Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Greatest Play Ever

What is the greatest play ever?

There has been much debate about this question, but the answer really depends upon, what you measure to determine the answer.  If you measure in terms of total number of performances on the same stage, many might argue for the play "The Mouse Trap", which has ran on the same stage at the Ambassador's theater in London's West End since November 25, 1962, for about 25,000 runs.  Others might argue, that the greatness of a play might be measured by how many countries, the play is being performed during the same season, so they might suggest a play like  "Les Miserables" or "The Lion King".  Some might suggest, that the greatness of a play might be measured by how long, it has been continuing and they might suggest a play like "Oklahoma", that has been continuously shown on some stage, since its debut on Broadway on March 31, 1943.  Others might suggest, that the greatness of a play can be measured by how many times, it has been revived after its initial performance, and might suggest a Shakespeare play like "Romeo and Juliet".  Still others might say, that the greatness of a play should be measured by the sheer size of its cast, and might argue for one of the Passion plays of medieval Europe, that literally had a cast of thousands.  Yet others might suggest, that the greatness of a play is measured by the time, that it takes to perform it, and suggest a play like "The Warp", which is performed over a twenty-two hour period.  Others might argue, that the greatness of a play is measured by the size of its stage, and suggest a play like "The Shepherd of the Hills", that has a set the size of a small town.  Still others might argue, that the size of the audience viewing a play, is the measure of its greatness, and suggest one of the plays of Seneca, that were viewed by as many as 60,0000 people at a time in a Roman amphitheater.  Yet others might say, that the real measure of the greatness of a play is the importance of its subject, and suggest a play like "Helen", by Euripides, that launched the ten year long Trojan War in the 5th Century BC.

However, by all of these measurements, there is one play, that is far greater than any play, that has ever played on Broadway in New York City, or the West End in London.  The Book of Truth (The Bible) tells about the greatest play ever.

What is the name of this play?

This play is named "The Feasts of Truth" (The Feasts of YHVH aka the Feasts of The Lord).  This play consist of several holy "convocations" (Leviticus 23:2).  [The word translated as "convocation" is literally "an assembling for a performance" in Hebrew or "a rehearsal" in modern English.]

Who wrote this play?

The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) wrote this play and gave it to Moses the great Prophet of Truth (Leviticus 23:44).

How is this play structured?

This play structured into seven acts.  Each act is called a Feast of Truth.  The first three acts are close together with no intermission.  The play starts in the first month.  The first act is called Pesach (Passover) and it lasts one day (Leviticus 23:5).  The main action of this act is the killing of the lamb (Exodus 12:21).  The second act is called Matzot (Unleavened Bread),  it lasts seven days and its main action is the eating of unleavened bread (Leviticus 23:6).  The third act is called Ra'sheet (First Fruits), it occurs during the second act on the day after the Sabbath (Sunday) after the first act, it lasts one day and the main action is the raising up of the first fruits (Leviticus 23:10-11).  Then there is an intermission of fifty days (inclusive) before the fourth act (Leviticus 23:15-16).  The fourth act is called "Shabuot" (Shavuot aka Pentecost (Greek for "fifty" because of the fifty day intermission)) (Deuteronomy 16:10).  The main action of this act is bringing leavened bread into the House of  the Father of Truth (Leviticus 23:17).  Then there is a long intermission before the play resumes.  The play resumes on the first day of the seventh month with the fifth act called Yom Teruah (Shofarim aka Trumpets), it lasts one day and the main action is the blowing of shofars (trumpets made from animal horns, particularly those from rams) in the way used to call the congregation to the place where they are to meet the king (Teruah) (Leviticus 23:24).  This is followed by a short intermission of eight days when people prepare to meet the king for judgment and have a final opportunity to repent before meeting the king on the evening that ends the ninth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 23:32).  The sixth act is called Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement aka Judgment Day aka The Fast), it lasts one day and the main action is fasting before the king as a sign of mourning (Leviticus 23:27).  This is followed by a shorter intermission of four days before the close of the play (Leviticus 23:34).  The seventh act that ends the play is called Sukkot (Booths aka Tabernacles aka Ingathering), lasts for eight days, and the main action is building the dwelling place on the first day and living in it for the next seven days (Leviticus 23:39-40).

