Stop Guessing the Date, Stay Ready for the Trumpet

Intro: The Buzz About September 2025

Family, I know you’ve heard it. People are saying, “This is it! September 2025, Feast of Trumpets, Jesus is coming back!”

The internet is full of charts, timelines, guys with whiteboards, and red-circled calendars. It almost feels like a spiritual stock market prediction: “Buy now, sell now, Jesus comes in 30 days!”

But here’s what we’ve got to ask: Does the Bible actually say that? Or are we letting speculation replace revelation?

Because Jesus warned us about this exact thing. In Matthew 24:23, He said:

“If anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.”

So if someone says, “Look, September 2025! That’s the date!” Jesus already told us, don’t believe it.

1. Daniel’s Seventy Weeks, The Prophecy Already Fulfilled

Daniel 9 is where people run to. It talks about seventy weeks, seventy sevens, 490 years decreed for Israel.

• The first 69 weeks (483 years) run from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem up until the coming of the Messiah.

• Then the Messiah is “cut off,” that’s Jesus crucified.

That happened right on schedule. Daniel’s prophecy was fulfilled in the first coming of Jesus.

Now some people try to rip the “70th week” out and shove it into our timeline, pointing at September 2025. But Scripture does not do that. That is us forcing it.

Here’s the truth: Daniel’s prophecy is not a secret code for predicting Christ’s second coming, it was a timetable that confirmed His first coming.

2. The Feast of Trumpets, Symbol Not Schedule

The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is powerful. It is about shofar blasts, repentance, the new year. Paul tied trumpets to resurrection:

• “At the last trumpet… the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed” (1 Cor. 15:52).

• “The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout… and the trumpet of God” (1 Thess. 4:16).

That is why people connect the rapture to this feast. And yes, the trumpet is a symbol of God’s gathering of His people.

But notice, nowhere does Scripture say which year, which feast, which date.

Could He return on a Feast of Trumpets? Sure. But should we start marking calendars and buying plane tickets for September 2025? No. That is us trying to outsmart what God deliberately hid.

3. The Numbers Game, 2,550 Days & Israel’s 77 Years

Here is where folks get real fancy.

• “2,550 days in prophecy equals seven years plus extras. Let’s add that up.”

• “Israel was born in 1948. Add 77 years, you get 2025. See? That is it!”

Sounds clever. But let’s be honest, it is numerology with a Bible verse slapped on.

Numbers are cool, but numbers are not commands. If Israel had been reborn in 1947 instead of 1948, these same teachers would have made the numbers “work” anyway.

Do not let clever math make you forget clear Scripture.

4. The Rapture, Yes It Is Real But Do Not Twist It

Okay, big question, is the rapture even real?

The word “rapture” does not appear in English Bibles. But the Greek word harpazo—caught up—does.

1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 says:

• The Lord descends with a shout and a trumpet.

• The dead in Christ rise first.

• The living believers are caught up to meet Him in the air.

That is the rapture. Period. It is biblical.

But the timing? That is where people twist it.

• Some say before the tribulation.

• Some say in the middle.

• Some say at the end.

Paul never gave us a timeline. He just said it is going to happen. Jesus never gave us a date. He just said, “Stay ready.”

5. The Danger of False Alarms, Jesus’ Warning

This is where discernment comes in.

Jesus said in Matthew 24:23–26:

“If anyone says, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it… If they say, ‘He is in the desert,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.”

You know what that means in today’s language?

• “If anyone says, ‘Look, He’s coming September 2025!’ do not believe it.”

• “If anyone says, ‘Here’s the exact calendar date of the rapture’ do not believe it.”

Why? Because Jesus Himself said in verse 36:

“No one knows the day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

If angels do not know, if Jesus did not know during His earthly ministry, do you think some guy with a calculator on YouTube cracked the code?

Let’s use some discernment.

6. Why Discernment Matters

This is not just about being right or wrong on a date. This is about protecting faith.

Every time someone sets a date and it passes, what happens?

• People get disappointed.

• Some fall away from faith, thinking God failed.

• Unbelievers mock, “See, your Jesus did not show up again.”

False alarms weaken faith. That is why discernment matters. We do not chase hype, we cling to the Word.

Discernment means testing every spirit, every teaching, every YouTube prophecy, against the Word of God. And if it does not line up, we toss it.

7. So What Do We Do?

• We study prophecy faithfully.

• We stay watchful daily.

• We stay discerning, do not believe every voice that shouts “this is it!”

• And most of all, we live like Jesus could come back today.

Because guess what? He could. Or He could wait 100 years. Either way, if you are living ready, it does not matter.

8. Like a Thief in the Night

Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:2, “For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.”

And Jesus said the same thing in Matthew 24:43:

“But know this, if the homeowner had known at what time the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not let his house be broken into.”

Think about that for a second. Jesus used a thief analogy. If a thief sent you a text saying, “Hey man, I’ll be robbing your place at 3:15 a.m. sharp, Feast of Trumpets, September 2025,” you would be sitting there on the couch with your baseball bat, coffee brewing, waiting.

But that is the whole point. Thieves don’t announce their arrival. They come when you least expect it. And Jesus said His return will be just like that.

So here’s the issue with date-setting. If we claim we “know the day and the hour,” we are basically saying Jesus was wrong. We are turning the surprise visit into a scheduled event. And that completely contradicts His teaching.

The “thief in the night” imagery means one thing: stay ready all the time. Not just when YouTube prophets say to. Not just when September rolls around. All the time.

Because when that trumpet does blow, it will not matter if it is a Tuesday morning in April or a Feast of Trumpets in September. What will matter is this: were you ready when the door burst open?

Final Word

Jesus is not inviting us to be date predictors. He is inviting us to be faithful servants.

Not calendar watchers, but Christ followers.

Not guessing the thief’s schedule, but locking the door of our hearts and staying awake.

So let’s live ready, laugh at the hype, and cling to the hope. Because the truth is, the trumpet will sound one day, and when it does, I want to be caught living for Him, not chasing YouTube timelines.