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Studies in the Apocalypse
First Trumpet
- Rev.8:7
Second Trumpet - Rev.8:8
Third Trumpet
- Rev.8:10
Fourth Trumpet - Rev.8:12
‘Recap’ of historical details so far
Seal period revealed to John: internal events in the Roman
.
world AD 96 - 312
6th Seal - First of three ‘great earthquakes’ when the
government changed from Paganism to ‘Christianity’
When the 7th Seal was opened John sees 7 angels with trumpets
Before the Barbarian nations invaded, they began to threaten
and make inroads into the empire by peaceful means (365 395) - The Angels were ‘preparing to sound’
Why Change the symbol from seal to trumpet?
Unloosing the seals revealed events within the Roman
Empire
The trumpets were blown to summon armies from
without to attack the empire
Jeremiah 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the
trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against
her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat,
Minni, and Ashchenaz;
Gibbon Identifies 4 principle events which brought
about the collapse of the Western Empire.
1. Attack by the Visigoths 395 - First Trumpet
2. Attack by the Vandals 429 - Second Trumpet
3 Attack by the Huns 450 - Third Trumpet
4. Attack by Ostrogoths 476 - Fourth Trumpet
Overview of historic details prophesied in the Apocalypse
AD96
312
1793
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7th Trumpet
7th Seal
Constantine makes
‘Christianity’ the
state religion
6th seal – Ch.6:12:17
Ch.7:1-3 - After 6th seal a
period of calm on earth
3 great
earthquakes
Each results in a
change of Religion
Ch. 8:1-2 - 7 angels with trumpets and
a period of silence in heaven
The period of silence in heaven
relates to a period of calm on earth
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476
452
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Atlas of World History by The
National Geographic Society. p67
“the third part” 8:7 etc
The Western third of the empire fell during the first 4 trumpets
North Africa & the Middle East fell during the 5th trumpet
Asia minor, Greece etc fell during the 6th trumpet
The First Trumpet - Rev.8:7
The Visigoths invade the
Roman Empire
(AD 395-410)
Rev.8:7 “hail and fire mingled with blood,” the third part
of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Psalm 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind
fulfilling his word:
Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong
one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as
a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to
the earth with the hand. (Assyria destroys Israel)
Joel 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a
flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before
them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and
nothing shall escape them. (Babylon destroying Judah)
Sounding the first trumpet
summoned Alaric & the Visigoths
24th August 410. For three days German
hordes have roamed the streets of Rome,
burning and pillaging the greatest city in the
known world. Under their leader, king
Alaric…..
The contemporary writer ‘Claudian’ refered to Alaric and
his armies as “the hail storm”
Areas devastated by the ravages of Alaric and his armies
and the third part of trees (Jud.9:8-15) was burnt up,
and all green grass (Isa.40:6-7) was burnt up.
The siege of Rome by Alaric
October 408 - Rome besieged - dreadful famine ensues
(First time for over 600 years the capital had been attacked)
Inhabitants eat the flesh of those who die
Eventually Alaric accepts an enormous ransom to retreat
Negotiations for peace fail & Alaric returns in 409
In 410 the city falls, the Goths sweep through with great fury
& plundered the city for three days.
Alaric died in 410
Second Trumpet
The Vandals under Gaiseric are
summoned to attack 429 - 464
Rev.8:8 “a great mountain burning with fire was
cast into the sea:”
Jeremiah 51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying
mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth:
and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee
down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt
mountain.
Dan.2:35
Penguin
Atlas of
World
History
Vol. 1
page116
“The fleet of the Vandals dominated the Western Mediterranean,
putting Rome, which depended on grain imports from North Africa,
under pressure” (Page 117)
Rev.8:8 “a great mountain burning with fire was
cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea
became blood”
“He (Genseric) animated his daring vandals to
embrace a mode of warefare which would render
every maritime country accessible to their arms”
(Gibbon – decline & fall vol.3 p.408)
Rome is sacked for the second time
in less than 50 years
Rome June 455 The Vandal army, laden with booty and
taking thousands of captives is leaving Rome. This is the
second attack of the city in 50 years, the first being in 410 at
the hands of the Visigoths. The Vandal king, Gaiseric, took
the city with an army landed by the powerful Vandal fleet.
