Chapter 6 -
The seven trumpets (7 Trumpets of Revelation)
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Many people think that the seven trumpets must sound during the final seven
years, but there is absolutely no proof of that in the bible. I believe we
are on the brink of the 7 Trumpets, and maybe some have already blown but that remains to be seen. The theories
about historical events I show here are really just speculation and are not very likely
given the import of the Trumpets of God.
Before I begin, please remember that fulfillment of prophecy cannot be stated as fact until it has come to pass. I've studied a lot of theories on prophecy and
what I've written here is what could be possible based on historical facts, but I will never say this is absolute fact until we see it happen.
These events may or may not have already come to pass, and nobody can say until all events have come to pass. So please read with that in mind.
This is pure speculation!
So why, you ask? Why do I go ahead and write about what I think is unlikely? Because God teaches in parables and the events John saw
in the visions shown to him could very well be things God doesn't want to be obvious to those who don't love Him. It could be less
obvious than we might think!
Along these same lines, most people believe that the Trumpets are major events that are judgements from God,
so world wars and nuclear accidents don't seem to fit the magnitude of a "judgement from God", but I ask you to
look at Rev 8:13. My thinking is; The three woes will certainly be something that affects the entire world! These are the
judgements from God! In my mind, as a Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, this is God's warning to repent. The previous
trumpets may not be as obvious as the three woes will be and are not defined in scripture with the same magnitude.
So, I tend to disagree with mainstream belief in that respect.
Having said all that, please remember that it's very important to study and understand the prophecies so when they
come to pass, in the past or in the future, we recognize them and understand what is happening.
If we see the fifth trumpet, then we’ll know the others have sounded, right?
Watch and be prepared... don’t turn away because you don’t understand.
I've heard so many people use "we can't know the day nor the hour" as an excuse to ignore prophecy and not even
try to understand it because it's too hard.
The Lord told us to watch (click here) and be prepared!
Be obedient and take the time and make the effort to understand!
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Matt 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
We are NOT IN DARKNESS that that day should overtake us as a thief! Only those in the world will be overtaken as a thief...
1 Thess 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
We don't know the exact day or hour, but we will know the approximate time! We should know when the signs appear, and should instruct
others, and should be ready when the time comes...
What are the seven trumpets?
I encourage you to read Revelation 8 through 11 at this point. Each of the
seven trumpets is an event or series of events that will take place.
One thing we have to remember; John was shown these in visions and he wrote what
he saw, but he had never in his life seen a mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb,
a helicopter, high caliber guns firing from tanks or attack vehicles or ships,
scorch earth weapons dropped from airplanes, or anything remotely like the
weapons and technology we have today. He’d never even heard of these
things. He knew oxen and fishing and chariots pulled with armored horses,
swords, etc. So we’ll try to follow what he saw with an eye for what we
know today. Have you ever been in an art class where they had you try to
explain a picture or an object in words only, and then someone else tried to
draw what you wrote or said? If you have, you know what I’m saying.
If not, let’s just say that it’s very, very difficult to get the real picture
painted using only words. There’s some strange language used in Revelation and
it’s difficult to get a true picture, but I think you’ll agree that there’s just
too much coincidence for it to be coincidence. Take a look…
The first trumpet
Rev 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.
There’s not a lot to go on with this short picture. Some teach that this is WW1. There’s is a small
chance that this is World War 1, or another war or something that
happened that we don’t know about. What does make sense about WW1 is that
they had a “scorched earth” policy where they would burn
everything up, similar to napalm in later wars, but there was no "hail" since they manually burned everything in WW1,
albeit they did use flamethrowers.
8.3 million people were killed in this war. More than
any war ever, in the previous history of man. A significant event I would
say. I leave it to you to decide if this could be the first trump or not. My vote is "not".
The next two trumpets are more likely, and are very convincing, but if they have blown then
this trumpet has to have sounded.
Another possibility is the Leonid Storm of 1833...
“The Falling Stars, Nov. 13, 1833.” Bible Readings for the Home Circle, p. 323. Review and Herald Publishing Association. 1914.
Link to the blog, here
I can see that as a much more likely candidate for the 1st Trumpet. It's possible!
The head-scratching thing about this trumpet is the third part of trees and all green grass, which is hard
to reconcile, but it is likely metaphoric and not literal.
