Matthew 6:1-4 ~ Trumpet

Matthew 6:1-4

1 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

2 "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others.

Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." 

God has always Loved a Good Announcement.

Let there be Light. True God of True God. True Light of True Light.

And Jesus Christ is God's Son and Word made Manifest.



And in God's Temple meticulously planned, God placed the Court of Women where Jesus would be welcomed. Simeon and Anna were here as Jesus is Presented in His Father's Temple. And here God has placed the Menorah to Light up the Temple. And here, among the Lamp Stands, John recognized God's Home in Revelation 1. This is where God feels at home.

And in this announcement area. The horns were copied and mounted, next the Gate Leaving the Court of Women, to make a noise to show a gift to God. Unfortunately, this theft-proof-giving made an announcement noise. The more coins, the more noise. God's house sounded a little like Vegas. And the Pharisees and Sadducees did not plan for the noise to stay in Vegas.

Josephus records the gates of the Court of Woman opened by the Hand of God during the sack of Nebuchadnezzar II and of Titus in 70 A.D. The Pharisees and Sadducees hid behind these gates and they were locked and opened by themselves. God might have felt their reward, they had proclaimed for so long, had ended.

At this same spot. God declared, as Jesus was presented, we received our Reward who Believe in Jesus Christ. With the Lights of Moses and of Solomon, built to be pleasing to God. Returned by Nebuchadnezzar II. And found today in the Arch of Titus in Rome today.

This is very cleaned up to see the detail.

The horns are seen,  to the back right side, might have been used for Matthew 6. The gold horns Jesus pointed to as He explained Matthew 6. The Menorah was definitely in the sight of Jesus as Matthew 6 unfolded.

Temple of Jerusalem. The Place of Trumpeting.



Abba,

We ask Your Blessing, knowing this of Your Love. Holy to our LORD. Jesus told us His Joy in His Given Life. John 14,15 and 16. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

For the Lord himself
will descend from heaven with a cry of command,
with the voice of an archangel,
and with the sound of the trumpet of God.

And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Revelation 11
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."

Abba, Jesus told us to pray for more Heaven on earth. And we will. The Trumpet Call of the Holy Spirit of God's Goodness to dwell in us. Knowing every thought, mind, soul and body - our heart. Our Love.

This Trumpet of God's Love for our Loved ones. The people You give us. And our Joy.

God Bless us. Amen in Jesus.

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