Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
                 and few there be that find it.  Matthew 7:14

... a Journey, a Way of Life

Returning to the Garden is an expression of heart and mind,
a spiritual pursuit in a physical existence,
a journey, a way of life.

We invite you to join us as we find the narrow way together,
abiding in Him and listening to His Divine Whisper,
returning to the garden.

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Waving of the First Fruits Sheaf of an Omer of Barley

Weekday-1 (Sunday), I-26, April 20, 2025

This day is the first day of the counting of the 50 days
up to and including the next High Holy Day
The Feast of Weeks / Shavuot on Weekday-1 (Sunday), III-15, June 8, 2025
Leviticus 23:9-16
(9)  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(10)  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
(11)  And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
(12)  And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
(13)  And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
(14)  And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
(15)  And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
(16)  Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD
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New Articles about the Zadokite Sabbath Calendar

Rotation of the Priestly Courses

In King David’s work of preparation for the first Temple, 24 chief priests were organized into courses by lot for governing priestly responsibilities in the Temple that would be built by Solomon.  These courses were part of a greater listing of divisions that are spelled out in 1 Chronicles chapters 24-26.  The Dead Sea Scrolls 4Q319 - 4Q330 contain some detailed records of these courses as named in 1 Chronicles 24:7-18.  It is accepted by many that the Zadok priests functioned in Qumran accordingly in these courses as they carried out the Mishmarot, guarding and preserving Yah's Word. 
We've previously studied these scrolls of the Mishmarot, and this year has required us to make a complete re-examination of their relevancy in the overall Zadokite calendar picture.   Read on to see what we've discerned about the Mishmarot of the Dead Sea Scrolls:       Click HERE for the full article

The Prescribed Pattern of the Years
As recorded in the writings of 1 Enoch and Jubilees

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Enoch's Gates of the Sun - 1st Day of the 1st Month
Click HERE for The Prescribed Pattern of the Years
It is rather fascinating to us that the most substantial information regarding the ancient calendar of the Holy Bible is primarily recorded in two books that are not a part of the Holy Bible. There are good reasons for their absence from the canon of today’s Scriptures, and yet it should be noted that these books had a prominent place in the DSS.  They contain an indispensable wealth of information regarding the cosmology (and the calendar) that was understood by the people of the Bible from the time of creation.
Equinox or Equilux - Which Do We Use?  (newly updated & revised)     Click HERE for the full article

  • More discussion based on the "shadow of turning" from the Epistle of James has been added to the original article.       
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