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

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Genesis 21:1-34
Genesis 22:1-24
Shanah Tovah u’Metuka! (May you have a good and sweet new year)
REVIEW
We have been studying from Devarim, and are making a stop to celebrate the Feasts of the Lord
elle-ha deverim = these are the words
Picture of Journey
Reason why the journeys -opportunities to learn
In His law, He has made Himself manifest
We spoke about righteousness
The state of doing what is required within a standard
But disagreeable
We will continue to speak of righteousness even more today
By keeping the covenant
Going back to the Torah
God’s call for covenant faithfulness
Our perception can be influenced by the perspective we have= our point of vantage
But, Once the Torah has been removed from our perspective, this causes us to Do your own thing. Our perception is skewed
What is the problem?
Ignorance
In other words: Judge righteously, as the Lord commands - John ch 7, v24
Consistency Generates Fruit
Whose consistency?
When we think of fruit we think of our own fruit
My joy, my love, my kindness, my goodness
The Greek philosophy - we find it in the history of the Christian church, which predates Messiah
Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC)
Aristotle: (384-322 BC)
And others:
Plato says:
“Human behaviour flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge”
All Greek/ Roman philosophy leading to Self-centerness
Marcion - 75-155 AD
Marcion of Sinope- bishop in early Christianity.
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]
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).
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
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.
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
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.’ ”
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
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. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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