Having studied the Hebrew Calendar for 2026, our ministry saw the dates for the fall feasts seemed to be too early.
In the Bible, the Feast of Tabernacles (also called ‘ingathering’) is to be celebrated ‘at the turn of the year’, when the days and nights are of equal length. This is called the ‘equilux’=equal light. Depending on where you live, the date of the equilux will often differ from the conventional date of the equinox. In 2026, the fall equilux (not equinox) falls on 27 September.
“And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.” Exodus 34:22
Generally speaking, the dates used for the spring and fall equinoxes are acceptable and useful when it comes to determining the feast dates — but not always!
Our ministry therefor introduces a later-date scenario and the concept of the equilux as a better marker than the astronomical equinox for determining the turn of the year for the Hebrew fall feasts.
The Feast of Tabernacles, or “Feast of Ingathering,” must take place after this “turn of the year,” as we believe the traditional dates for 2026 fell too early.
This scenario meets our expectations, if not all, and the criteria regarding the convergence of biblical feast days, Halloween and the events which will comprise the Sign of the Dragon, where:
a.) The Feast of Tabernacles / Ingathering after the ‘turn of the year.
b.) It converges Halloween — including the star sign of the Pleiades, Taurid meteor showers, etc., with the 7-day Feast of Tabernacles.
c.) It provides the very, very last potential Rapture date for 2026.