School of Jesus Disciples REV 2:7
2010.10.09 08:59
School of Jesus Disciples REV 2:7
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Every Sunday 3:30 pm JD-class Email: peterkim123@sbcglobal.net Seeking to make disciples who make disciples.
“그러나 너는 모든 일에 근신하여 고난을 받으며 전도인의 일을 하며 네 직무를 다하라” But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. II Tim 4:5
Devotional to JDs - PART-I(제1부)
Jesus Christ will Come When The SEVENTH (LAST) Trumpet Sounds Loud and Long!
마지막(7번째) 나팔에 오시는 그리스도!
The trumpet is a common thread that ties the prophetic Holy Scriptures into one and gives us a clear view of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, so that we are not surprised by this event. ("But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief." 1 Thessalonians 5:4 NIV)
We get irrefutable confirmation concerning when the Bride of Christ will be gathered to Jesus Christ when we analyze the trumpets. Every single letter of the original Hebrew or Greek text in the Holy Word of God is inerrant, and thereby important. There are many places where a single word in a particular passage gives additional information that is not found anywhere else in the Holy Scriptures. An example of this truth is found in the trumpets referenced at Jesus Christ's Second Coming.
Matthew 24:31 (NIV) "And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other."
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet sound of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Corinthians 15:52 (NIV) in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Jesus Christ stated, referenced in the Book of Matthew, that the elect will be gathered with, "a loud trumpet call" - Matthew 24:31. The Apostle Paul, in perfect consistency, writes to the Thessalonians that we will be gathered at, "the trumpet call of God" - 1 Thessalonians 4:16. Paul gives additional information to the Corinthians stating that we will be gathered at the, "last trumpet" - 1 Corinthians 15:52.
John the Revelator further clarifies the Second Coming of Jesus Christ by revealing that Jesus Christ will begin His millennial reign on the earth at the time that the, "seventh angel sounded his trumpet" - Revelation 11:15.
Revelation 11:15 (NIV) The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."
There is no eighth trumpet referenced in the Holy Word of God! The seventh trumpet is the LAST trumpet! The seventh trumpet marks the consummation of the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period, and seven bowls judgments of God’s Wrath, and the King of kings, the Lamb’s Coming for the marriage supper of the Lamb, and then, the beginning of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ on this earth! Again, we can see a perfect consistency throughout the Holy Word of God, but have additional and more specific information given in some particular passages.
The fact that Jesus Christ will come to gether the saints from the earth when the LAST (seventh) trumpet sounds loud and long connects 1 Corinthians 15:50-57, Matthew chapter 24, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and Revelation 11:15 to the END of the Seven Year "covenant" Period with seven bowls judgments, then is also the END of the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period:
1 Corinthians 15:50-57 (NIV) I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Trumpets were used on many occasions for purposes that will also occur at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ:
To assemble the people
To proclaim a king
To go into battle
At times of rejoicing
To summon soldiers
To announce God
On the Day of Atonement
At the Jubilee
At the dedication of the Temple
In worship
In triumph
At the laying of the foundation of the Temple
When God came to His Temple
Leviticus 25:9-10 (NIV) Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. –Jubilee!
Numbers 10:1-10 (NIV) The LORD said to Moses: 2 "Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. 3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 4 If only one is sounded, the leaders--the heads of the clans of Israel--are to assemble before you.
5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out. 6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out. 7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal. 8 "The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.
9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies. 10 Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."
Judges 6:34 (NIV) Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.
2 Samuel 15:10 (NIV) Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.'"
1 Kings 1:34 (NIV) There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet and shout, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kings 1:39 (NIV) Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!"
2 Kings 9:13 (NIV) They hurried and took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet and shouted, "Jehu is king!"
1 Chronicles 16:42 (NIV) Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
N.B.> Jeduthun****
Singer who sang liturgical music along with Asaph and Heman before the ark in Jerusalem in the days of David (I Chr 16:41). His name appears in the superscription to Psalm 39 verse 1. He is called a seer (II Chr 35:15). His sons were "keepers of the gate" (I Chr 16:42). Jeduthun and his six sons were assigned the role of "prophesy with harps, stringed instruments and cymbals" (I Chr 25:1, 3, 6). They and the other musical guilds mentioned in I Chronicles chapter 25 performed music at the dedication of Solomon's Temple. According to II Chronicles 5:12 it is asserted that they were Levites.
A descendant of Jeduthun named Abda or Obadiah was among the first to return to Judah from Babylonia after the promulgation of the Edict of Cyrus (I Chr 9:16; Neh 11:17).
Jeduthun also seems to be the name of a musical instrument, for the name appears in the formula "for the leader of the music upon a Jeduthun" (Ps 62:1; 77:1). Since in all other cases in the Bible Jeduthun is a musician, it has been suggested that these references (and possibly 39:1) denote a type of harp, flute or drum originated by Jeduthun. ****
Concordance
I Chr 9:16; 16:38, 41-42; 25:1, 3, 6. II Chr 5:12; 29:14; 35:15. Neh 11:17
2 Chronicles 15:12-14 (NIV) They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. 13 All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. 14 They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
2 Chronicles 7:6 (NIV) The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord's musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the LORD and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever." Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
2 Chronicles 20:28 (NIV) They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the LORD with harps and lutes and trumpets.
Ezra 3:10-11 (NIV) When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel. 11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: "He is good; his love to Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Nehemiah 4:18-20 (NIV) and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me. 19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. 20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!"
When God descended to Mount Sinai in Egypt, it was a fore-glimpse of Jesus Christ descending at His Second Coming.
Exodus 19:13 (NIV) He shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on him. Whether man or animal, he shall not be permitted to live.' Only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast may they go up to the mountain."
Exodus 19:16 (NIV) On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:19 (NIV) and the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.
Leviticus 25:8-10 (NIV) "'Count off seven sabbaths of years--seven times seven years--so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty-nine years.
9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. – Jubilee!
Isaiah 27:12-13 (NIV) In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one. 13 And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Joel 2:1 (NIV) Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand--
Zephaniah 1:15-16 (NIV) That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 16 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.
Zechariah 9:14 (NIV) Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south,
(8)만일 나팔이 분명치 못한 소리를 내면 누가 전쟁을 예비하리요 (8)For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle.
I Cor 14:8
The Trumpet of God
Contents
·The Trumpet of God
oThe Feast of Trumpets
oTrumpets in the Temple
oTrumpets as an Intrument of War
oTrumpets for Warning/Announcement
oTrumpets in the Book of Revelations
oThe Trumpet of God
oThe Little Horn of the Antimessiah
Blow a trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly. Joel 2:15
[욜 2:13-욜 2:13]
(13)너희는 옷을 찢지 말고 마음을 찢고 너희 하나님 여호와께로 돌아올지어다 그는 은혜로우시며 자비로우시며 노하기를 더디하시며 인애가 크시사 뜻을 돌이켜 재앙을 내리지 아니하시나니
(13)And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
(15)너희는 시온에서 나팔을 불어 거룩한 금식일을 정하고 성회를 선고하고 (15)Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly.
(23)시온의 자녀들아 너희는 너희 하나님 여호와로 인하여 기뻐하며 즐거워할지어다 그가 너희를 위하여 비를 내리시되 이른 비를 너희에게 적당하게 주시리니 이른 비와 늦은 비가 전과 같을 것이라
(23)Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Joel 2:13,15,23
The sound of a trumpet herald is recognized by all as the sound of announcement or alarm. The trumpet is actually an instrument of war. From ancient times to the present day, armies have used a horn or trumpet to send messages above the sound of battle.
