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Introduction:
Focus on 3 aspects of the passage:
What is the Feast of Trumpets?
What is the Prophetic Significance?
What is the Spiritual Significance?
1.
A Look at the Feast of Trumpets
Solemn Assembly
Beginning of the Fall Festival Season (Month of September)
In the Post-Exilic Period, it became associated with the Civil New Year or Rosh Hoshannah
If you search the Bible, you will not find many significant events that took place on the Feast of Trumpets.
We only really find two places that the feast is mentioned: here and Numbers 29
The Feast served as an announcement of the Festival Season and particularly to announce the arrival in two weeks of the Feast of Booths
To understand the festival we have to look at the significance of trumpets in the Bible and consider some extra-biblical information from Jewish customs.
We have to be cautious with anything outside of the Bible, however.
Look with me at Numbers 10:1-10
Three uses of trumpets are given here in Numbers 10
Call to Mobilize or Assemble (Num.
10:3)
Call to Celebrate (Num.
10:10)
Call to Warn (Num.
10:6, 9)
Extra-biblical Information:
100 blasts on the Shofar (ram’s horn)
Last blast is known as Tekkia Gedolah (Great Blast).
This was the Last Trumpet and was the Longest.
2. Prophetic Significance of the Feast of Trumpets
The interpretation will be based on your understanding of the timing of eschatological events
It is possible that Paul was referring to the Feast of Trumpets and the Last Trumpet (the Tekkia Gedolah) when he was talking about the last trumpet in 1 Cor.
15:50-52
Now, remember that God has already accomplished several significant events in the history of our salvation on these feast days
Jesus is the Passover Lamb and got rid of the leaven of sin
Jesus is the firstfruits of those who have risen from the dead
The Holy Spirit came on Pentecost and the first gathering of the nations began.
This also began the Church Age that we are in now.
There are three feasts left and they seem to line up with what is going to happen in the future.
God may or may not come on the Feast of Trumpets for the Church, but it is possible that the next event is the rapture of the Church.
It is also possible, though not necessary, that this happens some September when the feast occurs.
HOLD ON!!!! Let me eleborate before you think I’m setting a date!
The Feast of Trumpets could refer to two events.
I could refer to the gathering of the church in heaven and the celebration that happens there with the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
It could also refer to the gathering of Israel to prepare for the next events that are going to happen on earth, which is the Great Tribulation
Your view of the timing of the rapture will influence your understanding of this.
Let’s say the rapture happens first.
The church is gathered and this begins the “grafting in of Israel” again that is mentioned in Romans 11.
I believe that God is working among the Gentiles right now in the Church Age and will shift His focus back to Israel during the Tribulation.
They begin to realize Jesus is the Messiah and become the great missionary force that goes out in Revelation 7.
The trumpet serves as the call of the rapture and as a call of Israel back to God.
It is possible that I’m way off, but either way, there is definitely a new work that is beginning, just like the Feast of Trumpets signified a new beginning.
It’s also interesting that the Feast of Trumpets is held in the 7th month and is a Sabbath month.
It is a month that the people were called away from their work to a season of worship
3. Spiritual Significance of the Feast of Trumpets
What is the spiritual significance?
Even if you do not hold to the same time table of events as I do with the Rapture, we can still see an important spiritual significance in the Feast of Trumpets
It is reminder to gather together as God’s people and assemble.
It is a call to worship and celebrate the Lord.
It is a reminder of the difficulties that are coming on the earth
Conclusion:
Are you ready for Jesus?
Are you celebrating Him in worship?
Let’s assemble, worship, and praise His name until He returns to call us home.
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