Fall Feasts

Three feasts occur in the seventh month of the year (Tishri)

All of these are called a mikra (convocation, rehearsal) We are to gather and rehearse what happened in the past and what is to come in the future

  1. Yom Teruah (The Feast of Trumpets) which is a call for repentance.
  2. Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) calls for atonement for the nation.
  3. Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles,) Reminder of the temporary dwelling and the coming permanent dwelling.

Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah). The Feast of Trumpets signaled a call for repentance. Leviticus says that it should be announced with the blast of trumpets and be treated as a holy convocation. A food offering was included in the celebrations alongside the prohibition against work (Lev 23:23–25). The meat offerings of the feast were the same as those of Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks,) but with only one bull (Num 29:2).

The Feast of Trumpets marked the beginning of a new agricultural year. It was unusual in that the trumpet, would announce the feast and assemble the people. This feast dedicated the new agricultural year to God for His provision. Psalm 81 may allude to the Feast of Trumpets (Psa 81:3) in the context of the deliverance from Egypt. The psalm ends with a call for repentance, reminding the people to call upon the Lord as those in Egypt did (Psa 81:11–16).

We are preparing for the second coming of Messiah. He is announced at the blowing of the Shofar during the feast of trumpets.