Dictionary definitions of Pentecost
A Jewish festival held on the fiftieth day after the Passover1
Jewish festival (50 days after Passover) celebrating the end of the
Palestinian grain harvest;....2
1, Gen 1:14 - And God said, Let there be LIGHTS in the firmament of the
heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for SIGNS, and for
SEASONS, and for DAYS, and years:
2, Psalm 104:19 He appointed the MOON for SEASONS:
3, The moon changes its position over a 19 year time cycle.
4, Romans 3:2 because that unto the Jews were committed the oracles (laws) of
God.
5, Leviticus 23:15-16 And ye shall count unto you FROM the morrow after the
Sabbath, FROM the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave
offering; SEVEN Sabbaths shall be complete: even unto the morrow after
the SEVENTH Sabbath shall ye number fifty days:
So we have to have seven Sabbaths (weekly Sabbaths) included in fifty clear
consecutive days.
6, Deut 16:9 (last part) begin to NUMBER the seven weeks from such time as
thou beginnest to put the SICKLE TO THE CORN. Its a working day, the day
following the full moon. The day part of the 16 Nissan.
The wave sheaf was offered on the second day of unleavened bread.
7, The conclusion that I came to in my Trechak letter was; Night before full
moon (Abib) is Passover night, day following the full moon count one for
Pentecost. Also because the Full moon each year will be on a different night so
Pentecost will change.
8, A simple formula for months. Most people are familiar with this.
30 days has September, April, June and November, all the rest have 31 except
February which has 28 and 29 in a leap year.
Most organisations appear to accept that the 15 Nissan ( see table 2) which
is mid month or between two new moons; or has a full moon, is the Passover DAY
or the first day of unleavened bread which includes the day of first fruits and
the wave sheaf offering. This is the FIRST of the yearly Sabbaths. This is the
spiritual reference point (the foot rule--sea level --) Mid day of the 15 Nissan
was twelve hours after the DEATH angel PASSED OVER.
So in modern day terminology, 5, Leviticus 23:15-16 And ye shall count unto
you FROM the morrow after the ( Yearly, 15 Nissan) Sabbath, or the 16 Nissan.
This is because the next sentence says --FROM the day that ye brought the sheaf
of the wave offering. The wave sheaf was brought in and offered
up on the 15 Nissan. So 16 Nissan, becomes day ONE.
This is confirmed by 6 Deut 16:9 (last part) begin to NUMBER the seven weeks
from such time as thou beginnest to put the SICKLE TO THE CORN ie a working day
which is the 16 Nissan. One wouldn't see that the moon is full until after
sunset.
This year 1994 the 15 Nissan fell on the 27 March which was a Sunday. This
was the day of the full moon if one could see it. Now we come to the next bit.
5, (last half) SEVEN Sabbaths shall be complete; even unto the morrow after the
SEVENTH Sabbath shall ye number fifty days We now have to have fifty days
including SEVEN Sabbaths.
nm March o April May 50
19,20,21,22,23, 24,25,26,27,28,29,30, 31;1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,
14,15,16,17,18,19,20, 21,22,23,24,25,26,27, 28,29,30;1,2,3,4, 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,
12,13,14,15,16,17,18, 19,20,21,22,23,24,
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TWTF S SMTWT F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
nm April o May 50 June
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,
23,24,25,26,27,28,29, 30;1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8,9,10,11,12,13, 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,
21,22,23,24,25,26,27, 28,29,30,31,1,2,3, 4,
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T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W TF S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
nm March o April May 50
12, 13,14,15,16,17,18,19, 20,21,22,23,24,25,26, 27,28,29,30,31;1,2,
3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16, 17,18,19,20,21,22,23, 24,25,26,27,28,29,30;
1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14, 15,16,
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F S S M T W T F S SMTWTF S SM T W T F S S M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
In table 1 Pages 3, 1994, the 1st Sabbath was on April the 2nd; the 7th on
May 14th so the 1st day of Pentecost was March 28th and the 50th, May 16th 1994
In similar fashion
1995 the 1st Sabbath is on April the 22nd; the 7th on June 3rd so the 1st day
of Pentecost is April 16th and the 50th, June 4th 1995
1996 the 1st Sabbath is on April the 6th; the 7th on May 18th so the 1st day
of Pentecost is April 5th and the 50th, May 24th 1996
Conclusion Night before full moon (Abib) is Passover night, day following the
full moon count one for Pentecost. Also because the Full moon each year will be
on a different night so Pentecost will change. Jesus being a Jew would
undoubtedly have kept the same feasts as the Jews today. And of course by there
fruits ye shall know them.
