Shabbat Bible Study of 7 February 2026

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Shabbat Bible Study for 7 February 2026

©2026 Mark Pitrone and Fulfilling Torah Ministries

Shemoth 30:1-10 – Malachi 1:1-2:7 – Tehellim 61 – 

Links for today:

http://tzion.org/Tree_Sefiroth.htm

Shemoth 30.1-10 – The Incense Altar was to be of shittim wood, 1 cubit square x 2 cubits high, with ‘horns’ like on the brazen altar, overlaid with gold. The ‘horns’ were not pointed, but square and flat topped, probably to hold a quantity of incense to place on the coals that would be brought from the brazen altar’s fire-pit in the brass fire-pan made for that purpose. There was to be a crown of gold to surround the top edge of the altar to make it a shallow enclosure between the horns. I assume the horns were at least the height of the crown, and possibly a bit higher to make a proper surface to place the censer upon. This altar had all the same stuff as the ahron (ark) and the Table of Showbread to transport it, gold rings near the 4 corners just below the crown and acacia wood staves overlaid with gold. It was to be placed in the center of the Holy place all the way back to just in front of the veil. As one entered the Holy place, the Incense altar would be the first thing he would see. The incense represented the prayers of the saints;

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before Elohim out of the angel’s hand. (Rev. 8:3-4)

The thought struck me (OW! That HURT!) that the priestly accoutrements may have been a representation of the kavod, glory, of the cheruvim that minister to Yah in his throneroom. If that is so, then the priest is dressed to be in the element of the Most Holy place, which has representations of cheruvim on its ceiling (the Mishkan’s first covering) and in the veil with all of that reflected in the pure gold walls on the other 3 sides, all lighted by the kavod of Yah Elohenu. The high priest may not have been able to tell his own reflexion from those of the cheruvim above and behind him. 

We get some idea of what the High Priest’s duties were in vv.7-10. It was Aharon’s job to offer the incense offering 2x daily. Aharon dressed the menorah daily in the morning, to ensure that the fire not go out at night. The menorah was not meant to burn all day, but only at night to illuminate the Holy place so the Priests wouldn’t stumble around. When they broke camp, did they put the menorah’s fires out to transport it? Or was it moved full of oil and with the fires burning? They probably, IMHO, moved it dressed and full, but NOT burning. 

Censers could be used to transport the burning incense, but I have to assume that the fire ON or UNDER the brazen altar had to be put out and the altar transported empty. Perhaps they were able to carry some of the fire with them in the fire-pans from one camp to another. The fire of the brazen altar was not to be put out, so I think they had to carry at least some coals from one camp to the next:

8 And Yah spake unto Moshe, saying, 9 Command Aharon and his sons, saying, This the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. (Leviticus 6:8-13)

The fire from the brazen altar was the source for the coals of the incense altar on which the incense was laid for burning. The fire from the brazen altar must never go out so, as I said before, some coals from the last camp had to be used to build the fire at the next camp. Nothing but incense was to be offered on the altar of incense; no grain, no flesh, no drink – just incense. Nothing was to be mixed with the prayers of the saints. And the incense could not be just any incense, but the precise mixture of spices and oils. Anything else was ‘strange incense’. But that wasn’t the only ‘strange’ thing that could not be used. Nadav and Avihu offered ‘strange fire’ in their censers in Lev.10;

And Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Yah, which he commanded them not. (Leviticus 10:1)

They obviously either 1) used coals from a fire NOT from the brazen altar, or 2) perhaps an incense of their own recipe, or 3) both, or 4) they did everything according to proper procedure but without being bidden to. I think they followed proper procedure. The presumption is what I think cost them their lives. 

