Sunday, September 27, 2020

Atonement – Covering

 

Atonement – Covering - Repentance – Return

Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement



He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,

and not only for ours but also 

for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 2:2


And love consists in this: not that we loved God,

but that He loved us and sent His Son 

as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:10


The “build up” to Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement begins at the start of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar. The first day of the seventh month is the Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets. The feast days as originally commanded are written in Leviticus 23. They all point to our Savior, Jesus Christ and were fulfilled through his obedient and sinless life and sacrificial death.

The Appointed Patterns - The Harvests

Patterns, Shadows and Promises

who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

Hebrews 8:5-6

Redeemed Possession - Salvation - Sealed in Christ - video

https://youtu.be/Hv0llbIKi7w

https://tammysnotes.home.blog/2019/02/26/salvation-sealed-in-christ


Passover * Unleavened Bread * First Fruits * Pentecost * Trumpets * Atonement *Tabernacles * 8th Day


https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2019/10/patterns-shadows-and-promises.html


Discover the depth of the words given in the biblical accounts of this special memorial.

"Sabbath of Repentance" during the 10 days of Awe leading up to the Day of Atonement - Teshuvah or repentance - Sabbath of return.
shub: to turn back, return שׁוּב
7725 - https://biblehub.com/str/hebrew/7725.htm
Genesis 3:19, Hosea 14:1-2

Shabbat Shuvah - The Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah, or the Sabbath of return. If that word reminds you of the word teshuvah, that’s not a coincidence — they share a common root.
Teshuvah, or repentance, is a core concept of the High Holidays. The word literally means “return.” Services on Shabbat Shuvah are typically solemn and focused. And the Haftarah portion deals with themes of repentance and forgiveness.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shabbat-shuvah
"Sabbath of Repentance."Today is the last Sabbath before Yom Kippur for you to make things right between yourself and Elohim, and between yourself and your brother. Today the Parashah is Ha'azinu which means "Give Ear." The Messiah said, "He who has ears to hear – Let him hear!" The Kingdom came with power on the Sabbath on Day 17 / Month 1 on the third day of Unleavened Bread in 34 C.E.

https://torahcalendar.com/Linkpage.asp?D=8&P=53&M=0&S=1&R=0&H=0&U=0&F=0
191. akouó - : to hear, listen - https://biblehub.com/greek/191.htm
Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29Revelation 3:6, 13, 22, etc.

Hosea 14:1-2 - An Exhortation to Repentance
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

8th Day of 7th Month (Tishri) 8781 (2020)
87 Hebrew Strong’s - https://biblehub.com/str/hebrew/87.htm
Abram: "exalted father," אַבְרָם the original name of Abraham
Genesis 11:26 (Contracted from 'Abiyram - from ab and rum)
1. ab – אָב – father – Genesis 2:24 - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1.htm
48. Abiram - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/48.htm
7311. rum: to be high or exalted, rise - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7311.htm

https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/how-you-can-claim-the-blessings-of-the-abrahamic-covenant

87. adiakritos: indistinguishable, without uncertainty, unambiguous, undivided, whole-hearted,
impartial -- without partiality, no favoritism.
James 3:17 (only once) - https://biblehub.com/str/greek/87.htm
Greek Origin from alpha and diakrinó
1. alpha - A – alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. 1/a (alpha) is used as a prefix and typically means "no" or "not" (= "un-," "without"). - https://biblehub.com/greek/1.htm
1252. diakrinó: to distinguish, to judge, separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; doubt, hesitate, waver. - https://biblehub.com/greek/1252.htm
Greek Origin from dia and krinó - 1223. dia - : through, on account of, because of
2919. krinó: to judge, decide - to separate (distinguish) - https://biblehub.com/greek/2919.htm


kaphar: appease כָּפַר
to cover over, pacify, make propitiation, atone for sin and persons by legal rites
A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel -- appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
3722 - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3722.htm
Genesis 6:14 (pitch covered ark), Leviticus 16:30 (Day of Atonement)

katallagé: reconciliation, restoration to favor
2643 - https://biblehub.com/greek/2643.htm
reconciliation (restoration) as the resulting of Christ exactly (precisely) exchanging His righteousness (blood) for our guilt. See 2644 (katallassō).
Romans 5:11 - And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
katallassó: to reconcile, change, exchange – καταλλάσσω
2644 - https://biblehub.com/greek/2644.htm
Greek Word Origin from kata and allassó
kata: down, against, according to - https://biblehub.com/greek/2596.htm
allassó: to change - https://biblehub.com/greek/236.htm

Yom Kippur also came to known as the "Day of the Name" (יום השם).   
Since this was the only time the High Priest could enter the Holy of Holies and utter "shem ha'gadol," the great Name of God, 
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10157702503667810&id=56347292809
https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/yom_kippur.html 

His Name - https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/09/his-name.html


The Golden Bell - City of David: Bringing the Bible to Life

When describing the special garments of the High Priest, the Bible describes that along the hem of his robes could be found golden bells.
"On its hem make pomegranates of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, all around the hem, with bells of gold between them all around: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe." (Exodus 28: 33 - 34)
In 2011, archeologists excavating in the City of David - the place where Jerusalem began - announce the discovery of a 2,000 year-old, small golden bell, believed to be one of those that adorned the robe of the High Priest, who served in the Temple. 


