The seventh month is peculiarly Israel’s and there is great activity. On the first day of the month “is a day of blowing of trumpets.” It celebrates the regathering of Israel back to their land.
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.” Isa. 27:13
Surely the day is drawing near when the trumpet shall be blown, declaring that God again remembers Israel and His covenant with them. That trumpet will call the sons of Jacob to remember their God and turn to Him again. What a day of gladness that will be for the scattered outcasts of Israel.
The Spirit of God in the Psalms says of that day: “Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob; ... Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day.” Psa. 81:1-3; J.N.D. Trans.
Then on the tenth day there was to be “a holy convocation.” They were to afflict their souls for it was the Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement pictures Israel’s bitter sorrow when they eyes are opened to see that their Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, has already come and they have rejected Him and nailed Him to the cross.
In that future day they will receive Him, but they will ask, “What are these wounds in Thine hands?” Then shall He answer, “Those with which I was wounded in the house of My friends!” Zech. 13:6. And there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem. It also says, “They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced.” But immediately we read these blessed words. “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness.” Zech. 13:1. And Israel will enter into the precious knowledge that He, Jesus, was wounded for their transgressions that He was bruised for their iniquities, and with His stripes they are healed. Their sins and iniquities He will remember no more. Blessed glorious time! But we who have trusted Christ know now that our sins are all forgiven and that there is nothing indeed between us and Himself but love. The sound of the trumpet for us will be the great gathering in the air to meet the Lord and to be with Him forever.
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