The Seven Jewish Feasts Commanded by G-d (5)

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[The pictures shown are ones I took on the 2011 Tour to Israel.  The first two are of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, and the third photo is of a sign we saw on our walk from the tour bus up to the church.  I just thought folks would find it interesting.]  

Since the first 4 feasts have already been very specifically fulfilled by Yeshua (Jesus) it is not a stretch to believe that He will fulfill the remaining feasts as well - - and this particular feast is the next one to be fulfilled.  

I was alerted to the reality of Jesus' fulfilling every one of the feasts during our 2011 tour to Israel.  While we were standing outside The Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, our Jewish guide told us that if Jesus is the Messiah he will return at the Feast of Trumpets.   I don't recall his exact words.  I could not wrap my head around what he was saying.  I was preoccupied with taking pictures and my brain was already on overload, when I heard him state the correlation.  I affirmed that was indeed what he stated after returning home - - then got online not long after that and did the bulk of the research I have done on the topic. 

My online research states that Feast #5 will be fulfilled with the rapture of the saints.  Feast #5 is:  The Feast of Trumpets/ Rosh Hashanah                          

(Leviticus 23:23-25, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, Exodus 12:2, Numbers 29:1)

Tishri 1 comes in September or October annually, depending on the lunar calendar, and the correlation that was made is that when Jesus returns it will be with a shout and the blowing of a trumpet (which I suspect will actually be a shofar, in keeping with what was practiced.) 

Tishri 1 is the beginning of the Jewish civil year – but the 7^th month of the Hebrew religious calendar.  Tishri 1 is proclaimed as God’s New Year – the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve.  Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of 10 high holy days, which are set aside as The Ten Days of Repentance – days specifically focused on repentance, which concludes with Yom, Kippur, The Day of Atonement.

Rosh Hashanah begins with the blowing of a trumpet made from a ram’s horn  (shofar), intended to awaken the listener from slumber and alert them to the coming judgment.*

Autumn or  ‘latter rains’ begin; time of planting seeds.  Deuteronomy 11:14; Joel 2:23

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of 1 and 2 Tishri. Here are the coinciding secular dates for 2012 and following:

2012:   September 16 (at sundown) - 18

2013:   September 4 (at sundown) - 6

2014:   September 24 (at sundown) - 26

2015:   September 13 (at sundown) – 15

We might want to pay attention to these!  Jesus’ track record for fulfilling feasts on the exact date is worth noting!  

The trumpet shall sound.  The dead shall be raised!  In the twinkling of an eye!

As the Jewish faithful proclaim in anticipation:  Next year in Jerusalem!

It is true that we do not know the day or the hour  –  but even Jesus told us we would know the season, and just as Daniel realized in reading through the prophecy that foretold when the Babylonian Captivity would end, so we can read what was predicted over 2,000 years ago, and see that the season  is upon us.    

All of the major prophecies that had to be fulfilled have been - and are being daily with the vast increase in knowledge and the disasters in diverse places.  All signs point to Jesus' soon return.

One primary disclaimer I will make is that there are many points of view on precisely when Jesus will return for His church in relation to when He will come in His 'Second Coming' to rule and reign for the 1,000-year Millennium.  Whatever God does, I know He is the one in charge, and it will all come to pass in His time and for His glory!  

My goal is not to figure out an exact date – but to pay attention to God’s order and His declaration that ‘we will know the season.’  I think we are there….