The Son is the radiance of God’s glory

and the exact representation of His nature,

upholding all things by His powerful word.

After He had provided purification for sins,

He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 1:3


Scriptures: Christ our Atonement

https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Christ-Atoning


Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement: 5781/2020 Days of Awe and the Book of Life

https://youtu.be/X1au67pfTww

https://paulthepoke.com/2020/09/26/yom-kippur-day-of-atonement-5781-2020-days-of-awe-and-the-book-of-life


Maranatha! 


https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2020/09/atonement-covering.html

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Ancient Date Palms Resurrected


"Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, 
will grow all kinds of trees used for food; 
their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. 
They will bear fruit every month, 
because their water flows from the sanctuary. 
Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”

Ezekiel 47:12


Israel’s popular Medjool and Deglet Nour dates were brought to Israel from Iraq and Morocco by Jews in the early part of the last century. The only cultivated dates already present were limited plantations of sire dates planted by the Ottoman Turks.

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. The species name dactylifera "date-bearing" comes from the Greek words daktylos (δάκτυλος), which means "date" (also "finger"), and fero (φέρω), which means "I bear." The fruit is known as a date. The fruit's English name (through Old French), as well as the Latin both come from the Greek word for "finger," dáktulos, because of the fruit's elongated shape.  

2,000 Year Old Extinct Date Pit Resurrected


The first biblical reference to the date palm is when the children of Israel entered the desert after leaving Egypt (Exodus 15:27). At Elim they encountered palm trees just as a visitor in many parts of the Sahara today would find oases marked by palm trees. The palm was prominent in the decoration of the temple.

                 tamar: palm tree, date palm - תָּמָר

The date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) is one of the oldest fruit-bearing trees in civilization. The ancients not only used dates as a source of energy, but used the leaves to weave baskets, brooms and ropes. Ancients used the stalk as a foundation to other structures. Even the tree's sap was fermented into wine.

Before Israelites entered the promised land, Moses told them that it would be filled with milk and honey. Contrary to common belief, Torah honey-like substances weren’t produced by bees. Rather, honey was syrup preserved from dates on date palm trees.




Methuselah, the Judean Date Palm – links the past to the present through agriculture and archeology. One of the world's most ancient species, it is being revived after 2,000 years at the Center for Sustainable Agriculture in Israel.

Palms and dates have a rich legacy in Israeli culture. 

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, 
he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
Psalm 92:12

JUDEAN DATE PALM REVIVED
https://youtu.be/nQ_KvgIjQXs - Planted on Tu B'Shevat

Timeline:
1996 - The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies was established after the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo peace accords.
2005 - Ancient 2,000 year old date seeds planted and sprouted - Methuselah (male)
2011 to 2014 - 30 more seeds planted / 6 seeds sprouted
March 2020 - Pollination of Hannah (female)
September 11, 2020 - First fruits offering of two ancient tree seeds

Parent trees: Methuselah and Hannah, which are the oldest date trees from the resurrected seeds, have more eastern DNA.

Biblical Names of the Date Palm Trees
Methuselah of the Bible lived 969 years.
Hannah was the mother of Samuel.


First Fruits - September 2020


Israeli Scientists Have Revived Ancient Judean Dates From Extinction
September 20, 2020 - https://youtu.be/qPU_RvJCCL4

After 2,000 Years, These Seeds Have Finally Sprouted
Six date seeds as old as the Dead Sea Scrolls are now flourishing as trees on a kibbutz.

