T he F ESTIVALS and S ACRED D AYS OF Y AHWEHT he F estivals and S acred D ays of Y ahweh Volume One Fourth Edition 2022 A Scriptural Study by Qadesh La Yahweh PressCopyright © 2022 by Qadesh La Yahweh Press All rights reserved Published by Qadesh La Yahweh Press P.O. Box 5705 Garden Grove, Ca. 92846-0705 Printed in the United States of America Fourth Edition No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except in the case of brief quotations. T HIS B OOKIS N OTTOBE S OLD . Obtain the truth and do not sell wisdom, instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs, 23:23) Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-85161 ISBN: 0-9623638-6-3Editorial Staff C. Runfola S. Guevarra P. Carey Researched and written by R. CloverContents N OTETO R EADER ...............................................................................xvii Preliminary Discussion I NTRODUCTIONTOTHE T HREE V OLUMES ..................................1 The Debate .......................................................................................1 Format for the Three Volumes ......................................................2 VOLUME I Part I: Required Under Grace? ...........................................2 Part II: Phasekh and Shabuath: Background and Controversy...............................................................3 VOLUME II Part I: The Authority for the Christian Transformation...4 Part II: Scriptural Definitions ..............................................4 Part III: Messiah’s Phasekh..................................................5 VOLUME III Part I: The Sabbath, Seventh Month, and Prophetic Meanings...................................................5 Part II: The New Moon and the New Year........................6 I.L AYINGA F OUNDATION ...................................................................7 Yahushua the Messiah ....................................................................7 The Term Christian .........................................................................9 The Term jsp (Phasekh) ...............................................................13 Yahweh’s yd[wm (Moadi) .................................................................15 A gj (Khag) ........................................................................................16 A ˆwtbç (Sabbathon) .........................................................................18 Different Observances ....................................................................20 Jew, Jews, and Jewish .....................................................................21 Conclusion ........................................................................................22 PART ONE Required Under Grace? I NTRODUCTIONTO P ART I ................................................................25 A twqj (Khoquth) .............................................................................25 The Condemned Sacred Days .......................................................27 The Dovgmasin (Dogmasin) Against Us ...........................................29 Obvious Flaws .................................................................................31 The Task of Part I ............................................................................33 viiviiiContents The Order .........................................................................................34 II.T HE I NHERITANCE ..............................................................................35 Heirs ..................................................................................................35 Granted to Abraham and the Messiah ........................................37 The Legal Mechanism ....................................................................39 What Is the Inheritance? ................................................................41 The Resurrection and Eternal Life ................................................44 Conclusion ........................................................................................45 III.T HE C ONDITIONAL I NHERITANCE .................................................47 Promised Inheritance Not Yet Received ......................................47 Was the Land Already Received? .................................................49 Behavioral Conditions ....................................................................50 Conditional Under Grace ...............................................................51 Conclusion ........................................................................................55 IV.T HE T ORAH .........................................................................................57 An Augmentation ...........................................................................57 The Torah: A Series of Covenants .................................................61 Dogmasin ...........................................................................................64 Conclusion ........................................................................................69 V.U NDER G RACE ....................................................................................71 Grace .................................................................................................71 Heirs by the Conditions of Grace .................................................73 Death of the Testator .......................................................................75 Sinless Sacrifice ................................................................................77 Grace Manifested ............................................................................81 Grace Revealed ................................................................................82 Conclusion ........................................................................................84 VI.T HE K NOWLEDGEOF S IN ...............................................................85 Sin Defined .......................................................................................85 Different Torahs ...............................................................................87 Sin from the Beginning ..................................................................88 Can We Sin Under Grace? ..............................................................91 Where is the Knowledge of Sin? ...................................................92 The Statutes of the Old Covenant ................................................94 Sin More Sinful ................................................................................96 Conclusion ........................................................................................99 VII.A CTSOF J USTIFICATIONINTHE T ORAH ......................................101 Trust and the Torah .........................................................................101 Acts of Justification Revealed .......................................................105 The Ruach ..........................................................................................106 Trust Working Through Love.........................................................108 Abraham: Our Example .................................................................111ixContents Conclusion ........................................................................................113 VIII.A RE T HEY R EQUIRED ? .....................................................................115 Order of Prominence ......................................................................115 Two Sets of Requirements ..............................................................116 Examples of this Principle .............................................................117 Before Mount Sinai .........................................................................120 Phasekh and Unleavened Bread Before Sinai .............................121 Moadi After Yahushua’s Death ......................................................125 Phasekh and Unleavened Bread ..............................................126 Other Festivals and Sacred Days .............................................127 Conclusion ........................................................................................129 PART TWO Phasekh and Shabuath: Background and Controversy P HASEKHAND U NLEAVENED B READ : E XODUS , 12:3-20, AND 23:15 ........................................................133 S HABUATH (P ENTECOST ): L EVITICUS , 23:15-17, 21, AND D EUTERONOMY ,16:9-10 .......135 I NTRODUCTIONTO P ART II .............................................................137 The Task of Part II ...........................................................................137 Section I: Different Jewish Schools ..........................................137 Section II: Early Christian Schools ...........................................138 Essential Christian Differences .....................................................139 IX.W HATARE P HASEKHAND U NLEAVENED B READ ? .................141 The Covenant Meal .........................................................................141 Meaning of Phasekh .......................................................................142 Unleavened Bread ...........................................................................146 The Story of Phasekh ......................................................................146 Easter Versus Phasekh ....................................................................149 Eucharist and Communion ...........................................................152 Conclusion ........................................................................................154 X.T HE F ESTIVALOF S HABUATH (P ENTECOST ) ................................155 Pentecost ...........................................................................................155 Three Aspects ...................................................................................156 Day of the Omer Wave Offering ...............................................157 The 50 Days .................................................................................160 The 50th Day ...............................................................................161 Other Requirements ........................................................................163 Dependent on Phasekh ..................................................................164 Conclusion ........................................................................................167Next >