<\/p>\n
In the previous article we introduced the Moedim and how this \u2018pattern\u2019 speaks of Jesus. Here we continue to explore the wonderful truth that they speak powerfully of Jesus\u2019 life, mission and ministry<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Bible\u2019s calendar is a lunar calendar. The \u201cyear\u201d that the Bible marks is the agricultural year and based around harvesting. So we can \u201cplot\u201d graphically how the Biblical year looks, by comparing it with the \u2018solar\u2019 year \u2013 the year based on the sun. We all think, naturally, of a twelve month cycle beginning in January. That is the solar year. From a Biblical perspective, it is also the pagan year!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A calendar can be viewed in more than one way. The normal \u201cwestern\u201d year reflects the Gregorian Calendar beginning in January and ending in December. Whilst it may be relatively unimportant, it is worth noting that this Gregorian year also – in a very real sense – reflects a Pagan year, as each month name corresponds to a Pagan (Roman) \u201cgod\u201d. Certainly God wants us to have nothing to do with Paganism, yet God\u2019s children are obliged to live within the system common to mankind\u2019s various cultures. We can reflect, as well, that every religion and culture has its own calendar, usually based on lunisolar principles, but with notable variations. God\u2019s calendar for His Chosen People would, in practice, have many competitors! Unlike the Pagan calendars, however, the Hebrew calendar represents two unique things:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the previous article we introduced the Moedim and how this \u2018pattern\u2019 speaks of Jesus. Here we continue to explore the wonderful truth that they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[67,8],"tags":[47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}