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The Feast Of Trumpets

The Fall Feasts of Israel are foreshadowings of future events in the plan of God. The Feast of Trumpets, known a Rosh Hashanah, we believe is a type of the rapture of the church that could take place at any moment. The messages hidden in the Old Covenant Feast of Trumpets are just as vital today as they were then. We must hear the Spirit and the Bride say "COME" in these last days for the time is short and judgment is near.

By Chris McDonald

Rosh Hashanah, 2003

TEXT: Leviticus 23:23-25 - And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, [24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. [25] Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Numbers 29:1-6 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. [2] And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: [3] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, [4] And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: [5] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: [6] Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

As you have heard us say many times, the feasts of the Lord are prophetic foreshadows of events as they relate to Messiah Jesus, Yeshua Ha'maschiah.

Israel's four Spring feasts - Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits and Pentecost - were a prophetic foreshadowing of Messiah's FIRST COMING. They spoke of His death, burial, perfect sinless life, resurrection and the advent of the Holy Spirit upon the church of the Lord Jesus:

Passover - The Messiah's Death
Unleavened Bread - The Messiah's Burial and Sinless Life
Firstfruits - The Messiah's Resurrection
Pentecost - The Messiah's Promise of the Holy Spirit and Giving of the Law To Israel

The fall feasts which begin each year with Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets, are prophetic foreshadowings of Messiah's SECOND COMING. The Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the Feast of Tabernacles started about 4 months after the end of the Spring festivals. All three of these feasts took place in Tishri, or September. (See Chart of Jewish Calendar) These three feasts speak of the Rapture of the Church by Messiah, Israel's National day of atonement after the outpouring of God's wrath, and the Millennium Kingdom which is typified by the branches of peace used in the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Between Pentecost and Trumpets which leads to the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), there was an interval of time of 3 months, these being the 4th, 5th and 6th months. Passover and Pentecost were linked together by a few weeks but Tabernacles stands alone at the end of the sacred year on Israel's holiday calendar. So will the Millennium stand alone in God's prophetic plan for man. The months in between were historically the driest months of the year for Israel. There were no holy convocations when the nation gathered before the Lord and His sanctuary.

Some Bible scholars call these feasts (Trumpets, Tabernacles and Atonement) the FEASTS OF PROPHECY that is, a feast which has yet to find fulfillment. These feasts as we have taught are both literal feasts celebrated in Israel every year and TYPES of God's prophetic calendar of events for both Israel, the Church and the world. The Feast of Trumpets probably carries great significance for both the CHURCH and ISRAEL for we are waiting for the Rapture of the Church which will be heralded by the sound of a trumpet. After the trump sounds and the Church (made up of both Jew and Gentile) is taken out, National Israel, along with the entire world that is left behind, will face the wrath of God, awaiting the sound of another trump - the trump that will herald MESSIAH'S SECOND COMING, Israel's Day of Atonement, and usher in the FEAST OF TABERNACLES - the Millennium. Passover was fulfilled in Christ. Pentecost is being fulfilled TODAY in the church. Tabernacles will be fulfilled in the national atonement of ISRAEL.

The Biblical Observance of the Feast of Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah

Although Rosh Hashanah has its roots firmly planted in the Bible, it is never known by that name in Scripture. It is referred to as "Zikhron Teruah" or the "Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets." <Lev. 23:24> and "Yom Teruah" (Day of Blowing Of Trumpets) <Num. 29:1>. The "Feast of Trumpets" is a day of sounding trumpets in the Temple and throughout the land of Israel.

Rosh Hashanah literally means "Head of the Year." However this designation was not applied to this feast until at least the second century A.D., more than 1,500 years after the institution of the holiday. Following the A.D. 70 destruction of the Temple, its 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 the people scattered outside their homeland and stripped of their Temple. The timing of the ancient feast coincided with the beginning of Israel's civil New Year. After the A.D. 70 destruction of the second Temple, the two observances became connected.

