The Armor of Elohim

Ephesians 6:13 

Therefore, put on the whole armor of Yahweh that you many be able to meet the evil one and, being in all respects prepared, may stand firm.

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Clothing ourselves with
the Spiritual Armor of our Creator consists of:

•Truth 
•Righteousness
•The Good News of Peace
•Faith which gives Confidence
•Salvation
•The Sword of the Spirit (Truth)
•Constant Prayers for Set Apart Believers

In all these things we are prepared 
to defeat the evil one, Satan 
and his various deceptions.

John 17:17

Father, sanctify them by your •Truth,

for Your Word is Truth•

•Righteousness•

Acting in a just, upright manner, 

doing what is morally right

Isaiah 52:7

How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him 

who brings •Good News•, who announces Peace 

and brings good news of happiness, 

who announces Salvation, 

and says to Zion, "Yahweh is king!"

Romans 1:17

For in the Good News is revealed 

the righteousness of Elohim, from faith to faith, 

as it is written, •the righteous by faith will live•

Isaiah 12:2

Behold, Yahweh is my •Salvation•

I will trust, and will not be afraid; 

For YHWH Elohim is my strength and song; 

And He is become my Salvation.

Hebrews 4:12

•For the Word of Yah is living and all-efficient

and sharper that a two-edged sword•

1 Thessalonians 1

I, Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy, to the assembly 

of the Thessalonians which is in Elohim the Father 

and in our Master Y'shua the Mashiyach: 

Grace be with you, and peace.

We give thanks to Elohim at all times 

on account of you all, 

•and remember you continually in our prayers•

 and we call to mind before the Father 

the works of your faith and the toil of your love 

and the patience of your hope in our Master Yahshua.

Behemoth and Leviathan

The other day I was researching the topic of fallen angels, reading from the Books of Enoch about 'the Watchers' and their offspring the nephilim, when I came across a reference to large creatures by the names of Behemoth and Leviathan. These creatures were originally combined as one and then separated: one lives in the sea and the other on land.  In the book of Job beginning in chapter 40 we read about a couple of very large creatures. It would be easy to picture them as dinosaurs, but one is definitely a fire breathing dragon! One beast is associated with water and the other a land dweller. This reminded me about the two beasts written of in Revelation: one rises from the sea and the other from land.  Those three accounts, seemingly related, are the inspiration for this study.

Job 40:15 

Take now Behemoth, whom I made as I did you; he eats grass like the cattle. His strength is in his loins, his might in the muscles of his belly. He makes his tail stand up like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. His bones are like tubes of bronze, his limbs like iron rods. He is the first of My works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. :21 He lies down beneath the lotuses, in the cover of the swamp reeds (sounds big but not all that threatening)

In Job 40:25 YHWH goes on to say:

Can you draw out Leviathan by a fish hook? Can you press down his tongue with a rope? Can you put a ring through his nose, or pierce his jaw with a barb? :32 Lay a hand on him, and you will never think of battle again. 

Job 41:6 

Who can pry open the doors of his face? His bared teeth strike terror. His protective scales are his pride, locked with a binding seal. One scale touches the other; not even a breath can enter between them. Each clings to each; they are interlocked so they cannot be parted. His sneezings flash lightning, and his eyes are like the glimmering of dawn. Firebrands stream from his mouth, fiery sparks escape. Out of his nostrils comes smoke as from a steaming, boiling cauldron. His breath ignites coals, flames blaze from his mouth. Strength resides in his neck; power leaps before him. The layers of his flesh stick together; he is as though cast hard; he does not totter. :17 Divine beings are in dread as he rears up; as he crashes down,they cringe. No sword or missile or lance can prevail against him. He regards iron as straw, bronze as rotted wood. No arrow can put him to flight... :22 His under part is jagged shards; it spreads a threshing-sledge on the mud. He makes the sea boil like an ointment pot. His wake is a luminous path; he makes the deep seem white-haired. There is no one on land who can dominate him, made as he is without fear. He sees all that is haughty; he is king over all proud beasts.

