The very first time Scripure records the blowing of the Shofar occurring was to herald Gods giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai (Exod. 19:16,19 and 20:18).
The Shofar was blown to usher in Feast of Trumpets. This was a call to Sabbath rest, a memorial of blowing trumpets, and marked the beginning of a ten-day period of self-examination and repentance culminating with the Day of Atonement (Num. 29:1).
The Shofar was blown to herald the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) to announce the Year of Jubilee. Every fifty years slaves were freed, debts were forgiven and land returned to the original owner Lev. 25:9-10 [verse 10 says, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants” and that is inscribed on the Liberty Bell.
Shofars were blown continually by seven priests before the Ark of the Covenant, as part of the battle plan to take the city of Jericho as the Israelites were entering the Promised Land (Josh. 6:4-20).
The Shofar was blown when a king was anointed (1 Kgs. 1:34, 39, 41; 2 Kgs. 9:13).
The Shofar was blown when the Israelites swore an oath of allegiance to YHVH (2 Chron. 15:14).
The Shofar was blown to rally the troops (Neh. 4:18, 20).
The Shofar was blown to call people to repentance or fasting (Isa. 58:1; Hos. 8:1; Joel 2:1)
The Shofar was blown to sound the alarm of war (Jer. 4:19, 21; 6:1; 17; 51:27; Joel 2:1, 15).
The Shofar was blown to sound the warning of danger (Amos 2:2; 3:6; Zeph. 1:16; Hos. 5:8, 8:1; Ezek. 33:2-9; Isa. 58:1). The sound of the Shofar is compared to a prophet’s voice.
The Shofar was blown by God himself (Zech. 9:14).
The Shofar was blown by the angels (Matt. 24:31; Rev. 8:2, 3; 9:1, 13-14; 10:7; 11:15).
The Shofar was blown to announce the coming of a Jewish bridegroom to fetch his betrothed — a picture of Yeshua returning for his Bride. All the righteous living and the righteous dead will receive glorified, resurrected bodies and will meet him in the air at the sound of the Shofar. (Compare Matt. 24:31; 25:6; 1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thes. 4:16; Rev. 11:15-18).
So we are told to set apart a day of blowing of Trumpets (Shofar) for a memorial or a day of remembering. Based on the use of trumpets in scripture we associate the blowing of Trumpets with the following…or idioms for this day. The events connected to the Feast of Trumpets are listed below:
1. The Time of Jacobs trouble
2. The Day of the Awakening Blast
3. The Day of Great Rejoicing
4. Yom HaDin/Day of Judgment/The Opening of the Books/Opening of the Gates
5. Yom HaKeseh (The Hidden Day)
6. Ha Kiddushin/Nesuin (Wedding of the Messiah)
7. Ha Melech (Coronation of the Messiah)
8. A Day of Remembrance
