Blow Trumpets
Songs of Praise
Opening Prayer
This Day marks the beginning of the seventh month, which includes the rest of God’s Annual Holy Days. They are the Day of Atonement, the week-long Feast of Booths and the Last Great Day. These days are all connected by God’s Promises of yet-future events which are clearly taught in the Bible.
The Day of Shouting is also a Holy Day commanded by Jehovah more than thirty-five hundred years ago: (Leviticus 23:23-25)
Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh new moon, on the first day of the new moon, you will have a Sabbath observance, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation. You will do no customary work on it; and you will offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah.’”
This holy day is on first day of the seventh month, which reminds us of other cycles of sevens such as:
Creation Week─when God worked for six days and rested on the seventh (Genesis chapter 1).
These battles also link intimately into the Day of Shouting as this day is also called a Memorial of Shouting (Lev 23:24), and the Hebrew word for shouting תְרוּעָה teruwʻah includes shouts of alarm, battle and rejoicing. This leads us to reflect on many of the great wars that Israel has had over the centuries during which Jehovah God gave them victory over their enemies. These battles include the Soph (Red) Sea crossing (Exo 14), the Amalekites (Exo 17:8-16), Jericho (Jeh 6), the five Amorite kings (Jehoshua 10), the defeat of the Midianites (Judges 7), the Ethiopians (2 Chron 14), the Ammonites, Moabites and Mount Seirites (2 Chron 20), etc.
Let us compare the fall of Jericho with Rev 11:1-19:
And a reed was given to me, like a rod. And the envoy stood, and he said, “Rise and measure the palace of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. But the inner court of the palace, leave it out and do not measure it, for that is given to the gentiles, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will give authority to my two witnesses to prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Behold! Two woes are gone. And behold, the third woe is coming at once.
Then the palace of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His palace. And there were lightnings and thunders and voices and earthquakes and great hail. Revelation 11:1-19
Note the match in Revelation’s seven seals and seven trumpets within the seventh seal with Jehoshua’s trumpets at Jericho. Forty-two months is three and a half years of judgements, similar in some ways to the judgments made on Egypt resulting in the Exodus. Yet all of this is only the lead-up to Jeshua’s Return.
What happens when God’s Anointed returns? (Revelation 14:1-20)
Here is the patience of the saints; those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jeshua.
But even after this, God’s Judgements are not finished: (Revelation 15:1 to 16:21)
After these things I looked, and the palace of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened. And seven envoys came out of the palace, who have the seven plagues with them, clothed in pure and bright linen, and bound around their chests with gold bands.
Then one of the four beasts gave to the seven envoys seven vessels full of the wrath of God, who is the Life forever and ever. Amen.
And the palace was full of the smoke of the glory of God and of His power, and no one could enter the palace until the seven plagues of the seven envoys were finished. Then I heard a great voice from the palace say to the seven envoys, “Go and pour the vessels of the wrath of God on the earth.”
So the first went and poured his vessel upon the earth, and severe and painful abscesses came upon those people who had the mark of the beast and on those who worshipped its image.
Then the fourth envoy poured his vessel over the sun, and power was given to it to scorch the children of men with fire. And the children of men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the Name of God who has authority over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.
Then the fifth envoy poured his vessel over the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkness; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain. And they blasphemed the Name of the God of Heaven because of their pains and because of their sores, and they did not repent of their works.
Then the sixth envoy poured his vessel over the great Euphrates River, and dried up its waters, so that the way of the kings from the rising sun would be prepared.
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of demons who perform signs, which go to the kings of the whole world, to gather them to the war of that great Day of God Almighty.
It is likely that these events will begin on Pentecost, and continue until the Day of Shouting.
Now let us Break for the Eucharist (Thanksgiving) of Bread and Wine as Jeshua established at the Last Supper, and rejoice that Jeshua has provided a far better life for us than for those who oppose Him: (1 Corinthians 11:23-32)
For I received from our Lord that which I also handed down to you: that our Lord Jeshua on the night in which He was betrayed, He took bread; and He blessed and He broke it and He said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for yourselves; you will do this for my memorial.”