The sound of a trumpet or a horn is able to pierce its surroundings, to be heard above all other sounds. Something about its tone is recognized and distinguished from all others. It is no surprise then to discover that the Lord has used the sound of a trumpet and a horn to communicate many aspects of our faith.
In fact, the Lord has instructed us to observe the Feast of Trumpets, a day of sounding trumpets (Yom Teruah). On the first of Tishri in the late summer, the Lord calls us to join Him in a Holy Convocation (an assembly) to hear the sound of the shofar (ram’s horn).
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "In the seventh month on the first of the month, you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." Leviticus 23:24
Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. Numbers 29:1
The sounding of shofars and trumpets begins the 10 days of awe leading to the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). It is said that the last trumpet is sounded on the Day of Atonement concluding what was begun on the Feast of Trumpets.
The Feast of Trumpets is also referred to as Rosh HaShanah (Jewish New Year). It seems paradoxical since 1 Nisan in the springtime is called the head of months, but 1 Tishri is called the turn of the year. Trumpets are sounded to begin anew not only the new year, but a time of repentance (beginning anew again).
The Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is a time to sound all of the blasts of the horn, which include the tekiah, teruah, shevarim, and the tekiah hagadol. The tekiah is a short two-note blast; it designates a call to attention or the sound to gather. The teruah is a wavering tone similar to three tekiahs together. The word "teruah" is actually sounding out phonetically the wavering tone. The teruah is a reminder of the cry of a widow or an orphan. We are to be reminded of those who need our help as we hear this trumpet blast.
The shevarim is a series of short staccato blasts (usually nine in number) that is a call to battle. It is like the General Quarters alarm for a battle. The final blast of the trumpet is the tekiah hagadol (the great blast). It is like a tekiah but it is held in a long blow as long as the trumpeter can give. It does not drift off at the end but instead hits an even higher note at the conclusion.
This blast is considered to be the trumpet of the Lord. This is the blast that was heard at Mount Sinai when the Lord gave the Ten Commandments and the Torah. It is also expected that this blast will be at the end of the ages when the Lord returns with the resurrection /rapture of the saints.
Actually, there is a distinction with the Lord between trumpets and horns. Trumpets are actually made of metal to be instruments. A horn is the actual horn of an animal hollowed out to form a horn for sounding. Moses was instructed to make two silver trumpets along with the furnishings for the tabernacle. These were the trumpets of the temple.
The ram’s horn dates back much earlier. The ram that was caught in the thicket by his horns was the actual sacrifice offered by Abraham and Isaac. Thus the sounding of a ram’s horn is a reminder of that offering. The horn cannot be heard unless the ram has been slain and offered.
Today, the sound of a ram’s horn is well known among messianic brethren.
Trumpets in the Temple
Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Numbers 10:2
In the wilderness beginning with the tabernacle, the sounding of the silver trumpets is the most ancient evidence available explaining how trumpets summoned and directed the people. While both trumpets would summon all the people to the tent of meeting, a single trumpet was used to summon the leaders of the tribes. Depending on which flank was involved, a different trumpet call would alarm the camp. The job of sounding these trumpets was given to the priests.
The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
Numbers 10:8
The very earliest festivals also began with trumpet calls as part of the festival.
Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God. Numbers 10:10
[민 10:9-민 10:10]
(9)또 너희 땅에서 너희가 자기를 압박하는 대적을 치러 나갈 때에는 나팔을 울려 불지니 그리하면 너희 하나님 여호와가 너희를 기억하고 너희를 너희 대적에게서 구원하리라
(9)And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
(10)또 너희 희락의 날과 너희 정한 절기와 월삭에는 번제물의 위에와 화목제물의 위에 나팔을 불라 그로 말미암아 너희 하나님이 너희를 기억하리라 나는 너희 하나님 여호와니라
(10)Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
Num 10:9-10
By the time the permanent temple location in Jerusalem was determined, David assembled not only the materials but also the musicians and their instruments for worship in the temple.
And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and with trumpets. I Chronicles 13:8
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres.
I Chronicles 15:28
We can only imagine what the musical part of the worship was like in the temple. King David was himself a musician and sought to enhance and promote music in the temple. By the time that King Solomon dedicated the temple in Jerusalem, music was a central part of the proceedings with the Lord’s participation.
…in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, "He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,
II Chronicles 5:13
The Psalms are worship tunes used in the temple. While we do not yet know the melodies played, we do have the inspiring words. One in particular addresses how the trumpet and the shofar were dynamically used in the temple service.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.
Psalms 98:6
There is another reference to trumpets in the temple but from a metaphoric point of view. The giving of money (terumah) was also common in the temple service but it was done in a unique way. They did not pass a plate or hat; there was no special ceremony to make a monetary offering; this type of giving was to be made privately and discretely. This was accomplished by a set of temple trumpets placed in the Court of Women to allow passersby to give their gifts in a discrete way.
The containers that received these gifts were made of clay, shaped like the bell of a trumpet. The base was large and round at the bottom rising up to a narrow neck at the top. Sitting on the ground, they looked like large trumpets standing upright from the bell. They were thus called the temple trumpets.
The narrow opening at the top would allow a giver to insert his gift, but the narrow neck prevented a hand from reaching further to retrieve anything. Their size also prevented them from being snatched and carried away. However, not everyone offered their terumah in a discrete way. Some made a spectacle of their gifts to draw attention to themselves. The Messiah and His disciples discussed this:
When therefore you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matthew 6:2
In the Hebrew, Yeshua was playing on the phonics of the two words terumah (offering) and teruah (trumpet). "When you give a terumah don’t pick up the temple trumpets and try to sound a teruah. In the actual language, I’m sure they had a chuckle to go along with the lesson on haughtiness, but this indicates how powerful the subject of trumpets was in the temple service.
There is another metaphor of sorts associated with the "horns" in the temple service. Again, a horn is an instrument made from the horn of an animal. It is sounded to proclaim announcements and warnings. Shofars were carried and sounded in front of a procession of the Ark of the Covenant. But God also instructed that the altar was to have horns placed on the corners.
And you shall make its [the fire altar] horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 27:2
Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.
Exodus 37:25
These horns were placed both on the fire altar and the golden altar. While the fire altar for sacrifices was outside while the golden altar of incense was inside the sanctuary. These horns did not serve any great function except to make the surface of the altar to be distinct from any point of view. There are minor references to a man clinging to the altar by the horns or binding something to the altar by way of the horns,
but none of these truly explain the command from the Lord to have horns on the altar. We are left with this interesting metaphor that the "horns" of the altar sound the sacrifice offering (terumah) before the Lord. These are the true trumpets a holy man wants "sounded" when he offers his gift to the Lord.
A horn was also an ideal container for anointing oil in the temple.
Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
I Kings 1:39
American frontiersmen used to carry their gun powder in a horn to keep it dry. This is also where we get the expression blowing a bull horn. However, shofars and the horns used by Israel were never bulls’ horns. All shofars are made from the curved horns of an ibex ram. The reason dates back to the sin of the golden calf in the wilderness. Therefore Israel does not use the horns of a bull–it is too much of a reminder of their previous mistake. A bull horn was never to be sounded in the temple.
