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Why Festivals?
Every nation observes patriotic holidays. These special days are reminders of important events in
a country's history. They provide continuity between a nations's past and the present. Usually
citizens can understand and explain at least some of the significance of these celebrations. Yet,
paradoxically, those same citizens seldom understand much about the days on which they
worship and honor YHVH and some of it is rooted in Paganism. The nonbiblical roots of these
religious practices are quietly ignored in their celebration. As a result, people usually assume that
popular observances such as Easter and Christmas serve as true representations of the themes
of the Scripture. Yet the Scripture nowhere commands their observance, nor does the Scripture
record their observance by the first century Assemblies (churches). However, YHVH does
command other, rarely noticed, Festivals that are found in Scripture.

There are only two Feasts celebrated by the Churches today; the Feast of Passover (disguised in
Easter), Ascension Day and Pentecost. Why does the Church celebrate only these events and
not the other Festivals? Some people realize that the Bible mentions specific days for religious
celebration, but only a few can name any of them or explain their significance. Those aware of
these Festivals generally believe they were meant only for ancient Israel and ceased after
Y’shua's crucifixion, nailing them to the stake (cross). They assume these days simply pointed
toward The Messiah, and a shadow of things to come. Most people consider these biblical
Festivals as nothing more than relics of history, a burden for Israel and have no relevance to the
modern world.

Believe it or not, the Scripture itself contradicts these commonly held views. An objective look at
the Scriptural record reveals that both Christmas and Easter—the two main observances on the
Christian calendar—are nowhere to be found, except where Passover is mistranslated Easter in
Acts 12:4 in the King James Version. Surprising to many, the New Testament shows Y’shua The
Messiah observing YHVH's Holy Days, with Y’shua's disciples as well as Paul the Apostle,
following His example many decades after His death, burial and resurrection.

The teaching of the apostles in the years of the first century after the resurrection also differs from
most people's assumptions. The apostles' instructions reveal an Elohim who intended for all
Believers in the Messiah to observe the Scriptural Holy Days-for a remarkable reason.
What these Holy Days reveal
Why does Elohim want us to observe the Holy Days? Because Elohim wants us to remember
what He did for us as well as to teach us about our future. The Festivals are His way to reveal His
Plan of Redemption to mankind.

The Scriptural Holy Days, or Festivals, fall during three seasons of the year—the early-spring
harvest, late-spring harvest and early-autumn harvest in the land of Israel. The themes these
days portray reflect Elohim's spiritual harvest of mankind to eternal life spoken of by Y’shua
The Messiah (John 4:35-38).

These observances serve as timeless reminders of how YHVH's Plan gives eternal life to mortal
man. Our Creator will bring His Plan to fruition in spite of man's choices and actions, which have
consistently led to separation from Elohim, suffering and death (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25; Isaiah
59:1-8; Jeremiah 10:23). These festivals reveal the unfolding of YHVH's plan for humanity and
how He will establish His Kingdom on earth. This is the good news, or gospel, Y’shua The
Messiah preached (Mark 1:14-15).

Elohim's design to grant humanity eternal life has existed since "the foundation of the world"
(Matthew 25:34). The Holy Days teach humanity about that remarkable plan. The apostle Paul
beautifully summed up its essence in his letter to the Ephesians:

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In Leviticus 23 we find a listing of the Holy Days. The text describes special observances with
unusual names such as the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of
Tabernacles. In giving these Holy Days, Elohim instructed Moses to make it clear that "These are
the Feasts of YHVH" (verses 4, 37, emphasis added throughout).

The Bible teaches that eventually, in the new Kingdom, Elohim will teach everyone to observe
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If the Feasts are to be observed in the New Jerusalem after the Second Coming of Y’shua, don’t
you think it is relevant to us prior to His Second Coming? Does it make sense to believe that
Y’shua and His Disciples observed the Feasts, only to take it away by revelation through Paul
(who observed the Feasts as well – see section 2 and 3), and to reinstate the observing of the
Feasts after Y’shua’ Return? Think about it.
2. Are YHVH's Holy Days Relevant Today?
When YHVH begins something in this present age of mankind,
He nearly always starts small. In Matthew 13:33 Y’shua The
Messiah compared YHVH's Kingdom to both a mustard seed
and leaven. Both analogies start with something small that
expands into something much larger. Similarly, YHVH called only
a relatively few people in the historical times who were willing to
follow His ways.

