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Rosh Hashana - The Feast of Trumpets
"Happy Rosh Hashanah to you all, as we live each day with joy and excitement at the imminent return of our Lord to take His Bride on Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown, Wed. Sept 4, and ends sundown Friday, Sept 6. Approx. 6:59pm in Jerusalem time, sunset which starts the new day of Rosh Hashanah, Sept 5. Jerusalem is 7 hours ahead of us, and watching for the new moonrise is to rise which is the start of the of the Feast of Trumpets.
Rosh Hashanah marks the begining of the new year on the Jewish calendar. It falls on the first day of Tishri, the seventh month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, and is the only feast that falls on the new moon. It is celebrated for two days on the 1st and 2nd marked by the sighting of the new moon, on the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.
It is described in the Torah as Yom Teru'ah, a day of sounding the Shofar (the trumpet used for the celebration). It is also considered the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a Day of Judgement and Coronation of God as King. Rosh Hashanah is the Hebrew name for the Feast of Trumpets, also other names and their meanings are; Tom Teruah (Day of Awakening Blast or Resurrection); Yom Hadin (Day of Judgment); Yom Zikaron (Day of Remembrance); and Yom Hamelech (Day of Coronation of the King), interestingly all the names allude to the coming of the Messiah!
There are four types of blasts blown during the festival:
1)Tekiah - one three second blasts (sound the King's coronation)
2) Shevarim - three medium blasts (sound repentance - wailing)
3) Teruah - nine quick blasts (to arouse on from a spiritual slumber)
4) Tekiah Hagedolah - the last, longest and loudest blast (to come forth or to arise last call to repentance before the great Day of the Lord)
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Prophetic Implications
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Yom Zikaron (Day of Remembrance) Mal 3:16–18
16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name.
17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”
18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
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He will spare them from what?
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Mal 4:1–3
4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.
3 “You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of hosts.
Da 12:1–4
12:1 “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.
2 “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
3 “Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
4 “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”
The Spring Feasts picture events of our LORD's first coming and all four feasts have all been fulfilled by Jesus' first coming!
Pesach - The Passover - His Death
Hag Ha Matzah - The Feast of Unleavened Bread - His Burial
Yom Bikkurim - The Feast of First Fruits - His Resurrection
Shavuot - The Feast of Pentecost - Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
The Fall Feasts picture events surrounding His second coming to be fulfilled in the last book, the Revelation (of Jesus Christ)
Rosh Hashana - The Feast of Trumpets - Christ will honor and fulfill by taking His bride to the Father's house (Jewish wedding custom)
Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement - Second Advent or Coming
Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles - His Kingdom setup on earth and His dwelling with us (residence or dwelling place)
An interesting point is that the longest gap between the two of feasts is the gap between The Feast of Pentecost and The Feast of Trumpets, which alludes to the lengthy time between Christ's two comings. The Feast of Trumpets is the only feast that falls on the new moon, as the rabbis watch for the appearance of the new moon, because no one knows the day or the hour when it will appear.
Mk 13:32
32 “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
1 Th 4:16–18
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Co 15:51–52
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
This last trumpet cannot be referring to the seventh trumpet of judgment in the book of Revelation (had not been written yet, which is to start the seven bowl judgments). No one asked Paul which trumpet he was referring to, as they must have all assumed he was referring to the Tekiah Hagedolah, the last blast of Rosh Hashanah. Since the spring feasts were fulfilled by Christ each on the exact day and hour, it would stand to reason that the fall feasts would also be fulfilled the same way.” (forward received this morning from a Pastor in Israel)
"Happy Rosh Hashanah to you all, as we live each day with joy and excitement at the imminent return of our Lord to take His Bride on Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown, Wed. Sept 4, and ends sundown Friday, Sept 6. Approx. 6:59pm in Jerusalem time, sunset which starts the new day of Rosh Hashanah, Sept 5. Jerusalem is 7 hours ahead of us, and watching for the new moonrise is to rise which is the start of the of the Feast of Trumpets.
Rosh Hashanah marks the begining of the new year on the Jewish calendar. It falls on the first day of Tishri, the seventh month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, and is the only feast that falls on the new moon. It is celebrated for two days on the 1st and 2nd marked by the sighting of the new moon, on the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.
It is described in the Torah as Yom Teru'ah, a day of sounding the Shofar (the trumpet used for the celebration). It is also considered the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a Day of Judgement and Coronation of God as King. Rosh Hashanah is the Hebrew name for the Feast of Trumpets, also other names and their meanings are; Tom Teruah (Day of Awakening Blast or Resurrection); Yom Hadin (Day of Judgment); Yom Zikaron (Day of Remembrance); and Yom Hamelech (Day of Coronation of the King), interestingly all the names allude to the coming of the Messiah!
There are four types of blasts blown during the festival:
1)Tekiah - one three second blasts (sound the King's coronation)
2) Shevarim - three medium blasts (sound repentance - wailing)
3) Teruah - nine quick blasts (to arouse on from a spiritual slumber)
4) Tekiah Hagedolah - the last, longest and loudest blast (to come forth or to arise last call to repentance before the great Day of the Lord)
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Prophetic Implications
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Yom Zikaron (Day of Remembrance) Mal 3:16–18
16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name.
17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”
18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
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He will spare them from what?
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Mal 4:1–3
4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.
3 “You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of hosts.
Da 12:1–4
12:1 “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.
2 “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
3 “Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
4 “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”
The Spring Feasts picture events of our LORD's first coming and all four feasts have all been fulfilled by Jesus' first coming!
Pesach - The Passover - His Death
Hag Ha Matzah - The Feast of Unleavened Bread - His Burial
Yom Bikkurim - The Feast of First Fruits - His Resurrection
Shavuot - The Feast of Pentecost - Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
The Fall Feasts picture events surrounding His second coming to be fulfilled in the last book, the Revelation (of Jesus Christ)
Rosh Hashana - The Feast of Trumpets - Christ will honor and fulfill by taking His bride to the Father's house (Jewish wedding custom)
Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement - Second Advent or Coming
Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles - His Kingdom setup on earth and His dwelling with us (residence or dwelling place)
An interesting point is that the longest gap between the two of feasts is the gap between The Feast of Pentecost and The Feast of Trumpets, which alludes to the lengthy time between Christ's two comings. The Feast of Trumpets is the only feast that falls on the new moon, as the rabbis watch for the appearance of the new moon, because no one knows the day or the hour when it will appear.
Mk 13:32
32 “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
1 Th 4:16–18
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Co 15:51–52
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
This last trumpet cannot be referring to the seventh trumpet of judgment in the book of Revelation (had not been written yet, which is to start the seven bowl judgments). No one asked Paul which trumpet he was referring to, as they must have all assumed he was referring to the Tekiah Hagedolah, the last blast of Rosh Hashanah. Since the spring feasts were fulfilled by Christ each on the exact day and hour, it would stand to reason that the fall feasts would also be fulfilled the same way.” (forward received this morning from a Pastor in Israel)