Today (4/8/25) is Abib 10 on the scriptural calendar.
“Abib” is the Hebrew word that means that it is the first month of the new year. Abib 10 means that it is the 10th day of the first month.
Do you know what happened on this day?
It’s the day Yahusha our Messiah rode into Jerusalem on a donkey (John 12:14).
There are a few reasons why this is so significant.
First, this was a fulfillment of the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9:
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
As I get my heart and home ready to celebrate Passover, I want to share with you some beautiful similarities between the Old and New Testaments about this very event that is recorded in both.
Often times when we try to build a foundation of understanding from the New Testament first, we miss out on some beautiful harmony of how Yahusha our Messiah became our Passover Lamb, and how this picture was already prophesied and painted for us in the Old Testament.
In Exodus, the Israelites were instructed to put the blood of a lamb on their doorposts on Passover (Abib 14—see Exodus 12:6-7), so that when Yahuah smote all of the firstborn in the land of Egypt, the blood was to be a sign on their house so that “when I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13).
“Pass over” = Passover (get it?)
Being that the blood of the Lamb is Messiah now, we are protected from the plague of death if we enter into this renewed covenant.
He paid the penalty of sin (which is death) so that when all of Israel (natural and grafted in branches) are joined together in the Promise Land, those who have been covered by the blood of the Lamb (Yahusha) are also under Yahuah’s protective, covenant covering.
Going back to the Exodus story...the lamb that the Israelites selected for Passover could not just be any lamb. This lamb had to be inspected first, to make sure that it was without spot or blemish (Exodus 12:5).
The prophecy here is in the seemingly little details. Hear me out...
In Scripture, what day were the Israelites commanded to purchase this lamb for Passover?
Abib 10!
“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.”
Exodus 12:3
Why is this important?
Because our Messiah entered into Jerusalem on a donkey ON ABIB 10!
John 12:1 tells us that Yahusha came to Bethany six days before the Passover. This means that He came to Bethany on Abib 9/the 9th day of the first biblical month.
In John 12:12, it tells us that “on the next day” (Abib 10) He came into Jerusalem. This is the epic scene which He came in on a donkey.
Just as the Passover lamb had to be purchased and inspected on Abib 10 to make sure it was without blemish, so did our Messiah enter into Jerusalem ON Abib 10.
The hour had come for Him to fulfill what was written about Him.
This is why it says in John 12:16 that His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Yahusha was glorified (Hosanna!), then “they remembered that these things were written about Him.”
“They remembered that THESE THINGS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT HIM.”
It is very significant and prophetic that Yahusha (the Lamb) entered into Jerusalem on Abib 10, ready for inspection.
This is not a coincidence and truly had everything to do with all that was written about Him.
Abib 10 marks such a special, prophetic and significant day.
Easter could never teach you this.
None of these prophetic events (Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits) have anything to do with Easter.
When you honestly study out the annual appointed times already given to us in the Old Testament (see Leviticus 23 & Numbers 28-29), you will begin to see how Easter fits nowhere within these special days.
As we prepare our hearts for Passover, let us remember our Messiah’s words on this day.
Let us remember how He told us that upon His arrival, His heart was troubled.
Let us remember how He was going to be preparing His disciples for some very difficult, heartbreaking truths.
Let us remember the last words He gave to His disciples.
Let us remember the days leading up to what would be the greatest gift we could ever receive.
With Love,
Stephanie Green