The Scriptural record shows that, early in the account spoken of in the Scripture, only a few
people decided to obey YHVH. However, early patriarchs including Abel, Enoch and Noah did
respond to the revelation of YHVH's plan of salvation (Matthew 23:35). After the great flood of
Noah's time, YHVH found He could work with Abraham and his wife, Sarah.

We should note that the plan for providing eternal life was already at work in the lives of these
early people of YHVH. The Plan did not start with a covenant YHVH made with ancient
Israel; nor did it start with Y’shua' earthly ministry.

YHVH loved the world so much "that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). YHVH's love in giving His Son
continued His Plan of salvation from the foundation of the world (Matthew 25:34; Revelation
13:8). The blueprint of the Holy Days would reveal in due time the Plan YHVH had designed
from the very beginning. These Festival observances were not just a cosmic afterthought.

With Abraham's family we see YHVH beginning to reveal the good news about His Plan of
Salvation (Galatians 3:8). Genesis 26:3-4 identifies specific blessings YHVH promised to
Abraham and Abraham's descendants. The Creator pledged to bestow them "
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Without the Festivals, nobody would have known who the Messiah was, not even the Church
today; the Festivals are there to be as “lights” or watchman on the wall of the City that reveal who
is coming. [Isa 62:5-6] He will also come the Second time, exactly like He did the First Time, on
these Appointed Times, to do His final work of Redemption. The last three Festivals will
distinguish between the real Messiah and the Antimessiah or Antichrist and he will come to
deceive many, and if people do not have this knowledge of these Festivals of YHVH’s Plan, they
stand a chance of being deceived as well.

The Holy Days in the New Testament

From Y’shua's earliest childhood years, He observed the Holy Days
with His parents. "His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the
Feast of the Passover," Luke 2:41 tells us. The following verses
describe Y’shua, at age 12, engaging the theologians of His day in a
spirited discussion during this festival season (verses 42-48).
Clearly, He astonished these religious leaders with His understanding and insight (explaining
what the feasts are all about). John writes of Y’shua continuing to observe the annual Holy Days
as an adult during His ministry (John 2:23; 4:45). In one of the most instructive examples, Y’shua
risked His personal safety to attend two of the festivals, the annual Feast of Tabernacles and the
Last Great Day (John 7:1-2, 7-10, 14).

The Passover was celebrated by Y’shua for the last time before He was captured and executed.
This is the passage where He urge His Disciples to do it often and in remembrance of Him.
People wrongly interprate this passage to say that He substituted Passover for Communion at the
Last Supper. [Luk 22:15-20] The word “often” implies once a year according to the appointed time
YHVH chose for this Feast. It sounds like the same argument people use to substitute the
Sabbath with Sunday worship. It uses the same weak argument with no Scriptural backup or
second witness to establish this truth. In 1 Cor 11:25, Paul celebrated the exact same Festival
called Passover and he used the same words Y’shua used before His death. This does not prove
at all that Paul changed YHVH’s Feast days. If you do this you are treading on dangerous ground
because this make you guilty of ‘talking away form the Word’, which is normally done by
Pharisees and the Catholic Church.

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Many churches believe that the apostle Paul fundamentally changed the way Believers are
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in Corinth would have been meaningless. Clearly, evidence is lacking that Paul ever
discouraged anyone from keeping the annual festivals; such a notion would have been for
him unthinkable (Acts 24:12-14; 25:7-8; 28:17). Why didn’t Paul use these Festivals to teach
people not to observe them, there is no evidence that he ever did and the Feast days would have
been the best times to “proclaim the liberty not to observe them”.

On the contrary, the biblical record of Paul's ministry repeatedly depicts the Holy Days as
important observances, milestones in his life. For example, he told the Ephesians that 3.
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Verses that are used to prove that the Feasts are Abolished ??!?
1. Gal 4:1-31 The Feasts are elementary matters of the world…?

