#festival of tabernacles

[quotesfromscripture]

For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

Deuteronomy 16:15 NIV (2011)

#bible verse #scripture #deuteronomy 16 #the law #biblical holidays #tabernacle #habitation #thankfulness #thanking God #celebration #joy #festivals #obedience #blessings #harvest #new international version

[lordgodjehovahsway]

Deuteronomy 16: Moses Tells The Israelites Remeber To Correctly Celebrate The Passover

1 Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. 

2 Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name. 

3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt. 

4 Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.

5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you 

6 except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. 

7 Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. 

8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work.

The Festival of Weeks

9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. 

10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. 

11 And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you. 

12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

The Festival of Tabernacles

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 

14 Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 

15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed: 

17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

Judges

18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. 

19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 

20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Worshiping Other Gods

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the Lord your God, 

22 and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the Lord your God hates.

#Lord God Jehovah #Holy Bible #Deuteronomy ch.16 #Moses #Joshua #Eleazar #Israelites #Passover #Festivals #No Other Gods #Judges #Appoint #Tabernacles #Weeks #Remember #Unleavened Bread #Only Him

[writer-of-the-lamb]

narilamb caught by shamura - oneshot

as the seemingly wisest, i wonder how they'd react to their brother marrying the thing that dethroned them.

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Shamura groaned, dumping piles of berry seeds onto a dirt hole, stamping them in with their foot. Ignoring the disgusted gaze of a follower beside them, they watered the mess and brushed their hands off, scowling.

"This is foul." they muttered to the atmosphere, shuffling over to the cult kitchen.

It had only been 2 days since they were dethroned, but Shamura was already over it.

They missed silk cradle, they missed power, fame, knowlegde.

Most of all they missed not having to hear their own brothers rant about how lovely this life was.

Kallamar would pull them aside, beaming about how the lamb had made some infernal crystal decor for him to feel "at home". Repulsion was the nicest word to describe Shamura's thoughts on it.

Leshy was worse - he was dethroned first, being there the longest. He would laugh and laugh about how the lamb was so funny and so welcoming. Wasn't it nice he let him tend the cammelia farm because he was familiar with them?

No.

It was pathetic.

This damned bundle of wool had taken over everyone - even Heket, for god's sake, was snickering along with the lamb whenever he gave a certain mushroom to a dissenter.

Shamura felt like the only sane one in this whole cult. They called them a skeptic, a heretic, even. Shamura felt like they were sitting in some kind of playpen, where everyone blindly listened to some sheep and lived a mundane life.

2 days and they were practically ready to dissent themself.

Frowning, Shamura wondered where exactly the lamb was now; it wasn't like he was patrolling around like usual - if you could even call it patrolling - it was more like a prance.

Their eyes all wandered over to the temple. The vine covered red builing, standing alone in the corner of the cult, surrounded by tabernacles and little flower patches they were certain Leshy found delight in.

Shamura shuffled along to the temple, peeking in through the huge double doors.

A-ha.

The lamb sat atop the alter, kicking his feet and chattering to some figure beside him. Shamura tiled their head, allowing a few eyes to peer in further.

A-ha again.

Narinder, the worst of all siblings they'd had, was standing next to the lamb, taking in his word like he was actually intrested.

A clever plan, Shamura thought. They knew Narinder, and they knew he must have some kind of plan to take that crown again and get them all out of this unholy hellscape.

Shamura watched eagerly as the lamb tugged on his robes as if to adjust them. Narinder moved forward, mumbling something and reaching for the collar.

'Yes!' Shamura thought, 'Now choke the thing and take him out.'

Narinder smoothed the lamb's robes and....

and......

All of Shamura's 8 eyes widened in such a horror you'd think they'd pop out of their head.

Narinder, their Narinder, gave the filthy lamb a kiss.

He kissed him.

In fact, they were still kissing.

Torn between killing themselves and turning blind eyes, Shamura went for a third option and burst through the door.

Narinder pulled away, coughing. The lamb fell off of the alter to the floor with a thud and a small, "Ow!"

"Shamura." Narinder began, arms behind his back.

"Narinder." They replied, watching the lamb pathetically pick himself up and give them a stupid wave. They thought of something, anything, to say, but nothing came.

Shamura exhaled, slowly. "I think...I would like to die. Very badly."

