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Friday March 11, 2022
Happy Preparation Day to All.
We thought you might enjoy some more of yesterdays footage of the white stork fulfilling her role as one of the prime Biblical Witnesses placed in creation by our Elohim to guide us in our decision of when the Biblical New Year starts.
Jeremiah 8:7 "Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times (moedim); and the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow observe the time of their coming (because of instinct placed in them ruled by the sun cycle). But My people do not know the decisions of Yehovah."
The swifts are next to show up in Jerusalem in big numbers. We will keep you posted.
Thursday March 10, 2022
Hi Folks,
For those of you who have been following the key dates on our "Typical March Calendar" you are once again in for a treat.
If you look at the 10th you will see two notes in it: Traditional white stork migration and grapes 10-20th.
This is what took place in the skies over Israel today. The first big flights of white storks entered with their usual bravado letting anyone who has eyes and ears know they have arrived right on time.
No new year has started without their arrival in the Land first in the 20 plus years we have been inspecting and using the Abib Calendar. Thats a simple fact. Thus this year has a 13th month added to it. The Biblical Witnesses embedded in creation are there to instruct us in the decision making process of our Elohim.
For you new comers to this event it is a simple formula which repeats itself twice a year. The white storks fly north to Europe to raise their young and then fly south to spend the winter in Africa.
They are instilled with instinct. They can't resist it for it governs their actions. This time of year as the sun moves towards the Northern Hemisphere an increasing amount of sunlight triggers a chemical reaction in their brains which makes them take flight. It works in reverse as summer is coming to an end and the sun moves to the Southern Hemisphere.
We have addressed this wonder in nature often in the past in articles and reports. They are there on the website if you are interested in more information.
Patterns, patterns and more patterns to keep us on the right path. Thank you Father!
Second post: Thursday March 10, 2022
Hi Folks,
Here is the weekend weather report from the IMS. When we checked the Mount Hermon live cams this morning it was "white out conditions" with the snow falling.
If the extreme cold front moves through next week that will be a pure bust for those adhering to a March Passover/UB if there has not been enough evidence to date to wake some brethren up.
With our Elohim controlling the weather conditions in the Land to suit their purposes and goals we need to be watching all the meteorological conditions as they unfold. That is what we have been emphasizing from the beginning of this growing cycle.
Fathers mercy is beyond measure and He will always provide a way out of wrong decisions or serious trials. At least I believe that with all my heart.
Our Peace we give to you.
Winter has not yet said its final word - low temperatures on our way
Although the smell of spring is already in the air , next week it will definitely feel like winter is still here.
Today local rains fell in the north and the center, accompanied by awake winds that will go and get stronger. In the evening the rains will gradually get stronger, and will continue to fall in the north and the center accompanied by strong winds. Tomorrow morning there is even a chance of light snow in the high peaks in the north, but during the day the rains will weaken gradually decrease, and it will be cold.
On Saturday it will continue to be quite cloudy with a possibility of light rain here and there, but the winds will already weaken. It’s going to be very cold .
Early next week temperatures will rise slightly and there will be a break from rain, but on Sunday night, local and short rain is possible mainly in the north.
At the moment it looks like a new weather system will arrive in the middle of next week, accompanied mainly by a very significant cold, and it may also show a little snow on the mountain tops, however we will update on that later.
How about purim ? Right now it seems that the holiday is in the sign of weather stabilization.
May it be a quiet and warm Saturday
Thursday March 10, 2022
Hi Folks,
We thought you would be interested in the IMS forecast information for the next week or so. If you go to their site you can see the daily forecast into mid week coming up.
Some nights in Jerusalem will be 32F/0C so bundle up. The models suggest two successive cold fronts moving through in the next 7-8 days. Snow on Hermon and possibly in the high elevations as well in the North.
Once again, winter is still present in the Land. Such conditions slow down all the growth patterns.
Wednesday March 9, 2022
Hi Folks,
We hope you are following the key dates on the Typical March Calendar this year. The key dates for the start of several of the Biblical Witnesses are noted on it. They are true to it each and every year unless there has been a major weather disturbance for a few weeks.
The favorite song in the Land these days is: rain, rain, go away, come back another day.
Remember the fig trees in the higher elevations of the Judean Hills will not traditionally start budding sooner than the 7th of this month.
The traditional migration of the White Storks usually will not start until the 10th of this month. We are talking about the very visible spires of WS turning in the skies above the Land. Do not confuse this with the small groups of WS which have been wintering in Israel as they start to move further north in the country to find their favorite dinner, frogs.
The Judean Hills are awash it the white blossoms of the wild almonds. That only happens in extended years at this time in the month.
We have been talking about the grain crops in Israel being harvested for silage for some years now because there were some people trying to sell it all as the harvest beginning. Ignorance is bliss as the saying goes.
Bridget sent over a video from one of the farm families she follows who traditionally get their winter wheat seeds in early and this year it paid off well. They have started to cut it, not harvest it, for silage for dairy operations, etc.
Tuesday March 8, 2022
Good morning Folks,
It is always good to spend time with you early each morning. There is lots of activity in the Land these days as the season is setting itself for the change from winter to summer.
Today we are able to show you some photos from John. He was not able to enter the country earlier as he had hoped but when the vaccine requirement was dropped he did make arrangements to travel there and expand his inspecting experience.
There are several of us adding to his inspection locations of his own. Thanks John for putting in the time and effort. We have some pictures from yesterday and the day before.
The first picture is a classic scene along route 667 west of route 90. This is what we refer to as the SW section of the conjunction of the Jezreel and Jordan Valleys. Lots of agriculture here even in the elevations on the Jezreel Valley slopes.
This location is 3 miles west of route 90. Yes, that is very young wild barley towering above its domestic sister. That is what much of the wild version looks like when growing in the same good soil that has been seeded to domestic. Some of you folks are very familiar with it, but for many new comers here is a good depiction of what we have been talking about.
Many of you have recently seen pictures of anemic "goat grass" barley. Compare this acceptable wild barley found in good soils to the anemic ones found in stony unacceptable soils.
Some may say I see stony soil here. No you do not. What you see to the left is rock. There are outcroppings like this all along the south slope of the valley and as you move up in elevation it becomes the dominant feature. They are loaded with goat grass and weeds. What you see the two sister barley's growing in here is the soils which have eroded down over time to the flat open areas which are found at this elevation. That is important.
The wild barley here is in the flowering stage with some a little younger. The domestic is coming out of the boot, and head emergence. Within a few days it will be out and into the flowering stage as well, if the weather holds which we are being told by the IMS will not. Some of it was as John send over pictures.
The next few pictures are from the area along route 508. This short stretch of road runs between 458 and 57. It is located on the rim of the western slope of the Jordan Valley. It too is an area of rock outcroppings and flat areas which are used for agriculture.
This first picture captures the essence of the area. You can see a large field planted in domestic barley. Zoom in to look at the age of it. Much of it has the head emerged and entering the flowering stage. Of course the seed sacks are empty at this time but will begin to develop and start their process of filling up with starches soon.
If you look closely you will see some 6 row heads in with the predominant 2 row heads. If you zoom into the top of this field you will see wild barley growing where the domestic and the rock area starts. Also notice the 4 legged lawn mowers at work there. The young Bedouin shepherd will not let them into the domestic. That is a very bad offense with a very bad punishment.
There is also a little wild mustard in this field.
In the next picture you can see two of the more advanced heads which are a long way from physiological maturity. We at times call this the teenage years.
John took some closeups of young barley coming out of the boot for the folks who need some work on that aspect of their understanding. Notice in the domestic it too is flowering at times when it emerges.
Who can find the tares in this photo?
Next we have a photo of wild oats on the periphery of the planted fields. Here is where the soil traditionally changes to stony before getting to rock. You can see the young wild barley at the top of the picture. Both of these are what we refer to as goat grass. Any wild grains found in stony soils were used for grazing not for harvesting grain. Notice how small the wild barley heads are here compared to those in the good soil of the first picture.
On the day before John looked in one of our traditionally early areas around Sde Eliyahu. The wild barley was at best in the flowering stage as the first picture from this area demonstrates.
The second one speaks volumes as to the past meteorological conditions in the area. This grain looks like spelt, but that is not the focus here. Look at how congested it is. Look at all the main heads and tiller heads trying to compete. This field is also inundated with tares. Zoom in at the bottom to see just how many are strewn throughout.
This is the result of a lot of moisture and growing in good soils. So for those of you who were not sure what tares look like you have a mother load to see here. John is standing on the gravel road taking these pictures.
Once again, thanks to John for sending these over. We will continue to show you his pictures from different areas if they make it through to us.
Monday March 7, 2022
Good Morning to All,
We hope your week started well yesterday and is continuing as such.
Lots of folks are curious about the sequencing of witnesses which commences in the Gregorian month of March. Many of you have the article attached here but for those who do not we have once again provided a link to it.
The March calendar included in it is the approx timing of many of the Biblical witnesses which take place every March. Without a majority of them a new year has never started at the end of a Biblical 12th month during our 20 plus years of watching and inspecting.
Some of you are asking the same two questions of late so that tells me someone out there is publishing some real nonsense.
In brief: no there is no such thing as a 14th month Biblically. To have one in your calendar adjustment tools means you were in error prior to it.
And Gilgal has been getting thrown around as a location to look for first barley. Anyone who proclaims such nonsense has no understanding of what that area is like in the present times. It is a wasteland outside of some greenhouses which are irrigated so to speak and a few tourist traps which also have water pumped in.
Hoping the link below works to the article "What Criteria to look for when not in the Land"
Sunday March 6, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
An especially happy day for me with some developments in my life.
I hope you too have special moments during the confusion and endless bad news surrounding us in the world.
Lots of photo's for this morning from the South. We are going to pick on the domestic today with a very instructional comparison.
So, lets start with the fields surrounding the "lonely tree" we have been following. Actually there are 2 trees within several hundred feet of each other but one gets more film coverage than the other because it is closer to the parking lot.
You are familiar with the first picture. It is from this location taken February 13, 2021. Notice again the stage of growth this field was in then. Look to the heads of grain.
Now lets fast forward to yesterday at the same field. There are 3 pictures to examine as to the maturity of the head development. It is simple to see the heads of grain are coming out of the boot with some still in it. Use your Zadoks scale to determine what stage they are in on average, and then do the math to the estimated time of physiological maturity. Pictures are worth a thousand empty words of confusion.
In the first of the three you can see the overall condition and age of the field.
In the second you can see a closer look at it with heads of grain in the boot, coming out of the boot, and a few starting to flower if you zoom in.
Now examine the third picture in this little series. What condition would you classify this field in using Zadoks scale and how long will it be to harvest ready grain?
Now lets do some simple math to understand what this location is telling us about the year we are in, actually the 13th month of the year. The photo from last year on February 13 (2021) shows grain being more mature than the field is today on March 6, 2022. The math is simple. Three weeks difference in Gregorian Calendar timing. If you check our post from back on February 10th (I think) you will see we spoke about this location being at least 2-3 weeks behind what it was last year. That was a normal 12 month Biblical Year back then when it was taken.
As it proves out, the grain this year is even a little more than 3 weeks behind in the Zadok Growth Scale from what it was last year. Almost a Biblical Month to the day to be accurate.
We have a record of following this location in the Ruhama area of the NW Negev. We do so from September of each year. This entire region is planted before the winter rains start each and every year.We do so to make sure there is no discrepancy in being manipulated by different times of planting.
Yes, it takes a lot of work and effort to keep track of all of this but so does our calling. It requires our hand being on the plow continually.
You may ask why is this region planted so early. The answer is simple to understand: the South gets less rain that other parts of the Promised Land here at the end of the age. What rain it does get is very important to the timing of the harvest. This region gets hotter sooner than others and the rain also stops sooner than others. Thus the farming community here gets the seed in the ground very early in Sept and October awaiting the first rains so it can germinate early into the cycle of the winter weather.
It is in the same ground as the self-seeded wild grains here waiting for our Elohim to send the life giving rains to it.
Thus it is subject to the same growing cycle. Both have a 90 day perfect conditions growth cycle. But, it never just takes 90 days because of all the meteorological conditions which cause it to stall and then once again start up. You have witnessed (through our continued coverage of this particular field this year) how it basically stalled in Zadoks stage 4, for over three weeks.
Now who do you think did that?
Now lets look at some other locations in the NW Negev to confirm these fields are in harmony with the one we just looked at. There are 4 pictures in this series.
The first shows a happy young man sitting amongst some very healthy young barley. Remember how you identify barley. This is 2 row domestic.
Then follow through and see locations from around the South all being in the same two Zadok scale growth stages. Once again harmony in the growth cycle in the South.
Let us now move onto the wild oats. Here are 2 photos from among many from yesterday which show some happy young oats who received a needed rain shower. These reflect the current state of much of the wild oats in the South. These are located in good ground. Some are still in the boot and some are out of the boot and starting to spread their pod laden heads. Remember the wild oats are a forerunner to the wild barley in maturity.
The wild barley is still quite young in this region when growing in good ground. The goat grass barley is ahead of the acceptable wild barley but it too is very young still as we have been posting for a month and as others have posted just recently.
Later this week we will make the effort to post on the wild barley growing in acceptable ground which is in harmony with her domestic sister.
Keep safe in our Lord and Savior.
Our Peace we give to you.
Second post: Sabbath March 5, 2022
Hi Folks,
It is an exciting time of year watching things come to life and many going through their growth cycle stages. Creation is just amazing.
The Eurasian banded doves are showing up in numbers in Israel right on time as the migration takes place. It will only be a matter of a few days when the first spires of migrating white storks appear over the skies of Israel unless inclement weather holds them up. The big migration will start later in the month.
Figs in the lower elevations should be starting to show themselves from their winter hibernation and then move up in elevations as the month progresses.
You can view these key dates on the Typical March calendar we have put together. They hold true each and every year.
But now to the differences in barley and how we are commanded to acknowledge them in our yearly inspections.
Let me start with stating how gratifying it is to me, after all these years to see brethren, and even those who do not consider themselves as part of the Body of Christ/Messiah maturing to the width, height, and depth of the Abib Calendar of God/Elohim. It is a watershed doctrine of our times here at the end of the age. It is a learning process.
The setting is truly white for harvest, even though there is yet time before it takes place. Thank you, Father!
For this post we can simply say people want to know more details about the wild barley and domestic barley in the Land. Most of these folks have not taken the time to read through our writings about them. I understand that, and I understand the zeal which can drive a person to get to that point and skip the time it normally would take to do so. There is a danger in that, for salvation is in the details, not just the answer at the end.
I often refer back to our Saviors use of the parable of the Sower as part of our Biblical guidlines. He demonstrates the parallel understanding between grain sown in different types of soils, and the successful efforts to salvation depicted in what is harvestable.
In this post we will not be talking about the seeds sown by the wayside. Nothing we can do about that spiritual scenario He describes. It is above our pay grade so to speak.
However, the next three are very important to our understanding of the agricultural and Biblical principles and patterns we use in determining what is acceptable and what is not acceptable; not only for a harvest, but for a Wavesheaf to start that harvest.
Let’s review this parable and our Saviors answers so the details are all fresh in our mind for how they apply to the barley crops evaluation. For my Jewish friends reading this, bear with my folly in your eyes for a bit until we get to what you are looking for. Thank you.
Matthew 13 “Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, a Sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them (didn’t even germinate). Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of soil. But when the sun was up, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away (did not come to an acceptable harvest ready condition. This is what we call Goat Grass). And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them (this has, and is happening to some who started in the awareness of the growth cycle of the Abib Calendar, but have been deceived by false witnesses). But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty (they came to an acceptable harvest condition with some good ground being more nutritious than others, but the key is a successful harvest ready condition). He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Now to the spiritual realities of this instruction from Christ/Messiah:
“Therefore, hear the parable of the Sower: when anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the wicked comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
“He answered and said to them, because it has been given to you to know the mysteries (hidden truths) of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Therefore, I speak to them (who is them?) in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive; for the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with eyes and hear with ears, lest they should understand with hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.
But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous desired to see what you see, and did not see, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
So please do not lose any sleep over those who do not understand the hidden truths of the scriptural patterns. When I have spoken to these things in the past there were some who considered themselves as being part of the Body of Christ/Messiah who stopped listening, and in some cases even vilified me for using spiritual realities tied to physical undertakings. What a badge of honor to wear in the Household of Father.
I believe that Christ/Messiah is not only my Sacrificial Lamb of Fathers Household, but also my Wavesheaf Offering of Fathers Household. He was beaten and threshed on my behalf for I am a Gentile who is grafted into Native Israel. Thus, He is my Wavesheaf. The harvest of the Second Marriage Covenant starts with Him. It must be a Holy Harvest of unblemished grain. Thus, He instructs us the grain growing in anemic ground is anemic and blemished and will not be considered as harvest ready in the Biblical reality of it even if it does make it to a form of maturity. So why would we use it to declare it acceptable as a wavesheaf to start the year? That is Biblically insane.
So, let us deal with the Goat Grass which is growing in stony soils. Scriptures instruct me that I am not to use this wild barley growing in stony ground because of its many shortcomings as well as it being acceptable for coming to a harvest.
Why?
