Who will sound the ‘last trump’, spoken of in 1Corinthians 15:52 Elijah? Jesus? Sounding the Horn of the Messiah from Jerusalem, Israel.
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great horn shall be blown; and they shall come that were lost in the land of Ashur, and they that were dispersed in the land of Mitzrayim; and they shall worship Hashem in the holy mountain at Yerushalayim.” Isaiah 27:13 (The Israel Bible™)One of the landmark holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, the Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakai Synagogue was built at the beginning of the 17th century.The synagogue is believed to stand on the location of the original study hall of Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakai.He was a major rabbinic and scholarly figure in the Second Temple era, quoted throughout the Talmud.Johanan ben Zakai on the Knesset Menorah
Though it is impossible to say with absolute certainty when the Messiah will come, in an ancient synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City, a shofar and jug of oil are patiently waiting on a high shelf for His arrival!
They are replacements for the originals, supposedly rescued from the Second Temple amidst Roman destruction, which disappeared in the heat of the 1967 battle for Jerusalem.Legends and mysteries surround the simple itemsThe synagogue is known for many things, but its most remarkable element could easily go overlooked. On the southern wall, on a glass shelf far too high to be readily accessible, sit a jug of olive oil and shofar. Tradition has it that when the Messiah arrives, Elijah himself will appear to blow the shofar and anoint Him with the oil.The shofar, or ram’s horn, is usually identified with Rosh Hashana, or Yom Teruah,
the Jewish New Year, when 100 blasts are traditionally blown from the shofar.
https://www.minimannamoments.com/midweek-mannabite-the-sound-of-the-trumpet/Usually shofars belong to individuals, who practice year-round, not to the synagogues themselves, making the Ben Zakai shofar unusual. They are among the most significant ritual items in Judaism.The shofar was used regularly in the Temple service,
and Jewish tradition holds that the sounds of the shofar will announce the arrival of the Messiah, just as they greeted the ancient kings of Israel.Many of these inhabitants of Jerusalem would be working in the fields or grinding at the mill (Matthew 24:40-42), and when they heard the sound of the shorar/showphar (trumpet) they knew that their work was finished.Our Messiah was speaking in the language of, ‘Feast of Trumpets’ typology, when He said that we must “work while it is yet day, for the night comes when no man can work” (John 9:24).Those who were working in the fields had to run towards the temple before the doors were shut. The person who was alert and listening for the sound of the shofar was “taken” by the sound of the trumpet; this was his signal to run towards the temple.But the person who was not alert and not watching, would not hear the sound of the trumpet, and they would be “left” in the field or grinding at the mill, unaware that the day had come.To Shimon Gantz, the manager of the synagogue today, told Breaking Israel News that he recently spoke with one of the first IDF soldiers to enter the Old City in 1967 after the Israeli liberation.Chief Military Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Western Wall in 1967 shortly after the liberation of Jerusalem. (Wiki Commons)
Jerusalem – The Zion Gate – Hebrew שער“He told me that he entered the Old City via the Zion Gate, and immediately sought out the synagogue. His platoon arrived here when the battle was still raging. They were horrified to see the way it had been treated. It was vandalized and full of the worst kind of garbage.
But he also said that he was sure he saw the original jug of oil and shofar on the high shelf, untouched.
“Unfortunately, by the time the battle for the city was over and Jews re-entered the synagogue, the shofar and oil were gone,” Gantz told Breaking Israel News.
The shelf stood empty until 1978, when Yitzchak Navon, then-President of Israel, visited the synagogue.Accompanying President Navon was an elderly Jew who had prayed at the synagogue before the Jordanian occupation in 1947. Navon noticed his companion looking up at the empty shelf and asked what he was looking for. The man told Navon about the oil and shofar, obviously pained and disappointed at their absence. Navon promised to replace them. Later that year, a shofar and jug of oil were placed there by the president of Israel, and they remain on the shelf until today.Anyone can buy or own a shofar, making the Navon shofar special only in its connection to Israel’s modern history.From simple ram’s horns to ornate, silver-plated instruments,and gold plated the horn of the Messiah is available to all, “In the past three years, we have sold hundreds of shofars in the months leading up to Rosh Hashana to Jews and Christians around the world,” he said.“Many of our customers, especially of Christian faith, are awaiting the end times and are purchasing shofars in order to be able to herald the arrival of the Messiah themselves,” Kellman added.But that doesn’t mean the Messiah’s own shofar is not still out there, waiting…..