Before Narinder could reply, the lamb gasped. "I do need a sacrifice. Festivals are coming up and I'm too invested in Amdusias' drama with Eligos to kill them..." he mumbled, turning to Narinder.

Shamura's multiple eyes twitched. "I would rather be suffocated in my own web than be sacrificed by a lamb, let alone you." The lamb gasped again, this time in outrage. "Excuse me." he sneered, "You watch it, spider."

Shamura grimaced. "Narinder. Tell it to stop addressing me like that."

Narinder looked between the two, groaning. "Lamb may address you how he pleases.....he's the leader, or whatever..."

"You call it Lamb?" Shamura writhed in disgust.

The lamb chuckled. "He calls me worse than lamb, I'll tell ya that, hone-"

Narinder clamped a hand over the lamb's mouth, sighing.

"Things are different to how they once were." he said simply, embarrassed.

"You are fraternising with your own vessel-" "He's not my 'vessel'."

"Ohh, what is he then?" Shamura seethed, "A plaything?"

Narinder cringed. "Ah, well...."

A pause.

The lamb looked expectantly to him.

"He is....The lamb is my...husband."

Shamura felt a prescence behind them. Multiple followers were cued up in a patient line.

"Oh, come on in gang! Sermon time!" The lamb chirped, ignoring Shamura, who was stunned into silence as followers walked around them.

Leshy poked their shoulder. "You feel stiff." he said, tilting his head.

"Do not touch me."

"Oh! Shamura." he mumbled, spinning around to face the wall. "...so where's Heket?...."

Shamura, with a lack of anything better to do, walked deeper into the temple, face dull and void in sheer incomprehension that their brother was married to that...thing.

"What's wrong?" Kallamar asked from beside them, clutching some kind of crystal trinket.

"I have been made aware Narinder is....associating with it."

"Oh, lamb? Yeah they've been married for ages. I think you're the last to know.."

Shamura's hand gingerly touched their bandaged forehead.

"How is my mind no longer with me, but I still manage to lose it."

#cotl #shamura #leshy #heket #kallamar #narinder #lamb #cult of the lamb #narilamb #i love them sm

[yonicfemcel]

there is a misunderstanding of the how bible lays out its liturgical calendar. "christmas/easter isnt in the bible" isn't even an argument i think a sadducee might have made, and they only believed the torah was to be read liturgically. the torah lays out a foundation of feasts, passover and pentecost, the day of atonement, the feast of tabernacles, ect. and these each have a particular purpose of commemorating events in the history of the israelites (and some events before they were constituted arguably) and bringing their agricultural way of life and offering it up to god. the calendar wasn't static and later includes feasts taken from the history of the people as it progressed, like purim and the festival of lights (john 10:22-23 for example).

the new testament however includes the fulfillment of all the old feasts, as a new covenant is established and israel is reconstituted with the gentiles brought into the church. this is most apparent with pascha (literally just the word for passover), which in the west is called easter and the events important to the life of the church. the old covenant's passover was to free the israelites from egyptian pagan worship and bring them towards the promised land. the NT pascha commemorates also the death of the first born which frees us from our bondage to the spiritual egyptians of our passions and the demonic forces, and brings us through underworld to the promised land of paradise. the whole cycle of feasts is transformed like this. the birth of the lord, which dedicates for us a new temple (john 2:21) is actually one of four separate christian feasts which fulfill the festival of lights. part of this is that when i say fulfilled i do mean filled to overflowing, not abolished.

its actually absurd to pretend that pagans have some kind of monopoly on natural cycles. christ was born in a cave in a dark time of the year, at the metaphorical bottom of the world precisely when and where you need a light. all the philistines and babylonian kings and all the people that honored baal and whatever. yep they just didnt know what they did was all secretly christmas

[charlottan]

*tavern* yon tabernacle is absolutely FESTERING like an open wound, my liege 🤣 

my Lord who is taking me to lunch before telling me that hes feeding my family to wolves for the greater good of the church and kicking me off my land to use it for the annual filth and disease festival: how did you make that face

[batboyblog]

Happy Sukkot

It's my favorite Jewish holiday! (well tonight it will be!) Sukkot! For any Goyim, non-Jews reading this most likely you've never ever heard of this Jewish holiday because it's not close to Christmas or one of the big 3 Jewish holiday so let me explain.

