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Revelation Series - Session #7: The Trumpet Judgments
Download Session #7 Audio, Handout and Study Notes DOWNLOAD 'The Trumpet Judgments' Bible Verse Hand Book to compliment this Session in the Book of Revelation Series, for students that maybe do not have their own Bible VIEW 'The Trumpet Judgments' Bible Verse Hand Book online Session 7 The Trumpet Judgments (Rev. 8-9) A. The seventh seal includes the release of fiery ___________________ on the Antichrist’s empire in conjunction with the prayers of all the saints (8:1-6). The fifth seal (6:9-11) focuses on the prayer of the martyrs in heaven, and the seventh seal points to heavenly help that the prayer movement on earth receives in partnering with Jesus in the release of the trumpet judgments. 1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence
in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who
stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 Then
another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar.
And 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. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of
the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 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. 6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound. B. Silence in heaven: There will be a dreadful yet glorious silence in heaven for half an hour in anticipation of ___________________ as the seven angels prepare to release them (8:1). It is estimated that it took a priest about a half an hour to offer incense in the temple (Lev. 16:13; Lk 1:10, 21). There will also be silence on the earth in light of God’s end-time judgments (Ps. 46:10; Hab. 2:20; Zeph. 1:7; Zech. 2:13). C. An angel will be given much “heavenly” incense to offer with the ________________. This will provide a supernatural strengthening of the end-time prayer movement that results in releasing fire on earth with cosmic disturbances and an earthquake (8:3-5). The prayers of the saints are imperfect because of human weakness (Rom. 8:26). The only thing needed to be “added” to our prayers is the perfect intercession (incense) of Jesus, which may be what is given to the angel. 26…the Spirit helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for… (Rom. 8:26) 34Christ...at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. (Rom. 8:34) D. Prayer of all the saints: The prayers of all the saints are both accumulated from history as well as accelerated in the generation in which the Lord returns. The end-time prayer movement will be the most powerful force on earth as it functions under the leadership of Jesus. E. God’s trumpet and bowl judgments are not released on ________,
but on the Antichrist’s empire. F. As Moses released the plagues on Egypt through prayer, and as the first apostles released God’s power through prayer in the book of Acts, so the praying Church will be involved with Jesus as He releases His judgment on the Antichrist. The miracles of Exodus and Acts will be combined and multiplied on a global level. The Old Testament prophets prophesied that miracles like those seen in Egypt in Moses’ generation would occur in the end-time (Mic. 7:15; cf. Isa. 10:22-25; 11:12-16; 30:30; Jer. 16:14-15; 23:7-8; Ezek. 38:22; Joel 2:30). 15As in the days when you came out of…Egypt,
I will show them wonders. 12The works that I do he will do also; and greater
works than these he will do… G. I see the book of Revelation as being like an end-time ___________
so that the saints worldwide may have a unified prayer focus in
knowing the sequence of God’s judgments on the Antichrist. H. A primary theme in Revelation is ______________ against the Antichrist’s empire. A secondary theme is the ___________________ of the saints (12:12; 13:4, 8). In the Tribulation, the Church need not fear that they will be powerless victims. Rather, they will be operating in power under Jesus’ leadership. Only 12 of the 403 verses (3%) in the book of Revelation refer to persecution. I. Principle of judgment: God’s end-time
judgments are released to ________________. J. Christianity is more about relating to and partnering with Jesus to see God’s glory and kingdom released on the earth and to drive evil off the planet than it is about escaping hell. The Lord wants to release His purposes on earth in context to deep partnership with His beloved people. K. The Lord told Moses to divide the sea rather than waiting for God to do it (Ex. 14:15-16), and He told Moses to speak to the rock to release God’s provision of water from it (Num. 20:7-8). 15The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me?.. 16But
lift up your rod, and stretch out 7 The LORD spoke to Moses, 8 “...speak to the
rock…it will yield its water.” II. THE RELEASE OF THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS (8:6) A. The trumpet judgments have a 3-fold purpose. First, to _______ the Antichrist empire’s spread of evil and persecution by destroying their natural resources. Second, to _______ unbelievers of increased judgment by God and rage from Satan, thus creating an optimum environment for people to get saved. Third, to _____ the saints to pray with unity as they see the trumpets unfold. 6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. (Rev. 8:6) B. The seven trumpets are literal (not symbolic), future
