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2020 AND BEYOND
2020 AND BEYOND 2020 AND BEYOND

DECADE OF DIVINE CREATIVITY

Samuel Phillips

ertainly we are in
a time and season
so significant in
the calendar of the
Cearth that accurate
response must be given. The
celebration of the year 5780 in
the Hebrew calendar began on
the evening of September 29th
to end on evening of October
1st. This Jewish celebration is
called Rosh Hashanah which
means the head of the year or Alphabet which was revealed was a conclusion of the last ten
simply put the beginning of the in the early Jewish Talmud as years in the “Ayin” decade of the
New Year. This Jewish year having Heavenly significance, seeing eye where God invited
5780 aligns with the Gregorian just as the instituted feasts us to “see” what He is saying,
year 2020. (Rosh Chodesh, Yom Kippur, this year and the nine years to
Passover, and the Feast of follow will be an invitation to
Of note is the fact that the Weeks etc) and appointed times “speak” what God has shown
Hebrew language is more than of the Old Testament. us in the last decade. “Pey” is
mere markings, but a richly the Hebrew letter for the number
intricate system of symbols and This coming year, 2020 in the 80, a picture symbol of a mouth.
hidden mysteries which, all the Gregorian calendar, coincides Discerning when to speak
time, give deeper meaning to with the Hebrew year 5780, 80 and when to be quiet will be a
basic things. Yes, this article is being part of the “Pey” (rhymes critical component during the
about the year 5780 or 2020 but with “pay”) Decade that began at next decade if we are to see the
it is more than just that. It is both Rosh Hashanah this September Kingdom of God growing in our
about the past ten years and the 29, 2019. Just as 2019/5779 lives and our world through our
next ten years. For example, this
last decade from 2010 to 2019
has been all about “seeing” what
God is saying about you, about
your life, about the plans He has
for you and for the world around
us. It is, not coincidentally,
conjoined with the Hebrew
Letter “Ayin” a picture symbol
of an eye and characterized by
the number 70. Every year in
the Ayin Decade coincides with
another letter in the Hebrew

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