Creation and New Creation

[GodSavesAll]

I was just pondering in Genesis 1:2 God's spirit is: 'vibrating' (fluttering/moving/shaking) over the surface of the water (during creation).

The word used is: 

7363. rachaph ►
Lexical Summary
rachaph: To hover, to brood, to flutter

Original Word: רָחַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: rachaph
Pronunciation: rah-khaf'
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khaf')
KJV: flutter, move, shake
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. to brood
2. (by implication) to be relaxed
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
flutter, move, shake

A primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed -- flutter, move, shake.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [רָחַף] verb grow soft, relax (compare Arabic be soft); ?

Qal Perfect3plural רָֽחֲפוּ Jeremiah 23:9 (bones of one appalled).

II. רָחַף verb Pi`el hover (Late Hebrew id., compare Gr?nbaumZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syriac Pa`el move Gently, also cherish, and brood, compare Thess. see; connection with I. ׳ר dubious); ?

Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְרַחֵף עַל Deuteronomy 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Participle מְרַחֶפֶת עַלמְּֿנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם ׳רוּחַ א Genesis 1:2 (P); hovering over face of waters, or perhaps (see Syriac) brooding (and fertilizing), so JerQuaest. in Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading 'marahaefeth), compare Di Gunk.

Topical Lexicon
Overview

רָחַף appears three times in the Old Testament, each occurrence portraying divine activity that is both protective and powerful. Whether describing the Spirit at creation, the faithful care of the covenant God, or the overwhelming impact of prophetic revelation, the verb underscores God?s nearness in decisive moments.

Creation and the Ministry of the Spirit (Genesis 1:2)

?​The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.? The opening page of Scripture presents the Spirit as an active, personal presence preparing the primordial chaos for God?s creative word. The imagery of ?hovering? evokes the gentle yet purposeful motion of a bird poised to act, stressing both tender care and latent power. For ministry, this text anchors confidence that every new work of God?whether in individual regeneration (John 3:5?8) or corporate revival?begins with the quiet, sovereign activity of the Spirit. The church prays and labors in expectancy, trusting the same Spirit who once hovered to bring new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Covenant Imagery: The Eagle and Israel (Deuteronomy 32:11)

?Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them; He carried them on His pinions.? Moses employs the verb to picture the Lord?s shepherd-like nurture of Israel from Egypt to the borders of Canaan. The eagle?s hovering is not passive but intentional: it agitates the fledglings to strengthen their wings, then shelters and bears them. Historically, this verse gave exilic and post-exilic communities assurance that God?s covenant love had not failed. In Christian discipleship, it frames sanctification as a process in which God both challenges and upholds His people, teaching them to fly while always ready to bear them up (Isaiah 40:31).

Prophetic Trembling: The Weight of the Word (Jeremiah 23:9)

?All my bones tremble.? Jeremiah describes the visceral effect of hearing the Lord?s judgment on false prophets. Here the verb conveys quaking rather than hovering, yet the underlying theme persists: God?s presence produces movement?this time within the prophet himself. True proclamation is never detached analysis; it is an encounter that shakes the messenger. Pastors and teachers heed this verse as a call to approach Scripture with reverent fear, recognizing that authentic ministry demands inward trembling before outward speaking (James 3:1).

Intercanonical Themes and Theological Trajectories

1. Overshadowing Presence: The Spirit?s hovering anticipates the Spirit?s ?coming upon? Mary (Luke 1:35), linking creation and incarnation.
2. Wing Imagery: Deuteronomy 32:11 harmonizes with Psalms 17:8; 91:4, where refuge ?under His wings? signifies covenant security fulfilled in Christ?s gather?ing call (Matthew 23:37).
3. Prophetic Impact: Jeremiah 23:9 parallels Acts 2:37; 1 Corinthians 2:3, where apostolic preaching carries palpable spiritual weight.

Implications for Worship and Ministry

? Dependence: Spiritual formation and mission advance only as the Spirit hovers?therefore prayer precedes program.
? Protection and Discipline: Congregational life should mirror the eagle?s pattern?both stirring maturity and providing refuge.
? Reverence: The tremor of Jeremiah warns against trivializing God?s word; preaching must emerge from hearts shaken by holy truth.

