As we have explored in the previous article dealing with the previous chapter in this chapter by chapter study of the book of Revelation, we have seen that six seals have been broken; giving us a view of what I am inclined to believe is not only just destruction as the result of war, but also destruction as the result of the pass-by of a massive planetary system called by various names, such as Planet X, Nibiru, Hercolubus and others. Alternatively, and quite possibly, the destruction described may be the result of an off-normal orbit of Planet Jupiter with it’s orbiting moons (covered in the previous article). After the sixth seal, the Apostle John presents a parenthetical passage offering a view of the martyrs of the Tribulation. We come now to the breaking of the seventh seal …
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour” (Revelation 8:1).
When the first seal was broken, a voice like thunder was heard, saying “Go!” It was the same at the opening of the three succeeding ones. At the breaking of the fifth, there was a great cry from beneath the altar. And when the sixth was broken, a fearful tremor ran through the whole frame of nature, filling the earth with consternation. But, at the opening of the seventh, not a voice is heard; not a motion is seen; an awful pause ensues and all Heaven is silent. A little while ago, everything was ringing with triumphant exultation over the multitude which no man could number, but now, silence takes the place of songs, and everything is mute and motionless.
Many questions have been raised about the half-hour of silence in the opening verse of this chapter, but most Christian theologians have failed to fully appreciate it’s distinct purpose. One only needs to visit a synagogue on Rosh Hashana and observe the Jewish congregation sitting in silence, anticipating the blowing of the shofar in order to understand it’s significance. The Jewish author Michael Strassfield, in his guide to The Jewish Holidays, offers a simple solution to the riddle that has haunted theologians throughout the centuries. He writes …
“There is a sense of expectation in the silence before the shofar sound, followed by unease evoked by the various blasts. Part of it’s sense of mystery lies in the interplay of the silence, the piercing sound and the hum of people praying. On it’s most basic level, the shofar can be seen to express what we cannot find the right words to say. The blasts are wordless cries of the people.”
It is silence of “expectation” and carriers with it an uncertainty about the precise moment of the blast. The people wait … and wait … and wait. Through the ritual of their silence, they express the concept that it’s prophetic fulfillment will come suddenly and without warning. Although Jesus warned us of the signs to look for indicating when the end of days has arrived – the days leading up to the rapture and Tribulation – no one knows precisely when the exact timing of it will arrive. That is exactly what the Lord taught when he said …
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, but my Father only” (Matthew 24:36).
The unexpected suddenness of God’s final judgment is taught on various levels throughout the Bible. For example, the ritual observance of the new moon points to the elusiveness of the event. In Bible days, it was necessary for a designated group to report their sighting of the seventh new moon of the year to the Sanhedrin Court. Only then did the elders declare that Rosh Hashana had arrived …
Also, the Apostle Paul alluded to the uncertainty of the exact timing of the Tribulation period as he explained in his letter to the Thessalonians …
“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).
The silence of the congregation represents a prophecy that we should live expectantly. Judgment day should be regarded as imminent. As you’ve already seen in the previous article, judgment day really is imminent. The signs of coming judgment are becoming ever more obvious in recent years. Shockingly, for many, just since the start of this year in 2020 alone have the signs become even more pronounced than they were just a few short years ago. It could happen at any moment. Every generation should have felt the need to live in anticipation of the sound of the trumpet. The Apostle Peter wrote …
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (2 Peter 3:10-12).
Our godly living is the essential reason for the uncertainty of the day. If we knew the precise and exact day and hour that this future day would arrive, we might be tempted to temporarily relax our attitude toward godly living. At this point in the narrative, it’s important to also point out that our godly living will not be the measure that God uses to decide whether or not an individual will make it to Heaven. Only personally receiving him as your savior will decide that, but even true born again Christians in the body of Christ will stand before what is called the “Judgment Seat of Christ” to either receive reward or lose reward. This is no small matter …
“Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences” (2 Corinthians 5:9-11).
See also a previous article titled “THE RISE OF A PROPHETIC GENERATION” in the “Recommended Reading” section at the end of this article. The Bible’s concluding reminder, “… I come quickly” (Revelation 22:20) should evoke upon us an urgency to live “… godly in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:12-13).