The second trumpet
Rev 8:8 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; 9
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.
Now, as I said, this sounds an awful lot like a large
asteroid plummeting to the earth and crashing into the sea! Yes, it could be that
and the theories shown here could be completely wrong! But, before
you decide, check out what happened with World War 2.
As I stated above, I don't think God is going to give the world the obvious! He
teaches in parables and wrote mystery in the Bible to keep those who don't love
Him from learning the truth. I believe prophecy is given in this same vein.
Have you ever seen a mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb? Kind of looks
like a burning mountain? Hiroshima, Japan was nuked by the US at the end
of WW2. Japan is an island out in the sea, so the mountain would appear to
be burning out in the middle of the ocean. Nobody has any idea how many
sea creatures were killed from that explosion and the resulting radiation, but
the really interesting part about this trumpet is, “the third part of the ships
were destroyed.” In World War 2, there was a total of 105,127 ships used
in the war. 36,387 were destroyed. That is incredibly close to
exactly one third. Also, if you research what oil really is, it's the liquified
remains of biological life, animals and plants, and could be defined as “blood”.
Within the rapidly deteriorating shipwrecks lurk tens of millions of gallons of
thick black oil which scientists say will be released in the next few years.
This could kill much of the marine life in the oceans, and along with the many
spills from tankers in recent decades, this could be what the Lord is referring
to in this prophecy. 52 million people were killed in this war.
The third trumpet
Rev 8:10 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; 11 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.
This is the trumpet that just blows my mind... hard to imagine that it's not
the actual trumpet! But, as I've stated, it's possible that the previous trumpets
may not have blown, so this one cannot have already blown if that is true.
If you research the name Wormwood in the Russian or Ukraine language, you’ll
find that Wormwood actually means Chernobyl, and if you read verse 11 in
Ukrainian, you’d read, “And the name of the star is called Chernobyl.”
There was a nuclear reactor in Russia called Chernobyl that blew up in 1986.
I would bet that most of us remember either hearing or reading about it.
The first explosion blew the 2 million pound lid off the reactor, and the second
explosion sent nuclear radiation up one mile into the atmosphere. It
burned in a full nuclear fire for the next three weeks. If you were
looking at that fire from a couple miles away, would it look a little like a big
lamp? 10 times as much radiation was released as the Hiroshima bombing.
It rained incessantly for 5 days. The radiation cloud moved across Sweden,
Italy, Germany, Great Britain and even in a very diluted form all the way to the
east coast of America. It’s estimated that 125,000 people have died due to
that accident, but the most deadly thing about this was that it rained so hard
that the water flowed into the rivers and the water was contaminated all the way
into Europe. They estimate that 2 million are infected by the radiation
but they don’t even really know how many were affected by this and how many
diseases and deaths occurred because of it, much less how it’s affecting the
next generation. The main theme in this prophecy is the waters. Many
men died of the waters because they were made bitter.
Burning as it were, a lamp.
The radiation cloud traveled all across Europe.
The fourth trumpet
Rev 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.
This trumpet could have a literal meaning and we just haven't seen it yet, or it
could be symbolic in that it's referring to time. Jesus talks about the days
being shortened in Matthew 24.
Matt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh
be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
“There should no flesh be saved” may mean that we would destroy ourselves if God
didn't step in when He does. But is it the number of days or the length of the
days that is shortened?
Unless He's referring to the entirety of this age (since the time of Jesus until
the end), it can’t mean that the number of days is shortened in the end times
because there are very specific timetables (number of days, number of months)
about the end times, specifically in the final seven years. But, since He says,
“for the elect's sake”, it seems likely that He's referring to the time of
trouble where it shall be great tribulation for the saints of God during the
final three and half years. So, God can’t change the number of days since He
already told us the numbers of days, and unless this is referring to the number
of days planned from the very beginning and means that this age we're living in
will not last as long as it could have, it must mean something else.
Since a third part of the sun and moon and stars were darkened and the day shone
not for a third part of it, and the night likewise, it must mean that somehow
the whole day is shorter, including the night. There's a possibility that this
means that somehow time itself is shortened. God has somehow speeded
everything up. One possible explanation for this is Einstein’s theory of
relativity. But that may be reaching. There is no real
explanation for this prophecy except conjecture, and I haven’t heard any good
ideas beyond what I’ve already written.
