AUGUST 12th

Forty days after July 3, on August 12, comes another significant milestone, the 2000th Anniversary of Jesus’s ministry.

Many scholars, including those who produced the Zondervan Study Bible, believe that Jesus began His ministry in the summer of 26 AD when He went into the desert for forty days of testing. As an observant Jew, Jesus probably would have gone during the Jewish 40 day summer season of repentance and returning to God known as Teshuvah. In His time of testing Jesus humbled Himself and confirmed His trust, His commitment, and His obedience to God, emerging victorious (Luke 4:1-13).

Two thousand years later, we believe The Lord is calling us to hold Sacred Assemblies on the first day of Teshuvah, Wednesday, August 12, to begin 40 days of prayer through Teshuvah to humble ourselves and pray so that we can emerge victorious from our time of testing as Jesus did.