Fall Feasts 2022
Your Appointments with GOD
Feast of Trumpets
sundown on September 25th and ends at sundown on September 27th.
As summer draws to a close, we will soon welcome the cooler weather of the fall season. The Messianic community, believers in Yeshua /Jesus are planning and looking forward to the three fall festivals— Day of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot. These Appointed Times with GOD were established by our heavenly Father for HIS people to come before HIM every year for a special time of fellowship and blessings. The fall feasts provide imagery and a glimpse of our prophetic future with the Lord at the seconding coming of the Messiah. The biblical events are often referred to in the Church as The Rapture, the Tribulation, and the Millennial Reign of the Messiah!
Each year we repeat these biblical dress rehearsals of GOD’s Appointed Times to prepare our hearts and minds for what the FATHER has in store for those of us who believe and who are faithfully waiting for the Messiah’s glorious return. The fall feasts have provided me with a greater understanding of the prophetic future God has in store for us.
Fall Feasts of GOD: Repentance, Remembrance & Reflection
Feast of Trumpets
Day of Atonement
Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot
Appointed Times
Holy Days
Today's Calendar
Biblical Calendar
Day of Trumpets
Yom Teruah
Rosh Hashanah
Sept. 25, 2022
sundown
Sept. 27, 2022
SCRIPTURE
Leviticus 23:24 –Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, in the seventh month, on the first of the month (Tishri), you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of (shofars) trumpets.
MESSAGE
The sound of the shofar (ram’s horn) calls Israel and all believers to repentance.
In scripture, the sound of the shofar announces God’s Manifest Presence on earth and the return of the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.
The Fall Feast season of biblical celebrations begins with The Day of Trumpets, a holy day established by GOD, not by your local government or religious denomination. God set this forever appointment with His people in scripture. Leviticus 23:24:
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, in the seventh month, on the first of the month (Tishri), you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of (shofars) trumpets.
It is celebrated with a holy convocation, a special set of blasts of the shofar ( a ram’s horn) and special prayers. The shofar or trumpet as it is often called, is the instrument used in scripture to announce the manifest presence of God, the return of the Messiah and a call to repent from sin. We find several references in the Holy Scriptures that would give us an indication of the importance the sounding of the shofar (trumpets).
Exodus 19:16-19: On the morning of the third day, there was thunder, lightning and a thick cloud on the mountain. Then a shofar blast sounded so loudly that all the people in the camp trembled. Moshe brought the people out of the camp to meet God; they stood near the base of the mountain. Mount Sinai was enveloped in smoke, because Adonai descended onto it in fire — its smoke went up like the smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently. As the sound of the shofar grew louder and louder, Moshe spoke; and God answered him with a voice.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with God’s shofar; those who died united with the Messiah will be the first to rise;17 then we who are left still alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52: Look, I will tell you a secret — not all of us will die! But we will all be changed! It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye, at the final shofar. For the shofar will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed.
The most frequently asked question I get about the Day of Trumpets is: What are we supposed to do on this day? The answer is simply:
• Attend a holy assembly with your congregation.
• Blow the shofar in the holy assembly and over your property
• Do no customary work, it is a day of rest.
• Recognize you have sinned, repent, admit your wrongs
• Ask God to forgive your sins.
• Forgive others who have sinned against you
• Make restitution whenever possible
• Pray and commit to following God’s commands
Free Messianic Bible.com gives the following explanation: “In the Biblical time of Israel, the shofar was blown for several reasons:
- To mark the arrival of a new moon.
- To celebrate a simcha (joyous occasion)
- To proclaim liberty to the captives.
- To hail a king at his coronation
- To warn of impending judgment
- To gather troops to battle
- To sound an alarm
- To call a sacred assembly and time of fasting
- To confuse the enemy camp; and
- To draw God’s attention.
The SHOFAR blast is an audible alert for you to prepare to meet your Maker !
Rosh Hashanah
In the Jewish culture, this appointed time is called Rosh Hashanah, which is translated “Head of the Year.” I searched for information on why the Jewish people, God’s people would change the name of one of God’s commanded feasts and when did the change occur. I found an answer in a book entitled, The Feasts of the Lord by Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal; It says: Rosh Hashanah literally means Head of the Year. However, this designation was not applied to this feast until at least the 2nd century AD, more than 1,500 years after the institution of the holiday. Following the A.D. 70 destruction of the Temple, it’s observance was radically altered. For the holiday, it was a matter of survival in the midst of a tragic situation. Continued observance of the Feast of Trumpets was threatened due to the absence of the Temple and its sacrificial system. As a result, synagogue liturgy was enlarged, new traditions were suggested, and emphases were shifted in an attempt to preserve and adapt the observance of this holiday for a people scattered outside their homeland and stripped of their Temple. The timing of the ancient Feast of Trumpets coincided with the beginning of Israel’s civil new year {not a biblical new year}. After the A.D. 70 destruction of the second Temple, the two observances became in separably connected. In time, the Feast of Trumpets was largely overshadowed and assimilated by the Jewish New Year becoming known as Rosh Hashanah (“The Head of the Year”).
Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal go on to further explain: “Rosh Hashanah’s modern observance bears at best, only a remote resemblance to the biblical Feast of Trumpets. The holiday’s very name change indicates that it has been recast with many traditions superimposed over the biblical observance.” For anyone interested in an in-depth study on God’s feasts, I highly recommend book, The Feasts of the Lord by Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal which is available at several online bookstores.
