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📜 Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets) — Fact Sheet

🕊 Biblical Name & Timing

• Hebrew Name: Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה) — literally “Day of Shouting/Blasting”

• Scriptural References:

• Leviticus 23:23–25

• Numbers 29:1–6

• Date: 1st day of the 7th biblical month (Ethanim)

• A High Sabbath day, marked by no servile work and memorial of trumpet blasts

• On the calendar we are using by Zadok Way, this falls on September 24th for 2025. If you are using another calendar, none appears perfect. Let us all focus on keeping the Feast to the best of our ability.

• As no scripture specifies this beginning in the Evening, this celebration defaults to the Biblical calendar which Bible Day always begins at sunrise, never with the moon. The 3 Feasts specified as beginning on the moon spell this out clearly. Watch When Does the Bible Day Begin? Series.

❌ Misnomer: “Rosh Hashanah”

• Not Found in Scripture: The term “Rosh Hashanah” (meaning "head of the year") never appears in connection with this feast in the Torah or the Prophets.

• The biblical new year is in the spring (Exodus 12:2 – Abib, First Month), not the seventh month. There is no passage with 2 New Year’s in scripture. That is unnecessary leaven.

📯 Trumpets in the Bible

• The Hebrew word “teruah” means a shout or blast of a horn.

• Shofars (ram's horns) were commonly used in worship, warfare, and announcements (Joshua 6:4-5, Psalm 81:3).

• Metal trumpets (silver) were also used for summoning assemblies and giving signals (Numbers 10:2). Anyone not wanting to blow the ram’s horn, can use a metal trumpet or even use a mouthpiece if they desire.

• Yom Teruah includes both the sound of the shofar (trumpet) and the voice of Yah—often a thunderous, commanding sound (Exodus 19:16, Revelation 1:10). There are several scriptures that define a trumpet accompanying Yahuah and Yahusha’s voice.

📯 Scriptures: Yah's Voice as a Trumpet

📖 1. Exodus 19:16–19 – At Mount Sinai

·       “There were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled... And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and Elohim answered him by a voice.”
→ Yah’s voice = trumpet, thunder, overwhelming power

📖 2. Revelation 1:10 – The Voice of Yahusha

·       “I was in the Spirit on the Master’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet...”

·       → The voice of Messiah Yahusha is trumpet-like: commanding, powerful, unmistakable.

📖 3. Revelation 4:1

·       “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said, ‘Come up here...’”

·       → The heavenly voice calling John up is again described as a trumpet — symbolic of divine summons.

📖 4. Hebrews 12:18–19

·       “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched... and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore...”

·       → Recalling Sinai — the voice of Yah was so intense, it terrified the people.

📖 5. Psalm 47:5

·       “Elohim is gone up with a shout, Yahuah with the sound of a trumpet.”

·       → Trumpet imagery is used to signify Yah’s majesty and presence — often in context of kingship.

📖 6. Isaiah 58:1

·       “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression...”

·       → Yah tells His prophet to imitate His voice — bold, clear, confrontational, not soft.

📖 7. 1 Thessalonians 4:16

·       “For the Master Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of Elohim...”

·       → Yahusha returns at the sound of the “trumpet of Elohim” — not just an angelic trumpet, but one associated with Yah's direct voice or command.

📖 8. Isaiah 27:13

·       “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish...”

·       → Yah’s restoration and deliverance is tied to the sound of a great trumpet — His call to gather the scattered.

🔁 Prophetic Foreshadowing: Yahusha’s Return

• Yom Teruah is directly tied to the return of Messiah Yahusha:

“For the Master Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Elohim...” — 1 Thessalonians 4:16

• Also referenced in:

• 1 Corinthians 15:52 — “at the last trump”

• Matthew 24:31 — sending angels with a great sound of a trumpet

📖 The Book of Enoch: Day of Judgment Timeline

• In Enoch 92–93, there is a 21-day period of judgment referenced in the timing of end events.

