“Wail, for the day of God is near; it will come like a sudden attack from the Almighty…. All hands will grow weak and every human heart will melt. They will be terrorized. Aches and pains will seize them; they will be in travail like a woman in childbirth…. Behold, the day of God is coming, a day of … burning anger, to make the land desolate, and He will annihilate its sinners from it” (Isaiah 13:6-9).
The shofar is about to blow, and maybe not just the shofar of Rosh Hashanah but the Shofar Gadol announcing the Final Redemption of Am Yisrael.
I believe we must go into 5769 with all our hearts, all our souls and all our resources dedicated to Our Father in Heaven. With any lesser commitment, I am afraid we may not be able to hang on for the ride.
God gives us a present at this time of year, a beautiful source of solace and encouragement as we enter the Halls of Judgment. He holds our hand, as it were, and whispers in our ears the precious words of His servant King David. Let us walk together toward judgment with these words echoing in our hearts:
“God is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?….When evildoers approach me to devour my flesh…it is they who stumble and fall…. Though an army would besiege me, my heart would not fear…. One thing I asked of God, that I shall seek: that I dwell in the House of God all the days of my life, to behold the sweetness of God and to contemplate in His Sanctuary. Indeed He will hide me in His shelter on the day of evil. He will conceal me … in His tent…. Strengthen yourself and He will give you courage, and hope to God” (Psalm 27).
With hope for the imminent Final Redemption, a sweet and fulfilling year to all.