First Day of the First Month ...

Psalm 81

Sing for joy to God our strength;
Shout joyfully to the Elohim of Jacob.

Raise a song, strike the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
At the full moon, on our feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the Elohim of Jacob.

Last night shofars were blown and praises were lifted as a sacrifice; giving thanks for Yeshua our Messiah who came and will come again. These convocations are significant and meaningful, giving us an opportunity to become realigned and increasingly grounded in His Ways.

This begins the first month of the year by Yehovah's calendar and it is the month that starts the cycle of festivals and set apart days. Passover and the moed of Unleavened Bread will be soon and I'm looking forward to our family and like-minded believers coming together to remember and celebrate the kindness and compassion of Yehovah in providing the perfect Lamb and the way of redemption.

Hebron is such an oasis in the middle of a busy world and it's a blessing to be able to come together here to observe the set apart days.

Shalom

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