The Feast of Trumpets finds its BIBLE fulfillment in the future regathering of long-dispersed Israel. The interval between Pentecost and Trumpets is likened to the present dispensation and the work of the Holy Spirit. Many Bible scholars call this time the "times of the Gentiles," which are coming quickly to an end. The Lord is soon (and already is in many respects) His attention to bringing home His chosen people into their land and revealing Himself to them as their Messiah. When the present era is ended and the church or "Pentecostal" period expires, then the elect of Israel will be gathered to keep the Feast of Trumpets in Jerusalem. This feast also finds its fulfillment of the "catching out" of the church and then the regathering of Israel at the Second Coming of Christ:

Matthew 24:31 - And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Romans 11:25 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

Joel 2:1 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Joel 3:21 - For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwells in Zion.

Rosh Hashanah is observed in the autumn of the year. On the Hebrew calendar, Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first day of Tishri, the seventh Hebrew month (usually mid-September to early October). Israel's two other autumn holidays occur only days later: Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) on Tishri 10 and the Feast of Tabernacles beginning on Tishri 15.

In the Bible, the Feast was celebrated as a one-day holiday. For Jewish communities living outside the land of Israel many holidays were and still are celebrated for an additional day. The reason is rooted in the uncertainty of the Jewish calendar. The beginning of each month was originally dependent upon the sighting of the New Moon. The precise timing of the New Moon was not always easily determined due to weather conditions and a lack of witnesses. The holiday even to this day is now celebrated as a two-day feast to decrease the chance for error. The Biblical record for Rosh Hashanah observance is neither lengthy nor complicated. Israel was simply commanded to memorialize the day by blowing trumpets and to keep the day as a sabbath day of rest: <Lev. 23:23-25; Numbers 29:1>

Leviticus 23:23-25 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. [25] Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Numbers 29:1 - And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

The bible record concerning the Temple sacrifices is equally simple:

Numbers 29:2-6 - And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: [3] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, [4] And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: [5] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: [6] Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

A special burnt offering was offered consisting of a YOUNG BULL, a RAM and SEVEN LAMBS. A kid goat was also sacrificed as a sin offering. Both of these offerings were in addition to the daily required sacrifices (Numbers 28:1-8) and those for the new moon (Numbers 28:11-15) which were also offered on that day.

It speaks to us today of the simplicity of our Lord. Christ and Him crucified has never been complicated. All God desires of fallen man is repentance and faith in the finished work of His Son. Religion and the enemy have complicated that plan so much that many fall into severe deception when it comes to their walk with God. Many don't know how to enjoy the very salvation purchased for them through the blood of Christ. The church world tends to tie salvation into wealth on the earth which has a degree of truth but not even close to the degree we make it. Earthly riches will do us no good standing before our Lord lost and undone for eternity. Hell is filled with rich people, just as hell is filled with poor people. Being rich doesn't qualify one for heaven no more than being poor qualifies one for hell. That's how the Jewish religious leaders viewed those type things in the day of Christ but it was not true then and it is not true today.

Paul warned the Corinthians that he feared the serpent was drawing them away from "the simplicity of Christ," unto another gospel. As we progress rapidly to the rapture two things are happening - the church by and large is apostatizing and the true remnant of God is preparing for harvest. The prophets foretold harvest, especially an ingathering of Israel in the last days, while the apostles were showed more of the apostasy that would come to the church on earth in the last generation.

2 Cor. 11:1-4
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. [2] For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. [3] But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. [4] For if he that cometh preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

The spirit of Antichrist is exploding upon Planet Earth. The spirit of anarchy will soon follow and we will in the Body of Christ literally be crying out "EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS," before this is all over. I know many in certain regions of the world already cry out for that today. It will become more prevalent as we get towards the end. We will not be crying to the world, "come join us" as we do today. The world is turning on the true church as we speak now. Only those who would betray the cause of Christ for worldly acceptance would disagree. We are not to make a pact with the world to win the world. We are in it, but NOT PART OF IT. We don't listen to their music, we don't go to the places they go to, we don't shake hands and make the same type deals they do - we are DIFFERENT. We are children of God, called unto LIGHT, not darkness. If your religion friend is not enough to keep you from the entanglements of this world and fallen society - something is WRONG with your religion. You are in need of more than religion in these last days - you need a RELATIONSHIP! You need a REDEEMER! And His name is Jesus Christ.

