A couple of years ago I became convicted that God's weekly Sabbath day was Friday at sunset to Saturday sunset and that no where in the Bible could I find the change to Sunday. It took awhile, but I finally became so convicted that I started resting completely, doing no ordinary work, at this time. Well, that opened my eyes to even more of God's Word to understand that His Laws were not done away with. As I read many of the threads and posts, I see more and more Christians who are keeping God's 7th day, His Feast Days, and His dietary laws. Some, of course, are still holding fast to the traditional mainstream christian teachings that God's son, whose name was Jesus (in the Greek...but Yeshua in Hebrew) nailed the Laws to the cross and we Christians do not obey them because they believe it is legalism and works.
The following I found to cover the basics of what many are now calling Hebrew Roots Movement:
**NOTICE** I am not accusing anyone of anything. God is sovereign and I do believe we are moving back to the "ancient paths" and we are seeing a change in mainstream Christianity.
Many are believing Jesus was Born on Tabernacles.
"And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us…" (John 1:14) We can calculate the birth of John the baptist based on his father's temple service. "…a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah…" (Luke 1:5) This places the birth of John at Passover, and the birth of the Messiah 6 months later at Tabernacles. Because Mary became pregnant six months after Elizabeth. "Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month…" (Luke 1:36)
His name is Yeshua.
"You shall call his name Yeshua (salvation), for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21) Yeshua means "salvation". The name "Jesus" was an English word that was created 500 years ago in an attempt to transliterate the Greek word "Iesous", which was a transliteration of "Yeshua" or "Yehoshua". We can see this from the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament), because that is how they translated the Hebrew into Greek.
Came for the "Lost sheep of Israel
".But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Matthew 15:24)The lost sheep of Israel are the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom (The house of Israel) that were scattered among the nations. They were given a divorce from YHVH, and were exiled. Only the house of Judah remained in the land. Prophesy says that the Messiah will gather back the lost tribes, and reunite all of Israel in his kingdom. This is the purpose of the Messiah. However, he is also a light to the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth. "Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.' " (Isaiah 49:6) - This is referred to in the Grafting in of Gentiles into Israel.
Kept Sabbath perfectly.
"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read." (Luke 4:16) His custom was to attend synagogue on the Sabbath.
Taught his Father's commandments.
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to make full. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:17-19) - He came to bring fulness to the commandments. If anyone teaches that we should break even the least commandment - that person will be least in the Kingdom. Do you think that Messiah is going to be "least" in the kingdom? NO! He fully taught the Torah perfectly, and instructed all men to follow it.
"So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." (Matthew 19:17) - Again he is encouraging people to obey the commandments.
"Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner." (John 5:19) - The son only does what the Father does.
Died on Passover.
"You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." (Matthew 26:2) "Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast…" (1Corinthians 5:7-8)
Buried on Unleavened bread.
"Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Yeshua." (Mark 15:42-43)
"On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord… you shall do no customary work on it" (Leviticus 23:5-7)
Resurrected on FirstFruits.
"Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb." (Matthew 28:1) - the day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened bread is FirstFruits. "you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest… on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it." (Leviticus 23:10,11) - FirstFruits is the day after the weekly Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened bread. "But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep…But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming." (1Corinthians 15:20,23)
In the grave for 3 days and 3 nights.
According to popular theology, Messiah was buried friday night, and rose from the grave on sunday morning. The best you can get out of that is 2 nights and 1 day. However, if he was buried wednesday night Passover (night 1), thursday "High Sabbath" (day 1), thursday night (night 2), friday preparation day of the weekly Sabbath (day 2), friday night (night 3) saturday Sabbath (day 3), then he resurrected at the end of the Sabbath, the moment that the day of FirstFruits began. That gives us 3 full days and 3 full nights. The women came to the tomb early that morning before the sunrise, and the tomb was already empty and Messiah was long gone. "Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb." (John 20:1)
Nailed our sins to the cross.
"who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness - by whose stripes you were healed." (1Peter 2:24) - he took our sins with him on the tree, so that we might also die to sin. "…How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? … knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin … For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all… Likewise you also, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts." (Romans 6:2,6,7,10,11,12) - our old sinful self was crucified with him, so that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Fulfilled the Law as our example.
" For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps" (1Peter 2:21) "He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walkjust as He walked." (1John 2:6) "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master." (Matthew 10:24,25)
Replaced nothing.
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to make full. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." (Matthew 5:17-19) - he did not come to take away, or even modify the Law.
Taught the Law of Moses was about himself.
"For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me." (John 5:46)
"These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." (Luke 24:44)
Opposed man-made laws and traditions (not in the Torah)
"For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold… Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?" … And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men…" (Mark 7:3-8) - He upheld the commandments in the Torah, but opposed the traditions and commandments of men that were not in the Torah.
Grafted Gentiles into Israel.
