ONE FAMILY PLAN
Trumpets
TRUMPET 1
This is the hard-hitting HAIL- LIVING WATER- Our God is a Consuming FIRE- LIVING WATER- Life is in the BLOOD- LIVING WATER- It is the filling of the HOLY SPIRIT- God promised to never ‘flood’ the earth again- it is measure by measure- faith to faith- Glory to Glory- The refining of mankind into the Body of Christ is a painful process whereby we all will partake…
“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 THE GREEN GRASS WAS BURNT UP.” (Rev 8:7)
We, the grass of the earth, will soon be brought to life with LIVING WATERS!
“Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, TO EVERY ONE GRASS IN THE FIELD.” (Zech 10:1)
Initially, when we first come to Christ, the grass is watered. The BEAST of the SEA is killed. It is wounded by the Sword of the Spirit. However, the BEAST is revived and now we, as BEASTS of the EARTH attempt salvation on our own adhering to laws on the outside yet inside the IMAGES (thoughts in the mind) of the very BEAST of the SEA from which we were delivered is ALIVE and WELL! The GREEN GRASS is burning…
TRUMPET 2
We are the shipmasters of our ships, buying and selling our precious cargos…
“And that NO MAN MIGHT BUY OR SELL, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Rev 13:17)
This is spiritual! This is NOT a physical mark and this is NOT food/merchandise at the local grocery store!! It is the merchandise of Mystery Babylon, found in the HEART of MAN!
“And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And THE FRUITS THAT THY SOUL LUSTED AFTER…” (Rev 18:13-14)
The Great Mountain is burning- FIRE cast into the sea (of people- Egypt)- This place wherein we reside is the Lake of Fire- The Furnace of Affliction- The Realm of the Dead… We all will die to live…
“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.” (Rev 8:8-9)
What is this GREAT MOUNTAIN burning with FIRE of judgment?!
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I WAS JEALOUS FOR ZION WITH GREAT JEALOUSY, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the LORD; I AM RETURNED UNTO ZION, AND WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM: and Jerusalem shall be called A CITY OF TRUTH; and THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD OF HOSTS THE HOLY MOUNTAIN.” (Zech 8:2-3)
“And he carried me away IN THE SPIRIT to A GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN, and shewed me THAT GREAT CITY, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, descending out of heaven from God…” (Rev 21:10)
One must be IN THE SPIRIT to “see” the CITY of GOD!! The Mountain, the Temple, our Body is first of Jerusalem, Hagar, of THIS world. It shall be cast into the SEA.
“For it is written that Abraham had TWO SONS: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was OF THE BONDWOMAN was born according to the flesh, and he OF THE FREEWOMAN through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the TWO COVENANTS: the ONE FROM MOUNT SINAI WHICH GIVES BIRTH TO BONDAGE, WHICH IS HAGAR— FOR THIS HAGAR IS MOUNT SINAI in Arabia, and corresponds to JERUSALEM WHICH NOW IS, AND IS IN BONDAGE WITH HER CHILDREN— but the JERUSALEM ABOVE IS FREE, WHICH IS THE MOTHER OF US ALL.” (Galatians 4:22-26)
“FOR THIS HAGAR IS MOUNT SINAI…” (Galatians 4:25)
The Temple of God IS the BODY of Christ. However, before GOD is enthroned in our hearts WE (You/Me) sit in the Temple and declare ourselves God. We are residing in Jerusalem of this world – Agar. We try to claim the promise…
“who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that HE SITS AS GOD IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, showing himself that he is God.” (2 Thess 2:4)
It is through FAITH that God will remove the Mountain (Hagar- Jerusalem of this world)…
“So Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say TO THIS MOUNTAIN, “BE REMOVED AND BE CAST INTO THE SEA,” it will be done.’” (Matthew 21:21)
“Then he said to me, ‘This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. WHO ARE YOU, O GREAT MOUNTAIN? Before Zerubbabel YOU SHALL BECOME A PLAIN. And HE SHALL BRING FORWARD THE TOP STONE amid shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’” (Zech 4:6-7)
It surely will be brought to a plain...
“Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.” (Rev 16:20)
Jesus Christ is the Capstone – the Top Stone of this Great Plain – the NEW JERUSALEM is coming!