The First Day Of The Seventh Month

Rosh Hashanah is the only Jewish holiday which occurs on the first day of the month, at the New Moon, when the moon is DARK and only a thin crescent. All other Jewish holidays occur later in their respective months when the moon is bright. Even as the seventh DAY and the seventh YEAR were holy under Mosaic law, so, too, was Tishri, the seventh MONTH. Significantly this feast occurs on the first day of the SABBATH MONTH in which all three of Israel's autumn feast and holidays occur. In ancient Israel, the New Moon was normally announced by short blasts of the trumpet, but the NEW MOON OF THE SEVENTH MONTH was celebrated by long blasts, emphasizing its solemnity and uniqueness among months.

There were basically two types of trumpets used in Israel for the blowing of these blasts:

Trumpets made of ram's horns, or the Shofar
Trumpets of silver

The shofar was a curved trumpet fashioned from a ram's horn. In the Hebrew language, the shofar (ram's horn trumpet) was clearly distinguished from a "keren," the "horn of an animal," when not used as a musical instrument. The ram's horn came from some type of sacrifice, from the bullock or the ram. The ram's horns were especially used to blast out the note of shouting at the fall of the walls of Jericho. It was the trumpet of Jubilee. Trumpets constructed from cows' horns were rejected due to the reminder of Israel's idolatrous worship of the golden calf in the wilderness. The ram's horn was seen as a much more pleasant reminder of God's deliverance of Isaac through the ram caught by its horns in the thicket. (The Binding Of Isaac)

When the Lord designated Tishri 1 as a "day of blowing" and a "memorial of blowing," the type of trumpet for Rosh Hashanah was not specifically identified. Almost without exception, historical observance and rabbinic tradition specified the shofar (ram's horn), not the silver trumpets of the priests, as the primary instrument intended by scripture. Perhaps the original reason for specifying the ram's horn is to be found in the announcement of the Jubilee Year. Scripture designated the shofar (ram's horn), not the trumpet fashioned from precious metal, as the trumpet to be blown on Yom Kippur:

Leviticus 25:9 - Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Every 50th year, this shofar announced the arrival of the Jubilee Year in which the slaves were freed and the fields were given rest from the farming cycle. The modern custom of sounding the shofar at the end of Yom Kippur preserves this ancient command even through Jubilee years are no longer reckoned.

One day and one day soon friend the TRUMP OF GOD will sound and there will be another Jubilee! We will be set free from this mortality and corruption and put on immortality and incorruption! We will set free from the body of sin and death that has enslaved us for so long. The power of the blood of Jesus Christ is able to set us free! Oh, Glory to God.

Trumpets of silver

The hatzozerah, or trumpet of silver, was a straight metal silver trumpet that was flared at the end. It was this type type trumpet God commanded the sons of Israel to fashion in Numbers 10 for the feast of trumpets:

Numbers 10:1-2 - And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, [2] Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

The priests sounded these silver trumpets over the sacrifices as a memorial to the Lord:

Numbers 10:10 - Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

In Solomon's day, the number of silver trumpets in the Temple had grown to a magnificent ensemble of 120 trumpets:

2 Chron. 7:6 - And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endures for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2 Chron. 5:12 - Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets.

Psalm 98:6 - With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

Silver was the symbol of the price of redemption of the soul. It was used as ransom or the atonement money and it is possible that the two trumpets from one piece of silver came from the atonement money after the numbering of the firstborn

Exodus 30:11-16 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [12] When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. [13] This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. [14] Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. [15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. [16] And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

There were two trumpets made for the various callings in Israel. The number "two" is the number testimony, the number of WITNESS:

Deut. 17:6 - At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deut. 19:15 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

John 8:17-18 - It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. [18] I am one that bear witness of myself (one), and the Father (two) that sent me beareth witness of me.

