Shalom, shalom; peace, peace in the name of Yeshua. This is Crystal Sharpe and welcome to the Ancient Scrolls program. The good news is Yeshua is returning. The signs we see in the world are indicators that we are in the latter days before His return. The outpouring of His Spirit is upon us in this season. He is preparing us for His return and He will have an inheritance. We have the good news that He is returning. I am thinking to do a series on I Corinthians next week, if it is God’s will. In the past I would just read through it, and just make a mental note of a passage here and there that would catch my attention. At times the letter appears to be anti-Torah, but then scattered throughout the text are quotes from the Torah. Was Paul a fence walker? Had he succumbed to the pressure of Greek influence and somehow become permissive of their uninhibited lifestyle? Some teachings that Paul had written were not as we have interpreted them today. I hope to give some new information on the letter to the Corinthians that will bring some balance to it. Today I am going to do just a summary on I Samuel chapters 8 and 9, then read chapter 10. I hope it will encourage you. Shema Shema (hear) O Israel, the Lord God the Lord is One. Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and those who dwell therein. Father, You are the King of the universe, king over heaven and earth. We thank You for being God. Your name is above every name, over every illness, over every circumstance, every situation; You alone are God. I pray over myself and the listeners more wisdom, more understanding, more knowledge, more the Spirit of might and counsel, and the fear and reverence of the LORD. Help us to be doers of Your Word and not hearers only. We desire Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We pray You will breathe new life in Your people. We pray for a refreshing to fall upon the weary, the discouraged, we pray for a release of Your Spirit of repentance upon the lost, we pray for the addicted to be delivered. We pray for restoration of Your Word. We thank You for Your Word, for it brings life to us. It brings revelation and light to a world that is full of distractions and vices. Help us to be lovers of Your truth. Help us to share effectively the gospel of Yeshua. We pray these things in Yeshua’s name. Amen. I Samuel 8-9 begins with the prophet Samuel’s two sons who were unjust judges. The complaint against them, they were men out for dishonest gain, took bribes and perverted justice. The elders of Israel made their case to Samuel and then asked for a king to rule over them like the other nations. God’s response was to allow them to have a king. God chooses Saul, the son of Kish. They are from the tribe of Benjamin, the youngest son of Rachel and Joseph. Saul’s name means “asked for.” That is what Israel had “asked for” was a king, so God gave them what they “asked for.” The donkeys of Kish become lost and he sends Saul and a servant to go search for them. So, they pass through 5 places: Ephraim (double fruit), Shalisha (treble or triple), Shaalim (foxes), and then to the land of the Benjamites (son of my right hand), then Zuph (honeycomb), but were unable to locate them. What we have here are some lost donkeys which symbolize those things that Christians have lost. Donkeys are beasts of burdens. In the ancient past they were an asset to a household, whether rich or poor. These donkeys had wandered off either because of distraction, or looking for greener pastures, better shades. This is a loss to the house of Kish. He had lost his possessions. Some of you listeners, you have lost some possessions, perhaps your health, finances, your spiritual life has waned because the attacks against you have been so many. But according to this narrative about this time of searching for the donkeys is around close to the time of change. Things are about to change suddenly for the household of Kish (a bow), because his son, Saul, is going to be anointed by a prophet, Samuel, whose name means “heard of God.” Samuel in this chapter is symbolic of our Father God, and Saul represents what you “asked for.” “Heard of God” is going to anoint what you asked for. So what have you all been asking of God? Greater wisdom, perhaps, understanding, a deeper spiritual walk? Have you been petitioning for your lost loved ones, those in your community, acquaintances? You have been praying for healing in your bodies, and seeking better health for your loved ones, healing in your family situations, you have been longing for the restoring of things that had been taken from you. You have been crying out for the addicted (whether sexual in nature or drugs). You have been praying for loved ones in prison. Many of you have held in your heart deep secret yearnings. I am saying you have been directing your prayers to God and you have been heard of God. The change is here now in this season. I was going through my journals and looking at those dreams and visions I had received from God. August 3, 2018 I had a dream where I received this information that God was working on things, and those things being my prayer requests. When I pray I will specifically mention to God to send His breath to restore, refresh, renew and regenerate His people. I will mention by name specific people. I pray that He would send His breath of revelation to the lost, His Spirit of repentance. In November 2018, I heard from God and He said back to me my prayer request: “I will breathe on them new life.” I had been praying His breath to saturate His creation for years, but He answered me. Sometimes you wonder if God is hearing, well, He is hearing and He is answering many of you this year. Allow your prayers to be specific in this season. Tell God exactly what you desire. If your prayers are selfish in nature, having to do with greed and lust of your eyes or flesh, your prayers will not be answered. There are people who pray for God’s kingdom to advance and their prayers will be answered. I Samuel 9:16 The LORD spoke to Samuel: Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; “I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come up before Me.” What does this mean that the LORD would set him over his people Israel? Saul, his name means “asked for.” Listeners, what