sunday, september 5, 2021
Trumpeting the King
Jewish Fall Feasts:
Redemption – man’s sinfulness > “what should I do?”
Trumpets > Atonement > Tabernacles
(call) (forgiveness (joyous obedient
via Messiah) life)
- repentance, forsaking sin & making amends
Ps 47:5-8 - acceptance of God’s kingship
Feast of Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
“head of the year” – has come to be civil Jewish New Year
(yet, 7th month in Sabbatical year)
Biblical year - #5781-5782 from creation
Trumpet – God is about to say something – listen
- Creator is about to do something – lift eye above distractions
- get ready!
Blowing of the Shofar: (horn of any except cow – golden calf, Ex 32)
- act of crying out to God in time of great need
- call to repentance & reminder of coming “Days of Awe”
Tradition – satan appears to accuse Israel as books are opened
-“why we blow the shofar…in order to confound satan”
Before – Psalm 47 is recited 7 times
Sounding – customary – 100 blasts/day of synagogue service
Minimum - 9 (sustained, quavering)
Benediction: When God will again reveal himself through fire & sounding the
shofar as He sends the Messiah
“The Lord shall appear over them; his arrow shall go forth like
lightening. The Lord shall sound the shofar and march amid the
storms of the south.”
Lev 23:2 “…The Lord’s appointed times…holy convocations -
My appointed times are these.”
23:4 “These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations…”
Lev 23:24 “…a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.”
- a reminder of the revelation at Sinai; covenant w/nation of Israel
Ex 19:5 “…My voice…My covenant…My own possession…”
19:6 “…you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation…”
Ex 19:9 “…I shall come to you in a thick cloud…may hear…may believe…”
19:10 “…consecrate them today and tomorrow…”
19:11 “…let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will
come down…in the sight of all the people.”
w/Lk 13:32 “…the third day I reach My goal.”
Ex 19:13 “…When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast…”
19:14 “…consecrated the people…they washed their garments.”
19:15 “…Be ready for the third day…”
- get ready, God is about to do something
19:16 “…on the third day…
w/1 Pet 3:8
“…a very loud trumpet sound…all the people…trembled.”
19:17 “…to meet God…”
19:18 “…the Lord descended upon it in fire…”
19:19 “…sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder…”
Ps 47:5-8 (read & recited 7 times)
- acceptance of the kingship of the God of Israel
47:5 “…with the sound of a trumpet.”
47:6 “…our King…”
47:7 “…God is the King of all the earth…”
Jewish Fall Feasts:
Redemption – man’s sinfulness > “what should I do?”
Trumpets > Atonement > Tabernacles
(call) (forgiveness (joyous obedient
via Messiah) life)
- repentance, forsaking sin & making amends
Ps 47:5-8 - acceptance of God’s kingship
Feast of Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah
“head of the year” – has come to be civil Jewish New Year
(yet, 7th month in Sabbatical year)
Biblical year - #5781-5782 from creation
Trumpet – God is about to say something – listen
- Creator is about to do something – lift eye above distractions
- get ready!
Blowing of the Shofar: (horn of any except cow – golden calf, Ex 32)
- act of crying out to God in time of great need
- call to repentance & reminder of coming “Days of Awe”
Tradition – satan appears to accuse Israel as books are opened
-“why we blow the shofar…in order to confound satan”
Before – Psalm 47 is recited 7 times
Sounding – customary – 100 blasts/day of synagogue service
Minimum - 9 (sustained, quavering)
Benediction: When God will again reveal himself through fire & sounding the
shofar as He sends the Messiah
“The Lord shall appear over them; his arrow shall go forth like
lightening. The Lord shall sound the shofar and march amid the
storms of the south.”
Lev 23:2 “…The Lord’s appointed times…holy convocations -
My appointed times are these.”
23:4 “These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations…”
Lev 23:24 “…a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.”
