Today being the 29th of Adar 5778, we are just a couple of hours away from the New Year, which falls on the 1st of Nissan (also called Abib). It is time to blow the shofar! (Psalms 81:3)
It has been a full year cycle, Elohim has seen us through, and has enabled us to come back to the divinely ordained season of deliverance. As we usher in the New Year, our hearts are full of joy to recognize the role that God has played in our lives. That is why we sum up the major themes exhibited during the month of Abib as that of repentance and God’s love in our lives.
Having mentioned about Abib, we cannot dissociate ourselves from discussing about the Passover. The feast was celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Abib as a commemoration of the deliverance of the children of Israel from bondage in Egypt. All these occurrences were divinely planned because Elohim had promised Abraham that his descendants would be enslaved in a foreign land for over 400 years, where they would be mistreated. He was also promised that their deliverance would be a great phenomenon, as we read in the scriptures (Genesis 15:13).
However, after Yahshua came and died on the Calvary, he became the Passover lamb, that was slain (Revelation 5:8-14), and that would carry the sins of the world (John 1:29). The reason for celebrating Pesach now shifted to the death and resurrection of Yahshua, as well as our redemption from bondage of sins.
Yahshua died and resurrected during the month of Abib, as it was prophesied in the scriptures. He had to die during the feast of Passover and of the unleavened bread (Mathew 26:2).
At one time Yahshua cried over Jerusalem. He was moved to see how the city killed the very same prophets who would have led them to God. He compared the people of those days to how a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but unfortunately they weren’t willing (Mathew 23:37).
You could be doing the same thing today!
Is Elohim reaching out to you, but your heart is not willing to listen?
He is sending preachers and teachers to show you the right way you should go. To keep his Sabbath, his feasts and walk in obedience to his word. The things of the old were written so that we can learn from them (Romans 15:4). What are doing about this information?
The month falls on spring season. It is a time for rejuvenation. A time for renewal of our hopes. It is my prayer that your love and zeal for serving God will be renewed. May the Grace of God lead you to acknowledge His love for your life through the sacrifice of His son Messiah Yahshua. May the sorrow that leads to repentance prick your hearts during this month of Abib so that you will walk according to the will of our Father in heaven.
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