“…A GREAT MOUNTAIN BURNING WITH FIRE was CAST INTO THE SEA…”
All the while this Great Mountain is being cast into the SEA it is burning with FIRE. This is judgment. It is with much pain our mountain is cast down. What will we have to go through? What is it we must overcome?
As the plagues of spiritual Egypt, the fish die because there is no water. Without the LIVING WATER the blood is dead. The men die.
“Why was there no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst.” (Isaiah 50:2)
“…and the THIRD PART OF THE SEA BECAME BLOOD…”
We were in the SEA. We had life when we first experienced Christ. After this we went back to spiritual Egypt through the IMAGES of our heart/mind. The BEAST lived. We died.
“…the THIRD PART OF THE CREATURES WHICH WERE IN THE SEA, AND HAD LIFE, DIED…”
“…the THIRD PART OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED…”
“The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious In the heart of the seas.” (Ezekiel 27:25)
Having been aligned with the wrong king, we the ships are destroyed…
“After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah ALLIED HIMSELF WITH AHAZIAH king of Israel, WHO ACTED VERY WICKEDLY. And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, ‘Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.’ THEN THE SHIPS WERE WRECKED, SO THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO TARSHISH.” (2 Chron 20:35-37)
“Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.” (Isaiah 23:14)
We are returned to the very place we left and there is nothing there for us...
“The LORD will bring you back to Egypt IN SHIPS, by the way about which I spoke to you, ‘You will never see it again!’ And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.” (Deuteronomy 28:68)
Our vessels (ships) will be broken…
“With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish.” (Psalm 48:7)
“Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU A TREMBLING HEART, FAILING OF EYES, AND DESPAIR OF SOUL. So your life shall hang in doubt before you; and YOU WILL BE IN DREAD NIGHT AND DAY, and shall have no assurance of your life.” (Deu 28:65-66)
TRUMPET 3
“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…” (Rev 8:10)
“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.” (Rev 8:11)
A GREAT Star FROM HEAVEN…
We think WE are the GREAT STAR but it is NOT we!
“For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD…’” (Isaiah 14:13)
“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and UPON HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE STARS: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.” (Rev 12:1-2)
The 12 ‘stars’ are the 12 Tribes of Israel – hence a ‘crown’ – Christ is our elder Brother – we will ALL be sons and daughters of God. Jesus Christ IS the GREAT STAR…
“And nations shall come to your light, and kings to THE BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR RISING.” (Isaiah 60:3)
“Now after JESUS was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born KING OF THE JEWS? For WE SAW HIS STAR when it rose and have come to worship him.’" (Matthew 2:1-2, ESV)
Burning as a LAMP…
This is JESUS CHRIST!!
“THY WORD IS A LAMP unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
“And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and HIS NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD.” (Rev 19:13)
Named WORMWOOD…
“But I AM A WORM, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.” (Psalm 22:6)
“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but TO THE HUNGRY SOUL EVERY BITTER THING IS SWEET.” (Proverbs 27:7)
It is sweet when it enters. We are all excited about our new lives until we realize who we really are in our hearts…
“The heart is DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, and DESPERATELY WICKED: who can know it?” (Jer 17:9)
“And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and IT SHALL MAKE THY BELLY BITTER, BUT IT SHALL BE IN THY MOUTH SWEET AS HONEY.” (Rev 10:9)
“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103)
“And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. THEN DID I EAT IT; AND IT WAS IN MY MOUTH AS HONEY FOR SWEETNESS.” (Ezekiel 3:3) “Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, ALL MY WORDS THAT I SHALL SPEAK UNTO THEE RECEIVE IN THINE HEART, AND HEAR WITH THINE EARS.” (Ezekiel 3:10)
“So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I WENT IN BITTERNESS, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.” (Ezekiel 3:14)
The Word of God leads to self-judgment. It is a bitter thing to behold.
Strong's Wormwood = H3939 - to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed): - hemlock, wormwood.
Gall = H7219 the same as H7218; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents): - gall, hemlock, posion, venom.
“But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I WILL FEED THEM, EVEN THIS PEOPLE, WITH WORMWOOD, AND GIVE THEM WATER OF GALL TO DRINK.” (Jeremiah 9:14-15)
“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I WILL FEED THEM WITH WORMWOOD, AND MAKE THEM DRINK THE WATER OF GALL: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.” (Jeremiah 23:15)
“O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!” (Amos 5:7, ESV)
“He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.” (Lamentations 3:15)
“Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.” (Lam 3:19)
Once we are delivered…
“They shall take up serpents; and IF THEY DRINK ANY DEADLY THING, IT SHALL NOT HURT THEM…” (Mark 16:18)
Falls on the Rivers and Fountains of Water…
These fresh water sources are MADE BITTER by this Great Star.