Back when I first read this description I had made 'margin notes' indicating my thoughts were leaning towards a genetically modified creation via the Nephilim. It is mentioned that even the 'divine beings' were in dread of Leviathan. Were those divine beings the Watchers, written of in the Books of Enoch, who saw the evil their offspring perpetrated?  By the way, it was the 'divine beings', noted in Genesis, who left their station in the heavens to create offspring with human women. YHWH says He made Behemoth, but what about Leviathan?

Here is a shortened account from what is recorded in Enoch, a fragment from the Book of Noah, 60:1-24:

Enoch has seen a vision which terrorized him. He saw the heavens were shaken and that thousands and thousands of angels, the host of heaven were agitated. He saw MarYah on His throne of glory. The angel Michael says to Enoch, "The time of His mercy lasted until now, and He has been merciful and long-suffering towards all the sons of the earth. But the day will come when the power, the punishment and the judgment will take place... That day has been prepared for the chosen as a day of covenant, and for sinners as a day of inquisition. On that day two monsters will be separated from one another, a female named Leviathan, to live in the depth of the sea, above the springs of waters, and a male named Behemoth, which moves on its chest, and occupies a large wilderness named Dendayen in the east of the garden, where the chosen and the righteous live. These two monsters are prepared by the power of YHWH so that His punishment will not be in vain. Then sons will be slain with their mothers, and sons with their fathers. When the punishment of YHWH comes on them it will continue and the punishment will not be in vain. After that, judgment will contain mercy and patience.

Continue on to the beasts written of in Revelation: one rises from the sea and the other from the land. These beasts represent the final governing system and religion of the world. 

The beast that rises from the sea (ten horns, seven heads with names of blasphemy, ten crowns) is a system of ten 'nations' with ten leaders, one will seem to have had a fatal head wound that was healed and three will be removed (leaving seven heads/leaders) to make room for the last one, the eighth king. This 'beast from the sea' has attributes like a leopard, a wolf and a lion and its power, authority and throne are given to it by Satan. The people of the world respect and admire this beast for they believe no one would attempt to wage war against it. Now people are deluded into thinking they have peace and security.

(Note: Job's Leviathan, "There is no one on land who can dominate him, made as he is without fear. He sees all that is haughty; he is king over all proud beasts.")

The people worship The Dragon (the serpent, Satan) because he gave authority to this beast. Another way we will recognize this beast system is how it speaks out against Elohim, His Instructions, against His authority and His host in heaven. Each blasphemous word that comes out of its mouth will make us, the Set Apart Believers, cringe in our souls, but we must endure through all this, as it wages war against us. 

The second beast comes out of the earth. This beast (Behemoth) will appear to us as as a spiritual leader but ends up speaking for Satan, the Dragon. He has all the authority as the first beast and will perform great signs, even to bring fire down from heaven to earth (he has a demonic spirit working in him).

This land beast, the false prophet, will convince people to make an image, a statue, of the first beast (Leviathan). After they do, the land beast (Behemoth) will appear to have given life to the Image and command all to worship this Image.  Those who refuse will be killed. It is during this time that the Law to be Marked (in order to buy or sell, conduct commerce) will be enforced. Everyone will be required to have this mark (forbidden by Elohim) on their right hand or upon their forehead in order to shop or sell goods (groceries, gas, clothing, pay bills etc...).

As in Job, Behemoth the male, grass eating land dweller, doesn't sound so threatening just as the end time beast that come out of the earth appears as a spiritual leader to be trusted. Leviathan, the sea dwelling female, fire breathing dragon,  has always produced fear in those who have seen her, yet a woman rides this beast in Revelation, who will eventually be hated by the world and destroyed. Is she one of the three leaders to be removed prior to the final world leader?

Revelation 12:7 And there was a war in heaven: Michael and his messengers fought against the dragon... the old serpent who is called the Deceiver and Satan, who seduces all the inhabited world...

Leviathan's description fits that of a dragon. Satan is called the Dragon. The Dragon is in the world now and is behind the final world system taking shape: both government and religion. 

Job had everything he needed and more because of his faith in YHWH. Satan was allowed to test the faith of Job and it was just horrible, to the point Job wished he had never been born... yet he did not turn his back on YHWH. In the end Yah restored health and wealth to Job - a reward for his faith in Elohim - the gift of life for his soul.  