9-11 - FIRST FRUIT DATES - On Friday, September 11, 2020, an unusual ceremony was held on a hilltop overlooking the Old City in Jerusalem’s Abu Tor neighborhood. It included the Jewish Sheheheyanu prayer recited on momentous occasions, as well as the traditional offering and tithing ceremony. At the heart of the ceremony was a small package of dates.
The first dates to ripen came from a palm tree named Hannah, which was grown from a seed about 10 years ago. The two researchers pollinated the flowers from Hannah with those of Methuselah to reconstruct the taste of ancient date palms to the maximum extent possible.
Dates tree grown by a 2,000-year-old seed retrieved from archaeological sites in the Judean Desert, in Ketura, Israel, September 2, 2020.
Ever Tried 2,000-year-old Dates? Now You Can, Thanks to These Israeli Researchers. Researchers celebrate – and sample – the first fruit of palm trees germinated from ancient seeds from the Judean desert
Hannah’s DNA is reminiscent of that of ancient trees from Mesopotamia, today’s Iraq, as is the modern zahidi variety, which is considered an Iraqi species. Sallon has a hypothesis regarding Hannah’s ancestors. “We know from the Talmud that the Jews exiled to Babylonia [in Mesopotamia] cultivated date groves. It’s possible that they brought the seeds with them on their return to Zion,” she said.
“There are two groups of date species – eastern and western. The eastern ones are all the species from Arabia and Iraq, and the western ones are from North Africa,” Sallon explained. “In Egypt and the Land of Israel, the two species come together. Methuselah and Hannah, which are the oldest, have more eastern DNA, while the other trees’ DNA is more western.”
Last week, when the first dates ripened, a harvest was organized. About 100 ripe, tasty dates were cut from Hannah. Sallon, who lives in Jerusalem, offered one to a friend, but because she is an observant Jew, she couldn’t accept it because it wasn’t properly tithed, as Jewish religious law requires. As a result, the tithing ceremony was held on Friday.
The site of the ceremony was not happenstance. The open hilltop, which is known as the Hill of Evil Counsel, is at the center of a battle that the neighborhood residents, including Sallon, are fighting against a construction project that they say will obliterate it.
“The Judean date disappeared entirely, and this site is also in terrible danger of destruction. The two stories are related,” she said, “because people destroyed the trees and now the land. But I will secretly plant one of the seeds from Hannah here and hope that in another 20 years, it will produce fruit.”
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-2-000-year-old-seeds-produce-ripe-dates-in-israel-s-southern-arava-1.9152766
https://www.facebook.com/haaretzcom/posts/10158534339771341
Aided by Modern Ingenuity, a Taste of Ancient Judean Dates
The harvest of the much-extolled but long-lost Judean dates was something of a scientific miracle. The fruit sprouted from seeds 2,000 years old.
They were given the names of biblical figures when they germinated, but as their genders became clear over time, Judah became Judith, Eve became Adam, and Jeremiah became Hannah.
Hannah’s seed, which came from an ancient burial cave in Wadi el-Makkukh near Jericho, now in the West Bank, was carbon dated to between the first and fourth centuries B.C.E., becoming one of the oldest known seeds to have ever been germinated.
A Roman coin minted around A.D. 70 to celebrate the conquest of Judea depicted the Jewish defeat as a woman weeping under a date palm.
But by the Middle Ages, the famed Judean plantations had died out. Wars and upheaval likely made their cultivation impractical, as did their need for copious amounts of water in summer.
She obtained a few of the date seeds that had been found in the 1960s during an excavation of Masada, the desert fortress by the Dead Sea where Jewish zealots, besieged by the Romans in A.D. 73, famously died by their own hand rather than fall into slavery.
The institute, established in 1996 after the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo peace accords
The night before the picking of Hannah’s dates, there was some discussion of what the proper Hebrew blessing would be at the ceremony — the usual one for the fruit of the tree or the “shehecheyanu,” a blessing of thanks for new and unusual experiences. The next morning,  both were recited, to a resounding Amen.
Methuselah palm finds a mate after 2100 years
The remaining 33 seeds were subjected to a preparatory process to increase the likelihood of germination)
 After growing for six years, Hannah flowered in a nearby plot. Now, it was time to play matchmaker. Dr. Solowey painstakingly collected pollen from Methuselah and brushed it onto Hannah’s flowers, “because I wanted Methuselah to be the father,” she said. Hannah, bore 111 dates.
Named Methuselah after the biblical and Islamic patriarch who reached the advanced age of 969.

Genetic experts from the University of Montpellier in France said the genotyping for the germinated plants indicated that the older seeds, including Methuselah and Hannah, were closer to eastern varieties that flourished from Mesopotamia to Arabia and all the way to Pakistan. Date palm cultivation is thought to be up to 6,500 years old.

Dates are one of the 7 species associated with the Land of Israel.

Israeli Attractions: Date Palms and Sukkot
Dates are one of the 7 species associated with the Land of Israel. The others being wheat, barley, grapes, figs, olives  and pomegranates (Deuteronomy 8:8). Mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible, dates have both physical and spiritual attributes.
The date (Tamar) has the same numerical value as the sun (Shemesh). Just as photosynthesis converts sunlight into fruit, the light of God (the Torah) can be transformed into the fruits of inspiration.
https://en.mida.org.il/2018/09/28/israeli-attractions-date-palms-and-sukkot

A personal note ;-) 
 In Israel "Tammy" (תמי) is commonly used as an abbreviation of the original Hebrew name.

Palms are associated with the Christ's Triumphal Entry before Passover (Pesach) and for the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in building booths/sukkah.  


"After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, 
from all nations and provinces and languages, 
standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb,
 clothed in white, with palm branches in their hands."
Revelation 7.9 



Recipe: Vegan Banana Date Cakebread

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2000 years-old Roman plaza & gate reopens in Jerusalem
"We can connect with those who were once here."
Feb 9, 2020 - An ancient Roman square in Jerusalem’s old city has just been reopened to the public. The entrance room, which leads to stairs of a tower that flanks the Roman gate built in 135 CE and is found under Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. The layers of time are clearly visible from the Roman gates arches to the stones used during the different periods of history, the architecture and the large looming towers that flank both the Roman gate and Damascus Gate.
What she also highlighted as “extraordinary” was the “two towers on either side of the gate,” which are still standing today “and was kept by the Ottomans when they built Damascus Gate in the 16th Century under Sultan Suleiman the Great.”
Weksler-Bdolah pointed out that the Roman victory gate was built by Emperor Hadrian Augustus to parade his army’s triumph over Jews during the Bar Kochba revolt that lasted some three years.
 During the inauguration ceremony Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion stressed his pride and excitement about being at this site.

The same promise Gabriel made to Mary over 2,000 years ago is true for us today. Jesus is coming.

How to Grow a Date Tree from a Date Seed


Maranatha! 