In fact, a curious anecdote from Dr. Yahav Shmaryahu, the synagogue’s long-time caretaker, adds a new twist to the story. Three years ago, a small group of men approached Dr. Shmaryahu, asking for special permission to pray in the synagogue at midnight. While they were praying, one of the men looked up and at the shelf and shook his head in disappointment, telling Dr. Shmaryahu that the shofar was not the original.
“I knew this was the case, so this didn’t surprise me,” Dr. Shmaryahu told Breaking Israel News, “But then he claimed the original shofar was in his possession, and when the time came, he would return to the synagogue to blow shofar!!”
All that remains is for each of us to be ready spiritually and on that day, whoever blows it, we WILL hear the shofar sound of the Last Trump.
Heavens Door is Open – Are You Ready To Go Home?One Day the Trumpet will sound and He will return for His Bride…If this was your last day on earth…are you ready to meet the Lord?The reason for this question is that one day one of these years, the Lord Jesus our Messiah, Yeshua Ha Mashiach will return for us, His Bride, the congregation of His body of believers. The One New Man combination of Jewish and Gentile followers of I AM that I AM – Who IS The Way The Truth and The Life. John 14:6,
Derech Emet Chaim
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matt.24:36 KJV
For those who choose NOT to get ready, Jesus promises to come as a thief. Revelation 3:3 KJV This strongly suggests He may have some knowledge as to when He is returning.Jesus was ascended at this point and was giving revelation to John.
‘Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.’
The promise to watching believers is His appearing will not be a surprise.
‘But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:4
Jesus made everything. He knows how it all works together. ‘All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made’ . John 1:3 KJV
One key may be in the Annual 7 Appointed times of the Lord.
Jesus exactly fulfilled the first 4 appointed times* when He came the first time over 2000 years ago. It is more than possible that He Will fulfill the last 3 when He returns the 2nd time.
(* SEE Previous Posts )
For He said Matt 5:17
‘Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.’
The law is the (Torah) and the Holy Scriptures (Tanakh).) and includes all The Commandments given to every believer. Being saved/born again,does not give us the right to choose which ones we will keep. Being under Grace is not a reason to do and live as we please or a license to sin.Also from the beginning in And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
‘But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.’ 1 Thess. 5:1
Why?
Because they were very familiar of the annual appointed times.So bringing all these things together offers an interesting concept that Jesus could return for His Bride sometime around the Fall Festivals./Appointed times.
With the Spring Feasts of Messiah, we look back and rejoice over our past redemption and deliverance. In the same way Jesus fulfilled those…
with the Fall Feasts we look forward to our future deliverance and return of our King. This is a time that we prepare ourselves as His Bride and make sure we are ready to hear the Sound of the Shofar!Here’s some facts and some traditions of men regarding Rosh HaShanah. It is the head of the Jewish year, the time when God reinvests Himself in creation as He is crowned king of the universe through prayer, shofar blasts, and celebration.The man-made traditions and customs that were not derived from the Hebrew’s Holy Scriptures (Torah, Tanakh) but emerged during, and have evolved since, the Babylonian Diaspora, and have been greatly expanded upon in the Talmud (Rabbinical commentaries).
is the Jewish Civil New Year.
The words Rosh HaShanah mean “Head of the Year,” Jewish New Year. Rosh in Hebrew means “chief or head” and shanah means “year.”Rosh HaShanah is the head of the year on the civil calendar, and is also known as the birthday of the world since the world was created on this day Jewish tradition believes that Adam was created on this day (Mishnah, San Hedrin 38b). How did they decide that this was the day of the year the world was created? Because the first words of the Book of Genesis (Bereishit), “in the beginning,” when changed around, read, Aleph b’Tishrei, or “on the first of Tishrei.” Therefore, Rosh HaShanah is known as the birthday of the world, for tradition tells us that the world was created then.The number of the year changes on Rosh HaShanah. This year, we change from 5777 to 5778. The Hebrew Calendar says it is 5778 years from the creation of the world, as determined by counting back years in the Bible. The setting of this date is credited to Maimonides, who mentions it in his book, Mishneh Torah: Sanctification of the Moon, 11:6, written about 1178 CE, but it may have been in use for some time before that. This kind of numbering is called Anno Mundi meaning “Year of the World.”
