Revelation 8:7-14:13
Chapters
11 and 13 are in the next paper.
As of yet none of the trumpets
have sounded, these will take place during the last three and a half years of
the Great Tribulation along with chapters 10, 11 and 13; chapters 8:7 through
20:3 are the last three and a half years of the Great Tribulation; chapter
20:4-10 is the millennial reign of JESUS CHRIST over the nations.
Chapter 8:7-13 Trumpets 1 – 4:
:7 First trumpet: hail and fire
mingled with blood strike the earth, a third of the trees and All green grass
is burned up over the face of the earth. (Revelation 11:19 seventh trumpet
[great hail]; 16:21 seventh bowl [hail weighing up to 100 pounds])
:8-9 Second trumpet: “And something
like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea”, a third of
the sea turns to blood and all that is in or on that portion of the sea dies,
including ships. (“like a great burning mountain” – could be an asteroid or a
meteorite [Revelation 6:13 sixth seal]) (Or it could be a mountain [Revelation
6:14 sixth seal])
:10-11 Third trumpet: a great
fiery star (meteorite or asteroid) named wormwood (bitter) falls from heaven and turns a third of the
fresh water bitter and many people die of the bitter water. I imagen this is
spread out over the whole earth. (Revelation 6:13 sixth seal)
:12 Fourth trumpet: the sun, moon
and stars are struck so that a third of the day and a third of the night is
total blackness (Revelation 6:12-14 the sixth seal; Revelation 16:10-11 the
fifth bowl, the anti-christ’s kingdom is in total darkness)
:13 An angel announces three woes
to come!
Chapter 9 Trumpets 5 – 6:
:1-12 Fifth trumpet the first woe:
A star (angel) falls from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit; he
unlocked and opened the bottomless pit and smoke rose like from a great furnace
and darkened the sun and the air (Revelation 6:12-14 the sixth seal; Revelation
16:10-11 the fifth bowl.) Out of the smoke came locusts that had tails like a
scorpion which they stung humans for five months. The sting was so bad that
people would try to kill themselves but
GOD would not let them die. Their ruler was the angel of the bottomless pit,
Abaddon (Lit. destruction).
:13-20 Sixth trumpet the second
woe: A voice from the four corners of The Golden Alter in Heaven’s Tabernacle
tells the sixth angel to “Release the four angels that have been bound at the
great river Euphrates.” The four angels are released to kill a third of
humanity, they were prepared and waiting for this “hour and day” (Matthew 2:36;
Acts 1:7) The number of their army is two hundred million horsemen. Their
horses have heads like lions and tails like serpents; out of the horse’s mouth
come fire, smoke and sulfur that kill people, also their serpent tails bite but
do not kill people.
:21 “And they did not repent of
their murders or their sorceries (drugs) or their sexual immorality or their
thefts.”
Chapter 10 More prophecy to come:
:1-3a The angel clothed with a
cloud, a rainbow on his head, his face was like the sun and his feet like
pillars of fire, coming down from Heaven. He had a book in his hand; he cries
out as when a lion roars: “
:3b-4 when the angel roared John
hear seven thunders speak, John was about to write down what the seven thunders
said when a voice from Heaven said, “Seal up the things the seven thunders
uttered and do not wright them!”
:5-7 The angel lifts his hand to
Heaven “…and swore by Him Who Lives Forever and Ever, Who Created Heaven and
the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea
and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer, but in the
days of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, when he is about to sound, the
Mystery of GOD would be finished, as He Declared to His Servants the Prophets.”
:8-11 John is told to eat the
small book the angel has, it is sweet in his mouth and bitter in his stomach,
then he is told: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues
and kings.”
Chapter 11 The two witnesses and
the seventh trumpet:
:1-2 John is told to measure the
temple but if he did it is not recorded. “but leave out the court which is outside the Temple and do
not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles; and they will tread the
Holy City (Jerusalem) underfoot for forty two months (3 ½ years).
