The Seven Trumpets

Parts 10-12
(The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Trumpet)

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This will be the ultimate test of faith. “He [the devil] was given power [authority from God] to give breath [life] to the image [the one-world religion] of the first beast [composite beast], so that it could speak [make laws] and cause all who refused to worship [according to the demands of] the image to be killed.” (Revelation 13:15)

 

If we think the destruction of the first four trumpets is bad, the devil will cause even greater destruction. He will destroy the governments of all nations when he sets up ten “taskmaster” kings to rebuild the world.

 

The devil will destroy all of the religious systems of the world and to purge Earth of its opposition, he will destroy one-third of mankind (the non-religious wicked and many of the saints).  This is why the devil’s name in both Hebrew and Greek, Abaddon and Apollyon, means destroyer.   

 

Several passages in the Bible describe the physical appearing of the devil, but tragically, very few people understand the seriousness and enormity of this event because these passages are usually misdirected and/or misinterpreted.   

 

For example, “the man of sin or lawlessness” mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2, the horn power/stern-faced king in Daniel 8, the king of the north in Daniel 11:36-45, the two-horned beast ascending out of the Earth in Revelation 13:11 and the beast ascending from the Abyss in Revelation 11 and 17 are descriptions of the same thing, namely, the physical appearing of the devil.

 

 The world has not witnessed anything comparable to the physical appearing of the devil and this is why the Bible has so much to say about it! Different Bible writers describe this compelling event because there are numerous issues involved with the physical appearing of Lucifer.  

 

The torture of the fifth trumpet lasts for 5 months and that is just enough time for the devil to accomplish his ultimate objective: Gain total control of Earth. By the end of the five months, the devil will have identified and sorted out the people of Earth. He’s very smart and his demons are efficient.

 

By the end of the fifth trumpet everyone will be forced by circumstances into taking a position as to whether they are going to join the restoration efforts of God’s kingdom and obey the demands of the devil. Those worshiping the devil will be counted as believers. Those rebelling against his laws will be counted as blasphemers.

 

Then, a global announcement will be made by the devil:

 

Revelation 13:14… He [the devil] ordered them [the religious and political rulers of Earth] to set up an image [a likeness] in honorof the [composite] beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

 

Revelation 13:15   He [the devil] was given power to give breath to the image [life]of the first beast [composite beast], so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.

 

Revelation 13:16   He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,

 

Revelation 13:17   so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

 

Key points:   The mark of the beast is implemented at the end of the fifth trumpet.

 

Here’s the scenario:

 

During the fifth trumpet, the devil and his angels will work night and day to convince the world that Lucifer is Almighty God. (The devil and his demons never sleep.) Billions of people will submit to him and they will obey his word and follow after him.

 

When the five months has ended, the devil will demand a global purge. He intends to purge the world of everyone opposedto the establishment of his kingdom. The ten kings who the devil chose will oversee this endeavor. The people of Earth will be divided into units of 1,000 people and they will be told that 1/3 of the world’s population will be destroyed because of their rebellion “against Almighty God.”

 

Ezekiel 5:11   Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will withdraw my favor; I will not look on you with pity or spare you. 

 

Ezekiel 5:12   A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword.

 

Ezekiel 5:13   “Then my anger will cease and my wrath against them will subside, and I will be avenged. And when I have spent my wrath upon them, they will know that I the LORD have spoken in my zeal.”

 

By killing one-third, the devil will give the illusion of being generous.

 

Each person who wants to live and participate in the kingdom of God will have to show his loyalty to the devil by receiving a tattoo on his or her right hand. This tattoo will prove that the owner is loyal to the devil and the kingdom of God. The owner of this tattoo will be entitled to buy and sell.

 

This tattoo will be a name and a number. The name Lucifer uses will be tattooed on the foreheads of his lieutenants [this is a counterfeit of God writing his name on the foreheads of the 144,000 – Revelation 14:1, 22:4] and the number 666 will be tattooed on the right hand.

 

666 is 2/3’s of 1,000.

 

Ezekiel 9:3   When the Lord called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side

 

Ezekiel 9:4   and said unto him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”

Ezekiel 9:5   As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.

 

Ezekiel 9:6   Slaughter old men, young and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.”

 

When the time comes for the mark of the beast, everyone will understand what the mark of the beast is. This verse leaves no wiggle room for anyone:

 

Revelation 13:18   This calls for [a minimal amount of] wisdom. If anyone has insight [two brain cells working], let him [do basic math and] calculate the number of the [survivors belonging to the] beast, for it is [the] man’s number [that is, the number belonging to the man of sin]. His number [of survivors per thousand] is [two-thirds of mankind] 666 [people per thousand].

 

 

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