Sunday, September 9, 2018

Happy New Year?

When does the New Year begin?

Soon, most Jews around the world will be celebrating Rosh Hashanah.  Rosh Hashanah means, "the head of the year".  This holiday is called that by the Rabbis, because they say that it is the first day of the civil year.  In fact, they recognize four different New Year days throughout the year.

The first day of Tishrei is New Year Day for civil affairs.  It is the first month on the Rabbinic calendar.  It is the main New Year Day for determining the dates of almost everything, including when the number of the year is incremented.

The fifteenth day of Shevat is New Year Day for the trees.  It is the fifth month on the Rabbinic calendar.  It is used for determining if a tree is old enough for its fruit to be eaten.

The first day of Nisan is New Year Day for the rule of kings.  It is the seventh month on the Rabbinic calendar.  (The eighth month in a leap year.)  It is used for determining how long a king has ruled, renting houses, and the fulfillment of vows.

The first day of Elul is New Year Day for the cattle.  It is the last month on the Rabbinic calendar.  It is the day when all cattle pass under the rod, so that one out of ten can be given as a tithe.

The traditional Rosh Hashanah greeting is, "l'shanah tovah".  This literally means, "to a good year".   So, strictly speaking, people do not literally say, "Happy New Year" on Rosh Hashanah, but the sentiment is similar.

This greeting is a shortened form of the longer traditional greeting of "l'shanah tovah tikateiv v'tichateimu".  This literally means, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year".

In similar manner, people eat apple slices dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah to express their earnest expectation to be inscribed and sealed for a good year.

The reason for this is the writings in the Talmud.  The Talmud is composed of two parts.  The first part is the Mishnah, which is oral traditions of the elders that were finally written down to preserve them during the fourth century AD.  The second part is the Gemara, which is the analysis and commentary of the Mishnah by various famous Rabbis.

The Rabbis teach from the Mishnah that there are three classes of people on Earth - The Righteous, The Wicked, and The Unsealed.  According to them, on Rosh Hashanah the fate of The Righteous is sealed to be written in the Book of Life forever, and fate of The Wicked is sealed to be blotted out of the Book of Life forever.  They teach that very few people fall into either category on Rosh Hashanah, so most are part of The Unsealed.  They say, that The Unsealed have until Yom Kippur to repent and make amends with other people, so that they will be counted righteous enough to be granted a good year.  They call this period, when The Unsealed have an opportunity to repent, The Days Of Awe.  They claim that being granted a good year, is to give The Unsealed another chance to be counted as one of The Righteous on the next Rosh Hashanah.

So, instead of wishing people a "Happy New Year" on Rosh Hashanah, you wish people to be inscribed and sealed for a good year.  More to the point, you are wishing that they are not found to be one of The Wicked on Rosh Hashanah, so that they may repent enough to inscribed and sealed for a good year on Yom Kippur.

However, does the Book of Truth really support this tradition of wishing people "l'shanah tovah" on Rosh Hashanah?

Some have maintained that Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the agricultural year in the Book of Truth.

However, it is the end of the feast of the ingathering that marks the end of the agricultural year in the Book of Truth (Exodus 23:16).  This is the last of the three times in the year when people were required to come to bring their offerings to the Father of Truth (Exodus 34:21-23).  It is plain that the feast of the ingathering is Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Deuteronomy 16:13-16).

Sukkot ends on the twenty-second day of the seventh month (Leviticus 23:34-41).  The seventh month counting from Nisan as the first month, is Tishrei on the Rabbinic Calendar.

The Sabbath year, when no one is to sow or reap crops, begins after the end of the sixth agricultural year - when the grape harvest has been gathered in (Leviticus 25:2-4).  This is the Year of Release, when everyone is released from debt at the end of the Sabbath year (Deuteronomy 15:1-2).  Everyone that has been indenture as a servant to pay off their debt, is to be furnished with everything they need to have a fresh start (Deuteronomy 15:12-14).  It is for this reason, during Sukkot at the end of the seventh year, everyone is to be instructed out of everything in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), so they can be successful when the next agricultural year begins, right after Sukkot ends (Deuteronomy 31:10-13).

