My study on Daniel 7:25

Daniel 7:25 (KJV)

25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Verse 25, this little horn speaks great words against the most High God Jehovah. This is one way we can safely identify the little horn. Ask yourself, what religious leader on earth claims title's that belong to God and His Son?

The Pope does! Does not he claim the title "Holy Father". Jehoshua warned us about calling any man Father:

Matthew 23:9 (KJV)

9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

The Pope also claims the title "Vicar of Christ", this title of the Papacy is in reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.

This is utter blasphemy towards the Father and the Son. This is speaking great and blasphemous words against the Most High. What does the bible say? Do we need someone to stand in place of Christ for us?

1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV)

5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

It doesn't say two mediators or mediator 1a and mediator 1b, it says One singular mediator and that is Christ Jesus alone.

By making this claim the Papacy implicates itself as antichrist.

"The word "antichrist" combines two roots: αντί (anti) + Χριστός (Khristos). "Αντί" can mean not only "against" and "opposite of", but also "in place of". "Χριστός", translated "Christ", is Greek for the Hebrew "Messiah". Both "Christ" and "Messiah" literally mean "Anointed One", and refer to Jesus of Nazareth."

Papal Infallibility from Catholic Answers:

"The Catholic Church’s teaching on papal infallibility is one which is generally misunderstood by those outside the Church. In particular, Fundamentalists and other "Bible Christians" often confuse the charism of papal "infallibility" with "impeccability." They imagine Catholics believe the pope cannot sin. Others, who avoid this elementary blunder, think the pope relies on some sort of amulet or magical incantation when an infallible definition is due.

Given these common misapprehensions regarding the basic tenets of papal infallibility, it is necessary to explain exactly what infallibility is not. Infallibility is not the absence of sin. Nor is it a charism that belongs only to the pope. Indeed, infallibility also belongs to the body of bishops as a whole, when, in doctrinal unity with the pope, they solemnly teach a doctrine as true. We have this from Jesus himself, who promised the apostles and their successors the bishops, the magisterium of the Church: "He who hears you hears me" (Luke 10:16), and "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" (Matt. 18:18).

Vatican II’s Explanation

Vatican II explained the doctrine of infallibility as follows: "Although the individual bishops do not enjoy the prerogative of infallibility, they can nevertheless proclaim Christ’s doctrine infallibly. This is so, even when they are dispersed around the world, provided that while maintaining the bond of unity among themselves and with Peter’s successor, and while teaching authentically on a matter of faith or morals, they concur in a single viewpoint as the one which must be held conclusively. This authority is even more clearly verified when, gathered together in an ecumenical council, they are teachers and judges of faith and morals for the universal Church. Their definitions must then be adhered to with the submission of faith" (Lumen Gentium 25).

Infallibility belongs in a special way to the pope as head of the bishops (Matt. 16:17–19; John 21:15–17). As Vatican II remarked, it is a charism the pope "enjoys in virtue of his office, when, as the supreme shepherd and teacher of all the faithful, who confirms his brethren in their faith (Luke 22:32), he proclaims by a definitive act some doctrine of faith or morals. Therefore his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly held irreformable, for they are pronounced with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, an assistance promised to him in blessed Peter."

The infallibility of the pope is not a doctrine that suddenly appeared in Church teaching; rather, it is a doctrine which was implicit in the early Church. It is only our understanding of infallibility which has developed and been more clearly understood over time. In fact, the doctrine of infallibility is implicit in these Petrine texts: John 21:15–17 ("Feed my sheep . . . "), Luke 22:32 ("I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail"), and Matthew 16:18 ("You are Peter . . . ").

Based on Christ’s Mandate

Christ instructed the Church to preach everything he taught (Matt. 28:19–20) and promised the protection of the Holy Spirit to "guide you into all the truth" (John 16:13). That mandate and that promise guarantee the Church will never fall away from his teachings (Matt. 16:18, 1 Tim. 3:15), even if individual Catholics might.

As Christians began to more clearly understand the teaching authority of the Church and of the primacy of the pope, they developed a clearer understanding of the pope’s infallibility. This development of the faithful’s understanding has its clear beginnings in the early Church. For example, Cyprian of Carthage, writing about 256, put the question this way, "Would the heretics dare to come to the very seat of Peter whence apostolic faith is derived and whither no errors can come?" (Letters 59 [55], 14). In the fifth century, Augustine succinctly captured the ancient attitude when he remarked, "Rome has spoken; the case is concluded" (Sermons 131, 10)."

We can see from the article in the Catholic Answers website that Papal infallibility is a pillar of their Church. Let's look at what the humble messenger of Jehovah says:

"In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it, God alone is infallible.  His words is true, and in him is no variableness of turning.”  Letter 10. 1895,  1 Selected Messages p. 37"

Ellen White was given visions by Jehovah God and wrote the testimonies of the Church via the inspiration of the Holy Spirit but yet she humbly confessed that she was not infallible and that only God and His words were infallible.

While the papal church demands that scripture be interpreted through their ecclesiastical leadership, Jehovah's messenger states the opposite:

"Lay Sister White to one side. Do not quote my words again as long as you live until you can obey the Bible.... When you make the Bible your food, your meat, and your drink, when you make its principles the elements of your character, you will know better how to receive counsel from God. I exalt the precious word before you today. Do not repeat what I have said, saying, “Sister White said this,” and “Sister White said that.” Find out what the Lord God of Israel says, and then do what He commands.—Manuscript 43, 1901. (From an address to church leaders the night before the opening of the General Conference session of 1901.) {3SM 33.1}[2]"

So we have just seen a few of the titles of the Papacy and views of their infallibility by the Roman Church to understand that they speak great words against the Most High God and claim infallibility which only Jehovah God and His Son Jehoshua posses.

Back to verse 25, the wearing out of the saints, this primarily took place during the 1260 year reign of the Papacy which began at 538 AD and lasted through 1798 AD. Persecutions by the Roman Church began long before this period but it intensified to demonic levels during the 1260 year dark ages. Anywhere from 50 million to 100 million people were murdered by this blasphemous Church and most were bible believing Christians.

"and think to change times and laws"

Many modern teachers of prophecy falsely claim that this is in regards to man made civil and criminal laws. However these types of laws always change and what most concerns Jehovah is not Geo-Pollitical civil and criminal laws but rather His eternal Law summed up in the 10 Commandments. In the scriptures it is always the law of Jehovah being broken that causes His wrath to abide on man. Civil and criminal laws of man are imperfect but Jehovah's law is perfect able to convert the soul. So ask yourself, what is more diabolical,  to change civil laws which change every day or Jehovah's law which is to be immutable?