Sukkot also called Tabernacles (maybe that rings a bell for the Christians) is a Jewish harvest festival set in a time of year when Israelites would have brought in the harvest.

to celebrate for a week (this year it's sundown October 9th through sun down October 17th, if you're outside of Israel, which I am) you eat outside.

okay it's a little more complex, you build a hut, a booth called a sukkah (sukkot is the plural) traditionally it should be made of palm fronds etc but around the world people kinda make do, but the roof should be made of plant matter, the walls and floor less of a problem.

here are some examples

If you live in an area with a large Jewish community you may have noticed the symbol of the holiday, you may have seen Jewish gentlemen walking by with what look like very large lemons, they aren't lemons

It's an Etrog, it is a citrus fruit, but its not a lemon. Together with the branch of a willow, myrtle, and a frond of a palm (called, Aravah, Hadass, and Lulav respectively) Jews during Sukkot wave them about their sukkah

so Chag Sameach! (happy holiday) and enjoy these Rabbis looking at Etrog

#Jewish #Jumblr #Judaism #Etrog #Rabbi #Chag Sameach #Sukkot #jewish holidays #sukkah #Tabernacles

[hebrewbyinbal]

As we step into the vibrant month of September, a tapestry of Jewish holidays unfolds before us, each woven with tradition, meaning, and a sense of unity.

These sacred celebrations connect us to our history, our culture, and each other.

Let's take a look at the 4 upcoming Jewish holidays and the dates they'll be celebrated this year:

ראש השנה

Rosh Ha-sha-‘nah: The Jewish New Year

• Begins: Evening of September 15th

• Ends: Evening of September 17th

• Significance: A time of reflection, renewal, and the start of the High Holy Days. It marks the beginning of the Jewish year and calls for self-examination and repentance.

יום כיפור

Yom Kee-‘poor: The Day of Atonement

• Begins: Evening of September 24th

• Ends: Evening of September 25th

• Significance: A day of fasting, prayer, and reflection. It is a solemn day of repentance, seeking forgiveness, and making amends.

סוכות

Soo-‘kot: The Feast of Tabernacles

• Begins: Evening of September 29th

• Ends: Evening of October 6th

• Significance: A joyous festival that commemorates the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness. People build and dwell in soo-‘kah (temporary shelters) to remember their dependence on God.

שמחת תורה

Seem-‘khat to-‘rah: Rejoicing in the Torah

• Begins: Evening of October 6th

• Ends: Evening of October 7th

• Significance: A festive celebration that marks the completion of the annual Torah reading cycle. It's a time of dancing, singing, and expressing joy for the teachings of the Torah.

These holidays are more than just dates on a calendar; they're moments to come together, to reflect, and to cherish our heritage.

Whether you're observing these holidays in your community, with family, or taking time for personal reflection, they offer us an opportunity to connect to our roots and find meaning in our journey.

May the spirit of these Jewish holidays bring you inspiration, introspection, and a sense of unity.

Wishing you a meaningful and joyous September!

Le-sha-'nah to-'vah oo-me-too-'kah לשנה טובה ומתוקה – A sweet and happy New Year!

#hebrew #jewish #learnhebrew #hebrewbyinbal #language #hebrew langblr #israel #jew #torah #trending #Shana Tova #yom kippur #rosh hashanah #jewish holidays #jewish culture #holidays #happy holidays #sukkot

[thesims3help]

Sims 3 - Gameplay enhancing mods: CAS, Build/Buy, World, Objects + Chores & Services.

A category-based mod post. Mods and links previously featured in our Masterlist. All credits to their rightful owners.

Categories include: CAS, BB mode, (Edit) World, game objects related mods, along with chore fixes and new services.

CAS:

Truely Unique Sims

o violet on Tumblr - Pure CAS lighting mod

The Sims 3 [cas background, cas lighting mod, & cas organizers] | Patreon

CAS Sim Bin Genetics as Presets

CAS Lighting Edit

ColorLash: Eyelashes Match Eyebrow Color + Mascara

XCAS core mod: more tattoo locations, edit naked outfit, slider hack, body hair, more

Build/Buy:

One More Slot Please! (with vertical shifting)

[TS3] Catalog Search Mod | Patreon

Add Any Lot Size

No More Free Roofs by Gurra (simlogical.com)

TS3 HD Textures Series - Terrain Pack [UPDATE: Fixed road tiling]

Builder Stuff

Reworked & Improved EA Lights

Lazy Duchess — [TS3] Auto Lights Overhaul (tumblr.com)

More Light Coming Through Windows

Microwave Slots

Railings on Spiral Staircases!