Because the ground does not hold the right amount of nourishment and certainly not the right amount of moisture to sustain it when the weather turns to warm and dry. Those are the instructions of our Savior, not mine. That speaks to the strength of the relationship between our Savior and ourselves as delivered by our use of the spirit of the Elohim. The true nourishment of one bound to Them both. The Father and the Son. The good soil to ensure strong sustained growth in favor and acceptance and knowledge of our Lord and Savior. Leave Him out of the equation and you will come up short in your understanding, application, or the timing of the Abib Calendar.
We have shown this classification of ground and the effects it has on the wild barley for many, many years now. You can view them in the historical records of our abib inspections on the website. Unfortunately, there are some inspectors in the Land who do not agree with that, nor do they understand why not. I do not have a problem with that. I emptied myself of that emotional condition associated with it back in 2005 and now just address the factual failures of using this blemished barley and their use of it.
What has been good to read this year is that some (probably only one) who use this wild barley from unacceptable stony ground, only use it as an indicator for the timing of the real harvest of acceptable barley. I know this method well myself as do some others.
It is an established fact, and recorded in our historical reports, that this anemic barley can be used to ascertain the previous meteorological growing conditions in its life cycle to date in different areas. That is important for it is those conditions which regulate the speed and success of growth in acceptable grains from good ground. You can read about that once again in our past reports.
No doubt you have been seeing pictures and videos of this anemic wild barley growing in anemic stony soils. If the rains are good it is sustained for a longer time than if they were not. Stony and sandy soils shed moisture very quickly in Israel so they need a sustained amount of rain to keep them alive. That has happened for the most part this Biblical year in the Land. Thus, you can see some nice stands of maturing anemic wild barley. But the moment the rains stop it will force itself to grow up faster than it is supposed to in stony soils. That usually manifests itself in the head with only a few seeds out of many maturing to physiological maturity which is the definition of aviv. Those few seeds are always located in the center of the head leading to it easily shattering out of its actual time cycle. Thus, a blemished anemic plant unacceptable to be deemed harvestable by our Saviors standards.
With this all said, and to which much more could be added, we look for wild barley growing in good ground. We also want to see it growing in or adjacent to domestic barley fields. Good soils are ones that can be tilled using the instruments of the day in which Christ/Messiah walked the earth in the flesh.
Please listen to this agricultural fact. Wild barley growing in good ground/soil, in or adjacent to domestic barley that had been planted before the winter rains start will both mature at the same rate in Zadok’s growth cycle in Israel. They are both subject to the exact same meteorological conditions and timings of germination, etc. Our Elohim oversee the meteorological conditions as they have promised in scripture; from the very beginning to the very end of the yearly cycle. (Deut. 11:10-12)
We have posted many pictures and detailed explanations of this happening during our inspections over the years. It is very important to being accurate about the timing of the year changing from winter to summer, and thus, a new Biblical Year for counting when we are to keep the annual appointed times of rehearsal with our Elohim.
No Goat Grass allowed as a determining factor, just an indicator to use in evaluating. And then only when acceptable samples of “harvestable” grain can be seen growing and evaluated as to their potential timing through the use of Zadok’s Scale.
Just a small digression:
Do you think it is a coincidence that there is a scale for judging barley growth throughout its cycle being called Zadoks here at the end of the age?
The only family that remained loyal to our Elohim under the terms and conditions of the First Marriage Covenant was the household of Zadok as scripture instruct us. If you want the short version of this Biblical fact and its future outcome, please read Ezekiel 44:10-16. This is our Elohim speaking and their sense of humor being directed at all the self-proclaimed and self-indulgent proclaimed Levites of our time. In those instructions He also tells us all other Levites will be janitors in the Temple.
So, all you self-proclaimed levites of this day who insist on telling me and others you set the criteria for determinations of times and seasons, take a hike. Practice on the humility of floor scrubbing skills around the sacrificial altar and service to others instead of wanting to have the chief seat among us. That role is already filled by our Head, our Savior. Now back to the barley.
Many are curious of how I look at the relationship between the wild barley and the domestic barley? Once again this is primarily for the new folks but also useful to others.
The answer is simple agriculturally and Biblically: they are sisters who witness to us. Yes, 2 witnesses. However, there are rules associated with their testimony. I will get to them shortly. Let’s review their genetic construction.
Both have 14 chromosomes, seven pairs of two each equaling 14. That is special because that continuity does not exist in their cousins, the wheat. Only Einkorn wheat has 14 chromosomes (2 sets of 7 chromosomes). It even looks a lot like wild and 2 row domestic barley. Its sisters have a minimum of 28 chromosomes, with modern wheat toping it all off with 42. Lots to think about their, eh!
Both wild (Hordeum Spontaneum) and domestic (Hordeum Vulgare) may be sisters, but there is a big difference which speaks to many things including which can actually sustain a harvest, and which cannot sustain a harvest.
The domestic grain has what is referred to as a gene mutation, which is really not a mutation, but an enhancement with a spiritual reality likened to it. It is labeled BT1- BT2. (It has been in play for millennia if not from the beginning.) This is very important in agricultural and Biblical terms and to our understanding of the 7 weeks of harvesting times allotted for the first harvest, the barley harvest.
Simply put, this domestic barley difference allows the domestic head with the grain in it to stay intact for many weeks after it has reached physiological maturity, which in fact takes place somewhere between Zadoks 8.5 and 8.7 as we have demonstrated often in the past which you can see the results of our experimenting with it on the website. That physiological timing of being able to reproduce itself in its seeds applies to both wild and domestic.
On the other hand, wild barley, even growing amongst the domestic barley is not able to withstand the beating of a harvest.
Why?
Because wild barley will always fall apart in the head after it has reached physiological maturity. You try to cut it and the head breaks up falling to the ground. Or, if in your hand falling apart there. We have demonstrated this often but some newer folks may not understand this or even be aware of this difference between the 2 barley sisters.
One of our past apprentices in inspections has convinced a bunch of people that when Israel entered the Land the only barley that was there to harvest was wild barley. That would have been a frustrating hoot to watch for those folks coming into the Promised Land of milk and honey. They would want to turn around to the easy pickings of manna. You could not in any way bundle physiologically mature wild barley into sheaf's to stand in the field to dry. The heads would fall apart in almost every instance at first contact. Then you would be facing a forever gleaning project ahead.
So, when you hear us talking about wild barley in terms of harvesting a wavesheaf etc., we are talking about the timing of its ability to be mature enough for it to reproduce itself after the pattern of Genesis. And you will only ever hear us making this claim for wild barley which comes from good ground; not stony ground, and for that matter not from locations which are choked out by weeds after the example Christ/Messiah gave us earlier, or from locations defiled by sheep and goats meandering through them eating and defecating on them.
Please remember the rules of Leviticus apply to all of this regardless of which Covenant scriptures you are looking at. Both shoes, as an old friend of mine used to say. However, he only wanted me to use one and that is all I actually needed to his dismay. You may want to brush up on the rules associated with a Holy Grain Offering.
Once again, wild barley has never been used as the actual harvestable crop. We can use the anemic wild barley growing in stony ground to establish what the growing season has been like to that point, and with years of experience watching the varying patterns to it, establish a base timeline to maturity of acceptable grains. This is just one of the many benefits of being involved with the entire growth process like a good farmer does from beginning to end.
Farming is hard work. Remember Isaiah 28: 23-26 clearly defines the rules of harvestable grain crops as to their environments they are found in and the work put into it.
“Give ear and hear my voice, listen and hear my speech. Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods? When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cummin and scatter the cummin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place? For He instructs him in right judgment, his God/Elohim teaches him.”
Barley is planted in its appointed place which has been plowed, broken down and leveled, thus prepared for planting. That is not wild barley in stony ground folks. Either we believe the scriptures, or we do not. Thus, we do not use anemic wild barley from stony ground in our final analysis. It has its purpose at times, it is not the decision maker.
We use wild and domestic barley growing in good soil, either together or side by side with each other. Two witnesses. But, one has to be aware of when the domestic barley was planted. If it was long after the rains of winter starting (because that can happen with the technologies used today in farming) it will be maturing much later than the wild barley growing in it and around it due to a later germination. Thus it could not be used that year for its timing was manipulated outside of our Elohim. In that case we would use the wild barley without the domestic in our evaluation. But there must be no shortcomings in assessing a large number of areas to see what the norm was in that particular year as has happened to us twice in the past.
And then we have the other 9 witnesses placed in creation and recorded as to their purpose in the determination process in scripture, in determining the Biblical start of the year; it’s changing from winter to summer in the Promised Land, the place where our Elohim has His focus on, from the very beginning of the year to the very end of the year. If a majority of them are not present with the to support a sketchy barley growth cycle at the end of the 12th Biblical Month then our Elohim has different plans and the current year is extended.
Something of interest to some of you may be the fact that the drought resistant gene in wild barley has been identified and is being added to the domestic barley in some experiments in Israel. Mankind just keeps trying to improve what God/Elohim has put in place. To date there had never been this type of manipulation to the barley. Both the wild and the domestic had not been genetically altered.
In spiritual realities associated with the barley sisters I look at the domestic barley in some characteristic respects as the body of Christ/Messiah. The head is not easily broken and all the seeds hold tightly together when trouble arises and violence ensues through the strength of the head. The wild barley does its best, but without the gene “mutation” it will fall apart before its time. But giving credit where credit is due, the wild barley growing in good soils is very well equipped to survive drought conditions. The domestic is as well, but nowhere near the ability of her wild sister. That is an admirable, as well as a desirable characteristic in spiritual terms.
For those of you who do not look to Christ/Messiah in your belief structures, or in your understanding of the grain harvest with respect to spiritual realities in Israel, please, just use the other stuff spoken of here by me in your understandings.
I hope that can help answer the questions of some as to what my understanding of the abib inspection process is based on, utilizing the wild and domestic barley.
Lots more information to come in the days ahead God/Elohim willing.
Our Peace we give to you.
Also...here is the latest rain summary report
Sabbath March 5, 2022
Good Morning Brethren,
We hope you are being sheltered and blessed in your keeping of the Sabbath rest. Later today we will post some answers to some really good questions/insights from some. Remember, if you want something answered or acknowledged by us you need to use the email at the head of this page to do so.
It was a typical winter week in Israel this past one. Some rain some sun and a lot of clouds which keep the barley young. It will get a break from winter tomorrow with the temperatures maybe hitting 70F/21C in Jerusalem.
Unfortunately, it will be short lived with sporadic rain in some places before an anticipated big return to winter by Thursday.
We will see how the weather prophets at the IMS do this week. Their track record has been really good so far this winter season.
One simple question I will answer now is; will it be a normal year next year. First off for me and many others "next year" has not started yet. It is just short of a month away.
I am assuming it is in relation to the year after the next one starting in April. So yes, this next coming year will be a 12 month year. That has been, and will be, a Biblical fact you can use if you are using the Abib Calendar understandings that we use. The necessity of using intercalated years will only change when our Savior returns and the axis of the earth is corrected from its current tilted one and then 12 month years of 30 days each will be set in place as scriptures repeat to us.
After an intercalated year it is always a normal year. Never 2 intercalated in a row. Thus the Biblical Year in 2023 will start on Thursday March 23 if the crescent is seen the evening before. That crescent will have a visibility rating of 119 based on Bruce's algorithms from Jerusalem.
You can find them listed on our website: up through 2029/30 if you care to use them.
That has brought up another question for some know how we look at such things from our postings and writings on our history of experiences with the Abib Calendar.
Is it necessary to go to the Land and inspect in the year following an intercalated one?
NO it is not. That will be given a lot of detail for new folks to absorb in the post later today. For you new folks we will be introducing you to the term/designation I coined after the 2005 Abib Calendar betrayal. The term is "Goat Grass."
Briefly, in 2005 a location of completely unacceptable, dead, anemic, wild barley was used to declare a 12 month year ending. It was very difficult for us Christian inspectors to believe what was actually taking place. We won't be speaking to all of that activity later, but, to know how to avoid being sucked into a false witness by understanding the Biblical and Agricultural facts governing the Abib Calendar of Elohim.
The one good thing which came out of that years betrayal was my realization that I had to be much more detailed in my reports when explaining exactly what we were seeing in the Land and educating folks to all the criteria we use. I had assumed that everyone understood what I did about the terms and patterns associated with the inspections, that was an error on my part. Thus, I am somewhat to blame for the confusion of that year on that basis.
You will read after that how, my reports in particular, changed. I have tried to improve on it every year with much more details and understandings so brethren can make a really educated decision. Our calling is all about making right choices from wrong choices. Very simple.
Now for some of you, we have a few pictures which once again speak volumes to the timing of the year and the hypocrisy of others.
The first picture from yesterday is what the ridge above the Jezreel Valley looks like south of Poriya. Some of you guys have seen this more than once when in the Land. Definitely winter on the ridge.
The next 2 are what it looks like on the other side as you descend to the Valley floor. Lots of young domestic grain.
Here is a little quiz:
Is there a Biblical pattern to be seen from the scriptures describing a wild olive branch being grafted into a domestic olive tree, and the wild barley and the domestic barley?
So many Biblical realities are encoded and embedded in creation.
Our Peace we give to you.
Friday March 4, 2022 (Updated)
Happy Preparation Day to Everyone,
We hope you have all made your decisions as to the start of the year which for us is a non start to the new year. The evidences are overwhelming from our 4 month of continual evaluations, which are also shared by others who have an actual experience in doing so in the Land.
I get the sense that our apprentice from several years back has declared the start to the year? PT Barnum said it well: "there is one born every minute."
Thank you for the questions from those of you who have followed the method here to get answers. Even though we state on the Page and post it anew every couple of weeks folks still attempt to post and comment.
We never open them, they are automatically blocked, never opened, and thus declined. Lots of peace of mind in that.
Some have asked why we do that? It is simple, this Page is an information source only where anyone can come in peace and quiet and review current posts of the Abib Calendar process.
Unfortunately, there are people who want to tarnish this simple process which is carried out decently and in order. Some of them are quite rabid, foul mouthed, and frankly, Biblically ignorant if I may say so.
Some profess to be Levites and are endowed with authority over us, some profess to be end time prophets, and the list goes on. As the saying goes: "not in my house."
So, many are curious if we will continue to post through this 13th month. We have decided to do so. We do track all the supporting witnesses for ourselves, and the crew here has said we should continue to share them. That will make 2 years in which we have done so for everyone to see how essential these Biblical Witnesses are start to finish, especially in a year like this where you only have 3 witnesses in creation available at the end of the 12th Biblical Month.
What we will do is have some posts relevant to each as we move along through this 13th month. It is a great education in how our Elohim never leave nor forsake us.
Pierre has sent us over some pictures of the wild almonds blossoming in the Judean Hills. We know some of you follow them in your analysis for the calendar. These are located off of Route 375 which some of you are familiar with. This is close to Ein Mata. Please remember these wild trees are different in timing from the domestic ones located at lower elevations. The hills should be awash in white blossoms of the wild almonds. It is a beautiful site to see and we have only witnesses it at the beginning of March in intercalated years.
Then we have some photos from our friends at the Tzora Vineyards in the lower elevations of the Judean Hills.
The first one is from a few weeks back prior to pruning the vines of last years growth.
The second is from approximately a week ago which shows the older vines pruned and awaiting the next step in their witness.
And then we have a happy vintner who is also happily awaiting for signs of life coming from the dormant vines.
Brenda reminded me to post a photo from 2 days ago from our friends at the Galai Winery. It is the last picture in the sequence. Notice the old vines. Here is the caption the vintner posted with it.
"This morning at 07.21 we started trimming in the vineyard. This year the winter is very cold and the vine loves it and indulges in a good coma. We look forward and hope for an excellent vintage. But everything has the right moment to Him."
If you are not knowledgeable about this witness in creation to the turn of the year you can read about it and all of the other 9 on our website.
Abib Calendar Criteria To Use When Not In The Land
Our peace we give to you.
Wednesday March 2, 2022 (Second Post)
Good Morning once again. For those who are asking here are the dates we posted this morning on the website.
All days start from sunset the previous day. The following dates are based on our understanding of observation and they might change by a day or two depending on other methods.
CONFIRMED DATES FOR 2022 SUBJECT TO SIGHTING THE FIRST CRESCENT IN THE JERUSALEM REGION IN THE FIRST AND SEVENTH MONTHS.
NEW YEAR: APRIL 3RD
PASSOVER: APRIL 16TH
UB: APRIL 17-23RD
WAVESHEAF DAY: APRIL 17TH
PENTECOST: JUNE 5TH
TRUMPETS: SEPTEMBER 28TH
ATONEMENT: OCTOBER 7TH
TABERNACLES: OCTOBER 12TH
8TH DAY: OCTOBER 19
I hope that is helpful to some. Its my best copy and paste ability without Bridget or Brenda doing it. Of course, they have full time jobs and not retired like me.
Our Peace we give to you.
Wednesday March 2, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
Pierre shared some pictures of one of his domestic locations yesterday so we decided to share them with you.
This location is not far from Beth Shemesh at the beginning of the Judean Hills. This is the peaceful back way to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. On Route 395
So many memories come flooding back in. Some of you have stood in this location in past years inspections.
Please enjoy.
Tuesday March 1, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
We hope you are prospering during these troubling times and confusion surrounding the camp of the Body of Christ/Messiah.
