Members phkrause Posted September 19, 2017 Members Share Posted September 19, 2017 Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4644/jewish/Rosh-Hashanah.htm JoeMo 1 Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 19, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2017 How Is Rosh Hashanah Celebrated? Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday marking the first and second days of the Jewish year. (In 2017, Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on September 20 and continues through nightfall on September 22). It’s the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4830/jewish/How-Is-Rosh-Hashanah-Celebrated.htm#utm aka, JoeMo and 8thdaypriest 2 1 Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 20, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 20, 2017 What Is Rosh Hashanah? The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, and sounding of the shofar . . . http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4762/jewish/What-Is-Rosh-Hashanah.htm#utm (ps:Has pretty much the same stuff as the other links! Just thought it still was interesting!!) Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 20, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 20, 2017 ABC's of Rosh Hashanah A handy checklist of everything you need to know for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. http://www.aish.com/h/hh/rh/guide/48939217.html (ps:They got some awesome Challah recipes + some others. I'd like to do the round challah and the cookies!!) JoeMo 1 Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 20, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 20, 2017 Happy New Year!! Jews Don’t Say Happy New Year What’s the best wish for the new year? http://www.aish.com/jw/s/Jews-Dont-Say-Happy-New-Year.html Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Peter, that was an excellent article. "So shana tova, may you have a year filled with meaning and purpose. And happiness that will surely follow." I'll be saying shana tova from now on in. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment. It begins at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1 (Sept. 20, 2017) and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2 (Sept. 22, 2017). phkrause and JoeMo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMo Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Shanah Tovah to everyone out there! aka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8thdaypriest Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 It is my understand that the name Rosh Hashanah was picked up in Babylon. If you read the websites listed in the other posts so far, you realize that a LOT of tradition has been added and incorporated through the Oral Torah. God told Israel that the "first month" of their year was Nissan (the month of Passover). So Rosh Hashanah cannot be "New Year". The original name was Yom Teruah (Day of Shofar Blowing). The shofar blasts each day for 10 days, were to WARN the people that Yom Kippur (judgment day) was only 10 days away. They were to confess any sins, pray for forgiveness, and make things right with Yahweh BEFORE Yom Kippur. They were to be reconciled to those they had wronged. Personally, I spend this time praying the LORD will bring to my awareness those things HE wants to change in me. I ask HIM to remind me of those persons I need to forgive or to be reconciled with. I believe the LORD's appointed times, were prophecy. In Revelation there are seven trumpets and three woes leading up to the glorious coming and judgment day. JoeMo 1 Quote 8thdaypriest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 8th d.Priest wrote "God told Israel that the "first month" of their year was Nissan (the month of Passover). So Rosh Hashanah cannot be "New Year". Jewish New year it is........from Hebrew rosh hashshanah, literally "head of the year," I agree that the first month of the year is Nissan. It is Passover month. The release of Hebrews from Egyptian captivity. However, the seventh month is the focal point for the numbering continuum of each year. Even we have different year beginnings in our calendar. The school year starts in September, many businesses talk about their fiscal year beginning. No Jewish person will ever call Nissan as the month of the New Year celebrations. Rosh ha-Shana begins with 10 days of introspection of one's soul condition. Confessions are made, restitutions are made. Yom Kippur is the day at the end as the day of judgement. What I've read of Jewish literature is showing me their belief of God sitting on His throne. Before him are books with the deeds of all men lying open before Him. "all inhabitants of the world pass before God like a flock of sheep," and it is decreed in the heavenly court "who shall live, and who shall die... who shall be impoverished and who shall be enriched, who shall fall and who shall rise." Bible references are Lev.23:24, Num. 29:1-6, Ezra 40:1 . Rosh Hashanah begins in autumn on the 29th of Elul. JoeMo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 25, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2017 Most of the things that the Jewish people do today is "tradition!" In the NT, Jesus was trying to show them that there traditions were worthless, but that it was "customs" that were important!! Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Peter, what grieves me most is the power of oral tradition governing the Jewish culture. I am a bit uncertain as to the difference of traditions to customs. Figuring out the Talmud over against the Gemara and how the Mishna covers what part of which one is too hard for me to cope with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 25, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2017 Pastor Bohr has a series of lectures on traditions and customs, which are quite good. I thought I had posted them at one time? Will see if I can locate them and either re-post or re-link them!! Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Good! By all means please post them here. I am interested and will listen to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 10, 2018 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2018 On 9/25/2017 at 4:23 PM, phkrause said: Pastor Bohr has a series of lectures on traditions and customs, which are quite good. I thought I had posted them at one time? Will see if I can locate them and either re-post or re-link them!! Have not found them as of yet!! Sorry!! Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 10, 2018 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2018 Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), literally meaning the "beginning (also head) [of] the year" is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה), literally "day [of] shouting or blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים Yamim Nora'im. "Days [of] Awe") specified by Leviticus 23:23–32 which occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 29, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 29, 2019 New Beginnings If the New Year is a fearsome day of judgment, why is it a cause for celebration? https://www.aish.com/h/hh/rh/new_year/New_Beginnings.html? What is Rosh Hashanah? A handy checklist of everything you need to know for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. https://www.aish.com/h/hh/rh/guide/48939217.html? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 29, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 29, 2019 L'Shanah Tovah, May you have a blessed Jewish New Year 5780! "On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets [Yom Teruah]." (Numbers 29:1) The High Holy Days have once again arrived, and the two-day holiday of Rosh HaShanah (traditional Jewish New Year) begins tonight. Biblically speaking, Rosh HaShanah is called Yom Teruah, the day of sounding the shofar. (Leviticus 23:24) Holiday Traditions One of the best known symbols of the Jewish New Year is dipping apples in honey. This wonderful Rosh HaShanah tradition symbolizes our hope that the new year will be sweet. Apples are not the only fruit eaten during Rosh HaShanah. Tomorrow night, on the second night of Rosh HaShanah, we will eat pomegranate. One explanation for the tradition of eating pomegranates is that this fruit was once thought to have 613 seeds, which reminds us of the Torah's 613 commandments. The pomegranate, therefore, symbolizes our hope that our actions will be in line with the Word of God and that our righteous deeds will increase in the year to come. From our Bibles For Israel ministry family to you... Have a happy, healthy, and sweet Jewish New Year! "With trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn [shofar]—shout for joy before the LORD, the King." (Psalm 98:6) "Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon." (Isaiah 58:10) JoeMo 1 Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 6, 2021 Author Members Share Posted September 6, 2021 Happy Jewish New Year - blowing the shofar (Psalm 150:3) L'Shanah Tovah, May you have a blessed Jewish New Year 5782! "On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets [Yom Teruah]." (Numbers 29:1) The High Holy Days have once again arrived, and Rosh HaShanah (traditional Jewish New Year) begins tonight! In the Bible, Rosh HaShanah is called Yom Teruah, the day of sounding the shofar. (Leviticus 23:24) A Jewish boy dips apples in honey on Rosh HaShanah. Holiday Traditions One of the best known symbols of the Jewish New Year is dipping apples in honey. This wonderful Rosh HaShanah tradition symbolizes our hope that the new year will be sweet. Apples are not the only fruit eaten during Rosh HaShanah. On Rosh HaShanah, we will also eat pomegranate. One explanation for the tradition of eating pomegranates is that this fruit was once thought to have 613 seeds, which reminds us of the Torah's 613 commandments. The pomegranate, therefore, symbolizes our hope that our actions will be in line with the Word of God and that our righteous deeds will increase in the year to come. Eating pomegranates on New Year's symbolizes our desire to fulfill God's commandments. From our Bibles For Israel ministry family to you... Have a happy, healthy, and sweet Jewish New Year! "With trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn [shofar]—shout for joy before the LORD, the King." (Psalm 98:6) "Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon." (Isaiah 58:10) JoeMo 1 Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMo Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I went out at sundown and blew my shofar - quite poorly I might add. But it was fun now for the Ten Days of Awe, Yom Kippur, and the Feast of Tabernacles - the fall leasts! Just as the spring feasts were fulfilled in real time, I expect the fall feasts to be fulfilled in real time as well. not this year, but soon! Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh YHVH Tzva'ot (Holy holy holy is the Lord of Hosts!) Baruch attah Adonai eluheinu melech haolem (Blessed are you Lord our God King of the Universe!) phkrause 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 26, 2022 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2022 May you have a blessed Jewish New Year 5783! Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 17, 2023 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2023 Celebrate the Jewish New Year with us! Symbols of Rosh HaShanah (shofar and apples and honey) “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’” (Leviticus 23:23–25) Shana Tova, Peter! Happy Jewish New Year 5784! Today is one of the holiest days of the Jewish year: Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year)—the beginning of the Jewish year. Whatever day of the week this holy day falls upon, it is considered a Sabbath, no work is done; all over Israel and around the world, the Jewish People are attending services in local synagogues. Biblically, this celebration is known as Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets). Last night as the holiday began, selichot (prayers for forgiveness) intensified and this morning the shofar (ram’s horn or trumpet) is being sounded about 100 times, depending upon the community's tradition. It will continue to be sounded throughout this holiday season. Round challahs at Jewish New Year have become a widespread custom in many communities, as their shape symbolizes the yearly cycle. Some add raisins or even sprinkle these loaves with icing sugar to symbolize the sweetness of the new year. First and Second Day Customs This holiday is a feast; therefore, it is customary for families to gather for a holiday meal that begins with the blessing over two round challahs (egg bread) dipped in honey. The challah is round to represent completeness, the continuity of creation and the omnipresence of God, as well as the yearly cycle. Right afterward, apple slices are dipped in honey. This simple tradition conveys the hope that the coming year will be sweet and free of sorrow. Today, a special ceremony called Tashlich (casting off) will be performed. This ritual involves symbolically casting off sin. To do this, bits of bread and other food will be tossed into a body of water, such as a stream, river, lake, pond or sea, which will carry them away. As we toss them, we recite Micah 7:18–19 and other verses. “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:18–19) Rabbi performing Tashlich on the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tonight, as the sun goes down, the second night of Rosh HaShanah will begin, and many will observe the tradition of serving a fruit that has just come into season. This fruit is often the pomegranate since it comes into season in Israel around this time. According to Jewish tradition, the pomegranate has 613 seeds, which is the same number of mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah. The following blessing called the Shehecheyanu (Who Has Given Us Life) is recited before eating the fruit: Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season. Amen. Shofar, tallit (prayer shawl), and a pomegranate The Blasting of the Shofar “On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest [Shabbaton], a sacred assembly [mikreh kodesh] commemorated with trumpet blasts [Zichron Teruah].” (Leviticus 23:24) In Leviticus 23:24, Rosh HaShanah is called Shabbaton Zichron Teruah, which is translated as a special Sabbath holiday of remembrance with the blasting of the shofar. That is why a central observance of this holy day is the sounding of the shofar, which heralds God as King of the Universe. The shofar played a role when God came to the Israelites in a dense cloud and as fire at Mount Sinai. There in His presence, on the morning of the third day, three months after they left Egypt, amidst booming thunder and flashes of lightning, the shofar sounded. We can only imagine the intensity of the scene. It was so powerful that "everyone in the camp trembled.” (Exodus 19:16) Who blew the shofar from that thick cloud on Mount Sinai with all the people of Israel gathered below? Was it The Angel of the Lord or did Elohim — God Himself — blow the shofar? A Jewish man blows the long shofar, which is fashioned from the horn of a greater kudu (southeastern African antelope) in the Yemenite Jewish style, at the Western (Wailing) Wall. The shofar is an instrument of great spiritual significance. The purpose of the sound of the shofar is to wake God’s people out of their spiritual slumber, to cause them to see the signs of the times, and to remind them to examine the spiritual condition of their lives. This is the message of teshuvah (repentance), which in Hebrew literally means to return. Teshuvah, therefore, is turning from our sins and returning to God. So, why do we blow the shofar on Yom Zichron Teruah? Although we know it is a commandment, the reasons are not specifically stated. "On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets [Yom Teruah]." (Numbers 29:1) Young boy blowing a shofar made from a ram's horn. Occasions to Blow the Shofar In the Biblical times of Israel, the shofar was blown for several reasons: To mark the arrival of a new moon; To celebrate a simcha (joyous occasion); To proclaim liberty to the captives; To hail a king at his coronation; To warn of impending judgment; To gather troops to battle; To sound an alarm; To call a sacred assembly and time of fasting; To confuse the