105. But it is now time, I think, to speak
of the trumpets since my discourse is nearing its end, that the trumpet
may also be the sign of the finishing of my address. We read of
seven trumpets in the Revelation of John, which seven angels
received. Rev. viii. 2. And there
you read that when the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, there was a
great voice from heaven, saying: “The kingdom of this world
is become the kingdom of our God and of His Christ, and He shall reign
for ever and ever.” Rev. xi. 15. The word
trumpet is also used for a voice, as you read: “Behold a
door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, as of a
trumpet speaking with me and saying, Come up hither, and I will show
thee the things which must come to pass.” Rev. iv. 1. We read also: “Blow up
the trumpet at the beginning of the month [the new
moon]”; Ps. lxxxi.
[lxxx.] 3. and again
elsewhere: “Praise Him with the sound of the
trumpet.” Ps. cl. 3.