The Last Trump

Q.In 1Cor 15.52 the term "last trump" is used..what does that mean?

A. This would be a good time of the year to explain this because we are in what is called "the High Holy Days" which are the 10 days in between Rosh Ha Shanah and Yom Kippur. So to get a better understanding, lets start from the beginning. Biblically, Rosh Ha Shanah is the name of the feast in Num. 29.1-2 called "Yom Teruah" which means "the day of the awakening blast". A "teruah" is a note played on the shofar or rams horn. Teruah also means "shout" (1Thes 4.16) and you will see it all over the scriptures. Rosh ha Shanah is the day that the resurrection of the dead and the believers in Messiah who are alive and remain will be caught up together to be with the L-rd. An idiom for Rosh Ha Shanah is "the Last Trump" because it relates to the 2 horns on ram caught in the thicket in Gen. 22 ,which is the reading from the Torah on this day. It relates to the full marriage between G-d and His people. A Jewish marriage consists of 2 parts, betrothal and full marriage.

The betrothal between G-d and His people is seen at Mt Sinai when He gave the betrothal contract called the Torah. That festival is called Shavuot, "the first trump". The full marriage is seen as taking place on Rosh Ha Shanah sometime in the very near future, and is called the "last trump" (of the ram). G-d sees how we kept the commandments(betrothal contract) as to whenther or not we belong to Him. Those who say the Torah is done away with have no contract, therefore no" betrothal" contract.That's why He says to those who say they believe in Him and worked miracles in His name and cast out demons "I never knew you" in Matt 7.21-23. They had no intimate marriage betrothal contract with Him because they are "lawless" or without the Torah. If you believe that the Torah is done away with and you follow man-made religions but say you believe in Yeshua, you may be this category and you need to get out of there. At the resurrection, we go for the full marriage where we receive what was promised.

The term "last trump" is an idion referring to this festival. Another Hebrew idiom for this festival is called "the day know man knows" because no man knows the day of his wedding in Jewish custom of the 1st century. Rosh ha Shanah is also the first day of creation in Genesis and that is why this day is called Rosh (head) ha Shanah(of the year). It starts the civil year biblically. It is also the only festival that begins on a new moon, and nobody knows when it is until the first sliver of the new moon is sighted, beginning the seventh month. There is so much more about this festival that shows the resurrection of the dead and the believers who are alive and remain being caught up to heaven. Pauls uses at least 3 Hebrew idioms for Rosh ha Shanah in 1 Thes 4.13-18 and 1 Cor 15.50-52.

The days leading to Yom Kippur are days of repentance. Yom Kippur teaches the actual arrival of Yeshua to the Mount of Olives and the destruction of the False Messiah. This festival is known as the "Great Trump" because one ,long shofar blast is sounded on this day to signal the end of the days of repentance and you are sealed for judgement. There was an elaborate service in the Temple on this day and information is avaliable in the Mishnah 'Yoma" and Lev 16 in the Torah. Matt 24.30-31 says that Yeshua will return to the land with the "great trump" and judgement of the survivors of the Birthpains will begin. That judgement will occur within the 5 days between Yom KIppur and Sukkot, the feast of Booths or "tabernacles", which will be dealt with next week. These concepts are biblical and we know that these festivals are the blueprint for understanding Bible prophecy.

If you have not been taught these things it is because you are involved with people who do not follow the L-rd or His word and you will remain in darkness until you wake up and find someplace that does. Anyone who does not understand these festivals in detail will not understand Bible prophecy. Once these things are understood, you can listen to a so-called "prophecy" teacher and in five minutes find out whether or not they know what they are talking about or not, and that alone will save you alot of heartbreak, confusion and error. For more information contact us at our E-mail address OTMIN@SBCGLOBAL.NET. Now, go and study.