The Hebrew calendar, that is God's calendar
If you want to find out the solution that will solve this end time epidemic of immorality, where people can hardly discern from good or evil, in today's society, let us go back to the beginning (old testament), in the word of God and take instructions.
The bible says that God named the days in Genesis 1:4-31 and Genesis 2:1-3. You can literally pick up some information about God's calendar. Here at least we have the seven days of the week numbered (first day, second day, third ….. to the seventh day), But then you might ask me, where is the rest of the calendar then? Well. This is where the words of Jesus, our Lord starts to make sense.
In Matthew 5:17-20 He says unto us that, do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets, I didn't come to destroy but to fulfil , for assuredly I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle of the old and the new testament will by no mean pass from the law till all is fulfilled… now I want you to pay close attention to what he says in Matthew 5:20,
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Did Jesus say that our righteousness must exceed (stretch beyond, be more excellent) than that of the Jewish scribes and the Jewish Pharisees?
Who is a scribe? A scribe is a person that teaches, writes and scrutinizes the law (old testament) and the Pharisees is a person who observes the rites, seasons and sermonise prescribe by the written law.
God's calendar with the season's dates and times that He wants us to observe was revealed to the Jews, so the body of Christ needs Israel to be able to fulfil the commission of the kingdom in the new testament.
Everybody skilled and instructed concerning the kingdom (God's way of doing things) is like a house holder who brings out of his treasure things of the new and old testament (Matthew 13:52).
Here is a table with the Jewish month and God's seasons
ISRAELS ANNUAL FEASTS
Feast |
Month of sacred year |
Born again seasons |
Day |
Corresponding month |
Passover
Ex 12:1-14; Lev 23:5
Num 9:1-14; 28:16 |
1 (Abib)
Deut 16:1-7 |
Death and resurrection what pagans turned into Easter |
14 |
March-April |
*Unleavened bread
Ex 12:15-20; 13:3-10 Lev 23:6-8; |
1 (Abib)
Num 28:17-25, Deut 16:3,4,8
|
Death and resurrection what pagans turned into Easter |
15-21 |
March-April |
First fruits
Lev 23:9-14; Num 28:26,
Rev 14:4 |
1 (Abib) and
3 (Sivan) |
The season of
Jesus' birth |
16
6 |
March-April
May-June |
*Weeks
(harvest or Pentecost)
Ex 23:16; 34:22;
Lev 23:15-21; |
3 (Sivan)
Deut 16:9-12,
Num 28:26-31 |
Pentecost, the day the holy spirit came upon the church (Acts 2:1-4)
Acts 20:16, Rom 8:20 |
6 (50 days after barley harvest) |
May - June |
Feast of the Trumpets
(Rosh Hashanah) Lev 23:23-25 |
7 (Tishri)
Jewish New year
Num 29:1-6 |
Needs to be celebrated
(crowning God to be King) |
1 |
September - October
|
Day of Atonement
(Yom Kippur)
Lev 16, 23:26-32 |
7 (Tishri)
Num 29:7-11 |
Needs to be celebrated (The day of returning back to God) |
10 |
September - October |
*Tabernacles
(Booths or ingathering)
Ex 23:16; 34:22
Lev 23:33-36, 39-43 |
7 (Tishri)
Num 29:12-38, Deut 16:13-1 |
Needs to be celebrated (a feast of rejoicing) |
15-22
5 |
September - October |
| Sabbath |
|
Sabbath , 7th day, kept on a Saturday, a day of rest. |
The 7th day in the week |
Once a week |
*The three major feasts for which all males of Israel were required to travel to the temple in Jerusalem (Ex 23:14-19).
