Numbers 10:1-10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,… The silver trumpets sent a piercing note. So should the gospel herald utter aloud the gospel news. Away with timid whisper, and a stammering tongue. Note, the trumpets were of one piece. So is the gospel message. It knows no mixture. Christ is all. No diverse metal soiled these trumpets. No intermingling error should soil pulpits. The type, moreover, fixes attention on the Christian as a worshipper — a pilgrim — a warrior — a son of joy. For let the occasions on which these trumpets sounded be now mere closely marked. 1. They call the people to God's sanctuary, it is a gospel ordinance that worshippers should throng the holy courts — that public prayer and praise should reverence the glorious name. 2. They give command to march. The Bible warns that earth is not our rest. We live a stranger-life. We occupy a moving tent. We hold a pilgrim-staff. 3. They sound for war. The life of faith is one incessant fight. Beneath the cross a sword is drawn, of which the scabbard is cast far away. Until the victor's crown is won, unflinching combat must go on. 4. In the grand feasts they cheer the worshippers around the bleeding victims. While the altar streams, and happy crowds look on, the heavens resound with these exulting clangs. The precept is obeyed (Psalm 81:1). Believer, thus, too, the gospel teaches you to joy — to joy with heart abounding with melodious praise, when you in faith contemplate, and in worship plead, the meritorious death of Christ. (Dean Law.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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