At the heart of the seven trumpets in Revelation are the judgments that come with the blowing of each one. Each trumpet will be blown by a different angel, but the angels are not named. Let’s consider each judgment. The first trumpet brings devastation to the earth itself. ...
First Jesus explained that there would be religious deception, wars, famines, pestilences and earthquakes before His second coming (verses 4-7; see our article “What Are the Seven Seals of Revelation?” for a fuller explanation). Then Jesus said, “They will deliver you up to tribulation an...
When biblical societal roles are overturned, it creates great instability. Revelation 16: Seven Bowls of the Wrath of God We have been reading about God’s judgment during the Tribulation period. If you would like to start at the beginning of the commentary on Revelation, you can use the ca...
For it is those of this very present generation who shall be worshiping this beast or his image, or shall have received his mark, who will suffer the unspeakable torture of the seven last plagues! Ignorance will not excuse! "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge," says the Eternal...
Revelation--contain 42 mentions of the number 7. A reading of Revelation reveals seven churches, seven trumpets, seven heads, seven crowns, seven last plagues, seven kings and many more references to the number 7. The number 7 is designated as the number of divine worship, the number of ...
20Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin— 21unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’” 22Then Felix, who ...
These seven years of tribulation are described in the book of Revelation, chapters 6-19, where we see 21 judgments from God on a rebellious world, where many people will still refuse to repent and will instead raise their fists to Heaven and curse God! (These 21 judgments are the 7 seal...
their own writings, that the Jesuits' real goal is to destroy true Christians and make the world submit to the Pope. That's why Jesus commanded His people to, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues" inRevelation ...
The "millennium" is the thousand-year period inRevelation 20:1-6. Interpretations are divided over this as well. Premillennialistsbelieve that Jesus will return before (pre-) the millennium to defeat and destroy the beast and false prophet (19:11-21). Then Satan will be "bound" for a th...
Even the laws that you do find are usually in a narrative structure. In the last part of the episode (22:16-47:03), the guys talk about the purpose of the law. The law wasn?t given to the whole world; it was given for the covenant people of Israel. The reason they exist was ...