Sun.’s Devo. - Roshashana!

Read: Joel 1-3
I wondered what today’s reading would be and knew it would be prophetic. Today is the day of the full moon, the blood moon and Roshashana starts at sunset. It is also the beginning of a new year in the Jewish religious calendar and the beginning of a Jubilee year. Could this be the day when Jesus comes down to tabernacle with his people and call them to the huppa? He will do that on a Roshashana and this one is prime for it. The prophets have had a lot to say about this day and some say because of the Shemitah or Sabbath rest, the stock market will crash. I don’t think this is the end but I believe that something big is going to start on this night in the spirit world that will overflow to the natural. Just remember when it happens who is in control.
Joel is addressing a people who have lost their joy. He tells them to gird themselves up and repent for the sin of their nation. They are to fast and assemble together to pray. I think we are going to see more and more of this happening in these days.
God told them to blow a trumpet and sound an alarm. Roshashana is the feast of trumpets. It is the warning of the Lord coming. After the feast of trumpets is a 10 day period called the Days of Awe or Yom Kippor. Joel 2:2-14. Ezekiel uses language which depicts the Assyrian army as locusts who swarm in and destroy everything in their path. This is the time of great tribulation in which people are given a time to repent. God’s gates open at Roshashana and close at the Feast of Tabernacles (Sept. 23rd) When God fulfills this prophecy it will be during these 10 days that people will have the last time to repent. The judgement day is at the Feast of Tabernacles. Ironically, my husband’s birthday is September 13 and mine is September 23.
Though this sounds awful and it is hard not to be afraid, God says “Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice; for the Lord will do great things.” Then he goes through a list of blessings that will be given his people. The best one being that God will pour out his spirit upon all flesh… The moon will be turned to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord. We see this happening in preparation.
Joel three is the description of the Feast of Tabernacles. Everyone will be gathered to be judged for their works. God will cleanse the land.
Lord, make us ready for what is ahead. We say, “Come, Lord Jesus!”