Posted on 12/01/2012 4:37:43 PM PST by kindred
Following the Seal Judgments of the Lamb of God come Almighty God's "Trumpet Judgments" upon the earth’s inhabitants, its vegetation, its water (fresh and salt) and the celestial lights in the first and second heavens (Rev. 8:1-13).
As we shall see, the first four of the seven Trumpet Judgments shall strike the earth and its inhabitants with unparalleled EXPONENTIAL global cataclysmic destruction. Let us take a look!
The First Trumpet Judgment destroys 1/3 of all trees and grass upon the face of the earth with fire! (Rev.8:7). That comes to roughly 133 billion trees. 7% of all land mass is covered with grass. This area covers 9.93 million sq/km or 3.8 million sq/miles. This total area - which is given over to fire - is roughly a little bit bigger then the total land mass of the United States which would include Alaska. Can you even imagine the smoke which is generated from this global inferno?
The Second Trumpet Judgment will cause 1/3rd of all the seas of planet earth to turn to blood (Rev. 8:8-9). The fall out of this catastrophic global devastation will also cause 1/3 of all the sea creatures to perish and 1/3 of all the world's ships and their crews to perish also! Some facts:
1. 70.8 % of the earth’s surface is covered by water. 68% of that 70.8% is salt water. 1/3 of the seas or 22.6% of the world’s surface area or 122 million sq/km or 47.1 sq/miles will be decimated and turned into blood! That is roughly the size of the Pacific Ocean! (How horrific!!) Ocean info link .
2. The number of sea creatures destroyed by this trumpet judgment will be too innumerable to number. From the smallest creatures to the giant whales it must be in the trillions.
3. The total number of merchant ships that populate the world is about 55,000. This figure includes bulk carriers, dry cargo vessels, MPP's, container vessels, tankers, LPG's, LNG's, and most cruise ships; this number however does not include private vessels. The world's total number of ships of war is estimated at 4500. 1/3 of this total number (59,500) comes to roughly 19,833 ships that will be destroyed in this great Second Trumpet judgment not counting countless thousands of sailors lives that will also perish. Can you even envision such wondrous cataclysmic devastation that will ravish a sea mass the almost the size of the Pacific Ocean? .
The Third Trumpet Judgment will cause 1/3rd of all fresh water to be poisoned with wormwood and become bitter. The effects of this judgment will cripple society and multitudes will perish because of their ingestion of these bitter waters (Rev. 8:11). In this period - due to the horrific consequences of the Seal and Trumpet Judgments - drinking water will be very scarce to come by.
3% of the entire world’s water is fresh water. 1/3 of this water supply (33% of the 3%) will be poisoned killing multitudes of the world’s inhabitants during this period.
The Forth Trumpet Judgment will cause the celestial lights (sun, moon and stars) to dim their light 1/3rd of their normal strength (Rev. 8:12)!
Up to this point, try to comprehend - if at all possible - the unimaginable and exponential ravishing affects upon the face of the earth by these Seven Seal Judgments and the first four Trumpet Judgments. Remember, that these judgments were ordered upon the inhabitants of the earth and their planet because of their exponential godless rebellion and violence against the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God (Gen. 1:31, Isa. 24:5-6, Rom. 1:18-32). These horrific global catastrophes - including the unimaginable devastation incurred by the Four Horsemen and the wrath of man - in which 1/4th of the world’s population was slain - will bring to the fore front the unbridled passions and uncontrollable violence of humanity's godless and evil fallen heart (Ps. 7:9, Jer. 17:9-10, Matt. 15:17-20, Jude 1:10). Nothing manifests the human heart as tribulation does and reveals to all, our utter godless depravity without the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Almighty God (Jer. 17:10, Matt 15:18-19, Gal. 5:19-21, Rev. 9:20-21).
Almighty God's RIGHTEOUS judgment which will come on the whole earth will be RIGHTEOUS and JUST (Psalm 9:8, 96:13, Rev. 16:5). Either it will lead us to repentance and ETERNAL deliverance (Luke 18:13, John 3:36, Rom.2:4, 2 Cor. 7:10, Rev. 22:1-5) OR it will harden us to war against our Creator and damn us FOREVER in Almighty God's ETERNAL prison called the Lake of Fire - (Matt. 25:41, 2 Thess. 2:8-12, Rev. 20:11-15). Which choice have you made? My dear friend, if you have not chosen the ETERNAL love of Almighty God - which is found in His dear Son - do so even today (John 3:16-17, 1 John 4:9). Do NOT be a fool with your godless pride. Humble yourself and receive Almighty God's gift of redemption and pardon. You will NEVER EVER be the same!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
we will never know that stuff is happening, there will be no warning and the anti-Christ won’t hang a sign around his/her neck
The vast majority of Christians are going to follow the anti-Christ
If you think you can point to signs that the ‘seals’ have been opened, then you are wrong. IMO
Why wouldn’t we believe it? The Bible is God’s infallible word.
I’ve read apparently firsthand accounts of a very large asteroid described as “horrible in it’s blackness” making what sounds like a glancing blow throught the upper atmosphere, in an Old English an account from the early middle ages. The sound was the most terrifying thing, according to this. No, I can’t provide a source or a link. I encountered it in the process of researching mass behavior during plague outbreaks, it was peripheral. I remember it because it was so unusual.
We’ve lived in a period of relative inactivity, speaking both geologically and astronomically. Many accounts coming down from ancient history that have been written off as somehow fantastical have factual origins in these, as do many elements of prophecy, imho.
I don’t see such prophecies as having been fulfilled, though.
Okay...
Ping
The Silk Road had been open for 3500 years in whole or part, and that was just eliminated from 535 to the late 1300s.
That was Biblical level destruction!
You can easily see the Beast coming out of the pit ~ the darkness directly overhead that's not on the plane of the Ecliptic ~
The problem isn’t God’s word, it is the Dispensational Premillenialist interpretation of it that doesn’t make sense. They claim to have a literal interpretation of scripture, but continually interpret it allegorically (e.g. locusts from the bottomless pit become attack helicopters, stars falling from the sky are nuclear missles, and the mark of the beast becomes an embedded computer chip), Most premillennialists do not know that the dominant view among protestants from the Reformation through most of the 19th century was postmillennialism. Dispenstional Premillennialism only became the prevalent teaching after the Scofield Reference Bible was published in 1909. Premillennialists are often unaware of the many serious theological and exegetical problems that accompany their interpretation. Add that to the inherrent arrogance of the modern “evangelical movement”, and you don’t have towonder why many folks are skeptical of these interpretaions
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This teaching is right on target.
Oh it will be, it will be, serving as breaking news.
Can you explain why no such warnings please. Thank-you.
Oh there will be rumblings and wars and rumors of wars but the book of Revelations is all the warning we need.
But nobody knows the time or date it will happen, it will be like a thief in the night.
and most professed Christians will likely follow the anti-Christ until it is too late
For such a time as this . . . http://patburt.com/
Wow! Seek help...
Well, we’ll find out eventually. And what exactly is the evangelical movement? I thought Jesus told us to evangelize. When did it become a “movement”?
The MSM will televise much - if you have to see it on TV, it isn't the real deal...
No. Jesus told us to make disciples. It is not he same thing.
Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
There are many premillinialists who don’t buy into any of the dispensational end times scenario.
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