Last year on August 21 Teshuvah, the 40 day Jewish season of repentance, began with the Great American Eclipse. You can receive a free download of our book about this sign in the Heavens, Teshuvah Eclipses, at https://www.dropbox.com/s/835gr2gnzg1labn/Teshuvah%20Eclipses.pdf?dl=0.
Teshuvah is a compound word consisting of the Hebrew Tashan, meaning “return,” and hey, the last letter of the JHVH name for God. The hey in JHVH represents the Shekinah, or manifest presence of God. Thus, Teshuvah is a time to return to the presence of God. It is also understood that returning to God is accompanied by repentance.
Teshuvah occurs during the forty days beginning the first day of the sixth month of the Jewish religious calendar and ending on the Day of Atonement, on the tenth day of the seventh month. Observant Jews have an understanding that this forty day period, and especially the last ten days between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement, represents an opportunity to repent and avoid the judgment of God. For Christians, these forty days are an invitation to repent and enter into unity with God through the blood of Christ. However, for unbelievers, Teshuvah is a solemn warning of the judgment to come.
This duality of Teshuvah—as an invitation and a warning— is illustrated in two of the scriptures that are associated with it. Psalm 27 speaks to the benefits of living in God’s presence
and seeking His face. He will keep us in time of trouble and allow us to see His goodness while we live. In Ezekiel 33 the Lord commands us to warn the unbelievers to repent and save themselves from the judgment to come. We are also told that we must warn the righteous of their folly so they can repent, lest they suffer judgment. Thus, Teshuvah calls believers to
repent and come into God’s presence and also calls on us to evangelize a lost and dying world.
This year Teshuvah begins on August 11 and we are again asking you to join in praying through Teshuvah.
During the first to ten days of Teshuvah, from August 11 to August 21, we invite you to join with us in praying for personal repentance:
August 11 – Deuteronomy 30:19-20: Choose Life.
August 12 – Mathew 4:1-11 and John 14:30: The victorious 40-day Teshuvah Journey of Jesus.
August 13– Romans 8:12-15: We are Children of God
August 14 – Deuteronomy 8:1-5: Faith
August 15 – Romans 8:1, 2: No Condemnation for those in Christ
August 16 – Deuteronomy 6:17-26: Obedience
August 17 – 1 John 1:9 Forgiveness
August 18 – Deuteronomy 6:4-15: Love God
August 19 – John 14:23 Love brings obedience and peace
August 20 – Ephesians 2:8-10: Make sure you have received salvation by grace to achieve your destiny.
August 21- Acts 1:7-8 and Acts 2: 38:39: Receive the Holy Spirit to empower your Christian walk.
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life. –Deuteronomy 31:19-20