Feast of Trumpets - Yom Teruah 2014 begins in the evening of September 24th
and ends in the evening of September 25th (High Sabbath). God commands us
to rejoice and SHOUT ? The Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is the day that God's
people are to come together to worship, fellowship, and make NOISE
(see Leviticus 23:23-25). In fact, that's what the Hebrew word "Teruah" means !
Alas, our simple task is to blow the shofar to awaken others ...
The Shofar will blast 100 times all around the world shortly !
Celebrate the Jewish New Year 5775 with us !
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The Autumn of their FALL !!!
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Prayer request, these missionaries are desperate ...
Subject: ISIS and missionaries ...
Please pray as the message below encourages. This is a dire situation !
Rick White - September 19 at 7:39am
I'm sorry to have post this & I would not post this unless I knew it was from a reliable source - this is from
the Francis Schaffer Foundation, a Christian mission organization with people on the ground in the Middle East -----
A friend just got a text message from her brother asking her to shower him and his parish in prayer. He is part of a
mission and ISIS has taken over the town they are in today. He said ISIS is systematically going house to house to
all the Christians and asking the children to denounce Jesus. He said so far not one child has. And so far all have
consequently been killed. But not the parents. [...]
- please continue here ... https://www.facebook.com/rick.
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BREAKING NEWS FROM ISRAEL
Minute by minute updates here ...
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Thanks - Ted Belman writes from Jerusalem, Israel
Police Ambushed by Muslim Rioters on Temple Mount
Fireworks and rocks wound police as Jews enter holiest site in Judaism mere hours before Rosh Hashana; one Jew arrested.
by Uzi Baruch, Ari Yashar
Dozens of Arab rioters began shooting fireworks at police on the Temple Mount on Wednesday morning, just hours
before the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) began, and as soon as the holiest site in Judaism was opened to Jewish visitors.
The rioters fired at police at the Mughrabi Gate, which is the only point of access for Jewish visitors to the site currently
under the de facto rule of the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust). [...]
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Thanks - Ave Victoria
w vid - ‘Shemitah’ starts at sundown: Are you ready ?
Rabbi Cahn: Next 12 months could bring major 'shaking' of America ...
The ancient principle of the “Shemitah” goes back 3,000 years to the time of Moses, but a rabbi from New Jersey is warning
Americans to pull out their Bibles and take note. The year of the Shemitah, also called the Sabbath year, begins at sundown
Wednesday with the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and continues through Sept. 13, 2015. It could hold
severe consequences for the future of the United States of America, warns Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn.
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New Currency Law - 1st Look
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Devastating new currency law went into effect July 1st, 2014
Rosh HaShanah ’14: To My Readers & Friends; How US Soldiers Celebrated in World War II
by Debbie Schlussel
To my friends and readers: tonight at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, begins
(it ends Friday Night). It is one of the two most important holidays in Judaism, with the other being Yom Kippur,
the Jewish Day of Atonement. The holiday lasts for two days, so […]
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9-24-14 Hummingbird027's Updates on End-Time and Prophetic News (1:12:44)
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“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly
commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’” (Leviticus 23:23–25)
Year 5775 - L'shanah Tovah - Feast of Trumpets - Shemitah at sundown !!!
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Shana Tova! Happy
Jewish New Year 5775!
“Say to the
Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you
are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred
assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.
Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the
Lord.’” (Leviticus
23:23–25)
Jewish man sounding the shofar on Rosh HaShanah at the Western
(Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
Tonight at sunset begins one of the holiest
days of the Jewish year: Rosh HaShanah
(Head of the Year). It is the
beginning of the Jewish year 5775.
Since this day is a Sabbath, no work is allowed, and
all over Israel and around the world, the Jewish People
will be attending services in local synagogues.
This celebration is also known as Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets).
As the holiday begins tonight, selichot prayers for
forgiveness will intensify and tomorrow morning the shofar (ram’s
horn or trumpet) will be
sounded around 100 times. It will continue to be sounded
throughout this holiday season.
Round challahs at Jewish New Year have
become a widespread custom in many
communities, as their shape symbolizes the
yearly cycle. Some add raisins or even sprinkle
these loaves with icing sugar to symbolize the
sweetness of the new year.
First and
Second Day Customs
This holiday is a feast; therefore, it's customary for
families to gather tonight for a holiday meal that begins
with the blessing over a round challah
(egg bread) dipped in honey.
The challah is round to represent completeness, the
continuity of creation and the omnipresence of God, as
well as the yearly cycle.
