The Feast of Trumpets

When the Stars Fall, Vol. 1 ^ | July 2010 | Michael Bugg

[Buggman]

Yom Teruah, better known as Rosh Hashannah, is upon us. I'd thought about creating a nice, elaborate blog post, but decided instead to take the opportunity to plug my book, When the Stars Fall, Vol. 1, by linking to the .pdf of the sample of Interlude 5: The Feast of Trumpets. Here are a few highlights to whet your appitite:

However, [Rosh Hashannah is] not it’s Biblical name, which is Yom Teruah, the Day of the [Trumpet] Blast:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing [of shofars], a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”51

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing [of shofars] to you.52

In each of these passages, “shofars” is in brackets because it’s not actually in the Hebrew text; however, teruah can and usually does mean to sound the trumpet (though it can mean to shout with a voice as well) and the use of a shofar on this day is considered so axiomatic that there is literally no debate in Jewish tradition on the matter. The shofar may be made from the horn of any kosher animal save that of the bull, in memory of the sin of the golden calf.

Shalom, and L'shannah Tova.

[Buggman]

A pre-Rosh Hashannah offering for my brethren in Yeshua. For my more traditional Jewish friends, my apologies if this offends, but I have to write the truth of Scripture as the Holy One has revealed it to me. Lashannah Tova and Shalom.

[Buggman]

For those who might be interested.

Shalom

[ml/nj]

I have to write the truth of Scripture as the Holy One has revealed it to me.

So correct.

Shana tovah & todah.

ML/NJ

[Carry_Okie]

Thank you for distinguishing Yom Teruah from Rosh Hashannah as the "new year," about which there is nothing Biblical.

The only troublesome part is that our congregation is so tragically inept with the shofar. Enduring the staccato blasts, sputters, squeaks, and hisses is effectively comedic torture. But the book sez "do it," so do it we do.

It is an awakening all righty, one proper in preparation for atonement all on its own.

[Shery]

Thanks, and to you!

[Zionist Conspirator]

Thank you for distinguishing Yom Teruah from Rosh Hashannah as the "new year," about which there is nothing Biblical.

The first day of the seventh month is the "new year of years." It is the anniversary of the Sixth Day of Creation and of Adam and Eve's creation. Years are numbered from the seventh month, as is evident in the instructions concerning the shemitah and yovel years, which are dated from the seventh month, not the first month.

The first month (Nisan) is the new year of the seasons, the new moons, the Biblical feasts, and the reign of Jewish kings. The intercalation is made prior to the first month, which fixes the months and seasons for the year to come. But years (such as the shemitah and yovel mentioned above) are still dated from the seventh month, which is when the year itself changes.

[Carry_Okie]

The first day of the seventh month is the "new year of years."

That is a tradition. It is not in the Tanakh.

It is the anniversary of the Sixth Day of Creation and of Adam and Eve's creation.

That is a tradition. It is not in the Tanakh.

Years are numbered from the seventh month, as is evident in the instructions concerning the shemitah and yovel years, which are dated from the seventh month, not the first month.

You are correct that the Talmud Yerushalayim Tractate Sheviis records the Mishnaic ruling that the Shemitta year (and therefore Yoveil) begin on Rosh Hashannah. However, that ruling falls afoul of Devarim 31:10-11 which goes completely unmentioned through several chapters of discussion on the topic:

Dev. 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 when all Israel is come to appear before HaShem thy G-d in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.'

You cannot have the end of the agricultural year right after beginning it. That the ruling does not even discuss this apparent conflict with the Torah is a red flag; there had to be a reason for it that goes undiscussed through the entire volume. Nor is this an isolated omission, as the founding verses for the Sabbath for the Land: Ex. 23:10-11 go unmentioned as well. Interestingly, the interpretation there is again in conflict with both the literal reading of the Torah AND the Septuagint!!! Hence, the rabbis of the Second Temple Period knew that the ruling was in conflict with Torah but were not at liberty to say why. I think I know the reason.

Although there are exculpatory reasons for it, the ruling to which you refer (on page 1b if I recall correctly) is clearly in conflict with Torah. As I said, there had to be an exculpatory reason. Care to know why they did it?

A limited release of my book on Shemitta is available here. It is undergoing a major revision that will be placed online for free. Here is a review.

[Quix]

THANKS THANKS.

Much appreciated.

For some reason the MS substitute for pdf has not been fun for me. LOL.

[Quix]

Evidently a number of folks have been healed and delivered at the blasts of the Shofar . . . so . . . I don’t get too bothered by the sound or the inept who’ve never quite gotten the hang of a trumpet mouthpiece.

