FEAST OF TRUMPETS FULFILLED IN JESUS CHRIST

FEAST OF TRUMPETS FULFILLED IN JESUS CHRIST

Pastor Carolyn Sissom

Sunday, April 22, 2012,The Year of our Lord

Jesus Christ is revealed in each of the seven feasts of Jehovah.  I have been preaching on Passover, Unleavened bread, Firstfruits and Pentecost.  The next feast is the Feast of Trumpets.  All of the feasts were fulfilled in Christ.  Jesus Christ called the seven churches with His voice of the trumpet. 

“The trumpet is the revelation or revealing voice of Jesus Christ”.  (Van Tanner, The Seven Thunders of God)

Rev. 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 a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.”

John 6:63:  “It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I speak to you, they are Spirit, and they are life.”

1. Passover:  Jesus is our Savior whose sacrificial blood was shed at Calvary (Jn. 1:39; 1 Cor. 5: 6-8).
2. Unleavened bread:  Jesus is the Bread of life, the One who removed the leaven of sin from mankind (Jn. 6:48).
3. Firstfruits:  Jesus is the resurrected Messiah, the firstfruits of them that slept (1 Cor. 15:20).
4. Pentecost:  Jesus fulfilled the law and is the Anointed One who baptizes with the Holy Ghost (:k. 4: 16-21; Acts 1:5).
5. Trumpets:  He is the clear-sounding, living Word who introduced the message of perfection (maturity), the One who was the beginning of it (Jn. 6:63; Rev. 3:14).
6. Day of Atonement:  he is the High priest who atoned for man, the Scapegoat and Lord’s goat who put away sin, sickness, poverty, and death (Is. 53; Gal. 3: 13-14).
7. Tabernacles:  He is all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, the Lord of this feast, the booth in whom the father lived and moved and had His being (Jn. 17).

Each of the seven Feasts of Jehovah applied to the Christian reveal our progressive walk in Christ:

1. Passover:  We are redeemed by His blood and saved from the destroyer (Rom. 5: 9-10; 1 Pet. 1: 18-19)
2. Unleavened bread:  We forsake Egypt and begin to walk with God in holiness, sincerity, and truth (1 Cor. 5: 5-8).
3. Firstfruits:  We arise to walk in newness of life, knowing Him in the power of His resurrection (Rom. 6: 1-14; Phil. 3: 10-11).
4. Pentecost:  We are filled with the Holy Spirit and endued with power from on high (Acts 2: 1-4; Eph. 1: 13-14).
5. Trumpets:  We hear the call to come to maturity within the rent veil (Joel 2:1; 14-18; Rev. 1:19; 4: 1-2).
6. Day of Atonement:  We experience the baptism of fire as we afflict our soul, humbling ourselves (Jas. 4: 10; 1 Pet. 5:6).
7. Tabernacles:  We receive the full adoption and the redemption of our bodies, becoming a tabernacle for all the fullness of God (Rom. 8: 14-23; 1 Cor. 13: 8-13; Eph. 3: 19; 4:13).

“The Feasts of Passover and Pentecost were fulfilled in the church.  One cannot have Pentecost without Passover, and one cannot have Tabernacles without Passover and Pentecost.  The Feast of Tabernacles (with Trumpets and the Day of Atonement) is also being fulfilled in the CHURCH.  It is not to be given to another time or another people.”

Col. 2:8-10:  “Beware less any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.  For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.  You are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power…”

The trumpet speaks of a clear word from God at the mouth of His God-ordained ministry (priest); the prophetic voice, the spoken word of the Lord to God’s people through His ministers.

 1517:  Since the time of Luther and the doctrine of justification by faith; repentance, regeneration; and redemption, there continues to be a progressive restoration and dispensation of the fullness of the Godhead bodily to the CHURCH (Passover).

1530: Anabaptists---Restoration of Water Baptism--- (Unleavened Bread).

1738: Wesley---sanctification--- (Firstfruits walking in the newness of life).

1875: Simpson---Divine healing.

1900-1906:  Azusa Street---Holy Ghost Baptism---Fruit and Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost).

1948:  Laying on of hands---Trumpets, Beginnings of Awakening.

1950’s: Tabernacle of David---worship---Trumpets.

1960’s: Melchisedec order of Priesthood, full son-ship, the Glorious church---Day of Atonement.

1970’s to present:  The Shekinah Glory---the rest of God---God tabernacles in a people; the coming of the Lord.

