THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS

The Jewish Feast of Trumpets falls on September 13th of this year.  And based upon the fact that it is happening fifteen days before the last of the four blood moons in the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, many, including me, hope it will signal the Rapture of the Church, and the gathering of Israel to prepare them for a major war.  Following their declaring their independence in 1948, the following two years, 1949-1950, had a Blood Moon Tetrad (a blood moon on Passover in two consecutive years and on the Feast of Tabernacles those same two years); that tetrad marked their becoming a nation!

Then, in 1967-1968, another Blood Moon Tetrad occurred marking Israel's Six-Day War, in which they took possession of the City of Jerusalem.  Many believe that during the tetrad we are now in, will mark a war that will gain control of the Temple Mount, setting the stage for the building of the temple which is described as existing during the seven-year Tribulation (Dan. 9:27; Mt. 24:15; Rev. 13:6; etc.).  The final blood moon will occur on the Feast of Tabernacles which falls on September 29th of this year!

With the entire world in chaos due to the declaration of war by Islam on all those who do not worship Allah, with the Pope declaring the Koran and the Bible are equal, with the collapse of all of the world's financial markets, with Russian troops landing by the thousand in Syria (Gog and Magog of Ezek. 38-39), it is very likely that this Feast of Trumpets will serve two purposes.  "Trumpets" is plural; I believe one trumpet is the "trump of God" from 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (a passage describing the Rapture of the Church (see also 1 Cor. 15:50-58 and Rev. 3:10; 4:1), and the other trumpets are for Israel to assemble for war:  here are verses from Israel's Torah, the Books of Moses:

Leviticus 23:24 - "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation." (Israel's New Year).

Numbers 10:2 - "Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps."

Numbers 10:8-9 - "And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.  And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies." 

 

Numbers 10:10 - "Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God." (another mention of the Jewish New Year).

 

Numbers 29:1 - "And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you." (again, Israel's New Year).

 

Numbers 31:6 - "And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand."