Tammuz 17th: The Fast of the Fourth Month

Shalom friends. My name is Chadwick Harvey. You have reached Faithful Performance. Thank you so much for joining us tonight as we explore the fourth month, the fast of the fourth month of the biblical calendar, which is Tammuz 17th, which is tonight. Wherever you may be at sundown, we've entered into this date on the Hebrew calendar. We'll be going through the historical understanding of Tammuz 17th, why it did become a fast day in history. Also, we'll look at it from what it means to you and me personally and also we'll look at it from a prophetic lens as well when we read the account of the golden calf and also the chapters further on that.

Before we commence, two quick reminders: Please visit us at our website, faithfulperformance.org. We have a Hebrew calendar on there that will tell you the exact date that we're on for the Hebrew calendar, and also we have some games on there as well to play, trivia puzzles, and also videos and music and other things as well. So visit us on there. We'd love to stay in touch with you on the website. And also, we will be going back to Israel on Shavuot, next year, June 7th through 17th, 2027. We'll be taking a "Day of the Lord" experience over to Israel. For more information, you can click on the QR code or you can give me an email or contact us at [email protected] or [email protected], or you can always click on the QR code to find more information as well.

But my friends, we say this all the time: it does begin and it does end on God's calendar. If we understand the biblical calendar and the trajectory of the calendar, then we're going to understand these important dates. And tonight, when we get into it at sundown, wherever you may be, Tammuz 17th, or the fast of the fourth month, is very important.

First and foremost, if one's not familiar with the biblical calendar, that's mentioned in Genesis 1:14-16. God created two great lights, the sun and the moon, and also the stars. And that's the prerequisite for His calendar. We go by the Gregorian calendar, and it's a great scientific calendar, but it's only based upon the sun only; it's a solar calendar. So God is not using that calendar when we're understanding the biblical scriptures. He's using His personal calendar, the one that He created by the sun, the moon, and the stars. So that's point number one that's very important because when we read "the fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth month" in Zechariah, he's not talking about April or May. He's talking about the biblical calendar; he's talking about the fourth month and the fifth month on His calendar. So that's super important to understand.

And then we have to understand the trajectory that He is on on His calendar. It goes into the feast days in Leviticus 23. We've gone through those many times before. If one's not familiar with that, you can check that out on my website or on YouTube, and it'll carry you right to your question on the website through the AI on there. So you can go to the website, type in your question about the calendar, you'll get my personal understanding of it.

It's very important because when we get to the trajectory of purification, when we understand the travels that Israel did when they left Egypt, that's really a personal story as well because we all have come out of Egypt, right? So we can glean a lot of understanding if we understand the trajectory of the biblical calendar. Most of you guys and ladies understand this that have been on the channel, and this is a very pivotal date, Tammuz 17th, or the fast of the fourth. And it's a fast day for a reason and for many reasons that we'll get into tonight, and we'll show you the scriptures on why it did become a fast day throughout history. But first and foremost, my friends, I'd like to try to explain this through the calendar first, and then we'll go to the biblical scriptures as well.

If you've been with us, you know what Nisan 1 means, or the first month of the biblical calendar. That is called Nisan 1. That's what they call it today, so I'll just refer to it as that, so it makes it easy as you can see it on the calendar. So Nisan 1 began the beginning of the biblical calendar. We all know Nisan 14 is also when Yeshua was crucified for our sins at Passover. So you see the trajectory that we're already on from Nisan 1, the beginning of the biblical new year (Exodus 12:2-2). And then you go to Passover, which is in the middle of the month (Nisan 14), then Unleavened Bread for seven days (Nisan 15 to Nisan 21). Messiah Yeshua, Jesus, was unleavened; He was without sin. That's when He was placed into the tomb, actually after Passover was on the first day of Unleavened Bread, Nisan 15. The resurrection is three days from Passover, called the Feast of Firstfruits. We all know that. That's Nisan, I would say 18, but someone would say Nisan 17 as well. That is when He was resurrected for all of our sins.

Here is another kind of a bird's-eye view of it as well, my friends. You see Rosh, the new moon, the new month, Nisan 1. Then you see Shabbat Hagadol, which is Nisan 10. Then you see Passover, Nisan 14, crucifixion. Nisan 15, Unleavened Bread in the tomb. Firstfruits was the resurrection. And then we go on this 50-day account in Leviticus 23, a commandment to go on a 50-day divine appointment with the Almighty God, the God of Israel, the Holy One of Israel, the King of Israel, for 50 days to Shavuot. Pentecost is what Christianity calls it. So it's a journey that we have to understand this because it goes into tonight. If we understand the trajectory that Yah had Israel on from Egypt, it's going to give us that personal understanding and also the prophetic understanding as well. But we have to understand the historical timeline to understand this.

So again, the new moon of Nisan through Passover, through Unleavened Bread, through Firstfruits, you count 50 days. It's a divine appointment for everybody on this earth who's ever willing to go on the 50-day divine appointment. Then you're at the festival of Shavuot. Well, we all know at the festival of Shavuot, they were given the Torah, and they were married. It was a big marriage at Sinai with the children of Israel with the mixed multitude. They said yes to Yahweh. They said, "We will obey." And then what happened? Exodus 19, Exodus 20. And then He talks about the commandments from Exodus 20 to Exodus 24. And then Exodus 24, what happened was He called Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders up to the mountain, but they could not get close until, if we read the account, when Moses sprinkled the blood on the blood of the on the book of the covenant and on the people. Don't forget that. Very important for our Jewish friends to realize what's going on there with Yeshua, the Messiah, prophetically speaking. But if you read Exodus 24, the account, they could not come near until Moses sprinkled the blood of the blood of the sacrifice on the book of the covenant, the Torah, and then the laws and the instructions. And then also He sprinkled it on the people as well, the blood of the lamb, if you will, over the people. And then they were all able to see the God of Israel. After that, in the account of Exodus 24, very powerful. Then what does it say after that? It says that Moses went up on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights. My friends, what that is is from Shavuot to Tammuz 17th. That's the 40 days that the scripture was talking about in Exodus 24. Because in Exodus 25 to Exodus 31, that's where Moses got all the instructions of the tabernacle. He was up on the mountain and for 40 days, 40 nights, getting all the instructions for them to build God a dwelling place. Pretty amazing, isn't it?