In Loving Memory
April 29, 1947 - September 5, 2020
Update: On Saturday, September 5th, 2020, the founder, administrator, and head moderator of this forum, Valerie S., went Home to be with the Lord. Her obituary can be found on https://memorials.demarcofuneralhomes.com/valerie-skrzyniak/4321619/index.php.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing .
Lynnette and all, I so want the Lord to return! Like all watchers do! Maybe today, no not date setting, just hoping!
It is tradition that on this day, Iyar 18, that manna was given. The children of Israel left Egypt with food, ran out and were hungry, and grumbled to Moses. So Bread from Heaven was given. Manna in the morning and quail later.
Bread from heaven, come back. You are our bread from heaven and our meat. You are our Peace.
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I hope on this 33rd day of the Omer, which is 4 weeks and 5 days of the omer that the bread from heaven comes, our living manna Jesus to us on Lag B'Omer today. May 10. Today we count Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer. (Take note, its the Lord, King of the Universe who commands this count)
Today is thirty-three days, which is four weeks and five days of the Omer. (after sunset today it is 34 days)
Is this not how long, a remembrance of how long God is gathering omers of grain to Himself until He comes? In the days of Moses, God met Moses on the mountain and gave Torah. In the days following the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit came down on day 50, following seven weeks of Omer count.
Each omer of grain is offered, each day, counting the days until the day Torah was given. The last day of Omer count this year is day 49 which is 6 Sivan, Saturday May 26. The next day is Pentecost Sunday to Christians, the day the Holy Spirit came as tongues of fire upon the gathered followers of Jesus. This 50th day is the day the Torah was given to Moses. The people gather together to God, as the grain sheaf is gathered together, and God gathers them to Himself through His Word and Holy Spirit. The 50th day this year coincides with Sunday May 27, Pentecost Sunday. We are counting, this is how long until God gives His Word and Spirit.
God gave Torah, gave Jesus, and gave the Holy Spirit.
Today, Lag B'Omer the 33rd day of the omer count is special because it is a customary day of weddings, mourning stops, it is a day of refreshment in the midst of counting the omer.
There is a tradition that manna first appeared on this day in the desert, 18 Iyar.
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Why the Omer is counted
Acts 2:1-20 Pentecost
food ran out then manna given on 18 Iyar
Link on Lag B'omer legends
Lag B’Omer is connected both to biblical legends and tales about the sages. One tradition about Lag B'Omer, started by the Chatam Sofer (an 18th century German rabbi) is that it was the day that the manna first fell from heaven. According to this scholar, the people of Israel finished the unleavened bread (matzah) that they had taken with them when they left slavery in Egypt on the fifteenth of Iyar (one month after Passover), and went hungry for three days. Then the Holy One sent down the manna, the heavenly bread, and it miraculously appeared in the wilderness. The people gathered it daily, and on Friday a double portion fell so that they did not need to gather it on the Sabbath. According to some rabbinic midrashim, the manna tasted like all things, any delicious thing anyone wanted to eat. Some said it tasted like mother's milk. One connected between the “omer” and the manna is that an “omer” (a measurement) of manna was, according to tradition, kept in the Temple as a reminder of the miracle. The manna represents the fertility and creativity of heaven, given to the world as a Divine gift.
