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Le 23:1,2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Con-
cerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs, and for days, and years:
Da 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws:
Am 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Lev 23:23,24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh
month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convo-
cation.
If the Lord has no remembrance of a person or nation they have been rejected by Him:
Lu 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Nu 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm
with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your
enemies.
Mal 3:16-18 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard
it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his
name. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare
them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and
the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Num 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do
no servile work: it is a day <yowm> of blowing <teruw`ah> the trumpets unto you.
1Cor 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Ps 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, <teruw`ah> the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. <showphar>
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Zec 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.
Ps 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: <teruw`ah>
IDIOMS FOR YOM TERUAH:
The Time of Jacobs trouble
Jer 30:6,7 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands
on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Isa 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;
so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isa 13:6-8 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore
shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold
of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as
flames.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and
there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time
thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Zeph 1:14-16 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the
LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the
trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Mt 24:7,8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Am 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Re 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Da 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Pr 7:1-3 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live;
and my law (Torah) as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Pr 7:4-10 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee
from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. For at the window of my house I looked
through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of
understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the
evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil
of heart.
Pr 7:13-15 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with
me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have
found thee.
Mr 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his ser-
vants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mt 25:14,15 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and
delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man
according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Mt 20:1,11 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the
morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman
of the house,
Pr 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is
not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day
appointed.
COMES AS A THIEF
Re 3:1-3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God,
and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and
strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Re 3:17,18 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not
that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness
do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Re 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and
they see his shame.
High priest was also known as “a thief in the night”
Mt 25:8-13 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise
answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the
marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the
hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Lu 12:37-41 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you,
that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall
come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know,
that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not
have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour
when ye think not. Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Lu 12:42-46 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over
his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if
that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens,
and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him,
and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the
unbelievers.
Mt 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Lu 19:41,42,44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known,
even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone
upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
1Ch 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do;
1Th 5:1-5 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then
sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye,
brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Eze 33:2,3,7 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a
land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he seeth the
sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a
watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Jer 6:10,16,17,19, To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircum-
cised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk
therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Also I set watchmen over you,
saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Hear, O earth: behold, I will
bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor
to my law,(Torah) but rejected it.
Is 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the
house of Jacob their sins.
The Day of the Awakening Blast
Da 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting contempt.
Is 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in
dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1Thess 4:16,17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Because of the Diaspora it was celebrated for 2 days and was known as one long day.
Why is it 2 days long? It fell on the 1st, the new moon, and they wanted everyone to know, especially in the
Diaspora. It was regarded as One Long Day. This Feast fell on the first, consequently it was known as the Feast
where no one would know the day or the hour it came! It was to be a day symbolically hidden even from Satan
so he would not be 100% aware of its arrival.
1Cor 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory.
Because it’s the first day of the month, was 2 days long, and was based on the sighting of the New Moon by two
witnesses it’s known as the Feast where no one knows “The Day or the Hour“ it would begin!
On the Feast of Trumpets the Shofar is blown 100 times. There are three sounds made with the shofar:
1Cor 15:51-53 Behold, I shew 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
SoS 2:10,11 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the
winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
SoS 2:16,17 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows
flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
SoS 3:1,2 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now,
and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I
found him not.
SoS 5:2-6 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister,
my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I have
put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? My beloved put in his hand
by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands
dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. I opened to my
beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but
I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Yom HaDin/Day of Judgment/The Opening of the Books/Opening of the Gates
God always has desired to forewarn before He brings judgment. The number 40 has always been a time for
testing and warning.
Nu 13:24,25 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel
cut down from thence. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
Re 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him
that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her
grapes are fully ripe.
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in
his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
1Cor 3:13-15 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by
fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so
as by fire.
Dan 7:10,11 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten
thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then
because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body
destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Rev 5:11-13 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the
elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a
loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and
honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power,
be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11,12 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven
fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and
the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 4:1-2 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was
as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be
hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Ps 24:7-10 Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come
in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye
gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The
LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Ps 118:19-20 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of
the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Isa 26:1-3 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint
for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt
keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Joel 2:1,2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land
tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of
clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath
not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:11-13 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that
executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Therefore also now,
saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Zeph 1:14-16 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of
the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a
day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A
day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Yom HaKeseh (The Hidden Day)
Zeph 2:1-4 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth,
before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the
LORD'S anger come upon you. Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment;
seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. For Gaza shall
be forsaken,
Ps 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
he shall set me up upon a rock.