The answer is obvious, Jehovah's law and if the the little horn is the antichrist then the only the laws that he would seek to change that could fit into the context of this passage, would be the very laws that Jesus Christ himself gave Moses at Sinai.

The finger of Jehovah God through His Son Jehoshua Messiah wrote the 10 words on the stone tablets. If man followed Jehovah's law then there would be no need for any other laws to exist as God’s law is enough and perfect.

It would behoove satan to use the man of sin "to think" to change the times and laws" of Jehovah not man's. Notice "he thinks" to change times and laws meaning he cant really change them but only think to change them. Man's laws always change and they can change, not so with Jehovah's law.

Times and laws

Let's look at the Hebrew definition for "times" (Strongs 2166) the hebrew word is "zman" and means "time, season, a set time"

So we see that the little horn thought to change the set times and seasons of Jehovah. Let's see if the Papacy fits the bill here:



LIFE IN CHRIST

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

CHAPTER ONE
"YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND"

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work.90

The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.91

* I. THE SABBATH DAY

 The third commandment of the Decalogue recalls the holiness of the sabbath: "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD."92

2169 In speaking of the sabbath Scripture recalls creation: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it."93

 Scripture also reveals in the Lord's day a memorial of Israel's liberation from bondage in Egypt: "You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out thence with mighty hand and outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day."94

 God entrusted the sabbath to Israel to keep as a sign of the irrevocable covenant.95 The sabbath is for the Lord, holy and set apart for the praise of God, his work of creation, and his saving actions on behalf of Israel.

2172 God's action is the model for human action. If God "rested and was refreshed" on the seventh day, man too ought to "rest" and should let others, especially the poor, "be refreshed."96 The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt and provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money.97

2173 The Gospel reports many incidents when Jesus was accused of violating the sabbath law. But Jesus never fails to respect the holiness of this day.98 He gives this law its authentic and authoritative interpretation: "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath."99 With compassion, Christ declares the sabbath for doing good rather than harm, for saving life rather than killing.100 The sabbath is the day of the Lord of mercies and a day to honor God.101 "The Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."102

II. THE LORD'S DAY

This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.103

2174 Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week."104 Because it is the "first day," the day of Christ's Resurrection recalls the first creation. Because it is the "eighth day" following the sabbath,105 it symbolizes the new creation ushered in by Christ's Resurrection. For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the Lord's Day (he kuriake hemera, dies dominica) Sunday:

We all gather on the day of the sun, for it is the first day [after the Jewish sabbath, but also the first day] when God, separating matter from darkness, made the world; and on this same day Jesus Christ our Savior rose from the dead.106

2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ's Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man's eternal rest in God. For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ:107

Those who lived according to the old order of things have come to a new hope, no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord's Day, in which our life is blessed by him and by his death.108

 The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship "as a sign of his universal beneficence to all."109Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.

2177 The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."110

"Also to be observed are the day of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension of Christ, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi, the feast of Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, the feast of Saint Joseph, the feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints."111

2178 This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age.112 The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful "not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another."113

Tradition preserves the memory of an ever-timely exhortation: Come to Church early, approach the Lord, and confess your sins, repent in prayer. . . . Be present at the sacred and divine liturgy, conclude its prayer and do not leave before the dismissal. . . . We have often said: "This day is given to you for prayer and rest. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."114

2179 "A parish is a definite community of the Christian faithful established on a stable basis within a particular church; the pastoral care of the parish is entrusted to a pastor as its own shepherd under the authority of the diocesan bishop."115 It is the place where all the faithful can be gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. The parish initiates the Christian people into the ordinary expression of the liturgical life: it gathers them together in this celebration; it teaches Christ's saving doctrine; it practices the charity of the Lord in good works and brotherly love:

You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the priests.116

2180 The precept of the Church specifies the law of the Lord more precisely: "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass."117 "The precept of participating in the Mass is satisfied by assistance at a Mass which is celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the holy day or on the evening of the preceding day."118

 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor.119 Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.

2182 Participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity. Together they testify to God's holiness and their hope of salvation. They strengthen one another under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

 "If because of lack of a sacred minister or for other grave cause participation in the celebration of the Eucharist is impossible, it is specially recommended that the faithful take part in the Liturgy of the Word if it is celebrated in the parish church or in another sacred place according to the prescriptions of the diocesan bishop, or engage in prayer for an appropriate amount of time personally or in a family or, as occasion offers, in groups of families."120

2184 Just as God "rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done,"121 human life has a rhythm of work and rest. The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives.122

2185 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body.123 Family needs or important social service can legitimately excuse from the obligation of Sunday rest. The faithful should see to it that legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family life, and health.

The charity of truth seeks holy leisure- the necessity of charity accepts just work.124

2186 Those Christians who have leisure should be mindful of their brethren who have the same needs and the same rights, yet cannot rest from work because of poverty and misery. Sunday is traditionally consecrated by Christian piety to good works and humble service of the sick, the infirm, and the elderly. Christians will also sanctify Sunday by devoting time and care to their families and relatives, often difficult to do on other days of the week. Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation of the mind, and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life.

2187 Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day. Traditional activities (sport, restaurants, etc.), and social necessities (public services, etc.), require some people to work on Sundays, but everyone should still take care to set aside sufficient time for leisure. With temperance and charity the faithful will see to it that they avoid the excesses and violence sometimes associated with popular leisure activities. In spite of economic constraints, public authorities should ensure citizens a time intended for rest and divine worship. Employers have a similar obligation toward their employees.

2188 In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays. They have to give everyone a public example of prayer, respect, and joy and defend their traditions as a precious contribution to the spiritual life of society. If a country's legislation or other reasons require work on Sunday, the day should nevertheless be lived as the day of our deliverance which lets us share in this "festal gathering," this "assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven."125

IN BRIEF

 2189 "Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Deut 5:12). "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord" (Ex 31:15).

2190 The sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ.

 2191 The Church celebrates the day of Christ's Resurrection on the "eighth day," Sunday, which is rightly called the Lord's Day (cf. SC 106).

2192 "Sunday . . . is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church" (CIC, can. 1246 § 1). "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass" (CIC, can. 1247).

2193 "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound . . . to abstain from those labors and business concerns which impede the worship to be rendered to God, the joy which is proper to the Lord's Day, or the proper relaxation of mind and body" (CIC, can. 1247).

2194 The institution of Sunday helps all "to be allowed sufficient rest and leisure to cultivate their amilial, cultural, social, and religious lives" (GS 67 § 3).

2195 Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day."

