I would like to discuss your guys' view on the trumpets and vials of the book of Revelation
Are they in chronological order? Meaning first you have the 7 trumpets, then the 7 vials.
Or are they overlapping? Meaning you have one trumpet, one vial, second trumpet, second vial etc.
Both, but mostly in order. The number 7 equals divine completion, so all of God's judgments are contained in the 7 Trumpet Judgments, they are the 7 Thunders in Rev. 10. In Rev. 8:13 we see the final three trumps are the Three Woes. So, Trumps 5, 6 and 7 are Woes 1, 2 and 3. We see Woes 1 & 2 in Rev. 9, but in Rev. 11 we see Woe #2 ends with the Two-witnesses death then the 7th Trump blows bringing Woe #3 which was to come quickly, what most do not grasp is just like Woe #2 is mentioned in Rev. 11 but happens in Rev. 9, likewise we see Woe #3 mentioned in Rev. 11 and the 7th Trump brings victory, but we get the details in Rev. 16, the 7 Vials are the 3rd Woe and emit from the 7th Trump, that is why all of God's wrath emit from the 7 Trumps. So, the 7 Vials are the 7th Trump, which God tells us is the 3rd Woe. In order to understand the Order of God's Wrath we must first understand the Seals.
When each Wax Seal is taken off, it does nothing, you still can not read the scroll. Imagine a close with 7 locks on it and a bunch of gifts inside, if you have taken 6 locks off and described each gift unto your friends, they have still yet to see any of the gifts until lock #7 is taken off. This is why the 7th Seal is over in Rev. 8, this is why there is silence in heaven, it is a sad event when billions of humans have to be judged and killed, God was sad when He had to flood the whole world, this is why in Rev. 10 the book is both bitter and sweet, John understand billions will be killed, that is bitter, but life eternal with God/Jesus is sweet. So, in essence, the Seals are Jesus prophesying what the 7 Trumpet Judgments will bring, but only the 6th Seal is talking about God's Wrath per se, Seals 1-5 is the Anti-Christ's reign of terror being foretold by Jesus. 1.) He goes forth conquering for 42 months. 2.) His wars will last 42 months. 3.) His rule will bring 42 months of famine. 4.) His reign of terror over 42 months will bring Sickness, Death and the Grave. 5.) He will Martyrs those who repent during the 70th week, at least the ones he can get at. With the 6th Seal we see Jesus foretelling about God's coming Wrath over a 42 month period of time. Only now can the Trumps and Vials be understood.
The 7 Trumps are God's Judgments in full. The first four Trumps are one event, an Asteroid Impact. The Fire comes in ahead of the impact as its breaking up, that is Trumpet #1. Then with Trump #2 we see the Impact in the Sea of this Asteroid (Mountain on fire). Trumpet #3 is the same impact, but it is speaking about some kind of "Nuclear Like Fallout" (Wormwood) be it sulfur or whatever !! This will poison the fresh waters in 1/3 of the world (IMHO, the New World only). Then Trump #4 is the Sun & Moon getting dimmer, because of all the smoke with 1/3 of the world burning, if a 1/3 of the trees burn a 1/3 of the world will burn (North & South America imho) and the Old World will be preserved, after all Jesus will rule from Jerusalem for 1o00 years.
Then as Rev. 8:13 says the last three Trumps are the Three Woes. Rev. 9 shows us Woes 1 & 2, then Revelation 16 shows us Woe #3, which is the 7 Vials, which emits from the 7th Trumpet. Jesus does not come back in Matt. 24:29 like people think or say, he says the Sun & Moon will go DARK immediately after the tribulation of those days [start] but it will last 1260 days, not one day. Verse 30 says THEN which comes 1260 days later. See Zech. 14:1-2 and then verse 3 its the exact same thing, in verse 1 we see the DOTL arrives, in vs. 2 Jerusalem is sacked by the Anti-Christ, verse 3 starts out like this, THEN and we see Jesus shows up on Mt. Zion, but between vs. 2 and 3 is a 1260 day time period, just like in Matt. 24:29...........THEN............vs 30 is 1260 days later.
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