ROSH HASHANAH: NAMES, THEMES, AND IDIOMS
Rosh HaShanah is referred to in the Torah as Yom Teruah, the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar (or the Day of the Awakening Blast). On Yom Teruah, the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar, it is imperative for every person to hear (shema) the shofar. The mitzvah (or biblical commandment [John (Yochanan) 14:15]), of the shofar is to hear (shema) the shofar being blown, not actually blow it yourself, hence the blessing, “to hear the sound of the shofar.”Teruah means “an awakening blast.” A theme associated with Rosh HaShanah is the theme “to awake.” Teruah is also translated as “shout.” The Book of Isaiah (Yeshayahu), chapter 12, puts the shouting in the context of the thousand-year reign of Messiah, the Athid Lavo. The Messianic era and shout is mentioned in Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 42:11; 44:23; Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) 31:7; and Zephaniah 3:14. The first coming of Yeshua is associated with a shout in Zechariah 9:9. The ultimate shout is the rapture (natzal) in First Thessalonians 4:16-17.Whether it is by the blast of a shofar or the force of a supernatural shout, God’s goal is to awaken us!For this reason it is written, “…
Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you” (Ephesians 5:14 NAS). The Book of Ephesians has many references to Rosh HaShanah and the High Holy Days. For example, in Ephesians 4:30, being sealed unto the day of redemption refers to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. God gave this festival to teach us that we will be judged on Rosh HaShanah and will be sealed unto the closing of the gates (neilah) on Yom Kippur.The shofar is the physical instrument that God instructed us to use to hear (shema) the sound of the shofar teaching us to awake from spiritual slumber (1 Corinthians 15:46).
THE OPENING OF THE GATESThe gates of Heaven are opened on Rosh HaShanah so the righteous nation may enter (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 26:2; Psalm [Tehillim] 118:19-20). Because the gates of Heaven are understood to be open on Rosh HaShanah, this is further evidence that the rapture (natzal) of the believers in the Messiah Yeshua will take place near or on Rosh HaShanah.
Teshuvah (repentance)
Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year, Birthday of the World)
Yom Teruah (the Day of the Awakening Blast [Feast of Trumpets)
Yom HaDin (the Day of Judgment)
HaMelech (the Coronation of the Messiah)
Yom HaZikkaron (the Day of Remembrance or memorial)
The time of Jacob’s (Ya’akov) trouble (the birthpangs of the Messiah,Chevlai shel Mashiach)
The opening of the gates
Kiddushin/Nesu’in (the wedding ceremony)
The resurrection of the dead (rapture, natza1)
The last trump (shofar)
Yom Hakeseh (the hidden day)
Rosh HaShanah is the first of the month of Tishri in the Jewish calendar.
Rosh HaShanah is the first of the ten ‘Days of Awe’ Yamim Noraim, the 10 days of atonement. BUT, in the Bible, Rosh haShanah lasts for only one day, and Yom Kippur is the only (solitary) day of atonement which comes at the end of the Days of Awe.
Rosh HaShanah, with Yom Kippur ten days later, are often referred to as the High Holy Days. The three High Holy Days established by God are:
1 – The first day of the Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Chag Ha Matzoh) – Passover
2 – Pentecost (Shavuot) very late in spring, fifty days from the first Sunday following (after) The Passover.
3 – The first day of the Feast Of Tabernacles (Sukkot – 15 Tishri (15 days after Rosh haShanah.)
These three God-ordained High Holy Days are Annual Pilgrimages to Jerusalem. ” Ex. 23:14-17; Lev. 23; Deut.16:16
there are only GOD’S Holy Days which the Sons of Israel were commanded to faithfully observe as their form of worship of The God Of Abraham.
The Old Testament Holy Days were ordained by God as ”Appointed Times” which He considers Holy unto Himself.
Hebrew Calendar Date.Yom Teruah, 1 Tishri 5778
Eschatologists consider Rosh haShanah (Yom Teru’ah) the most likely time that Ye-shu’a (Jesus) will return to the earth for His second coming. However we cannot discern exactly WHICH YEAR Ye-shu’a (Jesus) will return.Rosh haShanah is called “The Day That No-One Knows” because it is the only Hebrew Feast / Festival day that falls on the first day of a month Rosh Chodesh.