• These 21 days align with the 3 Fall Feasts:

• Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets) — signals the coming King

• Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) — represents the Day of Judgment

• Sukkot (Tabernacles) — represents the New Jerusalem, eternal dwelling with Yah

🌍 Eschatological Meaning (End-Time Fulfillment)

Feast                    Prophetic Fulfillment

Yom Teruah              Return of Yahusha, the sounding of the trumpet

Yom Kippur               Judgment Day — separation and Judgment of righteous and wicked

Sukkot                       New Jerusalem descends, glorified bodies given, eternal dwelling

• Revelation 21:2–4 describes the New Jerusalem coming down, fulfilling Sukkot

• Philippians 3:21 speaks of our bodies being transformed into glorified bodies

• 2 Corinthians 5:1–4 refers to our eternal dwelling not made with hands — tabernacling with Yah

✨ Key Themes

• Awakening Blast: A call to repentance and readiness (Joel 2:1)

• Unknown Day? Yom Teruah does NOT begin at the sighting of the new moon floating annually by the moon, but the new month as it is Ethanim 1 period in scripture (Hodesh is never new moon but month – Watch New Moon vs. New Month). One passage manipulated out of context supposedly symbolizing a day no one knows (Matthew 24:36) is about the Day of Judgment period which also begins on the New Month, never a New Moon which is a 29.5-day cycle that never works. Anyone telling us this day changes on the Bible calendar by the moon is not speaking or reading Hebrew and has no understanding of the Biblical cycles. Certainly that is no prophet.

• Heavenly Announcement: A coronation event — the King is coming!

📌 Summary

• Yom Teruah is not “Rosh Hashanah” — it is a Day of Trumpets ordained by Yahuah as a time of warning, repentance, and expectation.

• It points prophetically to the return of Yahusha, where the shofar (trumpet) will sound, and the dead in Messiah will rise.

• Enoch’s 21-day timeline overlays perfectly with the Fall Feasts, culminating in the final judgment and eternal dwelling with our Creator in glorified bodies.

🔔 Modern Prophetic Expectations & the Sound of the Trumpet

Yah's feasts (Moedim) aren't just historical — they are prophetic rehearsals (miqra'ei qodesh, “holy convocations”) that reveal His redemptive timeline. The trumpet, central to the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), plays a critical role in end-time prophecy, and its meanings point toward key modern expectations.

📯 1. The Awakening Blast: A Call to Repentance Before Judgment

Expectation: A global spiritual wake-up call before Yahusha’s return. It is time to heed this call now

Just like in ancient Israel, the trumpet today represents a prophetic alarm sounding throughout the earth:

• Many believe we’re in a season of awakening, where the shofar is symbolic of Yah’s voice calling people to repentance, especially in a time of lawlessness and deception (Matthew 24:12).

• Indeed, a new evil has also been rising in this final era, but let us not forget this is the season in which He will pour out His spirit on all flesh (Joel 2:28).

• Ministries worldwide are emphasizing teshuvah (repentance) and Torah observance as part of end-time restoration (Malachi 4:4–6). This is especially true for the Philippines which will rise in these Last Days.

🔎 Seen in: the rise of Torah-keeping believers, return to the true biblical calendar, interest in the Feasts, and rejection of religious tradition in favor of Scripture.

👑 2. Return of the King: Yahusha Will Descend at the Sound of the Trumpet

Expectation: Yahusha’s second coming will be announced with the trumpet of Elohim.

This is perhaps the most direct prophetic meaning:

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 – the shofar (trumpet) precedes the resurrection and gathering of the faithful.

• Matthew 24:31 – angels gather the elect with a “great sound of a trumpet.”

• Revelation 11:15 – the 7th trumpet sounds: “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom of our Master...”

🗝️ Many expect this to literally occur on Yom Teruah in a future year (The Book of Enoch prophesied this as well, see below) — “a day and hour no one knows” (Matthew 24:36), fitting the new month-based timing of the Feast.

⚖️ 3. The 21-Day Judgment Window (Enoch + Fall Feasts)

Expectation: A prophetic window of 21 days between Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles as the final sequence of redemptive history.

