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1 11 REMEMBERING PASSOVER: Highlights of the Lighted Way Passover/U.B. Retreat ANTICIPATING PENTECOST Join us online or in person for the upcoming Pentecost Weekend WHAT S NEW-WHAT S NEXT... Get the latest updates and see what s coming with Lighted Way... April-June, 2018 Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet... Psalm 119:105 L igh t ed Way M inist r ies News Magazine Synchronizing the GOSPELS from

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3 Lighted Way Ministries Inside This Issue 3 RED BORDERS The Lighted Way News Magazine Synchronizing the Gospel From Water to Fire Remembering Passover 2018 Support the Work... JOIN THE CLUB! Lighted Way Ministries ORDER FORM Cover Story: Synchronizing... Synchronizing the Gospels: From Water to Fire Messiah s 490 Day Ministry fulfilled Daniel 9... Remembering Passover The highlights of our Passover and Unleavened Bread Retreat with photos... Anticipating Pentecost Catch the Fire of Pentecost Calendar Confusion and the Lighted Way Pentecost Weekend Schedule... Want to Help us? Join the Club!... Join our bi-monthly DVD Club or Become a ly Supporter Help out and reap the benefits! Order Form Insert Request LWM Materials View our latest DVD s, books and materials and order you favorites today Re (April-June, 2018 Issue) Lighted Way Ministries Writers: Mark and Shauna Manfredine If you are not currently on our mailing list to automatically receive our newsletter magazine, and would like to be added, please contact us directly. Our news magazine is sent out quarterly. This news magazine is prayerfully designed to encourage you in a deeper walk with Yahweh. The articles focus on studies of Word, Bible prophecy, current events, and ministry reports.

4 Removing Pagan Ideas from the Gospel... The modern Christian world has grown up with a Greek perception of the Saviour s Life and Ministry. In contrast to this distorted perspective, in her new DVD series, Shauna Manfredine has been prayerfully working to show the Life and Ministry of Messiah, as it happened. This process involves synchronizing the Gospels. In restoring the accurate chronology to the Gospel Record, we are restoring the authentic Gospel message that was given by the disciples and Christ Himself. Why is this important? Because the pure, uncontaminated, untwisted, Biblically-accurate Gospel is the one that the Bible says will be preached to the world in preparation for the Return of the King: And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matthew 24:14

5 Feature 5 Synchronizing the Gospels FROM WATER to FIRE in 490 Days 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if He that cometh preacheth another (Christ), whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another Gospel, which ye have not accepted... Messiah told us that before the End of the World, the Gospel of the Kingdom would first be preached in all the world for a witness (Matthew 24:14). Clearly, the Gospel is vitally important. It is a Life-changing Message that every child of Yahweh needs to know and follow. But this is not as simple as it sounds. The enemy has distorted and paganized the Gospel, replacing it with elements, beliefs, and teachings which come from Phrygian sun-worship. The Messiah that is proclaimed in the paganized Gospel is none other than Tammuz, from ancient Babylon. And yet, the Tammuz- Gospel is the one which most of Christianity has been taught. Paul wrote against this perverted gospel: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:6-8 Yes, the Gospel has been perverted with paganism. So, we must strip the lies away and be restored to the original Gospel of the Kingdom once again. The False Gospel and Messiah of Babylon Have Replaced the True How serious is it that the true Gospel has been replaced with the false doctrines and beliefs from sun-worship? In the false Gospel: Messiah s identity is obscurred His authenticity is lost His purpose is poached His teachings are compromised His Feasts are replaced His fulfillment of Messianic prophecy is eclipsed and His example is impaired! That s serious! How can we take the Gospel of the Kingdom to the whole world for a witness unless we really know the Gospel of the Kingdom ourselves? It s time to know what the Gospel is... and what it isn t! The Phrygian Gospel Teachings Commonly Believed by Christians: Commonly Accepted Christian Teaching Phrygian False Gospel Pagan Origin of this Teaching 1. Messiah was born on Christmas (December 25) December 25 is the birth of Tammuz (Babylon) 2. Messiah ministered for 3.5 years (making Him 33 years old at His death) 33 years of age is the required Masonic age of an occult Master Irenaeus (Against Heresies ) 3. Messiah died on Good Friday Good Friday is Dagon s day & Tammuz s Phrygian Crucifixion day 4. Messiah rose on Easter Sunday Easter is Ishtar s day & Tammuz s Phrygian Resurrection day 5. Messiah did away with the Law of God Satan has long challenged the Law and God s Authority 6. The Seventh-day is not the Sabbath Days of sun and/or moon worship have replaced the Seventh-day And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His Judgment is come: and worship Him that made Heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Revelation 14:6-7

