With a surface read of 1 Kings 12:28, "...so the king consulted and made two golden calves, and he said (to the people), It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt!" one has to wonder, what was this all about, really? In this episode about the Qumran Zadokites, Chapter 13, a response is given regarding what we think might be bubbling below the surface. Our thoughts may not necessarily be 100% spot-on, but what we believe from 1 Kings 12 does seem to make a lot of sense. The running time for this segment is about 34 minutes. Watch it when you have some free time, and let us know your thoughts. ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE ABOUT THIS CHAPTER 13 EPISODE... Here on our farm, we have a rooster named Gorgeous. Near the end of the program, Gorgeous started crowing, and the crowing was recorded into the master audio track. I tried removing the crowing, but it was too difficult to edit. So, I left the crowing in, not really thinking too much about it. But later, I had some thoughts about it. Our rooster Gorgeous made quite an impact 3x, as if Yehovah was speaking to us through Gorgeous, as it happened when, in Yeshua’s time, the rooster crowed 3x. Then, Peter broke down and cried, realizing the situation and repenting. So, I thought….hmm, maybe that’s why I couldn’t remove and edit out Gorgeous’ Crow. Was this a hidden and divine intervention into the program to say to everyone doubting that it’s time for heartfelt repentance? It was as if YHWH would not let me remove it from the audio track. I dunno. Yah spoke through a donkey to Bila’am. Why not a rooster to all of us? Just a thought. However strange, the precise timing of Gorgeous’s crowing and the fact that it could definitely be heard on the audio track was, in fact, rather interesting.

When reading the biblical story about the manna and the quail in Exodus chapter 16, this Torah narrative explicitly mentions the 23rd day of the 2nd month and refers to it as a Sabbath. The Zadokite priestly calendar agrees with the Torah that the 23rd day of the 2nd month is a Sabbath. However, on the traditional Rabbinic/Talmudic Jewish calendar, the 23rd day of the 2nd month is NEVER a Sabbath, at least not in the 253-year period that we looked at from 1795 to 2048. In this segment of our series - chapter 12- we will briefly examine this situation.