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

September 2020 Events

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come,
by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,
that is to say, not of this building;

Hebrews 9:11



Celestial Signs - Genesis 1:14, Psalm 19

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament [raqia] of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons [moed], and for days and years

Aug 29 - Moon & Saturn at Sag.
https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20200829_15_101

Sept 1 – Full “Corn” Moon (Fruit or Barley) - TUE, 01 SEP 2020 22:22 PDT
Enjoy the 3rd and final full moon of northern summer (September 22 equinox)
https://earthsky.org/tonight/full-corn-moon-on-september-1-2

PSALM 19 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge, without a sound to be heard, their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; 

Sept 2 - A beautiful morning from the East to the West! Orion standing in the southern sky. Enjoy the last of the summer days! 🌟🌕 Psalm 19 


Sept 5 - Close approach of the Moon and Mars - SAT, 05 SEP 2020 21:44 PDT

Stationary planets: (forward motion)
Sept 13 - Jupiter
Sept 29 - Saturn

Watching Time - (Arrow of Time) Job 1:12, 2:6 and Daniel 7:25https://youtu.be/M3A67S6Gjvw
The phoenix is coming! Messaging in the media!!  Tenet & Mulan review - release this week!! Israel-UAE events! The snare is coming!  
2015-16 (during the Palmyra Arch Passover (lit red) exhibit) - The fourth plinth had originally been intended to display a statue of William IV on a horse, but was never completed owing to lack of funds. Gift Horse, by the German-American artist Hans Haacke, features an LED bow [figure 8] showing a ticker of the latest London stock prices tied round the bronze skeleton of a horse. It is being seen as a symbol of the ravages of the market.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/05/fourth-plinth-provocative-artwork-gift-horse-hans-haacke-unveiled-in-london - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31739574
2018-19 - Gift Horse in Chicago @ Art Institute - https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/8944/hans-haacke-gift-horse

More details: http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/02/triumphal-arch-of-palmyra-syria.html  (updated)

So much, celestially, telling us that time is short! And the enemy knows how short time is, too - and that the sudden destruction is coming as a thief! They are awaiting their phoenix and rider on the white horse. Do we have an ear to hear what Christ said? Let us turn our ears, hearts, and hands to Him - FIRST - and highest above all else! Holding fast to what He said, till He comes! Maranatha!!


Sept 13 - Close approach of the Moon and Venus
AT 23:23 PDT (06:23 UTC) 

Sept 15 - Regulus near the moon

Sept 18 - New Moon / Feast of Trumpets - https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-after-sunset-september-18-21

9-19 - Pegasus visible at midnight

Sept 22 - Autumn Equinox - https://earthsky.org/tonight/sun-over-earths-equator-at-equinox
On the day of the equinox, everywhere on Earth has almost exactly 12 hours of day and night, as the Sun's annual journey through the constellations of the zodiac carries it across the celestial equator. The word equinox is derived from the Latin words aequus (equal) and nox (night) - https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20200922_07_100

                                        https://www.almanac.com/night-sky-september-2020

Sept 23 - Moon at First Quarter - https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20200924_08_100
Sept 24 - Moon at Jupiter - https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20200925_15_100 
Sept 25 - Moon at Saturn - https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20200925_15_101
https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-jupiter-saturn-september-23-26
Moon, Fomalhaut in late September 


Morning Star Venus near Regulus - Day of Atonement / Yom Kippur
From Jerusalem, Venus is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:18 (IDT) – 3 hours and 12 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 35° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 06:14.
Oct 1/2 - First day of Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles

Oct 1 - Full Moon - https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20201001_08_100

Mazzaroth - The Gospel in the Stars


What's in the Sky
https://in-the-sky.org/
http://www.beckstromobservatory.com/whats-up-in-tonights-sky-2
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance
http://earthsky.org/tonight
https://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html
https://stardate.org/nightsky
https://watchers.news/category/night-sky

God's clock in the heavens remains and His timepiece in the sky cannot be disrupted. His rule reigns over time!  He has allowed this division of time just like the Gregorian and Julian calendar changes. 

Daniel 11:35 - Kings of the South and North (Daniel 2:21)
Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

Awaiting the time when all things are reset and made known ;-)

 

Biblical Calendar – Starts in the spring

There is also a Civil calendar that begins with Rosh Hashanah in the fall.
Month – Religious/Civil on Hebrew calendar / Corresponding Gregorian months

6/12

Elul

August/September

Processing grapes, figs and olives

7 / 1

Tishri* (Ethanim)

September-October

Early rains begin; plowing

6th Month – Elul – Processing grapes, figs and olives

 Elul is called “the month of repentance,” “the month of mercy”
and “the month of forgiveness.”
Elul follows the two previous months of Tammuz and Av
 — (in the Hebrew calendar) the twelfth month of the civil and sixth of the religious year

Elul brings the daily blowing of the shofar
Repentance (Hebrew: תשובה, literally, "return," pronounced "tshuva" or "teshuva")
 is one element of atoning for sin.

