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HOLY DAY CALENDAR 2013

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GOD'S ANGELS DAILY SACRED LIVING SCHEDULE

CLEAN AND UNCLEAN FOODS
Levi 11:1-47 & Deut 14:1-21

Fish with fins & scales
Locust
Cricket
Grasshopper
Ox
Sheep
Goat
Deer
Gazelle
Roe Deer
Wild Goat
Ibex
Antelope
Mountain Sheep

* Do not cook a young goat in its mothers milk.

Fish without fins & scales
Camel
Coney
Rabbit
Pig
Eagle
Vulture
Black Vulture
Red Kite
Black Kite
Raven
Horned Owl
Screech Owl
Cormorant
Great Owl
White Owl
Desert Owl
Little Owl
Osprey
Stork
Heron
Hoopoe
Bat
Falcon
Gull
Hawk
Weasel Rat
Skink
Chameleon
Lizard
Gecko
Monitor Lizard
Wall Lizard


* I believe pigs are dangerous to eat. They wallow in mud and are fed free raw sewage
from which they contract parasitic worms that may cause disease in humans.
(Not dairy fed because it costs money).

HOLY DAYS

GUIDE TO PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE BIBLE

Genesis
* Creation of the universe; origin of humans; beginning of sin and suffering in the world; God's way of dealing with people.

Exodus
* Most important event in Israel's history - departure of the people of Israel from Egypt, where they had been slaves.

Leviticus
* Main theme: holiness of God and how his people were to worship and live so as to maintain their relationship with the Holy God. 

Numbers
* Story of the Israelites during the nearly forty years from the time they left Mount Sinai until they reached the eastern border of the land that God promised to give them.

Deuteronomy
* Main theme: God has saved and blessed his loved and chosen people, his people are to remember this; to have life and continued blessing they must  love and obey him.
 
Joshua
* Story of the Israelite invasion of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua, the successor of Moses.
Main events:
Crossing of Jordan; fall of Jericho; Battle at Ai; renewal of the covenant between God and his people.

Judges
* Stories from the lawless period of Israel’s history, between the invasion of Canaan and  establishment of the monarchy.

Ruth
* Ruth, a Moabite woman, is married to an Israelite. When he dies, Ruth shows  uncommon loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law and deep devotion to the God of Israel.
In the end she finds a new husband among her former husband’s relatives; and through this marriage becomes the great-grandmother of David, Israel’s greatest king.

1 Samuel
* Theme: Obedience and faithfulness to God brings success and  disobedience brings disaster.

2 Samuel
* History of David’s reign as king, first over Judah in the south and then over the whole nation, including Israel in the north. 

1 Kings
* Continues the history of the Israelite monarchy begun in the books of Samuel.
* Prophets of the Lord  warned the people not to worship idols and not to disobey God; Elijah and the story of his contest with the priests of Baal.

2 Kings
* Continuation from First Kings of the history of the two Israelite kingdoms.
* The prophet who stands out in Second Kings is Elijah’s successor Elisha.

1 Chronicles
* Both first and second book of Chronicles retell events recorded in the books of Samuel and Kings, but from a different point of view. 

2 Chronicles
* Describes the rule of King Solomon, records the revolt of the northern tribes led by Jeroboam against Rehoboam, King Solomon’s son and successor, and continues an account of the history of the kingdom of Judah until the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

Ezra
* Describes the return of some of the Jewish exiles from Babylon and the restoration of life and worship in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah
* Record of Nehemiah’s deep dependence on God and his frequent prayers to him.
* Return of Nehemiah to Jerusalem; rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem; solemn reading of God's Law by Ezra; people’s confession of sin; Further activities of Nehemiah as governor of Judah.

Esther
* Events centre around a Jewish heroine named Esther, who by her great courage and devotion to her people saved them from being exterminated by their enemies.

Job
* Story of a good man who suffers total disaster – he loses all his children and property and is afflicted with a repulsive disease.
* Conclusion:  Job is restored to his former condition, with even greater prosperity than before, God reprimands Job’s friends for failing to understand the meaning of Job’s suffering.

Psalm
* Hymn & prayer book.
* Composed by different authors over a long period of time.
* Hymns of praise and worship of God; prayers for help, protection and salvation; pleas for forgiveness; song of thanksgiving for God’s blessings; and petitions for the punishment of enemies.

Proverbs
* Collection of moral and religious teachings in the form of sayings and proverbs.
* e.g. Religious morality, common sense, good manners, family relations, business dealings, matters of etiquette, qualities like humility, patience, respect for the poor.

