Rosh Hashanah Rapture? Not on a Shabbat!
Friday, October 4, 2024 (GMT+3)
Official Sunset in Israel was…
6:22 PMShabbat always begins on Friday night after sunset.
Israel-Based Observations for first reports of a visible crescent by witnesses (within Israel) was confirmed by two eyewitnesses: Friday evening, October 4, 2024
Poria Illit, Israel
Becca Biderman (6:46 p.m. UTC+3)Zevulon Valley, Israel
Yoel Halevi (6:42 p.m. UTC+3)Source: https://www.renewedmoon.com/mobile-site/renewed-moon-report.php#google_vignette
The sighting of the new moon this Rosh Hashanah, was therefore on Shabbat!
When Rosh Hashanah Falls on Shabbat
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/when-rosh-hashanah-falls-on-shabbat/“when Rosh Hashanah coincides with Shabbat, the shofar isn’t blown”…”Blowing a shofar would be considered a melachah, an action that is forbidden on Shabbat, and therefore is omitted when Rosh Hashanah begins on a Friday night.”
The most prominent activity of Yom Teruah is the blowing of the shofar . There are usually one hundred shofar blasts heard throughout the prayer services, culminating with a final blast being known as the “Last Trump.”
“ In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:52
If the Rapture is to occur, as many believe, on Rosh Hashanah, at the Last Blast of the shofar, it would appear God has delayed the Rapture this year by delaying the crest of the moon until Shabbat, and no Last Trump could occur this Rosh Hashanah.
Did God just delay the Rapture?
Second Peter 3 contains the most explicit treatment of the delay of the Parousia, in the entire New Testament, so it’s particularly important if you’re trying to make sense of this wait.
Peter begins by reminding his readers how the Scriptures warned there would be scoffers in the last days who depart from truth and follow sinful desires. They would question the promise of God’s return, citing that ever since the patriarchs died, all things have continued just as they were from the beginning. They purposefully overlook the fact that God had intervened before, both in the account of creation and the flood. God would surely intervene again on a final day of reckoning for the unrighteous and rescue for the righteous (2 Pet. 3:1-7). Peter then moves to his central argument on how to understand the delay of the parousia in verses 8-9
2 Peter 3:8-9
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
So What Now?
Peter says we’re to be characterized by holiness and godliness as we wait for and hasten the coming of the day of God (2 Pet. 3:11-12). That’s pretty profound! This text suggests that Christian living actually has an effect on God’s timetable (we can “hasten” the coming of the Lord) as we live out our days bearing witness to Jesus, continuing his mission, fighting back the powers of darkness, and hastening the day when those purposes will be fully accomplished.
Source: Jesus' Return: What Peter Wrote About the Second Coming of Christ https://bibleproject.com/articles/2-peter-delay-jesus-return-crisis-of-patience/#:~:text=Peter%20then%20moves%20to%20his,2%20Peter%203:8
Maranatha
~ A Watchman’s View