The Mighty Sound

Allen E. Faubion
 Waking up
 God loves awakening us. Gen 1:5 “…there was evening
 Godand began creation in the evening.
there was morning – the first day”
 (Gen 1:5 “….there
 God was evening and
first interaction there
with was morning
man was to– breathe
the first day”
life and
awaken Adam.
 God is awaken us from the darkness of our past and
bring us into the light of a new day.
 God chose the Shofar as His instrument to awaken us
into the beginning of new things.
 Exodus 19: 16 -19 “ On the morning of the third day
there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud
over the mountain and a very loud trumpet (ram’s horn
shofar) blast…..and the sound of the trumpet grew
louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice of
God answered him”
 Waking up
 God began
 This creation
sound in the and
, often referred evening.
translated as a “mighty
 (Gen wind” in Act
1:5 “….there was2:1
evening and there was morning – the first day”
 The Shofar was sounded, new beginning in the upper
room and Holy Spirit fall upon the people of God.
 Thessalonians 4:16 “ …..For the Lord himself will come
down from heaven, with a loud command, with the
voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of
God, and the dead in Christ will rise first”
 God brings in each new “Today” in His perfect plan.
 God wants us to move with Him. When He releases His
mighty sound, He will move us past the things that
hold us captive and enter the freshness of His new
Day.
 The Awakening Sound
 Sound is a unique and powerful
 God began creation in the evening.
instrument.
 (Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the
light from the darkness. God called the light “day” and
the darkness he called “night”. And there was evening
and there was morning – the first day” Gen1:3-5

 God uses sound to powerfully bring forth His purposes on

earth.
 Everything God does, He does with sound.
 All of creation was designed by God with sound, for
sound, and to respond to His sound.
 Sound of Heaven
 God began creation in
Then the man and his wife heard the
the evening.
sound of the Lord God as he was walking
 (Gen
in the1:5 “….there
garden in thewas
coolevening andand
of the day, there was morning – the first day”
they hid from the Lord God among the
trees of the garden. But the Lord God
called to the man, “Where are you”
Gen3:8-9 (NIV)

“As soon as you hear the sound of

marching in the tops of the balsam trees,
move out to battle, because that will mean
God has gone out in front of you to strike
the Philistine army. So David did as God
commanded him, and they struck down the
Philistine army, all the way from Gideon to
Gezer” 1 Chron 14:15-16 (NIV)
 Sound of Heaven
 God began creation in the
Then the Lord will appear over them; his
evening.
arrow will flash like lightning. The
 (Gen 1:5 “….there
Sovereign Lord willwas evening
sound and there was morning – the first day”
the trumpet,
He will march in the storms of the south”
Zech 9:14 (NIV)

“…The smoke billowed up from it like

smoke from a furnace, the whole mountain
trembled violently and the sound of the
trumpet grew louder and louder. Then
Moses spoke and the voice of God
answered him ” Exo 19:16-19 (NIV)
 Sound of Heaven
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,
 God began
burst into creation
jubilant song with music.in the evening.
Make
music to the Lord with the harp, with the
 (Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
harp and the sound of singing, with the
trumpet and the blast of the ram’s horn,
shout for joy before the Lord, the King –
Psalm 98: 4-6

“ …Praise him for his surpassing

greatness. Praise him with the sounding of
the trumpet, praise him with the harp and
lyre…..” Psalm 150

“Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,

and when the moon is full, on the day of
our Feast; this is a decree for Israel, an
ordinance of the God of Jacob”
Psalm 81:3, 4
 Design of the Shofar
 God began creation in the evening.
 The Talmud..
(Gen States
1:5 “….there that….
was The processed
evening and there horn
was of one of –the
morning five
the species
first day” of animal –
sheep, goat, mountain goat, antelope and gazelle – was used to fulfil the ritual
commandment of the sounding of shofar……. Traditionally a ram’s horn is sounded on
those days because of its connection with the sacrifice of Isaac…….Conversely, a cow’s
horn may not be used because of the incident of the golden calf.

 The five varieties of animals horns is commonly known as

shofar.
 The ram’s horn is the only variety of shofar specifically
identified in the Bible.
 Created to hear: The Shofar and our Design
 God began creation in the evening.
 (Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”

 God has created all mankind with our own internal shofars.
“ So, as the Holy Spirit says, Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion, during the tie of the testing in the desert .” Hebrew 3:7-8

 Study identified a direct link between hearing and the

heart in chromosome 6. (Hearing loss followed by heart
failure)
 The Musical Fifth
 God began creation in the evening.

