God's appointed times are 'specific'. God was incarnate on earth, the Word made flesh and dwelt among us [John 1: 1-14] at a specific appointed time. He was crucified and died at God's appointed time: Passover [Pesach]. He was in the grave celebrating the High Sabbath of Unleavened Bread [Matzah] at that specific time. He rose from the dead, God's Firstfruits [1Corinthians 15], the firstborn from the dead [Colossians 1:18] - on the Feast of Firstfruits. Jesus promised that He would send the Holy Spirit, for the law to be written on our hearts through His Holy Spirit - at a specific time - - on Shavuot [the Feast of Weeks] [Acts 2].
Feast of Passover: Nisan 14 / Abib 14
Jesus crucified and died: Nisan 14 / Abib 14
Feast of Unleavened Bread: Nisan 15 / Abib 15
Jesus dead and in Grave: Nisan 15 / Abib 15
Feast of Firstfruits: Nisan 17 / Abib 17
Jesus Resurrected from dead: Nisan 17 / Abib 17
Feast of Shavuot / Pentecost:
Moses received Law / Torah: Sivan 6
Jesus sent Holy Spirit: Sivan 6
Feast of Yom Teruah / Trumpets:
Rosh ha Shanah 1 - 2 Tishrei
Jesus to Return
Feast of Yom Kippur / Atonement: 10 Tishrei
Feast of Sukkot / Tabernacles: 15 Tishrei
Jesus is going to RETURN - - AT A SPECIFIC, DESIGNATED, APPOINTED TIME: at the time of His Fall Feasts. Just as God had Jonah (whose name means 'dove' (known for 'the warmth of its mating'), preach to the Ninevites that they not be destroyed, God had Jesus (whom the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him) preach to the Jewish nation that they not be destroyed, Paul preach the Gentiles that they not be destroyed, you and I preach to our neighbor that they not be destroyed - - God's Word yet calls for REPENTANCE that no man perish and ALL come to repentance [2 Peter 3:9] - - that the evil of the severe decree be removed.
2 Peter 3:9-12
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness,
but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should
perish
but that ALL should come to repentance.
But the DAY OF THE LORD will come as a thief in the night,
in which the
and the elements will
melt with fervent heat;
both the earth and the works that are in it will be
burned up.
Therefore, since all
these things will be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness,
looking for
and hastening the coming of THE DAY OF GOD because of
which the heavens will
be dissolved, being on fire,
and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His
promise,
look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
http://www.ou.org/chagim/roshhashannah/unetanehtext.htm
OU.ORG Presents
"U'Netaneh Tokef
Kedushat Hayom"
Kedushat Hayom"
"Let Us Tell How Utterly
Holy This Day Is"
The Full Text
(Scanned
from the ArtScroll Rosh HaShanah Machzor)
The following is
the full translated text of the great prayer, "U'Netaneh Tokef," attributed to
Rabbi Amnon of Mainz, as related to Rabbi Klonimus ben Meshullam
THE ARK BEING OPEN:
Congregation and chazzan: THE ARK BEING OPEN:
So now, the Kedushah prayer shall ascend to You, for You, our God, are King.
Congregation and chazzan:
Let us now relate the power of this day's holiness, for it is awesome and frightening. On it Your Kingship will be exalted; Your throne will be firmed with kindness and You will sit upon it in truth. It is true that You alone are the One Who judges, proves, knows, and bears witness; Who writes and seats, (counts and calculates); Who remembers all that was forgotten. You will open the Book of Chronicles - it will read itself, and everyone's signature is in it. The great shofar will be sounded and a still, thin sound will be heard. Angels will hasten, a trembling and terror will seize them - and they will say, 'Behold, it is the Day of Judgment, to muster the heavenly host for judgment!'- for they cannot be vindicated in Your eyes in judgment.
Chazzan:
All mankind will pass before You like
members of the flock. Like a shepherd pasturing his flock, making sheep pass under
his staff, so shall You cause to pass, count, calculate, and consider the soul of all the
living; and You shall apportion the fixed needs of all Your creatures and inscribe their
verdict.
