THE LAST TRUMP the same as the Last TRUMPET?
The last trump and the last trumpet are not the same. In the English, context determines defintion and pronunciation, not the Greek concordance or dictionary.
The context of 1 Cor. 15 is about victory; not the blasting of a trumpet!
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Is the last trump the last trumpet?
The original definition of trumpet:
The word comes from Old French trompe 'long, tube-like musical wind instrument' (12c.), cognate with Provençal tromba, Italian tromba, all probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba 'trumpet'), of imitative origin."
The definition of trumpet:
a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. The modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves.
The ***last trump,*** 1 Cor. 15:51-52 is the NOT THE SOUND of a trumpet.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57 KJV
V. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
V. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
V. 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
v. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 The. 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with voice of the arch angel, and with the TRUMP of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Both passages in 1 Cor. 14 and 1 Thess. 4 reads TRUMP. You have to read TRUMPET into the text which is a no-no. Thou shalt not add to the text.
The definition of trump:
To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something, often in a HIGHLY PUBLIC WAY.
The LAST TRUMP is not the blasting SOUND OF a trumpet or the last trumpet for that matter.
Trump - noun
1.
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led.
"declarer ruffs the opening lead and plays a trump"
(Anyone that has ever played the game: 'Texas 42' knows what the "trump' is and that the trump domino usually changes with every shuffle.)
2.
DATED•INFORMAL
a helpful or admirable person.
"Spencer's doctor is a trump—I am like a new man"
verb
1.
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump on (a card of another suit), having no cards of the suit led.
"why on earth did you trump my ace?"
2.
beat (someone or something) by saying or doing something better!
... At the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound ... The trumpet sounds and the TRUMP is the resurrection of the saints from the dead; the last trump is the resurrection of all NT church believers. "for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
V. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? TRUMP Jesus plays His TRUMP and is the winner of the game.
Jesus plays HIS TRUMP card and is triumph over death, hell, and the grave. He does it publickly, not privately. He plays His TRUMP and announces He is victor over death, hell, and the grave with the blast of a trumpet.
What does that blast mean? It means there's no such thing as a 'secret rapture.' The pretribulation rapture is a public event.
It's a public event; no private affair.
