See the series here
Bible students might recognize the correlations,
Between the 6th seal and Ezekiel 38.
This helps to track events of the great tribulation,
And know the trumpets judgments are next on Heaven’s plate. 1
After destroying Gog and Magog armies in Israel,
The Lord will pare down satan’s kingdom’s subjects and resources,
Thus making life anywhere on Earth increasingly dismal.
‘I’ll make people more rare than fine gold!’ That’s what He promises. 2
With emphasis on destroying ‘a third’ of X, Y and Z,
The Lord and His army will garner global attention.
As more people ‘get wind of’ His Gog and Magog victory,
Armies of the world will plan their ‘counter-coup’ intention.
His initial focus on ‘a third’ of X, Y and Z,
May send and unspoken signal to all devils around,
The third of angels who joined Lucifer’s insurgency!
‘Your time’s now shorter-than-short! In the pit, you’ll soon be bound!’ 3
In this manner, The Lord will achieve His global dominion,
A prerequisite for His Millennial Reign, and saints’ assignments.
But how long might this take after ending the first invasion?!
That’s based on whether all judgments will be
sequential or concurrent! 4
Because the vision was given to John sequentially,
We might presume that is how all the judgments will unfold.
Hey, cascading impacts of 14 judgments, globally,
Could mean quickly crossing The Millennial Reign’s threshold!!
Trumpet Judgments (Revelation 8 and 9)
#1 A third of the trees and all green grass are burned up
#2 A third of the seas become blood, killing a third of the sea
creatures, and destroying a third of the ships
#3 A falling star embitters a third of the rivers and the spring
waters, killing many
#4 A third of the sun moon and stars are darkened, and a third
of the day and night do not shine
#5 Horse-shaped locusts with human-like faces, teeth like
lions, and scorpion-like tails and stingers, torment people
5-months, causing them to seek, but not find death
#6 A massive, great army kills a third of remaining people
#7 With lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake,
and great hail, an angel declares The Lord’s victory.
The ark of the covenant is revealed in Heaven’s temple.
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1 See: Part 1 and also: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel. Also, compare Matthew 24:29 with Revelation 6:12-17. There appears to be no other section of Revelation that correlates so closely with this verse in Matthew, especially regarding cosmic events. With this insight, I conclude Jesus will end the 1st War of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38 and Zechariah 14:12), involving 5 desperate, hungry armies, then He will proceed to gain global dominion via the succeeding trumpets and bowls judgments, and concluding in the global Armageddon War. Undoubtedly, these are two, unique wars with two unique purposes! (The 2nd War of Gog and Magog will be at the end of the short post-Millennial Reign age. It will signal the end of human history on this current version of Earth. See: Revelation 20:7-10.)
2 See: Isaiah 13:12
3 See: Revelation 20:1-3
4 Historically, we know judgments promised in Ezekiel 14:12-23 have never been sequential. Moreover, these four judgment henchmen are steadily at work all across the world TODAY, all in response to the unbearable sin load Earth is carrying! Given this, I do not perceive any reason to think the trumpets and bowls judgments in Revelation will be sequential. Just because John saw them sequentially in no way signifies they will be thus administered. If you disagree, ponder this: How in the world could The Lord have shared this intensive and extensive vision to John …concurrently?!?! Of course, no mortal on Earth knows the answer to this point.
