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The Feast of Trumpets
In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation." (Lev 23:24-26) This is the opening of the seventh month, in preparation for the 10th. day "the day" of atonement.
The Church in the wilderness was lead by a "trumpet sound."
When the blood of the Passover Lamb (Exod.12:1-50) set the children of Israel free from the bondage of Egypt, (Gen.12:1; 15:1-15; Exod.1:14) God lead them through the Red Sea (Exod.13:17-22) and to Mt. Sinai. (Exod.19:1-3) There He structured "the church in the wilderness" (Exod.25:8-40) in "order" before they continued (Num.9:15-23; 10:1-10) in their purpose, which was to enter and possess the land promised to Abraham. (Gen.12:1; 15:1-21; Deut.12:1-12; 1Chron.17:1-15; 22:1-19) This order included being lead by a "trumpet sound" (Num.10:1-10) in all of their everyday living.
1. There was a sound for "the calling of the assembly." (Num 10:2)
2. There was a sound for "or the journeying of the camps." (Num 10:2)
3. There was a sound for "if ye go to war in your land against the enemy
4. These trumpets were to sound in their "day of...gladness...solemn days...in the beginnings
of...months...over 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 10:9-11)
The reality of "trumpets in the New Testament Church
The apostle and "wise master builder" (1Cor.3:10 -Paul) wrote, "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" (1 Cor 14:8-9) The context is the prophetic voice of the Spirit of God, through the gifts of the Spirit. (1Cor.12:1-3; Psa. 115:4-8) John was "in the Spirit" and heard a voice "as of a trumpet." (Rev.1:10) and he wrote,"He that hath an ear, (Matt.13:10-17) let him hear what the Spirit (i.e. the trumpet - Rev.1:10) saith unto the Churches." (Rev.1:10; 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22)
1. Peter says, "the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which
was guide to them that took Jesus." (Acts 1:16-17; 4:25) God's voice through David. Paul was
saying, the Holy Spirit speaks by our mouth. (1Cor.14:7-8) A trumpet sound.
2. God spoke "by the mouth" of all His holy prophets. (Acts.2:18; 3:21) This included Isaiah
and Hosea was told to "lift up thy voice like a trumpet." "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins." (Isa 58:1-2) Prophetic voice / trumpet by the Prophet.
3. The trumpets of Revelation are also called "Voices." (Rev.8:1-14 "voices") "For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: (The 7th. trump / last trump) and the dead in Christ shall rise first"
(1 Thes.4:16-17)
The significance of "seven"
Wherever "seven" us used in God's Word, it is always associated with the thought of completeness, fullness, or the end. This Feast was at the feast of ingathering, which is "in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field." (Ex 23:16)
1. God finished His work and rested on the 7th. day. (Gen.2:1-3)
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day
God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
which he had made."
2. Blood was sprinkled seven times to completely cleanse the leper. (Lev.16:14)
"And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall
pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
3. The Day of Atonement the blood was sprinkled seven times. (Lev.16:19, 30-31)
"And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat
eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times...
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean
from all your sins before the Lord." (Lev 16:30-31)
4. On the seventh day and the seventh time around Jericho fell flat. (Josh.6:12-15)
"And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and
compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city
seven times.
5. As Naaman dipped seven times in Jordan he was completely healed. (2Kings.5:8-14)
"Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the
man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean."
(2Kings.5:14-15)
6. Jesus will return at the seventh trump when the mystery of God is finished. (Rev.10:7;
11:15) 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."
(Rev 10:7-8; 11:15)
Only Aaron and his sons could blow the trumpets
The Church in the wilderness was lead by a "trumpet sound."
When the blood of the Passover Lamb (Exod.12:1-50) set the children of Israel free from the bondage of Egypt, (Gen.12:1; 15:1-15; Exod.1:14) God lead them through the Red Sea (Exod.13:17-22) and to Mt. Sinai. (Exod.19:1-3) There He structured "the church in the wilderness" (Exod.25:8-40) in "order" before they continued (Num.9:15-23; 10:1-10) in their purpose, which was to enter and possess the land promised to Abraham. (Gen.12:1; 15:1-21; Deut.12:1-12; 1Chron.17:1-15; 22:1-19) This order included being lead by a "trumpet sound" (Num.10:1-10) in all of their everyday living.
