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Chapter 32: The Seventh Trumpet
Revelation 10:1-7 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down." Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the Earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, "There will be no more delay! 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." The verses above have been shrouded in mystery for centuries, because immediately after them God changes the subject completely. The rest of chapter ten and part of chapter eleven gives the description of the ministry of the Two Witnesses. They must die before the archangel shouts, and the seventh trumpet sounds, so they can be raised from the dead when the first resurrection takes place. Revelation picks up with the seventh trumpet again after the 1,260 days of their testimony is finished. Revelation 11:15-18 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great; and for destroying those who destroy the Earth." When the seventh angel sounds his trumpet, the mystery of God that was announced to his servants the prophets will occur. The mystery is that when the seventh angel blows his trumpet the "first resurrection" will take place. It is the time for rewarding the prophets and the saints, and everyone who has served the Lord down through the centuries. While the saints are being rewarded in heaven, the Lord will pour out his wrath below and destroy those who are destroying the Earth. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 "Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed." We are the generation for whom the book of Revelation was given. Today we can put together all of the bits and pieces of information that God has given us in the bible and lay them out in order as the spirit of God reveals them to us. The victory over death and the receiving of a new immortal body is also a part of the mystery. The sounding of the seventh trumpet is also a reference to a Jewish festival celebrated every year in the fall called "the feast of the trumpets." |