Rosh HaShanah

Happy New Year! Yes, you heard me correctly; a new year will soon be upon us. What new year am I talking about? The true New Year that starts on Nisan (Abiyb) 1st. In accordance with the Holy Scriptures (Ex. 12:2, 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, and De. 16:1) Abiyb (also called Nisan in Neh. 2:1 and Es. 3:7) is “This month is to you a beginning of months, the first it is to you of the months of the year.” Ex. 12:2, ROSNV. “Today are ye coming forth, in the month Abiyb.” Ex. 13:4, ROSNV. YaHVaH declared this and there is no mention of the date of the New Year being changed.

Now what year is it, you might ask? [See note below] By calculating the dates in the Old Testament and the years in between the testaments, you come up with 4004. Add our current year, 2002 + 4004 = 6006. However, if time began at the Exodus for the new calendar (Ex. 12:2), then you must place the year as this: 2002 + 1491 = 3943. The Jewish calendar shows 5762 currently because they deducted the times in exile from the total. If we start from the birth of Yahoshua, then the year would be 2007, five years off the current calendar. Then if we started at the time of His resurrection, it would be only 1979. In all actuality the exact year is enigmatic and therefore one number is just as good as the rest. I myself prefer 6006. [Note: For 2017 it would be 6021 and 6022 for the upcoming year.]

The main thing is that we get the start of the year correct, since YaHVaH instituted it on a specific time. Abiyb 1st = March 14th, Thursday, this year. So have a very Happy New Year (Rosh HaShanah). [Note: It changes from year to year because the Jewish year is 355 days approximately vs. 365 days of the Julian calendar we now use.]

Other trivial facts of the New Year include that the original Christian New Year was celebrated on March 25th until the 16th century, pretty close! Some of the Western Christian churches celebrated it on December 3rd also.

It is through tradition and standardization that the date of January 1st became known as the New Year, but I have no source as to why the Jewish New Year was changed to Tishri, which is in September.

Guess what comes after Rosh HaShanah? The most wonderful and sacred day:

Resurrection Day

All glory to YaHVaH for sending His Son to save us. This year the day will be celebrated on the same day by every faith that believes in Yahoshua HaMashiyach. That day is Abiyb 18 = March 31st. May you show honor and glory to our savior that day.

First published 3-2002, © 2002, 2017

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