All are cordially invited to once again join Seacoast Community Church on April 16th for a Special Passover Presentation from our Brother Mitch Forman and Chosen People Ministries . Join us as we edify one another regarding the paramount importance of understanding our Jewish Jesus' fulfillment of the Passover Lamb. Please note: There is no cost for this event through the blessing of Seacoast Community Church in Portsmouth, NH . However, seats are limited and reservations are advised. I pray we might be able to share this 'blessing' with you. Shalom ! b
Why The Biblical New Year Starts This Week – Rosh Chodashim
The Biblical New Year starts this Friday with the first NEW MOON.
The new moon – when the moon is HIDDEN and the stars shine ever more brightly – is the beginning of a new lunar year according to the Bible. Fourteen days later, when the moon is full, the first and MOST Holy Day of the Biblical year is Passover.
In Judaism, and even more so for believers in His only begotten Son, the first of the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20 begins with, “I am ADONAI your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.”
Did you ever imagine that the God of the Universe would demand that we let Him be our God by allowing Him to schedule our time and space? That is one of the amazing and often overlooked messages of the Bible. God orders the entire universe, and He wants you to trust Him with your time. He created night to rest and day to work. He made our bodies to work for six days and to rest for one day, and He demands that we REST! By resting we show we trust Him because we have a loving relationship with our Creator, and we were NOT created to be enslaved but free.
That is why celebrating Passover acknowledges both freedom from slavery AND the beginning of living a life to honor our Creator by trusting Him and enjoying the fullness of His Creation.
Stewarding Our Time Biblically
The Bible shows us how to manage our time – daily, weekly, monthly and seasonally. In fact, let me clear something up for you! God is NOT trying to make your life more complicated! God has made time easy to understand. Two-by-two doesn’t just apply to the animals God saved on Noah’s Ark, God uses two-by-two for managing time! Just like the earth revolves around the sun, the moon and stars are moving, too. The moon appearing and disappearing, waxing and waning, is the monthly cycle. To count them becomes a yearly cycle. And, like the 12 tribes of Israel multiplied Joseph’s tribe into two more, the lunar calendar of twelve months has the last month double periodically. Now, CAREFUL, we do not believe the ‘heavenly bodies’ have power, nor do we ever worship them!
But, just like we bless God in the morning for the rising of the Son of Righteousness – YESHUA – so we must acknowledge that marking time Biblically by resting when commanded is WORSHIP. Taking one day off in seven as a SHABBAT rest honors God. Now, imagine why God would ask us to celebrate a new moon? What happens monthly on the earth? Monthly cycles are how humans are given the gift of creating children! The first day of the lunar month, when the sky is dark and full of stars, is the best time to have fathers take their children outside and look up to the Creator of the Heavens and share the stories of God’s goodness – HIS INCREASE – in our lives. Isn’t that what Abraham did? Monthly community celebrations are heralded with silver trumpets in the Bible!
You’re Invited to Celebrate With Us!
This Friday evening, we will be inviting Zamariah Jackson to join us at the Tree of Life Bible Society Headquarters to share with women about how important being a Daughter of God is today! (Watch this video of Zamariah singing the Aaronic Benediction with her daughters.) In fact, monthly celebrations in Judaism often focus on women fellowshipping on each new moon as a REST day for women. Since we want to follow God, love one another, and live the Bible, we are going to try something new this year! We are inviting girls and moms and wives and aunties and working women to join us in celebrating this special rest day that the Bible commands us to do – TOGETHER! Let’s return to letting God manage our time and start the NEW BIBLICAL YEAR out right! You can tune in to this event on Facebook LIVE!
This 1st New Moon, also known as Rosh Chodashim – The Head of Months, gives us two weeks exactly before we celebrate the SPRING Holy Days of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and then the First Fruits at the Feast of Weeks. I will show you how I keep our family planning schedule focused on living for GOD – not joining the rat race of commercialized secular holidays. I have exciting news! I am releasing a TLV Bible 2019 Seed Time Planner to help people ENJOY their lives more. You can learn more about that here.
Making Rosh Chodesh Meaningful
Please take the time to read as Brittni, my son’s wife, shares her insights about how special Rosh Chodesh can be. She talks about how radically important work-life balance is to today’s young moms. Please share Brittni’s blog about how she discovered the amazing blessing of Rosh Chodesh for their young family. This is such a sacred time for dads to minister to their children, too!
We will even talk together LIVE on Facebook this Friday about sharing our Greenberg Family Passover with you on April 19th at 7:00pm.
So, please find a friend to celebrate this 1st New Moon of the year with us – not to worship the moon – but to worship the GOD who created the moon! Jewish people call the 1st day of each lunar month a Rosh Chodesh (a ‘holy head’ of each month.) Our theme this month will be ‘Searching Eternity’ and by the 7th month – we will arrive at Rosh Hashana, Yom Teruah, (the ‘head of the yearly’ Jewish return to reading the Bible again and Simchat Torah) by beginning our study of the Book of Genesis! That is the other Holy Day Season – the Harvest!
Much love always, Daniah ❤️
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