Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, is the most holy of all the days in the Jewish Biblical calendar. It begins at sunset on Tishrei 10 in accordance with Leviticus 23:26-32. This is the only day that the high priest could enter into the Holy of Holies of the Mishkan, later the Temple, to make atonement for himself and the nation of Israel. Now it is a day of fasting and prayer all in the hope that ones name will be written in the Book of Life for one more year.
Y'shua fulfilled the spiritual aspects of Yom Kippur when He went into the heavenly Holy of Holies with His own blood which He shed for the sins of the world. We have been forgiven and made clean once and for all by the blood of our Messiah, Y'shua. His blood did what the blood of bulls and goats could never do. It didn't just cover our sins; it took them away to be remembered no more. Now our names are written in the Lambs Book of Life.
G-D gave these instructions: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it (Leviticus 23:23-25). The day was not marked by any special events other than the blowing of the trumpets and the offering of sacrifices. The Hebrews always blew trumpets on the first day of each month, so everyone knew the new month had arrived. BUT, on the Feast of Trumpets, they blew them extra long and extra loud, and they blew them all day. The type of trumpet blown was the rams horn; the Hebrew word is Shofar. The shofar was blown in remembrance of the ram that was sacrificed in place of Isaac.
To the Hebrews, the sound of the shofar represented both the voice of G-D, and the might of G-D in battle. They were blown to assemble the people to worship, to break camp, in order to move on, and as an alarm in preparation of war. There was an ancient belief that the loud sound from the shofar deterred demons.
As the Commander of the Army of G-D, and the Horn of our salvation, Y'shua has defeated the enemies of our soul. He overcame the adversary, and by His death and resurrection, He disarmed the evil powers of this world. The ULTIMATE fulfillment of the blowing of the shofar is the second coming of Y'shua HaMoshiach, which is described in Revelation 10. Yes, Y'shua the Messiah will crush all of His enemies, and rule His kingdom, which will never end.
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