The Jubilee Calendar

[Martinman]

This topic of the Jubilee is such a fascinating study. Many don't realize the significance of the types and symbols in the earthly sanctuary services, as that which God used to illustrate the grand great plan of redemption. if one knows and believes that----


“The whole system of types and symbols was a compacted prophecy of the gospel, a presentation in which were bound up the promises of redemption.” AA 14


then you will see reason enough to make it your diligent study.


“So in the prophecies the future is opened before us...But multitudes have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed. Satan watches to catch away every impression that would make them wise unto salvation, and the time of trouble will find them unready.” GC88 594


The earthly sanctuary services, then, ARE THE PROPHECIES. These are the foundation of all prophecy, including those of Daniel and of Revelation.


I believe we agree that the Jubilee begins when God delivers His people and speaks the day and the hour of the second coming.


“It was at midnight that God chose to deliver His people....And as God spoke the day and the hour of Jesus' coming and delivered the everlasting covenant to His people, He spoke one sentence, and then paused, while the words were rolling through the earth ...And when the never-ending blessing was pronounced on those who had honored God in keeping His Sabbath holy, there was a mighty shout of victory over the beast and over his image. Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest.” EW 285, 286


Therefore, in knowing about the Jubilee in no way tells us when the second coming occurs.


The next point that we must agree with is that the Jubilee came the year after the 7th Sabbatical year.


“But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land...And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year,..” Leviticus 23:4,8,9,10


This text clearly shows that after the seven sets of seven years—49 years have expired, then on the next Day of Atonement, in the 50 year, the trumpet sounds announcing the year of Jubilee.


In our weekly cycle of seven days, there can be no interruption of the cycle of seven. Similarly, in the cycle of years, therefore, the 50th year was number 1 in the next cycle of 7 years.


Another illustration, in miniature, from the earthly sanctuary, that enforced this point was the time period that the Hebrews were to count in the number of days from the Wave Sheaf offering to the Day of Pentecost.


“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;” Leviticus 23:15, 16


These seven sabbaths, or seven weeks, made a total of 49 days, then “on the morrow after the 7th Sabbath shall ye number 50 days.” This was a miniature symbol of the Jubilee cycle.

 

[Martinman]

I'm sure we all agree that man was never given permission to set any of God's times. God has reserved that power to Himself. He appoints the time of all the events in the plan of salvation. This includes the year of Jubilee, as well.



“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained;” Acts 17: 30, 31


This text shows that He appoints the times.



In determining the Jubilees, then, we must use only the express inspired word of God, not any suppositions of man, including our own.



“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils:” Isaiah 2:22


In the inspired word of God, we have the prophet, Isaiah, who prophesied of the two great fulfillments of the Jubilee—the first fulfillment relating to the first advent of Christ at the announcement of His public ministry, and the second, relative to the “day of vengeance of our God” when the saints hear the voice of God.




“The spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God;” Isaiah 61:1,2



Please notice the cross referencing in the Bible from this text, to Leviticus 25 and to Luke 4.



Leviticus 25 specifies the count of the years to reach to the Jubilee year, and also that the Jubilee trumpet is blown on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:32 specifies the Day of Atonement to be a Sabbath). Luke 4 is the account of the Messiah in the synagogue on the Sabbath Day of Atonement reading this same Jubilee prophecy from Isaiah 61. PLEASE NOTICE WHAT PART OF THE PROPHECY HE READ AND WHAT HE DID NOT.


He only read to the middle of the sentence, stopping before reading the phrase, “and the day of vengeance of our God;” which did not apply to that fulfillment of the Jubilee. Then Christ made this startling announcement!! “THIS DAY IS THIS SCRIPTURE FULFILLED IN YOUR EARS.” Luke 4:21.


The Spirit of Prophecy specifies the year of this occurrence.


“In A.D. 27, Jesus at His baptism received the anointing of the Holy Spirit and soon afterward began His ministry. Then the message was proclaimed, “The time is fulfilled.” Mark 1:15.” PK 699



Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, gives the list of the ancient Jubilees beginning with the year, 1787-1786 B.C. and ends with the year, 27-28 A.D. This Jewish historical record agrees with the same year, 27 A.D. given in the statement from the Spirit of Prophecy.



