"These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons. In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, you will have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation." (Lev 23:4,24)

Notice, it does not say these were the feasts of the Jews or the feasts of the Christians, but the feasts of the Lord. They are to be celebrated in honor of our Lord!

The Feast of Trumpets is the Jewish New Year, on which the people rejoiced in a grateful remembrance of God’s benefits and implored His blessing for the future year. There is little resemblance between the Feast of Trumpets, one of the holiest days of the year, and a typical New Year’s Eve party. It is the first of the fall holidays and usually occurs in September.

Leviticus 23 calls the blowing of trumpets a memorial but does not say what it is a memorial of. Many believe it is a memorial of God’s grace to Abraham when He substituted a ram to be sacrificed instead of Isaac (Gen. 22).

This holiday is one of mixed emotions. It is considered both a happy, joyous occasion and a somber occasion. Joyous because it is a celebration of the new year and somber because custom has it as a “Day of Judgment” in that it is a day of looking back at one’s life over the past year. No work is allowed on the Feast of Trumpets.

Messianic Significance of Rosh Hashanah

The blowing of trumpets is a sign of the return of Yeshua and memorial of God’s grace to Abraham when He substituted a ram to be sacrificed instead of Isaac. Isaac is a type of foreshadowing of Yeshua. Just as Abraham offered his son on the altar, God offered His son on Calgary’s altar.