Hello Doves,

I just read something about the two calendars that the Jews go by.  They have their religious calendar which the Lord instituted with Moses and begins on Nisan 1 and the sabbatical calendar which begins on Tishri 1 (Rosh Hoshannah).  The sabbatical calendar was in use since creation.  Although no one but the Jews recognize either calendar, It hit me that the calendars represent the two comings of Jesus.  I often wondered why there were two calendars, now I believe I know.

Let me explain, we all know that the first four feasts where fulfilled by Jesus' first coming and they began in the first month of the religious calendar.  His first coming was to the Jews, who were the only ones that went by their religious calendar and it didn't exist until the Lord separated them out as his own.  His second coming is clearly referenced by Rosh Hoshannah (Rapture) and Yom Kippur.  Also, we are told in Zechariah 14 that everyone is going to celebrate the feast of Tabernacles.  These begin on the first month (day actually) of the sabbatical calendar.  When Jesus returns it is for the whole world.  Before the institution of the law and the religious calendar, the jews were not seperated out of the world yet.  So everyone was under the sabbatical calendar(even if they didn't recognize it).  So the first four Feasts (Unleavened Bread, Passover, First Fruits and Pentecost) were for the Jews to witness their fulfillment.  The final three (Rosh Hoshannah, Yom Kippur and Tabernacles) are for the entire world to witness their fulfillment.

Does that make sense??