Reasons to consider why some Christians think
the rapture may
happen on the Feast of Trumpets / Rosh Hashanna
Lev 23:23-25 The LORD said to Moses, 24 "Say to the Israelites: 'On the first day of the seventh month you are
to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. 25 Do no regular work, but present an offering made to the LORD by fire.'
" (Neh. 8, Ezra 3, Num. 29)
WHAT IS THE RAPTURE?
Most Christians believe that when Jesus comes, He will rapture or catch up His
Church made up of believing Christian
followers of Him into the air to be
with Him.1 Thes. 4:13-18 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall
asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have
no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those
who havefallen asleep in him. 15 According to
the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of
theLord, will certainly not precede those who
have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loudcommand, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet
call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, wewho are still alive and are left will be caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be withthe Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these
words.
1 Cor.15:49-52 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the
man from heaven.50 I declare to you, brothers, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit theimperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all
sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of aneye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the
dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Matt. 24:31 And He will send His angels with
a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect fro the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the
other. 40-41 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women
will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be
taken and the other left.
Luke 17:34-35 & 37 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed;
one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two
women will be grinding grain
together; one will be taken and the other left. " 37
"Where, LORD?" they asked. He replied, "Where there is
a dead body, there the vultures will gather."
Rev. 7:9-17 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude
that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front
of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their
hands.10 And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who
sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders
and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped
God,12 saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and
power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"13 Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes --who are they,
and where did they come from?"14 I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have
come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb.15 Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and
night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.16 Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun
will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he
will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes."
We are commanded in the Bible to be watchful:
1. All the Spring Feasts were fulfilled at Christ's first coming, and on the exact day of the feast.
All the Fall Feasts picture the second advent, and the Feast of Trumpets is the first of the fall feasts,
picturing the rapture. The Feast of Trumpets is followed by The Day of Atonement and then the Feast of
Tabernacles. Notice how the rapture is followed by judgment when comparing the Day of Atonement with the beginning of the trumpet judgments of Revelation
8.
2. The Feast of Trumpets is also called "Yom Teruah" or the day of blowing of trumpets. It is
Israel's call to repentance and a day of reckoning God entering into judgment with His people. John
the Baptist and Jesus both had a call to repentance. The Feast of Trumpets precedes the Day of Atonement
where there is redemption and forgiveness of sin. It's an annual reminder to us as Christians to
reevaluate our lives and repent of known sin. The rapture of God's believing people is a call to
non-believing Jews to repent and believe.
3. 100 trumpet blasts are made on The Feast of Trumpets. The "last trump" is the longest and
loudest. This is believed to be related to the last trump of 1 Cor 15:50-52. Related passages in Matt. 24:31 and 1 Thes. 4:16-17 also mention trumpet calls.
4. The Feast of Trumpets is known as the Wedding of the Messiah, the Church is the Bride of Christ, and the rapture is when
the Church is caught up to heaven to be wed with Christ - the coming together "to become one
flesh".
5. In the Jewish Wedding, a marriage takes place over a period of time known as the "bridal week" where the
groom comes for his bride "like a thief in the night" to take (seize / rapture) her away and into the bridal
chamber for the bridal week at his father's house. "Of that day or hour no man knows, but my Father
only" is an expression or common Hebrew idiom used by a groom when asked when his wedding will be. He says this
because it is his father that will tell him when his preparations on the bridal chamber are completed and it is
time. Again, the wedding pictures the rapture.
6. The Feast of Trumpets happens on the " new moon", which is 29.5 days after the last one, meaning it might occur on the 29th or
30th day, nobody knows for sure. "Of that day or hour no man knows" is an expression referring to this
feast.
7. The "Open Door" is a symbol of the new moon Feast of Trumpets rapture in Matt 25:1-12, and Rev 3:20-21, & Rev 4:1. Ezek 46:1-3 "Thus says the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall
be shut on the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened and on the day of the new moon
it shall be opened.
8. Col. 2:16-17 says the new moon and the Feasts of the Lord are a shadow of things to
come. We should take note that the Feast of Trumpets is the only Feast of the Lord that falls
on a new moon.
9. There are seven days of awe in between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. Some believe this is
a picture the seven years of tribulation. Atonement pictures Satan being defeated and cast away at the end
of tribulation. If you add the two day Trumpets feast, and the day of atonement, the 7 days of awe are "ten
days of tribulation" which might be referred to in Rev. 2:10.
10. The Feast of Trumpets is also known as the coronation of the Messiah, when He will start reigning as king,
thus the beginning of the "Day of the Lord". Trumpets were blown at the coronation of kings.
1 Kings 1:28-34,
2 Kings 9:6-13, 2 Kings 11:12-14 and at the building of the temple Ezra 3:10, John 2:19-21, 1 Cor. 3:16-17, Rev 21:22
11. It is also time for the bema judgment, or the
judgment of the works of the righteous, and judgment must begin at the house of the Lord. The rapture is a
judgment separating believers from non-believers.
12. On the Feast of Trumpets "At the instant that the Jewish workers heard the trumpet sound, all would
immediately stop harvesting, even if they were not finished (think about that!) and go to the Temple for
worship! In those days, as it is sometimes today, a Jew & an Arab might be working side by side in the
fields - but when the trumpet sounded on this particular day, the Jew would stop and go to worship, while the
Arab kept on harvesting. Jesus used this same analogy in Matt. 24:36-44 of the 2nd Coming."
