Circumstances
and Consequences
Seminar 216-04
June 3-6, 2009
Seminar Topic:
The Two Witnesses
– Part IV
Larry Wilson
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Driven by fear and
humbled by overwhelming destruction,
the religious and political leaders
of the world will implement a
terribly misguided solution to
appease God’s wrath and this
solution will stand in direct
opposition to what God actually
wants. This is how God will confront
man.
Another objective
embedded in the seven trumpets is
redemption. The “shock and
awe” caused by the first four
trumpets will shatter religious
paradigms.
Everyone, regardless
of his religious background, will
listen and intelligently consider a
gospel that is different than
anything he has ever heard.
This, in itself, will
be miraculous. Given the religious
antagonism that has existed for
centuries between Muslims, Jews,
Hindus, Atheists, Catholics,
Protestants, and Pagans, how can one
religious body claim that it knows
more about Almighty God without being
condemned by the other six?
God will displace
man’s arrogance by uniting
mankind through fear of God.
Over whelming
destruction will produce unimaginable
suffering and hardship.
God will level the
playing field through humiliation so
that the gospel might be heard.
This will provide an
opening wedge for God’s
servants, the 144,000, to speak and
more importantly, be heard.
The 144,000 will
boldly proclaim the gospel of Jesus
Christ to every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people.
Thus, every religious
and nonreligious nation will hear and
thoughtfully consider a gospel that
they would have refused to hear at
any other time. (Matthew 24:14)
There are other
important objectives to the seven
trumpets, but these two examples
should demonstrate the point that God
has put a lot of thought into His
forthcoming actions.
God is love. He is
deliberate and purposeful in all of
His actions. It is a shame that God
has to implement His full cup
principle and destroy a large portion
of Earth in order to get mankind to
listen to Him.
The good news is that
millions of people from every nation
will listen. The Great tribulation
will ultimately produce two distinct
groups of people.
One group, the day
people, will consist of
honest-hearted people who exalt
righteousness and love truth.
The other group, the
night people, will consist of people
who reject the gospel. They will do
“whatever it takes” to save
themselves from suffering and death.
Because God is
deliberate in everything He does, the
seven trumpets and seven bowls can be
called designer judgments.
God’s plan for
Earth and its inhabitants predates
Creation and this plan will soon
consummated.
The Bible teaches,
“Intelligent Design,” that
Jesus created this world in six
literal days and He rested from His
creative works on the seventh day.
(Genesis 2:1-3)
The Bible also teaches
“Intelligent Demise.” Jesus
will also destroy this creation over
a course of 1,335 days. Nothing can
stop the process once He starts.
There is an unusual
service that occurs in Heaven just
before the seven trumpets begin. Once
we understand the significance of
this special service, the judgments
that follow will make a great deal of
sense.
As I talk about this
topic, remember, God is love. This
means that God’s actions are
eternally consistent with principles
of love.
God’s wrath is
based on a policy that I call the
“Full Cup Principle.” The
full cup principle is based on the
perfect balance of justice and mercy.
God hates to see
individuals and nations self-destruct
through degeneracy, rebellion, and
sexual immorality. Remember Sodom and
Gomorrah?
God is patient and
longsuffering, not willing that
anyone should perish. (2 Peter 3:9)
But, God sees the
past, present and future with the
same clarity, God loves oncoming
generations just as much as He loves
the present generation. Therefore,
down through history His love for
oncoming generations has moved Him to
destroy the current generation so
that the oncoming generation can be
relatively free of the degenerate and
destructive behaviors that were
passed to the children.
Remember, the sins of
the fathers are passed down to the
third and fourth generations!
(Exodus 20:5)
Over time, sin
multiplies – both in width and
depth and finally, on day it
metastasizes like cancer and chaos
erupts.
Sin penetrates every
aspect of society. Sin is like
gravity; it creates a steady downward
tug that eventually pulls everyone
(especially the innocent and
uninformed) into its deadly vortex.
A new generation only
gets a chance of having a better life
when the old order is destroyed.
Thus, a God of love has destroyed
degenerate groups of people through
the ages when they passed the point
of no return.
God destroyed the
whole world in Noah’s day. Why?
Sin metastasized. God
knew that recovery was impossible.
Now hear this:
Any efforts to save
this planet from certain destruction
is futile. It is doomed because of
sin.
Any efforts to reform
this nation or any other nation is
futile and a waste of time and
resources. It is like arranging
chairs on the Titanic.
This nation and all
nations are beyond redemption. This
world is doomed. The date for
destruction has been set.
Acts 1:7 He
said to them: “It is not for you
to know the times or dates the Father
has set by His own authority.”
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