1. There was a sound for "the calling of the assembly." (Num 10:2)
2. There was a sound for "or the journeying of the camps." (Num 10:2)
3. There was a sound for "if ye go to war in your land against the enemy
4. These trumpets were to sound in their "day of...gladness...solemn days...in the beginnings
of...months...over 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 10:9-11)
The reality of "trumpets in the New Testament Church
The apostle and "wise master builder" (1Cor.3:10 -Paul) wrote, "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" (1 Cor 14:8-9) The context is the prophetic voice of the Spirit of God, through the gifts of the Spirit. (1Cor.12:1-3; Psa. 115:4-8) John was "in the Spirit" and heard a voice "as of a trumpet." (Rev.1:10) and he wrote,"He that hath an ear, (Matt.13:10-17) let him hear what the Spirit (i.e. the trumpet - Rev.1:10) saith unto the Churches." (Rev.1:10; 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22)
1. Peter says, "the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which
was guide to them that took Jesus." (Acts 1:16-17; 4:25) God's voice through David. Paul was
saying, the Holy Spirit speaks by our mouth. (1Cor.14:7-8) A trumpet sound.
2. God spoke "by the mouth" of all His holy prophets. (Acts.2:18; 3:21) This included Isaiah
and Hosea was told to "lift up thy voice like a trumpet." "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins." (Isa 58:1-2) Prophetic voice / trumpet by the Prophet.
3. The trumpets of Revelation are also called "Voices." (Rev.8:1-14 "voices") "For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: (The 7th. trump / last trump) and the dead in Christ shall rise first"
(1 Thes.4:16-17)
The significance of "seven"
Wherever "seven" us used in God's Word, it is always associated with the thought of completeness, fullness, or the end. This Feast was at the feast of ingathering, which is "in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field." (Ex 23:16)
1. God finished His work and rested on the 7th. day. (Gen.2:1-3)
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day
God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
which he had made."
2. Blood was sprinkled seven times to completely cleanse the leper. (Lev.16:14)
"And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall
pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
3. The Day of Atonement the blood was sprinkled seven times. (Lev.16:19, 30-31)
"And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat
eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times...
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean
from all your sins before the Lord." (Lev 16:30-31)
4. On the seventh day and the seventh time around Jericho fell flat. (Josh.6:12-15)
"And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and
compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city
seven times.
5. As Naaman dipped seven times in Jordan he was completely healed. (2Kings.5:8-14)
"Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the
man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean."
(2Kings.5:14-15)
6. Jesus will return at the seventh trump when the mystery of God is finished. (Rev.10:7;
11:15) 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."
(Rev 10:7-8; 11:15)
Only Aaron and his sons could blow the trumpets
"And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations." (Num 10:8-9) Their trumpet sound went throughout the entire Nation. (Church in the wilderness) No one with a "hearing ear" could miss this sound unless they choose to reject it. There was a sound for "the calling of the assembly." (Num 10:2) "the journeying of the camps." (Num 10:2) A sound for "if ye go to war in your land against the enemy and for their days "of...gladness...solemn days." The beginnings of months ... over burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings."
(Num 10:9-11)
(Numbers and layout based upon Numbers.1-3)
1. Aaron and his sons "are a shadow of things to come."
"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new
moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of
Christ." (Col 2:16-18)
a. Holyday - Festival, feast days. The Corinthians were told "...for even Christ our passover
is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, (in it's reality) not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth." (1 Cor 5:7-8) At Pentecost they were keeping the feast in it's reality. (Acts.2:1-2)
b. Shadow - "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively / adumbration1 [to give a
sketchy representation or outline of. To suggest or disclose partially]2 This same word,
"shadow" is used when "they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds
and couches, that at the least the shadow (or the sketchy outline representing the reality of)
Peter passing by might overshadow some of them." (Acts 5:15-16)
This Feast day of trumpets is a shadow [i.e. a sketchy representation, an outline" of the
real feast of trumpets that the Church is presently experiencing.