you asked for will be greater than the former. God will command it to happen. Father God is going to raise up a mighty people in these last days against the kingdom of darkness. We are at the end of the age. So, as I said many of you have been faithful to reach out to God, in this season be comforted because God is employing Himself to act on your prayers, you have been heard of God. Some of you have been praying for years concerning specific situations. What is God doing with your requests? Samuel means heard of God. What is “heard of God” going to do about it? I Samuel 10 10 Then Samuel (“heard of God”) took a flask of oil and poured it on his head (What does Saul mean? “Asked for,” so your prayers and fastings, your longings and yearnings are now being anointed) and kissed him ( this kiss is an impartation of the Holy Spirit upon what you “asked for.” The Holy Spirit brings your prayers to fruition. The Spirit of God begins the process to manifest your prayers, the process of imparting the Spirit of repentance and restoration in your families), and said: “ Is it not because the Lord has anointed you (what you “asked for”) commander over His inheritance? 2 When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found ( The donkeys have been restored in time for the change). And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’ 3 Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor (broken). There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 4 And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands. Whatever you have “asked for” will be doubled in portion. 5 After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is (right in front of the enemy, in this next sentence). And it will happen , when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying . A joyous occasion right in front of the enemy. These prophets had been under the tutelage of the prophet Samuel for years to learn to hear from the Lord, and Saul will not have to do that. The Spirit will just come upon him. He won’t have to practice for years, the Spirit of prophecy will just come. Sounds like Acts 2, pouring out the Spirit of prophecy. 6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, (what you “asked for” concerning your children or other loved ones ) and you (what you asked for) will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. The people you prayed for for so long will be changed. 7 And let it be, when these signs come to you (what you “ask for” whatever has been that situation in your life,) , that you do as the occasion demands ; for God is with you (listeners, God is with you) . 8 You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and surely I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and make sacrifices of peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, till I come to you and show you what you should do.” 9 So it was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day. God is going to give your loved ones that you have been praying for a new heart. 10 When they came there to the hill, there was a group of prophets to meet him; then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. Does this not sound like Acts 2, the pouring out of the God’s Spirit in the last days and our sons and daughters will prophesy. Our sons and daughters the youth. Remember, Saul was the son of Kish. 11 And it happened, when all who knew him formerly saw that he indeed prophesied among the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has come upon the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” 12 Then a man from there answered and said, “But who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “ Is Saul also among the prophets?” 13 And when he had finished prophesying, he went to the high place. In the end days, when at the end of their prophecies, the end of their testimony, they will go to be with the Lord. 14 Then Saul’s uncle said to him and his servant, “Where did you go?” So he said, “To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.” 15 And Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you.” 16 So Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said. In the beginning Saul thought of himself as a humble person. I Samuel 9:21, he speaks to Samuel: Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me? Listen, there will be loved ones who will come in humbly, who have been rescued by your prayers; they are the brands plucked out of the fire. They are coming out of sexual vices, they are coming out of addictions, they are coming out of abuse and brokenness. They will think of themselves as least in the kingdom, but God is going to raise them up for such a time as this. And your neighbors and other family members will be amazed at their transformation. God has not forgotten your labor of love for others. The Lord has anointed your prayers, He has imparted breath, which symbolizes life, into your prayers, the manifestation of your prayers is here, the answer to your prayers is here, what you “asked for” is here now in this season. I hope this message has encouraged you. God wants to encourage you. No longer mourn because your joy has come. Rejoice because you are going to see your prayers become evident. Begin to thank God, no matter what the situation looks like. He has made promises to you directly or through His word and He will keep every one of them. Just work with Him by believing Him. He is for you and not against you. My husband and I are finally coming out of some deep challenges. All I knew to do was pray. Our friends continued to pray for us. Sometimes we say, all we can do is pray, without realizing that it is such a privilege to be able to pray. We take our prayers to the highest judge in the universe, the highest court, and He is just and He is righteous and He will move on our requests. We pray the changes and He delivers the changes. Amen? Bless God. I am at the end of the program. If it is God’s will, I will be here next program. Remember to walk by faith and not by sight. Ask God to cleanse you of all unrighteousness every day. Keep your spiritual garments clean from spots, wrinkles and blemishes. Do two things this week: Love God and love your neighbor. Ricco Cortes will sing the Aaronic priestly blessing.