Is 26:20,21 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it
were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain.
Ha Kiddushin/Nesuin (Wedding of the Messiah) The Bible is a marriage covenant
Joel 2:15,16 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the
congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go
forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
OT:2646 closet / chuppah (khoop-paw'); from OT:2645; a canopy:
Jer 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King
shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved,
and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
Jer 33:15-16 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and
he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall
dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
Erusin (Rite of Betrothal) / Kiddushin (Completed rite, upon drinking the cup of the covenant)
1. Marriages were arranged by the parents (Abraham for Isaac)
Gen 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to
Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Gen 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with
joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Matt 1:18,19 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph,
before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man,
and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
NT:3423 espoused
mnesteuo (mnace-tyoo'-o); from a derivative of NT:3415; to give a souvenier (engagement present), i.e. betroth:
2. The Bridal price was established for the Bride
1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold,
from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
3. Bride and Groom are betrothed; this legally binds the two together but they don’t live
together.
Jer 2:2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy
youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Hos 2:19-20 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in
judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt
know the LORD.
4. Written document drawn up called the Ketubah which states the bride price, promises of
the groom, and the rights of the bride. The Bible is our Ketubah!
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
1Jo 5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we
desired of him.
5. The Bride must give her consent. “I do”
Rom 10:8-10 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of
faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Ex 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people
answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
6. Gifts were given to the Bride
Eph 4:7-8 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he
saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
1 Cor 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
They would share a cup of wine called “the cup of the covenant”
7. The Bride would have a Mikvah (Water immersion), A ceremonial act of separation showing
her going from a former way to a new way.
Ezek 16:8-9 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I
spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with
thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed
away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
She now has been bought with a price and is to spend her time preparing to live as a wife and mother in Israel.
Spending her days learning how to please her husband and waiting for his return.
8. After the cup The Bridegroom would make the statement “He would go to his Father’s house
and prepare a place for her”. This place was known as the chamber
John 14:1-4 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many
mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go
ye know, and the way ye know.
If anyone would ask the day of the wedding he would say “Only my father knows” for the father had to be
completely satisfied every preparation had been made before he could get his bride.
Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son,
but the Father.
9. Bridegroom returned accompanied by a shout “Behold the bridegroom comes” and the
Shofar was blown. This typically was done at night which is why the lamps were to be kept
burning.
Matt 25:6-7 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then
all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
10. Bridegroom would abduct his bride and take her to the bridal chamber where the marriage
was consummated
11. Finally there was the marriage supper for all invited.
Isa 62:5-7 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth
over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall
never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest,
till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Luke 14:16-18 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant
at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent
began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I
pray thee have me excused.
Rev 19:7-9 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife
hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Rev 19:14-18 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel
standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come
and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh
of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all
men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Mt 22:1-5,8-11 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is
like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were
bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto
the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: Then saith
he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the
highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
Lu 14:16-24 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at
supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent
began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I
pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee
have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant
said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That
none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Ha Melech (Coronation of the Messiah)
One of the aspects of Yom Teruah is to crown God as our King. The Shofar was seen not only as a call to stand
trial before the judgment throne of God, but also to reaffirm God’s sovereignty and Kingship over the world.
Judgment and Kingship are closely linked.
Ps 98:6-9 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Let the sea roar,
and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful
together. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and
the people with equity.
It was a regular practice to enthrone the Kings of Israel and Judah on the 1st of Tishri
There are 4 parts to the enthronement ceremony of a Jewish King
1. Giving of the decree
Ps 2:6,7 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto
me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Rod/Sceptre is given
Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and
unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the
sceptre of thy kingdom.
He came as a prophet, Resurrected as a priest, Coming back as King of Kings!!
2. Ceremony of the taking of the throne
2 Sam 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in
Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
1 Kings 1:39,40,45,46 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon.
And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. And all the people came up after
him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from
thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
Rev 4:1-4,9-11 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard
was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must
be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the
throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about
the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the
seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and
ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for
ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
3. The Acclamation
I Kgs 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with
the trumpet, and say, “God save king Solomon”.
2Ki 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they
made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
4. Subjects come and pledge their allegiance
Ps 50:4,5 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my
saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Ps 47 is known as the Coronation Psalm:
In verses 6,7 the shouting & praising of the King
In verse 9 The believers in Yeshua are gathered in His presence & pledge their allegiance
Ps 102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, <mow`ed>
is come.