- a reminder of the revelation at Sinai; covenant w/nation of Israel
Ex 19:5 “…My voice…My covenant…My own possession…”
19:6 “…you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation…”
Ex 19:9 “…I shall come to you in a thick cloud…may hear…may believe…”
19:10 “…consecrate them today and tomorrow…”
19:11 “…let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will
come down…in the sight of all the people.”
w/Lk 13:32 “…the third day I reach My goal.”
Ex 19:13 “…When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast…”
19:14 “…consecrated the people…they washed their garments.”
19:15 “…Be ready for the third day…”
- get ready, God is about to do something
19:16 “…on the third day…
w/1 Pet 3:8
“…a very loud trumpet sound…all the people…trembled.”
19:17 “…to meet God…”
19:18 “…the Lord descended upon it in fire…”
19:19 “…sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder…”
Ps 47:5-8 (read & recited 7 times)
- acceptance of the kingship of the God of Israel
47:5 “…with the sound of a trumpet.”
47:6 “…our King…”
47:7 “…God is the King of all the earth…”
sunday, september 12, 2021
9/11/01 > 9/11/21 > 9/15/21
9/11/01 > 9/11/21
*Firefighters / First Responders / Military
1 Cor 10:11 “…as an example…written for our instruction,
upon whom the ends of the ages have come.”
- OT reveals how God moves in our times; how He moved w/Israel
Israel’s Downfall (knew God & had covenants, His presence, promises…)
2 Kings 17:12-13 “…warned…through all His prophets…’Turn’…”
- calling to repentance & humility
17:14 “…they did not listen, but stiffened their necks…”
17:15-18 “…they followed vanity…and went after the nations…” vs 15
“…the Lord was very angry with Israel…” vs 18
God’s Anger at Israel (patiently dealing with for 250 years)
2 Chron 36:15 “…sent word…again and again…compassion on His people…”
36:16 “…mocked…messengers…despised His word…scoffed…prophets,
until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people.”
Isa 9:8 “The Lord sends a message (word) to Jacob and it falls on Israel.”
- God spoke a clear word
(never leaves His people clueless/figure out themselves…in difficulty)
9:9 “…asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart;”
- God’s chosen land & people (lift yourself up & I’ll bring you down)
9:10 “…But we will rebuild…But we will replace…”
- His people’s national pride signified a sense of greatness
- His people saying, ‘these calamities are not from our Lord’
(w/Am. quoted in Congress after 9/11, could we miss God’s message?)
9:11 “…the Lord raises against them adversaries…” (Rezin – Syrian king)
- God uses enemy nations to chasten His people
God uses an evil enemy to bring bac to Himself
9:12 “…His anger does not turn away…His hand is still stretched out.”
- God’s wake-up call (through Syria)
9:13 “Yet the people do not turn back to him who struck them,
nor do they seek the Lord of Hosts.”
- His people refused God’s warning to them; refused to listen
- His people refused to believe that they could be brought low
- His people refused to humble themselves & repent
- His people never acknowledged His hand in it
(no one asked ‘what is the Lord saying through all this?’)
9:18-20 “By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up…
- devouring fires (economic collapse, violence…)
“No man spares his brother.”
- looking out only for themselves in fight for survival
> to every nation that rejects God & boasts of it’s greatness
God’s clear word – “Listen to Me and do as I command”
- learn from My dealings w/Israel; warnings of consequences
God’s means of chastening His people Israel
- “I’m going to allow you to be disciplines by your enemies”
God’s challenge to His people – the church
“I’ve given you time to repent; what have you done in these 20 years of grace?”
9/15/21 Yom Kippur (begins at sundown > 9/16/21)
Lev 23:23-32 Day of Atonement
23:28 “…to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God.”
Lev 17:11 “…life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar
to make atonement for your souls…
it is the blood…that makes atonement.”
Heb 9:22 “…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”
Heb 10:4 “For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.”
- animal sacrifices did not actually pay the penalty for sin
animals are not related to us; their shed blood cannot count for us
10:10 “…we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all.”
