Rosh Hashana (ראש - השנה) - Feast of Trumpets- Audio Podcast Sept 16, 2023

Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism or other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good.

– American Humanist Association

Orthodoxy attempted to preserve OT.

Martin Luther (1483–1546) accepted the unity of the Bible.

But humanism continued, and continues to be prevalent in most of Christianity

In the seventeenth century rationalists such as Hobbes (1588–1679) and Spinoza (1632–1677) sought a more humanistic approach to the Bible.

We spoke of the Fatherless, Widow and stranger as part of the Law of God, rather than pure humanism

Gentiles must remember the widow is Israel

It is the Kingdom where the last will be first and the first last

Inverted Organigram

The sinful cannot be added to the righteous

Conclusion:

The man who follows the dictates of his heart finds peace (perhaps his own peace), thinking he will be swept along with the righteous (watered as the righteous).

He is wrong.

Choosing Life or Death

Introduction

Genesis 21:1-34

Genesis 22:1-24

Road Map

We will define Rosh Hashanah and speak about the different names

We will speak about the Biblical significance as we celebrate

What is Rosh HaShanah?

ראש - השנה

Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the universe, the day God created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year.

It is the day on which human beings are called to account for their behavior in the previous year. God weighs their rights and wrongs and, in a dramatic image fleshed out in the haunting Unetaneh Tokef prayer, inscribes deserving people in the Sefer Chaim, the Book of Life, for the coming year.

For this reason, Rosh Hashanah is also known as Yom Hadin ( יוֹם הַדִּין‎ ), “the Day of Judgment.”

It is also called Yom Hazikaron ( יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן‎ ), the “Day of Remembrance” because Jews pray that God will remember them in the coming year (not to be confused with the modern Israeli Memorial Day which goes by the same name).

In the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Teruah, ( יוֹם תְּרוּעָה ) the “day of blasting” because it is the day when Jews blow the shofar, a ram’s horn that has been rendered into a trumpet.

Blowing of Trumpets

Leviticus 23:23–25 NKJV

23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ”

Leviticus 23:24 NKJV

24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Bible verse broken down

7th = [ha shevii] שְׁבִיעִי - ה

Month = חֹדֶשׁ‎ [ḥō·ḏěšh]

First (day) = אֶחָד‎ [ʾě·ḥāḏ]

Sabbath Rest: שַׁבָּתוֹן‎ [šǎb·bā·ṯôn]

8702 שַׁבָּתוֹן‎ (šǎb·bā·ṯôn): rest period, sabbath observance, i.e., a period of time for resting, as a consecrated observing of rest

Memorial/ Commemoration = זִכָּרוֹן‎ [zik·kā·rôn]

Blowing = תְּרוּעָה‎ [terû·ʿā(h)]:

≡ Str 8643; 1. blast, i.e., the sound of an ancient trumpet as a signal (Lev 23:24; 25:9; Nu 10:5, 6; 29:1; 31:6; 2Ch 13:12; Job 39:25+); 2. cry of the voice, loud sounds

Holy = קֹדֶשׁ‎ (qō·ḏěš)

Convocation = מִקְרָא‎ (miq·rā(ʾ))

Day = יוֹם‎ [yôm]

day, time, year

Blowing = תְּרוּעָה‎ [terû·ʿā(h)]:

≡ Str 8643; 1. blast, i.e., the sound of an ancient trumpet as a signal 2. cry of the voice, loud sounds,

Yom Teru’ah/ Day of Trumpets

Rosh Hashana/ The head trumpet

Head = רֹאשׁ = [rosh]

1 (rōʾš 1), n. head; hair; person, individual; height, peak, upper end; beginning; topmost, outermost, best; leader, chief; value, total amount, sum. Greek equiv. fr. LXX: κεφαλή (238), ἄρχων (90). LTW רֹאשׁ (Civil Leaders), רֹאשׁ (Authority), רֹאשׁ (Body).

חֲצֹצְרָה (ḥăṣōṣĕrâ)

trumpet — an instrument made of either metal or an animal horn that produced a loud noise when played.