Of interest is an article in the Adventist Review, January 5, 1984, about the Jubilee, which stated the following:



“As Jesus told of the happy new year that all might enjoy, there seems little doubt that His congregation would have recognized the importance of that particular Sabbath. A number of commentators agree that it must have been a great Sabbath. In that year the Day of Atonement probably matched the seventh-day Sabbath. The passage He read from Isaiah had double significance. First it called attention to the Day of Atonement, then to the year of jubilee that always began on the Day of Atonement.”

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

I was just watching a camp meeting presentation by Alden Thompson today that dealt partially with the statement from Christ in the synagogue not including the second part of the prophesy.... witnessing the hand of God is amazing!

Please, continue your thoughts....

 

[Martinman]

Yes, it is amazing! EastCoastRemnant,


And its also amazing how He leads us to these marvelous themes of truth.



The last time that I visited the synagogue the Rabbi gave me full access to the library. I spent a full afternoon researching the topic of the Sabbatical and the Jubilee years. Because of my limited time and the distance I live from the synagogue, I asked if he could guide me, as to which books would give me the information I needed for my study. He emphatically stated, “It's the SABBATH! That's important.
Of course, I agreed with him.



He, then, directed me to the locations in the ancient writings that would address this topic, and graciously provided photocopies of the pages that I wanted to take with me.



The following statment is one that I found in these ancient writings that I think you might, also find very interesting.



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Elijah told Judah, the brother of Sala Hasida, 'The world will endure not less than 85 Jubilees, and on the last Jubilee the Son of David will come.” (Sanh.97b) [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581-582 (Jewish Synagogue Library)[/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif](No one knows how long [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]the earth endured from the creation of the world until man fell into sin,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] but it couldn't have been much over the time of two Jubilees (a period of 98 years), [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]as Adam's third son was born when Adam was one hundred and thirty years old[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] (Genesis 5:3) and Abel had just been killed by Cain. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]From the entrance of sin until 27 C.E. when Jesus started His public ministry, could have been about 4067 years or 83 Jubilee cycles, which consequently would have been 85 Jubilee's after creation, fitting exactly the prophecy of Elijah.)[/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In these same ancient Hebrew writings is stated, [/FONT]



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The sages ... reckoned the historical order and the end of time by Sabbatical Years and Jubilees.” [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581 (Jewish Synagogue Library)[/FONT]
“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Israel counted 17 Jubilees from the time they entered the land to the time they left it” (Ar. 12b). [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581 (Jewish Synagogue Library) [/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, in the book “JOSEPHUS COMPLETE WORKS”, p. 706, begins his list of the ancient Jubilee years with the year, “1787-1786 B.C.E.” and ends the list with his last recorded Jubilee year of “27-28 C.E.”. [/FONT]

 

[Martinman]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I wonder if you have thought of this striking parallel between the ministry of Elijah, the prophet, in ancient history and the future antitypical Jubilee, "the day of vengeance of our God,.." Isaiah 61:1, 2[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This Jubilee, “the day of vengeance of our God,” was illustrated by the experience of Elijah, the prophet, in his three and one-half year ministry culminating on Mt. Carmel where Elijah dealt with the priests of Baal, who had led God's people into apostasy. This was just before the time of the appearance of the small cloud, the size of a man's hand, representing the second coming of Jesus.[/FONT]



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And it came to pass at the[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] seventh time[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], that he said, Behold, there ariseth a [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]” 1 Kings 18:44. [/FONT]



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Soon there appears in the east a [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour, and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. The people of God know this to be the sign of the Son of man.” GC 640 E.G. White[/FONT]

The prophecy of Malachi 4:5 ties Elijah's coming again to the "great and dreadful day of the Lord."


"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:" Malachi 4:5


"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord" (Malachi 4:5). Somebody is to come in the spirit and power of Elijah, and when he appears, men may say, "You are too earnest, you do not interpret the Scriptures in the proper way. Let me tell you how to teach your message." {1SM 412.2}

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

Fascinating!! I had never considered the tie in between the small cloud in Elijah's story to the second coming....

I'm all ears (eyes,as it were...lol)

 

[Stryder06]

Keep it coming

 

[Martinman]

Yes, just an amazing parallel between Elijah's ministry of 3 and ½ years of no dew or rain, and the prophets in Revelation that “have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:” Revelation 11:6.


