Yom HaDin: The Day of Judgment

The next event on the Feast of Trumpets is *Yom HaDin* — the Day of Judgment. This is the opening of the books and the gates. This is when we will be judged. When we are resurrected and raptured, we stand before the Lord to receive rewards, good or bad, for what we have done. A great understanding of the Day of Judgment comes from Daniel 7:9–11 and verses 21–22: *"I watched..."*

Daniel's vision continues: "I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated. His garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, his wheels a burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. A thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened."

We have already read the scripture about the judgment — that Messiah comes with the decree. The Feast of Trumpets is the Day of Judgment. That is when we will be judged, or more precisely, when those who are in Christ will receive their rewards according to what they have or have not done. Acts 17:29-31 states: "Because he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising him from the dead." There is one appointed day — and that day is the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Teruah.

Second Corinthians 5:10 confirms: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." First Corinthians 3:12-13 adds: "Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw — each one's work will become clear, for the Day will declare it." The first day of the Day of the Lord is the Feast of Trumpets.

This is why the symbolism of the feasts is so precisely ordered. The Feast of Trumpets represents repentance. Yom Kippur represents redemption — when the nation of Israel will be redeemed and our books will be sealed for the year. The Feast of Tabernacles represents rejoicing. Common sense confirms the order: we must repent to be redeemed, and only then can we rejoice. Repentance, redemption, and then rejoicing at the Feast of Tabernacles.

Psalms 24:7-10 declares: "Lift up your heads, O you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts." That King of glory is Yeshua the Messiah. Psalms 118:19-20 continues: "Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, I will praise the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord, through which the righteous shall enter." On some Feast of Trumpets, we will enter through that gate — and it will be a beautiful thing.

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