Shalom Jacob,

I appreciate your feedback on the article. At GWDF take the position that everyone who visits our website will not always agree with our positions on certain topics. Our role is not to be theological or research ‘gatekeepers’ but, in the spirit of the Bereans encourage our site visitors to dig into the Scriptures and come to their own conclusions.

We recognize that we are all in different seasons of understanding. In that spirit I have read through your points and will consider what you have posted. However, I just want to quickly clarify my position regarding a couple of your comments.

Point #1: I do not believe that the day begins in darkness. See this article: https://gospelworthdyingfor.com/does-the-day-begin-in-darkness/

Point #3: The Bible does not support the notion that Enoch and Elijah ‘never tasted death.’ In our book “The Gospel Worth Dying For” we maintain that both Enoch and Elijah are both dead and awaiting resurrection in Sheol. On pages 61-63 of the book we state:

“Truth is, they are both dead and awaiting resurrection in Sheol. If Elijah was indeed translated in a fiery chariot (2 Kings 2:11) to the layer of heaven (shamanism) where the Most High resided, then how is it that he is able to send a written message to Jehorem in 2 Chronicles 21:12? Elijah merely ascended into the sky by means of a chariot of fire. He did not go to the Heaven of heavens. As you read through 2 Kings 2:11 and explore the meaning of the word heaven you will see things more clearly. the Hebrew word for heaven used here is shamanism, It can mean either sky or heaven. Here the verse is referring to the visible heaven — or sky — where birds fly. (The stellar heaven where the stars reside is in another layer of the heavens.) The Hebrew word fo rum used here is alas, and means “to go up, ascend or to climb.” Recall that another translation event occurred with Philip and the eunuch in Acts 8:36-39. The word for carried is harpazo which can mean to seize, catch up, or snatch away. So in essence Philip was carried away by the Spirit to a town called Azotus. He was picked up in one place and dropped off in another. Flesh and blood can not enter the eternal realm…This means that neither Elijah nor Enoch would have been allowed to “jump the line and ascent to Heaven before Yeshua, the first fruits of the resurrection.

Jubilees 7:39

And I also will give you commandment my sons as Enoch commanded his son int he first Jubilees: While still living, the seventh in his generation, he commanded and testified to his son and to his sons’ sons until the day of his death.
I the Apostle Paul’s letter to the believer at Corinth, he refers to Yeshua as the first fruits (1 For 15:23-24). The term first fruits sounds strange to contemporary ears because it is the language of the Levitical priesthood. The Hebrew word for first fruits used here is bikkurim, and refers to the harvest of ripened wheat that was gathered and offered to Yahuah in accordance with the Shavuot rituals.

The resurrection order begins with Yeshua and is followed by a group of believers we will refer to as the first resurrection saints. Remember, these include the righteous dead who are redeemed from Sheol and those alive on each on the Day of the Lord. Keep in mind that when Sheol is emptied of righteous souls, there is another compartment left still occupied by the unrighteous.

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I want to give you another perspective.

1. Judaism says that Saturday is the Sabbath. Actually, they say Friday night to Saturday night is the Sabbath. Most Sabbath observant Christians follow this rabbinic (man-made) religion. The fact that Judaism says it means nothing to the students of Yeshua who want to follow Him only.

2. The DSS and the book of Jubbilies differs in understanding the Sabbath.

Both maintain that the first day of every year is the 4th day of the week. This cannot be true if the days of the week never drifted.

The reason for this is that the Sun was created on the fourth day of the week. The calendar, which is strictly solar according to Jubilees 2:9, must begin the first day of the first month, which is the day the Sun was created.

For this reason, the book of Jubbilies states that the majority in Israel 2,000 years ago celebrated the Sabbath of the wrong day. Jubilees 6:36 & 37 say they will go wrong as it pertains to the months (“new moons”), Sabbaths, Feasts, and Jubilees.

It separates new months (there were four of them per year), the weekly Sabbaths (52 per year), the annual Feast days (7 rest days and two weeks of pilgrimage per year, and the Jubilees every 49th year. The majority went wrong will each category, which includes the weekly Sabbath.

3. Enoch and Elijah were the only people recorded to have never tasted death. For this reason, they will return and prophecy and die in the streets of Jerusalem before the return of our Master.

The man Enoch, according to the apostle Jude, authored the book of Enoch.

Enoch also wrote of this strictly solar calendar. It is my belief that part of the restoration of all things spoken of in Acts 3:21, is this calendar being restored.

4. The only Hebrew name that has a numerical value of 666 is Satur. I find this very interesting as it relates to this discussion.

The name mysteriously finds itself in one place in all of Scripture: Numbers 13:13.