Ps 102:16-18 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. He will regard the prayer of the
destitute, and not despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation to come: (The last) and the people
which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Rev 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful
and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head
were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed
him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with
it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
which will impact your life? Especially if they’re life or death issues.
Le 23:1,2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Con-
cerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
- Feast of Trumpets : REPENTANCE
Feast of Yom Kippur: REDEMPTION
Feast of Tabernacles: REJOICING
- The Time of Jacobs trouble
The Day of the Awakening Blast
Yom HaDin/Day of Judgment/The Opening of the Books/Opening of the Gates
Yom HaKeseh (The Hidden Day)
Ha Kiddushin/Nesuin (Wedding of the Messiah)
Ha Melech (Coronation of the Messiah)
Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs, and for days, and years:
- #226 (Aleph-Vav-Tav) 'owth, (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, and for
seasons,
- #4150 (Mem-Vav-Ayin-Dalet) mow`ed, properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically,
a festival;
- The Hebrew calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. It is based upon both the lunar cycle (which
defines months) and the solar cycle (which defines years). This is in contrast to the Gregorian calendar, which
is based solely upon the solar cycle.
Da 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws:
- {2165 zem-awn'} an appointed occasion, time.
Am 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Proclaim: #7121 kaw-raw' the idea of accosting a person met; to call out to, address by name
Lev 23:23,24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh
month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convo-
cation.
- (A memorial of what event?)
#2142 zaw-kar' to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; to mention; be mindful, make to be
remembered, memento
If the Lord has no remembrance of a person or nation they have been rejected by Him:
Lu 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Nu 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm
with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your
enemies.
Mal 3:16-18 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard
it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his
name. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare
them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and
the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- As a reminder of Divine Mercy every year on this day the Jews read the story of the binding of Isaac. They
blow the ram’s horn to remind God of His mercy.
Feast of Trumpets is likened to a day of Judgment with mercy extended and the Feast of Yom Kippur is a
day of Mercy while atoning for our sins with Justice.
It is a day to remind people to repent of their sins and to remind God of His mercy.
Num 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do
no servile work: it is a day <yowm> of blowing <teruw`ah> the trumpets unto you.
- #8643 teruw`ah; acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, blow an alarm, rejoicing,
shout(-ing),
1Cor 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Ps 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, <teruw`ah> the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. <showphar>
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Zec 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.
Ps 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: <teruw`ah>
IDIOMS FOR YOM TERUAH:
The Time of Jacobs trouble
Jer 30:6,7 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands
on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Isa 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;
so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isa 13:6-8 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore
shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold
of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as
flames.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and
there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time
thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Zeph 1:14-16 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the
LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the
trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
- <yowm> <showphar> <teruw`ah>
Mt 24:7,8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
- {#604 o-deen'} a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
Am 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Re 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Da 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Pr 7:1-3 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live;
and my law (Torah) as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Law: {#8451 torah {to-raw'}; from 3384 {yaw-raw'} to flow as water (i.e. to rain); to lay or throw
(especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach: hit the mark
Pr 7:4-10 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee
from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. For at the window of my house I looked
through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of
understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the
evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil
of heart.
Pr 7:13-15 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with
me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have
found thee.
Mr 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his ser-
vants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mt 25:14,15 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and
delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man
according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Mt 20:1,11 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the
morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman
of the house,
Pr 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is
not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day
appointed.
Appointed: {3677 keh'-she} fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival:--(time) appointed.
COMES AS A THIEF
Re 3:1-3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God,
and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and
strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Re 3:17,18 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not
that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness
do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Re 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and
they see his shame.
High priest was also known as “a thief in the night”
Mt 25:8-13 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise
answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the
marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the
hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Lu 12:37-41 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you,
that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall
come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know,
that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not
have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour
when ye think not. Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Lu 12:42-46 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over
his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if
that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens,
and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him,
and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the
unbelievers.
Mt 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Lu 19:41,42,44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known,
even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone
upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
1Ch 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do;
1Th 5:1-5 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then
sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye,
brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Eze 33:2,3,7 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a
land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he seeth the
sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a
watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Jer 6:10,16,17,19, To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircum-
cised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk
therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Also I set watchmen over you,
saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Hear, O earth: behold, I will
bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor
to my law,(Torah) but rejected it.
