Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah, the “day of the trumpet blast,” Lev. 23:23-25), the first of Israel’s three fall feasts, is identified by Jones as the type that prophesies the Second Coming of Christ. While the spring feasts (Passover, Feast of Firstfruits, Feast of Weeks) were fulfilled at the first coming of Christ, the three fall feasts prophesy the second coming: the Feast of Trumpets of the resurrection, the Day of Atonement of the end-time cleansing, and the Feast of Tabernacles of the final indwelling of God with his people. Warnock connects the end-time trumpet with Paul’s description of the resurrection in 1Cor. 15:52.
Biblical Anchoring
| Reference | Context |
|---|---|
| Lev. 23:23-25 | Institution of the day of the trumpet blast on the first day of the seventh month |
| Num. 10:1-10 | Two silver trumpets: one for the leaders, both for the whole congregation — type of two resurrections |
| 1Cor. 15:52 | ”At the last trumpet… the dead will be raised imperishable and we shall be changed” |
| 1Thess. 4:16 | ”The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God” |
| Rev. 8:6-11:19 | The seven trumpets as eschatological development of the trumpet theme |
Typological Treatment by Author
Jones
Jones positions the Feast of Trumpets as the first of the three fall feasts that prophesy the second coming of Christ in stages. The prophetic structure of the feast days is for Jones the key principle for eschatology:
“Even as Passover, the firstfruits sheaf, and Pentecost were fulfilled at the first coming of Christ, so also the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles prophesy of events surrounding the second coming of Christ. The Feast of Trumpets is the first of the fall feasts, which prophesy of the second coming of Christ.”1
The two silver trumpets of Num. 10 give Jones material for a type of the two resurrections of Rev. 20: one trumpet for the first resurrection (of the overcomers), both trumpets for the ultimate gathering of the whole congregation:
“God told Moses to make two silver trumpets. When the priest blew only one trumpet, only the leaders, the heads of the people, gathered before God. When the priest blew BOTH trumpets, the whole congregation gathered before God.”2
Warnock
Warnock connects the typological trumpets with the eschatological trumpets at the resurrection and Second Coming. The last trumpet of 1Cor. 15:52 is for him the end-time fulfillment of the Old Testament trumpet pattern:
“There is no question as to the fact that one day ‘the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,’ and the saints shall be caught away to be with Him for ever (1Thess. 4:16). And again, ‘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’ (1Cor. 15:52).”3
Related Types
- Connected: day-of-atonement (Day of Atonement follows the Feast of Trumpets as the second fall feast — resurrection followed by cleansing)
- Connected: feast-of-tabernacles (Feast of Tabernacles as the completion of the fall feast cycle)
- Connected: sinai-theophany (Sinai trumpet as Old Testament type of the eschatological trumpet)
- Via number symbolism: 7 (Seventh month as context of the Feast of Trumpets; seven trumpets in Rev.)
Footnotes
Footnotes
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Jones, The Laws of the Second Coming, ch. 1-2 — Feast of Trumpets as first fall feast; type of the second coming of Christ. ↩
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Jones, The Laws of the Second Coming, ch. 2 — Two silver trumpets (Num. 10) as type of two resurrections. ↩
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Warnock, The Feast of Tabernacles, ch. 14 — Last trumpet (1Thess. 4:16; 1Cor. 15:52) as eschatological fulfillment of the trumpet type. ↩