Likewise, after they had eaten, He also gave them the cup, and He said, “This cup is the New Covenant in my blood. Every time that you drink this cup, you will do it for my memorial.” For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, it is our Lord’s death you commemorate, until His Coming.
Therefore, whoever eats this bread of Lord Jah and drinks from His cup and is unworthy of it will be guilty of the blood of Lord Jah, and of His body. Because of this, let a person search their soul, and then let them eat of this bread and drink of this cup. For whoever eats and drinks while unworthy eats and drinks condemnation to his soul for not discerning the body of Lord Jah. Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged to be chastened by our Lord, we are chastened lest we are condemned with the world. 1 Corinthians 11:23-32
Let us meditate upon these things and our readiness for taking the Bread and the Wine.
[Quiet time for personal reflection and prayer.]
Now we will take the Bread and then the Wine according to Luke 22:19 and 20 [─using unleavened bread and red wine (or red grape juice).]
And He took bread, and He gave thanks and He broke it and He gave it to them. And He said “This is My body which will be given for your sakes; you will do this for My memorial.”
[Rise up and offer the unleavened bread to Jehovah and give thanks for it, using Jeshua’s words above. Then break the unleavened bread into pieces and pass them around. Wait for everyone to receive their bread and eat it.]
Then He also took the cup after they had dined. He said “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which will be shed for your sakes.
[Rise up and offer the wine to Jehovah and give thanks for it, using Jeshua’s words above. Then pour the wine into glasses and pass them around. Wait for everyone to receive their wine and drink it. Then thank Jeshua for offering us His body and blood for our healing, our salvation and our life, both for now and for everlasting life.]
Break for Lunch
Now let us return to our review of Revelations, the time of Tribulation and the final war on the Day of Shouting: (Revelation 17:1 to 19:10)
Then one of the seven envoys who had the seven vessels came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, follow me. I will show you the judgement of the prostitute who sits on many waters, for the kings of the earth have fornicated with her. And all those who dwell on the earth have been drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
“These all have one will, and give their power and authority to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them because He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings; and because His people are called, chosen, and faithful.”
And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, on which the prostitute sits, they are nations and crowds and peoples and languages. And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the prostitute and they will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to fulfil His pleasure and to act with one purpose, and will give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
“And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, and there is not one who buys their cargo again: Cargo of gold and of silver, and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet and every kind of fragrant wood and every vessel of ivory and every vessel of precious wood and bronze and iron and marble; and cinnamon and incense and fragrant oils and frankincense and wine and oil and fine wheat flour and sheep and horses and chariots and the bodies and souls of the children of men. And your own pleasant fruits have gone from you, and everything luxurious and splendid has gone from you, and you will never see them again.
“The merchants of these things will not find them, who became rich by her. They will stand opposite for fear of her punishment, while weeping and wailing, and they were saying, ‘Woe! Woe to that great city that wore fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! For in one hour this wealth is lost.’ And so every ship owner and all who travel by ship and the ship captains and everyone who works at sea, stood at a distance and they lamented her when they saw the smoke of her burning, and they were saying, ‘Who is like this great city?’ And they threw dust on their heads and cried out as they wept and wailed, and they were saying, ‘Woe! Woe to that great city by which those who had ships in the sea grew rich from her magnificence, which in one hour is destroyed.’
And the twenty-four elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped our God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelu Jah!” Revelation 17:1 to 19:4
The Day of Shouting especially refers to the battle when Jeshua the Messiah returns: (Revelation 19:11-21)
Then I saw Heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on it was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and He makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. And He had a name written that no one knew except Him. He wore a garment soaked with blood, and His Name is called The Word of God.
Do not underestimate the destruction that this war will cause: fully one-third of all the people living on earth will die. It is far worse than any war we have had so far. And it does not require much imagination to see that these ‘horses’ are modern military weaponry with engines rated at hundreds of horsepower and firing very destructive munitions. The prophecy given to Zechariah makes this clear: (Zechariah 12:1-11)
The burden of the word of Jehovah against Israel. Thus says Jehovah, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
And Zechariah 14:1-13 ─ Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city will be taken, the houses robbed, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into captivity, but the remnant of the people will not be cut off from the city.