As you read Prophets and Kings, p. 114 and onward, please compare the statements in Maranatha, 290, GC 609, EW 283, etc.


As the story of Elijah begins, Israel, the people of God, have been led into deep apostasy by the leaders.



“Viewing this apostasy from his mountain retreat, Elijah was overwhelmed with sorrow. In anguish of soul he besought God to arrest the once-favored people in their wicked course, to visit them with judgments, if need be... Elijah's prayer was answered.” PK 120



After delivering the message from heaven to Ahab, he disappeared as abruptly as he had come. The Lord directed him exactly where to hide in the wilderness. Immediately there is a death decree announced if he can be found.



The king searched for him, even internationally.



“Many rulers had given their oath of honor that the strange prophet could not be found in their dominions.” PK 137



During the famine God is providing Elijah's sustenance, eventually sending him to the widow woman.



“And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.” Revelation 12:6.



Notice the time period is the same—Elijah's 3 and ½ years, and the flight of the woman into the wilderness. She flees into the wilderness until the time of the deliverance when at midnight God delivers them at the commencement of the Jubilee. See EW 285, 286.



Elijah depended on the supernatural power that he was promised when he initiated the “showdown” on Mount Carmel.



“The people prepared to assemble at the appointed time.” PK 143. See GC 635.



Elijah is the only one standing for God as he presents before them their final decision-- “If the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him.”



“The people answer him not a word. Not one in that vast assembly dare reveal loyalty to Jehovah.” PK 147



When the fire flashes from heaven and consumes the sacrifice, --”it resembles the pillar of fire which at the Red Sea separated the children of Israel from the Egyptian host.” PK 153



Compare Isaiah 4:5, 6.

“And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.”



These are the precious promises of protection for God's people during the time of trouble.



An interesting point to take note of is, that Elijah is translated to heaven without seeing death shortly after the Mt. Carmel experience, symbolic of the translation of the living saints, the 144,000 , some time after the commencement of the Sabbath Jubilee.

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

Interesting also the similarity between the question from Elijah of whom to serve and the third angels message/Sunday law.

Just another wondeful example that ALL the prophets were speaking about the time in which we live.

 

[Martinman]

I had a couple more statements from the Spirit of Prophecy that confirm the parallel of Elijah with those living at the end of time, the 144,000.


“The prophet Malachi declares, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers." Here the prophet describes the character of the work. Those who are to prepare the way for the second coming of Christ, are represented by faithful Elijah, as John came in the spirit of Elijah to prepare the way for Christ's first advent.” CD 71



“Elijah was a type of the saints who will be living on the earth at the time of the second advent of Christ and who will be “changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump,” without tasting of death. 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52. It was as a representative of those who shall be thus translated that Elijah, near the close of Christ’s earthly ministry, was permitted to stand with Moses by the side of the Saviour on the mount of transfiguration.” Heaven 102


“Elijah, who had been translated to heaven without seeing death, represented those who will be living upon the earth at Christ’s second coming, and who will be “changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump;” when “this mortal must put on immortality,” and “this corruptible must put on incorruption.” 1 Corinthians 15:51-53” Heaven 103

 

[Martinman]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]There are six more points that are crucial to understanding the great significance of the anti-typical Jubilee. In this post we will be dealing with the first of these six.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]FIRST:[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The first point that we need to know is that there are [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]7 different kinds of “Sabbaths”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] revealed in God's plan of salvation, all found in Leviticus 23 to 25 KJV. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]At first glance this list may appear confusing. Please bear in mind the vision of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:16) in which he saw a wheel turning within a wheel, showing the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]perfect synchronization of all God's designs. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The brightest of these Sabbaths is the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Holy 7[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] day Sabbath[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif],[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] calculated by the sun, while the other six are [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]“shadows” or prophecies[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] of the 7[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] day Sabbath. These are calculated by the new moon. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To name these seven kinds of Sabbaths, then, we begin with the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Holy 7[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] day Sabbath[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]12 annual “shadow” Sabbaths[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] dispersed among the various feast days, the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Sabbath of “shadow” Sabbath days[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], (Leviticus 23:15, 16) the 49[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] day in the count from Wave Sheaf to Pentecost, the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Sabbath month[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] which ends the sacred year and in which all the closing events are illustrated, the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Sabbath year[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], (Leviticus 25:2-4) also called the year of release in which a certain class of Hebrew slaves were set free (Deuteronomy 15:1, 9), and the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Sabbath of Sabbath years[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif](Leviticus 25:8) the 49[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] year, the year preceding the Jubilee year, and the[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Sabbath millennium[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] which begins at the voice of God giving the day and hour of the second coming of Christ, when the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]anti-typical Jubilee commences[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif].[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]We will examine the meaning and the significance of each one of these different kinds of Sabbaths and the place they hold in the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]anti-typical fulfillment of God's plan of salvation[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif].[/FONT]

