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The True Calendar Part II

The True Calendar
Part II
In the previous posts, we come to know about the Creator's calendar given to the Israelites. How is this different from the man-made calendar, used today?
The names of the week which we know today, have its origin from the ancient European pagan gods and each day is dedicated to 7 pagan gods and creations :

Sun's day - Sunday
Moon's day - Monday
Norse god Tiw - Tuesday
Goddess Frige - Friday
Roman god Saturn - Saturday
In the same way, the months of the year got their name from different sources such as Roman gods and emperors, numbers :

Janus - January
Februus - February
Mars - March
Aphrilis - April
Maria - May
Juno - June
Julius Caesar - July
Augustus Caesar - August
Septem, 7 - September
Octo, 8 - October
Novem, 9 - November
Decem, 10 - December

But in the Hebrew calendar, there are no specific names for the days of the week. Each day is called by the number of the day. The Hebrew word for days are as follows:
source:http://www.lavia.org/english/archivo/CalendarHebrewEN.html

The duration of the Hebrew month is calculated by the amount of days needed to go through the Lunar cycle which is 29.5 days.
There are 12 months in the annual cycle in the scripture. We can know this by --- Solomon had 12 governors in all Israel (2 Kings 4:7, 1 Chronicles 27:1-15) to provide food for the king and his house all around the year. Each one provides him for one month of the year. In ancient times, similar to the days of the week, the month have no names. They are also called by numbers - first month, second month, etc. But there are few months mentioned in the Bible. These months are special : 

Abib - 1st month (Deutronomy 16: 1)
Zir - 2nd month (1Kings 6:1)
Ethanim - 7th month (1Kings 8:2)
Bul - 8th month (1Kings 6:38)

source:http://www.lavia.org/english/archivo/CalendarHebrewEN.html

In the present names of the months in the Jewish calendar are adapted from the Babylonian exile. These are mostly Babylonian names. Nisan (Abib), Iyyar (Ziv), Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tisheri (Ethanim), Chesvan (Bul), Kislev, Tevet.
Source:http://www.lavia.org/english/archivo/CalendarHebrewEN.html

The Solar year has 365 days long. But the Moon year has only 354 days. If we compare them, we will get a difference of 11 days. So, an extra month is added to the Hebrew calendar - Adar II, every two or three years, so the seasons and feasts are put forth on align. 

The Hebrew calendar of the year conventionally begins at Rosh Hashanah, the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve. But when God freed the Israelites out of the iron clutches of Pharaoh. God changes the first month from Ethanim to Abib - this month shall be your beginning of months. Before that Ethanim is the first month of the year. This was practised by Adam to Noah until Moses.
Until the division of the United Kingdom of Israel, from Dan down to Beersheba, Abib is counted as the first month. After the division, the ancient Northern Kingdom of Israel introduced using the Ecclesiastical new year starting in Abib I, while the Southern Kingdom of Judah counted years using the civil new year starting in Ethanim I.

Are the two calendars - Religious & Civil calendars used by the Jewish today?
Yeah. If the Jewish people are living among other nations, not in the land of Israel, they have to follow in the workplace, whether it is America, India or France, in everyday they have to follow the civil calendar. But if you are living in Israel, here Israeli Civil & Jewish Religious calendar are combined. So, we can combine our spiritual life with our everyday life. So, all in Israel they are the same.

God has a specific purpose for this change of first month. He didn't just make a change; He instituted 7 Feasts to be observed forever. These are not just holidays but holy days. These 7 Feasts of the Lord has past, present and future prophetic meanings!



Disclaimer : The following post is researched and written in order to know more about cultures and their origin and truth behind them, more than a religion. This post is just what the author believes honestly.


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