1 VISION II THE SEVEN TRUMPETS E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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VISION IITHE SEVEN TRUMPETS

E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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OBJECTIVES FOR SESSION 4

BY THE END OF THIS SESSION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

1) EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SEVEN TRUMPETS OF REVELATION 8-11

2) DESCRIBE THE MEANING OF EACH OF THE SEVEN TRUMPETS

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HOW TO INTERPRET THE SEVEN TRUMPETS

IN THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, JOHN USES THE SAME METHODOLOGY AS

HE DID IN THE _____________________. (See Section 3 Pages 16-20)

IN EACH TRUMPET HE QUOTES FROM A MAJOR OLD TESTAMENT

___________________________________.

THE TRUMPETS OF REVELATION 8‑11 SHOW THEIR _________________.

THE READER IS TO READ THE OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE FOR

THE ______________________________.

IT IS SIGNIFICANT ALSO TO NOTE THAT EACH OLD TESTAMENT

PASSAGE QUOTED IN THE TRUMPETS IS A PROPHECY OF A BATTLE.

4TH SEAL

PROPHECY

SEQUENCE

DETAILS

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THE FIRST TRUMPET

REVELATION 8:7

"AND THE FIRST TRUMPET SOUNDED, AND THERE CAME HAIL AND FIRE, MIXEDWITH BLOOD, AND THEY WERE THROWN TO THE EARTH..." (REV. 8:7)

THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE ONE PROPHECY IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT MENTIONING A JUDGMENT BY HAIL, FIRE AND BLOOD.

OT PROPHECY:

"AND WITH PESTILENCE AND WITH BLOOD I SHALL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT WITH HIM; AND I SHALL RAIN ON HIM, AND ON HIS TROOPS, AND ON THE MANY PEOPLES WHO ARE WITH HIM, A TORRENTIAL RAIN, WITH HAILSTONES, FIRE, AND BRIMSTONE." (EZEKIEL 38:22)

EZEKIEL 38‑39 AND REVELATION 8:7 RECORD THE DEFEAT OF

____________________ OF THE LAND OF _______________________.

WHO IS GOG OF THE LAND OF MAGOG?

GOG MAGOG

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THE FIRST TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

IN REVELATION 20:8, ____________AND ________________ REPRESENT

“THE NATIONS WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH,"

OR IN OTHER WORDS, THE NATIONS OPPOSED TO GOD.

JOSEPHUS (ANTIQUITIES I VI 1) TELLS US THAT MAGOG REFERS

TO THE SCYTHIANS WHO INHABITED _____________________________.

THEREFORE, "GOG OF THE LAND OF MAGOG" MAY BE FULFILLED

BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FORMER RUSSIAN _____________________

REPUBLICS.

MUSLIM NATIONS CERTAINLY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF NATIONS

OPPOSED TO GOD.

MUSLIM

SOUTHERN RUSSIA

GOG MAGOG

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THE FIRST TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

EZEKIEL 39:9 INDICATES________________GOG WILL BE DEFEATED:

“THEN THOSE WHO INHABIT THE CITIES OF ISRAEL WILL … MAKE FIRES WITH THE WEAPONS … AND FOR SEVEN YEARS THEY WILL MAKE FIRES OF THEM.” (EZEKIEL 39:9)

DANIEL 9:27 INDICATES THAT THE ANTICHRIST ALSO WILL APPEAR

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FINAL _________________YEAR PERIOD.

EZEKIEL 39:9 AND DANIEL 9:27 ARE UNDOUBTEDLY SPEAKING

OF THE __________________ SEVEN YEAR PERIOD. IF SO, GOG WILL

BE DEFEATED SEVEN ________________ BEFORE THE 2ND COMING.

