The Last Trumpet
“Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52 WEB)
Many who don’t believe in a pre-Tribulation Rapture, say that The Rapture will only happen at “the last trumpet”, and they connect this to the seventh trumpet in the Book of Revelation.
However, this is not the only “trumpet” that is Biblical.
There is an annual feast instituted by God in the Bible called “The Feast of Trumpets”, or “Yom Teruah” in Hebrew.
“Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.’”” (Leviticus 23:23-25 WEB)
This Feast is actually a picture of the Rapture—our rest from the sufferings and sorrows of this world.
The other feasts are also pictures of things related to Jesus Christ.
Feast of Passover - Jesus’ death at the cross
Feast of Unleavened Bread - Jesus’ body lies in the tomb
Feast of Firstfruits - Jesus’ resurrection from the dead
Feast of Pentecost - Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to baptize His church
Feast of Trumpets - Jesus returning for His church at the last trumpet
Day of Atonement - Jesus returning to save Israel and destroy the Antichrist at the end of the Tribulation
Feast of Tabernacles - Jesus sets up the Millennial Kingdom of Christ
As we can see, four of the seven feasts have been fulfilled, and the next one awaiting fulfillment is the Feast of Trumpets that corresponds with the Rapture.
On the Feast of Trumpets every year, a shofar is sounded in Israel. It produces a melodious, resonant sound that gives a sense of victory. The shofar is sounded in a series of blasts.
Therefore, the last trumpet can also refer to the final blast of the trumpet. You can watch this video to listen to how the shofar is sounded on the Feast of Trumpets: https://youtu.be/uPvfGPfHdQU
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 WEB)
I believe in a pre-Tribulation Rapture (the great snatching away/ harpazo). One reason is because God’s word says that we are not appointed to wrath, but to salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. The seven years of Tribulation is the time of God’s “wrath”.
“For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 WEB)
The line after that is an obvious reference to the Rapture: that, whether we wake (Christians still alive at Jesus’ return) or sleep (saints who are dead in Christ), we should live together with Him. This will be fulfilled at the Rapture.
God’s trumpet that announces the Rapture is not the seventh trumpet of the Book of Revelation. It is a different trumpet handled by one of the archangels.
This trumpet can be sounded at any time soon—we don’t know the day or hour, but this definitely appears to be the right season. Look up, and get ready to meet our Lord Jesus!
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