The Last Trump

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.