The Rosh Hashana Liturgy
The Rosh Hashana service in religious Judaism in the synagogue reminds the Jew that there is a Book of Life and a Book of Death. The righteous are written in the Book of Life and the wicked are written in the Book of Death. Those who are neither completely righteous nor utterly wicked have until Yom Kippur to repent before their fate is sealed. The liturgy of the Rosh Hashana service is replete with requests for the congregation to opt for life rather than death.
Since the destruction of the Temple and the exile of the Jews among the nations, the observance of Rosh Hashana has been extended for two days each year – the 1st and 2nd of Tishri. The story of the birth of Isaac is read on the first day, along with the passage of the birth of Samuel. On the second day, the story of the binding of Isaac is read, followed by a selection from Jeremiah’s prophecy about Israel’s final deliverance from exile.
It is my opinion that the theme of “birth” points to the prophecy of the restoration of the Jewish state, fulfilled in 1948, and that the theme of “deliverance from exile” points to the ongoing return of Jews from around the world in this generation.
(see also a previous article titled “DATE APPEARS IN PSALMS: IS IT BY DIVINE DESIGN?” in the “Recommended Reading” section at the end of this article. Therefore, we may anticipate the centuries-long silence of expectation to be concluded by the onset of judgment in the near future. This “silence in Heaven” for a space of a half an hour at the opening of the seventh seal in Revelation 8 is a fulfillment of this Jewish synagogue ritualism performed by religious Jews in the Rosh Hashana service.
The Rosh Hashana service reflects “three cardinal principles of Judaism:
- The acceptance of God as King of the universe
- The acknowledgment that God intervenes in the world to punish the wicked and reward the good.
- The recognition that God reveals himself … at Sinai and/or will fully reveal himself again to bring about the end of days”
It is said by some Jews, such as Michael Strassfeld, that the first shofar recorded in the Bible is the time when “God revealed himself” at Sinai. According to rabbinical thought, God took the two horns from the ram offered in the place of Isaac and fashioned two shofars. The first was blown at Mount Sinai in Exodus 19, while the other will be blown at the resurrection. It appears that this other “last trump” may soon be blown so that God “… will fully reveal himself again to bring about the end of days.” Say … don’t we have a president named …???
Nah, I’m just talkin’ crazy here. I mean, I gotta be … crazy for even suggesting … anything of the … sort .. I mean … Moving on … 
The Seven Angels
As the Rosh Hashana ritual gets underway, seven angels appear in the presence of God to receive trumpets …
“And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets” (Revelation 8:2).
According to Joseph Seiss …
“the Jews were familiar with the seven angels of this particular class. Gabriel is one of them, as he himself said to Zacharias: “I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God (Luke 1:19). Michael is another, as he is ranked with Gabriel in the book of Daniel, and there he is pronounced one of the princess, even “the great prince” of the prophet’s people. In the Apocryphal book of Tobit, Raphael is named as still another, where he announces himself and says, “I am Raphael, one of the seven Holy angels, which represent the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One’ (Tobit 12:15). The passage referred to shows what the ancient people of God held for truth, and the representation harmonizes with the text and with the accepted books of Holy Scripture. The ancients believed that there are seven presence angels, and the Apocalypse ratifies that belief” (The Apocalypse, Seiss).
These may be the mighty angels referred to by the Apostle Paul in his second epistle to the church at Thessalonica …
“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8).
These also may be the angels to whom Jesus Christ referred in his parable of the wheat and tares … “in the end of the world …
“As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 13:40-42).
Before they sound their trumpets, however, another scene becomes appropriate, indicating that the time of judgment has arrived.
The Altar of Incense
The Apostle John describes our great Advocate and his ministry of offering the prayers of the saints before the throne of God …
“And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake” (Revelation 8:3-5).
Though he is called “another angel,” most are convinced that he is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ in his role as mediator and advocate. From the day of his ascension, Christ has served as the one who brings God and man back together again …
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).
To this day, Christians pray in the name of Jesus, knowing that the Savior will personally deliver our petitions to the Father. Jesus said …
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it” (John 14:13-14).
In writing to the church at Ephesus, the Apostle Paul taught …
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father (Ephesians 2:18;3:12).
