This lesson we return to our survey of the Feasts given
to Israel. If you would like the earlier lessons in this
series please email. Since it has been some time since
the last lesson this could be repetitive for some
readers.
Here is the Feasts� chart if you don�t already have a
copy:
http://www.bibleunderstanding.com/feasts.htm
The annual Feasts of Israel are outlined in Leviticus 23
which also includes the weekly Feast held every
Saturday, called the Sabbath. The command regarding the
Sabbath was not given to the Church which is His Body.
Here is a plain Scriptural statement regarding the
weekly Sabbath, see all of Ex.31:13-17.
Exo 31:16
Therefore the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to
observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for an
everlasting covenant.
Exo 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever.
For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth,
and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.
The annual feasts were set into two groups, the first
celebrated in the early months of Israel�s festive year
approximating around our March through May, and the
later group occurring around our September/October. The
first group included Passover, Unleavened Bread and
Weeks (Pentecost), and the final set of feasts was
Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles/Booths.
The first group of Feasts was Israel�s typical Exodus
(the way out); the second group of Feasts is Israel�s
typical Eisodus (the way in). Salvation is of two parts
and it is sad that many Christians spend all their lives
clinging to the cross without any knowledge of the
inheritance promised today.
Trumpets is the Feast before us today, and it is
Trumpets which heralds this final group of Feasts.
Israel�s national beginnings gave them and us some
incredible pictures of their future greater deliverance
by Jehovah their Saviour and Lord, Christ Jesus. Here is
a very brief revision.
PASSOVER.
Lev.23:5. Gen.12:1-14.
Israel was delivered from bondage; the firstborn sons of
Egypt died and the gods of Egypt were judged. The blood
was around the door outside while the Lamb was consumed
inside.
UNLEAVENED BREAD.
Lev. 23:6-8. Ex.12:15-20.
For seven days beginning the night they were delivered
(Gen.12:14-17). Israel were set free and marched out of
Egypt; separated to serve God and they had to separate
sin from their lives. In the future Kingdom on the
earth, sin will not be tolerated (Psalm 5:4-6 cp Acts
5). Note; there is a first fruit in this Feast which
points to Christ in resurrection, Lev.23:10 and
1Cor.15:20, 23.
WEEKS � PENTECOST.
Lev.23:15-21. Ex.19
et al.
Approximately 50-60 days later Israel arrived at Mt
Sinai where they experienced a typical Pentecost or
Feast of Weeks. The Law was given on tables of stone,
Israel entered into a covenant and supernatural gifts
were given. We are yet to fully examine this event and
we will return to Mount Sinai soon. The first fruit in
this Feast is leavened bread and points to Israel and
includes those supernatural gifts poured out in Acts 2,
Lev.23:17.
THE GAP. Lev. 23:22.
Numbers 13
and
14,
also
Deut.1:2, 21, 26, 27,
and
32.
Israel failed at their test of faith. They were marched
straight from Mt Sinai to the southern border of their
land. Instead of believing they were afraid and were
turned back into the wilderness. Trumpets could have
happened 40 years earlier. Israel also failed in the
Gospels and Acts period. Had they faith in the Lord as
their Messiah the last trumpet of revelation would have
sounded nearly 2000 years ago and Christ would have
returned to restore the Kingdom to Israel. Rev.11:15,
Acts 1:6.
TRUMPETS.
Lev.23. Joshua 3-6.
Trumpets is the beginning of glory after suffering. The
Lord brought Israel around to the east side of the
Promised Land to enter across the river Jordan. There,
Moses died and was buried by the Lord, see
Deut. 34:1-6.
Moses led Israel out but only the Lord Jesus Christ will
lead them in and so Joshua comes to the fore.
Joshua was commanded to lead the people into their
promised land;
Jos 1:2
My servant Moses is dead. Now, therefore, arise, go over
this Jordan, you and all this people to the land which I
give to them, to the sons of Israel.
Jos 1:3
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon,
I have given that to you, as I said to Moses.
Jos 1:4
From the
wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to
the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be
your border.
Here is the first and very important point linked with
the Feasts of Trumpets; the nation of Israel entered
into their Kingdom. Joshua means �saviour, deliverer�
and he is a type of Christ, the true Saviour and
Deliverer of Israel. This looks forward to the great
return of Christ to the earth to save and gather His
people into this very same Promised Land;
Mat 24:30
And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in the
heavens. And then all the tribes of the earth shall
mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the
clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31
And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four
winds, from one end of the heavens to the other
Please note that the cloud and the fire are no longer
mentioned and the Ark of the Covenant is the only
visible presence of God; Christ alone delivers Israel.
Note His title;
Jos 3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all
the earth passes over before you into Jordan.
Please compare this verse in Revelation when the last
trumpet sounds:
Rev 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great
voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world
have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ.
And He will reign forever and ever.
(For the earlier trumpets see Rev.8:2, 7, 8, 10, 12.
9:1, 13 & 10:7).
Please note that just as Israel passed through the sea
as on dry land when they came out of Egypt, so they
passed through Jordan on dry land. Ex.14:22, 29,
Jos.3:17 and note the third day, Jos.3:2.
When the Priests bearing the Ark stepped into the
overflowing river, the fuller and wider waters were held
back to Adam (Jos.3:15-16). Friends, the enemy will be
raging against Israel in the Day the Lord but will be
defeated when His feet stand upon the Mount of Olives.
(Zech.14:4, 9). But wait, there�s more. �As in Adam all
die, even so in Christ will all be made alive� and this
includes Israel (1Cor.15:22). Israel�s resurrection into
the Kingdom is foreshadowed in the lifting of rocks and
carrying them across into the inheritance;
Jos 4:1
And it happened when all the people had completely
passed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua saying,
Jos 4:2
Take twelve men for you out of the people, a man out of
every tribe,
Jos 4:3
and command them saying, Take twelve stones from here,
out of the middle of Jordan, out of the place where the
priests' feet stood firm. And you shall carry them over
with you, and leave them in the place where you shall
stay tonight.
The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians about
resurrection at the last trumpet; the seventh trumpet in
Revelation 11:15. This trumpet they eagerly expected in
their lifetime, the �we� includes Paul;
1Co 15:51
Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all
fall asleep, but we shall all be changed;
1Co 15:52
in a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For a trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall all be changed.
1Co 15:53
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54
But when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and
when this mortal shall put on immortality, then will
take place the word that is written, "Death is swallowed
up in victory.
1Co 15:55
O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your
victory?"
1Co 15:56
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is
the Law.
1Co 15:57
But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Don�t forget to read Isaiah 25 and Hosea 13. These OT
passages have nothing to do with the Church which is His
Body. You and I rejoice that, should we fall asleep in
Christ, we shall enjoy resurrection but not to the
Kingdom of God on the Earth in the Promised Land. Our
inheritance is in the heavenly Places.
So far we have seen Trumpets associated with the
following;
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The glorious entering into Israel�s inheritance.
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The deliverance of Israel by the greater Joshua,
Christ Jesus the King of the Jews and the Lord of
all the Earth.
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The effects of Adam negated and new life in
resurrection.
Types and shadows are not nicely packaged in one
Scripture passage and next lesson we shall look at other
significant elements of the Feast of Trumpets including
the fall of Jericho, Jubilee which is the day of
Israel�s national cleansing, the liberation of captives
and the restoration of the inheritance.