The last duty of Aharon with the Altar of incense is to make atonement for it with the blood of both the bullock and the atoning goat on the Day of Atonement, applying it to the horns of the altar. Lev.16.17-18:

17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar before Yah, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put upon the horns of the altar round about. (Lev.16.17-18) Q&C

BTW, there were 4 corners to the altar, each with a flat-topped surface on which to place the gold cups, 12 plates and whatever offering was placed on them for burning on the altar.
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Malachi 1.11-2.7 – In the first 11 verses, by way of background, Yah took the priesthood to task for despising His Name and His very Person. In v.2 they have questioned His love for them. Yah proves His love for Yisrael by the continual judgment against Edom. Why do you suppose the Middle East is in such turmoil and the Philistines and Edomites are among the most backward people on earth after having been the greatest scholars on earth, LO, those many centuries ago, at least until the Enlightenment? Vv.2-4 tell you, as Paul made reference to;

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. (Romans 9:13)

THAT is the reason, biblically speaking, that the Philistines can’t make a weed grow in Yisrael, but Judah has made almost everything they touch turn into a garden – Yah’s relative favor of Yisrael over Edom. Noone will EVER convince me that Yisrael is NOT his chosen people, when, even in their general rejection of his Mashiyach, they are obviously favored and their enemies are obviously cursed. When their enemies conquer them, it is evidence of their backslidden condition and refusal to listen to the prophets who have warned them, and it is ALWAYS meant to make them return to Yah Elohechem. In vv.6-10, Yah tells Israel WHY they are seeing their enemies having success against them – even the priests, who should be the most intimately acquainted with their Abba, dishonor Him and despise His Name. Which brings us to the opening line of our passage for today.

As the priests despise the Name of Yah, the Gentiles will honor it. His Name was feared and honored among the Gentiles from the time of the Exodus, and in Cana’an even from the time of Avraham. Anyone who came in contact with Avraham in Cana’an knew that his Elohim favored him greatly and both went before him and covered his 6. There is nothing better than to have Yah say, “I got your back, cuz.” And when you ask, “Cuz why?” He’ll answer, “Cuz, I love you!”

The divine favor on Avraham was obvious even to the heathen kings almost from the day he crossed the Euphrates (Gen.14). Melchizedek (Shem?) honored him over all the so-called kings. But even as the heathen honored Yah’s Name, the priests profaned it and Yah was trying to get them to repent and thereby bring Yisrael back from the brink of destruction. Do you see what He says they think of the service that He honored them with, the high office that they obviously regarded as their right, rather than their honor, to hold? The words He uses are very strong words. Let me quote from my Oxford American dictionary, from the explanation of the word ‘despise’:

It’s one thing to dislike someone; it’s quite another to despise or detest him. Both are strong words, used to describe extreme dislike or hatred.

Detest is probably the purest expression of hatred…, while despise suggests looking down on with great contempt and regarding the person as mean, petty, weak or worthless. Disdain carries even stronger connotations of superiority, often combined with self-righteousness. Scorn is a stronger word for disdain, and it implies an attitude of not only contempt, but of haughty rejection or refusal. To loath is to feel utter disgust toward something, while to abhor is to feel a profound, shuddering repugnance. Contemn is a more literary term to show disdain, scorn or contempt.

Yah says that the priests profane his Table (the Table of Showbread) because they think the bread on it is contemptible. This may NOT have been what they projected to the people as they ministered, but it was probably what they REALLY felt in their heart of hearts, into which only Yah can see clearly. They felt that their service in the Holy place was a pain in the tukhis, and not the joyful and deeply spiritual thing it was. They ‘snuffed’ at it, naphach, literally to puff out with disdain, which, you will remember, means ‘to despise with an attitude of superiority and self-righteousness’. And as if holding the Showbread in contempt wasn’t enough, they did the same with the actual offerings they put on the altar, using their least fit animals, rather than their best. Do you see where the curse is applied? He curses the one who deceives himself into thinking that bringing less than his best into the service of Yah is ‘good enough’. In light of this, how ought we to look at our OWN service to Yah? Are we bringing anything but our best to him? If we are, we’d better repent and turn back to His Way, before He tears us a new one.

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In Malachi 2 he brings the warning to the priests. We need to give kavod, weight or copiousness (lots and lots of greatness), to Yah Tzavaoth, or He will send the curses on us by cursing what we think are our blessings. In America, it is the comfort we’ve enjoyed for 2 generations that we think is our ‘blessing’. And we are being judged in that very thing by having our comfort removed. All you who live in ‘Xian nations’, are you getting the reason our blessings have been cursed? It is because we, who under the original Sinai Covenant are the priests of Yah to the world, have despised Him and His Name. He looks upon our comfort as our dung, which He says He will spread all over our faces. Oh, we’ll cling to our surface comforts before men, on our faces, but when the bottom drops out, that will really mark us as those who disdained HIS blessings, that we were walking in our flesh and not by our faith. 