It is possible that Paul also wrote the treatise to the Hebrews, in which he said …
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Hebrews 13:15).
The Apostle Peter taught that the Savior serves on our behalf …
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:5).
The Apostle John also assured the saints that Christ serves as our advocate …
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1).
In his role as advocate and mediator, the “angel” takes fire from the altar and casts it upon the earth. Now we know that the “angel” is Christ because Luke records the very testimony that links the Savior to this event …
“I am come to send fire on the earth … “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division” (Luke 12:49;51).
Over the past two millennia, Jesus has faithfully offered our prayers before the Father. However, in this scene, the hour of prophetic fulfillment has arrived. It is time for action. I am reminded of the Lord’s statement to Moses that he heard the cries of Jacob’s children in Egypt and had called the man that would free them …
“And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them” (Exodus 3:7-9).
God had told Abraham that after 400 years his progeny would be delivered from Egypt. The deliverance came after the prophecy had run it’s course. So it is with this present dispensation that we all find ourselves living in. In this chapter, Christ takes fire from the heavenly altar and commences to carry out the fulfillment of the final deliverance. This time, it is not Egypt alone that oppresses the people, but the world government of whom Egypt was merely a prophetic archetype or prototype. With the casting of fire upon the earth, the Savior initiates the oncoming day of wrath.
As mentioned in the previous article (part one), there is a remarkable correlation between the 22 chapters of Revelation and the meaning of the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet in their respective order – showing us the divine structure and authenticity of the Bible and it’s prophecies. That said and understood, let’s look at the interesting correlation between this 8th chapter of Revelation and it’s corresponding 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet called chet. 
Chet is the letter that stands for “a new beginning.” It is the letter for “transcendence, divine grace and life” – transcendent life. The letter lifts us above this earthly plane and sets us in heavenly places. It is a letter that is “not of this world.” Corresponding to this letter, the scene we witness in Revelation 8 is a heavenly one. This onset of God’s judgment upon the world is seen from a heavenly viewpoint. The casting of fire upon the earth launches a new beginning for mankind. The King launches a process by which he will establish his utopian Millennial Kingdom, or what is also called the 1,000-year reign of Christ upon Earth (Revelation 20:4).
The Eighth Chapter of John
To reiterate from the previous article, when studying the theme of all chapters of both books of John (Gospel of John and Revelation), one will discover that the theme of each chapter matches and alludes to the theme of the corresponding chapter of the other book, thus displaying a hand of divine structure. The Feast of Tabernacles, noted in John 7, had just concluded. In the comparison to Revelation, it should be noted that the palm branches in Revelation 7 point to the Feast of Tabernacles in John 7. Now, in chapter 8 of both books, Jesus turns to the subject of “life” and a “new beginning,” as seen in this 8th letter chet .
It is the day after the feast. Jesus is teaching in the Temple when the scribes (lawyers) and Pharisees bring a woman caught in the act of adultery. Her accusers are convicted of their own sins as Jesus challenges them: “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her” (verse 7). Corresponding to this, in Revelation 8, Jesus becomes the only one “without sin” – worthy to cast the first stone. He takes fire from the heavenly altar and casts it upon the earth.
In John 8, we are told that one by one, her accusers leave until Jesus was left alone with the woman. His words, “neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more” (verse 11), offers her a new life – a new beginning. She receives grace rather than condemnation from the Lord. Both “life” and “grace” are meanings found in the letter chet .
He then launches into a discourse about the transcendent meaning of chet . He says, “I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life“ (verse 12). The light to which he refers is the primeval light – the emanation of life from a transcendent sphere (see video series “THE MYSTERY OF THE PRIMEVAL LIGHT” in the “Recommended Reading” section at the end of this article.
In John 8:23, Jesus again refers to the transcendent nature of his life as he says, “I am not of this world.” Regretfully, his discourse was turned into a confrontation with the unbelieving Pharisees. These religious men refused to believe in the only one who could give them transcendent eternal life.