≡ Str 2689; —1. trumpet, i.e., a clarion-like wind musical instrument made of metal; a long, slender tube with a flaring bell on the far end, making a loud sound (2Ki 11:14b); 2. trumpeter, i.e., one who blows a trumpet (2Ki 11:14a)

ראש - השנה (Rosh Hashanah)

Psalm 98:6 NKJV

6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.

Leviticus 23:24 NKJV

24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Rosh Hashanah is also understood to be the joyous anniversary of the day on which God created the world, and is therefore also called

Hayom Harat Olam (ַַהיום - הרת - עולם) “the day the world was conceived.”

A better translation of hayom harat olam would be today the world is conceived.

Today is the gestation of the world.

Today we are invited to conceive of what could be, not necessarily tomorrow, but perhaps at the end of these 10 days of repentance, or perhaps what will be 3 months from now, 6 months, 9 months.

What the world could be after struggles and striving.

We are invited to see the world not as an “as is”—born, already in existence, an event.

But rather the world as “in becoming”—what could be, a process.

Ten days from Rosh HaShanah, we will celebrate Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement - also referred to as Yom Hakippurim - day of atonements.

Traditionally, Jews have the ten days between Rosh Hashanah, the day on which God judges the world, and Yom Kippur, the day on which those judgments are sealed, to do teshuva, repentance, and atone for their wrong-doings.

These ten days are collectively known as the Yamim Nora’im, “Days of Awe.” Yom Kippur is an especially solemn day, considered even a rehearsal for one’s own death.

It is also a day that is extra sacred, even more so than the holy Sabbath.

For this reason, it is called Shabbat Shabbaton, “Sabbath of Sabbaths.”

Judaism has several different "new years," a concept which may seem strange at first, but think of it this way: The Secular "new year" starts in January, but the new "school year" starts in September, and many businesses have "fiscal years" that start at various times of the year: January or July.

For Israel, Nissan 1 is the new year for the purpose of counting the reign of kings and months on the calendar, Elul 1 (in August) is the new year for the tithing of animals, Shevat 15 (in February) is the new year for trees (determining when first fruits can be eaten, etc.), and Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashanah) is the new year for years (when we increase the year number. Sabbatical and Jubilee years begin at this time).

It is common to eat round challah to symbolize a crown that reflects our coronating God as the King of the world. It is customary to greet other by saying L'shanah tovah meaning "for a good year".

This is a shorter version of "L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem" (or when addressing women, "L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year." Rosh Hashanah is a Holy Convocation in which no work is permitted.

Even the challah we eat on this day is special

There are many explanations for this custom.

Some see round challah as the crown the Lord will give us for our obedience

Some see the round shape as a reflection of the continuing cycle of years and seasons.

Another interpretation is that the round challah resembles a crown, symbolizing the sovereignty of God.

At a time of year when our thoughts turn to repentance and resolutions of self-improvement, the round challah reminds us that the opportunity for t'shuvah is never-ending.

Biblical PRESENTATION

Readings for this year’s Rosh Hashanah

Why is Abraham read on Rosh Hashanah?

From our last Torah Portion

Deuteronomy 29:9–15 NKJV

9 Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. 10 “All of you stand today before the Lord your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water— 12 that you may enter into covenant with the Lord your God, and into His oath, which the Lord your God makes with you today, 13 that He may establish you today as a people for Himself, and that He may be God to you, just as He has spoken to you, and just as He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 “I make this covenant and this oath, not with you alone, 15 but with him who stands here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with him who is not here with us today

You stand upright this day (ha yom - יוס-ה), all of you, before the Lord your God (29:10)

“This day”(ha yom - יוס-ה) is a reference to Rosh Hashanah

the day on which we all stand in judgment before God. (The Torah reading of Nitzavim is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah.) -

The Leaders: Rosh

Head = רֹאשׁ = [rosh]

Covenant = בְּרִית‎ (berîṯ)

Oath = אָלָה‎ (ʾā·lā(h))

460 IV. אָלָה‎ (ʾā·lā(h)) ≡ Str 423—1. curse, i.e., the invoking of divine harm as a retribution (Nu 5:23); 2. cursed, accursed, i.e., that which has been cursed (Nu 5:27; Jer 29:18; 42:18; 44:12); 3. oath, sworn agreement, public charge, i.e., a binding agreement that has divine sanctions for breaking (Ge 24:41)

Picture of Organigraph

Like in any structure, there is a leader.

