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So what happens next?. Where we’ve been. Jesus returns to heaven and promises a helper and tells us to “Be filled with the Holy Spirit” We compared Matthew 24 to Rev 6-7 The first seal – a conqueror goes out to conquer The second seal – conflict abroad The third seal – scarcity and famine
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Where we’ve been • Jesus returns to heaven and promises a helper and tells us to “Be filled with the Holy Spirit” • We compared Matthew 24 to Rev 6-7 • The first seal – a conqueror goes out to conquer • The second seal – conflict abroad • The third seal – scarcity and famine • The fourth seal – ¼ of mankind is killed or dies • The fifth seal – The martyrs wait patiently • The sixth seal – Significant Cosmic events, and then 144K of Israel and the Church are removed
The seventh seal releases the trumpets • The prelude – The censer is thrown to earth • The first trumpet – hail and fire burns 1/3 of the trees and all the green grass • The second trumpet – an on fire mountain turns the sea to blood. 1/3 of the sea, and a 1/3 of all the ships are destroyed • The third trumpet – a star crashes to earth turning 1/3 the rivers and springs of water bitter
More Trumpet Judgments • The fourth trumpet – a third of the sun, moon and stars go dark • The fifth trumpet – the bottomless pit is opened by Apollyon – freaky locusts torment those without the seal of God on their forehead • The sixth trumpet – 200,000,000 horseman led by 4 angels and another 1/3 of mankind is destroyed (and they still did not repent)
Let’s take a break • The Judgments of God are serious and frightening • The warnings are all focused on one goal, mankind should repent and honor the authority of Jesus • Most of the book of Revelations acts as a very sober reminder of how serious living for Jesus is
Back to the beginning • Jesus says that you will need a Helper and that you should be filled by the Holy Spirit • He also tells his disciples the first steps of the End Times, but only to Rev 7 – why?