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The Seven Seals,
Trumpets, and Vials of
Wrath This is the way the Church in general views the 7yrs of tribulation. The Rapture then the 7 yrs of tribulation begins.
It is commonly believed that the Rapture will occur followed by the 7years of tribulation. It is also believed that the Seven Seals and Seven Trumpets will occur during the first half of the seven years. Israel will be invaded and Satan cast down at the middle. God will then pour out his wrath upon the whole earth during the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation. Finally it will all end at Armageddon at the seventh Vial of Wrath. One of the things that I believe about the Trumpets and Vials of Wrath is that the Seven Trumpets and Seven Vials of wrath are the same events shown from different aspects. I believe that both of these begin at the middle of Daniel’s seventieth week, commonly called the Seven years of Tribulation. A one-volume commentary on the Bible by Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, which was highly recommended by Charles Spurgeon, helped to confirm my view on this. JFB is the standard conservative-evangelical work that was published sometime around 1871. In their Commentary they made this statement of which I believe to be the truth: “Thus, it appears, the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven vials, are not consecutive, but parallel, and ending in the same consummation. They present the unfolding of God's plans for bringing about the grand end under three different aspects, mutually complementing each other.” Matthew 24:6-29 plainly forms a perfect parallelism to the six seals, not only in the events, but also in the order of their occurrence: Matthew 24:3 Jesus is answering the questions asked in this verse. The seals are then revealed as follows: The first seal; Matthew 24:6
The Rapture occurs at the beginning of the sounding of the 7th trumpet. We will go up to the marriage supper of the lamb and return at the end of the sounding for Armageddon.
We will try to show you. The First Four Seals are the complete ride of the Anti-Christ 1. The White horse of Peace.
It is important to notice that the Antichrist only rides four horses. This is his whole ride. He is only given power over a fourth part of the Earth. He will ride the white, red and black horse in the first three seals. It is from the middle of Tribulation that he rides the pale horse. He will ride this from the middle to the Battle of Armageddon. The seven-headed beast we see in the 13th chapter of Revelation is the same and is the beginning of his ride on the Pale horse. The 5th and 6th and 7th seals are events that will occur during the Antichrist's last ride on the Pale horse of Death. The Martyred Dead 5. The fifth Seal reveals the people that he will kill. They have been chosen of God for this purpose. To be a witness to the Antichrist and the horrible people that serves him. The 144,000 are part of this group. They will be killed from the time the Antichrist gains his power in the fourth Seal. The next seal is given as an answer to comfort their hearts and to let us know that this will not go unpunished. These people will include all of the righteous dead who are killed during the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation. The Rapture back to back with Armageddon 6. The Sixth Seal reveals the moments before the return of Christ at Armageddon. It will begin with an earthquake caused by the Rapture of the Church. This earthquake is the great earthquake and will cause mountains to fall and islands to disappear in the sea. Then the Sun and the Moon will be darkened. The Stars will fall from heaven. The heavens will depart like a scroll. Then Jesus will appear to all men, striking terror in the hearts of the people who have killed the Christians in the fifth seal. God wanted us to see how these people are going to feel at his appearing. His Return at Armageddon 7. The Seventh Seal contains what is called the “seven trumpets”. These seven trumpets cover the last three and ½ years of the Tribulation period. It will not be complete until the seventh trumpet occurs. The seventh trumpet is the Rapture being finished with the coming of Christ to take charge of the Earth. When this event occurs the seventh seal will be complete. What I mean to say by this is; that the end happens during the seventh seal fulfilled at the end by the seventh trumpet. Since the seventh trumpet is included in the seventh seal, the seventh seal isn't over until the seventh trumpet is finished. The beginning of this seal shows thirty minutes of silence in Heaven. This silence shows the gravity and sincerity of the moment because when the trumpets begin it will be to bring vengeance on God’s enemies during the last 3 and ½ years. The only part of the seventh seal that actually follows the events in the sixth seal is the seventh trumpet itself. All of the rest happen over a