8”.
[Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, Special Ministry Statement, 9 Mar 2025]
Does that not sound beautiful? Wow, yes. Do we not all want to rely on the Spirit of Elohim and Scripture for guidance. But what are we really saying here? She is not affiliated or associated with any other ministry. She is anti-unity and anti-stick of Joseph. She does what she wants.
She has no covering. She has no covered head and she has no covered doctrine, no covering for the ministry. She is completely independent, exactly like what she says.
She says she has spent “countless hours in nature observing the timing of the first fruits of the seven species given in Deuteronomy 8 and verse 8”.
What does that actually mean? Well, we are supposed to trust her opinion because she is so well educated in how things happen in the land of Israel. And I do not know anybody that knows more about the so-called seven species than she does. Maybe there is someone else, I do not know who.
But what sister Biderman is telling us here is that we are supposed to trust what she says. Because she going to present it to us that we are going to be faced with choices. And that the only logical good choice is to follow her opinion as the most experienced barley witness, as opposed to doing what Scripture says to do.
You run across people like that from time to time. They have very high opinions of themselves. And very often they confuse their opinions and their thoughts with the voice of the Spirit. And you see the rabbis do this kind of thing all the time.
Yahweh’s word says this, they have these thoughts. They listen to rabbi, and then they come up with a synthesis of their own. So, they are back into syncretism. They are making up the worship as they go.
And the main problem is they confuse their thoughts with what they hear. Same problem as in the Garden. What it means is the voice that you think is the Spirit is not His Spirit. It is some other Spirit. And that is the problem that we are dealing with.
Sister Biderman continues:
She is “passionate about the true biblical calendar and desires to see it restored to the people of יהוה”… Ministry Statement]
If only this statement was true. Because the function and purpose of the original, true Biblical calendar is to bring Yahweh’s people together as one, in right order at the right time, according to the way Yahweh says, (without changing anything). And in order to make Yahweh happy with that we have to do everything Yahweh says. And not just focus on our pet projects.
How are you going to bring the nation together as one in right order when you yourself disavow any affiliation or any association with the other members of the body? Sister Biderman’s doctrine is a doctrine of division.
Okay. Get ready. Here is the worst part of sister Biderman’s “Special Ministry Statement”.
“And that her ministry “encourages others to use our reports and make determinations for your own household.””
[Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, Special Ministry Statement]
Satan could not be happier than with a doctrine like that. Because what you are effectively doing is you are blowing apart the institution of the priesthood. Therefore, the house of Joseph cannot come together in right order.
You do not have the established functions of kingship, priesthood, and prophet. You are taking things out of order. You are twisting Elohim’s word because it fits with your pet-projects. That is what is really happening here. This is the worst thing right here.
And let us make note. I thought sister Biderman said she does not make determinations and that she does not get involved, but that she only witnesses the barley. Right? She only witnesses the barley. But here she is recommending that we make determinations for our own households.
“And that her ministry “encourages others to use our reports and make determinations for your own household.””
[Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon, Special Ministry Statement]
And in fact, we will see that sister Biderman encourages a lot of things that she later says she does not encourage. Because the double talk is thick.
Doctrine of a broken, shattered body
So, I have been in prayer and discussion on this most of the week. And my assistant Rivkah had some interesting comments.
“Becca teaches that you cannot let the barley become shattered. Meanwhile she believes it is okay to have a shattered body without any accountability, leadership, or authority, because she does not want to organize and operate like Yeshua (the Firstfruits) said to do. So, does she really know what she is teaching?”
[Nasi’s assistant Rivkah]
My assistant commented that Becca teaches that you cannot let the barley become shattered. Which is true. That is why we go for the very first sheaf of aviv (or medium dough) barley, symbolic of Yeshua our Firstfruits. We want that very first sheaf harvested just like Yeshua was harvested, and that then clears the way for the rest of the sheep, or the rest of the Harvest later. There is symbolism in everything that we do.
My assistant continued that at the same time, sister Biderman believes it is okay to have a shattered body without any accountability, with no leadership, and with no authority. Because she does not want to organize and operate like Yeshua our Firstfruits said to do. So, the question is, does sister Biderman really know what she is teaching?
