I’ve been receiving something since President Trump’s election as the 47th President of the United States that I wanted to share. It has to do with the next four years of his presidency. The word that came to me was “pause.” Here are some definitions for it:
a temporary stop in action or speech
a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting again
a period of silence between musical notes, or a symbol that represents this
a symbol in music meaning that a note or rest should be held for longer than normal [see the section below regarding “The Tekia Gedolah; The Last Trump”]
What I believe I’m seeing is that we are now, by the mercy of God, in a “pause” moment in history. During this “temporary stop in action or speech,” the Lord will grant the final outpouring of the Holy Spirit before the rapture of the Bride and the subsequent outpouring of God’s wrath on all that reject Him as their Lord and Savior. For the Gentiles at least, it will be the final revival. He’s giving mankind one last opportunity to repent before He acts. Not only is He granting repentance to some for the last time, but He will be pouring out of His prepared, sanctified vessels the “best wine” that He has saved for last (John 2:1-11).
I find the definition for pause, “a symbol in music meaning that a note or rest should be held for longer than normal,” of particular significance to the time we are now in.
(The following insight is from the Bible Study The First Trump, The Last Trump, and The Great Trump.)
The Tekia Gedolah; The Last Trump
During the Feast of Trumpets, 100 trumpet blasts in specific sequences are sounded. The last trump, called the tekiah gedolah, is one long trumpet blast.
100 in Hebrew (qof) = Election of God’s chosen ones, set apart as holy. Means: Holiness, Consecrated, Divide, sun on horizon, Back of the Head, to Follow, Make a Complete Circle, End of a Cycle, Final, Behind, Dome (https://maryellenwrites.com/2020/05/07/hebrew-letters-and-meanings-unearthing-treasure-in-hebrew-part-3/)
From the article “Understanding the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)” by Karen Engle
“Some denominations in Judaism blow the shofar 100 times during Rosh Hashanah to call people to confession and repentance. On this day, a series of reverberating shofar blasts make three sounds, but it’s the last one that is particularly moving—one long uninterrupted blast held as long as possible.”
[I believe this represents the Lord holding off “as long as possible” before bringing His final judgment on all of mankind giving not only the world, but His own people time to separate from that which He will destroy. I speak of God holding back before pouring out His wrath in a very insightful article entitled Saving Tadpoles.]
The word “trumpet” shows in Scripture for the first time in Exodus 19:19 at Mount Sinai:
“When the blast of the trumpet (shofar) sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.” Here, Moses connects the trumpet sound that thundered with lightning flashes and a thick cloud on Mount Sinai with God’s voice.”
In the New Testament, the writer of Hebrews says of this event at Mount Sinai:
“You have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire … and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.” (12:9)
In Revelation 1:10, John describes being in the Spirit when he heard behind him “a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last’” (Revelation 1:10; see also Revelation 4:1). Notice all these verses seem to connect the words “sound,” “voice,” and “trumpet” one to each other. [Also, notice the connection between Jesus, the First and the Last, and the first trump and last trump.]
Because the trumpet sound in the Old Testament relates to God’s voice, and because Jesus declared himself the Alpha and Omega in Revelation (the Word of God made flesh who spoke creation into being; see Psalm 33:9), we can relate the sound of a trumpet blast to Jesus’ voice. The trumpet sound is the mere “shadow” of the voice of God that will be heard when Jesus returns to Earth, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, “and with the trumpet of God” when the dead in Christ rise first.
This makes Psalm 89:15 even more beautiful: “Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound (Hebrew teruah = shout, signal, alarm, or joy)! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance.” Those who “know” the voice of Jesus are indeed blessed:
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:27)
From the article “Rapture at the Seventh Trumpet Judgment?” (https://versebyverseministry.org/bible-answers/which-trumpet-announces-the-rapture)
“The last trump is a well-known Jewish phrase of Paul's day referring to the final trumpet blown at this feast. Rosh Hashanah observance involves blowing a series of trumpets at the feast each year. During the ceremony, there are a series of short trumpet sounds which conclude with one, long trumpet blast called the tekiah gedolah, which means “the great trumpet blast.” This is the trumpet Paul was describing in 1 Corinthians 15, and it announces the resurrection of the Church.
Paul was intimating that the feast of Rosh Hashanah pictures the Rapture of the Church. All seven feasts on the Jewish calendar picture aspects of God's redemptive plan, starting with Passover and ending with the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Rosh Hashanah pictures the moment of the Church's resurrection (also called the Rapture), which is why a trumpet is blown during the feast. That tekiah gedolah is a prophetic picture of the trumpet that will blow at the Church's resurrection.”
From the article “HEAR THE SHOFAR” (https://www.jewishmadison.org/5781/hear-the-shofar)
“The following blasts are blown on Rosh Hashanah:
Tekiah (תקיעה) is a single long blast of the shofar.
Shevarim (שברים) is composed of three connected short sounds.
Teruah (תרועה) - in most Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions, this is a string of many short-lived, broken blasts made by the tongue (e.g. tut-tut-tut-tut, etc.). In the Yemenite, Tunisian and Babylonian Jewish communities, it is a single long, reverberating blast.
It is customary for the last tekiah in a set of 30, and the last tekiah blown overall on a day of Rosh Hashanah [of the 100 blasts], to be extended in length, called a tekiah gedolah (“great tekiah”).
The shofar blasts follow a prescribed pattern:
tekiah-shevarim-teruah-tekiah
tekiah-shevarim-tekiah
tekiah-teruah-tekiah
From the article “The Meaning of the Shofar Sounds” (https://www.shofar.co/?item=89§ion=170)
Shofar sounds - What do Rosh Hashanna Shofar sounds mean?
The notes a skillful shofar blower can produce from this magnificent musical horn are far from being random. Each and every shofar sound has a role in preparing the mind and soul of the listeners to the spiritual process they are about to go through. [I would add here that every trumpet-like ministry sounding in these last days also has a specific role in preparing God's people for His return.] There are essentially four traditional shofar sounds:
Tekiah – One long blast
Shevraim – Three medium length blasts
Teruah – Nine short staccato sounds
Tekiah Gedolah – One extra-long blast
There is not a single meaning to each of the shofar sounds. Over time, many meanings have been attributed to each type of shofar sound; however, there is essentially a consistent theme running through the various interpretations given for each particular shofar sound. [Some are somewhat “mystical” in nature to me so apart from what is right below I didn’t add them.]
First Shofar sound - The Tekiah
The laws of Jewish halacha regarding the sounding of the shofar demand that all of the shofar notes sounded shall have a Tekiah to precede and succeed them. The Tekiah, with its long straight sound, is the bookends of all life. It comes first and it goes last. [Again, the first and the last relate to Jesus.]
Tekiah is also considered to be the sound of the coronation of the King. Every year, during Rosh HaShannah, The new Jewish Year, G-d is crowned King of the universe. Crowning Him King acknowledges that His commandments are for the good of mankind and that His concern is that people live in peace and harmony. Tekiah accepts His reign in our lives.
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