Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 12 - December 21, 2022

In today's session, we continued our study of how the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters are the original asterisms of the constellations.

We studied the lamed, which is the asterism of Bo. And we studied the mem, which is the asterism of Deli. 

LAMED: The Lamed is the asterism of Bo. The lamed is the twelfth letter of the Hebrew Aleph Bet and it number 30. It was a shepherd’s crook or staff. It’s meaning is “to control” “to prod or urge forward”, “to teach”, a “cattle goad, staff, rod”.

Constellation: Bo (Bootes) – Psalm 96:13 – Yah is the One Who is coming “He cometh” (Bo) to judge the Earth. The Judgment role of Yahshua is portrayed in harvester’s sickle. In other hand, Bo is holding a shepherd’s staff. This shows both roles of Yahshua: Judge and Shepherd (John 10:11-14). Yahshua is being shown as our Redeemer.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

We will not have a Biblical Astronomy class on December 28. Our next online class will be on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. See you then!

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 11 - December 14, 2022

 

In today's session, we continued our study of how the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters are the original asterisms of the constellations.

How are the heavens connected directly with the Word of Yahweh?

Psalm 19:1-4  “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth (the “line” is the ecliptic path), and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun.” 

·         The heavens are connected with speech/words/language/uttering…  over and over…

o   Declare – a speaking word – speech is language… Hebrew language comes from the “periodic table” of the Hebrew letters.

o   Sheweth – Hebrew language – letters – are deeply pictorial. They show in picture form, a deep concept.

o   Speech – speaking in words

o   Language – is written and spoken words

o   Voice – speaking in language

o   Words – writing/speaking… When you think of words, you think of writing, for writing defines words.

The Word of Yahweh in the Heavens

At Creation, Yahweh spoke the world into existence. The basic units of speech are its letters, and in particular, here, the proto-Sinatic, Hebrew letters.  These twenty-two sounds are the building blocks of reality—the periodic table of spiritual elements.

The original constellation asterisms were the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters! Therefore, a study of proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters will hugely expand and deepen our understanding of the meaning in the constellations! 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Lighted Way Ministries' 2023 Sky Events-Feast Days Calendar is available now...

This calendar is researched and all the artwork is completed by Shauna Manfredine. This calendar shows the sky events for each month, with a written explanation of the spiritual message and meaning of each event.
This one-of-a-kind Calendar's features include:

• Feast days and sky events dates for 2023

• Open calendar dimensions are 11 in wide by 17 in long

• Premium, glossy cardstock

• Durable spiral binding, in the middle

• Crisp, full-color printing
• $25.00 each + shipping

CLASS PAYMENT DUE FOR DECEMBER:

This is a reminder that the Biblical Astronomy fee of $50.00 for December is now due. If you have already sent in this amount for Prophecy Club for December, thank you and please disregard this. 

You may send in your December fee online at the following link:

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 10 - December 7, 2022

In today's session, we continued our study of how the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters are the original asterisms of the constellations.

How are the heavens connected directly with the Word of Yahweh?

Psalm 19:1-4  “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth (the “line” is the ecliptic path), and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun.” 

·         The heavens are connected with speech/words/language/uttering…  over and over…

o   Declare – a speaking word – speech is language… Hebrew language comes from the “periodic table” of the Hebrew letters.

o   Sheweth – Hebrew language – letters – are deeply pictorial. They show in picture form, a deep concept.

o   Speech – speaking in words

o   Language – is written and spoken words

o   Voice – speaking in language

o   Words – writing/speaking… When you think of words, you think of writing, for writing defines words.

The Word of Yahweh in the Heavens

At Creation, Yahweh spoke the world into existence. The basic units of speech are its letters, and in particular, here, the proto-Sinatic, Hebrew letters.  These twenty-two sounds are the building blocks of reality—the periodic table of spiritual elements.

The original constellation asterisms were the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters! Therefore, a study of proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters will hugely expand and deepen our understanding of the meaning in the constellations! 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Lighted Way Ministries' 2023 Sky Events-Feast Days Calendar is available now...