Or does sister Biderman really understand the symbolism behind what she is teaching? Does she get what we are trying to do here? Does she understand the big picture? Does she understand that we are trying to bring the nation together as one, in right order at the right time, according to Elohim’s commandments?
And that is why we cannot modify His words by adding words of our own. Does she understand that? Or what is the difference between that and the rabbinical order?
Things we shall not do!
Scripture tells us expressly, so many times and in so many ways, not to add or take away from His commandments.
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 12:8
8 “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes—
9 “for as yet you have not come to the rest and the inheritance which Yahweh your Elohim is giving you.”
You shall not all do as we are doing here today, every man declaring the aviv however he wants! Doing whatever is right in his own eyes as a bunch of individuals and as a mob!
Brothers and sisters. I would argue that we have not yet come to the rest or the inheritance which Yahweh our Elohim wants to give us. As soon as we will take a stick in the hand of a Ephraim and organize the way He says to, as soon as we will do that, He will bless us. But we must do our part first.
Judah already took a stick, now it is Joseph’s turn. And if we do not have people encouraging us to not be affiliated and to not be associated, we are going to get there. But we have to tune out those voices that are actually anti-unity.
Shophetim (Judges) 17:6
6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
In Shophetim (Judges) chapter 17, verse 6, we see that there was no centralized government in Israel. There was no kingship office in Israel. And that is why everyone just did whatever he wanted, and why everyone did what seemed good and right in his own eyes. Just exactly like what the barley witness is encouraging us to do.
Shophetim (Judges) 21:24-25
24 So the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Shophetim (Judges) 21, verses 24-25. The conquest of the land is done. So, the children of Israel departed from there. Every man to his tribe and family. Every man went to his inheritance. (They are not going to be all grouped together any longer. They are going to be scattered throughout the land, like we are today.)
And again, in those days there was no centralized government or authority. There was no leader there. There was no prince or king in Israel. And that is why everyone did whatever he wanted. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Everyone is declaring the month of the aviv, just whatever they want.
There is no need for the nation to operate together as one, is there? Not even for survival’s sake, is there? There is no reason to operate together as nation, even after everything Elohim said to us during the Exodus. Is that not right? We can do what we want, right?
Or, no wait. No, excuse me. No, we had to obey back in Tanach times. But now that we are under the Order of Melchizedek… that is what it is now. We are under the Melchizedekian Order now, so we can do whatever it is that seems good and right in our own eyes. Right?
Except here it is again! Bemidbar (Numbers) 15 and verse 39. Yahweh tells us, yet again. We are supposed to have the tassel. So that we can look on it and we can remember all the commandments of Yahweh, (everything His voice said to do), and do that. And why? To prevent ourselves from following the harlotry to which our own hearts and our own eyes are inclined.
Bemidbar (Numbers) 15:39
39 And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of Yahweh and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined,
You meet these people all the time. They think we do not have to be careful. We do not have to guard our gates. We can listen and drink from all the fountains, and we can eat from all the grainers. We can do whatever we want. Because ultimately, there is no requirement to operate together as a nation. So, that is why we can do whatever seems good and right in our own eyes.
And again, granted most of us in Ephraim have left the church system, or at least, most of us are in the process of leaving the church system. Because we noticed a discrepancy between what the Church was teaching and what we were reading.
My goal is to make sure we do not have this exact same problem again in the Hebrew Roots movement. The Messianic movement has already fallen for it. The Nazarene Israel movement does not subscribe to this.
Rebellion the next generation
Here is where the Messianic movement goes with Bemidbar (Numbers) 16 and verse 3.
Bemidbar (Numbers) 16:3
3 They gathered together against Moshe and Aharon, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is set-apart, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Yahweh?”
Korach the next generation: You take too much upon yourself!
- By forming a government, and a priesthood.
- By giving leadership to the nation.
- By listening to the words of Yahweh, codifying them. and relaying them to the people.
- Because, after all, all the congregation is set-apart! Every single, last Messianic! And Yahweh is among them. (We are all so spiritual!)
