2009-11-27 Prayer and Thanksgiving


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Dear Brothers and Sisters in IAUA (ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,

Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. This is the 10th day of the 9th month of God's Sacred Calendar in the estimated year 6013 Anno Mundi.

It is 17 weeks and 5 days until the Spring Sabbaths begin on the evening of the 15th day of the 1st month (Wednesday, March 31 on the 2010 Gregorian Calendar, beginning sunset on Tuesday, March 30).

This coming year, those who follow the Millerite Calendar determination will be one month later than my research has determined for the Gregorian Calendar dates for God's Sacred Calendar. The dates on the Jewish Calendar are one day earlier in the spring and one day early in the fall.

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The article titled "My House Will Be Called a House of Prayer", which I mentioned a few weeks ago, is now available at this website. This is valuable reading.

http://www.yahuyahweh.org/iah/pdf/My_House_is_Called a_House_of_Prayer_v2pt0.pdf

This is the time of modern thanksgiving in America (The United States of America). Contrary to popular understanding, the concept of a thanksgiving harvest celebration goes way back to ancient times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harvest_Festivals

A little bit of research shows a lot of historical pagan roots. Thanksgiving is unlike Christmas and Easter, which retain a lot of pagan symbols mixed with heavy religious overtones. Thanksgiving is a bit more of a benign celebration. As I have mentioned before, those who follow God's Sacred Calendar have already practiced thanksgiving in the divinely appointed Feast of Tabernacles.

The following article is an example of those who go to a bit of an extreme in condemning Thanksgiving. I am not saying I disagree with their basic premise but I believe they do go too far in the shrillness of their criticism. (There are many variations of the article on different web sites and it has been deleted from some and may be deleted from this one. You may need a Google search to locate it.)

"Should Christians Observe Thanksgiving?" by John D. Keyser http://www.hope-of-israel.org/thankgiv.htm

I believe those who have observed the thanksgiving days which God has proclaimed can safely fellowship with others on the worldly day of Thanksgiving. This holiday does not have the mixing of sacred spiritual meaning with profane pagan symbols. However, it is important to remember the ideas of this worldly day are not in complete harmony with God's plan.

Have you ignored the day which God has proclaimed for Thanksgiving and chosen instead another day to be the center of your attention?

I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.

Frank T. Clark
Eliau@IAUA.name
www.IAUA.name

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