“This month shall be to you the beginning of months…” (Exodus 12:2)
Anchored in Creation, Not Culture
The biblical year starts with what God created—not what man scheduled.
It begins in the spring:
- When the barley is aviv (Exodus 12:2 + Exodus 13:4)
- After the vernal equinox (Genesis 1:14)
- Marked by the sighting of the new moon
“This month shall be to you the beginning of months…” (Exodus 12:2)
Each month begins at new moon, and each feast anchors to a specific day within that count.
The Seven Appointed Feasts
The calendar turns not by tradition, but by appointed times:
- New Moon
- Passover (Nisan 14)
- Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15–21)
- Wave Sheaf (Nisan 16)
- Firstfruits / Feast of Weeks /Pentecost (counted from Wave Sheaf)
- Trumpets (Tishrei 1)
- Day of Atonement (Tishrei 10)
- Tabernacles (Tishrei 15–21)
Each feast is a moed—a set appointment—kept by Jesus, tied to covenant, and prophetic in meaning.
What Jesus Fulfilled—And What Remains
- Was born and crucified on Passover (Nisan 14)
- Laid in the tomb during the start of Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15)
- Was resurrected on Wave Sheaf (Nisan 16)
- Sent the Spirit on Feast of Firstfruits/Weeks (Pentecost) (Acts 2)
- Will fulfill Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles in His return
This calendar was never abolished.
It was fulfilled—and still marks what’s coming.
Counting the Year
A full biblical year is structured by:
- New moons = new months
- Barley and sun = new year
- Feasts and sabbaths = covenant reminders
- Jubilee cycle = redemption clock (Leviticus 25)
The Roman calendar hides the pattern.
The biblical calendar reveals it.
Scripture to Revisit:
Genesis 1:14
Exodus 12:2
Exodus 13:4
Leviticus 23
Leviticus 25
Numbers 28–29
Deuteronomy 16
Luke 22:7–15
Acts 2
Hebrews 4
Colossians 2:16–17
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