His blessings are His commandments and His Feasts, and when we keep them in the way He commanded us, we receive untold blessings. However, even when we keep the feasts, we often do so in our flesh. Why have we turned away from Sunday, Xmas and Ishtar, only to profane His feasts by eliminating our feces in His camp and then not only not covering it, but showing it off as if it’s worthy of Guinness’ Book of World Records (with apologies to the TV series South Park, but the image was too appropriate and graphic to not use in this quite graphic scripture reference)? That is what we do when we ‘keep’ His feasts in OUR way rather than His. And then when He rubs our faces in it, we wear it as a badge of honor, thinking He’s placed His mark on us. Well, He has marked us … with our own feces. I really don’t think that’s what He considers “His Mark”. 

If there is person who has heard or read this and is not cut to the quick, he had better start his introspection right now. He is in grave danger of being given over to his own lusts.

Do you see that Levi isn’t mentioned until 2.4, while priests have been referred to up to then through the whole book? THAT’s my clue that up to now my Italian prophet brother, Malachi, is making reference to the ORIGINAL Covenant priesthood – chol Yisrael and not the Aharonic High priesthood or the Levitical priesthood. Vv.4-7 tell us WHY Yah made Levi the priestly tribe; because they did NOT go after the transgression of the golden calf, and tells us that at first they were very zealous for His Torah and for their service. He holds them, as they were at the first, as the examples that we should follow in our ministries as priests before Him to the world. But in the verses after our passage, He shows how even Levi (whose name means ‘My Heart’) started going after his own heart. 

7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at His mouth: for he the messenger of Yah Tzavaoth. Q&C

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Tehellim 61 – Remember Isaiah 45.11?

Thus saith Yah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. (Is.45:11)

How many times does David ask Yah? “Hear my cry”; “attend to my prayer”; “lead me”, “I will abide” are all imperatives. He isn’t requesting that he ‘hear’, ‘attend’, or ‘lead’ or asking if he may abide in the tabernacle of Yah. He is in such tune with the Spirit of Elohim that he knows what Abba wants to do, and he is intimate enough to tell Yah to do it. We often do this in prayer, though we may not realize it. Such prayers as, “Father, comfort X in her loss” or “deliver your servant from the hands of these ungodly men” are what I’m talking about. He WANTS us to be so intimate with Him that we don’t hesitate to command Him concerning the works of His hands. David is calling on Yah to deliver him from his enemies, knowing that Yah is going to answer in the affirmative. King David recognizes that the Rock is higher than he – not your typical politician, and that it is Yah’s Rock that is his refuge and strong tower; the covert of his wings. 

After the Selah!, the focus seems to change to King Mashiyach. Elohim has given Him the heritage of those who fear His Name. Elohim raised King Mashiyach from the dead, prolonging His life to many generations. A generation is not necessarily 20, 30 or 40 years, as we were taught in Bible school. It also means “the production of something.” The universe in which we live is something that was generated by the Word of Yah, and is therefore a generation. This generation will end with the ‘Big Bang’ in about 1000 years. Then (I think) there will be a new generation, the new heavens and earth. King Mashiyach will live before Elohim for ‘many generations’ – forever. The New heavens and earth will be the 2nd ‘generation’ of the King Mashiyach Yeshua. 

Do you know how many times the phrase ‘chesed v’emeth’ is used in scripture? 10 is the number that relates to the ordinal perfection or completeness of Yah’s government. I infer that refers to the perfection of His Kingdom on the earth. His perfect rule will be characterized by His mercy and truth. If you look at the diagram of the Tree of Sefiroth, http://tzion.org/Tree_Sefiroth.htm, you will find that the center grouping has Yah’s Chesed/Mercy opposite Elohim’s Gevurah/Severity. The severity of Elohim is seen in His truth, because there is nothing more severe than truth. Truth is severe, because anything added to truth to soften it diminishes it’s purity and turns it into error and falsehood. The truth with admixture of error makes the falsehood palatable. The only thing that can be added to truth without falsifying it is mercy, because mercy recognizes the truth and its severity, but tempers it; satisfying its righteousness through the gracious, merciful propitiation of King Mashiyach, Yah Yeshua. The righteousness of Elohim ‘kisses’ the mercy and grace of Yah in the beauty of our Tzadik Rebbe, Yeshua. 

