Nisan - The Beginning of Months
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Most of us celebrated
Resurrection Day on March 31, 2024, commemorating the AD 32 Passover events—the
crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua Jesus, our Jewish Messiah. Interestingly,
Israel was celebrating Passover as I began writing this week. According to
Chabad.org, “The Jewish Passover began Monday, April 22nd, at 7:34
p.m. EST and ended Wednesday, April 24th, at 8:29 p.m. EST.” However, they celebrated
with heavy hearts this “…night of solemn observance to the LORD for bringing
them out of the land of Egypt…”[1]
Almost 4,000 years ago,
in the Jewish month, Nisan, aka Abib,
YHWH – the I AM Who I AM – the only True and Living God, who is Three, yet One,
miraculously passed over the Israelites who had the BLOOD of a lamb spread upon the doorposts and
lintel of their homes, while He killed the firstborn of Egypt. Why did God do
this? So, Israel “…may know that the LORD does make a difference between the
Egyptians and Israel…so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt…and
against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.”[2]
Egypt was a land filled
with false gods, demonic activity, and wickedness. Sound familiar?
The LORD’s judgment is
always just and for the good of His chosen, including us. But let’s talk about this
day the Almighty began revealing His plan to His people.
Until the exodus from
Egypt, Nisan was the seventh month of the Jewish
year, but God said, “This month shall be your beginning
of months; it shall be the first
month of the year to you.”[3]
In God’s Passover
instructions, the Jews were to select a spotless lamb on the tenth day of Nisan,
and on the fourteenth day,
they would sacrifice it as they did in Egypt.
Fast-forward to AD 32. On
the tenth day of Nisan, Yeshua Jesus, The Lamb of
God, rode a donkey into Jerusalem. On the fourteenth
day, He was crucified—sacrificed for the sins of the world—AND on the seventeenth day, He resurrected. That day
just happened to be the Jewish Feast of Firstfruits[4] because Jesus was and is
the Firstfruits of believers who have fallen asleep.[5]
Neat coincidence,
wouldn’t you say? But wait, there’s more! In our Monday night Bible Study, I learned the significance of Genesis 8:4: “Then the ark
rested in the seventh month,
the seventeenth day of the
month, on the mountains of Ararat.”
Before this, I just saw
the numbers and their meanings. In Scripture, the number seven means completeness, perfection. The
number seventeen carries the
meaning of victory. Not only did God completely end the corrupted
antediluvian world and bring victory for Noah, but the Ark rested on the
exact day of the year that Jesus resurrected—the very day God assigned as
the Feast of Firstfruits. What a victory! The Ark saved eight people,[6] and Jesus conquered death
for us[7] because He IS our
Ark—our Salvation.
Fast-forward to present
times. The month of Nisan 2024 began
with a spectacular display of the Almighty’s glory. Nisan 1, 2024 was April
8, 2024. If you remember, April 8th produced the solar eclipse—and we humans witnessed “The
heavens declare the glory of God; and
the firmament…His handiwork.”[8]
The heartbreaking
reality of our day is the LORD our God, the Holy One of Israel, is rejected,
and the majority of Israelites are atheists or agnostics. Still, they are God’s
chosen, for His everlasting covenant stands.[9] No matter what the
kingdoms of this demonic world do or how loud they chant, “Death to Israel, Death
to America,” or “From the river to the sea,” they will lose. For the Lord of hosts has said, ONLY if the sun, moon,
and stars depart, if the heavens can be measured, or the foundations of the
earth searched out, will the nation of Israel cease.[10]
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem, but mostly pray Israel and the world see Yeshua lifted up.[11]
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