The 7 Trumpets | End time
Part 1OUR LESSON TODAY IS THE SEVEN TRUMPETS OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. THERE ARE THREE GROUPS OF SEVEN FOUND IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION: SEVEN SEALS, SEVEN TRUMPETS AND SEVEN VIALS. THESE MAKE UP THE SKELETAL STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. THE SEVEN SEALS ARE THE LONG STORY ENDING AT ARMAGEDDON. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS ARE THE SHORTER STORY ALSO ENDING AT ARMAGEDDON. AND THE SEVEN VIALS ARE THE REAL SHORT STORY ENDING AT ARMAGEDDON. NOW, WE KNOW THE SEVEN VIALS DO NOT ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS ADMINISTERED. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WHEN THE FIRST VIAL IS UNLEASHED, THE BIBLE TELLS US VERY CLEARLY THAT IT WILL BE UNLEASHED UPON THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN THE MARK OF THE BEAST. SO, FROM THAT WE KNOW THAT IT WILL ALL BE ENACTED AT THE TIME OF THE VERY END. NOW, NOT ONLY ARE THERE SKELETAL STRUCTURES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION OF THREE SEVENS: SEVEN SEALS, SEVEN TRUMPETS, SEVEN VIALS, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT THE BOOK OF REVELATION HAS WHAT WE CALL PARENTHETICAL CHAPTERS. THIS IS SORT OF LIKE COLOR COMMENTARY. IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN OVERVIEW OF REVELATION, SOMETIMES THERE’RE ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS INCLUDED. FOR EXAMPLE, CHAPTER 12 TELLS ABOUT A WAR IN HEAVEN WHEN SATAN IS CAST DOWN AND CONFINED TO THE EARTH FOR THE FINAL THREE AND A HALF YEARS. REVELATION 13 GIVES US A VIEW OF THE: ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT AND THE ANTICHRIST, THE ONE-WORLD RELIGION AND THE FALSE PROPHET, WHO WILL BE THE LEADER OF THAT ONE-WORLD RELIGION, AND ALSO THE MARK OF THE BEAST, THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF THE ENDTIME ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM. SO, THAT’S WHEN WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THAT REALLY HELPS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF REVELATION. IF WE UNDERSTAND THE SKELETAL STRUCTURE OF REVELATION WITH THE SEVEN SEALS, SEVEN TRUMPETS AND SEVEN VIALS. AND THEN WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER CHAPTERS ARE INCLUDED TO GIVE US A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ALL OF THIS REALLY IS ABOUT. WE’RE FOCUSING TODAY ON THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. IT BEGINS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 8, VERSE 6. LISTEN TO IT. “AND THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN TRUMPETS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND.” NOW, WHEN WE DEAL WITH THESE SEVEN TRUMPETS, WE’RE NOT GOING TO START FROM ONE THROUGH SEVEN BECAUSE FIRST GOD HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND TRUMPET NUMBER THREE. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IF THAT’S THE WAY GOD HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND, THAT’S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO TRY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. SO, LET’S LOOK AT THE THIRD TRUMPET FIRST. IT’S REVELATION CHAPTER 8, VERSE 10 THROUGH 11. “AND THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED, AND THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN, BURNING AS IT WERE A LAMP, AND IT FELL UPON THE THIRD PART OF THE RIVERS, AND UPON THE FOUNTAINS OF WATERS; AND THE NAME OF THE STAR IS CALLED WORMWOOD: AND THE THIRD PART OF THE WATERS BECAME WORMWOOD; AND MANY MEN DIED BECAUSE OF THE WATERS.” DON’T FORGET WORMWOOD AND DON’T FORGET THAT MANY MEN DIED BECAUSE OF THE WATERS. I’LL NEVER FORGET HOW THIS ALL CAME TO ME. WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IT WAS BACK IN 1995 AND I WAS WORKING ON THE MANUAL FOR OUR COURSE CALLED UNDERSTANDING THE ENDTIME. IT WAS THE FIRST EDITION OF THAT COURSE