Sept 19 was the end of the 25 hour Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur this year. On this day, which is one of the Jewish High Holy Days, the Jewish people seek atonement or forgiveness of sins, both of the people and individually. During the months of September and October there is a series of three high feasts, or Holy Days, that the Torah commands the Isrealites to observe. These three feasts, which come in quick succession are: 1. Rosh Hashanah, which is the New Year. This was celebrated September 9 through 11th this year. 2. Yom Kippur, which comes 8 days later. And 3. Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot which is celebrated September 23 through 30 this year.
These feast days were established at the time of Moses to be a remembrance of future actions surrounding the coming of the Messiah. Rosh Hashanah, the new year, was the day of judgement. The Messiah, or Christ, would come to judge the righteous and the wicked. Yom Kippur is the day of atonement where not only is forgiveness of sins sought for, but in a Jubilee year, the slaves are freed and ancestral lands are restored. The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) was a celebration of the Messiah being enthroned.
Originally Rosh Hashanah was established in Leviticus 23 as the first day of the month Tishri. This was to be a sabbath. The first day of each month was established by the Temple priests observing the first hint of the crescent moon appearing. Messengers were sent out to proclaim the start of each month, which would be a sabbath. Once the Israelites and Jews were scattered throughout many nations, it was not possible to get the word to them in time of the actual day of Rosh Hashanah, so the practice evolved into a two day feast. If you count this way, from the end of Rosh Hashanah 2 Tishri to 10 Tishri, start of Yom Kippur, there are eight days.
During the 8 days of Sukkot, at the time of Christ, water is poured over the altar in the temple. Every morning at daybreak a group of Levites and priests went down to the Shiloh stream on the south of the Temple and drew water. Great ceremony accompanied this ordinance with great blasts of trumpets when the priests arrived at the temple with the water. In the evening the water would be poured over the altar in the temple. This event would be accompanied with joyous music, dancing, and singing all night. John 7 records Christ teaching in the temple during the Feast of Tabernacles. On the last day of the feast Christ stood in the temple and shouted to the crowd: “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37-38) Christ was in effect saying, “You are praying for the Messiah to come who will give life giving water. All this celebrating is for me, I am here, NOW.” In seven months Christ would be crucified.
This drama is enacted in the stars in the heavens. The zodiac constellation that presides over the age after Pisces (the Fish) is Aquarius, the water bearer. Due to the procession of the stars each of the constellations in the zodiac takes a turn having the earth’s North Pole oriented in their direction, which changes approximately every 2,100 years. Christ was born at the beginning of the age of Pisces, and we are now entering the beginning of the age of Aquarius. This all makes me wonder if the Lord will make his 2nd appearance to the world, this time in glory, on the last day of the Sukkot in a time not too far distant.
The theme of these High Holy Days is this: Judgement, Atonement, and Salvation. The sequencing and separation of days between the Holy Days is significant. Keep in mind that there are eight days between Judgement (Rosh Hashanah) and Atonement (Yom Kippur). The cycle of judgement is seven days plus one day before the Atonement is complete. Christ entered into Jerusalem in triumph on Sunday (Palm Sunday) and the Voice of the Father was heard to declare His acceptance of Christ and His sacrificial offering, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” To which the Savior said,”Now is the judgement of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” (John 12:28 & 31) It would be eight days until the Lord completes His atonement and is resurrected the following Sunday.
Eight signifies a beginning in sacred numerology. Seven is the number that signifies completeness. Feast of Tabernacles is seven days plus one day. Jubilees is forty-nine (7 x 7) years plus one year. Judgement to Atonement is seven plus one. This will become useful when we discuss the signs that occurred during the year 2017.
Rosh Hashanah was on September 21-22 in 2017. The sign of Revelation 12 was manifest on September 22-23 of the same year.
I wrote in my last post about how the sign of the virgin giving birth to the man-child was linked to Isaiah 55 and 66. I also mentioned that this sign hasn’t happened in 7,000 years, and won’t happen again for another several thousand years. There was something very unique and special about Rosh Hashanah and the High Holy Days of the year 2017. Here is a list of other signs and wonders that occurred during the year 2017:
- During 2015-16 there were 4 blood moons and 2 solar eclipses visible to the areas around Jerusalem. What made these events remarkable was that they all occurred on Jewish Feast days. I don’t believe that has ever happened before.
- Much has been written about the Jubilee year of 2015-2016. Jubilee is every 50 years (49 years plus one-the year of restoration and rest) 49 years minus 2016 is 1967. The most significant thing that happened in that year was the liberation of all of Jerusalem and the Temple mount during the 7 Days War. What happened 50 years before that? The British liberated Jerusalem from the Turks during the First World War, which paved the way for mass migration of Jews to Palestine. So what happened in 2017 to make it a significant year of Jubilee? The Lord established the New Covenant, hopefully for the last time, in Boise, Idaho. Remember, the 50th year is the year of restoration, when slaves are set free and the ancestral lands are restored. The Covenant made on Sept 3rd 2017 includes salvation (Freedom from the cycle) and a deed to the land if faithful (share in the land to be restored to the righteous seed of Lehi).
- August 21st of 2017 was the great solar eclipse that crossed America from sea to sea. Another coast to coast eclipse will occur in North America in 2024 – 7 years later making, with the path of the previous eclipse, a big X in the center of the United States over Missouri. What was signified by this sign? Perhaps a warning to America to take seriously the call to repent? Perhaps America has seven years to repent. In the meantime the Lord is starting something; He is bringing the “church” out of the wilderness. He has established a new covenant with a small group of gentiles. America has been judged and found wanting. In seven years, according to the metaphor found in the timing of the feasts, will be the day of Atonement in America.
- One of the minor signs that I was personally involved with I described in the previous past. Signs and appearances of angels were experienced during the giving of the New Covenant in Boise.
- The Earth gave its testimony of the New Covenant. In the mountains just to the East of Boise a super storm of earthquakes occurred which lasted for several months. There were thousands of earthquakes and tremors registered from 2.0 to 5.0 on the Richter Scale.
- On November 3, 2017 I recorded a warning that was declared to the inhabitants of Salt Lake County. I gave an account of that how that warning came about in this post: https://thenorthstarchronicle.com/2018/07/30/a-warning-to-the-people-of-salt-lake-valley/
- During the last 18 months we have received other witnesses and signs from the Earth that something momentous is happening. Earthquakes are increasing in number and severity. Fires in the Western United States are worst ever recorded. Floods in the East are some of the worst ever recorded. Hurricanes are the most destructive ever recorded in any previous 18 month period.
I have never been one to pay attention to people who give dates to coming prophesied events. They are almost always wrong. But evidence tells us that something is afoot. I don’t profess to know any dates of future events, but I know that 2017 was year of prophecy, a year foretold, when the Lord reestablished a people through covenant. I believe the Judgement has been declared, that we have to step up and accept the Atonement and prepare for the Final Feast of Tabernacles (Salvation) when the Messiah, the Savior, makes His second appearance and is ensconced as the King.
God Bless.