Paul's ministry included observing the Holy Days with the Church. If Paul was against the
Festivals, why did he not say anything? A popular verse used by people today is Gal 4:9-10,
where Paul apparently call the Feasts, “' $ $ , " ”, not to be
observed, and if you do, proves your childishness and your enslavement or bondage. This is
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philosophy or tricks to enslave people, they are the Feasts of YHVH, given by Him to man so that
man can realize His plan of redemption and it gives freedom, and not bondage. The Feasts are
not burdensome but to follow the Pharisees’ “takanot” was. “Takanot” is the teachings of the
“added” commandments invented and taught by the Pharisees.
Paul and all the apostles taught a consistent message of the Believers' obligation to follow the
example of Y’shua the Messiah in all matters. The apostle John, who wrote near the close of the
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Jewish believers in Messiah continued to uphold the Holy Days, as did gentile Believers (see
"Colossians 2:16 shows Gentile Believers kept the Holy Days" ). From all these references we
can conclude only that the practice of the early Assembly was to continue the observance of
these YHVH-given festivals, the first of which is the Passover or Pesach.

2. Col 2:14 – He nailed the Ordinances (Feasts) to the Cross.

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The Colossians’ were gentiles and this is seen in the phrase ‘uncircumcision of
your flesh’. This means that they have never been “under the Law of YHVH”
(Torah) but was under sin. So how can He nail a Law to the cross, al Law they
were not commanded to obey previously? What did Y’shua then nail to the cross?

The Greek word for “ordinance” is the word “dogma” that also means ‘law’,
‘decree’. In a Kingdom a King would be the only one write a law or a decree. When
He writes a decree that is against any person, would imply a judgment and what is
to happen to that person, and that was normally death. This decree is different to
the Ordinances of YHVH, which are His Feasts. His Feasts are His Redemption
Plan and not His Condemnation decree. It is to bring life and not death. The
decree that stood against us was the penalty for sin, which is death; the decree
made by our King. This decree existed at the time of Adam when man committed the first sin. The
Law or Torah defines what sin is. The decree that stood against us is the writings of the
consequences of sin which are in the Torah which Y’shua nailed to the stake (cross). They are
not physically removed and still stand against the unrighteous. This is the decree that stood
against us (all humans) because of sin we allowed in our lives and the decree that was against us
is the death penalty. This decree still stands for people who refuse to accept and obey YHVH.

So in other words; He did not take away the definition or knowledge of sin (Torah), ignoring sin
completely, for if He had done so, Y’shua died in vain. No, someone had to die and eliminate the
decree that was against man because of sin. This act of Y’shua, of dying on the cross is to pay
for the sin that was committed, and through this payment with His blood, He purged our names
from the “death penalty” or “decree” and we can are set free from the consequence of sin (death),
and not the Law (Torah).

Can Y’shua be a Judge without a Law (Torah) or measuring stick? No, you can only judge people
according to some measure, which they knew about and instructed to obey. If Y’shua would judge
without a standard, without communicating and explain this standard (Torah), He will not be a
righteous Judge. Lets rephrase the verse with this insight:

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Commandments, it is the decree or certificate of death that was nailed to the stake and that is
proven by the death of the Messiah.

3. Col 2:16 – Let no one judge you in not doing the Feasts, Sabbaths and Kosher
(Clean Food).

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This verse can be used to prove both views because the way it is constructed. If I believe the
Feasts, Sabbaths and new moons and food laws are abolished the verse make sense to me;
“…let no one judge me regarding these things and by not doing it…”. Makes sense doesn’t it?

If I believe the Feasts, Sabbaths, new moon observation and the food laws still stand, I can use
this verse to defend my faith. “…let no one judge me in food, drink, Feasts, new moons and
Sabbaths…” Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? The issue comes in if you read verse 17; “…these
are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is of Messiah”. People say that this means that
they no longer have to do these things because it is only a shadow of things and the real thing is
in the Body of Messiah. Yes they are a shadow of the things to come but if the real things that
makes the shadow is not on earth, we actually need these shadows to understand the real things.

Before we continue with this explanation, you have to know something about the translation into
English. The King James Bible is a very accurate study Bible and can be trusted. The translators
have put certain words in italics, words they have inserted to make it read easier in the English
language. Words in italics are not in the original text. In this verse you will see that the word “is” is
in italics and not in the original text.

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something totally different.

