Let me start out by first thanking all who appreciated and responded to my post---I thank you so much for your hearty responses---Bless your hearts---Meanwhile I still have more to share about this great feast and its strong connections with the "Day Of The Lord"----Most of us are familiar that the Day of the Lord is a time of war----A time when the nations will be preparing themselves for the battles of a lifetime----such as the Gog Magog war at the beginning of the tribulation----and the Grandmother of all wars----Granny Armageddon herself at the end of the tribulation----

But before all these major wars begin and before even the "Day of the Lord" itself begins-------something profound has to happen-----and that is the sounding of the trumpet----if the trumpet does not sound---the nations will not be fully prepared for such prophetic battles as mentioned above----it is evident from the following scripture---"For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" 1 Cor. 14:8-----it is also important to note in the following scripture that God is calling for the nations to prepare themselves for battle---"Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up" Joel 3:9

We also see the association of trumpets with the gathering of the nations who will destroy Babylon in the following scriptures---"Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers."Jer. 51:27-----So, we see in this chapter that the trumpet will be blown among the nations for them to prepare themselves for Babylon's demise-----

Thus, we now see why Joel begins the "Day of the Lord" with the blowing of trumpets which of course happens to be a feast day all on its own----"Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand" Joel 2:1----Then of course, the next clue we see is that it is a day of Darkness----"A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness" Joel 2:2

Here is an excerpt from a website about a comment a Jewish lady said about the feast of trumpets: "Yet on Rosh Hashanah, the time of the year when the Jewish People joyously proclaim that G-d is our King with prayer and blasts of the shofar, the night sky is dark. Only the tiniest sliver of moon hovers above the horizon - and it can be seen only if you have very good vision and know exactly where to look.
So why did G-d ask us to proclaim Him "King" on this day, when all is so dark that it is possible to ask: Where is G-d's light?"

----In the statement she made above---you could clearly see the "Day of the Lord" written all over it-----because first there is the sounding of trumpets-----which Joel precisely mentions-----then secondly, there is darkness hovering all over the sky on what seems to be a joyous feast occassion---which is the other aspect of Joel's "Day of the Lord" Prophecy----thus we see both elements come together into perfect harmony----on the feast of trumpets----

In Christ,
Granny.