- Why then do you exalt yourselves above the Assembly of Yahweh? By declaring the year when Yahweh’s word says?
- How come we cannot all take our incense and fire pans and declare the year for ourselves?
- You take too much upon yourselves by having a separated priesthood.
- You take too much upon yourselves by having institutions of government.
Many people in the comments do not understand the importance of institutions and government. They think that we do not need order under the Order of Melchizedek. Do people see where this is leading?
Nazarene Israel Statement:
At the end of the day, either we are going to obey Yahweh, or we are going to do our own thing. That is really what it comes down to. And we have been talking about this for much longer than a year.
The commandment is to focus on Him, hear His voice, and then do everything He says, including all His written commandments. Because those are just things that His voice said to do before. If we are not going to do that, what are we doing here? Who do we think we are fooling? We are not fooling Elohim.
1. Other ministers can change the calendar, and preach chaos, and we cannot stop them. However, our job is to teach the truth in love (whether they like it or not), so it is our job to correct the record.
Again, other ministers can change the calendar. They can preach chaos. They can preach disunity. They can attempt to destroy the Stick of Joseph. (Whether they know what they are doing or probably do not really know what they are doing.)
Our job is to correct the record. Our job is to speak the truth in love, whether they like it or not. Other people can ban us. Other people can block us. (We can still get everything that we need, praise Yahweh.) But we have a job to correct the record.
2. Excelling in one area (e.g., head coverings, calendar, names, etc.) does not mean we can ignore the rest of the requirements.
One of the things that needs corrected Messianic movement-wide is that excelling in one area, (whether we are talking headcovers, barley, sacred names, or whatever topic), that does not mean we get to ignore the rest of the requirements of Scripture.
We do not get to do the light matters and ignore the heavy, or vice versa. We must do them all together. Because we are attempting to build Yeshua’s kingdom. And if we do not want unity, then we are not attempting to build Yeshua’s kingdom.
3. We prefer shalom, but if any messianic “minister” encourages people to do what seems good and right in their own eyes, and to declare the aviv for themselves, then that is Esavite chaos, and it causes fragmentation. To stop the fragmentation, we need to do what Yahweh’s voice says, and not change it.
We prefer to get along. I tried writing to sister Biderman privately. I have been trying to talk to her for years on this subject, and trying to help her to understand. We do not like to fight, so we tried to resolve matters simply, peacefully, privately. But we have a situation here with a minister who:
- Is encouraging the people to rebel against the very institutions and structure that Yahweh Himself is ordaining for Israel
- Does not want a Stick of Joseph
- Does not want to Beit Din Gadol
- And does not want to obey the requirements for ministers, (because guess what, she does not qualify).
And this kind of a minister is pandering to the yetzer hara and the baser instincts of people, and they are teaching the people to do whatever seems good and right in their own eyes. It is like barley democracy we have going on here, and sister Biderman wants everyone to declare the aviv for themselves.
Can you imagine the chaos? Can you imagine the pandemonium? The solution for these things is to listen for Yahweh’s voice and to do what He says. That is it, that is all we have to do.
Now, let us watch this clip on the “full report on the barley inspection March 10, 2025”.
“I would admit that’s a little shocking. I thought we would be further around. I was actually even hoping for aviv. But I did not find aviv in this field on the 10th day of what we had hoped would be the first month. It’s now become the 13th month.”
Did you hear her say that on the 10th of the month she could not find aviv barley? So it is now the 13th month on the 10th of the month? Now we know it is the 13th month?
But wait. I thought she did not declare the month? Who declared the 13th month for her? Did the barley witness declare a 13th month? Or was that the barley priestess who declared, or did not declare (excuse me) the 13th month? Which one is it?
Let’s not break Devarim 16:16 or Shemote 12:3
Once again, let us consider our two scenarios.
1) You choose your lamb on the 10th, and then leave home, and start walking up to Jerusalem (which takes 2-6+ days). So, you might not even arrive in time for Pesach on the 14th!
(Becca says these concerns are not Biblical.)
Scenario number one is that you are waiting for sister Biderman to give you the word on the 10th (whatever time she chooses to announce that), so that you can start going up to Jerusalem.
