The 7 Trumpets of Revelation - God's Great Trump
The 7 Trumpets, spoken of in the New Testament texts of Revelation 8:2-11:19, perhaps more than any other section in the whole of the scriptures (KJB), with the possible exception of the passage of Daniel 10:1-12:13 in the Old Testament, are some of the most intriguing, difficult, mysterious and complex images and statements ever to be read. The Revelation itself often relies upon the Old Testament texts (and sometimes the New Testament), events, typologies, symbols and even peoples for nearly every single verse and word, and the section that encompasses the 7 Trumpets is no less full of such depths drawn therefrom, but even more so as it is like a beautifully woven tapestry hung up for every eye to wonder at, that has thousands of tiny inter-connecting strands portraying a massive harmonious mosaic.
It is often that the little lines are stared at so much until the larger majestic display is lost sight of amidst it all and persons wander in their own self-imposed confusion as to what it all means. Even if one were to grasp at some of the details, and be able to explain their intricacies to others, that was never the reason for its existence and display by its Benefactor. However, if one were to keep the larger picture in mind while tracing those marvelous glinting fibers to their origins and purposes, a whole new profound understanding is gained, and fields of knowledge opened, so that a vast awe washes freely over a person that cannot be uttered by human language. A holy reverential silence that is abounding in the pregnant joy and wonderment that is near to bursting at every seam, as one realizes that they are in the presence of the work of not merely a ‘master’ of a craft, but of the true and unparalleled Originator of the craft itself – which craft is Redemption. Yet, the admiration of such, is near to nothing, as one finally realizes, that the Author Himself stands beside the one gazing at His work, watching intently a work of far greater intensity and infinite passion, the very living work of redemption itself in the one suddenly and shyly looking back at Him. When the revelation comes through ‘that hanging’ placed before all the universe to study, that the life of the one changed to the glory of God, by love, grace, sacrifice and shed blood, is of higher and everlasting value; only tears and a falling to His feet can then express such unnamed emotion. The ‘hanging’ is then rightly understood in its true, and really only, purpose.
While people will, of course, have questions as to the minor details, what ought to be asked by the one who ponders the workings of the infinite Mind of love, are those deepfelt pertinent questions which have lasting answers that satisfy the need of the inmost being. So very little few will even bother to make such requisite inquiry for varied reasons. Some, out of fear of what the real answers will hold for them, and others out of a fear of not desiring to make a mistake and be ridiculed, and others out of a worthless sense of ‘towing the line’ of ‘group-think’ and ‘ancestor ide-olatry’ (a portmanteau; or a jealous worshipping and promulgation of other men’s previous thoughts), and yet still others, out of sheer pride for having thought to have mastered a portion of the detail at the corner they have stood staring at for the last 10, 20, 30, 40 or even 50 years. If only that 50th year might be a jubilation of freedom from such insignificant thinking as all that.
What do the texts of Revelation 8:2-11:19 mean?
Does the passage refer to the rise of Abu al Qasim (known to the world as ‘Muhammad’; the so-called ‘praised one’) and the global political-religious system of Islam and its Sharia, along with its vast militant adherents, or to some other events and peoples in history?
Do the texts refer to the Ottoman and Turkish empires, and the cruel crusades of the Catholic church?
Do charging legions of horses and their capable riders amidst dust and smoke-filled battles, stemming from the invention of muskets, make an appearance in the texts, or do they not?
What of the time prophecy of the “five months”? Do they refer to a period of some specific 150 years using the day-year principle of Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6? Do those words require, or even have the context for, using such means?
What about the phrase, “prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year” as found in Revelation 9:15? Does this sentence mean ‘391 years and 15 days’ using the same principle as just mentioned, or to something much more meaningful in its contextual setting?
Will giant mutant locusts and amalgamated behemoth scorpions suddenly burst forth from the ground of the earth at some future date identified by those texts, and harry and harass the general population of the earth?
Will white-haired fire breathing prophets of old be sent down from heaven by God and come and scatter the forces of darkness and hell that have ravaged men, women and children the world over? Will they die in their counter-work to the devil, and be raised back to life and ascend to heaven once more before all the on-looking world?
Are the 7 trumpets all already past? Are they all to yet come in a future succession? Are they historic and still in the process of being fulfilled? Are they to be understood as taking place at all in an historical context, or are they mere metaphors for an internal battle that all mankind faces at some point in their own individual lives?
Why is there a whole chapter in the middle of the 6th Trumpet that is seemingly out of place?
This present written material is designed to consider these things from the primary source of information, namely, the holy scriptures (KJB; King James Bible, English, being translated from the HOT (Hebrew Old Testament) and the GNT TR (Greek New Testament Textus Receptus)) and not from any other source, though other materials will give additional confirmation afterwards. The reason for this is found in the texts of Isa. 8:20; 1 Pet. 4:11 KJB.