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The Trumpet Judgments

The golden censer cast upon the earth, Revelation 8:3-5

Revelation 8:3–5

And another angle came and stoop over the alter, having a golden censer and much incense was given to him in order that he should give for the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar, the one before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints out from a hand of the angel before the God.

And the angel, having taken the censer and filled it out from the fire from the altar and he cast [it] unto the earth and thunders and sounds and lightning came to be and an earthquake.

The First Trumpet – Third of the trees and all grass is consumed, Revelation 8:6-7

Revelation 8:6–7

And the seven angels, the ones having the seven trumpets prepared themselves in order that they should sound.

And the first sounded and hail and fire came to be, mingled in blood, and it was cast unto the earth and the third of the earth was consumed and the third of the trees was consumed and all green grass was consumed.

The Second Trumpet – Burning Mountain Cast into the Sea, Revelation 8:8-9

Revelation 8:8–9

And the second angel sounded and as a great mountain burning with fire, it was cast into the sea and the third of the sea became blood.

And the third of the creatures in the sea died, the ones having a soul, and the third of ships were destroyed.

The Third Trumpet - Wormwood, Revelation 8:10-11

Revelation 8:10–11

And the third angel sounded, and a great star fell out from the heaven burning as lamp and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the springs of the waters.

And the name of the star was said, the Wormwood, and it came to be the third of the waters unto poisonous bitterness[1]and many of the humans died out from the waters, because they were bitter

The Fourth Trumpet – Third of the sun and moon and day are struck, Revelation 8:12

Revelation 8:12

And the fourth angel sounded and the third of the sun, and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars was struck, in order that a third of them should be darkened and a third of the day not shine and likewise the night

The Three Woes, Revelation 8:13

Revelation 8:13

And I discerned and heard one of an eagle while flying in [the] midst of heaven, saying with a great voice, “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants upon the earth, out from the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels about to sound.”

The Fifth Trumpet, Revelation 9:1

Revelation 9:1

And the fifth angel sounded, and I discerned a fallen unto the earth star out from the heaven and it was given to him the key to the pit of the abyss.

The releasing of demons from the abyss, Revelation 9:2

Revelation 9:2

And he opened the pit of the abyss and up came smoke out from the pit as smoke of a furnace burning.

And the sun and the air were darkened out from the smoke from the pit.

Humans will seek death, but not find it, Revelation 9:6

Revelation 9:6

And in those days humans will seek death and they will not find it and they will strongly desire to die and death will flee from them.

The first woe is done, two more to come, Revelation 9:12

Revelation 9:12

One woe has come, behold, yet two woes come after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet

Revelation 9:13

And the sixth angel sounded and I heard a voice, one out from the four horns on the golden alter before the God, Revelation 9:13

Releasing of the four angels bound in the Euphrates River, Revelation 9:14

Revelation 9:14

saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet, “Release the four bound angels upon the river of the great Euphrates.”

They have been prepared for this day, Revelation 9:15

Revelation 9:15

And he released the four angels, the ones prepared unto the hour even day even month even year, in order that they should kill a third of humans.

They will kill a third of humans on the earth, Revelation 9:15

Revelation 9:15

And he released the four angels, the ones prepared unto the hour even day even month even year, in order that they should kill a third of humans.

They will raise an army, Revelation 9:16

Revelation 9:16

And the number of the army of the horses, myriads of myriads: I heard the number of them.

Although only the word for horse is used, by using it with army it indicates those on horseback or horsemen in the army.

Exodus 14:9

There is a textual issue here that is solved by spelling.

ἱππικοῦ which is in the critic’s text is not the normal spelling for horse or horsemen

Textual support is better for just myriads, not two myriads.

δυο μυριαδων Some translate this as twenty thousand, but χίλιοι is the typical word used for thousand

They are high ranking fallen angels, Revelation 9:17

Revelation 9:17

And thus I perceived the horses in the vision and the ones sitting over them, having breastplates of fiery red and deep blue and yellow, and the heads of the horses were as heads of lions and out from their mouth came fire and smoke and brimstone.

Revelation 9:17

Breastplates of fiery red and deep blue and yellow

Fiery Red - Only used once in the New Testament.

Typically, fire is associated with judgment.

Used to describe where Satan when he was ruling was allowed to walk, Ezekiel 28:14-16

Blue color is seen as something having value, Exodus 25:4

Typically a fabric died dark blue, but can refer to a stone, Revelation 21:20

The use of these colors indicates these are high ranking.

They are arrayed in colors associated with value and worth.

Fire, smoke, and brimstone

These three kill a third of humans on earth

Smoke is used for a sign to the Jews, Acts 2:19

Brimstone is seen in the destruction of Sodom, Luke 17:29

Brimstone is in the lake of fire, Revelation 14:10; 19:20

The Authority of the horse is given to them

Indicating strength

In their mouth and in their tail

Their tail is likened to a serpent having heads

They unrighteously harm with their tail, Revelation 6:6

Revelation 6:6

And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius and three quarts of barley for a denarius and the olive and the wine do not unrighteously harm

Comes from unrighteousness

The unrighteous harm to a fellow saint, 1 Corinthians 6:8

Moses’ issue with the Egyptian and fellow Jews, Acts 7:25-26

The remaining humans did not repent, Revelation 9:20-21

Revelation 9:20–21

And the remaining of the humans, the ones not having been killed by these strikes, did not change the mind out from the works of their hands in order that they should not worship the demons and golden idols and silver and brass and stone and wood, which neither have the inherent ability to see nor to hear, nor to walk.

And they did not change the mind out from their senseless slaughters, nor out from their religious superstitious awes, nor out from their fornication, nor out from their thefts.

Revelation 9:20–21

From the works of their hands

From their worship of demons and idols

From their senseless slaughters

From their religious superstitious awe

From their fornications

From their thefts

Judgment is not intended to bring repentance, Romans 2:4

Romans 2:4

Or do you think little of the riches of His kindness, and tolerance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the kindness from God leads you into a change of mind?