Whether called a trump, horn, or shofar, the Prophetic Performance of sounding the alert has consequences that ripple through the ages. Whether used by the watchman to alert the people in the city of impeding danger, or by prophets who were called to correct the paths of the sinful, a call-to-arms for soldiers and modern spiritual warriors to use their spiritual gifts in spiritual warfare, or to announce kings and the consecration of the sacred, horns played both practical and ceremonial roles. But most importantly, the sounding of the shofar was expected to forewarn the arrival of the Messiah.