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NOW SHALL A [SINGLE]
NEW MOON – ONE MONTH,
DEVOUR THEM
“They have dealt faithlessly and treacherously
with the Lord [their espoused Husband], for
they have born alien children. Now shall a
[single] new moon –one month –devour them
with their field. “The princes of Judah are like those who
removed the landmark, the barrier between
right and wrong; I will pour out My wrath
upon them like water” (Hosea 5:7,10). [The Amplified Bible]
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TODAY IS A DAY OF GREAT DECEPTION!! Prophesied events are now rapidly approaching. This
is not the time to be asleep, knowing the end of this age is now very near. This is the hour that we need spiritual
discernment and understanding. This is the hour we need deliverance from strong delusions. This is the hour to
be awake an aware of snares set by the deceiver Satan! "But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need
that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For
when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that, that day should overtake you as a thief.
Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober (minded)" (I Thess. 5:1- 4,6).
As God's first-fruits, it is our duty and our responsibility to warn and alert God's scattered brethren to the
events about to unfold in prophecy. For those who have an open mind, there is a way to escape the Great
Tribulation that lies just ahead.
The nature of the responsibility that rests upon each watchman is explained by Ezekiel. "But if the
watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword
comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the
watchman's hand" (Ezek. 33:6). The prerequisite for the watchman is vigilance. He must be constantly alert in
the performance of his duties.
Prophecy and chronology clearly indicate that this is the generation upon which the end of the age has
come. Joel, the inspired prophet recognized the great and terrible day of the Lord in our generation. "Blow the
trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day
of the Lord is coming, for it is at hand" (Joel 2:1). It behooves all Churches to rouse from their spiritual lethargy
and seek repentance with humiliation. Too many feel rich and are absent in giving God the credit for their
blessings!
As God's practicing kings and priests, we cannot let down in our responsibility to humbly serve our
brothers and sisters. Don't let Satan discourage you and steal the crown that God is eagerly waiting to give you.
You are being warned now just days before Passover and the days of Unleavened Bread.
Our prayers need be with all God’s Church while we wait patiently for the dawn of a new era, it is
essential we continue to proclaim the facts and sound the alarm in an endeavor to arouse as many as possible to
the coming conflict, for the enemy will strike before the breaking of the new day.
We are now in the time of the breaking up (scattering) of the power of God’s holy people. Daniel was told
to close up and seal this prophecy until the time of the end. "Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was
above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who
lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been
completely shattered, all these things shall be finished. And He said, "go your way, Daniel, for the words are
closed up and sealed till the time of the end" (Dan. 12:7, 9).
During this period of God’s scattering His holy people, will be the beginning of sorrows, Matthew 24:
6-8. This will be the time punishment will begin upon the “house of Israel” and the “house of Judah” because of
their lack of prayer and lack of obedience to God’s written law’s! In the Prophet Jeremiah, God inspired him to
say, “ This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: [instruction], truth
is perished, and is cut off from their mouth” (Jer 7:28).
With Passover not far off, let's examine some instructions and get some answers from God's Word. "Now
the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out
of the land of Egypt, saying, "Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. On the fourteenth
day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and ceremonies you
shall keep it" (Num. 9:1-3). On the 14th day at midnight (not the 15th day at midnight) the Lord passed over
Egypt and smote all the first born who did not have blood on their door posts. "For the LORD will pass through
to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass
over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And it came to pass,
that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on
his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle" (Exo. 12:23,
29).
These were the instructions in Numbers 9 when the first Passover is to be kept in its “appointed time,"
But what about those who have been warned and are morally pure having God's Holy Spirit, yet they follow
Judaism by adhering to the instructions from the Hebrew calendar and not God's Word? This year 2016 they will
keep Passover a month late, thereby postponing the Lord's first Passover. "But the man who is clean and is not
on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person shall be cut off from among his people, because
he did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin" (Num. 9:13). Passover
is to be kept in its appointed time, at the beginning of spring not at the middle or ending of spring.
Is God pleased with those who partake of the second Passover? The purpose for the second Passover was
because the priests (ministers) and their congregations were unprepared, unclean, and not ready for the first
Passover. "And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they
should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel. For the king
and his leaders and all the congregation in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month. For
they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priests had not sanctified themselves, nor had
the people gathered together at Jerusalem. And the matter pleased the king and all the congregation" (II Chron.
30:1-4).
This second Passover pleased the king, the priests and the people, but there is no mention of pleasing God.
It was because of Hezekiah, not the people, that the Lord pardoned them and accepted their second Passover. "For
a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves,
yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the good Lord
provide atonement for everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not
cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people"
(II Chron. 30: 18-20).
This is the same scenario that is going to take place at the Passover in 2016. The only difference, God is
going to close up an seal only those who will obey His Word and keep the Passover in its appointed time as God
requires!