The same scenario will be for us in the end times.  This final world system will be a big test for all of us.  If we go along with it, worship the Image, take its mark etc... we essentially turn our backs on Elohim and fail.  If we moan and groan and cry and wish we'd never been born yet keep our faith in the one true living Elohim, He will sustain us and restore all things. Then we receive the gift - the life of our soul.  No matter when and how this all comes about, we must stand strong in our Faith and Endure until the End.

The Ten Summarized

Throughout the book of Genesis Yahweh pretty much established Himself as the Creator and the only Living Elohim.  He had to do this early on because He knew of the future 'no-gods' that would spring from the non-believers whose imaginations became steeped in pagan traditions.  

Since Yahweh is the only Elohim and is the Maker of all things He saw fit to include an Owner's Manual for His Creation.  He knew we would need it.  From the time Satan interfered in the Garden and to this very day YHWH's Instructions are vital to knowing the difference between the righteousness of Truth and the deceptions of paganism.  He gave us a choice between Good and Evil - we follow YHWH or Satan, there is no middle of the road.

Many lessons have been taught His people and by the time we get to the book of Exodus He is ready to round them up and move them out.  It hasn't been easy because His people are 'stiff necked', stubborn and hard headed.  They say one thing and do another.  They (His created) anger Elohim to the point that He just as soon be done with them.  He is reminded of His promise and life goes on.  He really does love us and wants that no one would perish.

More lessons, types and shadows are given and by Exodus 15:8 He makes a fixed rule and puts the people (He had set free) to the test. Yah says:

"If you will heed Me, your Elohim, diligently, doing what is upright in My sight, giving ear to My commandments and keep all My laws, then I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians, for I Am your healer."

And here is what Yahweh our Elohim has to say as it is recorded in Exodus 20:

I am YHWH your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall have no other gods besides Me.
You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.  You shall not bow down to them or serve them.
I YHWH am your Elohim, impassioned, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children upon the third and the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
You shall not swear falsely by My Name for I will not clear one who does.
Remember the sabbath day and keep it set apart.  Six days you shall do all your work but the seventh day is a sabbath of Mine. You, your family, your hired hands or your work animals or the stranger who is visiting your town shall do no work.  I made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them in six days and on the seventh I rested, therefore I blessed the sabbath day and set it apart.
Honor your mother and father that you may long endure in the Promised Land that I am giving you.
You shall not murder, or commit adultery or steal or bare false witness against one another.  You shall not covet your neighbor's house or wife or anything that belongs to him.

Even though He had established Himself as the one true living Elohim from the beginning, many years later He needs to remind His people of who they are and how to live set apart from the rest of humanity.  

There is only One Elohim and His Name is Yahweh who made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them.  It is by Faith in this Being that we trust what He says to be true. Spending every day reading His Word helps to reveal this Truth.  Anything else is a false god, idol, image that has its origins in deception and its purpose is to distract us from our Father and His Instructions in Righteousness.

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Don't cut yourself short by saying it's impossible to live by the 'laws' our Creator gave us. Just because we 'believe' doesn't mean- in a snap of His fingers -we instantly become Torah Observant - even those who claim to be Torah observant fall short. BUT if we continue on His path we Learn how to live by His rules and regulations and Choose to Obey... in obedience we are an example of what it means to love Yah with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. He has not given us anything we cannot bear. By Faith we do as He says. This is a very chaotic world we live in and distractions are many, yet we know we have been called to leave worldly things behind so as not be be caught up in the sins and plagues of Mystery Babylon. I think the condensed version of His Instructions (The Ten) was very generous of Him, so as not to overwhelm His people as they journeyed on. It those same Ten that are applied to us in today's world. When I compare myself to His commands I see where I had fallen short in the past, but this does not stop me from continuing to learn and obey; and this is by Faith, my commitment to our Creator. Satan has been so subtle to cause us to unwittingly sin - for example: My husband and I are now in the process of deprogramming from calling the days and months by names - some of which are names of pagan gods, which, as you know, are not to even be heard coming from our mouths. By Faith I heed His Instructions and have been learning how to live by them. His Spirit does indeed reveal the Truth in all things as long as we continue on His Path and do not limit ourselves by thinking it's impossible. Doubt is the most successful tool Satan uses against us.