So, the agricultural year begins on the twenty-third day of the seventh month (Tishrei) in the Book of Truth.

Some have said that the agricultural year begins on first of Tishrei, because that is the month when the Year of the Yubal (Jubilee) begins.  However, the Year of the Yubal actually begins on the tenth day of the seventh month of the seventh Sabbath year (Leviticus 25:8-10).

So, there is absolutely no basis in the Book of Truth to call the first day of the seventh month (Tishrei), "Rosh Hashanah".  However, there is another day that the Book of Truth calls, "Rosh Hashanah".

The phrase "Rosh Hashanah" does appear one time in the Book of Truth.  It is the fifth and sixth words of Ezekiel 40:1 in the Masoretic text.   (Remember that Hebrew is read right to left.)

However, "Rosh Hashanah" here is is not the first day of Tishrei, but the first day of Nisan as clarified later in the same passage (Ezekiel 45:18-21).

It is called this in accordance with the commandment in the Law of Truth, that the beginning of the month when Pesach (Passover) is kept, is to be the beginning of the year (Exodus 12:2-11).   It is the month of Abib (Aviv) that is to observed as the head of the year (Deuteronomy 16:1).  The Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) continued to observe Nisan (Abib) as the first month of the year, after the captivity in Babylon was over (Esther 3:7).

It is rebelling against the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) to call the first day of Tishrei, the head of the year, instead of calling the first day of Nisan, the head of the year.

What is more, the first day of the seventh month (Tishri) is actually called by a different name in the Book of Truth.  It is called Yom Teruah (The Feast of Trumpets) (Leviticus 23:23-25).  The first day of the seventh month is literally called, the Day of Alarming.

So, it is violating the Law of Truth to call first day of Tishrei, "Rosh Hashanah" instead of "Yom Teruah".

The Rabbis got this rebellious practice of calling the first day of the seventh month on the calendar of the Book of Truth as the first day of the first month from the Babylonians.  The Babylonians called this the head of their year.  It was used for determining the days when they had feasts to honor their idols, and made sacrifices to their idols. 

Even before the exile to Babylon, the people of Israel had learn to call the seventh month, "Ethanim", from the Canaanites (1 Kings 8:2).  The Canaanites started their year on the first day of Ethanim, and celebrated it as the rebirth of Baal each year.  They also got their religion from Babylon before the time of Abraham (Abram).

People should especially avoid greeting each other with "l'shanah tovah" on the first day of Tishrei.  Instead, they should obey the commandment of the Father of Truth to not work on this day, congregate together, and sound the alarm on the shofar (horn) (Numbers 29:1).

The entire concept of the fate of people being sealed on the first day of Tishrei, if they were righteous or wicked enough, comes from the Babylonian religion.  In like manner, the idea that people can be inscribed and sealed for a good year, also comes from this idolatrous religion.  The Book of Truth teaches that it is how you end that matters, and your fate is sealed at death.

Celebrating "Rosh Hashanah" on this day with the practices learned in Babylon, instead of celebrating Yom Teruah with the practices taught in the Law of Truth, is no better than celebrating Easter with the practices of the Druids, instead of wishing people "Happy Firstfruits!", while celebrating the practices taught in the Law of Truth.  The Mensch Who Killed Christmas, would also kill Rosh Hashanah.

The Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) is behind this deception!  He has inspired this Rabbinic Distort to put the Feasts of Truth in the wrong order, to be called by the wrong names, and to be celebrated in the wrong way.  He knows, that when the Feasts of Truth are celebrated correctly and in the right order, that they form The Greatest Play Ever, which clearly tells the story of the Messiah of Israel.

The Father of Truth has sent the Messiah of Israel, so that the day of salvation has come for everyone, who will accept him as their savior (Isaiah 49:6-8)!  The time to repent is not during the Days of Awe, but now, because the Father of Truth has raised the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) from the dead, so all people can be certain that they will face His judgment (Acts 17:30-31)!  Today is the day, for you to come into the House of Truth and be saved (2 Corinthians 6:2)!

It will be a happy new year for you, every year of your life, if you will come into the House of Truth, by making the Man of Truth your king, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth!










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