Day 6 – Prepare for His Coming

Today, on day 6 of the “10 Days of Awe,” I think it’s appropriate we consider what this sacred feast season is pointing toward.


The feast celebrations God gave to Israel were divine signposts, pointing forward to the Lord Jesus Christ in certain and significant ways. Of course, the spring feasts have already been historically fulfilled!

• Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us at the cross (1 Corinthians 5:7).
• The Bread of Life was laid in the tomb during Unleavened Bread (John 6:35).
• On Firstfruits, He rose triumphantly from the dead, becoming “the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:23).

Fifty days later, when the Day of Pentecost arrived, the Holy Ghost fell in that upper room, just as Acts 2 records. God was preaching the Gospel through His calendar centuries before Bethlehem!

But then we come to the autumn feast season, with the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. And I believe these final feasts are prophetic signposts pointing us toward what God will yet do.

Now, I’m not telling you what day the rapture will occur. Scripture is clear that no man can know the day nor the hour. But I believe we can know the season. And you cannot miss the prophetic imagery!

• This sacred season of Tabernacles begins with the sounding of trumpets. 1 Corinthians 15:52 declares at the rapture, “the trumpet shall sound,” and “the dead shall be raised incorruptible” (1 Corinthians 15:52). The Lord Himself will descend from heaven, the dead in Christ will rise, and we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord! (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
• The next feast in this sacred season is Yom Kippur, the great Day of Atonement—the holiest day on God’s calendar. Think about what makes it so extraordinary. A certain time – only 1 day a year. A certain person – the High Priest. And a certain place – the Holy of Holies. On that one holy day, the High Priest alone could enter the Holy of Holies, with the blood of atonement. A sacred time, person, and place converged in one sacred moment – the apex of the autumn feasts – to restore union between God and man. This is what Atonement is: At-one-ment.
• Then comes Tabernacles, when God’s people were instructed to leave the ordinary surroundings of home and as a community “tabernacle” – or dwell in symbolic tents – for 7 days, rejoicing before the Lord and celebrating the presence and provision of Almighty God. Why 7 days? I believe this represents the completeness of time and eternity. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says it this way: “so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Can you see the prophetic picture? A trumpet sounds. Atonement has prepared a people for the presence of God. And God's people dwell in His presence!

Hallelujah! Glory to the Lamb!

I cannot tell you that Jesus is coming this year—but I can tell you that Jesus is coming! And that is why I approach these 10 Days of Awe with wonder, expectation, and faith.

As we journey toward the Day of Atonement, I want to hear from you. Send me your prayer requests, and I will agree with you that the Lord of Heaven will meet every need according to His riches and glory by Christ Jesus our Lord.

We honor Him for everything He has already done—and we look with expectation toward everything He has promised yet to do! And we know this: He has wondrous things in store!

I hope you have already set your reminder in your phone or calendar: the Day of Atonement is just days from today! God is a God of seasons, cycles, and timing. When God designates a very special time, an appointed time, as being important to Him, we ought to hold it important to us as well. I believe this year will be unlike any you’ll experience in your lifetime, as we come together in faith here in Columbus and on RODPARSLEY.TV, celebrating Yom Kippur – Sunday, September 20 at 10am ET. Don’t miss it!

Click here to send in your prayer needs. It’s my prayer God is going to so completely fulfill your need, the only memory of your need is the praise you have for Him filling it!

Yours for the harvest,


Pastor Rod Parsley