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The Book of Revelation
Unit 9
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THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS - Chapter 8:7-13
Types of happenings not historical chronology
THE FIRST TRUMPET
"cast upon the earth" see chapter 6 verse 10 ff., chapter 8 verses 3 to 5 and chapter 6 verses 12 to chapter 7 verse 1."one third" Zechariah 13:8
Do not forget the nature of the battle nor the way OT figure being utilised and the NT use of figure..
"hail" Exodus 9:23-25
BABYLON Isaiah 13:10,13
EDOM Isaiah 34:4-5
Luke 10:13-16 "from heaven to hell"
Luke 12:49-53 "cast fire on the earth"
THE SECOND TRUMPET
BLOOD Exodus 7:20-21"mountain" Jeremiah 51:25 [reference the city of Babylon]
Matthew 21:21
THE THIRD TRUMPET
"a star kindled as a lamp" chapter 5 verse 4"wormwood" Jeremiah 9:15
IDOLATRY Deuteronomy 29:18
THE FOURTH TRUMPET
"the plague of darkness" Exodus 10:21-23
"flying through the midst of heaven" In well equipped Greek theatres there was machinery for suspending actors in the air to make it look as though they were flying. This was possibly to represent supernatural heralds flying to and fro in the heavens or gods descending to the sort out situations on earth. These would appear as if from nowhere via a high level trap door in a roof above the skene. The skene at Ephesus appears to have been three or more stories high. [SEE THE CITY OF EPHESUS] The grandeur of the architecture and the use of elaborate machinery would contribute to the impression of virtual reality for the audience."I behold and hear one angel" A solitary herald a harbinger of woe eerily calling out -
"Woe! Woe! Woe!" THREE IMPENDING WOES
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