Key of Your Calling . . . From the Moon | Jonathan Cahn Sermon
We are not meant to reflect the world like a mirror. We are meant to shine as the light of the world—and that light only becomes truly bright when it reflects God, not our circumstances. We are called to live from God toward the world, not from the world toward God.
In Scripture, God created two great lights: the greater light to rule the day (the sun) and the lesser light to rule the night (the moon). This image helps explain a powerful truth found in Song of Solomon 6:10:
“Who is this that appears like the dawn—beautiful as the moon…”
In Hebrew, “beautiful” can be expressed as yafa, meaning lovely or fair. The word often used for “moon” is Levana. This matters because the moon is deeply connected to Israel and the biblical calendar. Jewish feast days don’t align neatly with many Western dates because the Hebrew calendar is largely lunar, measured by the phases of the moon.
That connection is meaningful: Israel is pictured as God’s bride, and in the New Covenant, believers are also described as the bride in the Spirit. The bride is compared to the moon because the moon is always moving—always changing—growing from newness to fullness.
Another Hebrew word associated with the moon is chodesh, which can mean both “moon” and “month.” It is linked to the new moon and carries the idea of something being renewed, restored, repaired, and rebuilt—as though the moon is “reborn” each month as it grows toward fullness.
That is the picture of the bride: restoration in progress. The bride becomes more radiant not because she stays the same, but because she is being rebuilt. In the same way, you are not defined only by how you look today—you are defined by what you are becoming in the Lord.
Unlike the sun, the moon’s appearance changes continually. And spiritually, we are meant to keep growing daily: becoming more godly, more loving, more holy, more pure, more joyful, and more victorious. If we stop changing, we stop truly living in God. The focus is not only “Who are you right now?” but “Who are you becoming in Him?”
The full moon is also a biblical symbol of fullness. The journey from a new moon to a full moon mirrors our journey after being born again: from spiritual beginning to spiritual maturity.
Messiah died at Passover, and Passover takes place under a full moon. That timing is significant: He died to redeem creation, restore what was broken, and make us whole again. He is the healer and the repairer—then and now.
Even the word heal reflects this idea. Healing is about becoming whole. To be healed is to be made complete—restored into the full version of who God created you to be. Wholeness comes from living fully for God, not divided, not halfway.
Passover is the first full-moon celebration in the sacred biblical year, and the last is Tabernacles. Passover points to the beginning of salvation and restoration. Tabernacles points to heaven—the final fulfillment of what Jesus began at the cross.
Heaven is the complete restoration of all things. In heaven, everything is whole, exactly as it was meant to be. That is why there is no pain, no mourning, and no disease.