In most countries of the world, New Years Day is usually celebrated on January 1st, though this date comes from the arbitrary decree of the consuls of ancient (and pagan) Rome -- certainly not from anything taught in the Torah and the Hebrew Scriptures. According to Torah, there are two mirroring New Years observed during the year. The first occurs two weeks before Passover (Nisan 1) and the second occurs ten days before Yom Kippur (Tishri 1). The first is called Rosh Chodashim (see Exod. 12:2), which commemorates the month of the redemption of the Jewish people (i.e., the month Yeshua was sacrificed for our sins), whereas the second is called Yom Teruah that is associated with the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year (Exod. 23:16, 34:22). Often we dont realize what is not being said because of what is being said. In other words, hidden or unspoken assumptions are always at work in communication, though we rarely take the time to seriously examine these assumptions for ourselves. Advertisers, politicians, and others who wish to control your thinking implicitly understand this and therefore regularly employ various techniques to distract you from examining their assumptions. They understand that the louder (or more frequently or more threateningly) something is said, the less likely you will question its truth status or engage in reasonable thinking of your own.... In other words, truth for such pragmatists is little more than persuasion. Get the crowd to believe you and youve got the truth. For more on this subject, see: hebrew4christians/Holidays/Calendar/Gregorian/gregorian.html Hebrew for Christians
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:57:57 +0000