Does the Shofar have a place in Messianic or gentile Christian worship?
YES! Just as singing and the playing of modern musical instruments, drums, and tambourines, can enhance and ignite our worship experience, so can the Heavenly notes from a shofar bring us back to the days when Yeshua (Jesus) walked the earth! And, take us ahead to that time when He returns! Without question, Jesus responded to the call of the Shofar at the beginning of every Biblical Festival and Holy Day. And, when He comes again, it will be at the sound of the Shofar coming from Heaven. The command to blow the shofar is given over and over again in the Torah, and the Israelites have used it, with great meaning and reverence and purpose, for centuries. 10 REASONS Jews Blow the Shofar based on Rav Saadiah Gaon • Rosh Hashanah is the day that commemorates the creation of the world and it is described as the “coronation” of God. As it is customary to sound a trumpet at a king’s coronation, so we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. By blowing the shofar we recognize the “purpose” of the cre