09/12/2026
Rosh Hashanah has begun, and with it the Jewish year 5787. This is a significant time for the Jewish people, but it is also an important moment for the Church to pause, remember the biblical roots of our faith, honor the covenant purposes of God concerning Israel, and ask the Holy Spirit what He is saying to His people in this hour.
The biblical foundation beneath Rosh Hashanah is found in the appointed time called Yom Teruah, the Day of Blowing. It was established by the Lord as a holy convocation and a memorial marked by the blowing of trumpets. The biblical pattern is not empty ritual. God does not establish things without purpose, and throughout Scripture the trumpet carries meaning connected to gathering, consecration, warfare, warning, celebration, the manifestation of the King, and the movement of God among His covenant people.
“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.”’”
Leviticus 23:23-25 NKJV
We should be careful not to reduce the appointed times of God to prophetic speculation, but we should be equally careful not to strip them of the prophetic framework that God Himself built into them. There is a difference between forcing revelation into the text and allowing the Holy Spirit to illuminate the depth, pattern, continuity, and fulfillment that Scripture already establishes.
The Holy Spirit does not compete with the written Word. He reveals Christ through the Word, brings the people of God into alignment with its truth, and gives us discernment concerning how the eternal purposes of God are unfolding before us.
The trumpet is one of those biblical threads. It called Israel to gather before the Lord. It accompanied moments of divine manifestation and national movement. It announced celebration, battle, warning, and kingship.
It also leads us forward into the New Testament expectation that the Lord Jesus Christ will return with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. This does not give us permission to predict dates, but it absolutely gives us reason to live alert, expectant, prayerful, and prepared.
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NKJV
Rosh Hashanah also matters because the God who established these appointed times is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and His covenant faithfulness has not changed. Jesus is the Messiah of Israel, the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, and the Savior of the nations. We do not honor Him by severing the Church from Israel, nor do we honor the Jewish people by minimizing the centrality of Yeshua as Messiah. The biblical witness holds these truths together, and the Church must learn to do the same with humility, love, courage, and theological maturity.
“For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: ‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.’ Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Romans 11:25-29 NKJV
As this new year begins, I believe this is an appropriate time to seek the Lord for fresh alignment. Not merely personal encouragement or another spiritual experience, but the kind of alignment that brings our lives, families, churches, leadership structures, doctrinal commitments, and Kingdom assignments under the government of Jesus Christ.
The prophetic is never meant to entertain us or make us feel spiritually superior. Its purpose is to reveal the heart and mind of God so that His people may be strengthened, edified, comforted, corrected when necessary, and prepared to obey what He is saying.
May this season awaken a deeper love for Scripture, a greater dependence upon the Holy Spirit, a renewed burden for Israel, and a more mature expectation for the return of the King. May the Ekklesia become a people who know how to hear Him, discern Him, test what is spoken, and respond in obedience without either quenching the Spirit or abandoning the authority of the Word.

Shanah Tovah. May 5787 be marked by the presence of God, the revelation of Jesus Christ, the restoration of biblical order, and a greater harvest among Israel and the nations.
