The Gospel Trumpet

We understand that the text reaches out to God’s children. That does not mean if you do not belong to God’s children there is no message for you. As you read and must say, “I do not belong to these people,” may this cause a great and deep sorrow in your heart so that you may become holily jealous. May the Lord give a deep cry in your heart, “Bless me with the same grace as all Thy children.”

The characters found in the text

The first characters spoken of are ones who are ready to perish in the land of Assyria. To them the Lord is saying, “My people shall never perish in the land of Assyria, no matter how low it has become in their spiritual life My people cannot perish” because they, by the grace of God, are destined for the land of Canaan.

Perhaps you are wondering who these people are that are “ready to perish.” I will try to explain. It was in the land of Assyria that the Lord came with His alluring love. What a good time it was in their life, His drawing love in their heart. Every crumb of His grace was like a meal of His love and communion for their soul, but when the Lord opened their blind eyes, they saw the breach between a holy God and a lost sinner. They saw the depth and awfulness of sin. Then there came a voice, “Pay what thou owest.” However, there was nothing with which to pay. Now it was fear before and behind.

Is that your life? Then you think you belong to those who must perish. You have a hunger, but it seems there is never any food for your soul. You now feel like the prodigal son. He said there is bread enough to spare in my father’s house, and I perish with hunger. Then comes the devil and he whispers that there is no pardon for you, so why not go back to the world. No, God’s people cannot do that. They sit with their back against heaven’s gate and all they can say is, “Lord help me to knock, help me to pray.” Oh, listen carefully. Soon the trumpet will sound, and then you will say, “Was not our heart burning when we heard the sound of the precious gospel message?”

Who are the characters we read about as “the outcasts in the land of Egypt”? There they live in bondage. Perhaps you may know that spiritual bondage for your soul. All is dark, all is empty; often you miss even the hunger and desire for a small token of the grace of a forgiving God. You feel as though you are about to perish; you see nothing but sin and, on the other side, a righteous and holy God. Yet, in the darkest night you cannot stop; you must ask, “Lord is there yet a way for such a one as I?”

Do you belong to one of these characters? There is a message for you although it is hopeless from your side. Yes, you think you will never hear that loving voice anymore, yet you may hear that wonderful, precious sound of the gospel. Now you may hear His voice saying, “Come, you who are about to perish. Come, and lay at the feet of the dear Saviour. Come then to the place where there is a Hiding Place for those about to perish.” I know what you are thinking, that you do not know the way. Listen for the sound of the trumpet.

The blowing of the great trumpet

We may still hear the sound of that great trumpet. Those of you who are unconverted, you may hear “Turn ye, Turn ye unto Me,” and when you hear you may pray, “Lord draw me, plant my feet upon that way.” Oh, how happy you would be to be but a creeper upon that way. There you may say, “Oh, Lord I hear the sound of the trumpet. It is saying in my heart that I may come with empty hands, a burdened heart, and that the Lord will not despise me.”

You, who are about to perish, what do you want to hear? From that great trumpet you want to hear about a suffering and dying Saviour; you want to hear about the great price paid by a dying Saviour for all your sins. You want to hear that a holy and righteous God is satisfied with the price and has come to open the veil in the temple saying, “In My beloved Son there is now a way open unto the heart of the Father.”

Now, when the great trumpet is blown, those who are perishing may hear, “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” It is a rest in Him who obtained it for perishing sinners.

The coming to the Holy Mount

Called by the great trumpet, they come, the perishing and the outcasts. They can no longer stay away. All the voices that sowed great darkness in their heart must now be still. All the doubts and fears are taken away. Now the poor may look up with love and trust in their heart; they come to worship the Lord in beauty and holiness. In deep spiritual affection they fall down before Him. Their soul may taste of His great love.

They come to the holy Mount. Where is that? That is where Christ sits at the right hand of His holy Father; that is where the perishing may see the Lamb of God in the midst of the throne; that is where that Great Host clothes all the children of the Father in white garments and where they sing a new song. Oh, the wonder of God when we may be among them. How often when we are perishing, we think upon the invitation, “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye buy and eat.” Oh, what a blessing when all our money is gone and we may come as poor, perishing people. Then we may hear the sound of the trumpet; we will never perish in Assyria because that sound will lead us to the holy Mount at Jerusalem. In that spiritual Jerusalem the perishing, the outcast, may worship our God for ever and ever.

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