Rest is the transition to a new beginning

Kislev: A Month of Rest in the Midst of Chaos

The Hebrew month of Kislev carries a powerful prophetic message. In biblical history, this is the month when the rains of the flood began, and it is also the month when Noah finally stepped out of the ark after a full year and saw the rainbow for the very first time. God uses the timing and patterns woven into Scripture not only to tell what was, but to speak into what is. Within the biblical calendar and the ancient stories of faith are truths and strategies meant to guide us in real time.

Kislev is known as the darkest month of the year, containing the winter solstice, when daylight is shortest. Yet in this same month, the Festival of Lights — Hanukkah — is celebrated, a feast Jesus Himself observed (John 10:22). Kislev is a month of contrast: light and darkness, chaos and rest, struggle and breakthrough.

Through Noah’s experience, God teaches us that even in our darkest seasons, He becomes our Light. Even in overwhelming circumstances, He becomes our Rest. Noah lived through global chaos, yet he was protected and rested inside the ark with the shekinah presence of God— a prophetic picture of the future rest found in Christ.

 Rest is the transition to a new beginning.

Noah’s very name means rest and comfort. Spelled backward in Hebrew, it forms the word grace, and that is exactly what Noah found:
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” — Genesis 6:8

The enemy wants us exhausted fighting battles in our own strength, trying to keep ourselves afloat in the floodwaters of life. But Jesus invites us into the ark — Himself — where He never sleeps, never tires, and never stops carrying us.

Every nail that pierced His hands and feet, every thorn that pierced His brow  was the labor that built our ark of salvation. We rest because He already worked.  Noah found grace is prophesying the grace gifted to us. 

“Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.”—Ps. 121:4

God doesn’t need rest — but the enemy does.  When we rest in God, the enemy grows weary because our peace is his defeat.  Devils can only live in a house of chaos.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places seeking rest and finds none.” — Matthew 12:43

 The battle has always been about rest because rest is where our power lies. True strength is not measured by how much weight we carry…but by how much we trust God to carry us.

“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Then come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. 29 Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. Mat 11:28