Verse 13
13. great trumpet—image from the trumpets blown on the first day of the seventh month to summon the people to a holy convocation ( :-). Antitypically, the gospel trumpet (Revelation 11:15; Revelation 14:6) which the Jews shall hearken to in the last days (Zechariah 12:10; Zechariah 13:1). As the passover in the first month answers to Christ's crucifixion, so the day of atonement and the idea of "salvation" connected with the feast of tabernacles in the same seventh month, answer to the crowning of "redemption" at His second coming; therefore redemption is put last in 1 Corinthians 1:30.
Assyria—whither the ten tribes had been carried; Babylonia is mainly meant, to which Assyria at that time belonged; the two tribes were restored, and some of the ten accompanied them. However, "Assyria" is designedly used to point ultimately to the future restoration of the ten fully, never yet accomplished (1 Corinthians 1:30- :).
Egypt—whither many had fled at the Babylonish captivity (Jeremiah 41:17; Jeremiah 41:18). Compare as to the future restoration, Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 51:9-16 ("Rahab" being Egypt).
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