Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה, literally "head [of] the year"), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im ("Days of Awe") which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. The day is believed to be the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of mankind's role in God's world. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a hollowed-out ram's horn) and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey to evoke a "sweet new year".
On her blog "The Sharpest Pencil", Lana writes:
Jewish religion teaches that Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment. On Rosh Hashanah, God is said to inscribe the fate of every person for the upcoming year in the Book of Life or the Book of Death. The verdict is not final until Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Ten Days of Awe or Repentance (the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), during which we reflect upon our actions over the past year and seek forgiveness for our transgressions in hopes of influencing God’s final judgment.
From the Christian perspective, The Feast of Trumpets is one of the three Jewish feasts, ordained by God in Leviticus 23, which is yet to be fulfilled by Jesus Christ with the Rapture of the Church.
My friend Scottie has some very interesting videos on the subject of bible prophecy, and some great explanations of the feasts in his videos. Below are some thoughts on the Feast of Trumpets and the Rapture of the Church. Take a look:
A quick outline of the feasts and the Christian significance of each is below. Please visit http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Introduction/introduction.html for a more detailed explanation of the feasts from both the traditional Jewish, and Christian perspectives.
SPRING FEASTS - Fulfilled by Jesus Christ at His first advent.
- Passover - Fulfilled by Christ as he died on the cross, shedding His blood as the Perfect Lamb of God to atone for the sins of mankind, for all time.
- Feast of Unleavened Bread - Christ, The Bread of Life. The burial of Christ after his death, the perfect sinless sacrifice who took the burden of the worlds sin upon Himself, buried after His death, sinless.
- Feast of First Fruits - The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ was the First Fruit of the resurrection from the dead.
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20 (ESV)
- Pentecost - Fulfilled by the giving of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the Church. All believers would now be sealed and empowered by the Holy Spirit upon acceptance of Christ's sacrificial death and bodily resurrection from the dead.
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested[a] on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:1-4(ESV)
FALL FEASTS - Yet to be fulfilled by Christ upon His Second Coming
- Feast Of Trumpets - The soon to be fulfilled Rapture of the Church, and the end of the Church Age which began on Pentecost.
Behold! I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 (ESV)
- Yom Kippur: Day of Atonement - Yet to be fulfilled at the Second Coming of Christ. The fulfillment of God's promise to save Israel
- Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) - Yet to be fulfilled at the Second Coming of Christ. The Millennial Reign of the King of Righteousness on Earth
