What A Celebration!
by Diane LaFlamme

Blow the trumpet in Zion! Boy did we have an opportunity to do just that. Zechariah Ministries gave a presentation at Liberty Church on the feast day of Rosh Hashanah! From the entrance of Zachary Good with the Israeli flag to the strong sounds of Hativah, Israel’s national anthem, to the last Hava Nagila dance of the ministry team, it was electrifying! The team also danced to the song Eretz Zavat Halav, Land of Milk and Honey. It was really hard to stay seated with this awesome Israeli music. It is no wonder that the expression, L’Hayim, To Life!, comes from the Jews.

Between dances, we gave a PowerPoint presentation along with an explanation of this special feast day. The ministry was very humbled and blessed to receive standing ovations. All the practice sessions of the dance team paid off. And, it was even more appreciated since, one dancer performed with a sprained ankle, while another was able to do so just hours after burying her grandmother.

Rosh Hashanah is one of the seven biblical feasts mentioned in Lev.23. It is closely followed ten days later with the feast of Yom Kippur, a day of strict fasting and repentance. These feast days are referred to in Hebrew as Yamim Noraim, Days of Awe. In the Jewish civil calendar, Rosh Hashanah, which literally means ‘head of the year,’ is celebrated as the beginning of a New Year.

It is amazing to see how the body of Christ is hungry for more information on the seven biblical feasts. Since the book of Zechariah is referred to as the book of restoration, it is great to see that the Lord is even restoring the church to a celebration of His “appointed times.”

We have designed a chart, which is posted on our website, to help explain the feasts and their prescribed times in a year’s cycle. It is wonderful to see how Yeshua, Jesus, fulfilled the four feasts that take place in the Spring: Pesach, Unleavened Bread, First Fruit and Shavuot (Pentecost). And, it is exciting to anticipate His coming again, when the sound of the shofar will be heard just as St. Paul tells us in First Thessalonians 4:16

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God,, and the dead in Christ will rise first.”

We were also able to celebrate Rosh Hoshanah in our home, with Richard Grosse conducting a beautiful prayer service. What a great way to start a “New Year!” The Lord has given Richard a very strong and beautiful voice that delivers powerful, anointed songs. We are very happy to have Richard, his wife Sabrina and their sons, Tony and James, as part of our core of supporters.

As God continues to open doors for us to bring His Word, His Love and His Restoration of the Jewish Roots to the Body of Christ, we ask for your prayers. If you would like to be an intercessor for this ministry, please contact us and we will direct you to our Intercessors’ webpage.

On behalf of all of us here at Zechariah Ministries, we want to wish all of you, L’Shana Tovah!, Happy New Year!

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