We felt it was necessary to let all the new folks to this facebook page, and in turn to the website as it gets posted there, know that we do have a procedure for answering questions and for you to have input that may be relevant to the process we undertake each year at the beginning of the growth cycle of the grain fields in Israel.
This page is a non-commenting and non-posting location. Everything is to be done decently and in order. If you want to share something with us you can do so by using the email at the top of this Page. Someone monitors it throughout the day. Either I or Bridget or Brenda will get back with you. If you have a question you would like answered please do so.
There seems to be some concern about the history of our inspections in Israel for some are clouding it with falsehoods and guile. All of you old timers know what has taken place since 2002 when we started combined inspections with some Karaite followers of Judaism in the Land.
You newer folks can also get the actual history of all the inspections at this link: https://www.abibofgod.com/. They are on the Abib Reports location. To get to all the historical reports go to the bottom of the current reporting and you will find a list of each year. Click it on and you have an account for each one.
They are unaltered reports of what took place in each year since 2002.
Those who are asking about my relationship with Nehemia and Devorah can read about it from the beginning up to our separation in 2005. Devorah was an asset to all in those 3 years we worked together. With Nehemia abandoning the abib inspections after 2016, Devorah picked up the inspections and the reporting of them for those who followed the Karaite Korner.
All good memories of Devorahs participation regardless of those who are trying to rewrite the history.
Now to the questions about Becca. Yes, Becca joined us in 2016, 2017, and 2018. She was eager to learn our process of inspecting for the Biblical witnesses present in the Land. We were more than happy to have her accompany us so she could learn about them and how we identify them and use them in our process of identifying the change of the year from winter to summer in Biblical terms not those unseen magic moments in the sky which start 2000 miles south of Jerusalem.
And yes, we did have a separation. From what folks send me I see she is still using all the terms and words we showed and spoke to her on the inspection years she was with us.
Hopefully that will satisfy the questions and curiosity of many. Read the reports of the specific years and you will get more details if you are so inclined.
No revisionist history allowed in the Body of Christ/Messiah.
Remember, if you have a question, use the established process spoken of above. We do not even open any requests to post or comment here on this facebook page so we have no idea what you are saying whether good, bad, or indifferent.
If questions are deemed appropriate for the rules we maintain for this page we will publish it with our answer. If not, we will not.
Our Peace we give to you.
Monday February 28, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
Most of you have the required amount of information you need to make a decision on whether the Elohim are changing the year from winter to summer this upcoming new moon cycle.
Some of you still are requiring more. In fact, you are looking for what we call unacceptable wild barley from anemic ground. So today we are happy to supply that to you from the location which has been used many times in the past to make that decision.
Gisela boarded the bus today and made the necessary transfers to reach Tel Gama to assist you with that. For some of you the videoed area will be familiar for you have walked it. For others not so familiar even though you have used this location in the past to follow a declaration of the change of the year. The reason is only a small handful of barley is usually only shown and not the overall area for you to observe.
This area is nothing short of unacceptable based on every Biblical and Agricultural principle and command we have listed over the years in our reports. This is used for grazing. But, nevertheless, please observe how immature the barley as a whole is here. There were only a few patches which were in head and they are so stressed many will not make it to maturity, but die and turn brown giving the false color of aviv.
Please look to the video first. Then you can see some of the close up pictures here that Gisela took for you to confirm the status of this location and for that matter, all the other locations in the region as the daily reporting has emphasized.
The first photo is of a "patch" of wild barley beside the path which is surrounded by its brethren still in the boot at best.
The next 2 pictures illustrate how anemic this wild barley is. Zoom in on the tiny little heads popping out from thin little stalks trying to survive the dryness of these sandy soils of the area, to make it to at least a few seeds in them making it to maturity. Without blemish for a potential holy wavesheaf offering middle of next month; not a chance, let alone the beginning of the month!
The next photo from today illustrates what happens to this area all too often in dry years there. The head of barley has made it through the boot and flowering stages only to die prematurely because it has expended all its resources to produce a head bigger than the ones around it. Thus there is nothing left to complete the cycle.
Some would actually consider this aviv.
Gisela was a little disappointed with the quality of the wild barley in the area as it spells out waiting until she can once again participate with the Elohim in their annual appointed times of rehearsal. Festivals to most of you folks.
Thank you Gisela for your service to the body. Maybe some time in the future Linda and I will be able to walk through the fields once again with you.
This is just about all we will be posting as to Biblical witnesses in the Land prior to the next crescent. We have been showing you all the process we follow each year, from prior to germination to the end of the 12th Biblical Month. If I remember correctly this year that started with us reporting the end of September.
Some of you are farmers, some of you grow your own food, and some of you do not. For those who do you know the importance of watching the entire process from seed to harvest time. Through doing so you can project when your crop will be ready to harvest so you are prepared for doing so. Lots of preparation time along the way and not to exhaust the stores you have.
Let's take potatoes as an example. Once you see the stems flowering you know you have anywhere from 5-7 weeks before you will need to start preparing things to dig them up ,or if planted in large acreages, turning the hills over to expose the potato itself.
Through this process of observing and tending to your crop you have a good idea of how much of last years crop you have left that can be eaten at what pace to make it last until the new crop is in the barn so to speak.
That is how we follow the grain crops in Israel from afar each year prior to us going to the Land or not. That is what a good farmer does. We don't go out to the fields at the last minute to make a decision on whether we can harvest them or not. That is the actions of a very lazy and indifferent farmer. You can imagine the subsequent chaos.
So, we encourage you to use all the information we have supplied over the past 4 months in conjunction with that which you yourselves have accumulated, to make your decision on the change of the year.
Please, do not let someone else make a last minute decision for you. That is not how our calling from Father works. We are to have our own hand at the plow in such things. Only then will we truly be a part of the walk in the Body of Christ/Messiah as mature workers seeking out our own salvation.
Keep safe in our Lord and Savior and may you all grow in His favor, acceptance, and knowledge.
Our Peace we give to you.
Sunday February 27, 2022
Hi Folks,
As the saying goes: better late than never. Linda and I have driven from NY to TN today. We are on the grandchildren circuit time of life. A wonderful experience, even if it is the end of the age. It takes some of the sting out of it.
We hope to have some photos of our final scheduled inspection from Israel tomorrow. Many of you will be familiar with the areas if in fact it does take place.
The areas south of Be'eri are into a semi-drought at present. When that takes place in these sandy soils only the first maturing plant species like wild oats and anemones make it to a reasonable state of maturity.
In the first photo from yesterday you can see this so very clearly. The anemones have completed their cycle. Look to the center of the picture and you will see wild oats hurriedly trying to make it through. Zoom in for a close look. But! Notice the young wild barley still looking like grass.
Please remember the pattern: the early wild oats are usually 2-3 weeks, at minimum, ahead of the early wild barley.
This is an area which will be noted a lot in the next few days with Israel based inspectors walking through it prior to the new moon.
Even in these sandy soils, and in dry conditions which force the plants to rush through their cycle in this anemic ground, the wild barley is a long way from being aviv.
Next is a classic winter photo from Ramat Menashe.
Then we have a photo from 2 days ago in Be'eri which features some goats in the forefront and some sheep in the background.
Notice that the goats are moving along well with dropping their lambs. Some are obviously several weeks old.
But the sheep are still a little behind with the exception of a few little ones. This is the pattern in the Land with the predominant species.
We have shown many of the patterns of the goats and sheep in the past reports so please refer to them for greater information on the subject of their Biblical witness to the change of the year in the Land from winter to summer.
Our Peace we give to you.
Sabbath February 26, 2022
Happy Sabbath to All,
We are hoping you are well into your Sabbath rest and delight regardless of what is going on around you.
As I was looking out over our fields in Kendall NY this morning I could not help but be reminded, by our perfect timepiece in the sky, that the Biblical month is getting close to closing out and it is decision time for the members of the Body of Christ/Messiah. The first picture is the beautiful reminder in the sky.
In thinking about reminders in the sky, Yifat captured the young wheat overlooking the Jezreel Valley peeking up at the rainbow which also is a reminder to us all and holds a wonderful promise in viewing it. That is picture number two.
Our study fellowship is meeting today to evaluate all the evidences in creation in the Land to date this year and make our decision on whether to intercalate another month into this Biblical Year or not. We hope you too also have the necessary witnesses and criteria to do so as well. Please try to make your own decisions, and not stand by waiting for someone else to make it for you.
We also have an update from the lonely tree taken yesterday. You now have 4 pictures spanning a month and a half of this same location. What you are seeing is the longest time duration of stage 4 we have witnesses in 21 years of inspecting in the Land, and from afar. This is yesterday witness.
Who can tell us why that has taken place in meteorological and agricultural terms?
My attention has been brought to a video from an inspector in the Land. Pretty good stuff except for one glaring piece of misinformation. The author states that there is very little, to no barley planted in Israel. I am assuming that statement is based in ignorance and not a falsehood.
You folks who have been following the reports over the years know all to well that their are thousands of acres in the south planted to barley: both 2 row and 6 row because we have shown them to you in photo's and in video's.
So let's do a quick tutorial in the different appearances between 2 row and 6 row barley and between the 3 physiologically different species of wheat.
First lets look at the wheat. In this photo you can see the mother of all wheat which is Einkorn. It houses 14 chromosomes just like wild and domestic barley. It does not bind well with leaven. Please note how it resembles 2 row barley in appearance. (Pictures to follow)
Then we have Emmer wheat which has 28 chromosomes. It binds more readily with leaven that Einkorn but does not puff up like the abomination following here. It has an appearance of a bit of Einkorn and a bit of modern bread wheat. The other 2 grains in the picture are not important in this review. Kamut wheat is Khorasan wheat if you are interested. Fascinating story behind it if you care to search it out.
Then we have a picture of wild barley and modern day wheat on the sheet of paper to better see what they look like in their aviv state. We still look for wheat for some folks who use it. We try to be all things to all people in this function we have been given.
This modern wheat or bread wheat is a mongrel to say the least. It is well past aviv here, but this condition speaks to us of its scraggly beard, etc. It has 42 chromosomes. It is an abomination in comparison to the Einkorn wheat which has 14 chromosomes. Eating this abominable wheat has caused many to get sick here at the end of the age.
Now lets look at 2 row and 6 row barley in the next photo. Notice how the two row has a nice symmetry of kernels not trying to put distance between their other members in the head. (Big lesson in that.) It looks a lot like Einkorn wheat if we were to compare them as different species and it should for they both have 14 chromosomes. But look at the symmetry of the 6 row as well. It too has 14 chromosomes. If comparing it looks more like Emmer wheat.
Now that we have all these examples in our minds and in front of us lets do our homework to see if we can identify the modern wheat, domestic 2 and 6 row barley, wild barley, wild oats, and tares (darnel) in the next two pictures we have taken in the past in the Land.
Oh yes, they are all growing together in the same very good soils. Sites like this are somewhat easy to find in the South with a little effort and exploration. Some of you past inspectors who have joined us can attest to that. Key words in it all are: effort and will to do so.
Regardless of our decision we make today we will continue to post up to the first crescent. By that we are saying through March 4th for some use different criteria than others just like the barley.
So once again, happy Sabbath and our Peace we give to you!
Friday February 25, 2022
Good Morning and Happy Preparation Day to All!
Temperatures are dropping significantly in Israel as I write and the rains are back after a few days break and the snows are once again adding to Mt Hermon's crown of winter glory.
This years winter pattern of rain, snow, and excessive cloud covered skies is the reason why the barley crop: both wild and domestic, is quite content to ride it all out in the protection of the boot of the plants. They are waiting for sunny skies and warmer breezes.
The IMS tells us there will be another brief break in this winters pattern on Monday and Tuesday and then back to another round of rain and snow. And as we all know and understand, our Elohim control all the meteorological conditions in Israel to bring about Their desired results.
Evgeny took a photo this morning which captures the mood of this winter season. The bright greens of the domestic grain and the wild grain, and the yellows of the wild mustard plants are shrouded by the dark, rain heavy, clouds which have been a mainstay this winter in the Land.
Some of you may be interested that this is not far from Poriya. Look how young the grain crops are there. This is what the western slopes of the Sea of Galilee look like here at the end of our 12th Biblical Month and for some the end of their 13th Biblical Month and then for others the end of their 11th Biblical Month. What a mosaic.
Some are interested in barley facts which show the main difference between wild barley and domestic barley in the Land. Following is an excerpt from one of our many articles speaking to that.
Barley: Hordeum Vulgare (domestic) and Hordeum Spontaneum (wild)
Both have a total of 14 chromosomes. That comes from 7 pairs or sets of 2 chromosomes each, thus the total of 14. They have father (male) and mother (female) chromosomes. Thus, they are self-pollinating.
Domestic barley has non-shattering spikes due to a mutation in one of the linked genes BT1-BT2. It is more oval than wild barley not having the length to width dimensions of the wild.
Wild barley has brittle spikes which ensures seed dispersal.
As you can see they are almost identical in their physiological makeup. That is important. What separates them is the wild barley heads will completely shatter when it is drying out in the latter dough stages of development. That is caused by a mutation in the linked genes BT1-BT2. We have demonstrated often over the years how this is a detriment to actually being able to harvest it.
Once the head reaches physiological maturity it falls apart when handled, especially if it is growing in anemic (unacceptable) soils. That is why we primarily look for wild barley growing in or next to domestic fields of barley. These locations are usually found in good soils which are acceptable locations to harvest a Wavesheaf Offering from which is classified as a Holy Grain Offering in Leviticus.
That is the only locations where we can find the two sister grains witnessing to us together about the change from winter to summer in the Land. Wild barley growing in anemic ground full of stones and rocks was not used for a harvestable crop, but for food for sheep, goats, and cattle to graze on. It is pasture land.
Please remember Isaiah instructs us that barley is to be sown on tilled fields Isaiah 28:23-26. He also instructs Israel and thus us as well that the hills are reserved for grazing animals even if they could be hoed. Isaiah 7:25. He has a lot more to say about Biblical agricultural patterns and laws in the Land as we have addressed in the past. Either we believe what scripture tells us or we don't.
That is embellished by our Saviors parable of the sower.
Simple choices.
We hope you all have a peaceful as well as restful Sabbath ahead.
Our Peace we give to you.
Wednesday February 23, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
As a reminder to the new folks, this Page is an information Page only. Thus no posting or commenting. If you wish to contact us with a question or anything else do so through the email address at the top of the Page. Either I, or Bridget, or Brenda will get back with you.
Let's talk about the witness of the White Stork in the Land. It is listed as one of the 10 Biblical witnesses to the change of the year. We have lots of this information detailed in length on the website.
By a witness the scriptures are talking about the actual migration when the skies over Israel are filled with their amazing cone shaped spires reaching high into the sky as they ride the thermals from the summer air warming the Land. Their squawking can't go without notice as they soar overhead heralding their return on this leg of their migration north.
Unfortunately some folks get all caught up in claiming the wintering birds in the Land are actually migrating ones. Not so!
Here is a roundup of the birds we have been watching this winter season in Israel with their locations throughout it.
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Between the International Birding Center in Eilat and Elifaz Reservoir: 25-30 White Storks all winter.
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Between the Tse'elim sewage ponds and Habesor reservoirs: 20-25 white storks all winter.
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Between Tirtza reservoir and the Tovlan dump 800-1000 White Storks all winter. (Jordan Valley north of Jericho)
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Agamon Hula: 100-200 White Storks all winter.
Thank you for loving Father and Son. Keep safe in their favor and acceptance and growth in our Savior.
Tomorrow we will answer some questions on the difference between the wild barley and the domestic barley in the Land.
Our Peace we give to you.
Tuesday February 22, 2022
Good afternoon Folks,
We have a special treat for you today! Pierre dropped us many dozens of pictures he took today traveling down Rt. 232 and 234. You old timers know this as barley alley.
His photographic witnesses from today confirm what we have been tracking so far this growth cycle. Everything is very young.
In fact the Re'im area needs rain in a big way. This will render that area as a producer of anemic wild barley this year as you can see in the pictures. Some are already drying out in the boot.
He also found our first Domestic barley starting to come out of the boot in a portion of a big field on 234 about 3 miles from the junction with 232. Once again very young field of Domestic 2 and 4 row barley.
The first two pictures are of a domestic barley field near 232 and 234 junction. Nothing coming out of the boot yet.
The next 3 pictures are of wild barley, some roadside and some not. But in each case it is all still in the boot or even much younger. This is near the same junction as you can read on the roadside barley picture. Many of you folks are familiar with this area and have walked it in past years.
The next 3 pictures are in the Re'im Nature Park. Once again guys, look how young the barley is. Rick and Angie, does this not look exactly like 2005 in this same location? No Bedouins this year in the area just very young stunted barley due to the lack of rain.
Then we have 3 pictures 3 miles south of the 232 and 234 junction of domestic 2 and 6 row barley. This is an area of early barley crops due to the way the rains turn off each year, but look how young these heads are just coming out of the boot. The picture of the bigger area of the field shows us that only some small sections are into stage 5 of Zadoks Scale.
There are many more pictures from Pierre including those of Shokeda Forest but they speak to us of the same things.
Thank you Pierre for your service to the Abib Calendar folks!
We certainly hope you folks have been viewing enough evidences here and from your own searches to be able to make a mature evaluation this upcoming new moon as to what clear signs are coming from the Elohim to you.
