Solar Eclipse August 21 2017/Rosh Chodesh Elul 5777/Filseta Maryam Nehase 16 7509
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (Jeremiah 10:2) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. (Psalm 19:1)
On Monday, August 21, 2017 the sun orbit will intersect with the moon’s . Anyone within the orbit of totality can see one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights – a total “solar eclipse” in the rotating dome of the heavens above earth plane. The path covers all of the wonders of YHWH Elohim’s handy work of mountains, hills & valleys, as well as the oceans, lakes and other pockets of water.
Evening Rosh Chodesh Elul 5777: The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom HaKippurim. Tradition teaches that the month of Elul is a particularly propitious time for repentance (Teshubah: To examine our own attitudes/feelings/desires/actions/will and turn around from what is not right in Jehovah’s [YHWH] sight, & readjust our lives in practicing as we are instructed by the Living Word found in the Holy Bible) This attitude of repentance builds through the month of Elul to the period of Selichot, to Rosh Hashanah, and finally to Yom HaKippurim.
The name of the month (spelled Alef-Lamed-Waw-Lamed) is said to be an acronym of “Ani l’dodi w’dodi li,” “i am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine,” a quote from Song of Songs 6:3. Seeking Union (Properly ShekinYAH [שְׁכַנְיָה] Masculine: YAH taken His Abode & Shekinah [שְׁכִינָה] Feminine: Dwelling: Note The Yad [י] or Iota: Note: Luke 17:21 *Kingdom of GOD), where the Beloved is YAH and the “i” is The Human Soul /Israel/The called Out Assembly from all nations (Rastafari Church of the FirstBorn). In Aramaic (the vernacular of the Jewish people at the time that the month names were adopted), the word “Elul” means “search ,” which is appropriate, because this is a time of year when we search our hearts. in Amharic Lu’l (ሉል) is Pearl (Note Parable of the Pearl in Gospel of Matthew *Kingdom of Heaven) or L’ul (ሉል) is Prince also “Most High ”
According to tradition, the month of Elul is the time that Moses spent on Mount Sinai preparing the second set of tablets after the incident of the golden calf (Ex. 32; 34:27-28). He ascended on Rosh Chodesh Elul and descended on the 10th of Tishri, at the end of Yom Kippur, when repentance was complete. Other sources say that Elul is the beginning of a period of 40 days that Moses prayed for YHWH to forgive the people after the Golden Calf incident, after which the commandment to prepare the second set of tablets was given.
As the month of Elul draws to a close, the attitude of repentance becomes more urgent. Prayers for forgiveness called selichot (properly pronounced “s’lee-KHOHT,”) are added to the daily cycle of religious services. Selichot are recited in the early morning, before normal daily shacharit service.
Traditionally, during the month of Elul, the shofar (a hollowed out ram’s horn) is blown after morning services every weekday. The custom of blowing shofar as a wake-up call to sleepers, designed to rouse us from our complacency. It is a call to repentance. The blast of the shofar is a very piercing sound when done properly.
Listen to Shofar Elul [Courtesy of John J. Parsons: Hebrew4Christians]>>> Rosh Chodesh Elul Shofar
Selichot are recited from the Sunday before Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur. If Rosh Hashanah begins on a Monday or Tuesday, selichot begins on the Sunday of the week before Rosh Hashanah, to make sure that there are at least 3 days of Selichot. The first selichot service of the holiday season is usually a large community service, held around midnight on Motzaei Shabbat (the night after the sabbath ends; that is, after nightfall on Saturday) . The entire community, including men, women and older children, attend the service, and the rabbi gives a sermon. The remaining selichot services are normally only attended by those who ordinarily attend daily shacharit services in synagogue.
A fundamental part of the selichot service is the repeated recitation of the “Thirteen Attributes,” a list of YHWH’s thirteen attributes of mercy that were revealed to Moses after the sin of the golden calf (Ex 34:6-7)
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isaiah 27:1-6)
When St. Mary departed from this world, the apostles tended her body and carried it to Gethsemane for burial. Some of the (***Foolish Jews see Kebra Negast Chpt 66) Jews blocked their way to prevent them from burying the body, and decided to snatch and burn it to ashes for fear it may thereafter bring news of another ‘resurrection’ and ‘ascension’.
