Revelation 8, The Seventh Seal

 

Revelation 8, The Seventh Seal

The seven angels with the seven trumpets will bring us to the full intensity of the great tribulation. God is directly and supernaturally judging a rebellious people. The seven trumpets will reveal the direct activity of God because of man’s and satan’s rebellion. God will judge both. Some might say this book is scary but for those who are left behind, God is going to scare them back to Him and then to heaven. When the 7th seal was opened there was silence for about 1/2-hour. This was the calm before the storm. It was a transition from grace to judgment. If you have ever been in the eye of a tornado, it will give you a sense of what this silence is. These seven angels with their seven trumpets will be a process of moving all the Israelites back to the land of Palestine. Just like the walls of Jericho fell down, the walls of God's opposition will crumble and fall down. Another Angel went to the altar where prayer is offered. The incense is the prayers of the Saints still on earth Psalm 141: 2 says “let my prayer be set before thee as incense ..” These prayers were made in Jesus’ name. All these prayers left the angels hands and went to God. The thundering’s mean the storm is coming. The voices is the intelligent direction of God. God is ceertainly in charge. Lightning came after the Thunder. The earthquake is the response to the severe pressure that will be put in place by God's judgment. The half hour of silence is over, the prayers have been heard and the order to blow the trumpets were made. The first trumpet blew and 1/3 of the grass, forest, and trees are damaged by fire and hail. Plant life was the first to be created and the first to be destroyed. The second trumpet blew and a mountain on fire was cast into the sea and 1/3 of sea life was destroyed. The third trumpet blew, and Wormwood means calamity and sorrow. The star is a meteor containing poison which contaminates 1/3 of fresh water and drinking water for mankind. The 4th trumpet blew, and the light and the darkness put out on 1/3 of the earth. Matthew 14:29. Then an Angel flies around heaven saying with a loud voice, woe and judgment is coming on the earth.

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