Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
If you are remotely acquainted with Christian doctrine and the Bible, it’s very hard to read this verse and not think of another:
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
The trump of God, Amen! The sound we long to hear! The sound that will mark the beginning of that glorious meeting in the air! Can you imagine yourself busy at work, doing you daily duties, concentrating at the task at hand, with your nose to the grindstone so to speak? And all of sudden, you hear piercing through the air, a sound that no mortal man has ever heard, a sound that stirs, excites, and resonates in the soul of every blood-bought Christian; the clear trumpet sound from heaven calling for the assembly of the redeemed to a meeting in the air.
Numbers 10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
For ever shall the trumpets blow. For ever have the trumpets blown. Everything that Moses was commanded to make was just a shadow of what we find in heaven, including the trumpets. There is an original in heaven. People for years have searched for the ark of the covenant, the one that the Israelites made. It, however, is just a replica. The original one is safe in glory.
Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
I wonder, even today, every time the people of God assemble, do the trumpets in heaven ring? I don’t know. But I know one day the heavens will part, and the Lord himself shall descend and with him the clear ringing of the heavenly trumpet of the Lord. The Bible says that the trumpets were used for the journeying of the camps. One day, child of God, we’re going on a journey. One day, the trumpets will sound, and it’ll be getting up time.
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
What did that trumpet say? Come up hither! Bless the Lord! We are the church; the eklesia; the called-out assembly! Praise God.
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