Wow! The Catholic Church brazenly admits and celebrates the changing of Jehovah's Seventh-day Sabbath with the false "Lord's Day" Sunday Sabbath. If this doesn't implicate the Catholic Church as a whole and the Papacy specifically as the little horn then I don't know what does. There is more though!! Contrary to popular belief, this scripture in Daniel 7:25 doesn't just apply to the Seventh-day Sabbath as the verse states "Times and Laws" meaning a plurality of set times having to do with the law. Remember Leviticus 23 details the other Holy days of Jehovah God. Below is an excerpt from the Holy Fest days of God blog regarding the change of Jehovah's feast days:

"Most Christians tend to believe that Yahshua/Jesus fulfilled all of the Old Testament, so they don’t think that it applies to them.

And Satan has caused Christians to focus on Christmas and Easter,
instead of God’s Holy Feast days.

Note: Yahshua was name that the Messiah would have been called, as it meant “Yahuah (the Father) Saves.”  The name Jesus is Greek, so our Messiah was never called Jesus.

So let’s look at the time period when Christians switched from observing God’s Holy Feast days to Rome’s Easter and Christmas.

In 312 A.D. Roman Emperor Constantine proclaimed to become a Christian, but his actions tell a different story.

After centuries of having the Roman Empire persecute Christians, Satan realized that Christ’s Church just grew faster, so that strategy wasn’t working.

So he had Constantine feign being saved, to start the process of defeating the enemy from within. This was the beginning of the Roman Catholic Church, which proclaims to be Christian, but its actions are antichrist.

Constantine ended the persecution of Christians with the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D.

And he began mixing the pagan traditions of the Romans with Christianity.

In 325 A.D., at the First Council of Nicaea, they established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon following the March equinox.

Prior to this, the Romans worshiped Cybele and her lover/son Attis. Supposedly born of a virgin, Attis died and was reborn annually. The festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday and culminated after 3 days in a day of rejoicing over the resurrection.

Do you see the parallels with Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday? This appeased the pagan Romans, as they still had their holiday.  And it drew in the Christians to celebrate on this pagan day.

In 350 A.D. Pope Julius I declared December 25 the official date of Christmas.

Prior to this, December 25th had been the Roman feast of Sol and Victus (open unconquered Sun), where they celebrated Sun worship.

Their belief was that the Sun died on 12/21, the winter solstice, when daylight was at its shortest. Then after 3 days of being dead, they celebrated it’s rebirth on 12/25.

To make the switch from observing God’s Holy Feast Days to pagan-based holidays, Constantine issued this creed for Christians who would partner with Rome.

Keep in mind that the Christians had endured relentless persecution from Rome, and now they are being exalted to positions of power and treated well, so they are susceptible to compromise.

Constantine declared:

“I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all the other feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and propitiations, and fasts and new moons, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns and chants, and observances and synagogues.

Absolutely everything Jewish, every Law, rite and custom and if afterwards I shall wish to deny and return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found eating with Jews, or feasting with them, or secretly conversing and condemning the Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning their vain faith, then let the trembling of Cain and the leprosy of Gehazi cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable.

And may I be an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul be set down with Satan and the devils.” (Stefano Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientalium at Occidentalium, Vol. 1, Rome 1748, page 105)

Furthermore, any follower of the “Jewish Messiah” (Yahshua) who wished to join this “holy community” was compelled to adopt a different set of rules and customs. Subsequently special creeds were drafted, to which the Christian would have to swear such as:

“I accept all customs, rites, legalism, and feasts of the Romans, sacrifices. Prayers, purifications with water, sanctifications by Pontificus Maxmus (high priests of Rome), propitiations, and feasts, and the New Sabbath “So! dei” (day of the Sun, ), all new chants and observances, and all the foods and drinks of the Romans. In other words, I absolutely accept everything Roman, every new law, rite and custom, of Rome, and the New Roman Religion.”

During the 4th century many Christians accepted these terms from Constantine and compromised their faith, fulfilling the “falling away” that Paul warned about in 2 Thessalonians 2.

We see that not only the Sabbath day was changed by the Roman Church but also the feast days of Jehovah as described in Leviticus 23. This is a fufillment of Daniel 7:25 "and think to change times and laws".

Constantine held the title "Pontifex Maximus" which is a Papal type moniker. However, Constantine wasn't the first Pope to think to change times and laws, Victor the Bishop of Rome decreed a National Easter Sunday law in about 193 A.D. demanding the celebration of the resurrection day of Christ to be on Sunday every year rather than on the movable 16th of Abib which the eastern church kept as wave sheaf/first fruits.

" In 325 A.D., at the First Council of Nicaea, they established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon following the March equinox."

The council of Nicaea just reiterated what Victor had decreed in 193 AD. We see that the Roman Catholic Church had it's hands in attempting to circumvent Jehovah's holy days all the way back to the end of the 2nd century.

What about any other laws that the little horn has sought to change, there are many but let's stick with the 10 Commandments and point out two more as we already identified the 4th commandment as being changed or I should say "attempted to be changed".

Let's go to commandment number 2,

Exodus 20:4-6 (KJV)

4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I JEHOVAH thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Did you know that the Catholic Church has removed this commandment from their Catechism? The Catholic ten commandments does not have this commandment and instead they split up the 10th commandment into 2 commandments, so that they can still have 10 numerical commandments.

Why would the Church of Rome do this? The answer is obvious, because they are huge idolaters in that they venerate images and statues and pray to them and bow down and worship them most notably the queen of heaven Mary. They also have a false idolatrous image of Jesus that they venerate and honour. They have images and statues of dead saints throughout their churches and at the Vatican. These false idolatrous images and statues are adored by Catholics around the world.

However, the most diabolical attempt to change the law of Jehovah is in regards to commandment number 1:

Exodus 20:2-3 (DNKJB)

2I am JEHOVAH thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

If we look at the Catholic version of the 1st commandment you will see there is not much difference:

"I am the LORD thy God. Thou shalt have no strange gods before me."

On the surface you will not see much difference and you will conclude that the Catholic Church left this commandment alone as it originally stood. However, there is a hidden deception of satan here that most people don't catch and that your Seventh-day Adventist Pastor's and theologians won't tell you.

Talk to just about any Seventh-day Adventist about the Catholic Church attempting to change the times and laws of God and immediately as if programmed from birth, they gleefully bring up the 4th commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy. And while they are right, they miss the bigger picture that even more important than the 4th commandment is the first commandment and that the Catholic Church, at the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D and completely formulated in 381 A.D at the council of Constantinople, attempted to change who the God of the bible is in personality.

You won't see this attempted change in the first commandment of the Catholic version on it's surface but when their version of the the first commandment states:

"I am the LORD thy God" what they really mean is "I am the trinity thy god".

