Sound of Heaven, Symphony of Earth by Ray Hughes

Author:Ray Hughes
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Symphony of Earth, Christ, Sound of Heaven, Jesus, Bible, worship
ISBN: 9781878327932
Publisher: Selah Ministries
Published: 2000-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Trumpets, Shofars &

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Ram’s Horns

Whenever the sounding of a trumpet is mentioned in Scripture, a significant

event follows. From its first mention in Exodus 19:13, establishing the law of

God, to the seven blasts in Revelation 8:6-Revelation 10, which still resound

today, the blowing of the trumpet marks the very announcement of God's

presence. Imagine the day all of God's people were gathered at the foot of Mount

Sinai.

In Exodus 19:16-19, the scene is set:

Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were

thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the

sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the

camp trembled.

And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and

they stood at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was completely in

smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like

the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder

and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.

The audible voice of God was connected to the sound of the trumpet, along

with thunder, lightning, fire, and smoke. In Exodus 20:18: "Now all the people

witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet,

and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and

stood afar off." In a nutshell, the children of Israel told Moses, "Go up and tell

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God He will be our God, and we will be His people. We'll go where He tells us to

go, we'll do what He tell us to do, we'll walk in obedience to His will if He'll just

speak to us."

God spoke and His voice was thunder, lightning, smoke, and the sounding of

a loud trumpet. He basically grabbed the desert and mountain and shook them.

Immediately after, we find God's people saying, "Moses, go and tell God that He

will be our God, and we will be His people. We'll go where He tells us to go,

we'll do what He tell us to do, we'll walk in obedience to His will, if He just

won't speak to us anymore." How often do we find ourselves in this same

situation? "God, I'll do anything You want me to do, I'll go anywhere You want

me to go. I'll be anything You want me to be, if You'll just speak to me!" Then

when God begins to speak, He shakes everything in our lives. Thunder and

lightning begin to rage, and storms begin to blow. The fire of God begins to

devour things in our lives. And suddenly we say, "God, I will teach Sunday

school. I'll be a deacon. I'll be a good testimony. I'll be anything... but just don't

speak to me anymore!" We begin to close ourselves off from the voice of God

and choose the comforts of religious Christianity instead. I submit to you that the

voice of the Lord is about to be heard so distinctly that lines will be drawn and

wars will be fought, the likes of which we have never seen.

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