Feast of Trumpets Rapture on September 23rd, 2025?

“Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.” 

I Cor. 15:51-52

Social media is overflowing at this moment with posts and videos from Christians who are convinced the rapture will occur on September 23rd of 2025, which is the second day of the Feast of Trumpets this year.  The new moon occurs on the night of September 22nd and the 23rd is the first observable waxing crescent of the moon afterwards.   Is this the actual day of Jesus’ return for us as so many have said?  Supporters claim to have had dreams or visions where Jesus revealed this date to them specifically.  They point to the rapture being tied to the blowing of a trumpet blast and that clearly relating to the Feast of Trumpets, one of the appointed Feasts of the Lord.

“...In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a day of complete rest, commemoration, and trumpet blasts ​— ​a sacred assembly.  You must not do any daily work, but you must present a fire offering to the LORD.”  Lev. 23:24-25

"You are to hold a sacred assembly in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, and you are not to do any daily work. This will be a day of trumpet blasts for you.  Offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old ​-- ​all unblemished ​-- ​  with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram, and two quarts with each of the seven male lambs.  Also offer one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for yourselves.  These are in addition to the monthly and regular burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the LORD.”  Numbers 29:1-6

In the month of Tishri, the 7th month of the Jewish calendar, the Fall Feasts are celebrated.  On the 1st day of the month is the Day of Trumpets.  This is also designated as the start of the Jewish New Year for their religious calendar and is known as Rosh Hashanah.  On this day begins the blowing of trumpets, or ram horns known as the shofar, announcing to all the coming Day of Atonement.  

The word for "Feast" in Hebrew is Mo'ed and means appointed time.  The word for "convocations" is Mik'raw and means an assembly, but also is used for a “rehearsal”.  The Feasts are a REHEARSAL for things to come!  The Passover Feast was a rehearsal for the coming Messiah.  The Passover Lamb is slain, the Unleavened Bread is eaten and all leaven removed from the house, and the harvest of First Fruits is celebrated.  Jesus was our Passover lamb (I Cor. 5:7), Jesus is the Bread of Life without any sin (leaven) who removed all the sin from our earthly house (John. 6:35), and Jesus is the First Fruits risen of all of us who will follow Him in resurrection (I Cor. 15:20).

"And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts."   Leviticus 23:1-2

The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost/Shavuot) was a rehearsal of what would be revealed to be the "Mystery" of the church age...Jews and Gentiles in the same Body of Christ.  The wave offering of the two loaves of bread symbolized a barley loaf for the Jews, and wheat loaf for the gentiles, together in one body.  The church age begins at Pentecost with the giving of the Holy Spirit, and will end at the rapture when the Church and the Holy Spirit are removed from this world. In my opinion, both of these events may actually occur on the Feast of Weeks.

Also important to note about the Feasts is that not only did the first two Feasts (Passover and Weeks) come about as prophesied, but they also occurred on the exact days and periods of the Feast days.  We can only surmise from this fact that the same will hold true for the last Feast (Booths) to come about as prophesied, on the exact days and time period of those Feast days.

In the same way, the Feast of Booths is a rehearsal for the Day of the Lord, the end times period which follows the rapture and includes the tribulation period of seven years and the millennial kingdom period of one thousand years.  The Day of Trumpets foretells an event which calls the Jews to assemble, most likely a battle.  The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) foretells a day when atonement begins for the Jewish people, and the Year of Jubilee begins which initiates the opening of the 7 sealed scroll by the Messiah and the start of the Tribulation period.  The Feast of Tabernacles foretells that 7 year tribulation period where God dwells with His people once again and teaches them to trust and follow Him.  The 8th Day Sabbath of Booths foretells the 1000 year Millennial Kingdom, a period of rest and restoration.

The Feast of Trumpets is peculiar in that there is no real background or purpose given to explain the feast day.  It is a day of commemoration and remembrance, but the Bible never makes it clear what is being remembered.  Much of what the Jews currently do during the holiday actually came about during the Babylonian captivity and were customs "borrowed" from the Babylonians.  The name of the month, "Tishrei" is even a Babylonian word meaning "beginning" referring to the start of the Jewish new year. The Jewish people are simply told to make it a Sabbath, have trumpet blasts during it, and offer up various burnt offerings to the Lord.  

The Day of Trumpets in my opinion applies directly to the Jews and not the Church.  As mentioned, I believe that Christians will be removed during the rapture, which may occur on the Feast of Weeks.  With the start of the Fall Feasts, and particularly the Day of Trumpets, the focus will then turn back to the Jews.  This feast day involves a call to battle, a cry to assemble, and a call to worship and present offerings to the Lord.  It symbolizes I believe an event that brings the Jewish Nation to a unified place where God can once again begin working with them.  

The Rapture of the Church (true followers of Christ) could occur at any time.  There is nothing required to occur first according to the Bible.  It is a sign-less event.  Christians have been told since our Lord’s ascension into heaven to be watching and ready for His return.

