“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver…
- for the calling of the assembly,
- and for the journeying of the camps
- if ye go to war…then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.” (Numbers 10)
“Now all these…examples…are written for our admonition [we Gentile followers of Messiah / Christ who are grafted in to Israel]: upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” (I Corinthians 10:11-12)
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.” (Revelation 8)
Once the last seal is loosed, the scroll falls open and the words of the book are no longer hidden. The time of the end is now. If there was “coming to pass” with the seals being lifted and replaced and another chance given. Once these words are spoken into existence there is no turning back, only The End.
It seems the multitude of reveling beings in heaven are rendered speechless at the discovery of the horrors to come. And that the Lamb is reluctant to speak into action those horrors.
“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.
These were brought to our attention earlier:
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And…it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season” (Revelation 6:9-11)
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
And now God answers their prayers.
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.”
“I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.” (Revelation 8)
“be strong in the grace [given to be strong, not to be pampered] that is in Christ Jesus….Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of YHVH’s Anointed Savior.” (II Timothy 2:1-3)
A version of Christianity that promises a good life for being a good person in this life has completely missed the point. This life is hard. It is a temporary opportunity to identify with the Creator God’s Redeemer Savior and train for service in an eternal kingdom we can’t begin to imagine.
“If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable…For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all [opposing and non-aligned] rule and all authority and power.” (I Corinthians 15:19-25)
Cast not away therefore your confidence / faith, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.” (Hebrews 10)
There is a long time delay between “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake” and receiving the reward “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:10) True believers in the Savior of the Bible keep the faith of the Bible. They aren’t intimidated into falling away to the enemy, and are not thrown off balance, unlike nominal Christians making alliances with politicians.
God announces his impending attack with trumpet calls for his people to join him in battle – “To me! To me!”
The goal in this battle is to survive everlasting death. Mortal death is just a flesh wound!
Don’t invent your own story. The battle of Jericho, a stronghold of pure evil, provides the battle plan. God’s servants blow trumpets for 6 days / eras without taking action.
We can parallel the events at the last battle to reclaim the land promised to God’s people with the same battle plan Yeshua used to lead his people in the first battle to recover the Promised Land. Although these are not documented in the book of Joshua, they are well known features of siege warfare.
The Canaanites lining the walls of Jericho would have stockpiled stones, arrows, garbage, excrement, putrid dead bodies of animals and people, boiling oil, fire and anything else that could cause damage to hurl at the attackers. They would have shouted insults, imprecations, curses and dares at them as well as enticed them to come over to the apparent safe side. Any other besieging army would be calling for a parley, spreading propaganda, building war machines, cutting down the surrounding orchards.
“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel…And YHVH said unto Joshua / Yeshua / YHVH’s Savior, See, I have given it into thine hand…And it came to pass…that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark…
So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came [back] into the camp…so they did six days.
Remember the purpose of the trumpet calls – to gather God’s people together! God gives his people time and opportunity to witness of his power and salvation, and to bring as many to his side as possible before he is forced to destroy them.
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (II Peter 3:9)
Is not saving others at the last minute worth enduring hardship? Do you think Rahab is honored in the Bible for just one act of faith? Can’t you see her circling the edge of the Hebrew rereward calling out to her people “Look at me! It’s safe here! Everything we heard about their god YHVH is true – he IS merciful!”
And what a witness she made! She was a whore! EVERYBODY knew her either personally or through her sordid reputation. Some Canaanites would have listened to her, and would have fallen away out of cursed Jericho and the surrounding countryside to voluntarily join the Hebrew nation.
As you read the following events notice that, in contrast to the statement that the angel with the censor cast fire into the earth, there is no statement that anyone in heaven causes the actions following each of the trumpet blasts. Instead, “there followed”…
- Action! The seven angels which have the seven trumpets sound their battle calls in turn. But they only announce the coming battle. God’s forces do not yet engage.
- Reaction: Satan’s response to each trumpet call to war.
- hail and fire mingled with blood, were cast upon the earth [clearly from above the earth]: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
- a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died;
- a great star from heaven fell upon the third part of the rivers…became wormwood…and many men died
- 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.
- a star fall from heaven unto the earth: 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 [yet more] by reason of the smoke of the pit.And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth…And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
- And the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates…were loosed…to slay the third part of men…out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed (Revelation 8-9)
- Action! I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven…he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth [in triumph to the prey]:
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices….and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. [The response is not going to happen.] And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.(Revelation 10) - Reaction: I stood upon the sand [boundary] of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea…And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world…worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?…And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God…And it was given unto him to make war with the saints…And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13)
- Action! And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth…If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand…shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
- And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night…
- Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth…that they may rest…(Revelation 14:6-13)
Another motif present throughout Revelation clarifying who is behind apparently repetitive actions is the flow of energy.
“if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee…neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee…be not snared by following them…enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods?…their gods shall be a snare unto you…The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.”
Only YHVH the Infinite Singularity can draw energy from an unlimited supply. The Adversary loses energy every time he acts and has to replenish his stores from life energy in the blood.
We are experiencing a massive amount life being sacrificed – not ritually as in the past, but sacrificed nonetheless, by humans, in exchange for short-term material benefits.
We’ve lost 60% of wildlife in less than 50 years
Are humans really the beneficiaries?
At some point, the Adversary is so destructive that he runs out of energy sources.
“then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:” (Matthew 24:21-22)
And it came to pass on the seventh day…the people shouted…with a great shout…the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.” (Joshua 6)
“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. (Revelation 11)…
And from here on out there is no chance for the Adversary to react.
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs…
“And the LORD said unto Cain…What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” (Genesis 4:9-10)
“For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” (Isaiah 26:21)
“that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.” (Matthew 23:35)
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.(Revelation 14:14-20, 16:1)
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and 1) in his hand a sharp sickle…And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped…
of the souls and transformed immortal bodies of God’s saints.
” For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our LORD Jesus Christ,” (I Thessalonians 5:9)
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs…
“And the LORD said unto Cain…What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” (Genesis 4:9-10)
“For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” (Isaiah 26:21)
“that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.” (Matthew 23:35)
YHVH is the Singularity, remember?
Every force that the Adversary has thrown at him, including and especially the life forces of his saints – get that! – has not been wasted as destruction of mass or turned into chaos.
It has been absorbed back into the Singularity!
True warriors understand when their death has more value than their life, and willingly give it up. This is absolutely true in hyper dimensional battles, when the battle is to rescue others from everlasting death.
Kingdom Come 