Is 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the
house of Jacob their sins.
The Day of the Awakening Blast
Da 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting contempt.
Is 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in
dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1Thess 4:16,17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15) = Full Moon
Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 15 = Full Moon
Feast of Trumpets Tishri 1 = New Moon
Because of the Diaspora it was celebrated for 2 days and was known as one long day.
Why is it 2 days long? It fell on the 1st, the new moon, and they wanted everyone to know, especially in the
Diaspora. It was regarded as One Long Day. This Feast fell on the first, consequently it was known as the Feast
where no one would know the day or the hour it came! It was to be a day symbolically hidden even from Satan
so he would not be 100% aware of its arrival.
1Cor 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory.
Because it’s the first day of the month, was 2 days long, and was based on the sighting of the New Moon by two
witnesses it’s known as the Feast where no one knows “The Day or the Hour“ it would begin!
On the Feast of Trumpets the Shofar is blown 100 times. There are three sounds made with the shofar:
- Tekiah - One long straight blast.
Shevarim - Three shorter blasts.
Teruah – 9 quick blasts in short succession
1Cor 15:51-53 Behold, I shew 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
SoS 2:10,11 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the
winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
SoS 2:16,17 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows
flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
SoS 3:1,2 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now,
and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I
found him not.
SoS 5:2-6 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister,
my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I have
put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? My beloved put in his hand
by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands
dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. I opened to my
beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but
I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Yom HaDin/Day of Judgment/The Opening of the Books/Opening of the Gates
God always has desired to forewarn before He brings judgment. The number 40 has always been a time for
testing and warning.
- 40 days for Ninevah, for Moses after the golden calf, the Lord in the wilderness, the 12 spies
Nu 13:24,25 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel
cut down from thence. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
- (Yom Kippur and Hebron)
The month of Elul – John the Baptist
Consciousness of going to trial always precedes the trial itself.
Re 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him
that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her
grapes are fully ripe.
- Oye! Oye! This court is in session! The Right Honorable Judge of the Universe is presiding!
In Judaism it is believed that every year on this day the Heavenly Court is in session! The books are
opened! God looks over every persons account to see how we took care of His investment in us. The trial
lasts 10 days until the Day of Atonement. Your life is placed on the balance scales. The Trial image captures
the sense of one’s life in someone else’s hands. We have 10 days to repent and amend our ways during
this time before the judgment is set and the books are closed on Yom Kippur. Everyone in the world passes
before the heavenly Judge like troops in review. The sentence is then meted out during the following days
and year.
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in
his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
1Cor 3:13-15 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by
fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so
as by fire.
Dan 7:10,11 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten
thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then
because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body
destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Rev 5:11-13 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the
elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a
loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and
honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power,
be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11,12 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven
fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and
the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 4:1-2 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was
as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be
hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Ps 24:7-10 Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come
in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye
gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The
LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Ps 118:19-20 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of
the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Isa 26:1-3 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint
for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt
keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Joel 2:1,2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land
tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of
clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath
not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:11-13 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that
executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Therefore also now,
saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Zeph 1:14-16 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of
the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a
day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A
day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Yom HaKeseh (The Hidden Day)
Zeph 2:1-4 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth,
before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the
LORD'S anger come upon you. Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment;
seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. For Gaza shall
be forsaken,
Ps 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
he shall set me up upon a rock.
Is 26:20,21 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it
were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain.
Ha Kiddushin/Nesuin (Wedding of the Messiah) The Bible is a marriage covenant
Joel 2:15,16 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the
congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go
forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
OT:2646 closet / chuppah (khoop-paw'); from OT:2645; a canopy:
Jer 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King
shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved,
and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
- THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Jer 33:15-16 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and
he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall
dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
Erusin (Rite of Betrothal) / Kiddushin (Completed rite, upon drinking the cup of the covenant)
1. Marriages were arranged by the parents (Abraham for Isaac)
Typically the young man would go to the house of the “bride to be” carrying 3 items
- A. Large sum of Money
B. Betrothal Contract
C. Skin of wine
- Anyone arriving at a house with these 3 items was definitely considered suspect.
If the bridal price was approved a glass of wine was poured. If she approved, the betrothal contract became
a legal document between the two. Their status was betrothed rather than fully married even though they
would be called husband and wife.
