Subject: rapture or tribulation? |
Bible Note: Hi Timmy68, According to Zechariah 14, the Feast of Tabernacles will be kept annually following the return of the Lord. According to Numbers 10, trumpets are to be blown with the burnt offerings. According to Leviticus 23, burnt offering are to be made each day of the Feast of Tabernacles. From this, I conclude that trumpets will continue to be sounded after the rapture, throughout the millenium, until the time when God makes "all things new." Based on the above, I conclude that the "7th trumpet", while being the last of its series, is not the "last trumpet" period. Other trumpets will be sounded. There are other series of trumpets spoken of in the Bible, one notable example being in Numbers 10:2. The first trumpet is blown to gather the people, the last trumpet is blown to signal departure. We see this in Exodus 19. As the trumpet sounded the first time, the people gathered to the holy mountain. When the trumpet sounded the second time, the LORD descended, and called Moses up. Since there are various series of trumpets we can choose from, we must make our choice in such a manner as to not conflict with any other passage. But consider also, what might be the meaning of Jesus' words in Luke 21:36 "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." What things are we to pray that we might escape? Well, Jesus had just finished describing the time of great trouble, culminating in His return in power. Regarding your last paragraph, this time comes upon the world after the world has rejected Jesus. Over and over it is written in the Revelation "They repented not..." But even so, God will appoint His servants for that time also. Just not the Church. Love in Christ, Mark |