- Jesus is a blood relative of ours since He descended from Adam as we
are; all human beings are of “one blood” (Acts 17:26)
- Jesus is also God & His life is of infinite value, therefore, His blood can
pay for all the sins of all people. Why only He could be our Savior.
Rom 3:21-25
3:25 “God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith
in His blood…” NIV
- faith in His blood, in Christ’s blood sacrifice of atonement
- faith in the blood sacrifice made to God to avert wrath
9/11/01 > 9/11/21
*Firefighters / First Responders / Military
1 Cor 10:11 “…as an example…written for our instruction,
upon whom the ends of the ages have come.”
- OT reveals how God moves in our times; how He moved w/Israel
Israel’s Downfall (knew God & had covenants, His presence, promises…)
2 Kings 17:12-13 “…warned…through all His prophets…’Turn’…”
- calling to repentance & humility
17:14 “…they did not listen, but stiffened their necks…”
17:15-18 “…they followed vanity…and went after the nations…” vs 15
“…the Lord was very angry with Israel…” vs 18
God’s Anger at Israel (patiently dealing with for 250 years)
2 Chron 36:15 “…sent word…again and again…compassion on His people…”
36:16 “…mocked…messengers…despised His word…scoffed…prophets,
until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people.”
Isa 9:8 “The Lord sends a message (word) to Jacob and it falls on Israel.”
- God spoke a clear word
(never leaves His people clueless/figure out themselves…in difficulty)
9:9 “…asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart;”
- God’s chosen land & people (lift yourself up & I’ll bring you down)
9:10 “…But we will rebuild…But we will replace…”
- His people’s national pride signified a sense of greatness
- His people saying, ‘these calamities are not from our Lord’
(w/Am. quoted in Congress after 9/11, could we miss God’s message?)
9:11 “…the Lord raises against them adversaries…” (Rezin – Syrian king)
- God uses enemy nations to chasten His people
God uses an evil enemy to bring bac to Himself
9:12 “…His anger does not turn away…His hand is still stretched out.”
- God’s wake-up call (through Syria)
9:13 “Yet the people do not turn back to him who struck them,
nor do they seek the Lord of Hosts.”
- His people refused God’s warning to them; refused to listen
- His people refused to believe that they could be brought low
- His people refused to humble themselves & repent
- His people never acknowledged His hand in it
(no one asked ‘what is the Lord saying through all this?’)
9:18-20 “By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up…
- devouring fires (economic collapse, violence…)
“No man spares his brother.”
- looking out only for themselves in fight for survival
> to every nation that rejects God & boasts of it’s greatness
God’s clear word – “Listen to Me and do as I command”
- learn from My dealings w/Israel; warnings of consequences
God’s means of chastening His people Israel
- “I’m going to allow you to be disciplines by your enemies”
God’s challenge to His people – the church
“I’ve given you time to repent; what have you done in these 20 years of grace?”
9/15/21 Yom Kippur (begins at sundown > 9/16/21)
Lev 23:23-32 Day of Atonement
23:28 “…to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God.”
Lev 17:11 “…life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar
to make atonement for your souls…
it is the blood…that makes atonement.”
Heb 9:22 “…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”
Heb 10:4 “For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.”
- animal sacrifices did not actually pay the penalty for sin
animals are not related to us; their shed blood cannot count for us
10:10 “…we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all.”
- Jesus is a blood relative of ours since He descended from Adam as we
are; all human beings are of “one blood” (Acts 17:26)
- Jesus is also God & His life is of infinite value, therefore, His blood can
pay for all the sins of all people. Why only He could be our Savior.