Historical Reception

Jewish commentators contrasted the peaceful hovering of Genesis 1:2 with the later trembling of Jeremiah to illustrate the spectrum of divine activity. Early Christian writers such as Basil and Augustine saw in the Spirit?s hovering the prototype of baptismal regeneration. Medieval theologians highlighted the eagle metaphor to defend God?s persistent fidelity amid Israel?s wanderings. Reformation expositors reapplied the verb to emphasize sola gratia?God bears the sinner who cannot bear himself. Contemporary exegesis continues to draw pastoral and missional principles from these rich, layered images.

Thus רָחַף, though rare, threads a golden line through Scripture, portraying God?s Spirit as Creator, Sustainer, and Convictor?the One who hovers, carries, and even causes bones to tremble, all for the unfolding of His redemptive purposes.
Forms and Transliterations
יְרַחֵ֑ף ירחף מְרַחֶ֖פֶת מרחפת רָֽחֲפוּ֙ רחפו mə?ra?ḥe?p̄eṯ meraChefet məraḥep̄eṯ rā?ḥă?p̄ū rachaFu rāḥăp̄ū yə?ra?ḥ?p̄ yeraChef yəraḥ?p̄

[GodSavesAll]

Then we are told at the last: 'trump' (which means: 'quavering', 'reverberation' (etc))  the dead will be roused and we will be changed.  (New Creation)  (1 Cor 15:52).

The word used here is:

4536. salpigx ►
Lexical Summary
salpigx: Trumpet

Original Word: σάλπιγξ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: salpigx
Pronunciation: SAL-pinks
Phonetic Spelling: (sal'-pinx)
KJV: trump(-et)
NASB: trumpet, trumpets, bugle
Word Origin: [perhaps from G4535 (σάλος - waves) (through the idea of quavering or reverberation)]

1. a trumpet
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
trumpet.

Perhaps from salos (through the idea of quavering or reverberation); a trumpet -- trump(-et).

see GREEK salos
HELPS Word-studies

4536 s?lpigks ? "properly, a war-trumpet" (WS, 797) that boldly announces God's victory (the vanquishing of His enemies).

In the OT, trumpets were used to called God's people to war, and to announce victory wrought by Him. That is, a military clarion that proclaimed the Lord inspired and empowered the victory on behalf of His people.

["The trumpet was the signal employed to call the hosts of Israel to march as to war, and is common in prophetic imagery (Is 27:13). Cf. The seventh angel (Rev 11:15)" (WP, 1, 193).

Trumpets in the OT summoned God's saints for His righteous wars (Nu 10:9; Jer 4:19; Joel 2:1). See also Lev 23:24,25; Nu 10:2-10; Ps 81:3.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from salpiz?
Definition
a trumpet
NASB Translation
bugle (1), trumpet (8), trumpets (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4536: σάλπιγξ

σάλπιγξ, σάλπιγγος, ἡ, a trumpet: Matthew 24:31 (cf. Buttmann, 161 (141); 343 (295)); 1 Corinthians 14:8; Hebrews 12:19; Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:1; Revelation 8:2, 6, 13; Revelation 9:14; ἐν σάλπιγγι Θεοῦ, a trumpet which sounds at God's command (Winer's Grammar, ? 36, 3 b.), 1 Thessalonians 4:16; ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ σάλπιγγι, the trumpet which will sound at the last day, 1 Corinthians 15:52 (4 (2) Esdr. ; see commentaries on 1 Thessalonians as above). (From Homer down; the Sept. for שׁופָר and חֲצֹצְרָה.)

Topical Lexicon
Overview

Strong?s Greek 4536 refers to the trumpet, an instrument whose piercing call gathers, warns, or celebrates. In the New Testament it carries prophetic and eschatological weight, uniting earlier biblical symbolism with the climactic revelation of Jesus Christ. Eleven occurrences span the Gospels, Pauline epistles, Hebrews, and Revelation, each reinforcing the trumpet?s role as a divine signal.

