Revelation 10 is part of the preamble before the seventh trumpet is blown heralding the 7 bowl judgments. The mighty angel here also tells us that when that happens, God's mysterious plan would be fulfilled. The apostle Paul actually already told us about this plan; "God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.

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Ephesians 1:9‭-‬10 NLT. This period will be the right time and when the bowl judgments happen, everything and everyone will be submitted to and be united under Christ.

Revelation chapter 9 talks about the blowing of the fifth and sixth trumpets.

The fifth trumpet unleashes a horde of demonic spirit that will torment and possess those who do not have God's seal on their heads or have not accepted Christ; "Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke. Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions. They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads." Revelation 9:1‭-‬4 NLT. Their goal will not be to kill the people but to torment and warp their minds for the creation of an army and the events of the sixth trumpet to occur. "Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice speaking from the four horns of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops. And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths. One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses." Revelation 9:13‭-‬18 NLT. The events of the sixth trumpet leads to the death of one-third of the earth's population through a nuclear bomb. Possibly about two billion people. The sixth trumpet is a world war where nuclear bombs will be used. The accounts of all of these trumpets are scary to say the least, however, there is a way of escape. Just as the flood that destroyed the civilisation of Noah's days, we are living on the brink of the endtime judgements today. And just as God provided an ark to rescue the world, he has given us an ark today; Christ Jesus, to rescue us from the coming judgement. Accept Jesus into your life today.

Revelation chapter 9 talks about the blowing of the fifth and sixth trumpets. The fifth trumpet unleashes a horde of demonic spirit that will torment and possess those who do not have God's seal on their heads or have not accepted Christ; "Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke. Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions. They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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Revelation 9:1‭-‬4 NLT. Their goal is not to kill the people but to torment and warp their minds for the creation of an army and the events of the sixth trumpet to occur. "Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice speaking from the four horns of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops. And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths. One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses.

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Revelation 9:13‭-‬18 NLT. The events of the sixth trumpet leads to the death of one-third of the earth's population through a nuclear bomb. Possibly about two billion people. The sixth trumpet is a world war where nuclear bombs will be used. The accounts of all of these trumpets are scary to say the least, however, there is a way of escape. Just as the flood that destroyed the civilisation of Noah's days, we are living on the brink of the endtime judgements today. And just as God provided an ark to rescue the world, he has given us an ark today; Christ Jesus, to rescue us from the coming judgement. Accept Jesus into your life today.

Revelation chapter 8 ushers in the next 14 judgements divided into 7 trumpets and 7 vials judgements. Revelation 8 also begins the period of the Great tribulation, tribulation such as Jesus spoke about in Matthew 24:15-20. “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.

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Matthew 24:15‭-‬22 NLT. All the judgements from now are on the earth and the people left behind. Those who accept Christ during this period would be mainly killed for their faith in Jesus, sincerely, it is not a situarion anyone should wish to witness. There is only one way of escape, accept Jesus today as your Lord and saviour!

Those who miss the rapture will have to come through the period of tribulations and great tribulations literally fighting through on their own. There will be bloodshed and violence like you have never seen before for the son of perdition will fully reveal himself. "After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. And they were shouting with a great roar, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. They sang, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white. “That is why they stand in front of God’s throne and serve him day and night in his Temple. And he who sits on the throne will give them shelter. They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun. For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 7:9‭-‬17 NLT. Two things are certain; you either die and are martyred during the tribulation, or you survived to the very end to witness the second coming of Jesus. Sincerely, I won't wish either on my enemy. The best option is to have escaped and gone with the rapture. My advise as such is to do everything by the grace of God to make it. That means living ready everyday for when Jesus will come for his church.

