We are walking in today: Understanding No Man Knows The Hour!!! Part 1
Witness man and know throughout the Bible:
Job 37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Today we look to the words men & know:
H582 'enowsh spelled alef, nun, vav, shin --man, mortal man, person, mankind, of an individual, men (collective), man, mankind, from H605; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively):—another, bloodthirsty, certain, divers, fellow, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some of them, stranger, those, their trade
&
H3045 yada` spelled yod, dalet, ayin--to know, learn to know, to perceive and see, find out and discern, to discriminate, distinguish, to know by experience, to recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess, to consider, be acquainted with, to know a person carnally, , to know how, be skillful in, to have knowledge, be wise, to be made known, be or become known, to make oneself known, to be perceived, to be instructed, to cause to know, known, one known, declare, a primitive root; to know properly, to ascertain by seeing; acknowledge, acquaintance with, advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, of a surety, teach, can tell, understand, have understanding, will be, wist, wit, wot
the Torah testifies......
Gen 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Gen 4:9
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Gen 4:25
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Gen 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Gen 9:24
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Gen 12:11
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Gen 12:20
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Gen 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Gen 14:24
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Gen 15:8
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Gen 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Gen 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Gen 18:21-22
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Gen 19:4-5
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know
them.
Exo 1:8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
Exo 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Exo 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exo 3:19
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
Exo 4:19
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Exo 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know
not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Exo 6:7
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exo 7:5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Exo 10:7
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men
go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Exo 18:20-21
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men,
such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Deu 1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deut 1:15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deu 2:7
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
the Prophets proclaim......
1 Sa 1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man
child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Sa 1:19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
1 Sa 3:7
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
Neh 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Neh 4:15
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Neh 8:3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Neh 8:12
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Neh 9:14
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Neh 12:44
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Neh 13:10
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
Isa 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isa 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 7:13
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Isa 7:15-16
15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Jer 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Jer 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jer 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Jer 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
the Writings bear witness......
Jos 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there
Jos 2:4
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist
not whence they were:
Jos 2:5
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Jos 2:9
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Jos 3:4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Jos 3:7
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
Jos 3:10
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Psa 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psa 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Psa 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psa 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Pro 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Pro 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Mathew 24:36-37
36 But when that day and hour will come, no one knows — not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father. 37 For the Son of Man’s coming will be just as it was in the days of Noach.
Many of us have read the famous quote of our Messiah in the gospels when he declared that His second coming would be at a time that “no man knows.” How many of us knew that He was actually making a reference to the “Feast of Trumpets” when He spoke this Hebrew Idiom? What is an idiom? An idiom is an expression that does not make sense in other languages other than the one being spoken. “It's raining cats and dogs outside!”
The Feast of Trumpets was known by those in ancient Jerusalem as “The Day That No Man Knows.” And why is it called this? Well, it is because this is the only feast that is determined by the sighting of the new moon, and so “no man” can calculate the exact day or hour of when this feast day will begin. In ancient Jerusalem, there would be “two witnesses” who would stand on the walls of Jerusalem and “watch” for the first sliver (crescent) of the new moon. When the Father in heaven decided to allow the new moon to appear in the sky, then these “two witnesses” would sound the shophar (trumpet) and all the people in the city would immediately drop what they were doing, and they would run towards the temple for the celebration of “The Day of Blowing” or in Hebrew it is called “Yom Teruw’ah.”
The temple doors were only open for a short period of time, and if they failed to make it to the temple before the doors were shut, those who were slack in running to the temple were left out of the feast because the “doors were shut,” and once they were shut, no man could get in.
Just as the five foolish virgins. Who had not prepared themselves by filling their lamps with oil. When “The Day That No Man Knows” had arrived, the two witnesses sounded the “trumpet” and the five wise virgins were ready to go into the marriage. But the foolish virgins had no oil in their lamps, and so they could not see their way around in the dark. The foolish virgins went to buy oil for their lamps, and this caused them to be too late for the feast. When the temple doors were shut, the five foolish virgins were left out. The person who was alert and listening for the sound of the shofar was “taken” by the sound of the trumpet; this was his signal to run towards the temple. But the person who was not alert and not watching, would not hear the sound of the trumpet,
The Thief in the Night
We often make reference to this term “thief in the night” from the scriptures, but how many really know what the metaphor of the “thief in the night” is all about?
Leviticus 6:13
This is the offering for Adonai that Aharon and his sons are to offer on the day he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour, half of it in the morning and half in the evening, as a grain offering from then on.
If a priest was on duty to watch the fire by night, he was not allowed to fall asleep on the job, for if he did, the fire would not stay stoked and the fire could go out, thereby bringing judgment on the entire nation of Yisra’el. The priests were also commanded not to have wine or strong drink while serving in the temple
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Jos 2:9
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Jos 3:4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Jos 3:7
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
Jos 3:10
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Psa 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psa 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Psa 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psa 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Pro 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Pro 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Mathew 24:36-37
36 But when that day and hour will come, no one knows — not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father. 37 For the Son of Man’s coming will be just as it was in the days of Noach.
Many of us have read the famous quote of our Messiah in the gospels when he declared that His second coming would be at a time that “no man knows.” How many of us knew that He was actually making a reference to the “Feast of Trumpets” when He spoke this Hebrew Idiom? What is an idiom? An idiom is an expression that does not make sense in other languages other than the one being spoken. “It's raining cats and dogs outside!”