The Catholic Church attempted to change who the God of the bible is at Nicaea by formulating the trinity doctrine. Here is the Nicene Creed which explains the trinity doctrine:

The Nicene Creed

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen."

Here it is, the Little horn system thought to change the law concerning the first commandment as being a command to have no other god's before Jehovah. The belief in the Nicene Creed is a test of fellowship for the Catholic and Protestant denominations.

With one verse the false doctrine of the trinity is destroyed as Jesus prays to His Father:

John 17:3 (KJV)

3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the ONLY TRUE GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Paul the apostle concurs with Jesus:

 Ephesians 4:4-6 (KJV)

4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;5One Lord, one faith, one baptism, ONE GOD and FATHER of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 (KJV)

.4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)6But to us there is but ONE, GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

1 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

5For there is ONE GOD, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;6

The one God spoked here of by Paul is the Father as Christ is our mediator between us and the Father.

Romans 3:28-30 (KJV)

28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:30Seeing it is ONE GOD, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

This one God Paul is speaking of is the Father as noted in the other verses qouted.

We see clearly that the bible teaches that God is one singular being who is the Father. The Little horn Roman Catholic system sought to change the first commandment and the Shema which states:

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ASV)

4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

The trinity doctrine denies the truth of this verse as it says God is three persons or three beings (tri theism). Some will use the Shema to say that God is a plurality but remember Jesus clairifies the meaning of the Shema to the scribe in Mark 12:28-34.

The Hebrew for one in Deuteronomy 6:4 is "echad" and means properly united, i.e. one; or first:-a, alike, alone, altogether, once, one, only"

Mark 12:28-34 (KJV)

.28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Jesus qouted the Shema to the scribe when asked what the most important commandment was. Let's look at the Shema qoute as stated by Jesus:

"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord"

The greek word for one is "heis" (strongs 1520) and means "a primary numeral, one, only, other, some"

We see that the word "one" in this passage is primarily a singular word. If you are still not convinced, lets go to Jude 4 and see whether or not the Lord God is one singular being or a plurality of beings/persons.

Jude

4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the ONLY LORD GOD, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

We see from the above passage that there is Only One Lord God in singularity. We can safely say this as this passage makes a clear distinction between the Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ hence the phrase:

"the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ"

This passage is speaking about two divine beings, one is the only Lord God (clearly the Father) and one is the Lord Jesus Christ (The Father's Son). This harmonizes with what Jesus said in John 17:3 about the Father being the only true God. In context of Jude 4, it is the false teachers (certain men crept in unawares) that deny that there is only one Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ. So even if someone accepts the Lord Jesus Christ, if they deny the truth that there is only one Lord God in singularity which is the Father they are considered to be certain men that creep into the Churches unawares. Basically they are identified as false teachers. Doesn't that exactly fit the description of the trinitarian/tri theists pastors and theologians? Let's look at bit at history and see how the Roman Catholic Church system crept into the apostolic Church and denied the only Lord God and concocted the trinity doctrine. This doctrine was formulated by the Alexandrian/Roman Church system which became "Orthodox Byzantine Christianity".

The birth of Byzantine Orthodox Christianity coincided with the council of Nicaea in 325 AD (trinity doctrine formulation) and this false version of Christianity was made the official state religion in 381 AD at the council of Constantinople when the finishing touches on the trinity doctrine were implemented.

Prior to the council of Nicaea, the Roman Emperor Constantine lifted the ban on Christianity with the edict of Milan in 313 AD. While this was good for the Christians in Rome it led to a union of Church and State.

In 321 AD, Constantine implemented the 2nd offical Sunday law issued forth from the Roman Church. The first one being in 193 AD over easter, known as the "National Sunday Law".

So we see how these certain men crept in unawares into the pure apostolic faith in the guise of "angels of light" to save Christians from persecution but then progressively changed the faith that was once delivered to the saints by the apostles (Jude 3)

"Like the pagan Roman authorities before him, "Christian" Emperor Justinian banned the Shema as a denial of the Trinity."

"Romans banned the Shema to protect their gods. And Byzantine Christianity forbid the Shema due to their Trinity."

The Shema
Deuteronomy 6:4 (ASV)
4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

The below in qoutes is a summary of some of the Institutes of the Justinian code which ushered in the 1260 year rule of the antichrist Papacy: my notes are after the qoutes.

"Legislation about religion

Numerous provisions serve to secure the status of Orthodox Christianity as the state religion of the empire, uniting Church and state, and making anyone who was not connected to the Christian church a non-citizen."

My notes:
The Church that the Justinian Code spoke of as "The Christian Church" is Byzantine Orthodox Christianity, basically the Roman Catholic Church at this time although in a larger sense it included the Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church.

"Laws against heresy

The very first law in the Codex requires all persons under the jurisdiction of the Empire to hold the holy Orthodox (Christian) faith. This was primarily aimed against (alleged) heresies such as Arianism. This text later became the springboard for discussions of international law, especially the question of just what persons are under the jurisdiction of a given state or legal system.

My notes:
Again the Justinian code when refrencing "Orthodox Christianity",is speaking of the Nicene Creed which is the trinity understanding of who God is. This code was used to further anathematize the Arian Christian faith. It is my personal view that the Arians were falsely accused of teaching that Jesus was created. Remember that the little horn (papacy) plucked up the three horns which were the Arian Christian tribes. The last Arian horn was destroyed by the Papal Church right around the time of the Justinian code. The Justinian code as said before brought in the 1260 year papal reign of supremacy over the empire and the intense persecution of Jehovah's true saints.

Laws against Judaism

The principle of "Servitude of the Jews" (Servitus Judaeorum) was established by the new laws, and determined the status of Jews throughout the Empire for hundreds of years. The Jews were disadvantaged in a number of ways. They could not testify against Christians and were disqualified from holding a public office. Jewish civil and religious rights were restricted: "they shall enjoy no honors". The use of the Hebrew language in worship was forbidden. Shema Yisrael, sometimes considered the most important prayer in Judaism ("Hear, O Israel, YHWH our God, YHWH is one") was banned, as a denial of the Trinity. A Jew who converted to Christianity was entitled to inherit his or her father's estate, to the exclusion of the still-Jewish brothers and sisters. The Emperor became an arbiter in internal Jewish affairs. Similar laws applied to the Samaritans."

