Numbers 10:2. “Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.”
TWO SILVER TRUMPETS. The two sons of Aaron with one trumpet per man, Had a very important task to perform in God’s plan. Each trumpet would have a different sound than the other, So that when one or both would sound, God’s people would gather.
Both blown together would call the nation to God.
One blown by itself would call the leaders to step forward. When both were blown loudly and long, they would know; That was an alarm, and it is time for all to rise up and go.
Those on the east would rise up at first blast; Then the south and the north, and the west would come last. The point of it all was coordination was required. Each message that sounded, was by God thus inspired.
In wartime or in peace, in solemn days or glad; When the silver trumpets sounded, they were reminded of God. He was watching over His own, they were under His protection; And when they heard the trumpets sounding, they sprang into action.
The trumpets we hear in our ears in these days, Is the sound of God’s people when in praying or praise. In view of the message of the Gospel we preach, The silver trumpets of God’s Gospel are that others we’ll reach.
When the people are gathered to listen to truth, The silver strains of redemption come out from the mouth Of him who God uses at this moment to tell, To the whole congregation, how to be delivered from hell.
There is more to the message the Gospel trumpets do sound; God is calling all men everywhere to be found; To come unto Him who delivers from sin, And find, through the sound of the trumpets, the way to go in.
To go into heaven, where God wants them to be; To gather to Jesus, and their Savior to see. To ready themselves for their march through this life; To know how to defend when the enemy makes strife.
God has not left us without guidance for life. The silver trumpets of the Gospel and the Spirit of light, Makes it clear to the pilgrim going to the promised land; God has not left us to journey without His clear commands.
So, keep your ears open to the silvery sounds, Of the trumpets of truth, when we gather around The Person of Jesus, our Savior and Lord. The last trump will sound; that will be our reward.
For then we will see Jesus coming in the clouds of the air, And the Church will all gather to meet Him up there. His shout will be heard, and the millions will gather. Silver trumpets have sounded - with Him, we see Father.
“I am not one of Aaron’s sons, Father, or one of the seven who blew for Joshua, or the 120 who blew for Solomon. But I am thankful to be one of the redeemed ones in this place to blow the Gospel trumpet, so I am asking for the fullness of the Spirit to be evident in the work in this place. I am asking that the words we speak will bring truth and give life. I am asking that we will be the Lord’s messengers in the Lord’s message. I am asking that the souls of those we are speaking to will respond in faith to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their own Savior and Lord. Amen.”
Numbers 10: 21. “And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against they came.”
ORDER. When the time came for the people of God to move forward, there was a God-given order that they had to follow. There were 40 different stopping places they camped during the 40 years they were traveling to the land of Promise. At least 29 of their moves were made after the Tabernacle was built. When the time came to move, the cloud would rise up before them so that everyone could see. How their hearts must’ve raced to see the cloud of the presence of the Lord moving again. Moses, the priest and the Levites who lived in front of the Tabernacle gate, would hasten to their assigned tasks. The priests would quickly move to cover the “Holy things” before the Levites would come to carry them. The Gershonites would line up to load up the coverings, the hangings of the court and all the cords. Then the Merarites would take the Tabernacle itself and all its woodwork; silver sockets, the bars and all that kept the Tabernacle together. Right behind them would come the Kohathites to bear the “Holy things” that by this time were covered by the priests. All of those things were hidden under the outer layer of badger skins except for the Ark of the covenant with its solid blue outer covering. The gathering center of God’s people demands holy people doing holy things in a holy way. As long as they did the work God’s way, all would be well. If they did it some other way they would die. How impacting and impressive it must’ve been to see that Tabernacle seeming to melt down into obscure bundles.
Then out would swing the tribes in their order of march beginning with those on the east: Judah, Issachar and Zebulun each in order with Judah leading. Hundreds of thousands of people moving together as one moving mass, three tribes moved out followed by the Gershonites and Merarites bearing the Tabernacle and all its pieces in order in covered carts. Following them moving into line from the south side of the camp would come Reuben, then Simeon and then Gad. As they passed by the waiting Kohathites with the “Holy things” on their shoulders, there would be the curious stares as each would wonder at the awesome authority under that blue covering. Then out would step the Kohathites carrying some things by gold covered staves in their hands and the lampstand covered but being carried by an overhead beam. Following close behind and coming straight ahead from the west would come Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin walking right where the Tabernacle had stood. Following them from the north would come Dan, Asher and Naphtali as the six tribes formed the rear guard.
Six tribes ahead of the Ark and six tribes behind; the pillar cloud out front; the blue covered Ark in the middle: O how awesome and glorious is the movement of the God of glory as He moves in front of the pilgrim band and His dwelling place is in the midst of His people.
Because of the orderliness of God’s people, when the cloud stopped; Judah, Issachar and Zebulun would move straight ahead to camp in their previously assigned location. As if by a miracle before the eyes of a distant beholder, the Tabernacle would seem to rise from nowhere, even as Reuben, Simeon and Gad swung to the south to set up their tents in orderly street fashion. Then coming straight ahead from behind them but in the middle of the column of march, would come the “Holy things” passing by the already hanging courtyard and through the gate, each piece of furniture stopping in its assigned place and the priests coming quickly up to uncover each piece as the Lord commanded. Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin would stop before they got to the Tabernacle and Dan, Asher and Napthali would turn north to their designated location. In a very short time, a tent city of 2 or 3 million people would’ve settled in and the Cloud of the Lord’s Presence would settle down over the Tabernacle – another march nearer home.
How important it is that the orderliness of God’s people be maintained and understood. It is a reflection of God Himself even in His creation – how much more in His people.
“O God of order, authority and dignity. Impress me with how important it is that all we do in our work, reflect the character, order, design and discipline that Thou dost desire to see in Thy people. Keep us from doing things our own way or thinking our own design would be better. We know we can only see things from down here, but perhaps there would be some way we could from time to time see things from Thy perspective. Then we might be more careful lest we bring disaster on the People of God. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.”