Understanding Dates and the Jewish Calendar and Feasts!

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I am fascinated by an article that I read recently.  It explains time, time on the calendar that is.  It talks about how we got our calendar, why the Jewish calendar is different then ours and what is the correct date. I have been attending a Messianic Jewish Congregation now for awhile and I learned that the Jewish calendar is different from the Christian calendar.  I was not aware that there was even a different calendar at all before I started attending there.  That shows you how much attention I paid at some point.  I have also learned that there is a Muslim calendar that is different then both the Christian and the Jewish Calendar.  Right now the year is 2011 on the Christian calendar, 5772 on the Jewish calendar and it is 1432 A.H. on the Muslim calendar. 

Have you ever hear of “Millennial Sabbath concept”?  I had not until I read this article.  It makes total sense to me now and I like the thought of it.  I believe in a literal 6 day creation of the earth with a 7^th day of rest.  There are teachings about how 1 day is a 1,000 which suggests that the earth was created in 6,000 years which is actually called the Gap theory.  I do not believe this teaching and I will not go into the ins and outs of that now, maybe at another time it would be good to discuss this.  For now I just want to share with you about how and why our calendars are different and what the Biblical feasts that God commanded the Jews to keep are all about.  As believers we do not have to keep the commandments be it is special to celebrate them as they are all about Yeshua and what He has done for us and what our future is in Him and through Him! 

The following two articles are about calendars and how they came about and also about the Jewish feast.  I have recently learned about copyright laws which are hard to understand but in hope of not breaking any of those laws I will only post the link to the articles which I read.  Please take the time to read these articles!  You may want to print them so you can take the time to read them and really understand them.  The information is very interesting!

The first article is about Calendars and time.

(This article was written 12 yrs ago which would be 1999 or at least I think it was as the question is asked… “Why then does the Jewish calendar place us in the year 5760?” Please keep this in mind when reading the article.) 


http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_jewishlife3.php

The second article is about the cycles of the Jewish feasts and what each one means to us today as believers in Christ Yeshua!


http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_jews3.php