Then Jehovah will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem towards sunrise. And the Mount of Olives will split in two, from sunrise to the west, making a very large valley; half of the mountain will move toward the north and half of it toward the south. Then you will flee through My mountain valley, for the mountain valley will reach to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus Jehovah my God will come, and all the sacred ones with You.
And in that day it will be that living waters will flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; in both summer and winter it will occur.
And Jehovah will be King over all the earth. In that day it will be; “Jehovah is One,” and His Name One. All the land will be turned into a desert plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananeel to the king’s winepresses. The people will dwell in it; and no longer will there be utter destruction, but Jerusalem will be safely inhabited.
And this will be the plague with which Jehovah will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes will dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths. It will come to pass in that day that a great panic from Jehovah will be among them. Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbour, and raise his hand against his neighbour’s hand; Zechariah 14:1-13
Jehovah God may use the armies’ own weapons to destroy the soldiers who have come against Jerusalem, as this sounds very much like the effects of tactical nuclear weapons detonated above the battlefield.
And so our Lord Jah will defeat our foes and begin preparing His Kingdom for the restoration of the earth.
The Day of Shouting also reminds us that Jeshua plans to be with us always. This is another astounding Promise: (John 14:1-18)
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, and believe in Me.
Thomas said to Him, “Our Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how are we able to know the way?”
Jeshua said to him, “I AM! I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to My Father except through Me. If only you had known Me, you would also have known My Father; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
Philip said to Him, “Our Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us.”
The Day of Shouting begins “the Days of Awe”, which follow, or perhaps also include the great Battle at Megiddo. The aftermath of this battle culminates on the next Holy Day, the Day of Atonement, which marks the imprisonment of Satan and the judging of the world’s survivors, opening the way for the Millennium of Peace.
The Days of Awe are also known as the Days of Penitence, during which we should carefully reflect upon our lives and how worthy we are to stand before Jeshua at the Judgement on Atonement. Rephrased, it is an excellent time for every one of us to reassess our sinfulness, repent and move more deeply into serving and being with God.
Closing Prayer
Prepared by the Central Highlands Congregation of God
Revised 7 April, 2024
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Scripture quotes are from the CHCoG translation, with the New Covenant based on the Aramaic Peshitta.
Endnotes
1 It is called the Day of Shouting in Numbers 29:1. The Day of Trumpets is based on frequent but faulty translations of Num 29:1 and Lev 23:24. In both cases, there is NO Hebrew word for trumpets, and blowing is a mistranslation of shouting.
2 Apart from Satan’s brief rebellion at the end of the Millennium.
3 Exo 25:31-37: The menorah is a seven-branched lampstand that burns olive oil. It reminds us of God’s seven day Creation and His seven Spirits.
4 The Greek says the beast ascends from the abyss. The Aramaic shows that it comes from the sea, which symbolises the human nations.
5 This is like Jeshua, who was dead for just under three and a half days.
6 The Aramaic shows a two step resurrection: first they are brought back to life as they were just before they were killed, then they are transformed into spirit beings before the eyes of the world. This may be the beginning of the First Resurrection of the saints. Mar 10:25-31, Rev 20:5-6
7 The Greek adds “and who is to come”
8 Literally ‘on between their eyes’, suggesting that this time God’s mark might be visible as well as internal.
9 The Greek adds ‘before the throne of God’.
10 Gen 1:1-2:4
11 The Greek has ‘of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’.
12 The Greek has ‘on his forehead or on his hand’, as does Rev 20:4. Rev 20:4 has ‘on between their eyes or on their hand’ in the Aramaic manuscripts.
13 As in the Peshitta.
14 The phrasing of this verse makes it clear that is those who are worshipping the beast and its mark who are being punished. It leaves open the possibility that they may be able to later repent of their false worship and seek forgiveness through Jeshua. God warns us here: this is not a punishment that anyone could desire, even briefly. Never submit to the beast!