Trumpets as an Intrument of War
And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 10:9
In the wilderness the silver trumpets were the alarm signal for men to assemble at the perimeter of the camp. It was also a request from the people for the Lord to go out to face their enemies. This latter statement speaks to the spiritual aspect of godly courage.
Anytime that men must assemble to go to battle two very powerful elements face each other–fear and courage. The sounding of a trumpet in battle is supposed to make a soldier’s courage stronger than his fear. It is also used against the enemy to cause fear to be greater than his courage to fight.
In ancient times, and still to this day, the sound of a trumpet charge is "bone-chilling" if you are the target of the charge. We have a profound example of this in the famous story of Joshua’s battle for Jericho. As you will recall, Israel walked around the walls of Jericho seven days blowing shofars until the seventh day when the walls came tumbling down.
Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
Joshua 6:4
So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and it came about, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:20
There is no question that trumpets played a major part in the capture of Jericho. Some have said that the resonance of the trumpets and the vibrations of the walking may have weakened the wall structure for the collapse, but this has never been duplicated. Another battle between the Israelites and Midianites is much more understandable. It, too, involved trumpets.
Gideon was instructed by the Lord to assemble a very small force (by ancient standards) to fight the Midianites. He used only three hundred men and armed each of them with a trumpet and a lamp. In ancient times, it was common for a group of armed men to have one trumpet and one lamp for every 1000 armed soldiers. Therefore, Gideon’s 300 men in the nighttime appeared to be 300,000 troops.
And he divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Judges 7:16
Gideon then gave instructions for the men to be divided into three groups surrounding the camp of the Midianites.
When I and all who are with me blow the trumpet, then you also blow the trumpets all around the camp, and say, "For the Lord and for Gideon."
Judges 7:18
The appropriate time came for Gideon’s plan to be implemented.
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, "A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!"
Judges 7:19-20
In the darkness the surprised Midianites thought they were surrounded by 300,000 troops. In their panicked attempts to escape they actually attacked each other in the night, resulting in a great victory for Gideon. The sounding of the trumpets was crucial. Not only did it awaken the enemy still in a stupor but it incited panic and fear in their hearts. The Midianites were destroyed by their own fear. This same fear is referred to by the prophet Amos.
If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
Amos 3:6
This is the same "fear" referenced for a future battle to come – the Day of the Lord.
A day of trumpet and battle cry, against the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
Zepheniah 1:16
Trumpets for Warning/Announcement
The sounding of a trumpet is not always to incite fear. More often, the sounding of the trumpet is to raise awareness of impending danger or the clear announcement of an event. This the nature of the instructions given by the prophet Ezekiel when he explained the duties of the watchman to those who would hear his warning.
…then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.
Ezekiel 33:4-6
In this instruction, the watchman is told that he must sound the trumpet alarm to warn the people. If he fails to sound the alarm, he will be held accountable. If he does sound the alarm, the accountability falls to those who did not heed the alarm.
Trumpets are also used to make announcements or to draw attention to something happening or being said. This is the case for the Apostle John in his account in the book of Revelations.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
Revelation 1:10
Many believe that the revelator in the book of Revelations was Yeshua the Messiah. When John turned he saw the Messiah. But on closer examination, it is clear that the angel who showed John those things was not the Messiah Himself, he was an angel that had the voice like a trumpet, meaning that his voice commanded John’s attention, just as a trumpet gets our attention.
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."
Revelation 4:1
This is not the only reference to trumpets in the book of Revelations. This is only an example of how the meaning of trumpets commanded John’s attention and our resulting attention to what John wrote in the book.
Trumpets in the Book of Revelations
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God; and seven trumpets were given to them. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
Revelation 8:2-6
The book of Revelations lists three major groupings of God’s judgments: seals with four horsemen, trumpet judgments, and bowls of plagues. In this article we are concerned with the trumpet judgments.
The seven trumpet judgments are as follows - **(1/3)
1. A third of trees and all grass is burned
2. A mountain is thrown into the sea with a third of the sea destroyed
3. A star falls destroying a third of fresh waters
4. A third of the atmosphere is darkened from the sun, moon, and stars
5. First Woe: A star strikes the earth causing darkness and demons
6. Second Woe: the death of 1/3 of mankind in a single hour, day, month, and year
7. Third Woe: Wrath and Reward – the Day of the Lord.
In simple terms, the trumpets of Revelations are called the one-third judgments. But before we leave this list, we should take note of how the sixth angel is sounded. - 6th Trumphet
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they might kill a third of mankind.
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Revelation 9:13-18
This is a comparable judgment to the fourth seal where one-fourth of mankind dies as result of war and pestilence. This judgment, however, comes upon mankind in one hour. There is only one weapon that can produce such destruction – thermonuclear war. Did you take note of how the judgment is first pronounced?
… from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God
As suggested earlier, the horns of the altar are used to make a sound. They are not just ornamental in appearance.
The last three trumpet judgments are characterized as the "three woes" for added emphasis. They are heralded by an eagle in flight.
And I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"
Revelation 8:13
There are very few things in this world that compare to the sound of a trumpet for its ability to make an announcement. One is the territorial roar of a lion (heard for up to five miles away) and the screech of an eagle high in the sky (heard from great distances).
The Trumpet of God
At Mount Sinai, Moses was instructed to prepare the people for the Lord to come down on the mountain and speak to the people. The Lord used the sound of a ram’s horn both to gather and to warn the people at the same time. It was imperative that the people not touch any part of the mountain, but to only assemble at the base.
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live. When the ram's horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.
Exodus 19:13
It was at Mount Sinai that when God spoke many rocks split and fell from the mountain, thus the warning against touching or being close to the mountain. The book of Hebrews references this event and gives emphasis to the sounding of the trumpet along with God’s actual spoken words.
…and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word should be spoken to them.
Hebrews 12:19
This is the context for the prophet Joel to prepare us for the Lord’s return and His coming down to us.
Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near,
Joel 2:1
When we remember the story of the shofar and the voice of God at Mount Sinai, we tend to under-appreciate what really happened. We tend to imagine an angel blowing the trumpet and then God speaking the ten commandments. However, the Scripture elsewhere tries to give us a better understanding.
First, it wasn’t an angel that sounded the trumpet; it was the Lord Himself! The account of Exodus does not say that any angel blew the horn; instead, the trumpet is sounded with lightning, thunder, and quaking. The Scripture says that the trumpet grew louder and louder.
So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder. And the Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Exodus 19:16-20
The trumpet sounds kept the people from advancing onto the mountain. Moses went up and came down to ensure that no one was on the mountain. Then God spoke the ten commandments. The sound of the trumpet and God’s voice completely unnerved the people. They were full of fear for their lives.
God’s Trumphet Sound -
At the end of the ages the Lord will return in similar fashion, with the sound of a trumpet and God’s voice (the seven thunders). The prophet Zechariah is very specific about how the Lord will accomplish His return just as when He came down to Mount Sinai. Zechariah clearly says that God Himself will be blowing the trumpet at His return.
Then the Lord will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord God will blow the trumpet, and will march in the storm winds of the south.
Zechariah 9:14
The Messiah’s description of this same event clearly states that the angels will be doing something else while the trumpet is blown, thus leaving the question, who is blowing the great trumpet?
