WE MUST RETURN 2 HIM, BEFORE HE CAN RETURN 4 US

We must Return 2 Him before He Returns 4 Us

The Feast of Trumpets is fast approaching both on our annual calendar and in the prophetic season, we find ourselves in. It is critical that we all return to God as sons before that day comes...
I am speaking of the historical season we are living in when I say... it is high time we examine ourselves.

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,     Hebrews 12:1 

The Parable of the Two Sons

 A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’  He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.”     Matthew 21:28-31

Teshuvah is marked by repentance and returning from our own ways to the way of the Lord. 

For Mature sons, this is our return trip back to the Heavenly Father's house and out into the Heavenly Father's vineyards to bring in the final harvest into His storehouse.  

This note from Wiki-books talks about the 30-day period before Trumpets when the trumpet was blown once a day for 30 days straight and then on the Day of Trumpets, the trumpets were blown over 100 times in one day. I have heard that perhaps as many as 120 times that day which would be equal to a blast every 12 minutes for a period of 24 hours.  

These 30 days have the same 'spirit' of repentance and returning that marks the 10 Days of Awe, but they differ in that they are for the preparation of the bride and her bridesmaids. 

Whereas the 10 DAYS OF AWE are the final countdown to the judgment of the nations after that '10 days as 'sheep' nations or 'goat' nations. 

Remember that this 40-day period is likened to the days of 'Elijah',  Once these '30 days of the 40-day period' (Teshuvah) are fulfilled prophetically in history, then The trumpet will sound...for the first resurrection. 

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven: 

1. with a shout, 
2. with the voice of an archangel, and 
3. with the trumpet of God. 

And the dead in Christ will rise first.Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.  I Thess. 4-15-17

THE OBSERVANCE OF THE FEAST - taken from wiki book by Hebrew Roots

The first reference to the Feast of the Trumpets is found in Leviticus 23:24

"In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest [shabbaton], a memorial proclamation with a blast of trumpets (ziccaron Teruah ), a holy convocation." The Hebrew phrase 'ziccaron Teruah ', can be literally translated as "a remembrance blast."The second major reference is found in Numbers 29:1 

"On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets (yom Teruah )."

The blowing of the Shofar is an awakening call upon the people to examine their lives, mend their ways, experience divine cleansing, and restore their relationship with God. "In the trial imagery," writes Rabbi Irving Greenberg, "the shofar blast communicates Oyez! Oyez! This court is in session! The Right Honorable Judge of the World is presiding!" (Rabbi Irving Greenberg, The Jewish Way. Living the Holidays ( New York, 1988), p. 195)

God has always had the heart to warn people before He executes His judgment and this shofar ritual reflects Yahweh’s desire to alert and summon us to repentance so that He can vindicate us on His judgment day.

The blowing of trumpets begins one month before each morning in the synagogue, during the month of Elul (6th month) in preparation for Yom Teruah, and the final shofar blast of that day which is called the "last shofar" - i.e. the "last trumpet" - 1 Corinthians 15:52. 

This is to remind the people that the holy days are approaching, in order that they may begin to address areas of sin and seek forgiveness along with a change in life, as necessary.

The blowing of the shofar on this day has a dual function. 

On the one hand, it calls the people to repent in view of the ten days of judgment that begins on that day, On the other hand, it reassures the people that they would be remembered with favor by Yahweh God if they did repent. 

This yearly practice for His covenant people ensures that they would be again inscribed in the Book of Life. 

The Hebrew word in both references is Teruah, which is a term for the series of staccato sounds on a wind instrument with the purpose of sounding an alarm. This unique feature of the ritual of the Feast of Trumpets was the blowing of the shofar, the curved ram’s horn announcing the beginning of the heavenly trial each year during which God judged each person with mercy and compassion before the execution of His judgment on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) when the destiny of each Israelite was revealed for the coming year determined by his response or failure to respond, to the call to repentance and reconciliation. Those who had fully repented before or by the end of Yom Teruah were exempt from the process of the heavenly court trial in the ten days which followed.

10 Days of Judgement - 10 Commands - one day for each command. 
The judgment process going on in heaven during the ten days preceding the Day of Atonement is taken very seriously as an existential reality lived out with real "trumpet-calls" to repentance, trusting in God’s mercy to vindicate them. 

The Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement are seen as universal and most personal celebrations for the individual to actually stand before the judgment seat of God. Both are observed in a spirit of intense moral and spiritual introspection, as befits a plaintiff coming before the Supreme Judge and Ruler of the universe, appealing for his life on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).

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