15 Some Greek manuscripts add “and their works follow them.” The Peshitta does not contain this additional phrase.
16 This is the First Resurrection of the Righteous! This confirms Paul’s statement that this resurrection could not have already happened when he wrote 2Ti 2:18. If we accept the timeline shown here, the resurrected saints will be able to watch God pour His Seven Plagues on those who have rejected Him and persecuted them. The Greek replaces the last phrase with ‘the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.’
17 Mat 24:30-31, Mat 25:31-34, 1Th 4:13-18
18 Both harvests are in Mat 13:24-50. This second sickle is the harvest of the wicked. The Greek has 1600 stadia. 1200 stadia is about 211 km. If the stream of blood was 1.5m deep by 1.5m wide and full the whole length, it would require the blood of more than 90 million people.
19 As in Exo 6:3; Jehovah is rendered as Lord Jah (MarJah) in the Peshitta.
20 As in Jer 10:6-7; Jehovah is rendered as Lord Jah (MarJah) in the Peshitta.
21 The Greek has ‘it became blood as of a dead man’. Blood in this verse is likely a mistranslation from the Aramaic for sea.
22 As in Psa 19:8-10, Psa 119:137; Jehovah is rendered as Lord Jah (MarJah) in the Peshitta.
23 Mat 24:35-44, 1Th 5:1-6
24 Meaning a ‘rendezvous or gathering place’. Rendered as Armageddon in the Greek.
25 Zec 14:1-7
26 This means the average diameter of these hailstones will be 415 mm.
27 Mat 24:21-22, Eze 38:18-22
28 These are the colours and emblems used by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic ‘Church’.
29 Roman Catholicism is based on renamed Babylonian Mystery religion rites. Read The Two Babylons for details. All ‘orthodox’ and most Protestant churches retain many of her heresies, and are thus her daughters.
30 The Roman ‘church’ has spent almost two thousand years murdering true Christians, all the time pretending to be preserving Christianity.
31 The seven hills symbolise seven ‘kingdoms’. It is also of interest that ancient Rome was known as the city of seven hills.
32 Even today, the leaders of many nations have gone to Rome and bowed to the pope, thus declaring their subservience to him.
33 The Greek adds ‘ and a cage for every unclean and hated bird’.
34 God clearly tells us that there are some people in these churches that are actually being called by God, and we must remember that every person we speak to in them may be a Christian who is, at this time, deceived enough to be in this false church.
35 As in Jeremiah 50:34; Jehovah is rendered as Lord Jah God (MarJah) in the Peshitta.
36 The Greek adds ‘ And no craftsman of any craft will be found in you anymore. And the sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore.’
37 Praise Jah, from the Aramaic/Hebrew.
38 Based on Exodus 6:3, Psalm 97:1, Isaiah 52:7-10 and the usual form of this phrase in the Hebrew. Rendered as ‘our God’ in the Peshitta.
39 Isa 63:1-4, Joe 3:11-15, Col 10:3-6, Rev 14:14-20
40 Eze 39:17-22
41 Isa 49:2, Hos 6:5, Eph 6:17
42 Meaning a ‘rendezvous or gathering place’. Rendered as Armageddon in the Greek. Megiddo is in the Jezreel Valley, west of the Jordan River.
43 It is only in very recent times that mankind has become able to assemble such a vast army of ‘mounted’ soldiers, whether their ‘horses’ be flesh or mechanical.
44 Probably meaning red for fire, chalcedony comes in a broad range of colours, including white, red, blue, green, brown, etc, while brimstone is sulphur, so it is yellow.
45 Rev 16:16
46 Joh 19:37, Rev 1:7
47 Rev 16:17-20
48 Heb 11:13-16, Rev 21:1-22:5
49 Psa 145:13
50 As in the Peshitta, which is literally ‘redeemer-protector’. The Greek misinterprets the Aramaic and renders this only as helper. God’s Holy Spirit does help save and protect us from our sinful nature.