Wednesday, September 24, 2014

CHUCK KOLB 09/24/2014

 Year 5775 - L'shanah Tovah - Feast of Trumpets - Shemitah at sundown !!!

Feast of Trumpets - Yom Teruah 2014 begins in the evening of September 24th
and ends in the evening of September 25th (High Sabbath). God commands us
to rejoice and SHOUT ? The Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is the day that God's
people are to come together to worship, fellowship, and make NOISE
(see Leviticus 23:23-25). In fact, that's what the Hebrew word "Teruah" means !

Alas, our simple task is to blow the shofar to awaken others ...
The Shofar will blast 100 times all around the world shortly !  
Celebrate the Jewish New Year 5775 with us !


Previously posted ...
The Autumn of their FALL !!!

http://conpats.blogspot.com/2014/09/chuck-kolb-09232014.html

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Prayer request, these missionaries are desperate ...


Subject:  ISIS and missionaries ...
Please pray as the message below encourages. This is a dire situation !
    
Rick White - September 19 at 7:39am

I'm sorry to have post this & I would not post this unless I knew it was from a reliable source - this is from
the Francis Schaffer Foundation, a Christian mission organization with people on the ground in the Middle East -----
A friend just got a text message from her brother asking her to shower him and his parish in prayer. He is part of a
mission and ISIS has taken over the town they are in today. He said ISIS is systematically going house to house to
all the Christians and asking the children to denounce Jesus. He said so far not one child has. And so far all have
consequently been killed. But not the parents. [...]

- please continue here ...  https://www.facebook.com/rick.white.1213/posts/10204568614996076

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BREAKING NEWS FROM ISRAEL
Minute by minute updates here ...  

http://www.kolbonews.com/
http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3089,00.html
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/
http://www.israpundit.org/
http://pamelageller.com/

Thanks - Ted Belman writes from Jerusalem, Israel
Police Ambushed by Muslim Rioters on Temple Mount  
Fireworks and rocks wound police as Jews enter holiest site in Judaism mere hours before Rosh Hashana; one Jew arrested.
by Uzi Baruch, Ari Yashar

Dozens of Arab rioters began shooting fireworks at police on the Temple Mount on Wednesday morning, just hours
before the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) began, and as soon as the holiest site in Judaism was opened to Jewish visitors.
The rioters fired at police at the Mughrabi Gate, which is the only point of access for Jewish visitors to the site currently
under the de facto rule of the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust). [...]

http://www.israpundit.org/archives/63600541

Thanks - Ave Victoria
w vid - ‘Shemitah’ starts at sundown: Are you ready ?
Rabbi Cahn: Next 12 months could bring major 'shaking' of America ...

The ancient principle of the “Shemitah” goes back 3,000 years to the time of Moses, but a rabbi from New Jersey is warning
Americans to pull out their Bibles and take note. The year of the Shemitah, also called the Sabbath year, begins at sundown
Wednesday with the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and continues through Sept. 13, 2015. It could hold
severe consequences for the future of the United States of America, warns Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn.

http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/shemitah-starts-at-sundown-are-you-ready/

New Currency Law - 1st Look
http://endofamerica.com/
Devastating new currency law went into effect July 1st, 2014  

Rosh HaShanah ’14: To My Readers & Friends; How US Soldiers Celebrated in World War II
by Debbie Schlussel

To my friends and readers: tonight at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, begins
(it ends Friday Night). It is one of the two most important holidays in Judaism, with the other being Yom Kippur,
the Jewish Day of Atonement. The holiday lasts for two days, so […]

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/74886/rosh-hashanah-14-to-my-readers-how-us-soldiers-celebrated-in-world-war-ii/

9-24-14 Hummingbird027's Updates on End-Time and Prophetic News (1:12:44)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY8ynLfkBAQ
http://hummingbird027.com/2014/09/24/9-24-14-hummingbird027s-updates-on-end-time-and-prophetic-news/


 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly
commemorated with trumpet blasts.  Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’”  (Leviticus 23:23–25)



Year 5775 - L'shanah Tovah - Feast of Trumpets - Shemitah at sundown !!!


Beautiful vids for you and your beloveds ...
A Rosh Hashana Song from Latma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S2vLcArd8g (2:50)
https://www.youtube.com/user/LatmaTV

Just too Good to Be True--Rosh Hashanah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLMjoBRj58 (3:57)

Mix playlist - A Rosh Hashana Song from Latma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlcxEDy-lr0&index=2&list=RD8S2vLcArd8g


Rosh Hashanah Menu Ideas
http://toriavey.com/toris-corner/2010/09/rosh-hashanah-menu-ideas/

Shana Tova!  Happy Jewish New Year 5775!
 
