The Fall Festivals
The Feast of Trumpets, Beginning of the Civil New Year
Festivals · 2 verses
The first day of the seventh month, marked by trumpet blasts, inaugurated a period of solemn preparation for the Day of Atonement. This feast anticipated Messiah's return, when 'the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible.'
Scripture References
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.”
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”