Shalom, Shalom; peace, peace in the name of Yeshua. This is Crystal Sharpe and welcome to the Ancient Scrolls program. (January 12, 2020) Today I hope to finish out this teaching on when the Messiah could have possibly been birthed. I gauge it from the Word where the males of Israel were required to appear before the LORD at three of His seven feasts. These would be Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Yeshua was the lamb sacrifice at Passover, He ascended at the counting of the Omer and ten days later the Holy Spirit descended. This would leave Tabernacles unfulfilled until the Messianic Age when the resurrected saints and the nations eat together at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. So, the possibility exists that Messiah was born at Tabernacles and fulfills that feast also. He would have made his appearance at Tabernacles along with the other males at this feast. Also, He would be the celebration of it as we saw last week in Luke 2. I know I reiterate, but it is worth repeating that God follows His own feasts, because they are visuals of His kingdom purposes. The Shema Shema (Hear) O Israel, the Lord God, the Lord is One Deuteronomy 6:5-9; Numbers 15:37-41 Psalm 24 The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof; the world and those who dwell therein. Father YHVH, We thank You for being God, that You are the King of heaven and earth. We thank You that You are merciful and compassionate toward Your people. Cleanse us and deliver us from all unrighteousness, for we are surely in the last days; and the Messiah is soon returning. We desire to be prepared for His coming. The last couple or three programs we have visited scripture and explored other extracurricular books and articles in order to get an understanding of the history at the time of Yeshua, at the timing of His birth. We are going to continue looking at Luke, and include some passage from Matthew to form a picture of the nativity story. Let’s examine the inn in Luke 2, starting at verse 3: So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. 4. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5. to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. There existed at that time also another town called Beit-Lechem and it was located in the Galilee area, about 7 miles northwest of Nazareth. I just read about it some three weeks ago. It is considered a very fertile area. Bethlehem means house of bread, and isn’t it a coincidence that Yeshua was placed in a feeding trough at His birth. 6. So it was, that while they were there (and not upon arrival), the days were completed for her to be delivered . 7. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Here we know a decree for a census had been given and everyone was to report to their home town. It is in Nazareth that Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel to prepare for the conception of Yeshua by the Holy Spirit. Because of the census, Joseph and Mary travel to the Bethlehem. The word does not give us any clues as to how long they were in Bethlehem before she began the process of delivering Yeshua. On first reading, one would think they just arrived there and all the inns are full and she is pushed outside in either a cave or a stall. But if you take the time to read it and just let the story speak to you, there is much information given. It isn’t condensed or compressed as the gospel of Matthew presents the nativity story. So, this census was ordered and Joseph and Mary travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem. She is a betrothed wife to him, when reading this I understand they have performed the second stage of marriage. There are three stages: the shidduchin (arrangement where fathers of the couple would arrange for the future marriage; second stage is the erusin where a ketuba is signed and a cup of wine is blessed and shared; the third is the procession, nisuin, the consummation of the marriage. They have already signed the ketuba (a marriage contract), and drank the wine at their home or under a chupah. A chupah is a large overhead curtain spread over the couple. After this ceremony, she is called Joseph’s betrothed wife. This is the stage that Matthew refers to 1:18, before they came together , so this means before the third and final stage of marriage; she was found to be pregnant. They