Traditions of Man - Halloween

Halloween: 
History and Customs

Samhain: 

The origin of Halloween can be traced to this “ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago. The Celts believed that the dead could walk among the living at this time- the living could visit with the dead.” (The World Book Encyclopedia)-Scripture clearly teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” (Refer to my study Rest in Peace)

Costumes, candy, and trick or treat: 

According to the book Halloween—An American Holiday, An American History, some of the Celts wore ghoulish costumes so that wandering spirits would mistake them for one of their own and leave them alone. Others offered sweets to the spirits to appease them. In medieval Europe, the Catholic clergy adopted local pagan customs and had their adherents go from house to house wearing costumes and requesting small gifts. The Bible, on the other hand, does not permit merging false religious practices with the worship of God.   

2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living Elohim. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people." Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says YHWH. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and zombies:

These have long been associated with the evil spirit world. (Halloween Trivia) The Bible clearly states that we should oppose wicked spirit forces, not celebrate with them. 

Ephesians 6:11 - Put on the full armor of Elohim so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, the authorities, the powers of this world's darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore take up the full armor of Elohim so that when evil comes you will be able to stand your ground, having done everything, to stand...

Pumpkins, or jack-o’-lanterns: 

In medieval Britain, “supplicants moved from door to door asking for food in return for a prayer for the dead,” and they would carry “hollowed-out turnip lanterns, whose candle connoted a soul trapped in purgatory.” (Halloween—From Pagan Ritual to Party Night) Others say that the lanterns were used to ward off evil spirits. During the 1800’s in North America, pumpkins replaced turnips because they were plentiful as well as easy to hollow out and carve. The beliefs behind this custom—the immortality of the soul, purgatory, and prayers for the dead—are not based on the Bible. 

Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sins, it shall die.

Stop teaching these traditions to your children.

Confusion

I see there is still much confusion about whether or not Yahweh means what He says, especially when He uses words like "forever and ever"; "throughout the ages"; and "for all your generations". 

Many people have been taught that Y'shua Messiah did away with the "Law of Moses", that the New Testament replaces the Old Testament and the only commandment that exists now is to "love one another as well as loving God". This mindset places the Son of the New Testament above the Father of the Old Testament and that is not the intention of the Creator. All praise and glory belongs to Yahweh.

Among other things, there is this 'law of christ' being taught by a man named Charles Leiter (friends with Paul Washer) that I've recently become aware of, so I am researching this fellow and found this snippet from a promo of one of his CDs:

In 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, the apostle Paul claims that he is not under the Law of Moses, but under the Law of Christ. Charles Leiter spends these three messages explaining the meaning of this assertion. The first sermon shows that the Law of Christ is not the Law of Moses and then explains the role of the Law of Moses in history. According to Scripture, the Law of Moses was part of the Old Covenant, and for that reason the Law of Moses was meant to guide God's people only until the New Covenant came to replace it. In the second message, Charles lists all the ways that the Christian has been freed from the Law of Moses, now that Christ and His New Covenant have come. Mainly, we are freed from the Law's curse on sin, freed from our inability to obey God, and freed from having to keep the Law of Moses as a covenant agreement. Finally, the third sermon describes the Law of Christ itself. It is the command to love God and love one another, following the example of Christ. Furthermore, it is a higher law than the Law of Moses, and Christians actually want to keep it, due to their new hearts. Theologically, they explain the relationship between the Covenant with Abraham, the Old Covenant, and the New Covenant—a problem which has caused much confusion in the Church. With regard to Christian living, these messages help us to understand how God wants us to live, now that we are not under the Law of Moses. 

What this guy is teaching is horribly wrong and will lead many astray! Paul never taught against Torah; Y'shua did not bring his own ideas to the table - he came to do the will of the Father; the 'new covenant' did not replace anything, it renewed the promise made by Yahweh to Abraham; we are totally able to obey our Creator; and if we choose to break the covenant we will not inherit the Promised Land. 

