Rosh Hashanah Begins Tonight

Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets each year on the first day of the appointed month in early autumn. You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work. Numbers 29:1

The first day of the seventh month. This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in September or October. This festival is celebrated today as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. (From the Blue Letter Bible) 

This year Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on October 2^nd and ends at nightfall on October 4^th. This is the day that the Lord has made—let us rejoice and blow our trumpet or shofar.

The holiday was originally ordered by God through Moses. Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn, you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet. Leviticus 23:24.

This day celebrates the beginning of the Jewish year and commemorates the creation of Adam and Eve. Interestingly a favorite food that is eaten at this time is apples dipped in honey. Apples for Adam and Eve—how appropriate. A sweet new start.

It is the beginning of a time of reflection. A meditative day of rest. Note that God instructs the Hebrew people to have a day of complete rest. While resting…consider how you’ve done in pleasing God this past year? What will you do—how will you live—in the coming year to serve God and please Him? The Jewish festival of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, will be celebrated in ten days, according to God’s Word.

Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month--nine days after the Festival of Trumpets. You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and present special gifts to the LORD. Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with the LORD your God. All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God's people. And I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day. You must not do any work at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live. This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day. Leviticus 23:27-32

So how will you celebrate this day of Rosh Hashanah? Begin with an apple dipped in honey—and reflect on what God has done for you. Give thanks to Him to Jesus—for what our Lord and Savior has done.

Prayer ~ Lord God, as I hear your trumpet sound, I know that You are fulfilling Your commands and promises day by day. May I continue to find Your peace.

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