Revelation 8:6
King James Version
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound.
Only JESUS is worthy of opening the SEVEN seals.
And when these are opened, seven angels will be given seven trumpets.
The Bible tells us about this future event:
Revelation 8:1-5
King James Version
8 And when he had opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven
about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God;
and to them were given seven trumpets.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer;
and there was given unto him much incense,
that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5 And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth:
and there were voices, and thunderings,
and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Imagine the silence of half an hour.
Imagine the seven angels preparing to sound.
Imagine the sounds, lightnings, and earthquake.
Here's what will happen when each trumpet sounds.
The FIRST trumpet:
Revelation 8:7
King James Version
7 The first angel sounded,
and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood,
and they were cast upon the earth:
and the third part of trees was burnt up,
and all green grass was burnt up.
The SECOND trumpet:
Revelation 8:8-9
King James Version
8 And the second angel sounded,
and as it were a great mountain burning with fire
was cast into the sea:
and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures
which were in the sea, and had life, died;
and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
The THIRD trumpet:
Revelation 8:10-11
King James Version
10 And the third angel sounded,
and there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp,
and it fell upon the third part of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:
and the third part of the waters became wormwood;
and many men died of the waters,
because they were made bitter.
The FOURTH trumpet:
Revelation 8:12-13
King James Version
12 And the fourth angel sounded,
and the third part of the sun was smitten,
and the third part of the moon,
and the third part of the stars;
so as the third part of them was darkened,
and the day shone not for a third part of it,
and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel
flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice,
Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth
by reason of the other voices of the trumpet
of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
The FIFTH trumpet:
Revelation 9:1-12
King James Version
9 And the fifth angel sounded,
and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth:
and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit;
and there arose a smoke out of the pit,
as the smoke of a great furnace;
and the sun and the air were darkened
by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth:
and unto them was given power,
as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them
that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
neither any green thing, neither any tree;
but only those men which have not the seal of God
in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them,
but that they should be tormented five months:
and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion,
when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death,
and shall not find it;
and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
prepared unto battle;
and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold,
and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women,
and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates,
as it were breastplates of iron;
and the sound of their wings
was as the sound of chariots
of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions,
and there were stings in their tails:
and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them,
which is the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon,
but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold,
there come two woes more hereafter.
The SIXTH trumpet:
Revelation 9:13-21
King James Version
13 And the sixth angel sounded,
and I heard a voice from the four horns
of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,
Loose the four angels which are bound
in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed,
which were prepared for an hour, and a day,
and a month, and a year,
for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen
were two hundred thousand thousand:
and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision,
and them that sat on them, having breastplates
of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone:
and the heads of the horses
were as the heads of lions;
and out of their mouths issued
fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,
by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone,
which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth,
and in their tails:
for their tails were like unto serpents,
and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men
which were not killed by these plagues
yet repented not of the works of their hands,
that they should not worship devils,
and idols of gold, and silver, and brass,
and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders,
nor of their sorceries,
nor of their fornication,
nor of their thefts.
The SEVENTH trumpet:
Revelation 11:15
King James Version
15 And the seventh angel sounded;
and there were great voices in heaven, saying,
The kingdoms of this world
are become the kingdoms of our Lord,
and of his Christ;
and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Knowing all these, why wouldn't you want to be part of the Rapture?
Why be part of the terrible Tribulation?
Turn to GOD now.
JESUS tells us how:
Mark 1:15
King James Version
15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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