Feast of Trumpets: God's Divine Appointments

*The Feast of Trumpets — Rosh Hashanah*

Now let us begin. Rosh Hashanah — the Feast of Trumpets — is also called Yom Teruah, which is its Hebrew name. We are going to explore the many idioms associated with the Feast of Trumpets, because on some future year we will see those beautiful idioms come to fulfillment. Some of this may seem redundant to those who have followed earlier videos, but for those just joining us, let us lay the foundation.

It all begins with God's calendar. God created his calendar in Genesis 1:14–16 by two great witnesses: the sun and the moon. That calendar today is the Hebrew calendar. Even though it carries that name, it is still God's calendar, because he is the one who created the sun and the moon — not mankind. The sun and the moon dictate the calendar. In Genesis 1:14, we find that these lights were created for "signs and seasons." The Hebrew word for "seasons" in that passage is *moed*, which means a divine appointment, a fixed time, a set point in time.

So the calendar itself is for divine appointments. And when we turn to Leviticus 23, we find the feast days of the Lord — seven feast days, plus the Sabbath. The Hebrew word for "feast" in Leviticus 23 is also *moed* — the same word: a divine appointment, a fixed time. What is God telling us? He is telling us that his calendar is for divine appointments, and that his feast days are divine appointments — and that these things correlate together because they share the same term. He is telling us that his Son, Yeshua, is going to intersect with human history on these seven divine appointments on his calendar.

We must understand the calendar to understand when he will fulfill these appointments. Yeshua cannot return on just any day of the year. Biblically speaking, he can only return on the divine appointments of the Lord. That may be a radical statement, but according to the Word of God, breathed on by the Holy Spirit, there are seven divine appointments that Yeshua will fulfill.

He has already fulfilled the first four. He died on Passover — not Good Friday, but Passover. This is in the Gospels, and it correlates perfectly with Leviticus 23 and Exodus 12. He is the Passover Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. He was laid in the tomb on Unleavened Bread. He rose on the Feast of First Fruits — work the math: three days and three nights. He is not Easter; he is the First Fruits of mankind, the first fruit of the dead, the first fruit of God. Then on the Feast of Shavuot, he poured out his Holy Spirit in Acts 2, just as the Torah had been given on that same feast. He fulfilled the first four feast days to the exact day, hour, and detail of the ceremony. It is absolutely phenomenal, and we will go through that in depth when we reach the spring feasts.

Now, if we believe that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever — that there is no shadow of turning with him — then we must believe he will also fulfill the remaining three appointments with the same precision. Just as he fulfilled the first four spring feasts to the exact day, hour, and detail, he will fulfill the Feast of Trumpets, the Feast of Yom Kippur, and the Feast of Tabernacles to the exact date, hour, and detail of their celebration. And tonight, my friends, is the Feast of Trumpets — the feast on which he will return.

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*Leviticus 23 — The Divine Appointments*

Let us look at Leviticus 23:1–2:

*"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations — these are my feasts."*

Note the language: the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, "These are my feasts." So often, whenever the feast days come up, the first thing people say is, "Those are the Jewish feasts." And yes, they are observed by the Jewish people — but we must get our terminology correct. Many Gentile believers assume they are not obligated to keep these days because they say, "Those are for the Jews." In my view, that is an error. These are the feasts of the Lord.

I say this with no disrespect to the Jewish people whatsoever — many of my closest friends are Jewish, both believers and non-believers. But God is the one who created the sun and the moon. God is the one who ordained these feast days in his Holy Bible. They are for his people. And consider this: in the millennial Kingdom, the Jewish people will not be worshiping one way while Gentile believers celebrate Easter. That is not going to happen. We will be worshiping on Passover, because he is the Passover Lamb for all of us. If he died on Passover, I would highly recommend giving him honor and glory on the day he died for you — not on a date ordained by Constantine or church tradition.

Now, two key Hebrew words from Leviticus 23 are essential. We have already covered *moed* — a divine appointment. The second word is from the phrase "holy convocations." In Hebrew, convocation is *mikra*, which means a dress rehearsal. So reading the passage with its full Hebrew meaning, it says: *"The divine appointments of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be dress rehearsals — these are my divine appointments."* God wants us to rehearse these every year, so that when the real event arrives, we will recognize it.