*When Does The Scriptual New Year Begin?
January, which falls in the dead of winter in the northern hemisphere when snow covers the ground and cold north winds sweep the land, is not the proper time to start a new year. Yahweh said to us through Moses: This month [Abib] shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (Ex. 12:2)
Abib is the true beginning of the new year with its new growth. It is in the spring when the earth again comes to life in the northern hemisphere. The spring rains have ceased. The warming sun brings on green grass, while the fragrance of flowers and budding trees again fills the air. The birds return for the summer and the earth is bursting with renewal.
Not only is this month the beginning of the religious year in Yahweh’s calendar, but it also brings us Passover, a renewal of the Covenant that we have made with Yahweh. When our hearts and minds have been opened to the truth of Yahweh’s word and we understand that we are called and set apart for a special purpose, we have an inner desire to be immersed into the saving Name of Yahshua.
Being baptized into Yahshua’s saving Name means that we are sorry for our sins and want to be forgiven of them. When we are baptized into His saving Name, all past sins are washed away, and we stand before Yahweh justified, just as if we had never sinned.
We are now cleansed from our past and can start over in a new life. Once purged of our reprobate past, we determine to walk in a new life of obedience to Yahweh’s Commandments. It is this willing obedience to Yahweh’s Commandments that sanctifies us and gives us the garments of righteousness.
Abib is the true beginning of the new year with its new growth. It is in the spring when the earth again comes to life in the northern hemisphere. The spring rains have ceased. The warming sun brings on green grass, while the fragrance of flowers and budding trees again fills the air. The birds return for the summer and the earth is bursting with renewal.
Not only is this month the beginning of the religious year in Yahweh’s calendar, but it also brings us Passover, a renewal of the Covenant that we have made with Yahweh. When our hearts and minds have been opened to the truth of Yahweh’s word and we understand that we are called and set apart for a special purpose, we have an inner desire to be immersed into the saving Name of Yahshua.
Being baptized into Yahshua’s saving Name means that we are sorry for our sins and want to be forgiven of them. When we are baptized into His saving Name, all past sins are washed away, and we stand before Yahweh justified, just as if we had never sinned.
We are now cleansed from our past and can start over in a new life. Once purged of our reprobate past, we determine to walk in a new life of obedience to Yahweh’s Commandments. It is this willing obedience to Yahweh’s Commandments that sanctifies us and gives us the garments of righteousness.
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* Excerpt from: Passover A Night to Be Much Remembered
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