Is the last trump the last trumpet?
The last trump and the last trumpet are not the same. In the English language, context determines definition and pronunciation, not the Greek concordance or dictionary.
For example: is it read or read or live or live?
How you say these four words: read, read, live, or live, and their meaning is determined by context of your conversation, not the dictionary.
Example:
(1) Will you 'read' me the will?
(2) I already "read" the will.
(3) Nightly News! 'Live' at five!
(4) Where do you "live?"
Those 4 words are spelled the same, but pronounced differently. There are many words in the English language that are spelled the same, pronounced differently in context and have different meanings. Again: In the English language, context determines definition and pronunciation. The dictionary provides the numerous meanings words many have.
The context of 1 Cor. 15:51-58, is it about:
a. salvation from the anti-christ?
b. victory over the death and the grave?
c. 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.
Thus the question: Is the last trump of 1 Cor. 15:51-52, the last trumpet of the seven trumpet judgment, Rev. 11?
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.
Some folks believe the 'the last trump' 1 Cor. 15:51-52, is the "blasting sound of a trumpet."
Some believe "the last trump" of Cor. 15:51-52, is a great sound of a trumpet as found in Mat. 24:31.
Some believe the 'last trumpet' Cor. 15:51-52, is the 7th trumpet judgment, Revelation 11:15-19
I do not believe the ***last trump,*** 1 Cor. 15:51-52, 1 Thes. 4:16, is the sound of a BLASTING trumpet, nor is it the last trumpet, Rev. 11:15-19.
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. 15 and 1 Thess. 4 reads TRUMP. 1 Cor. 15: 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.
Therefore it is necessary to consider context and seriously ponder just what message the Holy Spirit is revealing to serious students of the word:
Is the 'last trump,' 1 Cor. 15:52 and 'the trump of God, 1 Thes. 4:16, the blasting SOUND OF a trumpet?
1 Cor. 15:52 reads 'trump and trumpet.' If the words in the Greek are the same, why didn't the King James Translators use two different words?
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.
Ex. "Fred! Why did you waste your trump, I already won the trick?"
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!
Anyone that has ever played the game: 'Texas 42" knows about the "trump' domino. Each time the dominos are shuffled, the trump domino suit usually changes. It is also common for one of the player to ask, "What did you say was trumps?" The high domino in the suit wins the trick, UNLESS someone plays a 'trump domino,' then the trick is one by the trump.
... At the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound ... The trumpet sounds to announces the victory.
I believe the 'last TRUMP' is the resurrection of the saints from the dead; 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?
Jesus plays HIS TRUMP card (so to speak) and is triumph over death, hell, and the grave. He does it publicly, not privately.
He plays His TRUMP and announces He is victor over death, hell, and the grave with the blast of a TRUMPET!
At one time Hollywood made epic historical films (movies) known for their grand scale, sweeping narratives, and large ensemble casts, often set against historical or fantastical backdrops. Many times the movie would show the king returning from war. His arrival is announced by the sound of trumpets. He rides or walks down the street with the crowds cheering him, while in tow, parades his conquests, his prizes, captured slaves, exotic animals, etc. etc.
Imagine Jesus being the conqueror of death, hell, and the grave announcing His victory with the blasting of a trumpet. Then He leads His procession into eternity, cheered on by billions of angels... Get the picture? Sometimes, movie producers have a better understanding of a victory parade than bible believers.
What does that trumpet blast mean? It means there's no such thing as a 'secret rapture.' The pretribulation rapture is a public event; no private affair.
How do we know it's a pre-tribulation rapture? Because if you compare Acts 1:11 with Rev. 19:11, you will see that 'in like manner,' Act 1:11, is not what is written in Rev. 19:11-17. These two comings are different. Things different are not the same. Trump is not the same as trumpet.
If trump and trumpet are the same, would you go so far to say:
The 45th and 47th president of the United States is "Donald Trumpet?"
Do high school bands across America have band members playing a trump or trumpet?
THE RESURRECTION AT THE 7TH TRUMPET, Rev. 11:15-19
At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the resurrection mentioned is not the rapture!
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
'And the 7th angel sounded'
when John wrote those words, he's writing in the past tense. Sounded is past tense.
The angel now speaks in the present tense:
'the kingdoms of this world are become.....
he shell reign for ever and ever.'
This reign - 'forever and ever'- is not the millennium reign, for that reign in only 1000 years. Does Christ reign for ever on the earth or over the earth?
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Here we have the Trinity: 'Which art' - present tense.
'which wast' - past tense.
'and art to come' is future tense.
Future tense meaning he's about to establish and eternal reign.
'because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.'
again the 24 elders are speaking in the past tense, referring to His millennium reign here on earth.
Also, no one receives an immortal body at the resurrection recorded in Rev. 11, 20.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
'and the nations were angry' - past tense.
'thy wrath is come' - past tense - meaning the tribulation is over.
'and the time of the dead, that they should be judged' - this is the Great White Throne Judgment, Rev. 20.
Those that are resurrected at the 7th trumpet are those that died since Adam, and includes the:
b. the dead that died during the great tribulation,
c. those that had their heads chopped off and refused the mark of the beast
d. the living dead (doomed)
e. the dead that died in the final battle, Rev. 20:7-10.
'and that thou shouldest give rewards unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great'
'These servants' are not the NT church body. The NT church body is His bride.
'and prophets' these are the OT prophet as well as the two witnesses, Rev. 11 perhaps even the 144,000 that preached during the tribulation.
'and saints' are Great tribulation saints, not NT saints, and are rewarded at the GWTJ.
NT saints make up the church body. They are not tribulation saints, Church age saints are judged at the Judgment seat of Christ,
2 Cor. 5:10 For we must ALL" appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
When Paul says "we must all" Who is the ALL Paul refers to? 2 Cor. 1:1-2 is the answer, and to all NT church age believers.
How do we know the saints in Rev. 11 are not church age saints? Because the NT church age saints come back with Jesus on white horses, Rev. 19. We can't come back with Him, Rev. 19, unless we first go up with Him at the rapture, 1 Cor. 15, Rev. 4:1-2.
'and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth' Those that set about destroying the earth are judged, Rev. 20 and are cast into the lake of fire, Rev. 20
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
From the context of Rev. 11:15-19 there is no resurrection of the NT church saints. You MUST read **church saints** into the context of Rev. 11:15-19.
Rev. 11:15-19 is a 'preview' of what is to take place at the GWTH, Rev.20.
Once you read into Rev. 12, the context drops back into the tribulation.
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.
No one is CHANGED, Rev. 7 when the last trumpet sounds.
In Conclusion:
AGAIN worth repeating: In the English language, context determines pronunciation and definition - not the English or Hebrew/Greek lexicons.
If you try to find the definition of 'trump' vs trumpet in Hebrew or Greek lexicons, you will not find the differences in the definitions. You only find it the advance revelation revealed in the King James Bible.
By comparing scripture with scripture and allowing context to determine the time and the definition, it is easily understood and believed, that 'trump' 1 Cor. 15
and "trumpet" or not the same words; for they have different meanings.
The 'last trump,' 1 Cor.15:51-52 is not the 7th (last) trumpet of judgment, Rev. 11.
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