THE FIRST TRUMPET INDICATES THAT GOG OF THE LAND OF MAGOG

IS UNWORTHY TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

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2 ANTI-CHRIST APPEARS DAN. 9:27A 4-5 6:1-2

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6

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9 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM DAN. 9:27B 15-20 6:7-8

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12 MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS DAN 12:1 21-22 6:9-11

13 CELESTIAL SIGNS JOEL 2:31 29A 6:12-13

14 HEAVENS SPLIT APART MT. 26:64 29B-30A 6:14-17

15 2ND COMING / RAPTURE I THESS. 4:16-17 30B

16 MOURNING OF 144,000

17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8

18 CHURCH IN HEAVEN 7:9-17

19 WRATH 8:1-5

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THE SECOND TRUMPET

REVELATION 8:8‑9

“AND THE SECOND ANGEL SOUNDED, AND SOMETHING LIKE A GREAT MOUNTAIN BURNING WITH FIRE WAS THROWN INTO THE SEA.” (REV. 8:8)

THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE ONE PROPHECY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE FALL OF A BURNING MOUNTAIN.

OT PROPHECY:“ ‘BUT I WILL REPAY BABYLON AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF CHALDEA FOR ALL THEIR EVIL THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN ZION BEFORE YOUR EYES’, DECLARES THELORD, ‘BEHOLD, I AM AGAINST YOU, O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN’…, DECLARES THE LORD, ‘AND I WILL …ROLL YOU DOWN FROM THE CRAGS AND I WILL MAKE YOU A BURNT OUT MOUNTAIN.’” (JER. 51:24,25)

JEREMIAH 51:25 AND REVELATION 8:8‑9 RECORD THE DEFEAT

OF ________________.

REVELATION 17‑18 ALSO DESCRIBES THE DEFEAT OF BABYLON.

BABYLON IS PICTURED THERE BY MANY SYMBOLS: "BABYLON" ITSELF

IN SCRIPTURE SYMBOLIZES ADHERENCE TO FALSE RELIGION

IN CONTRAST TO THE NEW JERUSALEM (REV 21-22) WHICH SYMBOLIZESGOD’S TRUE PEOPLE.

BABYLON

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THE SECOND TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

BABYLON IS PICTURED AS A HARLOT SYMBOLIZING THOSE WHO ARE

________________________________________________ TO GOD.

IN CONTRAST TO THE BRIDE (REV 21:2,9) WHICH SYMBOLIZES

GOD’S __________________________________________ PEOPLE.

BABYLON IS DESCRIBED IN PART AS THE CITY OF ROME:

“HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HAS WISDOM. THE SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS ON WHICH THE WOMAN SITS,” (REV. 17:9)

EVERYONE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD KNEW THAT THE CITY SET ON

SEVEN HILLS WAS __________________________________________.

"AND THE WOMAN (BABYLON) WHOM YOU SAW IS THE GREAT CITY, WHICH REIGNS OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH" (REV. 17:18).

IN THE FIRST CENTURY THE "GREAT CITY WHICH REIGNED OVER

THE KINGS OF THE EARTH" WAS ROME.

ROME

FAITHFUL

UNFAITHFUL

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THE SECOND TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

IN REVELATION CHAPTER 18, BABYLON IS CHARACTERIZED AS A

____________________________________ SYSTEM.

THEREFORE, BABYLON SYMBOLIZES THE ____________, ____________,

AND ____________________ OF ___________ CHRISTIANITY.

THE SECOND TRUMPET INDICATES THAT BABYLON IS UNWORTHY

TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

COMMERCIAL

RELIGION CULTURE

COMMERCE FALSE

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17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

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19 WRATH 8:1-5

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THE THIRD TRUMPET

REVELATION 8:10‑11

"AND THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED, AND A GREAT STAR FELL FROM HEAVEN ” (REV. 8:10)

THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE ONE PROPHECY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT REFERRING TO THE FALLING OF A STAR FROM HEAVEN.

OT PROPHECY:

"HOW YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, 0 STAR OF THE MORNING…” (ISAIAH 14:12)

IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT IN BOTH ISAIAH 13‑14 AND REV 8:8‑11 THE FALL

OF_________________ IS FOLLOWED BY THE FALL OF _______________:

FALL OF BABYLON ISAIAH 13:1‑14:11 REV 8:8‑9FALL OF SATAN ISAIAH 14:12FF REV 8:10‑11

THIS INDICATES THAT ISAIAH 14:12FF IS PRIMARILY SPEAKING OF

THE __________________________________________ FALL OF SATAN.

THEREFORE, ISAIAH 14:12 AND REVELATION 8:10‑11 RECORD THE

FUTURE FALL OF SATAN.

