Shalom
Jan Mikael,
Did
you know that according to the rabbis Judgment Day is on September 30, this
year? Each year on this day everyone comes before the Lord – to be
judged. It is called Yom ha Din (Judgment Day).
(Today,
I just want to remind you that 99.9% of Jewish people do not believe in
Yeshua!)
The
REAL BIBLICAL NAME of this High Holy Day is found in Leviticus 23:24; and it
is referred to as Yom Teruah which means “The day of the blowing of the
Horns (Shofars).”
However,
you probably know this Holy Day as Rosh HaShanah (the Jewish New Year).
Although
this name is not technically mentioned in the Torah, in Ezekiel 40:1 this day
is referred to as, “The beginning of the year.” So that’s why the
rabbis refer to it as Rosh HaShanah. Rosh means “head” or
“Beginning,” and HaShanah means “The year.”
At
one of the synagogues near my house, Rabbi Slomovitz said to me, “Zev, for
one month before this day (Judgment Day), it is a time for you and every
Jewish person to repent.”
From
August 30 until September 30, each morning during the month of Elul, in
synagogues around the world, the Shofar is blown as a call to repentance!”
Soon it will be Judgment Day!
However,
can any of us stand before God’s judgment without Yeshua? Can you
imagine standing in front of the Almighty with all of your sins? It is a
terrifying thought!
In
Leviticus 23:28 it says to hold a sacred assembly and to sound the horns.
It is also a Sabbath, and a day in which God commands the Jewish people to
make atonement for their sins.
Therefore
the Jewish sages believe that on this day each year, it is JUDGMENT DAY, and
that one year in the near future on Rosh HaShanah it will be the FINAL
JUDGMENT DAY.
And,
each year, on this day, the sages say that the Book of Life is opened up and
each person is judged by what they have done. But on the Final Judgment
day, each person will either be written in the Book of Life, or not, and then the
Book will be closed!
September
30, (Yom Teruah and Rosh HaShanah) is also said
by the Jewish sages to be the Coronation DAY of God.
A
coronation is the ceremony where a person of royalty (remember, Yeshua was
from the line of King David) is given power to rule the people. A crown
or coronet is placed on their head.
Nations
also have coronations for their kings and queens. Weeks before Coronation Day
for England’s Queen Elizabeth, everyone in her kingdom was talking about her
becoming Queen. On Coronation Day, there were hundreds of dignitaries,
and tens of thousands of people lined the streets cheering, as she was about
to be crowned queen. Millions of people around the world watched the
Coronation being broadcast on television. It was a day of splendor and
awe!
The
crowds cheered the procession of guests, including heads of state and members
of the Royal Family. Trumpets were then sounded proclaiming her as the
new Royal Queen.
This
reminds me of Yeshua, our King Messiah and the Prophecies He fulfilled.
He first came as the suffering servant (Isaiah 53). Remember before Passover
he rode lowly into Jerusalem on a Donkey (Zechariah 9:9). The crowds
lined the streets as they were cheering Him, shouting: “Blessed is the one
who comes in the Name of the Lord – the King of Israel!”
And
then a few days later, He was beaten beyond recognition fulfilling the
Messianic prophecy of Isaiah 53. He was bruised and beaten for our sins.
Then He had to carry his wooden cross – and like a procession, again crowds
lined the streets for Him. It was Coronation Day.
Yeshua
was crowned! But it was a crown of thorns, not a crown of gold and
jewels. And the sign that was hung above Him read: “King of the
Jews.” Yeshua was crowned with the Royal Title, King of the Jews!
That
was just over 2000 years ago. But my friend, He is coming back very soon
– as Messiah ben David (Messiah son of David), the mighty King Messiah who
will Judge each individual (John 5:22).
And
so this brings us back to September 30 of this year. Many Bible scholars
believe that because Yeshua fulfilled the Biblical Jewish holy days of
Passover and Shavuot (Pentecost), that He will also return on Yom Teruah
(Blowing of the Shofar) to fulfill this High Holy Day. In 1Thess. 4:16
it says: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in
Messiah will rise first.”