Yahweh Elohim, our Creator, is not the author of confusion, but of peace (First Corinthians 14:33)

It was never about religion, denominations or all the other various belief systems.  Yahweh gave us a Set of Instructions, the perfect governing system for our health and well being. Those Instructions are found written in Scriptures from Genesis through Deuteronomy.  These Instructions are referred to throughout Scriptures giving us a clear picture of what happens when we obey and follow those Instructions and what happens if we choose not to follow them.  All that is needed is Faith. We trust that Elohim our Creator knows what's best for His creation. 

The Synagogue of Satan

In the second chapter of Revelation we read about Jews who call themselves Jews but are not, they lie, they are of the synagogue of Satan.  We get a description in Romans 2:28 - For he is not a Jew who is so in what is external alone (appearance), nor is that only physical circumcision, which is visible in the flesh. But he is a Jew by what is hidden and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter whose praise in not from men, but from Elohim.

In Paul’s day there were many who had been born as Jews and circumcised on the eighth day of life as a sign of the covenant, but according to Paul they were not all really Jews because there was no inner substance to compliment their outer form. It was this kind of Israelite that YHWH had earlier condemned saying, “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.” (Isaiah 29:13)

Some studies suggests that the Samaritans supplanted the real Jews after the destruction of Jerusalem. I need to look into this before commenting.

Texe Marrs gives us another perspective:

Luciferian Cabal

Here is a quote from his webpage:

Thankfully, there are a few Jews—but only a few—who have been able to escape the almost irresistible spiritual impulse to ally themselves with the Synagogue of Satan. Their escape has been made possible due to their faith in the only One who has the power to resist the Evil One's grip. I refer, of course, to (Y'shua Messiah), Deliverer of Israel. But, watch out! I have discovered that many Jews who claim to be "Christians" are actually Zionist deceivers. Masquerading as "Messianic Jews," in fact they are covert propagandists for the Synagogue of Satan. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Please remember I am searching out who Y'shua is calling the 'synagogue of Satan' and that I am not attacking an ethnic group. We are all part of His Creation and His Word is for all of us to read, study and understand.

The Fall Appointments

These are the set times of Yahweh to be celebrated as sacred occasions:

Leviticus 23:23-44

• On the first day of the 7th month sound the shofar;
• The 10th day of this month is The Day of Atonement; 
• On the 15th day of this 7th month begin the Feast of Booths
• Followed by the 8th Day, a solemn gathering

It has been noted that Yah's Set Apart times are also types and shadows of things to come, that those which occur during the spring have been fulfilled by the death and resurrection of Yahshua, and that the ones which occur in the fall (the 7th month) are yet to be fulfilled. These could be related to events recorded in Revelation:

The 7th Seal, which has yet to be opened...

The 7 Shofars, which have yet to sound....

The Gathering of Yah's Chosen People...

Yahshua as our king and High Priest

After 1,000 years Yah restores all things

Leviticus 23:23

Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, "Speak to the Israelite people thus: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe complete rest, a sacred occasion commemorated with loud blasts. You shall not work at your occupations and you shall bring an offering by fire to YHWH Elohim.

23:27

The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be a sacred occasion for you: you shall practice self denial, and you shall bring an offering by fire to YHWH Elohim; you shall do no work throughout that day. It is a Day of Atonement on which expiation is made on your behalf before Yahweh your Elohim. Whoever does not practice self denial throughout that day will be cut off from his kin, and whoever does any work throughout that day, I will cause that person to perish from among his people. Do no work whatever; it is a law for all time, throughout the ages, in all your settlements. It shall be a sabbath of complete rest for you and you shall practice self denial; on the ninth day of the month from evening to evening, you shall observe this sabbath.

And again in Numbers 29 with more details:

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations. You shall observe it as a day when the horn is sounded (a day of festivity). You shall present a burnt offering of pleasing odor to YHWH: one bull of the herd, one ram, and seven yearling lambs, without blemish. The meal offering with them - choice flour with oil mixed in - shall be 3/10 of a measure for a bull, 2/10 for a ram and 1/10 for each of the seven lambs. And there shall be one goat for a sin offering, to make expiation in your behalf in addition to the burnt offering of the new moon with its meal offering and the regular burnt offer with its meal offer each with its libation as prescribed, offerings by fire of pleasing odor to YHWH.