We will do some posts this week if time permits on a few more of the 10 Biblical witnesses which actually support the barley crops witness in the Land as to whether they are mature enough to start a new year as in a change from winter to summer.
Our Peace we give to you.
Monday February 21, 2022
Hi Folks,
For those of you who want to see almonds in bloom we have one domestic and one wild photo for you. The internet is loaded with them this week as they are about to peek in some locations but not all.
In the second one notice the maturity of the grain and the timing of the wild almond in between the different crops growing.
We also have 2 photos from yesterday from the northern Jordan Valley near the south end of the Sea of Galilee.
If you look back through last years updates you will find this location was one we posted at different times during the growth cycle. If you do, you will see a stark difference in the wild grain between the two years.
Sunday February 20, 2022 (second post)
Good Morning once again,
Today we will focus on just the South since we posted earlier the winter weather depiction which is still manifesting itself and is the reason why the wild and domestic grains in this region are still young in their growth cycles.
As many of you know we evaluate dozens of photos each day from the grain growing regions in Israel. We only post a few of them which we think will be of interest to you, which are representative of all the rest.
By the way, there are locations in which wild almonds are starting to bloom with their white blossoms around the country. This is the main event of the year for them. The domestic trees have already past this stage in some areas.
The first four photos are from different areas in the South. It is the same old picture so to speak, in that there are a sea of red anemones in their glory, and very young wild barley in both unacceptable ground and in acceptable ground.
In the 5th photo we have finally found a small stand of wild oats. They look to be about a week out of the boot. This is a great photo to demonstrate how the early wild oats are much more mature than the wild barley growing around it. You have heard us talk to this fact for many years. Some have been curious to see this in a picture so here you are. The oats are on the left side of the picture. Hope it is helpful to you in your understanding.
Now we have a special picture for some of you past inspectors. Yes, it is the stump some of you have sat on. What are the chances of seeing someone else doing the very same thing? As you guys know this is a traditionally early wild barley location where it grows up past your waist. How would you sum it up this year? Let us know and we can post it.
Our Peace we give to you.
Sunday February 20, 2022
Still winter in the desert South.
Sabbath February 19, 2022 Second Post
Hi Folks,
Here are some pictures of winter wheat (one of the many species) coming out of the boot from a location near Daliyya we have been following. Zoom in and get a good look at how a field of grain reacts at this very early stage of coming out of the boot. The pattern is the same for wheat and barley.
In some of the photo's you can see florets on the heads as they emerge from the stalks bosom.
Still waiting on the domestic barley to pop out in the areas we track.
Notice the cloud cover in these photo's. For the growth process to quicken in the Land it needs some hot sunny days. It appears they may get 2-3 this week coming up, but then return to clouds and rain.
As most of you probably know we list rain as one of the Biblical witnesses involved in the year changing from winter to summer. Scripture tells us the continual hard rains must stop as summer enters the Land.
Sabbath February 19, 2022
Happy Sabbath to All!
We hope you are being blessed in your obedient walk with Father and Son. What an astonishing thing that the likes of us could be called by Father to confound the mighty, or at the least those who think they are mighty.
I mentioned earlier this week that I would answer a question directed to me, or better said in my direction. Actually, it wasn’t really a question but more of an accusation. Imagine that? No laughing from you old timers. Regardless of the perception or intent of the verbiage I am bound by 1 Peter 3:15 to give a defense for the hope which is in me to any and all who ask. Thus, I will answer in short, for it is all listed in great length on the website and has been included in many reports over the years.
Most of you old timers to the Abib Calendar and our reports since the early 2000’s will be very familiar with all of this so please bear with me. As well some of you have different understandings on some of it and that is not being addressed here for, we are all in the same body of Christ/Messiah. As such you are comfortable in your own skin so to speak and function as adult members of that body in our relationships as we are commanded to. You simply glean what is useful to you in your walk with Father and Son.
However, there are others who are ignorant and abusive of many of the basic Biblical and agricultural principles, patterns, and facts which are pertinent to the Abib Calendar. These folks don’t let such things get in the way of their delusions. These types can’t let well enough alone but need to find any format where they can flap their lips to their hearts content. That is one of the reasons why we do not let folks comment or post. Scripture instructs us they can’t help themselves in such pursuits. With this being the case, I will still give an answer for the hope which is in me.
It is my belief that the Abib Calendar is one of two watershed doctrines here at the end of the age to assist us in our journey to perfection and qualifying to be an eternal helpmate to our Savior in Fathers household. If curious, the other one is: “you will know them by the love they have for one another.” That is Godly love; not any feely, touchy, emotional expression.
I believe that the Abib Calendar is centered around the actions and activities of our Savior securing a Bride, an eternal helpmate for the next part of Fathers planned family growth. I believe that Christ/Messiah is the Lamb of that household and is also the Wavesheaf of that household. As a gentile, I believe that the Wavesheaf Offering that takes place during the Days of Unleavened Bread, my Savior/Husband was waved and accepted on my behalf, for I was not a Native Israelite who had been granted access to the terms and conditions of the first marriage Covenant. It is my Savior who took the beating, the threshing, the winnowing on my behalf so I could be acceptable to Father and grafted in through Christ/Messiah and the terms and conditions of the second marriage Covenant.
These are just some of the spiritual realities which are underpinnings of the physical activities encoded in the processes of the Abib Calendar. The very first one is the Month that the Elohim have decided will change from winter to summer, dark to light, as Genesis 8:22 instructs us. Our Savior is the light of the world. He is the light of Genesis the first chapter prior to the creation of the sun, moon, and starts. Thus, the start of the Month of Abib sheds His light on Fathers plan for Salvation.
The Month of Abib can’t start without Christ/Messiah’s participation in it. Many of you hold the belief that He is your Wavesheaf as well. However, there are several different applications to that fact in your individual calendar pursuits. I will only be addressing my own even though I acknowledge and assist you in yours so this is not about that or you.
The Bible calls barley the humble grain. From the very moment it comes out of the boot it starts to strengthen its stalk and bows its head, neck, and shoulder before Father. To me that is our Savior’s mindset after He emptied himself of all His glory and became flesh while Father housed that glory in His bosom as John the first chapter so beautifully instructs us.
With this said, it will become easy for some newcomers to the Abib Calendar to understand what and why I do what I do in determining when the Month of Abib starts. Remember, it is centered around His actions as being the Lamb and the Wavesheaf of Fathers Household. Thus, He is the foundation of Two marriage Covenants with their own terms and conditions.
When our Savior became spiritually physiologically mature, where He would be able to reproduce Himself in the Plan, He had fulfilled His course in the flesh. He was sin free and qualified to be the Passover sacrifice Lamb even though He did not meet the criteria for it under the terms and conditions of the First Marriage Covenant which was a physical covenant for he was marred and bleeding from the beatings he had taken. He was spiritually clean and pure in the heart but His body was bruised and smashed and thus very blemished.
Why?
Because He had to undergo being beaten, threshed, and winnowed prior to His shedding His righteous and innocent blood. He certainly could not have fulfilled the physical reality of being the Wavesheaf after that. He took that beating on my behalf for I am a Gentile who did not have access to the marriage Covenant like a Native Israelite did. During the Days of Unleavened Bread, He was accepted on my behalf so I had a door open to Father. This is the simplicity and the sincerity of why I look for barley to be in the stage of growth which is physiologically mature enough to reproduce itself at the end of the 12th month and prior to Wavesheaf day in any potential first month of the new year.
As many of you know I experimented with this process a lot during the first few years of the Abib inspections. I would take seeds in different stages of growth and plant them in good soils and watch to see which of them would germinate and start growing. That was narrowed down to the 8th stage of Zadok’s scale. Physiological maturity or the “state of aviv” takes place between 8.3 and 8.5 at the earliest.
When we inspect prior to the end of the 12th month I personally look for barley from good ground that will be at this stage of development prior to a potential upcoming Passover in the next month. There was a time I extended that out to Wavesheaf Day but now through convictions need to find it before Passover for He was beaten out and threshed before He shed His blood. His winnowing took place when the cross was lifted into the air for the wind to blow by Him. So many spiritual realities in the physical events.
So, the naysayers now have my answer in an abbreviated form. I would suggest that they look to the articles on the website for much greater detail but that is not part of what they are about. As lip-flappers (oh no, there he goes calling them names again just like Christ/Messiah did) they can now return to running around the fire in a frenzy cutting and slashing themselves in the hope their god will awaken and silence a blasphemer like me.
We all have choices to make. Be happy!
Our Peace we give to you.
Friday February 18, 2022
Happy Prep Day once again,
Many are wondering about the sheep and the lambs, as they should be. They are one of the 10 witnesses in creation to the change of the year from winter to summer in the Land. We will make a point of trying to provide updates to them. Brenda follows them for us and has found some good videos of them as well as pictures. Be careful when you find them, to evaluate when they were taken, not just posted. Quite a few from last year are popping back up now.
Our first two photos are screen shots taken from a video of a very large flock of pregnant ewes. I actually took the screen shots so the quality might not be as good as someone who knows that process would produce. In the video they are moving and eating quickly as is their pattern this time of year. The old adage "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" is ingrained into pregnant sheep. Thus they don't like to let another sheep get to it first.
Notice the area they are grazing in and refer back to all the pictures of unacceptable ground for a wavesheaf offering to come from. These areas are used for grazing throughout the country. Not the tillable areas with good rock free soil for the most part. However, the Bedouins sneak in and out of some of them.
You may also notice the white egret in the mix. The wintering egrets stay close to the sheep and the cattle as they graze so they can scavenge their dinner from all the activity.
We have articles and videos posted on the website if you want to know more about where the sheep and the lambs fit into the process and pattern of the Biblical New Year.
The question has arisen as to why we do not have more pictures of wild barley growing with domestic barley? The answer to that is simple, there is not much to show yet unless it is separated adjacent to the domestic. The domestic in these current stages is always taller than the wild barley growing amongst it. That changes once we enter into the heads coming out of the boot and into the flowering stages, so in a few weeks time you will see us posting more of them for you to evaluate.
Do you remember the photo from Rona we posted a few days back? It is a very good example of what I just mentioned. Look at how much taller the domestic barley is as opposed to her wild sister. Both of these are in very good ground and will produce an acceptable wavesheaf, and harvest to follow. We hope that can answer the question.
Now to another. If the wild barley from stony grazing ground is not acceptable for a wavesheaf offering and the scriptures tell us it is not producing a harvest why spend so much time covering it?
Thank you!
Here comes your answer which will be helpful to many more of the brethren here at the end of the age where evil abounds.
There are those who have attached themselves to the Abib Calendar process who use barley coming from unacceptable ground; to declare an acceptable wavesheaf offering will be ready come wavesheaf Day in the upcoming month or for the start of the month.
Please remember a Wavesheaf Offering is a "most holy offering" as Leviticus repeatedly instructs us. All holy offerings are to be without blemish. That is from start to finish. All spiritual realities are represented in creation and used by the Elohim to instruct us. Take the Tabernacle for instance. Hebrews instructs us that it is just a replica of the spiritual reality at Fathers throne.
That same process and pattern applies to the two grain harvest is the Land in which His eyes are on from the very beginning of the year, to the very end of the year.
With the understanding and simple agricultural fact that the barley growing in the unacceptable stony ground will ALWAYS mature first we make every effort to explain to you the reader that it is a false witness. It is always blemished to one degree or another!
We have made a lot of effort to show you how this unacceptable barley is maturing this year as in every years reporting. All over the country, the vast majority of it is still in the flag leaf stage just 13-14 days prior to the end of this 12th Biblical month and to the start of the next new moon cycle. This is the early maturing barley, which is unacceptable to start a new year, being so young at this time in the cycle.
So where is the acceptable wild barley at this time. In the same stage as her domestic sister. Keep the winter wheat out of this one for winter wheat is coming out of the boot in many locations just as it is programed to do with its 42 chromosomes. Just think the mother of all wheat: Einkorn, only has 14 chromosomes just like wild barley and domestic barley.
Please do not be defrauded in your calendar understanding and evidences given. Evaluate everything, including what we post to see if it stands up to the Biblical agricultural tests and patterns. We do not post all this for ourselves. We have it and are willingly sharing it with you for you to use as you wish in your personal relationships with Father and Christ/Messiah. And we neither ask for or accept your money. Father has provide for us to carry out this function in the body without it from the very beginning.
To answer a question before it is asked: "Can we find wild barley in the classifications past the flowering stage before the end of this month?" The answer is yes we could as we have every year of inspections spanning 2 decades. Stony south exposed hillsides and roadsides on hillsides are the two main locations for such. Those are mature due to the greenhouse effect of that environment, in ground which has forced the barley to grow quickly through the maturity stages thus resulting in anemic barley in anemic ground. Our reports over the years are filled with these examples.
Here are some photos from today and yesterday from the North, Central, and South of the locations of wild barley, some in acceptable ground and some in unacceptable ground. Try and figure out which is which using the Biblical Agricultural Principles we have been listing in the reports this year and the past several decades of reports. There is nothing new under the sun.
Once again, if you have any questions or comments for us send them through the email listed on this site. We do not open requests for comment and posting. Be happy!
Our peace we give to you!
Friday February 18, 2022
Happy Preparation Day to you Sabbath keeping Brethren,
Here is the IMS weather report for the next few days and upcoming possibilities for the week ahead. They are usually correct in their predictions of such things.
In short, lots of rain starting during the night and running through much of Sunday. Risk of flash floods is high in the South. A new storm system may enter the Land towards the end of the upcoming week. As we have demonstrated through many years of reporting on the start of the Biblical Year, lots of rain equals a delay in barley maturing and can bring on disease in a lot of the crop.
A good farmer listens to creation in regards to his crops growing and when he can reasonably start harvesting them, thus he is not caught unaware and unprepared. Boaz certainly would not have had his reapers standing around waiting on his barley and wheat crops to be harvest ready before their time, nor would he have had them off somewhere else when the time was near. He listened to and observed the growth patterns from year to year and understood them well.
How are your crops growing?
We may have a few more posts today on sheep and wild grains like oats and barley.
Thursday February 17, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
We have an update on the "lonely tree" grain fields. If you have not been following our progress here you can scroll back through the postings and see we started with this location back in early January. We have approximately 6 weeks of growth in pictures for it. As you can see in this first picture it is not coming out of the boot let alone being fully headed out. There are some nice groups of wild barley mixed in amongst this domestic every year but they can't be distinguished until later in the growth cycle.
Once again we have as our second photo what the field looked like last year on February 13 for your comparison. Pictures are worth a thousand words. All the early domestic grain locations are all within 7-10 days of each other in maturity.
Follow the pattern in the pictures to date and apply the math to the domestic crops this year. For those of you who look to the domestic barley fields as part or as full evidence for a first of Abib determination, where do you find yourselves with it? That decision should be an easy one. Use a calendar and Zadoks scale.
We here at abibofgod.com are in the 12th month of a normal year. For us it would need to be at a minimum of soft dough to be ready at the end of this 12th month for a wavesheaf offering by March 20.
The chief reason for its immaturity at this time, and the wild barley growing amongst it, is the volumes of record rains engulfing most regions of the Land. Bridget may post the current totals to date by the traditionally early locations later today or tomorrow. The next photo is indicative of what you will find around the country. It was taken yesterday in Ramot Menashe but could fit in many other locations.
We a have a photo (end of the chain) from yesterday of domestic grain coming out of the boot. Here is a quiz. How do we know it is winter wheat? Some of you grain farmers will know the answer. If you want to share it send it to the email at the top of this page.
For the folks who use wild barley in their determinations by the first of Abib or by Wavesheaf Day we have two photos from this week in the South. Both are in locations referred to as Tel's. Those are little hills with unacceptable soil conditions. Being this young at this time in a Gregorian year they will struggle to gain much more stature because the rains here will be coming in short supply. That is the pattern in most years so we are watching for it. This wild barley in these stony and sandy soils will be anemic looking in stature and composition as they are in every year.
Unfortunately these locations are used by some who inspect barley to declare the beginning of the Biblical Year out of season. Some are asking for an explanation of what we actually look for and why? In the next few days I will answer that here for those who actually want to know. But, keep in mind, I have done so often in the past reports and in articles on the website. So, some want a shortcut and I will post it in brief. Our lives here are filled to the brim currently, thus it will be a few days for such extra curricular activities outside the normal updates.
We will focus on the wild barley and oats in a day or two. Nothing to date looks past stage 4 of Zadoks. That is acceptable barley representative of a holy wavesheaf offering without blemish.
Our peace we give to you.
Wednesday February 16, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
We hope you are all doing well in your pursuits of this age if they are pleasing to Father, if not then we don't. That sounds like letting your yes be yes, and your no be no to many of you, but not to all.
Once again, we are letting all the new folks know this is a non-commenting and non-posting site. It is an information site only. You can glean from any information you find useful in your relationship with Father and Christ/Messiah in a quiet and peaceful way.
We do not open the requests, just decline them so we have no idea what you are saying. That is called "being happy." If you have something to say to us and don't need an audience to do so, please contact us through the email given here on the head of this page.
If you have any photo's you want to share with the rest of the folks send them through the same process with your understanding of them. If they are considering posted them we will contact you and discuss them as to source of origin, etc.
The picture below is so tranquil. A few beautiful anemones surrounded by young barley in the Upper Jordan Valley floor. As picturesque as it is this location is unacceptable for Wavesheaf purposes.
