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The Feast of Trumpets
September 30, 2019

Today is the Christian Feast of Trumpets, a time of warning of what will be coming. In addition to this Bible study is a companion sermon available as an audio file or transcript. The sermon does go into greater depth than the study. Tracing its history back to the time of ancient Israel, The Feast of Trumpets was so named because trumpets were to be blown.

Leviticus 23:23-25
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Unlike the modern metal-formed trumpets that are part of the brass section, the trumpets used back then were formed from a ram's horn. Called a shofar and much like a modern day bugle, the shofar had no mechanism to adjust notes and pitch. The trumpeter needed to adjust the positioning of the lips to adjust pitch, and different sounds were used to signify different events. Making the correct sound on the shofar was essential so that the people could clearly understand the reason behind the sound. Paul gave an example of this when writing to the Corinthians. The shofar was used to inform of new moons and the start of a jubilee year, warn, call to battle, and for religious purposes.

1 Corinthians 14:6-10
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.

Christians who observe the Christian Feast of Trumpets do so with deep respect for the Jewish Holy Day of Rosh Hashanah. Looking to Jesus Christ as the author and finisher of our faith who died once for all and replaces any need for an offering made by fire, we know through the Book of Hebrews how Christians would observe this day should look different compared to our Jewish friends. Looking to Jesus as the author and finisher of our faith, Christians also use this day to look forward to the return of Jesus Christ when those who have died in Christ will be resurrected. This event is linked to trumpets not only through the Book of Revelation, but through the writings of the apostle Paul.

1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

The Feast of Trumpets is a commemoration of the blowing of trumpets and for Christians serves as a reminder that we will soon meet Jesus and that we must remain loyal, never wavering, and doing the work of God.

All verses are from the King James Version.
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