Verse of the Week: 1 Corinthians 15:52

“in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.”

This verse points us toward one of the great climactic moments of the biblical story: “at the last trumpet” the dead will be raised incorruptible, and those who belong to Messiah will be changed. Paul is not introducing a disconnected New Testament idea. He is drawing upon the prophetic hope already established in the Torah and the Prophets.

The language of the trumpet should immediately turn our attention toward Yom Teruah, the Day of Trumpets appointed by Yehovah in Leviticus 23. Yom Teruah is a commanded memorial of trumpet blasts, a holy convocation that calls Yehovah’s people to attention. Within the larger prophetic framework of Scripture, the sounding of the trumpet becomes closely associated with the gathering of His people, the coming of King Yeshua, and the Day of Yehovah.

This is why Paul’s words carry such prophetic weight. The resurrection does not occur in isolation. It belongs to the events surrounding the return of Yeshua. The prophets repeatedly describe a future Day when Yehovah, through Yeshua, will confront the rebellious nations, vindicate His people, judge wickedness, and establish His righteous rule over the earth. The sounding of the trumpet announces that the age of human rebellion is reaching its appointed end and that King Yeshua is coming.

Zephaniah describes the Day of Yehovah as “a day of the trumpet and alarm.” Joel speaks of the trumpet being blown in Zion because the Day of Yehovah is coming. Isaiah connects the great trumpet with the gathering of Yehovah’s scattered people. Yeshua Himself speaks of His coming in glory and the gathering of His elect with a great sound of a trumpet. Paul then tells us that at the last trumpet the dead will rise.

These passages belong together.

Yom Teruah therefore serves as more than an annual observance. It is a prophetic rehearsal. Each year Yehovah calls His people to remember that history is moving toward an appointed Day. The trumpet reminds us that Yeshua will return as the conquering King, that the nations will answer to Him, that the righteous dead will rise, and that Yehovah will establish His Kingdom upon the earth.

For followers of Yeshua, this should produce both hope and sobriety. The Day of Yehovah is glorious for those who belong to Him, but Scripture also describes it as a day of judgment upon rebellion and wickedness. Biblical hope is therefore never an excuse for complacency. The coming resurrection should compel us toward faithfulness, repentance, holiness, and obedience.

The Torah teaches Yehovah’s people how to walk in His ways, and Yeshua perfectly demonstrated what faithful obedience looks like. Those who truly belong to the coming King should desire to walk according to the ways of His Kingdom now. We keep His appointed times, honor His commandments, pursue righteousness, and remain faithful because we know who our King is and because we know He is returning.

The last trumpet is therefore not merely an interesting detail in Paul’s teaching. It is part of a much larger biblical expectation. Yom Teruah points forward. The prophets warn of the Day of Yehovah. Yeshua promises to return. Paul declares that the dead will be raised. All of these themes converge in the hope of the coming Kingdom.

Death will not have the final word. The kingdoms of this age will not have the final word. The rebellion of the nations will not have the final word. Yehovah has appointed His King, and Yeshua will reign.

So, this week, remember what the trumpet represents. Yom Teruah calls us to awaken, prepare, and look toward the coming Day of Yehovah. Let the promise of the resurrection strengthen you to walk faithfully in Yehovah’s Torah, remain steadfast in Yeshua, and live as a citizen of the Kingdom that is coming. The trumpet will sound. The dead will rise. The King will return. May we be found watching, obeying, enduring, and ready.

For I, Yehovah your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, ‘Fear not.’ -- Isaiah 41:13

Study Time!! The Chronological Gospels Bible ~Michael Rood~ Event <102> Feeding the 5000.  Elul 28/Sept 11

Never forget 😢

From one of our Ambassadors, Jim Connell. Feel free to comment!! It's a great conversation piece...📜

A little Stream of Consciousness coming into the Fall Feasts of Yehovah, so please forgive the sentence structure, the length of some sentences, and my lack of breaking it into paragraphs.