Lots of stone and rocks. With that said, it is also very young at this stage of the growth process here in the 12th month of the Abib Calendar. As our Savior tells us: good ground equals a good harvest, bad ground equals no harvest. A truly guiding agricultural and Biblical principle in our pursuit of an accurate start to the beginning of the Biblical Year.
Our peace we give to you.
Sunday February 13, 2022
Hi Folks,
After 11 hours and 4 states later we are back in our winter wonderland. Plowed out and wood stove going strong.
We have a great picture from Rona today which speaks volumes to us. She is standing between the two barley sisters: wild and domestic, who are in an argument about who is the oldest. We certainly know who is the biggest.
Both growing in good ground in the NW Negev.
Can you figure out what Zadok stage they are in?
There are so many pictures flooding the internet at this time of the year clearly demonstrating to us what the crop looks like in the South because we are in the annual Red South Festival. It happens every year the second part of February in the Negev. You can expect to see hundreds of daily pictures of anemones and all the surrounding vegetation types as well if you scan all the formats where people can post them.
A typical scene in the South when you mix good ground with not so good ground. Once again domestic in the background, wild barley and oats in the forefront and the anemones as well.
Sabbath February 12, 2022
Good Morning and Happy Sabbath to All!
We are hoping this commanded rest is blessing you with a calming peace from the world in chaos surrounding us.
The Land will be getting a one day break on Sunday from the below seasonal temps and then back to seasonal or below. There is water in places there usually is not. We are not talking puddles. Hundreds of pictures are posted and still being posted about it.
Many of them are depicting fast flowing water as in the first picture today.
In the second picture we get a really good look at the multiple sub-stages of Zadok's number 4 category. This photo was taken along Route 232 yesterday. In it we can see every development included in the 4th stage of the growth cycle.
We mentioned at the beginning of the week might see the first heads starting in peek out in some locations end of week or beginning of the next. If you zoom in you will see one doing so on the upper right and then a few more in the distance.
However, most of this field of domestic grain is in the swollen boot sub-stage. This is a great photo to see that. Notice all the tillers also with swollen stalks which means they too are going to produce heads. This location is in excess of the average annual amount of rain to date.
During this stage of development we are mid-cycle in terms of the plants maturity. The full term growth cycle is approximately 90 days. Once again, that is under all very good meteorological growing conditions. So, at 45 days into the cycle, if very good conditions prevail for the next month and a half this domestic grain would be harvest ready the first part of April. Easy math, even for me.
But. if conditions are not very good, that date will be pushed further into the month of April. Some of you may want to apply growing degree days to the balance of this fields maturing process using the average temps in the Be'eri area for the second half of February through March.
As we mentioned during this past week we will put together a photo essay of the current state of both the wild and domestic grains from the 3 grain growing areas in the Land for you to summarize some of your thoughts around.
Remember: good soil, good acceptable barley; bad soil, unacceptable barley. Another simple Biblical equation.
Our peace we give to you.
Thursday February 10, 2022
Hi Folks,
Hoping you are doing well!
Brenda sent over a picture yesterday of our tree location with the entire area in the head from Amit Gelber. The last picture below is his first one, but please go to the Instagram Link.
Yes, this was posted yesterday. Lots of lessons in this. We have cautioned a few times so far this growth cycle that there are pictures going up on Instagram which are recycled. Take a moment and go to the link and you will find a number of good pictures of this location.
Look at the date: February 13, 2021. Unfortunately some folks are not looking at details like this and getting confused. Please remember we are to be spiritual forensic specialists in all things Calendar.
Here is another picture of the same area again from yesterday. No heads just flag leaves. So, be careful in your investigating such things.
We are at February 10th. It was a normal year this year as we are in the 12th Biblical month of that year. Compare what the location looks like from both years only separated by three days.
There is, at the very least, three weeks of separation in age of maturity. That can and probably will even be wider with the current meteorological conditions pattern in the Land this year. We have our own pictures from last year of this location on the website in the stored reports from. But we are using someone else's here to illustrate we were all seeing the same thing.
We also have some really good photos from Yifat taken south of the Jezreel Valley. You should all be familiar with these fields if you have been following along this growth cycle.
Look at the size of the flag leaves due to all the rain in the area. You won't find them bigger than we are this year. Big and broad and growing even more with no noticeable stems let alone swollen boots.
Wednesday February 9, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
I was not going to post anything this morning but while taking a break from tearing off the back porch and building a new one the internet is flooding with lots of photos. So!
Do you guys remember the post from the other day when we showed a picture from a past years inspection of flowering wild barley so everyone could get a visual of it? Unfortunately some are using it to say we have found wild barley in the flowering stage. It is just amazing isn't it.
Some pictures.
The first two photos are from today. Yes, it is our tree location we have been following. When some folks look at a picture like this first one, they claim they can see heads of grain. Wrong. What you are seeing is the sun shinning on the flag leaves. To illustrate that I have included as the second photo the young lady who is there taking pictures with another.
Notice the flag leaves. That is the condition of the entire region. But, also note the brown curl starting in some of the flag leaves. This area needs more sun and warm weather. It has received more than the normal average of rain but compare it to the last two pictures we posted of this tree.
Not a lot of maturing, just growing green and wide. Actually let me include the two previous pictures from last month separated by a couple of weeks also here as photos 3 and 4. You can see the slow progression over the past 3-4 weeks. Winter growth.
Please keep in mind that can change quickly if our Elohim decide to do so as many of you old timers can attest to, thus we keep watching. They will always do so by the weather taking a big sustained turn upwards.
The next photo was taken today over the NW Negev. When viewing the fields from the air it gives a good understanding of how young things are. Quite a mix of stages in these domestic fields.
Can't forget the beautiful photos of the anemones near Be'eri.
The photographer also took the following one of an egret in a mixed wild oat/barley growth. If you look to the right and center you can see one stalk of wild oats swelling and shooting far above everything else. That's what wild oats looks like when in the boot prior to the head emerging. It is obviously far more mature than its brethren surrounding it.
We are hoping these pictures are assisting you in understanding the entire growth cycle in the Land for when you make your decisions on when the Biblical Year starts anew.
Tuesday February 8, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
We have a special treat for many of you past inspectors, but first we need to once again state it is a fruitless effort to send us in comments to be posted to this site. This is a non-commenting information site where folks can come to and glean what they find useful to their method of Calendar determinations.
As we often state, we do not open and read the requests for posting. If there is something visible in the actual request that Facebook sends out we do see that as some of you ask questions via that method.
Remember, the email is at the top of our page if you have something to say or to ask of us.
Also please understand, all you who send friends requests in that we do not do so through this site setup.
Actually I don't use this medium for anything other than our abibofgod.com page. The girls do otherwise through their own personal pages; I think?
The South is still very young for this time of year, that is a Biblical Year in the 12th month. Our first photo is from the Ruhama area. It is typical of wild barley in the NW Negev. The tall clumps you see are just a wild grass that grows in the south and parts of the Central portions of the country.
Next, we have three pictures from an area familiar to many of you past inspectors. It is at the park adjacent to the N Grar creek bed which is north of Re'im and south of Besor. Lots of memories with these ones eh!
Notice how young all the wild barley and oats are. as well many of you have seen this location over the years in our reports as one of the traditionally early maturing locations we visit several times each inspection trip. We will keep watching this location, for you have a good track record of it in the reports.
We will see if we can get some pictures of this area by end of the month to follow the progress.
In a week or so we will put together the current state of the wild and domestic grain crops from the 3 major grain growing regions around the country in photo's to assist you in your personal decision making process.
Thank you for loving our Creators!
Monday February 7, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
We are hoping once again that your week was off to a good start yesterday and that you are not letting the confusion of this worlds governments get you down. There is just too much work for us to do to fall into that hole. We are all a work in progress under Fathers calling. That means onward Christian soldiers.
We have been getting questions about our thoughts on whether the barley will be aviv. As many of you know that is a big wide ranging question when considered in the scope of all the various criteria people use.
In case some of you are not aware of them lets do a brief run down before we get to the brunt of the post today.
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There are folks who declare the start of the year based on the barley being in a state of aviv prior to the first month starting.
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There are folks who need to have the barley in a state of soft dough at the end of the 12th month to start the new year for it is needed to be aviv by Wavesheaf Day in the next new moon cycle.
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There are also those who use just wild barley as an aviv marker.
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There are those who use domestic barley as their aviv marker.
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There are those who use both wild and domestic as their markers.
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There are also those who use barley and incorporate many of the other 9 Biblical witnesses in support of it. That usually comes into play when the barley is in a questionable stage of growth at the end of the 12th month. Group 2 above primarily use this method.
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We also have some who utilize barley and winter wheat.
There are other methods as well. We have the equinox calendar used by some. Because the questions have focused on abib/aviv, I don't mean to offend those who use an equinox calendar by leaving them out for the simple fact is that calendar is not aviv centered.
Then you have folks who are in the 12th month, the 13th month and the 11th month. Each of those have their own additional nuances to consider.
So, as you can see there is a lot for us here to cover each cycle in our reporting the condition of the barley crop across the Land. We have made lots of efforts over the years to try and get each group the information they need in their decision making process.
What we will most likely do is attempt to answer the question of whether the barley will be aviv towards the end of the month. When we do so publicly it usually will alienate some and bring about hard feelings from others and the resulting condemnations, which by the way don't influence us one way or the other.
Hopefully that can answer the question for the time being for some of you. Now to the topic of today.
We have been talking repeatedly about all the rain across the Land this winter season, and how that actually affects the growth cycle of the grain crop. It is a fact that too much rain forestalls seed maturity because the plant is happily putting its energy and resources into growing big broad leaves and a stem which reaches for the sky. And then there are all the offshoot tillers trying to compete with the main stem.
Our first two pictures are from the Be'eri area which has been getting lots of rain this past 3 rain events. The first shows how big and broad and green the domestic is in the area. Each plant is crowding everything next to it out with size. But look at how young it still is. By the way, the wild barley does not respond to all the rain in as pronounced a fashion as the domestic does.
For those of you familiar with the area look at the water flowing here on Friday in the next picture. Pretty amazing isn't it. Roads were shut down due to all the flooding.
It is all good and dandy that all the rain is causing a surge in size but there is a big potential downside to it. We addressed this at length during the 2020 inspections: blight in the grain. We are starting to notice it in many of the locations which are exceeding their average amounts of rain. The soil is saturated and that has its repercussions. Sunny skies can assist the plant in overcoming it, but they have not been their usually sunny bright days for weeks on end, this winter season.
Below we have a photo of heads of wild barley that come from diseased plants. This is not the red strain barley. What you see are discolored diseased heads with infected seeds. These were the norm during the 2020 inspections in the NW Negev that year due to all the rain it had received.
Then a photo of their roots. Many of the plant’s roots were black but not all. That enabled them to continue to grow very unhealthy blemished plants.
So, here is a question you should need to answer for yourselves: Leviticus 2:3,10; and 6:17 instruct us that grain offerings are most holy (qodesh; from qadash: to be clean, pure). Would diseased barley be considered clean and pure? Would it qualify to be tamyim (without blemish)?
If your answer is no then it can’t be used as a wavesheaf grain offering under any circumstances. Thus, it can’t be used to declare the start of a new Biblical Year, no more than dwarfed, anemic barley can.
We will be watching to see if any of the blights which affect grain crops start to overly manifest themselves in the areas we are observing. This is just another tool in our tool belt we need to utilize in making our determinations on what is an acceptable Wavesheaf Offering location.
We also have a photo of wild barley in the flowering stage close up so you folks who were curious can see what we mean when we mention florets. Those are the little tags clinging to the head. They are the hallmark of the flowering stage in the growth cycle.
And thank you to you guys who let me know I dated the inside of yesterdays post as 2021. That's what happens when at least one of the girls does not read what I am sending out prior to doing so. Didn't want to wake anyone at 3 in the morning.
Its wonderful being a work in progress in the reality of Fathers calling us from being the weak and the base. What a privilege.
Our Peace we give to you.
Sunday February 6, 2022
Hi Folks,
Here is a file with a two week look ahead with past photos which will assist some visualizing the terms we will be using in the near future.
There was some flooding along barley alley yesterday with some road closures along Rt. 232 which is unusual to say the least. This is a deep and sustained winter cycle.
The forecast this week is: today is a transition day to two days of stable weather and then on Wednesday rain and snow starts again.
Sabbath February 5, 2022
Hi Folks,
Here are a couple of the fields we have been showing you in the Central part of the Land just south of the Jezreel Valley. You may remember how stony the ground was in relation to finer soils.
Yifat sent these out earlier today and they are really good pictures showing the size of the flag leaves. As you can see this area has still been getting a lot of rain. The resulting patterned action of the plant is to put more production into growing big tillers and very big leaves.
Obvious to see no stems protruding yet, but maybe next week some time?This is still stage 4 of Zadoks and very representative of the norm across the Land.
Tomorrow we will post a short file on what we will be expecting to take place in the next 2 weeks across the traditionally earlier grain locations.
In it there will be photos from past years illustrating what we mean when we say "coming out of the boot" prior to the flowering stage. Lots of folks just jumping into this process will get some good visuals of barley in the boot, just emerging, and also with the head recently fully emerged.
We will also put in some photos of different varieties of tares growing in the young barley so the newcomers will be able to identify these barley imposters.
Thursday February 3, 2022
Hi Folks,
We hope you are all doing well and have gained the upper hand on the turmoil trying to engulf us all here at the end of the age.
As the IMS is reporting today, winter is returning after a 2 day break in the Land. Snow and rain encompassing much of Friday and Sabbath. Flash flood warnings in effect.
Here is a picture from the deep South of the Anemones beginning to reign during their timing of the winter. Please notice how this simple and beautiful flower towers above the wild barley growing around it.
Tomorrow or Sabbath we will have a post detailing what the pattern has been in areas of drought over the years as it affects the status of the barley crop what with Bridget posting the rain totals from traditionally early areas.
Of course this information is covered often in reports on the website from years gone by, but it is apparent many have never bothered to look at them and collect the information first hand. But none the less we will give a shortcut to it.
I personally view such things through the wisdom of an old adage: "the more you know about yourself, the more you know about others." That helps me to understand and hold judgment in such things for I have walked in those shoes as well.
However, after the Biblical pattern deceivers do not get that type of consideration.
For many of us the 12th Biblical month started last evening or this approaching evening. For others it is either the start of the first month or the 13th month. We simply suggest to all that you follow the 10 Biblical signs given by our Elohim which identify the change from winter to summer in the Land.
Not a single one of them is present at this time throughout the entirety of the Land of Israel. Follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
Our Peace we give to you.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Here's an updated rain accumulation report through Jan 2022.
Wednesday February 2, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
Here is the IMS summary for the month of January. Many areas have already passed their annual rain averages during this past month in the North and the Central Coastal Plain.
The South is at or under theirs based on locations across it.
You will notice they speak of the second half of January as being the coldest of the past 30 years. That is a significant development as we know who controls the weather to bring about Their desired effects and purpose.
In every normal 12 month Biblical year when the last part of January is colder than the first part and has lots of snow and rain accompanying those sustained colder temperatures we have had an intercalated year.
Let's see if the pattern is followed this year.
Tuesday February 1, 2022
Good Morning folks,
We have a question from Liora which has been asked a few times of late:
"Shalom, Do you all look for the Abib state of barley? If so what exactly are you defining as Abib? Do you all keep a record of all the years you have added an extra month?".
Actually, 3 questions so lets answer them in order asked.
Yes, we do look for barley in the state of abib. We call barley abib, but the state of abib is what we refer to as aviv. That is the physiological stage in the barley growth cycle when it is mature enough to be capable of reproducing itself after the commands given in Genesis the first chapter. As well, it represents our Savior in the Plan of Salvation so the timing and the quality of the grain is impeccable to us here at the abibofgod sites.
We have many articles and reports establishing what this state of aviv is, and what it is not. Lots of pictures, etc. There are also Biblical standards defining what is acceptable and what is not for a Wavesheaf offering and thus the start of the seven week harvest which in actuality starts the beginning of the Biblical New year and subsequent times of meeting with our Elohim.
We have those all defined as well. For instance; what is acceptable ground and what is not. We do not use anemic barley or the ground it grows in. You can review all of this and much more on the website:
abibofgod.com.
Yes to number 2 as well. You will find a record of all the inspection years from 2002 up through last year on the website as well. In respect to last year we were not in the Land for the first time since 2002.
Yes, to number 3 as well.
Here is a link to all the past Historical Abib Reports
We also have video's from inspections as well. Here are two links to get you to those: Miscellaneous Inspection Videos and 2019 Second Inspection.
Hopefully that has answered your questions and maybe assisted some others here as well.
Our Peace we give to you.
Monday January 31, 2022
Hi Folks,
We are hoping you got the week off to a good start yesterday. More rain and snow going to hit the Land today. The North, in and around Mt. Hermon, has now set records for the amount of snowfall received.
The rains, which much of the country has received in January, are also setting local records in many areas.
Our first picture is representative of those from all over the country except for the deep south and the Lower Jordan Valley. Neither of these areas are grain producers.
Matthew asked a question about identifying wild oats in the picture below which we posted a few days back. Good question. Here is the photo again and following it is a photo of a lone wild oat stalk with pods bowing with domestic grain behind it.