2 Cor. 13:1 - This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

When the trump of God sounds - the Lord is coming back for two main groups of people - the Jew and the Gentile. We are witnesses to His power on earth today. One cannot function without the other to make the Body complete. One of the slogans of the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. is "we must bear witness - for the dead and for the living." I believe that is a very appropriate statement for the body of Christ in this hour. We are bearing witness on earth of the death, burial and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. That witness is going to be sorely tested in these last days but we will see the Lord's harvest in its reality very soon. The trumpet in scripture is used to symbolize several things as it relates to bearing witness on earth to God's power and might.

First, the trumpet stood for the prophetic voice, the spoken Word of the Lord coming to His people through the ministry of the prophet. Prophets were told to lift up their voice "like a trumpet."

Isaiah 58:1 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Hosea 8:1 - Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

If there is ever a time the church in America needs a prophet it is now. The modern church says "we need a psychologist" to help us get over our ills, the Bible says "you need a prophet." The Bible says to us today "left up your voice like a TRUMPET," "show my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins." Instead of us doing what the Bible tells us to do we placate the fallen nature of man by telling him his ills are not sin-related but psychological. Adam and Eve were NOT the world's first dysfunctional family - they were creation's first SINNERS.

Prophets are not liked too much. Most of them get sawed in two - ask Isaiah. Some get boiled in hot oil - ask John the Apostle. Some get thrown into iron chains and imprisoned for prophesying the word of the Lord to kings - ask Jeremiah. Some get thrown in lion's dens - ask Daniel. We have so many so-called "prophets" running around the country prophesying nothing but grand and glorious things for the church and America too. These are not true prophets and you'd be wise not to waste your money going to hear these imbeciles spew their ignorance and stupidity. If they need to hold a conference and charge people to come hear what they are saying then believe me - the LORD IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND! When God anoints a prophet believe me - He will also provide the pulpit for that prophet to speak. It is sinful and demented and demonic what some men do in the name of prophecy. There is a sure prophetic word but that word will always do four things - two positives and two negatives -

1. It will also declare the sinfulness of the people they are prophesying to and demand repentance before God with a pure heart.

2. It will point those in sinful need to the cross of Christ and the cross of Christ alone for their deliverance

3. It will NEVER and I mean NEVER (underline that about 100 times) glorify a man, movement, denomination or doctrine.

4. It will NEVER contradict or add to something already found written in the Word of God.

Prophecy is not given to add to the word of God. Prophecy is given to illuminate what the Lord has given to us through the scriptures. If any man or woman comes in claiming "new revelation" on an issue - get away from that like a diamondback rattlesnake. They are a false prophet and are there following another spirit other than the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not come to speak of Himself - He has come to point us to the finished work of Christ. That is the only parameter He works within - when our faith in anchored in the cross of Christ. NO EXCEPTIONS!

We need a PROPHET for the last days to speak a word so hard that we all fall on our knees prostrate before God crying out for mercy and repentance. The trumpet of the prophetic voice must sound or we will miss the trumpet of the Lord Jesus when He comes for the church. Many are listening to a lot of things right now that claim to be "prophetic" but they are not. Prophetic words come a dime a dozen but PROPHETS do not. We don't need a shrink and a sofa to be delivered - we just need to return to the Lord God in heaven whom we have left because of our arrogance and pride.

Second, the voice of the Lord Jesus is also symbolized by the sound of a trumpet.