7th Month – Ethanim / Tishri:  (1st Month of Civil Year) Early rains begin; plowing
       begins after the sighting of the new moon in Jerusalem
http://torahcalendar.com (aligned with new moon and agriculture)
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month.asp?tdate=9/1/2020
Historical events by Hebrew date:
  Torah tots: http://www.torahtots.com/timecapsule/thismonth.htm
https://ffoz.org/discover/messianic-jewish-calendar/the-month-of-ethanim.html



Be alert and always keep on praying ... Ephesians 6

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8-9

Recap/Ongoing Events

8-29 - Saturday, the UAE formally ended its 1972 economic boycott of Israel  
8-30 - Senior Advisor to the U.S. President Jared Kushner, U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brian and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu held a joint press conference in Jerusalem.
8-30 - VMA Awards (occult ritual) - hosted by “Hustlers” star
8-31 - Flight 971 - Monday Kushner & leaders to take first flight to UAE
8-31, 1997 - 23rd Anniv. Diana & Dodi in Paris
8-31 - Ascension - Live on YT (delayed – rescheduled to Sept 2)

https://twitter.com/IsraelNitzan/status/1300636926110830593?s=19 
https://twitter.com/khaleejtimes/status/1300616528631607299?s=19 

Aug 30/31, 2020 - "Peace in the Middle East" - Continuation of the “Abraham Accords”
Peace” flight from Israel to UAE – Flights 971 & 972
See August blog for more details: http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-events-2020.html


The state of Lebanon was declared on 1 September 1920, following Decree 318 of 31 August 1920,[1] as a League of Nations Mandate under the proposed terms of the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon which was to be ratified in 1923. When the Ottoman Empire was formally split up by the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920, it was decided that four of its territories in the Middle East should be League of Nations mandates temporarily governed by the United Kingdom and France on behalf of the League. The British were given Palestine and Iraq, while the French were given a mandate over Syria and Lebanon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Lebanon

(blog)
Sept 1 - BEIRUT: After the French entered Lebanon in 1920 after the declaration of the State of Greater Lebanon, they reconfigured the capital Beirut to conform to the new political order.

The streets of Beirut, which were under Ottoman rule for more than four centuries, were referred to as haraat (alleyways). https://www.arabnews.com/node/1727676/middle-east
9-1 - French President Emmanuel Macron marked Lebanon's centenary on Tuesday by planting a cedar tree, the nation's emblem, at a forest reserve north of Beirut. He was also due to tour Beirut's devastated port and hold talks with the leaders of Lebanon's political factions.

100 Years - Psalm 100  / 1920s - 100-150+ Years

Sept 1 - Flight 972 – Senior officials to take first flight from UAE to Israel on Tuesday

Sept 1 - COVID-19 Surge Testing To Close H-3 Freeway On Oahu - coordinating a full closure of the H-3 Freeway between the Halawa Interchange and the Halekou Interchange to facilitate COVID testing on Tuesday, Sept. 1 and Thursday, Sept. 3.
https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2020/08/29/video-covid-19-surge-testing-to-close-h-3-freeway-on-oahu
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/5154028/h3-tunnels-renamed-again
https://cindybythesea.com/2020/09/01/bizarre-sinister-or-just-plain-dumb

Sept 1 – 9/1 – Doodles - https://www.google.com/doodles
116th - https://www.google.com/doodles/aya-kodas-116th-birthday
Jackie Ormes was born Zelda Mavin Jackson on August 1, 1911, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-jackie-ormes
https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-dr-harold-moody
Sept 2 - https://www.google.com/doodles/vietnam-national-day-2020

Sept 2 - Ascension from Paige, AZ with balloons! Daredevil magician's latest stunt planned for the sky over Arizona. Magician David Blaine hopes to "disappear" into the sky above Page, Arizona, on Wednesday with the help of a couple dozen helium-filled weather balloons. And as he floats, he plans to live stream his view on YouTube for viewers around the world. The balloon rig, which had to be classified as an experimental aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration, still must be approved for flight.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/events/2020/08/31/david-blaine-balloon-flight-page-arizona/3448764001
DavidBlaineAscensiondelayed from Aug 31. Set a reminder to be the first to know when I ascend http://yt.be/davidblaineascension
 https://www.youtube.com/post/UgysEggHXDZnEi5fcyt4AaABCQ

Ascension - LIVE! Delayed from Aug 31
https://youtu.be/QwzvNAAqH3g

Interesting choice of title!! Mocking God? What does this mean? 

* Historical September Events 

Sept 3 – Tenet released in USA (see Aug 26 UK release) (time altering/phoenix)
Sept 4 - Mulan | Disney+ streaming – (bow/arrow image – phoenix)

2020 Elul Praise Challenge Invitation - Daily prayer for our world!  Subscribe to the email list and YouTube to participate in this special month of prayer leading up to the Feast of Trumpets ;-) 

Elul Dates
Elul 17 - Noah sends dove. Returns with olive leaf.
Noah/Dove - different 7 day count:  (1) (2) Two countings https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lMw4yuCqaBb052QWx5TDVEbVE/view
Elul 22 - Feast of New Oil  (Numbers 18:12-13) – 50 days from Feast of New Wine
Elul 23 - Feast of Wood Offering  (Leviticus 6:12-13, Nehemiah 10:34)
 https://biblehub.com/leviticus/6-13.htm
 - qurban/korban/offering - https://biblehub.com/text/nehemiah/10-34.htm
 https://biblecalendar.wordpress.com/pentacontad-oil-wood/
Elul 23 (2) – Noah sent the dove from the ark for the second time - returns with olive branch
 http://www.torahtots.com/timecapsule/thismonth/elul.htm#23

Elul 22/23 = Sept 11, 2020
Same as 2001: https://torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y2001M6

Elul 24 (1) - Noah sends dove 3rd time. Dove does not return.