THE SEALS, TRUMPETS AND VIALS
Revelation’s three forms of judgment are seven seals, seven trumpets and seven vials. As in the case of the seven seals, the first four represent a group of horsemen that portray war and conquest, followed by the details of the final three seals. At this point, it is important to be reminded that the Menorah was symbolic of our witnessing for Christ. We are told to take the light of the Gospel to every person in the world. It is evident, therefore, that the Menorah was not exclusively meant for the Jewish people alone, but for all nations. It’s center lamp was called shamesh, a Hebrew word also used for the sun. It is the main light, or lamp, that all of the other lights of the menorah point to. Obviously, the sun shines upon all the earth, including all Gentile nations, not just for the tiny nation of Israel. Salvation was not intended to be just for the Jews, though it seems that they have perceived it in that manner.
The Menorah Design of the Seals
The seven seals follow the design of a menorah – the seven golden lampstand – with the fourth seal representing the fourth light (middle light) of the servant lamp.
The “pale” horse depicts a light source that has been dimmed (covered in the previous article). In the days of the temple ritual concerning the menorah, the seventh lamp served to relight the fourth lamp at the time that it was extinguished for maintenance purposes. Therefore, it seems that the seventh seal takes us back to the story of the fourth seal and proceeds to expand upon events from that point. Bear in mind that a pause takes place between the sixth and seventh seals for a parenthetical message.
The Menorah Design of the Trumpets
Such is the case with the trumpets as well. The first four appear to tell the story of a single catastrophe, followed later by the final three. The fourth trumpet corresponds to the light of the servant lamp of the menorah.
Again, keeping in mind that the fourth candle of the menorah represents the sun – the main light – the sun is darkened at the blowing of the fourth trumpet …
“And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise” (Revelation 8:12).
The seventh trumpet, with it’s corresponding vial judgments, takes us back to the timing of the fourth trumpet and proceeds to expand upon events from that point. Keep in mind that a pause takes place between the sixth and seventh trumpets for a parenthetical message.
The Menorah Design of the Vials
In like manner, the vial judgments follow the same pattern. The seven vials correspond to the seven candle menorah.
The first four vials pick up the singular story of disease at the contamination of the world’s water supply. The fourth vial corresponds to the light of the servant lamp – the lamp that represents the sun. The unleashing of the fourth vial causes the sun to scorch humanity with fire, after which the world is filled with darkness.
The sixth vial is important in that it corresponds to Armageddon – the war of the sixth seal and the sixth trumpet, in which the Euphrates River is prepared for battle (Revelation 9:14; 16:12).
The seventh vial hearkens back to the fourth vial and expands upon events from that point. Furthermore, a pause takes place between the sixth and seventh vials for a parenthetical message. At the pouring out of the seventh vial, we are told that, “every island fled away, and the mountains were not found (16:20. This corresponds to the judgment of the seventh seal, in which “every mountain and island were moved out of their places” (6:14).
So, basically, we have the telling of the same story in the forms of the seals, trumpets and vials. The trumpets play upon the servant lamp of the fourth seal, and the vials work upon the servant lamps of both the fourth trumpet and the fourth seal. Though each set of seven judgments depicts another rendering of the same story, they begin with the fourth or “servant lamp” design of the menorah rather than the first lamp positions.
The question that should be asked at this point is why two rituals from the Rosh Hashana liturgy, namely the seals and the trumpets, and one ritual from the Yom Kippur liturgy, namely the vials, are used to describe the same basic events of the Tribulation Period? Since the two Holy Days are ten days apart, why do we have Rosh Hashana rituals depicting events that occur near the end of the Tribulation and a Yom Kippur ritual depicting events that occur before the end of the Tribulation? The answer must lay in the fact that the Apostle John is revealing the prophetic significance of those rituals, not necessarily the timing of them.
Back to the Story of the Seals
In the fourth seal, we have the story of a continuing war as death takes it’s toll around the world. The man on the white horse in the first seal wins the battle of the second seal and establishes a worldwide government, wherein he will control the economy as seen in the third seal. The result of the war of the second seal can be seen in the continuing upheaval of the fourth seal.
Immediately, upon the breaking of the fifth seal, we see the souls of martyrs under the altar of incense. Corresponding to this, upon the breaking of the seventh seal, we have silence in Heaven followed by the events at the same altar of incense as seen in the fifth seal. It seems that we have returned to the altar of incense for the prayers (8:4) of those martyrs – at which time the Lord takes fire from the altar and casts it upon the earth (8:5).