2. Aaron and his sons foreshadow the Eph.4:11 ministries
The reason for this conclusion is because Aaron and his sons blew to the entire Nation, the
entire "church in the wilderness." (Num.10:8-9, Acts.7:38, 1Cor.10:11) In the New Testament
reality, (fulfillment) the only ministries given to the entire Church are the five ministries of
Eph.4:11-16. The apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher, under the leadership /
headship (Col.1:18) of the Lord Jesus Christ, our High Priest. (Heb.3:1)
a. Some teach that there are no apostles and prophets today.
They teach that these ministries stopped after the death of John, (90-100 A.D.) John
stopped, but the "gift" (Eph.4:1-11) did not! Being an apostle had absolutely nothing to
do with John's personnality or his natural abilities. In fact, Paul writes these abilities
are "dung!" (i.e. any refuse, as the excrement of animals, offscouring, rubbish, dregs, etc.:
(A.V., dung) i. e. worthless and detestable)3 (Phil.3:1-8, Isa.64:6)
After the death the apostle John, (approx.90-100 A.D.?) The Church like Samson
failed to have a hearing ear and "turned aside to see the carcase (or the dead works
Heb.6:1, Eph.2:1, Matt.23:27) of our adversary (1Peter.5:8) the defeated (Col.2:15) lion."
(Judges.14:5-8) The Church like Samson handled it and tasted the honey in it and defiled
their vow of separation, as a Nazarite. (Col.2:21) The result of this mixture and lack of
separation from the "philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men," (Col.2:8) was
the replacement of Apostle and Prophet ministries by man's government and authority.
(100 AD.) Not God stopping the gift. The Church did not take heed to the warnings of the
apostles. (Acts.20:28-29, 2Cor.11:1-15, 1John.2:15-18, Jude.1:1-4)
(Click here for full explanation of chart below)
.
.
Note: The responsibility of the apostle and prophet is the foundation of the Church,
Jesus Christ. (Matt.16:18, Eph.2:20-22, 1Cor.3:10-11, Psa.11:3) This forsaking of the
apostle and prophet began the decay of the Church, because the foundation was gone.
(Eph.2:20-22) The result was a steady decline into the "dark ages" for a 1000 years.
b. Aaron and his sons were responsible for blowing the correct sound for "everyday"
living. "Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou
mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps."
(Num 10:2-5) The Eph.4:11 ministries are given responsibility for the "everyday living"
(i.e. the perfecting, completing, maturing) of the saints, for the work of ministry." They also had
responsibility for "the assembly and the journeying of the Church.
Note: The apostle said, this "everyday" perfecting (i.e. maturing, completing) will
continue "till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Eph 4:13-14,
Rom.8:29, 2Cor.3:18, 1John.3:2, Eph.5:21-33)
This is foreshadowed by "the day" of Atonement in the 7th. month.
(Review: Atonement)
c. Aaron and his sons were responsible for blowing the "correct" sound to open up
the 7th. month. "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, (blown by
Aaron and his sons - Num.10:1-10) an holy convocation. (Lev.23:24-25) This sound
opened up the seventh month, and committed the "church in the wilderness" (Acts.7:38) to
experiencing "the day" (Heb.10:25) of atonement. In the New Testament reality, the
Eph.4:11 ministries, are responsible for this "certain" 1Cor.14:7-8, sound to bring us
to the fulfillment of "the day" (Heb.10:25) of atonement.
.
(Click here For more details of the Law of Marriage for the High Priest)
What is the day of Atonement? (Click on "Day of Atonement")
moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of
Christ." (Col 2:16-18)
a. Holyday - Festival, feast days. The Corinthians were told "...for even Christ our passover
is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, (in it's reality) not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth." (1 Cor 5:7-8) At Pentecost they were keeping the feast in it's reality. (Acts.2:1-2)
b. Shadow - "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively / adumbration1 [to give a
sketchy representation or outline of. To suggest or disclose partially]2 This same word,
"shadow" is used when "they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds
and couches, that at the least the shadow (or the sketchy outline representing the reality of)
Peter passing by might overshadow some of them." (Acts 5:15-16)
This Feast day of trumpets is a shadow [i.e. a sketchy representation, an outline" of the
real feast of trumpets that the Church is presently experiencing.