Old Testament background

The Hebrew Scriptures distinguish between the ram?s horn (shofar) and the silver trumpets (chatsotserah). Both summoned Israel to worship (Numbers 10:10), signaled war (Numbers 10:9), proclaimed royal enthronements (2 Kings 9:13), and announced the Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:9). This heritage shapes New Testament usage: the sound is never mere ceremony; it is God?s authoritative voice in audible form.

Trumpet imagery in Second Temple Judaism and Greco-Roman culture

During the intertestamental period, the trumpet maintained military and cultic functions. Jewish writings (e.g., Josephus, 1 Maccabees 4:40) speak of silver trumpets rallying forces and sanctifying feasts. Hellenistic armies likewise employed the salpinx to coordinate troops. Thus first-century hearers instinctively associated a trumpet blast with decisive action, public assembly, and royal presence.

The ministry of Jesus

Matthew 24:31 anticipates the consummation: ?And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.? The trumpet here gathers dispersed saints, echoing Isaiah 27:13 and framing Christ as the true Deliverer who fulfills Israel?s hope.

Pauline use and theology

? Clarion clarity: ?If the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?? (1 Corinthians 14:8). Clear proclamation is vital in corporate worship.

? Resurrection hope: ?In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed? (1 Corinthians 15:52).

? Advent assurance: ?For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God? (1 Thessalonians 4:16). The trumpet heralds both resurrection and reunion.

Paul thus weaves the instrument into his eschatology: the same God who once gathered Israel in the wilderness will finally gather His church into glory.

Horeb and heavenly assembly

Hebrews 12:19 recalls ?the blast of a trumpet and a voice speaking words? at Sinai. The author contrasts that frightful scene with the joyful access believers now enjoy in the heavenly Zion (Hebrews 12:22-24). The trumpet blast underscores continuity between the covenants: God still speaks, yet through the mediating blood of Jesus.

Trumpet motifs in Revelation

? Voice of the exalted Christ: ?I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet? (Revelation 1:10), a vivid reminder that His speech commands attention.

? Entrance into the heavenly throne room: ?The first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ?Come up here?? (Revelation 4:1).

? Judicial series: Seven angels receive seven trumpets (Revelation 8:2) and unleash judgments (8:6?13; 9:14). The escalating plagues parallel the Egyptian plagues, emphasizing God?s sovereignty and the urgency of repentance.

The trumpet judgments widen the Exodus pattern to a global stage, proving that history moves toward the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.

Doctrinal significance

1. Divine initiative: Every blast originates in heaven; human response is secondary.
2. Gathering and separation: The trumpet assembles the righteous and signals doom for the unrepentant.
3. Irreversibility: Once the final trumpet sounds, destinies are fixed (1 Corinthians 15:52; Revelation 11:15).
4. Continuity of covenants: From Sinai to Zion, the trumpet evidences the same holy God acting consistently.

Practical and liturgical applications

? Preaching must be as distinct as a trumpet, free of ?uncertain sounds.?
? Worship anticipates the great assembly; music and liturgy may employ trumpet imagery to evoke watchfulness and joy.
? Pastoral ministry prepares believers for the imminent ?last trumpet,? fostering holiness and hope.
? Evangelism sounds a warning: judgment is real, but so is the gracious call to gather under Christ?s banner.

Christological focus and eschatological hope

The trumpet draws all eyes to Jesus?His voice, His return, His reign. It signals that the kingdoms of this world will become ?the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ? (Revelation 11:15). With every remembrance of the trumpet, the church looks forward, longing for the day when faith becomes sight and the final call resounds across creation.
Forms and Transliterations
σαλπιγγα σάλπιγγα σαλπιγγας σάλπιγγας σαλπιγγες σάλπιγγες σαλπιγγι σάλπιγγι σαλπιγγος σάλπιγγος σαλπίγγων σαλπιγξ σάλπιγξ σάλπιγξι σάλπιγξιν salpinga s?lpinga salpingas s?lpingas salpinges s?lpinges salpingi s?lpingi salpingos s?lpingos salpinx s?lpinx
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[GodSavesAll]

I just found the link between those two word meanings interesting...

I haven't thought too much about it yet.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this they would like to share?

[rosered]

I just found the link between those two word meanings interesting...