Knowing the evil intent of the (Foolish) Jews, GOD sent HIS angel and took away the body of HIS Mother in glory to the Heaven. The Angels then took the body to Paradise, accompanied by John the Apostle, and laid it under the Tree of Life. When John returned to the other apostles, they asked him where the Virgin Mary was. He told them that her body was placed under the Tree of Life by an Angel. The Apostles then said to each other, “John saw and we did not; let us pray and fast that we can see also.”
They fasted and prayed for fifteen days, after which the Angels of GOD brought the body of the Virgin to the Apostles. They buried the body of the Virgin on Sunday. “On Tuesday, three days later, the Virgin Mary rose from the dead, just as CHRIST had resurrected.”
St. Thomas the Apostle was not present at the time of St. Mary’s departure. He was on duty in his apostolic diocese of India. As he went back to Jerusalem carried on a cloud, he met St. Mary while ascending. Thomas then said to her, “I was not chosen to see your SON’s ascension in Glory, nor was I to witness yours. How sinful I am!” But She told him that he was the first to see Her ascending, and gave him the garment (also known as Megnez or Seben in Ge’ez) with which her rested body was covered as a token. That filled him with grace and ecstasy.
When St. Thomas arrived where the disciples were, they told him about St. Mary’s departure and he said to them as if he knew nothing, “You know how I conducted myself at the resurrection of the LORD CHRIST, and I will not believe unless I see her body.” They went with him to the tomb, and uncovered the place of the body, but they did not find it. Everyone was perplexed and surprised. After confirming her death and seeing the empty tomb, St. Thomas told them how he saw her assumption, and showed them the garment which she gave him as a proof. Priests of the Ethiopian church usually cover their hand-held crosses with a piece of garment to remember the Seben St Thomas received from St Mary.
Despite St Thomas’ account of St Mary’s resurrection, the Apostles were eager to witness it first hand, and so one year later they started fasting and praying starting from August 7. On the 22nd of August (i.e., after 15 days of fasting) St Mary came with her beloved SON, JESUS. On that day, JESUS CHRIST performed the Divine Liturgy designating St Peter as assistant priest and Deacon Stephen (coming from heaven) as an arch deacon, and gave them the Holy Qurban (Communion). After the service, HE ordered the apostles to preach and witness the resurrection and assumption of His Mother throughout the world.
Filseta is the most dutifully observed fast among Ethiopian Orthodox Christians next to the great fast (lent). The faithful including children, who do not actively take part in the other fasts of the church, fast for 15 days joyfully taking Holy Communion. Church Services including the Divine Liturgy are carried out for an uninterrupted 15 days. Churches across the nation are therefore usually filled with the faithful during this period as many of the believers go on a retreat (subae).
May Her intercession and blessings be with us now and forever. Amen. [EOTC Orthodox Tewahedo Church : Mahibere Qidusan Ethiopic Synaxarium, on Nehasie 16 (Agust 22)]
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በዓለ ፍልሰታ : Feast of Assumption of Virgin Mary [Ethiopia Kingdom of God]
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In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isaiah 27:1-6)
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. (Romans 13:4)
For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth. (2 Esdras 6:9) For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:22-23)
Esoteric: Moon(Feminine)/Sun (Masculine); Judeo/Christian; Old Testament/New Testament; Right Eye/Left Eye : Singulaity Balance Sealed in Frontal Lobe: Right Brain: (Feminine: Intuitive, Subconscious, Circle, etc) /Left Brain: (Masculine: Logic, Conscious, Square, etc) Distance/Size Ratio: 400 Gemetria Taw(v) [ת,
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Additional Bible Meditations
- Passover: Yeshua HaMoshiYAH Salvation/Redemption out of Egypt
- Shavuot: 2 Sevens Clash 50 days Decalogue Given on Two Tablets/Holy Spirit Given on Pentecost (Wheat Harvest)
- 2 Seven Count Following Shavuot July 23rd 2017/Sirius Star Rising/Rosh Chodesh AB/Birth of Man Child (Revelation 12:5/Isaiah 9:6-7/Numbers 24:17/Genesis 50:24)
- Rosh Hashanah Hebrew Civil Year Begins: Qedamawi Haile Selassie Government Order of Melchizedek (I Kings 9:5/Jeremiah 33:17/I Timothy 6:15)
- Sukkot Ingathering of Exiles of Israel & Converts from the Nations (Genesis 15:13-15/Ezekiel 11:7/Zechariah 14:16/Revelation 7:3-4, 9)
dīvide et īmpera/divide & rule. + problem->reaction->solution = Deus ex machina (Their) God from the machine or their wicked imaginations.
