Rosh HaShana!
The Feast of Trumpets!
Pastor Timothy Hinkle
September 25, 2011
Leviticus 23:23-25
The Feast of Trumpets Given!
23 Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 24 “Speak to the children of
Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month,
on the first day of the month, you
shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial
of blowing of trumpets, a holy
convocation. 25 You shall do no
customary work on it; and you shall
offer an offering made by fire to the
LORD.’”
Rosh HaShana
Rosh HaShana Begins Thursday. Rosh
Hashana, also known as the Feast of
Trumpets or the Jewish New Year, begins
at sundown on Thursday, September
29th. The Biblical holiday is perhaps
most well-known for the sounding of the
shofar horn, which is done at holiday
services around the world. The day is a
time of repentance and begins the Days
of Awe that culminate with Yom Kippur,
or the Day of Atonement. In Israel, it is a
national holiday.
The Feasts to Christians!
Christians are now beginning to realize the
whole redemptive story is pictured for us in
Israel’s feasts!
 Passover—Salvation, deliverance from
Egypt (flesh, sin)
 Feasts of Unleavened Bread & First
Fruits—instruct us as to the purpose of
salvation—FRUITFULLNESS & HOLINESS—
God saves us so that we can be SET
APART
 Feast of Petecost (first fruits)—Instructs
us as to the TYPE of fruit we must bear—
SPIRITUL FRUIT
Fall Feasts
Feast of Trumpets—The beginning of the
Jewish New Year (Biblical not Fiscal) and
symbolizes many things.
Commemorates the creation of the
World—specifically of Man on the 6th day
Recognition of God as the King of the
Universe!
A Call To Repentance! A time when God
may decide whether their (the Jewish
people) are inscribed in the book of Life.
Fall Feasts
 Feast of Trumpets (continued)
Symbolizes the end of the evil age and the promise
of the coming Messiah! The Jewish children are
taught to listen for the sound of the Shofar because
it will be blown at the coming of Messiah! (to
Christians—the Return of Christ!)
Is believed to be the true birthday of Jesus
(according to the zodiac and by scripture calculating
the time of Mary’s gestation in relation to the time of
Elizabeth’s gestation in Feast mentioned)
 Feast of Tabernacles—Tells of how God will one day
dwell with men!
 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)—Christ fulfilled when
He presented Himself as the perfect lamb following His
resurrection!
Scripture
 John 15:1-5 (Feast of Unleavened
Bread and First Fruits)

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the
vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does
not bear fruit He takes away; and
every branch that bears fruit He prunes,
that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are
already clean because of the word which I
have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither
can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He
who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much
fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
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Scripture
 Galatians 5:22—23 (Feast of Pentecost or
First Fruits)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law.
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 Revelation 21:3 (Feast of Trumpets
and Tabernacles)
And I heard a loud voice from heaven
saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of
God is with men, and He will dwell with
them, and they shall be His people. God
Himself will be with them and be their
God.
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Scripture
Zechariah 8:22 (Feast of
Tabernacles)
22 Yes, many peoples and
strong nations
Shall come to seek the
LORD of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the
LORD.’
 Zechariah 14:6-9 (Feast of Tabernacles)
It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The lights will diminish.
7 It shall be one day
Which is known to the LORD—
Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.
8 And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward the eastern sea
And half of them toward the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
9 And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be—
“ The LORD is one,”
And His name one.
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Conclusion
We, as Christians, can celebrate
the Feasts of Israel and
understand their true meaning
and promises!
The Feast of Trumpets points us
to the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and His rule forever!!!