period of the last 3 and ½ years. God's Step by Step Wrath on the Antichrist The Seven Trumpets is God's step by step wrath on the Antichrist. Each one of the events that occur will be as a sounding trumpet to the rest of the World to repent and accept Jesus as their savior. These will occur during the last 3 ½ years of the Tribulation during the 4th Seal. It is a response for the murdering of God’s people by the Antichrist. At the beginning of the sounding of the seventh trumpet Christ will rapture the Church. During the sounding of this trumpet the marriage supper will take place. This trumpet will end at the battle of Armageddon. The Seven Vials of Wrath (the other side of the story) The Seven Vials of Wrath are another look at the Seven Trumpets. The Seven Trumpets and the Seven Vials of Wrath are one and the same. When you put them together you will realize that there will only be seven events not fourteen. These Seven Vials of Wrath will be God's punishment on the Antichrist and his people. This is why they cannot repent. These events will act as a trumpet to rest of the World to repent and accept Jesus as their Savior. This is what the Seven-Year Tribulation will really look like
THE FIRST SEAL Revelation 6:1-2: Every Bible teacher knows that the rider on this horse is the Antichrist. The horse he is on is the white horse of peace. One of the teachings that seems to captivate people's minds is this: the teaching that the Antichrist will be the solution to all the world's problems; that he will be a world leader in technology; that he will form a one world government, and bring a plan for world peace. He will later betray everyone, and make everyone take the mark of the beast. All of these teachings are false, and have no scriptural soundness. Daniel 9:27: This is not a covenant that he invents himself. It says that he confirms the covenant with many for one week. The covenant he confirms is already in existence, he simply agrees to it. He signs a treaty with Israel that agrees with a covenant that they have already made with someone else. He is not the leader of world peace or the man with all the solutions to the world's problems. THE SECOND SEAL In the second seal we will see his rise to more power, as he tries to form a United Islamic people. Saudi Arabia is one of the few countries in the Middle East that happen to be one of our allies. They are not one of Israel's allies, but, for being one of our allies, the other Islamic countries see her as an enemy, just like Israel, or the United States. Egypt is also hated because they signed the first peace agreement with Israel in the Middle East, acknowledging Israel as a nation. Revelation 6:3-4: The rider in this scripture is the same man. He is the Antichrist, only he has changed horses. He is also given a great sword. The red horse he rides is the horse of war. This horse is also sent from God, and the Antichrist takes advantage of it, and uses it to increase his kingdom. At this point, Satan begins to work hand in hand with this person. THE THIRD SEAL In the third seal, announced by the face of a man, we see his further rise to power. Revelation 6:5-6: The black horse in this seal is the horse of famine. Food becomes an issue in the Middle East. The rider on this horse is also the Antichrist. He will use this famine to rise even higher among the Muslim people. He will become a very terrible power under this seal, and will gain much support from the nations who begin to think that he is more than a man. By the end of this third seal he will invade Israel and declare that he is the Messiah. THE FOURTH SEAL Then, the fourth seal begins. This seal tells us what happens to the Antichrist during the last three and one half years of the tribulation. We will get further enlightenment from Revelation 13, Daniel 11, and Revelation 19. The Eagle announces the fourth seal. This seal begins at Revelation 6:8: This verse tells us several things about the Antichrist. He is the rider on the pale horse. He has changed horses again, and will ride this horse to his own destruction at Armageddon. He will bring death to those who oppose him, and all those who are joined to him. He does not ride any more horses after this. This is his last horse. It changes in this scripture from him to them. They are given power over a fourth part of the earth. This is talking about the ten nations who are allied with him. During this last three and one half years all the power he is ever given is one-fourth part of the earth. In Revelation 13:7-8, it tells us that he is given power over all the nations, kindreds, and tongues. This means that all that dwell on the earth that do not worship him will be killed. This is simply saying that he will not spare anyone. No matter what your nationality happens to be, He will have no mercy. Every person in the fourth part of the earth that he conquers will be forced to take the mark of the beast and worship him, or be killed. He kills in four