When the Israelites came into the land, YHWH commanded them to perform a ritual of profound significance before beginning the spring harvest on the day after the Sabbath within Unleavened Bread (Lev. 23: 11, 15). This Sheaf of Firstfruits Ceremony marked the start of the spring harvest in Israel. After the Sabbath had closed, the public bore witness to…

In the rich tapestry of the yearly holyday cycle, there is one unique thread- the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) or Pentecost. It is the only holyday where God requires us to count to the date (See Blog 56’s Appendix). But why is it essential to count individually, not as a group, family, church, or nation? And what’s the mystery behind the seven Sabbaths and…

In Blogs 10 and 15, we unearthed a profound revelation in Genesis 5’s ten generations. Enoch and Noah, through their unique actions, disrupted the word pattern of “and he died” (Gen. 5:24) and “After he begot …, … lived … years, and begot sons and daughters” (Gen. 9:28). These authorial disruptions in pattern serve as a beacon, emphasizing a crucial focus…

The essence of YHWH’s life is encapsulated in His holiness. His very presence sanctifies the ground around Him (Exo. 3:5; Jos. 5:15), evoking continuous praise from celestial beings, who proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy is YHWH of Hosts!” (Isa. 6:3; Rev. 4:8). Hannah’s song resonates, “No one is holy like YHWH!” as do those who triumph over the beast, “For You…

God led the people around by way of the wilderness of Yam Suph, and by Israel’s third day, they camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness that hugged both sides of the Gulf of Aqaba. According to the Hebrew calendar in the Exodus year, Etham marked the first day of Israel’s seven-Sabbath count toward holding a festival to…

Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the Shur Desert. They traveled in this desert for three days without water. 23 When they came to Marah [245, 5·7², 14² + 7²], they finally found water. But the people couldn’t drink it because it was bitter. (That is why the place was called Marah, which means “bitter.”) Then the people…

Then Israel came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there by the waters. (Exo. 15:27, Num. 33:9). Elim means palms or trees. The date palm tree of the oasis depicted fertility in the midst of the desert, often bearing fruit for over one hundred years. The uprightness of the palm tree symbolized connecting heaven’s…

On the third Sabbath, Israel, in part, camped at Yam Suph (Num. 33:10) on the shore of Arabia. By that time, wind drift and current conditions had carried the Egyptian army’s bloated carcasses to the shoreline about 39 miles south of their sea crossing¹. The Israelite contingency collected war booty and weapons. The reality of the scene reminded Israel of YHWH’s absolute power…

In the second month of Iyar, Israel came into the Wilderness of Sin between Elim and Sinai, marking one month since they departed Egypt by night (Abib 15). Like the week’s fourth day, the fourth Sabbath of their seven-Sabbath journey was the mid-point. And like the fourth day, the Wednesday Passover of Israel’s exodus, the fourth week is…