Creation
In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 Brenton) For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it. (Exodus 20:11 Brenton)
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How Many Days in a Biblical Year?
Scripture clearly tells us there are 12 months (H2320 “chodesh”) in a Biblical year and infers there are 30 days per Biblical month/chodesh. So does this mean there are 360 days in a Biblical year? For years I thought that’s what Scripture was telling us. I knew that currently our years consist of 365.24 days, so I figured something must have gone out of whack since the time of Noah, and that it would likely be restored in the time of the end. But then, I came across something in the Book of Enoch. The Book of Enoch (or 1 Enoch) was written and read prior to Yeshua’s (Jesus’) birth…
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How Many Days in a Biblical Month?
The Hebrew word most often translated as “month” in the Tanakh (Old Testament) is “chodesh” (H2320), and it is always used when a date is given. Scripture clearly states there are 12 chodesh in a year, but only infers there are 30 days in each chodesh. We see this first in the Genesis account of the flood. The Flood In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month (chodesh), on the seventeenth day of the month (chodesh), on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty…
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How Many Months in a Biblical Year?
According to the Bible there are 12 months (“chodesh”) in a year. Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers’ houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year – of every course were twenty and four thousand. Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of…
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When a Day Begins and Ends
I’ve recently compiled a study on When a Day Begins and Ends according to Genesis 1 that I thought would be helpful to those who are seeking this matter out. I also addressed several of the most popular texts used to justify an evening-to-evening reckoning of a Day. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below. You might also be interested in this video presentation by the same name:
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Day and Night
I’m sitting here putting together a study on “When the Day Begins”, and I’m baffled that I even have to do this. My premise is that Day is clearly defined in Genesis 1. Not only does he call “Light” “Day” and creates a greater light to govern the Day, Elohim references Day and Night as two separate things all throughout Scripture. Yet it is a popularly held belief in Jewish circles (spilling over into the Hebrew Roots movement) that a “Whole Day” includes Night. These proponents claim Genesis 1 supports this position citing “And there was evening and there was morning – the first day”. So I spent last night looking up every reference to…
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What About Daniel 7:25 and the set times?
Daniel 7:25 And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time. I believe that this prophetic Scripture speaks to us in our current time frame as well as holding multiple fulfillments in the past and future. I see fruit of the spirit of anti-messiah working effectively in the Constantinian religion that Yahweh was gracious enough to lead me out of. To the very core there is opposition to obedience…
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What about Matthew 23 and calling no man rabbi?
1Then spoke Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 3All therefore whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not. 4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,…
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What about Nehemiah 13:19-21??
Nehemiah 13:19-21 Jerusalem gate open 19And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 21Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge you about the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time…
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God Called the Light “Day”
I’ve been challenging the notion that a Biblical day is reckoned from evening to evening for a few months now. And tonight I had an “aha” moment. Genesis 1:5 simply states, “God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night”. And there was evening and there was morning — the first day.” What if the Biblical day is simply “light”, whether it be full light or mixed light as we see in both evening and morning? And the Biblical night is simply darkness, the absence of light. What if it’s not reckoned evening-to-evening or morning-to-morning but rather morning-to-evening. I wonder if the references to a literal “day” in the Bible…
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This day’s date
While working on our Sukkah, I took a picture of the moon just before night set in. Isha and I are still working on setting up our calendar. We are leaning toward calling this day the 8th day of the 7th month. That is a long conversation in and of itself. For the time being, consider this the official kick-off of our new blog. I am Ish and my wife is Isha. We are not quite gentile Christians and not quite Jewish either. We are in that strange outer boundary between two worlds. That too is a long conversation. I would like to share my little project with you. We…