The first four trumpets seem to be working out of the events of the fourth, fifth and sixth seals:
First, at the breaking of the sixth seal, there is an earthquake (6:12). This seems to correspond to the earthquake that results from casting the fire of the altar into the earth (8:5).
Second, at the breaking of the sixth seal, the sun becomes “black as sackcloth of hair” (6:12). This seems to correspond to the smiting of the sun at the sounding of the fourth trumpet (8:12).
Third, at the breaking of the sixth seal, the moon becomes as blood (6:12). This seems to correspond to the smiting of the moon at the sounding of the fourth trumpet (8:12).
Fourth, at the breaking of the sixth seal, stars fall to the earth (6:13). This seems to correspond to the first four trumpets as hail (8:7), a great mountain (8:8), and a star called Wormwood (8:10) fall; along with the smiting of a third of the stars (8:12).
All of these events listed in the fourth, fifth and sixth seals seem to be the same events described in the seventh seal with it’s trumpet judgments. Why? Because, in the arrangement of the menorah, the seventh lamp was used to relight the fourth lamp. 
This helps to explain why the depicted events do not seem to be arranged in chronological order – the trumpets following the seals and the vials following the trumpets.
The Seven Trumpets
Now let us observe the main message of the chapter. Seven angels set about to blow their trumpets. The first four are given in this chapter …
“And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise” (Revelation 8:6-12).
These catastrophes unleashed upon mankind began with the casting of fire upon the earth. A series of judgments followed – thunders, lightning, an earthquake, hail and fire devouring a third of of the vegetation; a great mountain of fire falling into the sea; a star from heaven contaminating the rivers; and the sun and moon being darkened.
Judgments By Asteroids?
An explanation of these judgments could follow either one of two courses. First, this could be the result of an asteroid bombardment as part of the debris trail that comes from the approaching Planet X Comet system, said to be seven times the size of Earth with it’s orbiting moons and various orbiting bodies, that many insiders confirm is coming and will sweep by Earth as discussed in the last article. Certainly, the earth has been barely missed several times in recent years, especially in recent months. Such asteroids are now becoming a common occurrence and it is just a matter of time before the earth gets struck, perhaps in a major city and many people die even before the big show starts. In fact, Steven Ben-Nun of Israeli News Live Youtube channel conducted an interview with a man named Robert who was able to review the notes of the late Chilean astronomer Carlos Ferrada who spoke of, and confirmed, this inbound planetary system and cause major devastation. It fact, according to Mr. Ben-Nun, it has been revealed by source contacts in Washington D.C. and the Pentagon, including a FEMA engineer, that soon there will be an asteroid strike in a major population center, or city, that will cause a certain amount of death. Projections are said to be soon, in the next few months to half a year from now. This interview can be seen below.
These reports continue to create an uneasy feeling among researchers, astronomers and their colleagues. Such asteroids are now numbering into the thousands or more and are coming increasingly closer to the earth with each passing month. This is a staggering possibility. In fact, I would say at this point that this is no longer a “possibility,” it is an absolute certainty given what has been exposed concerning this incoming planetary system and it’s debris trail – to say nothing of the horrendous pole shift to Earth it will cause. As I’ve stated previously, the odds that this incoming planetary comet system not really existing is pretty low as to be negligible at this point in light of Isaiah 24. At the end of the day, scripture is king. The video footage below clearly shows a round object moving beneath our sun that shouldn’t be there. Likely, what we are looking at is one of the orbiting bodies of the Planet X system as it makes its way toward the earth.
Anyone aware of this information should rightfully be concerned at this point. Of course, for those of us who are “born again” in Christ, we’re promised an escape from these coming Tribulation judgments via the rapture event (see the section of this article titled “THE RAPTURE AND YOUR ESCAPE FROM THE APPROACHING GREAT TRIBULATION JUDGMENT” further below. Those who are not born again and in the body of Christ should rightfully and legitimately be concerned.