My notes:
The saying and praying of the Shema which is the most important commandment according to Jesus, was banned not only by Justinian but also by previous pagan Roman Emperor's who were in league with the Papal Orthodox Church. This is very telling! While today's Churches use the Shema as proof of the United Trinity god, the Orthodox Christians of the Byzantine empire knew that the Shema denied the very trinity doctrine that they created. The passage below in Jude 3-4 fits these men like Athanasius (main proponent of the trinity doctrine at council of Nicaea), Emperor's Contstantine, Theodosious, Justinian along with the Papacy who crept in unawares:

Jude 3-4 (KJV)

.3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is the Shema and we are to have this sealed on our foreheads and in our hands yet Byzantine Orthodox Christianity which includes the whole of Catholic/Protestant/Evangelical denominations deny this and in times past outlawed the speaking and praying of this beautiful truth. The trinitarian's knew in their heart of hearts that this passage denied their doctrine that God is three persons in one God.

Deuteronomy 6;4-25 (ASV)

4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.9And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.10And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,11and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;12then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.13Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;15for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.20When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?21then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh`s bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;22and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;23and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.24And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.25And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

Part 2 of my study on the feasts

Acts 3:20-21 (KJV)

20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

We are told in Acts 3:21 that the restitution of all things will take place prior to the Messiah's return. This is how we can know that we are in the last days because the divine institutions of Jehovah's appointed feasts have been restored to the Christian Congregation. Also, the truth about Jehovah's only begotten Son Jesus Christ being a literal Son.

Luke 1:13-17 (KJV)

13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Notice, that part of John's ministry was in turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just. The disobedient are the children, the just are the fathers. In these last days, God is using a faithful few, who in the power of Elijah, are turning the disobedient children to the wisdom of the just, the patriarchs and prophets of old who upheld Jehovah's law. More people than ever in Christianity  have forsaken the traditions of the church and are returning to the law of Jehovah including the feast days.

Some may scoff at the feasts being part of the restitution of all things but let's go to the pen of Jehovah's messenger Ellen White:

"In the time of the end every divine institution is to be restored. The breach made in the law at the time the Sabbath was changed by man, is to be repaired. God’s remnant people, standing before the world as reformers, are to show that the law of God is the foundation of all enduring reform and that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is to stand as a memorial of creation, a constant reminder of the power of God. In clear, distinct lines they are to present the necessity of obedience to all the precepts of the Decalogue.Constrained by the love of Christ, they are to co-operate with Him in building up the waste places. They are to be repairers of the breach, restorers of paths to dwell in.[PK 678.2, Ellen White]

She says "every divine institution is to be restored". The Seventh-day Sabbath was the primary subject here but remember she says "every divine institution" so there must be more that she is alluding to. With Malachi 4:4 in mind, this must include the statutes (set times) which the feasts are by definition.

Back to 2 Chronicles chapter 30, in verse 7 Hezekiah warns the people not to be like their fathers and like their brethren who have trespassed against Jehovah. The way that people trespass (sin) against Jehovah is by breaking His law.

1 John 3:4 (KJV)

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

We just read in Malachi 4:4 that we are to remember the law of Moses which is also the law of Jehovah. Part of this law was keeping the appointed feasts. In context of 2 Chronicles 30 is the call to keep the passover and feast of unleavened bread.

In verse 7 and 8, the call from Hezekiah is to not be like our fathers who are stiffnecked. Many people have put more trust in their leaders and traditions of their denomination than in Jehovah’s word. Many say "our leaders and church say that we don't need to keep the feasts, so we don't need to". This type of thinking is what caused Israel to fall or stay in apostasy many a day. It is very dangerous thinking. Our trust should not be in the arm of man but rather in the plain word of God. While we have thousands of  denominations throughout Christendom all teaching different doctrines the bible plainly teaches that there is only one doctrine. This one singular doctrine is the law of Jehovah. If you don't believe me, read the words of the Son of God:

Matthew 5:17-19 (KJV)

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

The word "fulfill" is from the greek pleroo meaning to make full, to cause to abound, to render perfect, to carry out. We also fulfill Jehovah's law by obeying it.

Romans 8:4 (KJV)

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

We can fulfill the righteousness of the law when we walk after the Spirit. Those who disobey God's law are not walking after the Spirit but rather after the flesh. Walking after the Spirit will cause us to fulfil the law by making it abound and magnifying it. Jesus magnified the law by keeping it the way it supposed to be kept which is in the Spirit. Jesus law keeping blessed those around Him. Jesus kept the Sabbath so those who want to magnify the law like Him must keep the Sabbath. Jesus also kept the feast days so we also must keep them in order to magnify and complete the law the way Jesus did.

Many today where t shirts and wristbands that say "WWJD" yet they don't want to do what Jesus did, which is to keep His and His Father's commandments.

Contrary to what most Churches teach, the gospel of Jesus Christ wasn't a lawless gospel, in others words a gospel that did away with the law.

Romans 3:31 (KJV)

31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Paul confirms that faith doesn't make the law void. Paul said him and the other brethren establish the law meaning to make the law stand still, stand erect.

Fulfilling the law doesn't mean the doing away of it but to the contrary the carrying out of it according to it's proper definition.

Back to 2nd Chronicles 30, in verse 9 we find that when we turn to Jehovah He will not turn away from us. By keeping His law which includes His appointed feasts we return to Him. When we return to Jehovah we find compassion.

In verse 10, we see that just like today the call to return to Jehovah by way of His appointed feasts invites scorn and mockery from the professed people of God. There is almost a satanic hatred of Jehovah's feasts and those who keep them. This hatred most of the time comes from those who profess to know God.

In verse 11, we see that nevertheless there was a remnant out of the mocking tribes that heeded the call to keep the passover meal and feast of unleavened bread. The verse says that this remnant "humbled themselves". Today history is repeating itself, while most of Christendom mocks those who keep the feasts there is a faithful remnant that has humbled themselves and have decided to return to Jehovah by way of keeping His appointed feasts.

Verse 12, this verse is powerful for it says that "Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah."

Those who turn to the word of Jehovah and thereby keep His commandments are given "ONE HEART". True unity in the faith is only obtained by hearkening unto the call to keep Jehovah's commandments including the set feasts. God's last days remnant are returning to the full truth of Jehovah's word and are being given one heart. This is why you see such beautiful fellowship at the feasts as those who gather have one heart and it is a heart that desires the law of Jehovah. When we accept the call to keep the feasts, it is evidence that the heart that we have to do so was given to us by Jehovah God himself.

Verse 13-14, one of the effects of heeding Jehovah's call to keep His feasts is a stronger desire to have nothing to do with false worship. We see in the two verses (13 and 14), that the people who assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread took away all the altars for incense that were for false gods and cast them into the brook Kidron. Often times when Christians start keeping the feasts they then want nothing to do with the false feast days of the Catholic Church such as Xmas, feast of circumcision (New years day) good friday, Easter, Whit Sunday etc. There is something about returning to true and pure worship that causes one to want nothing to do with the counterfeit.