 

[Martinman]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]THE HOLY SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH (WEEKLY):[/FONT]​

“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Sabbath was committed to Adam,...Thus the institution was wholly commemorative, and given to all mankind. There was nothing in it shadowy or of restricted application to any people.” PP 48[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The seventh-day Sabbath is the very hub from which all of the other types of Sabbaths emanate and receive their glory. The seventh-day Sabbath is calculated from the cycle of the sun alone, whereas, all the other types of Sabbaths are calculated from the cycle of the moon, aided by the sun. Therefore, the seventh-day Sabbath shines the brightest of them all, just as the sun shines brighter than the moon. [/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The seventh-day Sabbath is not a prophecy, a type, or a shadow, whereas all the other 6 different kinds of Sabbaths are a prophecy, a type, and a shadow of the seventh-day Sabbath. In the same way as the sun is the originator of light, and the moon is only a reflector of that light, so these “shadowy” Sabbaths calculated from the moon, only reflect the light of the 7th-day Sabbath calculated by the sun. [/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]“The Sabbath was committed to Adam,...Thus the institution was whollycommemorative, and given to all mankind. There was nothing in it shadowy or ofrestricted application toany people.” PP 48[/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]“Without the death of Christ all this system (earthly sanctuary system) was meaningless. The Jews reject Christ, and therefore their whole system of religion is to them indefinite, unexplainable, and uncertain. They attach as much importance to shadowy ceremonies of types which have met their antitype as they do to the law of the ten commandments, which was not a shadow, but a reality as enduring as the throne of Jehovah.” RH May 6, 1875[/FONT]



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you...[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif].[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] It [is] a [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]sign between me and the children[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Exodus 31:13, 17.[/FONT]




“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] between me and them, that they might know that [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Ezekiel 20:11,12.[/FONT]




“ [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I [am] the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; And [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]” [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Ezekiel 20:19, 20.[/FONT]




“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For he that is entered into his[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Let us labour therefore [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Hebrews 4:9-11.[/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Genesis 2:2,3. [/FONT]



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]But the seventh day [is] the Sabbath of the LORD thy God[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]:[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Exodus 20:8-11. [/FONT]

 

