Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown… I. We make TWO EXPLANATORY REMARKS. 1. The prediction primarily refers to the proclamation of Cyrus for the deliverance of the Jews from captivity. 2. This prophecy has an ulterior reference to the times of the Messiah, and the inbringing of the Jews in the latter days. II. We consider THE GREATNESS AND GRANDEUR OF THE GOSPEL here represented by a great trumpet. Trumpets were of very common use among God's ancient people. They directed their journeys, animated them on the march, reused them to arms against the invader, and sounded the dreadful onset to battle, proclaimed the tidings of victory, and summoned the people to divide the spoil. The chief use of the instrument is to give strength to the human voice, that warnings or invitations might be more extensively heard. No kind of wind instrument was in more general use, and therefore no symbol could have been selected with which they were more familiarly acquainted. Their solemn assemblies were convened by its sound; and surely the greatness and the grandeur of the Gospel is hereby strikingly and significantly symbolised. 1. The greatness of the Gospel will appear from the dignity and moral grandeur of its Author. 2. From the gracious tidings it proclaims. 3. From the objects it hath already accomplished and is destined to achieve. III. We notice that THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL IS THE GREAT ORDINANCE OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF MEN. "The great trumpet shall be blown." Its sound shall be long and loud, that the proclamation of "the glad tidings of great joy" shall be universal. Conclusion — 1. Let Christians appreciate their advantages and highly prize the Gospel (Psalm 89:15). 2. Let Gospel despisers fear, and flee for refuge to the hope set before them in the Gospel (Hebrews 2:2). 3. Let all rejoice in the glorious results already secured and yet to be achieved by the preaching of the Gospel. (W. M Queen.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. |
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