Sermon Recap
The Feast of Trumpets: A Rehearsal for What’s Coming
Part 5 of 6 in The Feasts of the Lord
Parte 5 de 6 de la serie The Feasts of the Lord
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Brian Hunter · October 5, 2025
“On the first day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.”
Scripture Referenced
Recap
Marking the change of seasons, Brian led the church through Leviticus 23:23-44, God’s calendar of appointed feasts, focusing on the Feast of Trumpets that opens the fall feast season and the Jewish new year. Brian made the case that these feasts function as “rehearsals”: the Hebrew idea behind the “holy convocation” language in Leviticus points toward a future, literal fulfillment still to come. Unlike the spring feasts, which Brian has taught elsewhere were fulfilled precisely in Jesus’s death and resurrection, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles remain unfulfilled, pointing forward rather than backward.
Drawing on Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah, Brian outlined a framework in which these fall feasts play out prophetically over a seven-year period he associates with the tribulation, culminating in the return of Jesus. He connected the Feast of Trumpets to the “last trumpet” language in 1 Corinthians, tying the ancient rehearsal directly to New Testament teaching about being caught up to meet Christ. Brian was careful to frame this as sober anticipation rather than date-setting, acknowledging in real time that no one yet knows when the final fulfillment arrives.
The message closed on the theme of belonging: whatever family situation someone comes from, good, painful, or absent, Jesus offers an invitation into his own family. Brian prayed for God’s people to hold onto patient endurance while eagerly anticipating the day the remaining feasts are finally, fully kept.
Touch Points
- Brian described the fall feasts as “rehearsals” for something still to come. Does thinking of unfulfilled prophecy as a rehearsal change how you hold it?
- How do you personally balance eager anticipation of Christ’s return with staying grounded and faithful in ordinary daily life?
- Brian said whatever family you came from, Jesus invites you into a better one. How does that land for you, given your own family story?
- What does “patient endurance” look like for you as you wait on something you don’t yet have a timeline for?