[Martinman]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]THE 12 ANNUAL (SHADOWY) SABBATHS:[/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God designed the entire Jewish economy, in such a way that both the events of the great plan of salvation, and the exact timing of these events were typified in the ritual round of ceremonies, which took a period of fifty years to complete, and then, began all over again. Within this ritual system there is a prophetic code which can easily be deciphered with the aid of the Holy Spirit, by any sincere and devoted Bible student. But one must pay close attention to all the intricate details of these rituals, using a literal translation like the King James Version of the Holy Bible, Young's Literal Translation, or the 1599 Geneva Bible. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]There are exactly 12 annual (shadowy) Sabbaths listed in Leviticus 23-25 KJV, with 8 of these outlined within the spring feasts, and calculated from the first new moon after the spring equinox, according to the ancient Hebrew calendar, Hillel I, and the remaining 4, within the fall feasts, calculated from the seventhnew moon, the month of the harvest feasts.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]These “shadowy Sabbaths” are, in verity, the prophetic code one must use to understand the precise timing of the plan which God gave to Moses, and it is this same code, that the Messiah revealed to His disciples in His teaching and in His fulfillment of the types at His first advent, that unlocks for future generations the timing of the types relating to His second advent.[/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The annual “shadowy”Sabbaths are calculated from the new moon, and occur in an exact seven-day sequence, as does the seventh-day Sabbath. All annual shadowy Sabbaths are calculated from only two of the new moons of the sacred year, the first new moon, and the seventh or last new moon, even though some of the annual “shadowy Sabbaths” extend through the second month and into the third month of the sacred year. [/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In Leviticus 23 (KJV) some of these annual feasts are specified as “Sabbaths”, “holy convocations”, and days of “no servile work”. Others are described as days of “holy convocations” and days of “no servile work”. Each has a distinctive meaning. “Sabbath” means “Sabbath”; “holy convocation” means only, a “holy convocation”; and no “servile work” means only, “no servile work”. The “Sabbath” is a “holy convocation”, but a “holy convocation” is not necessarily a “Sabbath”. For example, Wednesday prayer meeting is a “holy convocation”, but it is not a “Sabbath”, and it is not a day of “no servile work”. There are only two feast days with the requirement of absolutely no work whatsoever. These two days are, the seventh-day Sabbath and the Day of Atonement. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To illustrate, let us look at God's specifications for the Day of Pentecost in Leviticus 23:15-21 KJV. One can clearly see that Pentecost is required to come theday after the seventh Sabbath counting from the Wave Sheaf offering, Wave Sheaf being the second day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread; Pentecost is specified to be a “holy convocation” and, also, a “day of no servile work”, but, it is not a Sabbath. [/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And ye shall count unto you from the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]morrow after the Sabbath[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]seven Sabbaths shall be complete[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif](16)[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Even unto the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]morrow after the seventh Sabbath[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] shall ye number fifty days;....[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif](21)[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] And ye shall proclaim [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ye shall do no servile work therein[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]: it shall be a [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]statute for ever[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] in all your dwellings throughout your generations.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Leviticus 23: 15-21 [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]KJV[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif].[/FONT]


Therefore, the Day of Pentecost falls on the day AFTER the seventh Sabbath counting from the day of the Wave Sheaf offering which is the 16th day of the first month.


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]These Sabbaths, eight of which are mentioned in the verses above (Lev. 23:15-21), are all “shadowy” Sabbaths, and described in Colossians 2: 16, 17 (KJV), as … “shadows of things to come”. They follow their own seven-day cycle beginning on the new moon of the first and the seventh month only, of the sacred year, although some of them extend through the second month and into the third month, as stated above. The purpose for these “shadowy” Sabbaths dispersed within the feast days, which are besides the seventh-day Sabbath, (Lev. 23:37, 38, Col 2:16) is to show, prophetically, exactly the days of the week, on which these feast days will ultimately meet their fulfillment, in relation to the weekly seventh-day Sabbath.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]These “shadowy” Sabbaths are sometimes referred to as, “ceremonial Sabbaths”, but they, nor their purpose have been understood, as they must be. These “shadowy Sabbaths” (Colossians 2: 16, 17 KJV)are just that, shadows of seventh-day Sabbaths to come. “Shadowy Sabbaths” are prophecies of future seventh-day Sabbaths. Each type in the old sanctuary system mentioned in Leviticus 23-25 has an anti-type . These Sabbaths can, truly, be called, the “type” and seventh-day Sabbaths the “anti-type”. The inspired statement below clearly shows that there were these two different kinds of Sabbaths. [/FONT]


“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]One day as Elder Corliss stepped out of a train, the guard [conductor] stopped him with the request that he explain Colossians 2:16. They stopped, and as the crowd rushed by, the explanation was given, and from Leviticus 23:37, 38 [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]it was shown that there were sabbaths besides the Sabbath of the Lord.”[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] RH, January 7, 1896, by E.G. White. [/FONT]

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

This is getting good... can't wait for more.

 

[Martinman]

Eight of the shadow Sabbaths dispersed within the spring feasts are mentioned in the following verses, Leviticus 23:15, 16.

“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow afterTHE 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;” Leviticus 23:15, 16.




The day before the Wave Sheaf, then, was to be a shadow Sabbath, along with the seven Sabbaths that are counted from the Wave Sheaf in seven-day sequences, up to the day before the Day of Pentecost, making the total of eight shadow Sabbaths in the spring feasts.