AND I HAD HEARD A RUMOR THAT WORMWOOD MEANT CHERNOBYL. THAT THE WORD CHERNOBYL WAS THE RUSSIAN WORD FOR WORMWOOD. WHEN YOU DEAL WITH BIBLE PROPHECY, YOU HEAR ALL KINDS OF THEORIES. AND I HAD LEARNED NOT JUST TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING THAT CAME MY WAY. I MEAN, I’VE GOT 75 ANTICHRISTS IN MY FILING CABINET RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE CONTACTED ME AND SAID, “OH, I KNOW RONALD REAGAN IS THE ANTICHRIST BECAUSE HIS NAME IS RONALD WILSON REAGAN. RONALD HAS SIX LETTERS, WILSON HAS SIX LETTERS, REAGAN HAS SIX LETTERS, THEREFORE HIS NAME IS 666 AND THAT’S THE NAME OF THE — THE NUMBER OF THE NAME OF THE ANTICHRIST.” WELL, OBVIOUSLY HE WAS NOT THE ANTICHRIST, BUT I GET ALL KINDS OF THEORIES. SO, WHEN I HEAR SOMETHING, A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OF ONE OF THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE, I LISTEN, BUT I DON’T SWALLOW IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER BECAUSE I FOUND OUT OVER TIME THAT THAT’S NOT THE BEST THING TO DO. SO, I WAS WORKING ON MY MANUAL FOR THE FIRST UNDERSTANDING THE ENDTIME PRODUCTION AND EVERYTHING WAS FLOWING THAT DAY. I WAS TYPING AND EVERYTHING WAS REALLY GOING GREAT. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WRITERS ARE WRITING, SOMETIMES IT FLOWS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T. WELL, THIS PARTICULAR DAY, IT WAS FLOWING. MY DOOR WAS SHUT TO MY OFFICE, I WAS ALL ALONE. I WAS EXCITED. I WAS BEHIND ON MY DEADLINES, BUT I WAS CATCHING UP, SO I WAS REALLY FEELING GOOD. AND AS I WAS WRITING, NOTHING ABOUT WORMWOOD, NOTHING ABOUT CHERNOBYL, NOTHING ABOUT THE THIRD TRUMPET, IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING SPOKE TO ME. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOD, ACTUALLY. HE JUST SPOKE TO ME AND SAID, “YOU KNOW THAT RUMOR YOU HEARD ABOUT WORMWOOD BEING CHERNOBYL, I WANT YOU TO CHECK THAT OUT.” I REMEMBER THINKING IN MY MIND, NOW I’M ALL BY MYSELF IN MY OFFICE. I REMEMBER THINKING IN MY MIND, “UH, WAIT A MINUTE, I’M BUSY, I’M DOING GOOD. EVERYTHING IS FLOWING. I DON’T WANT TO STOP AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW. AND FURTHERMORE, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKS AT THE LIBRARY TRYING TO DIG OUT THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION, I JUST DON’T HAVE TIME FOR IT RIGHT NOW, I HAVE TO GET THIS MANUAL FINISHED.” AND IT’S LIKE GOD SPOKE TO ME AND SAID, “IT WON’T TAKE YOU ANY TIME, JUST PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THE LIBRARY, THEY’LL DO THE RESEARCH FOR YOU.” WELL, AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, I WAS REALLY A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. BUT SINCE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE VOICE OF GOD, I THOUGHT, WELL, I PROBABLY SHOULD DO THIS. SO, I OPENED THE DRAWER TO MY DESK, PULLED OUT THE PHONEBOOK AND LOOKED UP THE NUMBER, CALLED THE LIBRARY AND ASKED FOR THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AND I SAID, “MA’AM, THIS IS PASTOR IRVIN BAXTER AND I HEARD A RUMOR THAT THE RUSSIAN WORD FOR WORMWOOD IS CHERNOBYL. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD CHECK THAT OUT FOR ME AND LET ME KNOW IF THAT’S TRUE OR NOT?” SHE SAID, “OH, IT IS TRUE BECAUSE, YOU SEE, THE RUSSIANS USED WORMWOOD FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. IT TURNED THEIR TONGUES BLACK AND THE RUSSIAN WORD FOR BLACK IS “CHERNI.” CONSEQUENTLY, THEY BEGAN TO CALL WORMWOOD CHERNOBYL. AND SHE RATTLED OFF THE MOST AWFUL BUNCH OF INFORMATION YOU’VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE. SO, I WAS TAKEN ABACK BY THIS. I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR HER JUST TO ANSWER ME OFF THE CUFF LIKE THAT. AND I SAID, “WELL, MA’AM, I’M GOING TO BE WRITING AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS. COULD I GET SOME DOCUMENTATION AND SOME BOOKS AND PAGE NUMBERS?” SHE SAID, “I’LL CALL YOU BACK.” SHE CALLED ME BACK 20 MINUTES LATER. SHE HAD THE BOOKS, SHE HAD THE PAGE NUMBERS AND I WAS REALLY WOWED BY THIS TIME. ONE REFERENCE SHE HAD WAS THE DICTIONARY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. AND IT HAD, AS A DEFINITION, “CHERNOBYLNIK.” AND IT SAID, “A VARIETY OF ABSINTHE,” WHICH WAS IN PARENTHESIS, “WORMWOOD, WITH A RED-BROWN OR DEEP PURPLE STEM.” THERE IT WAS IN A RUSSIAN DICTIONARY AND IT REFERRED TO WORMWOOD UNDER THE HEADING CHERNOBYLNIK. