THE LAST TRUMPET! “For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) Paul is speaking of a trumpet that will herald an emotion of joy unspeakable and full of glory for His church redeemed and starting the judgment upon the nations, but the seventh angel who blows his trumpet signifies the fulfillment of unspeakable horror and untold death and destruction. They are two separate references to a trumpet and not the same one. In further explanation of Jewish history, in the first century when Paul wrote these words, the last trump (shofar) meant a specific day of the year, as he was describing. In Judaism, there are three trumpets that have a name: the first trump, the last trump, and then the great trump, which is a silver trumpet. Each one of these trumpets indicates a specific day in the Jewish year. The first trump is blown on the Feast of Pentecost (Exodus 19:19). It proclaimed that God had betrothed Himself to Israel. The last trump is synonymous with Rosh Hashanah, according to Theodore Gaster in his book,Festivals of the Jewish Year, in his chapter on Rosh Hashanah. Herman Kieval also states the same thing in his book,The High Holy Daysin the chapter on the shofar. The great trumpet is blown on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), which will herald the return of Jesus back to the earth to rule and reign and put down all rebellion (Matthew 24:31). In between these two events of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the ten days of awe, which in Jewish tradition are the days God judges mankind. These would correlate to the Tribulation period and a time of intense judgment on the earth. Got that? First and last trump on Pentecost, then Rosh Hashanah or Feast of Trumpets respectively, followed by a period of ten days of judgment, and then the great trumpet blown on the Day of Atonement, or AT-ONE-MENT with God or the return of Jesus Christ with His saints to reign and rule. In Judaism there are two days of judgment, although this practiced changed in Judaism after the Temple’s destruction in 70 AD by Rabbi Zakkai (Yoma 39B, pg 142 & Rosh Hashanah 29B, pg 181). The First day of judgment was Rosh Hashanah followed by Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is a righteous judgment. There is little dispute over Yom Kippur being Israel’s judgment at the second coming. In fact the Talmud states this prophecy from during the Babylonian captivity. It Begins by pointing out Rabbi Nahman was fasting on Yom Kippur and records as follows: In the evening when he was ready to conclude the fast a man arrived for the west (that is the land of Israel) and said to him “Tomorrow is the Great Day, the Day of Atonement in the West!” (Rosh Hashanah III 13 C, pg 115) Obviously this wasn’t a Literal tomorrow because Jews are still anticipating this Yom Kippur when their King will come. Futhermore the Talmud states In Nissan they were redeemed this is a known. In Tishri they are destined to be redeemed again, between the trumpets of Ps 81:3 and Isaiah 27:13 Ps 81:3 refers to Rosh Hashanah where as Isaiah 27:13 is the Great trumpet for Yom Kippur. Interestingly Jews never refer to this trumpet as the ‘last trumpet’ but I will discuss that later. So who are those who receive a righteous Judgment on Rosh Hashanah? Originally in Judaism Rosh Hashanah was the day the Gentiles were brought in. The Talmud has strict rules that shofars could not be blown in Israel except around the perimeter of the temple as the Levites would march around it in a picture of those outside (gentile) being brought in. Rabbi Zakkai however changed it, as I mentioned above, that all Jews blow it so God will not forget about them even though Deuteronomy 31:8 already said he wouldn’t. A proper understanding of the fall feast days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Succoth, provide clarity to Gods plan for the prophetic fulfillment we call the end-times. They reveal much more detail than has been thought possible. Israel was commanded by God, to keep the annual feast days forever as a witness to all the nations. Even in the diaspora, faithful Jews celebrated the feast days as God our Father mercifully enabled them to survive as a distinct people in the midst of worldwide dispersion. They have been faithful in providing a witness to the world through the annual celebration of the feast days which are on calendars everywhere. In order to prove that Rosh Hashanah will be fulfilled as the coming judgment of the righteous, the rapture of the church, Id like to go through the historical significance, then the Jewish understanding of Rosh Hashanah as prophecy, and finally the Christian understanding of the catching away of believers. To understand what Rosh Hashanah was meant to be we must understand all the festivals. On the 10th of Nissan a sacrificial lamb was presented this was the same day Yeshua rode in on a donkey. On the 14 of Nissan was Passover when Yeshua was executed. On the 15th of Nissan he