Chapter 16.8
The Seventh Seal
The
Sounding of the Seven Trumpets
The
Golden Censer – Silence in Heaven
Seventh Seal - Dead Silence
Revelation 8:1 - When he opened the SEVENTH
SEAL, there was SILENCE IN HEAVEN for about half an hour.
My youngest jokester son said this scripture proves there
will not be any women in heaven because there is SILENCE for thirty minutes... WHAT?
We are not told the reason
for the breathless silence. In my BS, I
can only imagine that this 30 minutes is just symbolic of a short span
of time when all creation in Heaven is SILENT while the 144,000 witnesses are being sealed by
an angel with the actual SEAL OF GOD; this seal
shows God’s ownership and protection throughout the tribulation period.
Perhaps All Creation is waiting for what is to happen next, like the
foreman of a jury preparing to read the jury’s verdict. Like the lull before
the storm. Perhaps they are just stunned knowing the
terror that has already happened and learning of what is to happen next.
The seven
trumpets ARE UNDER the seventh seal and
expand and
enlarge what has already happened
under the other six seals.
ü The Trumpets
sound during the first 3 ½ years; ( The
Tribulations)
ü The Bowls
or Vials are poured out during the last 3 ½ years. (The GREAT Tribulations)
The Trumpets and Bowls are the very same thing
except the Bowls
INTENSIFY what occurred
with the Trumpets. So in essence, THINGS
ARE GETTING WORSE with the Bowls.
Imagine the 7th seal
like fireworks; like shooting a sky rocket into the air, then seven more burst out from that rocket (Trumpets), then
seven more burst from each of those (Bowls/Vials).
Everything speeds up like a trip hammer. Bam, bam, bam, bam,
bam, bam, bam.
Seven Trumpets – Sounded during the first 3 ½ years – The Wrath of
God
Revelation 8:2 - And I saw the SEVEN
ANGELS who stand before God,
and to them were given SEVEN
TRUMPETS.
The term about Angels who stand
before God seem to be a special group
of angels. In my
BS they
are Seraphim
and archangels like Gabriel. [1]
The TRUMPET was used with
different sound blasts for different occasions.
Sometimes to call the assembly together as well as to signal for war.[2] A single trumpet blast was blown in the
wilderness to orderly assemble the tribes for instruction. (Again seven is completeness.) In addition to the Rams Horns, Moses had TWO TRUMPETS made out of
silver; for assembly & for starting the procession movement. [3]
Did
you see it? The Law of
Moses required that by the mouth
of TWO or three WITNESSES is a thing
established. It took TWO TRUMPETS to validate that they were moving out.
Golden Censer
Revelation 8:3 - Another angel, who had a GOLDEN CENSER, came and stood at the altar. He was given
much incense
to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the
throne.
4 The
smoke of the
incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went UP
before God from the angel's hand.
5
Then the angel
took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it (DOWN) on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of
lightning and an earthquake.
In Old Testament times,
the priest would take a censer with live coals and
incense
and swing it back and forth and smoke would rise like PRAYERS and fill the temple and was a sweet aroma
to the Lord.[4] The
prayers of the saints have gone up and received by God. These are the prayers of God’s people. They
are NOT prayers given in the name of Saints
already in Glory. No Saint
or creature was found worthy to open the book except the SON.
The hurling
of the censer is symbolic of judgment on the earth and is the beginning of the answer to the PRAYERS of the Saints
under the alter.
Did
you see it? The
Incense of prayers
went UP to God and the answer came DOWN in an earthquake. The peals of thunder and rumblings signal the coming upheaval of
nature on earth.
1st Trumpet – Hail, Fire, Blood
Revelation 8:6 - Then the SEVEN
ANGELS who had the SEVEN
TRUMPETS prepared to sound them.
7 THE FIRST
ANGEL sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and
fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A
third of the earth was burned up, a THIRD OF
THE TREES were burned up, and
ALL
THE GREEN GRASS
was burned up.
LAND - 1/3rd
of the vegetation is burned up in this plague. Plant life was the first to be created and
now first to be annihilated. This is LITERAL and NOT
SYMBOLIC. This is similar to the seventh plague on
Egypt in the time of Moses.[5] The blood is from man
and beast that were unable to hide.