(their fulfillment is still in the future), C. They are supernatural acts of God released against the Antichrist’s empire through nature (first four trumpets) and demons (fifth and sixth trumpets). I do not believe they are to be understood as merely natural acts portrayed in symbolic language. D. The trumpet judgments are “limited” to ______________ as highlighted twelve times (Rev. 8:6-12). In other words, they are warnings of more to come in the seven bowls (16:1-21). The limitation of the trumpets to a partial judgment warns and gives opportunities to repent. E. The first four trumpets punish the Antichrist’s empire
by destroying their ____________ F. In the first four seals, God lifts restraints off humans so
that they destroy one another’s G. In the fifth and sixth seals, the heavens will be opened to release supernatural activity (6:9-11). In the fifth and sixth trumpets, God lifts His restraints off the demonic realm (9:1-21). H. The first five trumpets (8:7-12) parallel the _____________. The first (Rev. 8:7) parallels the seventh plague of hail with fire and blood (Ex. 9:22-26). The second and third (Rev. 8:8-11) parallel the first plague of the Nile turning to blood (Ex. 7:19-25). The fourth (Rev. 8:12) parallels the ninth plague of darkness (Ex. 10:21-23) The fifth (Rev. 9:1-11) parallels the eighth plague of locusts (Ex. 10:12-20). III. THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS: DESTRUCTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES (8:7-12) A. The first four trumpets will destroy the __________ of the Antichrist’s empire (8:6-12), affecting the environment (trees, grass, sea, rivers, sky), food supplies (vegetation, meat, fish), sea trade, water supplies, and both light and heat (sun, moon, stars). Their purpose is to destroy, not kill. B. First trumpet: It will destroy ____________ by burning one-third of the earth’s vegetation (8:7). A supernatural event, like a meteor storm, with hail and fire will burn the earth’s trees and grass. 7 The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. A third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. (Rev. 8:7) C. Second trumpet: It will destroy food supplies and ____________ (8:8-9). A huge burning object like a mountain will fall from heaven turning one-third of the sea into blood and destroying onethird of the sea and ships. Some see this as referring only to the Mediterranean Sea (18:18; Isa. 2:12-16). The second trumpet corresponds to the first plague of Egypt where the rivers became as blood, causing the fish to die and polluting the land (Ex. 7:14-25; Ps. 105:2 9; 78:43-44). 8 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. 9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. (Rev. 8:8-9) D. Third trumpet: It will poison one-third of the earth’s __________________ (8:10-11). A great burning star or meteoric mass will fall from heaven poisoning fresh water (rivers and springs). The saints will be protected as they were during the Egyptian plague on the Nile (Ex. 7:14-25). 10The third angel sounded: And a great star fell…burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11The 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. 8:10-11) E. Fourth trumpet: It will destroy __________ by darkening one-third of the sun, moon and stars (8:12). This supernatural work of God will affect heat, health, agriculture, navigation, etc. Our lack of understanding of how this will occur is not a sufficient reason to see this as symbolic. This trumpet corresponds to the ninth Egyptian plague from which Israel was spared (Ex. 10:23). 12The 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. (Rev. 8:12) 21The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt.” 22…there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days… 23 But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. (Ex. 10:21-23) IV. UNDERSTANDING THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS (REV. 9) A. The fifth and sixth trumpet judgments will release ___________________ on the earth. In one sense, the demons come in response to the worship of their loyal demonized followers (13:8). In the fifth and sixth trumpets, God lifts His restraints off the demonic realm so that their hatred for humans is manifest. The demonic realm beneath the earth is opened, releasing them (9:12-21). B. Demons hate the people who worship them as much as they hate Christians—they hate them all because they were made in God’s image. Satan is a murderer from the beginning (Jn. 8:44). He never changes. His hatred will not be openly seen on earth until the fifth and sixth trumpets. Many will be deluded in thinking that Satan will give them favor for their loyal service to him. C. People will be turned over to Satan to experience the terrors of his hatred in order to give them opportunity to repent before progressing in evil by taking the mark of the Beast, which will be blasphemy. God wants unbelievers to see the truth about Satan, but He will honor the choice of the wicked by turning them over to the sin they love (Rom. 1:24-28). 19Some…whom I delivered to Satan that they may
