The Rapture is coming

Picture this: God sets a divine calendar with seven spectacular feasts, each a dazzling rehearsal for His grand redemptive story. In fact, these “appointed times” literally mean “dress rehearsals”. So, in a sense, in a premillennial dispensational view, these Feasts of the Lord (Leviticus 23) are like cosmic Post-it notes, reminding us of His perfect plan.
Imagine the Feasts of the Lord as a divine playbook, each step perfectly timed to God’s rhythm. The Spring Feasts? Oh, Jesus nailed it!

• Passover: He stepped in as the spotless Lamb, sacrificed right on cue (1 Corinthians 5:7).
• Unleavened Bread: His sinless life and burial show he is the bread of life (1 Corinthians 5:8).
• Firstfruits: He arose up from the grave like the first ripe barley, right on schedule (1 Corinthians 15:20).
• Pentecost: The Holy Spirit arrived with a fiery flourish in Acts 2.

This dazzling sequence suggests God loves a good pattern. If the Spring Feasts were fulfilled with such pizzazz, why not expect the Fall Feasts to also “fall” into place for the Rapture and Second Coming? Yom Teruah, with its trumpet fanfare, feels like the perfect moment for the Church to take flight. Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets, is like the ultimate cosmic surprise party, and here’s why it’s a match for the Rapture:

• This feast kicks off with a blast of the shofar, a ram’s horn that sounds like heaven’s own signal (Leviticus 23:24). The Rapture? It’s got its own trumpet solo: “The Lord Himself will descend with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). It seems likely that those shofar blasts are the signal for believers to meet Jesus in the clouds?
• Yom Teruah starts when the new moon is spotted, earning it the nickname “the feast no one knows the day or hour.” Sound familiar? Jesus teased, “Of that day and hour no one knows” (Matthew 24:36). It’s like God’s winking at us, saying, “Keep your eyes peeled for a sneaky Rapture!”
• Yom Teruah is a day of shouting and celebration, perfect for a heavenly gathering where the Church waltzes off to meet the Bridegroom.

The other Fall Feasts—Yom Kippur and Sukkot—might star in later acts, like Israel’s big “aha” moment or Jesus setting up His millennial reign. But Yom Teruah’s trumpet vibe steals the spotlight for a Rapture. Some suggest Jesus already fulfilled all seven feasts spiritually. They propose His Second Coming might skip the Fall Feasts and land on, say, Nisan 10, echoing His Triumphal Entry like a nostalgic encore. But the pushback is that the Spring Feasts weren’t just spiritually fulfilled; they happened in real-time, step-by-step, like a divine game plan. Passover? Nailed it. Firstfruits? Right on cue. If God loves a good sequence, why wouldn’t He save the Fall Feasts for a literal encore? Plus, Zechariah 14:16 hints we’ll be celebrating these feasts in the Millennium. The feasts can be fulfilled spiritually now and literally later.
Regardless, here’s the conclusion:  This might be our conviction but hold it lightly, but that doesn’t mean we don’t do anything.  There’s enough mystery to keep the Devil in the dark, but enough revelation that keeps us on our toes, ready.  I’m just sayin’, I’m putting off major dental work till after the fall festivals… Jesus is coming back, and it feels like He’s just around the corner! So, let’s live like we are ready and waiting for the best party ever, with our lamps lit (Matthew 25:1-13), ready for the Bridegroom whenever He calls.