Yom Teruah - The Feast of Trumpets

Wow, I did not realise that I had not posted any updates here since September 2015 just before Rosh Hashanah Celebrations.  A lot had happened since and there is so much to catch up and update here and it will take me some time to do just that. 

To start with, I am still physically around and so the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ has yet to be snatched away - “harpadzo" in Greek and translated as ‘raptured’. Indeed, year in and year out it is my custom to look forward to the Hebrew Festival of “Feast of Trumpets” (Yom Teruah in Hebrew) or Rosh Hashanah (Festival of New Hebrew Year) to witness the physical snatching away of all Believers in Jesus Christ to bring them back to Heaven to be with His children for eternity.

The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 

v16  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 

v17  Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

Because of the word “trumpet” in verse 16, Christians have drawn a strong association between the Feast of Trumpets with the Rapture of the Church. Another reason for the linkage is because all the feasts given by the Lord in the Old Testament have found their fulfilment to the exact date in the Hebrew calendar (well, at least four out of seven had been fulfilled so far).

1. Feast of Passover - Nisan 14 (Pesach) - fulfilled on Good Friday in AD 30
2. Feast of Unleavened Bread - Nisan 14-20 - fulfilled in AD 30
3. Feast of First Fruits - Nisan 17 - fulfilled on Resurrection Sunday (also known as Easter Sunday) in AD 30.
4. Feast of Pentecost - Sivan 6 (Shavuot) - fulfilled on Pentecost Sunday in AD 30.
5. Feast of Trumpets - Tishrei 1-2 (Yom Teruah) - yet to be fulfilled.
6. Day of Atonement - Tishrei 10 (Yom Kippur) - yet to be fulfilled
7. Feast of Tabernacles - Tishrei 14-21 (Sukkot) - yet to be fulfilled.

It is interesting that the Church was born on Pentecost when God poured forth HIs Holy Spirit and thousands believed in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and we believe that the Church Age will end with the Rapture as the Lord Himself will come and take the Believers home together with His Spirit. So this day is going to be an extremely important day for the Church and all who put their trust in our Lord Jesus Christ.