Rev. 1:10 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Rev. 4:1 - After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

I'm afraid the Lord has stopped talking to this nation corporately. I have stated many times in past journals that the call today from Jesus is to the individual heart. His word is "'if any MAN' hear my voice, then I will come in and My Father and we will sup with him and him with us." He spoke that to the Laodicea church who had pushed Him out of their midst to the point He found Himself outside their door, knocking waiting to get in. I know many predict revival in America and that may happen. But for it to happen on a corporate level like many predict I'm afraid the price tag may be the destruction of many innocent lives. I know that sounds caustic to some and even hard to comprehend. But I remind you that God Himself is the one orchestrating the judgments of Revelation 6-19, not man.

When the Lord stops speaking to a nation, judgement and calamity always follow - ask National Israel. God would send prophet after prophet, apostle after apostle to her and she refused to listen. America has done the same thing. Unfortunately instead of the church continuing to preach in a prophetic tone we have chosen to make our message more comfortable for a wicked society so we can be "accepted." It won't work ladies and gentlemen and the end result will be DEATH for both the listeners and the church.

For Israel, Aaron and his sons were responsible as priests to sound the trumpet message on the special occasions.

Exodus 28:1 - And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

We are in such a time as this. This IS a special time on Planet Earth. This is the harvest generation. The generation of all generations that will witness things no other generation will. The last 24 months here in this nation should tell us we have entered into a different time in history. When those planes struck America on 9-11-2001 no one was left unchanged by that. People who had spewed their venom out towards God's people prior to that were now calling God's people to find refuge because of the fear that gripped this land. It's coming again and coming again soon. The same liberal media who berates God and blasphemes the Christ in every stroke of their pen will one day be writing of the horrific events foretold by scripture and looking for the very people they lampoon and lambaste. It's time to sound the trumpet Church. It's time to sound the trumpet man of God. It's time preacher to open that dainty mouth and preach something more than just a message that tickles your congregation's ears every Sunday and makes everyone say "oh what a great preacher you are." Friend, when you're preaching what you need to be preaching they won't be patting you on the back believe me. WE NEED A TRUMPET SOUNDING IN THE CHURCH before the TRUMP OF GOD sounds. Don't you feel that neighbor?

Shall The Trumpet Be Blown In The City And The People Not Be Afraid?

Amos 3:6-8 - Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? [7] Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets. [8] The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Isaiah 18:3 - All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

Isaiah 27:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:8 - For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 19:2 - And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

Jeremiah 51:27 - Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

Shall we NOT hear the trumpet and be afraid. Shall we NOT hear the word of the Lord and not fear? Man of God preach the word of Almighty God without fear or favor in this hour. Man of God stand up stand up for Jesus ye soldiers of the CROSS. LIFT HIGH the royal banner it must not suffer LOSS. The prophet Ezekiel was distinctly told to be a Watchman to Israel and BLOW THE TRUMPET voice of warning to them to call them back to God before it was too late.

Ezekiel 33:1-7 - Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: [3] If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; [4] Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. [5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. [6] But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
[7] So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

Calling Assemblies And Sounding An Alarm

Apart from the sacrificial ceremony, the trumpet had several uses for the nation of Israel. The two main uses were to gather an assembly before the Lord and it sounded an alarm.

Numbers 10:2-4,9 -Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. [3] And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. [4] And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 9 - And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

There are nine specific occasions when the trumpets were to be blown in Israel. They find their historical fulfillment in the Old Testament, they find their spiritual fulfillment in the Church and in coming events concerning ISRAEL and the CHURCH.

For the calling of the assemblies - Under this call the 12 tribes gathered together as one nation. The trumpet was always used to call Israel, God's people together (Isa. 27:13). We need the same trumpet sound today to bring the Body into One New Man in Messiah Jesus. When the trumpet sounds the assemblies are going to meet the Lord Jesus - the Head of our Body in the air!

For the journeying of the camps - When the Cloud moved, then the trumpets were to be blown and the people were to move on with God. (Numbers 9:15-23; 10:11-36; Hebrews 11:13) The church needs to move with the cloud of glory instead of telling the cloud of glory where we're going and ask it to come with us. PREACHER, IF YOU PUSH OUT THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS WORK FROM YOUR CHURCH YOU ARE ASKING FOR DEATH.