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Psalms 85:10)

When truth meets mercy, righteousness and peace kiss, and the result is the beauty of Yah Elohenu in the person of our Righteous Rebbe, Yeshua haMashiyach. That tree of Sefiroth is a graphic depiction of a LOT of scriptures that deal with the seemingly contradictory statements about Mashiyach. One aspect of the command to not go to the right hand or to the left is to not over-emphasize either the goodness or the severity of Elohim (left) Yah (right). To overdo His righteousness will make us judgmental, while to overdo His mercy will make us ‘milque-toaste’ believers; the one will not allow ANYONE into the Kingdom, while the other will allow EVERYONE into the Kingdom, AND it will cause unnecessary division among sincere believers who are off to the right hand or left of the strait and narrow way of the Tzadik. 

Yah Yeshua haMashiyach is the perfect embodiment of the tzadik rebbe, in whom the goodness of Yah and the severity of Elohim met and kissed each other. And knowing that allows us to praise His Name and perform our vows without worrying that we’ve missed something, because we know that He has met all the righteous requirements of Elohim’s justice for us.  Q&C

For a deeper look into the idea of the tzadik, look at 13 Petals’ study of The Matrix series http://www.13petals.org/matrix/. This is a 27 part (so far) series of articles showing the likeness of the movies to the tree of sefiroth.

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Luka 1.5-25 – We saw the High Priest’s duties today, and in our Brit portion we see that Yochanan the Immerser’s father, ZacharYah, was filling the office of the High Priest at the time of Shavuoth. In Aharon’s days, there was one high priest, but by David’s time there were two; of the sons of Elazar through Pinchas, Zadok was chief and of the sons of Ithamar, Abiathar was chief. The full list of the courses is in 1Chronicles 24.4-19;

4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [Mark edit – Note: Abiathar had been deposed (along with Yoav) due to his siding with AdoniYah against Schlomo in 1Kings 2 (the chapter covering Schlomo’s consolidation of power), but his son Ahimelech was the next in his line and was anointed in his place; the line of Ithamar, son of Aharon did not end – end of edit], and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiariv, the second to Jedaiah, 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of Yah, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as Yah Elohim of Israel had commanded him. 

ZacharYah was of the course of AviYah, the 8th course, and his wife Elisheva was a daughter of Aharon, as well. They were ‘blameless’ before Yah, not sinless. But when they DID sin, they offered the correct offerings in the correct attitude of heart and were, therefore blameless. Zach was not a ‘chief priest’ in that he was not a son of Zadok, but of AbiYah. This is just a theory, but I think when the Brit Chadashah talks about the ‘chief priests’, it is referring to those of the Roman appointed high priests, who were usually NOT of the sons of Zadok or Aviathar, but political appointees. I COULD be wrong. But I doubt it. The courses began to be counted from the sabbath following the New Moon of spring, so 1 or 2 courses were complete by the Pesach week(s), when ALL the courses worked (same with Sukkoth week) due to the sheer volume of offerings to be made. Then the 6th or 7th course following Pesach would fall out at Shavuoth time, and there was ZacharYah doing what the High Priest did daily, dressing the menorah and offering the incense at the morning and evening offering times and lighting the menorah at the evening offering. I think it was the morning offering when Gavriel appeared to him – no scripture, I just think it, because there were a bunch of folks waiting for Zach to come out to bless them. Given a choice, I’d have been there for the morning blessing, because I am a ‘morning person’. 

