Seventh Trumpet,
Third Woe: The Seven Last Plagues, The
End of the World.
Then the seventh angel
sounded; 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.” And the temple of God
which is in heaven was opened…and there were flashes of lightening and sounds
and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm. Rev. 11:15, 19
The seventh trumpet has
sounded and Jesus is preparing to claim the world as his kingdom.
Then
I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven
plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished. …the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in
heaven was opened, and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of
the temple…Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven
golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the
glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple until
the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. Rev. 15:1, 5, 6-8
We saw
in the last chapter of this book that the Holy Spirit has left this world and
Jesus no longer ministers in the temple in heaven because probation is
closed. Here we see why Jesus cannot
minister for us - the temple is inaccessible.
The seven last plagues, or the seven bowl judgments, are about to fall
on the earth as a whole but we who bear the seal of God will be protected. The plagues are going to fall in rapid
succession, taking about one year to occur. …in one day her plagues will come… Rev. 18:8
(See Appendix 2)