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Yom Teruah

Isn’t Feast of Trumpets in the Fall?

September 16, 2018 By Trumpeter Leave a Comment

Yom Teruah 2018

Looking at the calendar for the Fall Feasts, Yom Teruah, which is Hebrew for Feast of Trumpets, fell on September 9th-11th in 2018.  There’s only one problem… that date is still in Summer, not Fall.  Fall doesn’t begin until September 22nd.  So if Yom Teruah is supposed to coincide with the sighting of the crescent of the first new moon in the Fall then the date would have to be October 8th-9th, not September 9th-11th. Is it possible that the Jews made such a mistake when reinstituting their calendar?

What do we know for sure?  From Exodus 12:2 we know that God told Moses and Aaron that Nissan is the first month when Passover would be recognized.  We also know from Leviticus 23:23 that the Feast of Trumpets would be in Tishrei which is the seventh month.  Simple, right? Not really.

Another possibility of how the calendar could be off is related to the Jewish leap year which adds a 13th month called Adar II or Adar Bet which occurs every 19 years to account for the difference between the Jewish 360-day lunar calendar and the Gregorian 365.25 day Solar calendar. This is the Jewish year 5779 which happens to be just such a leap year. Adar and Adar Bet roughy correspond to March and April. So can you now see how adding a thirteenth month can push dates on the calendar out thirty days?

To reiterate, while many of us believe that the Rapture of the Church will take place on Feast of Trumpets, and while many of the pre-tribulation indicators are flashing red, this is not an attempt to set a date and never has been.  Someday soon there will be a trumpet blast and shout from above calling all true believers to ‘come up here’.  Until then, we will continue watching, warning and waiting for our Blessed Hope. Maranatha!

 

Filed Under: The Rapture Tagged With: 2018, Blessed Hope, come up here, date setting, fall, Feast of Trumpets, harpazo, jewish calendar, Rapture, summer, Yom HaKeseh, Yom Teruah

Sun, Moon and Stars in the Bible

July 2, 2017 By Trumpeter Leave a Comment

Isn't it interesting that God mentions the Sun, the Moon and the Stars in the same order as signs throught the Bible, from beginning to end, from Genesis to Revelation?  God is the Alpha and the Omega, the Aleph and the Tav, the Beginning and the End.  If you're not watching for signs that involve the sun, moon and stars, what are you watching for?

 

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

— Genesis 1:14 (NIV)


 

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;

— Luke 21:25 (NKJV)

 


And there appeared a great sign in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

— Revelation 12:1
 

Psalm 81 associates the blowing of a trumpet or shofar with an appointed time that could only be Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) also known as Yom HaKeseh ( The Hidden Day) since it is the only 'feast day' or 'holy festival' which begins on the first of the month, being dependent on the sighting of the new moon.
 

Blow the shofar in the new moon in the time appointed on our solemn feast day. ( *kece : full moon or appointed time)
— Psalm 81:3

 

Another biblical reference to the moon being used to set the calendar for the 'appointed times'  is found in Psalm 104.

 

He appointed the moon for seasons; ( mow'ed)

— Psalm 104:19

 

* another name for Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah is Yom HaKeseh, “The Day of the Hiding” or “the Hidden Day.” The term keseh or keceh is derived from the Hebrew root kacah, which means to “conceal, cover, or hide.”

Filed Under: End Times Tagged With: appointed times, feasts, festivals, Genesis, hidden, moedim, moon, mow'ed, Revelation, shofar, stars, sun, trumpets, Yom HaKeseh, Yom Teruah

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