Sephardic Anusim Center of the Americas
Newsletter
September 2009
"The exiles from Jerusalem who are in
Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev."
(Obadiah 20)
TRUMPET BLASTS!
--Fire Drills--
Trumpet blasts can really get our attention and they're
about to do so in a few days!
God's plan has always been to get our attention when
He has something of great importance to say. One of
the things a trumpet blast does is to unsettle you
because it can startle you if you're not ready for it. God's intent is to unsettle us from business as
usual so that we might pay close attention to what
He has to say. In chapter 19 of Exodus, near Mount Sinai, God blew
His trumpet so hard that everyone trembled! These
trumpet blasts grew louder and louder as they
continued! (Exodus 19:19) On the evening of Friday the 18th the trumpets will
begin to blast all around the world as we enter the
biblical Feast of Trumpets. This is also known as
Rosh Hashana or the Jewish New Year. These trumpet blasts will be repeatedly blown through
the entire 1st day of the New Year on the 19th of this
month. In fact, they'll continue to blow all the way to the
Day of Atonement known also as Yom Kippur 10 days
later. And they'll continue all the way to the Feast of
Tabernacles (Sukkoth) which begins 15 days after the
trumpet's first blast. Guess what. They'll even
continue to be blown for 8 days throughout the
Tabernacles feast. If you've been counting, we come up with a total of
about 22 days of blasts. While Yom Kippur is the
holiest and most solemn day of the year because of
the "ATONEMENT" miracle, we'll have a "blast"
enjoying the other feasts, especially Sukkoth.
There's one more thing I'd like to add before closing.
Four times throughout these feasts God
demanded a fire. He required "an offering made
to the LORD by fire." We all know that fire burns things
up into ashes.
The infamous day of 9-11 really got our attention! We
saw a humongous ball of fire in the news every day for
a long time. I still can't get over it. My concern is this - God wants us to burn with
passion for Him. He wants us to burn up anything
that stands on the way between us. And He wants to
cleanse our ways as individuals and as a nation. We
need to pray that our nation gets back in line with God
but it begins within our own soul. I know we can do it. I
know I MUST do it.
Finally, trumpet blasts were used to alert the nation (of
Israel) about danger and war. May I humbly remind
you that there's sure a lot of stubble out there all
around the world that could easily kindle a huge fire.
All we need is one strike of a match before we see
nations going at each other. No need to remind you
that the financial outlook is dismal and political
diplomacy is probably more hypocritical than ever
before. Thus I humbly admonish you to keep your
flame burning and your ear attentive to God's trumpet
signals.
Shalom,
Dell
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Trumpet blasts can really get our attention and they're
about to do so in a few days!
There's one more thing I'd like to add before closing.
Four times throughout these feasts God
demanded a fire. He required "an offering made
to the LORD by fire." We all know that fire burns things
up into ashes.
Finally, trumpet blasts were used to alert the nation (of
Israel) about danger and war. May I humbly remind
you that there's sure a lot of stubble out there all
around the world that could easily kindle a huge fire.
All we need is one strike of a match before we see
nations going at each other. No need to remind you
that the financial outlook is dismal and political
diplomacy is probably more hypocritical than ever
before. Thus I humbly admonish you to keep your
flame burning and your ear attentive to God's trumpet
signals.
PS, One way you can directly help and bless me is by
visiting our 