SHEVAT

11th Month of Yahweh’s Calendar

𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗧 

𝗧oday is the beginning of a new Biblical month and this is truly a remarkable month! 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒕 is the month of the 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓, a month for your 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 to awaken to the water of life. A month for the river of healing to flow, 𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕  𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 this month. As the river rises, you can cross over and flourish. Look for those who are bringing water

 to you and be watchful from what well you are drinking from. Dip your feet in the golden, anointed oil 

of the Holy Spirit and run like a fearless warrior where no rock can stop you and no viper will bite you! Stand tall like an Almond tree 

and be alert and watchful because you are a carrier of Living Water!

𝗦hevat is the month associated with the Hebrew letter 𝗧𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗞 which means the ‘righteous one’. In Shevat righteousness becomes your foundation. Shevat is the month of pleasure, happiness and eating what is delicious. It’s a month to taste and see that the Yahweh is good. Shevat is the month when what you are tasting and meditating on produces life or nourishment for your future. A month to declare your life experiences to be filled with tranquility and peace. This is a month to shout, “My blessings are on the way..” Shevat is the month to enter into a new level of trust and rest.

Month TRIBE: 𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗥

𝗔sher is the tribe associated with Shevat. This is the month to be blessed with the potential for every earthly blessing – abundant food and resources, children, the favor of Yahweh and security from enemies. The tribe of Asher was the last group (Dan, Asher, and Naphtali tribes) who moved out when the tribes of Israel moved out to the promised land. They had a great ability to war and cover the rear guard of Israel. Pray for new artistic and creative expressions in worship this month and ask Yahweh how to form a rear guard over the past season.

MONTH TO EXPERIENCE YAHWEH’s BLESSINGS

𝗧his month your righteousness must become your foundation. Jehovah Tzidkenu (Elohim our Righteousness) is one expression of this month. Shevat is the month, where Yahshua turned the water into wine in Cana of Galilee. It was also when Yahshua revealed Himself as the Bread of Life. So Shavet is the month to ask for the bread of His word and the water to be turned into wine in our lives. Ask for new wineskins to hold all that He has for you.

MONTH OF 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗦

“𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓.”
ᑭՏᗩᒪᗰ 1:3

In 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗧 the almond trees begin to blossom. So the 15th of Shevat is marked by a special holiday – Tu B’shevat. Called the “New Year for Trees”. It’s an extra Firstfruits celebration, because according to Torah, you couldn’t eat the fruit of a tree until the tree turned four years old and Tu B’shevat is counted as the birthday of trees. So on Tu B’Shevat, Firstfruits offerings to Yahweh were brought for the trees turning four years old that year.

𝗕ut why would the Hebrew Calendar Have A Special Month For Trees?

𝗕ecause Yahweh wants to use trees to teach us some important things. Psalms 1 uses a tree to give a picture of a believer feeding on Yahweh’s Word. The person who meditates on Yahweh’s Word “is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.” If you want to prosper this year, be like that tree by the rivers of water.

𝗦end your roots deep into Yahweh’s Word.

𝗜saiah: Trees give a picture of joyful praise. Isaiah looked at trees being whipped by a strong wind and said “the trees of the field are clapping their hands in praise. In this month of the trees, it is not a time to fall back on your old methods. It’s a time to get clear direction from Yahweh. It’s a month to wait for Yahweh’s timing and respond quickly to His signals.

* 𝗠enorah: A 7-branched lampstand was the symbol of the Holy Spirit. It was designed to look like a tree.

* 𝗚alatians 3: Says that Yahshua took the curse for us when He was hung on a TREE.

* 𝗜saiah 61:3: Yahweh’s goal for all of us is that we gain the strength and stability of an oak tree.

* 𝗬ahshua used the Fig tree (Mark 11:12-25) to teach His followers about recognizing the signs of the end times. Romans 11:17 uses an olive tree to picture Jews and Gentiles coming together as one new man. One New Man is also mentioned in Ephesians 2:15.

