Lift Up Your Heads

Each year at this time my eyes turn skyward. Not my actual eyes really, but the eyes of my heart. Rosh Hashanah. The Feast of Trumpets. It began Friday night at sundown in Israel. It is being celebrated right now.

A lot of other things are happening right now as well. Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Hezbollah, the Yemeni Houthis, Russia, Ukraine, China, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, the anniversary of 9/11 and Charlie Kirk's assassination. Now, let's throw AI into the mix.

According to a recent article, there is a greater than 10% chance that AI will kill all of the humans by 2030.

What??!!

Yep. (link below)

"Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” - Luke 21:28

Jesus told us that "when you see these things begin to happen...." People, they are happening right now! Our redemption is near. JESUS is near!!

This story I am writing for you today could very well be the last one that I will ever write. At least here on earth. Lol!

Do you believe the words of Jesus? You're a Christian, right? Then try on these words:

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” - Revelation 1:8

We can see on the news what "the world" is doing. It is destroying itself. What are WE doing?

We doom scroll on our phones, we play video games, we watch our favorite TV shows. What are we doing for Jesus?

The Feast of Trumpets ends on Sunday at 6:50 pm in Jerusalem. That's 9:50 am here in Wisconsin. Someone will blow the final shofar on that day - Yom Teruah. The last trumpet. A bible verse comes to mind.

"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - ⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed." - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Tomorrow at 9:50 am I will be in church, worshipping the Lord. That would be perfect, should He choose to call us home.

However, scripture says that "no one knows the day or hour" (Matthew 24:36), and that includes me. But there WILL be signs. Maranatha!

AI Could Kill All Humans By 2030 - Newsmax

4th and 3

Judging by the title of today's story, one would guess it's all about football. Nope. But it IS a little unsettling, kind of like going for it on 4th down. No, today's post is about an upcoming event you do NOT want to miss.

Let's start off by talking about the number '7' in the Bible. Seven is the number of completeness or perfection. The Seven Golden Lampstands (Revelation 1:10-12), the Seven Spirits of God (Isaiah 11:2), the Seven Days of Creation (Genesis 1). There are over 700 mentions of the number 7 in the Bible.

In Leviticus 23 God tells Moses that He wants to establish feast days for His people. There are to be seven feast days. Here's a list:

1. Passover
2. Unleavened Bread
3. First Fruits
4. Feast of Weeks
5. Feast of Trumpets
6. Day of Atonement
7. Feast of Tabernacles

"Why are these Jewish feast days important? We're not Jewish. We follow Jesus."

Well . . .

1. Passover - Jesus was crucified during Passover
2. Unleavened Bread - Jesus was in the grave
3. First Fruits - Jesus was resurrected on this very day
4. Feast of Weeks (aka Pentecost) - the Church began on this day. The Holy Spirit poured out on 3,000
5. Feast of Trumpets - not yet fulfilled
6. Day of Atonement - not yet fulfilled
7. Feast of Tabernacles - not yet fulfilled

The next feast day to be fulfilled is the Feast of Trumpets, which begins this year at sundown on September 11th and ends at sundown on September 13th.

I'm going to drop a couple of verses here to get us thinking. This is Jesus talking.

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. ²My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴You know the way to the place where I am going.”

⁵Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:1-6

And this one . . .

"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - ⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed." - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Just a little something for us to think about "as we see the day approaching."

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. ²⁴And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, ²⁵not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." - Hebrews 10:23-25

Why is the letter 'D' capitalized in the word Day? The day of His return? The day he is coming back to take us to be where He is?Yes it is. It is the Day of The Lord!

This is from GotQuestions.org:

"The ultimate or final fulfillment of the prophecies concerning the Day of the Lord will come at the end of history when God, with wondrous power, will punish evil and fulfill all His promises."

The last three feast days are all fall days. A time of harvest and of reconning debt. As the amount of daylight we receive each day is diminishing, it's a good time to reflect on just where our relationship with Jesus stands. Is He our Lord and Savior? Or just some name in an old book.

He is "the name that is above every name" (Philippians 2:9).

Don't wait until the last two minutes of the game to try getting into the end zone. Repent of your sins, and acknowledge Jesus as Lord. It will be the best call you ever made.

Warning!

It begins with a rumbling. It is felt as much as it is heard. Something deep and distant. But then we hear it - the mourful cry of a distant train's horn.

It's a warning to those who might be in it's way. "Better move because I'm comin' through. And if you don't heed my warning, fine, you will be destroyed, along with all those who chose to ignore my warnings. Death will follow behind me. And tears."

Yikes! That sounds a little scary, doesn't it? Yet most people think nothing about the engineer's warning - the train's horn. Welcome to the world of end times eschatology.

There are many warnings in the Bible, given to mankind. Why? To tell us of God's coming judgement. Yet no one seems to pay any attention. They are the ones who will perish at "the intersection." The intersection of our lives, and God's plan.

"It shall come about if you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish." - Deuteronomy 8:19

The train engineer blows his warning horn because he doesn't want amyone to perish when his train comes rumbling into town. God gives us warning in the Bible because He too doesn't want anyone to perish when He comes.

The sounds of God's warnings are getting more frequent these days. They are increasing on their intensity and volume. Yet many think they can make it through "the intersection" before the train comes. They are fools.

“⁴²Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." - Matthew 24:42-44

"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed." - 1 Corinthians 15:52

Trumpets

Each year at this time I always get excited. My heart is filled with anticipation as I wonder what it will be like to "be transformed in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye."

You see, when God handed down the law to Moses He created seven festivals. Each was on a specific day and had a specific meaning. But what many don't realize is that each of those festivals also have prophetic significance. And Jesus has already fulfilled the first four of those seven prophecies - each fulfilled on the specific festival day.

What's really neat is that the next prophetic festival that is due to be fulfilled is the Festival of Trumpets. Rosh Hashanah. That begins today.

"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - 52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed." - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Interestingly, when Paul wrote the verse above to the Church in Corinth, he used the phrase "at the last trumpet." There is great significance to the sound of "the last trumpet."

There are 100 blasts of the shofar (the Jewish trumpet made from a ram's horn) in the prayer service. The last of those is important because that is the moment all of God's children will be changed. We also will be gone from this earth. We will then be with Jesus.

I am writing this story the night before Rosh Hashanah. My computer has been programmed to post this story whether I am here or not. My story is in the cloud you see. And someday, on Rosh Hashanah, so will we be. Amen and amen.

This link will take you to a story about Rosh Hashanah Read it and learn from it. Place your faith in Jesus before it's too late. It will be too late when the last trumpet sounds.

If you are still on earth after all the Christians leave there is still a chance for you. You MUST place your faith in Christ! That's number one. But you will then have to endure seven years of tribulation like you have never seen. Stay strong abd nay God be with you.

The Feast of Trumpets - Rapture Day