Dear Louis and Doves,

 

   Thank you Louis for your post on 2-7. I too am looking to the Days of Purim in 2013. There are 3 Days of Purim from Adar 13 to 15. However, since The Fast of Esther would fall on the Shabbat this year, it will be observed on the previous Thursday, Adar 11, on 2-21-2013. The fast days mentioned by Zechariah, allowed to be observed by Jews on a Shabbat, would be on Yom Kippur or Tevet 10. That would seem to exclude the fasts on Tammus 17 or Av 9 being celebrated on Shabbat. So 2013 will be unusual and break the pattern of the 3 Days of Purim. The fast will be basically from dawn until sundown on month 12, Adar 11, in a year 13. Originally there was a 3 day fast named after Queen Esther, recent bride, "Go gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan and fast over me, and do not eat and do not drink three days, night and day; and I and my maidens will also fast thus." They fasted "over Esther" a bride and her maidens. Who is a maiden? A maiden is a young virgin. Are we reminded of Matthew 25: 6-10 with these details in The Book of Esther?

   So with the Days of Esther, Days of Purim in 2013, The Fast of Esther is observed earlier than expected  this year. It is to be WATCHED for earlier than usually anticipated! Remember the "goodman of his house" who plans to watch later than he should? Adar 13 will NOT BE the day of The Fast this year! It is typical for the Jewish bridegroom and Jewish bride to fast before going to the wedding canopy, the chuppah. In 3 of the 4 Gospels the kosher rabbi from the Galilee, the Messiah Yahushua/Yeshua (Christ the Lord) mentions fasting. He notes that when the bridegroom is with you, you will not fast. When he is "taken from you" then "you will fast." The implication? When the kosher rabbi groom returns for his bride, according to The Ancient Jewish Wedding Model, the fast will end and the groom, rabbi and Messiah,  will accompany His bride to the chuppah. The Master's words are in Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, and Luke 5:35. Do clues point to Adar 11, Ta' anit Esther, The Fast of Esther on 2-21-2013 for some momentous event? Earlier than expected. When most are not fasting or watching and are consumed with "the cares of life." At the midnight hour for Israel? The apostacia of The Blessed Hope? Come quickly, Lord...

 

With Love and Shalom,

Jean