Another VERY interesting side note on this subject is that Satan has set up exact duplicate mirrored prophecies, but which are exact opposites,
in Islam, to fool the world when the prophecies of the Bible come to pass. If you haven't seen my Islam in the Bible document, please
check it out! - click here
The devil has created a similar prophecy in Islam which indicates that this extremely powerful fallen angel has also interpreted this
to be a "speeding up of time". It may or may not be relevant, but it is certainly interesting!
The devil has almost complete control of this world today, and has set up multiple false religions with duplicate prophecies mimicking the Bible
because he knows they will come to pass exactly as God said they would. He has created these mirrored prophecies to fool the world.
See my "Who is They" document, here.
And take a look at some of the false religions he has created, here!
The three woe’s
Rev 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!
The fifth, sixth and seventh trumpets are known in prophecy as the three woe’s.
The fifth trumpet
The Opening of The Deep
Rev 9:1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 And in those days shall men
seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee
from them. 7 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. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 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. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and
there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 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. 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more
hereafter.
This trumpet theory is very questionable. If we leave certain parts we don't understand out
it sounds a lot like the Gulf War, but we have to ignore certain parts that do not fit!
Check it out...
Saddam set 700 oil wells in Kuwait on fire during the Gulf war. Because of
the smoke from those fires the sky was dark for 3 months. Even at noon the
sun was not visible.
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, they had
breastplates of iron and they sounded like many chariots running to battle, and
there were stings in their tails. Sounds just like a military helicopter
to me.
Abaddon and Apollyon both mean, “destroyer” or “destroying angel”.
Saddam’s mother had difficulties with her pregnancy and her doctors recommended
an abortion. She suffered the whole pregnancy and named her baby Saddam,
which means, “the destroyer”.
The picture he drew for us fits the events of the Gulf if we leave out some of
the depictions we can't understand about the locust. However, when we look at
the whole thing with the gulf war in mind, there is a lot about the “locust”
that doesn't fit. For prophecy to be realized, there can't be anything that
doesn't fit or it is not prophecy being fulfilled. There is a possibility that
this could be the Gulf War, but I think it is mostly coincidence and there is
too much that doesn't make sense.
And, the angel who is given the key doesn't appear to be the same as the beast
who comes out of the pit. The bottomless pit is opened and the sun and air are
darkened because of the smoke from the pit, the locusts are told not to hurt
those with the seal of God in their foreheads. The angel is mentioned again in Revelation 20:1-3. Notice that
the angel is given the key to the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:1, and opens the
pit in 9:2. Then the angel with the key then comes down
from heaven again to bind Satan in the bottomless pit for 1000 years in
Revelation 20:1-3.
The "King" over the locusts is named the “destroying angel”, which is the meaning of the names “Abaddon”
and “Apollyon” in v9:11. This is likely referring to the "beast that comes out of the pit" (Rev 11:7, Rev 17:8), rather than the angel that opened the pit.
Speculation that this could be the angel with the key is something I've considered in the past, but I believe that this must be Satan himself, not the angel with the key.
This is the "beast" that ascends out of the pit.
In Revelation 11:7 we see that the beast comes out of the bottomless pit,
becomes or possesses a man to become the Antichrist shown in Revelation 17:8-11,
kills the two witnesses at the end of the final 3.5 years (Rev 11:7), and then
in Revelation 20:1-3 we see that the “angel” who was given the key locks up the
devil in the bottomless pit for 1000 years.
For this reason, I do not think the 5th trumpet was the Gulf War.
Also, since this is one of the Three Woe's, it will certainly be something
that affects the entire world! The Gulf War was too local to the Middle East
and did not classify, in my mind, as a Woe to the inhabiters of the earth!
Joel 2:1-11 also gives us some information on what appears to be the same
events.
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain:
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for
it is nigh at hand; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and
of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and
a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it,
even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and
behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and
behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The
appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall
they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people
set in battle array. 6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all
faces shall gather blackness. 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb
the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they
shall not break their ranks: 8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk
every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be
wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall,
they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a
thief. 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun
and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 11 And
the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for
he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very
terrible; and who can abide it?
As I said above, it’s likely that the trumpets are “eras”. Each era
precedes the other and each will lead into the other. In the days… when he
shall begin to sound…
Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall
begin to sound...
