Trumpet

 Sound of the Shofar (Trumpet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKxDROoOiyY

Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. There is no sound on earth that can compare to the majesty, the power and the pathos of the shofar, a trumpet made from the horn of a ram. There is a sample of this sound above.
The shofar is the sound of the voice of God. It is the sound of warning, the sound of His presence, the sound of victory, the sound of battle, the call to assemble together, the sound of the resurrection and rapture of the Church. It is the sound of the prophetic word. It is the sound of our voices calling, and praying to God.  Below are just a few of the many verses in scripture that deal with the sound of the shofar:

"Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled."             Ex. 19:16

"It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat..."                       Joshua 6:5

"So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet."                  2 Sam. 6:15

"God has gone up with a shout,
The LORD with the sound of a trumpet."          Psalm 47:5

"Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound the alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, for it is at hand."
                                                              Joel 2:1

"And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." 
                                                              Mat. 24:31

"...For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."                                             1 Cor. 15:52

To the Jewish faith, Rosh Hashanah is associated with the creation of the first human being. It is associated with natural life and everlasting life through the prayer: "May I be inscribed in the Book of Life".  It is a time for introspection and for repentance as the ten days begin that will lead to the Day of Atonement and Judgment, Yom Kippur.  This brings man into a oneness with God, his Father. 
For the Christian believer, it should have equal significance. It is one of the ordained feasts of God, and as all the feasts do, it brings us a beautiful image and type of Jesus Christ. The trumpet in the New Testament is calling us to watch for the return of our Savior, and to signal the reunion of the Church with our Lord. It reminds us of our purpose and our potential in Him.

Below is a beautiful article that was sent to me by a friend. Thanks to F.B. for sending it. It was written by Sara Debbie Gutfreund. The title is "Answering Rosh Hashanah's Call".

 If you have ever lost a child in a crowded place, you know the raw fear. "Has anyone seen a two-year-old with a blue shirt on? He has brown hair. A Gap baseball hat with green letters?" A couple of years of ago we lost our toddler in an amusement park in Israel. One second he was right in front of us, and the next thing we knew he was nowhere to be found. At first we thought he had to be at most a few feet away, and we called out his name. No response. After a minute of looking around and shouting, I began to panic. Where could he have gone? We started stopping people and asking them to help us. I fought back tears as I ran past the jumping castles and bumper cars. By then we had a small crowd circling the area and calling his name.
When I finally spotted him, I couldn’t believe what I saw. There he was, sitting in a pool of colorful, plastic balls laughing with another little boy that he didn’t even know. For a moment, I just stood there with tears of relief weaving their way down my cheeks. And then I ran and gathered him into my arms. All this time he didn’t even know that he had been lost. He didn’t know that he couldn’t just walk away on his own. He didn’t know that being separated from us was dangerous. He looked up at me in confusion when I picked him up.
“Why Mommy cry?” he asked me. Because you were lost. Because you didn’t even know that you were lost. Because you don’t realize how dangerous it is to be separated from us. But I couldn’t say any of that. I just buried my head into his soft curls and cried harder.
With Rosh Hashanah on our doorstep, I think about that moment. I realize that sometimes I, too, don’t realize how dangerous it is to be disconnected from the Source of my life. Too often I go through my days as if I’m the one writing the script. Meanwhile, He is looking for me. He sends out search parties. He calls my name. Has anyone seen her? She was here just a second ago. She doesn’t even know how to get back. She doesn’t realize that she can’t survive on her own. Why doesn’t she answer my call?
On this Day of Judgment we are all found, no matter how far away we have wandered. The King picks each of us up and gathers our lives into His arms.
And then He cries. Tekiah. The shofar. Why is the King crying? The wailing gets louder and louder. It speaks through the power of its wordlessness. Your life is on the line. Why don’t you call out to me?
Shevarim-Teruah. Your job. Right now it’s being described and set for the next year, down to every penny that you will earn. Tell me what you need.
Tekiah. Your health is being written out now, every single detail of how you will feel every day. Wake up.
Shevarim. Your children, your family, everything that you care about is being decided today. And I am waiting for you to call out to Me. Don’t you hear me calling your name? Don’t you hear my cry? Where are you?
“On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed… who will live and who will die… who will rest and who will wander...”


Our Father is the sound of the Shofar. 


"Rosh Hashanah Blowing of the Shofar"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boLwXnfieqo