Stuff on the Back of the Toilet

More 1-tile Dressers!

Decorate 6 Base Game Dressers - with more slots

"Stuff on the Fridge" Mod

What's On Your Stereo?

Showbiz, Profession & Other Trophies for Displays & Pedestals

Floor Plants Placeable On Slots [BG & SEAS]

More Slots for EA Furniture - End Tables, Coffee Tables, Windows, Bookshelves & More

Midnight Hollow Toys and All Teddies on Surfaces

Horse Trophies for Display Cases

Shelves + Extras Shift & Hide With Walls Down

So Many Shiftables! And a little more.

Shiftable Curtains

'Cortinas Festivas!' and 'Traditional Curtains' Blind Fix UPDATED!

Shiftable Televisions

Shiftable Skill and Partnership Certificates

Shiftable drafting table sketches

Fountain and Hot Tub Fixes by sydserious (simlogical.com)

Base Game Half Walls FIXED!!!!

Dangerous Stoves Mod - More Fire!

Objects:

Collection Icons and Files

Functional Washboard - Sims 4 Conversion

Harvestable Tree Default Replacement

More Harvestables

Buyable Mermadic Kelp

Same Energy Gain For Every Bed

Super Hampers -- Automatic Laundry Pick Up (Plus Bigger Hampers) by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

Spring Harvest And CookBook

Harvestable Flowers

Better Hoverboards

Canning Station Overhaul

The Transmogrifier (aka Object Script Changer)

New and Improved 9/11/21] Functioning Well - and Off-Grid Plumbing!

No Crappy Bunk Beds!

Default Umbrellas & Parasols

Default Taxis

Digital Photo Frame Overlay Replacement

Unlocked Permanent Tents for Residential and Community Lots

Wildflower Sell Price Nerf

Buyable Beach Towels (with custom script)

Vending Machine Tweaks

Salvaged Junkyard Objects Made Usable

Make those elevators go faster! Or slower...

Toilet Tweaks

Fairy House motive tuning: Bladder and Hygiene

Buyable Culinary Career Rewards: MinusOne Kelvin Fridge by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

[WA] Buyable Permanent Sultan's Tabernacle (Scripted object) by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

[SEAS] Gift Pile Tweaks by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

[SEAS] Buyable Bunch o' Gifts (Gift Pile) by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

Motorcycle Parking Spaces

World:

Reduce/Remove Lag caused by Houseboats

SetHour Cheat

Lot Population Mod

TS3 Apartment mod - Updated for patch 1.55 - 1.63/1.67

nraas - Apartment Mod

Invisible Sim Fixer Mod by Consort (simlogical.com)

RPG Manager - Edit your Bin sims, towns and Active household!

NPCRomance

Space Rock Spawner Edit

Lunar Lakes missing EP rabbit holes by Darkitow (simlogical.com)

Auto-place official festival lots in later Store worlds

AMB Community Lots Auto Placement Fix + Add Other Lots (Compatible with Patch 1.63-1.67)

Chores + Services:

Gardener Service 2

Housekeeper Service - v1.2

Housecleaning For All Sims

Dirty Laundry Mod (Update 8/8/23) - Maid & Butler Tweaks

Butler & Maid will Feed Pets & Clean All Pets.

DouglasVeiga's Dancer Service

#the sims 3 #sims 3 #ts3 mods #sims 3 mods #post 7

[eretzyisrael]

“Sukkot is the festival of insecurity. It is the candid acknowledgment that there is no life without risk, yet we can face the future without fear when we know we are not alone. God is with us, in the rain that brings blessings to the earth, in the love that brought the universe and us into being and in the resilience of spirit that allowed a small and vulnerable people to outlive the greatest empires the world has ever known. Sukkot reminds us that God’s glory was present in the small, portable Tabernacle that Moses and the Israelites built in the desert even more emphatically than in Solomon’s Temple with all its grandeur. A temple can be destroyed. But a sukkah, broken, can be rebuilt tomorrow. Security is not something we can achieve physically but it is something we can acquire mentally, psychologically, spiritually. All it needs is the courage and willingness to sit under the shadow of God’s sheltering wings. For the sukkah, that quintessential symbol of vulnerability, turns out to be the embodiment of faith, the faith of a people who forty centuries ago set out on a risk-laden journey across a wilderness of space and time, with no more protection than the sheltering existence of the Divine presence. To know that life is full of risk and yet to affirm it, to sense the full insecurity of the human situation and yet to rejoice: this, for me, is the essence of faith and the heart of Sukkot. Judaism is no comforting illusion that all is well in this dark world. It is instead the courage to celebrate in the midst of uncertainty, and to rejoice even in the transitory shelter of the Sukkah, the Jewish symbol of home.” - Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Source: @rabbisacks

humansofjudaism

#humansofjudaism #sukkot #Judaism

[allscripture]

Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread (Passover), the Festival of Weeks (Pentecost), and the Festival of Tabernacles (Succoth). No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed: Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 16:16-17 (NIV)

#Lord #Passover #Pentecost #Succoth #Festival #Deuteronomy #Deuteronomy16 #NIV #10n

[quotesfromscripture]

Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. Be joyful at your festival -- you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

Deuteronomy 16:13-14 NIV (2011)

#bible verse #biblical holidays #the law #tabernacle #sanctuary #habitation #feasts #festivals #celebration #inclusion #foreigners #widows #orphans #religion #harvest #farming #wine #joy #deuteronomy 16

[lordgodjehovahsway]

Numbers 29: God Tells Moses How To Conduct The Festival of Trumpets

1 “‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets. 

2 As an aroma pleasing to the Lord, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

3 With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; with the ram, two-tenths; 

4 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth. 

5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. 

6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and drink offerings as specified. They are food offerings presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma.

The Day of Atonement

7 “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves and do no work. 

8 Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

9 With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; 

10 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth. 

11 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

The Festival of Tabernacles

12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days. 

13 Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

14 With each of the thirteen bulls offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with each of the two rams, two-tenths; 

15 and with each of the fourteen lambs, one-tenth. 

16 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

17 “‘On the second day offer twelve young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

18 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

19 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

20 “‘On the third day offer eleven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

21 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

22 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

23 “‘On the fourth day offer ten bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

24 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

25 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

26 “‘On the fifth day offer nine bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

27 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

28 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

29 “‘On the sixth day offer eight bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

30 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

31 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

32 “‘On the seventh day offer seven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

33 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

34 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

35 “‘On the eighth day hold a closing special assembly and do no regular work. 

36 Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of one bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. 

37 With the bull, the ram and the lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 

38 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

39 “‘In addition to what you vow and your freewill offerings, offer these to the Lord at your appointed festivals: your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.’”

40 Moses told the Israelites all that the Lord commanded him.

#Lord God Jehovah #Holy Bible #Numbers ch.29 #Moses #Joshua #Eleazar #Israelites #Festivals #Trumpets #Day #Atonement #Tabernacles #Commands #Descriptions #Offerings #Sacred #Appointed #Freewill #Burnt #Grain #Drink #Fellowship #Food #Animals #No Defect

[almondtreekato]

インド🇮🇳のキリスト教会、ホサナミニストリーの年に1回のフェスティバル、3日間行われました。

日本から16名のチームが遣わされ、初日の3/7に奉仕されました。

数十万の、おびただしい数のインドのクリスチャンの方々が熱心に集まって主を礼拝している映像は圧巻です。

同じ中継映像がホサナミニストリー公式チャンネル、ジョン・ウェスリー牧師のチャンネルなど、複数のチャネルで配信され、初日分の再生回数は、合わせて約35万回となっています。

日本チームは、紹介してくださったベンジャミン・コマナパリ牧師、賛美隊、パウロ秋元牧師と、49分め〜1時間14分め位まで登壇しています。

興味ある方、同じ映像なので、どちらかぜひご覧ください❗️

#youtube #gospel #india #christianity #japan #pastor john wesley garu

[blueblood99-art]

Info page about my OC Burado ✨

Her real name's Katherine Blood, she was killed in Japanese land, so became a shinigami after that. Burado it's a sort of nickname, her last name with Japanese pronunciation (Harada gave her this nickname when they first met)

Sorry in advance, English is not my first language, also the story can be not so hystorically accurate (althouth I did a lot of research it made just for fun).