Right afterward, apple slices are dipped in honey.
This simple tradition conveys the hope that the coming
year will be sweet and free of sorrow.
Tomorrow, a
special ceremony called Tashlich (casting
off) will be performed.
This ritual involves symbolically casting off sin
while reciting Micah 7:18–19 and other verses.
To do this, bits of bread and other food will be tossed
into a body of water, such as a stream, river, lake, pond
or sea, which will carry them away.
“Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the
remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry
forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have
compassion on us; You will tread our sins
underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths
of the sea.” (Micah 7:18–19)
Rabbi performing Tashlich on the Israeli
coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Tomorrow night, as the sun goes down, the
second night of Rosh HaShanah will begin, and
many will observe the tradition of serving a fruit that
has just come into season.
This fruit is often the pomegranate since it comes
into season in Israel around this time.
According to Jewish tradition, the pomegranate has 613
seeds, which is the same number of mitzvot
(commandments) in the Torah.
The following blessing called the Shehecheyanu
(Who Has Given Us Life) is recited before eating
the fruit:
Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the Universe, who has kept us alive, sustained
us, and brought us to this season. Amen.
Shofar, tallit (prayer shawl), and a pomegranate
The Shofar
“On the first day of the
seventh month you are to have a day of rest [Shabbaton],
a sacred assembly [mikreh
kodesh] commemorated with trumpet
blasts [Zichron
Teruah].” (Leviticus 23:24)
In Leviticus 23:24, Rosh HaShanah is called
Shabbaton
Zichron Teruah, which is translated as
a special Sabbath
holiday of remembrance with the blasting of the shofar.
That is why a central
observance of this holy day is the
sounding of the shofar, which heralds God as King
of the Universe. The shofar played a role when
He came to the Israelites in a dense cloud at Mount Sinai.
There in His presence, on the morning of the third
day, three months after they left Egypt, amidst booming
thunder and flashes of lightning, the shofar sounded.
We can only imagine the intensity of the
scene. It was so powerful that "everyone in the camp
trembled.” (Exodus 19:16)
Who blew the shofar from that thick cloud on Mount
Sinai with all the people of Israel gathered below? Was
it an angel of the Lord or did Elohim—God Himself—blow the
shofar?
A Jewish man blows the long shofar, which is fashioned from the horn of a
greater kudu (southeastern African antelope) in the Yemenite Jewish style,
at the Western (Wailing) Wall.
The shofar is an
instrument of great spiritual significance.
The purpose of the sound of the shofar is to wake
God’s people out of their spiritual slumber, to cause them
to see the signs of the times, and to remind them to
examine the spiritual condition of their lives.
This is the message of teshuvah (repentance), which in Hebrew
literally means to return.
Teshuvah, therefore, is turning from our sins and
returning to God.
So, why do we blow the shofar on Yom Zichron Teruah?
Although we know it is a commandment, the reasons are not
specifically stated.
"On the first
day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do
no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets [Yom Teruah]." (Numbers 29:1)
Young boy blowing a shofar made from a ram's horn.
Occasions to
Blow the Shofar
In the biblical times of Israel, the shofar
was blown for several reasons:
- To mark the arrival of a new moon;
- To celebrate a simcha (joyous occasion);
- To proclaim liberty to the captives;
- To hail a king at his coronation;
- To warn of impending judgment;
- To gather troops to battle;
- To sound an alarm;
- To call a sacred assembly and time of fasting;
- To confuse the enemy camp; and
- To draw God’s attention.
Several of these purposes are demonstrated in the
prophecies of Joel:
Sounding the
Shofar as an Alarm
“Blow the trumpet [shofar]
in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for
the day of the Lord comes, for it is close at
hand; a day of darkness and gloominess....
"Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and turn
to the Lord,
your God; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to
anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from
sending calamity." (Joel 2:1–2, 13)
Sounding the
Shofar to Call an Assembly
“Blow the trumpet [shofar] in
Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.”
(Joel 2:15)
Men reading Torah at the Bialystoker Synagogue in New York CIty
The Shofar of
Mercy: the Binding of Isaac
“Abraham said, ‘God will
provide Himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.’”
(Genesis 22:8)
Since the shofar is a ram’s horn, it may be
understood to represent God’s mercy as
demonstrated in the Book of Genesis when God spared the
life of Isaac.