And using 8, Pentecost falls on Friday 24th May 1996. The Jews confirm this.
Dictionary definitions
Spiritual ---Of spirit as opposed to material4
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
A quick scenario Our favourite opera singer is singing on a London stage,
using a microphone; the first four rows actually hear his singing voice; the
people at the back, hear him through the microphone and the people in New
Zealand receive him over the satellite system-- at six feet his voice will break
a glass.
# 20, Rom 8:29 That he might be the First born among many brethren
# 21, 2 Tim 1:7 For God hath Not given us the spirit of fear, but of Power
and of love, and of a sound mind.
# 22, Is 11:2 :and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon , the spirit of
Wisdom, and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
# 23, Job 26: 12 He devideth the sea by his power,
13 By his spirit he hath garnished (decorated) the heavens;
Power = Watts x Volts = ability to do work
produces the electromagnetic
# 24, Math 25:23 I will make thee ruler over many things
# 25, Luke 12:32 For it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom
Power over heavens
# 26, Is 66:1 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne and the earth is
my footstool:
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make, shall remain
before me saith the Lord, so shall your seed and name remain.
# 27, Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
# 28, Ps 66:7 He ruleth by his power forever;
# 29, Is 38:7,8 So the sun returned 10 degrees, by which degrees it was gone
down.
Power over nations
# 30, Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give power over nations:
Power over Devils
# 31, Mark 16:17 Cast out devils
Spirit of memory recall
# 32, John 14:26 ---- and bring all things to your remembrance,
Spirit of Comforting
# 33, John 14:16 And he shall give you another Comforter
17 even the Spirit of truth
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I (Jesus )will come to you
# 34, John 16:7 For if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you.
# 35, John 17:17 Thy word is truth
Spirit can be seen
# 36, Acts 2:2-3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire,
# 37, Exo 33:19 I will make all my goodness (light) pass before thee,
# 38, Exo 33:23 Thou shall see my back parts
34: 29-34 the skin of Moses face shone (light)
Spirit can be poured
# 39, Acts 2:17 I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh:
18 I will pour out in those days of my spirit;
# 40, Is 44:3 I will pour my spirit upon thy seed,
# 41, Pr 1:23 Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,
# 42, Ezek 39:29 For I have poured out my spirit upon the house of
Israel,
# 43, Joel 2:28 --that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;
29 --in those days will I pour out my spirit.
God lives in space
# 44, Is 14:14 From heaven in the sides of the north.
Expanding into universe
# 45, Is 66:1 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne and the earth is
my footstool:
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make, shall remain
before me
# 46, Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
# 47, Is 9:7 Of the increase of government and peace there will be no end,
# 48, Rev 2:27 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give power over nations:
7:4 And I heard the number of them that was sealed: and there were sealed and
hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude,
# 49, Rev 7:14 These are they which came out of great tribulation
14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him and
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their
foreheads.
4 These are they which follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth--being the
first fruits.
# 50, 1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
From # 20, we see that there are going to be many spirit born brethren ; # 21
-# 25, SPIRIT is power (the ability to doo work: which also produces the
electromagnetic waves), love, a sound mind, wisdom, understanding, counsel,
might, knowledge , fear of the Lord (but not of Satan), decoration (creation),
rulership; over his Kingdom
#26 - #31; shows that the SPIRIT because it is power, is power over
everything. # 32 When we recall ideas so they don't get lost, i.e. remember.
This is the spirit working in our minds. Christs spirit also works in our minds
if we believe.
I will go into this a bit more later but # 33- #43, the spirit will comfort
us, can be seen , and can be poured. Ahhhh some will day how about # 50.
# 50. Using, # 21, sound mindedness; and I want you to make sure you have
your own bible in front of you--I'm using two, I am going to agree with Mr H W
Armstrong in this where he said Page 55 Mystery of the Ages:
Scripture Inserted by Trinity adherents to support the Trinity
doctrine. This passage is found in 1 John 5:7-8, and is stared in the
following quotation: "For there are three that bear record *in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are
three that bear witness in earth*, the Spirit, and the water , and the blood:
and these three agree in one." The stared words were added by early editors.
