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So this last trumpet is blown after the last battle is fought and before the 1000 year reign of Jesus begins. So what then are we to conclude about all this trumpet talk? 

What we have to do is separate the many different kinds of trumpets we see mentioned in the bible and put them in their proper context and perspective. Bottom line is they are not all the same.  The seven angel trumpets of Revelation are totally different from the Old testament trumpets that we have just read about and the trumpet of Jesus that he blows himself in 1Thessalonians 4:16-18 should in no way be confused with an angel trumpet of any kind. It reads:

 ¹⁶ The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. And those who have died believing in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive will be gathered up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever.¹⁸ So encourage each other with these words.


Notice how Jesus is doing three things at once here. There is no other trumpet anywhere in the bible that comes remotely close to this description, because it is one of a kind and a trumpet of this sort is never seen again anywhere in all of scripture. Revelation 1:10 & 4:1 proclaims how Jesus can do these three things all at once. ¹⁰ On the Lord's day I was in the Spirit, and I heard a loud voice behind me that sounded like a trumpet.

4:1:  After the vision of these things I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And the same voice that spoke to me before, that sounded like a trumpet, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."

If Jesus can change his voice to sound like a trumpet, then we can then easily see how he can shout, and blow a trumpet all with the voice of an archangel as well.

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