A NATIONAL CALL TO PRAYER FOR OUR NATION – THE DAYS OF AWE – FALL FEASTS OF THE LORD

As noted in an earlier post September 18-28 are to be a Global and National Day of Prayer for all Christians who are concerned about the current Marxist and ungodly crisis now occurring in the United States and other western countries. It is a ten day call for people to fast in some manner during these dates. It will be held on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on September 26^th. The info is here: https://thereturn.org/

As end time believers it is important we understand the fall feasts of the Lord (Leviticus 23) and how they relate to the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, aka, Yeshua.

These are not solely “Jewish Feasts” but are feasts all who call upon the Name of the Lord should have a basic understanding of. First we will look at these feasts from a “Jewish” perspective. The following is from http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday3.htm

The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that God has "books" that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d's decree.

The actions that change the decree are "teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah," repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). These "books" are sealed on Yom Kippur. This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

Among the customs of this time, it is common to seek reconciliation with people you may have wronged during the course of the year. The Talmud maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and G-d. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible.

Work is permitted as usual during the intermediate Days of Awe, from Tishri 3 to Tishri 9, except of course for Shabbat during that week. This year September 19 – 28 are the days of awe.

A lesser special occasion occurs during the course of the Days of Awe.  The Shabbat that occurs in this period is known as Shabbat Shuvah (the Sabbath of Return). This is considered a rather important Shabbat. END.

As you can see above, this is why the event in Washington. D.C. is being called The Return. If you read the previous post on Resurrection from the Dead you saw in Revelation 20 how God has “books” that are opened during the White Throne Judgment. The feast of Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur is where this concept originates—right out of the Bible!

In the Hebraic Christian understanding these fall feasts are a type of the second coming of Jesus. The Day of Trumpets, the first of the ten days of awe, are blowing and announcing the coming of the king—King Jesus. The following 9 days are a type of the nations being given the opportunity to repent before God closes the books prior to His wrath judgment on the nations on the Day of Atonement. This all fits perfectly with the Book of Revelation, especially chapters 19 and 20.

The Day of Atonement represents the wrath of God upon the nations at the second coming of the King. It also is the “Day of Redemption” for the righteous. Who are the righteous? Those who have repented before the closing of the books. Those who have been redeemed by the blood of Yeshua shed on the cross for their sins.

This is the spiritual meaning of the Days of Awe from Trumpets through Day of Atonement.

On the Biblical calendar, five days, a period of grace, after Day of Atonement comes the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot in Hebrew) a seven day feast celebrating the Biblical fact that God has come to dwell or “tabernacle among His people.”

This seven day feast is a type of wedding celebration of the Bride and Groom. A sukkah is a small booth or tent that is built during this time in which family and friends celebrate their redemption and God’s dwelling with us!

In a Hebrew wedding ceremony the Bride and Groom are wed under a canopy or sukkah.

The Jewish people build their small sukkah’s and celebrate the King!

As Christians many have lost the true meaning of these “Jewish Feasts” but they aren’t really Jewish. The Scripture in Leviticus 23.2 says they are the “feasts of the Lord.” The Hebrew word feast means “appointed time.” This is an appointment with our Father God.

As you can see in just this short post these feasts contain important end time information which helps us interpret the Book of Revelation from a Hebraic perspective. This in turn helps us understand with fresh eyes and ears many of the parables and things of which Jesus spoke in the New Covenant. It also helps us understand what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 9 through 11 about being “grafted into Israel.”

Check out the return website and join in this critical time of prayer: https://thereturn.org/