Look at the oats and then look above the anemone on the right in the photo of the flowers (anemones) and wild barley. Oats looks very different from barley when it starts to emerge from the boot and then on through maturity. It has multiple pod sacks instead of a single head. Just like wild barley it bows before its Creator.
To date we have not seen any wild barley or domestic exiting the boot (which is the swollen stalk where the head is made prior to leaving its dark/concealed stage [aphiyl #648] into the light.)
Let us not forget an important pattern at this time. When we get an abundance of rain during these current stages of growth in the grains they will put a lot of production into growing big. The leaves will grow large and the stalks will grow thick and tall. That puts off head production by as much as 2 weeks as opposed to receiving normal amounts of rainfall in a season.
Sunday January 30, 2022
Today is a day of reminiscing for me. Evgeny sent out a couple of pictures which brought up lots of memories and some forlorning. Hard to come to grips with the fact we may never get back to the Land in this life time based on all the new requirements the world is focused on.
Some of you will recognize this stretch of road in the Upper Jordan Valley. It was always the quickest way to get back to our favorite falafel shop in Beit Shaun.
This is a classic picture of the beautiful countryside in the Upper Jordan Valley in winter. For many of you it is difficult to believe winter can be so lush and green. But that is just one of the special characteristics of this area of the world at this time of year.
But, lots to talk about in this picture. Notice even the roadside barley is very young and is looking very healthy this year because of the amount of moisture still being contained in these stony areas.
We also have domestic grain growing along the right side of this corridor from the North to the South. However look at the hillsides which are used for grazing cattle, sheep, and horses in this area. That is all wild barley and wild oats. In this region the wild barley is more abundant than the wild oats. Probably in the range of 80% to 20%.
Sitting here I can smell the distinct smells of this area which we have been blessed to do for so many years. But onward Christian soldiers for we are in a war.
The next two pictures speak to us of the uniformity of the growing conditions in the Upper Jordan Valley and the NW Negev this year for both the domestic and the wild grains.
The first one is from the Be'eri/Ruhama region of the NW Negev. Notice the stage the wild barley is in and then look beyond it at its cousin the domestic grain.
Now compare this with the picture from the Upper Jordan Valley. Zoom in and you will see the same stage of growth in both the wild and the domestic varieties as is in the South.
When we witness these similar growth patterns and stages at the end of January it makes for an easy year to understand the timing of things in place in creation. All we need to do is just be patient and stand still and watch the power and the will of our Elohim take place.
Just think, approximately only 32 days until the end of this Biblical Years 12th month. What a blessing to be aware of such things and what a privilege to be a part of it all.
Our peace we give to you!
Sabbath January 29, 2022
Good Morning and Happy Sabbath!
We have entered the time of the flag leaf production in much of the grain crop in Israel. At least in all the traditionally early locations. Those are to be found in the lower elevations of the valleys, and coastal plain, and the NW Negev. The higher elevations have a later maturing process as we have demonstrated over the years of inspections in the Land.
Bridget has sent over some of the photos she has been viewing and I have included one of them here first. This is the area of the Jezreel Valley which we have been following with lots of pictures this year.
Notice the uniformity in this domestic grain. The soils here are very good and free of a lot of stone. We can see this stage of growth in both the domestic and the wild grain varieties in all the lower elevations.
For those who may not be familiar with it, there are seven different climatic growing elevations in Israel. Probably not a coincidence that there are seven weeks allotted for the first grain harvest. All things done decently and in order.
Our second picture is from the Be'eri area of the NW Negev. The anemones are just beginning to pop up in numbers which can't go unnoticed. Once again, they are right on time to declare the timing of the winter season. The festival dedicated to them will begin next month in the South.
In this picture notice the flag leaves in the young wild barley. But, also notice the lone pioneer of wild oats out of the boot hovering above the flowers. You can see its green "pods" hanging from the stem. In the next few weeks the main thrust of the wild oats in this area will repeat this process of emerging from the "boot" and then that will continue across the country for at least another month based on elevation and meteorological conditions.
So for the next couple of weeks we should be seeing lots of pictures of this 4th stage in Zadoks growth cycle. It is simply called the boot stage/cycle. After that (and mixed in towards the end of it) we get to witness stage number 5 which is the head emergence stage.
Once again, simply do the math associated with Zadoks scale and the corresponding timing of the 12th month of this current Biblical year and we can draw some very accurate conclusions so we are not caught unawares and can thus give an answer for the hope which is in us.
In looking forward to the later end of February we may start to see a few of the other 9 witnesses to the timing of the winter switching to summer in the Land.
Our Peace we give to you.
Thursday January 27, 2022
Hi Folks,
It is time to leave the snow for a while and review a photo from the Jordan Valley north of the Jezreel Valley and Beit Shaun.
It comes to us compliments of Evgeny. He will probably be taking more pictures of this location from one angle or another in the month to come.
You may want to save this one for comparison with future photos from this location. The container towers are the landmark.
This area grows a lot of wild barley and wild oats as well of lots of weed varieties for it is unmaintained ground.
In this photo you can see the different heights of all 3 above. This is probably the most mature representation of the wild barley and oats in the Land as of today. This location has received a good amount of rain but only a limited amount of sunshine compared to most years. Obviously that is due to the exceptional amount of cloudy days this cycle.
What is important to note is that this area around Gesher is approximately 700 feet below sea level. This is a growing area that is different from many others in the Land. What makes it different is its elevation. It is way down below the mountain ridges and in the middle of them. This creates a green house effect of sorts which is very conducive to agriculture if there is enough moisture in the soil.
We have addressed this often in the past but it is important we keep it in focus. To date this area, running to just south of the Jezreel Valley to Mehola, is at pace with or ahead of the traditionally early barley fields of the South, in specific the NW Negev.
With that said, you also know from the reporting to date that even the most advanced locations are still very young. Israel is in for more rainy and snowy weather for the next few days. What that means is more cloud cover and colder nights. That mixture puts off normal growth rates in the grain crops.
Once again, patterns to remember for future years, especially if the information is limited coming out of the Land. The correlation of all the meteorological conditions: rain, sunshine, cold, warm, etc. educate us to the growth rate in the grain crops from year to year. If you learn to observe them when we have many defining pictures throughout the cycle of the year you will be able to establish a very good pattern to follow if you don't have the flow of pictures we now currently enjoy.
It just takes paying attention through one cycle. For those of you who have had experience working in the dirt with your plants and trees from year to year, you know how easily this can be done. It becomes second nature to predict how much or how little your plants will grow and mature based on weather conditions.
You are an attentive and observant farmer then with your eye and hope on the eventual harvest and thus you can plan accordingly even if you do not know the actual day, but you will know the approximate week.
Apply that to your spiritual farming knowledge.
Always good to make hay while the sun is shinning!
Our Peace we give to you!
Thursday January 27, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
If you have not seen any of the pictures of last nights snow accumulations in Jerusalem here are a few in this JP article.
Wednesday January 26, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
Israel is beginning to sound like winter in Western NY State. Will keep you all posted.
Monday January 24, 2022
Well that didn't take long.
Hi Folks,
The next snow storm started in the north and is moving south in the higher elevations. It will be turning to rain tonight in the Central part of the country and will also reach some of the South.
Picture number one: Not much need for snow tires but when there is!
Picture two: The early bird anemones in the South by Nir Moshe are saying "bring on the rain." The young wild barley surrounding them is in agreement.
Sabbath January 22, 2022
Happy Sabbath!
Here we have a photo of "The Tree" from January 8th and then from today January 22.
Just a little amount of change as will be the case for the next 7-10 days. That is due to the weather conditions during this stage of growth which is usually very rapid.
Sabbath January 22, 2022
Good morning to the Called of Father and Happy Sabbath to you all.
We have some very good illustrative pictures for you today which tell us where we are in the grain growth cycle around the country.
Let's start in the Jordan Valley just north of the Jezreel Valley with two of Evgeny's pictures from this morning.
In the first one you can see what the wild oats and barley look like growing in the pasture lands there. You can see the wild oats being more advanced than the wild barley growing amongst it. Please remember this pattern for it is a marker in creation which repeats itself each and every year. It guides us so we can't be led astray as to the timing of the wild barley and domestic barley.
Notice the wild oats here is clearly showing its flag leaf. It is well into the stage 3 of Zadoks scale just as it should be with the meteorological conditions so far this year.
In his second picture you can identify the patches of wild oats growing among the larger sections of wild barley. The oats are much taller. A nice panoramic view of sorts.
Also notice this ground is unacceptable for taking a wavesheaf offering from due to the fact it is not tillable ground. Too much stone in the soil. These areas always mature faster in the later part of their growth cycle as opposed to the grains growing in acceptable stone free and tillable areas. We have addressed all the reasons why over the years in the reports from the Land.
Now lets jump to the South. We have two photos for you from the Western Negev from 2 different locations.
The first is from the Ruhama area. It is just into stage 3 of Zadoks. This is typical of almost all the domestic grain in the W/N as well as the wild barley. But not all.
The next photo from this morning is near Kibbutz Shoval, which is just south of Beit Kama Junction and just west of Route 6. Many of you are familiar with this area and its soil types from participating in past inspections in Israel.
It is very sandy soil here. And here is another pattern to absorb in this process. The grains in sandy soils always spring up quickly through the first 3 growth stages if they have adequate moisture in the soil.
Notice that we can see flag leafs in many of the plants. But also notice the varying ages of growth just in this one photo. That too is indicative of sandy and stony soils in Israel.
With that said this is the most advanced grain we have seen this growth cycle. Of course at this point we can't determine if it is wheat or barley. As most of you know the growth cycle is almost identical in both of them. That is why we speak about them as "grains" this early in the cycle.
You old timers also know we report on the process in wheat through maturity for there are some folks who also use that in their determinations. Of course that does not sit well with some of the great ones who try to hijack the Abib Calendar for their own purposes. They have had a tendency over the years to mock us when we report on wheat. Imagine that.
It is our function to attempt to be all things to all people in the actual pursuit of information relevant to the Abib Calendar so they can use it as they wish in making their own personal determinations as to when the winter ends and the new year starts in the Land.
The grain pictured here in Shoval will run into difficulties if the area does not receive a good quantity of rain. That is a known fact to those who plant it here. Why plant it then? A good question and another important thing to remember.
Much of this grain; be it barley or wheat, will be cut for silage to feed to the dairy cows at one of the big milk producing facilities in the Western Negev. Once it gets to the actual point of physiological maturity regardless of the moisture content it is cut. We have spoken to and illustrated that process often over the years. That allows for a shorter growth time to cut it. In many years that can be the difference of 2-3 weeks from what our requirements are.
We must also acknowledge the impact that the current sustained cold spell is having on the growth cycle all over the country. It has slowed down the recognizable Zadok stages of growth a lot. It will continue to do so up through next weekend if the long range forecast is correct. That will put us almost into February which is a short month in actual days. Once again, do the simple math on days needed to mature to Aviv status.
The 12 month year Linda and I, and many of you, are personally keeping will come to an end on either March 3rd or 4th. Unless something dramatically takes place the barley will be many weeks short of reaching its Biblically defined state of Aviv. That is why we continue to watch the cycle and not just walk away and say to ourselves it is a done deal. We wait on our Elohim.
Thursday January 20, 2022
Hi Folks,
To the prognosticators of it does not snow south of Jerusalem, sorry to pop your bubble. And no, these are not fake pictures. And yes, all south of Jerusalem in the Judean Hills.
I promise I will not send out any more pictures of snow in many places in Israel until the next snow event.
And no, the Biblical new year will not be starting with the next new moon, and probably won't with the one after that. However, we wait on our Elohim to make that very clear. So, in the meantime we follow the signs in the Land and be vigilant in doing so.
Our peace we give to you.
Thursday January 20, 2021
Eyal posted a beautiful video capturing the winter in the Golan today. Enjoy!
Thursday January 20, 2022
There are so many pictures of the snow in the Land we will just include two of them here. The softer look at winter snows.
Very cold nights for the next week at least stretching from the north into the southern Negev.
Wednesday January 19, 2022
Updated rainfall numbers...
Wednesday January 19, 2022
Hi Folks,
Hananya has posted a classic winter scene from Israel. Some who have been following this years pictorial of the grain growing cycle in the Land have been shocked there is such a thing as snow falling in Israel.
We hope you enjoy watching this short video of the Mount Hermon snow/ski center.
Tonight there may be some snow flakes in the Jerusalem area. For sure there will be accumulations to the north of it. This all taking place at this time during the growth cycle simply tells us, it is being slowed down. And who is in control of the meteorological conditions and events?
There are some who have taken to mocking us posting all of the weather conditions affecting the rate of growth of this years grain crops in the Land. Imagine that.
Ignorance is truly bliss, but still ignorance all the same. Of the ones I am aware of their preferred method of determining the Month of Abib is to wait for a magic, unseen moment in time, 2000 miles south of Jerusalem.
Good luck with that one and all the best in your efforts.
Tuesday January 18, 2022
Here is the IMS summary of the cold in Israel. These sheep are not amused.
Neither are the folks all the way down south in Be'eri.
And then there is the domestic grain down there singing shiver me timbers. Were is the heat?
Monday January 17, 2022
Hi Folks,
For you almond lovers here is a picture from the tree folks in Israel. As they so accurately note, the very first blossoms are starting to show in several regions in Israel.
The main show will not be visible for several more weeks and what a sight it is to see in the Land. It will then continue for upwards of a month.
We hope you have been following the devastating weather which has hit Israel these past few days. The rains have slowed down for the most part but Hermon is still getting snow.
The entirety of the country will be experiencing a heavy frost tonight, and many areas after that for a few more nights. Everything has received the signal from the Elohim to slow down their growth cycle if we have eyes to see.
The Be'eri area is now back up to normal with rainfall. As many of you know this is the heart of what we call barley alley. It is a late start for that region. All these very young plants there need now is some sustained warm weather: both during the days and nights. However, that combination is a week or so off according to the weather prophets.
Anemones are starting to pop up in some of their traditionally early areas in the NW Negev.
These are all patterns we follow each and every year as we witness what is in store for the timing of the Month of Abib, not the day of Abib. We hope you are all gaining that understanding and recording them for future years uses.
Sunday January 16, 2022
And lets not forget the snow!
Sunday January 16, 2022
Weather Update: lots of flooding in multiple areas of the north central part of Israel this weekend. Be sure to click on the photo to see the rain totals for various regions from this weekends storms.
Sabbath January 15, 2022
Good Morning and Happy Sabbath! Here are some photos that are about a week old from Lakhish which according to Brian is grape growing country as well and very stony. This area is way under their normal rain average to date, but that may be changing with the storm now in progress.
Friday January 14, 2022
Happy Preparation Day!
We hope your week has, or is, wrapping up well with our focus turning more to the upcoming rest.
This morning we have a little quiz. As you can see I have copied Zadoks stages 2 and 3 for grains growth stages in their annual growth cycle below. All the grains we inspect in the Land follow the exact same cycle of growth with all the traditionally early domestic and wild grain locations following closely to one another. In many years the actual timing is also quite close.
We have demonstrated this often in the past 2 decades as part of the patterns we look for in determining the end of winter and start of summer in the Land which our Elohim never takes His eyes off of from the very beginning of the year to the very end of the year (Deut. 11:10-12).
The two stages listed below are what is present across the entirety of the country. That is inclusive of all the domestic grains; be they winter wheat or barley, and wild barley, and for that matter wild oats the forerunner to the wild barley. Everything is in either stage 2 or the very early part of 3.
Notice the days of growth associated with each of these stages. We have been showing you all pictures of specific fields for much longer than 15 to 30 days. Yet the plants have not matured past stage 2 for the most part, and some locations the early part of stage 3.
This is important to understand. Meteorological conditions are what influence this along with the type of soil the grain is growing in.
So with the best case scenario according to the growth chart we are 60 days away from the earliest fields being ready. Please remember that is in a perfect world of growing conditions.
Now do the math and where does it take you in the Gregorian Calendar?
Now add to this the known weather/meteorological conditions which are currently affecting the Land today and for the next week at a minimum duration. The heavy rains started yesterday afternoon and are continuing today and into the next few days off and on. Then add to this the coldest temperatures of the year are coming this weekend and into the most of next week with temperatures in Jerusalem hovering around 1 below or 1-3 degrees above freezing.
That cold will affect the entirety of the Land in relative terms.
Zadok’s Code:
Principal stage Secondary stage Description
Tillering (15 days)
2 .0 Main shoot only
.1 Main shoot plus one tiller visible
.2 Main shoot plus two tillers
.3 Main shoot plus three tillers (16-23 days)
.4 Main shoot plus four tillers
.5 Main shoot plus five tillers
Stem Elongation (16-31 days)
3 .1 First node detectable
.2 Second node detectable (16-31 days)
.3 Third node detectable
.7 Flag leaf just visible
.9 Flag leaf collar just visible (38-39 days)
So, lets look at a healthy field of domestic grain which we have been following in photos this cycle from just south of the Jezreel Valley. A big thanks to Yifat for these beautiful pictures in time for our use. Don't forget the stone content in this soil.
You will also notice the field has received its first spraying. That is what the tire marks are from.
Almost every plant has reached and just passing the main shoot plus 5 tillers. These are really good shots which provide us with a very good time line in the growth scale from Zadok.