It is unknown how many of these pre-judgment asteroid strikes the body of Christ will see before it’s departure off the earth, but rest assured, the major judgments they will cause as seen in the book of Revelation when this planetary system finally does pass by Earth will not touch the born again church. We will be gone as seen in the timing of the rapture displayed in Revelation 4:1. Until then, the outer asteroid/meteor/meteorite band of this approaching planetary system is beginning to hurl some close call strikes with Earth our way. It is becoming increasingly alarming as seen in the meteor strike that just occurred in Africa. The evidence that this was a meteor strike contradicts the official story of course (video below).
A Nuclear War?
It is the opinion of some serious researchers that the global elite, or the Luciferian elite who run the world, will start major wars in order to cover for this incoming planetary system. In fact, researcher Bob Fletcher, a former investigator who assisted with several House and Senate investigations, has stated that just before this destructive planetary system approaches, we would start to see a build-up for major wars and the locking down of the populations all over the world in order to cover up as best as they can this approaching planetary catastrophe. Several of his interviews can be seen on Youtube, one of which can be seen below.
As stated before in the previous article, this system’s arrival date has been said to be difficult to pinpoint due to it’s erratic speeding up and slowing down orbital speeds and patterns at differing points in time. We are now seeing Earth’s populations being locked down under the guise of the phony Coronavirus “pandemic.” We are seeing a massive build-up for war with China, the Middle East, Russia and various other war scenarios that quite clearly reflect many Old Testament prophecies prophesied to occur for the end times.
In the past, Bible prophecy scholars have surmised that many of these seal, vial and various other judgments from Revelation could be created by a worldwide nuclear war. These four trumpet judgments appear to be an expanded view of the catastrophe observed in the breaking of the fourth, fifth and sixth seals. The earthquake of Revelation 6:12 may be the same earthquake carried out by the casting of heavenly fire in Revelation 8:5. The symbolic fig tree that “casteth her untimely figs” in Revelation 6:13 may be the same event that witnesses the destruction of vegetation and the contamination of the rivers and oceans in Revelation 8:7-11. It has already been pointed out that the “fig tree … shaken of a mighty wind” (Revelation 6:13) may be symbolic of the mushroom cloud created in a nuclear blast. The contamination of rivers and aquifiers could be caused by radiation poisoning.
The use of trumpets also points to the possibility of war. The biblical command was: “… if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets” (Numbers 10:9). Jeremiah states with anguish, “O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war” (Jeremiah 4:19). Amos says, “Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?” (Amos 3:6).
The possibility of nuclear war grows closer with the passing of every day. The Middle East is a powder keg ready to blow at any moment, especially with the (possibly mini nuclear) bomb detonation that occurred in Lebanaon on August 4. America, China and Russia along with their allies seem to be on the verge of major military clashes which could go hot at any time. You may have been noticing that, with the recent revelations coming from inside sources revealing the very soon approach of the Planet X system, the war rhetoric between these major powers is approaching the level of real military action. We may be looking at the various nations jockeying for a favorable position on the world scene once this system has passed and done it’s damage (in their minds). One might liken this situation to the children’s game of musical chairs. Musical chairs is a game of elimination involving players, chairs, and music, with one fewer chair than players. When the music stops, whichever player fails to sit on a chair is eliminated, with a chair then being removed and the process repeated until only one player remains. When the “music” (catastrophe) of Planet X is over, each nation wants to find themselves in the favorable position on the world stage, which is why we’re seeing certain maneuvering of the various nations on the world stage.
There is no question that we see devastating military weaponry such as destroyers, fighter jets and the like moving into warlike posturing and positions on the world stage, ready to unleash the catastrophe of global war, all while the elite are destroying the economies of the major western powers via a fake pandemic lock-down of businesses, which are financially going bankrupt and wreaking financial havoc on the population.
The judgments of the seals, trumpets and vials likely have much to do with this approaching planetary system specifically, but much of the destruction will likely also include global war with devastating weaponry.
Woe, Woe, Woe!
“And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!” (Revelation 8:13).
In the concluding verse of this chapter, we are told that the three remaining trumpets carry dreadful “woes” for the inhabitants of the earth. I will attempt to review them in the coming chapters in the next post. Obviously, the first four trumpets represent only a portion of God’s judgment upon an unbelieving world. The worst is yet to come as seen in these “woe” judgments.