Gavriel appeared on the right side of the altar of incense and Zach was afraid. But he did not fall on his face before the angel – this angel was FROM Yah, but he was not the Angel OF Yah. Gavriel says, “Your prayer is heard.” That means that Zach was praying for his wife to bear him a son in their old age, as Sarah did for Avraham, while he was offering the incense that represents the prayers of the saints that just happened to be praying outside the Temple at that very moment. Yah answers the prayers of His sons. If not for all y’all’s prayers I would not be here to bend your ears about this. Gavriel told him about the boy, and how he would be a prophet like EliYahu. He also told Zach that his son would turn the hearts of many to Yah and go before Yah to turn the hearts of the children (b’nei Yehudah) to the fathers (Torah) from the traditions of men, which Yochanan certainly did. Vv.16-17 show by way of parallelism that Yeshua is Yah in the flesh: he turns many to Yah and then goes before Him, is the forerunner of the Mashiyach, as Malachi said in 4.5-6

5 Behold, I will send you EliYahu the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Yah: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

I’m sure Zach knew the prophecy, and who Gavriel was saying Yochanan would be.

When Zach asked for a sign that would prove these things, Gavriel said that he would be mute until the day that he named the boy Yochanan because of his unbelief. How was asking for confirmation a sign of unbelief? Perhaps that Gavriel had known that Zach was praying for a son for his wife Elisheva? Perhaps that he had just appeared as if from nowhere at the right hand of the altar; “Now you don’t see him: Now you DO!?” 

The people, meanwhile, had a good idea about how long the morning offering and the other duties should take, and when ZacharYah was WAY late, they started wondering if he’d had a heart attack or something. But when he came out trying to give the “Y’vorechecha” blessing and gesticulated but couldn’t utter a sound, they perceived that he’d had a vision. Unfortunately, American sign had not been yet invented, so he was left to the intelligence of men to try to communicate. You can imagine how long THAT must have taken. Oh, the frustration of having all your faculties and intelligence working, but to be unable to communicate! Imagine being struck mute, and all your friends and acquaintances thinking that also means you are either deaf or stupid, so they constantly yell at you, as if that would help. Before long, my stress level would be unimaginable – I’d be SO ready to choke the life out of someone! [Talk about reducing STRESS!]

As soon as his course was complete, he hightailed it home, because the next time his wife ovulated, they were going to conceive a SON! I guess he believed the sign Gavriel gave him. He must have been kinda randy, because only 9-10 months or so later, Elisheva, the barren Levite woman, gave birth to the one who would become the prophet, Yochanan the Immerser. 

Speculation Warning! I think that when the Magi came to honor the birth of Yeshua and asked Herod where they could find he who was born ‘King of the Jews”, Herod went after the boy who had been the center of attention at Pesach time a couple of years before. Yeshua said this to the Pharisees just before they took him for his mock trial

Matt.23.29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Serpents! Generation of vipers! How can ye escape the damnation of hell?

34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and of them ye shall kill and crucify; and of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (Matt.23.29-35)

I think ZacharYah ben BarachYah is the father of Yochanan the Immerser. When the Parthian Magi came to Herod seeking him who was born King of the Jews, he started a search for this usurper of his Roman appointment to the throne of Yehudah. How DARE anyone else call himself “King of Yehudah”! Everyone was wondering at the miraculous circumstances of Yochanan’s conception and birth to Zach and Liz, and I’m sure there was a lot of speculation that their son was the promised Mashiyach, and the Prophet like unto Moshe.

57 Now Elisheva’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how Yah had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, No! but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father. [Mark edit: Note how they assumed, even after the intervening 9-10 months, that he was DEAF as well as mute? Imagine Zach’s frustration. I KNOW I would have throttled someone! Of course, I’d have asked for a writing table 9 months before and told them I wasn’t deaf! end of edit], how he would have him called.] 63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is Yochanan. And they marvelled all. 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, and praised Elohim. 65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. 66And all they that heard laid up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of Yah was with him. (Lk.1.57-66)

So, when the Magi asked of him who was born King, Herod knew where Mashiyach likely was – at Zach and Liz’s house. Of course, this was at Sukkoth and all the priests were on duty, and Zach was the elder of AbiYah’s course, so he was working in the Temple when Herod’s men came looking for Yochanan. When he refused to say where he was, they killed him between the brazen altar and the Holy Place.

