Understanding Times and Seasons and Unity

So, now let's go with all of the information that we have just discovered, let's go to 1 Thessalonians 5. This is the Apostle Paul talking through the Thessalonian church. They were faithful believers. They knew what time it was, as Paul will tell you here. And this is very important for the Christian believer to understand what the Apostle Paul, who they follow the most, says about the times and the seasons. But concerning the times and the seasons, what is he talking about concerning the time? Excuse me. Concerning the time and the seasons is what the Apostle is speaking of, right? Calendar and feast days. "But brethren, you have no need," Thessalonians, "that I should write this to you. For you, Thessalonians, you faithful believers, know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night." So, Paul is relating the times and the seasons to the Day of the Lord. And those who do not understand that will be caught as a thief in the night. "For when they say, 'Peace and safety!' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman." Every prophet says that as well about the pregnant woman and the deliverance, and they shall not escape. "But you, brethren, faithful believers, all of you, you are not in darkness, so that the day of the Lord should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness." It goes back to Genesis 1:14. You want me... I just thought about something. Let's see if it makes sense. Look at what this is right here in verse 18 in the calendar. Look at what it says: "And to rule over the day and over the night and to divide divide the light from the darkness." Look at what Paul says: "You are all sons of light and sons of the day. You are not of the night nor of darkness." So, Paul is just confirming with you and me, my friends, Genesis 1:14-16. We've got to understand these things, or we're going to be caught as a thief in the night, and they will not escape. What will they not escape on? He's not talking about the Great Tribulation. Look at what he's talking about. He's talking about the Day of Adonai, the Day of the Lord. He's not talking about the Antichrist. Nowhere in the Bible does it say to worry about all that with the Antichrist. Every prophet, including Paul, is telling you to worry about the day of Yeshua, is what He is saying. Everybody can worry about the Antichrist all they want, and they will be here to go through that. But He's talking about watching out for Yeshua the King to come down to get rid of all falsehood and all evil that people are doing. Please read Revelation and what He's going to do. So, my friends, this is one of the most important scriptures in the New Testament and definitely one of the most important scriptures that Paul goes through. You can really read 1 Thessalonians 4, 5, and 2 Thessalonians 2, and you will get a beautiful picture of what Paul is speaking of. But for tonight, we'll just go through this 1 Thessalonians, if I can, if this computer will work. Thank you. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5: "But concerning what? The time, calendar, and the seasons. This, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you Thessalonians know perfectly well that the day of the Lord is what he's talking about, comes as a thief in the night." So, the Day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. But they shouldn't worry about it because they know the times and the seasons. "For when they say, 'Peace and safety!' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman." That will be the tribulation. "And brethren, are not in darkness, so that the day of the Lord shall overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. You're not of the night and nor of darkness." Okay. Amen to that.

So, my friends, Paul puts it right there for us to understand that to all of my Christian friends, goodness, I remember when before I was crossed over into the true ways and I was worshiping the Christian way, I had no idea what 1 Thessalonians 5 was talking about. Not that I was reading it, but I didn't understand it when I did read it. What is he talking about? The times and the seasons. People just gloss over that. Great. You know, I've got the grace. I don't need the times and the seasons. Well, Paul would disagree with that. Paul would say, "You'll be caught as a thief in the night. You will not escape the Day of the Lord, the 10 days of awe." Is what he's talking about. If, and we're going to get more into that with the month of Elul. But my friends, if we don't understand the 10 days of awe, he's talking about the Day of the Lord. What is that? The Feast of Trumpets starts the Day of the Lord, the seventh day. This Day of the Lord, 10 days. He's going to pour out His wrath. The 10 days of awe. That's what they call it. The 10 days of awe. If you're not familiar with that, we'll be going through that. And the feast days coming here in about 30 days, 40 days, 30 days, 35 days, we'll go through this video. But I have it on a video on my channel if you want to go ahead and look at it. But the 10 days of awe is a 10-day war from Yeshua, Feast of Trumpets to His return on the Atonement. Isaiah 63, He's coming down by Himself. Feast of Trumpets, 10-day war. He's by Himself. He says that. And then we come with Him in Revelation 19 on the Feast of Yom Kippur. We're in white in Revelation 19. He is in white with blood all over His garments. So, why does He have blood all over His garments? At that point, because He's been down 10 days of awe dealing the business to the people down here with the sword and with the fire. And that's why He's got blood all over His garments because He's been down for 10 days pouring out His wrath of Almighty God on the people who don't believe in Him and the evil people, the falsehood, and all these things. So, my friends, if we don't understand that, we're going to be lost. We're just going to be lost at the second coming events. And my friends, the times are getting nigh. I think that's pretty common.