I haven't thought too much about it yet.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this they would like to share?

Ephesians 5:19-20 (English Standard Version)

addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,



I have and believe  I understand something now that I did not understand between the two .  sounds  one is of the old world of darkness [this temporal world
  its the song of Moses 
 
the law is in place  to expose the darkness and the sin nature of the beast in every last one of us to overcome by exposing sin by the law and puts it to death  the law cannot save us

  than can we come to Christ as a new creation  singing the song of the Lamb  and the Light of Life


  This may not make any sense to some , but makes total sense to me now 

     Rev 15 The Song of Moses and the Lamb

this was Pauls looking though the glass darkly to me now

?2And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name.



  They were holding harps from God, 3and they sang the song of God?s servant Moses and of the Lamb:

  ?Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!


4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.??

The Light of the world and new creation all made by and though and for and with Him , obedience to Jesus  is better than sacrifice of  the law and Moses  .

Forgiveness upon all creation is taking up our cross and following Jesus Christ wherever He goes .  the innocent  for the guilty  found in us all .  Forgive them Father for they know not what they do ... 

forgive and be forgiven  no more offended by the evil knowing the good will always prevail  till the perfect Comes .

[GodSavesAll]

Thank you Rose, really interesting.

Tesla apparently said:-
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration."
(Though as Christians we know better than to heed worldly institutes).

However, the intital creation mentions vibration (probably where the worldly stole the idea from though), as does the: 'last trump', but then: ALL the trumps must be vibrations then. 
So perhaps that means the spirit of God moving in creation... Making things new?

"Behold I make all things new".

I'm just thinking aloud, but the trumps 'could' be signifying God working in MAJOR ways, and it is His messengers doing the 'trumpeting'...

[rosered]

Thank you Rose, really interesting.

Tesla apparently said:-
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration."
(Though as Christians we know better than to heed worldly institutes).

However, the intital creation mentions vibration (probably where the worldly stole the idea from though), as does the: 'last trump', but then: ALL the trumps must be vibrations then. 
So perhaps that means the spirit of God moving in creation... Making things new?

"Behold I make all things new".

I'm just thinking aloud, but the trumps 'could' be signifying God working in MAJOR ways, and it is His messengers doing the 'trumpeting'...

  Yes to me it is the only way anyone can sing the new songs    heavens rejoicing celebrating in  the victory song  ,

  the trumpets blowing as a warning of what will be coming These trumpets signal a series of events that unfold as part of God?s judgment, leading up to the return of Christ.

  we know for a fact that many will be made white /holy though the judgments of God . as  heaven rejoices over this very thing .

  the joyful noise unto the Lord Angels rejoice in heaven, especially over the repentance of sinners, as highlighted in several Bible verses.

Luke 15:10: ?Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.? This verse emphasizes the joy in heaven when a sinner turns back to God, illustrating the angels' role in celebrating salvation.


Luke 15:7: ?I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.? This reinforces the idea that each individual?s repentance is a cause for great joy among the angels.


Psalm 68:1: ?May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.? While not directly about angels, it sets the tone for the joy and victory associated with God's presence, which includes the rejoicing of angels.


Revelation 5:11: ?Then I looked and heard the voices of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.? This verse depicts the multitude of angels praising God, reflecting their continuous joy in heaven.


1 Peter 1:12: ?It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.? This indicates the angels' interest and joy in the salvation of humanity.



These verses collectively illustrate the profound joy that angels experience in heaven, particularly in response to repentance and salvation. They serve as a reminder of the value of each soul and the celebration that occurs in the spiritual realm when someone turns to God..

[Ross]

The trumpet player plays as he is directed by the conductor.
I have done many gigs alongside a trumpeter- cannot be unnoticed.
Matthew 24:24-27
Shows that false visions and works will be around: miracles..yet implication seems to be these will be "look over here at what is happening "  but Jesus stated that the trumpet will sound and be on the global scale.
Seems to state that there will be no room for argument about the real return of Christ.

[Ross]

Just a thought: I have heard good trumpet playing: the margin of error requires precision and perfect pitch. The mouth has to have complete control.
Having heard a good trumpeter I can spot the fake.