Now a special treat for some of you old timers who have walked through the Land with us in past years. These last two shots are from the public parkland set aside just south of Be'eri. Such great memories flooded in when I saw them, and hope the same for you as well.
Notice how young the wild oats are in the first photo. The wild barley is dwarfed by their wild cousin who usually are around 3 weeks earlier to maturity in this area, as you past inspectors know. Once again do the math.
Then we have our runner stopping for a close up of the first and probably the only anemone she has seen that day. It is still awaiting its peddles to open. But notice the young wild grain around it.
Once again this year the domestic and wild grains are in harmony as to the growing cycle. Wonderful to see.
Happy Sabbath to all!
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Thursday January 13, 2022
Hi Folks,
Here is the IMS weather report for the next 6-7 days. Lots of rain and very cold temperatures, the coldest of the season will start next week.
Please follow along with the effects this will have on the traditionally early maturing barley areas we monitor around the country.
These next two weeks of the growing season will speak volumes to us about this years timing of acceptable aviv barley. I think we will post one of our articles on Biblical Agricultural Principles later today or tomorrow for those who have never had the opportunity to read about them.
Wednesday January 12, 2022
Good afternoon to you all.
There are so many pictures floating around out of season these days on the internet we thought we would show you a few of them with explanations so you don't get caught up in some of the insanity. The folks posting them have no agenda, but some folks looking at them try to represent them as something they are not.
You have been seeing photos of "the tree" standing alone in the rolling hills of grain in the NW Negev. So lets look at it again.
The first picture is from last week.
The second picture is from today a few hours ago.
All is looking good with very young domestic grain. Now look what showed up yesterday. Please take a good look at it. You will see wild mustard towering above the already 18 inch grain. And, oh yes, please do not forget the heads of wild barley bowing at the base of the photo.
For the record this picture was taken last year but just posted yesterday. So please use the patterns you are learning here to distinguish such things for there are some who actually run with this stupid stuff.
Now lets look at the one that takes the cake for being over the top out of season, even though it was posted 2 days ago for the NW Negev. Yes, this is domestic two row barley. Actually it is a beautiful sight. However, very out of season.
So when you are surfing looking for pictures try to set up a few areas to key in on so when a picture that is being recycled from a prior time comes up you will note it immediately for it being so different from what has been the norm to date.
With the way things are going this year we expect a lot of fake info to start surfacing during February. Are you all aware some folks have kept 3 intercalated years in a row claiming they have found acceptable aviv grade barley in February?
The scripture is so true that we are all to seek out our own salvation.
Tuesday January 11, 2022
Hi Folks,
We hope your week is going well. Not much new to report so we have included two pictures of wild barley and oats from the area just south of the Jezreel valley as the first one.
Then another with our favorite barley sniffing dog in the south at Be'eri. He is content to sit in the solitude of his find.
As you can all the wild barley is very young but looking very healthy around the country.
We then have a picture of discovery by two little ones of their first anemone in the South. Something very special about such things. It is wonderful to see families expose their children to such wonders in creation.
Sabbath January 8, 2022
Happy Sabbath to All!
Here are some pictures for your records and enjoyment.
The first two are from the middle of the country just above the Coastal Plain. You are familiar with this area from pictures previously posted. Here we are no doubt looking at Yifat saying enough of the rain for a while. The ground is saturated and has been for the better part of a month with its obvious effects.
Are you newcomers to the growth cycle seeing what lots of rain does to the grain in its early stages? All the tillers are growing thick and lush. As the rains slow down so will that process and then the main stem (or two at times) will start their skyward thrust. But for now it all looks like grass.
The next three pictures are of the NW Negev from Sima. Pictures speak volumes to us if we have all the facts
surrounding them. Here we see the results of the South finally getting rain. The soils are moist and the seeds that were in already are reacting beautifully.
Note all the ground just recently worked for planting. This region should be getting more rain today and the farmers are very happy to get it.
When looking at these pictures notice the different colored soils between the first one and the next two. That is important in the growth process. That is telling us what areas recently received more rain than others. However, today's rains should cover a broader area in the South, at least we are hoping so. Be'eri and Re'im are doing okay, but they could use a little more at the moment.
As you old timers to all this know, that is where many of the traditionally early fields are located.
Thursday January 6, 2022
Once again good morning folks,
We have several photos which are very instructive for us.
The first two are shared with us from an apprentice barley inspector. She has a great amount of zeal for this
undertaking. Please note that she is making the effort to cover this entire location very quickly. However, something interesting has caught her attention and slowed the pace.
No doubt she is making the effort to determine the extent of this fields tillering and when stem elongation will start. Her foray yesterday was in the NW Negev.
The tillering in this domestic grain field is looking really good with very healthy grain. But, it is still tillering. Refer to the Zadoks Scale for what comes next in its future.
Then we have a photo sent in from the Bertlings. Thank you! It is a very good example of what the upper Jordan Valley south of the Sea of Galilee looks like. We do believe it originates with our favorite photographer from that area: Evgeny.
Look at the contrasting details here. You can see the hilly terrain is used for grazing and is covered in young wild oats and barley (note the barbed wire fencing strands). The Biblical grasses for grazing sheep and cattle types. It covers all the areas not acceptable for tilling/plowing.
There appears to be an orange grove in the picture as well as lots of vegetables planted in rows and being mini-green housed with plastic canopies. That is a standard method of starting peppers and tomatoes in the Jordan Valley agricultural areas.
This area also produces cucumbers and many other table vegetables. But, they are only grown in tillable areas which we have enjoyed walking through and around many times. To the south of Mehola they are grown in large greenhouses and heavily irrigated fields for that is where the arid area of the Jordan Valley starts and runs all the way to Eilat.
We are hoping our apprentice inspector will keep us posted on her future journeys. And thanks for sending in the pictures you folks find in your pursuit of recording the grain growing season in Israel in photographic evidences.
Wednesday January 5, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
We are hoping you have made it through the insanity of "tis the season" and are being blessed with the calling of Father as you follow His command to grow in favor, acceptance and knowledge.
Lots of stuff this morning. Let's start with a picture from Evgeny (who Brenda says never disappoints) from the area of the Jordan Valley north of Beit Shaun and south of the Sea of Galilee.
It is obvious to see the winter greening of Israel spreading its wings in this region. In this particular field we have
both wild oats and barley moving into the initial stages of stem elongation just as they should be under all the meteorological conditions so far this year there. Keep in mind in wet winters this are can produce both barley and oats that reach above my head and I am 5'10".
Zoom in and you will see patches that are taller than some of their other green brethren. These are wild oats which are about 10 days ahead of the young barley in this location. Also please keep in mind this is a grazing area due to the amount of big rocks embedded throughout, thus the distinct ups and downs in it. Thus, it is unacceptable for a location of a wavesheaf but certainly illustrates the growth process we look for in the ground which can and is tillable.
Our next 3 pictures are from Dana and show us the amazing quickness of the domestic grain crops greening up after the rains in the NW Negev. These are the badlands just to the east of what we call barley alley. There should be enough moisture in this soil to now bring these fields up through the stem elongation stage of Zadok's Scale.
And now we have a picture from Besor. As some of you who have been there will remember this is the area just east of the junction of 232 and 241. This is a parkland area set aside because of its unique features located alongside agricultural fields. Lots of little sand dunes and sparse vegetation surrounded by a sea of green at times.
The creek has water in it for the first time since last May. This is good news for the traditionally early locations of acceptable barley growing just to the north of it at Re'im and that surrounding area.
We will keep you posted on the traditionally early locations as the winter season progresses.
Monday, January 3, 2022
Good Morning to All!
Attached is the IMS summary of rain for the month of December. You will notice it is what we have been reporting for the same time period. Lots of rain in the North, Coastal Plain, and parts of the Galilee.
The rain dramatically decreased as you near Negba. If you draw a line across the country from Ashdod to a little north of Jerusalem the areas south of that are experiencing big deficits in rain this year compared to the long term averages.
That changed a bit with the rains there over the past few days but they are still in deficits.
With this said please notice in the pictures we have been posting from the various grain growing areas that regardless of the conditions all the domestic and wild are in the tillering stage based on the Zadok Scale definition of it. They are about to enter the stem elongation stage of growth here this week as we see it from our experience in the Land.
This stage is a critical one as to the timing of the plants maturity. It is very weather sensitive.
For instance if it gets a lot of rain the plant will put a lot of energy into growing a much thicker and taller stem/stalk. That extends the timing of this stage and puts off the maturing process of the stages to follow.
Cold temperatures also slow down this stage of growth.
Please refer to the Zadok Scale at the head of this site. You can enlarge it and we hope you have a copy of it made if you do not yet have one. It is a wonderful guide to the stages of growth in both domestic and wild barley.
So, here we are in January awaiting the 3rd growth stage to commence. We will attempt to retrieve pictures from around the country displaying this during the next few weeks. Should be lots of fun.
Remember if you are collecting your own photos and wish to share any with the rest of the folks send them over to us and we will get back with you about them and possibly post them.
Sunday January 2, 2022
Good morning all, here is a summary of the IMS rainfall reports we've been tracking since Dec 1, 2021. Have a great week!
Sunday January 2, 2022
Good Morning Folks,
The IMS has updated their rain totals through December so Bridget will once again be posting her chart year to date for your use.
Below you are seeing some photo's from yesterday from one of our favorite hikers in the Land. She is out and about daily it seems.
The first and second are good depictions of the wild grain timing in this region south of the Jezreel Valley.
The next two are of domestic from the same region. Notice they have once again started their growth cycle losing a lot of the brown curl of dormancy. It will be interesting to see when the colder weather hits to once again slow the process down, if in fact it does arrive.
What is important about these photos of domestic and wild from this region is the simple fact they are proceeding through the Zadok Scale of growth stages at the same pace.
We will be posting photos from the South this week as well so you can witness what the rains finally hitting there do to the domestic and wild grains as well.
Sabbath January 1, 2022
Hi Folks,
Here is just one of the many stories with video popping up from the ongoing storm in the South. Winter in Israel. Click the image to read the article from timesofisrael.com.
Friday December 31, 2021
Hi Folks, and we hope you are having a good prep day if you are on this side of the sunset from Israel at this time of posting.
We have been reviewing a lot of pictures this week and when I came to the first one here below it stopped me for a while and I was compelled to bring to memory all the fine dining we did in Israel over 20 years. Those of you who have accompanied us there will no doubt remember our lunches with Pierre. What a graceful host he has been to all. And now, we are faced with the prospect of never being able to travel to Israel with the current set of requirements in place. May the Kingdom come.
Oh, my!
The second picture speaks it all about the North. Hermon is crowned with her winter glory.
The third picture is what Bridget calls the most photographed tree in Israel. Most of you folks are familiar with it for we use pictures from this location in Ruhama often to catalogue the grain cycle.
The fourth picture is of the same are.
The good news is the South is actually getting rain as I write and some good amounts in a few locations. It should continue through tomorrow. Then watch the grain green up.
We have been seeing quite a few recycled pictures from last year being posted recently. Don't be fooled by them, when you see fields of red anemones and wild barley out of the boot at this time you know something is up. Most of that is a month away. Linda has always loved seeing the South when it was a carpet of red everywhere. Something that is not easily forgotten.
Hope you all have a wonderful Sabbath rest.
December 29, 2021
Eyal has another beautiful winter video for us from the Land.
Sabbath December 25, 2021
Hi Folks,
We are hoping you are engulfed in the blessings of the Sabbath rest and refreshing. Won't it be wonderful when the reality of this physical rehearsal comes to fruition?
Here are the numbers for the rain totals up through the 22nd (Wednesday).
We will start recording the individual rain totals for the traditionally early locations of barley starting the end of the month and continue them up into March as is our pattern.
To date the North and Central Coastal areas have received a lot of rain in many locations. As you can see in the IMS daily report above some are well past the norm for this time in the Gregorian Year after having been lagging way behind a week or so back.
The first picture is of the winter wheat field area posted prior to the Carmel Winter Storm. It is sitting dormant at this time. It is a good illustration of many of the Biblical Agricultural principles associated with the grain growing cycle which are shared with domestic barley as well as wild barley in the Land. Once again notice the rocky soil which assists the growth spurts during colder months.
Compare these to the two pictures of the Northern Negev below and you see a stark difference. However, all the South needs is rain which the Elohim have withheld for the interim. They control all the meteorological events that produce the first mature barley crops in the Land. As the scripture says: "His eyes are on it from the very start of the year to the end of the year."
All we have to do is watch for what He is doing to influence the growth rate of this upcoming crop. We combine this with the other 9 Biblical witnesses in creation as to the change from winter to summer and then move on with that decision.
Lots to look forward to this cycle in the upcoming next two Gregorian months.
Thursday December 23, 2021
Good Morning Folks,
Here is an update on the Carmel winter storm from the IMS. It speaks to much of what we look for in the meteorological conditions around the country which affect the timing of the grain crops.
Refer back to all the information we have given and posted over the years as to what happens if too much or too little amounts of rain are present during the growth cycle. Then apply it to where we currently are in this cycle for the upcoming Biblical Year and it gives us a defined timeline based on current conditions.
Much of the coastal plain north of Negba and the Jezreel Valley locations are saturated. The South needs rain, as the IMS folks so accurately point out. A classic year is building for one of the Biblical scenarios. Keep watching the rain and the cold. Warm days can be a plus to growth, but if cold nights accompany them the rate is diminished and the length of the maturing cycle slowed.
Tuesday December 21, 2021
Good Morning Folks,
Some are curious about the grain plants going dormant in Israel after what we posted the other day.
Yes, they do go dormant in the South but not for all the same reasons as in the North or Galilee. The picture below was taken this past Sabbath not far from the Gaza border.
Notice many of the shoots are retracting and turning color just as those in the pictures previously posted from further north and also notice you don't see much if any tillering taking place. That is because those areas of the South need moisture to start the process to maturity once again.
The growers in that region are hoping for a good rain, soaking the soils, from the ongoing winter storm affecting Israel.
We suggest you keep a close eye on the Zadok Code on the site here for referencing as to the age of the fields you look at and then do the math as to how many days remain in the cycle to maturity under perfect growing conditions. Then add in a factor for poor growing days and you have a relatively good estimate for the early domestic.
As we demonstrated last year through this process with lots of pictures for evidence, many areas of wild barley growing in good soil have the exact same maturing time frame as their sister domestic barley plants, and for that matter their distant cousins the winter wheat.
Hope you are having fun following all of this on your own as well.
Monday December 20, 2021
Hi Folks,
Here are a couple of pictures from one of Bridget and Brenda's sites they follow. They are from the hill country between the Coastal Plain and the Jezreel Valley south of Mt. Carmel. For 5 straight days this past week it got rain each day. The one picture shows how saturated the soil is.
Also notice how stony the ground is. Please remember in stony ground grain grows quickly. That is pure agricultural science, as well as a biblical principle, which we have discussed often in the past. Please refer to the articles for a comprehensive explanation of it.
Also notice the size of the winter wheat. It is into the start of early tillering due to all the rain this region has received in the past 14 days.
Now, what do you see happening to many of the blades on each plant? They are turning brown. That will continue for some time now with the winter storm hitting the area hard today and tomorrow and the colder temperatures this region experiences this time of year.
This wheat is going into semi-dormancy, which shuts down the growth spurt. You grain farmers know this pattern well from your own growing experience. However, in Israel, it does not go completely dormant in these areas of the country. That holds true for the barley as well which is actually better designed to handle the cold temperatures as well as periods of drought.
The girls will be following this area to see when changes take place, as in the return to normal Zadok Scale growing stages.
Once again if any of you have similar sites you follow send over some photo's for others to learn from as well. Use the email address at the top of the site page.
Sunday December 19, 2021
Good Morning,
Here is what Israel is expecting up through Wednesday. It will be the most intense and severe weather for this winter to date. We will see if the weather prophets have it right. If they do the Negev will get some much needed rain even if it is unseasonably cold.
December 18, 2021
Here are some of Margo's photos from earlier today in the Ruhama Badlands. Pictures are worth a thousand words as the saying goes.
These domestic grains are just beyond germination and some still in that stage. This is in the NW Negev. Many of you are familiar with the area.
There is a lot of wild barley and oats located here as well. All the "badlands" sections are covered in it. This area year in and out produces a similar timing in all the different grains grown there: wild and domestic.
Sabbath December 18, 2021
Good Morning and Happy Sabbath!
Some are curious about the grain germinating in the NW Negev along the Gaza border.
The picture below is from yesterday afternoon near Beeri. Many of you past inspectors have traveled this road during our inspections. We call this entire region "barley alley" because of all the domestic and wild barley that grows there. It also is the home of a lot of wheat growing as well.
This particular area (Beeri) has only received 37% of the normal average of rain to date. But, the grain was planted and awaiting the rains of several weeks ago that finally fell there and you see the results on the domestic grain to the left in the photo. Also note the wild barley and oats on the roadside is also past germination.
Of course the "green house" effect of roadside plants is not used for the timing of the month of Abib, but nonetheless, it points out the early conditions to us in the growth cycle.
The rate of growth through the stages of Zadoks Scale will be determined by the amount of future rains and the amount of sunshine the plant receives.