“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.  Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’”  (Leviticus 23:2325)
  

Jewish man sounding the shofar on Rosh HaShanah at the Western
(Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
 
Tonight at sunset begins one of the holiest days of the Jewish year: Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year).  It is the beginning of the Jewish year 5775.
 
Since this day is a Sabbath, no work is allowed, and all over Israel and around the world, the Jewish People will be attending services in local synagogues.
 
This celebration is also known as Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets).
 
As the holiday begins tonight, selichot prayers for forgiveness will intensify and tomorrow morning the shofar (ram’s horn or trumpet) will be sounded around 100 times.  It will continue to be sounded throughout this holiday season.
 

Round challahs at Jewish New Year have
become a widespread custom in many
communities, as their shape symbolizes the
yearly cycle.  Some add raisins or even sprinkle
these loaves with icing sugar to symbolize the
sweetness of the new year.
  
First and Second Day Customs
 
This holiday is a feast; therefore, it's customary for families to gather tonight for a holiday meal that begins with the blessing over a round challah (egg bread) dipped in honey.
 
The challah is round to represent completeness, the continuity of creation and the omnipresence of God, as well as the yearly cycle.
 
Right afterward, apple slices are dipped in honey.  This simple tradition conveys the hope that the coming year will be sweet and free of sorrow.
 
Tomorrow, a special ceremony called Tashlich (casting off) will be performed.
 
This ritual involves symbolically casting off sin while reciting Micah 7:18–19 and other verses.  To do this, bits of bread and other food will be tossed into a body of water, such as a stream, river, lake, pond or sea, which will carry them away.
 
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?  You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.  You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”  (Micah 7:18–19)
 

Rabbi performing Tashlich on the Israeli
coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
 
Tomorrow night, as the sun goes down, the second night of Rosh HaShanah will begin, and many will observe the tradition of serving a fruit that has just come into season.
 
This fruit is often the pomegranate since it comes into season in Israel around this time.
 
According to Jewish tradition, the pomegranate has 613 seeds, which is the same number of mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah.
 
The following blessing called the Shehecheyanu (Who Has Given Us Life) is recited before eating the fruit:
 
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.  Amen.
 

Shofar, tallit (prayer shawl), and a pomegranate
 
The Shofar
 
“On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest [Shabbaton], a sacred assembly [mikreh kodesh] commemorated with trumpet blasts [Zichron Teruah].”  (Leviticus 23:24)
 
In Leviticus 23:24, Rosh HaShanah is called Shabbaton Zichron Teruah, which is translated as a special Sabbath holiday of remembrance with the blasting of the shofar.
 
That is why a central observance of this holy day is the sounding of the shofar, which heralds God as King of the Universe.  The shofar played a role when He came to the Israelites in a dense cloud at Mount Sinai.
 
There in His presence, on the morning of the third day, three months after they left Egypt, amidst booming thunder and flashes of lightning, the shofar sounded.
 
We can only imagine the intensity of the scene.  It was so powerful that "everyone in the camp trembled.”  (Exodus 19:16)
 
Who blew the shofar from that thick cloud on Mount Sinai with all the people of Israel gathered below?  Was it an angel of the Lord or did Elohim—God Himself—blow the shofar?
  

A Jewish man blows the long shofar, which is fashioned from the horn of a
greater kudu (southeastern African antelope) in the
Yemenite Jewish style,
at the Western (Wailing) Wall.
 
The shofar is an instrument of great spiritual significance.
 
The purpose of the sound of the shofar is to wake God’s people out of their spiritual slumber, to cause them to see the signs of the times, and to remind them to examine the spiritual condition of their lives.
 
This is the message of teshuvah (repentance), which in Hebrew literally means to return.  Teshuvah, therefore, is turning from our sins and returning to God.
 
So, why do we blow the shofar on Yom Zichron Teruah?  Although we know it is a commandment, the reasons are not specifically stated.
 
"On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.  It is a day for you to sound the trumpets [Yom Teruah]."  (Numbers 29:1) 
 

Young boy blowing a shofar made from a ram's horn.
 
Occasions to Blow the Shofar
 
In the biblical times of Israel, the shofar was blown for several reasons:
  1. To mark the arrival of a new moon;
  2. To celebrate a simcha (joyous occasion);
  3. To proclaim liberty to the captives;
  4. To hail a king at his coronation;
  5. To warn of impending judgment;
  6. To gather troops to battle;
  7. To sound an alarm;
  8. To call a sacred assembly and time of fasting;
  9. To confuse the enemy camp; and
  10. To draw God’s attention.
 
Several of these purposes are demonstrated in the prophecies of Joel:
 
Sounding the Shofar as an Alarm
 
“Blow the trumpet [shofar] in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord comes, for it is close at hand; a day of darkness and gloominess....  
 
"Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord, your God; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity."  (Joel 2:1–2, 13)
 
Sounding the Shofar to Call an Assembly
 
“Blow the trumpet [shofar] in Zion!  Sanctify a fast.  Call a solemn assembly.”  (Joel 2:15)
 

Men reading Torah at the Bialystoker Synagogue in New York CIty
 
The Shofar of Mercy: the Binding of Isaac
 
“Abraham said, ‘God will provide Himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.’”  (Genesis 22:8)
 
Since the shofar is a ram’s horn, it may be understood to represent God’s mercy as demonstrated in the Book of Genesis when God spared the life of Isaac.
 
In obedience to God’s command, Abraham had prepared to offer up his son on the altar as a sacrifice; however, true to Abraham’s faith, God stayed His hand and provided a ram caught in the thicket for the sacrifice (Genesis 22).
 
Although we blow the ram's horn (shofar) to remind us of this example of God’s mercy, God has further revealed His mercy through Yeshua (Jesus).
 
He did not spare the life of His only son, Yeshua, but gave it up for us in order that our names may be written in the Book of Life (Romans 8:32).
 
With this in mind, it is entirely fitting that we, along with the entire household of Israel, greet one another at this season with the traditional blessing: May your name be inscribed in the Book of Life!
 
"Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life."  (Revelation 21:27, see also Revelation 3:5, Exodus 32:32, Psalm 139:16)
 

The Torah passage read at Rosh HaShanah, with the pertinent
section, Leviticus 23:23
26, in sharpest focus.
 
The Shofar in Warfare
 
“So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets [shofarot] It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet [shofar], that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.”  (Joshua 6:20)
 
The Bible contains many references to the shofar being used in battle; for instance, in the Book of Joshua, we read that Joshua and his Israelite army took the enemy city of Jericho with the sounding of the shofarot (plural of shofar).
 
In another example found in the Book of Judges, Gideon and his small band of men blew their shofarot and gained a victory over the Midianites (Judges 7:19–25).
 
“When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords.”  (Judges 7:22)
 

The Taking of Jericho, by James Tissot
 
How does this relate to us, as people of the God of Israel today?
 
God’s promise in the Book of Numbers to deliver His people when they blow the shofar in battle is still applicable:
 
When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets [shofarot]Then you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.”  (Numbers 10:9)
 
Today, the shofar is being re-discovered as a powerful instrument of spiritual warfare.
 
For that reason, it is blown not only in Jewish synagogues during the High Holy Days, but also in Messianic Jewish Congregations and Christian Churches all over the world as a declaration of spiritual warfare.
 

Believers sometimes sound the shofar as a declaration of spiritual warfare.
  
The Shofar of Impending Judgment
 
In chapter eight of the Book of Revelation, judgment begins with the blast of the shofarand the earth is struck with plagues reminiscent of those in Egypt:
 
“The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth.  A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.”  (Revelation 8:7)
 
But the blasts of the shofar will also herald the return of Yeshua (Jesus) and the resurrection of the dead.  Yeshua the Messiah will return with a shout and the "shofar call of God."
 
“For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the shofar call of God, and the dead in Messiah will rise first.”  (1 Thessalonians 4:16)
 
In First Corinthians, the resurrection of the dead in Messiah is also connected with the last shofar blast:
 
“Behold, I tell you a mystery.  We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet [shofar].  For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.”  (1 Corinthians 15:51–52)
 
 

The seventh and final shofar that we read about in
the Book of Revelation will sound when Yeshua
returns.  It will hail Him as King Messiah.
  
The Shofar Hailing King Messiah
 
“The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Messiah.  He will reign forever and ever!’”  (Revelation 11:15)
 
The eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelation reveals that Yeshua will be hailed as King with the sounding of the seventh and final shofar.
 
As the time for the sounding of that seventh shofar draws ever nearer, we ask that you help us to sound the shofar of liberty to captive Israel and proclaim King Messiah Yeshua to the Jewish People.
 
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!  Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord comes, for it is close at hand.”  (Joel 2:1)
 
 

Honey and apple, foods traditionally served at Rosh HaShanah,
symbolize
the desire for a sweet new year.

 
Please help us spread the Good News this Rosh HaShanah (Yom Teruah) in Israel that Yeshua is the Messiah and He is returning soon.
 
You can SOUND THE TRUMPET IN ZION today on Rosh HaShanah
 
And since the Israelites took their tithes to the Temple in Jerusalem during this season, you can also follow this Biblical pattern.
 
"Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year."  (Deuteronomy 14:22)
 
 
Shana Tova from the Entire Bibles For Israel Ministry Team!  Have a Good and Sweet New Year.
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