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What are the Ten Days of Awe and why should Christians observe them? The Ten Days of Awe are related to the Jewish Feast of Trumpets what is called Rosh Hashanah or the 'head of the year'.
This festival is one of seven Jewish festivals which Jesus revered as holy days. These festivals are appointed by God to be celebrated, this one on the first day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. You can read more about all seven festivals in Leviticus chapter 23.
These festivals are prophetic in nature providing a roadmap for believers to follow that leads to redemption. They can be fearful days, if we are rebellious (like America is today), or they can be joyous when a nation honors God. Each festival involves a rest from labor, offerings, worship and commerates a major event in the history of Israel. Christians are grafted into the family of God so we should recognize these festivals. We may not be required to follow the festivals in specifics but we should be aware of their significance for our lives. Sometimes even the agricultural harvest can be connected .
It is widely understood that the first four spring festivals related to the First Coming of Jesus Christ. The last three that occur in the fall related to the Second Coming and for our purposes holds more of a prophetic futuristic fulfillment. It is more concise to consider these festivals for what they really stand for as in 'appointments'. God appointed these times for a specific purpose and when Jesus returns He will follow these times. You can think of it as, Jesus has an appointment to return to earth and establish His Kingdom. At the appointed time He will return.
We are not to know the date or time. But we are to know the season and the fall festivals provide clues.
During these periods of time, God asks His people to remember what He did for them in history over thousands of years. God asks this over one hundred and fifty times in the Bible. These appointments are a way for His people to remember what God has done for them and that He will do more in the future.
These festival appointments were established by God and therefore, Christians as part of God's elect, chosen people should be aware of their significance for our lives. God has done great things and will do great things in our lives. He deserves our attention to His appointed times.
On October 2nd, the first fall festival, The Feast of Trumpets begins at sundown. The Sounding of the Shofar signals the beginning of the Ten Days of Awe leading up to the Day of Atonement. The great theme of this festival appointment is REPENTANCE.
For us it signifies a great importance.
The Ten Days of Awe begin with where YOU and I stand with God.
It ends on the Day of Atonement, where God stands on YOU and I.
The ten days in between are our opportunity to repent, seek forgiveness and return to Him before that last day.
Repentance and forgiveness is the over-riding theme of this period of time and we all need to repent and be forgiven. As a nation, the United States of America needs national repentance and humbly seek God's forgiveness. That is why we need to observe this holy period. We should seek forgiveness for ourselves, pray for others and seek forgiveness for our nation.
The Ten Days of Awe are ten days of praying for repentance. A season of repentance you might think of it. And our nation needs it tremendously. For there are no political solutions to our problems, no president or senator holds the answer. Only God Almighty can save America, and it is up to God’s people, that’s you and me, to seek Him in repentance for we hold His promise of 2nd Chronicles 7:14.
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