5/2/10 – Sermon Series: The Jewish Feasts – “The Feast of Trumpets”

Every fall of the year, the Jewish community observes a holiday called “Rosh Hashanah”, meaning the beginning of the year. In the old testament, this day was known as Yom Teruah or Day of Trumpets. On this day the priest was to blow a trumpet which was made from a ram’s horn. This is known as a Shofar. When this trumpet sound was heard by the people, they were to stop whatever they were doing and begin a 10-day period of time to prepare themselves for an upcoming event known as Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. It was the blast of the Shofar or trumpet that began the prelude to the most holy day to come. It was a warning sign, or call, to the Israelites to prepare themselves to live in a state of readiness for God’s coming judgement.

There is little doubt that Jesus’ second coming announced by a loud trumpet call will be connected and correspond with this old testament Feast of Trumpets. As we await the return of Christ, we too must be evaluating and searching our lives and attitudes to see if we are ready for the judgement of God that is to come. This is the only way we’ll be prepared for the trumpet call and return of Jesus. May we encourage one another and build one another up in our faith as we await that glorious day.

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