(Chart by:  Kelley Varner)

Under the Old Covenant of the Jewish calendar, The Feast of Trumpets was on the first day of the 7^th month (Fall of the Year).  They blew the trumpets to call the nation to prepare for the coming Day of Atonement and the Harvest of the Feast of Tabernacles.  There were two kinds of trumpets:

1. Ram’s Horns---This was the trumpet of Jubilee.  It came from the sacrifice.
2. Silver---There were two silver trumpets (witness, testimony, and covenant), speaking of Christ in the fullness of His body, or again, the Jew and Gentile in one Body (1 Pet. 1:14-20; Eph. 2: 14-15).  The silver speaks of redemption and is blown by the redeemed.  It is blown by the priest (believer).

There were several purposes for the blowing of the trumpets (Num. 10: 1-10): 

1. The calling of the Assembly—10:2: “Make two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shall you make them; that you may use them for the calling of the assembly; and for the journeyings of the camps.” The tribes were gathered together as one nation.  The church is gathered as One in the Lord Jesus.  This is the principle of Unity.

Eph. 1:10:  “That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in Him.

Eph. 4:13:  “Till we come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”

2. The Journeyings of the Camps:  When the cloud moved, the trumpets sounded, and the people were to move with God.  God is moving the Church from Pentecost to Tabernacles. 

Hebrews 6:1:  “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  And this we will do, if God permit.”

3. The Calling of the Princes: 10:4: “If they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.”  This was for the leadership of the nation only one trumpet was blown.  God is calling the leaders of the church together that He might speak to them.  A leader only has to hear God’s invitation one time.  God willing that the governmental leaders of the United States would hear the sound of the trumpet.  God willing that the spiritual leaders of the nations of the world will hear the sound of the trumpet.

4. The Blowing of Alarms:  10: 5-10: An alarm was sounded to warn God’s people of that which was coming.  Those on the East moved first at this sound.  The alarm was not sounded to gather the congregation.  So God’s prophets are speaking to warn the Church of coming events that the Church might seek God’s face.  Mt. 24:31:  “And he shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” (Zeph. 1: 14-18)

5. The Call to War: 10:9:  “And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the Lord your God and you shall be saved from your enemies.”  This was done in times of war and enemy oppression.  God fought for Israel when He heard this sound.  The church calls upon the Name of the Lord in distress and He brings great deliverance and salvation.”

Zeph. 9:14:  “And the Lord shall be seen over them, ad His arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.  The Lord of hosts shall defend them…”

6. The Announcing of Days of Gladness: 10:10: “Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow with the trumpets over your burned offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God; I am the Lord your God.”  This was the times of joy on the various Festal occasions.  This was especially true in regard to the tabernacle of David.  The church experiences great joy in coming together to worship the Lord. (Col. 4:12; Eph. 3:18).

7. The Announcing of Solemn Assemblies: 10:10:  This was for times of a solemn nature, such as intercession, prayer, and fasting.  The church is called aside for times of fasting and prayer.

8.  The Announcing of the Beginning of Months: 10:10:   When the church enters a new phase, a new day, the all ministries that hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches will be speaking the same thing.

9. The Announcing of the offerings and Sacrifices: 10:10:  As the sacrifices were being offered upon the Altar, the trumpets were blown.  The Lord heard the silver note of redemption and was reminded of the Blood atonement.

The trumpets will be sounded to announce the final judgments of God and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Rev. 8: 6-11:15:   “And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound…(Vs. 13) “I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound…(11:15) “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”

Each month was ushered in by the blowing of the trumpets, but the seventh month was special.  (Lev. 23: 23-25)  This was the day of the blowing of trumpets.  Israel had two calendars:  Sacred and civil.  The Sacred year began in the 1^st month and ended in the 7^th month; but the civil year began on the 1^st day of the 7^th month and ended a year later.  The day of the blowing of the Trumpets was both a beginning of the new and an ending of the old.

A day with the Lord is as 1000 years. (11 Pet. 3:8)  We are now 3 days from the time of Jesus and 7 days from Adam.  We are in the 3^rd day (or the 7^th day).  Seven is a number of perfection and completeness. 

The Passover was restored from 1500-1900.

In 1900 Pentecost returned

In 1950 men heard the blowing of the Trumpets.

All trumpets consummate with the seventh and last trumpet.

1 Thess. 4:16:  “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first

1 Cor. 15:51-52:  “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”

Taught by:  Pastor Carolyn Sissom

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Scripture from K.J.V.; text and quotes from Principles of Present Truth From Leviticus Pertaining to the Kingdom of God by:  Kelly Varner; Understanding types, Shadows and Names by:  Kelly Varner; Quote as indicated from Van Tanner, The Seven Thunders of God.