Ecclesiastes
* Thoughts of “the Philosopher,” a man who reflected deeply on how short and contradictory human life is, with its mysterious injustices and frustrations. He could not understand the ways of God, who controls human destiny. Yet, in spite of this, he advised people to work hard, and to enjoy the gifts of God as much and as long as they could.

Song of Songs
* Collection of love poems, in the form of songs addressed by a man to a woman, and by the woman to the man.
* Interpreted by Jews as a picture of the relationship between God and his people, and by Christians as a picture of the relationship between Christ and the Church. 

Isaiah
* Great prophet who lived in Jerusalem.
* He called the people and their leaders to a life of righteousness and justice, and warned that failure to listen to God would bring doom and destruction.

Jeremiah
* The prophet Jeremiah, during his long ministry warned God’s people of the catastrophe that was to fall upon the nation because of their idolatry and sin.

Lamentations
* Collection of five poems lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., and its aftermath of ruin and exile.
* Contains a note of trust in God and hope for the future. 

Ezekiel
* Ezekiel, a man of deep faith and great  imagination, whose insights came in the form of visions, and many of his messages were expressed in vivid symbolic actions.
* Emphasized the need for inner renewal of the heart and spirit, and each individual's responsibility for his own sins, and proclaimed his hope for the renewal of the life of the nation.
* Ezekiel had special interest in the Temple and in the need for holiness.

Daniel
* Written during a time when the Jews were suffering greatly under the persecution and oppression of a pagan king.
Using stories and accounts of visions, the writer encourages the people of his time with the hope that God will bring the tyrant down and restore sovereignty to God’s people.

Hosea
* Prophet Hosea concerned about the idolatry of the people and their faithlessness towards God. 

Joel
* Prophet Joel describes a terrible invasion of locusts and a devastating drought in Palestine.
* In these events he sees a sign of the coming day of the Lord, a time when the Lord will punish those who oppose his righteous will.
* The prophet conveys the Lord’s call to the people to repent, and his promise of restoration and blessing for his people.
* Promise that God will send his Spirit upon all the people, men and women, young and old alike.

Amos
* The prophet Amos' message was recorded at length.
* He came from a town in Judah.
* Preached to the people of the northern kingdom of Israel, about the middle of eighth century B.C.
* With passion and courage he preached that God would punish the nation.

Obadiah
* Prophesied that Edom would be punished and defeated, along with other nations that were the enemies of Israel.

Jonah
* Describes the adventures of a prophet who tried to disobey God’s command.
God told him to go to Nineveh, the capital of the great empire of Assyria, Israel’s deadly enemy.
But Jonah did not want to go there with God’s message, because he was convinced that God would not carry out his threat to destroy the city.
After a series of dramatic events, he reluctantly obeyed, and finally sulked when his message of doom did not come true.
* The book portrays God’s absolute sovereignty over his creation.
But above all it portrays God as a God of love and mercy, who would rather forgive and save even the enemies of his people, than punish and destroy them.

Micah
* The prophet Micah, was convinced that Judah was about to face the same kind of national catastrophe that Amos had predicted for the northern kingdom, and for the same reason – God would punish the hateful injustice of the people.
* Micah’s message, however, contains more clear and notable signs of hope for the future.

Nahum
* Is a poem celebrating the fall of Nineveh, the capital city of Israel’s ancient and oppressive enemy, the Assyrians. 

Habakkuk
* The words of the prophet Habakkuk come from near the end of the seventh century B.C., at a time when the Babylonians were in power.
He was deeply disturbed by the violence of those cruel people.
* The rest of this book is a prophecy of doom on the unrighteousness, with a concluding psalm celebrating the greatness of God and expressing the undying faith of the poet.

Zephaniah
* The book contains the familiar prophetic themes:
A day of doom and destruction is threatened, when Judah will be punished for her worship of other gods. The Lord will punish other nations also. Although Jerusalem is doomed, in time the city will be restored, with a humble and righteous people living there.

Haggai
A collection of brief messages that came from the Lord through the prophet Haggai in 520 BC.
* The messages urge the leaders of the people to rebuild the Temple, and the Lord promises prosperity and peace in the future for a renewed and purified people.

Zechariah
* Prophecies from the prophet Zechariah. These are largely in the form of visions, and deal with the restoration of Jerusalem, the rebuilding of the Temple, the purification of God’s people and the messianic age to come.
* A collection of messages about the expected Messiah and the final judgment.

Malachi
* The prophet’s main concern is to call priests and people to renew their faithfulness to their covenant with God.
It is clear that there is laxity and corruption in the life and worship of God’s people.
* Priests and people are cheating God by not giving him the offering that are rightly due to him, and by not living according to his teaching.
* But the Lord will come to judge and purify his people, sending his messenger ahead of him to prepare the way and to proclaim his covenant.