Rom 3:21-25
3:25 “God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith
in His blood…” NIV
- faith in His blood, in Christ’s blood sacrifice of atonement
- faith in the blood sacrifice made to God to avert wrath
sunday, september 19, 2021
TABERNACLES & INGATHERING
7 Jewish Feasts – foretold the major redemptive work of Messiah’s life
approximately 1,500 years before His birth
3 Fall Feasts - foretell the events associated with His second coming
- Trumpets - Rapture of the Church
- Atonement - Jews & Gentiles who will not take the mark of the Antichrist &
will be saved in connection with the Lord’s second coming
- Tabernacles - when Messiah will Himself tabernacle among the humanity &
bring in the Millennial (1000 year) Kingdom
Feast of Tabernacles – God’s dwelling among His people; His presence
Feast of Ingathering - God’s gathering of all people to worship
FEAST OF TABERNACLES:
- Personal God who wants us to know and enjoy His presence
created to live in perfect relationship with & in the presence of God (Gen 2)
choose to disobey Him & sin disrupted & lost His presence (Gen 3)
how could God restore His presence without compromising His righteousness?
- God’s salvation = love story of the restoration of His presence with us
God’s desire to be with us, to tabernacle among us, to dwell with us
- God with us in the Tabernacle:
Ex 25:8 “…let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.”
Ex 29:45 “…I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.”
God personally lived among the Israelites in a special dwelling
(place He met/fellowshipped with them & place of sacrifice for atonement of sin)
- God with us in Solomon’s Temple:
1 Kings 8:11 “…the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.”
Solomon built a permanent dwelling place for the glory of the Lord
(Temple was destroyed by Babylonian armies in 586BC)
- God with us in the Second Temple
Haggai 2:4 “…take courage…for I am with you…”
(rebuilt after the Babylonian captivity yet less than Solomon’s Temple)
- God with us in Jesus
Isa 7:14 “…a virgin…with child…His name Immanuel (God with us).”
John 1:14 “…the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory, glory of the only begotten from the Father…”
(In Jesus’ body, God dwelling among His people)
- God with us in the Church
1 Cor 3:16 “…you are a temple of God…the Spirit of God dwells in you.”
(Holy Spirit dwells in believers, representing & expressing Jesus)
- God with us in the New Jerusalem
Rev 21:3 “…the tabernacle of God is among men…He shall dwell among them…
they shall be His people…God Himself shall be among them.”
(God will dwell among His people permanently, in fulfillment of His heart)
FEAST OF INGATHERING:
Ex 23:16 “…Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the
fruit of your labors from the field.”
(final harvest of the year with joy & rejoicing for God’s presence & provision)
(end time harvest including Gentiles worshipping the God of Israel)
Num 29:12-39 Tabernacles (past foretelling of inclusion of Gentiles)
- sacrificed 70 bulls in 7 days representing 70 nations descending from Noah
- for the ‘Shalom’ of the Gentiles – one day acknowledging the God of Israel
Rom 11:17-24 (present grafting in of Gentiles)
11:17 “you, being a wild olive, were grafted in…and became partakers with
them (Israel) of the rich root…”
11:18 “remember…the root supports you.”
11:19 “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
11:23 “they (Israel)…will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
11:24 “you (Gentiles)…a wild olive tree…grafted contrary to nature…
these (Israel)…natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?”
Eph 3:6 “the Gentiles are fellow-heirs and fellow-members of the body, and
fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.”
Rev 7 & 21 Tabernacles (future ingathering of all nations to worship God of Israel)
7:9-10 “…a great multitude…from every nation…palm branches in their hands;
(“lulav” – Lev 23:40)
7:14 “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation…”
7:15 “He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them.”
- the ultimate fulfillment of God’s offer to all people
- the ultimate ingathering
21:3 “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell
among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be
among them,”
- the ultimate fulfilment of God’s desire to be “with us”
the ultimate fulfilment of God’s presence among His people
Zech 14:16-18 Tabernacles = Feast of Booths
(future worship in the Millennium reign of King Jesus)
14:16 “…will go up from year to year to worship the King…
to celebrate the Feast of Booths.”
14:18 “…the Lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the
Feast of Booths.”
