Sermon Tone Analysis

The Cry of the Father

Psalm 89:15 “Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!

They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.”

Genesis 22:12-13 “And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns.

So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.”

The shofar is a reminder of God’s provision.

It is a reminder of Jesus as our sacrifice!

What’s more, the word “shofar” in Hebrew serves as the root word in Hebrew meaning “beautiful”.

The Hebrew word “shofar” is somewhat of an oddity in English terms and understanding.

It is a proper noun in that it identifies something as in a person, place, or thing.

However, it has an active verb meaning in English thought and translation.

The word “shofar” means: “to incise”, “to cut into”, or “to burn into”.

The word shofar means to beautify, adorn, brightness, clearness, good.

Genesis 49:21 ““Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.”

Shepher

Job 26:13 “By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.”

Shiphrah

Psalm 16:6 “The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.”

Shawfar

It comes from a root that means- amend or reform

Exodus 19:16-18 “Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire.

Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.”

This is known as the First Trump

Exodus 20- 10 Commandments follow the first trump.

Boundaries.

Calling people back to His heart.

Repentance

Ushers in the presence of God

Rams horn is bent- Yielding/submission/grieving

Isaiah 58:1 ““Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins.”

Hosea 8:1 ““Set the trumpet to your mouth!

He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.”

Father’s heart

Wail of the lost wanting to be found

In the Old Testament when the shofar was blown it was announcing something magnificent was about to happen.

In the New Testament it is only used in references to the Last Days, preparing for the return of Jesus!

Beyond magnificent!

God’s voice

Revelation 1:10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,”