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The Land of Dabar: Land of Promise

Another name for the Land of Promise is Land of the Book, or Land of the Word, as "promise" comes from the Hebrew word "dabar" which means book or word. Do we today face the same problems as ancient Israel, as we cross over the Jordan into the Land of Dabar? Do the same Torah instructions YEHOVAH gave Israel apply to us today, as we enter the Body of Yeshua the Messiah? Are we to tear down the images of Baal and burn the Asherah poles? The Word repeatedly states if we walk in YEHOVAH's Sabbaths and set-time ordinances, we may dwell in the LAND and He will set His tabernacle over us. But if we do not keep his true weekly Sabbath, YEHOVAH will evict us from Dabar land; therefore, it is of utmost importance to know the time of the true Sabbath. Clement of Alexandria, a 2nd.century church father, can shed some light on the subject.

by Deborah Taylor

In order for YEHOVAH to set His tabernacle -- Yeshua the Messiah -- over us, we must keep the Sabbaths He created, which are scheduled by the Moon not by the Babylonian Sacred Hebdomad:

All who go into the presence of YEHOVAH, i.e. into the Holy of Holies/Oracle (Hebrew debir found in 1 Kings 6:16, comes from dabar) must pass through the veil -- the flesh of Yeshua the Messiah, the Word:

Thus as we enter into the Dabar Land -- the Book Land -- the Land of the Word -- the Oracle -- the Debir -- The Holy of Holies -- the Body of Yeshua the Messiah into the presence of YEHOVAH God, we must follow all of the Torah instructions as given by YEHOVAH to Israel in Deuteronomy 7:1-5:

We are to be bold in the spirit and proclaim the truth, fearing not the giants of the land for YEHOVAH God is with us. Be just like Joshua and Caleb when they returned from spying out the Land of Dabar. "Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it" (Numbers 13: 30). If we do not follow YEHOVAH's Torah instructions YEHOVAH will not allow us to dwell in the land. We will be removed just like ancient Israel as found in 2 Kings 17:6-19:

They rejected His set-time ordinances, and His covenant that He made with their fathers. They rejected the warnings that He sent them. They went after false idols and became vain; they followed the nations that were around them, which YEHOVAH God had forbidden them to do.

"Set-time ordinance" is usually translated into English as "statutes," but comes from one of two Hebrew words choq (2706 in Strong's Concordance) and chuqqah (2708). Choq is defined as an enactment; hence, AN APPOINTMENT of time, space, quantity, labor or usage; an ordinance. Chuqqah is the feminine of choq.

The Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis defines choq as a work, task, obligation, SPECIFIC TIME, boundary, limit. Thus, translating it as "statutes" really doesn't give us a clear understanding in the English Language. It is an ordinance that involves a specific obligation -- a specific task to be done at a specific set time.

As the old saying goes, "history does repeat itself." This is just a repeat of Mount Sinai, when Israel had Aaron make them an image of Apis, the golden calf of Memphis (another name for Osiris/Nimrod). Israel declared that this idol was the god that brought them out of Egypt and immediately set up a false feast. Apis wore a headdress of the crescent moon with the image of the sun above.

In the Beginning

And Elohim said, 'Let there be lights/menorahs in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.'

This verse of scripture has been so mistranslated and misunderstood by the religions of today. The average Bible student has no conception as to what YEHOVAH God is relating in this verse, because of our modern understanding of such words as "signs, seasons, days, and years." If they are interpreted as seen through the eyes of the Jew instead of the eyes of the Greek, the verse is clarified and shown to contain YEHOVAH's creation calendar of time. YEHOVAH's set-time ordinances were so important, He included them in His creation where man could not reach up and change them.

Avi Ben Mordechai clarifies the Jewish understanding of these words in his book Signs in the Heavens. As stated on pages 36 - 38:

He states further:  "SIGNS" was another Hebrew way of saying SHABBATS as it is written:

If the Sabbaths of YEHOVAH God were considered to be the "signs" of heaven, there has to be a light in heaven that controls the Sabbaths. The only light that fits this bill is the phases of the moon. There is ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER.

Mordechai continues with:

Clement of Alexandria, under the subject of the Creation Sabbath, "The Fourth Commandment," (Volume 2 Ante-Nicene -- Page 512 and 513), connects weeks and Sabbaths with the phases of the moon:

How much plainer can it be! YEHOVAH God's entire calendar -- all of His appointed times for meeting with Him were set in the lights of heaven on the fourth day of creation.

Indeed YEHOVAH God did create the sun and the moon and the stars to keep His set-time ordinances and that will never change.

It is virtually impossible to meet with anyone unless you have previously set an exact time and place to meet. One could journey forever through this world and never meet an individual without setting up an appointment. YEHOVAH is emphatic about His times of meeting with his people. Amos 3:1-3 explains why it is necessary to meet by appointment:

Israel Dissolved The Sabbaths

The House of Israel rebelled against YEHOVAH God in the wilderness and abolished His Sabbaths. Before we study Ezekiel's discourse on this subject, let's take a look at the words "SIGN", and "GREATLY POLLUTED" as translated in the King James version of the Scriptures.

