At the sound of the second trumpet “a third part of the creatures in the sea, and have life, die” (Revelation 8:9). Scientists predict that human activity will extinguish more than a million species in the coming decades. Humanity has“wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970. We have already doubled the destruction of the second trumpet, which kills off only one third of the earth’s creatures. Are we ourselves the plague prophesied?

At the sound of the second trumpet “a third part of the creatures in the sea, and have life, die” (Revelation 8:9). Scientists predict that human activity will extinguish more than a million species in the coming decades. Humanity has“wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970. We have already doubled the destruction of the second trumpet, which kills off only one third of the earth’s creatures. Are we ourselves the plague prophesied?

At the sound of the second trumpet “a third part of the creatures in the sea, and have life, die” (Revelation 8:9). Scientists predict that human activity will extinguish more than a million species in the coming decades. Humanity has“wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970. We have already doubled the destruction of the second trumpet, which kills off only one third of the earth’s creatures. Are we ourselves the plague prophesied?
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The Second and Third Trumpets

The book of Revelation has baffled readers for centuries. But Latter-day Saints can understand Revelation in a way no others can--because we have the temple! In fact, the temple is the key to understanding Revelation. Listen every Sunday as we study Revelation through the lens of the temple.

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