Do You Hear a Trumpet?

One of the main reasons I love this corner of the Temple Mount is because of one particular stone that lies on the street far below where it originally stood. Shaped as a corner, the stone bears the Hebrew inscription: “To the place of trumpeting.”

This stone represented the pinnacle of the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount, the place where priests would stand and overlook Jerusalem as they blew trumpets to announce the Sabbath and the start of festival days. The Feast of Trumpets especially relates to this act: “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD’” (Leviticus 23:24–25; see also Numbers 29:1–6).

Jesus, the final sacrifice for our sins, will call His church to Himself one day with the trumpet call of God. Today in Jerusalem would be a perfect time to do that!

Wayne Stiles
Bible Teacher for Emerald Bus 2
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