And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Matthew 24:31
The Apostle Paul repeats this sequence.
…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
I Corinthians 15:52
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Messiah shall rise first.
I Thessalonians 4:16
What makes a trumpet to be the Trumpet of God? You could also ask what makes a lamb to be the Lamb of God? It is obvious, the Lamb of God is the offering of God Himself. In the same way, the Trumpet of God is the trumpet blown by God Himself.
The Little Horn of the Antimessiah
Before we leave this subject completely, we need to address one last point about the subject of trumpets and horns. Our enemy, Ha Satan, likes to imitate and try to steal the glory of the Lord for himself. The same can be said for the symbolism and use of trumpets and horns. In fact, the prophet Daniel characterizes the work of the antimessiah as a little horn springing up to make trouble.
While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth uttering great boasts.
Daniel 7:8
The foremost prophecy of the antimessiah deals with how he comes to power. He apparently rises in the midst of ten kings, defeating three while seven relinquish their power to him.
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.
Daniel 7:24
The book of Revelations repeats this prophecy but adds a bit more detail. It details a riddle about ten horns (ten kings) with seven heads (seven historical kings) serving as the governmental base for the little horn (the beast) to rise out of to power.
And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
Revelation 17:12
Trumpets and horns are used as fanfares to announce kings. The antimessiah has his own fanfare of sorts to announce his arrival (the ten kings). I am certain that when the antimessiah comes to power, and I believe we will see it happen soon enough, then we be affected by his trumpets–they may even instill a sense of fear and awe within us. That is when the words of the Psalmist will have their greatest effect.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalms 18:2
The horn of my salvation is the one He sounds Himself. We sound trumpets and shofars now to prepare people for the trumpet that will be sounded. In that day, the Lord will sound the Trumpet of God.
As you approach the season of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles, I encourage you to participate fully. Give attention to when the shofar is sounded it has much to say to us. – from Lion and Lamb Ministries
The Word -Trumphet
(마 24:31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
(고전 14:8) For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
(고전 15:51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(고전 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
[살전 4:16-살전 4:16]
(16)주께서 호령과 천사장의 소리와 하나님의 나팔로 친히 하늘로 좇아 강림하시리니 그리스도 안에서 죽은 자들이 먼저 일어나고
(16)For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: I Thess 4:16
(히 12:19) And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
(계 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
(계 4:1) After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
(계 8:2) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
(계 8:6) And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
(계 8:7) The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
(계 8:8) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
(계 8:10) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
(계 8:12) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
(계 8:13) And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
(계 9:1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
(계 9:13) And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
(계 9:14) Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
7th Trumphet -
(계 10:7) But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
(계 11:15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
[계 11:18-계 11:19]
(18)이방들이 분노하매 주의 진노가 임하여 죽은 자를 심판하시며 종 선지자들과 성도들과 또 무론대소하고 주의 이름을 경외하는 자들에게 상 주시며 또 땅을 망하게 하는 자들을 멸망시키실 때로소이다 하더라
(18)And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
(19)이에 하늘에 있는 하나님의 성전이 열리니 성전 안에 하나님의 언약궤가 보이며 또 번개와 음성들과 뇌성과 지진과 큰 우박이 있더라
(19)And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Rev 11:18-19
BENEATH THE CROSS OF JESUS
Words: Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1868, Music: St. Christopher, Frederick C. Maker, 1881
Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.
2.O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet,
O trysting place where Heaven’s love and Heaven’s justice meet!
As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was given,
So seems my Savior’s cross to me, a ladder up to heaven.
3.There lies beneath its shadow but on the further side
The darkness of an awful grave that gapes both deep and wide
And there between us stands the cross two arms outstretched to save
A watchman set to guard the way from that eternal grave.
4.Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me;
And from my stricken heart with tears two wonders I confess;
The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.
5.I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by to know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.
FORWARDS - PIC 6-25- from Pastor Kang, Thanks.
想起하자 6.25 戰爭(옮겨온 사진 자료입니다)
想起하자 6.25 戰爭 (1)
1950. 6. 18. 6.25 전쟁 발발 일주일 전 의정부 북방 38 접경에서
미 국무장관 덜레스(가운데) 일행이
38선 너머 북쪽을 살피고 있다(덜레스 오른쪽 신성모 국방장관)
1950.6.25 공산군의 기습남침
1950.6.28 서울시내의 인민군
1950.6.28 서울시내의 인민군
유엔기를 수령하는 맥아더장군
1950. 7. 26. 맥아더 장군이 전선을 시찰하는 중, 종군기자들의 질문에
답하고 있다. 오른쪽 워커 장군.
1950. 8. 18. 백선엽 장군(가운데)이
미군과 함께 작전을 세우고 있다.
남하하는 피난민 행열
융단 폭격으로 초토가 된 경북 왜관
1950. 8. 15. 창녕 남지철교. 국군의 최후 방어선으로 핏빛으로
강물이 물들 만큼 피아 엄청난 희생을 치렀던 격전의 현장이었다
철원 노동당사
1950. 8. 15. 이승만 대통령과 신성모 국방장관이
8.15 경축식을 끝낸 후
임시 국회의사당인 문화극장을 떠나고 있다.
1950.9. 15. 인천상륙작전을 함상에서 진두 지휘하는 맥아더 장군
1950.9.15 인천상륙작전
1950.9.15 인천상륙작전
1950. 9. 15. 인천 월미도로 상륙하는 함정들
1950. 9. 16. 인천부두로 상륙하는 맥아더 장군
1950. 9. 23. 서울 탈환을 눈앞에 둔 노량진에서 바라본
끊어진 한강 철교
1950. 9. 25. 한강 도하 작전
1950. 9. 27. 미군 전차가 서울 시내
중심가로 들어오고 있다
1950. 9. 27. 경인가도에서 국군 수복을 환영하는
흰옷 입은 사람들이 태극기를 흔들고 있다
서울 시가전
1950.9.28 중앙청에 태극기 계양하는 해병대용사들
1950. 9. 29. 태극기 펄럭이는 중앙청
1950. 9. 29. 서울 탈환 환영대회 직전의 중앙청 홀
이승만 대통령 내외와 맥아더 장군
1950. 9. 29. 연설하는 이승만 대통령
6.25의 노래
1 아 아 잊으랴 어찌 우리 이 날을
조국을 원수들이 짖밟아 오던 날을
맨 주먹 붉은 피로 원수를 막아내어
발을 굴러 땅을 치며 의분에 떤 날을
이제야 갚으리 그날의 원수를
쫓기는 적의 무리 쫓고 또 쫓아
원수의 하나까지 쳐서 무찔러
이제야 빛내리 이 나라 이겨레
2 아 아 잊으랴 어찌우리 이날을
불의의 역도들을 멧도적 오랑캐를
하늘의 힘을빌어 모조리 쳐부숴
흘려온 갚진피의 원한을 풀으리.
이제야 갚으리 그날의 원수를
쫓기는 적의무리 쫓고 또 쫓아
원수의 하나까지 쳐서 무찔러
이제야 빛내리 이나라 이겨레
3 아 아 잊으랴 어찌우리 이날을
정의는 이기는 것 이기고야 마는 것
자유를 위하여서 싸우고 또 싸워
다시는 이런 날이 오지 않게하리
이제야 갚으리 그날의 원수를
?기는 적의 무리 ?고 또 ?아
원수의 하나까지 쳐서 무찔러
이제야 빛내리 이나라 이겨레
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“그러나 너는 모든 일에 근신하여 고난을 받으며 전도인의 일을 하며 네 직무를 다하라” But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. II Tim 4:5
Devotional to JDs - PART-I(제1부)
Jesus Christ will Come When The SEVENTH (LAST) Trumpet Sounds Loud and Long!