The SEA is NOT ‘fresh’ and drinkable. These are NOT the Gentiles (no form of Godliness) ‘of the SEA’ but of the Earth (‘a form of godliness’)…
“…the abundance of the SEA shall be converted unto thee, THE FORCES OF THE GENTILES shall come unto thee.” (Isaiah 60:5)
It CAUSES DEATH...
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are FULL OF DEAD MEN’S BONES and all uncleanness.” (Matthew 23:27)
"For this reason the gospel was preached also to THOSE WHO ARE DEAD, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit." (1 Peter 4:6)
This is the LIVING WATER!! It is a bitter thing to behold ourselves but the Word of God WILL bring LIFE!
“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” (Psalm 19:9-10)
TRUMPET 4
“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.” (Rev 8:12)
There is darkness... UNTIL the scales are removed:
“…but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.” (Luke 20:18)
“For if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and LET HIM REMEMBER THE DAYS OF DARKNESS, since THEY WILL BE MANY. All that comes is futile.” (Ecc 11:8)
“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, ‘I find no pleasure in them’— BEFORE THE SUN AND THE LIGHT AND THE MOON AND THE STARS GROW DARK, and the clouds return after the rain…” (Ecclesiastes 12:1-2)
“when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and THOSE LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS GROW DIM…” (Ecc 12:3)
“When Isaac was old and HIS EYES WERE DIM SO THAT HE COULD NOT SEE…” (Gen 27:1) “Now the eyes of Israel were DIM WITH AGE, SO THAT HE COULD NOT SEE…” (Gen 48:10) “At that time Eli, whose EYESIGHT HAD BEGUN TO GROW DIM SO THAT HE COULD NOT SEE…” (1 Sam 3:2)
This is a spiritual death, a spiritual darkness…
“For the enemy has pursued my soul; HE HAS CRUSHED MY LIFE to the ground; HE HAS MADE ME SIT IN DARKNESS LIKE THOSE LONG DEAD.” (Psalm 143:3)
“…THE GRINDERS CEASE BECAUSE THEY ARE FEW…”
“when the doors to the street are closed and THE SOUND OF GRINDING FADES; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint…” (Ecc 12:4)
“Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.” (Jer 25:10)
“and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and THE SOUND OF THE MILL WILL BE HEARD IN YOU NO MORE…” (Rev 18:22)
“when THE DOORS TO THE STREET ARE CLOSED…”
“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; KEEP WATCH OVER THE DOOR OF MY LIPS!” (Psalm 143:9) “Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; GUARD THE DOORS OF YOUR MOUTH FROM HER WHO LIES IN YOUR ARMS…” (Mich 7:5)
“when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and THE GRASSHOPPER DRAGS ITSELF ALONG AND DESIRE NO LONGER IS STIRRED.” (Ecc 12:5, NIV)
“…because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets…” (Ecc 12:5)
“For the enemy has pursued my soul; HE HAS CRUSHED MY LIFE to the ground; HE HAS MADE ME SIT IN DARKNESS LIKE THOSE LONG DEAD.” (Psalm 143:3)
“For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.” (Job 30:23) “All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb…” (Isaiah 14:18)
“Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well…” (Ecc 12:6)
Christ sits at the right hand of God – the Father’s Holy Spirit resides in the Bowl providing nourishment to the Olive Trees, the 2 Anointed ones, Christ and His followers…
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, WHERE CHRIST IS, SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.” (Col 3:1)
“And there are two olive trees by it, ONE ON THE RIGHT OF THE BOWL and the other on its left." (Zech 4:3)
The nourishment is no more AND the light of this world is leaving. Spiritual death is a comparison/contrast to physical death...
“and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.” (Ecc 12:7) “‘Absolute futility,’ says the Teacher. ‘Everything is futile.’" (Ecc 12:8, HCSB)
“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For GOD WILL BRING EVERY DEED INTO JUDGMENT, INCLUDING EVERY HIDDEN THING, WHETHER IT IS GOOD OR EVIL.” (Ecc 12:13-14)
The scales will be removed...
