Rosh Hashanah
– Welcome 5777!
Happy New Year!
Rosh Hashanah,or the Jewish New
Year, begins at sundown October 2, 2016.
Leviticus 23:23-25
records God’s instructions for Yom Teruah, or the Feast of
Trumpets. It was to be a day of rest on the first day of the seventh month
(Tishrei).
God called Israel
to refrain from work on this day, to gather in a holy assembly, and to blow the
shofar.
Through the course
of Israel’s history, the belief that this was the exact day God created the
world led rabbis to associate the Feast of Trumpets with “the head of the
year,” which is the meaning of the term Rosh Hashanah.
Today, Rosh
Hashanah and the Feast of Trumpets are celebrated as the Jewish New
Year.
The Jewish
calendar is different than the Gregorian calendar that most of the world uses.
Months are based on the cycle of the moon and the year is 360 days long. The
Jewish calendar has been turning over since the day of Creation, and according
to rabbinic calculations, sundown October 2, 2016 will ring in the Jewish year
of 5777.
One of the most
fascinating things about the Feasts of the Lord is that they each contain
prophetic correlations to the Messiah.
The Messianic
prophecies within the Spring Feasts of Passover, First Fruits, and Shavuot were
each fulfilled at Yeshua’s (Jesus’) first coming with His death, resurrection,
and the giving of the Holy Spirit.
Yeshua’s second
coming will fulfill the prophetic meanings of the Fall Feasts.
Though no one
knows the exact year, day, or hour
of Yeshua’s return, many
people believe that the rapture – or catching away of the Church – will occur
on Rosh Hashanah.
Scripture tells us
that with the sound of a great trumpet blast, the
Will this be the year?
Rosh Hashanah,
like the Gregorian New Year, is a time to reflect on the previous year as well
as the one ahead.
Many practitioners
of Judaism spend the month preceding Rosh Hashanah, the month of Elul, as a
time of repentance in preparation for the High
Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (the Day of
Atonement).
As people in
Jewish communities reflect on their shortcomings and sins, they seek God’s
forgiveness and His blessing for the coming year. They pray He will “seal” them
in the Book of Life for another year.
For Believers in
the Messiah Yeshua, we celebrate the incredible gift given to us in the death
and resurrection of Yeshua. Through Him, we have received His righteousness by
faith.
He has given us
His Holy Spirit as a pledge and our inheritance, declaring that He has sealed
us in God’s favor for all eternity.
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15).
In the coming
year, may God grant you His peace in all things, and we pray that you
experience the fullness of joy found in His presence (Psalm 16:11).
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