Sundown tonight is when Rosh Hashanah begins. Evening at sundown is the beginning of each new day for the Jewish faithful. It was always so, but I didn't pay attention until my first visit to Israel. Their day goes from sundown to sundown - - and any part of a day is considered a day.
This is a little aside - - but knowing that helped me sooooooo much. When preachers talked about Jesus being dead for 3 days, it didn't track. Friday afternoon at 3 p m to Sunday morning before dawn was not 3 days. If the Bible writers couldn't even get that right what else were they wrong about? I knew what God said was always right - - but perhaps man in the middle had muddled it up.... Then I learned that any part of a day was considered a day. I don't know why that one single clarification made such a difference to me - - but it did! Part of Friday + All of Saturday + Part of Sunday = 3 days the way Jews reckoned time.
Of course, learning about the Jewish calendar has also helped me understand things I didn't previously understand. There is so much to discover. Even paying attention to the account of creation in Genesis is clarified....the evening and the morning were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc., day
When we were in Israel in 2011our guide told us that the Messiah would come at Rosh Hashanah - - and that if Jesus is the Messiah, that is when He will return. It makes each Rosh Hashanah a time of anticipation! Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.
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