2nd Trumpet – Blazing meteorite
Revelation 8:8-9 - THE SECOND ANGEL sounded his trumpet, and SOMETHING LIKE a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown
into the sea. A third
of the sea turned into blood,
9 a
THIRD OF THE LIVING CREATURES in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Some
students of the Word BS believes that “SOMETHING
LIKE A MOUNTAIN” is actually BABYLON being knocked
down by the fist of God.[6] “When I am finished, you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.”
SEA - 1/3rd
of the marine life in the sea
literally dies and 1/3rd of the ships are literally sunk as a burning literal meteorite hits the sea. Blood in this passage is symbolic of death. The
sea turns blood
red around the impact with death to sea life
and the men on the ships.
I have no problem believing the water actually turns to blood, it
certainly happened in the time of Moses.[7] Whether it is actual blood or looks red as
blood, the results are the same.
The Red Tide that we see
today causes thousands of dead fish to wash up on the shore polluting the
beaches and the air for miles. I have
been in this YUK and it sticks
to your body like oil. This will be a
thousand times worse and stink up to “high heaven”.
Some students of the Word BS believe this affects only the Mediterranean
Sea; could be; but my BS logically, says its worldwide.
SIDEBAR: There are 13 references to a 1/3rd Part in the
Revelation. Some students of the word BS feels
like these 1/3rd references affect only the area of land ruled over
by the Antichrist’s revived Roman Empire.
I can see this, but for a number of reasons, my BS systematic logic says it must
affect the whole world. (Just saying)
3rd Trumpet – Blazing Star
Revelation 8:10-11 - THE THIRD ANGEL sounded his trumpet,
and a great star,
blazing like a torch, fell from the sky
on A THIRD OF THE RIVERS and on the springs of water-
11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A
THIRD OF THE WATERS turned bitter, and many people died
from the waters that had become bitter.
RIVERS - 1/3rd of the rivers and springs become poisoned[8] -
judgment is on nature and men… water is scarce and people die.
Wormwood is an extremely
bitter perennial herb used in the manufacture of absinthe; a highly
intoxicating liquor[9]
that is sold in France and is highly destructive
to the body.
A bright star named “WORMWOOD” will fall on
the earth in the end times and poison the waters.[10] This could very well be a nuclear bomb. In Russia, the nuclear
fallout from the explosion at
Chernobyl poisoned the rain and
destroyed their fresh waters.
Interestingly, in Russian, the word “WORMWOOD” is pronounced Chernobyl.
4th Trumpet – Sun and Moon
Revelation 8:12 - THE FOURTH ANGEL sounded his trumpet, and a third of the
sun was struck, a third of the
moon, and a third of the stars, so that a
third of them turned dark.
A third of the DAY was without light, and also a third of the NIGHT.
HEAVENS – 1/3rd
of the Sun, moon and stars turn dark. Interestingly, on the fourth day of creation the
heavenly bodies were lit up and now with the fourth trumpet, they are darkened.
At this point; food, distribution, water
and the growing season has become limited. Terror and Crime waves will increase because of
the dark: “Everyone that does evil hates
the light”.
It’s
worthy to note that the TWO
WITNESSES or
prophets
will use this same plague in the deliverance of Israel. They will turn out the lights.[11]
Woe - Woe – Woe – Three Angels
Revelation
8:13 - As I watched, I heard
an EAGLE that
was flying in midair call out in a LOUD VOICE:
"WOE! WOE! WOE to
the inhabitants
of the earth, because of the
trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!"
Of the Seven Trumpets, four have gone
on before and the last three trumpets are separated from the others with the
announcement of the Three Woes....
WOE, WOE, WOE. This isn’t so good…
One “Woe” is bad enough,[12]
but “three Woes”
is a disaster. These three perils could
come one right after another or perhaps all
three at once. This is the last 3 ½ years of the tribulations referred to as the GREAT TRIBULATIONS. This period will be the darkest, most painful
and dreadful in human history.
The prophet Joel says
in that day there will be darkness with famine; seed and grain dried
up, water dried up, no pasture, flocks dying and everywhere they
turn to look fire
is burning.[13] If what has happened is not bad enough, more
is coming compounding “Jacob’s Trouble”.
The Inhabitants of the earth
are not so much those living ON the earth, but
those living FOR the earth,
those that lust
after the food of Babylon[14] and
have rejected
the MANNA from God.