Since the first day of any Hebrew month depends on the sighting of the first tiny sliver of the next waxing moon following a new moon, no-one knows exactly when Rosh haShanah will begin until the next waxing moon is sighted and the 7th Hebrew month (Tishri) is officially declared to have begun. Discover The Significance Of Rosh Chodesh.On Rosh HaShanah, we remember the Creation of the world and we look ahead to the Judgment of God.Traditionally sweet things are eaten on Rosh HaShanah: apples and honey to express our desire for a sweet year ahead.followed by
One of the themes of Rosh HaShanah is the “Book of Life.” It is an ancient metaphor expressing the idea that we don’t know what lies ahead of us, but that God knows all.
The traditional greeting for Rosh HaShanah is L’Shanah Tovah Tikateivu (l’sha-NAH toe-VAH tee-ka-TAY-vu) which means “May you be inscribed in the Book of Life for a good year.” A shorter form of the greeting is Shanah Tovah which means “[Have a] Good Year” A very short greeting for the day is “Goot yom tov!” Yiddish for “Good holiday!”On Rosh HaShanah we hear the sound of the Shofar [ram’s horn.]The Fall Feasts are a Blueprint for Restoration Sacrifice, Atonement and are joyful. They also include the ingathering—this is the path along which the Fall Feasts of Israel move.
“Blow The Shofar At The New Moon, At The Covered Time For Our Feast Day. For It Is A Statute For Israel, An Ordinance For The God Of Jacob. Ps 81:3-4
This is also a reference to:
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 Thess 4:16 KJV
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
On Rosh HaShanah, we make a special effort to make teshuvah,* to repent of old sins and to forge new ways of living.
(*see previous post)
Many Jews around the world celebrate 2 days of Rosh HaShanah.
This year, Rosh HaShanah starts at sundown on September 20, 2017.Street sign in Jerusalem.
In essence there are two Jewish New Years – the first is the biblical one in the spring, Nissan/ Passover which is largely ignored, and the second is the morphing of the biblical Feast of Trumpets on the first day of the seventh month into a new Jewish New Year. Which this year will fall on Sept 21/22 Followed by Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement on sept 30th.
Then a weeks celebration called Sukkot or Booths or Tabernacles this begins on Oct 5 and continues through Oct 13.
Teshuvah ends with Rosh Hashanah which is the sounding of the Shofar.
Why are there 2?
The answer goes back to the 70-year time period that the Jewish nation spent in captivity in Babylon. The first deportations into captivity rounded up the distinguished young thinkers and leaders of the day. The Book of Daniel comes in here as over the period of the two and a half generation sojourn in Babylon, the Jewish people borrowed a number of technological innovations from their hosts. Among them was the use of Aramaic as a common language (the adaptation of the Aramaic script to express the Hebrew language) and a willingness to follow the Babylonian commercial calendar (the new year of which started in what is today late September).Jesus is the fulfillment of the Festivals—He is our atonement and joy, and in Him we have a new beginning and a new life.
As Paul writes, “We are a new creation in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
For believers it’s a time to rejoice and to look upfor our redemption draweth nigh and be identified with the wise virgins who were ready and awaiting the return of the bridegroom.Keep your lamps trimmed and be filled with Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh for when midnight comes, we do not want to be on the wrong side of the door.And the trumpet will sound…let’s all make sure we have ears to hear it.
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 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. Matt 25:7
Johanan ben Zakai on the 
Heavens Door is Open – Are You Ready To Go Home?
One Day the Trumpet will sound and He will return for His Bride…
If this was your last day on earth…are you ready to meet the Lord?
The reason for this question is that one day one of these years, the Lord Jesus our Messiah, Yeshua Ha Mashiach will return for us, His Bride, the congregation of His body of believers. 
The One New Man combination of Jewish and Gentile followers of I AM that I AM – Who IS The Way The Truth and The Life. John 14:6,
For those who choose NOT to get ready, Jesus promises to come as a thief. Revelation 3:3 KJV This strongly suggests He may have some knowledge as to when He is returning.
Jesus was ascended at this point and was giving revelation to John.
The promise to watching believers is His appearing will not be a surprise. 
Jesus made everything. He knows how it all works together. ‘All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made’ .
John 1:3 KJV
The law is the (Torah) and the Holy Scriptures (Tanakh).) and includes all The Commandments given to every believer. Being saved/born again,does not give us the right to choose which ones we will keep. Being under Grace is not a reason to do and live as we please or a license to sin.
Also from the beginning in 
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Why? 
