Month 6 – Preparation for the Day of Atonement
We begin the sixth month of the year in what’s referred to as “The Season of Comfort,” which began on the 10th day of last month. This season continues seven weeks, until the first day of next month, the day of the Feast of Trumpets. So we have seven weeks in the Season of Comfort – the 10th of month 5 to the 1st of month 7.
The first day of the sixth month also marks 40 days until the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), which is always on the 10th day of the seventh month.
Why Count the Omer, Part 1: The First 40 Days
Counting the Omer – most are familiar with the culmination of the count, which is Pentecost, also called the Festival of Weeks. “Weeks” is taken from the Hebrew word “shavuot” and refers to the seven weeks that precede Pentecost. Leviticus 23:15 tells us to count the weeks between the Feast of First Fruits and Pentecost:
“From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.”
Messianic Sabbath 