REVELATION LESSON 10

REVELATION

LESSON 10

ARE WE IN THE END TIMES?

Revelation 8:6-7   ⁶ And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

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.

Once the burning censer has Hit the earth the archangels will prepare to sound their trumpets. The prayers of the saints will b heard and the whole world will be ripe for judgement.

Gods wrath will be prepared to unleash the next set of judgements and the archangels will prepare to sound the alarm. The trumpet blasts have three purposes, 1. To warn that the judgement is certain. 2. To call the forces of good and evil to battle. 3. To announce the return of the king, the Messiah, (Jesus).   These warnings urge us to make sure our faith is firmly fixed on Christ Jesus.

The seventh plague on Egypt in the days of Moses was a rain of grievous hail mixed with fire and killed the cattle, herbs and trees. It was a plague directed against false goddess called Isis. God also rained hail fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah. There is no reason to believe he will not do it again.

The result of the fire, hail and blood being hurled down upon one third of the earth is a furious storm. Almost unimaginable. Not only will it cause immediate destruction, it will also bring many other terrible consequences. Much of the lumber needed to build houses will be burned along with much of the grain used for food. The entire balance of nature will be upset, and the loss of life will be in the millions.

To not recognize the grace of God is a mistake. For along with His great wrath that will burn one-third of the Earth there will flow an ocean of love to allow two-thirds of the Earth more time.

Since only one-third of the Earth is destroyed by these trumpet judgments this is only a partial judgment from God. His full wrath is yet to be unleashed.

Revelation 8: 8-10   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.

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;

The first trumpet will signal judgment upon the Earth. This second trumpet will signal judgment upon the sea. Watch the wording in this verse, it does not say a burning mountain will be thrown into the sea, it says a great mountain will be thrown into the sea. Some think it will be a nuclear missile, others think it will be a burning meteor.

Whatever it is, it will be big. It will be blazing and cause the sea to turn into blood. Just like it did in Egypt, in the days of Moses. It will kill one third of the sea life and destroy one-third of the ships. Those who depend upon the sea for jobs, food, defense or cargo transport will suffer a great loss.

As a result of this mountain hitting the sea it is likely that everything close to the sea will be damaged or destroyed by a great tidal wave.

Revelation 8: 11-13   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.

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.

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!

When the third angel sounds the trumpet, a great blazing object like a star or meteor containing some kind of pollutant will fall out of the sky. It will be named after a bitter herb called wormwood in the bible. It will contaminate one-third of the Earths fresh water supply, causing many people to die from drinking the water.

Others will die of thirst. Adults will survive without water for three or four days, while small children will die sooner. One can only imagine what sort of additional tragedies will occur because of the terrible pollution cause by this third trumpet judgment.

And the fourth angel sounded its trumpet. This fourth trumpet judgment will affect the heavenly bodies. The sun, the moon and the stars. Pagan religions worship these objects of the heavens. Astrologers fortune tellers and witches rely on them to predict the future.

The light of the sun, the moon and the stars will be blocked by one third. We can be sure that smoke from the burning one third of the earth will diminish the sun, moon and stars light.

It is not said how long this will continue. But there is no question that a reduction of earths sunlight will affect the weather, crops and all life as we know it. There is a possibility there will be winter storms sweep across the earth causing many to freeze to death.

Verse 13 says this angel will fly through the air with a loud voice. Three woes upon the inhabitants of the earth. These three woes correspond to the last three trumpets. It is hard to imagine but these woes will be worse than any judgment previously mentioned.

Judgment is coming, we can be sure of that. Thank God for the time he has given us to turn from our sinful ways. Help people turn to their only hope, the Lord Jesus Christ, our savior.

Until the next lesson,

Brother Andy