And the final three woes lead into each other.
Rev 9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Rev 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
As of the end of 2017, we are still waiting to see if the fifth trumpet has sounded or
if it will be another event. With the war with ISIS, and the mounting troubles
with China, Iran, Syria and Palestinians, we are likely seeing the next trumpet
era beginning now.
The sixth trumpet (World War 3)
Rev 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying to the
sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15 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. 16
And the number of the army of
the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them
. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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. 20 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: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts.
The Euphrates river runs through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. The situation in the Middle East is going red hot, with
Israel and the Palestinians, and Iran enriching uranium which everyone knows is
to build a bomb to make their wish of blowing Israel off the map come true.
China buys millions and millions of barrels of oil from Iran, and both Russia
and China are sympathetic with Iran. Today things look quite like a war
could start very soon that could kill one third of mankind. The world
currently holds over 6 billion people. To kill 2 billion people most
likely means nuclear war and will likely involve the United States. I say
this because the US has the firepower for that magnitude of destruction, and
because there are only about 300 million in the US so it’s likely China and
other countries will take the brunt of the destruction. China has a
population of 1.3 billion, and India (just south of China) has another billion.
China boasts the ability to field an army of over 200 million. This is the
first time in the history of man that this has even been a possibility.
China is also a little touchy about the Taiwan issue, and the South China Sea. If you’ve been
reading the news, you might remember Chinese officials saying that, “American
leaders care more about Los Angeles than they do about Taiwan”, and “China would
sacrifice millions of men and entire cities to ensure unity”, and said that the
US would not make comparable sacrifices. Chinese officials have also said
that they would not hesitate to use nuclear technology against the US if
necessary. No one can say for sure how the war will start or what will
happen, but it sure looks like we’re right on the brink of this trumpet. It will be WW3 most certainly.
Notice how China's armor and their dragons in parades and sybolism match the descriptions
in this trumpet? A jacinth is a red-orange gem. China loves red-orange and we see
"serpent" like creatures with heads like lions, etc... seems too coincidental to me!
What better way for the Antichrist to come to power than when the world wakes up
to 2 billion dead? The world will be clamoring for disarmament, world
unity and peace. The Antichrist will use peace as a weapon to gain his
power. This is discussed later in this book.
The seventh trumpet
Rev 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying,
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his
Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders,
which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and
art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and
great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 19 And the temple of
God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his
testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great hail.
This is the second coming of Jesus Christ!
This trumpet brings the battle of Armageddon where Israel is saved by God, the
rapture, the destruction of the Antichrist and the false prophet, and the
binding of Satan for 1000 years. This Trumpet, the sixth Seal and all of
the Vials bring the Wrath of God down on the earth. Jesus will wipe out
the armies coming down against Israel at Armageddon and there will be an
earthquake that is felt around the world, plagues and many terrible things
because of mankind’s denial of God. Fortunately God’s people will not have
to endure this wrath as we will be taken up at the sound of the Trumpet before
God’s wrath is poured out on the earth. And then it ushers in the millennium
reign of Christ and the end of worldly governments. Imagine a world ruled
by a loving King such as Jesus Christ for 1000 years, with no wars or strife at
all. Wow.
This trumpet also coincides with the 6th Seal and 7th Vial:
Study the chart and compare what occurs in each scripture. Each of the
passages are describing the same events that occur immediately after the
Tribulation at the Battle of Armageddon (same as the Battle of Gog and Magog).
Notice that the Seal, Trumpet and Vial all have an earthquake and the wrath of
God is come upon the earth. Matthew shows the same events that also are
shown in the 6th Seal and the events in Matthew happen immediately after the
Tribulation, which is when the battle of Armageddon takes place. The
islands and mountains moving, the great hail, God's wrath and the earthquake
from Ezekiel are the same as the 7th Vial and except for the hail not mentioned
in the Seal, it's also the same. Likewise the 7th Trumpet has the same
events except for mountains moving. The battle of Gog in Ezekiel is the
same event as the battle of Armageddon.
The conclusion is obvious. All of these events happen at the same time but
they are described in several places in the bible. If this is true, then
Revelation is definitely not written in chronological order.
See more information here: Understanding the Book of Revelation