6 FEATURE 6 Synchronizing the Gospels... continued The Creator s Original Calendar To begin our study of the Gospels, we first need to identify the purpose of its writers. The purpose of the Gospel writers was not to provide us with a chronological record of events in the Life of Messiah. Each Gospel writer was telling the story of Messiah from his individually inspired perspective, portraying Christ s fulfillment of each of the five, prophetic, Branch roles. The four Gospel writers were working to present the five ministry Roles of the Yahshua, to demonstrate His validity as the Messiah. From the Scriptural Branch prophecies, the five roles of the true Messiah are: the King, the Servant, the Son of man, the Son of Yah, and the almighty Judge (see the table below for more detail). It is impossible to understand the Gospel of the Kingdom that Yahshua and His disciples taught without a fundamental understanding of both the instructions in the Torah and the man-made laws of first century Judaism, as they were developed by the Sanhedrin. From this view, we will also comprehend the significance of the conflict between Yahshua and the religious leaders of Israel. Additionally, it is impossible to establish the order of events in Yahshua s Ministry without an accurate understanding of both the Feasts of Yahweh and the Creator s original calendar which was determined exclusively by the heavens. Every event recorded during Yahshua s Ministry is captured within the precise framework of Yahshua keeping the Feasts, listed in Leviticus 23. In each case, He is either fulfilling the prophetic shadow-pictures embedded within the Feasts and annual Sabbaths or He is explaining their future fulfillment. The fact that all of the New Moons, Seventh-day Sabbaths, Feasts and annual Sabbaths are prophetic, foreshadowing future events, is plainly stated in Colossians 2:16-17 (see also Hebrews 10:1): Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an Holy day (annual Feast), or of the New Moon, or of the Sabbath days (7 th Day Sabbaths) which are a shadow of things to come... Colossians 2:16-17 In a chronological journey through the Gospels, we quickly discover that each of the Creator s Feasts is embedded with detailed prophetic shadow-pictures that Messiah must fulfill. The timing of these Feasts was determined by the moon and can be accurately reverse-calculated and synchronized with the modern calendar, for clarity. As we restore the Gospel record we can finally understand the things that were sealed up until the Last Days. Now the leaven-free Gospel of the Kingdom that Yahshua and His disciples taught can be understood with clarity and shared throughout the world with integrity. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John detail how the Messiah fulfilled the Spring Feasts of Yahweh, fulfilling His role as the suffering Servant and the substitutionary Lamb of God. Without a knowledge of the Spring Feasts, the first four Gospels appear shallow and even confusing. And without a knowledge of the Fall Feasts of Yahweh, the fifth Gospel the book of Revelation will remain to the Western, Gentile mind, as an THE FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY OF MESSIAH (Branch prophecies) Messiah as THE KING Jeremiah 23:5 Messiah as THE SERVANT Zechariah 3:8 Messiah as THE SON OF MAN Zechariah 6:12 Messiah as THE SON OF YAH Isaiah 4:2-4 Messiah as ALMIGHTY JUDGE Jeremiah 33:15 Matthew Mark Luke John Revelation Issue 10