This calendar is researched and all the artwork is completed by Shauna Manfredine. This calendar shows the sky events for each month, with a written explanation of the spiritual message and meaning of each event.
This one-of-a-kind Calendar's features include:

• Feast days and sky events dates for 2023

• Open calendar dimensions are 11 in wide by 17 in long

• Premium, glossy cardstock

• Durable spiral binding, in the middle

• Crisp, full-color printing
• $25.00 each + shipping

CLASS PAYMENT DUE FOR DECEMBER:

This is a reminder that the Biblical Astronomy fee of $50.00 for December is now due. If you have already sent in this amount for Prophecy Club for December, thank you and please disregard this. 

You may send in your December fee online at the following link:

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 9 - November 30, 202

 

In today's session, we continued our study of the same worksheet from early November. We are starting the section on the connection between the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters and the constellations.

The Word of Yahweh in the Heavens

At Creation, Yahweh spoke the world into existence. The basic units of speech are its letters, and in particular, here, the proto-Sinatic, Hebrew letters.  These twenty-two sounds are the building blocks of reality—the periodic table of spiritual elements.

How are the heavens connected directly with the Word of Yahweh?

The original constellation asterisms were the proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters! Therefore, a study of proto-Sinatic Hebrew letters will hugely expand and deepen our understanding of the meaning in the constellations! 

Today we looked at the alef and the noon.

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Class Cancellation Notice - Meeting Again November 30

 

For those who were in my Monday (November 9) Zoom classes, which we attempted and re-launched three times, there were some unanticipated Internet problems at my current broadcast location. As you know, I am up in Manitoba, Canada, at our son's home.

As I discovered in this first Zoom class of the day, the Internet at our son's home is not the high speed/broadcast-level that we have at our home. Of course, I had thought that I could still do the Zoom classes from here, since our son and his family use their household Internet all the time. But, as it turns out, the broadcast-level required for hosting a Zoom class is not available here...

As a result, the Internet available here isn't sufficient for the job. In my Zoom class today, the sound was digitizing and distorting, the video couldn't be turned on, many times I couldn't hear the people in the class at all, and the class kept dumping people out...  ugh! So sorry for the inconvenience.

I tried everything we could do to troubleshoot the situation...  I moved my laptop to be right next to the wifi Internet hub in our son's living room, but we were still having problems, even after turning off the video feed and doing all that I could to lessen the needed bandwidth for the broadcast...

Clearly, it isn't working to broadcast Zoom classes from our current location. After the rough attempts to have a Zoom session this morning, I am making a necessary change to our class schedule.

We will not be having online (Zoom) classes during my time here in Canada. To make up for this unscheduled break - so that we won't end up having less classes in the overall class count for the year - I am moving our already scheduled Winter Break to now.

Our original class schedule had Winter Break from December 19 to January 2.  But to make up for this unscheduled break, I will be having classes in December and taking the two-week break right now. This way, we'll still get all our classes in by the end of the year, as planned, but we'll not have to right with the insufficient Internet issues we are having.

Thank you guys for working with me on this! Sometimes, one just has to adjust when circumstances don't quite go as planned.

With this in mind, our next Biblical Astronomy Class will meet LIVE on Zoom on Wednesday, November 30. Until then, feel free to watch/re-watch the past class video recordings. And let me know if you have any questions.

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 8 - November 2, 2022

In today's session, we started our new worksheets (worksheet 3), which is on Enoch and why he was known as the father of Biblical Astronomy. This new worksheet was sent via e-mail to all who are enrolled in this class.

As it is the first of November, the course fee for this month is now due. Please click the following button to send in the $50.00 for November online via credit card:

If you have already sent in the course fee for November, please disregard this and thank you so much!

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 7 - October 26, 2022

 

In today's session, we concluded our study in the September 7 worksheet. What are the two Calendar Check points (the “two witnesses”):

1.     Creation – the original calendar (all time) was determined by the Heavens (Genesis 1:14):

·        The tekufot (four starts of the seasons) is the heavenly event which marks the beginning of a season. The sun visually passing through the four quadrants of the heavens (man, eagle, bull, lion – representing four of the 5 Branch prophecy roles of Messiah). The tekufot are:

                         i.  Spring Tekufah (Vernal Equinox) – day and night are equal in length. This tekufah marks the End of the Biblical Year.

                         ii.  Summer Tekufah (Summer Solstice) – longest day of the year.