마지막(7번째) 나팔에 오시는 그리스도!
The trumpet is a common thread that ties the prophetic Holy Scriptures into one and gives us a clear view of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, so that we are not surprised by this event. ("But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief." 1 Thessalonians 5:4 NIV)
We get irrefutable confirmation concerning when the Bride of Christ will be gathered to Jesus Christ when we analyze the trumpets. Every single letter of the original Hebrew or Greek text in the Holy Word of God is inerrant, and thereby important. There are many places where a single word in a particular passage gives additional information that is not found anywhere else in the Holy Scriptures. An example of this truth is found in the trumpets referenced at Jesus Christ's Second Coming.
Matthew 24:31 (NIV) "And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other."
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet sound of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Corinthians 15:52 (NIV) in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Jesus Christ stated, referenced in the Book of Matthew, that the elect will be gathered with, "a loud trumpet call" - Matthew 24:31. The Apostle Paul, in perfect consistency, writes to the Thessalonians that we will be gathered at, "the trumpet call of God" - 1 Thessalonians 4:16. Paul gives additional information to the Corinthians stating that we will be gathered at the, "last trumpet" - 1 Corinthians 15:52.
John the Revelator further clarifies the Second Coming of Jesus Christ by revealing that Jesus Christ will begin His millennial reign on the earth at the time that the, "seventh angel sounded his trumpet" - Revelation 11:15.
Revelation 11:15 (NIV) The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."
There is no eighth trumpet referenced in the Holy Word of God! The seventh trumpet is the LAST trumpet! The seventh trumpet marks the consummation of the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period, and seven bowls judgments of God’s Wrath, and the King of kings, the Lamb’s Coming for the marriage supper of the Lamb, and then, the beginning of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ on this earth! Again, we can see a perfect consistency throughout the Holy Word of God, but have additional and more specific information given in some particular passages.
The fact that Jesus Christ will come to gether the saints from the earth when the LAST (seventh) trumpet sounds loud and long connects 1 Corinthians 15:50-57, Matthew chapter 24, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and Revelation 11:15 to the END of the Seven Year "covenant" Period with seven bowls judgments, then is also the END of the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period:
1 Corinthians 15:50-57 (NIV) I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Trumpets were used on many occasions for purposes that will also occur at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ:
To assemble the people
To proclaim a king
To go into battle
At times of rejoicing
To summon soldiers
To announce God
On the Day of Atonement
At the Jubilee
At the dedication of the Temple
In worship
In triumph
At the laying of the foundation of the Temple
When God came to His Temple
Leviticus 25:9-10 (NIV) Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. –Jubilee!
Numbers 10:1-10 (NIV) The LORD said to Moses: 2 "Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. 3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 4 If only one is sounded, the leaders--the heads of the clans of Israel--are to assemble before you.
5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out. 6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out. 7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal. 8 "The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.
9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies. 10 Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."
Judges 6:34 (NIV) Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.
2 Samuel 15:10 (NIV) Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.'"
1 Kings 1:34 (NIV) There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet and shout, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kings 1:39 (NIV) Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!"
2 Kings 9:13 (NIV) They hurried and took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet and shouted, "Jehu is king!"
1 Chronicles 16:42 (NIV) Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
N.B.> Jeduthun****
Singer who sang liturgical music along with Asaph and Heman before the ark in Jerusalem in the days of David (I Chr 16:41). His name appears in the superscription to Psalm 39 verse 1. He is called a seer (II Chr 35:15). His sons were "keepers of the gate" (I Chr 16:42). Jeduthun and his six sons were assigned the role of "prophesy with harps, stringed instruments and cymbals" (I Chr 25:1, 3, 6). They and the other musical guilds mentioned in I Chronicles chapter 25 performed music at the dedication of Solomon's Temple. According to II Chronicles 5:12 it is asserted that they were Levites.
A descendant of Jeduthun named Abda or Obadiah was among the first to return to Judah from Babylonia after the promulgation of the Edict of Cyrus (I Chr 9:16; Neh 11:17).
Jeduthun also seems to be the name of a musical instrument, for the name appears in the formula "for the leader of the music upon a Jeduthun" (Ps 62:1; 77:1). Since in all other cases in the Bible Jeduthun is a musician, it has been suggested that these references (and possibly 39:1) denote a type of harp, flute or drum originated by Jeduthun. ****
Concordance
I Chr 9:16; 16:38, 41-42; 25:1, 3, 6. II Chr 5:12; 29:14; 35:15. Neh 11:17
2 Chronicles 15:12-14 (NIV) They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. 13 All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. 14 They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
2 Chronicles 7:6 (NIV) The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord's musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the LORD and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever." Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
2 Chronicles 20:28 (NIV) They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the LORD with harps and lutes and trumpets.
Ezra 3:10-11 (NIV) When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel. 11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: "He is good; his love to Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Nehemiah 4:18-20 (NIV) and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me. 19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. 20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!"
When God descended to Mount Sinai in Egypt, it was a fore-glimpse of Jesus Christ descending at His Second Coming.
Exodus 19:13 (NIV) He shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on him. Whether man or animal, he shall not be permitted to live.' Only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast may they go up to the mountain."
Exodus 19:16 (NIV) On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:19 (NIV) and the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.
Leviticus 25:8-10 (NIV) "'Count off seven sabbaths of years--seven times seven years--so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty-nine years.
9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. – Jubilee!
Isaiah 27:12-13 (NIV) In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one. 13 And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Joel 2:1 (NIV) Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand--
Zephaniah 1:15-16 (NIV) That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 16 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.
Zechariah 9:14 (NIV) Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south,
(8)만일 나팔이 분명치 못한 소리를 내면 누가 전쟁을 예비하리요 (8)For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle.
I Cor 14:8
The Trumpet of God
Contents
·The Trumpet of God
oThe Feast of Trumpets
oTrumpets in the Temple
oTrumpets as an Intrument of War
oTrumpets for Warning/Announcement
oTrumpets in the Book of Revelations
oThe Trumpet of God
oThe Little Horn of the Antimessiah
Blow a trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly. Joel 2:15
[욜 2:13-욜 2:13]
(13)너희는 옷을 찢지 말고 마음을 찢고 너희 하나님 여호와께로 돌아올지어다 그는 은혜로우시며 자비로우시며 노하기를 더디하시며 인애가 크시사 뜻을 돌이켜 재앙을 내리지 아니하시나니
(13)And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
(15)너희는 시온에서 나팔을 불어 거룩한 금식일을 정하고 성회를 선고하고 (15)Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly.
(23)시온의 자녀들아 너희는 너희 하나님 여호와로 인하여 기뻐하며 즐거워할지어다 그가 너희를 위하여 비를 내리시되 이른 비를 너희에게 적당하게 주시리니 이른 비와 늦은 비가 전과 같을 것이라
(23)Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Joel 2:13,15,23
The sound of a trumpet herald is recognized by all as the sound of announcement or alarm. The trumpet is actually an instrument of war. From ancient times to the present day, armies have used a horn or trumpet to send messages above the sound of battle.