"And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in." Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either… also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved…" (Romans 11:17-26) - Israel is the cultivated Olive tree, and the Gentiles are the wild branches that have been grafted in.
Is the Lord of the Sabbath.
"Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord." (Exodus 16:23) "but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord… Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." (Exodus 20:10,11) "Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord." (Exodus 35:2) "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings." (Leviticus 23:3) "but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 5:14) "call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable" (Isaiah 58:13) - the Sabbath was established by and belongs to the Lord. Who is the Lord of the Sabbath? "For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." (Matthew 12:8) "Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:28)
Will return at the appointed time.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The appointed times of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My appointed times … In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." (Leviticus 23:2,24) - The "Feasts of the LORD" are God's "appointed times" that He has set on His calendar. Remember that Messiah died on Passover, was buried on Unleavened Bread, resurrected on FirstFruits, and sent the Holy Spirit on Pentecost (feast of weeks). Those are the spring Feasts of the Lord. The fall Feasts are waiting to be fulfilled in his return. Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles will be fulfilled when Messiah returns. "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Matthew 24:30-31) "Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." (1Corinthians 15:51-52) "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first." (1Thessalonians 4:16)
Peter's confession is the foundation of faith.
"You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Yeshua answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Yonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly (Greek "ekklēsian" means "called out ones"), and the gates of hades will not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:16-18) - the Catholic church claims that Peter is the foundation, but it is actually his confession that Yeshua is the Messiah that is the foundation. Also, "church" is not the correct translation of "ekklesia". It is better to translate it as "assembly".
Wants you to be a disciple.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…" (Matthew 28:19) - we are told to "make disciples", we are NOT told to tell people to just pray a prayer to be saved. We are told things like, "And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved." (Matthew 10:22) - what must we "endure" if all it takes is praying a prayer? "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24) - why is it so difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom, if all he has to do is pray a prayer? "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) - is praying a prayer considered the narrow difficult path, or the wide easy road that many take? or is being a disciple and obeying the commands and teachings of the Father and His Messiah the narrow road that only a few find? "Yeshua began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Matthew 4:17) - repent means to turn away from our sin and obey God. Why is our Messiah preaching "repent" if all we need to do is pray a prayer? "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." (Mark 1:15) - again, this concept of "repenting" is directly connected to the gospel message. "Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent." (Revelation 2:5) - now he is telling an assembly of believers to repent, and do the "first works". If all we have to do is pray a prayer, then why are believers told to "repent"?
Wants you to live a holy life.
"as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." (1Peter 1:14-16) "For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness." (Romans 6:19) "But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit toholiness, and the end, everlasting life." (Romans 6:22) "For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness." (1Thessalonians 4:7)
The following picture is not meant to accuse, but for me personally is conviction and motivation to see and understand the Whole Bible and how OT and NT do fit perfectly together.
The following I found to cover the basics of what many are now calling Hebrew Roots Movement:
**NOTICE** I am not accusing anyone of anything. God is sovereign and I do believe we are moving back to the "ancient paths" and we are seeing a change in mainstream Christianity.
Many are believing Jesus was Born on Tabernacles.
"And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us…" (John 1:14) We can calculate the birth of John the baptist based on his father's temple service. "…a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah…" (Luke 1:5) This places the birth of John at Passover, and the birth of the Messiah 6 months later at Tabernacles. Because Mary became pregnant six months after Elizabeth. "Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month…" (Luke 1:36)
His name is Yeshua.
"You shall call his name Yeshua (salvation), for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21) Yeshua means "salvation". The name "Jesus" was an English word that was created 500 years ago in an attempt to transliterate the Greek word "Iesous", which was a transliteration of "Yeshua" or "Yehoshua". We can see this from the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament), because that is how they translated the Hebrew into Greek.
Came for the "Lost sheep of Israel
".But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Matthew 15:24)The lost sheep of Israel are the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom (The house of Israel) that were scattered among the nations. They were given a divorce from YHVH, and were exiled. Only the house of Judah remained in the land. Prophesy says that the Messiah will gather back the lost tribes, and reunite all of Israel in his kingdom. This is the purpose of the Messiah. However, he is also a light to the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth. "Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.' " (Isaiah 49:6) - This is referred to in the Grafting in of Gentiles into Israel.
Kept Sabbath perfectly.
"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read." (Luke 4:16) His custom was to attend synagogue on the Sabbath.
Taught his Father's commandments.
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to make full. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:17-19) - He came to bring fulness to the commandments. If anyone teaches that we should break even the least commandment - that person will be least in the Kingdom. Do you think that Messiah is going to be "least" in the kingdom? NO! He fully taught the Torah perfectly, and instructed all men to follow it.
"So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." (Matthew 19:17) - Again he is encouraging people to obey the commandments.
"Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner." (John 5:19) - The son only does what the Father does.
Died on Passover.
"You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." (Matthew 26:2) "Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast…" (1Corinthians 5:7-8)
Buried on Unleavened bread.
"Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Yeshua." (Mark 15:42-43)
"On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord… you shall do no customary work on it" (Leviticus 23:5-7)
Resurrected on FirstFruits.
"Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb." (Matthew 28:1) - the day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened bread is FirstFruits. "you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest… on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it." (Leviticus 23:10,11) - FirstFruits is the day after the weekly Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened bread. "But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep…But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming." (1Corinthians 15:20,23)
In the grave for 3 days and 3 nights.
According to popular theology, Messiah was buried friday night, and rose from the grave on sunday morning. The best you can get out of that is 2 nights and 1 day. However, if he was buried wednesday night Passover (night 1), thursday "High Sabbath" (day 1), thursday night (night 2), friday preparation day of the weekly Sabbath (day 2), friday night (night 3) saturday Sabbath (day 3), then he resurrected at the end of the Sabbath, the moment that the day of FirstFruits began. That gives us 3 full days and 3 full nights. The women came to the tomb early that morning before the sunrise, and the tomb was already empty and Messiah was long gone. "Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb." (John 20:1)
Nailed our sins to the cross.
"who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness - by whose stripes you were healed." (1Peter 2:24) - he took our sins with him on the tree, so that we might also die to sin. "…How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? … knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin … For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all… Likewise you also, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts." (Romans 6:2,6,7,10,11,12) - our old sinful self was crucified with him, so that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Fulfilled the Law as our example.
" For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps" (1Peter 2:21) "He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walkjust as He walked." (1John 2:6) "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master." (Matthew 10:24,25)
Replaced nothing.
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to make full. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." (Matthew 5:17-19) - he did not come to take away, or even modify the Law.
Taught the Law of Moses was about himself.
"For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me." (John 5:46)
"These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." (Luke 24:44)
Opposed man-made laws and traditions (not in the Torah)
"For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold… Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?" … And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men…" (Mark 7:3-8) - He upheld the commandments in the Torah, but opposed the traditions and commandments of men that were not in the Torah.
Grafted Gentiles into Israel.
"And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in." Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either… also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved…" (Romans 11:17-26) - Israel is the cultivated Olive tree, and the Gentiles are the wild branches that have been grafted in.
Is the Lord of the Sabbath.
"Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord." (Exodus 16:23) "but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord… Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." (Exodus 20:10,11) "Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord." (Exodus 35:2) "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings." (Leviticus 23:3) "but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 5:14) "call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable" (Isaiah 58:13) - the Sabbath was established by and belongs to the Lord. Who is the Lord of the Sabbath? "For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." (Matthew 12:8) "Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:28)
Will return at the appointed time.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The appointed times of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My appointed times … In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." (Leviticus 23:2,24) - The "Feasts of the LORD" are God's "appointed times" that He has set on His calendar. Remember that Messiah died on Passover, was buried on Unleavened Bread, resurrected on FirstFruits, and sent the Holy Spirit on Pentecost (feast of weeks). Those are the spring Feasts of the Lord. The fall Feasts are waiting to be fulfilled in his return. Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles will be fulfilled when Messiah returns. "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Matthew 24:30-31) "Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." (1Corinthians 15:51-52) "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first." (1Thessalonians 4:16)
Peter's confession is the foundation of faith.
"You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Yeshua answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Yonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly (Greek "ekklēsian" means "called out ones"), and the gates of hades will not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:16-18) - the Catholic church claims that Peter is the foundation, but it is actually his confession that Yeshua is the Messiah that is the foundation. Also, "church" is not the correct translation of "ekklesia". It is better to translate it as "assembly".
Wants you to be a disciple.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…" (Matthew 28:19) - we are told to "make disciples", we are NOT told to tell people to just pray a prayer to be saved. We are told things like, "And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved." (Matthew 10:22) - what must we "endure" if all it takes is praying a prayer? "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24) - why is it so difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom, if all he has to do is pray a prayer? "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) - is praying a prayer considered the narrow difficult path, or the wide easy road that many take? or is being a disciple and obeying the commands and teachings of the Father and His Messiah the narrow road that only a few find? "Yeshua began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Matthew 4:17) - repent means to turn away from our sin and obey God. Why is our Messiah preaching "repent" if all we need to do is pray a prayer? "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." (Mark 1:15) - again, this concept of "repenting" is directly connected to the gospel message. "Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent." (Revelation 2:5) - now he is telling an assembly of believers to repent, and do the "first works". If all we have to do is pray a prayer, then why are believers told to "repent"?
Wants you to live a holy life.
"as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." (1Peter 1:14-16) "For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness." (Romans 6:19) "But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit toholiness, and the end, everlasting life." (Romans 6:22) "For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness." (1Thessalonians 4:7)
The following picture is not meant to accuse, but for me personally is conviction and motivation to see and understand the Whole Bible and how OT and NT do fit perfectly together.
