Living Water in Our Lives...
John 4:10 'Yeshua answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Isaiah 44:3 ‘For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.’
Isaiah 12:3 ‘With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.’
Zechariah 14:8 ‘On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.’
Ezekiel 47 shows a powerful picture of living water. The prophet Ezekiel is at the temple, and sees a trickle of water flowing out from under the alter. The water flows out of the temple down the south stairs. A thousand cubits from the temple, the strange flow of water has grown ankle-deep, and a thousand more cubits it is knee-deep, and a thousand more it is waist deep, and finally it becomes a stream so deep and wide that it can’t be crossed. This river does a strange thing – it gets fuller as it flows away from its source. Ezekiel 7:1-12.
Leviticus 23 'These are the feasts of the Lord...'
Elul is the month before Yom Teruah, and is a time of searching, repentance, and preparation for the fall High Holy Days. It is a time to search one's heart and teshuva to God. Elul is considered a month of forgiveness, and spiritual awakening.
The name of the month, Elul, (Alef-Lamed-Vav-Lamed) is said to be an acronym of "Ani l'dodi v'dodi li" (אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי) “I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine,” Song of Songs 6:3.
It is a time to begin asking forgiveness for wrongs done to other people. Matthew 5:23-24 teaches “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift'. For us to be forgiven we must first obtain forgiveness from the person we have wronged. This process of seeking forgiveness continues through the Days of Awe. It is taught that there are two gifts given on Elul. The the gift of apology, which is the hidden gift of renewal and the gift of moving closer to God.
Blow the Shofar every morning Read Psalm 27 Selichot service - reading of the thirteen attributes of God recited from the Sunday before Yom Teruah until Yom Kippur.
Yom Teurah
Feast of trumpets
Yom Teruah (The Feast of Trumpets) celebrates the return of Yeshua to earth to establish the Kingdom of God! In the book of Revelation we read about events that describe angels sounding a series of seven trumpet blasts. The seventh angel's sounding of the last trumpet signifies that "the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord Yeshua Messiah" (Revelation 11:15).
Leviticus 23 calls the blowing of trumpets a memorial and many believe it is a memorial of God’s grace to Abraham (Genesis 22). Yom Teruah is signaled in by the blowing of the Shofar (Leviticus 23:24, 1Chronicles 15:24 and Psalms 81:3). Yom Teruah begins the 10 Days of Awe bringing us into Yom Kippur.
The Ten Days of Awe
A time of repentance and teshuva between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), the holiest day of the year, is a day of fasting, prayer and making teshuva (repentance) as we prepare ourselves for the coming of The Lord. We forgive and we seek forgiveness as we enter into a deeper relationship with our King, Yeshua. This is the wedding phase of our Bridegroom, Yeshua. Then as the prophets had foretold, God sent His Son, Yeshua the Messiah to be the final offering for sin. When Yeshua died on the tree, His death provided an atonement once and for all. Therefore, believers in Yeshua can rejoice on Yom Kippur that we have assurance of forgiveness of sin. The Day of Atonement has many special customs, including: Fasting, Kol Nidre (the eve of Yom Kippur), Yizkor, a special prayer at noon, and the blowing of the shofar.
Leviticus 16:31, 23:27-32