Beloved, the time of the Aviv is coming on strong. As the barley approaches aviv the sheep will also start their Lambing season. The Lambs according to Torah must be 7 days old to qualify for a Pesach offering and no more than 12 months old.
Ex 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
The Lambs had to be with the mother (ewe) 7 days
Exodus 22: 29 âYou shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. 30 Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
Lev 22: 26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 27 âWhen a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
***It is my personal belief*** that as the One who was preeminent in all things (Col 1:13-19) and the Lamb of Elohim, Yeshua, would have been the first Lamb born in the Lambing season in the year of His birth. His birth would have been on the first of the month of the Aviv. I personally believe on the first day of that year since He is preeminent in all things.
Lambing season is why the shepherds would have been in the fields watching their flock by night.
Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Hear about the concern and prayer that is being asked over the Jacob Sheep. Realize that approaching the month of the aviv the ewes start their lambing and the lions (of those days which are now extinct), the wolves, the coyotes, and the jackels would be looking for a vulnerable easy target for a meal. The smell of the blood and the afterbirth would have filled the air during these days which their keen noses would have been in tune with.
There were no facilities like the Jacob Sheep have. The shepherds would have been in the fields with the flocks guarding against attack. They were protecting the vulnerable ones just like our Great Shepherds watches out over us.Updated Jan 26, 2019, 7:54 AM