~~Hear the Trumpet ~~

Heb 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Heb 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

See? Esau waited too long. He waited until the Lord had shut his door. He had refused to listen to the trumpet of God, when it sounded for him. He lived for his flesh. But when he saw it was getting too late, he then began trying to find repentance and could not. He had not listened to the trumpet when it sounded to him. So the Lord had risen up and shut his door. Then it is too late. See that those to whom he had shut the door, began then, to say, Lord, Lord. Open to us. But did he? No. He said depart from me, I know you not.

Those to whom the Lord had shut their door, say, we have eaten and drunk in thy presence and you taught in our streets. What does this mean? It shows those church people, who went to church, listened to those false teachers, and called themselves ‘eating and drinking�?the flesh and blood of Jesus. But he said to them, I know you not ye workers of iniquity. Now why did Jesus say that to them? It is because they actually were listening to lies of Satan, and eating false doctrine, or wild fire. So, the Lord had not ‘known�?them, or put his spirit and word seed into them. It was Satan’s seed which they had received into themselves. So now, their door is shut and they cannot find that place of repentance.

Heb 12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Heb 12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: [Those old Israelites, under Moses, could not stand to hear the voice of God’s trumpet, the sound of his voice, or words. So they entreated to Moses, that the word should not be spoken to them any more. They never wanted to hear the voice of God, giving those commandments again. It was terrifying to them. Even Moses feared and quaked. Why? Because that law was only death and darkness to them. That trumpet sounded death to them. When God spoke that old Law to them, they knew they could never endure it. It was a terrible bondage, which brought them death when they transgressed it.]

Heb 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Heb 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) [See here that they could not endure that which was commanded, when God gave those Ten Commandments. Even a beast who touched that mountain would be stoned or thrust through with a dart. Sound like mercy? No. It was Law and there is no mercy under that law. Those people could not get anywhere near to God under that law. So why does so many want to be under that law today? They are in darkness and cannot see the truth, is the only reason.]

Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Heb 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

BUT, see that? It shows a DIFFERENCE in those who came to the mount where Moses received that law covenant, and those of us who come to the mount Sion, the Heavenly Jerusalem. This is the New Covenant of Grace. See that this chapter is showing a clear contrast and total difference in these two covenants.

Law and Grace are two totally different and separate covenants. They were given on two different mountains. See part of what we come to is the spirits of just men made perfect. No one was made perfect under that first or old covenant, given at Mt. Sinai. So, these could not possibly be the same covenant.

See that we come to Jesus under this new covenant. They never came to Jesus under the old covenant. He is the mediator of the new covenant. Moses is the mediator of the old covenant.

Heb 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: [Moses was speaking to them on earth. It was law. Those who refused him did not escape. So much more shall we not escape who refuse to listen to Jesus, who now speaks to us from heaven and gives us the new covenant. He has never told anyone to go back to the old covenant. So all who do so, are not listening to Jesus, but are in rebellion to him. So they will not escape.

Mt 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. [Most people think this verse is speaking about something which will happen once, in the end of the world. But this is just not the case. That great trumpet began sounding in the days of the Apostles. They were sounding that trumpet with the message of grace. His angels work in the invisible world and gather together those who are his elect, as they hear the gospel message and believe it. This has been happening since the Day of Pentecost. It has been going on all these years and will continue until Jesus comes back and stops the call to salvation.

Here is proof: Joel 3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

Joe 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Now I know that the above verses are also misunderstood and people think it speaks of something yet to be, in the future. But, no. This all started on the Day of Pentecost. God brought again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, THEN. All of those who came to God and were filled with the Holy Ghost, on that day, were Jews. Up until Cornelius and his family were brought in, all those who came into the New Covenant, were Jews. So this is the restoration of Judah and Jerusalem. That was the New Jerusalem. That was the holy City of God.

God was pleading then, for his own people, those who came to FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. It was not natural Jews. It was any and all who accepted this new covenant. It was all who obeyed the gospel message, being filled with the Holy Ghost.

See that this is the same thing as in Matt. 24: 31. This is the trumpet sounding and gathering in his elect from the four winds, or all nations.

Lu 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Lu 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

Lu 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Lu 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Lu 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

Lu 13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

The trumpet calls everyone to strive to enter in at the strait gate. This is the gospel message. It is not the LAW message. Why do many seek to enter in and cannot? It is because they are doing as the old Israelites did = seeking it not by faith, but by the WORKS OF THE LAW. They try to return to law and serve God this way, INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING THE NT SALVATION. They refuse to repent, be water baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and be filled with the Holy Ghost, speaking in other tongues as the spirit gives utterance. They want no part of that. They refuse the sound of the trumpet. They ask that this message not be spoken to them again. They hate this true LIGHT. Now they are deceived into thinking that the old trumpet, of law, which so frightened those Israelites, that they did not wish to hear it again, is better than the new trumpet of grace, and they do not wish to hear this great trumpet any more. They ask that THIS trumpet or words, be not spoken to them again. They think now, that they can endure the old trumpet. But it is only because they have not been called to judgment, yet. Jesus has not risen up, yet, and shut to their door. Then it will be to late, and they will cry for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and cover them from the wrath coming on them. They will ask Jesus to open the door to them, then. But he will not. It will be too late, as it was when Esau decided to seek for repentance. He waited too long. You will wait too long. You will see that you cannot endure that old trumpet either, any more than they could back then. But the grace trumpet will be silent to you then. You will have hushed it up, one time too many. It will never speak to you again. Then all that is left for you is to be cast into outer darkness with the devils.

So they will not be able to enter into this strait gate and find salvation. They will see others coming from all nations, and sitting down in the kingdom of God, while they themselves are cast out.

The message delivered on the Day of Pentecost, by the Apostles, is this trumpet message. It is the sounding of that trumpet, which gathers all nations into the valley of decision, where they must decide to serve God, under grace, or to refuse. All who refuse will be turned into hell.

The Apostles sounded this great trumpet. Those of us who teach their same message today, are also sounding this great trumpet. This is why almost everyone entreats us that it not be heard again. They will say, with one accord, depart from us and leave us to our man-made doctrines of devils.

By: Jo Smith ~~ Sunday, July 27, 2008