Isaiah
27:13
13 And it shall come to pass in that day [yowm], that the great [gadowl]
trumpet [showphar] shall be blown [taqa`], and they shall come [bow']
which were ready to perish ['abad] in the land ['erets] of Assyria ['Ashshuwr], and
the outcasts [nadach] in the land ['erets] of Egypt [Mitsrayim], and
shall worship [shachah] the LORD [Y@hovah] in the holy [qodesh] mount [har] at Jerusalem [Y@ruwshalaim]. KJV-Interlinear
13 And in that day a great
trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those
who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the
holy mountain at Jerusalem. ESV
Trumpets are used in a variety of ways. They are blown
in order to announce something or someone important. They are blown in order to call everyone to
attention. They are blown as a warning
or as a signal of impending trouble, and so forth.
Here, after the Second Advent, Christ will summon all
believers, and all Jews who have believed in Him, and of whom have survived the
Tribulation.
Trumpets can be symbolic as to their nature of use,
and they can be literal instruments that are actually blown. And in that end of days, time, they will most
likely be used in both senses.
How Christ will reach around the world, or even
throughout the Middle East, to call all to Him in Jerusalem, is not made
clear. But that detail is not really
important. Angels, for that matter,
could be used to go to and fro to find and bring all to safety. Angels could easily travel about the skies
and signal to everyone to come out.
But no matter.
The important thing is, that first there will be
survivors. Second, there will be Jews
who are among the survivors. Third,
Jerusalem will survive. Fourth, Mt.
Zion, often referred to as the Holy Mountain, will remain. And fifth, Christ will accomplish all of
this, despite the phenomenal opposition and indifference that has and will
exist throughout history.