So it is in the family. For example:

Who is the father of many Nations?

Abraham (a’-bra-ham) = Not only a prophet (the first)

Father of a multitude;

father of a great multitude;

father of mercy;

a father of many nations

Genesis 17:4 NKJV

4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

Abraham was pronounced the Father of many nations.

Abram (a’-brum) =

A high father;

father of height;

the exalted father;

high and lofty thinker; high or honoured father.

The concept of personal names in the Tanakh often included existence, character, and reputation (I Sam 25:25)

For example, during creation

Genesis 2:19–20 NKJV

19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

Later he gives his wife a name:

Genesis 2:23 NKJV

23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”

Ishah - which is the establishment of marriage.

851 אִשָּׁה‎ (ʾiš·šā(h)): ≡ Str —1. woman, female, i.e., the biological female of a species in creation, counter-part of the male (Ge 2:23; 7:2), note: the biological female also had varying unique societal roles 2. wife, i.e., female spouse in a marriage union (Ex 4:20);

We spoke in our last Torah Portion about the upside down kingdom:

Upside Kingdom

We said that even Yeshua would explain this in

Matthew 20:16 NKJV

16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

We also said that the humble will inherit the earth

‌Matthew 5:5

Matthew 5:5 NKJV

5 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.

Abraham was given a blessing:

Genesis 12:1–3 NKJV

1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Bless = בָּרַךְ‎ (bā·rǎḵ)

The blessing comes by means of giving him a NAME:

9005 I. שֵׁם‎ (šēm): ≡ Str 8034—1. name, i.e., the proper designation of a person, place, or thing (Ge 2:11); 2. renown, fame, known, reputation, i.e., information that one knows about another, implied to give high status to the one of renown (1Ch 12:31), see also domain 3. the Name, i.e., a title of the true God (Lev 24:16)

Abraham (a’-bra-ham) = Father of a multitude;

father of a great multitude;

father of mercy;

a father of many nations.

The first time Abraham is called a Hebrew - ivri (he who passed over) is

Genesis 14:13 NKJV

13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

This is in the middle of a war against 4 kings enemies who had taken Lot, Abraham’s nephew into captivity.

Abraham comes to rescue him. Immediately after that, Abraham is visited by Melchizedek

Genesis 14:18 NKJV

18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.

This king of Salem (shalem) (Jerusalem)

Abraham name picture

Shem Name picture

Jerusalem name origin picture

Psalm 76:2 NKJV

2 In Salem also is His tabernacle, And His dwelling place in Zion.

The King of Salem breaks bread and wine = covenant with Abraham

He is a High Priest (Khohem)

Psalm 110:4 NKJV

4 The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

מלכי-צדק = Melchi-zedek (king of righteousness)

Formed from melek “king” and ṣedeq “righteous,” with the transitional hireq yod

Abraham keeps humble even after the victory over the 4 kings

After defeating the enemy, the king of Shaveh meets Abraham and escorts him to the city of Salem (Jerusalem).

They are met by Melchizedek there.

The sages identify Melchizedek as Shem, the son of Noah.

Shem (the name), like in HaShem (the name - used by Israel to identify Adonai).

שֵׁם‎ (šēm)

9006 II. שֵׁם‎ (šēm): ≡ Str 8035; (male) Shem: son of Noah (Ge 5:32–11:11 passim; 1Ch 1:4, 17, 24+)

He was called Melchizedek because he was the king (melek = מלכי) of the future site of the Temple, the home of “righteousness” (sedeq = צדק ).