In verses 15-17, we see the protocols of the passover, the killing of the lamb, the bringing in of burnt offerings into Jehovah's house, the sanctification of the Levites, and the Levites sanctifying the people who were not clean.

 This passage below shows the absolute mercy and kindness of Jehovah God

2 Chronicles 30:18-21 (ASV)

18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one 19 that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Jehovah.

Here we see the intercession of King Hezekiah for the people who had not cleansed themselves and had eaten the passover other than it was written. This is type of ministration of the Son of God in the most holy place as He pleads for us to the Father. Hezekiah prayed that Jehovah would pardon these people. Although they ate the passover other than it was written, they had prepared their hearts to seek Jehovah God.

Even though we don't always do things according to the letter of the law in our worship of the Father, when we prepare our hearts to seek Him there is pardon and healing that come from that. The Father hearkens to our prayers of intercession for those who prepare their hearts to seek Him. Oftentimes we criticize other people's walk with God yet it is interceding for them that brings pardon and healing. We may criticize others who don't worship God the way we do or who aren't living and worshipping according to the letter of scripture yet we are to love them and intercede for them as Hezekiah did for those unclean ones who ate of the feasts.

The key is to prepare our hearts to seek Jehovah, this is something He honours. Even when our walk with Him is not perfect, if we prepare our hearts to seek Him forgiveness and healing follow.

The sweet fellowship of the brethren keeping the feast of unleavened bread with great gladness and praising Jehovah with loud instruments. Oftentimes, Churches refrain from exuberant worship but we see the importance of music in our worship of the Father. This worship is to exalt and glorify God and Christ. Do you see how these feasts are not just days for sacrificing animals? They were times of worship and times of fellowship. We see this same sweet type of fellowship in the early Congregation. Many today in Christendom reject the feasts on the premise that they were for the express purpose of offering meat, drink and burnt offerings. Yet this passage clearly shows these appointed feasts were also times of worshipping Jehovah by instrument and times of sweet fellowship of the brethren. Let's take a look at Acts Chapter 2 for an example of this sweet fellowship in the early Church.

Acts 2:42-46

42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Much like the early Church, those who came to Jerusalem for the celebration of passover and unleavened bread had sweet fellowship with each other and had gladness in their hearts. Those who are keeping the feasts today experience that same sweet fellowship of the brethren that quite honestly is hard to find within the institutional Church system. It's no wonder the devil hates the feasts and inspires many Christians to persecute their brothers and sisters who want to celebrate them. Satan knows that if Christians start keeping these Holy days then the Church would become powerful just like it was in Acts Chapter 2. Remember, it was on a feast that the early rain came (outpouring of the Holy Spirit). It was the feast of weeks (Pentecost) that the early rain fell on the Church.

Those who are simply waiting for the latter rain without striving for it will not get it. Part of this striving for the latter rain is to come together with other brothers and sisters in sweet fellowship. The feasts provide this atmosphere as the brethren abide together for a number of days and partake in meals together. Love not theory will be the precursor to the latter rain falling on the remnant. This is what many feast opposers don't realize about their brethren who partake in these holy days, it is the giving and receiving the  love of the brethren that attract many to keep the feasts. The latter rain will not fall on those who are waiting to get it by  osmosis. Look at the below passage in Acts 2 and how the brethren were all together in one place and in accord prior to the falling of the early rain outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:1-4 (KJV)

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The greek word for "accord" is "homothumadon" (Strongs 3661) and means "unanimously: - with one mind"

The outpouring of the latter rain will not fall on a divided Church. It will fall on those who come together in unity and love. I'm not talking about a false ecumenical untiy but a unity based on truth. What truth is this? Let's go to verse 42 of Acts 2

"And they continued stedfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers."

This unity must be based on the truth of the apostles doctrine not the doctrines of institutional Churches. Part of the apostles doctrine was the upholding of Jehovah's law (Acts 7:35-38, Romans 3:31, 1 John 5:1-2). Part of the law are the holy feast days of Jah. The apostles kept the feasts after the cross. Acts Chapter 2 is one example of the feasts being kept by the Church after the cross. Many people falsely claim that the cross nailed the feasts days but yet here the Church is keeping the feast of weeks (Pentecost).

Let's go back to 2 Chronicles chapter 30, in verse 22 we see that part of the feast of unleavened bread is making confession to Jehovah. Many feast opposers say the feast were instituted for the express purpose of animal sacrifices yet we see here that worship was an intricate part of the feasts.

The Hebrew word for "confession" is "yadah" (Strongs 3034) and means "especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensely, to bemoan (by wringing the hands): - cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank (-ful,-s, giving)."

The Levites as well as the others at the feast worshipped (confessed) Jehovah, the God of their fathers. The feast days were (are) appointed times to come together and worship Jehovah. That was the main intent of the feast days. The meat, drink and burnt offerings were part of this worship but they were not the whole of it. Since we no longer offer these type of sacrifices (meat, drink and burnt offerings) due to the cross then our feast keeping today is minus these type of offerings. Does that mean we altogether do away with Jehovah's feasts because a change in the law in regard to the sacrifical system? Absolutely not!!! In fact, we are still to offer sacrifices at the feasts however they are no longer animal sacrifices but rather spiritual ones.

1 Peter 2:5

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Romans 12:1

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

We see from the above two passages that it is possible to offer sacrifices to God without the killing of animals. Our sacrifices are now of a spiritual nature and include the giving of our bodies to righteous living.

Verse 25-26, the feasts, exceptng the day of atonement, are times of rejoicing. Is it any wonder satan hates these days and even uses professing Christians to come against those that keep these holy days. All the congregation of Israel rejoiced and there was great joy in Jerusalem which had not been since the time of King Solomon. This joy was the result of the people heeding Hezekiah's call to come and celebrate the passover meal and the feast of unleavened bread. By celebrating these holy days they were infact worshipping the God of Israel. When we worship Jehovah the result is that we have great joy. As you can see from this passage, that the feasts were not just days to sacrifice animals for the forgiveness of sin but also to worship God and fellowship with each other. The feasts are holy times of worship and fellowship.

Many don't want to acknowledge that the feasts are for today as they consider keeping them an inconvenience.  Yet how can we with a straight face call Jehovah's appointed times of worship inconvenient? We wouldn't tell a spouse that spending time with them is an inconvenience, how much more should we not say that to God.

In verse 27 we see that the prayers of the people came up to Jehovah's holy dwelling place in heaven. The beauty of this should strike a cord in us as Christians to honour the Holy appointed times of Jah. It is because of the people's obedience to keep the feasts in honour of The God of Israel that their prayers went up to Jehovah's holy dwelling place. Nothing has changed, when we come together as believers to keep the feasts and offer up our prayers they have a direct path up to the sanctuary in heaven. Our prayers aren't just heard on the feast days but there is something special about offering up worship and prayers on Jehovah's holy days.

Ezekiel 45

21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.

23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to Jehovah, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.

25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

This passage in Ezekiel 45 is in relation to the vision of the new temple. Many believe this is talking about a future temple still to come however the application seems to be more literal and that this new temple was contingent upon Israel having a spiritual reformation after their return from exile. After the expansion of the new covenant promises that include the Israel of Jehovah God, which is made up of both Jew and Gentile who have faith in the Son of God, the vision of the Temple will still be fufilled. It will be in harmony with the outworking of the last day "gathering" promises made to Israel. Ultimately there will be a fufillment of this vision of Ezekiel's temple in the millennium and new earth.

Part of this vision was the keeping of the passover memorial meal and the feast of unleavened bread along with the new moons and the sabbaths as well as the other feasts. If this vision is to have a fufillment in the millennium and the new earth then the feasts will also be kept. We have other scriptures that show the feasts will be kept in New Jerusalem. In regards to the passover, Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 18:22 state that we will drink of the vine with Jesus in the Kingdom of Jehovah. We will keep the passover with Jesus in New Jerusalem. In fact, according to the above scriptures Jesus has not kept the passover since He was here on earth.

This shows that although Ezekiel's vision wasn't fufilled at the time of the return from exile it will be fufilled in ultimately in the millennium and new earth. Again, keeping the feasts were part of this vision. Of course, there won't be a need for animal sacrifices as Jesus was our once and for all sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 35:1-19 (ASV)

1 And Josiah kept a passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah. 3 And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel; 4 and prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a father’s house of the Levites. 6 And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses.

7 And Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the passover-offerings, unto all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance. 8 And his princes gave [c]for a freewill-offering unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king’s commandment. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of the children of the people, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.14 And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busiedin offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters were at every gate: they needed not to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

16 So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

Here is another passage about a King that made a call for Israel to a return of keeping the passover memorial meal and feast of unleavened bread. It's important to read the previous verses in chapeter 34 to see what prompted Josiah to call Israel back to the feasts.

2 Chronicles 34:22-33 (ASV)

22So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spake to her to that effect.23And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,24Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.25Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.26But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,27because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.28Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king.29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.30And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.32And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

This passage in Chapter 34 is important, because it shows how that when Josiah was convicted of keeping God's commandments after reading the book of the law, one of the first things he did was call Israel to a return to keeping the feasts. First Josiah had the abominations removed from the countries that pertained to Israel. Next he called Israel to worship Jehovah and to serve Him (Jehovah).

After the removal of the abominable things, Josiah then callled Israel to return to the feasts which are Jehovah's holy days. Look at the progression:

Reading the word which is the law of Jehovah.

Obedience to the word by removing the abominable things out our life according to the law and testimony.

Then worshipping and serving Jehovah God according to the law and testimony.

As a result of a desire to be obedient to Jehovah's law, is the keeping of His feast days.

Part of worshipping Jehovah is keeping His Set Apart days. The Feasts are worship days not just days to sacrifice animals. Today, many Christians will speak ill of feast keepers and almost show a hatred towards the feast days yet they celebrate unbiblical abominable holidays such as halloween, XMAS, New Years day, Valentines day, good friday and easter. Many of these Christians believe the law is done away with and lawlessness is sin (1 John 3:4). When we have a lawless gospel, the natural consequences are a sanctifying of the unholy and the doing away with the holy.

These Christians can do this with no qualms because they believe that the law is not for today, so unlike Josiah, they will be hard pressed to be convicted to keep Jehovah's commandments which include His feast days. Josiah had a heartfelt desire to serve Jehovah and honour Him. Huldah the prophetess sent word to Josiah that because his heart was tender and humbled himself, due to his desire to serve Jehovah, that he would go to his grave in peace and not see the evil that would fall on the transgressors. Josiah even wept and rent his clothes because of Israel's disobedience to Jehovah.

What a far cry this is from today's professed Christian Churches!! Today's Churches seek every possible loophole from the requirements of the law including the feast days. Men like Josiah will be a witness against those who deny the law of Jehovah and lessen it's requirements in so much as they pertain to the new covenant.

In verse 31 of chapter 34, Josiah made a covenant before Jehovah to walk after Jehovah and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes with ALL his heart and with ALL his soul.

As noted earlier in this study the hebrew word for statutes is "choq" and means " an appointment of time, law, task, set time".

Are we to keep the statutes today? Remember the end time prophecy of Malachi chapter 4? In context, it concerns the advent of our Jehovah Jesus Christ and how we are to remember the law of Moses and keep it prior to the great and terrible day of Jehovah.

Malachi 4:4 (ASV)

4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

Josiah, by having a desire and willingness to keep the commandments of Jehovah with all his heart and soul was being obedient to Deuteronomy 6:4-8.

Deuteronomy 6;4-8 (ASV)

4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

When we have a desire to serve Jehovah with all our heart, the natural thing to do is hearken to all His commandments. It goes hand in hand, a desire to serve Jehovah with all ones heart and obeying the commandments. You can't have one without the other. One of the first acts of Josiah was a call for Israel to return to keeping the feasts. This was after removing the abominable things from countries pertaining to Israel.

Daniel 7:7-14 study

My Daniel 7;7-14 study with helps from Uriah Smith's "Daniel and the Revelation"

7After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.11I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.12As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Verse 7, this fourth beast dreadful and powerful is the Roman empire who blitzkrieged the nations under it's feet and devoured and brake in pieces as the world has never been. This beast had 10 horns representing the 10 kingdoms that it eventually split into which were the Huns, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, the Franks, the Vandals, the Suevi, the Burgundians, the Heruli, the Anglo-Saxons, and the Lombards.

Verse 8, a little horn arose from the 10 horns and this little horn plucked up 3 horns from before it. The Reformers along with many in the early wilderness Church such as the Waldenses believed the little horn to be the Papacy. The 3 horns that the Papacy plucked up were the Ostrogoths, Heruli and Vandals. The final destruction of the 3 Arian Christian tribes began the 1260 year reign of the Papacy with the Justinian code giving the Pope supreme power over the Church and the empire. This was 538 AD. The Arian Christian tribes stood in the way of the Papacy having full dominion over the Church and the empire as a whole. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man showing that this little horn was not like the other kingdoms and was a seat of power that an individual sat in. This horn spoke great things with his mouth. The Papacy perfectly fits this description with his claims to be the holy father, vicar of Christ and the claim of infallibility.