It is incumbent upon us to win as many people to the Lord as we can before the trumpet sound of the rapture takes the body of Christ (those “born again” in Christ) home to be with him. Let us endeavor to take as many with us as is possible by warning the lost what is soon to occur on planet Earth and how they can escape it and be a part of that glorious number who get snatched away from the coming chaos, a time of horror that Jesus warned will be unlike any other in human history …
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matthew 24:21).
With the current turmoil in the Middle East and between the major powers of the world, namely The United States of America, China and Russia, and with the approach of the Planet X system with it’s debris trail of asteroids, the world is poised upon the brink of catastrophe. It is becoming almost obvious at this point that the reason we are seeing the build-up of war is to cover for this inbound planetary system. These are the wars that may well be a part of the judgments of the book of Revelation. If you do not know Christ as your Savior, then there is no pleasant or sugar-coated way to say that you are truly in dire trouble. Keep reading below to find out how to speedily remedy your situation.
Time is running out.
THE RAPTURE AND YOUR ESCAPE FROM THE APPROACHING GREAT TRIBULATION JUDGMENT
The demonstrably divinely inspired text that we call the Bible promises a coming horrendous seven-year Tribulation period of judgment upon Earth for all of mankind, no matter what your religion, belief or creed is, and even to those who don’t believe anything spiritual at all. We can now clearly see the signs of this approaching nightmare. However, as we’ve already seen, this same divinely inspired text that we call the Bible promises a dramatic escape from off the face of the earth before this horrendous time of judgment only to a certain category of people.
Put simply, an event is coming that will be so stupendous that it strains the mind to contemplate such an event happening. It is an event that will see millions upon millions of people across the globe suddenly disappear without warning. The millions of disappeared will have literally ascended into Heaven itself after instantaneously receiving a new glorified body fit for Heaven. A body that will be able to withstand the atmosphere and glory of Heaven. This event is known as the “Rapture.” But the promise of escape is only to those who are “born again” in Christ. This is why it is crucial to understand what Christ meant when he declared in no uncertain terms that only those who are “born again” in him will enter the Kingdom of God. For the explanation of this, keep reading below.
In order to accept the offer of God’s grace and his salvation, you must take the crucial three steps of …
1. Agreeing – A belief and agreeing with God in all that he says in his word, the Bible, about the fact that you are separated from God, as every man and woman on the face of the earth are before accepting his salvation. The Bible reveals that all are separated from him in a spiritual state of death, or said another way that the Bible reveals it, in a state of sin, that will result in damnation in the afterlife. Agreeing with God in your heart that you are in need of his salvation. The Bible reveals that God looks upon the heart of a man or woman, and thus, responds accordingly to the person who comes to him for salvation in recognition of his inability to save himself. The Bible makes these facts very clear – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). The Bible describes these three kinds of death:
- physical death (the state experienced when life leaves our bodies).
- spiritual death (spiritual separation from God caused by our state of spiritual death inherited from the first man Adam – the state of sin that results in our daily outward acts of sin, whether deliberate or not, whether omissive or not; and finally …
- the second death (the fixed state entered into by the individual who dies physically while he or she is dead spiritually). This state is entered into after the death of the body which results in punishment in the afterlife until the event of the Great White Throne Judgment occurs wherein the damned are resurrected from Hades, or Hell, and are judged according to their works and finally destroyed and cease to exist after being cast into the Lake of Fire. Revelation 14 refers to this tragic end of the unsaved as the “Second Death” (verse 14). It is this state of suffering entered into after physical death and then final destruction at the Great White Throne Judgment in particular which is the horrible result of receiving the wages of sin (unforgiven due to unbelief and rejection of Christ). The Lord Jesus Christ frequently described such a death as being irrevocable in a destiny which he called Hell. He described Hell as a literal place of judgment (Matthew 13:42); a place of everlasting fire (Matthew 18:8); a place of torment (Luke 16:24,28); a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50); a place of remorse (Mark 9:44-48); of bitter memory (Luke 16:25), and a place originally prepared for the Devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41). In fact, Jesus more often warned about Hell than he spoke about Heaven.
