As Jews the world over celebrate
yet another ROSH HASHANAH
which literally means ‘Head Of
The Year’, it’s become pertinent
to review the ‘whys’ of it, and
what message this TRUMPET
brings for us in today’s world.

The first mention of the Trumpet
in the Bible is in the book of
Leviticus Chapter 19 verse 16.
YAHWEH had asked Moses to
gather the people together as
HE wished to impart a message
to them (which included a set of
laws), on the third day after they
(the people) had purified
themselves, ”….there were
thunders and lightnings, and a
thick cloud upon the mount,
and the voice of the TRUMPET
exceeding loud; so that all the
people that was in the camp
trembled”.

The trumpet, as used above
points to it’s use as a tool of
getting peoples’ attention. It will
however be decreed as part of
the activities of a Feast to be
marked in the Jewish Seventh
Month of TISHRI (which
incidentally fell on the 5th of
September this year), in the
book of Leviticus Chapter 23
verse 24, that ”…In the Seventh
month, in the first day of the
month, shall ye have a SABBATH
(a day of REST, in which one is
expected to refrain from ALL
manner of WORK, but devote
the Time solely to and for the
worship of YAHWEH), a
memorial of blowing of
Trumpets, a holy CONVOCATION
(meaning that it is a feast that
must be celebrated within or
amongst a CONGREGATION of
people at a set apart place,a
place upon which YAHWEH has
decided to place HIS NAME). It is
not a feast to celebrate the
trumpet (even though it is called
the Feast Of Trumpets,
celebrated on Rosh Hashanah),
rather it is a ”memorial of
blowing of Trumpets”, which is
referred to as YOM HA-
ZIKKARON (The Day Of
Remembrance) or YOM TERUAH
(The Day Of Sounding Of The
Shofar or ”Ram’s Horn”).

Rosh Hashanah speaks to alert
us of the days of our lives. To
point us to things we should pay
attention to, from our past and
our present, and to use same to
fashion our future as best we
could, so it won’t take us
unawares.

In Biblical Times, the Trumpet
was used as alarm, warning, and
to call people for a gathering.
Most times, the number of times
it sounded or the timber of
sound emanating from the
Trumpet sends a clear message
to those hearing it. It means that
those for whom the sound of
the trumpet is meant, will glean
the message once they hear the
sound, while the uninitiated
(tone deaf will glean nothing)
even when their lives may
depend on it.

Today, the words as it was once
spoken holds true as to the fact
that Rosh Hashanah ‘….shall be
a MEMORIAL of blowing of the
trumpets’, hence the memorial
of blowing of the trumpet stands
to more significance than the
actual blowing. YAHSHUA put it
more aptly when HE
admonished that we ‘WATCH
and pray’, stating the importance
of watching or taking note of
events and trends around us.

Trumpets are not sounded
today, the way they used to be in
the past. They probably hold no
significance beyond
accompanying musical notes
and songs, but the discerning
amongst us hear a different
trumpet sound with each
epochal event of our world.

These events include (but not
exclusively) political, climatic,
diplomatic, economic and the
likes, from the understandable
to the enigmatic, that have
continued to leave spectators in
awe, sometimes fear, in what
many may term ‘Signs of The
Times’, while yet many others
see them as nothing unusual
and proffering reasons
(plausible or not) to explain
such bizarre occurrences, when
they occur.

The apocalyptic verses in the
Books of Daniel, Matthew
Chapters 24 and 25, as well as
those in the Book of Revelation,
speak of events that’ll be
heralded by the blowing of
Trumpets. You will notice that
most of these have come to
pass while there’re signs that
others also prophesied will also
come to pass, even without the
sounding of a TRUMPET in the
physical sense of it.

But the truth is, the trumpet has
sounded severally, and it
continues to sound and like
some spectrum of sound that
aren’t audible to man but quite
clear to dogs, many with
‘Discerning Ears’ who are
listening glean every piece of
sound from these Trumpets
announcing key events of our
times before, during and after
they have taken place.

The full essence of the Feast of
Trumpets is to awaken once
again our consciousness and
quicken our spirits to be alert
and not miss even the tiny
events of today that will define
our tomorrow, but rather to be
prepared for the future events
so that we won’t be taken
unawares.

So, as we celebrate the New
Year, with Trumpets (Silver or
Ram’s Horn) blaring, let us set
ourselves in positions that’ll
make our ears amenable to
receive the sounds from these
trumpets when they are blown,
for we have promise that in the
‘First Resurrection’ only those
who hear the trumpet will rise to
Eternal Life, and give off the
corruptible for the incorruptible.
Happy New Year!

‘kovich


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