Today, in the month of Aviv, you are going out. The month of Aviv — the month of spring grain, later called Nisan — is named as the month of departure. The agricultural calendar and the redemptive calendar align: the same month that brings the first grain harvest brings Israel's first day of freedom. Deuteronomy 16:1 repeats the month of Aviv as the anchor of the Passover observance. The naming of the month plants the Exodus in seasonal time — every spring, when the grain begins to ripen, Israel would remember that this is the season of liberation. Creation's renewal and covenant renewal are aligned. The God who causes grain to grow in Aviv is the same God who caused a nation to be born in that same month. Nature and history both testify to the same Creator and Redeemer.

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