Finding Christ In The Feast Of Trumpets
Rosh Hashanah was also tied to the New Year, a time of new beginnings.
Finding Christ In The Feast Of Trumpets
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (NASB1995)
The Feast of Trumpets, or Rosh Hashanah, is filled with symbols that point directly to Christ and His kingdom. In the Old Testament, the trumpet was used to gather God’s people (Num. 10:2–3), to proclaim freedom in the Year of Jubilee (Lev. 25:9), to signal war or warning (Ezek. 33:3–6), and to announce God’s presence (Ex. 19:16–19).
Every one of these trumpet blasts finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus:
• The Gathering: At the last trumpet, Christ will gather His people from the ends of the earth (Matt. 24:31).
• The Freedom: Jesus proclaimed liberty to the captives (Luke 4:18)—the true Jubilee has come.
• The Warning: The trumpet reminds us of coming judgment (Rev. 8–9). Christ Himself is both Savior and Judge.
• The Presence: Just as the shofar sounded at Sinai, so it will sound at His return, when He comes in glory.
Rosh Hashanah was also tied to the New Year, a time of new beginnings. In Christ, we are made new creations (2 Cor. 5:17). The Feast of Trumpets does not just look backward to Sinai or forward to Yom Kippur—it looks ahead to the final trumpet, when Christ will come again and all things will be made new.
Are we living awake and alert, ready for the trumpet of Christ’s return? Are we lulled to sleep by our doubts and lack of faith? Do we live with joy in the freedom and hope He has already given us?
The Feast of Trumpets foreshadows the day when Jesus returns as King, Judge, and Deliverer. The trumpet will not be a call of fear for those in Christ—it will be the sound of homecoming.