7 indecipherable time-warp. What has eluded the Gentile, Christian world is the basic recognition that the Book of Revelation details how the Messiah will fulfill the Fall Feasts of Yahweh as the Almighty Judge. So, an understanding of the Feasts of Yahweh and how to calculate them for any year is the first component required to synchronize and restore the Gospel. The second component is an understanding that Yahshua s Life and Ministry was a fulfillment of Daniel s 70 Week prophecy (70 Weeks is 490 days), recorded in Daniel Chapter 9. The Gospel record shows that exactly seventy weeks four hundred and ninety days transpired from the day that Yahshua was baptized in water until the day He fulfilled his initial Mission by baptizing His disciples with the Holy Spirit. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city... Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off... And He shall confirm the Covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease... Daniel 9:24-27 The Annual Feasts of Yahweh and when they Occur Last Great Day, (8 th Day) 22 nd of Tishri Lev. 23:36 Feast of Tabernacles 15 th - 21 st of Tishri Lev. 23:34-35 Ex. 23:16, Num. 29:12 Day of Atonement 10 th of Tishri Lev. 23:26:31; 16:2-34 Ex. 30:10, Num. 23:7 10 th Biblical Tebeth 9 th Biblical Chislev 11 th Biblical Shebat 8 th Biblical Marchesvan 12 th Biblical Adar Jan. Dec. Nov. Feb. 7 th Biblical Tishri Mar. 1 st Biblical Nisan (Abib) Apr. Yahweh s APPOINTED TIMES & SEASONS Oct. Sep. Aug. May Jul. Jun. Feature TITLE 7 So how did Christians come to lose the fact that Messiah s Ministry was exactly 490 days which was one of the three fulfillments of Daniel 9? Nearly three centuries after the death of the eyewitnesses Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea, made up a unique doctrine of the three and one half year Ministry of Messiah. Eusebius s three and a half year Ministry teaching utterly destroyed any possibility of understanding the chronology of Yahshua s Ministry. His fabricated timing also made it impossible to accurately determine the years of Messiah s birth and resurrection. Because of Eusebius s made-up three and a half year ministry timing, we have inherited unsolvable textual problems and even faith-shaking contradictions. 2 nd Biblical Iyyar 3 rd Biblical Sivan 5 th Biblical Ab 6 th Biblical Elul Passover, 14 th of Abib Lev. 23:5, Ex. 12:3-14 Feast of Unleavened Bread (U.B.) 15 th - 21 st of Abib Lev. 23:6-9, Ex. 12: th Biblical Tammuz First Fruits (FF), Day after the weekly Sabbath during U.B. Lev. 23:10-14 Pentecost (Shavuot) 50 days from F.F. Lev. 23:15-21 Ex. 23:16; 34:22 Num. 28:26 Deut. 16:10-12 By the time Yahshua met with the Samaritan woman at the well, Jerusalem s epoch as the Feast of Trumpets, epicenter of 1 Feast-keeping was st of Tishri ending, in Lev. 23:24-25 Num. 29:1 fulfillment of Daniel 9:24 (70 7

8 FEATURE 8 Synchronizing the Gospels... continued Synchronizing the Gospels And yet, this unscriptural teaching has been unwittingly passed down for centuries now without very many people taking the time to consider the Gospel record or weigh the critical consequences. Actually, as Daniel recorded in Chapter 9, Yahshua had exactly 70 Weeks to fulfill His Mission. Also, it had to be accomplished in the rare year that would allow Him to prophetically fulfill Passover in the specific time of the Jonah prophecy. Yahshua had stated that there would be one sign and only one sign of His authenticity as the true Messiah. This was the sign of the prophet Jonah: Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from Thee (Give us a sign that proves You are the Messiah). But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but (except for) the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:38-40 Even though the sign of the prophet Jonah was the one and only sign that Yahshua said would verify His authority and authenticity, it has been ignored by the vast majority of Western Bible scholarship and invalidated by both Rabbinic and Western theology. To reclaim the original Gospel in its full Yahweh-filled Glory, we need to add one more component into our Bible study arsenal. We need to understand that the original Text of Scripture was inspired, but translations are not. Translations have errors. Some of these errors are great enough to muddy the pure stream of the Gospel Message in Messiah s Life and Ministry. Apparent contradictions in the English versions of the Scriptures needed to be resolved by finding more ancient texts in the original languages in which they were written 2000 years ago. Some of these lost texts were vaulted away in covert archives, until recently. So, if we will truly take the journey to reclaim the original Gospel in all of its splendor, it will be necessary to have the following understandings: 1) We must understand that Messiah s Life and Ministry was a fulfillment of Daniel 9: ) We must understand that the Gospels were not written chronologically, but were instead written to portray Messiah s fulfillment of the Messianic Branch prophecy roles. 