was buried on the feast of unleavened bread. On the 17th he was raised on the feast of first fruits. Fifty days after Passover is Pentecost on this day the Torah was given and then the Church was born. Yom Kippur is widely accepted to be the second coming and Succoth is a picture of the millennial reign so what is Rosh Hashanah then? The Jewish understanding of these feast days, rather than Christianized understanding, is the key to a full revelation. It starts with the blowing of the shofar every morning in synagogues around the world, starting with the 1st day of the 6th month up until the day prior to Rosh Hashanah. On the day prior to Rosh Hashanah, the shofar is not blown. Why blow the shofar every day during the 6th month? The Jews blow the shofar to announce the imminent arrival of judgment on Rosh Hashanah. Announcing to all the world that judgment is imminent, the people are to prepare themselves to meet God, the King of the Universe, the Judge of all Creation, and to be prepared they must excise all sin from their lives and repent of their sins. Yeshua makes some startling comments on the topic of the rapture. He states in the gospel of Matthew 24 the following As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. He says twice one is taken and the other is left. When will this happen? Many say this is the rapture but is it at the beginning or the end of the tribulation? Well the question is answered in the Talmud when it this as happening on Rosh Hashanah Two men took to bed with the same illness and so two men ascended a scaffold. This one leaves the bed while the other did not leave, this one escaped while the other did not. In each case the one who was saved offered sincere prayers and they were answered. (Rosh Hashanah 16 I.26b, pg 91) The Talmud clearly tells us some people will ‘leave’ on Rosh Hashanah! However the Talmud never said it would be Jews since it was originally when the righteous gentiles were to be brought in. Zephaniah chapter one lays out destruction that will take place in the tribulation but chapter 2:2-3 records this Before the decree takes effect and that day passes like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s fierce anger comes upon you, before the day of the LORD’s wrath comes upon you. Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger The word hidden has do with no longer being seen not a mark of protection. The old testament, the new testament, and the Talmud all agree on this topic. Yeshua’s words as well as the Talmud also agree with this from Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Likewise Yeshua’s words speak this in Revelation 2:3 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. There is no lie that Jew’s have long believed people will leave on Rosh Hashannah. The Talmud also contains many odd parables and rules that seem a bit out of place. The first one I’ll mention is the parable of the diver. The Talmud records this peculiar parable. It records in Rosh Hashanah II.2 H: Neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. Rab said: This refers to the great ship. How is it carried out? They bring there six thousand men for twelve months (or according to others twelve thousand men for six months) and load the boat with sand until it rests on the sea-bottom. Then a diver goes down and ties a rope of flax to the coral while the other end is tied to the ship, and the sand is then taken and thrown overboard, and as the boat rises it pulls up the coral with it. The coral is worth twice its weight in silver. There were three ports, two belonging to the Romans and one belonging to the Persians. From the Roman side they brought up coral, from the Persian side pearls. Keep in mind to the Jew the sea is considered gentile (no kosher). Also when this was written there was only two empires Rome and Parthage Every acacia tree that was taken by the invaders from Jerusalem will be restored to it by the Holy One, blessed be He, in time to come, as it says, I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia tree,16 and ‘wilderness’ means Jerusalem, as it is written, Zion is become a wilderness The Apostle Paul spoke of the fullness of the gentiles. In Romans 11:25 we are told: I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved. This follows the same pattern of the parable in the Talmud. In fact so does the entire book of Romans (Paul was a Pharisee and would have read much of this in his life time). The word for blindness here is porosis, reflecting hardness (of their hearts). The term “come in” is eiserchomai. It literally means enter and everytime Yeshua Uses this word it refers to physically entering somewhere that you were not before. He writing of the rapture of the church! That’s the ‘last trumpet’ in 1 corinthians 15:52 In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed Noticed the dead are raised and a trumpet is sounded. Both associated with Rosh Hashannah.
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