It is not God’s will or desire that any person should be consigned to perish in Hell (2 Peter 3:9), but rather that all should come to repentance of unbelief toward him and believe on him for the salvation of the individual’s soul. But God’s justice requires that the “soul who sins” (remains in it’s state of death or state of sin) is the one who will die a second time after a long period of torment (Ezekiel 18:4). So, agree with God, admitting that you are unable to save yourself and in a state of sin under God’s just condemnation for that sin and that you are in need of his salvation.
2. Believing – Then, believe that God does not want you to perish eternally in the torment of Hell because of your sin. Believe that God loves you so much that he provided a way whereby he could still be a just, holy and righteous God, and yet pardon you. Believe that God did not just overlook sin, but that he sent his only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to provide salvation by personally paying the penalty for sin. Believe that Jesus Christ, whose life, death, burial and resurrection is the best-attested fact of antiquity, did come to earth to live, die, rise again and ascend to Heaven in order to provide justification and salvation for all who trust him. Believe that he, and he alone, can save you because he has fully satisfied the just demands of God. Believe that you can’t become righteous in God’s sight by your own effort. Believe that he wants to save you and that he will save you. The Bible provides a solid basis for such belief …
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17).
“But God demonstrates his love toward us in this: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).
God presented him (Jesus Christ) as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished – he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies the man or woman who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:25-26).
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures … ” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
“Jesus answered, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out [drive away]” (John 6:37).
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).
3. Calling – It is not enough to agree with God, admit your need, and believe that Christ can and will save you. You must act upon those facts. God’s requirement is that you repent of your unbelief toward him and actively call upon him for the salvation of your soul based on the fact that you cannot save yourself. It is unbelief in particular that damns the soul to its horrible fate …
“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).
You must be willing to completely turn from your own efforts to save yourself or from any other hope. You must come to Christ, calling upon him for salvation and counting on the fact that he will do what he has promised. This means simply taking the gift of pardon and eternal life which he offers. Merely believing about Jesus Christ without coming to him makes as much sense and is as effective as believing that a medication can successfully treat a fatal disease, but failing to take it. Yet again, the Bible emphatically and authoritatively provides the basis for such statements.
The word translated “believe” here means to “rest one’s entire weight and trust on the object or person in which the belief is placed.” It requires action in keeping with the intellectual assent of that belief.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).
” … but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
The logical question you may be asking at this point is: “how do I come to Christ and call upon him?” The answer is that “calling upon the Lord” is just another term for praying, or talking to God. To talk to God is not a complicated process, dependent upon some special rituals. God has invited people to approach him through his Son in simple, straightforward terms. In fact, Jesus approved of the dishonest, despised tax collector who simply prayed, “God be merciful to me, a sinner.” While the exact words of your prayer to God are not of vital importance (since God sees and knows the attitude of your heart), the following is the kind of prayer that you could pray in calling upon God for salvation …
“Dear Lord Jesus: I realize that I need you. I admit that I have sinned and that I deserve your just, eternal punishment for that sin. But I am sorry for my sin and I am turning to you and asking for forgiveness. I believe that you died and rose again to pay sin’s penalty on my behalf. I come to you and open my heart to you. I ask you to come into my life, forgive me for all of my sin and make me your child. I invite you to take control of my life and to cause me to be the kind of person you would have me to be. I thank you for doing this because you have promised that whosoever calls upon you, as I am doing now, shall be saved. I pray this in the name of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.”
If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart, I urge you to sincerely and genuinely express it to God as your prayer. The Bible makes clear that when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in our heart, God forgives our sins and counts us righteous, and that when we openly confess with our mouth what we have done in our heart, God gives us assurance of that salvation (Romans 10:9-10).
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:3-7).
Recommended Reading:
THE RISE OF A PROPHETIC GENERATION
DATE APPEARS IN PSALMS: IS IT BY DIVINE DESIGN?
PROPHECY ALERT: COUNTDOWN TO WORLD WAR 3 – THE SOON DESTRUCTION OF DAMASCUS
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The next installment of this series can be seen in the link below:
UNLEASHING THE THREE WOE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS
END TIMES: DARKNESS DESCENDING 
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