3) We must carefully evaluate the Scripture record, proving all things. As we do, we will be stripping away translation errors. 4) We must be free to question our past ideas, even reconsidering things we think we understand if we are to find the narrow path that Messiah foretold most of His followers would tragically miss (Matthew 7:14). Yahshua shook up His disciples with the terrifying pronouncement that most of those who will stand before Him on Judgment Day people who were confident that they had done the right things and believed the correct doctrines, and people who even insisted that they were filled with the Holy Spirit having done miracles would largely be lost! Most of the people who proclaimed the Name of Messiah will be told Depart from Me, I never knew you (Matthew 7:21-23). These warnings should cause all those who consider themselves to be in the faith to swallow hard and prayerfully reconsider the Gospel of the Kingdom that Yahshua actually taught (Matthew 7:13-14). In Shauna Manfredine s ongoing Synchronizing the Gospels series, we are prayerfully doing each of these things. But whether you re joining us for these presentations on Livestream or watching the DVD s, we pray that you are taking the time to study this important topic. Truly, it is vital to examine the Gospel record and reclaim the pure, unadulterated Truth it contains. We will find much Light in reviewing the Gospels and the teachings of Yahshua in the order in which they actually transpired. With a fresh, Hebraic context, the Life and Truth will be returned to the Words on the Page. Carefully Synchronizing the Gospels and stripping away the traditions and lies which have been added over the years to cloud the truth, solves many of the problems and misunderstandings of the language, land, and culture of the ancient Hebrew Scriptures. This is the paradigm shift that Truth-seeking Gentile Christians have all been waiting for. And this is the Gospel of the Kingdom which will be preached in all the world for a witness before the End of the World. The first step in synchronizing the Gospel record is to more deeply Issue 10

9 Feature 9 address the fatal errors in Western, Gentile thinking regarding Christ s Life and Ministry. Most Christians have grown up with the teaching that Yahshua s Ministry was 3.5 years. However, no scholar has ever been able to prove this teaching. And in fact the Gospel record proves that a three and one half year ministry is a mathematical impossibility. As was stated previously, the three and one half year Ministry teaching is the invention of an age-old religious system that offers no proof, but demands we all blindly accept it. But, as was mentioned before, it was Eusebius who first proposed a three and a half year Ministry, three hundred years after the resurrection of Yahshua. Every church father and historian for the first three centuries either clearly stated, or never contradicted, that Yahshua s ministry was about one year. But then Eusebius proposed his undocumented idea and now after 1600 years, his assumptions are still being taught. But his assumptions destroy any chance of understanding the prophecy of Daniel that he was supposedly solving. And Eusebius s inventions leave us with unsolvable contradictions, making it impossible to create an accurate timeline of Christ s Life and Ministry. So how can we fix it? How can we synchronize the Gospel record and create an accurate timeline of Christ s Life and Ministry, thereby restoring the heart of the Gospel? Since we cannot start at the beginning of the Gospels and read through expecting a chronological order (remember the Gospel writers were writing to prove Yahshua was the Messiah, not give a chronological account of His Life), we can only synchronize the Gospels by finding a point in time of which they all write. This event, recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, will serve as a registration mark, allowing us to align the Gospel record and chronoligically fill in the details going forward and backward from that point. Is there such an event? Is there a point of time in Messiah s Life that all four Gospel writers write about? Yes. The first event that is mentioned by all four Gospel writers is the Feeding of the 5000, which is recorded in all four Gospels in the following locations: Matthew 14 Mark 16 Luke 9 John 6 This is the only miracle that is recorded in every one of the four Gospels. This event provides a synchronizing marker. Since the Feeding of the 5000 is the first event that all four Gospel writers record, we may use it as the alignment point from which to synchronize the Gospel record.

