5. Day of the Last Trump
On the Feast of Trumpets, the prayer service includes a hundred blasts of the shofar with four sounds: Tekiah (1 long), Shevarim (3 medium), Teruah (9 short) and Tekiah Gedolah (1 extra long). Paul said when the Last Trump (Tekiah Gedolah) sounds on the Feast of Trumpets, we will transform from life to eternal life.
> First Trump - Weeks/Pentecost - Exodus 19:16-17, 18-19
> Last Trump - Trumpets/Rapture - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
> Great Trump - Atonement/Second Coming - Matthew 24:30-31
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump [Tekiah Gedolah]: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (1 Corinthians 15:52).
6. Day That No One Knows
The Feast of Trumpets can occur after the 29th or 30th day of Elul, so no one knows the day or hour until the crescent moon appears in the afternoon sky. Jesus uses a Jewish figure of speech to tell us the day of the Rapture is the Feast of Trumpets.
But of that day and hour knows no man (Matthew 24:36).
7. Day That Is Hidden
The Rapture is Yom Hakeseh or the Hidden Day. The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. No one saw Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead so we will be resurrected and raptured in hiding.
Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast (Isaiah 26:19-20, 21).
On September 16, 2023, there is an occultation as the Moon covers Mars. The astronomical event is hidden from view since the brightnesss of the Sun outshines the crescent Moon and Mars blends into the sunrise and sunset.
8. Day of the Marriage Feast of the Lamb
The Feast of Trumpets is the traditional Jewish wedding ceremony. Both Jacob and Samson's weddings last one week (
Genesis 29:26-28,
Judges 14:12). Christ and His Church's ceremony lasts seven years.
In my Father's house are many [rooms]: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also (
John 14:2-3).
God tells us what is going to happen before it happens and when. He describes the Rapture by Jewish traditions on the Feast of Trumpets, the Jewish New Year. Since God revealed to us the days of the Rapture but not the year,
Daniel's dream, four
horses, five
trumpets and other prophesies describe important events that occur before the Tribulation.
Prophecy Window for the Rapture
Jesus Christ was born ~7-1 BC and died ~27-33 AD, then ~2027-2033 could be the
Second Coming. So the years ~2019-2026 are a possible seven year rapture window as God prepares the world for the seven years of
Tribulation, within the margin of calendar errors. Since we are at the end of the
Church Age, work but also watch for Jesus on the Feast of Trumpets.
Redemption + 2000 Years = Second Coming - Tribulation = ~Rapture
30 + 2000 = 2030 - 7 = ~2023
31 + 2000 = 2031 - 7 = ~2024
32 + 2000 = 2032 - 7 = ~2025
33 + 2000 = 2033 - 7 = ~2026
On the Jewish calendar, the Feast of Trumpets 2023 (5784 AM) starts on the evening of September 15. The astronomical new moon is September 15 at 4:39 AM IDT but 14 hours is not enough to see the new crescent moon in Jerusalem. So Trumpets begins the evening of September 16 sunset and ends September 18 sunset Jerusalem time. In US Central Time, Trumpets begins on September 16 at ~10:44 AM and ends on September 18 at ~10:41 AM.
Is 2023 the year of the Rapture? Those awake, watching and expecting Christ's return will be the first to know.
You, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness (1 Thessalonians 5:4-5).