Elul 25 – Nehemiah's wall finished (Nehemiah 6:15)
Elul 25 – 7 days of Creation
"Let there be light" (Gen. 1:3) - Celebrating Creation: The 25th of Elul and Rosh Hashanah
https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Elul/Creation/creation.html

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.  John 1:1-5

MOVIES
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/most-anticipated-movies-of-2020
Aug 26 - Tenet - International release - (Time /WWIII theme) Delayed three times due to the COVID-19
pandemicTenet is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020, and the United States on September 3, 2020, in IMAX, 35 mm, and 70 mm.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_(film)
Christopher Nolan‘s (SEE PREVIOUS FILMS) - Tenet has two new release dates after multiple delays tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The film was originally scheduled to come out in July but ended up being pulled indefinitely.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/tenet-christopher-nolan-release-date-latest-coronavirus-delays-a9641091.html

noun: tenet -  Latin, literally ‘he holds’, from the verb tenere .
a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, - https://www.civiced.org/9-11-and-the-constitution-terms-to-know

Sept 3 – Tenet released in USA (see Aug 26 UK release- phoenix airplane)
Sept 4 - Mulan | Disney+ streaming – (bow/arrow - phoenix)
Sept 4 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Sept 4 - Monster Hunter
Sept 4 - The Beatles: Get Back
Sept 10 – Unpregnant – Roadtrip in Firebird TransAm to get an abortion (sick movie)
Sept 18 - Antebellum
Sept 25 – Greenland – comet to Earth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film)
Sept 25 - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Oct 2 - Wonder Woman 1984 - Gal Gadot (Israeli actress)
Oct 2 - BIOS Tom Hanks creates a robot to protect the life of his dog

So many interesting titles / themes!!! https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/most-anticipated-movies-of-2020/#JulSep


Oregon wildfire melts trucks, leaves warlike destruction in wake. 
@ 6:40 min. "hot enough to pulverize a rock"
https://youtu.be/c_XjedOW0WQ
PHOENIX, Ore., Sept 11 - "The fire melted the motor right out of my truck - it drained down the driveway,"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oregon-wildfire-melts-trucks-leaves-warlike-destruction-in-wake/ar-BB18WT3U?ocid=msedgdhp
Escaping The Oregon Wildfires! Fire within 100' of my house!!!
Molalla, Estacada, Tigard areas - https://youtu.be/El9kEo7FD-c
Phoenix Rising Revelation 9.4 Fires: Fort McMurray '16 - Santa Rosa '17 - Paradise '18 - Medford '20

Psalm 83:13-16
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so pursue them with your tempest
    and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

1 Corinthians 13:12 - For now we see through a glass, darkly


9-10 - FREELAND, Mich. —  President Donald Trump speaks to thousands at rally in mid-Michigan
9-9- EAST FREEHOLD, NJ - 3.1 magnitude earthquake reported in N.J. 9 years after temblor shook state

Sept 11 - 9/11 - FIRST FRUIT DATES offering in Jerusalem in  Abu Tor neighborhood. The site of the ceremony was not happenstance. The open hilltop, which is known as the Hill of Evil Counsel, is at the center of a battle that the neighborhood residents, including Sallon, are fighting against a construction project that they say will obliterate it. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-2-000-year-old-seeds-produce-ripe-dates-in-israel-s-southern-arava-1.9152766
FIRST FRUIT DATES * Phoenix rising from ancient seeds!!! HANNAH 
Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm


2nd Nobel nomination for Trump - Oct 9 announcement
3 weeks of lockdown for Israel until Oct 9

Trump gets a second nomination for Nobel Peace Prize after Serbia-Kosovo deal
If Trump wins the prize, it will be the fourth Nobel awarded for peace between Israel and its neighbors.
 (The announcement will come on October 9.)
The Trump campaign released an ad that incorrectly spelled Nobel as "Noble" to celebrate his second nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

— I think that’s number 15 — and these are people that were there. That’s the 15th person.

Trump to host Israel-United Arab Emirates deal-signing ceremony on Sept 15


Jan 28 + 33 weeks = Sept 15 Events: White House Ceremony for Peace Plan, Apple Watch Series 6 debut (time), TikTok to close (another time message)

 Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 15 EVENTS (3 days before the evening of Trumpets)
- USA-Israel-UAE Ceremony at WH - "Peace Deal"
- Trump to Philadelphia for Town Hall at 9 PM / Noon Protest Vigil “HOLD HIM TO THE TRUTH”
- TikTok closed up and to be sold
- Apple debut Watch Series 6 and iPad Air! - features the tagline "Time Flies"
    6-22-2020 last event - https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2020
TRUMP COMES TO PHILLY SEPT. 15! Be at the “HOLD HIM TO THE TRUTH” Vigil, Noon
President Donald Trump will appear at town hall event in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 9 p.m. The event will include both in-person and virtual attendees asking the president questions.

