THIS IS NOT THE NEW YEAR

Exodus chapter 9

Today we are walking in: This Is Not The New Year




Job 36:4




For truly my words shall not be false: H8267 he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.









FALSE





Today we look to the word H8267 sheqer--lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood; deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)















The Torah testifies...............






Exodus 20:17




Thou shalt not bear false H8267 witness against thy neighbour.





Exodus 23:7




Keep thee far from a false H8267 matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked





Deuteronomy 19:16




If a false H8267 witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;









The prophets proclaim..................





Jeremiah 5:31




The prophets prophesy falsely, H8267 and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?







Jeremiah 23:32




Behold, I am against them that prophesy false H8267 dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.





Jeremiah 37:14




Then said Jeremiah, It is false H8267; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.









The writings bear witness...........................





Psalm 7:14




Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. H8267





Proverbs 11:1




A false H8267 balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.





Proverbs 14:5




A faithful witness will not lie: but a false H8267 witness will utter lies.




Today is NOT the beginning of the biblical new year




Happy New Year!!!! NOT Biblically speaking of course.




Even though January 1st is celebrated as the beginning of the year over the world, as Hebrews, we need to consider that the Biblical New Year is far more important to us, than a day that was picked by the Romans.




1st of January and the beginning of the standard western/christian calendar




The month of January is named after an ancient Roman god named Janus/Ianus, who was the Roman god of doorways & archways, depicted having two faces, as the Romans believed he looked at the future as well as the past. As far back as 153BC, Roman consuls came to power on January 1st. In 45BC, when Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar, January 1st became the official new year of the Roman Empire which has continued to be so, for more than 2000 years.




This ancient Julian Calendar which went through a few refinements in the year 1582 by Roman Catholic Pope Gregory XIII, is now known as the Gregorian Calendar. January 1st, remains from more than 2000 years ago, as the beginning of the Roman Year, a creation of the Roman Empire.




1st of Abib and the beginning of the Biblical calendar made by our Heavenly Father




The month of Abib/Aviv does not coincide with a month in the standard western calendar in any way. This means that the 1st day of the Biblical Year could fall on any day in the season of March/April. The biblical calendar is not one which is set in paper, but which is set in the heavens. When our Creator made the Sun, Moon & Stars, He proclaimed “let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years”.




What is Abib?




In the book of Exodus, as Moses brought about the 7th Plague which was “Hail”, we read the following




“Exo 9:31,32 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear(Abib), and the flax was bolled. But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up“




The Hebrew word “Abib” is translated here as “was in the ear”. The Strong’s Hebrew Concordance explains it as – H24 – אביב – aw-beeb’ – a young ear of grain; hence the name of the month Abib or Nisan




Abib is the Hebrew word used for the state of a crop which is, in between the stage of green colour ripening and completely ripe golden streaks. It is the stage when the grain is a light yellowish green colour. In the above passage we see that the barley crops were destroyed by hail while the wheat and rie were not damaged. The reason being, grains which are early in its development are flexible, becoming brittle as it ripens. The barley was destroyed and the wheat was not, as the barley had reached the stage in its development called Abib, becoming brittle enough to be damaged by the hail, while the wheat and rie were still early in their development, where they were flexible enough not to be damaged.




Exo 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.




Exo 13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.




Exo 34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.




We know that after the 7th Plague mentioned in Exo 9:30,31, two more plagues came over Egypt (namely locusts & Darkness for 3 days) before the 10th plague (Death of the Firstborn). The Passover happened on the 14th day of the First Biblical Month (Exo 12:2,6,11) freeing the children of Israel from slavery. As per Exo 9:30,31 the Barley was in the state of Abib, at the time of the 7th plague. Exo 12:2, 13:4, 34:18 further proves that the month in which the Children of Israel were set free from slavery was the first month, as per Yah’s directions. Not only is “Abib” the first month, it derives its name from the state of Barley known as “Abib” in the Scriptures.




But how does one go about uncovering the beginning of the biblical Year on his/her own?




The Biblical month is calculated by the revolutions of the Moon. One cycle of the moon, where it goes from dark to fully lit and dark again is known as a month. In fact, the words “Month” and “Moon” are interchangeable in the Hebrew language. At the time when the first sliver is visible in the evening sky, the new month has begun.




With the information from the Bible in hand, we can easily figure out the first month of the Biblical year. When the Barley is in the state of “Abib” and when you sight the sliver of the moon, a new Biblical Month has dawned. May you celebrate our Creator’s Appointed times as per His Commandment and as imitators of Hamachiach!