chapter x11 God’s Wrath Begins

Chapter 8

The Rapture marks the time God’s wrath begins, with an earthquake and sound of Trumpets. The 1st beast has 3 1/2 years (Rev 13:5).

Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy (Jesus the Christ). This is the 70th Week of Daniel. Seven years are appointed.

(We will skip Rev 8:1 for the moment, start with 8:2)

Rev 8:2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

6th church
1st beast
6th seal, Rev 6:12
6th church age (Rev 3: 7)
1st Beast, 2nd Beast in charge of battle
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)

Rev 8:3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Rev 5:8; 8:3,4;

The prayers of all the saints are presented before the throne as incense.

Rev 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. Rev 5:8

Rev 8:5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. Rev 6:12; 8:5,12; 11:13,19; 16:18; Isa 2:19,21; 13:13; 24:23; 29:6;; Dan 8:10; Eze 10:2; 38:20,22; Haggai 2:6-7,21-22; Matt 24:29; Heb 12:25-29;

1st beast
6th Church age (Rev 3:7)
6th Seal, The Rapture (Rev 4:1; 6:12)

Isa 2:19,21; And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Isa 13:13; Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Isa 24:23; Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Isa 29:6; Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Dan 8:10; And it waxed great, [even] to the host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

Eze 10:2; The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Eze 38:20,22; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

Haggai 2:6,7, 21,22; For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land]; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Matt 24:29; Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Heb 12:25-29; See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God [is] a consuming fire.

**Rev 8:6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. Rev 6:8; 8:6; 13:18; Jer 30:7

1st Beast
6th Church age (Rev 3:7)
6th Seal, The Rapture (Rev 4:1; 6:12)

Jer 30:7 Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. Malachi 4:1;

1st beast
6th Church age (Rev 3:7)
6th Seal, The Rapture over (Rev 4:1; 6:12)
*1st Trumpet Rev 8:7
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)
*Perhaps this trumpet is the trump for the Rapture, also. The seven years begin. Babylon headed for destruction. 7th Church Age Ends Rev 3:20; or may be the 7 years of the wrath of God is the 7th Church Age.

Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Rev 8:8 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.

1st beast
6th Church age (Rev 3:7)
6th Seal, The Rapture (Rev 4:1; 6:12)
*2nd Trumpet Rev 8:8
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses

Rev 8:9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

1st beast
6th seal, Rev 6:12
6th church age (Rev 3:7)
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)

Rev 8:10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

*3rd Trumpet Rev 8:10
The 6th seal, Rev 6:12
6th church age (Rev 3:7)
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)

Rev 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. Rev 9:15,18; 11:13,14; Isa 1:9; 10:20; Zech 13:8,9; Rev 8:11; Deut 29:18; Prov 5:4; Jer 9:15; 23:15; Lam 3:15; Amos 5:7;

1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)
3rd Trumpet Rev 8:10
The 6th seal, Rev 6:12
6th church age (Rev 3:7)
Great Star fell from heaven on 1/3 rivers and water
Wormwood – many men died.
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)

Deut 29:18; Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Prov 5:4; But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword.

Jer 9:15;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.

Jer 23:15; 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

Lam 3:15; He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

Amos 5:7; Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Rev 8:12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. Isa 13:10; Eze 32:4-8; Joel 2:30-32; 3:15,16; Zech 14:6-7; Haggai 2:6,21; Matt 24:29; Mk 13:24;

4th Trumpet Rev 8:12
1st Beast is the one who comes out of the bottomless pit, Wars against 2 witnesses
Note the 1st Beast is the one going into perdition and the 2nd Beast serves him (17:8,10)
The 6th seal, Rev 6:12
6th church age (Rev 3:7)

Isa 13:10; 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.

Eze 32:7,8; And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

Joel 3:15; The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

Zech 14:6-7; And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.

Haggai 2:6,21; For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];

Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

Mk 13:24; But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Rev 8:13 And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

Chapter 9

The 1st Woe begins when the 1st beast begins his work.

The 5th trumpet sounds, the 1st woe ends, and the 2nd woe begins.

Rev 9:1 THEN the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. (See Rev 1:18; is this the same key?)

1st Beast
5th Trumpet Rev 9:1
1st Woe Rev 9:2
Key to bottomless pit

Rev 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Rev 9:2,11; 11:7; 12:3,9,13; 13:1; 17:3,8; 19:20; 20:3,10; (Isa 13:10; 24:17; Eze 32:7,8; Joel 2:30-32; Zech 12 – 14)

1st Beast
5th Trumpet Rev 9:1
1st Woe Rev 9:2
The Bottomless Pit Opened (sun and air darkened)
Is the 7th church age still operating?

Isa 13:10; 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.

Isa 24:17; Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Joel 2:30-32; And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Rev 9:3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Isa 24:17; Nahum 3:17; Eph 1:12-14;

Locusts That Have Power (Drones)
1st Beast
5th Trumpet Rev 9:1
1st Woe Rev 9:2

Isa 24:17; Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Nahum 3:17; Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].
Eph 1:12-14 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Rev 9:4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. Isa 24:17; Nahum 3:17; Eph 1:12-14;

No Seal of God on Forehead there is No Protection
1st Beast
5th Trumpet Rev 9:1
1st Woe Rev 9:2

Eph 1:12-14 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Rev 9:5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. Isa 24:17; Nahum 3:17;