Daniel concludes his vision with a war between the king of the North, Syria, and the king of the South, Egypt. This battles rages for more than 150 years but comes to an head with the appearance of a man who is not just a type of the antichrist, he fulfills every single prophecy and act the antichrist was supposed to undertake against the nation of Israel, his name; Antiochus Epiphanes. A king of the North and a master of intrigues. "For warships from western coastlands will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant. “His army will take over the Temple fortress, pollute the sanctuary, put a stop to the daily sacrifices, and set up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration. He will flatter and win over those who have violated the covenant. But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him. “Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed. During these persecutions, little help will arrive, and many who join them will not be sincere. And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come. “The king will do as he pleases, exalting himself and claiming to be greater than every god, even blaspheming the God of gods. He will succeed, but only until the time of wrath is completed. For what has been determined will surely take place. He will have no respect for the gods of his ancestors, or for the god loved by women, or for any other god, for he will boast that he is greater than them all. Instead of these, he will worship the god of fortresses—a god his ancestors never knew—and lavish on him gold, silver, precious stones, and expensive gifts. Claiming this foreign god’s help, he will attack the strongest fortresses. He will honor those who submit to him, appointing them to positions of authority and dividing the land among them as their reward.

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Daniel 11:30‭-‬39 NLT. What gradually becomes obvious as you start trying to understand the visions that Daniel has been having from chapter 7, it becomes clear that God is revealing to Daniel the identity of this single individual, the antichrist. All of his visions narrows to reveal the king of the North. As such, we can say with every certainty that the antichrist will come from the division of Syria.

Our study today continues to give us an understanding of where the antichrist is going to come from, since he appears with the breaking of the first seal in Revelation chapter 6, we want to be able to understand when the breaking of these seals start. “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end. The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”

Daniel 9:26‭-‬27 NLT. These verse clarify that his showing forth starts right from the Roman empire and that at some point, he will enter into a covenant with the nation of Israel and then break that covenant after 3 and a half years installing himself as god in the temple. He is the sacrilegious object that causes desolation Daniel is referring to. Thank you for understanding Jesus.

Today's study of Revelation chapter 6; specifically understanding who was the rider of the white horse that emerges when the first seal is broken leads us to do an overview of the book of Daniel and the implications of the visions there. Nebuchadnezzer had 2 visions that Dniel interpreted. Daniel also interpreted the handwriting on the wall during Belshazzar's reign. However, Daniel personally also had 3 visions of own. With all his experience, he could not understand, not to talk of interpreting his own visions. And to make matters worst, some of the vision were so terrifying to the point he fell ill for days. Today we examine the first of those visions in chapter 7 where he sees 4 beast coming out of the sea.

"As I watched, the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll. Then I heard one of the four living beings say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” I looked up and saw a white horse standing there. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.

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Revelation 6:1‭-‬2 NLT. Revelation chapter 6 starts with the breaking of the first seal revealing the first part of 21 judgements that are about to come on the earth. The 21 judgements are divided into; 7 seals, 7 trumpets and 7 vials or bowls. The 7th seal ushers in 7 trumpets judgements, while the 7th trumpet ushers in the 7 vials judgements. We pay attention to the events of the first seal because it gives us an opportunity to understand all that is about to happen. The seal reveals a rider on a white horse mirroring another rider on a white horse in Revelation 19. The rider on the white horse in Revelation 19 is Christ himself. The rider on this white horse revealed through the breaking of the first seal is the Antichrist. He is carrying a bow without arrows meaning he will have the capacity for warfare but will instead portray himself as a man of peace. A crown was placed on his head means his authority is not his, it was given to him. We will see this in Revelation 13 where the great dragon, satan, gives his authority and power to the antichrist, the beast. Lastly, "he rides out to win many battles and gain the victory." Meaning? He is going to win, however people pray and try, they will not be able to beat the antichrist. He is a master of deception, exceptional at getting results. Again, why are we paying attention to all of this? Because understanding when this riders emerges is key to understanding the endtimes we are in. We also want to be able to leave something, a record behind for those who will need to recognize the antichrist for who he is. Our study will help us also recognize when Christ comes for his church, the rapture. If the antichrist unwrap all of the judgements, understanding when and how he manifests is going to be one of the most important part of our preparation for the rapture.

Whenever I read Revelation chapter 5, I am awed at the magnitude of what Jesus accomplished by his death. I often aske; what if the devil qualified to open the scroll when that powerful angel made the open declaration inviting anyone who could to step forward? Thank God only Jesus qualified to. "And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.” Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”

Revelation 5:9‭-‬12 NLT. Thank you Jesus, only you are worthy to break the scroll that unleashes all of God's plans for mankind. Because of your sacrifice, you not only paid the ransome death, hell and the devil was demanding for us, you made us into a kingdom of priests for our God. Halleluyah!