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Elul is called “the month of repentance,” “the month of mercy,” and “the month of forgiveness. Who do you need to forgive this month so you can move forward!

Sixth

6^th Month

Elul

August – September

 Elul is called “the month of repentance,” “the month of mercy,” and “the month of forgiveness.” Elul follows the two previous months of Tammuz and Av, the months of the two great sins of Israel, the sin of the golden calf and the sin of the spies. The Jewish people have an interesting phrase to describe this month. They say, “Elul is the month when “the King is in the field,” all can approach Him, and He shines His countenance upon everyone.  As you begin to understand the meaning of this phrase, you will see how God wants to relate to you during these days. Through most of the year, a king lived in a palace, protected by armed guards and iron gates. To have an audience with a king you had to make an appointment, learn palace protocol, and dress appropriately.

The word “Elul” forms an interesting acrostic. In the Complete Jewish Bible there is a phrase in the Song of Solomon 6:3: “I belong to the man I love, and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.!”  In Hebrew, the first letter of each word in that phrase spells out the name of this month:  ELUL.   Jewish rabbis said it this way, “Elul” is an acronym for the biblical phrase ani ledodi vedodi li — “I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine.” In other words, the intense love between God and His people comes to the surface during Elul.”

This month is when Moses ascended to Mount Sinai to receive the second set of the “Tablets of The Covenant.” These were days when God revealed Himself to the people of Israel with great mercy. This is a good transitional month, which precedes the “fall feasts.” The days from the Feast of Trumpets to the Feast of Tabernacles are the holiest days in the biblical calendar. These are times to prepare ourselves to come into God’s presence and glory. But before the feasts start, we have Elul.

God wants to meet with us in a special way and share a time of special intimacy with Him. Elul is a “haven in time,” like a “city of refuge” from the ravages of life.

(29 days)

(August/September)

Elul is a picture of the earthly ministry of Jesus / Yeshua. John 1:14 NIV describes Jesus’ coming this way: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”  The word “dwelling” is actually the word for “tent” or “tabernacle.”  Yeshua /Jesus, the King of the universe left His palace and came to tabernacle among us. He lived here in our field, in a tent of mortal flesh. For 33 years, the King was in the field on earth.

The Feast of Trumpets

September 29, 2019 thru

October 1, 2019

Establishment of the Feast of Trumpets is in the Bible in  Leviticus 23:23-25 and Numbers 29:1.  In the Complete Jewish Bible states:

 ²³ Adona said to Moshe, ²⁴ “Tell the people of Isra’el, “In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar (trumpet).²⁵ Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai,”

And Numbers 29:1 in CJB – 29 “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; it is a day of blowing the shofar for you.”

The number ten in Hebrew is very significant. Every Hebrew letter has a numerical equilivant. The Hebrew character or letter that equals ten is a Yud and looks like this: י, it is the smallest Hebrew letter.