So why do I agree with Mr Armstrong. I haven't read the books he has read but
, because the statement `but one and only one God, who is always Father , Son,
and Holy Spirit.' raises so many questions and has caused so much confusion, it
has to be of the Evil one.
So what are the three `things'? well, clearly from 1 John 5:6. This
is HE that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ. So there you
have it. Two fluids and a God being.
Well if you haven't got your bible out by now I don't think you ever will.
Is that it??!!---------------------- well of course not.
Jesus Christ came as a God being (in the flesh) from God the Father who is, #
44 in heaven then, in the sides of the north (in space, in the third heaven).
Christ lived the perfect life. Was baptised as an example for us in water. And
as the scripture goes on not by water only, but by water and
blood. Christ was not only baptised even though he did not need to for
himself, but he endured to the end, as he told us we would have
to Matthew 24:13,14 ( yes its still there) and at the end his blood was shed.
Going on. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit
is Truth. Whose Spirit is this one?
Well Luke 23:46 tells us. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice,
he said, Father, into they hands I commend my SPIRIT. So it was
Jesus Christ spirit that was witness to the fact that he was baptised, and saw
himself die as a perfect spirit filled fleshly God being.
The Father (who is a spirit being obviously saw it as well). But to go on and
missing out the bit in brackets; For there are three that bear record, the
Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one (being). The
baptism and death happened to the same individual Jesus Christ.
"For there are three that bear record, the Spirit, and the
water , and the blood: and THESE THREE agree
in one."
2 John 9. Goes on to say: Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the
doctrine (teaching)of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in
the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
So how about # 33 John 14:16 And he shall give you another Comforter. Isn't
the Comforter the third person in the "Trinity". Let's go back to our scenario
of the singer.
The singer sings on the stage, physically the people in the first four rows
hear his actual sound waves. The people at the back hear him through the
electromagnetic media as would someone who is thousands of miles away; shall we
say in New Zealand. When the people in New Zealand hear the singer via the TV
they don't actually see and hear the actual singer but his electromagnetic
effect. If it were possible the TV set up, could also be put on Mars. At that
point, the people on Mars would be affected by the spirit of the singer in
London on earth millions of miles away.
In # 33, the Comforter is Jesus Christ in the Spirit. How do we know this,
well the Bible goes on to describe in 17 that the Spirit is the Spirit of truth.
#35 shows that thy WORD is truth. John 1:14 shows that the Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us. Further John 14:18 (#33) shows that Jesus said that --I will
not leave you comfortless: I (Jesus )will come to you.
When Jesus finally returned to the Father in heaven in the sides of the
north, he asked the Father if he(Jesus) could send his emanating (
electromagnetic spiritual power) to the disciples on earth. The Father obviously
agreed and as Jesus had now received ALL power he could do it and did.
Expanding into the Universe
# 48. Shows that the God family has now extended to 144,000 + 2. 144,000 +1 ,
being the firstfruits. The other 1 being the Father. The 144,000 are friends
(John 15:15), the first born among many brethren # 20, Rom 8:29
Then at REV 7: 9 a great multitude. (which came out of tribulation)
You are going to be God as God is God. There is no such thing as a lesser God
being Gods characteristics are that he obeys laws, lives forever, creates, has
power over things, loves, has peace, joy, tranquillity, and mercy. You will have
all these things.
# 24, shows that you will rule over many things. # 25, that he will give you
the kingdom. # 26. shows that the heaven is my throne and the earth is my
footstool.
As a Scientist I have recognised that "out there" is endless space. Most
people don't realise this. Just recently one Scientist has stated that one
"star" that he had studied was in fact 27.000 galaxies. That is just one "star".
If you look in one direction, that direction goes on forever. Yes forever; if
you look in the opposite direction that direction goes on forever. God is going
to give you endless knowledge and endless space to work in.
The closest analogy to God that we can use is that :- At this point in time,
God is a very powerful, everlasting, set of like minded TWIN's , with different
personalities. We say different personalities because God the Father has not
experienced personally what his son Jesus has. The Father will always be at the
centre of control and Jesus his firstborn.