BABYLON SATAN

FUTURE

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THE THIRD TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

SATAN CAN FALL FROM HEAVEN BECAUSE HE CURRENTLY HAS

_________________ THERE. THIS IS SEEN IN JOB 1: 6-12.

HE IS IN HEAVEN AS THE ___________ OF THE BRETHREN. (REV. 12:10).

THE FALL OF SATAN IS DATED BY REVELATION 12:6‑14:

“AND THE WOMAN (ISRAEL) FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS WHERE SHE HAD A PLACE PREPARED BY GOD, SO THAT THERE SHE MIGHT BE NOURISHED FOR ONE THOUSANDTWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS. AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN, MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS WAGING WAR WITH THE DRAGON … AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS THROWN DOWN, THE SERPENT OF OLD WHO IS CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN … HE WAS THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH … AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH, HE PERSECUTED THE WOMAN … AND THETWO WINGS OF THE GREAT EAGLE WERE GIVEN TO THE WOMAN … THAT SHE MIGHT FLY INTO THE WILDERNESS … WHERE SHE WAS NOURISHEDFOR A TIME AND TIMES AND HALF A TIME.” (REV. 12:6‑14)

THE EXPRESSION “TIME, TIMES AND HALF A TIME” IS FROM DAN. 7:25

AND IS PARALLEL TO 1260 DAYS OR THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS.

ACCESS

ACCUSER

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THE THIRD TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

IN ARAMAIC, THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH DANIEL 7:25 IS WRITTEN,

THERE IS NOT ONLY A SINGULAR AND A PLURAL, BUT ALSO A

_________________________________ ENDING.

IN THE ARAMAIC OF DANIEL 7:25 “TIME” IS SINGULAR, AND “TIMES”

IS _________________. (TIME AND TWO TIMES AND HALF A TIME.” REV12:14)

IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A TOTAL OF___________TIMES INDICATED.

THUS THE "ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS" OF

REVELATION 12:6 IS THE SAME TIME PERIOD AS “3 1/2 TIMES”,

INDICATING _____________________YEARS.

THE FALL OF SATAN OCCURS ____________YEARS ________________

THE __________________________________________________.

THE THIRD TRUMPET INDICATES THAT SATAN IS UNWORTHY TO

INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

2ND COMING

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ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

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THE FOURTH TRUMPET


“AND THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND A THIRD OF THE SUN AND A THIRD OF THE MOON AND A THIRD OF THE STARS WERE SMITTEN, SO THAT A THIRD OFTHEM MIGHT BE DARKENED…” (REV. 8:12)

THIS IS THE SAME DARKENING OF SUN, MOON AND STARS AS

DESCRIBED IN SEVERAL PASSAGES:

SEALS:

“AND I LOOKED WHEN HE BROKE THE SIXTH SEAL…AND THE SUN BECAME BLACK…AND THE WHOLE MOON BECAME BLOOD; AND THE STARS OF THE SKYFELL TO THE EARTH …” (REV. 6:12‑13)

MATTHEW 24:

“BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE IT’S LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILLFALL FROM THE SKY…” (MATTHEW 24:29)

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THE FOURTH TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE DARKENING OF SUN, MOON, AND STARS

IS THE PRECURSOR OF THE __________ OF THE LORD.

JOEL:

“THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND AWESOME DAY OF THE LORD COMES.” (JOEL 2:31)

A DAY OF THE LORD IS A DAY WHEN GOD POURS OUT HIS

_____________ ON THOSE WHO HAVE BROKEN HIS COVENANT.

WHEN SPEAKING OF THE DAY OF THE LORD, ZEPHANIAH SAYS, “A DAY

OF WRATH IS THAT DAY.” (ZEPHANIAH 1:15)

THE FOURTH TRUMPET ANNOUNCES THE DAY OF THE LORD.

DAY

WRATH

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THE DAY OF THE LORD

WHAT DOES THE DARKENING OF SUN AND MOON HAVE TO DO WITHTHE DAY OF THE LORD?

THE PRIMAL DAY OF THE LORD IS DESCRIBED IN ___________________

THERE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS MOVING OR _________________________

OVER A DARK WATER-COVERED EARTH.