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. SHE TALKED TO ME PROBABLY TEN MINUTES. AND FINALLY IT WAS TIME TO GO AND I THANKED HER VERY MUCH. I SAID, “BUT BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING. IT’S NOT NORMAL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS ALL OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. HOW DID YOU KNOW ALL THIS?” SHE SAID, “OH, I’M WORKING ON MY DOCTORATE IN RUSSIAN RIGHT NOW AND I’VE BEEN STUDYING THESE THINGS.” WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS IN AWE BECAUSE I FELT LIKE GOD TOLD ME TO CALL THE LIBRARY, THAT THEY WOULD DO THE RESEARCH FOR ME. AND IN 30 MINUTES TIME OR SO, I HAD THE INFORMATION I NEEDED. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS FROM THERE ON I BEGAN TO DO MORE RESEARCH. I FOUND A BOOK CALLED, “THE TRUTH ABOUT CHERNOBYL” AND I READ THAT BOOK. IT WAS WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS THAT WERE THERE. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK QUICKLY AT THE ACTUAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OF CHERNOBYL. IT’S LOCATED IN THE UKRAINE, ACTUALLY. THIS IS WHEN THE UKRAINE WAS PART OF THE SOVIET UNION. AND THE TOWN WHERE MOST OF THE WORKERS LIVED WAS A TOWN CALLED PRIPYAT. THERE WAS ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE. NOW, YOU’RE SEEING A PICTURE OF THE POWER PLANT BEFORE THE EXPLOSION. WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN — WELL, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT. IT WAS ON APRIL 26, 1986 AT 1:26 A.M. IN THE MORNING. A RUSSIAN SCIENTIST WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AT THE TIME. AND HE DECIDED TO CONDUCT SOME EXPERIMENTS. IN ORDER TO DO THIS PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT, HE HAD TO DISABLE SOME OF THE SAFETY FEATURES. BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY. AND SO, HE DID. HE DISABLED THE SAFETY FEATURES AND THEN HE GAVE THE COMMAND TO RAISE THE RODS, WHICH ALLOWED THE NUCLEAR PROCESS TO BEGIN. WELL, HE WAS WATCHING HIS METERS, BUT HE DIDN’T CATCH IT IN TIME. WITHIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS OR SO, THE POWER PLANT BEGIN TO HEAT, THE REACTOR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS THIS POWERFUL EXPLOSION THAT TOOK PLACE. YOU’RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE PART OF THE EXPLOSION. THE FIRST EXPLOSION KNOCKED THE CONCRETE LID OFF THE POWER PLANT. IT WEIGHED ABOUT TWO MILLION POUNDS. IT KNOCKED IT DOWN OFF THE POWER PLANT AND IT CAME BACK COCKED. AND THEN, THE SECOND EXPLOSION DROVE A NUCLEAR CLOUD ONE MILE INTO THE AIR. AND LEAVING THE LID COCKED, IT LEFT THE ATMOSPHERE OPEN TO A FULL NUCLEAR FIRE. THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAD JUST WITNESSED THE WORST NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. BEFORE IT WAS OVER, THERE WOULD BE TEN TIMES AS MUCH NUCLEAR RADIATION RELEASED AT CHERNOBYL AS WAS RELEASED AT THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA IN WORLD WAR II. OK, HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. THE WORKERS DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY HEARD THIS BIG EXPLOSION. THEY RAN DOWN TO THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND. TWO OF THE WORKERS PULLED THE DOOR OPEN AND FOUND THEMSELVES STARING DIRECTLY INTO A NUCLEAR FIRE. IT WAS SO INCREDIBLY HOT WHEN THEY OPENED THAT DOOR THAT IT THRUST THEM BACK, AND THEY FELL TO THE FLOOR WHERE