Elul to Tishri: Birth of the Millennial Kingdom

Now let us turn to the prophetic significance of the transition from the month of Elul to the month of Tishri. The month of Elul is when they say "the king is in the field." The associated constellation is Virgo — a virgin. This speaks of the virgin birth, and when we look at the biblical prophets, there is extensive imagery of a travailing pregnant woman representing Israel, who will be delivered at the Second Coming on the Feast of Trumpets. So there is a major transition in God's alignment of his months: the transition from Elul to Tishri represents a new birth — the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom.

The Millennial Kingdom will begin on the Feast of Trumpets. The first ten days will be war, as Messiah comes to war alone, as described in Isaiah 63. Then on Yom Kippur, we come down with him as depicted in Revelation 19. Five days after that, the celebration begins — the Feast of Tabernacles — and that is when the Millennial Kingdom will truly begin in peace. But his return will be on Tishri One, the Feast of Trumpets, marking the transition from the end of the Antichrist's reign in the twinkling of an eye, as Paul describes. It will be a new Shemitah cycle, a new month, a new millennium — the seventh day, the seven-thousandth year.

The transition from the twelfth month to the first month on the civil calendar is paramount to understanding the Second Coming events of the Messiah. It is what is called a divine appointment. The Hebrew letter associated with Tishri is the lamed. The lamed is pictured as a rod or a staff, and it is the only Hebrew letter that rises above the baseline. While all other Hebrew letters rest consistently on the baseline, the lamed stands above them all — symbolizing Yeshua, Jesus, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the name above every other name. He is the lamed. He is the one who stands above the baseline for all of us, and we follow him.

The lamed is profoundly important symbolically. When we pray and meditate on the shape of this letter, we receive great understanding of what God wants us to do, and we receive great purification. The lamed is the twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which is remarkable, because the number twelve represents governmental perfection — the perfection of order. This aligns directly with the Second Coming: Yeshua will return and set everything in order — righteousness and justice. Think of the twelve tribes of Israel, think of the twelve apostles. That number is perfection, and when he returns, it will be a perfect government.

God has orchestrated and positioned these letters exactly where they are for a purpose — prophetic meaning and personal meaning alike. The lamed in Tishri, the first month of the civil calendar and the seventh month on the biblical Exodus calendar, is phenomenal to meditate on. That transition from Elul to Tishri — in the twinkling of an eye — the Antichrist's reign ends, three and a half years exactly as Scripture states. That ends the sixth day and begins the seventh day, the Day of the Lord. Our King wars for ten days, and on Yom Kippur — Revelation 19 — we all come down dressed in white, which is exactly the garment worn on Yom Kippur. Then five days later, we celebrate the honeymoon on the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus will fulfill these divine appointments to the exact day, hour, and detail of the ceremony, just as he fulfilled the first four spring feasts.

The numerical value of the lamed is thirty. Breaking that down: three represents divine perfection of order, and ten represents the conclusion of a matter — perfect divine order. Together, thirty signifies the perfection of divine order. The examples in Scripture are unmistakable. Joseph was elevated from prisoner to second-in-command in a single day — on a Feast of Trumpets, at the opening of a new Shemitah cycle. That is the perfection of divine order, the number thirty. And King David was thirty years old when he became king of Israel. No coincidence — both of these great men of God rose to power at the age of thirty, carrying the profound prophetic implication of that number.

The pictograph of the lamed is a staff, a rod — evoking the story of the Good Shepherd. He is our Shepherd who guides, directs, and protects us. The root word of lamed means "to teach" or "to learn." Just as a shepherd leads and guides his sheep into safety, Yeshua leads us into his Word, which sets us apart. His sheep know his name, as he says in John 10.

An acronym for lamed is the Hebrew phrase *lev navon da'at* — "a heart that understands knowledge." We must understand knowledge. Proverbs says that God's people perish for lack of knowledge. If we are not reading the Holy Bible, not studying it, not asking the Holy Spirit to lead us, correct our theology, and purify our understanding, then we are not doing what we should be doing as Bereans. As Paul says, work out your salvation — show yourself approved. Study the Holy Bible and spend time with these beautiful things.

Let the Holy Spirit lead you. There are many layers to these truths — the new moon, the Hebrew letters, the constellations — and he will show you things specific to what you need. Get intimate with the Lord and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal these things to you for what you are trying to accomplish — purification, knowledge, the whole of it. Proverbs 2:10 says, *"For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul."* It is all about wisdom and knowledge, the understanding that purifies us. We cannot ascend without a deep relationship with the Holy Spirit and with the great Word of God — the two great witnesses that will purify and elevate all of us. These are part of the seven spirits of the Lord: wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel, might, the fear of the Lord, and the Holy Spirit himself.