Now Gaiseric’s fleet is roaming freely throughout the
western Mediterranean, with rich island prizes at its mercy.
(Chronicle page 265)
Third Trumpet
Attila & the Huns are
summoned to attack
3
451 Battle of Chalons,
Attila Defeated
476
452
Atlas of World History by The
National Geographic Society. p67
there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp,
Isa.14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of
the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst
weaken the nations!
Attila (406-453) King of the Huns who invaded the Roman
empire with an army that included Franks, Vandals and
Ostrogoths. He was practically unbeaten in Europe until the
battle of Chalons in 451, when his forces were annihilated by
the son of Theodoric….(World History - Geddes & Grosset)
The empire of Attila was of too ephemeral a nature to be
crucially dangerous; his attack on the west was like the
passing of a transitory meteor, (Cambridge Medieval
History. Vol.1 p. 417)
there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp,
A meteor is a bright streak of light in the sky (a "shooting star" or a
"falling star") produced by the entry of a small meteoroid into the
Earth's atmosphere
But the meteor was not yet exhausted; and Italy had to
feel in 452, what Gaul had experienced in 451. Attila
marched from Pannonia over the Julian Alps: Aqueleia
fell, and the whole province of Venetia was ravaged.
Passing from Venetia into Liguria, the Huns sacked Milan
and Pavia; and the way seemed clear across the Apennines
to Rome. (Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 1 p.417)
…. and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the
fountains of waters;
Rhine
Sein
Loire
Gaul
Milan.
Liguria
Pavia.
Po
Panonia
. Aquileia
Danube
…. and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the
fountains of waters;
Ex 7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take
thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon
their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all
their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may
be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood,
and in vessels of stone.
Figuratively, he made the waters of public and private life bitter
everywhere, with fatal affect to the drinkers. Wormwood was an
appropriate name for the agent of such effects. (R.Roberts – 13
Lectures on the Aposalypse P.66)
Ways in which Attila made life bitter
Rev.8:11 And
the name of the
1. Imposing heavy taxes on the people
star is called
of the Roman empire
Wormwood:
2. His next demand was half the entire
and the third
region of the empire
part of the
waters became 3. When this was refused he laid siege
to, and destroyed many cities - loss of
wormwood;
life was great
and many men
died of the
waters, because Wormwood Gr. Apsinthos = bitterness
they were made
bitter.
Rev.8:11 And Wormwood Gr. Apsinthos = bitterness
the name of the
Lam.3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness,
star is called
he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Wormwood:
and the third
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is
part of the
perished from the LORD:
waters became
19 Remembering mine affliction and my
misery, the wormwood and the gall.
wormwood;
and many men
Apsinthos is the name of a river in the region
died of the
of Illyricum where Attila ruled.
waters, because
they were made
bitter.
First Trumpet - Trees & grass destroyed
Second Trumpet - Burning mountain falls into the sea
Third Trumpet - Rivers & fountains of waters made bitter
Fourth Trumpet
8:12 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.
Attack by the Ostrogoths - 476
GLORIOUS GOTH IS MASTER OF THE WEST.
Italy 510. The Ostrogoths, now the most powerful nation
in western Europe following their annexation of
southeastern Gaul. The move, aimed at containing the
Franks, puts the Ostrogothic king Theodoric, in control of
a kingdom that stretches from Gaul to Illyricum ...
