Are you ready to shift into a new season? Would you like to be synced to God’s calendar? Then join us below as we discover how God uses Rosh Hashanah to shift us into new seasons and how this is the time of our trumpet blast!
Covenant is an important biblical principle; particularly covenant with God. When God created Adam and Eve, a covenant bond was formed, strengthening the relationship between God and man. This covenant granted authority to man and came from a place of God’s love. This is why the covenant favored man, with God giving greatly while man, almost exclusively, took.
God gave one stipulation in the Garden, and man tossed it, our covenant, and even our relationship with Him, aside. We gave away God’s trust, authority over the animals, and more, all for a taste of lies, hate, and everything contrary to God. Yet, God still loved us, desiring to one day enter into covenant relationship again.
After the Garden, a few people, such as Noah, were granted a taste of God-given covenant, however, they were limited in comparison to the first. Only, God was not stopping there. God chose Abram—soon called Abraham—and through the covenants made between them, the first roots of our faith were formed. The preparation for our redemption through Jesus firmly set in place.
Abraham was not perfect, but he had an open heart and chose to follow God willingly. Abraham desired covenant with God; to receive blessing yes, but most importantly, relationship. Abraham was a friend of God, blessed with covenant access to our Creator!
This was only the start however. Abraham’s relationship with God set things in motion, because, just as with Noah, it held some of the first covenant promises since the Garden. Yet, it was more than a covenant with one man, it served as a covenant foundation for God’s laws, commandments, and lessons to come. It spanned all the way to our Messiah, Yeshua!
Covenants continue to play an important role. They serve as new beginnings and lay the foundation for God’s future in our lives. Yet, renewed and new covenants often come at special moeds—appointed times. One such moed involves the covenant of Rosh Hashanah—found in Leviticus 23 and Numbers 10 and 29—where we enter the new year of God’s calendar and all the new beginnings God has set aside for us!
