Types and Shadows - the Ram and the Ram's Horn

 A ram is a male sheep. 

It was a ram that took the place of Isaac as a burnt sacrifice on mount Moriah.

The ram is a type and shadow of Jesus. Just as the ram was sacrificed in the place of Isaac, Jesus was sacrificed in our place. Isaac was set free. He became a living sacrifice. Just Jesus set us free from eternal death for our sins, like Isaac we become a living sacrifice.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." - Romans 12:1 KJV

It was a ram’s horn that blew at Mount Sinai. (Strong’s #H3104 - yobel). "…When the trumpet[H3104] soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount." - Exodus 19:13 KJV

It was a ram’s horn that was blown on the seventh day when the children of Israel marched around Jericho seven times. When the ram’s horn was blown with a long blast, the people shouted with a loud shout and the walls of Jericho fell down. (Strong’s #H3104 -yobel). "And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns:[H3104] … " - Joshua 6:4 KJV

This same Hebrew word “ram’s horn” also means “jubilee.” (Strong’s #H3104 -yobel). The jubilee was the fiftieth year announced by a blast of a ram’s horn during the Day of Atonement. (Leviticus 25:9-11).  It was known as the Year of Liberty. No agricultural work was allowed, slaves were released, and all property returned to the original family. (Isaiah 61:1-2, Luke 4:18-19).

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." - Hebrews 2:14-15 KJV

The central observance of the Jewish New Year is blowing the ram’s horn for a total of 100 blasts - a reminder of a king’s coronation, a call to repentance, and when a ram took Isaac’s place as an offering to God, which occurred on this day.

The ram’s horn is a call to return to God.

It appears the ram’s horn will be sounded at the rapture – the trump of God.

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 KJV