[Buggman]

I wrote this up from my personal notes on the High Holy Days, and thought it would be good to share and get some feedback here. I'm planning on doing articles on Yom Kippur and Sukkot (Tabernacles) as well.

[fso301]

How asociated are you with the splinter groups from Herbert W. Armstrong?

[massgopguy]

Show up for a Shul in your pajamas with a pillow, like you've always wanted to.

[Buggman]

A little something i wrote up in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah. I look forward to your feedback.

[DEEP_e]

Good stuff

[Hegemony Cricket]

ping

[mgist]

Thanks!

[grobdriver]

Grammar police!:
comprised of the Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles

Either "comprised the Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles"
or
"composed of the Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles".

[attiladhun2]

Also, Yeshua was probably born on about September 25, 2006, that date can be determined by Zacharias' course of Abia (mid-June) and the birth of John the Baptist, which took place about the 25th of that month. The Baptist was born about March 25, 6 mos. later the Messiah was born. He was conceived about December 25, so in our house we celebrate Christmas as Conception Day, rather than the day of His birth.

[inpajamas]

Ping

[Uri’el-2012]

Finally, this day is known as Yom HaKeseh, the Hidden Day. It was a day that could not be calculated, only looked for. Ancient Israel kept its calendar simply by observing the phases of the moon. If a day were overcast, it might cause a delay in the observance of the beginning of the month, the new moon (Rosh Chodesh), the first tiny crescent of light. Every other Feast was at least a few days after the beginning of the month so that it could be calculated and prepared for in advance. For example, after the new moon that marked the beginning of the month of Nisan, the observant Jew knew that he had fourteen days to prepare for the Passover.

Not so Yom HaKeseh. In the absence of reliable astronomical charts and calculations (which were made only centuries after God commanded the Feasts to be observed), the Feast of Trumpets could be anticipated, estimated to be arriving soon, but until two or more witnesses reported the first breaking of the moon’s light after the darkest time of the month, no one knew “the day or hour.” Therefore, it was a tradition not to sleep on Rosh Hashanah, but to remain awake and alert, a tradition alluded to by Sha’ul: “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober” (1 Th. 5:4-6).

Matthew 25:13 "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

b'shem Yah'shua

[topcat54]

Just as the spring Feastdays celebrate the First Coming of Messiah Yeshua, ... the Fall Feastdays look forward to His Second Coming—and in particular, the Feast of Trumpets looks forward to His Glorious Appearance in the clouds of heaven!

Just one small question, without being arbitrary, how does the Day of Atonement fit with this fall feasts and the Second Coming theory?

You seem to call out Trumpets while ignoring Yom Kippur.

The imagery and typology of Yom Kippur certainly seems to be tied to Christ's first coming when He actually accomplished the work of atoning for the sins of His people.

"For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. ... then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. " (Lev. 16:30,33)

"And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." (Matt. 1:21)

Christ has made sacrifice for His "holy Sanctuary" and "the people of the assemply" (the church). Nothing at the second coming will contribute to that atonement accomplished and applied.

"And for this cause He is the mediatory of a new covenant, in order that, death having taken place for the propitiation of the transgressions under the first covenant, they which have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance." (Heb. 9:15)

[William Terrell]

The English word is "Jesus".

[Quix]

Among the rabbis, the shofar is often associated with the Coming of the Messiah and the Resurrection of the Dead as well.
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In quite a number of Charismatic/Pentecostal services where folks have taken to blowing a Shofar in worship . . .

There have begun to be increasing reports and observations of rather clear healings and no small amount of deliverances.

[Quix]

However, there will also be a third group, who neither had believed in the Messiah until they saw Him Coming on the clouds but who also had not taken the mark of the Beast. Many of these will be Jews, who will mourn at His coming and so have a fount of forgiveness opened to them (Rev. 1:7, Zec. 12:10-13:2)—most prominently, the 144,000 of Rev. 7 and 14. Others will be Gentiles who will be shown mercy because they showed mercy to the children of God (Mat. 25:31ff). These are given the opportunity to repent during the period between the fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonment, called the Days of Awe—a reference, I believe, to the Day of the Lord.
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Works for me.

We shall see.

[freedomson]

Bookmarked for later study, thanks for posting, rabbi.

[Jeremiah Jr]

"La shanah tova tikatevu," to you and yours!

M

[thomaswest]

It seems that of the 144,000, there are already 21,311 reserved for "The Righteous Among Nations". These are gentiles that are given this recognition by the highest Jewish authorities in Israel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations

It is interesting that in this table only 2 are listed as from the United States. It was in the news that just last month a third was added, Martha and Rev. Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian couple from Wellesley, MA. In fact, all the USA recipients were Unitarians.

It is strange that no American Catholics or Protestants have received this honor.

[Diego1618]

Thank you for your in depth article. It was enjoyable to read.....and I learned much. Also enjoyed the later link to "Yeshua" at Wikipedia.

[jude24]

My friend, I have one question:

Among the rabbis, the shofar is often associated with the Coming of the Messiah and the Resurrection of the Dead as well.

Quite frankly, what do we as Christians have to learn from Christ-rejecting rabbis? Their entire religion is rooted in the Talmud, a re-apprasial of the Old Testament done in the wake of Christianity.

[.30Carbine]

I love our Messiah Yeshua and you and what you have written here. I love that He imparts the strength of resurrection life/power to us to know and to declare and to defend in His Name. I delight in His Promises, all the festivals that are revelations of Him and fulfilled in Him who is the Head - even the Head of the New Year, so sweet to taste, as sweet as honey to my lips! I love that we experience the same sufferings as the Crucified Chosen One, and also the joy. He is Master, Teacher, Father: We are known! I love that He is coming on the clouds, even as He ascended in them, and that He is My Jewish Messiah, my Kinsman-Redeemer (I His Ruth!), my King and The King of Israel. They will see Him! And they will mourn and rejoice even as we have done. How I love His People and His Way! How I long to hear the blast and dance in the Father's House! How I pray Shalom! for Jerusalem with love beyond my means!

I've asked my Lord if I may speak Hebrew when I come into His House (; and to sing His Name so, all miraculous, all miraculous, all miraculous!

O tidings of the sweetness of the New Year rejoice your heart as you have kindled new rejoicing in mine in these reminders and declarations, in Truth, God's Son - O! what healing in the shelter of His Wings!