“And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN. And Saul arose from the earth; and WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED, HE SAW NO MAN…” (Acts 9:7-8)
“…and laying his hands on him he said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE YOUR SIGHT AND BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.’ Immediately THERE FELL FROM HIS EYES SOMETHING LIKE SCALES, AND HE RECEIVED HIS SIGHT AT ONCE; and he arose and was baptized.” (Acts 9:17-18)
The world's light is darkened. And soon... the Light of Christ!!
“And THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN, NEITHER OF THE MOON, TO SHINE IN IT: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD DID LIGHTEN IT, AND THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT thereof.” (Rev 21:23)
The Temple… New Jerusalem… We are the BODY of CHRIST!
“And I saw no temple therein: for THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE THE TEMPLE of it.” (Rev 21:22) "Know ye not that YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, and that THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU?" (I Cor. 3:16)
“THE SUN WILL NO MORE BE YOUR LIGHT by day, NOR WILL THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE MOON SHINE on you, for THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.” (Isaiah 60:19-20)
HE is the LIGHT OF THE WORLD! – NOT the sun, the moon, or the stars! HE will be acknowledged as fully in control! We will walk/live/eat/drink IN THE SPIRIT!
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: AT THE LIGHT OF THINE ARROWS THEY WENT, and AT THE SHINING OF THY GLITTERING SPEAR. Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.” (Habakkuk 3:11-12)
THE THIRD PART...
“And it shall come to pass, that IN ALL THE LAND, saith the LORD, TWO PARTS THEREIN SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE; BUT THE THIRD SHALL BE LEFT THEREIN.” (Zech 13:8)
“…without a parable He said NOTHING to them.” (Matthew 13:34, Amplified)
“I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.” (Hosea 12:10)
FIRST PART
“Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, ‘Man of God, the king says, “COME DOWN!”’” (2 Kings 1:9) "Elijah answered the captain, ‘If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!’ Then FIRE FELL FROM HEAVEN AND CONSUMED THE CAPTAIN AND HIS MEN.” (2 Kings 1:10)
SECOND PART
“At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, ‘Man of God, this is what the king says, “COME DOWN AT ONCE!”’” (2 Kings 1:11)
‘If I am a man of God,’ Elijah replied, ‘may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!’ Then THE FIRE OF GOD FELL FROM HEAVEN AND CONSUMED HIM AND HIS FIFTY MEN.” (2 Kings 1:12)
THIRD PART
The THIRD PART did NOT demand their way. They submitted to God’s authority, as spoken through Elijah…
“So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. ‘Man of God,’ HE BEGGED, ‘PLEASE HAVE RESPECT FOR MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THESE FIFTY MEN, YOUR SERVANTS! See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!’” (2 Kings 1:13-14) “The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, ‘Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.’ So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.” (2 Kings 1:15)
These are the Locusts. These are those that execute His Word...
“The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: THE SUN AND THE MOON SHALL BE DARK, and THE STARS SHALL WITHDRAW THEIR SHINING: And the LORD shall UTTER HIS VOICE BEFORE HIS ARMY: FOR HIS CAMP IS VERY GREAT: for HE IS STRONG THAT EXECUTETH HIS WORD: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?” (Joel 2:10-11)
“A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and BEHIND THEM A DESOLATE WILDERNESS; yea, and nothing shall escape them.” (Joel 2:3)
And they’re coming…
“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!” (Rev 8:13)
“THOU TURNEST MAN TO DESTRUCTION; and sayest, RETURN, YE CHILDREN OF MEN. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; THEY ARE AS A SLEEP: IN THE MORNING THEY ARE LIKE GRASS WHICH GROWETH UP.” (Psalm 90:3-5)
TRUMPET 5
ANNOUNCING THE LOCUSTS
“…WHEN THEY FALL UPON THE SWORD, THEY SHALL NOT BE WOUNDED.” (Joel 2:8)
“I have commanded MY SANCTIFIED ONES, I have also called MY MIGHTY ONES for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. THE NOISE OF A MULTITUDE IN THE MOUNTAINS, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and THE WEAPONS OF HIS INDIGNATION, TO DESTROY THE WHOLE LAND. Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.” (Isaiah 13:3-6)
“Therefore shall all hands be faint, and EVERY MAN'S HEART SHALL MELT: And they shall be afraid: PANGS AND SORROWS SHALL TAKE HOLD OF THEM; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; THEIR FACES SHALL BE AS FLAMES. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, CRUEL BOTH WITH WRATH AND FIERCE ANGER, TO LAY THE LAND DESOLATE: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.” (Isaiah 13:7-9)
“For THE STARS OF HEAVEN AND THE CONSTELLATIONS THEREOF SHALL NOT GIVE THEIR LIGHT: THE SUN SHALL BE DARKENED in his going forth, and THE MOON SHALL NOT CAUSE HER LIGHT TO SHINE. And I WILL PUNISH THE WORLD FOR THEIR EVIL, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I WILL CAUSE THE ARROGANCY OF THE PROUD TO CEASE, AND WILL LAY LOW THE HAUGHTINESS OF THE TERRIBLE. I WILL MAKE A MAN MORE PRECIOUS THAN FINE GOLD…” (Isaiah 13:10-12)
They will be thrust through with the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God! All who join them will fall by this Sword!
“Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.” (Isaiah 13:15)
These are not literal physical rapes of women and the dashing of small children to pieces and there is NOT a literal physical beast coming out of the sea with 7 head and 10 horns! God is King of Abstract! This is a refining of mankind!!
“Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.” (Isaiah 13:16)
“Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.” (Isaiah 13:18)
“I WILL MAKE A MAN MORE PRECIOUS THAN FINE GOLD…” (Isaiah 13:12)
Note just before the Vials – at the last Trumpet…
7th Trumpet
“And THE TEMPLE OF GOD WHICH IS IN HEAVEN WAS OPENED; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake AND A GREAT HAILSTORM.” (Rev 11:19)
7th Vial
“Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. AND GREAT HAIL FROM HEAVEN FELL UPON MEN, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. MEN BLASPHEMED GOD BECAUSE OF THE PLAGUE OF THE HAIL, since that plague was exceedingly great.” (Rev 16:20-21)
HAIL!! HAIL rains down before the VIALS hit and AFTER the VIALS there is more HAIL! It is a continual process, an on-going refinement. ALL will go through the plagues/wrath of God BEFORE we enter the Temple!
“And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and NO MAN WAS ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE TEMPLE, TILL THE SEVEN PLAGUES OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WERE FULFILLED.” (Rev 15:8)
It is Judgment all over again UNTIL we are perfected! And who cleans up after the HAIL each time? THE LOCUSTS!!
“And the LORD said unto Moses, STRETCH OUT THINE HAND over the land of Egypt FOR THE LOCUSTS, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even ALL THAT THE HAIL HATH LEFT.” (Exodus 10:12-15)
“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that THE LAND WAS DARKENED; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees WHICH THE HAIL HAD LEFT…” (Exodus 10:15)
The “Star” is Apollyon given the keys to life and death – He [Apollyon/Abaddon] is the same Angel who chains Satan himself.
“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, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.” (Rev 9:1-2)
This is the Pit- The Furnace of Affliction… darkness from the smoke of the pit- right here- right now!
“See, I have refined you, though NOT AS SILVER; I HAVE TESTED YOU IN THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION.” (Isaiah 48:10)
JESUS CHRIST
“And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.” (Isaiah 22:22)
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”…’” (Rev 3:7)
“I AM HE WHO LIVES, AND WAS DEAD, AND BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE forevermore. Amen. And I HAVE THE KEYS OF HADES AND OF DEATH.” (Rev 1:18)
They/We out of the bottomless pit…
“THE BEAST that thou sawest was, and is not; and SHALL ASCEND OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, and go into perdition...” (Rev 17:8)
“And HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; and there arose a smoke out of the pit…” (Rev 9:2) “And THERE CAME OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS upon the earth…” (Rev 9:3)
The sting of death…
“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.” (Rev 9:4)
They won’t hurt one another:
“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.” (Rev 9:4)
“…and THEY SHALL NOT BREAK THEIR RANKS…” (Joel 2:7)
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (Luke 10:19)
“…that they should not kill them…” for "DEATH" will be the LAST to go!!
“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.” (Rev 9:5)
“This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift! A thousand will flee at the threat of one; AT THE THREAT OF FIVE YOU WILL ALL FLEE AWAY, till you are left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.’” (Isaiah 30:15-17, NIV)
They are “tormented (lit the refining of metals)” until they are left as “a flagstaff on a mountaintop” or a BULLSEYE! – ripe for the picking.
They seek death…
“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.” (Rev 9:6)
The preparation:
“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.” (Rev 9:7)
“The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.” (Joel 2:4)
“Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.” (Joel 2:5)
“Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.” (Joel 2:6)
“They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and THEY SHALL NOT BREAK THEIR RANKS: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and WHEN THEY FALL UPON THE SWORD, THEY SHALL NOT BE WOUNDED.” (Joel 2:7-8)
“And your spoil shall be gathered LIKE THE GATHERING OF THE CATERPILLER: AS THE RUNNING TO AND FRO OF LOCUSTS shall he run upon them.” (Isaiah 33:4)
“They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.” (Joel 2:9)
“The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the LORD shall UTTER HIS VOICE BEFORE HIS ARMY: FOR HIS CAMP IS VERY GREAT: for HE IS STRONG THAT EXECUTETH HIS WORD: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?” (Joel 2:10-11)
The Female Lion:
“And they had hair as the HAIR OF WOMEN, and their teeth were as the TEETH OF LIONS.” (Rev 9:8)
“For a nation [of locusts] has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number; ITS TEETH ARE LIONS’ TEETH, and it has THE FANGS OF A LIONESS [a female lion]. IT HAS LAID WASTE MY VINE and splintered my fig tree; it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down; THEIR BRANCHES ARE MADE WHITE.” (Joel 1:6-7, ESV)
“Behold, I will make thee A NEW SHARP THRESHING INSTRUMENT HAVING TEETH: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.” (Isaiah 41:15)
“…it has laid waste my vine…” causing “their branches” to become “white.” These [turned ‘white’] will be those coming out of the final judgments [Bowls of Wrath]!
The full armor of God:
“…and having on the breastplate of righteousness…” (Ephesians 6:14)
“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.” (Rev 9:9)
The Sting…
“O death, WHERE IS THY STING? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Cor 15:55)
“THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN; and the strength of sin is the law.” (1 Cor 15:56)
“And they had tails like unto scorpions, and THERE WERE STINGS IN THEIR TAILS: and their power was to hurt men five months.” (Rev 9:10)
The serpents of the 6th Trumpet:
“For THEIR POWER IS IN THEIR MOUTH , AND IN THEIR TAILS: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.” (Rev 9:19)
Abaddon
The world's religious leaders believe there is a “literal bottomless pit” called “hell” where people are scalded (literally burned) for all eternity. They believe “Abaddon” or “Apollyon” IS a demon [or Satan]. How is it that Satan binds Satan for a thousand years?! Ridiculous.
“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.” (Rev 9:11)
“…I saw A STAR fall from heaven unto the earth: and TO HIM WAS GIVEN THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT.” (Rev 9:1)
“And I saw AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT and a great chain in his hand. AND HE LAID HOLD ON the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and SATAN, AND BOUND HIM a thousand years…” (Rev 20:1-2)
There will be a time…
“And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, MY GREAT ARMY which I sent among you.” (Joel 2:24-25)
“One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.” (Rev 9:12)
TRUMPET 6
“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God…” (Rev 9:13)
“Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, LOOSE THE FOUR ANGELS which are BOUND IN THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES.” (Rev 9:14)
“And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for TO SLAY THE THIRD PART OF MEN.” (Rev 9:15)
“The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.” (Rev 9:16, NIV)
More “thousands” meaning a LOT!! It is obviously NOT an exact figure...
"If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him ONE OF A THOUSAND." (Job 9:3) "For every beast of the forest is mine, and THE CATTLE UPON A THOUSAND HILLS." (Psalm 50:10) "...ONE MAN AMONG A THOUSAND have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found." (Ecc 7:28) "…whereon there HANG A THOUSAND BUCKLERS, all shields of mighty men." (Song of Solomon 4:4) "Belshazzar the king made A GREAT FEAST TO A THOUSAND of his lords, AND DRANK WINE BEFORE THE THOUSAND." (Daniel 5:1) "...THOUSAND THOUSANDS MINISTERED UNTO HIM, and TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND STOOD BEFORE HIM..." (Dan 7:10) “…the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS…” (Deu 7:9) “Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which HE COMMANDED TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS…” (1 Chron 16:15) “For A DAY IN THY COURTS IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” (Psalm 84:10) “He remembers His covenant forever, The word which HE COMMANDED, FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS…”(Psalm 105:8) “Yea, THOUGH HE LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS TWICE TOLD, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?” (Ecc 6:6)
“And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” (1 Sam 18:7)
“And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and WHAT CAN HE HAVE MORE BUT THE KINGDOM?” (1 Sam 18:8)
Jesus Christ sits on the Throne of David!
