Book Overview:
The book presents a "Symbolic Biblical Calendar," based on the actual phases of the moon, which divides the year into 14 Symbolic Times, each representing a spiritual and emotional season of the soul. These times are not mere goals or tasks, but sacred seasons to be lived deeply: moments of birth and death, sowing and harvesting, weeping and laughing, silence and speaking, breaking and mending, loving and hating, war and peace.
Each month, the reader is guided through two opposing yet complementary seasons.
Central Themes:
1. Time as an Ally, Not an Enemy:
The book is based on the conviction that time is not something that slips away, but a sign from God. Each New Moon is an appointment with the eternal; each Full Moon is a mirror of the soul. Learning to "read the times" allows us to live wisely, not by impulse or reaction.
2. Shālōm as a Spiritual Goal:
The ultimate goal is not success, but shālōm-complete peace, wholeness, fulfillment, and closure in God. The year does not end in exhaustion, but in surrender and spiritual rest.
3. The Moon as a Divine Sign:
Based on Genesis 1:14, the book reclaims the moon as a "light" that marks not only the passage of time, but also the sacred moments when God desires to encounter us. It is not a religious system, but a recovery of forgotten wisdom about living in tune with the heavenly heartbeat.
4. The 14 Symbolic Seasons:
Each pair of seasons guides the reader through essential emotional and spiritual processes:
- Birth / Death
- Sowing / Uprooting
- Weeping / Laughing
- Being Silent / Speaking
- Loving / Hateful
- War / Peace
...and others, all with reflective questions, spiritual practices, key verses, and concrete actions.
Purpose of the Book:
This is not a self-help book or a conventional devotional calendar. It is a soul map for:
- Stopping living on autopilot.
- Discerning when to act and when to wait.
- Heal emotional and spiritual wounds.
- Make decisions with revelation, not anxiety.
- Live each year as a sacred cycle of transformation.
Who it's for:
For those who:
- Feel exhausted from forcing what is no longer time.
- Long to live with more freedom, faith, and wisdom.
- Desire to understand God's heart in this moment.
- Want to stop reacting and begin to discern.
Conclusion:
"The Biblical Calendar" is an invitation to emerge from chaos and enter divine order. It is a call to become a son of Issachar: someone who understands the times, knows what to do, and lives each day not by impulse, but by revelation.
At the end of the journey, you do not arrive empty-handed in the new year.
You arrive in shalom-prepared, restored, at peace.