When did this play start?

This play has been being performed continuously for more than 3,800 years - long before the first play appeared in at a theater in Athens. The first act of this play began when The Father of Truth delivered the Hebrews from the Egyptians (Exodus 12:42-44) more than 3800 years ago.

When will this play stop?

This play is to never stop being performed since its opening night in Egypt (Exodus 12:14).  The last act of this play will never stop being performed (Leviticus 23:41).  This play will literally have more performances than can be counted.

This play has been revived in every generation since it was first performed.  This play was performed in the time of the judges (Judges 21:19). This play was performed in the days of King David (1 Chronicles 23:31).  This play was revived by King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:3).  This play was revived in Jerusalem by Ezra before the Second Temple was built (Ezra 3:4-6).  This play was performed by the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) with his family every year (Luke 2:41).  This play was performed by Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul) when he was under arrest (Acts 27:9).

Who performs in this play?

This play has been performed by the entire nation of Israel for every season (Leviticus 23:4).  There were over 600,000 men between 20 and 60 years old in the army of Israel under Moses so there was conservatively more than two million people putting on this performance in its early runs (Numbers 1:46).  The mostly Gentile church in Philippi joined Shaul (Paul aka Saul) in performing this play indicating that the Children of Truth (those who obey the Father of Truth because they love Him) had joined in performing this play (Acts 20:6).  This play continues to be played out by the nation of Israel in the land of Israel, most of the Jews that live outside of Israel along with some of the Children of Truth to this day.  In the future, every man among the Gentiles will join in performing the final act of the latter runs of this play (Zechariah 14:16) .  This play literally has a cast of millions in each performance.  

Where is this play performed?

The original set of this play during its initial run was the land of Egypt along with the wilderness (northern Saudi Arabia and eastern Jordan) (Leviticus 23:43).  This play was to continue at the place where the Father of Truth would choose (Deuteronomy 16:15).  This play was then performed at Shiloh when the Tabernacle housed the Ark of the Covenant (Jeremiah 7:12).  The play was then performed throughout Jerusalem every year that the Temple stood in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 30:21).  This play indeed has had the largest set of any play in history.

How long is each performance of this play?

This play takes nineteen days of actual performance plus some long intermissions.  Each performance of this play starts its opening act on the fourteenth day of the first month (Numbers 28:16).  Each performance ends its closing act on the twenty second day of the seventh month (Numbers 29:12).  This play by far takes longer to perform than any other play.

What is the size of the audience of this play?

Every nation on Earth has seen the performance of this play when Israel was obedient (Deuteronomy 4:5-7).  The Angels of Truth have seen the original performance of this play (Acts 7:53).  This play has by far had a larger audience than any other play.

What is this play about?

This play has one main plot that is shadowed by two subplots.  We will look at the main plot first and then the two subplots.

The main plot of this story is to tell the story of the Man of Truth. This play tells the greatest story ever told about the most important man that ever lived.  In fact, all of history is His Story.

In the first act, the Man of Truth was killed like the lamb (John 19:14-16).  In the second act, his death took away the sin that is pictured by leaven (Hebrews 9:26).  In the third act, the Man of Truth was raised up as the first fruits from among the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20).  After an intermission of fifty days from first fruits, in the fourth act the Man of Truth sends the baptism of the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) so that the Gentiles can come into the House of Truth that belongs to the Father of Truth as pictured by the inclusion of leavened bread (Acts 1:3-5).  Then there has a long intermission of about two thousand years when the Man of Truth he has been preparing a place for his people (John 14:2-4).  In the fifth act the Man of Truth began sounding the trumpet and shouting to call his people to the place where they will meet their king (Psalm 47:4-6).  There will be a short intermission when his people will be prepared for the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Psalm 10:16-18).  In the sixth act, the Father of Truth will give people the place that they have earned in the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Matthew 20:23).  Then there will be a intermission that seems shorter due to the joy of his reign where the kingdom of the Man of Truth grows until it covers the whole Earth (Daniel 2:34-35).  In the seventh and final act, the Man of Truth will then rule over his people forever (Luke 1:31-33).