I think Yochanan and Elisheva were with the Essenes in Qumran. End Speculation. Q&C

Rev.8.1-8 – 8.1-6 – Brief intermission before the 1st trumpet, the 7th seal is opened. The greek word translated ‘about an hour’ is G2256 hemiorion – Orion. Orion is one of the easiest constellations in the night sky to recognize. It covers a large portion of the southern sky and actually resembles an hourglass with sand trickling through the ‘waist’. Orion is also called ‘the Hunter’ as it also resembles an archer with a sword girded at his waist; sword = sand trickling if we mix the metaphors. The archer is aiming at ‘Taurus’, the Re’em, H7214 and if you follow the upward slope of the archer’s belt out a bit you will see a bright red star that corresponds to the eye of the Re’em. Re’em is the Hebrew word that is translated as unicorn in KJV [rhinoceros?] and as wild ox in Stone’s TNK.

At any rate, when v.1’s 7th seal is opened there is silence for about 1/2 an hour in heaven – perhaps so the angels who are about to wind the trumpets can get a good, deep breath. If my cockamamie scheme has any legs, this might be the 115 years between Israel’s exile [722BCE] until Yehudah’s Babylonian exile [607BCE]. The 7 angels who are given the trumpets may be the same angels we saw in ch.2-3; the angels of the 7 kehalim or congregations. They are no longer on earth, but in the throneroom awaiting orders. Do not mistake this for a ‘rapture’. After all, the Ruach of Yah left the Temple before the Yehudi exile began due to the spiritual condition of Yehudah’s priesthood, which was worshipping the sun as it rose in the east, having their backs to the Temple in

10 So I went in and saw; and see every design of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of Beit Yisrael, portrayed upon the wall all around. 11 And there stood before them the seventy men of the zechanim of Beit Yisrael, and in the midst of them stood Ya-azanyah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. 12 Then said He to me, Ben-adam, have you seen what the zechanim of Beit Yisrael do in the dark, every man in the rooms of his idols? For they say, Yah does not see us; Yah has forsaken the land.

13 He said also to me, Turn again, and you shall see even greater abominations that they do. 14 Then He brought me to the door of the gate of Yah’s Bayit which was toward the north; and, see, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then said He to me, Have you seen this, O Ben-adam? Turn again, and you shall see greater abominations than these. 16 And He brought me into the inner courtyard of Yah’s Bayit, and, see, at the door of the Hekel of Yah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the Hekel of Yah, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 17 Then He said to me, Have you seen this, O Ben-adam? Is it a small thing for Beit Yehudah that they commit the abominations that they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke Me to anger: and, see, they put the branch to My nose. 18 Therefore will I also deal in anger: My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet will I not listen to them. (Yechezkel 8.10-18)
3 And the tifereth of the Elohim of Yisrael had gone up from the cheruv, where it had been, to the threshold of the Bayit. And He called to the Man clothed with linen, whose loins were girded with sefirot; (Yechezkel.9.3)

18 Then the tifereth of Yah departed from off the threshold of the Bayit, and stood over the cheruvim. 19 And the cheruvim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and everyone stood at the door of the east gate of Yah’s Bayit; and the tifereth of the Elohim of Yisrael was over them above. [Yechezkel (10.18-19 all Restoration Scripture]

Just because the angels of the kehalim are not on the earth does NOT mean that the congregations are not on the earth. In the passage in Ez.9, the man clothed in linen goes out to place a mark on the foreheads of those who mourn over the spiritual state of the priesthood and the people of Israel. The tifereth; KJV says ‘glory’; of the Elohim of Israel left the earth and left the ‘worshippers in word only’ behind, with a promise to return to them when they repent and start going His way. What we saw in Ez.8.10-18 certainly describes the average pew-warmer in the congregations of the world’s religious system; including the average Xian and Yehudi kehalim, Israel, that pay lip-service to the truth of scripture, but fail to act on that truth.

