Introduction

Every one is familiar with a musical instrument called the trumpet. Made of a variety of materials, ranging from animals horns, copper, brass, silver-plated brass, steel and even pure silver, the trumpet is used in virtually every country on earth.

Because the trumpet is audible at great distances, it is used in War and Worship, especially Outdoor Worship.
Every Army has its trumpeters or buglers to draw attention of the troops, to sound the alarm, or to convey a General´s commands to his Army.

But why do we observe a FEAST OF TRUMPETS?

• What has a trumpet to do with a Feast of the Creator, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel?
• What does the trumpet symbolize?
• What is this Feast of Trumpets a Memorial of anyway?

Why are we here today when the majority of Mankind is busy going about its day to day business, oblivious of this Sacred Sabbath?

I hope to answer these questions. Let me begin by reading a passage about two silver trumpets Yahweh commanded Moses to make.

Numbers 10:1    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying:

Make the 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 journey of the camps.

And when they shall blow them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the East parts shall go forward.

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the South side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

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.

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.

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.

Notice the trumpets use:

• One Trumpet was used to assemble the Elders of Israel.
• Two Trumpets were used to assemble the whole congregation.
• Alarm blasts were sounded to begin journeys.
• The trumpets were sounded in times of war.
• At the Feasts, the Sabbath and the new moons.
• The Priests, shall blow with the trumpets, and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
• That they may be to you for a Memorial before your God.
• These are detailed instructions which contain vital information, the significance of which we need. What and why you may well ask, Do we need to know? Are all these Old Testament details important to us approaching the 21 st Century?

Heavenly Originals

The answer is: they are important, very important. We need to understand because every article, every instrument, every animal, every spiritual procedure used in the service of the Almighty God of Abraham was designed for a specific purpose. Moses received instructions from God in the Mountain of Sinai. "I Make everything," God said to Moses:

Exodus 25:9  According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the Tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

The writer of Hebrews refers to this command:

Hebrews 8:5    See, Saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Yahweh´s Ceremonial Commands foretell specific acts in the plan of salvation, each put there to point out an eternal concept or moral principle the Almighty wants to bring to mans attention. The silver trumpets mentioned in Numbers 10 are no exception.

They both point to the Heavenly originals, the Trumpets of the Lord, which are blown by the Almighty and His Son. We first see the use of Heavenly Trumpets in the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:16     And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and a voice of the Trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Exodus 19:19     And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by voice. Sound, many of us know, can shatter glass, split rocks and cause buildings to explode into dust.

In this instance the whole Mountain Range of Sinai shook and the Nation of Israel trembled. Later we will consider those Original Heavenly Trumpets and their use.

The Feast of Trumpets

Yahweh´s Feasts, as we have taught for many, many years, are shadows and memorials of His mightiest acts in the Program of Salvation.

When they are celebrated before the event they foreshadow things to come. When they are celebrated after the event they are memorials, and will continue to be memorials for all time!

The Feast of Trumpets, occurring as it does on the first day of the seventh month of Ethanim (Tishri) has still to be fulfilled. To my knowledge, nothing of great spiritual significance, which could be taken as a fulfillment of this feast, has ever occurred on this day.

It still awaits fulfillment! Bear in mind that all Yahweh´s Feasts are shadows of things to come.

The Passover prefigures the time when the Death Angel will Pass Over all who are covered with the blood of the Passover Lamb, Yeshiva the Messiah.

Luke 22:15-16  And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.

No doubt the Passover Lamb (Yeshua) has already been slain. But the Passover itself (the event of being spared when the Angel of Death passes over us) is still future.

The Feast of First fruits prefigures the first (in sequence) and first (in quality) fruits of the harvest. The Apostles were the first.

Speaking of the 144000 (the best) scripture says: Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the First fruits unto God and to the Lamb.

The Feast of Trumpets prefigures an event which has still to occur! When that event occurs, then the Feast of Trumpets will be celebrated throughout eternity as a memorial.

Right now Year 2000 it is still a shadow of that event still "to come." Here is Yahweh´s command concerning this Feast.

Numbers 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an Holy Convocation; ye shall do no servile work, it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

Leviticus 23:24 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, an Holy Convocation.

What is the event that is still to come?

What is this Feast a Memorial of?

I do not profess to know all the facts concerning this feast, any more than the disciples knew what was going to happen on the Day of Pentecost, but I´m certain the verses I have just read are directly linked with mighty events soon to occur.

When they occur, Heavenly Trumpets the Originals will herald them. We will hear the trumpets like air raid sirens sounding throughout the earth.

We´ll need to wait and see what will actually happen then. I´m certain it will be marvellous.

If one trumpet sounds then Church Leaders all over the Globe will assemble before God; just as the leaders of the early Church assembled on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

If both trumpets sound the entire believing congregation on earth will be summoned. The end-time Church will move forward, take its journeyings, at the sound of those Heavenly Trumpets. Nothing short of a Signal from Heaven or a visit by Holy Angels as in Lot´s case, will satisfy me before I move out of civilization.

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