the eighth day assembly ( שמיני עצרת ) by norman b. willis

The Eighth DayAssembly

(שמיני עצרת )

By Norman B. Willis

Colossians 2:16-17, KJV16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of

the new moons, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come;

but the body is of Christ.

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 12:3232 "Whatever I command you,

be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.”

Mishle (Proverbs) 30:66 Do not add to His words,

Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

Colossians 2:16-17, KJV Corrected16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat,

or in drink, or in respect of an holy day,

or of the new moons, or of the sabbath:

17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body of [Messiah].

Three Main Ideas:A) Let no man therefore judge you

in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moons,

or of the sabbath: B) Which are (prophetic) shadows

of things (still) to come; C) but the body of [Messiah].

Three Main Ideas:A) Therefore let no man

C) but the body of [Messiah].judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day,

or of the new moons, or of the sabbath:

B) Because they are [prophetic] shadows of things [still] to come;

Shaul’s message:The festivals are all

prophetic shadow pictures of things yet to come.

[The apostles still kept the feasts]

Spring Feasts:Passover 1 (event), ULB 7

Fall Feasts:Sukkot 7, Shemini Atzeret 1

(mirror image of the shadow picture)

Spring Feasts:Passover: The bride is freed from bondage.

Pentecost: Torah given as a bridal contract

Fall Feasts:Yom Teruah: The Bridegroom

comes for his bride.

Yom Kippur: The wedding. The bride turns away from the world,

to focus on her Husband.

Fall Feasts:Sukkot: The bride and Groom go to the

Groom’s father’s house.

Shemini Atzeret: Tarry service, held over(Not Simchat Torah)

Shemini Atzeret is a separate festival.The sukka and lulav are not used.

(Why?)

עֲצֶרֶת OT:6116 `atsarah or `atsereth;

from OT:6113; an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday:

OT:6113 `atsar (עצר); a primitive root; to enclose; by analogy, to hold back;

also to maintain, rule, assemble:KJV - be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain,

reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).

How does Yahweh intendto “hold us over”?

Kepha Bet (2nd Peter) 3:88 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing:

that with YHWH, one [prophetic] day is as a thousand years,

and a thousand years is as one day.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 2:22 And on the seventh day Elohim

ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day

from all His work which He had done.

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:41-4341 You shall keep it as a feast to YHWH for

seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your

generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:41-4342 You shall dwell in booths for seven days.

All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,

43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths

when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yahweh your Elohim.'"

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:3636 For seven days you shall offer an

offering made by fire to YHWH. On the eighth day you shall have a set-

apart assembly (עֲצֶרֶת), and you shall offer an offering made by fire to YHWH. It is a

set-apart assembly (עֲצֶרֶת), and you shall do no customary work on it.

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:3939 “Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit

of the land, you shall keep the feast of YHWH for seven days; on the first day

there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.

Day 1 symbolizes the creation?

B’reisheet (Genesis) 1:1-21 In the beginning Elohim created the

heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was made formless and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.

Eighth day symbolizes the Tarry service.

Assembly 1 2 3 4 5 6 Inset 77 Seals Releasing Horse Forces Dead 144k 7

7 Trumpets(Shofars)

7 Years of TribulationLast 3.5 is “Jacob’s Trouble”

7Thun

2 Wit

7Quake

Inset chapters 12-14 (Woman & child, beasts sea & land, 2 harvests)

7 Cups(Bowls)

1 2 3 4 5 6 Frog 7

Inset chapters 17-18 (Describes Babylon/Rome, and her fall)

ArmageddonGog 1

(Yeshua returns)(Wedding feast)

Ingathering(2d Exodus)

Millennium(1000 years)

(saints in heavenwith Messiah)

Gog 2(Satan loosed)

Earth continues a while White throne judgment New earth

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 22:26-2726 And Yahweh spoke to Moshe, saying: 27 "When a bull or a sheep or a goat is

born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by

fire to Yahweh.(Earth will be burned up.)

Kepha Bet (2 Peter) 3:1010 But the day of Yahweh will come as a

thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat;

both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Spring Feasts:Aviv 1: Tabernacle

put into service (Exodus 40:2)

Fall Feasts:Yom Teruah: Traditional date of Yeshua’s return

(“day and hour no man knows”)

Spring Feasts:Aviv 10: Passover Lamb is chosen

Fall Feasts:Yom Kippur: Two goats are chosen

(one for YHWH, one for Azazel/Satan)(Yeshua/J-sus?)

Spring Feasts:Aviv 10: In five days,

Israel will be freed from bondage

Fall Feasts:Yom Kippur in Jubilee: Release is declared,

slaves released, property returns to owners

(After the tarry, the earth returns to YHWH)

Spring Feasts:Aviv 14/15: Israel enters their

houses for protection

Fall Feasts:Day 15 (Sukkot 1):

Israel enters their sukkot for protection

Spring Feasts:Aviv 15: Israel leaves bondage

in Egypt

Fall Feasts:Day 15 (Sukkot 1):

(Israel leaves bondage in the Dispersion?)

Spring Feasts:Aviv 15: Israel dwells in sukkot

while traveling in wilderness

Fall Feasts:Day 15 (Sukkot 1):

Israel dwells in sukkotwhile living in the Promised Land

Spring Feasts:Aviv 14/15: Yeshua dies

Fall Feasts:Day 15 (Sukkot 1): Yeshua is born

Spring Feasts:Aviv 14-22: Israel eats unleavened bread

Fall Feasts:Day 15-21: Israel dwells in sukkot

Spring Feasts:Aviv 14-15: Pilgrimage festival

Fall Feasts:Day 15: Pilgrimage festival

Spring Feasts:Aviv 14-15: Opening harvest

Fall Feasts:Day 15: Final harvest (plus olives later)

Four species are celebrated

Exodus and Deuteronomy, date of the festival is given

with regards to the agricultural season and the harvests.

(The tithe is mentioned in Exodus and Deuteronomy, because the tithe was historically timed to the animal and

vegetable harvests.)

Leviticus gives thedates of the festivals with regards to the

calendar dates.

(e.g., “on the fourteenth day of the month….”)

Pilgrimage Festival Harvest

Passover/ULB Wave sheaf (barley)

Pentecost Barley, wheat

Sukkot Summer, fall crops(grapes)

Hitgalut (Revelation) 14:17-1915 And another messenger came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap,

for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

Hitgalut (Revelation) 14:17-1916 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His

sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Hitgalut (Revelation) 14:17-1917 Then another messenger came out of

the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

Hitgalut (Revelation) 14:17-1918 And another messenger came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the

sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of

the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe."

Hitgalut (Revelation) 14:17-1919 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth,

and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of Elohim.

Three Main Ideas:A) Therefore let no man

C) but the body of [Messiah].judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day,

or of the new moons, or of the sabbath:

B) Because they are [prophetic] shadows of things [still] to come;

The Eighth DayAssembly

(שמיני עצרת )

By Norman B. Willis