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Is This the New Year?

Posted on March 24, 2023 | 1 comment

Exodus 12:2 “This month will mark the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you.”

In the Exodus story, God tells Moses that THIS MONTH will be the first month of the year. That would seem to indicate that they were keeping a different calendar before this time. Of course, all of the Israelites alive then would have been born and raised as a slave in Egypt, so it would make sense that they followed the Egyptian calendar. And the Egyptian calendar is an interesting one with only three seasons. Actually, they had three calendars each based on the sun, moon, and agricultural seasons, but the beginning of the year may not be what you would expect.

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Happy Yom Kippur!

Posted on October 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Happy Yom Kippur!

Leviticus 23:27
“Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD.”

Leviticus 23:32
“It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”

Yom Kippur begins at sundown on October 4, 2022.

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What about the Day of Atonement?

Posted on October 3, 2022 | Comments Off on What about the Day of Atonement?

The Day of Atonement is upon us. Also known as Yom Kippur, it begins at sundown on Tuesday, October 4th, and ends on Wednesday, October 5th.

Everyone knows that Yeshua (Jesus) was crucified on Passover as our Passover lamb. John the Baptizer called Him the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. The interesting thing is that the Passover Lamb doesn’t take away sin. It’s a substitutionary sacrifice. In the Exodus account, the blood of the lamb was put on the doorposts so that the death angel would pass over the house instead of killing anyone inside. But not everyone was in danger of dying. It was only the firstborns that would be taken by the death angel. The lamb was slain so that the firstborns would not be. No atonement of sin took place on Passover. The whole family of Israel (they were not a nation yet) was spared any mourning of death because the lambs were substitutes for them.

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To Lent or Teshuva, That is the Question

Posted on August 22, 2021 | Comments Off on To Lent or Teshuva, That is the Question

The Days of Teshuva, Part 3

So far, we’ve learned that the Days of Teshuva have begun and vaguely why they are at this time of year, and we’ve also learned what teshuva means. You may be able to see how Teshuva is similar to Lent. What I haven’t mentioned yet is that the days of teshuva are forty in number, just like Lent. One has to wonder, if the Days of Teshuva already exist, then why do most people celebrate Lent? I’ll get to that in a moment, but first I want to tell you about some observations and traditions about the 40 Days of Teshuva.

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