The first subplot of this story is the story of the physical people of the Man of Truth that are his people according to their birth in the flesh (Romans 9:3-5).  Every act in this subplot occurs in history before or during the same act in the second subplot.

In the first act, the nation of Israel killed the lamb in Egypt (Exodus 12:5-7). In the second act, the children of Israel were delivered from Egypt which is pictured by leaven (Exodus 12:17).  In the third act, the children of Israel, were raised up as the first fruits of people that belong to the Father of Truth (Exodus 4:21-23).  After an intermission of fifty days from first fruits, the Father of Truth gave the Law to the children of Israel so that the descendants of Jacob and the Gentiles that lived among them became one nation as pictured by the inclusion of leavened bread (Exodus 19:5-7).  Then there was a long intermission where the children of Israel strayed thrice from the Father of Truth and were put out of the Land of Israel to live among the Gentiles for their disobedience (Deuteronomy 4:25-27).  In the fifth act, the trumpet began sounding and the children of Israel began to be regathered to the land of Israel where they will meet their king (Isaiah 27:12-13).  Next in the near future there will be a short intermission that will include the time of Jacob's trouble when the children of Israel will suffer greatly until they completely repent (Jeremiah 30:7).  In the sixth act the children of Israel will finally accept the Man of Truth as their king and mourn for their treatment of him (Zechariah 12:9-11).  Then the children of Israel will be given their place as head of the nations (Deuteronomy 14:2).  Then there will be an intermission that will seem shorter due to their joy where the children of Israel will help the Man of Truth to bring the nations of the world into his kingdom (Zechariah 8:22-23).  In the seventh, and final act, the children of Israel will be ruled over by the Father of Truth forever (Ezekiel 36:28).

The second subplot of this story is the story of the spiritual people of the Man of Truth that are his people according to their birth by the Spirit of Truth (Hebrews 2:10-12).  Every act in this subplot occurs in history after or during the same act in the first subplot.

In the first act, the Man of Truth is killed as the passover lamb for the Children of Truth (1 Corinthians 5:7).   In the second act, the Children of Truth are delivered from sin as pictured by the removal of the leaven (1 John 1:7).  In the third act, the Children of Truth are raised up from being dead in trespasses and sin (Ephesians 2:1).  After an intermission of fifty days from first fruits, the Father of Truth gave the baptism of the Spirit of Truth to the Children of Truth (Acts 2:1-4).  This same baptism was given to the Gentiles as well so that the Jews and the Gentiles can become one in Messiah as pictured by the inclusion of leavened bread (Acts 11:16-18).  Now there has been a long intermission where the Children of Truth are preaching to both Jews and Gentiles to turn them from their disobedience (Mark 16:15).  In the fifth act, the the Children of Truth will hear the trumpet and begin to be gathered to meet their king (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17).  Next in the near future there will be a short intermission when the Children of Truth that have already been gathered will be examined by the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 5:9-11).  At this same time the suffering that occurs in the tribulation will produce the repentance that leads to the final harvest of the Children of Truth (Revelation 6:9-11).  In the sixth act the Children of Truth will join the Man of Truth in judging the nations of this world for their treatment of his people (Jude 1:14-15).  Then there will be an intermission that will seem shorter for their joy where the Children of Truth will help the Man of Truth to bring the nations of the world into his kingdom (Revelation 20:6).  In the seventh, and final act, the Children of Truth will rule with the Father of Truth forever (Revelation 21:2-4).

Without a doubt this play is about the most important subject that has ever been or ever will be.

What about you?  Are you ready to be part of the greatest play ever?  Do you want to be part of that second subplot that is greater than the first subplot?

You can if you will come into the House of Truth and learn how to perform your part.  You come into the House of Truth by making the Man of Truth the director of your life because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).  You read the Book of Truth in the House of Truth to learn your part (2 Timothy 2:15).  You perform your part in the House of Truth by putting what you learn into practice (James 1:22).

Come into the House of Truth.





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