THE ONLY OTHER VERSE IN THE PENTETEUCH USING THE HEBREW WORD RACHAP HERE TRANSLATED “MOVING” (NASV) OR “HOVERING” (ESV) IS DEUTERONOMY 32.10-11 WHERE IT IS USED OF THEGLORY CLOUD HOVERING OVER ISRAEL AS IT LED THEM TO THE PROMISED LAND.

VS 10 “HE FOUND HIM IN A DESERT LAND AND IN THE HOWLING WASTE (SAMEHEBREW WORD AS “FORMLESS” IN GEN. 1:2) OF A WILDERNESS. HEENCIRCLED HIM; HE CARED FOR HIM, HE GUARDED HIM AS THE PUPILOF HIS EYE.

VS 11 LIKE AS EAGLE THAT STIRS UP ITS NEST, THAT HOVERS OVER ITS YOUNG;HE SPREAD HIS WINGS AND CAUGHT THEM, HE CARRIED THEM ON HIS PINIONS.

GENESIS 1:2

HOVERING

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WHICH PERSON OF THE TRINITY WAS IN THE GLORY CLOUD? IT IS

THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT ____________________ GOD’S PEOPLE (ROM. 8:14)

IN OTHER WORDS, MOSES DESCRIBES THE GLORY CLOUD RULING

OVER THE DARKENED EARTH IN GENESIS 1:2 AS IT DID OVER

______________________ DURING THEIR WILDERNESS WANDERINGS.

IN EZEKIEL 1 WE LEARN THAT WITHIN THE CLOUD IS NOT JUST THE

HOLY SPIRIT BUT THE GLORY OF THE _____________ HIMSELF (VS. 4-28)

ON DAY 1 OF CREATION GOD CREATES LIGHT AND SEPARATES IT

FROM THE DARKNESS, NAMING THEM ___________________________.

THE ON DAY 4 GOD CREATED THE SUN AND THE MOON WHOSE

PURPOSE WAS TO RULE THE DAY AND THE NIGHT (GEN. 1:18)

LEADS

ISRAEL

LORD

DAY AND NIGHT

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THEREFORE WHEN SUN AND MOON ARE DARKENED, THEY ARE NO

LONGER RULING DAY AND NIGHT (GEN. 1:18), RETURNING RULERSHIP

OVER THE DARKNESS TO THE ___________________ AS IN GENESIS 1:2.

THEREFORE, GENESIS 1:2 IS THE PRIMAL DAY OF THE LORD AS HE

________________________________ OVER THE DARKENED EARTH.

IN GENESIS 3 WE HAVE ANOTHER _____________ DAY OF THE LORD. IN

GENESIS 2:17 THE LORD HAD COMMANDED ADAM, “FROM THE TREE

OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT EAT, FOR

IN THE DAY YOU EAT FROM IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.”

LORD

RULES

JUDGMENT

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THE SPIRIT IN THE GLORY CLOUD WAS THE DIVINE __________________

TO THE LORD’S COVENANT. THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE IT WAS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIVINE WITNESS TO ENSURE THAT

_________________ WAS CARRIED OUT WHEN A COVENANT WAS BROKEN.

IN GENESIS 3 ADAM AND EVE ATE OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND THELORD CAME TO THEM IN _______________________________________.

“AND THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY” (GEN. 3:6)

THE WORD “COOL” IS RUACH, THE HEBREW WORD FOR “SPIRIT”

USED IN GENESIS 1:2, ITS ONLY PREVIOUS USAGE.

WITNESS

JUDGMENT

JUDGMENT

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GENESIS 3:6 THEREFORE LITERALLY SAYS, “THEY HEARD THE SOUND

OF THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN AS THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY.”

WHAT DAY IS BEING REFERRED TO HERE?

THE LAST DAY MENTIONED WAS IN GENESIS 2:17 WHERE GOD SAID,

“IN THE ______________ THAT YOU EAT FROM IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.”

THE BIBLE REPEATEDLY SPEAKS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD WHEN THE

__________________ COMES IN JUDGMENT.

HERE IN GENESIS 3 IS A DAY OF THE LORD WHEN THE LORD CAME

TO ADAM AND EVE AS THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD, TO FULFILL

HIS WITNESS ROLE OF EXECUTING THE CURSES OF THE COVENANT.