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.  As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.  They didn't know until the flood came and swept them all away. This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be.”  Matthew 24:36-39

This verse is quoted often when there is discussion regarding when Jesus will return to rapture (from the Greek harpazo “to be caught up”) His Bride, the Church, to be where He is.  But, as previously discussed, the rapture is a sign-less event that could take place at any moment.  The above verse is not in reference to the day and hour of the  rapture, but instead is speaking of the Lord’s second coming at the end of the tribulation period at the end of the age.  

In Matthew 24 (and Mark 13 and Luke 21 as well), Jesus is speaking to His disciples alone.  He is addressing their question “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? ”  In answer to these two questions, Jesus first gives the signs people should be watching for to determine when His second coming is at the end of the tribulation period.  Next, He answers their initial question of “when?” by stating “only the Father knows.”

Jesus says that His second coming at the end of the tribulation period will be like the days of Noah.  The flood caught the people at the time of Noah off guard…they were unprepared.  But, the Bible also tells us that Noah preached to them about the coming destruction for 120 years prior to its start.  There was warning, they could have been prepared and ready had the only heeded Noah’s words of warning.  The generation of people during the tribulation period will not have ears to hear…they will ignore the warnings of the coming destruction. 

One of the signs Jesus gives His disciples for people to be watching for during the tribulation is the abomination of desolation.  This is also mentioned in the Book of Daniel, and both Daniel and the Book of Revelation provide a timeline of this event occurring at the midpoint of the tribulation period.  Anyone alive during the tribulation should be able to discern when they see the abomination of desolation occur that the end is 1260 days away, or three and a half years.

“I don't want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”  Romans 11:25

We as Christ Followers are told to watch for His coming back for us, at the time of the rapture, and to remain awake and ready, watching for the signs of His soon return.  But, only God knows when the rapture will occur.  It is tied to the "fullness of the Gentiles", that time when the last person whose name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life enters into the Kingdom of the Lord.  At that point, the fullness of the Gentiles will be completed and the Church age will end.  The rapture will occur and Christ the Lord will return to escort His Bride to His Father’s house.

"Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.”  John 14:1-3

“For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.  Therefore comfort one another with these words.”  I Thessalonians 4:15-18

Maranatha - even so, come quickly Lord!

Is the second death a spiritual death or physical death?

Many Christians explain the “second death” as an eternal “spiritual death”, but not a physical death.  Is this view Biblically accurate?

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.  Rev. 20:14

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death. Revelation 21:8

All humans face a physical death.  This is the result of Adam and Eve’s fall in the garden.

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.  Hebrews 9:27-28

All humans will be resurrected…some unto life, and some unto judgement and death.

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (abhorrence-as to turn away from something that stinks).  Daniel 12:2

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?   John 11:25-26

Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice and come out -- those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation.  John 5:28-29

All humans are spiritually dead from birth.  Again, this is a result of Adam and Eve’s fall in the garden.  Adam and Eve did not die physically immediately after sinning, but they did immediately die spiritually.

But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.  Gen 2:17

The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 6:23

So, if this is all true, then the first death is the normal physical death we all face.  What then is the second death?  Is it a spiritual death?  No, because those that face the second death are the spiritually dead, those who have rejected Jesus as Lord.  They remain spiritually dead in their sin.  They never were “born again” spiritually as Christ Followers are.  So the second death cannot be a spiritual death, as they have always been spiritually dead and never were spiritually made alive through faith in the Lord.  

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned. Romans 5:12  

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Rom 3:23

Is it a second physical death?  All humans are resurrected after death and made alive once again.  So, yes, the second death is a second physical death.  

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life.  John 5:24

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.  John 6:50

When the Bible talks about the opposite of eternal life through faith in Jesus, it always contrasts “eternal life” with “eternal death”  Those facing the “second death” are said to “perish” and be “destroyed”.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.  Matthew 10:28

He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter. 2 Peter 2:6

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.  John 10:28

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.  Heb. 10:39

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy...  James 4:12

And how is the “second death” described in the Bible exactly?  With a consuming fire.  Several types, or examples, are given of things being separated and then thrown into the fire and being destroyed or consumed.  The “second death” is a second physical death by fire for those who are already spiritually dead in their sins.

The good fish and bad fish - “So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”  Mt. 13:47-50

The wheat and the tares - “Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.’’” Mt. 13:24-30

Sheep and the goats “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”  Mt. 25:31-46

The vine and the branches - “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.”  Jn. 15:1-6

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Hebrews 10:26-27

...when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.  These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction... 2 Thess. 1:7-9

…for our God is a consuming fire.  Hebrews 12:29

Many Will Rush Back and Forth and Knowledge Will Increase

At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress such as never has occurred since nations came into being until that time. But at that time all your people who are found written in the book will escape.  Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt. Those who have insight will shine like the bright expanse of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.  "But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase."  Daniel 12:1-4

These are some of the final words of prophecy that the angel disclosed to the prophet Daniel in the last chapter of the book of Daniel.  There are some very interesting bits of information regarding the end times that Daniel is given in the prophetic pronouncement.  Let’s look at these four verses briefly and break them down.

