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How to Keep the Feasts Spiritually

Understanding the Prophecy

Many believers today are asking an important question: How do we actually keep the biblical feasts?

In this teaching, Tom addresses that question by shifting the focus away from rigid outward rituals and toward spiritual understanding and prophetic meaning. The key insight is simple but profound:

You cannot properly keep a feast unless you understand what it represents.

The feasts are not just historical observances—they are prophetic appointments that reveal God’s plan of redemption, judgment, and final deliverance. Without understanding their typology, keeping them becomes empty routine. But with understanding, they become deeply transformative.

Using the fall feasts—especially the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) and the Day of Atonement—this teaching reveals that these appointed times point forward to the judgment before the Second Coming, not the Second Coming itself.

The Feast of Trumpets is presented as a warning alarm—a spiritual wake-up call announcing that judgment has begun. This aligns directly with the message of Book of Revelation 14:

  • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come…”

Rather than prescribing a checklist of physical actions, the teaching emphasizes:

  • Heart preparation over ritual performance
  • Repentance over routine
  • Alignment with God and others over outward observance

The feasts are ultimately about being ready—not just ceremonially, but spiritually.

Prophetic Insights

  • The Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is not just about literal trumpets—it represents a shouting or alarm, signaling the beginning of judgment.
  • The Three Angels’ Messages in Book of Revelation 14 function as the end-time fulfillment of this alarm, proclaiming judgment to the entire world.
  • Judgment occurs before the Second Coming, not at it—reshaping how we understand end-time events.
  • The 10 days between Trumpets and Atonement symbolize a period of soul-searching and preparation.
  • The Day of Atonement represents the close of judgment, after which the seven last plagues are poured out.
  • The feasts follow a prophetic sequence (a “clock”), culminating in deliverance—just as seen in the Exodus pattern.

Key Bible Texts

  • Leviticus 23:23–25 — The command for the Day of Trumpets
  • Book of Revelation 14:6–13 — The announcement of judgment
  • Gospel of Matthew 24:14 — The gospel preached to all nations
  • Book of Daniel 7:9–10 — The heavenly judgment scene
  • Book of Revelation 15 — The close of judgment and plagues
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13–14 — The conclusion: fear God and keep His commandments

Key Takeaways

  • The feasts are prophetic, not merely ceremonial
  • True observance begins with understanding their meaning
  • The Feast of Trumpets represents a warning: judgment has begun
  • The period before Atonement is a time for self-examination and repentance
  • Being right with others is essential to being right with God
  • The focus is not “what to do” externally, but who you are becoming internally
  • The ultimate goal is to be found on the right side of judgment

Related Teachings

  • How to Keep the Feasts (Practical Guide)

Timeline Connection

Feast of Trumpets → Announcement of Judgment Begins
10-Day Period → Time of Reflection / Preparation
Day of Atonement → Close of Judgment
Seven Last Plagues → Judgment Executed
Passover (Final Fulfillment) → Deliverance of God’s People