Hello
John and Doves,
Soon we will be entering the 8th month of the Jewish
calendar - the month of Cheshvan/Heshvan/Marheshvan
(post Babylonian exile) or Bul (I Kings 6:38) (pre
Babylonian exile).
Bul is the Canaanite
name (pre-Exile) and signified the month of rain, or the
start of the rainy season; it was also the month
of harvest and means to 'bring forth' or 'month
of bountiful harvests'. Solomon's Temple was
completed in the month of Bul. The Hebrew word is בול, which comes from the verb 'to
bring forth', as the 'whole process of labour'/per
Strong's). Olives were harvested in this month and
grains (barely and wheat) are planted for the first
harvest of the following year.
Cheshvan is the Hebrew
name and does not occur in the Bible. The Hebrew
root word for Cheshvan is 'chash', and in Hebrew this
means to be still or quiet.
Cheshvan is the only
month with no mitzvot or special days. This is
because this month has been reserved for the time of
Mashiach or Messiah. It's often refereed to as 'the
month of Mashiach'.
"The number eight in the
Bible signifies Resurrection and Regeneration. It is
the number of a new beginning.... Eight is the personal
number of Jesus. When we add together the letter
values of the name of Jesus in Greek we get 888.
Jesus was called The Christ, the numeric values of this
title is 1480 (185x8). He was Savior which has the
value of 1408 (2x88x88). Jesus is also Lord which
again is a multiple of eight being 800 (100x8).
Messiah has the numeric value of 656 (82x8). Jesus
also called Himself the Son of Man. The term occurs
88 times and is valued at 2960 (370x8). Jesus said
"I am the truth": the numeric value of "the truth"
is 64 (8x8). The last book in the Bible is the
Revelation of Jesus Christ which has exactly 888 Greek
words. All the Dominical names of Jesus Christ are
marked by eight as a multiple if the laws of Gematria are
applied to them....
"The number 8 in the
bible represents a new beginning, meaning a new order or
creation, and man's true 'born again' even when
he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life."
https://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/8.html
Meaning
of the Number 8 in the Bible
In the Bible, we are
told that the rains of the Great Flood of Noah started in
the second month - this month was Cheshvan/Bul - which is
now the second month of the civil calendar/the eighth
month of the sacred calendar. Josephus wrote
that The Flood started in the second Hebrew month of
Marsuan 'per the Egyptian calendar'..so this month in
Noah's time corresponds to the current month of Marheshvan
or Bul. (After the Exodus from Egypt, Bul became the
eighth month.)
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200000836
Bul
— Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
On the 17th of Cheshvan,
the Great Flood began...and it ended a year later in the
same month on the 27th of Cheshvan. It is believed
to be exactly a one year period. Because of the
terrible destruction that occurred to the world, this
month was referred to as 'mar' - a time
of judgment and hardship. Thus Marheshvan.
Noah and his family and
the animals entered the ark and the Lord said 'For after
seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days
and forty nights..." Genesis 7:4 So on the
10th of Cheshvan Noah was sealed up in the ark.
In Luke 17:26
Jesus said 'Just as it was in the days of Noah..."
This year, the month of
Cheshvan begins at sunset October 29, so 1 Cheshvan is
October 30 - ending at sunset. 10 Cheshvan
begins at sunset November 7, so 10 Cheshvan is November 8
- ending at sunset. 17 Cheshvan
begins at sunset November 14, so 17 Cheshvan is November
15 - ending at sunset.
Is is possible that the
month of Cheshvan will be the month of the 'harvest of the
Church', the appearance of the Messiah (the month of
Messiah), 'the resurrection of the dead' and the start of
the 'time of judgement' coming upon the whole earth?
The Lord has an exact day picked out for the Rapture and
the start of The Tribulation.
We will soon be in the
month of Cheshvan.
Maranatha!
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Chance
Dates are from the
Chabad calendar.