                         iii.  Fall Tekufah (Autumnal Equinox) – day and night are equal in length…  You would know that the 7^th new moon (counting from the first in the Spring) after this Tekufah is for counting the Sabbaticals/Jubilees.

                          iv.  Winter Tekufah (Winter Solstice) – shortest day of the year.

·        The first new moon (sighting) following the Spring Tekufah was the eve of the New Biblical Year. The next day was the New Moon Day.

2.     The Calvary Confirmation – In the time of Christ, Josephus and the way the Saducees did the calendar (high priest was a Saducee) show that the heavens were used in the same way as explained above. The Jewish leaders were keeping the Feasts on the right days…  How do we know? Heaven honored the day that the Jews said was Passover with Yahshua’s Death.

1.     Does the Jerusalem barley requirement fit either of these checkpoints? No! There was no Jerusalem Abib barley at Creation. Even to this day Messianic rabbis tell us that there is no record of Jerusalem barley from the Life of Christ.

What is the Creator’s Clock and what does it determine regarding time? (Genesis 1:14)

·        The Heavenly lights determine all time: the sun, the moon, the stars

·        The Heavenly Lights divide day from night.

·        The Heavenly Lights determine the length of a day.

·        The Heavenly Lights determine the start and end of the year.

The Heavenly Lights also indicate prophetic time.

If you are registered in the class, the new astronomy worksheet will be sent to you in an e-mail.

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 6 - September 28, 2022

 

In today's session, we continued our study of how the heavens are Yahweh's timeclock, used for calculating all time: literal time (days, years), spiritual time (time of new moons and annual holy days), and prophetic time (signs and omens of coming events are given in the heavens). 

This is one huge reason why all the Biblical patriarchs were Astronomers! In preparation for our upcoming, in-depth studies of ancient monoliths, cave paintings and preserved ancient sites - which are all about the heavens and many have to do with tracking/calculating time - we are needing to fully understand how the patriarchs used the Mazzaroth to determine time - tuning in to Yahweh's sky-clock.  

As we learn to tell time by the heavens, as the patriarchs did, we acquire key, foundational principles which give us a much deeper understanding of the time-keeping devices, sites, paintings and placements of monoliths which we will be studying as we delve deeper into Archaeo-Astronomy...  Archaeology reveals much about the Patriarch's understanding of the heavens...  and how we can regain the lost light of Truth on the Mazzaroth, which our Patriarch's knew.

Ok... so that's where we're going - and why we're studying Torah principles for making a Biblical calendar...  

In this study, we've had to address the two ways Hebrew-roots believers calculate the Biblical calendar, which are:

• Jerusalem barley being "abib" - and then watching for the first new moon following the "abib" announcement.
• Mazzaroth - Genesis 1:15 says the heavenly lights are used to determine "years" (when a year starts and ends).

The root-system of the calendar model that we choose (from the options above) is determined by our view of Torah. Is Torah progressive (added layers are permanently in place and are observed from that point onward for all eternity) or is it eternal, with added layers (which are not eternal, but have a limited time in which they are in effect, for sin).

Which view we hold about Torah impacts our view of how to start/end a Biblical year...

So far, we have found much Scriptural evidence to suggest that Eden's Torah is Eternal - having jurisdiction over all Yahweh's Creation - not limited to Earth alone (in that Satan is not human, but was the first to sin, which is Biblically defined as "transgression of the Law.")

As we have studied through the Progressive Torah viewpoint, we have found that this Torah-teaching doesn't hold up to Scripture...  Torah is Eternal - specifically, Eden Torah is Eternal. Layers are added because of sin, but those added layers do not remain forever.

In our study of the Torah is Progressive teachings, we found the following:

• Progressive Torah Opinion: Torah originated at Mount Sinai...
• NO!
• Torah did not originate at Mount Sinai, at the Exodus. Torah existed from Creation - and applies to more than humans, since the devil was the first to sin, and sin is Biblically defined as "transgression of the Law", we may plainly see that Torah existed long before Sinai.
• The original Torah existed in Eden, before sin.
• Torah was written at Mount Sinai, but was kept, known, and existed from the foundation of the world.