𝗧he Tree most closely associated with Shevat Is the Almond Tree and also my most favorite example, because in Shevat the almond tree suddenly burst into blossoms. Through the long winter, it is getting ready to re-awaken. It’s watching for spring. Looking forward to the new season. While all the other trees still seem to be sleeping, the almond tree is on guard. Then in the month of Shevat, it knows the time has come to burst into blossoms. So before it has leaves on its tree, the almond tree is blossoming. And so the Hebrew word for the almond tree is SHAKAID. It comes from the root word that means ‘to watch, to be watchful, to keep watch over, and to be on the alert.’

The 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘 Is The Tree That 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦

𝗬ahweh used the almond tree to teach Jeremiah how to be a prophet. In Jeremiah 1, Yahweh gives Jeremiah a vision: “Jeremiah, what do you see?” Jeremiah says, “I see a branch of the almond tree…(the watchful tree).” You are right said Yahweh, “for I am on watch to carry out my Word.”

𝗝ust as the almond tree is watching and waiting for the right time to burst into bloom, Yahweh is watching and waiting for someone to proclaim His words so He can bring them to fulfillment. Yahweh had called Jeremiah to stand as a prophet to the nations. But Jeremiah was a little timid. He said, “but Yahweh, I am too young. What authority do I have?” Send somebody else. But Yahweh said, “You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid, for I am with you.” Jeremiah, you are being sent. That’s important in any kind of ministry. Yahweh not only gave Jeremiah authority but in the next verse…Then Yahweh reached out and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth.”

𝗜n the 11th Month of Israel, Shevat (Asher):

Ø Power structures will be torn down

Ø Institutions will be destroyed

Ø Human rulers will be overthrown

Ø Yahweh’s kingdom will be built up, and the atmosphere changes

𝗪hat gives Yahweh’s word power? It is because Yahweh is watching over His word to perform it? This is what Jeremiah learned from the almond tree. In The Month Of Shevat, Learn From The Almond Tree. Set a guard on your mouth. Don’t give voice to unbelief. Don’t murmur and complain. Instead, be careful to declare what Yahweh has said. Claim His promises. Thank Him by faith that what He has said, He will do.

𝗜𝗻 The Month Of Trees, We Want To Look At The Tree Of Life

𝗪hen Yahweh created mankind, he revealed His love by placing us in the Garden of Eden, a perfect environment where every need was met. But in the garden were two trees. Tree of Life. Yahweh wants you to experience His Life. Life is full of the experience of Yahweh’s blessings. Yahweh’s life is like a refreshing waterfall, an outpouring of His goodness and love. Yahweh’s life is an energizing flow of power. Ezekiel says it’s fruit is for food and it’s leaves are for healing. Choosing the tree of life is the choice to love Yahweh passionately and live under a waterfall of His blessing.

𝗧he other tree in the garden was the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Abba gave us a choice. He did not force you to love Him. That was Satan’s temptation. “Eat this and You will be like Yahweh”.  To choose the tree of knowledge was to choose independence from Yahweh, and cutting yourself off from the flow of Yahweh’s Life. When you are cut off from the blessing of Yahweh, then that leaves you under a curse. Good News! Revelations says that it sees Yahshua sitting on a throne and under His throne flows the river of life. And on each side of the river grows the Tree of Life. He says, “And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” Yahshua died to redeem us from the curse. When he hung on the tree of death, He opened the way to the tree of life. That’s why the Menorah, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, was designed to look like a tree. Because the Holy Spirit is Yahweh’s Tree of Life for us. So In The Month Of Trees, It’s Time To Eat From The Tree Of Life. Seek out time with Yahweh. Read His Word. Worship Him. Let Him bring you in to receive His Tree of Life this month.

The Tribe of Asher’s Month Is Shevat

The Tribe of Asher’s Symbol Is The Big, Fruitful 𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 Tree. This is because Asher has to have a good supply to enable him to “dip his foot in oil.” He doesn’t get that oil from some outside source, he himself is the olive tree. Asher has to have a good supply of oil from the olive tree to enable him to ‘dip his foot in this golden oil.’ He doesn’t get that oil from an outside source, he himself is the olive tree. Zechariah 4 speaks of the two olive trees, who are His anointed ones. From the olive trees there are two golden pipes that drain the oil from the trees into the bowl next to the tree. The tribe of Asher is called to be the source from which Yahweh’s Spirit can be poured out to bring light and blessing to many. He carries a constant supply of oil that keeps the lamps lit and shining in himself and the Tabernacle of Yahweh. He is calling you to become that source of anointing oil.