ways, the sword, hunger, death and the beasts of the earth. The sword is his military might. To kill with hunger means that if you don't follow him, you don't eat. Death is speaking of the mark of the beast, you die either way, if you take it you die spiritually if you don't you will either starve or have your head cut off. The beasts of the earth is simply describing the men who are in charge of all this killing. Just as God calls him a beast, those that do his bidding are called beasts as well. According to scripture Israel will escape to a land that God has prepared for her, from the face of the Serpent or Dragon. He will not have power over these people who escape to safety. In Daniel 11:41, it says, "but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon." He fights wars till the coming of Jesus Christ. He will have to conquer in order to enforce the mark, but he does not conquer all. It has to mean only in his kingdom, the fourth part of the earth. THE FIFTH SEAL Revelation 6:9-11: These scriptures in the fifth seal are talking about the martyred dead. These souls are reminding God of the great price that they have paid for him. They have paid with their lives. Love could be no greater than this. Although these souls are asking the Lord how long will it be until He avenges their deaths, we know that it is symbolic, an allegory. It reveals something very special to God. No true Christian would ever ask God to bring vengeance on anyone. This is simply because God's love has taught us to pray for them instead. These souls under the altar represent all the righteous dead that have ever given their lives for God. These souls are people who have paid the ultimate price for their faith in God. The altar that these souls are under is a sacrificial altar, just like the one that was used in the tabernacle to burn sacrifices to God. When a sacrifice was burned up the ashes fell into the bottom of the altar. Ashes were all that was left once the sacrifice was burned up. The martyred dead in this seal went trough the fiery trial of tribulation losing their lives for Christ sake. This is why God is showing the souls under the altar. These people gave up their lives, their bodies, as a sacrifice to God, only leaving their souls. God showed us this in this manner because He wanted us to see that they had made the ultimate sacrifice for their faith in God. They gave up their lives on this earth. There are no souls in heaven without bodies. Paul said that we would receive a heavenly body in heaven. There are no disembodied spirits floating around, other than Satan's demons, and they are constantly trying to get into you or me. From the middle of the tribulation, which occurs during the third seal, the Antichrist will begin to murder millions of Christians and Jews. This will be his passion, to kill as many of God's people as he can. This is why the souls in the fifth seal are reminding God about His word. It is all symbolism showing us that there will be a time that God will remember all His children that have died for him in the past. He has been saving his wrath for a special time of vengeance. THE SIXTH SEAL The sixth seal is the same event as Matthew 24:29-31. The earthquake that happens at the beginning of the sixth seal is the rapture of the Church. After this large earthquake the sun will be darkened the moon will turn to blood and the stars will fall from heaven. Other events will happen as well, such as hailstones weighing as much as 100lbs, according to the seventh trumpet and vial of wrath. The marriage supper of the Lamb will take place during this time. This will be followed by the actual coming of Christ at the end for the battle of Armageddon. Every eye shall see him then. Let's compare the scriptures in Matthew with the sixth seal in Revelation. Matthew 24:29-31: Now let's compare these scriptures with the ones containing the sixth seal in Revelation 6:12-17. Revelation 6:12-17. Now let us compare these scriptures piece by piece. Matthew 24:29 said the sun would be darkened. It's the same as Revelation 6:12, which says that the sun would become black as sackcloth of hair. It's the same thing. It says in Matthew 24:29 that the moon would not give her light. In Revelation 6:12 it says that the moon would become as blood. This is why the moon can not give her light. It has become as blood. Once again it is the same thing. It says in Matthew 24:29 that "the stars would fall from heaven." In Revelation 6:13 it says, "the stars fell from heaven" like a fig tree. One verse says that the stars would fall from heaven the other the stars fell from heaven, but it means the same thing. In Matthew 24:29-30 tells us that the powers of Heaven would be shaken and that the sign of the coming of the Son of Man would appear in the heavens. Revelation 6:14 says that heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together. The power of heaven being shaken and heaven rolling up like a scroll together make up