This years cycle to date is later than what would be the norm, but there are still months to go before the grain crosses the finish line to being Aviv (physiologically able to reproduce itself) so lots can happen in the interim. The winter conditions ahead will "adjust" the timing and is important to follow and learn.
If any of you come up with some good photo's send them over with the details so we can source them out and they may be used here on the site. Remember, every part does its share in edifying the body.
Just added a photo from today of the Hula Valley and our favorite birding center in Israel at Agamon. Beautiful winter greens overtaking the landscape. For those of us living outside of the middle-east it can almost seem backwards compared to the norms of winter where we live.
Friday December 17, 2021
And then there is winter in the Northern Golan.
Such a small sliver of Land with such enormous contrasts.
Friday, December 17, 2021
Hi Folks and a Happy Sabbath to all!
From the northern Jordan Valley to the northern Negev, the Land is taking on her beautiful winter green colors.
There are lots of opportunities on the internet to view the start of the growing cycle in Israel. We hope you will take the time to do so and learn about the patterns of the different grain crops this year.
Thursday December 16, 2021
Good Morning Folks,
We hope you are enjoying the blessings of being called here at the end of the age and being able to give a true testimony of the hope that is in you when asked to do so.
Here is an update from the IMS which shows the Land has entered its winter patterns of rain and snow, and yes, sandstorms in the south. That is what winter looks like in Israel.
At the end of December we will put out an update for the 3 grain growing regions in Israel as to how much moisture they have received year to date and the prospects for the grain growth cycle in all three. Science is a wonderful thing when filtered through the word and patterns of the Elohim, because it is they who created all the components to do so.
If anyone has specific questions about this understanding you can email us at the address listed on the Facebook Page or the website.
Hope you have a peaceful and uplifting Sabbath rest to come.
Thursday December 9, 2021
Good Morning Folks,
We hope your week has been one filled with the favor and acceptance of Father and Son. Here is a link to the specific rain totals from around the Land. IMS Cumulative Rain Report.
In a simple summation: the early barley growing area's were shortchanged so to speak. No doubt that is with a specific purpose in mind for the growth cycle that we have entered for the upcoming year.
For instance, Negba received some decent rain but the area is still at less than 50% of what it normally averages for this date in the Gregorian Calendar. Most areas of the Negev "bread basket" have received far less.
In the North, at the confluence of the Jordan and Jezreel Valley's we have Sede Eliyyahu. It got some nice rain from this event but is still at only 56% of the average for this date.
Of course some regions in the North got huge amounts of rain which should help shortly to raise the level of the Sea of Galilee.
From what the IMS is stating there will be a longer lasting event next week possibly.
For you folks who are just getting up and running with all this information and the patterns associated with them as to barley growth in the Land here are a few things to watch.
If the growing areas receive too little rain the barley stocks remain small, conserving its growth potential for a later date at which time it needs to put all its energy into a last minute growth spurt to ensure it can fill out its head with seeds to reproduce itself and thus completing its life cycle for the year.
That usually result in a small crop with small seeds for there was not enough moisture in the soil to produce the normal amounts of starches in the individual seeds. Those can be difficult years to call for many for there is a 7 week Biblical time line associated with the early harvest of barley. Those years produce an extra vigilance on the other 9 witnesses in creation to the change from winter to summer in the Land.
Then we have years in which there is too much rain in the grain belts. That too has a negative impact on the growth cycle in some respects for the plant puts a lot of time and energy into building a much bigger stock and sending out lots and lots of tillers. That puts off seed production and in some years can account for 2-3 weeks of delay in the maturing of the kernels of grain in the head.
We have often demonstrated these things in the Land with two decades of inspections and you can review them in the stored Abib Inspection Reports at our website. The address is in the headings above.
It will be interesting for us all to see when the Elohim decide to open the heavens in the traditionally early grain growing areas of the Land. We hope you are having some fun in all this learning and observing process we undertake each year at this time.
More to come.
December 8, 2021
Hi Folks,
Winter wonderland on top of Mt Hermon today. Other parts of the country are getting rain. We will check the amounts in a day or two to see how they impact the moisture in the soils in the grain growing areas.
Picture compliments of Y-net News.
Friday December 3, 2021
Hi Folks and Happy Sabbath to you all. Here is a picture taken by Evgeny yesterday in Gesher.
Notice what the recent rains in the area have done to the wild oats. All the green shoots amidst the dead stalks of wild oats and wild barley. Please remember the the pattern of the oats in Israel. The early locations mature 3-4 weeks before the barley does. That is a simple fact. When we see the oats at this stage of growth we know that barley is germinating in sequence and will continue to based on meteorological conditions in the varying locations around the country.
With the warm temperatures and some rain in this location the oats have come on quickly. But! Once again, remember the parable about such things. This area of Israel will be experiencing declining temperatures as the month moves along. What that does is retard the rate of growth. That is a pattern in creation.
For you newcomers, it is not unlike looking at a winter wheat field in America at this time of year. If you remember, the beautiful green fields of young shoots all of a sudden stop growing and make little progress if any at all during the colder months. But as the warmer months approach they spring to life again.
That is what takes place in Israel with the wild oats and wild barley crops, but not to such a dramatic degree as our winter wheat. The life cycle is 90 days under prime conditions. Three months puts us at the end of February. Now add in the chilling effect and reduction of growth from the winter temperatures and you have the time cycle pushed out into March.
So, what we are to pay attention to is the length of the cold spells in the Land. We will focus on how cold it gets and for how long. That is what will determine the timing of the first locations of aviv barley and clearly show us the intentions of the Elohim.
We have already witnessed very warm temperatures through October and much of November. The Land did not get any significant rain until the 20th of the month which was used to bring the oats out of hibernation and shooting out green sprouts. That has already spoken volumes to us, but all the same we wait on our Creators to see the rest of the story.
To answer a few folks; that is why we follow the weather during October and November in the Land. It is what any good farmer would be doing. We follow the cycle from the beginning to the very end.
There may come a time in the near future where we will only have the patterns to depend on so please learn them while the window is open.
May you all have a wonderful Sabbath rest!
Friday December 3, 2021
Happy Preparation Day!
As promised here is the monthly report from the IMS for November. Lots of good information, but pay attention to the statistics for rain amounts against the averages. Even though a few isolated areas got some flooding rain, the vast majority are still well below where they should be for the month.
Cycles and patterns do not lie, nor do they lead us astray. Our Creators are the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Hope you all have a peaceful Sabbath rest.
Wednesday December 1, 2021
Hi Folks,
We are hoping things are well with you all and that you are being blessed in your walk in your calling from Father.
It is always nice to see rainbows in the Land and to think about the promise given associated with them. And then there is the rain factor, which the Land desperately has needed in many locations.
This link is to the annual comparison of rain for this year through November (recording starts each year at the end of August) and the rain totals for the last day of the month of November as well.
2021 Annual Comparison of Rain through November
The IMS will be posting the rain record for the month of November shortly and we will post it to the site. A few of the grain growing areas did get some good rain the last half of the month as compared to the 30 year norm but it happened in one event.
This month of December is the crucial month for germinated grain to be able to move through the first parts of Zadok's growth stages. Always wonderful waiting on the Elohim to show us Their intentions for the upcoming cycle.
Keep safe in the Lord. And do not forget to hide in the wide open. Let the controversies glide by on either side and continue your walk unobstructed.
Sabbath November 19, 2021
Winter has arrived in the desert. Lots of pictures and videos from around the Land.
Friday November 19, 2021
Hope you all have a good preparation day.
Looks like the Land is, and will be getting, more needed rain. The weathermen are still not sure how much to expect because of the variety of upper atmosphere conditions developing in the region.
The Negev needs the rain more than any other location that produces grain in Israel.
Once again we wait on the Elohim to show us their intentions with their accompanying patterns for us to follow.
Hope the upcoming Sabbath rest is one of peace and wonder for all.
Wednesday November 17, 2021
Hi Folks,
We are hoping all are well and being blessed in their walk to the Kingdom. There has been a lot of concern in Israel's farming communities about the lack of rain so far this season. That may be coming to an end shortly with some weather reporting agencies suggesting the winter rains will commence.
We will keep an eye open and keep you updated on the patterns for this rain cycle. Keep in mind December is the critical rain month for germination of the grain crop. That usually means there needs to be several substantial rain events in the second half of November to have a normal Abib Calendar cycle.
Patterns in creation are wonderful tools for us to watch the power and the mindset of the Elohim as to their intent for the start of another Biblical Year.
Sabbath, November 6, 2021
Good morning and Happy Sabbath to all!
We hope you are all doing well and overcoming the pulls and pushes of this present age.
Here is the IMS report for October weather data in Israel. It shows us that there were a few rain events in the Land during the month but nothing of any significance. In fact if you follow this link it will show you the accumulated rainfall since August and you can clearly see it is well under the average for the past 30 years.
The temperatures began to rise beyond seasonal values for the last one third of the month. Simply put, instead of becoming cooler, it got warmer. If this trend continues for another month as it has in some past years it may be pushing the barley cycle out into 2022 a month further. Of course, there is a lot of time to see if this will be sustained by the Elohim.
It is always fun and educational to follow the patterns in creation and especially as they pertain to the Abib Calendar as seen in the Land of Israel.
Friday October 29, 2021
Happy Preparation Day to All!
The skies in the land of Israel are filled with hundreds of species of birds migrating south for the upcoming winter season. Such a magnificent witness in creation to the will of the Elohim. If we could only be so perfectly true to our calling.
Many fields have been turned and prepared for seed to go in, just waiting for a little more moisture in the soil.
May you all have a wonderfully peaceful Sabbath rest ahead.
Keep safe in our Lord and Savior.
Tuesday October 19, 2021
Good Morning Folks,
We hope you are all doing well and holding fast through these bizarre times of confusion and chaos.
Some of you folks have been following the sporadic rainfall in Israel the past few weeks as it is unusual in its consistency during the month of October to many. We have included yesterdays rain totals for you to look at if you have not already done so.
Some may ask why is this important?
For several reasons. If this was just a one time event it would register as nothing really notable. However, it has been a recurring event in some locations in the north and even in the central areas of the Land. That has established a pattern for this time of year in the annual cycle. That is not the norm in some years but always is during the 8th month in the Abib Calendar cycle.
A result of this happening is that grain farmers may plant their crops a little earlier than normal. If this weather trend were to continue we would see crops germinating earlier as well. But, that in itself does not mean a normal Biblical year ahead for as critical as germination time of the grain crops is, it is more important to be watching what weather events hit in the month of February. In multiple years in the past we have witnesses grain growing rapidly through the end of January only to see that rapid growth halted by extremely cold weather and corresponding events in February throughout the Land of Israel.
So, we are to be diligent in keeping track of such things so we are not caught unawares.
Now to why are these simple rain events happening during October. The answer is also simple if we believe what is recorded in the Bible about this time of year and where it falls during the Abib Calendar timeline cycle.
In Acts the 27th chapter we have an account of Paul's journey to Rome commencing. In verse 9 we can read that Paul warned them not to continue sailing at that time of year because of the dangerous conditions which took place each and every year after the Day of Atonement/The Fast. A pattern known to anyone who was familiar with sailing in the eastern portion of the Mediterranean Sea.
In verse 14 these winds are given the name Euroclydon or Euraquilon. Please use your internet to look into their consistency from year to year. You will find that they normally start a few weeks after we keep the Day of Atonement. This is a pattern folks.
These winds are called Northeasters due to how they enter the region of the eastern Mediterranean. If you have a map of that area you will see an open area of sea between Greece and Turkey. That functions as a trough for the winds to race down and increase in intensity. On the map you will see an Island located in the open area of the sea. That is Crete. The scriptural account mentions it but only addresses the name of the south facing harbor to winter in.
If you go to windy.com you will be able to see winds blowing all over the earth in real time. Here you will see these winds set up and how they travel. The left arm of this wind splits at Crete rushing towards Asia Minor and the Land of Israel. If you look at them today you will see them hitting the entire length of the coast of Israel which has happened often the past several weeks.
This is the reason why they have been experiencing rain events the past few weeks. That is why they will be having unusual cooler weather in Jerusalem again tonight. The winds coming from the North West of Europe and Russia called the Euroclydon are always on time with the Biblical Calendar not the Gregorian Calendar. They are once again another Biblical proof, as well as a witness in creation, that we have kept this years cycle in sync with that of the Elohim.
There are so many witnesses in creation for us to see the timing of the Biblical Year that we are without excuse.
So please stay alert to them and please learn about them for they are an acclimation and a reassurance to our faith. In this case the pattern is simple and flawless. Each and every year these winds return with their dangerous sailing conditions and the weather events they bring to the Land, after the Day of Atonement, which Paul here calls: The Fast
So, yes dear brothers and sister, we did keep the Day of Atonement/The Fast at its correct time in the seventh month of the Abib Calendar.
Thank you for loving Father and Son!
Sabbath October 16, 2021
Good morning Folks and happy Sabbath to you all.
Please enjoy the experience of the Cranes returning from Europe now in great numbers. Within the next 1-2 weeks there will be an additional 30 to 40 thousand of them dropping from the skies as they are already in route from their summer nesting grounds to their winter feeding grounds in Northern Israel.
However, there are many more which will fly further south to Africa. Their pattern never fails. Once again they are right on time with the Abib Calendar.
Many more migrating species are also passing through the land as well. The reason is simple as we have addressed often in the past. In the Northern Hemisphere as the summer light diminishes a chemical reaction takes place in their brains which compels them to start flying south. The same thing happens as winter comes to an end and they fly north. This is what we call instinct. It is a process the Elohim have set in Their creation as one of the witnesses as to their desire to prepare to change the "season" from either winter to summer or summer to winter.
There are 9 more witnesses in creation which we use to herald in the start of the new year in either March or April in the Gregorian Calendar. We hope you become an active part in observing these magnificent patterns placed their for us to use in knowing when Father and Son want Their New Year to commence and thus the actual days They have declared for us to meet with Them.
If you come across any good evidences of the summer going out and winter coming in please let us know. Time is running short for them. Our contact information is listed on this Facebook Page and on the website. This is all practice in patterns for the Abib Calendar understanding we have and are willing to share with any and all.
Please keep safe in an ever increasing evil age.
Tuesday October 5, 2021
Good Morning Folks,
Here is a solar cycle update for your records. After experiencing the longest lasting minima cycle recorded ending near the start of this year it appears we are headed into a very aggressive 11 year sun cycle ahead.
For you old timers you will remember the relationship between the cycles highs and lows and grain production around the earth. We identified this pattern many years ago with the wild barley and it was confirmed a year or two later by researchers at Haifa University in their study of wheat crops and prices as they were affected by the solar cycle.
This is obviously an interesting development in regard to the next few years grain production. We will be keeping an eye on how many sunspots develop during the months of December and January and thus their effect on the grain growing cycle. Part of the pattern is that a lot of sunspots affect an earlier timing of the grain crop. So let's have some fun this cycle counting the frequency of them in the months ahead.
As per the attached article they are way ahead of the pattern for just coming out of a minima cycle. Some of you have the link to the cycle website but if you do not it is at the bottom of the file below.
Monday October 4, 2021
Hi Folks,
We are hoping things are well with you all and that you have prepped during the festivals for the long haul ahead until the start of the next Biblical Year.
If you have not yet seen the IMS summation for this years weather highlights to date here is a copy for you to review. Lots of interesting facts and supporting data for some of the weather patterns.
Thursday September 30, 2021
Hi Folks,
We hope you have been blessed with the keeping of the festivals of the 7th month. For many of us today is the annual rehearsal of the 8th day or as many refer to it the last great day.
With the rehearsals of this Biblical Year closing out it is time to make note of the next cycle in creation setting up. As we have addressed often in the past their are witnesses lodged into the annual migration cycle in the Land. With only having two divisions of the year in Israel (as we are instructed in Genesis 8:22) winter and summer it is our responsibility to recognize the short transition period between them so we are not caught unawares to the actual change. We apply the same criteria in the witness of the bird migrations in the transition from summer to winter as we do from winter to summer. We just put them in reverse for the birds are returning from the north and passing through the land to their wintering grounds in Africa.
The folks at Agamon have made note of the first arriving cranes. Many more will follow and then move on after a restful spell at their facilities in the Hula Valley. The pattern is one we look for starting in late September into early October. They are always on time because they are programed to do so by the Creators who have instilled them with "instinct" and thus they respond without hesitation.
As we approach the month of November we are hoping to see some rains actually set up, not the occasional showers of a few days ago. If that is the case the farming communities with have some moisture in the ground for the next grain crop and will respond accordingly with planting their fields. Of course this does not apply to fields that are irrigated through mechanical means.
If we do not get winter rains in November (which is the case in some years) we will have an interesting agricultural year setting up. The pattern since 2005 says it will be a normal year. If that is the case it will be the earliest start of the Month of Abib we have ever witnessed.
So, the criteria of early witnesses we are watching will be the timing of the winter rains and the timing of any snowfall in the period between late January and the middle of February. These are both defining moments in the annual cycles which affect the wild as well as the domestic barley crops in the Land.
Remember we watch for the patterns of all 10 witnesses in creation for the turn of the year from winter to summer. That all starts with recognizing when summer ends and winter begins in earnest.
We hope you are all keeping safe during these chaotic times of good being called evil and evil being called good. Hard to watch but all the same we must be good witnesses against such an evil generation for a future time of reference.