The sound of a trumpet or a horn is able to pierce its surroundings, to be heard above all other sounds. Something about its tone is recognized and distinguished from all others. It is no surprise then to discover that the Lord has used the sound of a trumpet and a horn to communicate many aspects of our faith.
In fact, the Lord has instructed us to observe the Feast of Trumpets, a day of sounding trumpets (Yom Teruah). On the first of Tishri in the late summer, the Lord calls us to join Him in a Holy Convocation (an assembly) to hear the sound of the shofar (ram’s horn).
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "In the seventh month on the first of the month, you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." Leviticus 23:24
Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. Numbers 29:1
The sounding of shofars and trumpets begins the 10 days of awe leading to the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). It is said that the last trumpet is sounded on the Day of Atonement concluding what was begun on the Feast of Trumpets.
The Feast of Trumpets is also referred to as Rosh HaShanah (Jewish New Year). It seems paradoxical since 1 Nisan in the springtime is called the head of months, but 1 Tishri is called the turn of the year. Trumpets are sounded to begin anew not only the new year, but a time of repentance (beginning anew again).
The Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is a time to sound all of the blasts of the horn, which include the tekiah, teruah, shevarim, and the tekiah hagadol. The tekiah is a short two-note blast; it designates a call to attention or the sound to gather. The teruah is a wavering tone similar to three tekiahs together. The word "teruah" is actually sounding out phonetically the wavering tone. The teruah is a reminder of the cry of a widow or an orphan. We are to be reminded of those who need our help as we hear this trumpet blast.
The shevarim is a series of short staccato blasts (usually nine in number) that is a call to battle. It is like the General Quarters alarm for a battle. The final blast of the trumpet is the tekiah hagadol (the great blast). It is like a tekiah but it is held in a long blow as long as the trumpeter can give. It does not drift off at the end but instead hits an even higher note at the conclusion.
This blast is considered to be the trumpet of the Lord. This is the blast that was heard at Mount Sinai when the Lord gave the Ten Commandments and the Torah. It is also expected that this blast will be at the end of the ages when the Lord returns with the resurrection /rapture of the saints.
Actually, there is a distinction with the Lord between trumpets and horns. Trumpets are actually made of metal to be instruments. A horn is the actual horn of an animal hollowed out to form a horn for sounding. Moses was instructed to make two silver trumpets along with the furnishings for the tabernacle. These were the trumpets of the temple.
The ram’s horn dates back much earlier. The ram that was caught in the thicket by his horns was the actual sacrifice offered by Abraham and Isaac. Thus the sounding of a ram’s horn is a reminder of that offering. The horn cannot be heard unless the ram has been slain and offered.
Today, the sound of a ram’s horn is well known among messianic brethren.
Trumpets in the Temple
Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Numbers 10:2
In the wilderness beginning with the tabernacle, the sounding of the silver trumpets is the most ancient evidence available explaining how trumpets summoned and directed the people. While both trumpets would summon all the people to the tent of meeting, a single trumpet was used to summon the leaders of the tribes. Depending on which flank was involved, a different trumpet call would alarm the camp. The job of sounding these trumpets was given to the priests.
The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
Numbers 10:8
The very earliest festivals also began with trumpet calls as part of the festival.
Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God. Numbers 10:10
[민 10:9-민 10:10]
(9)또 너희 땅에서 너희가 자기를 압박하는 대적을 치러 나갈 때에는 나팔을 울려 불지니 그리하면 너희 하나님 여호와가 너희를 기억하고 너희를 너희 대적에게서 구원하리라
(9)And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
(10)또 너희 희락의 날과 너희 정한 절기와 월삭에는 번제물의 위에와 화목제물의 위에 나팔을 불라 그로 말미암아 너희 하나님이 너희를 기억하리라 나는 너희 하나님 여호와니라
(10)Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
Num 10:9-10
By the time the permanent temple location in Jerusalem was determined, David assembled not only the materials but also the musicians and their instruments for worship in the temple.
And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and with trumpets. I Chronicles 13:8
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres.
I Chronicles 15:28
We can only imagine what the musical part of the worship was like in the temple. King David was himself a musician and sought to enhance and promote music in the temple. By the time that King Solomon dedicated the temple in Jerusalem, music was a central part of the proceedings with the Lord’s participation.
…in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, "He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,
II Chronicles 5:13
The Psalms are worship tunes used in the temple. While we do not yet know the melodies played, we do have the inspiring words. One in particular addresses how the trumpet and the shofar were dynamically used in the temple service.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.
Psalms 98:6
There is another reference to trumpets in the temple but from a metaphoric point of view. The giving of money (terumah) was also common in the temple service but it was done in a unique way. They did not pass a plate or hat; there was no special ceremony to make a monetary offering; this type of giving was to be made privately and discretely. This was accomplished by a set of temple trumpets placed in the Court of Women to allow passersby to give their gifts in a discrete way.
The containers that received these gifts were made of clay, shaped like the bell of a trumpet. The base was large and round at the bottom rising up to a narrow neck at the top. Sitting on the ground, they looked like large trumpets standing upright from the bell. They were thus called the temple trumpets.
The narrow opening at the top would allow a giver to insert his gift, but the narrow neck prevented a hand from reaching further to retrieve anything. Their size also prevented them from being snatched and carried away. However, not everyone offered their terumah in a discrete way. Some made a spectacle of their gifts to draw attention to themselves. The Messiah and His disciples discussed this:
When therefore you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matthew 6:2
In the Hebrew, Yeshua was playing on the phonics of the two words terumah (offering) and teruah (trumpet). "When you give a terumah don’t pick up the temple trumpets and try to sound a teruah. In the actual language, I’m sure they had a chuckle to go along with the lesson on haughtiness, but this indicates how powerful the subject of trumpets was in the temple service.
There is another metaphor of sorts associated with the "horns" in the temple service. Again, a horn is an instrument made from the horn of an animal. It is sounded to proclaim announcements and warnings. Shofars were carried and sounded in front of a procession of the Ark of the Covenant. But God also instructed that the altar was to have horns placed on the corners.
And you shall make its [the fire altar] horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 27:2
Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.
Exodus 37:25
These horns were placed both on the fire altar and the golden altar. While the fire altar for sacrifices was outside while the golden altar of incense was inside the sanctuary. These horns did not serve any great function except to make the surface of the altar to be distinct from any point of view. There are minor references to a man clinging to the altar by the horns or binding something to the altar by way of the horns,
but none of these truly explain the command from the Lord to have horns on the altar. We are left with this interesting metaphor that the "horns" of the altar sound the sacrifice offering (terumah) before the Lord. These are the true trumpets a holy man wants "sounded" when he offers his gift to the Lord.
A horn was also an ideal container for anointing oil in the temple.
Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
I Kings 1:39
American frontiersmen used to carry their gun powder in a horn to keep it dry. This is also where we get the expression blowing a bull horn. However, shofars and the horns used by Israel were never bulls’ horns. All shofars are made from the curved horns of an ibex ram. The reason dates back to the sin of the golden calf in the wilderness. Therefore Israel does not use the horns of a bull–it is too much of a reminder of their previous mistake. A bull horn was never to be sounded in the temple.