are in the second stage of marriage and it is here that if something impure has occurred, the now betrothed husband can grant her a divorce which is known as a “ get .” Joseph has no desire to cause her great humiliation. What he plans to do is write out a divorce and give it to her. The second stage of marriage in the middle east is more binding than engagements as we know in our western culture. Mary being pregnant can be looked upon as adultery. The community may stone her for the accusation of adultery, but it would be unlikely. By the law set by Torah, Joseph would have to be the one to take her to the priest at the Temple and go through what is known as the bitter water ordeal (Numbers 5:11-31). This is really unnecessary since Mary is already with child. She is maintaining her innocence and confessing to him and to her family she is still a virgin. Joseph is pondering many things and he decides to make the divorce a private matter and not humiliate her by taking her to the Temple priest. He just wants to write her a divorce. Matthew 1. But then Joseph has a dream and is instructed to take Mary his wife (it means to go to the third stage of marriage) and that her baby is conceived by the Holy Spirit. After this dream of instruction to take her as his wife, they leave from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Reading Luke and Matthew together, the picture emerges that when they arrive in Bethlehem, they complete the final stage of the marriage and are husband and wife. It is likely they are staying with his relatives, perhaps even his parents. In the ancient Middle East, the son and his wife moved in with his parents. A room would be added for the daughter-in-law and the son. And this house in which they are staying could be just acquaintances, we are not certain. They are there for a number of days since he had to report for the census. While there in Bethlehem, it is possible the fall feasts of the Lord had begun. He is required to attend Tabernacles so they stay to attend the feast. While staying there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. Let’s read verse 7. 7. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Let’s focus on the word inn, but not put 21 st century understanding to a first century world and think it means a Comfort Inn. Inn in this passage is the Greek word katalyma (kataluma) and should not be translated inn. The 1395 edition of John Wycliffe’s translation of Luke 2:7 reads: “And sche bare hir first borun sone, and wlappide hym in clothis, and leide hym in a cratche, for ther was no place to hym in no chaumbir . ” For reasons known only to themselves, William Tyndale and the translators of the Geneva Bible and the Authorized Version opted for “inn” rather than “chaumbir”. And so it has continued. The two exceptions to this translational custom are The New English Bible and David Stern’s The Jewish New Testament. The NEB translates Luke 2:7 as: “She wrapped him in his swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them to lodge in the house. ” The JNT renders Luke 2:7 as: “She wrapped him in cloth and laid him down in a feeding trough, because there was no space for them in the living quarters. ” The scenario is for me, the houses were crowded because of the census going on and possibly the fall feast of the Lord. It is possible there were other relatives who took up the guest space and Joseph and Mary were placed at the level where the animal was kept. The guest room could have been exceptionally small, and it limited the movement of midwives, and the taking in out of fresh spreads. So she was moved for convenience. We don’t really know. Kennith Bailey mentions in his book Jesus Through Middle Eastern eyes (pg. 26) "To turn away a descendant of David in ‘the City of David’ would be an unspeakable shame on the entire village.” https://www.stepbible.org/?q=version=Wycliffe|reference=Luk.2 And she bare her firstborn son, and wrapped him in ?clothes, and laid him in a feed-trough [and put him in a cratch], for there was no place to him in no chamber . https://www.biblestudytools.com/wyc/luke/2.html There are a couple of other places where katalyma appears and clearly does not mean inn. Mark 14:14 and Luke 22:11, and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ Verse 12, Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready. Let’s look at the parable of the good Samaritan. A man on his way to Jericho falls among thieves who abuses him. He is left for half dead dead. A priest and Levite travel by but ignores the wounded victim, but a Samaritan had compassion on him. He pours oil and wine on his wounds, places him on his beast or his ass and takes him to an inn . The Greek word for inn in this situation is pandocheion (pawn-da-chy-on), a public house for the reception of strangers; a commercial hostelry. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G3829&t=KJV http://www.bible.ca/D-Xmas-story.htm#fourroom So Mary gave birth to her baby son in a home. They cut His cord and wash Him. Next, oil is applied to His body and lastly He is rubbed down with salt as was their Middle Eastern custom. Salt is a sign of the covenant. She covers him with a single cloth, and with strips of cloths binds the single cloth and His limbs. He looks like a stiff little baby. Wikipedia has pictures of swaddled babies in the 17 th century, and a swaddled native American baby. After this she lays Him in the feeding trough , and this represents Him fulfilling the blessing of Joseph where he dreamed of his brothers sheaves bowing to him. This is symbolic of material blessings. Yeshua was placed in a feeding trough, or manger—think of food supply, the material, and he was born in Beit-lechem which in Hebrew means house of bread. Joseph dreamed the sun, moon and stars bowing to him and the magi followed a star until it stood over the house where Yeshua stayed. So there are some parallels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaddling According to Leviticus 12, a mother must offer a sacrifice after the days of her purification. For a male it was 40 days. By this we know Joseph and Mary stayed at least this long in Bethlehem, if not longer, depending on her healing process; concerning her body fluids drying up. Then she would offer at the temple a lamb, or two turtledoves, or two pigeons. She could afford two turtledoves. Which makes me wonder if the magi had not visited Yeshua until after her offering of two birds. Had they been earlier, she may have offered a lamb from the treasures they brought to the house where they were staying. These magi, or magistrates, they were not magicians; darkness is in direct conflict and opposition to God’s light, followed a star where it stood over the house. These magi may have been astronomers who were taught by the prophet Daniel the sign, or His star, that would announce the appearance the birth of Yeshua in the world. I find it interesting that the star is described as His star in Matthew 2:2. Which star? The text does not say. The magi worship, perhaps stay there at the house for the night, because being warned in a dream they should not return to Herod, they return to their own land going in a different direction. When they had departed, Joseph is warned by an angel to take Yeshua and Mary to Egypt. He immediately rises up in the night and makes the journey. Herod dispatches troops and they slaughter all the male children in Bethlehem and all its districts from two years old and under. This does not mean that Yeshua was already two years old. This was Herod’s own estimation of Yeshua’s age from the testimony given by the magi. According to Luke 2:39, So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, their own city, Nazareth. Yeshua was an infant when Mary and Joseph finished performing the Torah instructions on purity. He was an infant when they had gone to Egypt. It is obvious that Luke does not give the details that Matthew 2 does, like the visitation of the magi, nor does he mention the slaughter of the innocents. When I combine the two accounts together, a picture emerges, for me, that when they go to Egypt, they are there for only a few months—until Herod dies. His death happens before a Passover. This means that Yeshua was perhaps 6 months to a year and a half old when Herod died. After Herod’s death, they return to Galilee, their own city Nazareth. I am at the end of the program. Remember to walk by faith, not by sight. Ask the Father to cleanse you from all unrighteousness every day. Keep your spiritual garments clean from spot, wrinkle and blemish. Do two things this week: love and forgive. Love God and love your neighbor. Rico Cortes will sing the Aaronic blessing.

