Hey guys, I'm Chastity, and you're listening to the Ancient Conspiracies podcast, where we connect the

origins of some of the most popular conspiracy theories to biblical history. Well, in today's

episode, we're going to detour from conspiracy and talk about a very important holy day on the

Jewish calendar that's coming up on September the 26th. It's called Rosh Hashanah, or Yom

Turua. But I grew up calling it the Feast of Trumpets. Now many people think that the Jewish feasts

or the Jewish holy days are only specific to the Jews. And although it's true that God

specifically commanded the Israelites to observe them,

they're actually relevant for all of his children, including those of us crafted in by Christ.

And today, I'm going to tell you why.

But before I start, let me preface today's episode by saying that this is heavy, deep content.

This is literally the meat from scripture, not milk. So you may want to grab your Bible and a notepad to take some notes. So when you hear the term feast, what immediately

comes to your mind? Well, since the holidays are coming up, I bet you think of food. I mean,

food is always associated with celebration, right? Well, there's seven major holy days

that God commands his people in Leviticus to observe, and he refers to them as his feasts.

According to Strong's concordance, the word used for feast actually translates into the Hebrew

word Moed, which means appointment.

In Leviticus 23, God speaks to Moses and says,

Speak to the children of Israel and say to them,

The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations,

these are my feasts.

Now the word convocation here translates to the Hebrew word micra, which means dress rehearsal. So let's read it again. The appointments of the Lord, which you shall call

dress rehearsals, these are my appointments. So basically these feasts are literally appointments

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