End Times Part 5
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Introduction
Introduction
The tribulation portion of Revelation is divided into three sections. After each section there is an interlude period.
7 Seals
7 Trumpets
7 Vials
The first section was the breaking of the 7 seals.
The first 4 seals occur during the first 3 1/2 of the Tribulation
The fifth seal bridges the first and second half of the Tribulation
The sixth and seventh seals occur during the second half of the Tribulation.
7th Seal - Revelation 8:1
7th Seal - Revelation 8:1
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
There was a brief reprieve from the violence and famine of the Tribulation so that the 144,000 Jews could be protected.
Now the reprieve has been revoked.
The initial response of the opening of the last seal was silence - Though the silence was short-lived.
7 angels, with 7 trumpets v.2
Another angel comes to the alter v.3-5
Another - of the same kind
The role is as a mediator
The person is Jesus - 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
The prayers of all the saints are mixed with incense - Sweet smelling odor.
The smoke from the alter carry our prayers to God.
The same instrument that carried the prayers to God is used to cast judgement on earth.
Voices
Thunderings
Lightnings - An electrical storm
Earthquakes - Violent earthquakes
The 7 Trumpets
The 7 Trumpets
The judgments that have already happened
War
Famine
Inflation
Beast
Death - 1/4 of humanity
Natural disasters
Great Earthquakes
Sun becomes black
Moon like blood
Stars fall from heaven
Heaven opens up.
First Trumpet - Hail and fire, mingled with blood - Revelation 8:7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Possibly from volcanic eruptions.
Second Trumpet - A great mountain burning with fire cast into the sea - Revelation 8:8-9
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Either a large meteor or asteroid
1/3 part of the oceans became blood
1/3 part of sea life dies - Using today’s numbers - 1.2 trillion fish will die
1/3 part of vessels destroyed.
Third Trumpet - Wormwood - Revelation 8:10-11
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
The mountain that fell from space mostly solid.
This is mostly fluid - Star burning as it were a lamp. Possibly a comet.
The fountain of waters include well water.
The series of 1/3’s should be proof that these events are not random but orchestrated judgments coming from God.
Fourth Trumpet - Revelation 8:12
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
The angelic host smites the sun, moon and stars so that 1/3 does not provide function of light.
Woe, woe, woe - Revelation 8:13
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
So far the trumpet judgments affected primarily the earth, and people indirectly. However, this will change.
Fifth Trumpet - Scorpions - Revelation 9:1-11
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Possibly demonic beings held captive
Their mission was simply to hurt man
They can not hurt children of God
After all the death that has occurred, during these five months there will be no death.
Description of these demons
Locus-like
Horse-like
Lion-like
Man-like
Woman-like
Scorpion-like
They are led by a king named Apollyon - Destroyer
Sixth trumpet - Four angels that came from the Euphrates River- Revelation 9:14-21
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
There are four angel lords
200 million demonic angels
It appears these demonic angels possess physical attributes that can destroy people with fire and brimstone
Incinerated people with fire
Asphyxiated them with smoke
And the gas given off by the heated brimstone
The body is of a horse, the face is as a lion, the tail like a serpent
1/3 of mankind kind will die.
These creatures will kill with their mouths and tail.
In the first 3 1/2 yearns of Tribulation, 1/4 of all mankind die, now in the last 3 1/2 years an event will lead to 1/3 of mankind’s death. In not quite 7 years 4 billion people will die.
Still no repentance
Interlude
Interlude