10 FEATURE 10 Synchronizing the Gospels... continued Aligning the Gospel record of Messiah s Life and Ministry from the point of the Feeding of the 5000 allows us to chronologically harmonize the Gospel records with absolute precision. Now, with the Feasts of Yahweh providing the bone-structure for the events in Messiah s Life and Ministry, Daniel s 70-Week prophecy providing the length of time for which Christ Ministered, and with the Feeding of the 5000 as the registration mark from which to align the Gospel record, we have the components necessary to sychronize the Gospel. As we do this exciting study, we will find details about Messiah s Life and Ministry in the Hebraic context which make the Bible come alive in full color! We will also find unexpected evidence to strengthen us against many doctrinal winds regarding the calendar, the Sabbath, the Law of Yahweh and much more. And the benefits and depths of understanding which are reaped from this in-depth examination of the Gospels are deeper and more far-reaching than one can explain at the outset. Suffice it to say that every believer needs to study this out. With this in mind, we invite you to join us in Sychronizing the Gospels. To get you started, view the first talks in this series in our Livestream archive at and/or request copies of the DVD s, which include: Synchronizing the Gospels #1: Reconstructing the Gospel Order Synchronizing the Gospels #2: Daniel s 70 7 s and the 5-Fold Ministry of Messiah Synchronizing the Gospels #3: The Feast of Tabernacles and the Birth of Messiah Synchronizing the Gospels #4: The Chronology of Messiah from Baptism to Cana Synchronizing the Gospels #5:... Rebuilding the Temple Evidence for Messiah s Ministry Being 490 Days (Under 2 Years): The Passover Lamb Daniel s 70 Week Prophecy of Messiah The Acceptable Year of Yahweh Sabbatical/Jubilee Year(s) Fulfillment Historical Evidence from Early Christians Synchronizing the Gospels Yahshua was our Passover Lamb (1 Cor. 5:7). He fulfilled every specification of the Passover Lamb... He was male, without spot or blemish... and He was the Lamb for a little over 1 year (fulfilling the age of the Passover lamb). Behold the Lamb of God... Daniel had prophesied that the Messiah would Minister for 70 Weeks... During which He would be cut off (die) and put an end to sin. Like most time-prophecies, this time prophecy has 3 layers of fulfillment. Yahshua Himself testified that He was fulfilling the Acceptable Year of Yahweh (note the reference to a singular year) which was foretold by Isaiah (Isaiah 61:1-2) According to Josephus, A.D. 27 was a Sabbatical year, and A.D. 28 was a Jubilee year. This means that John began baptizing and Christ s Ministry began in a Sabbatical year, accounting for the crowds that gathered not needing to work... Christ died in the Jubilee... Early Christians believed in a oneyear Ministry of Messiah, including: Tertullian, Lactantius, Filastrius, Gaudentius, Evagrius, Orosius and Ephraem. The apostle Peter is quoted stating that Christ ministered for 1 year also... Exodus 12:5-6 Daniel 9:24-27 Luke 4:16-21 Isaiah 61:1-2 Ask us for Sources Issue 10

11 FEATURE Remembering Passover/U.B Highlights from the Lighted Way Retreat 11 e Our Lighted Way Ministries Feast of Passover/Unleavened Bread started off on the evening of April 1, 2018 and continued through April 8. After enjoying a delicious, vegan banquet, we began our Passover Program with the special Passover foods and emblems. It was a meaningful experience as Mark and Shauna Manfredine expounded upon the Gospel found with the Passover symbols. s, - r The next morning, we all gathered again for a joyous and Spirit-filled Week of Unleavened Bread, which ran from April 2-8, Mark Manfredine began each morning with a Supercharge Your Day devotion and with songs of praise. After a breakfast break, Sally Hohnberger blessed us all with her inspiring series on Walking With God. Later on in the day, Jim Hohnberger gave a powerful sanctified living-themed series on Spiritual Revival. After breaks and an evening meal, Shauna Manfredine concluded the talks with