For the Calling of the Princes - When the leadership of the nation was to be gathered together, then only one trumpet was to be blown. Two trumpets would sound when the whole nation or the whole congregation was to be called (Psalm 107:32; Ezekiel 34:1-7; Revelation 1:10) Before the rapture the church will once again be heard with one voice. When the trumpet sounds there will be no alarm it's coming. We need to be diligent at all times.

For the blowing of Alarms - At times they had to sound an alarm and warn the people of that which was coming (Joel 2:1; Amos 3:6-7). So today God sounds an alarm to His Church to warn her of coming events in the world thus cause the church to seek His face. We're in such a time. The trumpet is sounding louder and louder each day - do you hear it?

For War or Enemy Oppression - Trumpets were often blown in times of war and enemy oppression. When God heard the trumpet He would fight for His people and bring them deliverance. (Jeremiah 4:19, 21; Judges 3:27; 6:34; 7:4-22; Numbers 31:6-7) Child of God, get your warrior clothes on. This is war. There are eternal enemies and physical ones aligning themselves in the earth for one last battle against God. Islam seeks to destroy the very vestiges of Christianity anywhere it can find. Our battle has been won for us but we must always understand we cannot love our lives even unto death.

Judges 3:27 - And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

Judges 7:19-22 - So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. [20] And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. [21] And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. [22] And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.

For Days of Gladness - There were times of great joy and gladness on the various Festival occasions. In these days the trumpets were blown as the people rejoiced together before the Lord their God. This is seen greatly in the Tabernacle of David order of worship. (1 Chronicles 13:8; 15:24-29; Psalm 47:4-5; 150:3; 2 Samuel 6:13) We are going to go through hell itself it may seem at times but in the midst we will hear the trumpets of joy and gladness.

For Solemn Assemblies - There were other occasions when the people of Israel were called by the trumpets to the days of Solemn Assemblies; in times of intercession, prayer and fasting (Joel 2:1-17; Psalm 81:3; Zephaniah 3:14-20; 2 Kings 10:20) If we ever needed this type ministry in the church it is today.

For the Beginning of Months - All feast days and all the beginning of the months were announced by the sound of the blowing of trumpets. These trumpet sounds were to keep God's "times and seasons" in the people's mind (Exodus 19:6, 13; Lev. 23:24) So the Spirit of God speaks to the church by the ministries so that God's people may remember the "times and seasons" of the Lord's calendar. Acts 1:7; 1 Thes. 5:1; Acts 3:19,21) Just as the trumpet blows and new year begins, when Jesus comes into a heart and life we have a new life in HIM.

For the Offerings and Sacrifices - As the sacrifices were being offered upon the altar the trumpets were also blown. As the Lord heard the silvery note of redemption ascending over the ascending sacrifices, so He would remember His promise to accept His people through blood atonement. So the Lord accepts the church in her priestly ministrations through Christ. The believer offers spiritual sacrifices of joy and praise acceptable to God. Everything we offer must come from our faith in the cross of Christ. The cross of Christ is the finished work of the Lord and from there all blessings - including the Holy Spirit - flow.

These were the major uses of trumpets in Israel. The Hebrew nation was familiar with the sound of the trumpet. All had to learn the distinctive messages that were being sounded to order to respond properly. The Lord Jesus Christ, with trumpet voice called to the churches to "hear what the Spirit" was saying to them. (Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 27; 3:6, 22; 1:10) Trumpets are also associated with the final judgments of God and also at the second coming of Christ for His own (Rev. 8:1-9; 11:15; 1 Thes. 4:16; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; Matthew 24:31; Zephaniah 1:14-18; Zechariah 9:14) In June 1967, the haunting sound of the shofar again echoed on Jerusalem's Temple Mount after almost 1,900 YEARS! It was sounded by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren after Israeli soldiers restored Jewish sovereignty over East Jerusalem and reunited Israel's eternal capital. That trumpet will once again sound when the King of Kings returns to Jerusalem and restores Israel once again FULLY to her place as the eternal capital of the entire WORLD. Glory to God.

