Jean Stepnoski (10
Oct 2011)
"When Yom Kippur is
Complete?"
Dear Doves,
According to the Hillel Calendar
Yom Kippur was 10-7 to 8. Yet because some places are so far
behind Israel on the 24 hour grid, it takes another 23-25 hours
for Yom Kippur to be complete for everywhere on earth. That adds
a day to Tishri 10 so we are at Tishri 12 beginning for Israel.
The sighting of the crescent of the New Moon adds another 1 or 2
days. Even if the Hillel Calendar is legitimate, let us suppose
that all possible dates will be honored everywhere on earth to
experience Yom Kippur and the full 40 days of preparation,
repentance, and teshuvah! through Tishri 13, which begins on
Columbus Day. That evening will begin The Last Day for Israel
before The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) , The Season of Our
Joy, The Feast of Harvest, The Feast of Ingathering. Since
Tishri 14 going to 15 will be Day 1 of the 3rd of the 3
Pilgrimage Festivals, it will also be The Third Day! I had
thought that The Season of Pentecost extended to The Feast of
Trumpets, from position 4 to 5 on the menorah. In a sense, does
it also extend from Pilgrimage Festival to Pilgrimage Festival,
from position 4 to 7 on the 7 pronged menorah? If so, either
Tishri 13 to 14 or 14 to 15 would be a logical date to end The
Season of Pentecost and the Pentecostal Dispensation of the
current Age of Grace? It would fill up the menorah from Shavuot
to Sukkot, symbolically from Lamp 4 to 7! The Pentecost
outpouring would be accomplished!
As Elliot Hong has noted, The
Feast of Tabernacles is at the full moon. So is First
Passover/Unleavened Bread. We are reminded of events at the
midnight hour for Israel at Passover, in the times of Moses and
The Master's last Nisan 14 accepting assignment at Gethsamane.
The shofar is sounded at the full moon. A shofar is a kind of
trumpet. With the full moon sighting, there is no time delay
between the conjunction (the molad) and sighting the thin
crescent of the new moon 1 or 2 days later!
The Feast of Tabernacles begins a
period of 7 days, from a High Holy Day convocation to
another concluding day of convocation on the Last Great Day on
day 8 of Shemini Atzeret. There is the life in the sukkahs for 7
days. Does this remind us of "the earth dwellers" in The Book of
Revelation? They are grounded, planted, tethered to the earth.
The sukkahs, these dwellings, are impermanent. The bride/body of
Messiah/Christ is part of those departed through the open
door, to the permanent dwelling of The New Jerusalem! In
the ancient Jewish Wedding Model, the groom and bride are hidden
in the wedding chamber for 7 days. The 70th Week of Daniel is a
period of 7 as well, 7 years.
The date of 10-11, Tishri 13 to
14, will begin The Last Day before Tabernacles Day 1, also The
Third Day, begins on 10-12, as Tishri 14 goes to 15 at the full
moon for Israel. We are in a Watch Period from Yom Kippur to Day
1 of Tabernacles. May we be alert at all times and WATCHING for
Him! Behold! The Bridegroom comes!
With Love and Shalom,
Jean