“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up.”   The previous chapter included the angel relating to Daniel a prophecy concerning the coming antichrist during the seven year tribulation. So, “at that time” refers to the last days, the seven years of the tribulation period, just prior to the millennial kingdom period.  Michael is described as the “prince” (archangel) that “watches over your people”.  So we learn here that the archangel Michael is assigned as the protector of the Jewish people (Daniel’s people).  Michael “rises up”, and we find out in the book of Revelation exactly why Michael is rising up.  He is going to do battle with Satan and his demons and cast them out of heaven for good.
“Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,  but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.  So the great dragon was thrown out -- the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.”  Revelation 12:7-9

“There will be a time of distress such as never has occurred since nations came into being until that time.”  This time of distress is called the time of Jacob’s trouble which is the final three and a half years of the seven year tribulation period.  It is a time of distress because Satan, through the antichrist and the false prophet, attempts to destroy the Jewish people (Israel). The book of Revelation in chapter twelve describes Satan as the “dragon”, and Israel as “the woman” which had given birth to the Messiah.  “
“When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child.”  Revelation 12:13
“Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob's trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.”  Jeremiah 30:7

“But at that time all your people who are found written in the book will escape.”  The “book” being referred to here is the Lamb’s book of Life.  In it are written all the names of everyone ever to exist on earth.  Those who choose to reject Jesus have their names blotted out or erased from the book.  Only the names of those who accept Jesus as Lord will be found written in the Lamb’s book of Life.  
"In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.” Revelation 3:5

“Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.”  The term “sleep in the dust” does not refer to what is known as soul sleep, a belief that a person’s soul is unconscious and unaware while in death.  A person’s soul remains conscious and aware even after death.  To “sleep in the dust” is simply a euphemism for the body being dead and buried in the ground, appearing to be asleep.  The Bible teaches that every person will be resurrected after death, both soul and body.  Those who are found righteous will receive glorified bodies and be given eternal life.  The unrighteous will also be resurrected, however will not receive a glorified body as the righteous will.  The Bible never teaches that the unrighteous receive a “glorified” or otherwise modified body.  They will be judged at the great white throne judgement, and if their names are not found in the Lamb’s Book of Life they will face “disgrace and eternal contempt” (shame and object of everlasting repulsion)  in the lake of fire.  They will be cast into the lake of fire, body and soul, where they will experience torment and then be consumed in the fire of God’s righteous judgement. 
“Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.  I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books. ... And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:11-12, 15
"Don't fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”  Matthew 10:28

“Those who have insight will shine like the bright expanse of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”  Those who have insight (understanding), basically the righteous, will “shine” like the stars at night in the sky.  Those who lead others to righteousness will blaze like stars forever and ever.  Jesus uses this same metaphor in the book of Matthew to describe the righteous who dwell in God’s kingdom.  We will exist in the new heaven and new earth with the Lord, and there will be no need for the Sun, Moon, and stars because the Lord will provide the light.  We will reflect His glory for all eternity.
"Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let anyone who has ears listen.”  Matthew 13:43
“The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.”  Revelation 21:23

"But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end.”  Daniel was instructed to seal the book and keep the words secret until the time of the end.  In contrast, John was told to make the book of Revelation known.  However, we are also told that in the end times the book of Daniel will be unsealed, and the words of the book will be made known.  Those who seek out God’s Word will understand, and the Holy Spirit will give understanding to those who ask.  The Holy Spirit will give understanding to believers in the end times to correctly interpret and understand the prophecies recorded in the book of Daniel.
“Then he said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.”  Revelation 22:10
"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.”  John 14:26

“Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase."  “Many will roam about” is translated in other versions as “run to and fro” or “rush about back and forth” which is probably a better translation.  It is interpreted as in the end times, people will travel about more, roaming around the planet.  However, it is actually more than just that.  The Hebrew words give the image of rowing a boat, and in actuality the root words come from the words “row” and “lash or whip”.  So it more accurately gives the image of men rowing a boat frantically as a taskmaster lashes them with a whip.  The “roaming about” becomes “frantically rushing here and there”, which is a much better description of this day and age where people seem to be coming and going at the same time, rushing around from one appointment to the next.  The end times are also characterized by an increase in “knowledge”.  The Hebrew word for increase used here implies to increase exceedingly, as to multiply.   It has been estimated that human knowledge has doubled approximately every century until 1900, but by 1945 it doubled every 25 years, and by 1982, every 12-13 months.  With the recent advent and implementation of Artificial intelligence (AI), it is now estimated that human knowledge is doubling approximately every 12-13 hours.  Take a second and let that sink in.  In the end times, knowledge is without a doubt increasing.  The question is, what will mankind do with all that knowledge?
“For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all perseverance and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.”  Colossians 1:9-12