Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

With his many thousands of mighty chariots the Lord comes from Sinai into the holy place.

Praise the Lord, who carries our burdens day after day; he is the God who saves us.

As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven.

and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.

John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Jesus said to them, "The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be.

After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

and said, "Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven."

As the scripture says, "When he went up to the very heights, he took many captives with him; he gave gifts to people."

So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence.

No one can deny how great is the secret of our religion: He appeared in human form, was shown to be right by the Spirit, and was seen by angels. He was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, and was taken up to heaven.

At last the Lord woke up as though from sleep; he was like a strong man excited by wine.

I foresee that Israel's future Will bring her no misfortune or trouble. The LORD their God is with them; They proclaim that he is their king.

And so he and all the Israelites took the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy and the sound of trumpets.

So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.

Blow the trumpet for the festival, when the moon is new and when the moon is full.

Praise him with trumpets. Praise him with harps and lyres.

The LORD said to Moses,

When long blasts are sounded on both trumpets, the whole community is to gather around you at the entrance to the Tent of my presence.

When short blasts are sounded, the tribes camped on the east will move out.

but in order to call the community together, long blasts are to be sounded.

When you are at war in your land, defending yourselves against an enemy who has attacked you, sound the signal for battle on these trumpets. I, the LORD your God, will help you and save you from your enemies.

Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city."

(SEE 15:23)

Heman and Jeduthun also had charge of the trumpets and cymbals and the other instruments which were played when the songs of praise were sung. The members of Jeduthun's clan were in charge of guarding the gates.

(SEE 15:51)

There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first;

Then the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

Then the second angel blew his trumpet. Something that looked like a huge mountain on fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea was turned into blood,

Then the third angel blew his trumpet. A large star, burning like a torch, dropped from the sky and fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that their light lost a third of its brightness; there was no light during a third of the day and a third of the night also.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"