:3-12 The two witnesses of GOD: “I
Will give Power to My two Witnesses and they will prophesy one thousand two
hundred and sixty days (3 ½ years), clothed in sackcloth…if anyone wants to
harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies…These have
Power to shut heaven so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and
they have Power over water to turn them to blood and to strike the earth will
all plagues, as often as they desire…When they finish their testimony, the
beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit (the devil) will make war against
them, over power them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lay in the
street of the great city which Spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
also our LORD was crucified….Now after the three and a half days The Breath of
Life from GOD entered them and they stood on their feet and great fear fell on
those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from Heaven saying to them,
‘Come up here!’ And they ascended to Heaven in a cloud and their enemies saw
them.”
:13-14 “In the same hour there was
a great earthquake and a tenth of the city fell; in the earthquake seven
thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave Glory to GOD in
Heaven (finally). The second woe is past; Behold! The third woe is coming
quickly!”
:15-18 The seventh trumpet: loud
voices in Heaven, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms
of our LORD and his CHRIST and He shall Reign Forever and Ever!” The twenty
four elders worship GOD, saying: “We give You thanks JEHOVAH GOD Almighty! The
One Who is and Who was and Who is to come! Because You have taken Your Great
Power and Reigned! The nations were angry and Your Wrath has come! And
the time of the dead that they should be Judged and You should Reward Your
Servants the Prophets and the Saints and those who Fear Your Name, small and
great (that is all Believers!)! And should destroy those who destroy the earth
(this whole statement is chapters 14-19).”
:19Then The Temple of GOD was
opened in Heaven (The seventh trumpet sounded and GOD’s Temple is revealed to
all the earth; everything that happens from this point on is seen by every
human on the earth as it happens!)
Chapter 12 The history of Israel,
CHRIST, the Church and the devil:
John was shown the history that he
would have been familiar with from Genesis, Isaiah, Daniel and even JESUS spoke
of it (Luke 10:17-20; Matthew 16:18-19, 25:41).
When did the devil rebel against
GOD and decide that he could replace GOD? The Scriptures do not say, it could
have been when he realized that GOD made humanity in His own image and likeness;
which none of the Heavenly host was; they could reflect GOD’s Glory but we
carry His Glory in CHRIST JESUS! We know that he was in the Garden of Eden to
introduce his rebellion to the human race and he was successful; he tried to
get GOD to destroy Job and he tempted JESUS after his forty days of fasting and
praying (a lesson for Believers). Paul, Peter, James and John all remind us
that we are in Spiritual warfare against the devil. The key takeaway for us
from this chapter is verse 11: “And they overcame him (the devil) by the Blood
of The Lamb (JESUS) and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death.” JESUS
told us to lay down our life, take up our cross and follow Him. (Mark 8:34-38)
Chapter 13 is in the next paper.
Chapter 14:1-13 The One hundred
and forty-four thousand:
In chapter 7 we met the one hundred
forty-four thousand virgin, Jewish men, twelve thousand from twelve tribes who
serve JESUS. They are sealed with The Father’s Name on their forehead and they
sing a song that only they know. They are redeemed, being firstfruits to GOD
and JESUS, they are without deceit and fault before the Throne of GOD.
:6-13 The proclamations of three
angels:
There is an angel flying in the
heavens proclaiming The Gospel of JESUS CHRIST to every nation, tribe, tongue
and people, saying: “Fear GOD and give Glory to Him, for the hour of his
Judgment has come and Worship Him Who made Heaven and earth, the sea and the
springs of water!” (This is after the seventh trumpet, Revelation 14:17-20)
Another angel followed saying,
“Babylon is fallen! Is fallen, that great city because she has made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” (Revelation 17-18)
Then a third angel followed them,
saying, “If anyone worships the beast (anti-christ) and his image, and
receiving his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the Wrath of GOD, which is poured out full strength into the cup
of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and in the presence of The Lamb. And the smoke of
their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no rest day or night, who
worship the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name.” (Revelation
14:17-20, 16, 20:11-15)
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