- the ultimate fulfillment of the first 6 feasts
the only feast that will be celebrated during the millennium
- the ingathering of Jew & Gentile to worship the God of Israel
7 Jewish Feasts – foretold the major redemptive work of Messiah’s life
approximately 1,500 years before His birth
3 Fall Feasts - foretell the events associated with His second coming
- Trumpets - Rapture of the Church
- Atonement - Jews & Gentiles who will not take the mark of the Antichrist &
will be saved in connection with the Lord’s second coming
- Tabernacles - when Messiah will Himself tabernacle among the humanity &
bring in the Millennial (1000 year) Kingdom
Feast of Tabernacles – God’s dwelling among His people; His presence
Feast of Ingathering - God’s gathering of all people to worship
FEAST OF TABERNACLES:
- Personal God who wants us to know and enjoy His presence
created to live in perfect relationship with & in the presence of God (Gen 2)
choose to disobey Him & sin disrupted & lost His presence (Gen 3)
how could God restore His presence without compromising His righteousness?
- God’s salvation = love story of the restoration of His presence with us
God’s desire to be with us, to tabernacle among us, to dwell with us
- God with us in the Tabernacle:
Ex 25:8 “…let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.”
Ex 29:45 “…I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.”
God personally lived among the Israelites in a special dwelling
(place He met/fellowshipped with them & place of sacrifice for atonement of sin)
- God with us in Solomon’s Temple:
1 Kings 8:11 “…the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.”
Solomon built a permanent dwelling place for the glory of the Lord
(Temple was destroyed by Babylonian armies in 586BC)
- God with us in the Second Temple
Haggai 2:4 “…take courage…for I am with you…”
(rebuilt after the Babylonian captivity yet less than Solomon’s Temple)
- God with us in Jesus
Isa 7:14 “…a virgin…with child…His name Immanuel (God with us).”
John 1:14 “…the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory, glory of the only begotten from the Father…”
(In Jesus’ body, God dwelling among His people)
- God with us in the Church
1 Cor 3:16 “…you are a temple of God…the Spirit of God dwells in you.”
(Holy Spirit dwells in believers, representing & expressing Jesus)
- God with us in the New Jerusalem
Rev 21:3 “…the tabernacle of God is among men…He shall dwell among them…
they shall be His people…God Himself shall be among them.”
(God will dwell among His people permanently, in fulfillment of His heart)
FEAST OF INGATHERING:
Ex 23:16 “…Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the
fruit of your labors from the field.”
(final harvest of the year with joy & rejoicing for God’s presence & provision)
(end time harvest including Gentiles worshipping the God of Israel)
Num 29:12-39 Tabernacles (past foretelling of inclusion of Gentiles)
- sacrificed 70 bulls in 7 days representing 70 nations descending from Noah
- for the ‘Shalom’ of the Gentiles – one day acknowledging the God of Israel
Rom 11:17-24 (present grafting in of Gentiles)
11:17 “you, being a wild olive, were grafted in…and became partakers with
them (Israel) of the rich root…”
11:18 “remember…the root supports you.”
11:19 “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
11:23 “they (Israel)…will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
11:24 “you (Gentiles)…a wild olive tree…grafted contrary to nature…
these (Israel)…natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?”
Eph 3:6 “the Gentiles are fellow-heirs and fellow-members of the body, and
fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.”
Rev 7 & 21 Tabernacles (future ingathering of all nations to worship God of Israel)
7:9-10 “…a great multitude…from every nation…palm branches in their hands;
(“lulav” – Lev 23:40)
7:14 “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation…”
7:15 “He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them.”
- the ultimate fulfillment of God’s offer to all people
- the ultimate ingathering
21:3 “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell
among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be
among them,”
- the ultimate fulfilment of God’s desire to be “with us”
the ultimate fulfilment of God’s presence among His people
Zech 14:16-18 Tabernacles = Feast of Booths
(future worship in the Millennium reign of King Jesus)
14:16 “…will go up from year to year to worship the King…
to celebrate the Feast of Booths.”
14:18 “…the Lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the
Feast of Booths.”
- the ultimate fulfillment of the first 6 feasts
the only feast that will be celebrated during the millennium
- the ingathering of Jew & Gentile to worship the God of Israel
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