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The Feasts are categorized together with the Sabbath, the new moon or Rosh Kodesh, and
eating only Clean Food. All of these things are found in the Torah as commanded by YHVH to His
people forever in their generations. To simplify the explanation, I will take these “grouped” things
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This simplifies passage explains that no one can judge you in these things, but the body of
Messiah. Who is the Body of Messiah? It is the Believers in Messiah who understand these
things. This means that only they can judge you and no one on the outside of the Body who do
not understand these things. The word judge in Hebrew can mean one of two things,
condemnation or guidance and teaching. The people in the time of the Judges were leaders who
advised and taught th epeople to follow YHVH. The Body of Messiah should do the same; they
should lead and teach (judge) you in the Feasts, Sabbaths, new moons and food laws and not
people who knows nothing about it outside of the Body of Messiah.
3. Biblical Holy Days in the New Testament

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK (OT):

Leviticus 23:5

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Matthew 26:2, 17-19
Mark 14:12-16
Luke 2:41-42; 22:1, 7-20
John 2:13, 23; 6:4; 13:1-30
1 Corinthians 11:23-29

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK:
Leviticus 23:6-8

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Matthew 26:17
Mark 14:12
Luke 2:41-42, 22:1,7
Acts 20:6
1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK:
Leviticus 23:15-22

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Acts 2:1-21; 20:16
1 Corinthians 16:8

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK:
Leviticus 23:23-25

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Matthew 24:30-31
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Revelation 11:15

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK:
Leviticus 23:26-32

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
Acts 27:9

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK:
Leviticus 23:33-43

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
John 7:1-2, 8, 10, 14
Acts 18:21

Biblical Observance:

Commanded in TaNaK:
Leviticus 23:36

Observed by Y’shua The Messiah, the apostles or the Church in the New Testament:
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people and put stumbling blocks between them and all the people they slander to. YHVH rebukes
you and you are walking a thin line gambling with your salvation! Please take care and do not
speak against these anointed dedicated men of Elohim.
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they heard the Voice of YHVH from the Mountain. The Feast is
to Celebrated by honoring it as a Sabbath and shall do no
work on it or make it profane (as a normal day doing your own
pleasures). Lev_23:15-17, 21

2. Travelling through the Wilderness and counting of the Omer

Elohim commanded the people to bring a sheaf of the harvest (Leviticus 23:10). The Hebrew
word for "sheaf" is omer. An omer is defined as "a measure of dry things, containing a tenth part
of an ephah." The omer represents a person or a group of persons and the counting of the Omer
represents “Spiritual growth” within the time they travelled through the Wilderness to meet with
YHVH at the Mountain. They travelled for three months [Ex 19:1] and three days from the first day
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when they experienced Shavuot at the foot of Mount Sinai.

Shavuot is the Feat that occurs in the time of the grain harvest and this is a very painful,
perplexing and difficult time. The seed experiences painful separation. It has had a sword cut
between the soul and spirit, it has had the scythe cut it off from its roots in the earth, from the
plant that it had been part of and had grown from, it has been separated from all that it has known
and been comfortable with. The stalk has been cut off from the natural life source it had relied
and depended upon and is now dead and is nothing in itself except for the precious grain, the
Seed of Life which it carries. The rest of the plant can be burned, for only the Seed is what is
important. This season of harvest is about dying to Self and being transformed through YHVH’s
wisdom into a Spiritual mature state that are separated from the Physical state (the flesh). This 3-
month journey through the wilderness is seen as a preparation process of spiritual growth and
can be compared with the literal preparation process of the Omer that was brought as an offering.
1. Submission and Humility: The Omer was first beaten with a rod to break it loose from
its branch. This is a symbol of humiliation and the process of becoming humble. We see
this in raising children that the rod is used to humble the child into submission to the word
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Shavuot is the Wheat Harvest and the story of Ruth is normally read during the celebration of this
Festival. Ruth was a Gentile who observed the Torah and benefitted form the Commandment of
leaving the corners of the field to the strangers.

The Book of Ruth is a story of love between a Gentile woman and the Elohim of Israel. Ruth had
been married to a Hebrew man. When he died, her mother-in-law Naomi encouraged her to go
back to her Moabite family and heritage. Ruth refused, wanting to join herself to the Hebrew
people and their Elohim. Her response to Naomi, "your people shall be my people, and your
Elohim, my Elohim" (Ruth 1:16), has become well known.