In 1856 Burado moved to Japan with her family. She was about 16. Her father was a doctor. Because of the negative attitude towards foreigners in Japan, father and mother were killed by Imperalists. To avoid rape, the girl drowned herself. Since Burado was an innocent soul, King Emma (the head of the Japanese hell, Jigoku) spared her and offered to atone for her sin of suicide by collecting the souls of people and sending them to the next world as a reaper of death. All shinigami wear festival masks (oni mask in Burado's case), they contain their power. They do not have the Scythe of Death, as in the Dark Butler, youkai assistants instead.

She is helped by tsukumogami, a yokai of old things, a cursed umbrella. Together they must gather ten thousand souls to atone for their sins, after which the girl will be allowed to be reborn or to go to the heavenly tabernacles to help the deities of Heaven.

Her partners name's Toukabo Shigure. I took a huge inspiration from Genshin Impact game and named him after my favorite weapon.

The more souls the shinigami collect, the more powerful they become. When Harada first met Burado at a summer festival in his native province, she wore a simple black yukata and a papier mache mask, seven years later her mask became larger, with a more complex ornament. Shinigami puts on a mask only when they want to take the life of their target. Like the demons in Hakuoki, their eyes glow bright yellow and their hair turns white. They can also see through the slits of the mask, even when it is put on top of the head.

Also if you have any questions, you can ask me anything in the special form! Would be glad to share the new information ✨

#hakuoki #hakuouki #hakuoki oc #my art #harada sanoske #FISW

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North American Tour (2022)

each link will take you to said shows corresponding tags so you can browse through whichever one you want, for an overall view, check out “ Tour 2022 “

Mechanics Bank Theater in Bakersfield, California

The Great SaltAir in Magna, Utah

(admittedly, the first two shows / st augustine weren’t archived very well cuz i was still getting into the groove of things / i must’ve lowkey forgot about st augustine but you can find photos & videos online of these shows. hopefully one day i’ll be able to archive more for them, apologies if this hinders your search for something you wanted to find.)

Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas (Night 1 and 2)

The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri

Azure Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, Kansas

When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada (Night 1 and 2)

The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, California

Paraween at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California

The History in Toronto, Canada

The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois

Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Beacon Theater in New York City

The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia

St. Augustine Amphitheater in St Augustine, Florida

Corona Capital in Mexico City, Mexico

The Criterion Theater in Oklahoma City

The Orpheum Theater in Omaha Nebraska

#navigation #tour 2022 #north american tour 2022

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15th March >> Fr. Martin's Reflections / Homilies on Today's Mass Readings (Inc. John 7:1-2,10,25-30) for Friday, Fourth Week of Lent: ‘I have come from God’.

Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

Gospel (Except USA) John 7:1-2,10,25-30 They would have arrested him, but his time had not yet come.

Jesus stayed in Galilee; he could not stay in Judaea, because the Jews were out to kill him.

As the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went up as well, but quite privately, without drawing attention to himself. Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Isn’t this the man they want to kill? And here he is, speaking freely, and they have nothing to say to him! Can it be true the authorities have made up their minds that he is the Christ? Yet we all know where he comes from, but when the Christ appears no one will know where he comes from.’ Then, as Jesus taught in the Temple, he cried out:

‘Yes, you know me and you know where I came from. Yet I have not come of myself: no, there is one who sent me and I really come from him, and you do not know him, but I know him because I have come from him and it was he who sent me.’

They would have arrested him then, but because his time had not yet come no one laid a hand on him.

Gospel (USA) John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 They tried to arrest him, but his hour had not yet come.

Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.

Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

Reflections (8)

(i) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

In all sorts of ways, we can claim to know more than we do. This is certainly true when it comes to God and the things of God. When it comes to God, we are always seekers and searchers. What we know is always far less than what we have yet to know, because God is always beyond us. As Saint Paul says in his letter to the Romans, ‘O the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways’. In today’s gospel reading, people claim to know where Jesus is from, ‘We all know where he comes from’. In his reply to them, Jesus shows that they don’t really know where he comes from. They think he comes from Nazareth, which is true up to a point, but, in reality, he comes from God. As Jesus says, ‘I have come from God and it was he who sent me’. They thought they knew Jesus better than they actually knew him. When it comes to Jesus, we are all seekers and searchers, because he is God in human form. The Lord knows us through and through, but we will only know him as he knows us in eternity, when we will see him face to face. In this life we are always on a journey when it comes to Jesus. Again as Saint Paul says in another of his letters, his first letter to the Corinthians, ‘Now we see as in a mirror, dimly… Now I know only in part’. Yet, the risen Lord is always calling on us to know him more fully. He keeps saying to us what he said to the disciples of John the Baptist, ‘Come and see’. We spend our whole lives responding to that invitation, setting out on that wonderful journey of discovery.