Shalom, shalom; peace, peace in the name of Yeshua. This is Crystal Sharpe and welcome to the Ancient Scrolls program. (January 5, 2020) Here we are in the year 2020, and I desire everyone to have a prosperous year in the blessings and favor of the LORD. If anyone has not made a commitment to the Lord, may this be the year to make a covenant with Him. Today we are going to continue speaking about Yeshua’s birth. As I have said throughout these couple of audios, no one knows which feast of the Lord Yeshua was born. We know He died at Passover fulfilling that feast, and the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Shavuot/Pentecost and it leaves the feast of Tabernacles/Succot unfulfilled until the Messianic kingdom takes effect. I focus on these three feasts because Father YHVH required the males of Israel to attend three of the seven feasts: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. It would be fitting if Yeshua would also be birthed at one of these feasts. He would be birthed to attend the feast and also be the celebration for it as well. Tabernacles, the feast of Booths, is interesting to me because it is called the feast of the nations. At the birth of Yeshua in Luke 2, there is a messenger or an angel that appears to the shepherds who were taking shifts watching over the sheep in the area of Bethlehem. The angel said to them (I am reading from the Ancient Roots Translinear Bible New Testament by Frances Werner): Fear not! For behold, I am bringing-news to you, a great joy that will be for all the world. For today a Savior was begotten to you in the city of David. He exists the Messiah of the Lord. This is the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling and set in a stall. Werner has sufficient reason to render Yeshua being birthed in a stall and not Migdal-Eder as some suppose. Well, the history given in the gospels does not specifically say Migdal-Eder. Some translations prefer using either manger or stall. The Hebrew word used in place of stall is evus. As you can hear evus, it does not sound related to Migdal-Eder. There is nothing in the gospels that tell me He was born at Migdal-Eder, the Tower of the Flock. In my Delitzsch Hebrew Gospels, he uses the word evus instead of the other two words that could have been used: Shoketh mazon and ariycah (ar-ee-saw, H6182). This word evus is not even found in the Etymological Dictionary. I did several enquiries concerning this word and have come up empty handed. There was one person more familiar with Hebrew explained that it was a feeding trough. Delitzsch translates Luke 2:7, “She gave birth to her son, the firstborn, swaddled him, and laid him in a feeding trough . . .” His footnotes say “stable.” She swaddled Him meaning she took strips of cloth and bound him tightly as the traditions and customs were of the middle eastern peoples of that time. They believed it made the baby grow stronger. What does this say about her, that she was a good mother. Every baby born of a good mother was swaddled. As I was reading this I saw in this announcement by the angel, wording that associates with the feast of Tabernacles or Booths. If you are not familiar with the feasts of the Lord in Leviticus 23, I suggest you become familiar with them because they give us the future purposes of God. Tabernacles is the feast of rejoicing, and is associated with the nations of the world. It is the time of great exuberance and celebratory activities in Jerusalem. All the males in Israel are required to do pilgrimage to Jerusalem to participate in the feast of the Lord. But does this mean, or does this prove the timing, or season of His birth? No, it doesn’t. What is really sweet is that Father YHVH is acting like a father. He sends messengers to people to announce the birth of His only begotten Son and even tells them where to find Him. The angels rejoice and the people rejoice at the birth of His Son. We are going to explore Luke 2 today and see what the story, or the passages speak to us concerning Yeshua’s birth. The Shema Shema (hear) O Yisrael, the Lord God, the Lord is One. Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and those who dwell therein. Father YHVH, We bless You. You are the King of the universe; the king over heaven and earth. We thank You for the latter day outpouring to help us get through the next few years of great persecution. I pray for Your remnant people to be able to withstand the final assaults of the enemy. We are near to the return of Yeshua. We anticipate the arrival of the Kingdom of Yeshua. May our names be found in the Book of Life. In Yeshua’s name. Amen. I am going to start with Luke 2. And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. 4. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5. to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Let’s look at these verses And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. For some years, secular writers insisted Quirinius governed only once in Syria and they concluded it was not during this time of when Joseph had to go to the city of David to register. There is some dispute now concerning this with new evidence of records being found. There is a most impressive academic thesis, or essay, written by Gerard Gertaux that was submitted on when this particular census was issued in Luke 2. It is on the Academia Education site called Dating the Two Censuses of P. Sulpicius Quirinius. I say most impressive because I have read dozens of these articles until I was dizzy from all the information, but Gertaux’s material is interesting. His thesis is 45 pages in length and is replete with diagrams, and charts; historians like Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Tacitus, and Josephus. There are inscriptions captured for readers viewing and other historical data that he has collected. His essay is complete with footnotes and references to make his case. I am thinking he is attempting to be as accurate as possible, as all of us attempt to do. He mentions one historian, Paul Orosius who gives a precise date of the census of Augusta in the year 752 of Rome, translated, that would be 2 BC. This