The Feast of Trumpets
24 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn, you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet. 25 You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the Lord.” (Leviticus 23:24 - 25)
The first five books of the bible - which some call the Pentateuch and others the Torah - present the foundations of the faith in Yahweh. In those elements, there are the feasts of the Lord, that are appointed festivals that are meant to be official days for holy assembly (Leviticus 23:2). Of those seven feasts, the one that is the least described is that of the Feast of Trumpets. In the reading of Leviticus 23, it is limited to two verses. What do we know about this feast and how do we celebrate it? What are the secrets that are hidden within this feast? How does one live the Feast of Trumpets?
To unlock the mystery that is the Feast of Trumpets, an in depth analysis must be done of the few verses that are given in the scripture. To begin, it is common knowledge that all of the feasts are meant to be lived perpetually, at the same time every year (Leviticus 23:41). The same chapter of Leviticus presents that it is a holy day of rest, where the children of GOD will not do any work (Leviticus 23:24). The trumpet will sound on that day and they are to present themselves to the Lord with special gifts (Leviticus 23:25). The feast of Trumpet can be easily understood with those two simple verses, but the children of GOD want to always go further; want to study the Word with zeal (John 5:39, Acts 11:17 - 21).
The study of the little that is given begins with the title of the feast; the feast of Trumpets. The Bible is filled with verses about the trumpets. Trumpets appear over a hundred times in the Bible; many of the biblical verses follow a similar linear theme. With the Lord being the master of time and circumstance (Daniel 2:21), the trumpet is often used to announce time. That is seen in the book of Revelations, where the angels blow the trumpet to announce what will come next is about to begin (Revelations 11:15 - 19). The trumpet was used to announce feasts, wars and things to come. In the case of the Feast of Trumpets, it’s important to note that this feast also falls at the beginning of the seventh month, as preparation for the autumn feasts which continue with the feast of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacle (Leviticus 23:24 - 48). This feast marks time, but also marks the time for the return of the Son of Man.
Most theologians and believers of Christ believe that the Feast of Trumpets is preparation for the return of Yeshua (Matthew 24:36; Luke 12:40, Revelations 1:7). This belief comes from the biblical prophetic accounts of rapture, notably that of Thessalonians:
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
This belief also comes from the fact that the law and the feasts are a shadow of things to come (Colossians 2:17). In that, it means that Yeshua, the Word of GOD, is celebrated when one celebrates the Feast of Trumpets. As a believer of Christ, it is important to know that all of the feasts are embodied in the person of Christ. It is not an excuse to not live any of them as some will say, but more reason to live this, and every other feast: to be closer to the Holy One of Israel and His Son, who gave His life for you.