Yom Teruah Message
Who knows what month we are entering into?
ll of the fall feasts. Yom Teruah or Rosh Hashanna, the Feast of Trumpets (starting tonight), Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement, which is the tenth day of the month, and Sukkot, which starts the night of the 14th and runs a full week, plus one extra day.Start typing anywhere to add suggested text
As everyone here probably knows, the spring feasts pointed to Yeshua’s first coming, and the fall feasts point toward his second coming and the end of the age.
By the end of Sukkot we see a full cycle take place. Just like the 7 days of the week end with the Sabbath, so the 7 feasts end on the 7th month with a 7 day feast, plus one extra day. All of these are outlined in Leviticus 23.
As we know the Sabbath is a day of rest, and likewise the 7th feast, the feast of Tabernacles is not only a feast with 2 sabbath days, but a picture of the final thousand year period of time where Messiah will reign in Jerusalem and give the entire world rest from turmoil.
So what else has taken place on the Day of Trumpets in history?
Besides the feasts, there are quite a few mentions of the 7th month in the Bible, but I’ll list a few that stand out.
- According to the Talmud, some Jews believe Adam and Eve may have been created in this month.
- Genesis 8:4 tells us that Noah’s ark came to rest on mount Ararat during the seventh month.
- Solomon’s Temple was dedicated during this month. God blessed this effort and the presence of God came to rest there.
- During the exile, Gedeliah was appointed to govern the land of Judah. On the 3rd day of Tishri there was a man that was of royal blood that came with 10 men and assassinated Gedeliah. A fast day was established to mourn his death, which the Jews still practice.
- I considered whether to include this, but it’s actually quite interesting prophetically.
- Who thinks that there is going to be an attempt to usurp the ordained authority of God near the end of the age?
- We don’t know this for certain, but it seems to be that Yeshua was born during this month, and
- some say that his ministry began on this month as well
- Yeshua, in whom we have rest for our souls.
The days between Trumpets and Yom Kippur are called the 10 days of Awe. Why is that?
- Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement where the high priest was to offer a sacrifice for the entire nation and is the one time of year where he is allowed to go into the Holy of Holies.
- With that in mind, it is reasonable to want to reduce the total amount of sin present in the nation.
- After all it is risky business entering into the presence of God.
- The question was always, “will the offering be accepted before God?”
- Will atonement be made?
- After all it is risky business entering into the presence of God.
- So the Feast of Trumpets, as the name suggests is a time of blowing the shofar.
- Yom Teruah can also mean the Day of Shouting.
- What are shofars or shouts used for?
- Alerting
- Awakening
- To bring people out of slumber
- Call to arms
- Announcing the coronation of a new King
- Therefore The Day of Trumpets, while important on its own, also alerts us to the approaching day of Yom Kippur.
- How many are glad that we don’t have to worry whether our High Priest’‘s offering will be accepted before God?
- We can know for certain that it has already been accepted and He is seated not in the earthly holy of holies, but at the right hand of the throne of God where he makes intercession for us.
- Amen?
- However, until we are perfected and clothed with immortality, there is still the need for an attitude of repentance.
- And the prophetic implications of this season still remain.
- These are the 10 days of Awe where repentance is a central theme in Jewish custom.
So, last year I put out a short series on my YouTube channel with a challenge for each of these 10 days leading to Yom Kippur.
- These are right in line with what Dan taught about this Shabbat regarding the need to walk in the Spirit, which involves some effort on our part.
- Sometimes I can be resistant to formulaic things, but it’s not supposed to replace anything that we’re already doing, but to, but it can help us focus our attention on areas that we might otherwise have neglected.
- While some of them require a bit of action on your part, some of them are more geared toward contemplation regarding a specific area of the believer’s walk, which will hopefully cause us to aim a bit higher in each area.
- Think of them more like a framework that you can use to build on within your own spiritual walk. Certain areas might be more natural or more challenging to you.