[Carry_Okie]

Evidently a number of folks have been healed and delivered at the blasts of the Shofar . . . so . . . I don’t get too bothered by the sound or the inept who’ve never quite gotten the hang of a trumpet mouthpiece.

A Shofar is no trumpet. The reason it is so difficult to blow is that usually the mouthpiece is very small. I'd really like one made from a big-horn.

[Uri’el-2012]

YHvH's blessings on you and yours for sharing the chapter of the your book.

An additional blessing on all who read it on this Holy eve.

L'shannah Tova.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[Buggman]

I don't see any reason to bash tradition. Yeshua Himself kept most of the Pharisaic (read: Orthodox) traditions--otherwise, they would not have kept inviting Him over for dinner--and actually commended them even as He condemned the rampant hypocrisy of the time (Mat. 23:2-3). He was simply against judging others of different traditions--e.g., the Judean Pharisees judging His largely Galilean disciples--and against traditions that openly annulled the Torah. On the other hand, some traditions--ritual immersion in water, wine at Passover, etc.--He elevated to the level of Scripture for us.

Ergo, we shouldn't judge someone for traditions that don't annul the Torah.

It's quite probabole that Rosh Hashannah was the original "New Year"--most Ancient Near Eastern cultures had their new year at about that time. Thus, when the Holy One established Nisan, the month of Passover, as the beginning of the religious calendar ("This shall be the beginning of months for you"), He was changing it from what had been established up to that point.

You cannot have the end of the agricultural year right after beginning it.

Exactly! Neither can you have it in the middle of the year! The argument from the Sh'mitta year actually supports the idea of a Tishri New Year, since it says "at the end," not, "in the middle." Based on that, the rabbis understood "at the end of the year" to refer to Yom Teruah, but that the Sh'mitta would be formally announced at Sukkot, since the latter was a pilgrimage Feast and all Israel would be gathered together, while at Rosh Hashannah most people would still be in their own villages. Furthermore, since a person was supposed to receive gifts from their master when they were released, this would mean that not only could they come to Sukkot as free men, they could come with their own sacrifices and provisions for the Feast.

In other words, they interpreted the passage very precisely and in such a way as to show maximum mercy to the poor. Yeshua would approve, I think.

The rabbinic belief that the world began on Rosh Hashannah does come from Scripture, albeit at the midrash or even sod level of interpretation: In Hebrew, "In the beginning" anagrams to "First in Tishri." Even many Christian scholars, such as Bishop Unger, have accepted (at least tentatively) the rabbis' view on this matter, so there's no real point in arguing it.

Shalom

[Yosemitest]

FEAST OF TRUMPETS
AND
DAY OF ATONEMENT


ND THE Lord spake...saying,
In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial [not a shadow] of blowing of trumpets, an HOLY CONVOCATION. Ye shall do no servile work therein...”
(Lev. 23:23-25).


Here is pictured to us that next blessed event in God’s redemptive plan, when Christ shall COME again, in clouds, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God (I Thes. 4:14-17). It shall be “at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall [all] be changed” (I Cor. 15:52).


Unless Christ returns to resurrect the dead, we would never gain eternal life—if there is no resurrection “then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished” (I Cor. 15:18).

Christ directly intervenes in world affairs at the seventh or the last trump (Rev. 11:15-19). A trumpet is a symbol of war. He comes in a time of worldwide war—when the nations are angry! As soon as the work of gathering in the firstfruits (pictured by Pentecost) is completed at the end of this present age, then Christ will begin to set up again the tabernacle of David (Acts 15:16)—to set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people (Isa. 11:11)—to search out and to find His lost sheep that the ministers of the churches have failed to search out and save during this period (Ezek. 34:1-14).

Notice exactly when this takes place!
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they [Israel] shall come which were ready to perish...and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem” (Isa. 27:13).

When will Israel be regathered? At the sound of the trump—at the Second Coming of Christ. Because the churches have forgotten the Festival of Trumpets, many think that the return of a part of the Jews to the Holy Land and the setting up of a nation called Israel now is the fulfillment of this prophecy!

Christ’s direct intervention in world affairs will be the next event in the plan of redemption.

And perhaps the glorious Second Coming shall occur, in whatever year it may be, on this very day of the Feast of Trumpets—who knows?
While we cannot say for certain, yet cannot we see this possibility?
The crucifixion was upon the Passover day—the very day!
The Holy Spirit came, beginning the selecting of the firstfruits of salvation, on the very day of Pentecost.
Had not those 120 disciples been observing this annual Sabbath—had they not been assembled there in holy convocation—could they have received that blessing of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit?
Repeatedly Jesus warned us to watch, regarding His Second Coming!
Could it be possible that, unless we are observing the Feast of Trumpets, as the first-century Church of God was observing Pentecost, that we shall not be ready, or caught up to meet Him?
We do not—we cannot, of course say; but we do ask the question.
Is it not possible?
Let us humbly and willingly yield to walk obediently in all the light.