the sign of the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:30 says that all the tribes of the earth would mourn, and they would see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Revelation 6:15-16 shows the kings of the earth, the great men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hide themselves in dens and in the rocks of the mountains. This shows all the tribes of the earth in mourning. They are mourning all right but it is for their own selves. They are asking the mountains and rocks to fall on them, and to hide them from the face of him that is sitting on the throne. Why are they so afraid? It because they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with power and great glory. Once again you can clearly see that these scriptures are the same events. THE SEVENTH SEAL The Seventh Seal is found in Revelation 8:1 where in the first verse we see John describe a thirty minute period of silence in heaven. The thirty minutes of silence describes the gravity that heaven feels as God pours out his wrath on his enemies. All three sevens: the seals, trumpets and vials of wrath end in the same time frame. All include the end of the tribulation. The trumpets in this seal are a one-sided look at the seven times that God pours out his wrath on the nations of the Antichrist. The only part of the seventh seal that actually follows the events in the sixth seal is the seventh trumpet itself. All of the rest happen over a period of the last 3 and ½ years. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS AND VIALS OF WRATH The Seven Trumpets and Vials of Wrath are the same events. Looking at them from two different perspectives give us a better picture of what is taking place. These events will begin after the Antichrist begins to murder Christians and Jews at the beginning of the fourth seal. This is God’s response to the evil people who are willing to follow the Antichrist and to take his mark. The fourth seal is the seal that he begins to enforce the mark of the beast. The reason these judgments of wrath are called Trumpets and vials is because of the way God will use them. His reason for this is because these events are acts of wrath on the Antichrist and his people just as God did with Pharaoh in Egypt. And because these events will act as a trumpet to warn the rest of the world that Christ will be coming soon. Revelation 8:7: Revelation 16:2: These two scriptures are the same event. It is God's wrath on the anti-Christ for killing Christians and Jews. This hail and fire mingled with blood falls on the nations of the Antichrist, not the whole world. It will destroy a third part of his trees and green grass. All that falls is hail and fire. But, it becomes mingled with the blood of the people who take the mark of the beast. It causes very grievous sores on their bodies. It says A noisome and grievous sore. The burns that they receive from this burning hail cause these sores. This event warns the rest of the world to repent it will become a warning like a trumpet to declare that the end is near. Revelation 8:8-9: Revelation 16:3: The number one question is what sea? It will be one of the seas around the Middle East. It also says that it would be as it were a great mountain burning with fire cast into the sea. Once again, God pours out His wrath on the anti-Christ. I believe that this event occurs during a battle at sea. Two-thirds of the ships that are in this sea belong to the people of Chittim (the United States and her allies). The third part of the ships that are destroyed in this sea belongs to the anti-Christ and his nations. The Bible says that it is like a great mountain burning with fire being cast into the sea. This sounds like a small nuclear blast to me. It will destroy every ship, and every person in those ships, who belong to the Antichrist. It is possible that they, themselves, try to use a nuclear missile on the ships of Chittim, but it backfires. At any rate, the blood in the sea is from these people whom God destroys. This event becomes the second trumpet of God, to warn the lost in the world to repent, and turn to God. Preachers will be using these events to sound a warning of evidence that Jesus is coming soon. The Gospel is being preached all over the world. Israel is being saved, and is in the land that God prepared for her, out of harm's way. Revelation 8:10-11: Revelation 16:4-6: This great star from heaven is an angel, the one with the third vial of wrath. He is full of indignation and wrath, symbolized by the fire. The name wormwood means God's bitter wrath. This event is probably brought on by the two witnesses of Revelation 11:6. These two witnesses have power with God, to turn water into blood. God gives the Antichrist and his people blood to drink, because they have been killing His people. Many of the people of the Antichrist die because of this. Blood will cause the waters to become bitter and poison. If you drink it, you will die. You might be able