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Jesus taught Moses, and later, His disciples, the prophecy that Passover occurs a day before a Sabbath and that the Wave Sheaf offering occurs “on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.” Leviticus 23:11 (KJV) which is the third day from Passover. To His disciples He said, “Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day.” Luke 24:46[/FONT]




The Passover was observed on the 14th day of the first month, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the 15th day, a “shadow” Sabbath, and the Wave Sheaf was offered on the 16th day, the day after the “shadow” Sabbath.

“...on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.” Leviticus 23:11.



Although Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, states that the Wave Sheaf offering was always waved on the 16th day of the first month (See quotation below), we are privileged to have much more positive proof than that in the teaching of the Messiah, as well as, His fulfillment of the Wave Sheaf offering. We also have the inspired writings of the prophet, E. G. White.


Josephus, a reknowned Pharisee; [Antiquities III, Chapter X, Paragraph 5]

"In the month of Xanthicus, which is by us called Nisan, and is the beginning of our year, on the fourteenth day of the lunar month, when the sun is in Aries, (for in this month it was that we were delivered from bondage under the Egyptians,) the law ordained that we should every year slay that sacrifice which I before told you we slew when we came out of Egypt, and which was called the Passover; and so we do celebrate this passover in companies, leaving nothing of what we sacrifice till the day following. The feast of unleavened bread succeeds that of the passover, and falls on the fifteenth day of the month, and continues seven days, wherein they feed on unleavened bread; on every one of which days two bulls are killed, and one ram, and seven lambs. Now these lambs are entirely burnt, besides the kid of the goats which is added to all the rest, for sins; for it is intended as a feast for the priest on every one of those days.But on the second day of unleavened bread, which is the sixteenth day of the month, they first partake of the fruits of the earth, for before that day they do not touch them.And while they suppose it proper to honor God, from whom they obtain this plentiful provision, in the first place, they offer the first-fruits of their barley, and that in the manner following: They take a handful of the ears, and dry them, then beat them small, and purge the barley from the bran; they then bring one tenth deal to the altar, to God; and, casting one handful of it upon the fire, they leave the rest for the use of the priest. And after this it is that they may publicly or privately reap their harvest. They also at this participation of the first-fruits of the earth, sacrifice a lamb, as a burnt-offering to God. "


BIBLE EVIDENCE:


“From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.” Matthew 16:21


“Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.” Matthew 17:22, 23


“And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise again.” Matthew 20:17-19


“For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.” Mark 9:31, 32


“And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
[Saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.” Mark 10:32-34


“And he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no man that thing; Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.” Luke 9:21, 22


“And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be perfected” Luke 13:32


“And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.” Luke 18:33


“Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words,” Luke 24:7, 8


“But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done..... “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” Luke 24:21, 27



“And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: “ Luke 24:44-46


“Christ arose from the dead as the first fruits of those that slept. He was the antitype of the wave sheaf, and His resurrection took place on the very day when the wave sheaf was to be presented before the Lord.” Desire of Ages, 785, 786


“These types were fulfilled, not only as to the event, but as to the time. On the fourteenth day of the first Jewish month, the very day and month on which, for fifteen long centuries, the passover lamb had been slain, Christ, having eaten the passover with his disciples, instituted that feast which was to commemorate his own death as “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” That same night he was taken by wicked hands, to be crucified and slain. And as the antitype of the wave-sheaf, our Lord was raised from the dead on the third day, “the first-fruits of them that slept,” [1 Corinthians 15:20].” GC88 399




The ancient Hebrew calendar that was in use during the time of Christ until approximately the middle of the fourth century, observed the Wave Sheaf offering on the 16th day of the first month, which month began on the new moon after the spring equinox. This ancient calendar is known today as the Hillel I calendar. From the middle of the fourth century the Hillel II calendar was formulated and adopted by the majority of the Jews and is still in use today. Hebcal, the perpetual Hebrew calendar uses the principles of the Hillel II calendar.



There is no inspired evidence that would indicate any variation from the 16th day of the first month for the celebration of the Wave Sheaf.

