Trumpets and Coronation of the King
- Asher Intrater
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 24, 2022
One of the purposes of blowing the shofar שופר trumpet in Scripture is to “crown” a king. The word in Hebrew is to “king the king” or to “make someone king” (causative verb form of the root, king (melekh מלך, mamlikh, ממליך).
The blowing of the shofar at the time of installation of the king goes along with the anointing with oil, and the declarations “blessed is he who comes” (Mark 11:10 ,John 12:13) and “long live the king” (I Kings 1:39).
I Kings 1:39
וַיִּקַּח צָדֹוק הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־קֶרֶן הַשֶּׁמֶן מִן־הָאֹהֶל וַיִּמְשַׁח אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹה וַיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשֹּׁופָר וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל־הָעָם יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה
And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon, and they blew the shofar and all the people said, “May King Solomon live!”
Zadok is the forefather of John the Baptist and Solomon the forefather of Yeshua. (The name Zadok means “righteous one” and the name Solomon-Shlomo means “peaceful one”). There is much spiritual and symbolic meaning in this verse describing the moment of Solomon’s installation.
I’m writing this article shortly after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and before the Feast of Trumpets. This also seems to be a moment of much spiritual and symbolic transition. My dear friend and partner, David Demian, had a sense of revelatory insight over a year ago, that when Queen Elizabeth would pass away, we would change from the “era of the Queen” to the “era of the King.”
I believe that is a profound description of the spiritual transition we are in today. We know there is a huge mystery that we the people of God are the bride of Messiah (Ephesians 5:32). We are the bride, and He is the bridegroom. This “bridal” paradigm is central to our worship and spiritual intimacy with God (Revelation 12:1, 19:7, Song of Solomon).
Yet there is another paradigm, and that is the paradigm of the kingdom. Yeshua is the King, the King of Israel, and the King of Kings. We are his people, his citizens, subjects, and co-rulers. This paradigm expresses Yeshua’s authority to govern. His Lordship is in the heart of His people in the ekklesia during this age; that spiritual authority will be extended over the governments of this world when Yeshua returns (Revelation 11:15).
Wouldn’t it be great to make a global declaration of faith as Yeshua’s followers that we are moving into an era emphasizing His role as king! Is there a biblical time or event for that kind of declaration to take place? I believe that is one of the meanings of the Feast of Trumpets.
1. The Trumpets were sounded at the coronation of the Israelite Kings
2. The Feast of Trumpets is an “appointed time’ established in the Torah (Leviticus 23:24)
3. The Trumpet refers to Yeshua’s Second Coming (Matthew 24:31; I Thessalonians 4:16)
As we grow closer to Yeshua’s coming, our message and faith will emphasize more and more Yeshua as King and the coming of His Kingdom (when God’s will is to be done on earth as in heaven – Matthew 6:10). Yeshua came the first time to grant us forgiveness of sins. He will come the second time to establish His kingdom rule on planet Earth.
May this year’s Feast of Trumpets be a glorious opportunity to proclaim the coming of the era of the Great King. We Messianic Jews here in Israel will be celebrating the feast with our families and in our congregations. We also want to invite you to Join us in this Global Gathering online, as we sound the shofar and declare the gospel of the kingdom (Matthew 24:14).
Behold the era of the King of Kings - this is the time the Holy Spirit spoke to declare His rule and reign! We want to blow the shofar for the coronation of King Jesus. He is taking us to a higher level, a time of unveiling the bride as we call back every tribe.
We gather as one global family, to place a stake in the ground proclaiming the truth of the Feast of Trumpets and declare the King!
Join us as we gather from many nations on Monday, September 26th at 8AM EST and 3 PM IST.