Some manuscripts substitute “angel”
for “eagle.”[15] Some students of the Word Belief System bothers them of the idea of a talking EAGLE, but not a taking patriot, or Balaam’s Ass who talked to him. In my BS Eagle or Angel,
it doesn’t matter because the results are the same.
Numbers
22:28 - Balaam has a conversation with
his ass
28 And THE LORD
OPENED THE MOUTH OF THE ASS,
and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou
hast smitten me these three times?
(KJV)
Matthew
24:28 – After Armageddon, the Eagle and Vulture gather
28 For
wherever the carcass is, there the EAGLES
will
be gathered together.
(NKJV)
Jeremiah
30:7 – Jacob’s Trouble
7 ALAS!
FOR THAT DAY IS GREAT, SO THAT NONE IS LIKE
IT; and it is the
time of JACOB'S TROUBLE, But he shall be saved
out of it.
(NKJV)
[1] 1 Samuel 6:20 - Who is able to stand in
the presence of this holy LORD God
-- Luke 1:19 - I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who
sent me to bring you this good news -- Isaiah
6:1-3 - ATTENDING GOD were
mighty SERAPHIM calling out to each
other, “HOLY, HOLY,
HOLY is the LORD of Heaven’s
Armies
[2] Exodus 19:19 - And the
sound of the TRUMPET grew
louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him -- Numbers
10:9 - When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is
oppressing you, sound a BLAST ON THE TRUMPETS -- Leviticus 23:24 -
On the first day of the seventh month you have a day of rest, a sacred assembly
commemorated with TRUMPET BLASTS
[3] Numbers 10:1-2 - MAKE TWO
TRUMPETS of
hammered silver, and use them for calling the
community together and for having the camps set out - Matthew 18:16 -
BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.
[4] Leviticus 16:12 - He is
to take a censer full of burning coals from the
altar before the LORD
and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant INCENSE and take them behind the
curtain -- Psalm 141:2 - Accept my PRAYER as INCENSE offered to
you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
[5] Exodus
[6] Jeremiah 51:25 - Look, O mighty MOUNTAIN, (Babylon) destroyer of the earth! I am
your enemy,” says the LORD. “I will raise my fist against you, to knock you down from the heights. When I am finished, you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
[7] Jeremiah 9:15 - See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink
poisoned water -- Psalm 105:29 - He turned their
waters into blood, and slew their fish.
-- Exodus
[8] Exodus 15:23 - They could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they
were bitter
[9] Jeremiah 9:15 - Therefore, this is what the LORD
of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.
[10] Lamentations 3:15 - He
hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with WORMWOOD
[11]
Matthew 24:29 -
“Immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the
sky, and the powers in the heavens will be
shaken.
[12] Ezekiel 16:23 - Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness --
Luke 6:25 - Woe to you who laugh now, for you
will mourn and weep. -- Jeremiah 50:27 - Woe to
them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished. -- Isaiah 3:11 - to the wicked! Disaster is
upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done. -- Isaiah
5:20-21 - Woe to those who call evil good and
good evil, who put darkness for light and light for
darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those
who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sigh -- Isaiah 10:1- Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue
oppressive decrees, -- Isaiah 30:1 - Woe to the
obstinate children, "declares the LORD,
"to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but
not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin -- Jeremiah 23:1"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering
the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD
[13] Joel 1:15-2:11 - The day of the LORD Has not the food been cut off, the seeds are shriveled the grain
has dried up. The herds mill
about because they have no pasture; even the
flocks of sheep are suffering. Flames have
burned up all the trees and the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures -- Joel 2:1-11 -
Blow the trumpet in Zion for the day of the LORD is coming a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds
and blackness. A MIGHTY ARMY comes,
such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes.
The day of the LORD
is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
[14] Philemon 3:18-20 - Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, THEIR GOD IS
THEIR STOMACH,
and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. BUT OUR
CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN
[15] Hosea 8:1 - Put the
trumpet to your lips! An EAGLE is over the
house of the LORD
because the
people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. -- Obadiah 4 -
Though you SOAR
like the EAGLE
and make your nest among the stars, from there I WILL BRING YOU DOWN," declares the LORD.
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