(Chronicle of the World Page 271)
Gaul
Illyricum
Southwest Europe at the
overthrow of the last
western emperor 476
Times Atlas of European History page 50
A Barbarian ruling with
the agreement of the
emperor in the East
3rd Trumpet? The star has
fallen, meteor is burned out
4th Trumpet
2nd Trumpet
Penguin Atlas of world history vol.1 page 116 (526 AD)
395AD
526 AD
8:13 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!
when he shall begin to sound
5th Trumpet = 1st Woe ch.9:1-12
6th Trumpet = 2nd Woe ch.9:13-21
7th Trumpet = 3rd Woe ch.10:7
Gr. “mello” - translated
‘shall’ 25 times,
‘should 20’ times,
‘would’ 9 times,
‘shall begin’ 1
10:7 ... in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh
angel, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the
prophets, should be fulfilled. (RSV & ESV)
See also intro. To7th trumpet (3rd woe) ch.11:13-19
AN OVERVIEW OF THE APOCALYPSE
Ch.7 ↓
* Multitudinous Christ 1:12-18)
*Throne in Heaven (4:1;11) Ch.10
*White robed multitude (7:9-17)
Kingdom established
TRUMPETS Ch.8&9
3
4
(6:1)
Peace
(6:3)
Civil
war
(6:5)
(6:7)
Death
White
horse
Red
horse
Black
horse
Pale
Horse
AD96
180
211
235
Famine
5
INVASIONS ON WEST
6
1
2
(6:9)
Persecution
(6:12)
(8:7)
Goths
invade
(8:8)
Pagans
deposed
Souls
under
altar
303
Earthquake
Hail/
fire
312
395
Burning
mountain
429
3
Vandals
invade
ON EAST
4
5
6
(8:10)
Huns
invade
(8:12)
Political
Eclipse
(9:1)
Star
falls
Sun &
moon
dark
476
Locusts
(1st woe)
450
VIALS Ch.15&16
Judgment on Papal Rome & preparations for 2nd advent
Judgment on Political Rome 312- 1453
INTERNAL EVENTS ( DRAGON PERIOD)
2
* Lamb on Mt. Sion (14:1-7) Marriage of the Lamb (19:7) *
New Jerusalem (21:1-8) *
→ * Angel with cloud & rainbow (10:1-11)
AD
SEALS Ch.6
96 Judgment on Pagan
Rome AD 96-312 Rev.12
1
Ch.14 ↓
7 Kingdom Visions
Saracens
invade
1062
ON HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(16:8)
Royalty
eclipsed
16:12
Demise
of Turks
On
16:17
Armageddon
Euphrates
+ frog
7
Thunder
s
(9:13)
Turks
invade
( 16:2)
French
Rev’n
( 16:3)
(16:4)
Napoleon
British
blockade invades
Euphratean
On
earth
On
sea
On
rivers
On
sun
16:10
Religiou
s / civil
eclipse
On
beast
1793
1794
1795
1805
1809
Angels
loosed
1062
spitits
1827
7th Trumpet (3rd woe) ch.11:15 Contains the vials
7th Seal (ch.8:1) contains the 7 trumpets & lasts until the kingdom
Earthquake ch.11:13 French Rev.’n
Resulting in a religion of Humanism
Earthquake,- ch.6:12 – Pseudo
Christianity becomes the state religion
7 Ecclesias Ch.2&3
312 Saints witness 42 months (11:2)
Faithful remnant
312 – ‘Christianity becomes state religion
1572 = Massacre of St. Bartholomew
425 = ‘Protestant’ witness begins , Nestorius v Arianism
1685 = Edict of Nantes revoked – witness crushed
↑Ch.11 ↓
>
Papal power to
persecute removed
Dan.7:7 & Rev.12:3 - crowns
on heads – representing
different forms of government
in the pagan empire
>
Earthquake – ch.16:18 resulting
in true Christianity
1572
Revival
of the
truth
Political death of witnesses for 105 years
425 Earth & Woman witness 1260 days – ch.11:3
Political ascension - ch.11:12
1685
Ch.12 ↓
Red
RedDragon
Dragon –- Pagan
Pagan Rome
Rome –– 77 heads
Heads10
10hhorns
>
?????
Diminishing of Protestant witnessing
Dragon moves East as Constantine makes his capital Constantinople
Dragon moves North to Moscow
2 legs of Image – Dan.2
Sea Beast Rev.13:1 (10 horns crowned)
Barbarian nations invade Western Emp.