• Day of Trumpets – the King arrives

• Day of Atonement – the world is judged (goat/sheep separation – Matthew 25)

• Tabernacles – the New Jerusalem descends, and Yah dwells with His people

This Enochian insight strengthens the expectation that Yahusha will return during one of these Feast seasons, possibly even completing all three within a 3-week window — ushering in what is called the “millennial reign” and final restoration. Understand, when Yahusha takes the throne, it is forever, not just one millennia. His reign never ends.

🛡️ 4. Spiritual Warfare & End-Time Conflict

Expectation: The trumpet also signals a time of battle and deliverance.

Modern prophetic voices often link the sounding of trumpets to:

• Spiritual warfare intensifying

• Global shakings (natural, political, economic)

• Yah’s people being called to stand in truth and obedience

Like Jericho, the walls of Babylon are coming down (Revelation 18), and Yah’s army is being assembled — not to fight in the flesh, but to stand blameless, sealed in obedience and filled with oil (Matthew 25). This is about restoring His ways which are higher than man’s rather than continuing Catholic hoaxes of occult roots called holidays.

His Holy Days have never changed as He never changes (Malachi 3:6) and Yahusha is the same yesterday (since Creation for Him), today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). This is why the Feasts were affirmed by Messiah in Matthew 5:17 as remaining applicable until at least the Day of Judgment. No church has ever acquired the right to overrule the Messiah, nor did Paul ever say such. If he did, and he did not, Paul would be a false prophet, which he was not.

📜 5. The Last Trump: Resurrection and Glorified Bodies

Expectation: The “last trump” signals the transformation of believers and the beginning of the age to come.

• 1 Corinthians 15:52 – “at the last trumpet... the dead shall be raised incorruptible”

• This is expected to happen at Yahusha’s return, possibly aligned with Yom Teruah thru Sukkot as a 3-week window perhaps

• It connects to receiving glorified, eternal bodies (Philippians 3:21), fulfilling the symbolism of Sukkot (tabernacles) — eternal dwelling with Yah.

🗓️ 6. Alignment with the Biblical Calendar

Expectation: The Feasts are not optional or “Jewish” — they are prophetic blueprints for what is coming. The word Jew is not even Hebrew and never a Bible term nor even a valid transliteration or shortening of the word Yahudim used [Watch Meaning of the Word Jew]. We don’t learn the Bible Feasts from Pharisaic traditions lined with leaven. We pursue the direct narratives reading the Word itself. Even in Israel, the Feasts and the Law always including the “stranger among” bloodline Israelites as Gentiles have always been a part of the Covenant relationship according to Torah when we read it.

• Leviticus 16:29 KJV “And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:”

• Exodus 12:49 KJV “One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.”

• (Also found in Leviticus 17:12, 18:26; Numbers 9:14, 15:26, 15:29. Zionism has no foundation in scripture in this regard. Gentiles have always been included.)

There’s a growing return to the ancient foundations (Isaiah 58:12), with many believers watching the biblical calendar, and Feast days as Yah’s time markers, expecting prophetic fulfillment on those dates — not random holidays or man-made observances. These are not based on stretched blood moons, moon cycles, nor Mystery Babylon Religion, but direct readings of scripture restoring its original intent without leaven.

🔚 Summary: Trumpets in Modern Prophetic Expectation

Trumpet Symbolism Modern Prophetic Expectation

Alarm for war & repentance

Global call to repentance, Torah return

Announcement of the King

Yahusha’s imminent return

Assembly & gathering

The resurrection and gathering of the elect

Judgment warning

The beginning of the 21-day Fall Feasts judgment period

Signal of Jubilee Millennia

Final deliverance and restoration of all things

Glorified bodies

Transformation at the “last trump”

New Jerusalem

Sukkot fulfillment — Yah dwelling with His people

Keep the Feasts!

If you follow another calendar, that is fine—we have yet to find a perfect one. But as Paul affirmed in Acts 18:21:

"I must by all means keep this feast."

We will continue notifying the community of the calendar dates we follow throughout the year. However, we still have not released our own calendar.

Enjoy the Feasts this year, teach others, and keep seeking truth!
Yah Bless! 🙌

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