29:7

On the tenth day of the same seventh month you shall observe a scared occasion with you shall practice self denial. You shall do no work. You shall present to YHWH a burnt offering of pleasing odor: one bull of the herd, one ram, seven yearling lambs, without blemish. The meal offering with them - of choice flour with oil mixed in - shall be 3/10 of a measure for a bull, 2/10 for the ram, 1/10 for each of the seven lambs. And there shall be one goat for a sin offering of expiation and the regular burnt offering with its meal offering each with its libation.

New moons, regular offerings, blasts of the shofars, atonement, 7th month, days of the month... how do we apply these rules to our modern days? How do we know God's Calendar of Months? If the temple nor the the priesthood exist, how are we to make offerings? Did Y'shua fulfill all offerings? How do we observe these times without causing YHWH to become upset with us?

We can keep these days as sacred occasions and not work at our occupations. We can shout out to YHWH on the first day and practice self denial on the tenth day. We can live as examples of what it means to be Set Apart and study out the Word of Elohim to be familiar with these appointments He put in place for us. We should not substitute other behavior or traditions and think we are pleasing Him. 

A 'sacred occasion' is akin to a dignified ceremony; solemn; earnest. 'Self-denial' is akin to setting aside our own interests; restraining our own desires; being in control of our impulses as we refrain from indulging ourselves (turn off the TV, radio, computer, phones, etc...)

On the first day of the 7th month of Yah's Calendar we observe the Feast of Trumpets as a sabbath's day rest and do no work on this day. Shout praises unto Elohim, let Yahweh know you're here! Then on the 10th day of this 7th month, set it aside as a dignified ceremony wherein not only do we treat it as a sabbath of rest and do no work but also deny ourselves our usual activities. Go without eating regular meals this day, be in prayer about your life and where you stand in the Word and know Y'shua the Son of Elohim is making Atonement in our behalf. Let us be worthy of this friendship with the one who laid down his life that we could gain life eternal.

Sukkot = The Ingathering of Yah's People

This is one of the set times where the males traveled to Jerusalem, after the end of season harvest, to make the appropriate offerings at the temple, and they lived in huts or tents while there. Only during every 7th year did the entire household attend this Feast of Booths. We can treat the first day as a sabbath day of complete rest and do the same for the 8th day. If we want to 'camp out' in our own backyards, I don't see why not as long as we remember we do this so that we teach future generations that YHWH made His people live in booths when He brought them out of Egypt.

There are many groups who like to advertise a gathering place for folks to celebrate Sukkot, which seems like a good thing, when in reality Yah chose Jerusalem, the last place He attached His Name was there, so how can we think we are honoring him if we do it our own way, where ever we choose?  We should know enough by now not to make it up as we go along.

!!! HOLD EVERYTHING !!!

Here is one of the unforeseen benefits of studying topics such as this. I had recently read a post from folks already celebrating the First Day of the 7th Month, which I thought was aligned in October, not September, but I never followed that trail at the time. Right now while looking for a calendar to share I found out where that discrepancy came from... turns out to be a rabbinic error in adding a leap month when it was not necessary.  Here is a quote from The Refiner's Fire:

For 2016 our calendar and the traditional Jewish calendar are FAR off! The reason is, the traditional calendar applies a fixed cycle of leap years, so for 2016, the traditional calendar is a leap year when it should not be! It has Nisan a whole month late! Our calendar has Nisan falling at the correct date so Pesach (passover) falls just after the Vernal Equinox, i.e., Spring. Thus our calendar for 2016 differs from the rabbinic 2016 calendar for all dates after February 9th!

So let it be known - how can we please our Creator if we don't even know what day it is? and whose fault is that? and how do we remedy this?  I see another study on the horizon! Stay tuned! 

And I also see why YHWH Elohim said this:

Isaiah 7:11 What need have I of all your sacrifices... I have no delight that you come to appear before Me - trample My courts no more. Bringing your offerings is futile, incense is offensive to Me. New moon and sabbath you proclaim solemnities and assemble with wickedness I cannot tolerate. Your new moons (months) and your fixed seasons (man's traditions and substitutes for Yah's moedim) fill Me with loathing - they have become a burden to Me, no longer a joy. When you lift up your hands in false praise and worship I will turn My Eyes away from you.