Yeshua preached against the traditions that men had fastened onto the Torah, as Moses said would happen when the people refused to hear the Torah directly from YHVH Himself. Thundering the whole Torah, not just the first ten statements (Ten Commandments) would have carved a living memory into the hearts and minds of all Israel. Hearing and reading it second hand via Moses didn’t have the same effect, and after Moses died, it allowed men who claimed they had secret knowledge to eventually rise to power. Yeshua directly challenged their descendants and their rules, infuriating them. For example, He healed on Shabbat, which they, not the Torah itself, believed to be a sin. He also rejected the whole handwashing ritual which it was claimed, ordered by YHVH. It was these challenges and others that threatened their power over the laity, combined with Yeshua’s growing popularity with the people (including some of the Sanhedrin and Temple) that drove the more powerful among them to demand the death of Yeshua. This rebellious attitude towards the Torah, the Word Once Delivered, was fully embraced by later believers who steered the early church away from the Torah and towards the popular pagan beliefs which they covered with a thin veneer of Truth and called them a “New Covenant” that rejected the promises made to Abraham and embraced anti-semitism as a whole. Instead of YHVH’s plan to make Israel His model nation, living and teaching the Torah to a fallen world, one group of wicked, power-hungry men added their own rules and contradicted certain others, while a later group of similarly wicked, power-hungry men slapped Yeshua’s name and fame and a smattering of His teachings on the same pagan beliefs they always held and called it The Church, keeping Sunday, treating unclean flesh as food, and inadvertently teaching that Yehovah somehow abandoned His covenant promises to Abraham and his descendants, while also promoting a doctrine of the Trinity that is foreign to the plain testimony of the Torah, the Prophets, and the words of Yeshua.

Weather forecast for Israel this coming Shabbat.... let's see if the sliver is spotted to usher in the new month of Tishri!

Jerusalem and Mountain Regions: Clear and comfortable with daytime highs around 85°F (29°C) and cooler nighttime lows near 67°F (19°C).

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Study time! The Chronological Gospels Bible ~Michael Rood~ Event <100> Yochanan's Execution. Elul 26/Sept 9

Encouraging Word of the Week✨

Let the Redeemed of Yahovah say so!
Hebrew: "go'el"
Psalm 111:9
 
Pĕ He sent redemption to His people, Tsadi He has commanded His covenant forever. Qoph Set-apart and awesome is His Name.

Verse of the Week: Deuteronomy 31:8

“And Yehovah is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Israel stood at a moment of enormous transition. Moses was preparing to leave, Joshua was being called to lead, and the people were preparing to enter the land Yehovah had promised to their fathers. The challenges ahead were real, but their confidence was never supposed to rest primarily in Moses, Joshua, military strength, or favorable circumstances. Their confidence was to rest in the covenant faithfulness of Yehovah.

The God who called Abraham, delivered Israel from Egypt, brought His people through the wilderness, and gave them His Torah was the same God who would go before them into the land. His faithfulness did not change simply because their circumstances became difficult.

That truth remains essential for the people of Yehovah. Biblical faith does not mean pretending that frightening circumstances are not frightening. Scripture repeatedly prepares God's people for hardship, opposition, and the necessity of endurance. Courage comes from knowing that Yehovah has not abandoned His covenant purposes.

But trusting Yehovah also means walking faithfully before Him. Israel was not called merely to believe that Yehovah existed. They were commanded to love Him, fear Him, keep His commandments, and walk in His ways. Biblical courage and covenant obedience belong together. We trust the One who goes before us, and because we trust Him, we seek to live according to His Word.

So, this week, whatever uncertainty lies ahead, let us remember who goes before us. We do not need to surrender to fear, compromise, or the pressure to follow the ways of the world. Let us strengthen ourselves in Yehovah, remain faithful to His Torah, keep His commandments with a willing heart, and follow Yeshua our Messiah with endurance. The path before us may not always be easy, but the One who called us to walk it remains faithful.