9.15.25 ~ The Trumpet Sound is Near

Good morning!

We are getting closer to Yom Teruah, the first of the fall moedim/appointed times. Yippee!!! Every fall we get an opportunity to experience some additional insights on the holidays prophetically and practically.

Leviticus 23:23-25 introduces the Day of Trumpets, one of Yahweh's 7 yearly appointed times/moedim, established in the creation story (Gen. 1:14).

These are the feasts/moed of the LORD, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons/moedim. (Lev. 23:4)

Speak to 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/zichron teruah, a holy convocation (set apart dress rehearsal). Ye shall do no servile work in it; but ye shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. (Lev. 23:24,25)

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens, to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs, and for seasons/moedim and for days, and years. (Gen. 1:14)

Beside the regular instructions concerning a holy day, such as avoiding work, two words are unique for this appointed time/moed: Zichron Teruah – “memory of trumpet blowing”; a reference back to the blowing of the shofar at Mt. Sinai when Israel came into covenant relationship with Yahweh (Ex. 19-24). In Numbers 29:1 it’s called ‘Yom Teruah’ – “a day of trumpet blowing”. The prophetic day for the Lord's gathering of His people (1 Thess. 4:16,17). What is this day? What is its significance?

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall 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 so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thess. 4:16,17)

In Numbers 10:1-10, God tells Moses to make two silver trumpets and explains how they are to be used. A careful reading reveals two different sounds, serving different purposes: ‘Tekia’ and’ Teruah’ (Num. 10:45), usually translated as regular blowing and blowing an alarm.

The first, Tekia, serves for gathering the people. One trumpet calls just for the leaders and two trumpets call for the whole congregation. In addition, the trumpets are blown on the appointed feasts and on the first days of the month/kodesh (verse 10)...it's coming soon (9/23/25); one week...get ready to blow :and remember-)! The sound of the trumpets will be “as a reminder of you before your God”.

The Teruah serves as a sign for the camp to set out. When Israel will be in their land it will serve them in times of war, will again be a reminder of them before Yahweh, and he will save them from their enemies.

So the trumpets were blown on all the moedim, not just on the Day of Trumpets, but even on all the first days of the month. But this day is the day of Teruah, not Tekia. It is not the day of just gathering, but that of setting out to gain the victory.

There is another meaning in Torah for Teruah, mentioned in Leviticus 25. ‘Shnat Hayovel’, the year of Jubilee, the year of freedom, of releasing slaves, of redeeming the lands, is proclaimed by a Shofar’s Teruah, sounding on the Day of Atonement (10 days after Yom Teruah)! This connects Teruah to freedom as well.

Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee 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. 25:9)

Interesting to note that in the conquest of Jericho, when the priests were blowing the trumpets, according to Num. 10:9, they were using the “Trumpets of Jubilee”! (Josh 6 and Lev. 25). In any case, the people shouted a great Teruah, and the wall of Jericho fell down! And this is the time of year for the 'fortified walls' of our lives to come down!

Psalm 89:15 says “How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound (literally, who know Teruah)! O Lord, they walk in the light of your countenance". (Psa. 89:15)

There is much more depth to this then I know, but based on all its usage I think we can conclude that it is connected to freedom, victory, progress and moving forward as opposed to standing in one place, and above all, to Yahweh's protection and blessing, for “blessed are the people who know Teruah!

Do you know Teruah? Are you looking forward to, anticipating victory and freedom? It's available to all who hear the sound on this appointed time/moedim.

Shalom,
Alan

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