Seventh Month - Seven Trumpets

Passover took place in the first month. Number one is the number of beginning, or commencement. Israel began their first experience with the Lord in the FIRST MONTH. In this Feast the believer comes to the Lord through Jesus, the Passover Lamb.

Pentecost took place in the third month. Number three is the number of complete testimony, the number of Divine witness. Associated with the Pentecostal Feast in the Holy Spirit who is the THIRD PERSON in the eternal Godhead. in this Feast the believer knows the blessedness of the indwelling and infilling of the Holy Spirit.

The feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles take place in the SEVENTH month. Number seven is the number of perfection and fullness. In this Feast the believer is brought to the fullness of the Godhead. Number seven is distinctly the number of the Book of Revelation. The number is used over 600 times in the Bible. Because the Feast of Tabernacles took place in the seventh month several important incidents in scripture will suffice to show its symbolic significance.

SEVEN priests with the Ark of God in the midst marched with seven trumpets around the wall of Jericho for 6 days. ON the SEVENTH DAY they marched around SEVEN TIMES. At the close of the march the trumpets were blown, the people shouted and God caused the walls of Jericho to collapse. the victory was COMPLETE.

Seven priests blowing trumpets were also involved in the bringing up of the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle of David:

1 Chron. 15:24-28 - And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
[25] So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. [26] And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. [27] And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. [28] Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

Seven messengers blow SEVEN TRUMPETS in the book of Revelation, while at the blast of the SEVENTH TRUMP, the Ark of the Covenant is seen in the heavenly sanctuary (Revelation 8-11) ALL HAVE TO DO WITH THE SECOND COMING OF THE MESSIAH. Thus, the Day of blowing the trumpets begin the first day of the seventh month introducing and calling Israel to the SOON COMING DAY OF ATONEMENT (TRIBULATION) then the Feast of Tabernacles (REST, MILLENNIUM)

Thus the summary:

Trumpets- The Rapture of the Church

Atonement - Israel's National Repentance at the end of the Tribulation

Tabernacles - Israel's Restoration as a Nation and Her Rest in the Millennium

Neighbor, these feast days hold tremendous prophetic significance. The purpose of this journal is to not even remotely try to set dates. Those are in the Lord's hand. This journal is sent today to encourage us to make our hearts ready for His return. Lanny Wolfe wrote it so beautifully so long ago -

"I can hear the sound of the trumpet everywhere. In the headlines resounding by the score; and when I hear of another earthquake or just another war; for every child of God its so much more. And when I hear revival sounds sounding here and everywhere then I know it's almost over - I CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR."

As we close this journal I ask you today - are you saved? Are you born again? Are you washed in the soul cleansing blood of the Lord Jesus Christ? He is the one coming with the Trump of God - no one else. When the trump sounds we are celebrating HIS death, HIS burial, HIS resurrection and HIS victory. There are no other ways to victory other than HIM. It's time to repent and get our hearts ready.

I don't know about our nation. As I write this journal, the 2 year anniversary of 9-11 takes place in a few days. America has not repented corporately. If anything we are more divided, more political, more racist, more wicked than we were two years ago. I know God's mercy is deep but there will come a time when His mercy reaches a point He will have no other choice but to move in a way to bring this nation back to Him through whatever means necessary. Those means may not be too pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. So this call today is not to the nation - but to the church. It's to you child of God to make your calling and election sure. It's to you man of God to preach the gospel at all costs in this dark hour. In our next journal, we will talk about the Days of Awe and how the full moon is the darkest phase of the moon. We are living in those type prophetic moments in history - DARK. But as dark as it may get the Glory of the Lord is going to reign down from heaven and we are going to see the harvest of the Lord.

Be ready to go at any second child of God. It's getting late and it's harvest time friend. God Bless. Shalom.

Happy Rosh Hashanah - from the McDonalds and Threemacs Ministries

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