Playlist: Elul 29 (topic)
2015 Eclipse
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughA set of astronomical events like these will not occur for another 500 years. Consequently, this could be a significant year prophetically.
The Year of Release
Sermonette by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The year of release, rooted in the Hebrew word shemittah (meaning release, cancel, drop, or remit), governs biblical law tied directly to the Hebrew calendar and culminates on the 29th day of Elul, the day immediately preceding the Feast of Trumpets. Because the sacred calendar begins with Abib 1 in spring while the civil …
The Shemitah: God's Year of Release
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeBecause we have spurned God's years of release, we have reaped a whirlwind of curses, including crop failure and devastating stock market crashes.
Deuteronomy Opening
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe significance of Elul 29 arises within a discussion of the shemitah cycle and its connection to the command in Deuteronomy 31:10-11 that the law be read before all Israel at the Feast of Tabernacles at the end of every seven years, in the year of release. Elul 29 is identified as the last day of the Hebrew calendar, making it …