God s Amazing Star Secrets. It was a wonderful and spiritually recharging time, thanks to our loving Heavenly Father s Presence and Blessing, which was amply evident throughout this wonderful week. On the non-sabbath days, we enjoyed some re-creation time in Yahweh s Second Book. One day, many from the group went together to a local botanical garden to enjoy the beauty between meetings. On another day, we had planned a trip to the Oregon Coast. We went to the Oregon West Coast Gamepark Safari where we were delighted to interact with and even touch some of the beautiful animals! We had a picnic in a gazebo overlooking the bay. The fellowship, friendship, food, and spiritual food throughout the week was truly a spiritual Feast! The powerful messages are now available on DVD (see our catalog insert). Here are a few photo highlights...

12 SPIRITUAL 12 SPIRITUAL GROWTH (above, right and below) A few of the teens pitched in to help with the Feast. They helped with running the cameras, leading out in song-service, getting the food prep done for the meals and much more! We are so grateful to each of these precious girls! REMEMBERING PASSOVER: Highlights from U.B... (above) Jim Hohnberger gives one of his inspiring messages. (below) Mark Manfredine gets some help from an adorable young warrior in illustrating the importance of the Armor of Yahweh during his talks on Supercharging Your Day. (above and right) On one of the non-sabbath days during the Retreat we went to the Westcoast Gamepark Safari. Fun!!! Issue 10

13 As Torah-keepers, we recognize that Yahweh s annual Appointed Times are a huge spiritual blessing and benefit. Thus, it is always a joy to announce that a Feast day is just around the corner! Pentecost (Shavuot, in Hebrew) in 2018 will be on May 27. This year, there seems to be some confusion amongst Feast-keepers regarding the timing of the annual Sabbaths in This unusual uncertainty is largely due to a littleknown timing shift from the Biblical Tekufah to the Vernal Equinox, which was made by the papal power at the council of Nicea in 321 AD. MINISTRY Anticipating Pentecost Ask ye of Yahweh Rain in the time of the Latter Rain; so Yahweh shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of Rain... Zechariah 10:1 13 As we documented in our last magazine issue (January-March, 2018), in the article The Creator s Original Calendar and the Feasts of 2018, the papacy set the timing of the Vernal Equinox to March at the council of Nicea. Over the years, the papal Vernal Equinox has come to be mistakenly associated with the Biblical Tekufah. The year-ending Tekufah is the spring day when day and night are equal at the place where the Creator first gave His Calendar. The Tekufah is Biblically called the year s end in Exodus 34:22 and 2 Samuel 11:1. Since it is a heavenly event (when day and night are both 12 hours in Jerusalem, and the region where Eden once stood). The Tekufah is also in alignment with Genesis 1:14, which tells us that the heavenly lights determine days and years. Notably, on most years there won t be a visible difference in the timing of the annual Sabbaths whether a person uses the first New Moon after the Vernal Equinox, or the first New Moon after the Biblical Tekufah. This is because, most of the time, there won t be a New Moon sighting between March 17 and But this year, a New Moon occured on the eve of March 18, which was after the Biblical Tekufah (March 17), but was before the Vernal Equinox (March 20). Those who use the Vernal Equinox as the Biblical year-end marker did not count the March 18 New Moon as the first New Moon of the Biblical year. But we, who use the Tekufah as the year-end marker, did count March With respect for all our dear brothers and sisters in the faith and with the intent to make explanation for the calendar confusion, only the reason that some Feast-keepers are keeping Pentecost a full month later (notably, several sister camps are also keeping it on the same date as us) is that they count the Vernal Equinox (March 20) as the Biblical Tekufah. If one is unaware that the Vernal Equinox was set by papal