Trumpets as an Intrument of War
And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 10:9
In the wilderness the silver trumpets were the alarm signal for men to assemble at the perimeter of the camp. It was also a request from the people for the Lord to go out to face their enemies. This latter statement speaks to the spiritual aspect of godly courage.
Anytime that men must assemble to go to battle two very powerful elements face each other–fear and courage. The sounding of a trumpet in battle is supposed to make a soldier’s courage stronger than his fear. It is also used against the enemy to cause fear to be greater than his courage to fight.
In ancient times, and still to this day, the sound of a trumpet charge is "bone-chilling" if you are the target of the charge. We have a profound example of this in the famous story of Joshua’s battle for Jericho. As you will recall, Israel walked around the walls of Jericho seven days blowing shofars until the seventh day when the walls came tumbling down.
Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
Joshua 6:4
So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and it came about, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:20
There is no question that trumpets played a major part in the capture of Jericho. Some have said that the resonance of the trumpets and the vibrations of the walking may have weakened the wall structure for the collapse, but this has never been duplicated. Another battle between the Israelites and Midianites is much more understandable. It, too, involved trumpets.
Gideon was instructed by the Lord to assemble a very small force (by ancient standards) to fight the Midianites. He used only three hundred men and armed each of them with a trumpet and a lamp. In ancient times, it was common for a group of armed men to have one trumpet and one lamp for every 1000 armed soldiers. Therefore, Gideon’s 300 men in the nighttime appeared to be 300,000 troops.
And he divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Judges 7:16
Gideon then gave instructions for the men to be divided into three groups surrounding the camp of the Midianites.
When I and all who are with me blow the trumpet, then you also blow the trumpets all around the camp, and say, "For the Lord and for Gideon."
Judges 7:18
The appropriate time came for Gideon’s plan to be implemented.
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, "A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!"
Judges 7:19-20
In the darkness the surprised Midianites thought they were surrounded by 300,000 troops. In their panicked attempts to escape they actually attacked each other in the night, resulting in a great victory for Gideon. The sounding of the trumpets was crucial. Not only did it awaken the enemy still in a stupor but it incited panic and fear in their hearts. The Midianites were destroyed by their own fear. This same fear is referred to by the prophet Amos.
If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
Amos 3:6
This is the same "fear" referenced for a future battle to come – the Day of the Lord.
A day of trumpet and battle cry, against the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
Zepheniah 1:16
Trumpets for Warning/Announcement
The sounding of a trumpet is not always to incite fear. More often, the sounding of the trumpet is to raise awareness of impending danger or the clear announcement of an event. This the nature of the instructions given by the prophet Ezekiel when he explained the duties of the watchman to those who would hear his warning.
…then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.
Ezekiel 33:4-6
In this instruction, the watchman is told that he must sound the trumpet alarm to warn the people. If he fails to sound the alarm, he will be held accountable. If he does sound the alarm, the accountability falls to those who did not heed the alarm.
Trumpets are also used to make announcements or to draw attention to something happening or being said. This is the case for the Apostle John in his account in the book of Revelations.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
Revelation 1:10
Many believe that the revelator in the book of Revelations was Yeshua the Messiah. When John turned he saw the Messiah. But on closer examination, it is clear that the angel who showed John those things was not the Messiah Himself, he was an angel that had the voice like a trumpet, meaning that his voice commanded John’s attention, just as a trumpet gets our attention.
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."
Revelation 4:1
This is not the only reference to trumpets in the book of Revelations. This is only an example of how the meaning of trumpets commanded John’s attention and our resulting attention to what John wrote in the book.
Trumpets in the Book of Revelations
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God; and seven trumpets were given to them. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
Revelation 8:2-6
The book of Revelations lists three major groupings of God’s judgments: seals with four horsemen, trumpet judgments, and bowls of plagues. In this article we are concerned with the trumpet judgments.
The seven trumpet judgments are as follows - **(1/3)
1. A third of trees and all grass is burned
2. A mountain is thrown into the sea with a third of the sea destroyed
3. A star falls destroying a third of fresh waters
4. A third of the atmosphere is darkened from the sun, moon, and stars
5. First Woe: A star strikes the earth causing darkness and demons
6. Second Woe: the death of 1/3 of mankind in a single hour, day, month, and year
7. Third Woe: Wrath and Reward – the Day of the Lord.
In simple terms, the trumpets of Revelations are called the one-third judgments. But before we leave this list, we should take note of how the sixth angel is sounded. - 6th Trumphet
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they might kill a third of mankind.
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Revelation 9:13-18
This is a comparable judgment to the fourth seal where one-fourth of mankind dies as result of war and pestilence. This judgment, however, comes upon mankind in one hour. There is only one weapon that can produce such destruction – thermonuclear war. Did you take note of how the judgment is first pronounced?
… from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God
As suggested earlier, the horns of the altar are used to make a sound. They are not just ornamental in appearance.
The last three trumpet judgments are characterized as the "three woes" for added emphasis. They are heralded by an eagle in flight.
And I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"
Revelation 8:13
There are very few things in this world that compare to the sound of a trumpet for its ability to make an announcement. One is the territorial roar of a lion (heard for up to five miles away) and the screech of an eagle high in the sky (heard from great distances).
The Trumpet of God
At Mount Sinai, Moses was instructed to prepare the people for the Lord to come down on the mountain and speak to the people. The Lord used the sound of a ram’s horn both to gather and to warn the people at the same time. It was imperative that the people not touch any part of the mountain, but to only assemble at the base.
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live. When the ram's horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.
Exodus 19:13
It was at Mount Sinai that when God spoke many rocks split and fell from the mountain, thus the warning against touching or being close to the mountain. The book of Hebrews references this event and gives emphasis to the sounding of the trumpet along with God’s actual spoken words.
…and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word should be spoken to them.
Hebrews 12:19
This is the context for the prophet Joel to prepare us for the Lord’s return and His coming down to us.
Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near,
Joel 2:1
When we remember the story of the shofar and the voice of God at Mount Sinai, we tend to under-appreciate what really happened. We tend to imagine an angel blowing the trumpet and then God speaking the ten commandments. However, the Scripture elsewhere tries to give us a better understanding.
First, it wasn’t an angel that sounded the trumpet; it was the Lord Himself! The account of Exodus does not say that any angel blew the horn; instead, the trumpet is sounded with lightning, thunder, and quaking. The Scripture says that the trumpet grew louder and louder.
So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder. And the Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Exodus 19:16-20
The trumpet sounds kept the people from advancing onto the mountain. Moses went up and came down to ensure that no one was on the mountain. Then God spoke the ten commandments. The sound of the trumpet and God’s voice completely unnerved the people. They were full of fear for their lives.
God’s Trumphet Sound -
At the end of the ages the Lord will return in similar fashion, with the sound of a trumpet and God’s voice (the seven thunders). The prophet Zechariah is very specific about how the Lord will accomplish His return just as when He came down to Mount Sinai. Zechariah clearly says that God Himself will be blowing the trumpet at His return.
Then the Lord will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord God will blow the trumpet, and will march in the storm winds of the south.
Zechariah 9:14
The Messiah’s description of this same event clearly states that the angels will be doing something else while the trumpet is blown, thus leaving the question, who is blowing the great trumpet?
And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Matthew 24:31
The Apostle Paul repeats this sequence.
…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
I Corinthians 15:52
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Messiah shall rise first.