Do the 7 angels correspond to the 7 Spirits/7 lamps in 4.5? I think it likely. They are given 7 trumpets to wind, and it seems they do not wait long before they begin to wind them. They wait just long enough for an 8th angel to come do his part in the judgment of the earth’s system. He stands before the altar, where he gets some coals to put in the golden censer and to burn some of the incense from the incense altar.

And he (Aharon) shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Yah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: (Leviticus 16:12)

In vv.3-5, ‘another angel’, besides the 7 angels with the trumpets, goes to the altar and is given ‘much incense’ and then to the altar of burnt offering to get the coals of fire and places them on the incense in the censer and casts it to the earth. Remember that in Revelation an angel COULD be a resurrected/translated human being, as we see in ch.22. I can only assume that the prayers of the saints are imprecations on the wickedness of the world system, and that this ‘other angel’ corresponds to the man dressed in linen in Ez.9 and with our Tzadik Rebbe, Yah Yeshua/Yah haMashiyach. I think this 8th angel is our Melchizedek High Priest, Yeshua, because this is High Priest, Yom Kippur stuff. This is an offering that the sons of Zadok will NOT be performing in the Ezekiel 40-48 temple, I believe because it has already been done once for all time and for all sinners by Yeshua during his passion. For Aharon’s children to do it is abomination before Yah (Heb.10.29). The incense offering to my knowledge has always represented the prayers of the saints. That Yeshua is now offering the prayers of the saints is indicative of his positions as High Priest and as our Advocate before the Supreme Judge and King of the Universe. This is NOT the Mishkan (tabernacle) nor the Beit haMikdash (temple) on earth, for there is no veil between the altar of incense and the Throne. Yeshua took coals from the altar of burnt offering and the incense, which is the prayers of the saints and casts that fire to the earth. When haSatan’s and the world’s wrath is being poured out on us, we need to keep praying to Yah for deliverance from the persecution, so Yeshua will have our witness to enable Him to send His just recompense on our tormentors. Pray for Israel in its national torment as it comes on them in the here and now, and also the near future at the hands of the Beast system. When it says to pray for the peace of Yerushalayim, it doesn’t primarily speak of its deliverance from physical struggle, but its repentance from going its own way and thereby, deliverance to Shalom with Yah. Perhaps this corresponds to Matt.24.9-14?

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated by all nations for My Name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false neviim shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because Torah-less-ness shall abound, the ahava of many shall grow cold. 13 But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this besorah of the malchut shall be proclaimed in all the olam hazeh for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come. [Matt. 24 Restoration]

And only then do the 7 angels sound their trumpets. Q&C

V.7 has the 1st angel wind his trumpet. The hail and fire mingled with blood looks like a combination of the plague on Egypt in Ex.9.23-25 and the hail that fell on the Cana’ani in Josh. 10.11.

23 And Moshe stretched forth his rod toward the shamayim: and Yah sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and Yah rained hail upon the land of Mitzrayim. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Mitzrayim since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Mitzrayim all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every eytz of the field. [Shemoth 9.23-25, Restoration Scriptures]

11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Yisrael, and were going down to Beth-Horon, that Yah cast down great stones from the shamayim upon them to Azekah, and they died: there were more who died with hailstones than those whom the children of Yisrael killed with the sword. [Yehoshua 10.11, Restoration]

Then there is a passage in Yechezkel 38 dealing with Gog uMagog;

22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. [Yechezkel 38.22 KJV]

Remember that this is NOT the wrath of Yah, yet. That will come in Rev.16, which has its own hailstorm

21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of the shamayim, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed Yah because of the plague of the hail; for the plague of it was exceedingly great. [Gilyahna 16.21, Restoration]

