LEVITICUS 23:
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month (10 Tishri 5774 {from Sunset Tues Sept 17th, 2013 to Sunset Wed Sept 18th 2013) there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
(This Affliction of the soul, is historically observed as Fasting, though no specific descriptions or details are made as to WHAT one is to do to AFFLICT thier own souls...so it is open to some degree to the individual. Some may fast, some may do another thing, to deny themselves some form of normally indulged pleasure or moreso a normal necessity as one can do without TV and live a long life, but one can not do without water, or food.)
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
(The timeframe, 10 Tishri {Sunset Tues Sept 17 2013 to Sunset Wed Sept 18 2013} is considered by some as the holiest day of the year and a high Sabbath, but this is not true, there are only 3 High Sabbaths throughout the year, and one is coming up, but 10 Tishri is a Sabbath, but not a High Sabbath. It does however carry with it a unique definitive curse for those who DO NOT observe the timeframe as a day of rest, and that curse is noted in Leviticus 29-30. In 2008, I violated this, and will detail the event further in a couple more verses)
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
(Note the timeframe of 10 Tishri *Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement is not a 24 hour period but rather A TWENTY FIVE TO TWENTY SIX HOUR PERIOD that is to run from " and ye shall AFFLICT YOUR SOULS in the NINTH day of the month at EVEN, From EVEN {the 9th day} unto EVEN {the 10th day}, shall ye celebrate YOUR SABBATH.
So note first the passage ends by citing "ye shall celebrate YOUR SABBATH." I believe this is unique and personal to the individual and has to do with the fact that a universal fast is not called for, what is called for is each individual to AFFLICT their OWN Souls, and I believe that AFFLICTION is a matter of personal choice, but once chosen, needs to be observed from EVENING on THE NINTH DAY until Evening The TENTH.
The concept of EVENING is different in varied cultures, In the Hebrew Culture it is a 2 hour timeframe, that runs from THE LAST HOUR of daylight (beginning of Sunset) on one day (in this case 9 Tishri/ Sept 17 2013) and extends to the end of the 1st HOUR of Darkness (after Sunset 9 Tishri/Sept 17th) into the NEW DAY (10 Tishri/Sept 18th 2013). And the second Hour of Darkness of each new day in Hebrew custom, (Not SUNRISE To NOON) is the timeframe considered to begin the timeframe of MORNING!
NOTE the timeframe of afflicting ones soul not only covers a 25 to 26 hour space of time from the last hour of Daylight on 9 Tishri to either the beginning or end of the 1st hour of darkness on 11 Tishri, but there is a distinct curse of one “Being CUT OFF from his People” for failing to perform such. ON 10 Tishri/Oct 9th 2008, I had been fasting for over 20 hours. My mother, who had no respect for my beliefs and observances, called me upset, and wanting to meet to eat a meal at a seafood restaurant. I told her I was observing Yom Kippur and could not meet. She got upset and began to place a guilt trip on me. I gave in. I met her at the restaurant. I felt very uneasy and had arrived first. After she arrived we went inside. In the timeframe I was addressing my ministry mostly online, to an email group, and 3 online websites, one of which was The Mt. Carmel Discussion Board.
22 hours after my fast, I took my first bite of food with just 2 and a half hours or less left of Daylight. A song was playing on the radio which haunts me to this day as prior to placing that food in my mouth, I had not paid any attention to the words of the song. But as that food entered my mouth, the entire restaurant fell silent save the music, which for some reason sounded all the louder…”It’s too late to Apologize…It’s Too Late! It’s Too Late to Apologize…it’s too late!” as ONE REPUBLIC’s Song “Apologize” played it’s opening verse and chorus.
Less than two hours later, I was laying on the road, my right foot severed 98% at the bones in the foot were broken in over 100 places, my leg between the knee and ankle were shattered in 7 places and a piece of flesh the size of a grape fruit had been torn away from my calf exposing a 5 inch section of bone after being knocked from my motorcycle when an unobservant driver T Boned me.
It would be 36 days before I could crap in private on a real toilet. I had 27 surgeries in under 3 months, before my foot was finally amputated,; was hospitalized and bed ridden for 3 months; bed ridden and wheel chair bound at home another 3 months, and for the entire first week to two weeks (and the next weekly Sabbaths) I had absolutely no access to the internet even from my hospital bed, thus I had been “CUT OFF FROM” those I ministered to, “Cut of from his people!”
You believe what you want, but I know why that accident happened, and nothing you can say can change the fact, that HAD I FASTED the full 24/25 to 26 hour timeframe, and STAYED HOME…The accident would never have happened. I found grace and forgiveness in the sight of the law, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS MOST SOBERLY…
YAH’ is the HOLY ELOHIM, and HIS LAW IS HOLY, and these matters…
ARE SERIOUS MATTERS! YAH’ is loving, and kind and Merciful, but he is also HOLY and JUST and RIGHTEOUS and WILL NOT BE MOCKED!
DO NOT TRIFLE WITH THE LORD…better to be HOT or COLD…than to enter into such matters half heartedly and LUKE WARM!
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