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Will you join us in praying for the salvation
of Israel and the Jewish people?
Rosh Hashanah
Sunset September 11 to Nightfall September 13
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year coinciding with the biblical Feast of Trumpets. Its central observance is blowing the shofar (ram’s horn), traditionally used to sound an alarm of awakening and gathering.
The prophetic weight of Rosh Hashanah/the Feast of Trumpets lies ahead. Paul writes that the Lord will return “with the sound of the trumpet of God” and “at the last trumpet…the dead will be raised imperishable.” (See 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Corinthians 15:52, and also Matthew 24:31.)
The redemptive thread here is unmistakable: God will one day call His people — both the remnant of Israel and those grafted in from the nations — to the final gathering. The trumpet is both warning and invitation. It awakens the sleeping and summons the ready. It is the sound of the King returning to claim what is His.
Yom Kippur
Sunset September 20 to Nightfall September 21
Ten days after Rosh Hashanah is the most solemn day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Leviticus 16 and 23:26–32 describe the Day of Atonement in meticulous detail. In biblical times, the high priest entered the Holy of Holies once a year with the blood of a substitute.
The prophetic significance of Yom Kippur has been partially fulfilled – through Yeshua (Jesus). Hebrews 9 and 10 describe how He made a once-and-for-all atonement for us, not through “the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:11–12).
Scripture also holds a future prophetic fulfillment of Yom Kippur for national Israel. Zechariah 12:10 speaks of a day when they will look upon the One they pierced and mourn as for an only son. Romans 11:25–27 anticipates the fullness of the Gentiles when “all Israel will be saved.”
The redemptive thread in Yom Kippur is the need and sufficiency of substitutionary atonement. God does not overlook sin; He covers it — and ultimately removes it — through the provision of a perfect sacrifice. It reminds every generation of both the gravity of sin and God’s staggering mercy — that forgiveness is costly and access to the Holy One is blood-bought. That the same Messiah who made atonement once for all will one day bring about the national turning of His people. Let’s pray into this together!
Let’s pray for Jewish people around the world — that they will
Here are six ways to pray this season:
Key prayer points from generation to generation
Where is Jewish Voice going next? We’re headed to Malawi to bring humanitarian aid in the form of medical, dental, and eye care to a Jewish community and their neighbors of all faiths. We’ll also be praying for and sharing the Gospel with those who come to our voluntary prayer room. Here are ways you can pray day by day for this Medical Outreach.
Discover why the Hebrew month of Elul is a key time to pray for Jewish people as they prepare for the Fall High Holy Days through reflection, repentance, and return to God.
We are headed to Central Zimbabwe for our summer Outreach, July 9–19. We have been to this region before, but it will be our first Outreach in this location since the local Lemba believing community, Messianic Jewish Voice Zimbabwe (MJVMZ), has taken leadership of services at Mposi Clinic, the site of JVMI’s very first Outreach to Zimbabwe.