• Progressive Torah Opinion: the Levitical Priesthood is Eternal, having been initiated at the golden calf incident...
• NO!
• The Levitical priesthood was a lesser priesthood, which was instituted because of Israel's sin at the golden calf incident. The greater priesthood was the Melchizedek priesthood.
• Genesis 14:18-20
• Hebrews 7:9-10

• Prior to the golden calf incident, all of Israel (all Yahweh's people) were priests.
• Exodus 19:6
• The Levitical priesthood ended with the Death of Messiah, Who was our High Priest, after the order of Melchizedek. After Yahshua's Death, all Israel (all Yahweh's saved people) are restored to the Melchizedek priesthood and are called to be priests and kings, as Melchizedek was.
• Hebrews 7:23-27
• Revelation 1:6
• Revelation 5:10
• Revelation 20:6

• Progressive Torah Opinion: once the animal sacrifices were initiated, they were to continue forever...
• NO!
• Animal blood / sacrifices cannot redeem fallen mankind. The blood of animals was always only a promissory note, which pointed to the Death of Yahshua - Heaven's Lamb, Whose Sacrifice was "perfect", all-powerful, and able to cleanse us.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7
• Daniel 9:26-27
• Hebrews 10:1-10
• Genesis 22:8
• If animal sacrifices continue now that Yahshua has died, it indicates that His Offering was weak... unable to save... incomplete... This is wrong!
• As it says in Hebrews 10:2, when a perfect sacrifice is given, all animal offerings forever cease.
• Yahshua died "once for all"...  which means, for all sin, for all sinners, and for all animal sacrifices...  His death brings the need for all other blood sacrifices to a complete end. 
• In Heaven's Eyes, it was the Death of Yahshua which ended the animal sacrifices - not the destruction of the Temple.
• Thus, we see that the sacrifices of animals is not to continue...

• Progressive Torah Opinion: once David captured Jerusalem and established as the holy city, it was forever to be the holy city...
• NO!
• Nothing is holy unless Yahweh's Presence indwells. 
• Yahshua Himself said that the "house" or Temple of Jerusalem was left "desolate" in His Day - connected with the Abomination of Desolation.
• Yahshua also told the Samaritan woman at the well that the time NOW IS when people worship Yahweh in Spirit and Truth - wherever they are - not by going to Jerusalem.
• Yahshua further commanded His followers to not go to the "desert" to see the false Messiah...  This "desert" is the "desolate" place - Jerusalem.
• Since the Saviour declared Jerusalem as "desolate" - Abomination of Desolation - it can no longer be viewed as the holy city.
• In fact, Jerusalem which is the place of the "Abomination of Desolation" is not only not the holy city anymore, when the final Beast reigns there, it will be the most unholy city on earth!
• John 4:20-24
• Matthew 23:37-38
• Matthew 24:23-26
• Revelation 17:3
• Daniel 9:24
• After Messiah, whenever the Bible prophets refer to "Jerusalem" or "Zion" in a positive way, it is referring to Yahweh's Saved people - not the literal city!
• Proverbs 25:28
• Isaiah 62:1-12

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER, 2022:

Please make a note of our class schedule for October, as it is unusual...  October's Biblical Astronomy classes will only be happening at the end of the month. This is because, in October, we have the Day of Atonement - October 6 (Yom Kippur) and the Feast of Tabernacles - October 11-18 (Sukkot). My husband and I will be hosting the Lighted Way Ministries' annual Fall Retreat for Sukkot.

We would love for you to join us online or in-person for the upcoming Feasts! Click here to learn about the upcoming broadcasts, the Fall Retreat, and the schedule:

Lighted Way Fall Retreat Information

Hosting this retreat involves not only the joyous time of the Feast itself, and the daily meetings, it also involves much work in the planning and preparation of food, Power-point presentations, and getting our home and ministry facilities in order to accommodate the retreat, our guests, and the scheduled meetings in the most Yahweh-glorifying way possible.

As a result, I will not be holding any online classes from October 3 to 21, as explained below:

• Week of October 3-7 - No Biblical Astronomy class online on Zoom this week.
• Week of October 14-17 - No Biblical Astronomy meeting online on Zoom this week.
• Week of October 17-21 - No Biblical Astronomy class online on Zoom this week.

In fact, during the month of October, we will only have ONE Biblical Astronomy class, which will meet on Wednesday, October 26 at 11 AM (PST).