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(ii) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

It is just over a week now to the beginning of Holy Week, the week when we remember the events of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. The gospel readings are beginning to have a more ominous tone. In this morning’s gospel reading we hear of Jesus’ enemies who want to arrest him and are out to kill him. There are others in the gospel reading who are not hostile to him but they claim to know him when in reality they do not know him. They say about Jesus, ‘We all know where he comes from’. By that they mean that they know he is from Nazareth in Galilee. However, Jesus reminds them that they do not really know where he comes from, because he doesn’t just come from Nazareth. He comes from God and those who claim to know where he comes from are not aware of that. Jesus says to them, ‘There is one who sent me and I really come from him, and you do not know him’. There is much more for them to know about Jesus than they realize. It is the same for all of us. There is always more to Jesus than we realize. When it comes to the Lord we are always seekers. We may know him to some degree but there is always so much more to Jesus that we do not know than we know. In one of his letters Paul prays that we would ‘know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge’. There is a love to Jesus that cannot be fully grasped by the human heart or mind. As Paul says elsewhere, now we see as in a mirror dimly; it is only in eternity that we will see the Lord face to face and know him as he knows us. In the meantime we are on this wonderful voyage of discovery in his regard.

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(iii) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

As we approach Holy Week the gospel readings have more of an ominous tone to them. Jesus is spoken of in this morning’s gospel reading as the man they want to kill. Yet, in spite of that, Jesus is described as ‘speaking freely’. The gospel reading suggests that Jesus did not allow the hostility of some people towards him to deter him from doing what he had been sent to do. Twice in that gospel reading Jesus speaks of himself as having come from God and of God as having sent him. Jesus was faithful to his God-given mission, even when that mission made people very hostile towards him. Jesus teaches us to be faithful to our own calling, regardless of the environment in which we find ourselves. The environment in which we live has not been all that supportive of a life of faith. We could easily get very discouraged as people of faith who are trying to grow in our relationship with Jesus. The portrait of Jesus in today’s gospel reading teaches us to keep living out our baptism as best and witnessing to the gospel even when it is difficult to do so. Just as Jesus knew the support of his heavenly Father, we will know the support of Jesus.

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(iv) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

As we draw nearer to Holy Week, you will find that the gospel readings have a more ominous tone. Today’s gospel reading begins with the statement that Jesus could not stay in Judea, because the Jews were out to kill him. By the term ‘Jews’ John’s gospel nearly always means the Jewish religious leaders. That gospel tends to distinguish between the Jewish religious leaders and the people. In the gospel reading, it is not said that the Jewish people were out to kill him. However, they do make the following statement about Jesus, ‘We all know where he comes from’. They were saying, in effect, ‘we know that he comes from Nazareth’. Jesus, in reply, declares that he really comes from God, the one who sent him. To know that Jesus came from Nazareth falls far short of knowing who he really is. It is generally the case in John’s gospel that those who say ‘we know’ don’t really know. The evangelist is reminding us that there is always more to Jesus than we realize. When it comes to the Lord, we are always on a journey of discovery. What really matters is to keep travelling that journey, to keep striving to know him more fully.

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(v) Friday, fourth week of Lent

Sometimes we can claim to know more than we actually know. We are not humble enough in our knowing. We fail to recognize our ignorance about some issue or some person, as well as our knowledge. What we know is only a fraction of what can be known, and that is the case with every human person and every human situation. It is even more the case with matters of faith, with what pertains to God and to his Son, Jesus. In that domain above all, it is true that, in the words of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, ‘Now I know only in part’. In this morning’s gospel reading, the people of Jerusalem declare concerning Jesus, ‘we all know where he comes from’. They were saying that they all know that Jesus comes from Nazareth. Yet, at a deeper level they did not know where Jesus really came from. In that gospel reading, Jesus goes on to state, ‘there is one who sent me, and I really come from him, and you do not know him’. Jesus ultimately came from God his Father and not from Nazareth. The people of Jerusalem who are suspicious of him do not know God and, in that sense, do not know where Jesus came from, in spite of their claims to know. This morning’s gospel reminds us that when it comes to God and his Son Jesus, we will always be learners. There is always more to him than we realize. We constantly need the Lord to teach us. Later on in John’s gospel, from which this morning’s gospel reading comes, Jesus promises to send us the Spirit of Truth who will guide us into all the truth. If we are to come to know the Lord more fully we need to keep praying, ‘Come Holy Spirit, come Spirit of Truth’.