As the most honoured of Noah’s children, Shem was made the Priest of Jerusalem (Ramban)

He blesses Abraham (the high priest pronounces the blessing of Adonai - Numbers chapter 6 verse 23)

Genesis 14:19–20 NKJV

19 And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.

Literally says, Blessed be Abraham to God

Notice, Melchizedek first blesses Abraham and then God

There is a gemara (a rabbinical analysis) of a Midrash: Nedarim 32b, that says:

Rabbi Zekharya said in the name of Rabbi Yishmael: The Holy One, Blessed be He, wanted the priesthood to emerge from Shem, so that his children would be priests, as it is stated:

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High” (Genesis 14:18).

Once Melchizedek, traditionally identified as Shem, placed the blessing of Abraham before the blessing of the Omnipresent, He had the priesthood emerge from Abraham in particular, and not from any other descendant of Shem.

As it is stated:

“And he blessed him and said: Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, and blessed be God the Most High” (Genesis 14:19–20).

Abraham said to him:

And now, is it proper that one places the blessing of the servant before the blessing of his master?

You should have blessed God first.

Immediately the Holy One, Blessed be He, gave the priesthood to Abraham, as it is stated:

“The word of Hashem to my master (Abraham):

Sit (wait) at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool” (Psalms 110:1),

and afterward it is written: “Hashem has sworn, and will not relent: you (Abraham) shall be a priest forever, because you are a king of righteousness [al divrati malki tzedek]”

(Psalms 110:4), which is explained homiletically (art of preaching) to mean: Due to the words [divrati] of Melchizedek/ Shem, the offspring of Abraham shall be priests of God forever.

Paul, being a Pharisee himself. would have known this gemara

Galatians 3:16 NKJV

16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.

Galatians 3:29 NKJV

29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Seed of Abraham

After the Lord makes a covenant with Abraham in Genesis chapter 15, verses 13-17, The Lord says to Abraham:

Genesis 15:18 NKJV

18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

Descendants is seed = zera = זֶ֫רַע

Abraham humbled himself and

God promised to bless many nations and the seed of Abraham,

by the seed of Abraham

Go back to

Genesis 14:18–20 NKJV

18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.

Deliver = מגן‎ (megan)

To give a gift

Hand over

Surrender

Deliver

So Melchizedek blesses Abraham, makes his descendants (seed) heirs of the promised land, gives him a gift

To deliver them

The Lord gives him a vision

Genesis 15:1–6 NKJV

1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” 2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

It is only after Abraham has received the blessing,

the gift and the promise

that Abraham is able to believe and is found righteous.

Hebrews summarizes it:

Hebrews 7:1–6 NKJV

1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually. 4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. 5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

Shem lived 600 years

Nobody knew Noah

Nobody knew where he had come from

He lived so long that people thought he would lived forever.

The promise is read on the first day of Rosh Hashanah

First Day (1 Tishrei) (Genesis 21:1-34)

From which we will draw only one verse for our celebration today;

After God tells Abraham what to do regarding Ismael and Hagar.

As they had to depart from the camp, Abraham was very displeased.

Genesis 21:12 NKJV

12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called.

The seed coming from Isaac shall be the Messiah, the High Priest forever.

Hebrews 5:1–13 NKJV

1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. 3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. 4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” 6 As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”; 7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.

Second Day of Rosh Hashanah (2 Tishrei), we read (Genesis 22:1-24)

We will read first: (Genesis 22:1-14)

Genesis 22:1–2 NKJV

1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Moriah

Mori - visible

Yah (God)

Moriah (mo-ri’-ah) = Visible of the LORD; chosen of the LORD; provided by Jehovah. Instruction of God.