I don’t know if the blood falls with the hail or is shed on account of the hail. I don’t think it will make a lot of difference to the ones it falls on. The word translated hail in Ex.9 is barad, H1258, and means to fall. The greek word in Rev. is G5465 khalaho, meaning to let down or strike. The use of “hail” is letting us know that something is dropping from the sky, not necessarily that it is ice balls. I seriously doubt that this hail is like the ice balls that fall during a severe thunderstorm, though it may be, as a special work of Yah. For a hailstorm to produce stones of 100 – 200 pound’s weight would take some incredibly severe and unusual winds. Hailstones are usually multi-layered ice balls formed by water condensing and freezing, then dropping a short distance and then being blown back up into the cloud to have more water condense on it and freeze, and then fall again. This cycle would have to repeat itself hundreds of times to create a stone of a pound’s weight. A hailstone of 100-200 pound’s weight would require miraculously powerful updraft winds over a miraculously long period of time. Of course, people who know this will understand that it is no random storm that could produce such hail and that it can only be the special work of Yah. Even so, that the hail is accompanied by fire suggests its source could be volcanic and not meteorological. IOW, I think this is more likely either volcanic or astronomical in nature. Meteorites would produce a more world-wide phenomena than either volcanic or weather-related would. So, that is my own opinion of the physical source of the ‘hail’ that will rain destruction on the earth in general; a MAJOR meteorite storm. Of course, it could also be explained by a war in a region of the earth. 1/3 of the trees being destroyed would also wreak havoc on the world’s ecosystem. Talk about carbon dioxide in the air? Remove 1/3 of the trees and ALL the grass and watch those ‘greenhouse gasses’ multiply quickly. If it results from a war, that would truly cause homocentric global warming.

Vv.8-9 has a great mountain being cast into the sea, which lends credence to the meteorite storm as the source of the ‘hail’ in v.7. If some astronomical phenomenon causes a large chunk of planetary or asteroid material to break up and cross earth’s revolutionary path, it could produce all of these things. Shofar #2 brings a heavenly body, whether a meteor or asteroid is unsure, which will crash into the sea and kill 1/3 of all the sea creatures and destroy 1/3 of the ships at sea, presumably by tsunami. If this happens between now and the complete destruction of the West’s economies, the ships will all be carrying Chinese products to and from the Americas and southern Asia and Africa from China. The Pacific Ocean is easily 1/3 of the worlds oceans, and a strategically placed asteroid strike of the proper size would do all that this trumpet is said to do. Imagine an asteroid hitting the central Pacific and sending tsunamis hundreds of feet high and at breathtaking speed [500-600 MPH] in all directions. When those waves come up against the continental shelves, they would build up to tidal waves THOUSANDS of feet high, wiping out HUGE populations all along the coastal regions of the Pacific. Island systems would be completely destroyed – goodbye Hawaii, Micronesia, perhaps the Philipines, New Zealand/Australia’s coasts, Chile to Alaska, Siberia, Japan, and Indonesia/New Guinea. Literally BILLIONS of people would die in a matter of hours and most without warning. The 1/3 part of the sea turning to blood could be a metaphor as well. Remember that the sea is a metaphor for the world system. There are lots of different ways this could manifest itself. The first that comes to my mind right now is a plague of hemorrhagic fever, like ebola. If that is what fulfills this prophecy, 1/3 of the world’s population would suffer from the plague, perhaps in a worldwide pandemic or just over a large region. This could be a special miracle of Yah or, more likely in today’s world, a result of biological warfare. However, v.9 speaks of the navigable waterways of the earth, almost certainly, where 1/3 of the sea creatures and 1/3 of the ships are destroyed. If this is a result of warfare, the 1/3 sea creatures and 1/3 ships could be the same things, for the ships have life aboard – human life. OTHER possibilities could also exist. These came readily to my mind. Q&C

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I should actually have done what I said below 5 years ago.

Do you suppose that Anthony Fauci might have something to do with the end of days pandemics, as he was instrumental in the COVID and AIDS pandemics. AIDS was the forerunner for Fauci, according to RFK, Jr’s book, The REAL Anthony Fauci. Fauci became an independently wealthy man over BOTH of those boondoggles.

BTW, I am switching my voter registration to Democrat this week so I can vote for RFK, Jr. in the primary next spring. Bidan/Haras has GOT to go. Whether I vote for Kennedy in the general election will depend on the Republican electorate in the primary. If the choice is between a RINO and Kennedy, Kennedy gets my vote in November, too. BTW(2), RFK, Jr has been a very good member of Trump’s Cabinet. Trump ain’t noBODY’s fool. Are there BETTER men available? I’m sure. But they didn’t run for President. As we say in the Navy, “Oh, WELL!”

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