This might more appropriately have been posted in a current events thread, but since I believe that it has more pertinence to "end times" I'm bringing it here.
Last fall, a day or two before my birthday, (a day or so after Rosh Hashanah 2015 AD) I was looking over the work that needs to be done in my back yard, late in the day, approaching sundown, when I was surprised by a very loud sound that seemed to fill the air from all directions. This sound was like the blast of a horn, but with less high frequency components than your typical brass instrument. I literally turned around in all directions to try to find a direction to the source, but couldn't. The sound was a pure tone without variation in pitch or volume and lasted for at least 6 or 7 seconds, possibly longer. It reminded me of the sound used in the remake of the movie "War of the Worlds" that was issued by the invading machines just prior to an attack, (and I believe that the movie chose to make the sound resemble that of a great horn blast for its biblical allusion.) I wasn't frightened, but did feel some anxiety or anticipation at the sound (the first thing that came to mind was "the last trump of God"). As suddenly as it started it stopped, but was replaced by the sound of a truck horn from a vehicle passing below my house on Rt. 18 (central NJ). The truck horn was close to the same pitch, but a little lower and varied (with the Doppler effect) as it approached and passed my location. My brain immediately dismissed the incident because of the coincidence of the sound with the truck horn, but in retrospect (in the light of the physics of sound and moving objects) and the fact that the truck horn was distinctly different from the former sound (and had definite direction) I realized that some enthusiastic trucker had given a blast of his own horn in response to the sound in the air (not uncommon with truckers.)
While experiencing something like this can give you pause to doubt your senses and sanity, I was surprised to learn that this phenomenon is world wide and has been occurring for a number of years now. I found this out first when I viewed the last episode of the new season of X files and the character Agent Mulder walked out onto his lawn to listen and observe what was happening when he himself heard the sound of trumpeting from the sky. I did a quick search on line for "trumpet sounds phenomena" and was presented with a series of u-tube videos where the phenomenon was captured on cell phones at various locations around the world ranging from the former Soviet Union to South America. Some of the videos had low and poor audio quality, but some were quite clear and seemed more like Sci-Fi than reality. I even found a short video that compared audio spectrum analysis of the sounds captured to those of a musical instrument and a shofar (ram's horn) and the evidence actually pointed to something closer to the latter than the former. There were also videos and articles "debunking" the phenomenon, but I don't need to debunk what I've experienced myself.
I know the significance of "the last trump," but I'm unsure what would be the point of these shofar blasts prior to the last trump if the phenomenon is indeed of angelic origin.
Has anyone else in the forums experienced the phenomenon? Or does anyone have any knowledge of or possible insight into the meaning of these blasts in the context of Jewish tradition?
I did look up "the meaning of Shofar blasts" on line and found some Hebrew explanations that were generalized and rather broad in context, and went so far as to send an e-mail to one gentleman of the Jewish faith that wrote an article, but have not as yet received a response (I wrote to him on Shabbat so I wasn't really expecting a quick reply if any.)
I've been convinced for some time that the earth is "in travail" so I'll appreciate any input that goes beyond scoffing (which I expect from at least one predator on the forums.)
Last fall, a day or two before my birthday, (a day or so after Rosh Hashanah 2015 AD) I was looking over the work that needs to be done in my back yard, late in the day, approaching sundown, when I was surprised by a very loud sound that seemed to fill the air from all directions. This sound was like the blast of a horn, but with less high frequency components than your typical brass instrument. I literally turned around in all directions to try to find a direction to the source, but couldn't. The sound was a pure tone without variation in pitch or volume and lasted for at least 6 or 7 seconds, possibly longer. It reminded me of the sound used in the remake of the movie "War of the Worlds" that was issued by the invading machines just prior to an attack, (and I believe that the movie chose to make the sound resemble that of a great horn blast for its biblical allusion.) I wasn't frightened, but did feel some anxiety or anticipation at the sound (the first thing that came to mind was "the last trump of God"). As suddenly as it started it stopped, but was replaced by the sound of a truck horn from a vehicle passing below my house on Rt. 18 (central NJ). The truck horn was close to the same pitch, but a little lower and varied (with the Doppler effect) as it approached and passed my location. My brain immediately dismissed the incident because of the coincidence of the sound with the truck horn, but in retrospect (in the light of the physics of sound and moving objects) and the fact that the truck horn was distinctly different from the former sound (and had definite direction) I realized that some enthusiastic trucker had given a blast of his own horn in response to the sound in the air (not uncommon with truckers.)
While experiencing something like this can give you pause to doubt your senses and sanity, I was surprised to learn that this phenomenon is world wide and has been occurring for a number of years now. I found this out first when I viewed the last episode of the new season of X files and the character Agent Mulder walked out onto his lawn to listen and observe what was happening when he himself heard the sound of trumpeting from the sky. I did a quick search on line for "trumpet sounds phenomena" and was presented with a series of u-tube videos where the phenomenon was captured on cell phones at various locations around the world ranging from the former Soviet Union to South America. Some of the videos had low and poor audio quality, but some were quite clear and seemed more like Sci-Fi than reality. I even found a short video that compared audio spectrum analysis of the sounds captured to those of a musical instrument and a shofar (ram's horn) and the evidence actually pointed to something closer to the latter than the former. There were also videos and articles "debunking" the phenomenon, but I don't need to debunk what I've experienced myself.
I know the significance of "the last trump," but I'm unsure what would be the point of these shofar blasts prior to the last trump if the phenomenon is indeed of angelic origin.
Has anyone else in the forums experienced the phenomenon? Or does anyone have any knowledge of or possible insight into the meaning of these blasts in the context of Jewish tradition?
I did look up "the meaning of Shofar blasts" on line and found some Hebrew explanations that were generalized and rather broad in context, and went so far as to send an e-mail to one gentleman of the Jewish faith that wrote an article, but have not as yet received a response (I wrote to him on Shabbat so I wasn't really expecting a quick reply if any.)
I've been convinced for some time that the earth is "in travail" so I'll appreciate any input that goes beyond scoffing (which I expect from at least one predator on the forums.)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1