The Rapture And The Trumpet

The trumpet which will be sounded, is it a trumpet sound like an instrument in a band or a shofar sound? Also when we hear the trumpet sound will non-believers hear something in the sky that is not a trumpet sound? Will it be like maybe thunder or something?

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I was reading the question and answer you gave regarding the rapture and the feast of trumpets. Several questions came to my mind. The trumpet which will be sounded, is it a trumpet sound like an instrument in a band or a shofar sound? Also when we hear the trumpet sound will non-believers hear something in the sky that is not a trumpet sound? Will it be like maybe thunder or something? When the trumpet does sound will those who are in Christ hear this even if they are sleeping? Some do sleep very soundly and don’t hear a thing. Thank you and God Bless You.

A. The original language indicates the sound of a trumpet, but not the kind of trumpet it is. Many scholars believe it will be a shofar. I don’t know what unbelievers will hear, if anything. But for believers, it will be so loud that it will literally wake the dead. I assure you, no one who’s being called will sleep through it.