The Feast of Trumpets was known by those in ancient Jerusalem as “The Day That No Man Knows.” And why is it called this? Well, it is because this is the only feast that is determined by the sighting of the new moon, and so “no man” can calculate the exact day or hour of when this feast day will begin. In ancient Jerusalem, there would be “two witnesses” who would stand on the walls of Jerusalem and “watch” for the first sliver (crescent) of the new moon. When the Father in heaven decided to allow the new moon to appear in the sky, then these “two witnesses” would sound the shophar (trumpet) and all the people in the city would immediately drop what they were doing, and they would run towards the temple for the celebration of “The Day of Blowing” or in Hebrew it is called “Yom Teruw’ah.”
The temple doors were only open for a short period of time, and if they failed to make it to the temple before the doors were shut, those who were slack in running to the temple were left out of the feast because the “doors were shut,” and once they were shut, no man could get in.
Just as the five foolish virgins. Who had not prepared themselves by filling their lamps with oil. When “The Day That No Man Knows” had arrived, the two witnesses sounded the “trumpet” and the five wise virgins were ready to go into the marriage. But the foolish virgins had no oil in their lamps, and so they could not see their way around in the dark. The foolish virgins went to buy oil for their lamps, and this caused them to be too late for the feast. When the temple doors were shut, the five foolish virgins were left out. The person who was alert and listening for the sound of the shofar was “taken” by the sound of the trumpet; this was his signal to run towards the temple. But the person who was not alert and not watching, would not hear the sound of the trumpet,
The Thief in the Night
We often make reference to this term “thief in the night” from the scriptures, but how many really know what the metaphor of the “thief in the night” is all about?
Leviticus 6:13
This is the offering for Adonai that Aharon and his sons are to offer on the day he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour, half of it in the morning and half in the evening, as a grain offering from then on.
If a priest was on duty to watch the fire by night, he was not allowed to fall asleep on the job, for if he did, the fire would not stay stoked and the fire could go out, thereby bringing judgment on the entire nation of Yisra’el. The priests were also commanded not to have wine or strong drink while serving in the temple
Leviticus 10:9
“Don’t drink any wine or other intoxicating liquor, neither you nor your sons with you, when you enter the tent of meeting, so that you will not die. This is to be a permanent regulation through all your generations,
Alcohol in their blood stream would defile their worship and cause them to become drunk, lazy and sleepy. Because the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) came at an hour when they were least expecting him to show up, the priests began to nickname him “the thief in the night.”
If the priest on duty fell asleep and was not watching the fire on the brazen altar, the High Priest would show up and find him sleeping on the job. The High Priest would then take some hot coals from the altar, and scoop them up with a shovel. He would then dump some of these hot coals onto the priest’s garment who had fallen asleep. The priest who had fallen asleep would be suddenly awakened by the smell of hot burning coals and his garment on fire. He would immediately strip off his clothes as fast as he could in order to prevent from being burned. At the end of his shift, the other priests would see him naked without his garment, and he would be ashamed because all of the other priests would know that he was caught falling asleep on the job.
We are admonished not to be like those priests who fell asleep on the job. We are given a command to watch, and keep our garments so that we will not be ashamed when our Messiah returns.
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
In his letter to the Renewed Covenant believers in Messiah, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) wrote to them
“Don’t drink any wine or other intoxicating liquor, neither you nor your sons with you, when you enter the tent of meeting, so that you will not die. This is to be a permanent regulation through all your generations,
Alcohol in their blood stream would defile their worship and cause them to become drunk, lazy and sleepy. Because the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) came at an hour when they were least expecting him to show up, the priests began to nickname him “the thief in the night.”
If the priest on duty fell asleep and was not watching the fire on the brazen altar, the High Priest would show up and find him sleeping on the job. The High Priest would then take some hot coals from the altar, and scoop them up with a shovel. He would then dump some of these hot coals onto the priest’s garment who had fallen asleep. The priest who had fallen asleep would be suddenly awakened by the smell of hot burning coals and his garment on fire. He would immediately strip off his clothes as fast as he could in order to prevent from being burned. At the end of his shift, the other priests would see him naked without his garment, and he would be ashamed because all of the other priests would know that he was caught falling asleep on the job.
We are admonished not to be like those priests who fell asleep on the job. We are given a command to watch, and keep our garments so that we will not be ashamed when our Messiah returns.
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
In his letter to the Renewed Covenant believers in Messiah, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) wrote to them
1 Thessalonians 5:1
But you have no need to have anything written to you, brothers, about the times and dates when this will happen.
Sha’uwl (Paul) was saying here, we must understand that the Hebrew word for “times and seasons” is “mowediym.” The word “mowediym” is plural for the Hebrew word “mowed” as seen in the Hebrew Concordance:
# 4150 mow’ed mo-ade’ or moled {mo-ad’}; or (feminine) moweadah (2nd Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw’}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):--appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Why did Sha’uwl (Paul) have no need to write to them about these things? Because they were all keeping the “Sabbaths” and Feast Days of Yahweh!
Be not deceived the hour is known to the Hebrew, as the day that no man knows. Understanding Hebrew idioms and metaphors are the language of the Kingdom. Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson
But you have no need to have anything written to you, brothers, about the times and dates when this will happen.
Sha’uwl (Paul) was saying here, we must understand that the Hebrew word for “times and seasons” is “mowediym.” The word “mowediym” is plural for the Hebrew word “mowed” as seen in the Hebrew Concordance:
# 4150 mow’ed mo-ade’ or moled {mo-ad’}; or (feminine) moweadah (2nd Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw’}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):--appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Why did Sha’uwl (Paul) have no need to write to them about these things? Because they were all keeping the “Sabbaths” and Feast Days of Yahweh!
Be not deceived the hour is known to the Hebrew, as the day that no man knows. Understanding Hebrew idioms and metaphors are the language of the Kingdom. Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson
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