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(vi) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

In the gospel reading, Jesus speaks of himself as the one whom God has sent. ‘There is one who sent me and I really came from him’. He goes on to claim that because he came from God, he knows God. ‘I know him because I have come from him and it was he who sent me’. It is only Jesus who can make the claim to know God, because it is only Jesus who, according to this fourth gospel, was with God in the beginning, who came from God to earth and who remains close to the Father’s heart while on earth. It is Jesus who is uniquely placed to make God known. ‘No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known’ (Jn. 1:18). It is because Jesus is the only one who can make God fully known that he is at the centre of our faith. We all have a deep desire to see and know God. In this fourth gospel, Philip speaks for us all when he says to Jesus, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied’ (Jn. 14:8). On that occasion, Jesus had to remind Philip, ‘Whoever has seen me has seen the Father’. Jesus shows us the face of God because he is God in human form. If Jesus shows us the face of God, it is above all the gospels that show us the face of Jesus. The gospels are our bread of life because there we meet Jesus who reveals the God who alone can satisfy our deepest hungers.

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(vii) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

People often ask us where we are from. We ask others what part of the country they are from or if they live in the city what part of the city they are from. We sense that if we know where people are from, we are in possession of information that might help us to understand them. It is not surprising that people often return to where they are from, if only to visit it. They know they are getting in touch with their roots. In the gospel reading, the people of Jerusalem say of Jesus, ‘We all know where he comes from’. They were aware that he came from a very different kind of place to Jerusalem, from a small village far to the north of Jerusalem, in the region of Galilee. Jesus acknowledges that, in one sense, the people of Jerusalem know where he comes from, but, in a deeper sense, they do not know where he comes from. As Jesus declares, ‘there is one who sent me, and I really come from him, and you do not know him’. Jesus speaks as one who, ultimately, comes from God, and the people of Jerusalem do not know God as well as they think. It is as if Jesus was saying, ‘the place of upbringing does not explain who I am’. That is true of us all. We cannot be fully understood on the basis of our place of origin. It is even truer of Jesus. He was not simply the son of a carpenter from Nazareth in Galilee. He was also the Son of God. If there is more to each of us than meets the eye and ear, that is true to a much greater extent of Jesus. There is such a depth to the mystery of Jesus’ identity, that we are always only coming to know him. Part of the adventure of faith is coming to know the Lord more and more. I have always liked the prayer associated with a 13th English bishop, ‘O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may I know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly and follow thee more nearly, day by day’.

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(viii) Friday, Fourth Week of Lent

The Book of Wisdom from which our first reading came was written less than one hundred years before the coming of Jesus. It is probably closer to the time of Jesus than any other book of the Old Testament. In our reading, the author places a little speech on the lips of those who were hostile to people of faith, those who took their Jewish faith seriously. They begin by saying, ‘Let us lie in wait for the virtuous person’. They go on to say, ‘the very sight of him weighs our spirits down’. They conclude by declaring, ‘Let us condemn him to a shameful death’. The early church recognized in this speech a prophecy of what was to happen to Jesus. He would be condemned to a shameful death by those who could not stand the sight of him. In today’s gospel reading, we sense the growing hostility to Jesus. We are told that the Jewish authorities ‘were out to kill him’. As a result, the ordinary people of Jerusalem ask of Jesus, ‘Isn’t this the man they want to kill?’ The gospel reading ends with a reference to Jesus’ opponents wanting to arrest him. We might be tempted to ask, ‘Why such hostility towards one who is so good? Why are people plotting to kill someone who came so that everyone may have life and have it to the full?’ The phenomenon of violence towards the innocent, the just, the good, is one we will always struggle to make sense of. Goodness does not always have its reward in this life. However, the message of Jesus, and his life and death, shows us that those who keep trusting in God and remain faithful to the ways of God will experience God’s vindication. God will not ultimately abandon his faithful ones, those who are faithful to the ways of his Son whom he sent into the world for our sakes.

Fr. Martin Hogan.