Tishri - New Year
The Jewish month of
Tishri is the beginning and the end. It is the first month of the civil calendar and the seventh month of the religious calendar.
Tishri means beginning. The first book of the Bible is Genesis or
Aleph b'Tishri. Jewish tradition says Adam was created on the 1st of
Tishri. God created the world in six days and He rested the seventh so man rules
6000 years and then Jesus Christ rules 1000 years. When time comes full circle,
Tishri is the beginning and end of time.
In the beginning [On the first of
Tishri], God created the heaven and the earth (
Genesis 1:1).
Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is on the 1st of
Tishri. It literally means the day of shouting. The
shofar or trumpet is sounded a hundred times and the last trump is called the
Tekiah Gedolah.
Rosh Hashanah or the new year begins after the first sighting of the new crescent moon. Lunar months are 29 or 30 days and set by observation, so no one knew the day or hour until two witnesses saw the first sliver of the moon and testified before the Sanhedrin. In September 2018, the
Jewish year is 5779 but because of a ~210 year error, there are about 5989 years from creation. The Feast of Trumpets is fulfilled on the resurrection and
rapture day.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).