Verse 9, Jehovah God the Father takes the throne of judgment. For only the Father could be the Ancient of days as His Son Jehoshua was begotten from Him and thereby in point of time the Father is greater (older) than the Son. Those who believe in the impersonality of God and that he has no form or shape have to admit that Jehovah God is described here as a personal being with a form and a shape.

A look into the heavenly sanctuary

Revelation Chapter 4 (KJV)

1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Jehovah God Almighty is being praised by the four beasts and 24 elders as the one who sits on the throne and the one who lives forever denoting His immortality that He alone possesses innately (1 Timothy 6:16). We.also see the seven lamps of fire (the seven branch candlestick in the holy place which is the first apartment of the sanctuary (verse 5) and thisis the Spirit of Jehovah, His perfect Holy Spirit symbolized by the number of perfection "7" (Isaiah 11). In verse 2 we see the same description of Jehovah the Ancient of days throne being set in heaven as given in verse 9 of Daniel 7.

Revelation 5:11 (KJV)

11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

These heavenly beings are engaged with Messiah in the work of the investigative judgment which commenced in 1844.

Verse 10 of Daniel, the thousands of thousands who minister to Jehovah in the heavenly sanctuary are heavenly beings who attend to the Most High God. The closing up of the ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary is the work of investigative judgment introduced. The books are opened and all the cases of everyone who has ever lived come up for examination before the great tribunal (2 Corinthians 5:10). The verdicts will be determined prior to the Messiah's second advent. Either eternal life or eternal death.

Verse 11, Daniel beholds the arrogance of the beast and the pompous words he speaks yet the little horn will be slain and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame (2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19:20). The Papacy as noted above fits this description as no other religious leader so arrogantly tries to place himself in the temple (believers minds) of the Church as God and Messiah. Remember he claims the titles of "holy father" and "vicar of Christ" and infallibility.

Verse 12, the four beast kingdoms, Babylon,  Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome have their dominion taken away which then removes the restraint that allows the man of sin (papacy) to be revealed (2nd Thessalonians 2:6).

Verse 13, the Son of man who is the Son of God Jehoshua is brought before His Father Jehovah in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary.

Verse 13, Jehoshua receives the Kingdom at the close of His High Priest ministration in the most holy place. The Son of God receives the Kingdom before His second advent  (Luke 19:10-12). The nations, tongues and peoples that serve the Messiah will be those from every tribe who are righteous by faith in the Son of God (1 John 5:-4-5). No unbelievers or anyone who defileth will be allowed entry into the kingdom but only those who keep the commandments of Jehovah (Revelation 22:14). The words uttered by the Son of God make it clear that only the holy and righteous will be allowed entry into paradise. The close of probation and the declaration below which ends the opportunity for sinners to repent. There is no second opportunity for salvation after Messiah closes up His High Preist ministration.

Revelation 22:11 (KJV)

11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

The teaching of an earthly millennium where sinful men and women will dwell with the saints and Jehoshua is unbiblical as everyone has to make their decision for Messiah in this life. Jehoshua clearly says that Nothing that defileth or maketh a lie will enter His Kingdom. The age to come earthly millennium believers hold a dangerous doctrine that teaches sinful men will enter into Jehoshua's Kingdom and be given a second chance at salvation. This is false as the bible teaches the heavenly hope and it is only for the saints.

Revelation 21:24 (KJV)

24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

Only those who are saved enter the Kingdom of Jehovah God and His Son Jehoshua Messiah.  The wicked are utterly dashed to pieces at the second advent of Messiah (Isaiah 24;1-5, Malachi 4, Revelation 19:17-21).

2nd Thessalonians 2:12 (KJV)

12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

This is what happens at the second advent,  all who believed not the truth that Jehoshua is the Son of God by faith and do not keep the commandments of Jehovah will be damned!! (Revelation 12:17, Revelation 14:12, Revelation 22:14).

Only those who are deceived can read the description of the utter destruction of unbelievers and still think that some will enter an earthly millennium with Jehoshua as King.

Jehoshua, the Divine name of our Messiah

Numbers 3:16 (KJV)

16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

Hebrews 4:8 (KJV)

8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

Jesus is rendered from the Greek word "Iesous" (Strongs 2424) of Hebrew origin (Yhowshuwa' 3091); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites:- Jesus (Joshua). Jesus = "Jehovah is Salvation".

Hebrews 4:8 is speaking of Joshua the son of Nun not Jesus the Son of God, this a reference to Numbers 3:16. This passage is more accurately rendered as "Joshua" not Jesus. However the name Joshua and Jesus are one and the same have the same meaning and come from the same Hebrew origin "Yhowshuwa" (Hebrew Strongs 3091) which comes from "Yhovah" (3068 Hebrew Strongs) and "Yasha" (3467); Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua,  Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare "Howshea" (1954 Hebrew strongs), "Yeshuwa" (Hebrew Strongs 3442).

Isn't it amazing that Joshua (Jehoshua) the son of Nun was a type of Jehoshua the Son of God and this verse in Numbers is numbered as 3:16 just like John that speaks of Jehovah sending us His only begotten Son Jehoshua (Jehovah is Salvation) to save the world.

John 3:16 (KJV)

16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Numbers 3:16 (KJV)

16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

"Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua"

The change involved the addition of the letter "yod", which with the letter hay (H) forms the first part of yod-hay-waw-hay (YHWH) and symbolizes Joshua's future role as Israel's leader. This part (YH) is sometimes used by itself for the  Divine name (as in Exodus 15:2) and frequently as a suffix to human names (as in Elijah).

The Jewish study bible note reads, "Moses emends Joshua's name, Hosea (13:8), by adding the prefix 'ye', possibly a theophoric element associated with the Israelite God." The Companion bible note reads, "Jehoshua...sometimes Jeshua (Nehemiah 8:17). Hoshea = savior, or salvation. With Je (Yah); prefixed = he by whom Jehovah will save."

The Son of God's Divine name Jehoshua  bears the name of His Father Jehovah. Jehoshua = Jehovah is Salvation!

Joel 2;32 (ASV)

32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.

John 5:43 (KJV)

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Philipians 2:9-11

9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a surname which is above every name:10That at the name of Jehoshua every knee should bow, of things celestially, and things terrestrially, and things subterraneanly;11And that every tongue should confess Jehovah Jehoshua Messiah to the honour of God the Father.

Psalm 118:26 (ASV)

26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah: We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.27Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Luke 19:38 (DNKJB)

37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the JEHOVAH: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.