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THE TRUMPETS ARE BLOWING…NOW!
BEFORE WE MOVE TO CHAPTERS 10 and 11
WHAT IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE WE DISCOVERED SO FAR?
1. The Scroll with the 7 SEALS = a general “revelation” of end time
history – It lines up EXACTLY with what Jesus said in Matthew 24
about general end time events. He alone holds it, He alone unfolds it!
2. The 7 TRUMPETS = a closer, more focused look at the specific end
time generation(s) – these are “warnings” and “announcements” –
especially to GOD’S PEOPLE (as ALL the trumpets of the Bible are)
BUT…also – a revelation to the world of the TRUTHFULNESS of
God’s Word – so that some, in this end time would REPENT and
turn to Jesus!
These are “mile-markers” or “signs” along the way of history that
declare – “THE TIME OF THE RETURN OF JESUS IS NEAR”!
WHAT DID WE DISCOVER THAT THE SEVEN TRUMPETS
WERE?
1945
Trumpets One and Two – Speak of the devastation, human loss,
destruction and the Nuclear Bomb of WWII. This signaled to the
World that the End Time Generation(s) were here!
-literally – 1/3 of all who fought and involved in WWII were killed.
-literally - 1/3 of all ships used in WWII were destroyed.
-literally – hail and fire mixed with blood fell from the heavens.
-literally – a burning mountain, huge and all ablaze was thrown “into
the sea”.
THE LARGEST WAR IN HUMAN HISTORY
THE MOST KILLED IN HUMAN HISTORY
THE MOST NATIONS INVOLVED IN WAR IN HUMAN
HISTORY
THE FIRST USE OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY
1986
TRUMPET THREE
THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR PLANT EXPLOSION
The FIRST nuclear accident in the history of the world
The LARGEST amount of radiation released into the atmosphere,
water and soil in human history (10X the amount of Hiroshima)
Hundreds of thousands dead – and MILLIONS more poisoned and
dying as we speak!
-“Wormwood”
= CHERNOBYL in Russian – GOD GAVE THE
NAME! – He could not have been more CLEAR!
Literally fell blazing from the sky to the earth.
Literally poisoned the waters (turned them bitter).
1991 – PRESENT!
TRUMPETS 4 and 5 – Began with invasion of
KUWAIT / GULF WAR –
Continued with a 10 year man hunt for Saddam and we are back
there NOW! (Operation Iraqi Freedom) Desert Storm - THE SHORTEST WAR OF ITS SIZE in HUMAN HISTORY – with the LEAST
killed! The FIRST WAR in HUMAN HISTORY to be watched LIVE by the entire world! THE
FIRST USE OF SMART BOMB technology and a myriad of other weapons technologies the world
had never seen before! Operation Iraqi Freedom – The SHORTEST, SWIFTESS conquering of an
entire nation with the most massive forces used in HUMAN HISTORY. The largest, longest, most
expensive manhunt in human history – unsuccessful for TEN YEARS!
SADDAM = “THE DESTROYER” in Arabic
Literally 1/3 of day and night darkened by THICK SMOKE – (for eight months – 700 oil wells)
The invasion of Kuwait lasted exactly 5 MONTHS
The “locusts” (helicopters) came out of the “smoke” and “stung” “like scorpions”
Saddam’s troops were not allow to “kill” (conquer) Kuwait – only “torment” them for 5 months
Saddam did not want to destroy the “trees, grass” (the land) – he wanted the land and its oil!
We sought “the death” and longed for “the death” to die, but he kept alluding us – for 10 years.
The people under this torment? – MILLIONS of them! – MUSLIM! – Not the “sealed”!
WHAT DO THE FIRST THREE “SIGNS” (first 5 trumpets)
HAVE IN COMMON?
1.
2.
First, Longest, Shortest, Most, Largest – in HUMAN
HISTORY!
Each event was witnessed and participated in - in one way or
another – by the ENTIRE PLANET!
EACH OF THE ELEMENTS WERE NAMED BY THE LORD
AND/OR GIVEN an UNMISTAKABLE DESCRIPTION!
Wormwood = Chernobyl (Russian Bible)
Destroyer = Saddam (Arabic Bible)
Huge mountain – all ablaze – thrown into the sea 3.
STILL IN THE FUTURE – (near or far?)
Trumpet 6
POSSIBLY
– a coming Middle Eastern WAR – centered in IRAQ?
Along the Euphrates – (Bible starts here – Eden – 1st murder – 1st Sin
– 1st war counsel – 1st worldwide revolt against God (Babel) – nations
scattered from here – ABRAHAM called from here (Israel born from
here) – last war on earth fought HERE (Armageddon – Revelation
16:12)
The United States of America is THERE NOW!
IT IS THE FOCUS OF THE WORLD NOW!
IT IS THE FOCUS OF THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION – NOW!
Horses and their riders “looked like” lions heads with tails that had
heads that shot fire!
Rev 9:20-21
20 The rest of mankind that were not killed
by these plagues still did not repent of the
work of their hands; they did not stop
worshiping demons, and idols of gold,
silver, bronze, stone and wood-- idols that
cannot see or hear or walk.
21 Nor did they repent of their murders,
their magic arts, their sexual immorality or
their thefts.
“PLAGUES” – Greek =“pleegais” (PLAY – GASE) – “a
wound, or a calamity or terrible thing”. –
NOT the same WORD OR CONCEPT as the 10
“Plagues” of EYGPT – which were specifically
GOD’S WRATH on the unbelieving world. Heb
–Nagaph (naw-gawf)
(it means – to smite “KJV” or to inflict punishment upon)
“THEY STILL DID NOT REPENT!”
THE 7th TRUMPET?
REV 10:7 “But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the
mystery of God will be accomplished…”
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
51
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-52
in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will
sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Matt 24:29-31
29
"Immediately after the distress (tribulation) of those days "'the sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
30
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the
nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the
clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.
31
And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his
elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. - SPOKEN
BY JESUS
WHAT DO OTHER SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT THE TRUMPET DAYS?
2 Pet 3:3-12
3
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers
will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4
They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since
our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning
of creation.“…
8
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a
day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a
day.
9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some
understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting
anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
11 … in view of this, what kind of people ought you to be? You
ought to live holy and godly lives
12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming…
2 Tim 3:1-7
1
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3
without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control,
brutal, not lovers of the good,
4
treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than
lovers of God-5
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing
to do with them….
7
always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
(NIV)
1 Tim 4:1-9
1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times (latter times
– last days) some will abandon the faith and follow
deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars,
whose consciences have been seared as with a hot
iron….
6 If you point these things out to the brothers, you will
be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the
truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you
have followed.
(NIV)
James 5:1-3
1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of
the misery that is coming upon you.
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your
clothes.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion
will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire.
You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
(NIV)
I BELIEVE – WE ARE LIVING IN THE TRUMPET DAYS!
IT IS TIME WE:
LIVE LIKE IT
WORSHIP LIKE IT (WISAT)
GIVE LIKE IT
DO MISSIONS AND OUTREACH LIKE IT
PRAY LIKE IT
SERVE LIKE IT
THE TRUMPETS ARE BLOWING…NOW!