The Trumpet Judgements 1-4
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Revelation 8:1–5 “1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, 4 and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.”
Revelation 8:6–11 “6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
Revelation 8:12–13 “12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!””
The Silence in Heaven
The Seven Angels
The Seven Trumpets
The Prayers of the Saints
The Earthquake
Where have we seen this pattern before?
Silence
Joshua 6:3 “3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.”
Joshua 6:10 “10 But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.””
7 Priests / 7 Angels
Joshua 6:4 “4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.”
7 Trumpets
Joshua 6:5 “5 And when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.””
Prayers Answered
Joshua 6:2 “2 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.”
Earthquake
Joshua 6:20 “20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.”
Judgement of Enemies
Joshua 6:21 “21 Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.”
Two Witnesses / Bride
Joshua 6:22 “22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.””
Matthew 17:1–3“1 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.”
Joshua is the prophetic pattern of Revelation
In both events the the 7 trumpets are preceded by silence
The enemies confederated under a leader in Jerusalem
The enemy was defeated by hailstones and fire with signs in the sky
The Kings hid in caves and both books are a prelude to establishing a Monarchy
The land is inherited by the rightful owner
The pattern of the Jubilee - Yahweh’s Chronology
This Jubilee Year followed every seven Sabbatical cycles (weeks of years), 7x7 years totaling 49 years. The Jubilee was the 50th year. It did not coincide with the 7th Sabbatical year, but followed it, rounding out the 7 weeks of years to an even 50 years.
Leviticus 25:1–4 “1 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.”
Leviticus 25:8–10 “8 “You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.”
The Jubilee is the 50th Year where Yahweh steps up since NO Redeemer has been found… nobody has paid the price - BUT Yahwah, REDEEMS and RESTORES His people!
Whether the Jews followed the Law or not, the original Sabbatical – Jubilee calendar that God commanded them to keep required that the Jubilee year be after seven Sabbatical cycles. If this calendar was indeed a sacred calendar, by which God Himself was guiding history and fulfilling prophecy, then it is the calendar that ought to be used as the basis for any chronology of the Bible.
120 Jubilees in Genesis 6
There is a very curious statement by God in Genesis 6:3. ‚And the LORD said, ‘My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years’.‛ The period of 120 years in this passage has usually been interpreted one of two ways - limiting the lifespans of humans to 120 years each and / or the number of years until the destruction by the flood.
Yet, Peter had an interesting comment about this passage, which strongly suggests that he viewed the 120 years in Genesis 6 as a two-fold prophecy, giving both the year of the flood and the year of Christ’s return.
2 Peter 3:5 The heavens used to be of ancient times, also the land having stood out of water and in water by the statement or word of God, through which [or by the word] the world was destroyed by a deluge of water. Yet, the present heavens and the land, having been reserved by the same statement or word, are being kept for fire unto the Day of Judgment and destruction of ungodly men.‛
The “statement of God‛ that Peter referred to did two things: It held back the judgment of God by a flood for a specified period of time (120 years). Yet, it also brought that judgment at the end of 120 years.
Could Holy Spirit be communicating that the word of God in Gen 6:3 which help back the flood is also holding back the coming Day of the Lord?
How can this be? The only way it could be is if the “word of God,” about a 120-year delay in judgment, has a double meaning. One meaning was for the first destruction by the flood (120 regular years), and a second meaning for the coming Day of the Lord (120 Jubilee years).
120 Jubilee Years
Jubilee Years in the 20th & 21st Centuries
1917 Balfour Declaration - legalized Jews’ return to the land
1967 Six Day War - Jerusalem returns to Israel
1917 US President recognizes Jerusalem as the Capital City and pledges the relocation of Embassy
Daniel 9:25 “25 Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.”
Super Jubilee - 70 x 7 = 490
Abraham to Exodus = 490 years
Exodus to Solomon’s Temple = 490 years
Solomon’s Temple to Nehemiah’s return = 490 years
Nehemiah’s return to the Crucifixion = 483 years
Matthew 18:22“22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” - 490
The Trumpet Judgements - Natural Events (all can be explained)
1st - 8:6 The earth scorched by solar flares, meteors - Vegetation
2nd - 8:8 Explosion in the sea by volcanic eruption - Sea life
3rd 8:10 Poisoned waters by a fallen angel, bitterness - Land life
4th 8:12 Atmosphere darkened from the 1st 3 judegements - Seasonal shifts