"Sign" comes from the Hebrew word "owth," and as previously stated denotes Sabbaths through the understanding of the Jew. "Owth" (Strong's #226) means "EVIDENCE" or "MARK" and comes from "uwth" (#225) and is defined as "assent" or "consent." Thus these "signs" are "marks of assent, consent, and agreement."

"Greatly" is used to translate the Hebrew word meod (#3966) and is defined in Strong's Concordance as "quickly" and "utterly." "Polluted" is used to translate the Hebrew word, "challal." The English word "polluted" does not give us the full understanding of this scripture. Strong's Concordance defines "challal" (#2490) as meaning "to DISSOLVE."

Now that we have a clearer understanding of these words let us read Ezekiel 20:10-24:

In ancient time, the Sabbath was a type of Atonement Day; thus keeping the Sabbath was to be a sign that Israel acknowledged that it was indeed YEHOVAH God that purified them and no one else.

How much plainer can it be? The House of Israel very quickly and speedily threw away YEHOVAH's Sabbaths. Going on in Ezekiel:

YEHOVAH God very plainly states due to the fact that the House of Israel dissolved His Sabbaths and set-time ordinances, He deliberately gave them set-time ordinances that would lead them to death and not to life. There are many, many people in religious Babylon that will utterly rebel against this scripture. They will immediately throw it out. They will stop up their ears and cry "tell us what we want to hear." Speak to us nothing but smooth things!

Do the Wicked Have Any Right to Set YEHOVAH's Appointments?

In Psalms 50, YEHOVAH asks what right do the wicked have to declare His set-time ordinances, as they hate any correction that comes from Him. They just throw his words in the trash.

"Eloah" is the title used when there is a contrast being made between YEHOVAH God and false gods or idols. "Eloah" denotes "the living Elohim" in contrast to dead idols.

What was involved in the stoning of Stephen?

Many will be surprised to read that one of the accusations Stephen brought against the people of Israel -- just before they stoned him -- was the worship of the planet SATURN, as found in the seventh chapter of Acts:

Stephen once again reminds them of Israel's worship of Apis, the golden calf at Mount Sinai, when they set up a false feast and dedicated it to YEHOVAH. Apis was none other than an image of Osiris/Nimrod.

NOTE: "Upon those parts" is translated in most Bibles as "beyond." In Strong's Concordance it is from the Greek word "epekeina" (1900) that can also mean "upon those parts."

Taking the phrase in the context that YEHOVAH gave them over to the worship of the Host of Heaven, -- the worship of the Sacred Hebdomad that originated at the Tower of Babel -- this verse would make better sense to say He delivered them to those parts of Babel that they were worshipping.

Stephen declares them to be a stiff-necked people just like their fathers. A people that will not listen and follow the instructions of YEHOVAH God:

Israel just won't ever listen!

Israel of old wouldn't listen and only a few of modern Israel will hear and obey these Words of truth. The majority will stop their ears so they can not hear.

Keeping the lunar weekly Sabbath is a difficult road to tread. The religious groups will condemn you. The circular world will in no way understand. Try and explain to your boss that one month you have to take Fridays off and another month Mondays, etc. They will brand you as crazy and of unsound mind. Your family will separate from you. You will indeed be a "peculiar" people separated unto YEHOVAH.

As it says in Matthew 7:13 and 14 only a few will find this narrow gate:

Will you be like Israel and not listen? Will you be a stiff-necked people and cover your ears so you can not hear what YEHOVAH God is saying to His Israel of today? Listen to YEHOVAH as He gives warning to His People:

The time is here!!! Modern day Israel gathers around only teachers who will teach what they want to hear. Paul warned of this time in 2 Timothy 4:3:

Come out of Babel!

YEHOVAH God again and again declares the importance of keeping His Sabbaths and set-time ordinances. As Exodus 16:4 declares, they are a test that YEHOVAH gives us to see whether or not we will be true to him and obey His Torah, i.e. follow him wherever He leads. He is at this very moment leading His people across the Jordan unto His Dabar Land, where He will erect His tabernacle/mischan over them and dwell with them.

Worship in the Mysteries of Babel still exists this very day. YEHOVAH continues to command His people, Israel, to depart from these false practices. Modern day Israel, Christians and Jews alike, are still committing the same old abominations. They participate in the set-time ordinances of the world and Babel rather than being separated and keeping YEHOVAH's set-time ordinances, which make them a peculiar people sanctified and set apart from the world.

Just as YEHOVAH God judged Israel of old, He will also judge His Israel of today. He is making the same call today saying:

If we will flee Babylon -- stop keeping the Babylonian false sabbaths -- He will set his tabernacle/mischan over us and we will be His people. In the closing chapters of Revelation, YEHOVAH God gives us this promise:

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