- So, the word comes in on the 10th (maybe it is 6am, maybe it is 3pm, who knows).
- You are ready to go. You pack your bags and off you go!
- You are not even going to get to Jerusalem until the 16th, two full days after the Pesach.
- If you needed to buy your lamb there, well, you will not be in Jerusalem on the 10th to do so.
- Sister Biderman says that is not a Biblical concern.
Now for the other scenario.
2) Alternately, you can go up to Jerusalem early and buy your lamb there on the 10th. However, what if you arrive on the 10th and the barley witness declares “Sorry, there is no aviv this month! Come back next month!” (But now your second tithe and your time are already gone.)
(That would have happened this year. Becca says, “Not a problem.”)
We are so certain we will have aviv. And she is always encouraging everyone to pay attention to her opinion. Oh, no, she tells us to make up our own mind and our own determination. But of course, you must listen to her. Because she is so much more spiritual and so much more in tune with what is going on in the land than we could ever possibly be. So that is why we need to pay attention to her recommendation.
So, someone is going to do this. Someone is going to say, “Sister Biderman is so certain there will be aviv barley. Let us go up to Jerusalem. We will be there by the 10th to buy the lamb there.”
- You get up to Jerusalem in time to get a lamb on the 10th.
- Your second tithe is spent and your time is gone.
- Sister Biderman announces, “Oh, sorry. I am so sorry. How could that have happened? I am so spiritual. I am so in tune with the land of Israel. Everything that is happening makes perfect sense to me. That is why I thought there was going to be aviv barley, but there is no aviv barley.”
- Now you must go home. Wait a month. If you have a lamb, let him go. Come back next month.”
Becca’s non-declaration declaration of the 13th Month:
Back to our comments.
“She never has told anyone what calendar to be on but only reports on the barley…”
[viewer comment]
Dear sister, open your eyes and your ears.
Sister Biderman is not declaring the 13th month, but she is declaring the 13th month. She wants to declare the month of the aviv if she can find the aviv barley. But she cannot find aviv barley, so she is not going to declare the month of the aviv. But she does not make any declarations, oh no. Father forbid!
No, there is no double talk here. There is no having it one way and then the other. There is no talking out of both sides of her mouth here. Because she does not tell anyone what calendar to be on. She only reports on the barley.
Thank you, again, to those who are sending emails to us. So, sister Biderman released her barley inspection report on YouTube (“Full report on the barley inspection Mar 10, 2025)” on March 10th 2025, which was the 9th day of the 13th month.
(How does she report on the 9th day of the month that no aviv barley found is found on the 10th day of the month? We do not know. Sister Biderman miscounts a lot.)
But here we have Becca’s non declaration-declaration of the 13th month.
“Shalom Friends,
On the 10th day of the month, there is no aviv barley. Based on my inspection provided to you in the video, we are in the 13th month…”[13th Month Confirmed-Aviv Barley Update-March 10, 2025- Becca Biderman Ancient Path New Moon]
Excuse me, who is making the determination? Is that the barley witness? Or is that the barley high priestess?
Let us just take a look at this what she is really saying. Let us pull all the extra words out of the middle and see what it is she is really telling us that sounds just so very spiritual. She is saying,
- Shalom friends. On the 10th day of this month, we finally realize, we finally know, that this is the 13th month.
- We did not know that the last nine days. The last nine days we have been in limbo.
- We did not know whether we were in the first month or in the 13th month.
- We could not do anything. We cannot fill out any entries in any registers.
- We cannot write any checks. We cannot do anything where you need dates.
Where is the evidence of this in the Tanakh? Have we ever seen any incident like this recorded in Chronicles or Kings? Or anything about how we must wait until the 10th day of the month to know what month it is?
Oh, I see. She is not declaring the month, right? Sister Biderman announces that are in the 13th month, but that is not a declaration of the month. Because she says it is not a declaration of the month. She is declaring the month. But it is not a declaration because she says it is not.
Things that make you sigh deeply.
