Rosh HaShanah is a prominent Jewish holiday with many layers of significance. On the agricultural calendar, it represents the planting of cereal grains with the hope and prayer that the spring harvest will be successful. On a spiritual level, it represents the “sowing” of good deeds with the hope of a sweet year to come. Finally, it hints at events to come—the second coming, the final judgment, and the end of the world as we know it.

 – Highlights –

• What is the the biblical calendar?
• There are layers of meaning in the calendar including agricultural, historical, and prophetic.
• What is Rosh HaShanah about?
• What are some of the ways the Jewish people observe Rosh HaShanah?
• How Rosh HaShanah came to be known as the Day of Judgment.
• The parables of Yeshua are rich with Fall holiday themes.
• The season of repentance is a time for repentance, prayer, and charity.
• The Day of Judgment contains themes of the fear of God and drawing close to God.
• An annual accounting in the Fall holidays is a rehearsal for the final judgment at the end of time.
• All about the shofar: the Rosh HaShanah trumpet.
• Is there a connection between the shofar and the “last trump” spoken of by the Apostle Paul?
• How Jewish months were determined in biblical times
• The three books opened before the heavenly court on the high holidays.
• What does Rosh HaShanah teach us about the Great Tribulation and the Rapture?
• An overview of the end times from a Messianic Jewish perspective.

–  Resources – 

The Holy Days, D. Thomas Lancaster

HaYesod, The Festivals 

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