The Importance of Living in Torah
Terms to Define
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 YHVH: the name of God. The God of Israel; of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob
 Yeshua: the Hebrew name of Jesus; meaning in Hebrew: “salvation”
 Moedim: Hebrew word for appointed times, holy days of YHVH, feasts
of YHVH, or Biblical Feasts; “Jewish holidays”
 Torah: first 5 books of the Bible; the “commandments” or “instructions”
of YHVH; the “right-rulings” of God; the light unto our path; shows us
what is sin and what is right
Blood Moons
A Sign to YHVH’s People
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 YHVH set the precedent in Genesis
 Genesis 1:14-19: sun, moon, and stars are signs for the appointed times
 Psalm 104:19: the moon is for appointed times
What is a Blood Moon?
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 A blood moon is when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon.
The sun shines through the atmosphere of the Earth and casts up on the
moon a red shadow causing the moon to appear to be red.
 Joel 2:30-31: The sun is turned to darkness and the moon into blood
before the great and terrible day of YHVH
 Acts 2:17-21: In the last days, I will pour out My Spirit and shall show
signs and wonders in the heavens
 Revelation 6:12: Sixth seal
Tetrad
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 When 4 total lunar eclipses happen back-to-back in a short amount of
time
 Total lunar eclipses appearing so closely together is extremely rare
 Even more rare is when all the total lunar eclipses coincide with the
Biblical Feasts of God
 Only 7 since time of Yeshua
 Only 3 in the past 1,000 years
 No more in our lifetime
 These types of blood moons always signify turning points for Israel
2014-2015 Tetrad Cycle
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Passover (April 2014)
Sukkot (September 2014)
Total Solar Eclipse (March 2015)
Passover (April 2015)
Sukkot (September 2015)
*Sun is a signal for the nations; Moon is a signal for Israel*
Blood Moons Over Jerusalem
September 2015
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The Feasts of YHVH
Passover
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 14th day of the first month – Leviticus 23:5
 Time of the 10 plagues
 Lamb’s blood on the doorpost saved the first born
 After 400 years, Israelites freed from slavery
 Eat unleavened bread to commemorate the flight from Egypt
 Yeshua is our Passover Lamb
 One of the 3 Feasts required to go to Jerusalem
 Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot
Sukkot
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 15th day of the seventh month – Leviticus 23:34
 5 days after Yom Kippur
 Most somber, holy day of the year; Judgment day; We go before the throne of God;
Written in the Book of Life or Book or Death; Fate for the next year is determined
on this day
 8 days of rejoicing and celebrating
 Sleep in sukkahs – booths – to remember when YHVH brought our forefathers
out of Egypt
 Known as the “Wedding Feast”
 Thought to be the time when Yeshua will return to earth
Historical Significance
Historical Significance
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 Dates of TOTAL lunar eclipses in history
 The significant event can happen before, during, or after the blood
moon
 We are given specific dates for the moons (Feasts of YHVH), we are not
given specific dates for when the events will occur or what exactly they will
be
 Importance of being a watchman and always carrying extra oil
162-163 AD: Persecution,
Diaspora, Famine, Plague
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 Some of the most brutal persecution of Jews and Christians
 Tiber River floods in 162 AD causing destruction and massive famine
 Antonine Plague
 Brought back from Roman campaign in Syria
 Killed between 5-8 million people – 1/3 of the Roman population
795-796 AD: First Defeat of
Muslim Empire
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 Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire established a buffer
zone between France and Spain
 Ended centuries of Arab invasions into Western Europe and halting the
expansion of Islam into Europe
 Jews were relatively free under Charlemagne
 After his death, Catholicism took over and began another period of
persecution for the Jews
 Many Jews were murdered during this time
842-843 AD: Fall of Roman
Empire
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 Vatican and other Italian cities are attacked and plundered by Islamic
forces from Africa
 Roman Emperor Theophilos died
 His 4 year old son, Michael III, takes the throne through council of regents
led by his mother, Queen Theodora
 Queen Theodora quickly reverses Theophilos’ ban on worshipping images
and icons citing “Christian principles of belief”
860-861 AD: Second Defeat of
Muslim Empire
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 Byzantine Empire defeats Arab armies at the Battle of Lalakaon in
Turkey
 Permanently stopped the Islamic invasion of Eastern Europe
 In 860 AD, Emperor Michael III (now 22) sends delegates to a council in
Constantinople to clarify the issue of worshipping icons and images
 Result was a period of friction between the Roman and Greek Catholics,
which ended in a split between the two groups in 869 AD
1493 – 1494: Spanish Inquisition
