Meditate.
"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. You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the LORD." Leviticus 23:24-25
The Feast
of Trumpets actually started at sundown yesterday. As the first feast or festival in the fall it marks the beginning of the
Jewish New Year. This
two-day celebration commemorates the creation of humanity and the Jews close
relationship with God. The Lord gave Moses specific instructions for
the people of Israel on how they were to celebrate this festival. No work. Particular
offerings and sacrifices. God likes a fragrant aroma—even or maybe especially burnt
gifts are pleasing to the Lord.
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. On that day
you must present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will
consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with
no defects. These must be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour
moistened with olive oil--six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram,
and two quarts with each of the seven lambs. In addition, you must sacrifice a
male goat as a sin offering to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with
the LORD. These special sacrifices are in addition to your regular monthly and
daily burnt offerings, and they must be given with their prescribed grain
offerings and liquid offerings. These offerings are given as a special gift to
the LORD, a pleasing aroma to him. Numbers 29:1-6
The ram’s horn (shofar) is sounded 100 times during the service each day. The symbolism here is to turn inward in retrospect, repent, and to then be able to contribute to the world in the coming new year.
Prayer ~ Lord God, we praise You for Your creation of the world…and each of us. Guide us though these days ahead as we consider our past sins, repent and listen for the shofar horn trumpet call.
Verse of Salvation ~ Now, son
of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen
to what I say and warn them for me. If I announce that some wicked people are
sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die
in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths. But if you
warn them to repent and they don't repent, they will die in their sins, but you
will have saved yourself. Ezekiel 33:7-9
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