When I reflect on how God's people have used the ram's horn shofar, I am reminded that it is truly "God Tough." It doesn't look like a smart bomb or a weapon of mass destruction, yet it was used to route a two hundred thousand man army in a day. No Wall Street hedge fund manager would ever refer to the shofar as a "financial instrument," yet its sound has changed the fortunes of nations. I know of no surgical operating room that includes the shofar as a piece of its valuable equipment, though the shofar sound can raise the dead. There are many preachers who would rather people hear their voice than the sound of the shofar, even though the Lord himself is described as having a voice "like a loud trumpet" (Revelation 1:10). No Marine band ever announces an important leader or dignitary with the shofar blast yet, it always blows before the Ancient of Days arrives. The shofar is strange and it works!※ 本商品內容全英文
當號角響起,我們的生命開始轉變!!號角(Shofar),來自希伯來語,是一種古老的號角樂器,通常由公羊角製成,在猶太新年及贖罪日的末尾都要吹號角。《聖經》中有關號角的記載多達80餘處,許多戰爭、敬拜、讚美的場合都少不了這釋放神能的強大聲音,「Shofar」也有聚集、警醒、紀念、信心、渴慕、呼求等重要的屬靈含義。在21世紀的今天,上帝又是如何讓祂的聲音通過「號角」去預備祂的子民呢?亞倫.佛比恩牧師(Allen E. Faubion)在本書中不只給了我們答案,更因著聖靈發出3A的巨響與威聲,帶領我們去體驗上帝豐滿的應許和祂強大的聲音!那就是:甦醒-Awake!儆醒-Alert!宣召-Announce!2011年6月13日星期一,聖靈清楚地對Allen牧師說:「你是號角」!當上帝對他說出這四個字時,他的身份、生命永遠改變了。四十多年來,Allen雖然是一個虔誠的信徒,也一直在世界各地服事,但他從未認為自己是號角。直到五十多歲的時候,上帝才直接向他宣告他的使命,並給了他一個全新的屬靈生命的新視角。Allen牧師相信上帝希望通過這本書,釋放出一種聲音:祂正在重塑「祂的子民」的身份,而我們唯有清醒、警覺並昂首挺身地向世人宣告,才能呼應祂的召喚!