enemy camp; and To draw God’s attention. Some of these purposes are demonstrated in the following prophecies of Joel: Sounding the Shofar as an Alarm “Blow the trumpet [shofar] in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord comes, for it is close at hand; a day of darkness and gloominess.... “Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord, your God; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity." (Joel 2:1–2, 13) Sounding the Shofar to Call an Assembly “Blow the trumpet [shofar] in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.” (Joel 2:15) Shofars are often made from the horns of a ram. The Shofar of Mercy: The Binding of Isaac “Abraham said, ‘God will provide Himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.’” (Genesis 22:8) Since the shofar is a ram’s horn, it may be understood to represent God’s mercy as demonstrated in the Book of Genesis when God spared the life of Isaac. In obedience to God’s command, Abraham had prepared to offer up his son on the altar as a sacrifice; however, true to Abraham’s faith, God stayed His hand and provided a ram caught in the thicket for the sacrifice (Genesis 22). Although some may blow the ram's horn (shofar) to remind us of God’s mercy to Abraham, God has revealed His mercy to us even more so through Yeshua (Jesus). He did not spare the life of His only Son, Yeshua, but gave it up for us in order that our names may be written in the Book of Life (Romans 8:32). With this in mind, it is entirely fitting that we, along with the entire household of Israel, greet one another at this season with the traditional blessing: May your name be inscribed in the Book of Life! "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life." (Revelation 21:27, see also Revelation 3:5, Exodus 32:32, Psalm 139:16) The Torah passage read at Rosh HaShanah, with the pertinent section, Leviticus 23:23–26, in sharpest focus. The Shofar in Warfare “So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets [shofarot]. It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet [shofar], that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.” (Joshua 6:20) The Bible contains many references to the shofar being used in battle; for instance, in the Book of Joshua, we read that Joshua and his Israelite army took the enemy city of Jericho with the sounding of the shofarot (plural of shofar). In another example found in the Book of Judges, Gideon and his small band of men blew their shofarot and gained a victory over the Midianites (Judges 7:19–25). “When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords.” (Judges 7:22) The Taking of Jericho, by James Tissot How does this relate to us, as people who know the God of Israel today? God’s promise in the Book of Numbers to deliver His people when they blow the shofar in battle is still applicable: “When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets [shofarot]. Then you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.” (Numbers 10:9) Today, the shofar is being rediscovered as a powerful instrument of spiritual warfare. For that reason, it is blown not only in Jewish synagogues during the High Holy Days, but also in Messianic Jewish Congregations and Christian Churches all over the world as a declaration of spiritual warfare. The Shofar of Impending Judgment In chapter eight of the Book of Revelation, judgment begins with the blast of the shofar—and the earth is struck with plagues reminiscent of those in Egypt: “The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.” (Revelation 8:7) The blasts of the shofar will also herald the return of Yeshua (Jesus) and the resurrection of the dead. Yeshua the Messiah will return with a shout and the "shofar call of God." “For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the shofar call of God, and the dead in Messiah will rise first.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16) In First Corinthians, the resurrection of the dead in Messiah is also connected with the last shofar blast: “Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet [shofar]. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:51–52) The seventh and final shofar that we read about in the Book of Revelation will sound when Yeshua returns. It will hail Him as King Messiah. The Shofar Hailing King Messiah “The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Messiah. He will reign forever and ever!’” (Revelation 11:15) The eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelation reveals that Yeshua will be hailed as King with the sounding of the seventh and final shofar. As the time for the sounding of that seventh shofar draws ever nearer, we ask that you help us to sound the shofar of liberty to captive Israel and proclaim King Messiah Yeshua to the Jewish People. “Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord comes, for it is close at hand.” (Joel 2:1) Honey and apple, foods traditionally served at Rosh HaShanah, symbolize the desire for a sweet new year. "Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: 'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over His flock like a shepherd.'" (Jeremiah 31:10) You can SOUND THE TRUMPET IN ZION today on Rosh HaShanah "Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year." (Deuteronomy 14:22) Shana Tova from the Entire Bibles For Israel Family! Have a Good and Sweet New Year. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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