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Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Back to the Seventh seal
When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Silence is an ominous - suddenly silent!
All of the singing and praise quieted as the heavens await in anticipation of the coming judgements
It is the dramatic pause in a courtroom when the jury hands the decision to the judge!
“But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Be silent in the presence of the Lord God; For the day of the Lord is at hand, For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
“And it shall be, In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king’s children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
Now comes 7 Trumpet judgements
Trumpets represent announcements!
“When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
Josh 6 7 priests lead the people in a silent procession and then when the trumpet sounded God brought down the walls!
These were not trumpets of war but rather of Judgement - they herold the day of God’s wrath
The great day of the Lord is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out.
That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness,
A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
Cherubim around the throne - then Archangels - Michael (the great Prince) Gabriel
And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
Enoch lists 7 archangels
These are not new characters to the drama! They are simply always in waiting before the King - They also could be the same pouring out the next 7 judgements
Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.
Then another angel -
Jesus as the High Priestly role - offering the prayers of the saints?
Daily service at the temple before the alter at the mercy seat
Most scholars question the angel as Christ as Him the central character of the drama unfolding in the heavens. Point to
Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,
with in the Dative case - more readily translated “he was given much incense to offer, consisting of the prayers of the saints”
Again we are taken back to the earthly temple where the priest daily would take the coal and place it on the incense before the alter -
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
It is important to remember that place of our prayer should be before our alter, the cross, for which Scriptures says we may come boldly!
Opens the 2nd round of judgements
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
You should be reminded of Ezk vision
Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head.”
Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with coals of fire from among the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in as I watched.
Lightning and signs, thunders
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
It was the manifest statement that God is now present! The end of 6 man finally realized God was angry but still refused to repent! - The judgements of God rarely lead to repentance - For God so LOVED!
The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
Egypts 7th plaque - Thunder, hail, fire, flashing continually
blood rain - 1901 blood red rain fell in southern Europe due to mixing with the red sands of the Sahara
From July 25 to September 23, 2001, red rain sporadically fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala. Heavy downpours occurred in which red-colored rain fell, staining clothes with an appearance similar to that of blood. Cause debris of a meteor - ultimately Alge caught up in the rain water
The asteroid belt effect - The Kit telescope 2000 identified that could collide 2000 more possible!
1 klm would do more damage than an all out nuclear war!
Could take place by impacts
1937 Encounter 500,000
The tail of Haley’s comet filled with debris - we pass through it
Jesus - fall like a fig tree casting off its fruit - massive meteor shower
The earth has 3 1/2 years drought - everything is dried up!
Could also be from volcanic explosion (this fits with what follows)
Now there is in America a super-volcano Yellowstone Caldera. It is estimated that not if but when it erupts, an estimated 2-3 billion could be killed
“The sheer volume of the ash generated would block out sunlight, creating a 'twilight/dusk' that'd last for years. “This would also end global warming and be the start of an ice age.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
Then 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.
great meteor - into the sea - blood - dust from the explosion - killing off of the marine life
Ships - tidal wave
Then 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 water.
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
Hemlock - poisoned water - bitter represents judgement
Then the fourth angel sounded: 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 were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
Dust from the meteor disintegrate in the atmosphere - Mt. St. Helens
Sun could be blocked -
The first 3 all contain fire from the censor pan! - 4th brings darkness representing - absolute darkness! 9th Egyptian plaque - Thick darkness
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! For what good is the day of the Lord to you? It will be darkness, and not light.
A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
We move now into the unleashing of the demonic forces that have been held back by God
Angelos - Eagle Cherubim - face of an eagle
Angels = warnings, Bird of prey attack!
Warning to all the inhabitants of the earth
4 down but what is coming is worse!