Be Mindful and Expectant as Rosh Hashanah Approaches

I’ve recently had about 4 things pop in front of my face pointing to the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah that is coming up soon.

As many of you know God appointed 7 Feasts for the Jews to recognize all pointing to Jesus.  When Jesus came the first time he fulfilled the 4 spring feasts to the day.  So when he comes the next time he will fulfill the 3 fall feasts to the letter.

When Jesus said “no man knows the day or the hour”, his Jewish listeners would have recognized that phrase as being from Rosh Hashanah/New Year.  The priest would take a trumpet and blow it when he saw the first sliver of the new moon signaling the start of Jewish New Year.  But he would never know the day or the hour he would blow the trumpet, but everyone knew the season!

Paul clearly told us that we are children of the light so that this day would not surprise us like a thief.  I, for one, would not be surprised if Jesus came for his bride any day now.  And just maybe we should be even more expectant every year around the Feast of Trumpets.  Yes, some say Jesus will fulfill that Feast at the 2nd Advent, but others say the rapture.  Think about it!  We are all supposed to live as if Jesus could come any day and to BE READY.  But do we really believe that?  What if we understood that we had only 8-10 days left before Jesus comes for us?  Are we really ready?

Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year. It begins at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1 (Sept. 15, 2023) and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2 (Sept. 17, 2023).

 5) Trumpets (Leviticus 23:24) – The first of the fall feasts. Many believe this day points to the Rapture of the Church when the Messiah Jesus will appear in the heavens as He comes for His bride, the Church. The Rapture is always associated in Scripture with the blowing of a loud trumpet (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:52).