to drink blood and live, but this blood is out in the heat of the sun, and becomes rancid. A stench of blood! The angel says that these people deserve it. Another thought to consider is that where will they get drinking water? You must have water in order to live you cannot substitute water with blood. This event is the third trumpet, or warning, from God. God is merciful to give mankind so many signs of His coming. In these same scriptures, it shows us that the rapture has not taken place yet. Revelation 16:5: Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be. The Gospel is being preached all over the world. Three more to go! Revelation 8:12: Revelation 16:8-9: This seems to be contradictory, but if we stop and think for a minute, we will see that this is very possible. The trumpets show this as a curse of darkness, and the vials of wrath as a curse of daylight. This seems to be impossible, but if the earth was to stop moving, or rotating, it is very possible. In the Old Testament, God caused this to happen in two different instances. And, this is what occurs. God stops the earth for a period of time. The sun will be shining over the Antichrist and his people. The night is what cools the day, but without any darkness in that part of the world, it will become increasingly hot! In the western part of the world, it will be dark for as long as this period lasts. This will cause this part of the world to become extremely cool; causing clouds that blot out the stars and the moon. Part of the earth will experience twilight, neither day nor night, for this period of time. This event will scare people out of their wits! The newscasters will be going wild trying to explain why the earth isn't turning; weather forecasting will be chaotic. It is a good thing we have a lot of empty churches in America, because the following Sunday morning, every; church in America is going to be packed! This event becomes the fourth warning to the world to repent, but the people of the Antichrist will not. God is saving a multitude of nations, just as He promised Abraham! The wisdom of God goes beyond our wildest imaginations! Revelation 8:13: And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! Revelation 9:1-11: And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them, it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.Revelations 16:10-11: The angel in Revelation 9:1 that falls from heaven unto the earth is shown as a star that falls to the earth. This angel opens the bottomless pit, releasing a horrible smoke. This smoke fills the land of the Antichrist, causing a plague of darkness. The locusts that come out of this pit are not helicopters, as many would suppose. If they were, they would kill people, but they do not kill anyone. They only torment. They cause great pain and sores from their stings on the people of the Antichrist; they do not harm anyone else. This is the fifth trumpet, and warning, to the rest of the world to repent, and accept Jesus as their Savior. The Gospel is being preached in frenzy, and millions of people are being saved! Two more to go! Revelation 9:13-21: Revelation 16:12-16: This is the sixth trumpet. If you do not accept Jesus at this trumpet, you will not be taken in the rapture of the Church. If you wait for the seventh trumpet, and are not killed, you will not receive a new body until after the thousand-year reign of Christ. This seal is the gathering of the nations to Armageddon. There will be fierce fighting among the good nations and the bad nations. A third of the people of the Antichrist will be killed in this struggle. A horrible loss of life will be on both sides. Four angels are released from the river Euphrates, and cause the river to dry up. This makes way for the Chinese army, who comes to help the anti-Christ destroy the United States and her allies, who have been pushed back into southern Israel, by the Antichrist nations. Two hundred million people from the Far East come to help the Antichrist fight his enemies. The situation looks desperate! The three spirits, like frogs, that come out of the mouth of the anti-Christ, the dragon, and the false prophet, are the lies they tell to the other nations that they are hoping will come to their support. The situation looks bad, but God is getting ready to do something that will change it! I want you to notice in Revelation 16:15: Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. This is the sixth warning from God. There will be no more. The next events to happen will be the coming of the lord to rapture the church, the marriage supper of the Lamb followed immediately with the Battle of Armageddon. All three of these events will happen in a very short time frame. Revelation 11:14-19: Revelation 16:17-21: Revelation 10:7: If, now, you are having a problem believing that the trumpets and vials of wrath are the same events, then we need to pray. There is no way in the world, that all of these events could be coincidental. The