learn not to blaspheme. 5 Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Cor. 5:5) 24Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies...26For this reason God gave them up to vile passions...exchanging the natural use for what is against nature...28God gave them over to a debased mind… (Rom. 1:24-28). V. FIFTH TRUMPET: TORMENT BY DEMONIC LOCUSTS (9:1-11) A. The fifth trumpet will release an army of ____________________
who will inflict pain on 1 The fifth angel sounded: I saw a star fallen [descended] from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 He opened the bottomless pit…3 out of the smoke locusts came on the earth. To them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth…but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months…like the torment of a scorpion…6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. (Rev. 9:1-6) B. Star fallen: The word for fallen here can be translated as descended. I see this as a good angel descending or coming down from heaven with the key to open the bottomless pit to judge the wicked. The activity of this angel parallels the actions of a good angel with the key to the bottomless pit to bind Satan (20:1). Jesus has all authority in the spiritual realm (1:18; 3:7). C. Opened the pit: Some demons are bound by chains (2 Pet 2:4; Jude 6) being kept or reserved to be instruments of God’s end-time judgment to inflict torment on those who worship the Beast. The bottomless pit or the abyss (Greek) is a temporary prison for fallen angels who will be released in the end times. This passage implies a “huge shaft” extending from the earth’s surface to the depths of the earth where demons are imprisoned. This “shaft” is currently sealed. 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment… (2 Pet. 2:4) D. Seal: the saints receive a seal resulting in them being protected from ______________ (9:4). 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. (Rev. 9:3-4) 19I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy [physical and spiritual], and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Lk. 10:19) E. Men will seek death: The anguish of a scorpion sting will drive people to such despair that they will seek suicide. This refers to the eighth plague—yet without inflicting pain (Ex. 10:12). F. John described this demonic locust army (9:7-11) by comparing
them to horses prepared for battle wearing golden crowns with human
faces. These locusts are _______________, 7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). (Rev. 9:7-11) VI. SIXTH TRUMPET: DEATH BY DEMONIC HORSEMEN (9:12-21) A. In the sixth trumpet, _____________ will be released to lead a demonic cavalry to kill one-third of the human race. In the fifth trumpet, people will seek to die (9:6). Their prayer will then be answered as the demons they worship kill them. This parallels the tenth plague (Ex. 12:29-32). 13The sixth angel sounded: I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels [fallen demonic beings] who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million… 17I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them…out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 18By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed… (Rev. 9:13-18) B. The sixth trumpet will be commissioned by the angel who serves
at the ______________ C. God will commission them to kill one-third of the human race. They are demons prepared for a specific work of judgment in the end times. The four angels give leadership over part of the demonic army of 200 million horsemen. Possibly each commands 50 million demonic horsemen. D. The four primary demonic strongholds in society will be murder, sorcery, immorality, and theft (9:21). There will be more demonized people on earth than any time in history. 20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent… 21They did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or thefts. (Rev. 9:20-21) E. Sin will reach its greatest heights in history. The Antichrist’s empire will be like a “corporate Pharaoh” with hardened hearts. Sin will become ripe (14:18; 17:4; 18:5). The wheat and the tares, or the righteous and the wicked, will mature together at the end of the age (Mt. 13:29-30). People will love sin and the Antichrist and will deeply hate Jesus, the truth, and the saints. 23In the latter time…when the transgressors have
reached their fullness… F. Many in the nations will become very “spiritual” following right after a season of being very secular. Perversion will escalate, being dynamically connected to the spirit realm. Immorality will be more than sexual hedonism; rather it will express demon worship with a dark spiritually. VII. QUESTIONS FOR SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSION 1. Identify one point that inspired or challenged you. Why? What will you do differently to apply it? 2. Identify one point that you want to impart to a younger believer. Why? How will you approach this? 3. Identify one point that you would like to gain more understanding of. How will you seek to gain it?
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