Earth Beast (2 Horns) – Emperor in Vienna & Pope in
Rome (Holy Roman empire) Rev.13:11
↑Ch.13 ↑
Scarlet Beast/Whore Rev.17:3
Europe/Papacy (False Prophet)
AN OVERVIEW OF THE APOCALYPSE
Ch.7 ↓
* Multitudinous Christ 1:12-18)
*Throne in Heaven (4:1;11) Ch.10
*White robed multitude (7:9-17)
Kingdom established
TRUMPETS Ch.8&9
3
4
(6:1)
Peace
(6:3)
Civil
war
(6:5)
(6:7)
Death
White
horse
Red
horse
Black
horse
Pale
Horse
AD96
180
211
235
Famine
5
INVASIONS ON WEST
6
1
2
(6:9)
Persecution
(6:12)
(8:7)
Goths
invade
(8:8)
Pagans
deposed
Souls
under
altar
303
Earthquake
Hail/
fire
312
395
Burning
mountain
429
3
Vandals
invade
ON EAST
4
5
6
(8:10)
Huns
invade
(8:12)
Political
Eclipse
(9:1)
Star
falls
Sun &
moon
dark
476
Locusts
(1st woe)
450
VIALS Ch.15&16
Judgment on Papal Rome & preparations for 2nd advent
Judgment on Political Rome 312- 1453
INTERNAL EVENTS ( DRAGON PERIOD)
2
* Lamb on Mt. Sion (14:1-7) Marriage of the Lamb (19:7) *
New Jerusalem (21:1-8) *
→ * Angel with cloud & rainbow (10:1-11)
AD
SEALS Ch.6
96 Judgment on Pagan
Rome AD 96-312 Rev.12
1
Ch.14 ↓
7 Kingdom Visions
Saracens
invade
1062
ON HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(16:8)
Royalty
eclipsed
16:12
Demise
of Turks
On
16:17
Armageddon
Euphrates
+ frog
7
Thunder
s
(9:13)
Turks
invade
( 16:2)
French
Rev’n
( 16:3)
(16:4)
Napoleon
British
blockade invades
Euphratean
On
earth
On
sea
On
rivers
On
sun
16:10
Religiou
s / civil
eclipse
On
beast
1793
1794
1795
1805
1809
Angels
loosed
1062
spitits
1827
7th Trumpet (3rd woe) ch.11:15 Contains the vials
7th Seal (ch.8:1) contains the 7 trumpets & lasts until the kingdom
Earthquake ch.11:13 French Rev.’n
Resulting in a religion of Humanism
Earthquake,- ch.6:12 – Pseudo
Christianity becomes the state religion
7 Ecclesias Ch.2&3
312 Saints witness 42 months (11:2)
Faithful remnant
312 – ‘Christianity becomes state religion
1572 = Massacre of St. Bartholomew
425 = ‘Protestant’ witness begins , Nestorius v Arianism
1685 = Edict of Nantes revoked – witness crushed
↑Ch.11 ↓
>
Papal power to
persecute removed
Dan.7:7 & Rev.12:3 - crowns
on heads – representing
different forms of government
in the pagan empire
>
Earthquake – ch.16:18 resulting
in true Christianity
1572
Revival
of the
truth
Political death of witnesses for 105 years
425 Earth & Woman witness 1260 days – ch.11:3
Political ascension - ch.11:12
1685
Ch.12 ↓
Red
RedDragon
Dragon –- Pagan
Pagan Rome
Rome –– 77 heads
Heads10
10hhorns
>
?????
Diminishing of Protestant witnessing
Dragon moves East as Constantine makes his capital Constantinople
Dragon moves North to Moscow
2 legs of Image – Dan.2
Sea Beast Rev.13:1 (10 horns crowned)
Barbarian nations invade Western Emp.
Earth Beast (2 Horns) – Emperor in Vienna & Pope in
Rome (Holy Roman empire) Rev.13:11
↑Ch.13 ↑
Scarlet Beast/Whore Rev.17:3
Europe/Papacy (False Prophet)