Feasts of the FatherThe test of a true disciple is not what denomination you belong to — it is the fruit of the Spirit living through you. Only a life bearing fruit has the authority to blow the trumpet.
Physical observance
This feast is centered on blowing trumpets, resting from servile work, and assembling with brethren. Teruah means to shout/declare, alarm, and battle cry. The Father gave Israel two silver trumpets (Numbers 10) for three purposes: calling the assembly, preparing to journey, and warning when enemies approach. There are 9 days between Trumpets and Atonement — urgent preparation. This feast gets the people to prepare for the coming day of judgment. There is no scriptural evidence this is a memorial of creation — it is about declaration, warning, and assembly.
Spiritual meaning
The blowing of the trumpet symbolizes lifting up our voices (Isaiah 58:1). Before assembling, there must be repentance: how can a people repent if no one lifts their voice to show them their sins? The trumpet warns of the enemy — the devil and his devices (Ephesians 6:12). Ezekiel was made a watchman — if we fail to warn the wicked and they perish, their blood is required at our hand (Ezekiel 3:17-19). Jeremiah could not hold his peace because he heard the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war (Jeremiah 4:19-22).
The Test of Discipleship
But who has the authority to sound the trumpet? Only a true disciple of Yahushua. And what determines a true disciple is NOT what denomination you belong to, and NOT what set of doctrines you hold. Yahushua Himself endorsed people from other groups: 'Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice' (John 10:16). When the disciples told others to stop casting out demons because 'he followeth not with us,' Yahushua said: 'Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us' (Luke 9:49-50).
The TRUE test of discipleship is the fruit of the Spirit: 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Yahushua's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts' (Galatians 5:22-25). Notice these are all NOUNS, not verbs. The Father does not require us to PERFORM love or PERFORM patience — He requires us to BE these things. It is His Spirit living through us that produces the fruit.
When the Father transforms you, He removes your guilt, replaces your mind and heart (Ezekiel 36:25-27), puts His Spirit IN you, and CAUSES you to walk in His statutes. Others will see love, joy, peace in every detail of your life — how you speak, how you respond, how you think. 'If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine' (John 7:17). The Feast of Teruah reminds us: we were called to sound a trumpet in this world — but only a life bearing the fruit of the Spirit has the authority to blow it.
Prophetic fulfillment
Yahushua tells us before His return He will call His sheep and they will hear His voice — one fold, one shepherd (John 10:16). In the last days, a message goes forth with a loud voice calling people out of deceiving organizations and sinful lifestyles (Revelation 18:4-5, 14:9-10). This trumpet sounds right before judgment. It is NOT a coincidence that Teruah occurs right before Atonement. Joel tells us this is a mercy plea — the Father using His people to cry loud and let the world know Messiah is coming. Time is not on our side, and judgment is nigh.
Paleo Hebrew: Teruah
"The covenant person, secured — behold, see and perceive!" — a marked person (disciple bearing the Father's seal) is secured by the nail and called to open the eyes of others. Behold! The trumpet blows for those who have ears to hear.
Sanctuary connection
Altar of Incense
Holy Place — Before the Vail
The Altar of Incense represents intercession — our prayers ascending before the Father, and Yahushua as mediator.
Trumpets IS the Altar of Incense. It was made of shittim wood overlaid with pure gold, positioned before the veil by the ark of the testimony (Exodus 30:1-6). This altar represents the Messiah's sacrifice as 'an offering and a sacrifice to Elohim for a sweetsmelling savour' (Ephesians 5:2).
Like the previous items, the Altar of Incense also incorporates the Messiah with His people: 'Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice' (Psalm 141:2). 'For we are unto Elohim a sweet savour of the Messiah' (2 Corinthians 2:15). In Revelation 8:3-4, incense is offered with the prayers of all saints on the golden altar before the throne.
This is done through intercession by the Spirit that mediates: 'The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered' (Romans 8:26). It is the Messiah that mediates between the Father and His people: 'For there is one Elohim, and one mediator between Elohim and men, the man Yahushua' (1 Timothy 2:5). Aaron the High Priest performed this mediatory service for ancient Israel — a perpetual incense before Yahuah (Exodus 30:7-8). Yahushua is our great High Priest, who is passed into the heavens, touched with the feeling of our infirmities, tempted in all points like us, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:14-15).
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Revelation 8:3-4
Key verses
In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:24-25Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah 58:1Make thee two trumpets of silver... for the calling of the assembly... And if ye go to war against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 10:2,9Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart... Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah 4:4-5Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Ezekiel 3:17-19Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: for the day of the LORD cometh... Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments.
Joel 2:1,12-13And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
John 10:16Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven.
Revelation 18:4-5But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-25And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
Luke 9:49-50If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
John 7:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
The Watchman's Duty
The Hebrew word Teruah means to shout, declare, alarm, and battle cry. This is not a quiet, passive feast. It is a call to ACTION. The Father has made you a watchman (Ezekiel 3:17-19) — and if you see danger coming and do not sound the alarm, their blood is on your hands.
Ask yourself honestly: Am I sounding the trumpet? Am I lifting my voice to show the Father's people their transgressions? Or have I grown silent? Have I become comfortable watching the world walk toward destruction without a word?
Jeremiah could not hold his peace. He said, 'My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart... I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war' (Jeremiah 4:19). When you truly understand what is coming, you cannot stay silent.
There are only 9 days between Trumpets and the Day of Atonement — 9 days between the warning and the judgment. Time is short. The message of Revelation 18:4 is going forth NOW: 'Come out of her, my people.' Are you part of that trumpet sound? Are you calling people out of deceiving organizations and sinful lifestyles?
This feast reminds us that the Father's mercy plea is still open. He is using His people to cry loud and let the world know Yahushua is coming. But time is not on our side. Judgment is nigh.
Prayer
Father, make me a faithful watchman. Give me boldness to lift my voice like a trumpet and not spare. Help me to show Your people their transgressions in love and truth. I do not want blood on my hands from silence. Let me be part of Your mercy plea to this world — calling people to repentance before the day of judgment arrives. Time is short. Use me.