This week's Torah portion includes Numbers 10. The first verses talk about two special trumpets which are not shofrot, they are chatsoserah, a totally different word which means silver (metallic) horns. Only the High Priest could authorize these chatsoserah to be blown for marching, new moons, and other specific things. In the NT, some sacred Name or Hebraic-ish bible translations use shofar for the horns being blown in NT prophecy. It's almost a certainty those are chatsoserah, not shofrot. A key difference is that we laypeople may own and blow shofrot. We will never have our lips touch the holy trumpets of the Temple or those in the New Testament.
When you consider decisions about new moons and such, do you consider authority? In Torah, authority trumps accuracy (no pun intended). If the Kohen Gadol says to go out, you go out. If the Kohen Gadol says it's the first day of the 3rd month, it's the first day of the 3rd month. Those of us in the west consider accuracy over authority because we are raised to be, effectively, sovereign in our lives. But in Torah, we do not have the authority to make certain decisions, they are reserved for the Kohen Gadol. In Yahweh's kingdom, we will be subjects, not sovereign people who need to be convinced. We will either obey or find ourselves out of the kingdom. We should also consider who have the authority to order the prophetic chatsoserah to be blown and take heed not to follow men, but to follow Yahweh and His Messiah, trusting that their timing is just, regardless of our perspectives. #shabbatshalom