Autumn Days of Awe part 1
"Teshuvah"... Season of returning (repentance) ... 40 days

ELUL : from August 15 to Tishri 1, the day of Rosh Hoshanna Sept. 13th, 2007 is thirty days ; one month ...
Plus 10 high holy days to Yom Kippur September 22, 2007
40 days is from August 15 to Yom Kippur September 22, 2007

Tekiah--awakening blast...a call to attention, alertness
Shevarim--three sounds of brokeness (repentance, sorrow for sin)....Isaiah 58:1
Teruah--urgency..."return to Me" ( move...change...amend )
Tekiah Gedolah---"the Great Blast".....call to assemble to worship-- Isaiah 7:13


The Light of the World
" The Lord is my Light "-- Psalm 27 :1
Saturday September 8 , 2007 .... is the 25th day of Elul
commemorating the day of Elohim's Creation of the world : " Let there be LIGHT "(Ohr )
This was not the light from the sun, but the Light from the Son
John 8: 12 and John 9: 5
( He made the sun four days later, and Adam six days later )

HIGH HOLY DAYS ( from Rosh Hoshana to Yom Kippur )
" YOMA ARICHTA " -- one long day ( eve + 2 days ... approx. 54 hours )

Wednesday eve Sept. 12, 2007...eve of Rosh Hashana .... Tekiah Gedolah ( long blast )
Thursday --Sept. 13, 2007 ... 1st day of Rosh Hashana ....... New Civil Year / Creation of Adam
Friday Sept. 14th, 2007 .... Second Day of Rosh Hashana

DAYS OF AWE ( 8 days between Rosh Hoshana and Yom Kippur )

Sunday Sept. 16, 2007 --Fast of Gedaliah ( who was a self-deceived Governor )
who believed in positive-thinking to his detriment ( see end of article )

Friday September 21, 2007 -- eve of YOM KIPPUR
Saturday September 22, 2007.....Yom Kippur....DAY OF ATONEMENT....Shofar Ha'Gadol ( last trump )

God has planned long ago that Autumn be a time of soul-searching and longing after God. A time of deep reverence, and a time of drinking in the beauty of His Creation.

" ALL SOULS ARE MINE "............Ezekiel 18:4
The season of "Teshuvah", 40 days .... a time of introspection / repentance /and returning to God.
Psalm 139:23, 24…"Search me, O God , and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the Way, everlasting."

"Teshuvah" means "to return".
These 40 days include the Hebrew month of Elul (30 days), plus the 10 days of Awe
(Rosh HaShana to Yom Kippur).
The 10 days of Awe are the first 10 days of the following month, Tishri.
Together, 30 days of Elul and 10 days of Tishri, equals 40 days.
Ezekiel 18:20-32 is the Spirit of the season. [ personal accountability ] ....

     In Psalm 27:5 it is written:

"For in the time of trouble He shall HIDE me in His pavilion: in the 
secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me: He shall set me upon a 
rock"

   Another name for Rosh HaShanah is "Yom HaKeseh", the Day of the 
Hiding or the Hidden day. The term "keseh or keceh" is derived from 
the Hebrew root "Kacah" which means to "conceal, cover, or hide". 

   Every morning during the month of Elul, a trumpet is blown to warn 
the people to turn back to God, EXCEPT on the 30th day of Elul, the 
DAY PRECEEDING Rosh HaShanah. On that day, the trumpet (shofar) is 

not blown, and is therefore silent. This is to teach us that the day 
of Rosh HaShanah is CONCEALED or HIDDEN. In Psalm 81:3 it is 
written:

"Sound the shofar on the New Moon, in CONCEALMENT of the day of our 
festival"

   Rosh HaShanah is HIDDEN from Satan so that he will not know about 
the arrival of Rosh HaShanah also called the Day of Judgment (Yom 
HaDin). 

   Because Rosh HaShanah is CONCEALED, this is another reason for 
understanding the phrase "No one knows the day or the hour" as spoken 
by Yeshua/Jesus in Matthew 24:36. 

   To our Western minds, Matthew 24:36 spoken by Yeshua/Jesus means 
that "you cannot know when Messiah will return". From a Jewish mind, 
this was/is an idiom for ROSH HASHANAH. Therefore, Yeshua/Jesus is 

telling us that He will return on a future ROSH HASHANAH.

    A Jewish reference for Rosh HaShanah being called "The Hidden 
Day" can be found in the book, "The Complete Story of Tishrei" by 
Nissan Mindel, (Brooklyn, New York: Mekkos L'inyonei Chinuch Inc, 

1956).