The Festival of Trumpets is a day of rejoicing—and, as the weekly Sabbath, holy unto the Lord (Neh. 8:2, 9-12).

source

[Quix]

True.

However, one can usually insert a normal trumpet mouthpiece in the small end of the shofar.

[STD]

I can't believe the timing of the prophetic coincediences that have pitted islam against the true Abrahamic faiths. This year ramadan and FOT's share similar dates. As two day celebrations they over lap one another on September 11th.

Now, what earthshaking event happened exactly 9 years ago? It outlines 14 years, the last seven years contain the culmination of all things including the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Now, read Geneisis 45 and the same story was documented by Moses. Joseph (another name for Jesus) redeems his family (Israel), so eventually Jesus' our Messiah can ultimately redeem all mankind. There are soo many prefigures of the 'last days' it's impossible to dismiss Genesis 45 an accident. It should be considered history written in advance.

In the ninth year, after becoming Egyptian Overseer, Josepth insists that his entire family Israel, move to live long term in an Goshen, Egypt Oasis( an earthy paradise that prefigures our heavenly home), because 'there are yet five years (of Tribulation) remaining before the famine in Israel is lifted. Joseph repeatedly makes this point 'there are yet five years of famine remaining'

IMHO, we are at the end of year two of the seven years of the tribulation, 'yet five years of famine remain' This 9/11/2010 marks the end of the ninth year of Joseph's vision & dream, it's also prefigures our redemption when we are removed into Heaven. The original 14 years were spoken of in Genesis 45. Do you follow me?

Inside these last five years, the Great Tribulation remains. The rescue of Israel prefigures the removal of the church to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. That's what I think could happen this month. Rapture, or whatever it's called should happen this month.

[Joya]

Thanks for the ping, buggman.

[Buggman]

Interesting, though I don't think we're in the 70th Week just yet. When exactly do you think it started, and what was the covenant?

My own prophetic take on the story of Joseph and his brothers can be found here and here. Let me know what you think.

Shalom.

[Carry_Okie]

I don't see any reason to bash tradition.

Show "bash" without a subjective definition. You see, by calling it that, it is you who are doing the bashing.

Ergo, we shouldn't judge someone for traditions that don't annul the Torah.

Good. I didn't. I was simply concise.

It's quite probabole that Rosh Hashannah was the original "New Year"--most Ancient Near Eastern cultures had their new year at about that time.

Most Near Eastern cultures sacrificed their children and drank blood, so I would regard that rationale as unlikely, simply because of all the prohibitions in the Tanakh, 'do not do as the pagans.'

Exactly! Neither can you have it in the middle of the year!

An agricultural season can have it's own "year" with no conflict. It is probable by Deuteronomy 31:10-11 that Shemitta was to begin after Sukkot. I understand the problem with the rains in Israel, particularly in years where Sukkot is late in the solar year.

The argument from the Sh'mitta year actually supports the idea of a Tishri New Year, since it says "at the end," not, "in the middle." Based on that, the rabbis understood "at the end of the year" to refer to Yom Teruah, but that the Sh'mitta would be formally announced at Sukkot, since the latter was a pilgrimage Feast and all Israel would be gathered together, while at Rosh Hashannah most people would still be in their own villages. Furthermore, since a person was supposed to receive gifts from their master when they were released, this would mean that not only could they come to Sukkot as free men, they could come with their own sacrifices and provisions for the Feast.

Pure speculation, which is fine, as long as it is not in conflict with Scripture, which it plainly does (plain meaning comes first in PARDES).

In other words, they interpreted the passage very precisely and in such a way as to show maximum mercy to the poor. Yeshua would approve, I think.

Actually, from what I can discern this particular ruling favored the wealthy. Remember, my principal expertise is in the field of understanding regulatory impact on resource industry economics.

The rabbinic belief that the world began on Rosh Hashannah does come from Scripture, albeit at the midrash or even sod level of interpretation: In Hebrew,

I disagree. What you offer is a construction of Scripture. I prefer to study Scripture root-by-root in a lexicon. You would be amazed at what you might learn. For just a taste I'll tell you that the common understanding of Gen. 4 is completely whacked.

Even many Christian scholars, such as Bishop Unger, have accepted (at least tentatively) the rabbis' view on this matter, so there's no real point in arguing it.

I agree. So stop.

[Carry_Okie]

However, one can usually insert a normal trumpet mouthpiece in the small end of the shofar.

Cool idea, thanks!

[Quix]

Sure.

A music store usually carries them. I used to prefer Bach brand.