This past Wednesday night at sunset, the holiest day on God’s calendar began.  It is called Yom Kippur.  Yom means ‘day’, and Kippur means ‘atonement or cover’.

Rather than give you the typical description of this day with multiple supporting scriptures, the Lord wants me to share with you the story of His Bride.  The feasts of the LORD tell her story.

We all know that Jesus is returning for His Bride.  And most of us believe we will be part of the company that He gathers.  So, this is our story.  Let’s begin.

There are four Spring feasts, and Passover comes first.  It is a picture of God choosing a Bride for His Son.

 When a  young man wants to marry a young woman, he goes to his father to ask permission, and if the father agrees, the son and father go and visit the bride-to-be’s father and settle on a Bride Price.

Daughters are not only greatly loved, they are part of the family unit working alongside in the fields.  The bride price is often high.

Once the price is settled, the young man goes to his bride-to-be with a proposal.  He offers her a cup of wine saying, “All that I am and all that I have I give to you.  Will you marry me?”

The bride can refuse it, and the marriage is off. Or, she can take the cup, drink some of it, and offer it back to her bridegroom-to-be, saying, “All that I am and all that I have I give to you.  I will marry you.”

On the first Passover, God was revealing His choice as a Bride. 

Deuteronomy 7:6-7  “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. ⁷ The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples

And from Romans 5:6-9 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹ Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.  

This is what occurred on Passover.  Jesus paid the Bride price with His own sinless blood.

Hebrews 9:12 says: And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. (No forgiveness of sin.)

The next feast is the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  It begins the day after Passover and goes for seven days.  The unleavened bread represents the divine exchange of Jesus’ sinless, righteous life for our sin.  It was a gift of righteousness for the Bride and an opportunity for salvation.

I Corinthians 5:21  For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Following the Feast of Unleavened Bread, on the first day of the week, Sunday, is the Feast of First Fruits.  Jesus rose from the dead that day with the promise of New Life for all who would believe in Him.

I Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

The Bride is overwhelmed with joy for all of these priceless gifts and promises.  For the next 49 days she makes preparation for her official engagement party—The Feast of Weeks, Pentecost.

On this day, her friends, family, and entire community will meet at the Temple.  She will be dressed in white. The couple will each write a legal binding document called a ketuba. In Hebrew, ketubah (כתובה) means “written” and refers to a Jewish marriage contract. Originally, it outlined the husband’s obligations, financial and otherwise, to his wife. It was written as protection for the wife, ensuring she would not be treated like a concubine.

Today, many couples write their own ketubah. In it, they reflect their personal values, faith, and aspirations for their future life together, creating an affirming document for both partners.  The document is signed by two witnesses and is considered formal and legally binding.

The Feast of Weeks commemorates God’s giving of His Ketuba to Israel.  We call them the 10 Commandments.  Now listen to these as if a groom is speaking to his bride about their marriage.

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.

After the bride and groom have read their ketubas and agreed upon them. They are considered married even though there has not been a wedding or consummation.

Then the groom turns to the bride and says, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. ² In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:1-3

It is Jewish tradition that the son will add living quarters onto his father’s house.  Parents and their sons’ families all live in the same home. This tradition continues today in many Orthodox homes.

Since it is the father’s home, he must give the final okay that the new build is sound. Only then can his son go after his bride.

Now we come to the Feast of Trumpet. It is also called the Awakening Blast, or ‘the Day No-Man Knows.’

When the disciples asked Jesus “What will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” He told them,… “of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” (Matthew 24:3 and 36)

While we’ve read that His second coming would come at a time that “no man knows,”  how many of us knew that He was actually making a reference to the Feast of Trumpets? The Feast of Trumpets was known by those in Ancient Jerusalem as “The Day That No Man Knows.”  And why is it called this? Because it is the only feast that begins with the sighting of the new moon.   In Jesus’ time, “No man” could calculate the exact day or hour of when they would see the first sliver of the new moon. So two days are given to celebrate this event.

But this was God’s command for this day. Leviticus 23: 23-25 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. ²⁵ You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ”

So, on this day, the Feast of Trumpets, and the 40 days leading to its celebration, are accompanied by many trumpets blowing.  It is meant to awaken the Bride to the fact that her long-awaited bridegroom has left his home and is on his way.  She scurries with her attendants to finish putting together the household goods she’s gathered for her new home and to ready herself to meet him. 

There isn’t a sit-down feast commanded; the Feast of Trumpets is a feast of sound.  Trumpets sounding, a Sabbath day, and a sacrifice are the elements ordered.

The Feast of Trumpets marks the beginning of Ten Days of Awe.  This is a time when Jews do some soul searching.  They do their best to mend relationships that were broken during the year, to pay restitution to those they have harmed, to return things they borrowed and forgot to return etc.  They are making ready to meet with God, Face-to-Face. 

Zechariah 12:10 speaks about this day: “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.”

I believe this particular scripture refers to the last Yom Kippur our world will celebrate before God’s wrath is poured out on the earth.  Millions will see their Messiah and be saved.  What a day that will be.  Jew and Gentile, one in Messiah.

It is also the day when Jesus will show up for His Bride.  They will enter into the secret place and spend time alone together for five days. 

After this, the Feast of Tabernacles will begin.  It will be the wedding supper of the Lamb. 

Revelation 19:1-9 After these things, I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! ² For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” ³ Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” ⁴ And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” ⁵ Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”

 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For theLord God Omnipotent reigns! ⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” ⁸ And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

⁹ Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! 

We don’t know how long the wedding supper will last.  There isn’t a time indicated.  But the next thing we do see is this:

“Then, Jesus will appear in the heavens.”  John writes in Revelation 19:13-16  “He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God/Elohim. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”

As believers, we can celebrate these feasts with joy.  We can pray for our Jewish brothers and sisters and others who do not have a believing knowledge and allegiance to Jesus. 

I believe that the revival that’s begun around the globe since Charlie Kirk’s death will bring millions into God’s family—our family.  We are blessed to be alive to see this day that the prophets saw centuries before. 

I encourage you to go back and read the prophetic words I posted in the past few days.  You will find them here and here. 

On October 1, the Lord woke me up with this phrase, “It’s a Narrow Way.” I wasn’t sure what this meant and prayed into it. He led me to watch a meeting that took place on September 30th where Generals, Admirals and their staffs were called to gather in Quantico to meet with our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. The YouTube video was a major housecleaning of lax military policy. Fitness and merit will replace all the woke standards of the past. Privates to Generals and Admirals will be required to meet physical requirements twice a year, or other positions will be assigned to them. Many things were addressed.

Secretary Hegseth, underlined the need to have a well-trained military, and a Constitutional abiding military to meet the needs of our nation. He “If your son or daughter are in the military, I believe you want those serving with them to be equipped and ready to help them. To be ready to carry them out of combat etc. without hesitation.” (my paraphrase).

As the Lord’s Bride, we too need to be ready to walk with Him. He is calling us out of our familiar-rest-easy, one foot in the world and one foot entering the church once a week, thinking we are ‘Christian’. He is calling us to the Narrow Way. He is calling us to greater works–the ones we’ve dreamed of all of our lives. It is time for some true repentance and complete yielding to His lead in every aspect of our lives. It is not a walk in the park, but a walk more glorious than we’ve ever seen or known.

Romans 13:11-14  And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. ¹² The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

None of us are ready, but we can be. The choice is ours.

Shalom ♥

FYI– The Feast of Tabernacles in 2025 begins at sundown on October 6 and ends at sundown on October 13.