Today is the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets.
All of the days God appointed for feasts are on the full moon - except this one. This feast falls on the New Moon. It has to be scheduled over the course of two days because "No one knows the day or the hour" when the first appearance of the moon will happen.
Witnesses are sent to various places. They are to observe the sky very closely to watch for the "horns of the moon" to appear. As soon as they see it, they were to run to the Temple and let the priests know. When two of the witnesses arrive, the priests blow the trumpet and the feast begins.
So sometime today or tomorrow, witnesses will see the horns of the moon and blow the trumpet.
The feasts of Israel were never called holidays. God said, "These are My moedim - appointments, appointed times."
When Jesus came in the flesh, He fulfilled the spring feasts, not just to the day, He fulfilled them to the very hour.
The people were to bring a lamb into their home and inspect it for perfection for four days before Passover. Jesus came into Jerusalem through the sheep gate at the same time as the Passover lambs. He spent four days in the Temple preaching and being questioned by the priests for four days before His arrest.
He was crucified and died at the hour when the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in preparation of the Passover meal.
Jesus rose on First Fruits as the first fruit from the dead.
Fifty days later, on Pentecost, Shavuot, the Holy Spirit arrived in the upper room and the Age of Grace, or the Church Age, began.
After Pentecost, there are no holidays in the summer. That is the time for harvest. In John 4:35, Jesus says, "Do you not have a saying, ‘Four months more, and then comes the harvest’? “I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields; already they are white for the harvest."
After the harvest come the fall feasts, Rosh Hashanah being the first of them. According to a Christian Jewish teacher, this is Jesus' second coming, when He touches His foot to the earth.
The next holiday is a fast, Yom Kippur. This is the time of serious reflection and repentance.
Zechariah 12:10 says it like this: And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn.
If you aren't sure that this refers to Jesus, ask yourself, "When did they pierce God?"
Lastly comes the Feast of Tabernacles. I believe this points to the Millenium when Jesus physically rules the world from His throne in Jerusalem.
This leaves the rapture of the believers for any time at all. Today, tomorrow, next week...whenever.
At the very least, these are things to think about very carefully.
If Jesus came for His own today, would you be ready? Would you go with Him? Are you sure?
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved." It's very simple. It's a free gift and everything depends on your answer.
Thanks for visiting with me - and I hope to see you at the grand party in heaven.
Kathi
