What the Bible says about Trumpet Blasts
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Leviticus 23:23-25 To adherents of Judaism, the Feast of Trumpets is essentially a mystery. They can see that the first day of the seventh month is a holy day, and a noisy one at that. The Jews have their traditions, but they have little idea what to make of this annual holy day. Their confusion is both ironic and telling because God has made the clues readily available. However, putting the pieces together would require accepting something they are not ready to accept, at least not yet. In Hebrew, the Feast of Trumpets is called Yom Teruah, based on the sparse instructions in Leviticus 23:23-25 and Numbers 29:1-6. Yom (Strong's #3117) is the Hebrew word for “day,” while translators commonly render teruah (Strong's #8643) in those places as “a trumpet blast,” “a blowing of trumpets,” or even “loud blasts on the ram's horn.” But in the instructions, God does not specify why. He only indicates that it is to be a day of great noise, a day of alarm, joy, rejoicing, and shouting, which is what teruah literally means. The root of teruah is ruwa (Strong's #7321), and its figurative meaning is “to split the ears (with sound).” The sound can signify alarm or rejoicing. It can be destructive or joyful. Regardless of the occasion, ruwa is piercing, thunderous, or otherwise deafening. The emphasis in teruah lies in earsplitting noise rather than its source. It does not directly mean “trumpets,” “ram's horn,” or “shofar,” but instead points to an arresting noise like the sound those instruments make. But it also describes the sound a throng of people makes when shouting with a full-throated roar, and particularly in shouting to God (Psalm 47:1; 66:1; 81:2; 100:1). In God's church, our observance tends to be subdued compared to how Scripture uses teruah and its root, but we at least have a song service during which we can lift our voices—“make a joyful noise”—as commanded. David C. Grabbe The Shout of a King Related Topics: Feast of Trumpets | Ruwa | Shofars | Shout of a King | Shouting | Shouting as Expression of Joy | Trumpet Blasts | Trumpets, Blowing of | Yom Teruah

Revelation 11:14 The New King James puts this verse at the tail end of the narrative about the Two Witnesses, but it should stand by itself. It is a transition verse, telling the reader, "Now it is time to return to the chronological flow. Remember where we were? The second woe had just passed, and the third woe will be explained in the next revelation of events." We have come through an entire inset, spanning chapters 10 and 11, and this verse puts us back on track, returning us to the timeflow of Revelation 9:21. Chapters 10 and 11 are, in publishing terms, a sidebar. They are outside the flow of the main chronology of the book of Revelation. The woes are announced in Revelation 8:13: Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound! The "woe, woe, woe" are the three remaining blasts of the trumpet, which means that the fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1-12) is the first woe. One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. (Revelation 9:12) Then it explains the sixth trumpet in Revelation 9:13-21. This is the whole second woe. Immediately following are two inset chapters—Revelation 10 and 11—which are hooked together because they talk about the same general topic. With Revelation 11:13, the inset is done, so the narrator, John, says, "Now we will return to the story flow. The second woe is past, which, as you'll remember, was in chapter 9. Now, behold, the third woe is coming quickly." So now we are back on track in the chronology. Richard T. Ritenbaugh The Two Witnesses (Part Seven) Related Topics: Third Woe | Trumpet Blasts | Trumpet Plagues | Two Witnesses

 

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