No one knows the day or the hour ?
"No one knows the day or hour ." Really ? This is one often quoted verses in the Scriptures that Yeshua spoke . He meant what He said and said what He meant ... but what exactly did He mean ?
There is a first century Jewish idiom that will shed much light on what Yeshua was saying to His followers thousands of years ago, and us today . The Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle and consists of twelve 30 -day months: with the month officially beginning with the sighting of the first sliver of the moon . All Jewish holidays always fall on the full moon of the month _ except one . Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year ) is the only holiday that occurs on the first of the month , during the month of Tishri. Before science understood the cycles of the planets and the solar system , the Jewish people knew that there was a two-day window for the sighting of the new moon. The new month could not officially begin until two witnesses reported to the High Priest that they had seen the sliver of the new moon. Once the first two sightings were confirmed , the priest would sound the shofar to declare the start of Rosh HaShanah. But until these two witnesses came forth , the response from the priest would always be "no one knows the day or hour " of when the holiday would begin . Thus the words of Yeshua becomes significant here with this understanding (Matthew 24:36) Yeshua was saying that He would come for His bride at Rosh HaShanah (Feast of the Ingathering or Feast of the Trumpets ). His disciples would have understood immediately what He meant . But the meaning has been lost over the centuries as the Scriptures have been separated further and further from its Hebrew roots. Yeshua talked a lot in parables as you read in Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables , because looking they see not; and hearing they not, neither do they understand. 2Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed , rightly dividing the word of truth . Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night .
There is a first century Jewish idiom that will shed much light on what Yeshua was saying to His followers thousands of years ago, and us today . The Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle and consists of twelve 30 -day months: with the month officially beginning with the sighting of the first sliver of the moon . All Jewish holidays always fall on the full moon of the month _ except one . Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year ) is the only holiday that occurs on the first of the month , during the month of Tishri. Before science understood the cycles of the planets and the solar system , the Jewish people knew that there was a two-day window for the sighting of the new moon. The new month could not officially begin until two witnesses reported to the High Priest that they had seen the sliver of the new moon. Once the first two sightings were confirmed , the priest would sound the shofar to declare the start of Rosh HaShanah. But until these two witnesses came forth , the response from the priest would always be "no one knows the day or hour " of when the holiday would begin . Thus the words of Yeshua becomes significant here with this understanding (Matthew 24:36) Yeshua was saying that He would come for His bride at Rosh HaShanah (Feast of the Ingathering or Feast of the Trumpets ). His disciples would have understood immediately what He meant . But the meaning has been lost over the centuries as the Scriptures have been separated further and further from its Hebrew roots. Yeshua talked a lot in parables as you read in Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables , because looking they see not; and hearing they not, neither do they understand. 2Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed , rightly dividing the word of truth . Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night .