 Shofar blows in a musical fifth. That’s means when
(Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
someone blows the base sound of a shofar and then
increases their air pressure into the horn, the sound will
“break” into a second sound that is five notes above the
base note on the musical scale.
 The Musical Fifth
 God began creation in the evening.
 God first spoke fruitfulness over the creation on the FIFTH Day of creation (Gen 1: 22-
 (Gen23)
1:5- Fruitfulness
“….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
 Issachar the FIFTH son of Jacob - The person and tribe of Issachar became known
for their ability to move in right timing. (Gen 30: 16-18)
 “…But in the FIFTH year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be
increased. I am the Lord your God (Leviticus 19: 23-25) – Fruitfulness + Timing
 “Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the FIFTH month of the seventh year of the king…….for
the gracious hand of God was on him (Ezra 7:8-9) – God’s Grace
 “So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh……..But when the crop comes in,
give a FIFTH of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the
fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children……. (Gen 47:
20-27) – Joseph’s strategy to divide and distribute the FIFTHs of the harvest.
 The Musical Fifth
 God began creation in the evening.
 (Gen 1:5 “….thereFIFTH
was evening and there was morning – the first day”
Fifth Day
Fifth Month (Ezra)
Fifth Year
Fifth Son of Jacob
Fifth of the Crop
Fifth Trumpet / Fifth Bowl
DESCRIPTION
Creation and Activation of Fruitfulness
Gracious hand of God
Harvest of Fruitfulness
Issachar : Timing
Joseph: Deliverance and full provision
Judgement
 The Five Sounds of the Shofar
 God began creation in the evening.
 There are THREE (3) foundational sounds for Shofar
(Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
mentioned in the Bible.


 2 of the 3 sounds are demonstrated with the shofar in a

number of passages.
 The Third (Middle) sound is strongly identified in the Bible
though indirectly to the shofar
 Two of these three foundational sounds, when
lengthened, create the fourth and fifth sounds identified
in the Bible.
 Tekiah: The Striking Sound
 Tekiah: Shofar sound mentioned most frequently in Bible.
 God began creation in the evening.
 70 times in 62 verses.
 (Gen
 A 1:5 “….there
single, was evening
continuous and there
sound thatwas morning
covers – the first of
a measure day”
time.
 Describes something that is done, an action.
 Basic meaning of the verb “ to tekiah” is to drive a tent-peg
into the ground. Tekiah sound is a striking sound that drives
things into a particular place.
“Jacob had pitched his tent (tekiah-ed) in the hill country of Gilead when
Laban overtook him and Laban and his relatives camped there too” Gen
31:25
 Tekiah: to describe the action of driving the plague of locusts
into the Red Sea
“Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. And the Lord changed the
wind to a very strong west wind which caught up the locusts and carried them
into the Red sea…” Exodus 10:18-19
 Tekiah: The Striking Sound
 Action of Tekiah
 God began creation in the evening.
“Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and
 (Gen plunged
1:5 “….there wasking’s
it into the evening
belly”and there3:21
Judges was morning – the first day”

 Sound of Tekiah
“But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and hammer and went quietly to
him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his
temple into the ground he died…” Exodus 10:18-19

 Striking, driving sound of Tekiah is heard in the sound of clap.

“Nothing can heal your wound, your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the
news about you claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt your
endless cruelty…” Exodus 10:18-19
 Tekiah: The Striking Sound
 God
 Thebegan
Tekiahcreation
sound isina the evening.
decisive sound used at decisive
 moments
(Gen when
1:5 “….there was decisive outcomes
evening and must be– the
there was morning achieved.
first day”
 Tekiah sound on the shofar to alert leaders and warriors to
gather for worship and war to overcome enemies and secure
their future.

“Also at your times of rejoicing – your appointed feast and New Moon
festivals – you are to sound the trumpets (literally “tekiah’ the trumpets) over
your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings and they will be a memorial for
you before your God. I am the Lord your God” (Zech 9:14)
 The Great Tekiah
 God began creation
 Lengthened into a 2in
nd the evening.
Shofar sound known as Tekiah

Gdolah
(Gen / Great
1:5 “….there wasTekiah.
evening and there was morning – the first day”
 Release at the Lord’s command at His appointed time and
manner to destroy fortified cities (Jericho), vast armies
(Midianites ) and formidable adversaries (Nehemiah’s
enemies).
 The Great Tekiah
 God“The
began creation
Word became flesh and in the
made evening.
his dwelling among us….” John 1:14
(Gen
 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
“Made his dwelling” is literally translated “ He pitched


His tend among us” in the original Greek language.

