Heshvan: New Beginnings and Messiah's Reign

The month of Cheshvan has many anointings. It is a powerful month, and understanding its trajectory aligns us with Him. It is the eighth month, a time of new beginnings, coming after the feast season. If we are tracking with the calendar, we know what time it is. Those who don't will be caught as a thief in the night, as Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5.

If we understand the basic trajectory of worshiping Him in spirit and truth, and are on the calendar, observing the new moons, Sabbaths, and feast days, we will be in alignment and receive revelation that most people will not.

We have just entered the eighth month of the biblical calendar, signifying new beginnings. The number eight represents new beginnings. We have just come out of a beautiful feast season: the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles (Sukkot).

After the feast season, which involves being weighed in the balance in the courts of heaven and receiving verdicts, we enter the eighth month, a time of new beginnings, represented by the number eight, a super abundant number. This month has no feast days or fast days. It is a low-key month for intimate after-effects between you and the Messiah, you and the Father, and you and the Holy Spirit. It's a time to reflect on the feast season, pray for rains, blessings, and provision.

This month pivots us into the fall and winter seasons. The calendar has pivot points like Nisan with Passover, the summer months, and the seventh month with the fall feast season. Month number eight is a pivotal season for the rain season, blessings, and the outpouring of what we prayed for in Tishrei, the righteous verdicts.

Understanding the calendar helps us understand His trajectory. Cheshvan is a beautiful and great month because it's when the rains come, signifying blessing. Solomon's temple was finished in the eighth month.

On the civil calendar, which is the calendar Adam was born on, Cheshvan is the second month. On the biblical calendar of Moses, it is the eighth month. The number two in the Hebrew alphabet, "bet," means "house" or "to dwell in the Lord's house." This is why Solomon's temple was completed in this month. Jeroboam, Solomon's son, even wanted to create his own feast day in Cheshvan, the eighth month.

Noah also got into the ark in this month. The ark, the house, the tabernacle all tie in with the second month, "bet."

On the biblical calendar, the eighth month is associated with the Hebrew letter "chet," which means "new beginning," "new life," "grace," and "comfort." It signifies going through the gates. The second letter, "bet," represents Yeshua and the house. The eighth month, "chet," represents the gate, the new gate we go through after the seventh month's festival season. This month is pivotal because of what we've just experienced: the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, culminating in the eighth day of the festival. Now we enter the eighth month, the gates, a new door, a new month.

Tishrei is the beginning of the civil year. Cheshvan represents new beginnings as it is the first full month after the second coming events. When Yeshua returns for His second coming, He will return on Yom Teruah, the first day of the seventh month. He will have fulfilled the first four feast days at His first coming. Now we await His return to fulfill the fall feast days: Trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles. He will return on the Feast of Trumpets, war for ten days (the difference between Trumpets and Atonement), pouring out the seven bowls of Revelation. He will redeem Israel on Yom Kippur, and then for five days, He will judge the nations before setting up the millennial kingdom on the Feast of Tabernacles for a thousand years.

Month number seven is when He comes to do this. Month number eight will be the first full month of His reign. He returns on Tishrei 1 but is not sitting on the throne yet; He is warring for ten days (Isaiah 63, Revelation 19). Then He judges the nations for five days (Joel 3, Matthew 25). Then Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles, the celebration, the honeymoon, for a thousand years, when He will sit on the throne until the New Jerusalem comes. This happens halfway through the month, on Tishrei 15. Therefore, Cheshvan will be the first full month of His reign from the second coming events.

There are no feast days or fast days in Cheshvan. The sages say this month is reserved for the time of the Messiah. From the Hebrew letter perspective, "chet" and "nun" signify a month of judgment and grace.