Subject: Is LAST always FINAL |
Bible Note: Serenetime, Sorry for the miscue. I copied a line from the post by Praisemaster and didn't notice the typo. John 3:37 should have read John 7:37. I have studied this subject now for over 20 years, so I have looked this up a few times. :) But, just for the fun of it I have looked it up again. I am including part of the definition of Trump (as in Last Trump) here for your consideration. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Topic: Trump, Trumpet A-1,Noun,4536,salpinx is used (1) of the natural instrument, 1 Cor. 14:8; (2) of the supernatural accompaniment of Divine interpositions, (a) at Sinai, Heb. 12:19; (b) of the acts of angels at the Second Advent of Christ, Matt. 24:31; (c) of their acts in the period of Divine judgments preceding this, Rev. 8:2,6,13; 9:14; (d) of a summons to John to the presence of God, Rev. 1:10; 4:1; (e) of the act of the Lord in raising from the dead the saints who have fallen asleep and changing the bodies of those who are living, at the Rapture of all to meet Him in the air, 1 Cor. 15:52, where "the last trump" is a military allusion, familiar to Greek readers, and has no connection with the series in Rev. 8:6 to 11:15; there is a possible allusion to Num. 10:2-6, with reference to the same event, 1 Thess. 4:16, "the (lit., a) trump of God" (the absence of the article suggests the meaning "a trumpet such as is used in God's service"). I'm glad I looked it up again. :) Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |