Intermediate Summary
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The First Trumpet
“The first
angel sounded his trumpet, and there
came hail and fire mixed with blood
[Hail and fire mixed with blood
indicates this judgment is mixed with
mercy. The atoning blood of Jesus
limits the scope of this destructive
judgment to one-third of the world.],
and it was hurled down upon the
earth. A third of the earth [the
Greek word for earth, ge means land] was
burned up, a third of the trees were
burned up, and all the green grass [the
Greek word for grass, chortos
includes vegetation and crops] was
burned up. [The repetitive use of
one-third indicates that mercy is
mixed in with God’s wrath.]
(Revelation 8:7, insertions mine)
The Second Trumpet
The second angel
sounded his trumpet, and something
like a huge mountain [perhaps a
mile or more in diameter], all
ablaze, was thrown into the sea. [The
asteroid was so hot that it made the
water anoxic and] A third of the
sea turned into [the color of] blood
[caused by the rapid growth of red
algae which thrives in anoxic water],
a third of the living creatures in
the sea died [because the water
is oxygen deficient and what little
oxygen is present is consumed by red
algae], and a third of the ships
were destroyed [by the huge
tsunami resulting from the impact].
(Revelation 8:8,9,
insertions mine)
The Third Trumpet
The third angel
sounded his trumpet, and a great star
[a second asteroid, perhaps a
mile or more in diameter], blazing
like a torch [as streams of fire
trailed behind the fireball], fell
from the sky [and impacted Earth.
The result of this impact will be
noticed] on a third of the rivers
and the springs of water – the
name of the star is Wormwood [poisoned
waters]. A third of the waters
turned bitter [poisonous], and
many people [agonizing from
thirst] died from [drinking]
the waters that had become bitter.
(Revelation 8:10,11,
insertions mine)
The Fourth Trumpet
The fourth angel
sounded his trumpet, and [hundreds
of huge volcanoes erupted] a third
of the sun’s [light] was
struck, a third of the moon, and
third of the stars, so that a third
of them turned dark. A third of the
day was without light, and also a
third of the night. [The middle
third of Earth – where ninety
percent of its population lives
– became dark.] (Revelation
8:13, insertions mine)
More Trumpets
Coming!
As I watched, I
heard an eagle [this eagle is one
of the four living creatures, it has
the face of an eagle and it oversees
the destruction of the fourth seal
– Revelation 4:7, 6: 7,8] that
was flying in midair call out in a
loud voice: [“Get ready for
the three greater curses.”] ‘Woe!
Woe! Woe [cursed, cursed, cursed]
to the inhabitants of the earth,
because of the trumpet blasts about
to be sounded by the other three
angels!’”
(Revelation 8:13,
insertions mine)
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