DAY

LORD

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IF THIS DAY OF THE LORD IS A DAY OF DEATH, WHY DIDN’T ADAM

AND EVE DIE THAT DAY?

THE ANSWER IS FOUND IN JEREMIAH 26:8. THERE THE EXACT HEBREW

PHRASE “YOU WILL SURELY DIE” USED IN GENESIS 2:17 IS FOUND.

IN JEREMIAH 26:11 THE PARALLEL PHRASE IS “A DEATH SENTENCE

FOR THIS MAN.” A CORRECT PARAPHRASE OF GEN. 2:17 WOULD BE

“IN THE DAY YOU EAT FROM IT YOU WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEATH

AND DOOMED TO DIE.”

THE DAY OF THE LORD IS A DAY OF __________ FOR GOD’S ENEMIES.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD IN THE FOURTH TRUMPET

IS TO SHOW THAT DEATH IS UNWORTHY TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

DEATH

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17 144,000 ON EARTH

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THE FIFTH TRUMPET

REVELATION 9:1‑11

“AND THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND I SAW A STAR FROM HEAVEN WHICH HAD FALLEN TO THE EARTH … AND HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; AND SMOKE WENTUP OUT OF THE PIT … AND OUT OF THE SMOKE CAME FORTH LOCUSTS UPON THE EARTH … AND THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED TO KILL ANYONE, BUT TO TORMENT FOR FIVE MONTHS … AND THEY HAVE TAILS LIKE SCORPIONS, AND STINGS; AND IN THEIR TAILS IS THEIR POWER TO HURT MEN FOR FIVE MONTHS.” (REV. 9:1‑10)

_____________________________ CONTAINS A SIMILAR ACCOUNT OF A

JUDGMENT OF LOCUST‑LIKE BEINGS IN THE DAY OF THE LORD.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE FIFTH TRUMPET IS UPON “THE MEN WHO DO

NOT HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS.” (REV.9:4)

THESE ARE __________________________________________MANKIND.

THE FIFTH TRUMPET DESCRIBES THE DAY OF THE LORD AND INDICATES

THAT GOD'S WRATH IN THAT DAY WILL LAST AT LEAST _______________.

THE FIFTH TRUMPET INDICATES THAT UNSAVED MANKIND ARE

UNWORTHY TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

UNSAVED

5 MONTHS

JOEL 2: 1-20

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JOEL 28:13-9:11

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THE SIXTH TRUMPET


“AND THE SIXTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM THE FOUR HORNS OF THE GOLDEN ALTAR …SAYING… ‘RELEASE THE FOUR ANGELS WHO ARE BOUND AT THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES.’ AND THE FOUR ANGELS … WERE RELEASED, SO THAT THEY MIGHT KILL A THIRD OF MANKIND.” (REV. 9:13‑15)

THE SIXTH BOWL OF REV16:12‑16 ALSO MENTIONS THE

RIVER EUPHRATES.

“AND THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL UPON THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES … AND THEY GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE PLACE WHICH INHEBREW IS CALLED HAR‑MAGEDON.” (REV. 16:12‑16)

REVELATION 9:13‑15 AND 16:12‑16 ARE BOTH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE

BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON IN WHICH THE ANTICHRIST AND HIS

ALLIES WILL BE DEFEATED.

THE BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON HAS BEEN POPULARLY ASSOCIATED

WITH THE CITY OF MEGIDDO.

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THE SIXTH TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

HOWEVER, “HAR” IN HEBREW MEANS MOUNTAIN AND THERE IS

_______ MOUNTAIN AT MEGIDDO. RATHER, MEGIDDO IS IN A PLAIN

AT THE WESTERN END OF THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL.

ALSO, IF HAR-MAGEDON REFERS TO MEGIDDO, IT IS _____________.

IN HEBREW MEGIDDO HAS ______ “D’s” AND HAR-MAGEDON HAS

ONLY ONE.

HAR-MAGEDON IS THE TRANSLITERATION OF THE HEBREW

“MOUNT OF ASSEMBLY” FOUND IN ISAIAH 14:13.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THERE ARE A SERIES OF MOUNTAINS WHERE

ISRAEL ASSEMBLES, BEGINNING WITH MOUNT SINAI. THE FINAL MOUNT

OF ASSEMBLY IS MOUNT ZION IN JERUSALEM TO WHICH HAR-MAGEDON

WOULD REFER.

