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Doctrine of Trumpets

I. Definition: An wind instrument made of an animal horn like a ram or some metal for the purpose of sending forth a sound usually for some kind of signal.

A. Hebrew words
1. rDpwøv shophar—horn, trumpet
2. h∂rVxOxSj chatsotsrah— trumpet

B. Greek word—sa¿lpigx salpingx —trumpet

II. Usages in Old Testament
A. Ceremonies— Lv. 25:9-year of Jubilee
B. Festivals —Ps. 81:4
C. Signal to praise the Lord —Ps. 98:6;150:3;
D. Assemble for battle —Jer. 4:5
E. Enemy warning —Ezek. 33:3
F. Associated with Theophanies—Ex. 19:16,19;20:18; Zech. 9:14;Heb. 12:19
G. Associated with the day of the Lord and judgment.
Joel 2:1; Zeph. 1:14-16
H. For calling the Israelites home to worship Is. 27:13
III. Usages in the New Testament
A. Call to battle —1 Cor. 14:8
B. Call to judgment —Rev. 8:2 ff.
C. Call for assembly —Matt. 24:31;1Cor. 15:52
D. The Seven trumpet judgments— Rev. 8:6 ff.-10:7 E. The Seventh announces the arrival of the Kingdom of Christ— Rev. 11:15-19
F. A lack of trumpeters in destroyed Babylon— Rev. 18:22
G. Call for a resurrection of the dead—1 Cor. 15:52;
1 Thess. 4:16

1Cor. 15:53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

F. The Son of man sends out his angels with a loud trumpet call—Matt. 24:31


IV. Voices that sound like a trumpet. Both passages use the comparative particle for “as” or “like” in Rev. 1:10; 4:1.

Rev. 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,