For additional reasons and perspective,
here is an article from Hebrew4Christians.com
Some Christians believe that Jesus will "rapture" His people on the Feast of Trumpets some
year. They believe Jesus will fulfill the Fall Feast days like He did when He fulfilled
the Spring Feasts on their appointed days. This information below gives some thought-provoking,
though speculative reasons for this belief, and why one Feast of Trumpets day in particular seems to stand
out amongst others to watch for.
Some people believe the moon symbolizes the Church (believers in Jesus) and the sun symbolizes Jesus
Christ since the moon has no light of its own, but only reflects what it receives from the sun. Notice how the
moon is located at the feet of Virgo on 9/29/2011 Feast of Trumpets (same as 9/11/3 BC), but moves to be with
the sun on 9/13/2015 Feast of Trumpets. The king planet, Jupiter, is also in the Leo the lion constellation.
Jesus is from the Jewish tribe of Judah, and is called the Lion of Judah.
The rapture is believed to be the "catching up" of believers in Jesus from the earth into the air to be with
Him - similar to how the moon goes from Virgo's feet to be with the sun in this partial solar eclipse.
1) there is a partial solar eclipse on
9/13/2015 - Feast if Trumpets
- like separating light from dark
- believers from non-believers
where the moon is with the sun at the head of constellation Virgo
led by Jupiter the king planet in the constellation of Leo the Lion
(similar to 9/11/3 BC at Jesus' possible conception)
Jupiter is near
Regulus, the king star in Leo, and in the same position as 6/17/2 BC
(Jesus' possible birth date and 9
months after 9/11/3 BC)
Jesus is the Lion of
Judah, our King of kings, and LORD of Lords
2) Messianic Jews believe that Jesus will meet the Church in the air some year on
The Feast of Trumpets - 9/13/2015 falls on The Feast of Trumpets - (1 Thes.
4:13-18)
9/11/3 BC and 9/29/2011 also occurred on the Feast of Trumpets
3) 9/13/2015 falls on a Sunday - Jesus rose
from the dead on a Sunday
- like Husband, like
Bride His Church - will the Church of Christian believers rise on a
Sunday?
4) lunar eclipses are signs for the Jews, solar eclipses are signs for Gentiles (Rom. chapters 9-11)
- a solar eclipse occurs on 9/13/2015 - the rapture will include both Christian Jews
and Gentiles
- a lunar eclipse occurs on 9/28/2015 - the Feast of Tabernacles ( Rev. 14:1?)
5) the eclipse reaches its maximum at the 11th hour - (Matt. 20:1-16, 1 John 2:18-19, John
11:9-10)
- Jesus said His Kingdom was like an employer who, at the end of the day, paid the same wage to
those who had worked all day as He did to those he hired at the 11th and final hour of the day
- though rewards will be different, those people who believe Jesus shortly before the rapture will be
able to go to Heaven and be with Jesus the same as those who have believed in Jesus for many
years
6) 9/13/2015 falls within a lunar tetrad of 4 total lunar eclipses that each land on a Jewish Feast
Day
7) Messianic Jews believe that non-believing Jews will turn to Jesus on the Day of Atonement
which
falls on 9/23/2015 - 10 "days of Awe" after the 9/13/2015 Feast of Trumpets and 5 days before
the
Feast of Tabernacles
8) the 9/23/2015 Day of Atonement falls within the lunar tetrad along with The Feast
of
Trumpets
9) the Day of Atonement is exactly seven-sevens to the day from when Jerusalem was restored in
the 6-Day war on
6/7/1967 and fits the context of the verse Dan. 9:25
(7x7x360 = 17,640 Biblical days - 6/7/1967 + 17,640= 9/23/2015)
10) Messianic Jews believe that Jesus will return during a Jubilee year (Luke 4:16-21)
- the Day of Atonement begins the next Jubilee
(which only comes around every 49 years (Lev. 25:8-10))
11) when you find the middle day between the first and last of the 4 total lunar eclipses of the
tetrad,
you find that it is the same exact day as
when you find the middle day between the first and last
of 2 lunar triples placing
this tetrad in the exact middle of the
lunar triples
(a lunar triple is 3 total lunar eclipses that fall within one year) The middle date
of the 2010-2019 triple and 2014-2015 tetrad is 1/6/2015 Epiphany - a time celebrating the acknowledgement of Jesus as King, Priest, and
Sacrifice
12) the first lunar triple eclipse begins shortly before Virgo appears like Rev. 12:1 on The Feast
of
Trumpets 9/29/2011 (like it did shortly
before Christ's first coming on 9/11/3 BC), and the last lunar
triple ends shortly after
Hanukkah 12/3/2018 (1,335 days from
4/8/2015 which is the middle of the
Feast of Unleavened Bread Lev. 23:4-8,
Dan. 9:27 and 12:11-12) encompassing the
7-year period
of time 2011-2018 - Hanukkah
celebrates the 12/25/164 BC victory of Judas Maccabeus
stopping the sacrifices in June 167 BC.
13) the same pattern of the lunar tetrad
exactly in the middle of a lunar triple that occurs in
2011-2018 also occured in 1963-1972 encompassing the 6/7/1967 6-Day war where
Jerusalem
was restored, and also occured in 1945-1954 encompassing
5/14/1948 when Israel became a
nation and 1949 when Israel's borders
were established. (Another pattern like this won't occur for
over another 500 years)
14) In Luke 21, Jesus talks about the generation that will see Jesus' 2nd coming. Psalm 90:10
references a generation to 70 maybe 80 years
at most. On May 14, 1948 Israel became a nation.
1948+70=2018 - the end of a 2011-2018
period. The 2nd Jewish temple was
destroyed in 70 AD.
70+1948=2018.
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