THE 7TH SEAL AND THE TRUMPETS part 2

THE 7TH SEAL AND THE TRUMPETS part 2

As I come forward to the pulpit

SLIDE 1 “WELCOME / GLAD YOUR HERE”

Words of encouragement from worship

Amazing to see last week on Resurrection Sunday

All the 66 books of the bible are made alive and are guaranteed because of the resurrection

The resurrection is the guarantee

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1 Corinthians 15:13–14 NASB95

13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.

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1 Corinthians 15:16–17 NASB95

16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

SLIDE 4 “THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE TRUMPETS”

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REVELATION - Chapters 1-7 summary

All glory to Jesus (chapt. 1)

Jesus / Spirit about His 7 churches (chapt. 2-3)

John / Church - “Come up here” (chapt. 4)

Worship and glory at God’s throne (chapt. 4-5)

The Lamb / The Book of 7 Seals (chapt. 5)

The Book (Scroll) 6 seals opened (chapt. 6)

The Interlude (Recognizing 144,000 Tribes of Israel / Martyrs & Saints) chapter 7

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Revelation 8:1 NASB95

1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Such a huge event here in heaven

Since the days of Daniel this has been anticipated

All the 6 seals involved what evil, the earth or worlds system has done

The anti Christ the 4 different horseman and such

But now this 7th seal seems to involve God’s judgement starting on earth.....no wonder the silence in heaven

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Zechariah 2:13 NASB95

13 “Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation.”

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Revelation 8:2 NASB95

2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

The seal judgments are now over and now the trumpet judgments begin

These are surely the seven angels from chapter 1 representing the churches

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Revelation 1:20 NASB95

20 “As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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Revelation 8:3–4 NASB95

3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

I believe many of these prayers from the saints.....if you are a saint here today…amen! .....these prayers are going to be prayers when we feel we have been falsely judged, persecuted for our faith, wrongfully treated because of our faith.

Maybe you are hear or watching and saying I really don’t know how to pray for circumstances such as these

Maybe in the days to come we will be put in a more severe place of persecution and will need to be able to pray for the Lord’s help

We find no better example than from David

I encourage everyone to arm up with these prayers and get them stored in our hearts.

Here are just a few but we can all see from these and many more throughout the Psalms

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Psalm 54:4–6 NASB95

4 Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. 5 He will recompense the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness. 6 Willingly I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good.

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Psalm 89:49 NASB95

49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

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Psalm 109:20 NASB95

20 Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

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Psalm 143:12 NASB95

12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.

If you really want to learn how to pray powerfully to the Lord and to actually in Spirit seeing the Lord incline His ear .... I encourage everyone to pray the Psalms and get them into your heart and mind

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Revelation 8:5 NASB95

5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Thunder and lightening even in our times today is what we hear before or as a warning before the actual storm hits

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Revelation 8:6 NASB95

6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

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Revelation 8:7 NASB95

7 The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

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Revelation 8:8–9 NASB95

8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, 9 and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.

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Revelation 8:10–11 NASB95

10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. 11 The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

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Revelation 8:12 NASB95

12 The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.

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Revelation 8:13 NASB95

13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

Those who dwell on earth, we pray another confirmation that Jesus has called His church home before this

What else can I do to be prepared for times of persecution?

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Luke 12:56 NASB95

56 “You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?

Taking to hypocrites.....what are they and what do they do?

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Matthew 7:5 NASB95

5 “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

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Hebrews 5:13–14 NASB95

13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

Look everyday there is a battle raging against our minds and our souls

Information coming at us and our children fro every direction

From all sorts of institutions and platforms and media… the main avenue used to brainwash and deceive is a title, status or profession of those doing this

We must even beware of teachings in churches and ministry avenues…why?

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2 Timothy 4:3–4 NASB95

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

WORSHIP TEAM COME

Jesus gave the model prayer and I believe perfectly fitting for us all today

The Lord’s prayer together

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PRAYER / CLOSE