 

[Martinman]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]THE HOLY SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH ON THE NEW MOON[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]INTERPRETS GOD'S MYSTERIOUS PROPHETIC CODE[/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]All the feast days in the old sanctuary system were scheduled from the new moon of the first month of the sacred year, (the beginning of which was “corresponding to the last of March and the beginning of April.” PP . 537.) [/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Whenever the new moon, used to designate the timing of the feast days, (which would be the first and the seventh new moon, beginning the first and the seventh month of the sacred year), falls on a seventh-day Sabbath, then all the “shadowy” Sabbaths (ceremonial Sabbaths)which are calculated from that new moon, also, fall on seventh-day-Sabbaths KJV. This is God's mysterious code. It was this prophetic code that Jesus revealed to His disciples 2000 years ago, which, was later lost during the dark ages, and is only now being rediscovered by God's people. [/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2. This is apparently the reasonGod links these two significant days together, the seventh-day Sabbath and the new moon, in the new heaven and the new earth which He will create. In combination, they are the “key”, that unlocks the prophecies of Moses, as revealed in the old covenant system of Hebrew worship. (Isaiah 66:22-24.)[/FONT]




“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]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 your name remain. And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.” Isaiah 66:22-24.[/FONT]




“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:” Rev. 12:1 KJV. [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]THE 52 DAYS OF THE SPRING FEASTS EVERY YEAR [/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]3. The spring feast days from Passover to Pentecost number 52 days, according to the Bible evidence (Leviticus 23:5-16, 1 Corinthians 15:4 KJV), and the main Hebrew calendars in use today. (There is no variation in the count of the days, or the manner of observance from year to year)[/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]There is a difference, however, between the ancient Hebrew calendar, (the Hillel I), [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]used from the time of Moses until the middle of the 4th century, approximately 354 [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]C.E. and the more recent Hillel II calendar, used from the middle of the 4th century [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]until today. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Hillel I calendar began the 52 days from the 14th day of the first [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]month, and ended the count on the Day of Pentecost, (as specified in Leviticus 23) whereas, the Hillel II calendar begins the 52 days on the first day of Unleavened Bread (the 15th) and adds an extra day after the Day of Pentecost, thus maintaining the 52-day setting of the spring feasts and avoiding the possibility of another Friday Passover experience, such as occurred in 31 C.E. when Jesus fulfilled the spring feast days.[/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The ceremonies within the spring feast days were observed unvaried every year, indicating that there was no specially designated year, from the writings of Moses, when these spring feast days would meet their fulfillment. (The prophet Daniel, however, in Daniel 9:27says it was to occur in the midst of the 70th week of years.) This, however, was not the case for the fall feast days.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]THE 22 DAYS OF THE FALL FEASTS HAVE[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]EXTRA SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE ONLY IN THE [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]SABBATICAL AND THE JUBILEE YEARS [/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]4. Unlike the spring feasts, which were observed unvaried every year, the fall feast days, 22 literal days, had extra special ceremoniesthat where performed only in theSabbatical and Jubilee years, clearly, indicating that their main fulfillment would be in these two special years.[/FONT]






[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Some of the fall feast days had extra special ceremonies in the Sabbatical year only (the year of release). The law of God was read to all, men, women, children, and the stranger during the days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Deuteronomy 31:10-16). This practice was reserved just for the Sabbatical year (the year of release).[/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Deuteronomy 31:10-13 KJV “And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: And [that] their children, which have not known [any thing], may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.)” [/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]5. The Day of Atonement also, had extra special significance in the Sabbatical year (year of release), when certain classes of Hebrew slaves were set free (Deuteronomy 15:1, 12). This evidence shows that a fulfillment of the Day of Atonement can be expected to take place in a Sabbath year. No doubt, this is the Sabbatical year that precedes the year of Jubilee. [/FONT]






[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]There are 4 “shadowy” Sabbaths in the fall feasts that must all fall on seventh-day Sabbaths in their fulfillment, and this always occurs in two consecutive years, Remember the year before the Jubilee year is always a Sabbatical year. [/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]6. There is onlyone feast day that had extra special significance, in both, the Sabbatical year and in the year of Jubilee, and that fall feast day is the Day of Atonement.In the Sabbatical year a certain class of Hebrew slaves were set free (Deuteronomy 15:1, 12. PP 532).[/FONT]





[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Day of Atonement has special significance in its fulfillment in the Sabbatical year, but its prime fulfillment was reserved for the commencement of the Jubilee. Leviticus. 25:8-10[/FONT]




