CHAPTER 9
THE FALL FEASTS
FEAST OF TRUMPETS
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 of blowing the trumpets unto you.
Trumpets have always been used as a means of communication to large groups of people. Trumpets have been used to communicate in war and in peacetime. Trumpets are also used to announce the arrival of an important personage, usually kings or returning conquerors. The most important use of the trumpet in the Bible is to announce the arrival of Jehovah. God came down from Mount Sinai in the midst of Israel on Pentecost and it is recorded in Exodus:
Exo 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Jehovah arrived in a thick cloud with sheets of lightning, the roar of thunder and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud. It must have been an awe inspiring and terrifying event. The Bible records that the Israelites begged Moses to be an intermediary for them. They were so afraid during God’s appearance they did not want to ever physically meet with him again.
Approximately fifteen hundred (1500) years later, also on Pentecost, the Holy Ghost fell on the Apostles and a hundred and twenty (120) other believers with a rushing mighty wind, and the appearance of cloven tongues of fire. The appearance of the Holy Ghost must have been an actual physical manifestation because people came rushing from all over Jerusalem to see what was going on. The next time Jehovah (Jesus Christ) arrives will be a similar event:
Joe 2:1 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;
Joe 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Joe 2:16 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.
When Israel entered the Promised Land, the first city they encountered was Jericho. The blast of a rams’ horns’ not only announced their arrival but it announces the destruction of Jericho. Rahab the harlot’s home, identified with a rope of scarlet (the blood of Christ), is the only home that escapes total destruction.
Jos 6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Jos 6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
Jos 6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Jos 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
The Lord brings down the walls of Jericho. The warriors of Israel only needed to kill everyone in the city afterwards, except Rahab. A similar event signals the destruction of the Midianites when Gideon and the three hundred elect with him blow their ram’s horns. Do you think they knew that they would simply be witnesses of the battle? They never had to lift a sword and they were never in danger because the battle was the LORD’s!
Jdg 7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Jdg 7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Jdg 7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Jdg 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
Another trumpet announces the arrival of Jubilee. In the Fall of every fiftieth year, on the day of Atonement, everyone received their freedom and their inheritance back. If you lost your ancestral lands or your freedom because of debt, it all had to be returned back to you in the Jubilee year.
Lev 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Lev 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
I believe on the Day of Atonement in the year of 2030, the saints of God will receive their inheritance. The meek will indeed inherit the earth.
YOM KIPPUR
(The Day of Atonement)
Lev 16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Lev 16:30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
The Day of Atonement has already been fulfilled. In the Book of Hebrews, it is explained that Jesus Christ, our High Priest, brought his own blood into the Holy of Holies and paid for the sins of the whole world for ever:
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Heb 10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
On the Day of Atonement of 2030, there will simply be one question. During your life, did you acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and did you believe that God raised Him from the dead? Are you covered by the blood of Jesus?
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
If you have acknowledged Jesus Christ as Lord and if you believe that God has raised Him from the dead, you are the righteousness of God, you are saved forever, and you can boldly approach our Father in heaven with a pure conscience and ask Him for the gift of His Holy Spirit.
SUKKOT
(Feast of Tabernacles)
Lev 23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Lev 23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Lev 23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
I was always taught that the Feast of Tabernacles represented the time that the children of Israel dwelt in tents in the wilderness and this is partially true. However, I wondered why it was celebrated in the Fall because the children of Israel left Egypt in the Springtime on the Feast of Passover. I believe the Feast of Tabernacles is the MOST IMPORTANT FEAST OF ALL! The Feast of Tabernacles is why we were created in the first place. WE (THE CHURCH) ARE GOD’S TABERNACLE! The Church is God’s dwelling place. One day in the near future, the Church will be called out of Babylon and into the wilderness where God will dwell in us while the wrath of God is poured out upon the kingdom of the beast. God will fight the battle and the Church will be His Witness.
Zec 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zec 14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
After Jesus Christ returns in Glory and establishes His everlasting kingdom, the Feast of Tabernacles is the only feast REQUIRED to be celebrated by the whole world! If a nation refuses to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles the Lord will afflict them with drought.
Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Joh 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
On the Feast of Tabernacles Jesus makes a point of making a public announcement of the arrival of the Holy Ghost. Why did he make this announcement on the Feast of Tabernacles? Why didn’t he make the announcement on the Feast of Pentecost? I believe the Holy Ghost will be poured out twice. He was first poured out moderately on 120 believers assembled together in Jerusalem during the Feast of Pentecost, just after Jesus arose to heaven. I believe the Holy Ghost will be poured out a second time to many thousands, perhaps millions, of believers during the latter rain of the Feast of Tabernacles just a few years prior to the arrival of Jesus Christ physically to the Mount of Olives on Pentecost.
Joe 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
If you are familiar with prophecy, you might ask, “does not Joel say in the first month?” Actually, “month” is in italics, therefore, it is not in the original Hebrew. The word first is the Hebrew word “rishon”.
First H7223, 
From H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun): - ancestor, (that were) before (-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore [-father] (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Hos 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hos 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
I know the concept of the “trinity” is difficult to grasp with our limited understanding but the best way I can explain God is by using the Bible’s description of man for an illustration: Humanity was created in the likeness of God and according to the Bible we are a spirit, we have a soul, and we reside in a body. When we meet somebody, we tend to describe people and relate to people by their physical appearance but fundamentally, people are actually spirits, just like God is a Spirit. Jesus Christ is the physical manifestation of both God the Father AND of the Holy Ghost.
However, there is one major difference between Jesus Christ and the rest of us, he is perfectly congruent with the Holy Ghost and the Father…they all have ONE MIND. He could not make mistakes, he could not blunder, he could not act inappropriately or sin because he was, is, and always will be ONE with the Father and the Holy Ghost. All three, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, are one personality and are really indistinguishable from each other, they are ONE. The Holy Ghost is both Jesus AND the Father! They are undistinguishable. They are ONE personality.
We are confused by our own imperfect, fallen nature. We understand that we DO make mistakes, we do blunder, we do get confused, we do make mistakes, we do sin. “To err is human”! This imperfection was not how man was originally created by God, our carnal nature, which battles God’s Spirit, is the result of Adam’s original sin. Therefore, we SEEM to ourselves to be different personalities in one person. As the Holy Spirit “transforms” our minds into the mind of Christ, these human errors will become less and less prominent in our lives. We will never be perfect as long as we are in these imperfect bodies but one day we will have a celestial body and we will be EXACTLY LIKE JESUS! We will be ONE with God, spirit, soul, AND body.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
At the great day of our resurrection, we will be perfect, we will be like God originally created us to be, we will be ONE in spirit, soul and body with God, we will be the manifest sons of God.