So bringing all these things together offers an interesting concept that Jesus could return for His Bride sometime around the Fall Festivals./Appointed times.
In the same way Jesus fulfilled those…
This is a time that we prepare ourselves as His Bride and make sure we are ready to hear the Sound of the Shofar!
Here’s some facts and some traditions of men regarding Rosh HaShanah. It is the head of the Jewish year, the time when God reinvests Himself in creation as He is crowned king of the universe through prayer, shofar blasts, and celebration.
The man-made traditions and customs that were not derived from the Hebrew’s Holy Scriptures (Torah, Tanakh) but emerged during, and have evolved since, the Babylonian Diaspora, and have been greatly expanded upon in the Talmud (Rabbinical commentaries).
is the Jewish Civil New Year.
Rosh HaShanah is the head of the year on the civil calendar, and is also known as the birthday of the world since the world was created on this day Jewish tradition believes that Adam was created on this day (Mishnah, San Hedrin 38b). How did they decide that this was the day of the year the world was created? Because the first words of the Book of Genesis (Bereishit), “in the beginning,” when changed around, read, Aleph b’Tishrei, or “on the first of Tishrei.” Therefore, Rosh HaShanah is known as the birthday of the world, for tradition tells us that the world was created then.
The number of the year changes on Rosh HaShanah. This year, we change from 5777 to 5778. The Hebrew Calendar says it is 5778 years from the creation of the world, as determined by counting back years in the Bible. The setting of this date is credited to Maimonides, who mentions it in his book, Mishneh Torah: Sanctification of the Moon, 11:6, written about 1178 CE, but it may have been in use for some time before that. This kind of numbering is called Anno Mundi meaning “Year of the World.”
Teruah means “an awakening blast.” A theme associated with Rosh HaShanah is the theme “to awake.” Teruah is also translated as “shout.” The Book of Isaiah (Yeshayahu), chapter 12, puts the shouting in the context of the thousand-year reign of Messiah, the Athid Lavo. The Messianic era and shout is mentioned in Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 42:11; 44:23; Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) 31:7; and Zephaniah 3:14. The first coming of Yeshua is associated with a shout in Zechariah 9:9. The ultimate shout is the rapture (natzal) in First Thessalonians 4:16-17.
Whether it is by the blast of a shofar or the force of a supernatural shout, God’s goal is to awaken us!
For this reason it is written, “…
The shofar is the physical instrument that God instructed us to use to hear (shema) the sound of the shofar teaching us to awake from spiritual slumber (1 Corinthians 15:46).
The gates of Heaven are opened on Rosh HaShanah so the righteous nation may enter (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 26:2; Psalm [Tehillim] 118:19-20). Because the gates of Heaven are understood to be open on Rosh HaShanah, this is further evidence that the rapture (natzal) of the believers in the Messiah Yeshua will take place near or on Rosh HaShanah.
The Old Testament Holy Days were ordained by God as
”Appointed Times” which He considers Holy unto Himself.
Yom Teruah, 1 Tishri 5778
Rosh haShanah is called “The Day That No-One Knows”
because it is the only Hebrew Feast / Festival day that falls on the first day of a month Rosh Chodesh.
On Rosh HaShanah, we remember the Creation of the world and we look ahead to the Judgment of God.
Traditionally sweet things are eaten on Rosh HaShanah: apples and honey to express our desire for a sweet year ahead.
followed by
On Rosh HaShanah we hear the sound of the Shofar [ram’s horn.]
The Fall Feasts are a Blueprint for Restoration Sacrifice, Atonement and are joyful. They also include the ingathering—this is the path along which the Fall Feasts of Israel move.
This is also a reference to:
Street sign in Jerusalem.
In essence there are two Jewish New Years – the first is the biblical one in the spring, Nissan/ Passover which is largely ignored, and the second is the morphing of the biblical Feast of Trumpets on the first day of the seventh month into a new Jewish New Year. Which this year will fall on Sept 21/22 Followed by Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement on sept 30th.
Jesus is the fulfillment of the Festivals—He is our atonement and joy, and in Him we have a new beginning and a new life.
For believers it’s a time to rejoice and to look up 
for our redemption draweth nigh 
and be identified with the wise virgins who were ready and awaiting the return of the bridegroom. 
Keep your lamps trimmed and be filled with Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh for when midnight comes, we do not want to be on the wrong side of the door.
And the trumpet will sound…let’s all make sure we have ears to hear it.
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