Visible of the Lord

Remember:

Genesis 15:1 NKJV

1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

and

Genesis 12:2 NKJV

2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

A land I will show you (picture)

Genesis 22:2–3 NKJV

2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Abraham saw the place the God was showing him, just as the promise in Chapter 12, verse 2- a land I will show you

Genesis 22:4–5 NKJV

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”

Worship = postrate

He knew they would come back

Genesis 22:6–8 NKJV

6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

The lamb = 430 years before Moses celebrates passover in Exodus chapter 12

Genesis 22:9–10 NKJV

9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

Abraham is willing to sacrifice his only beloved son

The son who would carry the name after him

The heir promised to him

The seed who the Melchizedek said would live forever

But Yeshua appears:

Genesis 22:11–12 NKJV

11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” 12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

The Angel of the Lord is Yeshua

Malachi 3:1–7 NKJV

1 “Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the Lord of hosts. 2 “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire And like launderers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the Lord An offering in righteousness. 4 “Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem Will be pleasant to the Lord, As in the days of old, As in former years. 5 And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts. 6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. 7 Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the Lord of hosts. “But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’

Galatians 4:14 NKJV

14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Genesis 22:13–14 NKJV

13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

Jehovah Yireh

The Lord is my provider

Adonai is seen

Seen = רָאָה‎ (rā·ʾā(h))

8011 I. רָאָה‎ (rā·ʾā(h)): v.; ≡ Str 3070, 1. see, look, view, i.e., use the perception of sight to view objects and make judgments based on the perceptions (Ge 40:6); (nif) become visible, appear, show oneself (2Sa 17:17); be seen (Job 33:21+); (hif) show, cause to see (2Sa 15:25); (hof) be shown (Ex 25:40; 26:30; Lev 13:49; Dt 4:35+); (hitp) look at each other (Ge 42:1+); 2. (qal) see vision, i.e., have information clearly known, as a figurative extension of seeing an object (Isa 30:10); (hif) reveal, cause to see (2Ki 8:10);

Genesis 22:13 NKJV

380 I. אַיִל (ʾǎ·yil): ≡ Str 352; —1. ram, i.e., a ceremonially clean animal, 2. leader, ruler, i.e., one who governs as a figurative extension of a ram as a leader of a flock

He provided a ram

Joshua 6:5 NKJV

5 It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”

3413 יוֹבֵל (yô·ḇēl):; ≡ Str 3104; 1. ram, i.e., a mature male sheep old enough to have a sizable horn (Jos 6:5); 2. ram’s horn, i.e., bony outgrowth of certain animals, when hollowed out can be a calling instrument (Ex 19:13); 3. jubilee year, i.e., a beginning year of a 50 years cycle, releasing temporary obligations to their permanent, original owners, as a definite unit of time (Lev 25:10–27:24 passim)

Shofar = שׁוֹפָר‎ (šô·p̄ār):

8795 שׁוֹפָר‎ (šô·p̄ār): ≡ Str 7782; 1. (most versions) trumpet, i.e., a curved animal horn used as a bugling and trumpeting device for signaling (1Sa 13:3); 2. blast, i.e., the sound of a horn (2Sa 6:15)

Leviticus 23:23–25 NKJV

1 Thessalonians 4:16 NKJV

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

All this in the name of the Lord

Acts 4:12 NKJV

12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 14:14 NKJV

14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

John 15:16 NKJV

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

In the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Teruah, the “day of blasting”

because it is the day when Jews blow the shofar, a ram’s horn that has been rendered into a trumpet

CLOSING

The Lord called us to preach the gospel as it was preached to Abraham;

Galatians 3:8–9 NKJV

8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

When was the gospel preached to Abraham, when salvation can only come via Yeshua?

John 6:44 NKJV

44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:65 NKJV

65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

How did Abraham hear the same gospel?

Hebrews 6:13–20 NKJV

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

When did that happen to Abraham?

Genesis 22:15–18 NKJV

15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

The promise of the covenant by Yeshua

Reason being it had to be established by the order of Melchizedek, not by the Levitical order:

Hebrews 5:1–14 NKJV

Because He saves on the name we believe

John 20:31 NKJV

31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Romans 10:13 NKJV

13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Rosh Hashanah is also understood to be the joyous anniversary of the day on which God created the world, and is therefore also called Hayom Harat Olam, “the day the world was conceived.”

