The braking of the seven seals; the sounding of the Seven Trumpets the third Woe
The sounding of the seventh Trumpet
Going to change gears here and break this down (segment this) in to events as they are shown.
Revelation 11:15-19
Then the seventh angel sounded;
1. and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”
2. And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
3. And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Revelation 12:1-2
4. A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
Revelation 12:3-4
5. Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
6. And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation 12:5-6
7. And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
8. Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
[[ is interesting that the same amount of time that has been given the nations that will tread underfoot the outer court of the temple of GOD; forty-two months, 42 months = 3 ½ years. Revelation 11:2
And that the two witnesses will be prophesying for twelve hundred and sixty days, 1,260 days = 3 ½ years. Revelation 11:3
one thousand two hundred and sixty days = 3 ½ years Revelation 12:6
and in Revelation 13:5 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. 42 months = 3 ½ years. ]]
Revelation 12:7-12
9. And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
10. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
11. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God, day and night.
12. “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”
Revelation 12:13-17
13. “And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
14. But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
15. And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
16. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.
17. So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.”
[[ So, we have two signs appearing in heaven;
The woman and the Dragon (satan)
She gives birth; toa son who is rule all nations with a rod of iron,
And He is caught up to GOD to His throne
Then the woman flees into the wilderness, to a place prepared by GOD to be taken care of for 1,260 days
Then Michael and his angels wage war with the dragon (satan) and his angels
And they were removed from heaven;
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Here is an important part;
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. "Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”
When the dragon (satan) sees he has been thrown down to earth he the dragon (satan) tries to destroy the woman who had appeared and given birth to a son and the earth saves her, he (satan) was enraged with the woman, and goes and makes war with the rest of her children, (those who keep the commandments of GOD and hold to the testimony of Jesus.) ]]
Revelation 13 and 14
The dragon (satan) stands on the seashore, and a beast comes up out of the sea and the dragon (satan) gives him (the beast) his power and his throne and great authority.
And the whole world is amazed with him and followed after him (the beast).
They worship the beast (satan) and they worship the beast because they think he is strong and mighty.
Revelation 13:5-6 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him.
And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.
Revelation 13:7-8
It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
Revelation 13:9-10
If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.
{{ Life, If in your life time the Holy Spirit has been drawing you close, tugging on your heart to except Christ as your Lord and savior, then your name is written in the book, the choice is yours whether you except the gift of love from Christ or not. If you reject Christ, He will reject you, if you deny Christ before men Christ will deny you to His Father
Psalms 9:4-5
For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
You have rebuked the nations,
You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
(The wicked = those who do not follow Christ)
It is your choice if you are going to follow after Jesus Christ or not.
The Lord wishes that non would be lost,,, but that is each ones choice, to be saved, to have your name written in the book of life or not, is totally up to you, do you fell the tug on your heart to except Him, to follow after Him and His ways?
If so then your name is written in His book, if you do not except Him then your name will be erased from the book
Revelation 3:5
“He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
Matthew 10:33
“But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 16:24
"Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."
Mark 8:34
"And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."
Luke 9:23
"And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
It is our choice if we will choose to follow after Christ and His teachings or not. }}
Revelation 13:11
"Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon.
He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.
And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
[[ the image of the beast is given the ability to even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Jesus said be faithful unto death, for He will always be with you.
There is no need to fear death from the beast or the image of the beast, if you are dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ, for all the beast or the image of the beast can kill is your body.
Your spirit is in the hand of Jesus He is your salvation, your redeemer, your provider and your protection. He is the protector of your sole.
“To live is Christ and to die is gain”
The image of the beast will causes all mankind to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and no one will be able to buy or to sell, except those who has the mark.
The thoughts I have had about this:
The culling of the ones who say “I am a Christian” but yet do not have their faith planted in the Lord Jesus Christ, and fear sets in because they will be more concerned that they wont be able to purchase food, clothing or shelter. And because of their fear will surrender their lives to the beast. Not trusting Christ, not taking Him at His word, trusting instead the world, the beast.
Jesus told us in Matthew 6: 24-34
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth. For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?
You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
We are told Do not worry about your life.
To not worry about what you will eat or wear.
And as you know or should know you can not add a single hour to your life by worrying about these things.
Jesus reassures us that Father God knows we have needs of such things, and that if we first seek His righteousness all these thing will be provided for us.
We are not to worry about what man or the beast might or will take from us, as followers of Christ, putting our faith in Him and Him alone, not the world today or the beast or image of the beast tomorrow but rather we should ne concerned about our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and should be growing our faith in Him for when the day of the beast and the image of the beast come we need to be standing strong in faith, and that faith firmly planted in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Like the Holy Spirit keeps reminding me
“It is your choice, no one can make it for you.”
Honestly take some time and think about it where is your faith setting, in Christ or in the world.
You can not serve two masters. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
You cannot serve God and worldly things.
You cannot serve God and worldly people.
You cannot serve God and the beast.
You cannot serve God and the image of the beast.
Aging it is your choice as to whom you will serve, as it is your choice as to who or what you will put your faith in, it is yours and no one else’s choice or fault where you spend eternity, that will only be determined by your choices the ones your make
Think about it
ill leave you along and give you a few days to go back over this, if you are a Christian a follower of Christ ask the Holy Spirit to guide and teach you, to draw you closer to the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you are not a believer if your faith is not in Christ, He stands at the door of your heart and is knocking, open up to Him ask Him in to your life your heart, repent of your sins turn your back on them, seek the Kingdome of GOD, ask to be forgiven and surrender to Christ. If you do so the Lord Jesus Christ will ask His Father / Father GOD in Heave, to send to you His Holy Spirit, to dwell in you to be your teacher,
if you do this then listen for His still small voice and obey.
The choice is your will you repent, except Jesuses forgiveness and then seek His righteousness?
Or
will you fear man, the beast, the image of the beast?
And live in fear and spend eternity in hell?
That choice is yours
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