Aside from some very interesting Parasha readings this month, there are no festivals, or “Appointed times”.
(The month’s name “tammuz” is not of Elohim, but pagan in origin, and therefore written without a capital letter. See Ezekiel 8vs14)
There is however the Fast of the 17th of tammuz , a traditional day of fasting in remembrance for various reasons, mainly for that on this day, in the year 586 B.C., the army of Nebuchadnezzar attacked, and entered Jerusalem.
The quiet absence of events this month contrasts with the busy months that have just past, which were full of ‘Appointed times’, weeks of counting, days of counting, events and days to be remembered.
The symbolism for this time period is dualistic. For those who walk in obedience to Elohim by faith, it is a time of being established in strength, and spiritual growth, rooted in the meditation of the Blood of the Lamb. For those who chose to walk in disobedience, it is a time to meditate on “Oi va voi” “Woe upon woe”. The beginning of troubles, this month, and into the next, the time of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Ironically, those who seek righteousness and who see the sin in their own hearts, are meditating on both the redemption of the Blood of the Lamb, and the coming judgment with lamentation. Yet those who walk in disobedience may often be filled with mirth, blind to the coming of ‘woe upon woe’.
We can compare this to the dramatic events leading up to Moses receiving the Torah, and then the quieter times of the people carrying it out, or going their own way. We can compare this time to the affliction of the Messiah, His death, burial and resurrection, the 40 days counted to the ascension, the ten silent days counted to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the Winds of Fire. Then the month of tammuz follows these events, the time of the quiet out-working of our faith in obedience to Elohim. This is a similar theme to the book of Acts, following on after the events contained in the Gospels. We need the quiet leading of the Holy Spirit, in the eternal afterglow of the remembrance of the most important event in history.
There are also four Shabbats. May you on these days, and forevermore, be separated unto Elohim, for eternal, deeply meaningful peace.
Shalom and welcome to this presentation of what is a very ancient calendar system
