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.

Rosh Hashanah Is Coming Around The Corner

Within the next 13 days or less, the Hebrew Festival of Trumpets or Rosh Hashanah will come around. This will be on Tishrei 1 & 2 (Hebrew calendar) or between sundown 6:00 PM Sunday September 13 to 6:00 PM Tuesday September 15, 2015 (all Jerusalem time).

Now what is going to happen? one might ask.  Please scroll down to what I posted last year on September 07, 2014 and read what I believed in.  Unfortunately what I expected in 2014 did not materialise but I believe there is a stronger reason for it to take place over Rosh Hashanah 2015. So, if you are reading this post after September 15 and you find none of the Christians physically around on planet Earth, then know for a sure fact that all the Christians (including children below the age of accountability) had been taken up physically back to Heaven to be with the Lord Jesus Christ and so 'escape' the terrible years ahead - years that the Bible labels as tribulation years that will stretch over seven years (of 360 days duration for each year).

During these seven years of tribulation, it will become almost impossible to live on this planet. There will be wars, killings, famine, sicknesses and diseases never seen or heard of before and other terrible catastrophes. There might even be a couple of nuclear bombs going off and the radiation will be so intense that whatever happened after Nagasaki and Hiroshima combined will look like child's play.

So, while there is still time, I would strongly urge you (the reader) to put your faith in Jesus Christ as you own personal Lord and Saviour.  The Bible says that he/she would put their faith in the Lord will be saved - from eternal condemnation, from eternal judgement and even deliverance from this looming tribulation situation.

There is a prayer for salvation at the end of this blog-site. Say the prayer from your heart and you will become a child of Jesus Christ and you will be delivered from judgement. Don't wait but do it immediately because the sand-clock of time had already started and will be running out very soon.

Another Sign Of Messiah To The Jews

The rabbinical community is getting very excited recently as sign upon sign they had been waiting for are slowly appearing right before their eyes and they are now convinced that the Messiah they had been waiting for for millenniums are coming very shortly.

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-passover-sign-from-god/

Of course, we as Christians know that the Messiah had indeed already come in the form of Jesus Christ of Nazareth two thousand years ago and that He had died for our sins so that those who received Him into their hearts will be saved.

In fact we have a good picture of what is to happen in the life of Joseph, the son of Jacob (Israel as God had changed his name after the wrestle at Bethel).  Joseph was rejected by his ten brothers and sold into Egypt where, with the help of God, he rose to become the prime minister of Egypt and saved the nation from famine and starvation.

During the second year of the famine, his ten brothers came to Egypt to buy food for their families back home in Canaan but there could not recognise him because who would believe that the person whom they had sold off as a slave in Egypt would have survived the hardship leave alone be the second most powerful man in the nation.  And so Joseph, after giving (he told his servants to plant their money bags back into the sacks of grain) them the grain and keeping one of the ten brothers, Simeon (which is Hebrew for 'hearing'), sent them home to their families.

Now many months later when the grains ran out they contemplated returning to Egypt to purchase more grains, they returned with their youngest half-brother Benjamin so that they could redeem Simeon from the dungeons of Egypt. And it was during this second meeting that Joseph decided to reveal himself to his brothers and be reconciled with them.

When Jesus came two thousand years ago, the Jews rejected Him and so the blessings went to the Church instead and now He will be returning for His own people, the Jews.  The scales of the Jews are slowing but surely falling off. Many in Israel are now hearing the good news of salvation with their own ears and are responding.  At the second visit, Joseph's brothers were able to redeem Simeon (which means 'hearing' in Hebrew) and the family became complete. Likewise, Israel is hearing the news of their Messiah and seeing events taking shape right before their eyes.

It will not be long before His feet physically touch the ground in Jerusalem and His beloved family (the Hebrews) will be able to see Him clearly. But before that happens, the Church will be taken away to be with Him in Heaven for the Wedding Feast of the Lamb of God.

Come, Lord, Maranatha!