| Sabbath and the High Sabbaths |
Created Date: 16-Jan-2019 |
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Last updated: 26-Nov-2020 |
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Sections:
| 1 | What is a Sabbath | 2 | Jewish Calendar |
| 3 | Why Did the First Month Change? | 4 | High Sabbaths, High Holidays and Special Days |
| 5 | Scriptural References to the High Sabbaths | 6 | Feast of Tabernacles |
All of the ceremonies, feast days and high Sabbaths point to Jesus Christ in one many ways. The most important of the High Sabbaths is the 14 of Nissan which is when Israel sacrificed an unblemished lamb or goat for the sins and protection of a family. This the same day that Jesus Christ had the crucifixion on the cross, which is greatest prophetic event in all of history.
Once a week is the Sabbath Day. It is the seventh day of the week and it is a day of rest that started in Genesis when God ceased all work because He had completed the design, creation and rebuilding of the Earth and Universe. The Sabbath Day of rest is codified in Leviticus 23:3 but it is evident from the Scriptures that this and many other customs, requirements and principles of worship of God were present in the antediluvian Earth. For example, Abel knew that only a blood sacrifice would be acceptable to God and when God spoke to Cain, it is evident that Cain also knew albeit Cain was wroth that he could not give the first fruits of the ground.
| Genesis 2:2 | And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all his work that He had done. |
| Leviticus 23:3 | Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places. |
Israel celebrated the Sabbath day with no work and there is a history of the times when Israel did well by honoring the 7th day of the week, Shabbat or Shabbos, and suffered penalties for not honoring God by resting on Shabbat.
The Church is under a different Dispensation and the Church traditionally has chosen the first day of the week to celebrate the risen Christ, which occurred on the Feast of First Fruits. The Feast of First Fruits is the same day that the Noah steps out of the Ark at the end of the Flood of Noah
The old calendar is prior to the Flood of Noah and the number of days are changed for months because of the Long Day of Joshua event. Before the Long Day of Joshua event, all months were 30 days.
| Disclaimer: (1) The Leap Year number of days, which is shown below as "Adar", is problematic. There are many conflicting Hebrew sources. One source says that the "Hebrew lunar year is about eleven days shorter that the Solar Year", which makes requires more days such as 13 extra days to catch up. (2) The special feast days have some special rules which may have them move from what month is shown in the chart's "Civil Equivalent" column below. |
| Month | Order of Months Before the Exodus Event | Order of Months after the Exodus Event | Number of Days in Month | Order of Months after Long Day of Joshua | After Long Day of Joshua. Number of Days in Month | Civil Equivalent to New | Special Dates | |
| Tishrei, Tishri, (Ethanim) | 1st | 7th | 30 | 7th | 30 | September - October | High Holidays: (Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippor), Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Toray | |
| Cheshvan, (Bui) | 2nd | 8th | 30 | 8th | 29 or 30 | October - November | ||
| Chisleu (Kislev) | 3rd | 9th | 30 | 9th | 30 or 29 | November - December | Chanukah | |
| Tevet | 4th | 10th | 30 | 10th | 29 | December - January | Conclusion of Chanukah | |
| Sh'vat ~ Shevat | 5th | 11th | 30 | 11th | 30 | January - February | Tu B'Shavt | |
| Adar 1 | 6th | 12th | 30 | 12th | 30 | February - March | Purim | |
| Adar (Adar Beit in leap years) | 12th | 13 | February - March | |||||
| Nisan, (Aviv) | 7th | 1st | 30 | 1st | 30 | March - April | Passover | |
| Iyar, (Zif) | 8th | 2nd | 30 | 2nd | 29 | April - May | Lag B'Omer | |
| Sivan | 9th | 3rd | 30 | 3rd | 30 | May - June | Shavuot | |
| Tammuz | 10th | 4th | 30 | 4th | 29 | June - July | ||
| Av | 11th | 5th | 30 | 5th | 30 | July - August | Tisha B'Av | |
| Elul | 12th | 6th | 30 | 6th | 29 | August - September |
The seven High Sabbaths do not necessarily occur on the Saturday, Shabbat. Shabbat is Hebrew for the last day of the week, which is Saturday. Sunday is the first day of the week according to God as set out in Genesis during the Creation Week. On Saturday, God had completed all of the Creation so the ceased activity, which is often translated as rested.
| This is an excerpt from the Ark
and Resurrection Topic:
To help us understand God's use of Patterns, we need to recall the Exodus Passover Event with its purpose and the dates. There was a calendar change during the Exodus. Israel's calendar originally started with the month of Tishrei and ended at the month of Elul. This was changed in Exodus 12:1-2 by God after the Egyptian Captivity. The month of Nissan became the first month of the Jewish Year Calendar. Besides the calendar change, there was a celebration meal instituted by God in Exodus 12:5-6, that commemorated the Passover Event of the death Angel which killed the first born in Egypt except for those who has blood from a lamb or goat put on the door post of their home, Exodus 12:7. It is the opinion of some Biblical Scholars that God made the change to the Calendar because the family of Israel went into Israel and came out as a nation, where this was a very special event that signifies the beginning of Israel the Nation.
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| Old Testament Event pointing to Christ | Category | Christ Fullfilment | Notes | |||
| 1 | 1st day of Passover | 1 | High Sabbath | Christ is Passover Lamb | The Feast of Unleavened Bread that last 7 days. It is tied to the 15th of Nissan. | |
| 2 | Last day of Passover | High Sabbath | ||||
| 3 | Feast of First Fruits | 2 | High Sabbath | Resurrection | ||
| 4 | Feast of Weeks or Feasty of Pentecost (50) | 3 | High Sabbath | Pentecost | Held 50 days after Feast of First Fruits. Leviticus 23:9-22 | |
| 5 | Rosh Hashanah | 1 | High Holiday | The Jewish New Year | ||
| 6 | Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement | 2 | High Holiday | The Sabbath of Sabbaths which follows 10 days after Rosh Hashanah | ||
| 7 | Feast of Tabernacles | 4 | High Sabbath | |||
| 8 | 1st day of Tabernacles / Succoth or Sukkat | 5 | High Sabbath | |||
| 9 | 8th day of Tabernacles | 6 | High Sabbath | Leviticus 23:36 | ||
| 10 | Day of Trumpets / Yom Teruah | 7 | High Sabbath |
| Numbers 28:16 | On the fourteenth day of the first month the LORD's Passover is to be held. |
| Numbers 28:17 | On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days |
| Leviticus 23:34 | Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah. |
| Leviticus 23:36 | Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work |
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