Sandra Jean (7 Apr 2004)
"Shelva Sirry"


Hi Shelva and Doves.  After reading your post, got out book (His Glory Revealed) by John Hagee (my all-time favorite TV preacher...love that man).  The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) for 2004 falls on September 16.  Pastor Hagee believes the Feast of Pentecost pictures the betrothal ceremony; and the Feast of Trumpets points to the actual wedding!
 
  A shofar on Rosh Hashanah is sounded in 3 ways, sounds known as tekiah, shevarim, and truah - but one distinguishing feature of the Jewish celebration is the last, climactic blast, known as the Tekiah Gedolah. This is not the usual series of short bursts, indicating alarm, but a long blast, signaling victory. John Hagee believes this last blast is the "last trumpet" to which Paul the Apostle referred.
 
  "Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
 
  Father, help us not to be like the foolish virgins who had no oil for their lamps when the bridegroom approached.  Help us to be ready, to quiet our hearts, and to listen for the shofar and the loving sound of the Bridegroom's voice.
 
  YSIC, Sandra Jean