Markers of Mystery Babylonian systems
People ask what a Mystery Babylonian calendar is. And it is related to Mystery Babylon. And as we will see next week in Parashat Noach, Mystery Babylon, effectively, is a cluster of religions that operate together to attempt to replace, overthrow, and substitute something in the place of Yahweh’s true calendar and order.
As we already said, there are two main markers for these kinds of organization.
Mystery Babylonian system: Type 1
- No unity
- No standards
No priesthood
- Completely disorganized and without order.
We know that Yahweh is an Elohim of order. These Mystery Babylonian systems do not like having order.
Alternately, the second kind of Mystery Babylonian system you see is as follows.
Mystery Babylonian system: Type 2
- An order that is not Yahweh’s. It is a substitution, variation, or modification of Yahweh’s order. (And we see this with the rabbinical order. They start out with Yahweh’s word, and they end up with the opposite of Yahweh’s word.
- It is a replacement for Yahweh’s word that pretends to be Yahweh’s word, but is not.
These are some of the more familiar, common markers.
So, what happened?
I just know from experience that someone is going to ask me, “Norman, what do you think really happened?”
What I think happened is very close to what sister Biderman says happened. We have already known she has wanted to declare the aviv up to 10 days late for a long time. She has been talking about it every year for as long as I have known her. And praise Yahweh, we were able to talk her out of it up until this point. Last year it was not an issue because the barley was not close.
I do not know this, but if I had to guess, just take her at her word. She wants to declare the barley up to 10 days late to prove that she can, she thinks. So, she saw that this year’s barley was very close. And I wrote to her privately asking if she remembered these discussions that we have had all these years. She did not answer that email.
Then I saw that she halfway answered someone else’s questions (not mine) in the video that she posted the very next day. She referred to three or four others, but my question was not listed. And whenever we were mentioned, we were poorly represented. We were misrepresented.
So, sister Biderman is not responding to my emails. And when I thought about it, she has not responded for two or three emails.
What do I do? I posted on her YouTube video, and she came back with “we are going to block you”, because I think it just finally reached the point. This year’s wave sheaf was just too close and too cliffhanger for her. She was almost shocked that she did not end up with aviv.
This was her theory and so this was her power play. And I think that is what really happened. Because I cannot figure out why else you would ban someone for asking calendar questions on a calendar site to a calendar person. What sense does that make unless there is some specific agenda that the calendar person wants or does not want?
And the things we are advocating for, (things like unity and strict obedience to the face value of Scripture) are not welcome. So, we get blocked. That is what I think really happened.
We are not worried about it. We are concerned for sister Biderman. We ask you again for your sincere prayers for her. She obviously loves Yahweh at some level, or she would not be doing all the good things that she is doing. But I think there are a lot of people in the Messianic movement who do not realize that we must give Yahweh everything He wants without modifying His commandments.
And if we do not do that, (and especially if we are leading people in any kind of a ministry, any kind of a witnessing, or any kind of a deacon-hood position), if we are giving a bad example to the flock when we know better, that is trouble. So, we are concerned for her. We are also concerned for the people.
Summary
So, what is a Mystery Babylonian calendar? As we will see in Parahat Noach, Mystery Babylon is a cluster of false belief sets related to the Fallen Watchers. And typically, they show one of two patterns.
Either they do not have unity, standards, or order. And everything is completely disorganized. Everyone is independent. And wonder of wonders, there are no institutions of governance. And that is why the Messianic movement is such a mess. It is because there is no order.
And this is contrary to what Yahweh says in the Tanach, and it is also completely contrary to what Yeshua says in the Brit Chadasha. And this is one of the great myths that we have in our times, is that people seem to think Melchizedekian Order means nothing.
To them, it means a get-out-of-jail free card. It means we can modify anything we, we do not have to unify, and we do not have to help Yeshua get His kingdom. They think that they can modify all the standards and that they can do whatever they want. (It is a “I am smarter than Yahweh” attitude.)
Closing prayer
Friends, please pray for our barley witness and for all our people. That we might humble ourselves to be filled with His true Spirit. And that we might show fruit worthy of repentance, meaning that we do everything that He says. Thank you for your prayers. May Yahweh be with you all.
Shalom
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