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God’s Appointed Times: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Celebrating the Biblical Holidays is unavailable, but you can change that!

The biblical holy days are not just for Jews. Christians, too, can receive the blessing of these glorious days, the greatest object lessons in the Bible. God gave each day to teach his people about him and his relationship to them. From the Sabbath, which pictures eternity, to the popular holiday, Hanukkah, mentioned by name only in the gospel of John, the special times were set apart to bless...

The biblical year starts in the spring with the month Nisan (Exodus 12:2). This has a certain logic to it. It is the beginning of the new harvest season. However, the rabbis gave such significance to this special Shabbat (it was the first of the fall holidays) that they eventually considered it as the “spiritual” New Year. Hence the name change as well. Biblically known as Yom Teruah (the Day of Sounding/Festival of Trumpets), this first day of Tishri became called “Rosh HaShanah,” the Head of the
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