Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is a festival recorded on God’s calendar (Leviticus 23:1-2,4)
“and the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel and say to them.
Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are My feasts. These are the feasts of the Lord even holy convocations,
which you shall proclaim in their seasons”
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The Festival of Trumpets was celebrated on the first day of the seventh new moon.
This month called Tishri was especially holy. The trumpets were blown on the first day
of this festival, and was to be observed as a solemn rest and holy gathering together.
The trumpets were sounded as a triumphant memorial to God’s great provision for His
people through the covenant He had made with them through Moses on Mount Sinai.
God gave these joyous festivals especially to His people (Leviticus 23:23-25, Numbers
29:1) “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying. Speak to the children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a Sabbath, a memorial
of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation”. During these festivals the people rested
most of the time, and thought about the reason for the holiday, and told their children
of God’s great love. These festivals were a reminder to the people of God of His
gracious love toward them. The time was set aside as reminder of an event in the past
when God has miraculously intervened to protect them.
Some would say, what does this mean to us today, and why would we observe this
feast? As you read through the Bible, you note that Jesus observed the feast of the
Lord, (John 4:45, 7:8-10, 10:22-23), we are told to be followers of Jesus as dear
children, so we should observe them also.
When you think that to the day, God did something according to the first 4 feasts;
Passover, unleavened bread, first fruits, and Pentecost. Jesus died on Passover, was
buried on unleavened bread, and rose on first fruits, then the Spirit was poured out on
Pentecost. We can be sure that He will do something to the day according to the last
feast; trumpets, atonement, tabernacles, then Hanukah. Remember there was a long
period between the first set of feast and the last set of feasts, and some believe this is
a sign showing the first and second coming of Jesus.
The sound of trumpets are mentioned many times in the Bible, the first was at the battle
of Jericho (Josh 6:4-5), Zechariah 9:14 “and the Lord shall be seen over them, and His
arrow shall go forth as the lightning and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall
go with whirlwinds of the south. The Lord of hosts shall defend them”. In I Corinthians
15:51-52 “behold I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed”. Again in I
Thessalonians 4:15-17 we see the trumpet is sounded.
Sermon by: Harriet Bond
Date: Sept 22, 2006