THUS THE FINAL DEFEAT OF THE ANTICHRIST WILL BE AT JERUSALEM

NOT MEGIDDO.

NO

MISSPELLED

2

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THE SIXTH TRUMPET(CONTINUED)

____________________IS THE OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE PARALLEL

TO REVELATION 9:13‑21. JEREMIAH 46 DESCRIBES AN ARMY WHICH

HAD EXPERIENCED GOD’S WRATH CROSSING THE EUPHRATES RIVER,

THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROMISED LAND, TO EXPERIENCE DEFEAT

IN BATTLE UNDER GOD’S JUDGMENT.

THE SIXTH TRUMPET DESCRIBES THE DEFEAT OF THE

____________________________ AND HIS ALLIES.

THE SIXTH TRUMPET INDICATES THAT THE ANTICHRIST IS

UNWORTHY TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

JEREMIAH 46

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ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

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19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11

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BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON9:12-21JER 46:1-12

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JERUSALEM IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION

REVELATION 11:1‑2

“AND THERE WAS GIVEN ME A MEASURING ROD LIKE A STAFF; AND SOMEONE SAID, ‘RISE AND MEASURE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND THE ALTAR, AND THOSEWHO WORSHIP IN IT. AND LEAVE OUT THE COURT (GREEK = AULE) WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE, AND DO NOT MEASURE IT, FOR IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE NATIONS; AND THEY WILL TREAD UNDER FOOT THE HOLY CITY FOR FORTY‑TWO MONTHS.’” (REV. 11:1‑2)

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THE COURT WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE IS IDENTIFIED

WITH JERUSALEM.

FORTY-TWO MONTHS = 3 ½ YEARS

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REVELATION 11:2

AND LEAVE OUT THE COURT WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE AND DO NOT MEASURE IT FOR IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE NATIONS(GREEK = ETHNOI = GENTILES)ANDTHEY WILLTREAD UNDER FOOT THE HOLY CITY FOR FORTY‑TWO MONTHS

LUKE 21‑24

THEY WILL BE LED CAPTIVE INTO ALL THE NATIONS (GREEK = ETHNOI = GENTILES)AND JERUSALEM WILL BETRAMPLED UNDER FOOT BYTHE GENTILES UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED

REVELATION 11:2 IS PARALLEL TO LUKE 21:24

JERUSALEM IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION(CONTINUED)

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IN OTHER WORDS, THE FORTY‑TWO MONTHS THAT JERUSALEM IS

TRODDEN DOWN BY THE GENTILES ARE ____________YEARS BEFORE

THE SECOND COMING.

IN REVELATION 11:1, JOHN IS TOLD TO "LEAVE OUT THE COURT“

(GREEK = AULE)

JESUS REFERS TO ISRAEL AS A COURT (AULE) IN JOHN 10:16:

“AND I HAVE OTHER SHEEP, WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD (AULE); I MUST BRING

THEM ALSO, AND THEY SHALL HEAR MY VOICE; AND THEY SHALL BECOME

FLOCK (AULE) WITH ONE SHEPHERD.”

CLEARLY ALL OF THOSE IN THE JEWISH FOLD (AULE) DID NOT

"HEAR HIS VOICE" (JOHN 10:16).

MOST JEWS DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM.


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JESUS' IMAGERY APPEARS TO BE THAT OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE WHERE THE OUTER COURT WAS THE COURT OF THE GENTILES.

COURT COURT OF OF GENTILES GENTILES

COURT OF COURT OF GENTILES = GENTILES = JERUSALEM JERUSALEM

TEMPLE

HEAVENLYTEMPLE

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IN REVELATION 11:1-2, JOHN INDICATES THAT JUDAISM AND

JERUSALEM ARE NOW THE ____________________________ COURT.

THE PHRASE "LEAVE OUT" (GREEK = EKBALLO) SHOULD BE

TRANSLATED IN ITS NORMAL MEANING OF _______________________.