edict from the Council of Nicea, it might be possible to confuse it with the Tekufah, especially since the modern Jewish dictionary actually says the Hebrew word for Vernal Equinox is Tekufah! But the Tekufah of the Bible was not the Vernal Equinox set by the papal power in 321 AD. And the old ways are still the way to do it now (Jeremiah 6:16). The timing of the Biblical Tekufah is the one we should use-rather than the Vernal Equinox, which was the papal replacement! Again, we share these things not to incite or deepen controversy, rather we share these things to help the brethren understand the cause of the calendar confusion. For those who would like more information on this subject, please check out our prior magazine, which is readable/printable from our online newsletter archive in our website ( With that brief explanation for our timing, we would like to cordially invite you to join us for the upcoming Pentecost weekend (May 26-27)! You may join us in person (We hope you do! Please call to RSVP), or online via Livestream. Our Pentecost Weekend schedule is as follows: SABBATH, MAY 26, 2018: 12:30 pm (pst) - Fellowship lunch (salads and sandwiches) 2:00 pm (pst) - Livestream broadcast #1: Counting the Omer and Preparing for Pentecost - Mark Manfredine 3:30 pm (pst) - Livestream broadcast #2: The Increasing Waves of the Outpouring - Shauna Manfredine 5:30 pm (pst) - Prayer session #1 (not broadcast on Livestream) PENTECOST, MAY 27, 2018: 12:30 pm (pst) - Fellowship lunch (salads) 2:00 pm (pst) - Livestream broadcast #3: Pentecost: Dividing the Harvests - Barley vs. Wheat - Mark Manfredine 3:30 pm (pst) - Livestream broadcast #4: Seven Gifts to Pray for on Pentecost - Shauna Manfredine 5:30 pm (pst) - Prayer session #2 (not broadcast on Livestream) We will be holding this special weekend in our Roseburg, Oregon home. We hope you will join us!

14 MINISTRY 14 MINISTRY UPDATE: New Book on the Gospel in the Stars! 14 God s Amazing Star Secret The Heavens Tells the Glory (and Story) of God The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His Handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun... Psalm 19:1-4 We are excited to announce that Shauna Manfredine s new book on the Mazzaroth is now available! The book is 8.5x11, full-color, 202 pages and combines a captivating Pilgrim s-progress-style story with in-depth research and detailed constellation drawings, restoring the original star and constellation names... and shapes, which shows the Plan of Redemption in the stars. This book has something for all ages, from 8 to 108! MINISTRY REPORT: NEW BOOK Do you know God s amazing Star Secret? Long before there were movies or video games, long before the first fairy tale or story of knights in shining armor was ever told-in fact, long before there were even any books at all-the people who loved God told an amazing and wonderful story from the STARS! It was the story of a beautiful woman who was a prisoner in the keep of a terrible and cruel dragon. It was the story of the great Star-Prince who battled the dragon and rescued the princess. It is the oldest and most wonderful story in all the world. This amazing story is told every night in the light of the twinkling stars... The Creator Himself named the stars (Psalm 147:1-5) and formed the constellations, giving them their assigned shapes. The story in the stars was given to mankind by the Creator of the stars-god Himself. And unlike later stories of knights and dragons, the star-story is true. What is God s Amazing Star Secret? When restored to their original names, shapes, meanings and messages, the heavenly lights declare the glory of God (Psalms 97:6; Psalm 19:1-4). God s amazing secret is revealed in the stars. HOT OFF THE PRESS But it is a secret that was never meant to be kept. And now, in the pages of this book, it is a secret no more... Note: The book does not use sacred Names... This is because we hope and pray for it to have evangelistic value. We believe the well-documented research and captivating story in the stars is one that even non- Christians will find compelling. Because the book is 200+ pages of full-color images, it is available now for a suggested donation of $40.00 each (plus shipping). See our catalog insert. Issue 10