As Naomi and Ruth resettled in Israel a part of the Mosaic Law became incumbent upon Ruth. It
was the law of the kinsman-redeemer, which was to redeem the name of her dead husband and
provide a family for his inheritance. There were three requirements for a man to qualify as the
kinsman-redeemer and take Ruth as his wife. He had to be the nearest kin (unmarried relative),
be able to perform this duty, and be willing to do it (Dt. 25:5-10). The nearest relative who met
these requirements was Boaz, who married Ruth, and a child was born to them. Ruth was to
become blessed, as her son became the grandfather of David and was in the Messianic line.

The Book of Ruth paints a beautiful portrait of the truth of Shavuot. Y’shua is our Kinsman-
Redeemer. We-- Jew and Gentile--are condemned and separated from Elohim by our sin (Isa.
59:1-2). Y’shua was willing and able to save us, being Elohim. But He had to become our
Kinsman to meet all three requirements. That He did when He became a man. Through His
redemption we--Jew and Gentile--are placed together in the body of Israel, partakers of the
covenants by the Atonement or covering of the blood of Y’shua the Messiah (Eph. 2). Ruth (a
Gentile) and Boaz (a Jew) became one in marriage (Gen. 2:24). Jew and Gentile become one in
Israel by our commitment to Y’shua, With the Book of Ruth being required reading on Shavuot,
what better picture could be given of Messianic Believers?

4. The Mountain Experience

In the third month after the Israelites left Egypt (Mitzrayim - bondage), they arrived in the Sinai
desert and camped opposite Mount Sinai. Moses was then told by Elohim to gather the Israelites
together to receive the Torah (Exodus 19:1-8). The Israelites answered, "All that YHVH has
spoken we will do!" In Hebrew, it is Na' aseh V'Nishmah, which means, "We agree to do even
before we have listened."
Moses then gave the Israelites two days to cleanse themselves, wash their clothes, and prepare
to receive the Torah on the third day. At the same time, Moses told them not to come too near
Mount Sinai, because you have to be cleansed to come into the presence of the king (Story of
Ester). From early morning, dense clouds covered the peak of the mountain. Thunder and
lightning were frequently seen and heard. The sound of the shofar (ram's horn) came very strong,
and the top of the mountain was enveloped in fire and smoke. The Israelites at the foot of Mount
Sinai stood in great awe (Exodus 19:9-19). Moses then went up alone on the mountain, and as
he neared the top, a mighty voice announced the Ten Commandments (Exodus 19:20-25; 20:1-
21).
The Ten Commandments or Ten Words are the Contractual words that Israel agreed to so that
they could become the Wife of Elohim. The Covenant made with their father Abraham was the
agreement to establish the promise and this agreement is the first step of fulfillment of
that Covenant. We will later see further fulfillment of the Covenant promises YHVH made to
Abraham until ALL has been fulfilled and His Plan comes into completion.

5. The Marriage between YHVH and Israel

One of the most beautiful images of Shavuot (Pentecost) is that of the marriage between Elohim
(the groom) and Israel (the bride). We know this is true if you read the Prophets where YHVH
said that He was a Husband to them [Jer 31:32], and they got married at Sinai.
A Hebrew Marriage is one of the most beautiful prophetic pictures revealing YHVH’s Plan to His
people. The marriage consisted of two parts; the First part is where the Covenant that is
drawn up between the Groom and the Bride, called the betrothal, and the Second stage is
when He comes to fetch His Bride to live with him, after He has prepared a house for them
[John 14:2].
You enter this first stage of marriage as soon as a betrothal contract (a shitre erusin) is made
between the two parties. The written contract is called a ketubah. During betrothal, you are legally
married, but do not physically dwell with your mate. Betrothal is so legally binding that you cannot
get out of it without a divorce.
Marriage is associated with a Contract or Covenant between a man and a woman and has
conditions to protect this relationship and to spell out how this relationship will be expressed
successfully. In our modern times we know this as Marriage vows, and in the time of Moses it
was the Ten Words or Ten Commandments. The Contract was set up, and Israel committed to it
at Mount Sinai where they agree to the Ten Conditions of their oath to YHVH. The Second Stage
came into being when David ruled as King in Jerusalem after they have possessed the Promised
Land where the Temple was build, the house where YHVH lived among His people.
This marriage Covenant cycle was repeated when Y’shua came to the earth as a Prophet like
Moses [Act 7:37] and He re-established the Marriage Contract in Blood with His Bride and
cleansed it from the perversions of the Pharisees. He gave us His Spirit as the Engagement
Ring and Seal (Sign) that we are promised to Him, that we belong to Him and that we are
Married to Him. [2 Cor 1:22]
The Second Stage will happen at His Second Coming where He will come and fetch us (His
Bride) to live with Him forever in the House He prepared for us, The New Jerusalem. [John 14:2,
1 John 3:2]
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Israel is legally married to YHVH and She whored after other lovers (idols) and YHVH scattered
Her into the nations. He will take Her back if She repents and will come to fetch Her to live with
Him forever. Repentance is associated with the re-establishment of this Marriage Covenant in the
Blood of Y’shua and everybody that takes part in this Blood Covenant can be part of the Bride of
YHVH.
6. Y’shua’s Fulfillment of Shavuot

