In the last blog, we saw that Day Four’s greater and lesser lights served to mark the appointed time of Feasts, stressing the light’s association with YHWH’s Festivals. The Hebrew for the two luminaries was me-o-rot (p) מְאֹרֹת, a word closely connected to the Tabernacle’s menorah.

The purpose of the two luminaries was to give light to the earth. The Hebrew word for light, `owr, אוֹר, has a numeric sum of 207 (א = 1, ו = 6, ר = 200)

A year has two seasons, long days of sunlight and long days of darkness, like the hours of day and night. The seven months of light of the Calculated Hebrew Calendar (CHC) are Abib (30 days), Iyar (29 days), Sivan (30 days), Tammuz (29 days), Av (30 days), Elul (29 days), and Tishri (30 days). The day sum of these seven months (30 + 29 + 30 + 29 + 30 + 29 + 30) is 207, stamped with the word value of light.

Only the months that have 30 days contain Holy Festivals. A 29-day month never has an annual Feast.

All yearly adjustments to the CHC happen outside of the seven months of light, guaranteeing a set 207-day count for the seven-month’s Festivals of Light year-by-year.

Takeaway:
YHWH’s feasts occur in the seven months of light, which are themselves marked with light.