In obedience to God’s command, Abraham had prepared to
offer up his son on the altar as a sacrifice; however,
true to Abraham’s faith, God stayed His hand and
provided a ram caught in the thicket for the
sacrifice (Genesis 22).
Although we blow the ram's horn (shofar) to remind us
of this example of God’s mercy, God has further revealed
His mercy through Yeshua (Jesus).
He did not spare the life of His only son, Yeshua, but
gave it up for us in order that our names may be written
in the Book of Life (Romans 8:32).
With this in mind, it is
entirely fitting that we, along with the entire
household of Israel, greet one another at this season
with the traditional blessing: May your
name be inscribed in the Book of Life!
"Nothing impure will
ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful
or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in
the Lamb's book of life." (Revelation 21:27, see also
Revelation 3:5, Exodus 32:32, Psalm 139:16)
The Torah passage read at Rosh HaShanah, with the pertinent
section, Leviticus 23:23–26, in sharpest focus.
The Shofar in Warfare
“So the people
shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets [shofarot].
It happened, when the people
heard the sound of the trumpet [shofar],
that the people shouted with
a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the
people went up into the city, every man straight before
him, and they took the city.” (Joshua 6:20)
The Bible contains many references to the
shofar being used in battle; for instance, in
the Book of Joshua, we read that Joshua and his Israelite
army took the enemy city of Jericho with the sounding of
the shofarot
(plural of shofar).
In another example found in the Book of Judges, Gideon
and his small band of men blew their shofarot and gained a
victory over the Midianites (Judges 7:19–25).
“When the three hundred
trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the
camp to turn on each other with their swords.” (Judges
7:22)
The Taking of Jericho, by James Tissot
How does this
relate to us, as people of the God of Israel today?
God’s promise in the Book of Numbers to
deliver His people when they blow the shofar in battle
is still applicable:
“When you
go to war in your land against the
adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound
an alarm with the trumpets [shofarot].
Then you will be remembered
before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from
your enemies.” (Numbers 10:9)
Today, the shofar is being re-discovered as a powerful
instrument of spiritual warfare.
For that reason, it is blown not only in Jewish
synagogues during the High Holy Days, but also in
Messianic Jewish Congregations and Christian Churches all
over the world as a declaration of spiritual warfare.
Believers sometimes sound the shofar as a declaration of spiritual warfare.
The Shofar of
Impending Judgment
In chapter eight of the Book of Revelation, judgment
begins with the blast of the shofar—and
the earth is struck with plagues reminiscent of those in
Egypt:
“The first angel sounded his
trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood,
and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the
earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned
up, and all the green grass was burned up.” (Revelation
8:7)
But the blasts of the shofar will also herald the
return of Yeshua (Jesus) and the resurrection of the
dead. Yeshua the
Messiah will return with a shout and the "shofar call
of God."
“For the Lord Himself will come
down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice
of an archangel, and with the shofar call of
God, and the dead in Messiah will rise
first.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16)
In First Corinthians, the resurrection of the dead in
Messiah is also connected with the last shofar blast:
“Behold, I tell you a mystery.
We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet [shofar]. For the trumpet will
sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we
will be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:51–52)
The seventh and final shofar that we read about in
the Book of Revelation will sound when Yeshua
returns. It will hail Him as King Messiah.
The Shofar
Hailing King Messiah
“The seventh
angel sounded, and great voices in heaven
followed, saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become
the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Messiah. He will
reign forever and ever!’” (Revelation 11:15)
The eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelation reveals
that Yeshua will be hailed as King with the
sounding of the seventh and final shofar.
As the time for the
sounding of that seventh shofar draws ever nearer,
we ask that you help us to sound the shofar of
liberty to captive Israel and proclaim King Messiah
Yeshua to the Jewish People.
“Blow the trumpet in
Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all
the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the
Lord comes, for it is close at hand.” (Joel 2:1)
Honey and apple, foods traditionally served at Rosh HaShanah,
symbolize the desire for a sweet new year.
Please help us spread the Good News this Rosh HaShanah
(Yom Teruah) in Israel that Yeshua is the Messiah and He
is returning soon.
You can SOUND THE
TRUMPET IN ZION today on Rosh HaShanah
And
since the Israelites took their tithes to the Temple
in Jerusalem during this season, you can also
follow this Biblical pattern.
"Be sure to set aside
a tenth of all that your fields produce each year."
(Deuteronomy
14:22)
Shana Tova from
the Entire Bibles For Israel Ministry Team! Have
a Good and Sweet New Year.
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