information is found in Orosius’ Histories Against the Pagans (VI 22:1; VII 3:4). If this is true, then we know that Yeshua was likely born in the year 2 BC. But read Gertaux’s analysis and you can make up your own mind concerning it. https://www.academia.edu/3184175/Dating_the_two_Censuses_of_Quirinius What remains undisputed is that Yeshua was born before Herod died. The gospel’s spell this out for us. Herod’s death was a great sigh of relief to the Jews, understandably. I sought out the opportunity to read Josephus once again, the division of the Antiquities of the Jews , book 17, chapter 7 and verse 4. Josephus relates there being a sedition by Matthias, son of Margalothus; they had incited a group of Jewish scholars to destroy an erection of a golden eagle on the great gate of the Temple. This infuriated Herod. This was done before “the fast” which is Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement. There was another man, a high priest, his name was Matthias also. On the day of Yom Kippur, this high priest, Matthias, could not perform the Yom Kippur rituals. Apparently he had fallen asleep the night before Yom Kippur. In the Mishnah this was not permitted because he would have to stay awake during the night reciting the blessings spoken at different intervals during the Yom Kippur service, the correct moment of the sacrifice, the correct movements and delivering of the incense in the Holy of Holies. Josephus writes this high priest had opportunity to fall asleep and has a dream seemingly conversing with his wife. This disqualified him to render the service and he was replaced by another whose name was Joseph. The feast of the Lord, Yom Kippur, was performed. After this, Josephus relates Herod had taken Matthias, son of Margalothus, and those scholars that destroyed the golden eagle idol and burned them alive. The text reports: “that very night there was an eclipse of the moon.” This could have been a blood moon? I had never noticed before that this eclipse was right after Yom Kippur. Some months after this Herod died. Some researchers would put the death of Herod around March or April. Some months before this, before the death of Herod, Yeshua was born. So it looks promising that Yeshua’s birth was in the fall of the year. The gospel of Matthew 2:14 and 19, that Joseph, being warned in a dream that Herod sought to kill the child Yeshua, took Mary and Yeshua in the night into Egypt. Then verse 19, Joseph is instructed to return to Israel because Herod had died. It is certain that Yesha was born before Herod’s death. Let’s go back to Gertaux’s essay. From all of his collected information and with the help of astronomy, he fixed the date of Yeshua’s birth to be somewhere from September 1st to October 30 th . I was surprised when I read this. This would be around the time of the Lord’s fall feasts: Yom Teruah/Rosh HaShanah to Tabernacles. Gertaux may be correct. I am going to make my point that it is very likely Yeshua was born at the time of the Lord’s fall feast. When I was meditating and thinking on the possibility of Yeshua being born in the fall feasts, it came to my memory that Yeshua was already twelve years old when He had gone with His parents to Jerusalem to attend the feast of Passover. So, let’s go to Luke 2 and read it. Here is the gist of it: After the days of Mary’s purification were completed, she and Joseph had taken Yeshua to the Temple to present Him to the Lord. It so happens that a devout and just man, Simeon, had the Holy Spirit upon Him, by the Spirit came into the Temple. He prophecies over Yeshua and blesses Him as did the prophetess Anna. After Joseph and Mary performed all the things according to the Law of the Lord they return to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. Verse 40 . And the Child grew and became strong in spirt, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. Verse 41. His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of Passover. Verse 42. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast . Verse 43. When they had finished the days, as they returned, the Boy Yeshua lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know it. Verse 44. But supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances. Verse 45. So when they did not find Him they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him . Verse 46. Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the Temple. This is difficult to determine whether they were three days searching for Yeshua; or once finding Him missing, they were already a day’s journey out; they would have another day’s journey returning to Jerusalem and then a day spent searching for Him; this would add up to three days. I am pretty sure she was a little irate with Him when He was found. Let’s look at these verses. It says in verse 39 that Joseph and Mary returned to the area of Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. Matthew 2:23 agrees with Luke’s account that Yeshua was raised in the Galilee area, in the city of Nazareth. In those days, it took about four or five days of walking to go from Nazareth to Jerusalem in time for the feasts of the Lord. People left days in advance in order to make it on time for the Lord’s Passover. If one was fortunate, they could stay at the homes of relatives on their way there, maybe a day or so, and they all in turn would leave together and stay with other relatives in Jerusalem or Bethlehem until the feast was over. The feast of Passover would last 7 days, ending in the evening. The next morning, they would all take their leave and return to their homes. It is quite possible that Joseph and Mary prepared to leave for Jerusalem six or seven days in advance to attend the feast of Passover, Yeshua was already 12 years old when they left. He would not turn 12 on Passover. I am at the end of the program. If it is God’s will, I will be next week. Remember to walk by faith not by sight. Ask God to cleanse you from all unrighteousness every day. Keep your spiritual garments clean from spots, wrinkles and blemishes. Do two things this week: love and forgive. Love God and love your neighbor.