Sept 17 (day before Feast of Trumpets) to Nov 3!! 
Group that Started Occupy Wall Street Wants 50-Day White House Siege on September 17
Now Adbusters Is Planning a White House ‘Siege’ on the Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street’s First Event
Adbusters Is Headquartered in Canada
Before Occupy Wall Street, Adbusters was known for creating fake ads for real products, such as a camel named Joe Chemo or an iPhone parody about tracking someone’s movements 24-7, NPR reported. Adbusters takes a stance that is pro-environmentalism, anti-consumerism, and anti-capitalist. The company is headquartered in Vancouver.

Sept 18- Oct 9 - Israel Lockdown for 3 Weeks
Netanyahu delivers statement on COVID-19 as Israel announces three-week lockdown before holidays! 
Israeli gov’t approves: Three-week lockdown beginning Friday
The closure will go into effect at 2 p.m. on Friday and last through Simchat Torah on October 9. The country is heading into a three-week nearly total lockdown on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the government determined on Sunday after more than seven hours of heated debate. 
During the lockdown, the school system will remain closed, except for special education and programs for at-risk youth. People will not be able to venture more than 500 meters from home. Restaurants, shopping centers and businesses that offer leisure and recreational activities will be shut down.
Indoor gatherings are limited to 10 people and no more than 20 people outdoors.
The country’s health system raised a red flag a few days ago, spurring the government to act, Netanyahu said.
The director general of the Health Ministry, Hezi Levy, said in a radio interview earlier on Sunday that “dozens of localities are being sucked into the circle of morbidity.”
“We have to impose severe restrictions, but they will be able to stem this wave and not bring us to the brink of an abyss,” Levy said.

Sept 1-30 - Midnight Moment at Times Square - In Your Absence the Skies Are All the Same

Oct 9 - 7th Day of Feast of Tabernacles / Succoth
The seventh day of Sukkot is called "Hoshana Rabbah" and is considered the final day of the divine "judgment" in which the fate of the new year is determined.

The Appointed Patterns - The Harvests

Passover * Unleavened Bread * First Fruits * Pentecost * Trumpets * Atonement *Tabernacles * 8th Day



Sept 19 - Rosh Hoshanna / Feast of Trumpets (Jubilee? - see TorahCalendar)

Sept 22 - Fall Equinox


9-23 - 30th year of SYATP - The biblical call to "RETURN. RESTORE. REVIVE."

8th Day of 7th Month (Tishri) 8781 (2020)
87 Hebrew Strong’s - https://biblehub.com/str/hebrew/87.htm
Abram: "exalted father," אַבְרָם  the original name of Abraham
Genesis 11:26 (Contracted from 'Abiyram - from ab and rum)
1. ab – אָב – father – Genesis 2:24 - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1.htm
48. Abiram - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/48.htm

https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/how-you-can-claim-the-blessings-of-the-abrahamic-covenant


87H - Abram and 87G - word origin from "judge/decide/separate"
87. adiakritos: indistinguishable, without uncertainty, unambiguous, undivided, whole-hearted,impartial -- without partiality, no favoritism.
James 3:17 (only once) - https://biblehub.com/str/greek/87.htm
Greek Origin from alpha and diakrinó
1. alpha - A – alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. 1/a (alpha) is used as a prefix and typically means "no" or "not" (= "un-," "without"). - https://biblehub.com/greek/1.htm
1252. diakrinó: to distinguish, to judge, separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; doubt, hesitate, waver. - https://biblehub.com/greek/1252.htm
Greek Origin from dia and krinó - 1223. dia - : through, on account of, because of
2919. krinó: to judge, decide - to separate (distinguish) - https://biblehub.com/greek/2919.htm

9-26 on the Roman Calendar
926H. bahal: to disturb, terrify - https://biblehub.com/str/hebrew/926.htm
926G. barus: heavy, weighty, burdensome, lit. and met; violent, oppressive.
https://biblehub.com/str/greek/926.htm
Acts 20:29 - I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 

Today is "Sabbath of Repentance" during the 10 days of Awe leading up to the Day of Atonement - Teshuvah or repentance - Sabbath of return.
Today the Parashah is Ha'azinu which means "Give Ear." The Messiah said, "He who has ears to hear – Let him hear!" (Revelation) Romans 5:11 - And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Hosea 14:1-2 - An Exhortation to Repentance - https://torahcalendar.com/Linkpage.asp?D=8&P=53&M=0&S=1&R=0&H=0&U=0&F=0

9-26 - Franklin Graham will lead Prayer March 2020 in Washington, D.C. The event begins at noon at the Lincoln Memorial and will end at the U.S. Capitol.
https://media.billygraham.org/prayer-march-2020
Jonathan Cahn will leadThe Return, National Day of Prayer and Repentance - 10 Days of Prayer, Fasting, and Repentance start with the Biblical Feast of Trumpets Friday, September 18 and end with the Day of Atonement September 28. The central day of The Return will be Saturday, September 26, 2020 on the National Mall here in the United States and throughout the nation and world.  9 a.m. Saturday and conclude at 9 p.m.
Jonathan Cahn refers to 40 days before elections and the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower.
9-26 is 38 days before 11-3 - election day

400th Anniv. Mayflower - The U.S. Postal Service issued a new "Mayflower" stamp which went on sale September 17, 2020.
At last the over-full and hitherto baffled Mayflower was ready for the third trial. This final voyage would be successful. 
On September 26, 1620, the gallant little craft slipped out to sea. 

