The New Year. 12-11-19 By T. G. Whitaker

THE NEW YEAR

The Jewish New Year begins in the fall of the year.  The Gregorian New Year takes place in the dead of Winter.  I never really pondered this before, but the Lord brought it out in a Word given regarding the prophesying of warnings for a severe winter and prolonged ice storms ahead.  I heard: “Yea, the Lord would say that even though there are perceived disasters upon the earth – they are as a cleansing and a death to the old; then comes new life, as in the natural seasons.  The Jewish New Year comes in the evening, (Fall), as of a new day and there is a time of rest.  Oh! Yea! My Rest cometh! As in nature, a time of silent secret growth, root development and storing up of nutrients needed for a springing up and for fruit production.  So I am Master and Director of all things, and I speak to My own that shall hear Me – prepare ahead and I shall see you through, for I know how to care for my own and even keep them warm and fed, I say.  The earth shall have her rest from all the goings and the evil of this day; then many shall look to Me and see My miracles and My blessings.  Many shall repent, many shall come in, so purpose to give out from your storehouse My Words and show them My Way.”       

In the parallels and teachings of nature, we see that the ‘outward husks’ of flesh are to be laid waste as the garden is laid waste in the winter and the old ways and life shall be replaced by newness of life that springs in the time of putting forth. In our ‘modern’ lives we are so detached from the natural earth and her ways, the study and understanding of such would assist us more than we have seen, also the contemplation of the Maker and all His wonders. We have forgotten the fact that All was created by Him for Him.  We have abandoned our care and respect for our earth and our proper respect and care for each other, as life it seems, is cheap – it is easy to throw a life away, for another shall come up in its place. I believe that when the veil of deception is removed from us, and we see the Glory, Majesty, Omnipotence of the Most Holy God, even to the small fraction that our minds can perceive, it will bring us to a place of Awe and such repentance for never looking beyond ourselves and our little self-centered lives.  We shall be as dead men before Him and He shall bring us to newness of life in our repentance, and we shall rest from our own works and spring up to produce the fruit of the Spirit for His Glory and Honor.