Talk about having a New Year to celebrate check this out...

[Pete in MI]

Gen 8:13 "And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry..".

Did you catch that...the first day of the first month? Seems like a NEW YEAR to me and one to be remembered and Noah had good reason to celebrate...a fresh start...the wickedness of the world washed away...which now reminds me of the sins of the world washed away by the blood of Jesus...definitely reasons to celebrate a NEW YEAR.

May all have a blessed NEW YEAR.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

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[SeniorSeeker]

Yes! I also read that and was curious as to when the first month was in Jewish culture. It is often referred to as a 'New Moon'. I still don't have a definitive answer but, from what I've learned thus far, the first month on the Jewish calendar appears to be March? I would appreciate it if someone would clarify this for me (and maybe your too DK). None the less, I'm sure Noah was more than ready to leave the ark.

SeniorSeeker

 

[Anonymous]

No matter what day or month.....Noah and family had a new beginning, but look what has happened in those years since, that God willingly gave Himself, as His only begotten Son, for the cleansing of all our sins by accepting Jesus as Savior and confessing our sins to Him, Who forgives every confessed sin that is truly given to Him to bear! May God Bless! Amen! Betty

 

[DK]

I think you may be right. I think that is where our New Year celebration originated. As with most of our Holidays, they were either to go along with or to compete, if you will, with the Pagan holidays. As with Christmas, it was a pagan holiday to celebrate or worship the sun. Christians chose that day to put a damper on the pagan worship. Not sure when Jesus was actually born, but in my studies of Scripture and related material, I assume it was in a warmer part of the year. Anyway, God had a reason for chosing the first month and the first day. If we would remember what God did in causing the flood to go away on New Years Day we might see that day in a whole new light. I had not really thought about that until SeniorSeeker made this post.

Jewish Calendar

Tishri----Sept-Oct----30days--1st month of the civil calendar or 7th month of the Sacred Calendar Ab--July-Aug--30 days--11th month of civil or 5th month of Sacred Calendar
Heshvan--Oct-Nov---29 or 30 days--2nd month of civil or 8th month of Sacred Elul--Aug-Sep--29 days--12th month of civil or 6th month of Sacred Calendar
Chislev--Nov-Dec---29 or 30 days---3rd month of civil or 9th of Sacred Calendar
Tebeth--Dec-Jan--29 days--4th month of civil or 10th of Sacred *Hebrew months were 30 and 29 days alternately. A Hebrew year was 354 days.
Shebat--Jan-Feb--30 days--5th month of civil or 11th of Sacred Calendar
Adar--Feb-Mar---29 or 30 days 6th month of civil or 12th of Sacred Calendar *Civil Calendar was used of kings, childbirth, and contracts.
Nisan--Mar-Apr--30 days, 7th month of civil calendar or 1st month of Sacred Calendar *Sacred Calendar was used to calculate the festivals.
Iyar--Apr-May--29 days, 8th month of civil or 2nd month of Sacred
Sivan--May-June--30 days, 9th month of civil or 3rd month of Sacred
Tammuz--June-July--29 days, 10th month of civil or 4th month of Sacred

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you, DK, for posting the Jewish Calendar! The months are really helpful! May God Bless! Amen! Ma Betty

 

[7centsworth]

Never had thought about that , thanks for posting.