Feasts of Trumpets - A rehearsal for the Rapture of the Church

Welcome the Jewish year 5777! Rosh Hashanah—or the Feast of Trumpets—rings in the Jewish New Year with 100 blasts of the shofar. It begins the High Holy Days and is a time for celebration as well as reflection. End time eschatology looks at the Jewish new moon festival known as the Feast of Trumpets, which is historically referred to as the Wedding of the Messiah. This particular Judaic feast becomes very important when we are looking at weddings in the Bible, because in Colossians 2:17 KJV, we are told that the festival of the new moon is "a shadow of things to come." Wow! That is a real attention grabber right there! The ancient Jews did not know on what day the new moon would appear. The new moon might have arrived on the 29th or, it may have occurred on the 30th day of the month. They simply did not know on which day they would celebrate the Feast of Trumpets. However, they would have dropped everything they were doing when they heard the sound of a trumpet, or the blast of a shofar signaling to them; it was time to go to the Temple, and celebrate the feast. Does that sound familiar? At the sound of the Rapture trumpet blast, it will be time to go to the temple of heaven to celebrate the Feast of Trumpets, which will be the Wedding of the Messiah. In Last Call for the Church, I presented many parallels regarding ancient Jewish wedding customs to that of the church, as the Bride of Christ, as well as parallels to Jesus, as our Bridegroom, who will come for the one that He loved so much; He was willing to die for. Throughout the Bible, God has provided a picture after picture to reveal His future course of action. Leviticus 23 presents an exceptional prophetic picture of a chronological outline, which is concealed inside of the seven Jewish feasts that were given by God as appointed times of the year for sacred occasions. The seven Feasts of the Lord rehearse the fulfillment of His purpose. The feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles provide a foundations timeline for prophecy, as well as eschatology. The initial four are springtime feasts, and Jesus has already prophetically fulfilled them. He was the Passover Lamb (1Corinthians 5:7), the bread of life (John 6:35), the first fruits of Resurrection (1Corinthians 15:20), and He sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost after His Ascension (Acts 2:1-4). The Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles are celebrated on the Jewish calendar in the fall, and they are expected to be prophetically fulfilled with the Rapture of the Church, the Second Coming, and the Millennial Reign. The Rapture of the Church is pictured in the Feast of Trumpets. Prophetically, it is the next sacred occasion on God's calendar. The Feast of Trumpets occurs in September or October at the new moon on the Jewish calendar. We are told in Colossians 2:16-17 that the new moon and the Feasts of the Lord are a "shadow of things to come." Judaic months are lunar, and a new moon marks the start of a brand new month. The Feast of Trumpets is the only feast of the Lord, which actually occurs on an unknown moon. In ancient Israel, the blowing of a shofar was the trumpet sound that signaled to the field workers that it was time to go inside the Temple to celebrate this particular feast. They did not know exactly which day the new moon was going to appear, until it had arrived. They had to await it! The celebration of the Feast of Trumpets was always a hidden, or a concealed day, just like the time of the Rapture is, and like the return was of an ancient Jewish bridegroom to take his bride. Praise God! The blowing of a shofar was ancient Israel’s communications system. The sound of a blowing trumpet at the Rapture call for the church will be appropriate, and it will signal that our work on Earth is over. We will drop whatever we are doing, and we rise to meet our Bridegroom in the air. It will be time for us, the field workers, to go inside the Temple, which is heaven. Bless His Holy name. Thank you Father for the revelation. Today the Feast of Trumpets is known as Rosh Hashanah, which in Hebrew means, “awakening blast.” It is commonly referred to as the Jewish New Year. There are seven days of awe in between the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Atonement. The seven days of awe in between these two feasts are a picture of the seven years of tribulation before the Second Coming. Throughout the Bible, the number seven consistently represents that of completeness. Seven days complete a week, and the seven appointed yearly feasts suggest the completion of God's prophetic calendar for the Earth. A Psalm is devoted to the Feast of Trumpets, and it is found in Psalm 81:3-7 NASB. "Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, at our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. He established it for a testimony in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt…" The door to the Temple, which is symbolic of heaven, was always open on the feast day of Trumpets. At the Rapture of the Church, the door to the temple of heaven will be unfastened, just like on the Feast of Trumpets, which is the next prophetic sacred occasion on God’s calendar. Remember, His comprehension of time is not like ours. To learn more from this study, I invite you to read Last Call for the Church Today the Feast of Trumpets is known as Rosh Hashanah, which in Hebrew means, “awakening blast.” It is commonly referred to as the Jewish New Year. There are seven days of awe in between the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Atonement. The seven days of awe in between these two feasts are a picture of the seven years of tribulation before the Second Coming. Throughout the Bible, the number seven consistently represents that of completeness. Seven days complete a week, and the seven appointed yearly feasts suggest the completion of God's prophetic calendar for the Earth. A Psalm is devoted to the Feast of Trumpets, and it is found in Psalm 81:3-7 NASB. "Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, at our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. He established it for a testimony in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt…" The door to the Temple, which is symbolic of heaven, was always open on the feast day of Trumpets. At the Rapture of the Church, the door to the temple of heaven will be unfastened, just like on the Feast of Trumpets, which is the next prophetic sacred occasion on God’s calendar. Remember, His comprehension of time is not like ours. To learn more, I invite you to read Last Call for the Church @ myBook.to/LastCall