John knew what the trumpets were for because they were used during the wilderness wandering, to call the people together and give warnings of danger. ***************(Begin Quote) Numbers 10: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 1 you two trumpets of silver; of a piece shall you make them: that you “Make 2 may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves 3 to you at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the “And 4 thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you . . . [the two made different sounds] But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow [with both], 7 but you shall not sound an alarm. the sons of the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be “And 8 to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. And if you go to war in your land against the that oppresses you [when they 9 then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets and you attack you], [a certain sound]; shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies”. ***************(End Quote) The or special sound was only used when danger was near. In these seven “alarm” alarm trumpets we should see the principal political and warlike events that would occur in the next few centuries from John’s time. In the first four of them we have a description of the Roman Empire’s fall, an empire which had stood firm for many centuries! What a message to be given to those Christians who lived within its borders! However, in this case, before the events of the trumpets unfolded, we are given a picture of the Son of God in His role as High Priest standing in the heavenly sanctuary, offering incense in the portable censer which was associated with the second apartment. Paul wrote: after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the “And [there is] Holiest of all; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant [portable] overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and
John knew what the trumpets were for because they were used during the wilderness wandering, to call the people together and give warnings of danger. ***************(Begin Quote) Numbers 10: 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make you two trumpets of silver; of a piece shall you make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to you at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 “And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you [the two made different sounds] . . . 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow [with both], but you shall not sound an alarm. 8 “And the sons of the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if you go to war in your land against the that oppresses you [when they attack you], then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets [a certain sound]; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies”. ***************(End Quote) The “alarm” or special sound was only used when danger was near. In these seven alarm trumpets we should see the principal political and warlike events that would occur in the next few centuries from John’s time. In the first four of them we have a description of the Roman Empire’s fall, an empire which had stood firm for many centuries! What a message to be given to those Christians who lived within its borders! However, in this case, before the events of the trumpets unfolded, we are given a picture of the Son of God in His role as High Priest standing in the heavenly sanctuary, offering incense in the portable censer which was associated with the second apartment. Paul wrote: “And after the second veil, [there is] the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; which had the [portable] golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and