Scriptural Examples of Trumpets and Judgment

Let us look at a few scriptural examples that confirm what the books being opened on the Feast of Trumpets and closed on Yom Kippur means in practice — connecting these to the constellation Libra and the weighing in the balance.

First, consider Joseph in Genesis 41. We know his story: imprisoned, then elevated to second-in-command over all Egypt. Genesis 41 begins, "At the end of two full years" — the completion of those full years, reckoned on the civil calendar, since Moses had not yet been born and the book of Exodus had not yet been given. On the Feast of Trumpets, the books were opened, and Joseph was released from prison. Furthermore, what did he tell Pharaoh? There would be seven good years followed by seven bad years. Not only was Joseph released on the Feast of Trumpets — he was released at the beginning of a new seven-year shemitah cycle. That is precisely the position we are in now. This is why this is such a major transitional period for the world, for nations, and for individuals. As long as we are right with the Lord, what is there to fear?

The second example is Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4. We know this story as well. After Daniel interpreted his dream and warned him, Nebuchadnezzar was walking through his great palace one day and began declaring in arrogance, "Is this not the great Babylon I have built?" The scripture says: "While the words were still in his mouth" — and this was "at the end of twelve months," again a reference to the civil calendar, because decrees and judgments are rendered on the Feast of Trumpets. Nebuchadnezzar was exiled on the Feast of Trumpets at the beginning of a shemitah cycle, and he remained in that state for seven years.

Then in Daniel 5 we come to his grandson Belshazzar, who brought out the holy vessels of the Lord and used them in a pagan feast. The handwriting appeared on the wall, and Daniel was called to interpret it. The phrase "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" means: God has numbered your kingdom and finished it; you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting; your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and the Persians. That very night it was fulfilled. And which night was it? On the Feast of Trumpets, on the shemitah cycle — because Israel had gone into Babylonian captivity on a shemitah cycle, and exactly seventy years later, Babylon fell on a shemitah cycle and the Medo-Persians took over. All three examples line up with stunning mathematical precision: the constellation Libra, the weighing in the balance, and the decrees rendered on Tishri 1 — the Feast of Trumpets — followed ten days later by Yom Kippur.

Each year is sealed like a chapter in the book of life. If you live a hundred years on this earth, you have a hundred chapters. Some of those chapters overlap — prayers prayed on the Feast of Trumpets in one year may begin coming to pass the next year, or two years later, or three. I'm still seeing some of those remnants now. We have to understand what God is showing each of us individually.

For me, I believe He wanted me to go through four or five years of these things in order to understand them, because I had no idea how they operated. I wasn't going to write a book or speak about them publicly until I had experienced them myself. So I speak from personal experience. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you — keep whatever is good and set aside whatever doesn't witness to you. That goes for me and for anyone else you listen to. Always do that.

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