Church is raptured at this point! The vials of wrath are the same events as the trumpets. It is just the purpose for which it happens that makes the difference. The beginning of the sounding of the seventh trumpet is actually the rapture itself. God lifts the Church off the earth while the seventh vial of wrath is poured out. Revelation 16:17: At that moment the Church is raptured. This is the same event as Revelation 14:14-16: God lifts the Church off the earth so that they will not be here when the next events take place. Revelation 16:18-21: Many people die in this earthquake, but not everyone, because there will be millions gathered at this time in the valley of Megido to fight. But, this will be the first time wrath falls on all the nations of the world, upon the very wicked. Many of the wicked die from the earthquake and hail that falls on the earth. Revelation 11:13: The city we are looking at in this scripture is Jerusalem. We know this because Revelation 11:8 says that this is the place where our Lord was crucified. This is the same earthquake and city as Revelation 16:19: The earthquake divides the city and a tenth of the city falls, killing seven thousand people. The remnant or the people who survive this earthquake are Gentiles, who will probably get saved during this event. But sadly they missed the rapture of the Church. But, at least they will be spared at the judgment seat of Christ. These people will probably be allied soldiers fighting for Israel. In Revelation 11:2, it says that the Gentiles will occupy Jerusalem during the last three and one half years. Remember where the Jews are? They went to America to be fed for three and one half years away from the face of the Antichrist. They have just been raptured with the rest of the Church. They have also just completed their calling and that was to preach the Gospel to the world. The rapture causes this earthquake. This will happen at the same moment the two witnesses are raptured after being killed by the Antichrist. There is only one first resurrection Paul also told us in I Corinthians 15:52: This last trumpet that Paul is talking about is the seventh trumpet of the seventh seal. I can see why a lot of people believe that the rapture takes place before the seven years tribulation. But knowing the trumpets and vials of wrath are one and the same sets this in order. The great quake (Isaiah 13:13) happens at the moment of the rapture, and while we (the Church) are eating the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven, hail stones weighing one hundred pounds each begin to fall on the wicked nations, and the wicked in the other nations. God is purifying the earth of His enemies! Listen to this real carefully because this should open a lot of eyes to the truth. In speaking more about the great earthquake that happens at the time of the Rapture of the Church. We see this earthquake in the Sixth Seal found in Rev. 6th chapter. The 12th verse speaks of this same great earthquake. In verse 14 it says this: and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. In the Seventh vial of wrath found in Rev. 16th chapter we see it this earthquake again in verse 18 described as the worst earthquake that has ever occurred on earth. In verse 20 of this chapter says this: And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. In both places we see every mountain and island in the world being destroyed. Question? If these two earthquakes are not the same earthquake, how many times is God going to destroy the mountains and islands during the last seven years? Is He going to rebuild them and then destroy them again? The next thing to occur after the Rapture and marriage supper is the Battle of Armageddon. Which will happen very quickly from the time the Church is raptured. Revelation 14:17-20: This is the battle of Armageddon. The winepress and the battle of Armageddon are the same thing. I think that it is interesting to know that Goliath, in the Old Testament, was a shadow of this. His name meant exile, and the place he was from, Gath, meant winepress. Revelation 19:19: After eating the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, we will come back, with Jesus, to fight the Antichrist and his armies. Revelation 19:14-15: Revelation 6:17: Revelation 19:20-21: Another thing to consider concerning the rapture of the Church is this. Revelation 20: Notice that those who were beheaded during the tribulation are included in the first resurrection. Paul said that the dead in Christ would rise first and we which, are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them. The Rapture is the resurrection of the dead. If this occurred before the tribulation how did those saints who refused to take the mark during the tribulation end up in the first resurrection. The answer is that the Rapture occurs at the end of the tribulation instead of at the beginning. Your brother in Christ |
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