Annual Reading Schedule - Torah Given Through Mosheh - Week 28 - YHWH Shall Be Set-Apart & The Appointed Times of YHWH (Leviticus 21:24-23:44)

Notice in Leviticus 22:10-11 that the one who is merely a stranger or sojourner or one who has been hired does not eat of the Set-Apart offerings, but only the one who has been bought (meaning as a slave) or born in his house (a slave born in the house or one of his own sons) eats the offerings. Even the slave who is born in the house would, in the end, be to him as a son, would he not? This is according to Proverbs 29:21.

And remember what Yahushua spoke in John 8:34-36 that the Son stays forever, but not a servant. That is unless, of course, the servant would become like a son in the end or in cases where the servant at the end of 6 years had an awl put through his ear and became his servant forever (Exodus 21:5-6, Deuteronomy 15:16-17).

What I am getting at in all of this is that we want to be as one who stays in the house forever – just as one of the sons. We do not want to merely be a stranger or foreigner who does not know the priest or a sojourner who visits the house for a while, but at some point moves on to somewhere else. We do not want to be merely one who is hired (a hireling?). We want to be as one who will remain in the house of the priest.

Our priest according to the order of Malkitsedeq is Yahushua (Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-10, 6:20-7:21). We do not want to fail to know who He is and truly follow Him (a stranger/foreigner). We do not want to merely follow Him for a short time (a sojourner) and then fall away. We do not want to merely follow Him for the sake of money or gain (a hireling). We want to abide in the House of Yahweh forever (Psalms 23:6). And remember, there are many rooms (John 14:2) in His house! Only those who stay in the house will eat of the Set-Apart offerings! We have been bought with the precious blood of the Anointed (Acts 20:28); let's remain in that calling to which we were called and abide in His house forever!

Some people try to support what is known as "Lunar Sabbath" by the fact that in Leviticus 23:2-3 the weekly Sabbath is identified as one of the "Appointed Times" (from the word mo'ed – Strong's # H4150). They will then point back to Genesis 1:14 which says that the lights are for "Appointed Times" (from the same Hebrew word, mo'ed). Then, they will conclude, because of this, the 7 day cycle must be linked to the sighting of the New Moon each month and therefore the 7 day cycle restarts when the month restarts. However, if you view the link to the Biblical Calendar Study and the Reading notes for Week 34 of the Annual Reading Schedule you will see that this issue of the lunar Sabbath is already addressed sufficiently. In the Week 34 Reading notes, the parts related to the topic of lunar Sabbath include the following questions:

• How long did they go on their journey in Numbers 10?
• What were they doing on their journey in Numbers 10?
• What days of the month were they doing this?
• What can we learn from bringing all these questions about their journey together in regards to the 7th Day Sabbath?

Those 4 questions in the Reading notes for Week 34 are really the most important point for this subject of explaining why the lunar Sabbath is not correct or possible.

In addition, I'd like to point out that the Sabbath being one of the "Appointed Times" (mo'ed) does not automatically mean it must be linked to the moon. Genesis 1:14 says the lights are for Appointed Times. This doesn't necessarily mean every light is for every Appointed Time. When we determine when a day starts or ends, that is done using, I believe, the sun and possibly also the stars, and in the case of the New Moon day, perhaps even the moon also. The Sabbath is the 7th Day of the week. For you to determine when that day starts and how many days have passed since the last 7th Day Sabbath, aren't you using lights in that process? So that appears to still be meeting the requirement that the Sabbath is an "Appointed Time" which would be determined by lights. It doesn't say in Genesis 1:14, "Every appointed time must link directly to the moon" – it seems to be more broad and just specifically say the lights are for Appointed Times. The lights being used in the case of the 7th Day Sabbath appear to me to be the sun and possibly the stars also which help determine when a day starts and ends and therefore also how many days have passed since the last Shabbat.