NISAN or ABIB equals APRIL ZIF or IYAR equals MAY SIVAN equals JUNE TAMMUZ equals JULY AB or AV equals AUGUST ELUL equals SEPTEMBER TISHRI equals OCTOBER BUL equals NOVEMBER CHISLEU equals DECEMBER TEBETH equals JANUARY SEBAT equals FEBRUARY ADAR equals MARCH
The Biblical calendar has 360 days a year. Our current calendar has 365.25 days per year.
The Jewish Calendar had special days that they were to honor/ Feasts that they were to practice
Rose Hodesh----------This was the First day of each month Sabbath Day----------This was to be observed each week
FEASTS OF THE JEWISH NATION
PASSOVER-----14th day of Nisan begins at 6:00 PM--The theme is 'Covenant relationship with God'--Leviticus 23:4-5 UNLEAVENED BREAD--15th day of Nisan this feast lasts 7 days---The theme is 'Purging out of leaven of sin'--Leviticus 23:6-7,10-11 FIRST FRUITS----17th day of Nisan--The theme is 'RESURRECTION'---Exodus 23:19 PENTECOST-------6th day of Sivan--The theme is 'a new revelation of God's will--Leviticus 23:15-16,21 TRUMPHETS------1st day of Tishri--The theme is 'New Beginings'--Isaiah 60 and 61 ATONEMENT------10th day of Tishri--The theme is 'Mourning and atonement for sin'--Leviticus 23:26-32 TABERNACLES----15th day of Tishri--The them is 'Coming of the presence of God'--Leviticus 23:33-34 and 42-43
The 15th day of Tishri-is also the possible day of the birth of Christ. December 25th, the date celebrated by today's population has significance in two aspects: 1) on the 15th of Tishri-the date of Jesus' birth, calculate backward 40 weeks--It would be December 25 or 25th day of Chisleu that Mary conceived Jesus and 2) in 320 AD, Constantine chose Dec. 25th because it was the day of a pagan festival known as "Saturnalia"
