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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Seven Steps to the Rest of God, #12
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. (Leviticus 23:24)
The Blowing of Trumpets
The Blowing of Trumpets marks the beginning of our entrance into the Kingdom of God. The first four feasts, as we have stated, provide us with the authority, power, and virtue to enter the Kingdom. It is in Trumpets that the Kingdom comes to our soul and body in practical power, marking the beginning of the doing of God's will in the earth as it is performed in Heaven.
The Kingdom of God is God in Christ in the saints performing the will of God in the earth as it is practiced in Heaven. The Kingdom of God is Divine dominion over the material realm—a dominion centered on Christ and encompassed by Christ.
God's King comes with the sound of the trumpet.
The Spirit of Christ in David announced the spiritual fulfillment of the memorial of blowing of Trumpets:
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. (Psalms 24:7,8)
The Twenty-fourth Psalm speaks of the earth, of righteousness, and finally of the coming of the King through the everlasting doors of the souls of men. When the King comes the issue always is that of righteousness in the earth, for the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the earth made possible by the Presence of the Holy Spirit.
The trumpets did not sound when the Baby Jesus was born in Bethlehem because Christ was not revealed in His majesty at that time. (However a star appeared in the King's honor, and before Jesus' crucifixion Governor Pilate recognized Him as the King of the Jews.)
Now we are drawing near to that Day of all days when Christ will return to the earth as King of kings and the kingdoms of this world will be given to Him. The nations and the whole earth belong to Christ.
First, the Lord will come personally to each member of His Body. Then, when His work has been finished in His royal priesthood, Christ will appear in the clouds with His judges and rulers. Every eye shall see Him. Every knee shall bow to the Lord of lords. Every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord.
The coming of Christ to His Church prior to His coming in the clouds of heaven is announced in the Scriptures. The clearest statement of the Lord's appearing to His saints is described by Jesus Himself in John 14:18-23. This is a personal coming of Christ the King to the believer. It is an individual fulfillment of the Blowing of Trumpets.
Notice carefully:
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18)
"I will come to you."
To be continued.