2. Aaron and his sons foreshadow the Eph.4:11 ministries
The reason for this conclusion is because Aaron and his sons blew to the entire Nation, the
entire "church in the wilderness." (Num.10:8-9, Acts.7:38, 1Cor.10:11) In the New Testament
reality, (fulfillment) the only ministries given to the entire Church are the five ministries of
Eph.4:11-16. The apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher, under the leadership /
headship (Col.1:18) of the Lord Jesus Christ, our High Priest. (Heb.3:1)
a. Some teach that there are no apostles and prophets today.
They teach that these ministries stopped after the death of John, (90-100 A.D.) John
stopped, but the "gift" (Eph.4:1-11) did not! Being an apostle had absolutely nothing to
do with John's personnality or his natural abilities. In fact, Paul writes these abilities
are "dung!" (i.e. any refuse, as the excrement of animals, offscouring, rubbish, dregs, etc.:
(A.V., dung) i. e. worthless and detestable)3 (Phil.3:1-8, Isa.64:6)
After the death the apostle John, (approx.90-100 A.D.?) The Church like Samson
failed to have a hearing ear and "turned aside to see the carcase (or the dead works
Heb.6:1, Eph.2:1, Matt.23:27) of our adversary (1Peter.5:8) the defeated (Col.2:15) lion."
(Judges.14:5-8) The Church like Samson handled it and tasted the honey in it and defiled
their vow of separation, as a Nazarite. (Col.2:21) The result of this mixture and lack of
separation from the "philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men," (Col.2:8) was
the replacement of Apostle and Prophet ministries by man's government and authority.
(100 AD.) Not God stopping the gift. The Church did not take heed to the warnings of the
apostles. (Acts.20:28-29, 2Cor.11:1-15, 1John.2:15-18, Jude.1:1-4)
(Click here for full explanation of chart below)
.
.
Note: The responsibility of the apostle and prophet is the foundation of the Church,
Jesus Christ. (Matt.16:18, Eph.2:20-22, 1Cor.3:10-11, Psa.11:3) This forsaking of the
apostle and prophet began the decay of the Church, because the foundation was gone.
(Eph.2:20-22) The result was a steady decline into the "dark ages" for a 1000 years.
b. Aaron and his sons were responsible for blowing the correct sound for "everyday"
living. "Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou
mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps."
(Num 10:2-5) The Eph.4:11 ministries are given responsibility for the "everyday living"
(i.e. the perfecting, completing, maturing) of the saints, for the work of ministry." They also had
responsibility for "the assembly and the journeying of the Church.
Note: The apostle said, this "everyday" perfecting (i.e. maturing, completing) will
continue "till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Eph 4:13-14,
Rom.8:29, 2Cor.3:18, 1John.3:2, Eph.5:21-33)
This is foreshadowed by "the day" of Atonement in the 7th. month.
(Review: Atonement)
c. Aaron and his sons were responsible for blowing the "correct" sound to open up
the 7th. month. "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, (blown by
Aaron and his sons - Num.10:1-10) an holy convocation. (Lev.23:24-25) This sound
opened up the seventh month, and committed the "church in the wilderness" (Acts.7:38) to
experiencing "the day" (Heb.10:25) of atonement. In the New Testament reality, the
Eph.4:11 ministries, are responsible for this "certain" 1Cor.14:7-8, sound to bring us
to the fulfillment of "the day" (Heb.10:25) of atonement.
.
(Click here For more details of the Law of Marriage for the High Priest)
What is the day of Atonement? (Click on "Day of Atonement")
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1. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
2. Encyclopedia Britannica
3. (from Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Electronic Database. Copyright © 2000, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