Congregation then
chazzan [in some congregations this is recited only by the chazzan]:
On
Rosh Hashanah
will be inscribed
will be inscribed
and on
Yom Kippur
will be sealed
Yom Kippur
will be sealed
how many will
pass from the earth
pass from the earth
and how many will be created;
who will live and who will die;
who will die
at his predestined time
and who before his time;
who by water
and who by fire,
who by
sword,
who by beast,
who by famine,
who by thirst,
who by storm,
who by plague,
who by
strangulation,
and who by stoning.
Who will rest and who will wander,
who will live in
harmony and who will be harried,
who will enjoy tranquillity and who will suffer,
who will
be impoverished and who will be enriched,
who will be degraded and who will be exalted.
Congregation aloud,
then chazzan:
But REPENTANCE, PRAYER and CHARITY
But REPENTANCE, PRAYER and CHARITY
Remove the Evil of the
Decree!
Congregation and chazzan:For Your Name signifies Your praise: hard to anger and easy to appease, for You do not wish the death of one deserving death, but that he repent from his way and live. Until the day of his death You await him; if he repents You will accept him immediately.
Chazzan:
It is true that You are their Creator and You know their inclination, for they are flesh and blood. A man's origin is from dust and his destiny is back to dust, at risk of his life he earns his bread; he is likened to a broken shard, withering grass, a fading flower, a passing shade, a dissipating cloud, a blowing wind, flying dust, and a fleeting dream.
Congregation aloud, then chazzan:
But You are the King, the Living and Enduring G-d.
THE ARK IS CLOSED
Congregation then chazzan:
There is no set span to Your years and there is no end to the length of Your days. It is impossible to estimate the angelic chariots of Your glory and to elucidate Your Name's inscrutability. Your Name is worthy of You and You are worthy of Your Name, and You have included Your Name in our name.
Just as Christ fulfilled Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits - - He will also fulfill Rosh ha Shanah [Trumpets], Yom Kippur [Atonement], and Sukkot [Tabernacles].
Rosh ha Shanah [1 and 2 Tishrei] , generally in the month of September, is known as the 'Day of Judgment', also known as the 'time of Jacob's time trouble ', 'the Great Tribulation, the Day of the Lord, the Great Day of Wrath.
Rosh ha Shanah is not declared until the 'new moon' is sighted. Just as in the days past, two witnesses were sent to the mountain to await sighting the new moon and then blow trumpets to awake those sleeping that the 'feast had begun' , two witnesses in Revelation may also signal the 'sighting of the new moon.
Rosh ha Shanah will herald the CORONATION of the KING, the WEDDING of MESSIAH.
Acts 1:11
who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
THIS SAME JESUS, who was taken up from you into heaven,
will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
THIS SAME JESUS - - not another one - - THIS SAME JESUS.
Zechariah 14:1-4
Behold, THE DAY OF THE LORD is coming
and your spoil will be divided in your midst.
For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city
Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And IN THAT DAY His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west,
making a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north
and half of it toward the south.
Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal [reserved / straitened].
Yes, you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come,
and all the saints with You. It shall come to pass IN THAT DAY
that there will be no light; the lights will diminish. It shall be ONE DAY
which is known to the LORD - neither day nor night. But at evening time
it shall happen that it will be light.
And IN THAT DAY it shall be that living waters shall flow from JERUSALEM,
half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the
western sea. In BOTH SUMMER AND WINTER it shall occur.
And the LORD shall be KING over all the earth. IN THAT DAY it shall be -
the LORD is one, and His NAME one.
Acts 3:17-24
Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as
did also your rulers.
But those
things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets,
that the Christ
would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
Repent therefore and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out,
so that times of refreshing may come from the
presence of the Lord,
and that He
may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
whom heaven must receive
until the times of restoration of all things,
which God has spoken by the mouth
of all His holy prophets since the world began.
a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things,
whatever He says to you. And it shall be that
every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow,
as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.
Selah
Shalom
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