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with
the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in
Christ will rise first…..” Thessalonians 4:16-18

 God will sound His trumpet (shofar) to gather His people

and meet them in the air.
 Those belong to Him, dead or alive, will rise up at the
sound of the Great Tekiah.
 Teruah and the Grand Teruah
 God began creation in the evening.
  The
(Gen Teruah
1:5 “….there is evening
was a shofarandsound made
there was up– of
morning thenine (9)
first day”
staccato blasts.
 Sounded at Feast of Trumpet and Day of Atonement.
 Teruah : announce the arrival of the presence or glory of
God.
 Teruah blasts were accompanied by shouts of great joy
and acclamation to the Lord.
 On the seventh day the shofar sounded the teruah, the
people shouted, and the walls of Jericho came down.
 Teruah and the Grand Teruah
 God began creation in the evening.
 (Gen“When the trumpets
1:5 “….there sounded,and
was evening the there
peoplewas
shouted, and– at
morning thethefirst
sound of the
day”
trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every
man charged straight in and they took the city…..” Joshua 6:20

 The walls of Jericho collapsed under the weight of the

glory of God.
 The Teruah sound and shout of the people announced
God’s arrival.
 The shouts and shofars merged into one awesome long-
lasting staccato sound that permeated the walls of the
resistant city and caused them to collapsed in a heap.
 Shevarim: The Sound the
Shatters
 God began creation in the evening.
 (Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there  Sheverim
was cause
morning – the thing
first day” to
break or shatter.

 Intermediate sound make

up of 3 intervals or beats.

 Each interval breaks from

base note to the fifth.

 1 sound = 3 intervals
 Shevarim: The Sound the
Shatters
 God began creation in the evening.
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no
 (Gen longer
1:5 “….there
be slabswas evening
to the and there
Egyptians; I brokewas
the morning – the
bars of your first
yoke day”
and enabled
you to walk with heads held high…..” Leviticus 26:13

“Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away…..”
Nahum 1:13

 Sound of Shevarim is the sound of breaking up or

breaking through.
 Sound that God makes when He delivers us from our
captors and our captivity
 It breaks impossible boundaries and opens the way for
God’s people to move past their enemies, obstacles
and limitations
 Five Shofar Sounds
TEKIAH GREAT TERUAH GRAND SHEVARIM
TEKIAH TERUAH
 God
Single began •creation
, continuous Lengthened in theshort
9 staccato evening.
Teruah with Shout Intermediate sound
 sound into 2evening
shofar and
blasts of Joy – the first made up of 3 intervals
nd
(Gen 1:5 “….there was there was morning day”
sound with each interval
• Combined with breaks from base not
shout to the fifth.
• Striking the ground • To destroy Announcing the Recognise the • To break or shatter
• Drive the tent peg fortified city, King arrival of God in • Break impossible
• Driving the plague vast armies our midst boundaries
• Plunged into • Open way to move
• Sound of clap past enemies,
obstacles &
limitation
To alert leader and Bring supernatural Inaugurate the Presence of God Deliverance
warriors to gather for results period of Jubilee Renew covenant Break through /
worship & war breaking up
First Fruit (New Moon Appointed time For special Arrival of the Deliver us from our
festival) occasion presence of God / captors and our
Feast of trumpet Glory of God captivity
Day of atonement
 Conclusion
 God awaking His people with sound
 Sound
 God began is powerful
creationand in mighty
the evening.
 All of creation was designed by God with sound, for
 (Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”
sound, and to respond to His sound
 Sound of Heaven – Sound of Trumpet
 Inner Shofar – Cochlea.
 The Musical Fifth - Base sound to 5th notes above the
base FIFTH DESCRIPTION
Fifth Day Creation and Activation of Fruitfulness
Fifth Month (Ezra) Gracious hand of God
Fifth Year Harvest of Fruitfulness
Fifth Son of Jacob Issachar : Timing
Fifth of the Crop Joseph: Deliverance and full provision
Fifth Trumpet / Fifth Bowl Judgement

 Five Shofar Sounds – Tekiah, Great Tekiah, Teruah, Grand

Teruah & Shevarim
 God began creation in the evening.
 (Gen 1:5 “….there was evening and there was morning – the first day”

Activation Time