1. Matthew 24:31 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the purpose of a trumpet call?

Matthew 24:31 (ESV)

31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

In the Bible, trumpet blasts announced the coming of the king (1 Kings 1:34), a sacred event (Leviticus 25:9), a theophany (Exodus 20:18; Hebrews 12:19) a call to war (Judges 6:34; Judges 7:20; Isaiah 18:3) or the day of the Lord (Isaiah 27:13; Joel 2:1; Zechariah 9:14).