Have you ever done a study of how trumpet sounds are used in scripture? Are you aware the use of the trumpet imagery is compared with that of a "voice"? Are you aware Isaiah reports a standard will be raised and a trumpet will be blown in Jerusalem and all the inhabitants of the world see the standard and hear the trumpet. Do you think people in Argentina can see a flag in Jerusalem? Can they hear a trumpet blown in Jerusalem? Is this some kind of really, really, really, really tall standard that is so tall it can be seen over the curvature of the entire planet? There's no mention of any such thing in the passage. Is it a "standard" of some other kind? Is this a reference to the cross at Calvary? If so then the people living on the other side of the planet did not see it in the first century. Some folks nowadays say this standard will be seen because it will be televised and the broadcast media and the internet will make it visible around the globe, but there's no such mention of any such thing in the Isaiah passage.When and how did Jesus "send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and … gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other" back in AD70 (Mat 24:31 and Mark 13:27)?
Furthermore, if we're going to say Isaiah's mention of a standard and a trumpet is figurative or symbolic then don't you think the Bible itself is the best place to go to for understanding what the Bible means when the Bible uses Bible imagery?
So, sovereigngrace, have you ever studied this matter? If not then are you sure you want to place yourself in a position to learn it from me here in this forum? Because if not then I encourage you to do the work. If so then I expect you to be open to God's word and not approach my posts adversarially with pre-existing adversarialness. I'm not interested in doing work you should already have done for you if you're going to play skeptic, devil's advocate, and hole-finder from the outset and never act like the Berean.
The Bible contains 109 references of "trumpet" or "trumpets" in the Bible in the KJV. It should not take you very long to examine them. I encourage you to do a similar examination of "gathering."
I also encourage you to study the post hoc fallacy because we do not render scripture by history; we render history by scripture. ALL refutatious arguments that begin with "When did X happen? have already committed a fallacy. ALL of them.
Matthew 26:6-13
"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, 'Why this waste? For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.' But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "'Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.'"
"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, 'Why this waste? For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.' But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "'Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.'"
Does that mean all preaching of the gospel must include mention of this woman's actions? "Ope! Nope! Bill Graham didn't mention the Matthew 26 woman last night so he didn't preach the gospel!"
That would not only be a post hoc argument but a false cause argument. Both are fallacious arguments.
So you decide whether you are really interest in my answering your question, soevereigngrace. Don't waste both or time if you are not sincere. If you are sincere now then work to remain sincere as I answer your question. Let me know your decision and when I have time later today I'll post what I can in the time I have.
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