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The Torah is holy and good, but it cannot secure life without the testimony of Y’shua and the
receiving of His Spirit Who writes it in your heart.

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The Spirit did not replace the Torah but WROTE THE TORAH IN THE HEARTS of YHVH’s
people, those who accepted Y’shua as Savior, so that they cal WALK IN HIS WAYS, as
stipulated in the Torah. [Heb 8:10, Heb 10:16]. The outpouring of the Spirit on Shavuot
(Pentecost) confirmed and fulfilled this prophecy and prophetic meaning of this Festival and
concluded the Work of the Messiah during His First Coming.

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YHVH breathed ‘Himself’ into man by breathing or creating “nashamah” , the ‘spiritual soul’ of
man, and man became a living “nephesh”, or physical soul. This means that man was made with
a double soul or a soul with a spiritual side and a physical side.

When man sinned, death came into the world. When death entered, man lost His ‘spiritual’
abilities and was chased out of the garden. In other words, man’s ‘spiritual’ side died and he lost
his “nashamah” and was left with only his “nephesh”. This made man to be on the same level of
animals because the word describing animals is also “nephesh”.
To be saved is also to be restored back to the original state YHVH created man in. This
restoration is part of the work of the Messiah, where YHVH bring man back to the Garden state
and back to His ‘design specifications’.

To restore man, he needs to receive or revive his “nashamah” or “spiritual soul” or “spiritual
connection” again. This can only be done through YHVH breathing His breath or “Ruagh” or Spirit
back into man again. Y’shua showed us the ‘pattern’ of Salvation or Restoration where He was
baptized and received YHVH’s Ruach HaCodesh or Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove. He later
breathed on His Decipels so that they could receive His Spirit and be restored back to their
“spiritual state” (not being separated from YHVH anymore).

He will restore us physically at the event of His Second Coming where we will receive “glorified
bodies” without the fleshly desires. This event will happen at the appearing of the Messiah in the
clouds and where we will be gathered with Him (rapture).

6.2. Why do we need the Holy Spirit?

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You cannot separate the Set-Apartness and His Commandments from His Power. Those who do
His works must also follow His Instructions. There are a lot of people who do a lot of works in His
Name but do not follow His Commandments. Can they perhaps fit Matt 7:21-23, Mar 13:22 and 2
Pet 2:1.

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How do I know a false prophet from a true prophet? The false prophet does not keep His
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His Commandments are the lights that shine in the dark world that attracts people to it and you
have to put the light where everybody can see it [Mat 5:16, Luk 8:16] and know the difference
between a follower of Y’shua and someone in the world.

We make the mistake by becoming like the world in order to save them, how can a fisherman be
effective if he is in the water with the fish? You should not be in the world (sea) but in Messiah
(the boat).

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This is a Psalm that points to the times where YHVH will REVEAL HIS WAYS, DELIVER HIS
PEOPLE among the nations (scattered), ALL PEOPLE will PRAISE HIM, YHVH will JUDGE ALL
PEOPLE and He will LEAD ALL PEOPLE. This is obvious that these things will only happen at
the Second Coming of the Messiah where He will come as the King on the Horse Who will come
as the Judge everybody according to their works. Then He will live with His Bride in the House He
has prepared in the New Jerusalem. With this He concludes the Marriage with His Bride and fulfill
the Fall Festivals at His Second Coming.