Eternal life promised in Genesis, and fulfilled in Messiah in His second coming:

Matthew 24:29–36 NKJV

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

At the sound of the trumpet, our Rosh Hashanah - the head coming with the trumpet

The only one that can fulfilled the work of the perfect High Priest

Hebrews 7:11–14 NKJV

11 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. 13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Change Greek

3572 μετατίθεμαι (metatithemai), μετατίθημι (metatithēmi): vb.; ≡ Str 3346;1. LN 15.2 depart (Ac 7:16+); 2. change, from one state to another (Heb 7:12; 11:5; Jude 4+); 3. μετατίθεμαι ἀπό (metatithemai apo), abandon loyalty to, desert (Gal 1:6+)

Change Hebrew:

Turn back

5472. סוּג‎ sug (samech, vav, gimel)

6047 I. סוּג (sûḡ): v.; ≡ Str 5472, 1. turn away, be faithless, be disloyal, i.e., be in a state in which one is disloyal or untrustworthy be turned back, be disloyal, be faithless 2. turn, ), note: in some contexts the turning implies going to a rear position, and so be retreating; (hof) turned (Isa 59:14+);

Isaiah 42:17 NKJV

17 They shall be turned back, They shall be greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded images, ‘You are our gods.’

Proverbs 22:2 NKJV

2 The rich and the poor have this in common, The Lord is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 23:10 NKJV

10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

He has turned us back to the way it should be - the way of righteousness

Hebrews 7:14–17 NKJV

14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest 16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17 For He testifies: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Commandment/ Law of flesh- directed by the flesh/ fleshly commission

5184 מִצְוָה (miṣ·wā(h)): ≡ Str 4687; TWOT 1887b—1. command, order, commandment, i.e., an authoritative directive, either written or verbal, given as instruction or prescription to a subordinate 2. terms, formally, commandment, i.e., the written legal conditions which are binding in a contract

Example:

1 Samuel 13:13 NKJV

13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

Not according to the law directed by the flesh,

but by the power of eternal life, in the name of righteousness

Hebrews 7:18–19 NKJV

18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

The Power of the name Yeshua nullifies the law of the fleshly commandments, which do not give us profit.

Bringing in =

introduction — the act of bringing something new to an environment; perhaps in which an equivalent element already exists (like a concubine into a house with a wife)

ἐπ-εισ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ, a bringing in besides or in addition to what is or has been brought in

He brings in a blessed hope:

Titus 2:11–12 NKJV

11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

Colossians 1:27 NKJV

27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Back to Hebrews

Hebrews 7:20–22 NKJV

20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”), 22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

He made an oath

Genesis 22:15–18 NKJV

Hebrews 7:23–25 NKJV

23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

They were prevented by death - in the spirit, as they had no made an oath

but He continues forever

He saves all that come to God through Him because He always lives

Remember in the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Teruah, the “day of blasting” because it is the day when Jews blow the shofar, a ram’s horn that has been rendered into a trumpet

We continue to away for

Yom Teruah

Yom Hadin (judgment)

Yom Hazikaron (Remembrance)

Hayom Harat Olam (creation)

1 Corinthians 15:52 NKJV

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

A promise He will keep to Israel as the Bride, for now widow, waiting for her redeemer

Jeremiah 31:1–19 NKJV

1 “At the same time,” says the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.” 2 Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness— Israel, when I went to give him rest.” 3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice. 5 You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food. 6 For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’ ” 7 For thus says the Lord: “Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O Lord, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’ 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall return there. 9 They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn. 10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’ 11 For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to the goodness of the Lord For wheat and new wine and oil, For the young of the flock and the herd; Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, And they shall sorrow no more at all. 13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow. 14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.” 15 Thus says the Lord: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.” 16 Thus says the Lord: “Refrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, And they shall come back from the land of the enemy. 17 There is hope in your future, says the Lord, That your children shall come back to their own border. 18 “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the Lord my God. 19 Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

Shanah Tovah u’Metuka! (May you have a good and sweet new year!)

Remember His Torah/ Live the Torah/ Teach the Torah

Shabbat Shalom

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