The Rapture: Day of the Awakening Blast

**The Day of the Awakening Blast — The Rapture**

The second of the six idioms we discover on the Feast of Trumpets is the Day of the Awakening Blast, which is called the Rapture. It is probably the most discussed event among believers, and for good reason — it is our blessed hope, our deliverance from this world to the next, our salvation from the Antichrist and all that is coming.

It is also one of the most debated topics in the body of Christ, and I do not think that is a bad thing. We are all trying to understand what the Word of God says. Wherever you stand — pre-trib, post-trib, pre-wrath, post-wrath — let us focus on the event itself, because it will occur on the Feast of Trumpets regardless of the exact timing position. I will say it is not mid-trib, because the midpoint of the tribulation falls at Passover, not the Feast of Trumpets — so that one can be ruled out. But as for the rest, may God lead all of us into the correct understanding.

The Feast of Trumpets is called Yom Teruah — and that word *teruah* means to shout...

The word *teruah* means an alarm, a blast — you can find that in Strong's 8643. This is a memorial of blowing of trumpets every year, because one day it will blow away what we know as science. That is certain. Just as Yeshua ascended with a shout, as mentioned in Psalms 47:5 — "God has gone up with a shout, a teruah, an alarm, a blow; the Lord with the sound of a trumpet" — he will also return on the sound of the trumpet.

First Thessalonians 4:16–18 confirms this: "The Lord himself, Yeshua, will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, with the trumpet of God." Every one of those elements points to the Feast of Trumpets. The shout is a teruah — Feast of Trumpets. The voice of an archangel — Feast of Trumpets. And then the trumpet itself. "The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive and remain will be caught together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words."

The Apostle Paul gives us deep understanding of the Feast of Trumpets as it relates to the resurrection — the Rapture, the Day of the Awakening Blast. The shout, the voice of an archangel, the trumpet of God: all of these point to the Feast of Trumpets. The dead in Christ will rise first, and then we who are on this earth will be gathered with them in the clouds.

The prophet Isaiah confirms what Paul wrote in Thessalonians: "Your dead shall live; together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust, for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." Paul in Thessalonians is simply pointing us back to Isaiah as a second witness. The phrase "your dead" refers to Messiah — he who was crucified, who rose. This circles back to the Feast of First Fruits: he is the firstfruits, and when the sheaf is waved, it signifies that all of us will follow the first fruit of the resurrection, which is Yeshua Messiah.

First Corinthians 15:20–23 provides yet another confirmation: "But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at his second coming." The Day of the Awakening Blast — the Rapture — will occur on Yom Teruah, on this day, in some year when we are blowing the trumpets. It will happen in the twinkling of an eye.