Leviticus 23

They will try to tell you, well, first, let's just let scripture speak.

Leviticus 23.

Leviticus 23, starting in verse 23.

Let's read something here.

I'm waiting because I see shuffling hands.

I'm just going to drink coffee and I'm like, I need to sleep.

Okay.

Leviticus 23 verse 23 Then YAH spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Does that make sense? And the Torah of the day is called Yom Teruah, which means the day of blowing or the day of the sounding of the shofar, and Zikron Teruah, which is the memorial of blowing the shofar.

We read about it in Leviticus 23, verses 23 through 25, and Numbers 29, 1 through 6.

Israel is commanded to observe the day as a sacred assembly, to refrain from ordinary work, to present the prescribed offerings before Adonai, and to mark the occasion with the sounding of the shofar.

Jewish tradition further identifies Rosh Hashanah as Yom Hadin, or the Day of Judgment, when humanity passes before God in judgment, and we read about this in Mishnah.

shofar.

So if you brought your shofar, would like to join in for the blasting of the shofarot, please make your way up front.

And as they get into position, from Leviticus 23, Adonai spoke to Moses saying, speak to Ben-Yisrael, saying in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a Shabbat rest, a memorial, a blowing shofarot, a holy convocation.

You are to do no regular work.

That should tell us there's something about these holy days that everything that God is doing, he's timing to them.

That's why they're called the God's appointed days in Leviticus 23.

They're not called the Jewish holidays.

They're your holy days.

Hear the word of the Lord.

The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of the Lord abides forever.

I'm looking at Leviticus 23, 23.

Again, the Lord.

So this is one of those sections.

From Leviticus 23, this is what we read about Rosh Hashanah.

Adonai spoke to Moses saying, speak to Bnei Yisrael saying, in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a Shabbat rest a memorial of blowing shofarot, a holy convocation.

You are to do no regular work, and you are to present an offering made by fire to Adonai.

because 57.87 is a lot more calories than 2026.

In the Torah, the day is called Yom Teruah, the day of blowing or the day of shouting, as well as Zichron Teruah, which is a memorial of blowing or shouting.

We find the specific command of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah in Leviticus 23, verses 23 through 25, and Numbers 29, 1 through 6.

Israel is commanded to observe the day as a sacred assembly, to refrain from ordinary work, to present the prescribed offering before Adonai, and to mark the occasion with the sound of the shofar.

So, let's jump into the text.

Now, in Leviticus 23, which is the chapter where all the Torah feasts are covered, it says this, starting at verse 23.

And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, speak to the people of Israel saying, in the seventh month on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blasts of trumpets, a holy convocation.

You shall not do any ordinary work and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.

So Leviticus 23 gives us four basic instructions.

The Israelites were to observe a solemn day of rest, refrain from ordinary work, gather for a holy assembly, and present a food offering to the Lord.

And then Numbers 29 gives us more detail about those specific offerings, starting at verse 1.

Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

This morning I just scrolled through all these pictures from old envoys, brethren of God for the past century that have been keeping God's holy days Herbert Armstrong, when he learned the truth of it, he didn't even know why you were supposed to observe them.

But it says, obviously, there in Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16, keep it forever.

And they did.

Well, they had their moments where they veered off course.

No, no, no, they should consult their Torah.

What does it say? Leviticus 23, about Yom Kippur.

Specifically, Leviticus 23, 26 to 32, what does it say? Okay, how much of that nonsense is actually listed here? Yehovah Sedomoshe, the tenth day of the seventh month is Yom Kippur.

You are to have a holy convocation.

You are to deny yourselves.