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New moon, new month for those keeping it tonight. Those keeping the sliver, give it a day or two.
Blow the trumpet Psalm 81

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where was the moon sighted?

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to see nothing is not a sign. you must see something in order for it to be a sign.

darkness represents sin and separation... the first sliver of light is the hope we wait for as a sign of the gospel. sliver is the sign.

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Blessings. Is this a new month and new year for you as well as some people are looking at the 13th month as well?

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If you were baptized by immersion in mainstream Christianity, and then became a Torah follower in Yeshua afterwards, is it necessary to be baptized or water immersed again?

Yes, it is necessary to be baptized again.

No, it is not necessary to be baptized again.

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I don't think it's necessary, so long as you understood what you were doing. However, I think it's entirely up to a person. I see no problem with being immersed again. After all immersion is quite common and Judaism for a variety of reasons. Personally, I would like to be immersed again. I think if I had my way, I would probably do it once a year as a reminder of the commitment that I've made. But that's just me personally.

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I never thought about this myself before and Acts 19:1-5 is the closest example I can come up with where someone was baptized multiple times.

"While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?'
They answered, 'No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.'
So Paul asked, 'Then what baptism did you receive?'
'John’s baptism,' they replied.
Paul said, 'John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.' On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus."

Love/hate Paul's teachings, but it seems to come down to the actual belief during the baptism.

My new found understanding is that even if you called Yeshua "Jesus" before and got baptised as you believed in His saving sacrifice and only later came to understand His Jewish roots shouldn't make a difference in the actual baptism.

If you were baptised without that belief as either a baby or just because others did it, then I would say that a person must be baptized again.

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I agree with everyone above, that theres no problem with being immersed again. The temple had a mass mikvah you had to cross to get into the temple. Without it, you were unclean and could not enter the temple. There are many situations in life that make us unclean and require immersion. The jews believe in a permanent state of uncleanliness without the sacrifices for sin to complete the ritual. Even the sacrificial animals had to go through pools to enter the temple. If your heart is leading you to be immersed, do so. If you have the Spirit (trust me, theres no mistaking it), then perhaps its not necessary, although pentecost occured without immersion first. Its all a matter of the heart.

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Prayer for you all...

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Happy First of the year!

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Basic instructions on how to commemorate the Messiah's death and observe the spring 2024 annual Holy Days in a New Covenant context.

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On the 8th day of his ordination ceremony, the High Priest takes his rightful place of service at the altar.

On the 8th day of his cleansing ceremony, the leper resumes his rightful place of service in the community.

The parallels between the priest's ordination and the leper's cleansing are not accidental. God intended for all of his people to be a kingdom of priests. We can't all serve as Levitical priests, but we can all serve as priests to the world in the sense that we represent God and the Good News of his kingdom.
Leviticus 13:34

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We are excited for what YAH has in store for the New Biblical Year!

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I updated my list of resources for refuting antinomian and metanomian objections to keeping God's Law. Find it here....
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Soil from Stone: Objections to Keeping Torah

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An uncovered head is symbolic of the removal or denial of a legitimate higher authority and all of the protection that authority might have conveyed. Shaving the head and face (or the hair falling out) is a dramatic way to uncover a head. (See #leviticus 13:29-59.) Tzara'at (Hebrew for leprosy) of the head and beard might indicate a sin of prideful Lashon Hara (evil tongue) against authority. Pathological rejection of rightful authority breaks the bonds of community and, like tzara'at, must be quarantined.
#tazria

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