j4nkc, Author at Ancient Scrolls Online

February 16th

God allowed Israel to have a king. He chose Saul from the house of Kish. Saul's name means "ask for." He gave Israel what they asked for. God's remnant people have been praying and asking for salvation of the lost, restoration in families, deliverances, and finances. We are in the season where He is imparting His anointing on our prayers. We are in the season of change. Be encouraged.

February 16thj4nkc2020-02-18T18:51:07+00:00

LORD of My Breakthrough

This is the year of breakthroughs for those who are intimate with God. 2 Samuel 5 is used to make some points connected to Baal-perazim, Lord of my breakthrough. The demonic realm is tenacious much like the Philistines coming against Israel; but the battle is yours, the enemy will be given in to your hand.

LORD of My Breakthroughj4nkc2020-02-10T19:44:48+00:00

Golgotha is Goliath’s Head

Shalom, Shalom: peace, peace in the name of Yeshua. This is Crystal Sharpe and welcome to the Ancient Scrolls program. Today I

Golgotha is Goliath’s Headj4nkc2020-02-11T18:08:13+00:00

01.26.20 Ancient Scrolls

01.26.20 Ancient Scrollsj4nkc2020-01-24T17:15:53+00:00

Age of Yeshua at His death

The gospel of John gives us some details on the length of Yeshua's ministry. By using the number of Passovers John recorded, we can calculate the length of Yeshua's ministry and quite possibly His age.

Age of Yeshua at His deathj4nkc2020-01-24T17:14:25+00:00

No Crib for a Bed

Was Yeshua possibly born in a barn or a cave? Houses in the first century were constructed to accommodate their animals on the lower level of the home. By using the 1395 edition of Wycliffe's translation of the Greek manuscripts, and examining the Greek words used for inn, we are able to better understand what occurred on the night of Yeshua's birth.

No Crib for a Bedj4nkc2020-01-14T18:20:29+00:00

Luke 2

The males of Israel were required to attend three of the Lord's feasts: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Yeshua was sent to fulfill the feasts of the Lord. He died at Passover, later ascended and the Holy Spirit descended on Pentecost and this left Tabernacles unfulfilled. There is some historical evidence that Yeshua could have been born in the year 2BC, and Luke 2 captures the possibility of Yeshua having already been 12 years old by the time of Passover.

Luke 2j4nkc2020-01-06T15:27:33+00:00

Migdal Eder, Season of Yeshua’s Birth

Imaginative stories of Yeshua being swaddled in the garments of priests are sweet and endearing; but are not factual, as is His being birthed at Migdal-Eder with the lambs at Passover. We will examine what the Mishnah and other sources say concerning livestock and the garments of the priests.

Migdal Eder, Season of Yeshua’s Birthj4nkc2019-12-30T16:23:36+00:00

Which Lord’s Feast Was Yeshua Born?

Though we live in a world of information trafficking, archeology, ancient sites, and unearthed ancient manuscripts that cause many historians to rethink history, with all these things at our disposal; no one knows with certainty the timing of Yeshua's birth, nor the exact location in Bethlehem. We will go over some of the history of Christmas and take a look at the proposal of Him being born at the Lord's feast of Passover.

Which Lord’s Feast Was Yeshua Born?j4nkc2019-12-29T02:05:57+00:00

Revelation 16, Seventh Angel, Resurrection, Babylon Falls

I propose that at the great earthquake in Revelation 16:18 is the resurrection; following the patterns of resurrections at earthquakes. Paul states in I Thessalonians 4:13 to chapter 5:4, they are not ignorant of the season of the resurrection but that it is at the Day of the LORD.

Revelation 16, Seventh Angel, Resurrection, Babylon Fallsj4nkc2019-12-16T16:31:46+00:00

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