Joel 2:1-2 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
The blowing of a shofar signaled many things in Biblical times. The shofar blast was a call to war and the prospect of danger.
A shofar blast occurred this past week on the Temple Mount. See the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=790171380152613
This marks two years in a row a shofar has been blown on the Temple Mount. Last year on Yom Teruah or Rosh Hashanah, a group of 6 Jews managed to blast all 100 tones required for the feast.
During the season of Teshuvah or repent, it is a custom to blow the shofar daily. The trumpet is blown every day except Shabbat or the Sabbath (Saturday for us in western culture) and the last day of month of Elul. The trumpet is blown after the morning service.
The blowing of the shofar started with Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The blowing of the shofar is associated with God descending to Mount Sinai and the gathering of nation Israel. This is where Moses is called to ascend the mountain to meet God (Exodus 19:13-19). This is when and where Israel received the law.
The shofar was a way to call soldiers. The trumpet preceded the Ark of the Covenant.
2 Samuel 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.
The trumpet blast signified the beginning of the month (Numbers 10:10).
Psalm 81:3-4 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Some form of a trumpet blast(s) is used at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). A trumpet blast also signals the beginning of Jubilee (Leviticus 25).
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The Palestinian Authority has expressed their concern about the blowing of a shofar.
The P.A.’s Jerusalem Governorate warned in a statement that the Jewish tradition of sounding the shofar throughout the Hebrew month of Elul is “no longer a passing religious ritual, but has become one of the most dangerous tools of the occupation to impose its alleged sovereignty.”
The PA has called upon the United Nations to… “halt these attacks and provide international protection for Islamic and Christian holy sites”.
https://www.jns.org/pa-shofar-most-dangerous-tool-used-to-assert-sovereignty
“The blowing of the horn in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa is an extremely dangerous step. This ritual continues the religious ceremonies carried out by Jewish settlers and aims to change the current historical and legal status of Al-Aqsa.”
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Ezekiel 38-39… Beth Togarmah, Meshech, Tubal or modern day Turkey.
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Gaza, Gaza, here we come… Greta and friends set sail for a 3rd time towards Israel.
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