Alarm of Trumpets
Discussing the second coming of Jesus can be a favorite topic among believers. People look for the signs described in Scripture and try their best to estimate when his glorious return will occur. In fact, the Bible contains many more prophecies about Jesus’s second coming than his first when he came as a baby in Bethlehem. A consistent theme we read about is the sound of trumpets being an audible signal of Christ’s return. Matthew 24:31 states, “And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.” Then 1 Corinthians 15:52 says, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.”
When the trumpet sounds, it will be too late to wake up if you have been going through spiritual sleepiness or apathy. The sound of the trumpet will either elicit feelings of great joy or great despair, depending on where you have placed your hope and trust throughout your life. But it’s not too late for you yet if you haven’t experienced the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
God’s grace calls us, invites us, and sounds the alarms in our life that gets our attention and wakes us up. Jesus’s resurrection means that we can rise up, and God can resurrect all of us out of our dead life. He can resurrect us out of our old life. He can resurrect us out of our sin, out of our shame, and out of our guilt. He can resurrect us out of our hopelessness; because he was resurrected, we can be resurrected.
Reflection/Discussion Question: Does the idea of the trumpets sounding create a feeling of fear, excitement, or something else in your heart?
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