For proper
accreditation, I'm submitting Pineman's work He wrote this
in September 2009.
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http://www.rogershermansociety.org/pineman919.htm
Leviticus 23: Verses 33 - 36
And the Lord spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel,
saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month
shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days
unto the Lord. On the first day shall be an
holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day
shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord:
it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile
work therein.
Numbers 10: Verse 10
Also in the day of your
gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the
beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the
trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the
sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be
to you for a memorial before your God: I am
the Lord your God.
Nisan 1 begins the ecclesiastical
year and Tishri 1 begins the civil. But the
correspondence doesn't end there. On Nisan 10 The
Lamb was inspected and on Tishri 10 the second set of
tablets was given to the children of Israel (Yom
Kippur). Nisan 15 - 21 Passover is celebrated and
Tishri 15 - 21 Sukkot is celebrated, both commencing on
the full moon.
The spring feasts are a time of
expansion and growth culminating seven weeks later on
Shavuot, Sivan 6. It was on Shavuot that the first
set of tablets was given to the children of
Israel. These were smashed by Moses though on
Tammuz 17 because of worshipping the golden calf.
But the fall feasts herald a
period of contraction known as the rainy season.
So instead of a feast 7 weeks and a day after Sukkot the
feast is 7 days and a day after Sukkot. Read what
the Rabbis have to say about this day:
The name "Atzeret" is
actually used most in the Talmud to refer to the
holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot can be seen as the
"completion" of Pesach - for Pesach, commemorating
the Exodus, represents our "physical" birth as a
nation, while Shavuot, commemorating our receiving
of the Torah, represents our "spiritual" birth...
Shmini
Atzeret should really have been placed seven weeks
after Sukkot as Shavuot, the "closure" of Pesach,
follows it by seven weeks, but, according to the
Midrash, Hashem had mercy on the Jewish
People. For Pesach is in the Spring and
Shavuot is in the Summer, both pleasant times for
travel (these holidays are all "Regalim," Pilgrim
Festivals, on which Jewish males are obligated to
travel to the Temple in Yerushalayim), but seven
weeks after Sukkot would already be into the rainy
season in Israel, and travel would not be pleasant
then. Therefore, Hashem allowed the closure of
Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, to be celebrated right after
Sukkot.
Shmini Atzeret is to Tabernacles
as Pentecost is to Passover. As you know the
Christianized Pentecost is the birthday of the
Church. A Shmini Atzeret Rapture (October 12,
2017) would certainly put closure on the Church Age and
would mirror the fulfillment of Pentecost.
Sivan 6 is neither a full moon
nor a new moon and so the same for Tishri 22. The
Leviticus verses quoted above indicate that Shmini
Atzeret is a holy day in its own right and the quote
from Numbers indicates that trumps are blown on all the
holy days. So since Shmini Atzeret is the last
holy day till spring the last trump is blown on that
day.
12 days
until Shmini Atzeret
Pineman