Gen 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to
Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Gen 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with
joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Matt 1:18,19 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph,
before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man,
and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
NT:3423 espoused
mnesteuo (mnace-tyoo'-o); from a derivative of NT:3415; to give a souvenier (engagement present), i.e. betroth:
2. The Bridal price was established for the Bride
1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold,
from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
3. Bride and Groom are betrothed; this legally binds the two together but they don’t live
together.
Jer 2:2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy
youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Hos 2:19-20 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in
judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt
know the LORD.
4. Written document drawn up called the Ketubah which states the bride price, promises of
the groom, and the rights of the bride. The Bible is our Ketubah!
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
1Jo 5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we
desired of him.
5. The Bride must give her consent. “I do”
Rom 10:8-10 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of
faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Ex 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people
answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
6. Gifts were given to the Bride
Eph 4:7-8 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he
saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
1 Cor 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
They would share a cup of wine called “the cup of the covenant”
7. The Bride would have a Mikvah (Water immersion), A ceremonial act of separation showing
her going from a former way to a new way.
Ezek 16:8-9 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I
spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with
thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed
away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
She now has been bought with a price and is to spend her time preparing to live as a wife and mother in Israel.
Spending her days learning how to please her husband and waiting for his return.
8. After the cup The Bridegroom would make the statement “He would go to his Father’s house
and prepare a place for her”. This place was known as the chamber
John 14:1-4 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many
mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go
ye know, and the way ye know.
If anyone would ask the day of the wedding he would say “Only my father knows” for the father had to be
completely satisfied every preparation had been made before he could get his bride.
Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son,
but the Father.
9. Bridegroom returned accompanied by a shout “Behold the bridegroom comes” and the
Shofar was blown. This typically was done at night which is why the lamps were to be kept
burning.
Matt 25:6-7 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then
all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
10. Bridegroom would abduct his bride and take her to the bridal chamber where the marriage
was consummated
11. Finally there was the marriage supper for all invited.
Isa 62:5-7 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth
over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall
never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest,
till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Luke 14:16-18 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant
at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent
began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I
pray thee have me excused.
Rev 19:7-9 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife
hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Rev 19:14-18 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel
standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come
and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh
of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all
men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Mt 22:1-5,8-11 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is
like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were
bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto
the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: Then saith
he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the
highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
Lu 14:16-24 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at
supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent
began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I
pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee
have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant
said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That
none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Ha Melech (Coronation of the Messiah)
One of the aspects of Yom Teruah is to crown God as our King. The Shofar was seen not only as a call to stand
trial before the judgment throne of God, but also to reaffirm God’s sovereignty and Kingship over the world.
Judgment and Kingship are closely linked.
Ps 98:6-9 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Let the sea roar,
and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful
together. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and
the people with equity.
It was a regular practice to enthrone the Kings of Israel and Judah on the 1st of Tishri
There are 4 parts to the enthronement ceremony of a Jewish King
- Giving of the Decree
Ceremony of the taking of the throne
The Acclamation
Subjects come and pledge their allegiance
1. Giving of the decree
Ps 2:6,7 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto
me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Rod/Sceptre is given
Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and
unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the
sceptre of thy kingdom.
He came as a prophet, Resurrected as a priest, Coming back as King of Kings!!
2. Ceremony of the taking of the throne
2 Sam 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in
Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
1 Kings 1:39,40,45,46 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon.
And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. And all the people came up after
him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from
thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
Rev 4:1-4,9-11 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard
was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must
be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the
throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about
the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the
seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and
ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for
ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
3. The Acclamation
I Kgs 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with
the trumpet, and say, “God save king Solomon”.
2Ki 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they
made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
4. Subjects come and pledge their allegiance
Ps 50:4,5 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my
saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Ps 47 is known as the Coronation Psalm:
- 1-4 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most
high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations
under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
(The decree is given – Applause)
- 5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. (Acclamation)
In verses 6,7 the shouting & praising of the King
- 6,7 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of
all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. (Shouts and Praises)
- 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. (Ceremony)
In verse 9 The believers in Yeshua are gathered in His presence & pledge their allegiance
- 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields
of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
(Allegiance Pledged)
Ps 102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, <mow`ed>
is come.
Ps 102:16-18 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. He will regard the prayer of the
destitute, and not despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation to come: (The last) and the people
which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Rev 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful
and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head
were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed
him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with
it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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