Trumpet #4. Shortly after the
second asteroid impact, the world
will hear a terrible roar.
Hundreds of powerful violent
volcanic eruptions will occur.
These will be numerous and
powerful and cause great damage.
Millions of people will perish.
Revelation predicts there will be
a great darkness. (Revelation
8:12) The jet stream will carry
megatons of volcanic ejecta and
soot around the world in dense
clouds that cause complete
darkness. Scientists have
observed this phenomenon in
recent times. The extended
absence of sunlight over the
middle third of Earth (the
breadbasket of the world) will
prevent surviving crops from
reaching maturity. Worldwide
famine will begin.
In short, the first four
judgments will create a horrible
domino effect radiating into
every aspect of life. Illness of
all kinds will appear. Clean
water and food will become scarce
overnight and the misery index
will be scale.” “off
the According to Revelation, 25%
of Earthpopulation will perish
from ’s these four
judgments. (Revelation 6:8) Think
about this. The population of
Earth currently is more than six
billion people. Twenty-five
percent of six billion is one
billion five hundred million
people!
Trumpet #5. By the time, the
fifth trumpet sounds, Earth will
have experienced a worldwide
situation that is so desperate
that we can only compare it to
the flood in Noah’s day. God
deliberately puts the whole world
in a desperate situation because
He knows it is the best way to
get everyone’s undivided
attention. From a parental
perspective, God puts the warring
nations of Earth in a type of
“time out.” God wants
everyone to consider several
issues. For example, God wants
the world to know that the time
has come for the nations of the
Earth to end. (See Daniel 2.) He
wants everyone to know that He is
about to establish His kingdom
and He wants everyone to know the
terms and conditions of being a
part of His coming kingdom.
A few days before the Great
Tribulation begins, God will
anoint 144,000 servant messengers
with exceptional Holy Spirit
power. These people, from every
nation, kindred, tongue and
people, will speak for God for
1,260 days. The 144, 000 will be
ordinary people who will come
from every religious background,
and they will harmoniously
proclaim the gospel of Jesus
Christ to the human race. As
strange as it may sound, most of
the world’s population will
reject the terms and conditions
of salvation.
About two and half years after
the Great Tribulation begins, God
permits that ancient serpent, the
devil himself, to appear on Earth
physically. The devil will come
with millions of angels and he
will masquerade as Almighty God.
(Revelation 9:1-11; 2
Thessalonians 2:1-12; Revelation
13:11-18) The devil is the
dreaded Antichrist. Deceptively
cloaked in brilliant light and
charming benevolence, the devil
will claim that he is God. The
devil will declare that he has
come to establish a thousand
years of peace on Earth. At this
time, there will be three
identifiable groups of people.
The first group of people are
those who have rejected the devil
and decided to follow the leading
of the Holy Spirit. The other
group of people will readily
receive the devil as God because
of the miracles he performs. The
third group of people will defy
both the devil’s demands and
the prompting of the Holy Spirit
because they refuse to obey
anyone. Since god is separating
the people of Earth into two
camps, sheep and goats, He will
allow the devil to inflict pain
and suffering upon the third
group of people who have chosen
to defy both God’s and the
devil’s authority.
Fortunately, the devil’s
victims will eventually relent
and join the devil’s
camp. However, a few of his
victims will come to their
senses, repent of their defiance
against the gospel of Jesus and
receive salvation. The devil will
even call fire down from Heaven
to prove his assumed divinity.
Consequently, millions of people
will ultimately conclude that the
devil is God and they will obey
him with astounding zeal and
devotion.
Trumpet #6. When the devils
popularity and control of Earth
reach a sufficient level, he will
tell his followers that everyone
who refuses to recognize him as
God must be annihilated. I call
the events of Trumpet #6, World
War III. During this time, God
will allow the devil and his
angels to kill one-third of the
world’s population.
(Revelation 9:15) The devil will
establish a one-world government
and he will exult himself as King
of king and Lord of lords. He
will control all the necessities
of life and if a person wants to
buy or sell items for survival,
that person must become a member
of the devil’s kingdom. To
demonstrate citizenship in his
one world government, the devil
will force the inhabitants of
Earth to receive a tattoo on
their right hand. The tattoo will
be the number “666.”
People who serve as officials in
the kingdom of the devil will
receive a tattoo on their
foreheads to show their superior
rank. The tattoo on their
foreheads of the devil’s
lieutenants will be the chosen
name that the devil uses.
(Revelation 13:17) The placement
of a tattoo on the forehead of
Satan’s lieutenants is a
blatant counterfeit of what God
intends to do for His faithful
servants, the 144,000, after He
takes them to Heaven. (See
Revelation 14:1; 22:4)
Trumpet #7. Before Satan
implements the mark of the beast,
everyone on Earth will have heard
the gospel and everyone will have
made an informed decision for it
or against it. When every person
has made a decision, Jesus will
close Heaven’s door of
mercy. Jesus will announce that
the offer of salvation is closed
by saying, “Let him who does
wrong continue to do wrong; let
him who is vile continue to be
vile; let him who does right
continue to do right; and let him
who is holy continue to be
holy.” (Revelation 22:11)
Then, the second global
earthquake occurs. (Revelation
11:19)