THE SAME GREEK WORD (EKBALLO) IS USED OF ISRAEL IN:

MATTHEW 8:12 “THE SONS OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE CAST OUT”

LUKE 13:28 THE JEWS OF JERUSALEM WHO STOOD “OUTSIDE” WERE “CAST OUT”

GALATIANS 4:30 REFERRING TO JERUSALEM, PAUL WRITES “CAST OUT”

THE BOND WOMAN

THE BEST TRANSLATION THEREFORE WOULD BE “CAST OUT THE

COURT (AULE) WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE AND DO NOT

MEASURE IT, FOR IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE GENTILES ( = NATIONS)

AND THEY WILL TREAD UNDER FOOT THE HOLY CITY FOR

FORTY‑TWO MONTHS.”


OUTER

“CAST OUT”

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IN OTHER WORDS, JERUSALEM AND THE JEWS ARE________________

INTO JUDGMENT DURING THE THREE AND ONE‑HALF YEARS PRIOR

TO THE SECOND COMING.

MEASURING IN THE BIBLE CAN INDICATE _______________________ OF

WHAT IS MEASURED (ZECH. 2:1‑5; EZEK. 40‑43).

REVELATION 11:1‑2 INDICATES GOD'S OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION

OF GOD'S PEOPLE IN HEAVEN BUT THAT JERUSALEM AND

UNBELIEVING JEWS ARE TO BE CAST OUT INTO JUDGMENT.


CAST OUT

PROTECTION

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THE TWO WITNESSES IN JERUSALEMDURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION


“AND I WILL GRANT AUTHORITY TO MY TWO WITNESSES, AND THEY WILL PROPHESYFOR TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS, CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH.” THESE ARE THETWO OLIVE TREES AND THE TWO LAMPSTANDS THAT STAND BEFORE THE LORD OFTHE EARTH, AND IF ANY ONE DESIRES TO HARM THEM, FIRE PROCEEDS OUT OF THEIRMOUTH AND DEVOURS THEIR ENEMIES; AND IF ANY ONE WOULD DESIRE TO HARMTHEM, IN THIS MANNER HE MUST BE KILLED. THESE HAVE THE POWER TO SHUT UP THE SKY, IN ORDER THAT RAIN MAY NOT FALL DURING THE DAYS OF THEIR PROPHESYING; AND THEY HAVE POWER OVER THE WATERS TO TURN THEM INTO BLOOD, AND TO SMITE THE EARTH WITH EVERY PLAGUE, AS OFTEN AS THEY DESIRE, AND WHEN THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR TESTIMONY, THE BEAST THAT COMES UP OUT OF THE ABYSS WILL MAKE WAR WITH THEM, AND OVERCOME THEM AND KILL THEM. (REV. 11:3‑7)

____________________________AND _______________ WERE THE FINAL

TWO MESSENGERS SENT TO ISRAEL BEFORE IT WAS JUDGED.

JUST AS BOTH WERE KILLED NEAR JERUSALEM, SO THE FINAL TWO

MESSENGERS TO THE GENTILES ALSO WILL BE KILLED IN JERUSALEM.

JOHN THE BAPTIST JESUS

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THE SEVENTH TRUMPET


“AND THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED; AND THERE AROSE LOUD VOICES IN HEAVEN, SAYING, "THE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD, AND OF HIS CHRIST; AND HE WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.” (REV. 11:15)

THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY ALLUDED TO HERE IS DANIEL 7‑14,18 cf. vss. 22, 27.

THE SEVENTH TRUMPET INDICATES THAT_______________ IS WORTHY

TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

WE ARE JOINT HEIRS WITH HIM (ROMANS 8:17).

CHRIST

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THE TRUMPETS ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE FIRE ORDEAL

GOG, BABYLON, SATAN, DEATH, UNSAVED MEN, AND THE

ANTICHRIST AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE ALL FOUND

______________________ TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM.

CHRIST IS WORTHY TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM AND

BELIEVERS ARE FELLOW HEIRS WITH HIM (ROM 8:17)

(For Fire Ordeals See Section 3 Page 35)

UNWORTHY

EVENTS

KEY

PASSAGES

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6

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17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11

20 BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON JER 46:1-12 9:12-21

21 DAN. 7:14,18,22

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MILLENNIAL KINGDOM11:14-19

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5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6

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17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11

20 BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON JER 46:1-12 9:12-21

21 MILLENNIAL KINGDOM DAN. 7:14,18,22 11:14-19

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