We recently watched on the television the Children of God on "Witness" I
believe it was; one wonders if they were in fact worshipping the God of this
world.
It is excellent that Jordan and Israel have signed a peace
accord5. And we are asking God publicly to remove the curse of
persecution from the Jews, I personally think they have had enough. I am saying
this in brotherly love, knowing that Judah and Ephraim6 are brothers.
Kidnapping has come up recently. Exodus 21:16, And he that stealeth a man,
and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
As before we suggest a two year warning before this is made law and then put
into force; it is the only way to overcome the anguish of baby kidnapping. It
will not happen in the Kingdom of God.
From the Sunday Telegraph 10 July 1994 page 28
Christopher Booker
The headline--How the Nazis planned a European Union.
last part---
The Europhiles may huff and puff that these evil totalitarian dreams of 50
years ago have nothing to do with the "politically correct " Europe of Mr Kohl,
Mr Delors and Sir Edward Heath. But it is precisely the way the same mad
totalitarian impulse in human nature has again taken over that has turned out
over-bureaucratised, corporatist "Europe" into the dangerous joke it has become.
And in the end it will fall to pieces, just as Hitler's own "European dream" did
before it.
Germany's war machine is back7 ?????!!!!!!???????
Conservative Eurosceptica attacked Mr Douglas Hurd yesterday after he
endorsed Germanies efforts to assert itself as a GLOBAL POWER8
Editors comment
It appears that the NEW WORLD ORDER has handed the world to Germany on a
plate.
The Place of safety, if it is Petra; has just opened up (as confirmed by the
Jewish Chronicle) 9 --But it's not time to go yet.
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should not
flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days
shall be shortened.
South Africa has come up in the news and Target10 Magazine has
produced a good write up on it's history; basically if Kenya or Rhodesia had
produced a Utopia under communist rule, the BBC would have told us about it by
now.
Finally we would like to know just statistically, if you have ever been
Theologically an Armstrong "True Believer" either yourself or someone that you
know that has died. Just give us your name and place of birth. This does not
commit you to us.
Alex Cain
The question of cost of production and sending the information has come in
letter's and the answer to that is that I and a number of others have been tithe
givers all our working lives. We have been blessed as a results of many years of
tithing to "the church", BUT as a result of closer study into 'the book' we
CANNOT find the eleventh commandment which says THOU SHALT
TITHE. I do so because I am able. I am in work so I can. When I was out of work
for a short period of time I just gave offerings. In fact recently we actually
loaned money to a close friend to get them out of a jam with the request that
only the same amount of cash was returned, which they have. We are helping Mr
Trechak (AR) and a number of others. Buy the truth and sell it not. So give as
you are able. OK. God will bless you as he has us.
There is a correction in the July 1994 no 2 edition
page 1 second line up should read. --there is your proof.
MONTHS (Approximate only11 )
1 NISAN, ABIB APRIL
2 AIR, ZIF MAY
3 SIVAN JUNE
4 TAMMUZ JULY
5 AB AUG
6 ELUL SEPT
7 TISRI/ETHANIUM OCT
8 MARCHESVAN NOV
9 CHISLEU (KISLEV) DEC
10 TEBETH JAN
11 SEBAT FEB
12 ADAR MARCH
1. The Chambers dictionary Chambers Harrap Publishers LTD 1993
2. The Hutchinson Concise Encyclopedia Guild Publishing London 1989
3. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press Amen House London
EC4 1958
4. Ibidem
5. Jewish Chronicle 29 July 1994
6. Yair Davidy, Brit-Am publisher, Susia, Hebron Mountains 90401 Israel. THE
TRIBES an excellent book. Which show Britain as Ephraim again.
7. The Sunday Telegraph 17 July 1994 page 23, National newspaper.
8. The Daily Telegraph 27 July 1994 page 11
9. Jewish Chronicle 29 July 1994 page 33
10. Target Magazine Vol 23 nos 23,24, 14 & 28 th May 1994
11. Cruden's Complete Concordance 1973, page 436
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Spirit --Rational or intelligent being not connected with Material
Body3
We are in favour of women preachers. As far a we are concerned the Apostle
Paul appears to be a bit anti women. We can't see a simpering whimpering poor
little woman being that type of woman one moment and then taking charge
of a city as a God being the next when Christ returns. She would like man have
to develop and preach by understanding the scriptures.