Because we only have one online class during the whole month of October (although you can always watch the recorded videos in the archive throughout this month, and it is a great time to catch up on anything you've missed), I am giving you this October class free of charge. It is my Sukkot gift to you! As a result, you will not need to pay the usual monthly class rate for the month of October.

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.

Biblical Astronomy 2 - Session 5 - September 21, 2022

In today's session, we continued our study of how the heavens are Yahweh's timeclock, used for calculating all time: literal time (days, years), spiritual time (time of new moons and annual holy days), and prophetic time (signs and omens of coming events are given in the heavens). 

This is one huge reason why all the Biblical patriarchs were Astronomers! In preparation for our upcoming, in-depth studies of ancient monoliths, cave paintings and preserved ancient sites - which are all about the heavens and many have to do with tracking/calculating time - we are needing to fully understand how the patriarchs used the Mazzaroth to determine time - tuning in to Yahweh's sky-clock.  

As we learn to tell time by the heavens, as the patriarchs did, we acquire key, foundational principles which give us a much deeper understanding of the time-keeping devices, sites, paintings and placements of monoliths which we will be studying as we delve deeper into Archaeo-Astronomy...  Archaeology reveals much about the Patriarch's understanding of the heavens...  and how we can regain the lost light of Truth on the Mazzaroth, which our Patriarch's knew.

Ok... so that's where we're going - and why we're studying Torah principles for making a Biblical calendar...  

In this study, we've had to address the two ways Hebrew-roots believers calculate the Biblical calendar, which are:

• Jerusalem barley being "abib" - and then watching for the first new moon following the "abib" announcement.
• Mazzaroth - Genesis 1:15 says the heavenly lights are used to determine "years" (when a year starts and ends).

The root-system of the calendar model that we choose (from the options above) is determined by our view of Torah. Is Torah progressive (added layers are permanently in place and are observed from that point onward for all eternity) or is it eternal, with added layers (which are not eternal, but have a limited time in which they are in effect, for sin).

Which view we hold about Torah impacts our view of how to start/end a Biblical year...

So far, we have found much Scriptural evidence to suggest that Eden's Torah is Eternal - having jurisdiction over all Yahweh's Creation - not limited to Earth alone (in that Satan is not human, but was the first to sin, which is Biblically defined as "transgression of the Law.")

As we have studied through the Progressive Torah viewpoint, we have found that this Torah-teaching doesn't hold up to Scripture...  Torah is Eternal - specifically, Eden Torah is Eternal. Layers are added because of sin, but those added layers do not remain forever.

In our study of the Torah is Progressive teachings, we found the following:

• Progressive Torah Opinion: Torah originated at Mount Sinai...
• NO!
• Torah did not originate at Mount Sinai, at the Exodus. Torah existed from Creation - and applies to more than humans, since the devil was the first to sin, and sin is Biblically defined as "transgression of the Law", we may plainly see that Torah existed long before Sinai.
• The original Torah existed in Eden, before sin.
• Torah was written at Mount Sinai, but was kept, known, and existed from the foundation of the world.

• Progressive Torah Opinion: the Levitical Priesthood is Eternal, having been initiated at the golden calf incident...
• NO!
• The Levitical priesthood was a lesser priesthood, which was instituted because of Israel's sin at the golden calf incident. The greater priesthood was the Melchizedek priesthood.
• Genesis 14:18-20
• Hebrews 7:9-10

• Prior to the golden calf incident, all of Israel (all Yahweh's people) were priests.
• Exodus 19:6
• The Levitical priesthood ended with the Death of Messiah, Who was our High Priest, after the order of Melchizedek. After Yahshua's Death, all Israel (all Yahweh's saved people) are restored to the Melchizedek priesthood and are called to be priests and kings, as Melchizedek was.
• Hebrews 7:23-27
• Revelation 1:6
• Revelation 5:10
• Revelation 20:6

• Progressive Torah Opinion: once the animal sacrifices were initiated, they were to continue forever...
• NO!
• Animal blood / sacrifices cannot redeem fallen mankind. The blood of animals was always only a promissory note, which pointed to the Death of Yahshua - Heaven's Lamb, Whose Sacrifice was "perfect", all-powerful, and able to cleanse us.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7
• Daniel 9:26-27
• Hebrews 10:1-10
• Genesis 22:8
• If animal sacrifices continue now that Yahshua has died, it indicates that His Offering was weak... unable to save... incomplete... This is wrong!
• As it says in Hebrews 10:2, when a perfect sacrifice is given, all animal offerings forever cease.
• Yahshua died "once for all"...  which means, for all sin, for all sinners, and for all animal sacrifices...  His death brings the need for all other blood sacrifices to a complete end. 
• In Heaven's Eyes, it was the Death of Yahshua which ended the animal sacrifices - not the destruction of the Temple.
• Thus, we see that the sacrifices of animals is not to continue...

