The Mystery of the Feast of Trumpets
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “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. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ (Leviticus 23:23 - 25)
As we draw near to the last few Feasts of the Year, our eyes must be focused upon the person of Yeshua and His Father. These are holy appointments that all believers of the Father and true followers of Christ are called upon to live at their appointed times. The fall season - also called the back season - has through of those festivities lined up. The first of these is the Feast of Trumpets.
Last year, we spoke about the Feast and the little information that the Bible presents upon it.
During that article, we presented the very little that is known as to what this Feast is supposed to represent for followers. The theory that was presented was that of the biblical Rapture, as presented in the following reading:
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
However, that stands as only being theory. The reasoning is because there is little said about the Feast in the book of Leviticus. Within the three verses - which span from Leviticus 23:23 to Leviticus 23:25 - there is little mention as to why we celebrate this Feast. Some say that it’s because of the aforementioned theory, others out of love for the Father, YHWH, who created us and loved us.
While reading the passages of Leviticus, there is a word that should capture your imagination and curiosity: memorial. While the word changes from one version of the Bible to another, it holds weight. The celebration of this feast is meant to remember something or an event that maybe wasn’t written. Maybe the Ancient Israelites knew exactly what they had to remember and it was lost to the hands of time. Another theory could be to remind the Father of His promises, through the usage of trumpets to declare the time:
“Remember Your word to Your servant, in which You have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your promise gives me life.” The Psalmist says that God's promises give him hope in the midst of affliction and urges us to remind God of His promises.
- Psalms 119:49 - 50
Frankly, there is not a single person that knows the exact answer.
But it is with cries of triumph that we can say that the Father, YHWH, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, does not forget. More than not forget, He is not a subject to time. Therefore, He has the answers that we are all searching for. Therefore, with the basis of the verses used, in addition to that James 1:5, which encourages us to ask Him for wisdom when we lack it, ask Him to clarify this mystery so that you may serve Him properly and humbly.