As we go forward here, the Davidic Covenant. This is very beautiful. If one doesn't know Psalm 89, it's really just amazing how God tied in the Davidic Covenant with the sun and the moon and the faithful witnesses in the sky. So, this goes through the Davidic Covenant, and this goes through the faithful witnesses in the sky, the sun and the moon, which goes back to Genesis 1:14-16. And this is what Yahweh says: "I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to My servant David, Davidic Covenant. 'Your seed I will establish forever,' the Jewish people, the remnant, 'and build up your throne to all generations.' Selah. Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one and said: 'I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David with My holy oil I have anointed him.' Exodus 30. 'And with him My hand shall be established; also My arm shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not outwit him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. I will beat down his foes before His face, and plague those who hate Him. But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, and in My name his horn shall be exalted. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall cry to Me, "You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation." Also I will make him My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. The divided covenant. His seed shall endure how long? Forever. And his throne as the sun before Me; it shall be established forever like the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky.'" So, my friends, the sun and the moon are the faithful witnesses in the sky, according to Psalm 89. They do the Lord's bidding. Goes back to Genesis 1. Goes back to what Yeshua said with the sun and the moon will grow dark, and all these things. Joel the prophet says the same thing before the awesome great day of the Lord. And we're seeing these things all over the place right now on very important days. The sun and the moon as precursors of what's coming. But my friends, when you look at the moon, you can always think about the Davidic Covenant and what God has promised David, swore to David in 2 Samuel 7, the Davidic Covenant. And He confirmed that in Psalm 89 with the two faithful witnesses in the sky. Amen.

Okay. So, this is always important for all of my Christian friends to understand this, that will we be celebrating the new moon, excuse me, the new moon celebration in the millennial kingdom when Jesus rules for a thousand years in Jerusalem? Will we be celebrating the new moon also in eternity? Will we be celebrating the new moon in eternity as well? I mean, what's the answer to these things? So, let's go to the prophet Ezekiel 46. This is for the millennial kingdom. And look at what the prophet says: "Thus says the Lord God: 'The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be open, and on the day of the new moon it shall be open.'" So, my friends, right there it tells you for a thousand years we're going to be celebrating the new moon festival with Yeshua in Jerusalem. Ezekiel 40 through 48 are millennial kingdom chapters. That's never been done before. Yeshua is going to do it when He returns to fulfill that. So, it says in Ezekiel 46 that we will be worshiping Him on the Sabbath. The inner court will be open on the Sabbath and then on the new moon celebration. So, again, He equates to a certain degree how important the new moon is with the Sabbath. You've got the Sabbath and the new moon when the... the inner court will be open. Pretty amazing to think about how important the new moon festival is to Yah. And also the Sabbath, of course, is important to Him as well.

So, let's go to eternity. Is God going to be consistent with these things, or He's just going to do it for right now and make us go through all these things and not do them in eternity? The prophet Isaiah 66:22-24: "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me,' says the Lord, 'so shall your descendants and your name remain. And from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,' says the Lord." I love it. I love how consistent everything is in the scriptures. And Yah is totally consistent. Millennial, right now from Genesis to right now, new moon festival, and then millennial kingdom. Ezekiel 46 says we're going to be celebrating the new moon festival for a thousand years with the King. The gates are open. And then eternity, the prophet Isaiah, the great prophet, says, "From one new moon to another, and one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before Me." Isaiah 66 is an eternal chapter. I think we can agree with that. Look at what it says: "For as the new heavens and the new earth," that has never happened before, has it? No, it has not. That's Revelation 21. So, the prophet is saying, go to Revelation 21, and "from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship Yah," says the Lord. So, my friends, very consistent for a thousand years and for eternity, we're going to be celebrating the new month. So, again, why in the world aren't we doing this now as believers in Yeshua? The Gentiles, the Christians. So, we have to really understand what the prophets are saying, what we're going to be doing for eternity and for a thousand years. So, don't you think it's a good idea to start doing it now and being in obedience right now? I would say so.

And never forget Exodus 12:49. And what Yahweh told Moses to say: "One law, only one shall be for the nativeborn Jew and for the stranger gentile who dwells among you." Only one. Not two ways, not three ways, not this way, not that way, not my way, not your way, not the church's way, not the synagogue's way, His way only. One Torah for the nativeborn Jew and for the stranger who dwells among you. Numbers 15 goes to that. Really, the entire Torah says that over and over and over again, for the strangers or the Gentiles to understand that He wants all of us as the one new body and the one new man. I mean, I think this should be pretty common for all of us to understand that He wants all of us to be one. And if we're not, then what good is it doing us? We're out of alignment with the Most High by Jews doing this and Christians doing that and everybody's doing their own set apart ways, right? And just like we've discussed before, He's the one in Leviticus 20 that sets us apart. He's the one in Psalm 4:3 that says He sets us apart, not all the stuff that the church or the synagogue is teaching. Both parties are guilty of this.