15 CLUB INFO 15 Lighted Way Ministries Needs Your Prayers and Support: FREE MEMBERSHIP in our DVD CLUB for montly pledges of $ How You Can Join Us: If you have been blessed by Lighted Way Ministries and would like to help us to continue doing what we do (like providing free Livestream broadcasts, retreats, and these quarterly news magazines) we invite you to pray about how you can join our support team. Perhaps you would like to make a monthly donation pledge. If you pledge a monthly support amount, we will help out by sending you a friendly reminder at the first of each month. For monthly pledges of $50.00 or more (in the U.S. only), we will demonstrate our appreciation by automatically enrolling you in our DVD club (at no additional cost to you, shipping included). You will then receive our Livestream broadcast DVD s (we typically send 2 DVDs every other week) for as long as you continue your monthly pledge at this amount. We are thankful to each of our current DVD Club members and monthly pledge supporters. Each gift is a blessing a part of a little boy s lunch which the Saviour will bless. If you are already on our prayer and support team, thank you and may God bless you! If you are not currently helping us and believe Yahweh is calling you to do so, here are a couple of options: Join our bi-monthly DVD Club you will automatically receive DVD s of our Livestream broadcasts every other week. A suggested donation invoice (of $7.00 per DVD, plus shipping) will come with each DVD shipment (at a rate of about 2 DVD s every other week). Make a monthly donation pledge we will send you a friendly reminder at the beginning of each month. For pledges of $50.00 or more, we will send you our latest Livestream DVD s every other week as a gift. ly pledges help us with monthly operating expenses, with printing costs (for books and our free quarterly magazines), with bringing in guest speakers and providing free retreats, with continuing to broadcast on Livestream, an much more... Choose your monthly pledge amount on the enclosed catalog insert. Send a one-time donation May God bless you! Pray for us at Lighted Way We hope you ll do this, whether or not you can help out financially! Thank you for your prayers and support! Mark and Shauna Manfredine

16 Mark and Shauna Manfredine Lighted Way Ministries P.O. Box 742, Canyonville, OR Updates, Thanks, Prayer Requests & the 2018 Calendar... (541) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Synchronizing the Gospel From Water to Fire Remembering Passover 2018 and MORE... The Lighted Way News Magazine One of the questions folks ask us the most is, what s new with Lighted Way Ministries? Great question! We are so glad for your interest and prayers for the upcoming milestones and events in our ministry! Here s the latest update on what s new and what s next with us at Lighted Way Ministries: WHAT S NEW: The talks from our Passover-Unleavened Bread Spring Retreat are Lighted all now available Way Ministries on DVD. See our enclosed catalog insert for a list and donation discount for the whole set. For a limited time, these talks will also continue to be available in our online Livestream archive. Shauna Manfredine s newest book, God s Amazing Star Secrets is available now! Request your copy by mailing in our enclosed catalog insert. WHAT S NEXT: We are actively seeking a ministry property for purchase (prayerfully), that we may develop into a ministry center, Elijah-team training site and a place to host the Feast campmeetings and ministry events... We prayerfully plan to move this summer... Having completed her new book, God s Amazing Star Secrets, Shauna Manfredine is now starting work to create an accompanying student workbook, designed to deepen one s understanding of God s star story as well as provide some fun ways to learn and do more with Biblical astronomy. We prayerfully plan to continue our on-going Livestream broadcasts every other Sabbath... and more...