September 2007  
Volume 1, Issue 9
YAIY
Yahweh's Assembly
 
         
in Yahshua
 
               
             
YAIY NEWS
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“…You shall

rejoice before Yahweh your Elohim seven days,”

 

  —Lev 23:40

 

 

 

 
   
   
   
   
     
   
     
Some Calendar Questions
   

Question

Why do you not go with a regular calendar?

 

Answer

Regrettably the world and it’s way of doing things is not in-line with Yahweh’s ways. We are told to come out of symbolic Babylon and its false worship. In thinking how Yahweh wants us to keep His Feast days, let’s consider the 4th day of creation:

    And Elohim said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years, Gen 1:14. The word for “seasons” is Strong’s #4150 {moed} meaning, “appointed times.”

     In other words, these lights, such as a visible new moon are part of Yahweh’s calendar for setting Appointed Times (Feast days). His calendar is both lunar and agriculturally based.

   Notice the following scriptures for the agriculture connection in Yahweh’s calendar:

 

Lev 23:10-11 Wavesheaf (first fruit offering) of barley offered during early Spring. This is done in the first month of Yahweh’s calendar, verses 4-5.

Ex 9:31 7th plague of hail destroys Abib of barley, just before Passover occurred. Israel is looked upon for confirmation for the early barley grain, since Isreal has been designated as the “holy land” by Yahweh, Zech 2:12.

Lev 2:14 Abib (early grain).

Deut 16:1; Ex 34:18 First month of the year is called, “the month of Abib.” It’s in the Spring, not in the dead of winter.

 

Question

Why not just use calculations from the United States Naval Observatory to figure out when to keep Yahweh’s Feasts?

 

Answer

We actually do in preparation for the next year’s Feast days, but we still practice the ancient ways of looking for the new moon. They didn’t have the technology we have today. And we may not either, in the near future.

   One may know when the time is estimated for the setting of the sun on a Sabbath, but mechanical watches can break. We should actually wait until we see the sun setting down below the horizon before we declare a new moon day. We could lose Internet and phone services due to tribulation or other reasons. Even so, we will still need to keep Yahweh’s Appointed Times. We all need to be practicing these things in obedience. It may be a big test for many, one that prayerfully we’ll all pass. We are to observe those “lights” that Yahweh put in heaven for a reason, Gen 1:14-19.  (for more FAQs see link at newmoonreport.org)

 
   

FACT: The Feasts were kept in the Old Testament, they were kept in the New Testament, they will be kept in the coming Kingdom of Yahweh, and they are to be kept now.

 

 
     
     
 
In This Issue
 
     
     
  Some Calendar Questions  
  Look For New Moon!  
  In The News  
  Outreach Fund  
  Donation Questions  
  Proclaiming His Truth  
  The Promise of the Kingdom!  
  Prayer List  

 

 
 
         
                       
               
Look For New Moon!          
             

Newmoonreport.org gets a new look with additional information added to help new moon watchers. This coming 7th scriptural new moon is critical in determining the Fall Feasts.

   We have calculated that the thin crescent with its horns pointing to the left will first be seen after sunset on September 12th for the North American region.

   There is a possibility it could be seen a day later, which means the Fall Feast dates would all be moved forward by one day. The new moon website needs faithful reporters from around the world. Please consider watching for and reporting each new moon. Each continental region is designated for easier reporting and viewing. Please visit www.newmoonreport.org today!

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
             
             
In The News          
             

Many in Mexico and Brazil are awakening out of poverty according to an article entitled “Adios to Poverty, Hola to Consumption,” written in The Economist, August 18th-24th, 2007 edition:

   “Sales of new cars, computers and consumer electronics in both Brazil and Mexico are at record levels. Much of the extra demand has come from the new middle class.”

    More computers, means more Internet searches that can lead new believers to Sacred Name websites with requests for visits and help to establish functioning local Assemblies.

    Deacon Roberto Bernal and Brother Diego Garcia are both planning to travel to Mexico this Feast of Tabernacles to work with some new believers there, and to help them keep this Feast. Outreach to Mexico may indeed prove to be a solid road into South America. We look forward to what Yahweh has in store for these and other areas.

    Deacon Roberto will be making copies of the Spanish YAIY literature and distributing it, while in Mexico. Spanish Bibles are also being taken that Brother Diego has spent many years translating. Please pray for Deacon Roberto and Brother Garcia as they move forward into Yahweh’s fields.

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
         
       
       
       
         
       
      Please help to reach out  to others. Make your contribution to “YAIY OUTREACH.” This is above regular tithes and offerings. The basic tithes and offerings at this time are only enough to facilitate normal operations at the Assembly. Please pray for Yahweh’s will to be done. Your support is appreciated!
         
         
       
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Donation Questions        
         

Q: Do you accept donations and what is the money spent on?