“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you;” Leviticus 25:9,10[/FONT]




“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, [that] ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.” Leviticus 16:29-31 [/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]7. All other slaves waited for the Jubilee trumpet to sound on the Day of Atonement of the Jubilee year (Leviticus. 25:9,10, PP 534). The Jubilee trumpet was blown only on that special Holy day, when all slaves where set free from slavery.Jesus designed the Day of Atonement to occur on the tenth day of the seventh month, because only then, are all four of the “shadowy Sabbaths within the fall feast days, positioned to come on seventh-day Sabbaths in these two consecutive years, the very years when they have their extra special significance. Isn't that amazing! [/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]What a holy loving mastermind is our Lord and Savior, that He would design and implement such a precise and intricate plan for the salvation of man, and that He would then share all the details of this glorious plan with His created beings, giving them insight into the mysteries of the deep things of God. [/FONT]

 

[Martinman]

Greetings, East Coast Remnant and Stryder06,

Some of these posts get rather lengthy with all the details. As far as I've gone, am I making myself clear enough to understand what I am meaning?
Hope I'm not overwhelming you.

 

[stinsonmarri]

Martinman I first want to advocate that "jubile" was very important to both Redemption and Salvation. Matter of fact all illustrations, and prophecies provided in the Old Testament will be repeated during the Time of Trouble and to herald in the Second Coming of Yashua. It is to realize that the word "jubile" also refers to the blowing of the ram's horn and this event will be the triumph as a trumpet is heard blowing for the final jubile in the second coming of the Savior. Here the land will have a sabbatical rest from sin before it cleansing and rebirth.​

Jublie also stood for love and kindness to all and forgiveness to others who have done us wrong. It was to point to the compassion that Elohim has for us as we should have for our fellowman which soon the Jews fell short in remembering. They should have remembered how they were saved from bondage and to treat others with love and kindness. It should be a lesson to SDA when we speak to one another as well as other they do not understand the truth as we have on our spiritual journey. We should never put anyone down but lift up the name of Yashua with love, dignity and kindness.​

The Jews lost sight of jubile because they made a partition between themselves and others who was not of Jewish descent. Also they made the claim that they are the first in Elohim sight when Peter learned "that Elohim is no respect of person." We too will learn that all will not come through the SDA Church that will be saved and the remnant will include sheep of other fold. This will be a great day of Jubilee for all mankind!​

Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest. EW 35​

Blessings,​

stinsonmarri

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

Greetings, East Coast Remnant and Stryder06,

Some of these posts get rather lengthy with all the details. As far as I've gone, am I making myself clear enough to understand what I am meaning?
Hope I'm not overwhelming you.

I am probably missing something simple here, but how could the spring feast days always start on the 14 day of the first month if it follows the lunar cycle?

Other that that little confusion, I'm thoroughly enjoying the presentation.

 

[stinsonmarri]

Martinman I first want to advocate that "jubile" was very important to both Redemption and Salvation. Matter of fact all illustrations, and prophecies provided in the Old Testament will be repeated during the Time of Trouble and to herald in the Second Coming of Yashua. It is to realize that the word "jubile" also refers to the blowing of the ram's horn and this event will be the triumph as a trumpet is heard blowing for the final jubile in the second coming of the Savior. Here the land will have a sabbatical rest from sin before its cleansing and rebirth.​

Jublie also stood for love and kindness to all and forgiveness to others who have done us wrong. It was to point to the compassion that Elohim has for us as we should have for our fellowman which soon the Jews fell short in remembering. They should have remembered how they were saved from bondage and to treat others with love and kindness. It should be a lesson to SDA when we speak to one another as well as other they do not understand the truth as we have on our spiritual journey. We should never put anyone down but lift up the name of Yashua with love, dignity and kindness.​

The Jews lost sight of jubile because they made a partition between themselves and others who was not of Jewish descent. Also they made the claim that they are the first in Elohim sight when Peter learned "that Elohim is no respect of person." We too will learn that all will not come through the SDA Church that will be saved and the remnant will include sheep of other fold. This will be a great day of Jubilee for all mankind!​

Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest. EW 35​

Blessings,
stinsonmarri