I Thessalonians 4:16
What makes a trumpet to be the Trumpet of God? You could also ask what makes a lamb to be the Lamb of God? It is obvious, the Lamb of God is the offering of God Himself. In the same way, the Trumpet of God is the trumpet blown by God Himself.
The Little Horn of the Antimessiah
Before we leave this subject completely, we need to address one last point about the subject of trumpets and horns. Our enemy, Ha Satan, likes to imitate and try to steal the glory of the Lord for himself. The same can be said for the symbolism and use of trumpets and horns. In fact, the prophet Daniel characterizes the work of the antimessiah as a little horn springing up to make trouble.
While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth uttering great boasts.
Daniel 7:8
The foremost prophecy of the antimessiah deals with how he comes to power. He apparently rises in the midst of ten kings, defeating three while seven relinquish their power to him.
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.
Daniel 7:24
The book of Revelations repeats this prophecy but adds a bit more detail. It details a riddle about ten horns (ten kings) with seven heads (seven historical kings) serving as the governmental base for the little horn (the beast) to rise out of to power.
And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
Revelation 17:12
Trumpets and horns are used as fanfares to announce kings. The antimessiah has his own fanfare of sorts to announce his arrival (the ten kings). I am certain that when the antimessiah comes to power, and I believe we will see it happen soon enough, then we be affected by his trumpets–they may even instill a sense of fear and awe within us. That is when the words of the Psalmist will have their greatest effect.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalms 18:2
The horn of my salvation is the one He sounds Himself. We sound trumpets and shofars now to prepare people for the trumpet that will be sounded. In that day, the Lord will sound the Trumpet of God.
As you approach the season of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles, I encourage you to participate fully. Give attention to when the shofar is sounded it has much to say to us. – from Lion and Lamb Ministries
The Word -Trumphet
(마 24:31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
(고전 14:8) For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
(고전 15:51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(고전 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
[살전 4:16-살전 4:16]
(16)주께서 호령과 천사장의 소리와 하나님의 나팔로 친히 하늘로 좇아 강림하시리니 그리스도 안에서 죽은 자들이 먼저 일어나고
(16)For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: I Thess 4:16
(히 12:19) And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
(계 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
(계 4:1) After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
(계 8:2) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
(계 8:6) And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
(계 8:7) The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
(계 8:8) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
(계 8:10) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
(계 8:12) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
(계 8:13) And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
(계 9:1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
(계 9:13) And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
(계 9:14) Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
7th Trumphet -
(계 10:7) But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
(계 11:15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
[계 11:18-계 11:19]
(18)이방들이 분노하매 주의 진노가 임하여 죽은 자를 심판하시며 종 선지자들과 성도들과 또 무론대소하고 주의 이름을 경외하는 자들에게 상 주시며 또 땅을 망하게 하는 자들을 멸망시키실 때로소이다 하더라
(18)And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
(19)이에 하늘에 있는 하나님의 성전이 열리니 성전 안에 하나님의 언약궤가 보이며 또 번개와 음성들과 뇌성과 지진과 큰 우박이 있더라
(19)And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Rev 11:18-19
BENEATH THE CROSS OF JESUS
Words: Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1868, Music: St. Christopher, Frederick C. Maker, 1881
Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.
2.O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet,
O trysting place where Heaven’s love and Heaven’s justice meet!
As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was given,
So seems my Savior’s cross to me, a ladder up to heaven.
3.There lies beneath its shadow but on the further side
The darkness of an awful grave that gapes both deep and wide
And there between us stands the cross two arms outstretched to save
A watchman set to guard the way from that eternal grave.
4.Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me;
And from my stricken heart with tears two wonders I confess;
The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.
5.I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by to know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.
FORWARDS - PIC 6-25- from Pastor Kang, Thanks.
想起하자 6.25 戰爭(옮겨온 사진 자료입니다)
想起하자 6.25 戰爭 (1)
1950. 6. 18. 6.25 전쟁 발발 일주일 전 의정부 북방 38 접경에서
미 국무장관 덜레스(가운데) 일행이
38선 너머 북쪽을 살피고 있다(덜레스 오른쪽 신성모 국방장관)
1950.6.25 공산군의 기습남침
1950.6.28 서울시내의 인민군
1950.6.28 서울시내의 인민군
유엔기를 수령하는 맥아더장군
1950. 7. 26. 맥아더 장군이 전선을 시찰하는 중, 종군기자들의 질문에
답하고 있다. 오른쪽 워커 장군.
1950. 8. 18. 백선엽 장군(가운데)이
미군과 함께 작전을 세우고 있다.
남하하는 피난민 행열
융단 폭격으로 초토가 된 경북 왜관
1950. 8. 15. 창녕 남지철교. 국군의 최후 방어선으로 핏빛으로
강물이 물들 만큼 피아 엄청난 희생을 치렀던 격전의 현장이었다
철원 노동당사
1950. 8. 15. 이승만 대통령과 신성모 국방장관이
8.15 경축식을 끝낸 후
임시 국회의사당인 문화극장을 떠나고 있다.
1950.9. 15. 인천상륙작전을 함상에서 진두 지휘하는 맥아더 장군
1950.9.15 인천상륙작전
1950.9.15 인천상륙작전
1950. 9. 15. 인천 월미도로 상륙하는 함정들
1950. 9. 16. 인천부두로 상륙하는 맥아더 장군
1950. 9. 23. 서울 탈환을 눈앞에 둔 노량진에서 바라본
끊어진 한강 철교
1950. 9. 25. 한강 도하 작전
1950. 9. 27. 미군 전차가 서울 시내
중심가로 들어오고 있다
1950. 9. 27. 경인가도에서 국군 수복을 환영하는
흰옷 입은 사람들이 태극기를 흔들고 있다
서울 시가전
1950.9.28 중앙청에 태극기 계양하는 해병대용사들
1950. 9. 29. 태극기 펄럭이는 중앙청
1950. 9. 29. 서울 탈환 환영대회 직전의 중앙청 홀
이승만 대통령 내외와 맥아더 장군
1950. 9. 29. 연설하는 이승만 대통령
6.25의 노래
1 아 아 잊으랴 어찌 우리 이 날을
조국을 원수들이 짖밟아 오던 날을
맨 주먹 붉은 피로 원수를 막아내어
발을 굴러 땅을 치며 의분에 떤 날을
이제야 갚으리 그날의 원수를
쫓기는 적의 무리 쫓고 또 쫓아
원수의 하나까지 쳐서 무찔러
이제야 빛내리 이 나라 이겨레
2 아 아 잊으랴 어찌우리 이날을
불의의 역도들을 멧도적 오랑캐를
하늘의 힘을빌어 모조리 쳐부숴
흘려온 갚진피의 원한을 풀으리.
이제야 갚으리 그날의 원수를
쫓기는 적의무리 쫓고 또 쫓아
원수의 하나까지 쳐서 무찔러
이제야 빛내리 이나라 이겨레
3 아 아 잊으랴 어찌우리 이날을
정의는 이기는 것 이기고야 마는 것
자유를 위하여서 싸우고 또 싸워
다시는 이런 날이 오지 않게하리
이제야 갚으리 그날의 원수를
?기는 적의 무리 ?고 또 ?아
원수의 하나까지 쳐서 무찔러
이제야 빛내리 이나라 이겨레
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