• Progressive Torah Opinion: once David captured Jerusalem and established as the holy city, it was forever to be the holy city...
• NO!
• Nothing is holy unless Yahweh's Presence indwells. 
• Yahshua Himself said that the "house" or Temple of Jerusalem was left "desolate" in His Day - connected with the Abomination of Desolation.
• Yahshua also told the Samaritan woman at the well that the time NOW IS when people worship Yahweh in Spirit and Truth - wherever they are - not by going to Jerusalem.
• Yahshua further commanded His followers to not go to the "desert" to see the false Messiah...  This "desert" is the "desolate" place - Jerusalem.
• Since the Saviour declared Jerusalem as "desolate" - Abomination of Desolation - it can no longer be viewed as the holy city.
• In fact, Jerusalem which is the place of the "Abomination of Desolation" is not only not the holy city anymore, when the final Beast reigns there, it will be the most unholy city on earth!
• John 4:20-24
• Matthew 23:37-38
• Matthew 24:23-26
• Revelation 17:3
• Daniel 9:24
• After Messiah, whenever the Bible prophets refer to "Jerusalem" or "Zion" in a positive way, it is referring to Yahweh's Saved people - not the literal city!
• Proverbs 25:28
• Isaiah 62:1-12

Helpful Links/Resources:

• Request your copy of the book: God's Stars in Ancient Archaeology, by Shauna Manfredine
• Request your copy of the book: God's Amazing Star Secret, by Shauna Manfredine 
•  Shauna Manfredine's video series on the Biblical Calendar:
• The Woman and the Moon part 1 - "Restoring the Calendar"
• The Woman and the Moon part 2 - "Oldest Calendar on Earth"
• The Woman and the Moon part 3 - "The Calvary Confirmation"
• The Woman and the Moon part 4 - "The Woman Stands Upon the Moon"

CLASS SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER, 2022:

Please make a note of our class schedule for October, as it is unusual...  October's Biblical Astronomy classes will only be happening at the end of the month. This is because, in October, we have the Day of Atonement - October 6 (Yom Kippur) and the Feast of Tabernacles - October 11-18 (Sukkot). My husband and I will be hosting the Lighted Way Ministries' annual Fall Retreat for Sukkot.

We would love for you to join us online or in-person for the upcoming Feasts! Click here to learn about the upcoming broadcasts, the Fall Retreat, and the schedule:

Lighted Way Fall Retreat Information

Hosting this retreat involves not only the joyous time of the Feast itself, and the daily meetings, it also involves much work in the planning and preparation of food, Power-point presentations, and getting our home and ministry facilities in order to accommodate the retreat, our guests, and the scheduled meetings in the most Yahweh-glorifying way possible.

As a result, I will not be holding any online classes from October 3 to 21, as explained below:

• Week of October 3-7 - No Biblical Astronomy class online on Zoom this week.
• Week of October 14-17 - No Biblical Astronomy meeting online on Zoom this week.
• Week of October 17-21 - No Biblical Astronomy class online on Zoom this week.

In fact, during the month of October, we will only have ONE Biblical Astronomy class, which will meet on Wednesday, October 26 at 11 AM (PST).

Because we only have one online class during the whole month of October (although you can always watch the recorded videos in the archive throughout this month, and it is a great time to catch up on anything you've missed), I am giving you this October class free of charge. It is my Sukkot gift to you! As a result, you will not need to pay the usual monthly class rate for the month of October.

CLASS VIDEO ARCHIVE:

To view or download the class videos for this year's classes, or any of the Zoom videos recorded from last year's Stars class, click the following button:

If you are not signed up to be a part of our Biblical Astronomy class, but would like to be, please contact Shauna Manfredine.