Whenever a special occasion arose and something extraordinary was to take place, the trumpet was sounded, calling the people together for a feast or an announcement. When the Lord God descended upon Mount Sinai to meet with His prophet Moses, who was to receive His Word for the people of Israel, “Mount Sinai was altogether in a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.” (Ex. 19: 18–19).

The trumpet sounded in the days of Joshua, when seven priests took seven trumpets and went before the ark of the covenant, in which the Word of the Lord was kept (Josh. 6).

God’s trumpet sounds, when He is ready to speak. Such a trumpet alerts His people to hear His voice, to receive His Word and experience the victory.

Such a sounding of the trumpet was heard again in our generation and will be with Israel at the time of their gathering. The Scripture tells us that the mystery of God will be finished in the days of the sounding of the voice of the seventh angel, as he hath declared unto His servants the prophets (Rev. 10: 7).

We have already seen that an angel is a messenger, who has a message of God for the people. Under the sounding of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be finished, as it was revealed to His servants, the prophets.

Let us bear in mind that the word ‘prophet’ has a twofold meaning. In the New Testament Church there were apostles, prophets, teachers etc., but whenever something outstanding was to take place on earth, God sent a major prophet to announce it.

In the church of Antioch were several prophets and teachers (Acts 13: 1). “And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.” (Acts 11: 27–28).

Such a prophet may foretell events of personal nature or circumstances. Agabus also prophesied and predicted what would happen to Paul (Acts 21: 10–11). According to 1 Cor. 14: 29, two or three prophets were to speak in the church, the others were to judge.

When a major prophet, a seer, arises, he is a spokesman for Almighty God, who utters the Word by divine revelation and shows forth the predictions pertaining to the prophetic part of the plan of salvation. We are to hear and believe, not to judge such a prophet. There was only one Enoch, one Abraham, one Moses, one Noah, one Elijah, one John the Baptist and one Paul in their days. No one was needed to judge those prophets, for they had the “thus saith the Lord!”.

There were apostles, prophets, teachers, etc. in the first church age, but it was given to Paul, the prophet-messenger, to expound the things to the Church. In 1 Cor. 14: 37 he writes, “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.” Anyone truly called of God to one of the five offices of Eph. 4: 11 will accept the true Word of the Lord that goes forth by the God-sent messenger.

In every one of the seven church ages, there were great men in the eyes of the people: no doubt, they were used of God in various ministries. But there was also God’s choice in each age to bring forth the message of the hour. There are many well-known eloquent evangelists in this generation, but who is the messenger, to whom the Word of the Lord came in our day?

Whenever a special occasion arose and something extraordinary was to take place, the trumpet was sounded, calling the people together for a feast or an announcement. When the Lord God descended upon Mount Sinai to meet with His prophet Moses, who was to receive His Word for the people of Israel, “Mount Sinai was altogether in a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.” (Ex. 19: 18–19).

The trumpet sounded in the days of Joshua, when seven priests took seven trumpets and went before the ark of the covenant, in which the Word of the Lord was kept (Josh. 6).

God’s trumpet sounds, when He is ready to speak. Such a trumpet alerts His people to hear His voice, to receive His Word and experience the victory.

Such a sounding of the trumpet was heard again in our generation and will be with Israel at the time of their gathering. The Scripture tells us that the mystery of God will be finished in the days of the sounding of the voice of the seventh angel, as he hath declared unto His servants the prophets (Rev. 10: 7).

We have already seen that an angel is a messenger, who has a message of God for the people. Under the sounding of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be finished, as it was revealed to His servants, the prophets.

Let us bear in mind that the word ‘prophet’ has a twofold meaning. In the New Testament Church there were apostles, prophets, teachers etc., but whenever something outstanding was to take place on earth, God sent a major prophet to announce it.

In the church of Antioch were several prophets and teachers (Acts 13: 1). “And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.” (Acts 11: 27–28).

Such a prophet may foretell events of personal nature or circumstances. Agabus also prophesied and predicted what would happen to Paul (Acts 21: 10–11). According to 1 Cor. 14: 29, two or three prophets were to speak in the church, the others were to judge.

When a major prophet, a seer, arises, he is a spokesman for Almighty God, who utters the Word by divine revelation and shows forth the predictions pertaining to the prophetic part of the plan of salvation. We are to hear and believe, not to judge such a prophet. There was only one Enoch, one Abraham, one Moses, one Noah, one Elijah, one John the Baptist and one Paul in their days. No one was needed to judge those prophets, for they had the “thus saith the Lord!”.

There were apostles, prophets, teachers, etc. in the first church age, but it was given to Paul, the prophet-messenger, to expound the things to the Church. In 1 Cor. 14: 37 he writes, “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.” Anyone truly called of God to one of the five offices of Eph. 4: 11 will accept the true Word of the Lord that goes forth by the God-sent messenger.

In every one of the seven church ages, there were great men in the eyes of the people: no doubt, they were used of God in various ministries. But there was also God’s choice in each age to bring forth the message of the hour. There are many well-known eloquent evangelists in this generation, but who is the messenger, to whom the Word of the Lord came in our day?