The book of Hosea, which is numbered among the minor prophets because of the shortness of pages in
the book, is by no means secondary in its importance. Hosea provides a telescopic preview of the march of Israel
down through the pages of history. Hosea warns the people of impending judgment for their sins, making it clear
to them that they would not escape punishment if they persisted in transgressing the commandments, statutes and
judgments of the Lord and continue partaking of idolatrous practices of the nations around them. Hosea reminds
Israel of their willful ignorance by saying: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have
rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your
God, I also will forget your children" (Hosea 4:6).
The cause of man’s problem is “lack of knowledge.” It does not stem from a shortage of information,
but rather from rejection of information! "They did not direct their deeds toward their God. With their flocks
and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. They
have dealt treacherously with the Lord, for they have begotten pagan [heathen] children. Now a month shall
devour them and their heritage. The princes of Judah were like them that remove the boundary: therefore I will
pour out My wrath upon them like water" (Hosea 5:4, 6,7,10). They were practicing syncretism, committing
idolatry with other gods, mixing religious practices with the true God.
It was the leaders of Judah (the Pharisees) that have removed the boundary of God's Holy Days. The
Amplified Bible puts more depth and meaning into verses 7 and 10. Verse 7, "They have dealt faithlessly and
treacherously with the Lord (their espoused Husband), for they have borne alien children. Now shall a (single)
new moon–new month–devour them with their fields." Verse.10, "The princes of Judah are like those who
remove the landmark (the barrier between right and wrong): I will pour out My wrath upon them like water”.
Reading from the S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol 4, page 902: Under the title of "Now shall a month
devour them." "Some have suggested that this implies that only a short time remains before the destruction of
the kingdom. According to the alternative translation of the R. S. V. Now the new moon shall devour them. The
meaning is conveyed that their sacrificial feasts celebrated at that season will not save them from divine wrath.
The whole chapter is a record of the peoples substitution of idol worship for the worship of God, and this passage
may thus be an allusion to the substitution that had been forced upon
the nation of Jeroboam" (I Kings 12:33) Jeroboam postponed God's feast by a month keeping it in the eighth
month and not the seventh month as God commanded.!
Isaiah and Jeremiah was inspired to prophesy about the abomination that Judah [Judaism] has infused into
the many scattered Churches of God. “The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah. When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread
[trample] My courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto Me; the new moons and
Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons
and your appointed feasts My soul hates: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye
spread forth your hands, [Pray] I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear:
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes; cease to do evil” (Isa 1:1,12-16).
We are living today in the generation when God is going to pour out His wrath on all that postpone the
sign of His called people. “Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep:
for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth
sanctify you. Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is Holy unto you: every one that defiles it shall surely be
put to death: for whosoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among His people. Wherefore
the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever” ( “Exo 31:1,13-17). Why is our Creator
making this statement? Because, God sees His called, making a preparation day more important than His Holy
Days!! God’s annual Holy Days Sabbaths are yet stubbornly being ignored! Syncretism pollutes!! "For
the children of Judah have done evil in My sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house
which is called by My name, to pollute it" (Jer. 7:30). Pollute means: to be foul, especially in a ceremony,
contaminated, ethically unclean, wrong doing. "For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which
in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have
of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not
God, and are contrary to all men" (I Thess.2:14-15). God is addressing Judah, not the Catholic Church. We know
the Catholic Church is responsible for changing the seventh day Sabbath to Sunday. But now we just read where
Judah [Judaism] has polluted, God's house!
Those who have planed to postpone Passover and the rest of God’s annual Holy Day Sabbaths this year
2016 by one month, will find what Hosea was inspired to state in verses 1, 6-7 of chapter 5. “Hear ye this, O
priests; and hearken, ye House of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; They, (the shepherds) shall go with
their flocks and herds (congregations) they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has
withdrawn Himself from them. They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, for they have begotten pagan
[heathen] children. Now a month shall
devour them and their heritage " (Hosea 5:1,6-7). It behooves all called to "PROVE ALL THINGS"
before it is too late.
Passover 2015 last year, was postponement by one day. The Lord's Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement,
Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day were all kept postponed two days by those who followed the Hebrew
calendar and its pagan crescent moon which is calculated from the roots of Judaism, not the Bible!
Jesus Christ sacrificed His life's blood for us. Christ stated as He dealt with Israel in the Old Testament: "Now
the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and
the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. So this day shall be to you a
memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast
by an everlasting ordinance. And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. It
will come to pass when you Come to the land which the Lord will give you, just as He promised, that you shall
keep this service" (Exo. 12:13-14,24-25).
Now is the hour to repent (change)! Study God's word with fasting and prayer. Let God's Holy Spirit lead
you into truth from His Own Words! Don't let Satan deceive you by postponing another of God's annual Holy
Days (Sabbaths). Prove to yourself when these appointed times are! You cannot serve two Gods. Keeping
Passover in the first month and then keeping Passover the second month is serving two Gods!! Don't fall into
Satan's trap and let a month devour you by not PROVING ALL THINGS! ☜
James Russell