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Elul 19, 5778

Today is the 19th day of the 6th month of the Hebrew calendar. And the 6th month is called Elul. The acronym Elul means, "I am my Beloved and my Beloved is mine. " And Elul has 29 days. And counting up to 30 days is the Feast of Trumpets, which falls on the 1st day of the 7th month, called Tishrei or Ethanim.

And counting up to 40 days is the Day of Atonement, which falls on the 10th day of the 7th month of Tishrei.

And counting up to 45 days is the Feast of Tabernacles, which is a 7 days festival from the 15th day of Tishrei up to the 21st day of Tishrei. And the 22nd of Tishrei is also a Shabbat day, the 8th and last day of the festival. This Feast of Tabernacles is the actual celebration of the birth of the Messiah. He was born on the 15th of Tishrei and circumcised on the 8th day, on the 22nd of Tishrei. It fits nicely within this 8 days Feast of Tabernacles.  The Messiah was not born in the cold night of Winter in December. No. Christmas is a pagan celebration. Its high time we stop having anything to do with this pagan fest!

The Feast of Trumpets will be on the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishrei. This will be on Monday, September 10, 2018 of the Gregorian calender. But the Hebrew day is from sundown 9th September to sundown 10th September. This day will also be Rosh Chodesh Tishrei. And it is also the civil New Year in Israel.

The Feast of Trumpets tells us that when the last Trumpet, or rather the last shofar blast, is sounded, Yeshua the Messiah, will descend down from heaven. And the dead who believed and obeyed  the  Messiah will be resurrected, and together with the living, will meet the Messiah Yeshua. The prophet Zechariah tells us that the Messiah will descend on Mount Olive.  The same Mount from which He has ascended, 40 days after His death.

Let us make sure that we won't miss this last shofar blast. The first shofar blast was on Mount Sinai, when Yahweh our Elohim gave the commandments to Mosheh. Now is the time to return to Yahweh our Elohim and obey His commandments. The same commandments that Yeshua obeyed. And Yeshua said that if we love Him, we are to obey His commandments. To say that Yeshua obeyed the commandments so that we need not obey them is a gross deception. All the lawless, the Torahless and the antinomian, will be rejected by Yeshua from His Kingdom at His coming. There is no doubt about that. And He warned  that many will be rejected! Even those who cast devils, those who gave many prophecies and did many great miracles.

These are days of Teshuvah, of Metanoia, and of Repentance. As Rebbe Eliezer taught, "Repent one day before you die." And since no one knows the day he will die, its better to repent every day.