Biblical Significance of the Month of Tevet (5786)

“And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged. “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” (Isaiah 6:7-8)

Dear Prayer Partners,

As we enter the biblical month of Tevet and step into 2026, we are invited into a season of rededication and alignment with the Lord. Tevet unfolds during the days of Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication, reminding us that true renewal begins not with outward strength, but with wholehearted devotion to God.

The name Tevet is of Babylonian origin and is associated with the rainy season in Israel, when the ground becomes heavy and unstable. While the word itself refers to physical conditions, Scripture allows us to discern a spiritual picture: when the ground beneath us feels uncertain, we must choose whether to sink in fear or immerse ourselves in trust and surrender. Tevet confronts the posture of our hearts.

Biblically, Tevet is a month of testing and positioning. On the tenth day of this month, the siege of Jerusalem began (Ezekiel 24:1-2), marking the onset of divine judgment, a warning before destruction fully unfolded. Yet in the same month, Esther was chosen as queen (Esther 2:16), positioned by God before the crisis facing her people was revealed. Tevet therefore carries a profound tension: judgment and mercy, warning and preparation, exposure and favor. It is a month that reveals how we respond when history begins to shift.

This is why Isaiah 6 sets the spiritual posture for this season. Isaiah encounters the Lord “in the year King Uzziah died,” a moment of national instability and uncertainty. Confronted by God’s holiness, Isaiah does not offer strength or strategy; he offers humility. “Woe is me, for I am undone… I am a man of unclean lips.” Yet the Lord responds with mercy, sending fire from the altar to purify and restore him. Only then does the call come: “Whom shall I send?” And Isaiah answers, “Here am I. Send me.”

Tevet calls us to that same altar. It is not a month for self-reliance, but for purification and surrender. Like Isaiah, we may feel exposed or insufficient, yet the Lord Himself provides what is needed to stand and to speak. He purifies so that He may send.

In the days of Esther and again in our own generation, Israel has not prevailed by might or strategy, but by God’s presence and favor. Deliverance has come through humility, prayer, and alignment with His purposes. Tevet invites us to abide in Him, to immerse ourselves in His presence, and to trust His leading.

Watchmen, will you respond in this hour? Will you give the Lord no rest until His purposes are established and His glory fills Jerusalem and the nations? Tevet 2026 calls for rededicated hearts, purified lips, and willing messengers who will say, once again, “Here am I. Send me.”

Blessings from Jerusalem,