This is HIS ARMY, the ARMY OF LOCUSTS...
“And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having BREASTPLATES OF FIRE, and OF JACINTH, and BRIMSTONE: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS issued fire and smoke and brimstone.” (Rev 9:17)
The FIRE of GOD!
“BY THESE THREE WAS THE THIRD PART OF MEN KILLED, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, WHICH ISSUED OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS.” (Rev 9:18)
“For THEIR POWER IS IN THEIR MOUTH, AND IN THEIR TAILS: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.” (Rev 9:19)
“And THE REST OF THE MEN WHICH WERE NOT KILLED by these plagues yet REPENTED NOT of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” (Rev 9:20-21)
TRUMPET 7...THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST
“But IN THE DAYS WHEN THE SEVENTH ANGEL IS ABOUT TO SOUND HIS TRUMPET, THE MYSTERY OF GOD WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.” (Rev 10:7)
HOPE for ALL the DEAD!!
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thess 4:16-17)
"...and the DEAD IN CHRIST shall rise FIRST..." - spiritual, die to self; live to Christ - this is the FIRST RESURRECTION
"...THEN we which are alive and remain..."
“(The rest of the dead do not live until the thousand years should be finished.) This is the former resurrection.” (Rev 20:5, CLT)
“…This is the first resurrection.” (Rev 20:5, KJV)
ALL will be SAVED!
“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (1 Thess 4:18)
“For as in Adam all die [THAT’S EVERYONE!], even so in Christ shall all be made alive [THAT’S EVERYONE!]. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming [1st Resurrection]. Then cometh the end [THAT’S THE REST!], when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father…” (1 Cor 15:22-24)
“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power…” (Rev 20:6)
“knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture at all is becoming its own explanation.” (2 Peter 1:20, CLT)
“…In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” (2 Cor 13:1)
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 11:15)
“…He shall be reigning for the eons of the eons! Amen!" (Rev 11:15, CLT)
“…he shall reign to the ages of the ages!” (Rev 11:15, YLT)
“For he must reign UNTIL he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” (1 Cor 15:25-26)
“And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.” (Rev 11:16-17)
“And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and THE TIME OF THE DEAD, THAT THEY SHOULD BE JUDGED, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.” (Rev 11:18)
“And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and THERE WERE LIGHTNINGS, AND VOICES, AND THUNDERINGS, AND AN EARTHQUAKE, AND GREAT HAIL.” (Rev 11:19)
At the sounding of this Trumpet, the 7th, the LAST TRUMP, the “dead” shall be raised!
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” (1 Cor 15:51-52)
NOT all at ONE time...
“But every man IN HIS OWN ORDER…” (1 Cor 15:23)
NEW JERUSALEM…
“And they shall bring THE GLORY AND THE HONOR OF THE NATIONS into it.” (Rev 21:26)
“‘And they will bring ALL YOUR PEOPLE, FROM ALL THE NATIONS, to MY HOLY MOUNTAIN IN JERUSALEM as an offering to the LORD—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,’ says the LORD. ‘They will bring them, AS THE ISRAELITES BRING THEIR GRAIN OFFERINGS, to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels.’” (Isaiah 66:20)
“‘FROM ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER and FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER, ALL MANKIND WILL COME and bow down before me,’ says the LORD.” (Isaiah 66:23)
ALL of US [EVERYONE] will be changed! - NOT at the same time. This is spiritual. New Jerusalem - The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.
“Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, ‘The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, “See here!” or “See there!” FOR INDEED, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU.’” (Luke 17:20-21)
The Temple of God is within you!
"Know ye not that YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, and that THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU?" (I Cor. 3:16)
The Seventh Trumpet occurs for every person, individually, each IN HIS OWN ORDER. This is a spiritual journey and “flesh and blood” will NOT enter the Kingdom of God…
“And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.” (1 Cor 15:49-50)