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 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain expel all Jews
 July 1492 on the 9th of Av
 Jewish refugees severely mistreated
 Dumped in ocean, knifed to death, fled and settled in other cities
 Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
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“Converted” to Catholicism; practiced Judaism in secret
Conversos (S. “converted”), anusim (H. “forced”), marranos (S. “pigs”)
Obadiah 1:20: prophecy about the exiled Spanish Jews
Many Hispanics in NM and S. CO have Jewish roots from Inquisition
1949-1950: Rebirth of Israel
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 May 14, 1948 Israel declares independence
 Israel’s War of Independence
 Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq attacked
 Israel Defense Forces fought for 15 months
 1949 Negotiations headed by UN
 Armistice agreement with each country, except Iraq
 Israel: Coastal Plain, Galilee, entire Negev region, and West Jerusalem
 Jordan: Judea & Samaria (West Bank) and East Jerusalem (Temple
Mount and Old City)
 Egypt: Gaza Strip
1967-1968: Six Day War
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 Six Day War
 Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria
 After 6 days of fighting, new cease-fire lines established
 Under Israeli Authority:
 Judea & Samaria (West Bank), Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights
 All of Jerusalem reunited, including Temple Mount
Shemitah Year
The Shemitah
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 Leviticus 25:1-4: 7th year is a Sabbath year
 Land rests
 All debts are forgiven
 Slaves are set free
 Shemitah can build up or tear down nations
 Jeremiah 25:4-11: land would be desolate for 70 years
 Babylonian captivity
 God gave the land 10 Shemitahs
 Leviticus 25:8-13: 50th year is a Yovel year
The Current Shemitah
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 September 2014-September 2015 was a Shemitah year
 September 2015-2016 is a Yovel year
 The Jubilee/Yovel year of release begins after the 49th year
 We have just ended a Shemitah year and began a Jubilee Year!
 Two years of Sabbath and releasing
 First time in 2,000 years that a tetrad occurred on Feasts AND a Shemitah
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Century Shemitah Years
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 1917
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WWI ends
Germany defeated
Fall of the Russian Czar
Fall of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Fall of the Turkish Ottoman Empire
America rises to power
Soviet Union rises
Balfour Declaration
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Century Shemitah Years
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 1938
 Kristallnacht “Night of the Broken Glass”
 1945
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Nazi Germany defeated
Atomic bomb dropped on Japan
WWII ends
U.S. becomes military superpower
U.S. Dollar becomes world standard currency; richest and largest lender
nation
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Century Shemitah Years
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 1973
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U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion (Roe v. Wade)
World Trade Center is completed; symbol of America’s economic strength
U.S. withdraws from Vietnam
Nixon takes U.S. off gold standard – decline of U.S. dollar begins
 1980
 U.S. Supreme Court rules 10 Commandments in schools violates First
Amendment (Stone v. Graham)
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Century Shemitah Years
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 2001
 World Trade Center and Pentagon (symbols of America’s economic and
military strength) are attacked by Islamic terrorists
 Wall Street has one of its greatest collapses
 2008
 Wall Street suffers largest decline up until that time
 America is now the world’s largest debtor nation
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Century Shemitah Years
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 2014-2015
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Rise of ISIS
Russia invades Ukraine; Russia intervenes in Syria
Iran nuclear weapon
North Korea “prepared” for nuclear war
American data breach by Chinese hackers
Chinese preparing for combat
Greek financial crisis
U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage
Planned Parenthood exposed
Cuba and U.S. reestablish formal relations
We Are Grafted In
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 Romans 11:16-25: We are the wild branches grafted into the olive tree
 Yeshua is the Root and Israel/Jews are the natural branches
 We do NOT replace Israel, we become a part of Israel
 Romans 8:16-17: We are the children and heirs of God
 Only a legitimate heir can inherit from the Father
 WE ARE ISRAEL
 Torah is for US!
 Without Torah to light our steps, we will miss everything YHVH is
trying to reveal to us
Where Do We Start?
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 The Shemitah/Yovel years signify a time of release, fresh start
 Release our past sin and turn to Him with all our hearts
 Keep the Sabbath holy
 Pork and shellfish
 Ask the Holy Spirit how you should walk in His ways