Asher’s Gemstone – 𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘/ 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡/ Black/ Brown (CAMEO)

Light 𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 and Yellow/Citrine Quartz or Peridot

“The agate is one of the more humble gemstones in that it is more common and not costly or difficult to find. The most agates occur in eruptive rocks or ancient lavas, where they fill the cavities which were produced by the liberation of gas during the solidification of the molten rock. These agates have a banded structure, successive layers being approximately parallel to the sides of the cavity.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)

The Hebrew Letter Associated With Shevat – 𝗧𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗞

𝗔lphabet: TSADIK symbolizes the ‘righteous one’. 18th letter in the alphabet with the numeric value of 90. Meaning of its name came from the shape of a ‘fishing hook’ or perhaps a bird trap, speaking of ‘to hunt, catch, capture.’ The letter is formed from a bent Nun and a Vav. The Nun represents a humble and faithful servant (the crowned Vav) that is bent on submission. Other words would be obedience and righteousness.

𝗪hen The Tribes Marched Through The Wilderness

𝗔sher, the Rear Guard Warriors, were the fourth and last group to move out were the Rear Guard Warriors. Yahweh set these three tribes to lead the nation in physical as well as spiritual warriors, which are Asher, Dan, and Naphtali. It was their job to protect the army, the nation and the camp from any attacks that would be coming up from behind. These were the most creative of the tribes. They had wonderful abilities and anointing though not much battle skill. They carried that ability to show the glory of Yahweh. Asher is fearless. He just anoints his feet, puts on his brass boots and starts marching. The devil had better watch out, for somebody is coming that has military footwear to equal. Surely the feet of Asher are shod with the message of the Gospel. When Asher puts on his shoes they are armor for his feet. He can walk on thistles, stones, rocks and nothing will hurt him. When you wear that kind of shoes, the snakes cannot bite you, and you can march in dangerous places, because the old serpent cannot get his sting into your flesh, for you are protected by the shoes of iron.

𝗪hen They Camped Around The Tabernacle Asher was situated on the north side of the tabernacle beside Naphtali and Dan. Asher is known for being the happy tribe. His happiness is not the result of the blessing’s which he has received, but the joy of Yahweh which springs up from within. True happiness does not come from what we receive or possess, it comes from what we can give to others. Asher’s joy was a challenge to the other tribes. Many times people think that Asher has no troubles at all, but this is not true. Asher has the same share of problems and heartaches as any other tribe, but Asher has learned the great blessing of turning the troubles into “bread.”

The 11 th Constellation is: 𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗦 (THE WATER CARRIER)

Note: The constellations were created by Yahweh as seen in Genesis. They were never designed for the Devil’s use. The Mazzaroth has nothing to do with today’s fortune telling with Horoscopes or your birthday. They are pictures in Yahwe’s creation to see what He is saying to His tribes of Israel. The 11 th Constellation is: Aquarius (THE WATER CARRIER) – The 11th Month In The Biblical Calendar: 𝗬our roots awaken to the water of life and let us be 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 of the Living Water inside of us. Do you realise that you are a carrier of Living Water? “Anyone who believes in Me as the scriptures have said, rivers of living water will flow from his belly.” John 7:38

This is truly a remarkable month! Shevat is the month of the river, a month for your roots to awaken to the water of life. A month for the river of healing to flow. Be healed this month. As the river rises, you can cross over and flourish. Look for those who are bringing water to you and be watchful from what well you are drinking from. Set a guard on your mouth. Don’t give voice to unbelief. Don’t murmur and complain. Instead, be careful to declare what Yahweh has said. Claim His promises.
Dip your feet in the golden, anointed oil of the Holy Spirit and run like a fearless warrior where no rock can stop you and no viper will bite you! Stand tall like an Almond tree and be alert and watchful because you are a carrier of Living Water!

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