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geddon, at the time of the Revelation. Since nations will come

from everywhere to battle in Israel, the odds will overwhelm

Israel with fear and helplessness.

“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the

land of Israel: The end! The end has come upon the four cor-

ners of the land. The end is now upon you and I will unleash

my anger against you. An unheard of disaster is coming. The

end has come! The end has come!… The time has come, the

day has arrived. Though they blow the trumpet and get every-

thing ready, no one will go into battle, for my wrath is against

the whole crowd”

(Ezek. 7:2-3, 5-6, 12, 14).

Apparently, trumpets were sounded for 30 days prior to

Rosh HaShanah. This would be during the month of Elul, dur-

ing the season of Teshuvah (the time of repentance). The last

trumpet was heard on the day of Rosh HaShanah. In the fu-

ture, with this last trumpet, the Day of the Lord is officially an-

nounced as coming in 10 days! The 10 “Days of Awe” officially

begin at Rosh HaShanah—10 days before the Revelation of Je-

sus the Messiah as Jehovah God Almighty on Yom Kippur! It

appears that the 10 days of awe end with a great trumpet on

that day of the Lord. In Zephaniah, chapter 1, the Day of the

Lord is defined as a day of trumpet and battle cry.

“That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and an-

guish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom,

a day of clouds and blackness, a day of trumpet and battle cry

against the fortified cities and against the corner towers. Their

blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like filth.

In the fire of His jealousy, the whole world will be consumed,

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