[1Cor 15:46] Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that
which is natural; and afterward that which is
spiritual.
[Col 2:16] Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holyday [festival], or of the new moon,
or of the sabbath days:
[Col 2:17] Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body
is of Christ.
[Lev 23:24] 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 convocation.
[Lev 23:25] Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer
an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[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.
[Pss 81:3] Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. KJV
[Num 10:10] On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed
feasts, and at the beginnings of your months,
you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over
the sacrifices of your peace offerings; they
shall serve you for remembrance/memorial before your
God: I am the LORD your God."
[Num 10:2] Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece
shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them
for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
[Num 10:3] And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly
shall assemble themselves to thee at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[Neh 8:1] And all the people gathered themselves together as one
man into the street that was before the water
gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book
of the law of Moses, which the LORD had
commanded to Israel.
[Neh 8:2] And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation
both of men and women, and all that could
hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
[Neh 8:3] And he read therein before the street that was before the
water gate from the morning until midday,
before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and
the ears of all the people were attentive unto
the book of the law.
[Ezek 46:1] "Thus says the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court
that faces east shall be shut on the six working
days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened and on the day of
the new moon it shall be opened.
[Revelation 4:1] 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.
[Mat 25:10] 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.
[Rev 3:8] I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open
door, and no man can shut it: for thou
hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied
my name.
[John 10:7] Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
[John 10:9] I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall
be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
[Isa 26:2] Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
[Pss 118:19] Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into
them, and I will praise the LORD:
[Pss 118:20] This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall
enter.
[Isa 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.
[Isa 26:20] 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.
[Isa 26:21] 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.
[Luke 13:24] Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
[Pss 27:4] One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house of the
LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD,
and to enquire in his temple.
[Pss 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.
[John 14:2.3] 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.
[John 14:3] 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.
[Rev 21:2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down
from God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
[Rev 21:3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven [great trumpet?] saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
[Rev 21:9] And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had
the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee
the bride, the Lamb's wife.
[Rev 21:10] And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, and shewed me that great city, the
holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
[1 Corinthians 15:51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed,
[1 Corinthians 15:52] 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.
[1 Thessalonians 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:
[1 Thessalonians 4:17] 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.
[1 Thessalonians 4:18] Therefore comfort one another with these words.
[Pss 47:5] God is gone up [ascended] with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
[Pss 98:6] With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
[Pss 89:15] Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
[Pss 89:17] For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour
our
horn shall be exalted.
Note the similarities in Neh 8 to the following:
[2Cor 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.
Judgement seat means, literally, a RAISED PLATFORM
[Rom 14:10] But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set
at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ.
The description of the Judgement seat of Christ is completed in Daniel
7, and Revelation 4 & 5, both of which allude to the rapture,
revelations 4 starting out with it.
This is described as "proof positive" scriptural proof that the rapture
will occur on the Feast of Trumpets, because the imagry of the
rehearsals and quotes from this raised platform/judement seat and quotes
from the New Testament match up completely.
see: http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug99/caps813.htm
[Ezra 3:5] And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both
of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that
were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill
offering unto the LORD.
[Ezra 3:6] From the first day of the seventh month began they
to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the
temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
[Ezra 3:7] They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters;
and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to
them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa,
according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
[1Esdr 9:37] And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.
[1Esdr 9:40] So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
[Zech 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.
[Zech 9:16] And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock
of his people: for they shall be as
the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
[Joel 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;
[Joel 2:12] Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning:
[Joel 2:15] Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call
a solemn assembly:
[Joel 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.
[Joel 2:32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for
in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath
said, and in the remnant whom the LORD
shall call.
Day of Atonement:
[Isa 27:13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
[Lev 23:2] "Say to the people of Israel, The appointed feasts of the
LORD which you shall proclaim as holy
convocations, my appointed feasts, are these.
[Lev 23:4] "These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations,
which you shall proclaim at the
time appointed for them.
convocation:
04744 miqra' {mik-raw'}
from 07121; TWOT - 2063d; n m
AV - convocation 19, assemblies 2, calling 1, reading 1; 23
1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together
1a) convocation, sacred assembly
1b) convoking
1c) reading
[Lev 23:21] And you shall make proclamation on the same day; you shall
hold a holy convocation; you shall do
no laborious work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings
throughout your generations.
[Lev 23:31] You shall do no work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[Lev 23:41] You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD seven days in the
year; it is a statute for ever throughout
your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
statute:
02708 chuqqah {khook-kaw'}
from 02706; TWOT - 728b; n f
AV - statute 77, ordinance 22, custom 2, appointed 1, manners 1,
rites 1; 104
1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed
1a) statute
for ever:
05769 `owlam {o-lawm'} or `olam {o-lawm'}
from 05956; TWOT - 1631a; n m
AV - ever 272, everlasting 63, old 22, perpetual 22, evermore 15,
never 13, time 6, ancient 5, world 4, always 3, alway 2, long 2,
more 2, never + 0408 2, misc 6; 439
1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting,
evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1a) ancient time, long time (of past)
1b) (of future)
1b1) for ever, always
1b2) continuous existence, perpetual
1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity
[Dan 12:1] "At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has
charge of your people. And there shall be a
time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that
time; but at that time your people shall be
delivered, every one whose name shall be found written in the book.
[Dan 12:2] And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt.
[Isa 57:2] He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each
one walking in his uprightness.
[Isa 26:2] Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
[Isa 26:3] Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he trusteth in thee.
[Isa 26:20] 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.
[Isa 26:21] 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.
[Eph 5:14] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
[Exod 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.
a primitive root; TWOT - 1008; v
AV - cover 135, hide 6, conceal 4, covering 2, overwhelmed 2, clad 1,
closed 1, clothed 1; 152
1) to cover, conceal, hide
1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be covered
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cover, clothe
1c2) to cover, conceal
1c3) to cover (for protection)
1c4) to cover over, spread over
1c5) to cover, overwhelm
1d) (Pual)
1d1) to be covered
1d2) to be clothed
1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself
[Pss 27:1] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
[Pss 27:2] When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
[Pss 27:3] Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
[Pss 27:4] One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
[Pss 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.
[Pss 27:6] And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
[Pss 27:7] Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
[Pss 27:8] When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
[Pss 27:9] Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
[Pss 27:10] When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
[Pss 27:11] Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
[Pss 27:12] Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
[Pss 27:13] I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
[Pss 27:14] Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
There is much, much more scriptural imagry that would be fulfilled by
a Rapture on the Feast of Trumpets, but all of the imagry in
the New Testament that refers to this Jewish feast is not described
in full detail in the Old Testament of the Bible, it is difficult to
know and understand the imagry and symbols surrounding the Feast if
you are a Gentile, or Non-Jew. For example, I do not find
scriptures that say that this is a wedding feast, but the Jews say
it is. Well, from scripture we know that the Rapture is the wedding
of the Church, the Bride, to Christ, the bridegroom. Further,
it is the feast of trumpets that is described when the rapture is said
to
happen at the "last trump". You can find scriptures about the
last trump being at the rapture, but there are no scriptures that say the
"last trump" occurs during the "Feast of Trumpets". So, you have
to rely on knowledge outside the Bible, coming from Jewish
tradition. Of course, if it were not for Jewish counting out
the years, and excluding the years of their captivity to arrive at 5760,
we
probably would have never seen the significance of this upcoming Holiday.
God Bless the Jews of Isreal!