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Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet VERSE 7 (NAU) “The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.” The one symbol...

Revelation Chapter 8 One Third of the Trees Burned Up So how do we apply what we have learned to the symbols of the first trumpet? We find that one of the results of the truth being cast into the earth, or being misused to gain power over others resulted in the burning up of a third of the...

Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet As we had briefly outlined in our previous posts the early church had the beginnings of the wrong attitude which eventually led to the oppressive false church state system, composed of the beast and the image. So for that reason we think that the very...

Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet VERSE 7 (NAU) “The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.” The mingling of...

Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet One Third Taken Away = .666 etc. Another reason for the conclusion that this trumpet is showing us something bad, was an interesting observation that was made in regard to the adjective “one third”, that this and the next three trumpets have as a part of...

Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet Having taken a brief look at the first interpretive viewpoint we would now like to examine the second interpretive viewpoint, which interprets the trumpets as showing how the false church was corrupting the truth. VERSE 7 (NAU) “The first sounded, and...

Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet The following briefly reflects the first interpretive viewpoint, which interprets the trumpets as showing the effects of the church messages (truth) on surrounding society VERSE 7 “The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood...

Revelation Chapter 8 The First Trumpet “In most churches (who follow the futurist viewpoint) they view the trumpets as something that is still future. The reason for this is because they are looking at the symbols in too literal a manner thus they can’t imagine how they could have been...

Revelation Chapter 8 In our previous posts we had taken a look at the first Church and its corresponding first seal we should now like to consider also the first trumpet in this series. The First Trumpet An IMPORTANT note before we proceed: It should be understood that the translators did the...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal continued VERSE 1 and 2 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal continued VERSE 1 and 2 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal continued VERSE 1 and 2 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal continued VERSE 1 and 2 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal continued VERSE 1 and 2 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal VERSE 1 and 2 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal The Southern Wisconsin class; (Revelation Notes Southern Wisconsin) who hold to the second view as to the meaning of the horsemen have this to say in regards to the seals: “The seals, as well as the trumpets, are in a pattern of four, two, and one. The...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal As a further support of the first view note the following excerpts taken from Brother Levi Jacobs discourse entitled, “Opening of the Seven Seals. “And I saw, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal VERSE 1 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” The LAMB (Jesus) breaks the First Seal. The breaking of the Seals is representative of revealing the...

Revelation Chapter 6 As was stated in our previous post there are two views held by the brethren as to the meaning of the four horsemen of the apocalypses specifically in regards to the first horse and rider. Here we present the two views and those who support them. The First Seal In support...

Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal “The seals about to be broken by the risen Lord are none other than those affixed to the scroll seen earlier…as held fast, and as kept secret, in the hand of the Almighty One (Rev 5:1). The initial disclosure of the contents of the scroll pertains to what...