ELIJAH  VERSES  THE  NOON  PASSOVER  BAAL  PRIESTHOOD

 

    The 91st Day Noon Sabbath Calendar doctrine holds that instead of The Passover taking place at evening as it says in  Leviticus 23:5  "In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is Yahweh's passover."; instead we should begin the Passover at high noon.   Old Testament Scriptures do have reference to the "noon sacrifice hour", but it was part of Baal cult worship --- not  obedient Israel honoring the Passover sacrifice hours of Yahweh. 

    There is probably no better illustration in the Bible warning our people to stay clear of the "noon Sabbath/sacrifice religion" than the one mentioned in I Kings 18.  It is the story of Elijah and the Baal priests.

   During the night skies Baal was worshipped as the planet Jupiter, and in the day as the Sun.  (That Baal was worshipped as these two celestial bodies is noted in Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon , page 131; Religion Der Babylonier, Munter, page 169, and other related sources).  In II Kings 21:3 & 5 we are told that Baal worship consisted of praying to the celestial hosts of heaven, that is the Sun or stars, and possibly the Moon at various other periods in the history of this pagan cult.  High noon was the apex of when the Sun Baal (Lord) reached its most powerful position.  This cult was the counterfeit religion to that of the true Israelite priesthood who realized that the Sun was only a creation of Yahweh by which to reckon the years and seasonal references.  The close counterfeit of truth has always given our people trouble in discerning the path of obedience to Yahweh.

   In the days of wicked King Ahab, Baal worship supplanted that of Yahweh worship except for a very small remnant, including Elijah the prophet.  The Bible records that there was a great conflict between Elijah and these Sun worshipping priests, as Elijah challenged them to a "show of power" between Yahweh and their god.  In I Kings 18:26 we see that the Baal priests took a bull as a sacrifice, "prayed from morning until noon (apex of the Sun)", AND AT THIS TIME "they LEAPED upon the altar which they had made."  They expected something to happen AT NOON! 

 I Kings 18:25  "And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under."

26  "And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made."

: 27  "And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked."

 Christian faithful, please pay close attention to what Yahweh tells us in the Hebrew language of this account.  "Leaped" in verse 26 is the Hebrew word PAW-SAK which means "to pass over".  This is the Chaldean/Babylonian counterfeit equivalent of the Hebrew PEH-SAK which is the true Israelite Passover. (compare Strong's # 6452, 6453)  In other words, the Baal "passover sacrifice" was at HIGH NOON, the same hour today's noon Sabbath holders are telling people we should observe the Passover and weekly Sabbath!!  [We have come full circle with Baal (THE LORD) worship resurfacing in America among Yahweh's people, even promoting their hour of  noon sacrifice among unsuspecting patriotic American Christians]. 

  Elijah mocked the Baal priesthood AT NOON, the time of their "passover" (vs.27), which was actually a leaping across their altar and cutting themselves to get Baal's attention. Notice as well that after the Baal priests leaped upon their altar at noon, that they continued in attempting to invoke Baal.   It was long past noon and Elijah DID NOT start preparing for Yahweh's sacrifice.

  Elijah did nothing in connection with any altar sacrifice to Yahweh at noon -- neither preparing it or beginning it.  Are we then expected to begin the symbolic memorial of true Passover, or any Sabbath day, or any Israelite day, at noon?  The answer is a resounding NO because that is Baal worship which Elijah put a stop to.

 29  "And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they (Baal priest) prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

30  And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of Yahweh that was broken down."

[Are you the reader starting to see the connection between the heathen Baal religion and the "noon to noon" honoring of a religious calendar observance??   In truth, such as calendar system really is called "AYL" -- "ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD/BAAL"??]

   Reading the rest of chapter of I Kings 18, as midday passed Elijah did not offer the Israel sacrifice to Yahweh yet (vs.29), still the Baal priests kept trying to invoke their god all afternoon.  In the mean time, Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh, prepared wood, cut the bullock, and filled the water barrels three times, ALL A TIME CONSUMING EFFORT LONG AFTER MIDDAY NOON HAD PASSED!! (see vs.30-35).  Then, when the time of Yahweh's sacrifice came (which we know is "ereb" toward sundown), Elijah sacrificed the whole sacrifice area with a powerful fire testimony from Yahweh Himself. 

    Elijah proceeded to execute 450 Baal priests at the brook Kishon summarily ending their "noon passover" practice (vs.40).   This is no light matter!  Christians today must refrain from making this mistake, seek Yahweh's truth, and pray for the brethren that are misled by the noon worship doctrine.  Observing high noon to begin the Christian Israel Passover is an adulteration with Baal worship of the lowest sort. 

  I can't speak for any other group that is celebrating the Feast Days of Yahweh according to their schedule of events, but anyone present at our Fellowship gatherings here in Virginia surely knows that we will never hold a Passover at noon or begin to prepare a Passover at noon, nor will any memorial day of our Heavenly Father commence on a different time other than His wishes for us to do so. The Bible tells us that evening at sunset is when  the days of Yahweh's sacred calendar begin.

<BACK               NEXT>

List of Topics