The Lord’s Appointed Times

THE LORDS APPOINTED TIMES:

THE SPRING FEASTS:

Passover: the death OF JESUS our Passover Lamb!
First Fruits: The resurrection of Jesus.
Shavuot (or Pentecost):the sending of the Holy Spirit.

THE FALL FEASTS: The Fall feasts pertain to his second coming. The Feast of Trumpets relates to the last trumpet that shall sound when he comes again in glory.

The Feast of Trumpets
The Day of Atonement
The Feast of Tabernacles

Rosh Hashanah– THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS (September 22/23)

The Feast of Trumpets sets your feet on the path to revival!- 1 Corinthians 15:51-57

THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS- On the first day of the month of Tishri in the Fall, the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) blasts its way into the new year. The “Head of the Year”, even though it’s not really the start of the Biblical year at all, according to Exodus 12:2.

HERE’S WHAT THE BIBLE INSTRUCTS ABOUT THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS:

Leviticus 23:23-25-“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with a blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.”’

Numbers 29:1-2– “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets, and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.” (Numbers 29:1-2)

It was intended by God to be a day of rest, a day to blow trumpets, and to offer sacrifices over and above the usual sacrifices for the new month for making atonement for the people.

WHAT DOES BLOWING A TRUMPET MEAN?

Trumpets in Biblical times were either made from rams’ horns (shofars) or from silver, and could be blown by the priests and leaders. There were different sounds for different purposes:

Time to pack up camp and move on, when the Israelites were traveling in the desert.
Time to gather the people and call an assembly.
To mark a sacrifice on a feast day.
A warning of war or danger. Assembling the troops for battle, To be used in battle.
TIME To praise. It can be the sound of worship or a battle cry.
To declare a procession or feast.
Proclaiming a king.
To declare victory.

The sound of the trumpet also has other connotations in the Bible:

God’s power to raise the dead (1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16)
The proclamation of the gospel (Psalms 89:15)
The bold and faithful preaching of prophets (Isaiah 58:1, Hosea 8:1, Joel 2:1)
The latter-day judgments (Revelation 8:2 and 13)

Rosh Hashanah: HEAD OF THE YEAR OR Head of the Waters; God is Realigning for Your Next Season

A Time of Transition and Change – Realignments are Happening

When the Lord brings change there comes a realignment of things and there is a cutting away that happens.

During this spiritual season the eyes of God are searching our hearts. It is a time to:

1. Humble ourselves before God and let Him search and judge our hearts.
2. Pray God’s blessing over the New Year.
3. Pray God’s blessing for a long and healthy life in Christ.

A Movement of Holiness and Power

During this season there is a call going out for both holiness and power.

God is calling us to a higher standard and to a place of spiritual maturity.

God is bringing the Church into a place of true son-ship. For this to happen we must experience His holy, loving discipline so we can mature into the place of holiness and power He is calling us into.

God’s judgment is always redemptive and His discipline is always in love and with encouragement. Correction that comes without encouragement is not from God’s heart.

His discipline always encourages us to rise higher; it never discourages us nor knocks us down. That is usually the work of a critical, judgmental spirit. A Good Time to Take Stock

SHANA TOVA! (HAPPY NEW YEAR!)– It is customary to eat sweet foods like apples, honey and chocolate, and to give such gifts for a sweet new year.

Days of Awe– (September 23- October 2)

The 10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are known as the Days of Awe.

During these 10 days we rejoice and stand in “awe” of Jesus (Yeshua) who made us “at-one” with God.

Yom Kippur– (OCTOBER 2)- The Day of Atonement.

Following Rosh Hashanah is the Ten Days of Awe leading into The Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement is the day the High Priest would go into the Holy of Holies and apply the blood of the sacrifice to the mercy seat to atone for the sins of the people from the previous year. There was no barrier between the High Priest and the full manifested glory of God.

I believe that as we humble ourselves before God and embrace the sacrifice of the Cross in a new way in our lives, we will experience a depth of intimacy and communion with God deeper than we have ever known before. There will be no barrier between us and the glory as we embrace the work of the Cross.

Humility opens the way for us to go deep into a pure communion with God.

It will be out of this place that we reap the amazing harvest that is awaiting us. Not only a harvest of God’s mercy and love in our own lives, but a harvest of global proportions as we see the heart of humanity turn toward God in this last hour.

A time to fast and seek the Lord!

Sukkoth or the Feast of Tabernacles- (OCTOBER 7-14)

Tabernacles is a time of rejoicing in the Lord of feasting on His goodness.

This is a unique feast recognized by temporary shelters (sukkot, or booths) being constructed and lived in during the week of the festival.

A Sukkah is a reminder that our lives on earth are temporary, and our reliance and trust are not in our material possessions but in our faithful and loving Father and in the One who “tabernacled” among us – Jesus, His Son and our Messiah.
It was also a joyful harvest festival and is prophetic of the great harvest that is to come.
Final day of Sukkot is known as Hoshana Raba, “the day of Great Salvation”.

John 7:37-38– “Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow waters of living water”.

Feast of Tabernacles

Sukkot (Hebrew: sukkōt, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is an appointed time celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated moedim on which Jews made pilgrimages to Jerusalem. The Hebrew word sukkōt is the plural of sukkah, “booth, tabernacle”. The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwellings in which the ancient Hebrews dwelt during their 40 years of wandering in the desert after the Exodus.

“The festival of the seventh month and occasion of its celebration: “At the end of the year when you gather in your labors out of the field” (Ex. 23:16); “after you have gathered in from your threshing-floor and from your winepress” (Deut. 16:13). It was Thanksgiving for the fruit harvest. Coming as it did at the completion of the harvest, Sukkot was regarded as a general thanksgiving for the bounty of nature in the year that had passed.

1. Moses instructed the children of Israel to gather for a reading of the Law during Sukkot every seventh year (Deut. 31:10-11).

2. King Solomon dedicated the Temple in Jerusalem on Sukkot (1 Kings 8; 2 Chron. 7).

3. Sukkot was the first sacred occasion observed after the resumption of sacrifices in Jerusalem following the Babylonian Captivity (Ezra 3:2-4).

4. In Leviticus, God told Moses to command the people: “On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook” (Lev. 23:40), and “You shall live in booths seven days; all citizens in Israel shall live in booths, in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt” (Lev. 23:42-43).

Read:

1. Leviticus 22:26-23:44
2. Numbers 29:12-16
3. Zechariah 14:1-21

Isaiah 12:(2) Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.'” (3) Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation. (4) And in that day you will say: “Praise the Lord, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted. (5) Sing to the Lord, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. (6) Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

Psalm 118: (25) Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. (26) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. (27) God is the Lord, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. (28) You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You. (29) Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.