 

A: Donations are welcome to further the Good News of the coming Kingdom of Yahweh and His Son, Yahshua the Messiah and King of kings. This is done at Yahweh’s Assembly in Yahshua (YAIY) via mini-studies, booklets, audio CDs, video DVDs, and a bi-monthly magazine called the YAIY Beacon. Newsletters such as the YAIY News, Sister’s For Yah and Kid’s For Yah are sent out monthly; Websites by the same names have been built, are being maintained and a new one called, Teens For Yah is on its way.

    All of these, along with the New Moon Report website, are tools to proclaim Yahweh’s Word to keep brethren and co-workers informed.  A new Teen Bible Correspondence Course is currently being developed and the Revealing The Truth telecast is a weekly program that has started to go out to numerous cable stations for viewing. Some of these local stations have viewers surpassing 600,000.

    Donations in the form of monetary offerings and regular tithes also help pay for equipment, maintenance, heating & electric, not to mention all the postage and packaging to send out available study materials.

 

Q: Do your ministers receive salaries?

 

A: Many “Churches” have salaried ministers. However, none of the speakers or writers of YAIY receive compensation or funds whatsoever for those things (such as writings for the Bible Correspondence Courses, YAIY Beacon, mini-studies, booklets, or any speakers for Sabbath Services or the Revealing The Truth telecast); this includes all deacons and elders. They all have regular jobs of their own and even tithe and give regular offerings of their increase.

    In the daily office operations there are only a handful of workers, none of whom receive salary, but do receive an hourly wage. There are in-house materials that require skilled pre-press, press, and collating skills. There is editing done to all media and then dubbing of masters which is a regular activity at YAIY headquarters. Administrative and secretarial work, such as ordering, answering phones/letters, and helping in the other areas, is also done. In all of this, there is no overtime pay, and in fact, many hours are donated to make sure that the monetary donations (which include regular tithes and offerings) go to furthering the work.

 

Q: Can I send a donation using a credit card?

 

A: It was decided by YAIY's Board of Directors at the outset that no donations were to be accepted using a credit card. Reasons for doing so is the cost of time to send each to the appropriate credit card company, postage to do so, and the percentage charge the credit company charges for each charge we would accept. This, we feel, would not be using tithes and offerings for Yahweh's work. Besides, one can easily overuse credit cards and become mired in debt.

 

Q: How do I send in a donation, can I send cash?

 

A: Please do not send cash through the mail, but rather a check or money order made out to “YAIY.” All donations are tax-deductible and a receipt is sent upon receiving each donation. A year end statement is sent showing the total donations received throughout the year. Donations should be sent to:

 

Yahweh’s Assembly in Yahshua

2963 County Road 233

Kingdom City, Missouri 65262

 
         
               
               


   
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“Pay attention to Me, O My people, And give ear to Me, O My nation; For a law will go forth from Me, And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples. My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples;  The coastlands will wait for Me, And for My arm they will wait expectantly.”

 

                                              —Isaiah 51:4-5 NASU

   
   

 

 

Yahweh's Assembly in Yahshua

2963 County Road 233

Kingdom City, MO 65262

 
 

Main Line: 1.573.642.4100

Toll Free: 1.877.642.4101

Fax Line: 1.573.642.4104

E-Mail:  Newsletter@YAIY.org

           
Proclaiming His Truth
         

 

Our first two cable stations for Revealing The Truth will have a combined estimate of 950,000 viewers. They are located in San Diego and New York. Interestingly enough, these two stations are diametrically opposite from one another, one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast of the United States. We look forward to other stations and sponsors to contact us as we just sent out letters to 330 stations nationwide. We are, to say the least, excited to be proclaiming Yahweh’s Word in a bigger way now. Please keep this project in your prayers as it has the potential to witness to millions.
     
       
The Promise of the Kingdom!      
       

Isaiah 11:6-9 Animal’s very nature will be changed

 

Isaiah 9:7 No end to the Kingdom.

 

Isaiah 30:20-21 A voice saying, “this is the way”

 

Isaiah 65:21-22 They will build and plant, live and eat.

 

Isaiah 66:23 Sabbaths will be kept in the coming Kingdom.

 

Zechariah 14:16-19 FOT will be kept in the coming Kingdom

 

Amos 9:13-15 Plowman will overtake reaper; rebuilding of ruined cities.

 

Micah 4:1-4 His way, His paths, His law; swords into plowshares.

 

Luke 9:2, 6 The coming Kingdom is Good News. Hearts being healed.

   
     
     
Prayer List    
           

Elder Eugene Rodgers, Elder Dick Vaow, Hap Tew, Alice Findling, Cindy Gustke and Family, Nancy White, Michelle Love & Family, Jewell Holt, Dolores Parker, Lillian Simon, Rebecca Bautista & Family, Vietta Robinson & Family, Lois Perrigo, Florence Janecek, Ana Ybanez Harrom, David & Barbara Creel, Elder Don Mansager & Family, Greg Jackson & Family, Harriett Higa & Family, Jim Meyer, and for additional peace and protection for the brethren around the world.

 

“And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me,

that they may be one, even as we are,”   —John 17:11 ASV

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