9-26 - Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee 

Sept 25 - Israel stiffens lockdown 
Israel to enter nation-wide shutdown; Saudi King warns of Iranian deception-TV7 Israel News 24.09.20 - https://youtu.be/KZcgYs7UzZI

Coronavirus pandemic: EU urges new measures to head off virus second wave

  Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Will Be Virtual  
For the first time in 114 years, there will be no crowd in Times Square to cheer the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop. In the latest COVID-19-induced blow to Big Apple traditions, officials announced major changes to the annual event Wednesday — saying that while the ball will still drop, the usual packed celebration will be a no-go. “One thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a New Year at midnight on December 31st,”
Organizers say it will be a “virtually enhanced celebration,” though added there would be some small, scaled-back live events using social distancing associated with it.
“One thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a New Year at midnight on Dec. 31,” said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. “But this year there will be significantly new and enhanced virtual, visual and digital offerings to complement whatever limited live entertainment or experiences — still in development — will take place in Times Square.”

Yom Kippur also came to known as the "Day of the Name" (יום השם).   
Since this was the only time the High Priest could enter the Holy of Holies and utter "shem ha'gadol," the great Name of God, 

The Golden Bell - City of David: Bringing the Bible to Life
When describing the special garments of the High Priest, the Bible describes that along the hem of his robes could be found golden bells.
"On its hem make pomegranates of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, all around the hem, 
with bells of gold between them all around: a golden bell and a pomegranate, 
a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe." 
(Exodus 28: 33 - 34)
In 2011, archeologists excavating in the City of David - the place where Jerusalem began - announce the discovery of a 2,000 year-old, small golden bell, believed to be one of those that adorned the robe of the High Priest, who served in the Temple. https://youtu.be/5wJlrgvgblo

Kevin Kinard, 33,  was visiting Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park when he discovered a 9.07 carat diamond.
https://abc-7.com/news/2020/09/27/man-find-9-carat-diamond-while-visiting-diamond-state-park 
Today is 9/7 on the Hebrew calendar - the eve of Yum Kippur/Day of Atonement!

Sept 27/28 - Day of Atonement / Yom Kippur


Romans 5:11 - And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
by whom we have now received the atonement.

7-11 Tishri (7th Month) Day 11 - Begins after Yom Kippur / Atonement

Oct 1/2 - FOT/ Sukkot begins
Oct 5-12 - Nobel prize announcements
Oct 9 - Israel lockdown scheduled to end

Oct 9 - Nobel PEACE announcements – Friday 9 October, 11:00 CEST

Oct 12 - Israel Set Apart Day (see Torah Calendar)
Oct 12 - Senate to hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett 

 Updates throughout the month. 

Other international meetings:  http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/  &  http://en.unesco.org

Current news with biblical connections:


Past and Ongoing September events:
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2019/09/september-2019-events.html
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2018/09/september-2018-events.html
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2018/08/elul-beloveds-harvest.html 
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/09/september-events.html
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-events.html
https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2019/10/patterns-shadows-and-promises.html 
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2016/09/fountain-of-life.html



Fall Festival Days / High Holy Days / Hebrew Year   
START OF NEW CIVIL YEAR 
Tishrei 1 – Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets (Shabbat Rosh Chodesh)
Tishri 2-10 - Yamim Noraim / Days of Awe / Days of Repentance before Yom Kippur
Tishri 3 - Fast of Gedaliah
Tishri 10 - Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement
Tishri 14 – Eve of Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles
Tishri 15-21 –Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles
Tishri 22 – Shemini Atzeret / Eighth Day of Assembly / Last Great Day (John 7:37)


October Events:
Oct 1, 2017 - Syria's Ancient Palmyra Lion Saved From ISIS and Brought Back to Life in Damascus
Oct 4, 2015 - Palmyra Arch destroyed! (18 years after PK Assembly)
Oct 4, 1997 - 23rd Anniversary Promise Keepers Rally - 'Stand in the Gap: A Sacred Assembly of Men'
Elevated view (as seen from the Washington Monument) of attendees at the Promise Keepers' rally on the National Mall, Washington DC, October 4, 1997. Founded in 1990, Promise Keepers was an evangelical Christian men's organization. Visible in the center background is the United States Capitol Building. (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.no/detail/news-photo/elevated-view-of-attendees-at-the-promise-keepers-stand-in-news-photo/644638566


Many events are pointing to November 3, 2020 - USA Election Day

11.5 and 11.3 Economist Cover 2015 - Election dates 2019 & 2020

2019 November 5th Events: 




The Rapture Library: Downloadable Print Resources
http://www.informedchristians.com/rapture_library_trailer.html
Answers the top questions they will have immediately after the rapture, contains most vital information that they need to know right away regarding the rapture specifics, and affirms that God's Word is true.

Was that really the Rapture? - 2x6 Single Poster 
We were Foretold to Watch for His Coming - 2X3 Poster
We were Forewarned about This Day Coming - 2X3 Poster
Summary Handout (of first four posters; 4 pages, slightly condensed) - 11x8.5 Version

Maranatha!