The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Numbers 10:1-2,
"The Lord said to Moses: 'Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.'"
The Lord had the Israelites make silver trumpets used to call together the people, whether just the leaders or the entire congregation. They were also used for breaking camp and setting out on their various movements during their wilderness travels. Further, the Lord tells them to use these trumpets when they go into battle and also at appointed feasts, "at your times of rejoicing", verse 10.
Trumpets of the Lord figure prominently in the resurrection to come:
When Jesus comes again at the end of the age with his angels to gather those who are his, Matthew 24:30-31, "Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 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."
Paul mentions this as well, at the resurrection of all who belong to Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:50-52, "I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 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."
Paul revisits the trumpet call at the resurrection of those who belong to Jesus Christ, "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.' 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
Trumpets were used to call the Israelites together, and the same will take place when the Lord calls us in the resurrection. I'm looking forward to this trumpet call! How about you?
"The Lord said to Moses: 'Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.'"
The Lord had the Israelites make silver trumpets used to call together the people, whether just the leaders or the entire congregation. They were also used for breaking camp and setting out on their various movements during their wilderness travels. Further, the Lord tells them to use these trumpets when they go into battle and also at appointed feasts, "at your times of rejoicing", verse 10.
Trumpets of the Lord figure prominently in the resurrection to come:
When Jesus comes again at the end of the age with his angels to gather those who are his, Matthew 24:30-31, "Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 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."
Paul mentions this as well, at the resurrection of all who belong to Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:50-52, "I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 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."
Paul revisits the trumpet call at the resurrection of those who belong to Jesus Christ, "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.' 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
Trumpets were used to call the Israelites together, and the same will take place when the Lord calls us in the resurrection. I'm looking forward to this trumpet call! How about you?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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