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| REVELATION God Keeps His Promises! THE GRAND PLAN IN MORE DETAIL The 7th Seal includes Seven Trumpets And the 7th Trumpet includes Seven Thunders and Seven Plagues from Seven Vials of Wrath SEVEN TRUMPETS WITHIN SEVEN SEALS ~ OLD TESTAMENT ERA Chapter Eight God Always Has and Always Will Punish Those Who Hurt His People In Old Testament Era |
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| 8:1������������������ Hour refers to a time or season (John 2:4 "My hour has not yet come") or all the time (I Corinthians 15:30) "we endanger ourselves every hour").� Half refers to part or in the middle of something (see chart on symbolism of numbers). | ||||||||||||||||||
| The word "silence" in Greek is "sige" and means to command silence by making a loud warning sound (the trumpets?), a kind of being dumbfounded.� a related Greek word is "sigao" which means to be kept in silence, and sometimes concealed (Romans 16:25 "revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past"). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indeed, the plan of salvation was something which the prophets wrote about but which even the ______________ longed to look into (I Peter 1:12).� The "Mystery" Chart demonstrates this mystery.� It was hidden for half the time to both men and angels until Jesus came.� Now, here in the account in Revelation, the "Mystery" is about to be revealed. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8:4������������������ Instead of offering real incense, the ______________________ of the saints (Christians) are our incense of worship. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Look at Luke 1:8-10.� Is it generally noisy or quiet when incense is offered to God?� ______________________ | ||||||||||||||||||
| TRUMPETS represent announcements of alarm and victory (Judges 3:27-28 for example, and I Corinthians 14:8). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8:7������������������ SEAL 7, TRUMPET #1 (A reminder in Jewish history when hail, fire, blood, vegetation burned): | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 1450 EGYPT WAS PUNISHED FOR ENSLAVING JEWS:� The 7th plague brought on Egypt to force them to let the Israelites/Jews go from their slavery was __________________, ____________________, and _____________________ (Exodus 9:23).� the first and last plagues were turned the Nile into (Exodus 7:17) _______________. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BUT blood saved the Jews when they did what (Exodus 12:22-23)?� ________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 8:8-9��������������� SEAL 7, TRUMPET #2 (A reminder in Jewish history when a mountain ablaze was thrown into a bloody sea, and sea beings destroyed) | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 1450 EGYPT WAS PUNISHED FOR ENSLAVING JEWS:� When the pursuing Egyptian army entered the Red Sea, they all _____________________ (Exodus 13:9, 28). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 612 ASSYRIA WAS PUNISHED FOR ENSLAVING ISRAEL:� The great capitol city of Ninevah was in an overwhelming _______________ (Nahum 1:8), the ______________ gates were thrown open (Nahum 2:6), and the city became like a _________________ (Nahum 2:8). | ||||||||||||||||||
| BC 530 BABYLON WAS PUNISHED FOR DESTROYING JERUSALEM:� God called Babylon the "destroying ___________________" (Jeremiah 51:25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BUT a fiery mountain brought the Jews a new kingdom (Exodus 19:18) for there God gave the Ten ______________________________ (Exodus 20:3-17). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8:10-11����������� SEAL 7, TRUMPET #3 (A reminder when a star fell from the sky and turned the waters bitter) | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 530 BABYLON WAS PUNISHED FOR DESTROYING JERUSALEM: ��The kingdom of Babylon was compared to Satan (Isaiah 13:1; 14:12) when he said the morning ______________ had fallen from ________________________. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 332 TYRE WAS PUNISHED FOR LOOTING JERUSALEM WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED.� The king of Tyre in Lebanon was compared to Satan (Ezekiel 28:14-17) who God threw down to the ___________.� (Jesus considered Tyre and Sidon very evil cities ~ Luke 10:13-14). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BUT Jesus became our bright and morning _______________ (Revelation 22:16) which came down from heaven, and then rose back to heaven. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8:12���������������� SEAL 7, TRUMPET #4 (A reminder in Jewish history when the sun, moon, and stars darkened). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 332 EGYPT WAS PUNISHED FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ISRAEL IN WAR: ��God darkened their ______________, and covered the _____________ and the moon did not give its _____________ (Ezekiel 32:2). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� TYRE AND SIDON PUNISHED FOR SELLING JEWS TO GREEKS AS SLAVES:� The sun and moon were ________________ and the stars no longer ________________ (Joel 3:4-6, 15). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BUT when all was dark on the hill of Calvary where Jesus was being crucified (Matthew 27:45), mankind was saved from our sins. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chapter Nine Temporary Fall and Return of Israel |
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| 9:1������������������ SEAL 7, TRUMPET #5 (A reminder in Jewish history of when locusts were given power to torture five [half] months [half the time ~ 10 ~ temporarily]) | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� What two beings are both identified as a star falling to earth?� (See Isaiah 14:4, 12; Luke 10:18)?� _____________________________________________________ and ___________________. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� Who had the key to the Abyss?� __________________________� Who dwells in the Abyss (Luke 8:27, 31)?� ________________________� Who now has the key (Revelation 1:18; 3:7)? ___________________ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:3-4��������������� BC 835 ISRAEL PUNISHED FOR WORSHIPING IDOLS:� Locusts destroyed hypocritical Israel during the days of Joel (Joel 1 - 2:5) because of worshiping idols, and they were called on to do what (Joel 2:12)? ____ _____________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:5������������������ Months, when used figuratively in the Bible, refers to a lifetime (Job 14:5; 21:21).� This verse in Revelation refers, then, to punishing the Israelites temporarily; half (5) way through destroying them for all (10) time, their punishment would stop.� (See Chart on Symbol of Numbers) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:7-9��������������� Attacking locusts were referred to by the Prophet Joel when he predicted the Babylonian captivity.� He said, "Locusts" (Joel 1:4) have the appearance of horses like a mighty __________________ (Joel 2:4-5) and teeth of a __________________ (Joel 1:6). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BUT Jesus, the Lion of Judah (Revelation 5:5), leads an army dressed in white to rescue the godly (Revelation 19:11-16). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:13���������������� SEAL 7, TRUMPET #6 - RELEASE FROM BABYLON:� (A reminder from Jewish history that during the time of the Law of Moses, the horns on the golden altar were sprinkled with redeeming blood of the Lamb (Exodus 30:3, 10).� The God of redemption now speaks. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:14���������������� The angels had been held back at the River ___________________.� But now it is time to release the Jews. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 530 BABYLON EMPIRE FELL TO PERSIA:� What was predicted 200 years earlier would happen to Babylon by that river (Jeremiah 51:63-64)?� _____________________ | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 330 PERSIAN EMPIRE FELL TO GREECE | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BC 100 GRECIAN EMPIRE FELL TO ROME | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� (A reminder from Jewish history)� Daniel had predicted the fall of these nations about BC 550 in Daniel 8:20-21.� During the reign of the last empire, Rome would fight the Prince (King) of _______________ and destroy it. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� BUT the Tree of Life was in the Garden of Eden by the _________________ River (Genesis 2:14), and now is waiting for us where (Revelation 22:1,2)? ____________________ | ||||||||||||||||||
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