THEY KNEW THE COOLEST AIR WOULD BE AND THEY LAID THERE UNTIL THE HEAT SOMEWHAT DISSIPATED BECAUSE NOW THE LID IS OFF OF THE NUCLEAR REACTOR AND ALL THE HEAT IS GOING UP. THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET UP AND MADE IT TO THE NURSE’S STATION. THEY HAD TO WALK ABOUT A BLOCK. BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED THEIR SKIN WAS HANGING OFF OF THEIR ARMS IN RIBBONS. BOTH OF THOSE TECHNICIANS DIED WITHIN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THAT’S NOT ALL THAT HAPPENED. IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF THIS EMERGENCY, FIRE TRUCKS IMMEDIATELY CAME FROM EVERYWHERE. MANY OF THE FIREMEN DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SIGNING THEIR OWN DEATH WARRANT BY BEING THERE. THEY WERE FIGHTING A FULL NUCLEAR FIRE. FIRE TRUCKS AND HELICOPTERS CAME IN TO HELP. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MONUMENTS HERE, BUILT TO THE PEOPLE WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT THAT FIRE, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THEM DIED WITHIN 30 DAYS OR SO. AND THE ONES WHO DID SURVIVE SUFFERED ALL KINDS OF RAMIFICATIONS OF THEIR EXPOSURE TO THIS HIGH LEVEL OF RADIATION. AS TIME WENT ALONG, ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS BROUGHT IN. THE FIRE TRUCKS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN TO FIGHT THE NUCLEAR FIRE BECAME SO CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATION THAT THEY HAD TO BRING IN BULLDOZERS AND BURY THEM. AND THEN, IN THE PROCESS, THE BULLDOZERS ABSORBED SO MUCH RADIATION, THAT THEY HAD TO BRING IN MORE BULLDOZERS TO BURY THE BULLDOZERS. IT WAS A HORRIFIC THING. AND FURTHERMORE, THEY’RE FIGHTING THE FIRE WITH HELICOPTERS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HELICOPTERS THAT ARE STILL IN THE AREA. THEY ARE DUMPING WATER ONTO THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. AND YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER PICTURE HERE. LOOK AT THIS, IT’S A GRAVEYARD OF RADIOACTIVE VEHICLES. AND THEN, AT CHERNOBYL, IT BECAME A GHOST TOWN. PRIPYAT WAS A TOWN OF ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE WHERE MOST OF THE WORKERS LIVED. WELL, IT’S A NO MAN’S LAND TODAY. IT HAS BEEN DECLARED OFF LIMITS BECAUSE NO ONE CAN LIVE THERE. EVERYTHING IS CONTAMINATED. MUCH OF THE VEGETATION DOES NOT GROW THERE ANYMORE. TO LIVE THERE WOULD BE TO LIVE AT RISK OF YOUR OWN LIFE. WILD ANIMALS COME THERE, BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT. ABOUT THIS TIME I WAS WRITING AN ARTICLE ON THIS SUBJECT SO I WENT TO THE LIBRARY SO I COULD HAVE SOLITUDE, GET AWAY FROM MY OFFICE. AND THE PLACE I WAS GOING TO WRITE WAS BEHIND THE VIDEO DESK. AS I WENT BEHIND THIS VIDEO DESK I PASSED THE VIDEO CLERK AND I SAID TO HIM, “DO YOU HAVE ANY VIDEOS ABOUT CHERNOBYL,” BECAUSE I WAS STILL IN THE LEARNING PROCESS. HE SAID, “YOU KNOW, I THINK I HAVE ONE.” HE BROUGHT IT TO ME AND IT WAS PUT OUT BY THE HUMANITIES. AND THEY HAD A MACHINE THERE WHERE I COULD LOOK AT IT ON THE SPOT. I WAS SO CURIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WAS WRITING ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. SO, WENT OVER THERE AND I PUSHED IN THE VIDEO AND BEGAN TO WATCH. IT’S AMAZING WHAT I SAW WHEN I PUSHED IN THIS VIDEO BECAUSE RIGHT ON THE FRONT CAME UP, “CHERNOBYL, THE BITTER TASTE OF WORMWOOD.” THIS WAS NOT PUT OUT BY A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, IT WAS NOT PUT OUT BY A PROPHECY MINISTRY. BUT SOMEHOW HAD ASSOCIATED CHERNOBYL WITH WORMWOOD AND THE PROPHECY SAID THAT A STAR BY THE NAME OF WORMWOOD WAS CAST INTO THE EARTH. THAT’S NOT ALL IT SAID; BECAUSE IT HAD MANY OTHER THINGS TO TELL ME IN THIS VIDEO. THE MAIN MESSAGE OF THIS VIDEO WAS THAT THE WATERS MADE THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SO DEADLY. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED. LET ME SEE IF I CAN TELL YOU THE STORY. WHEN THE NUCLEAR CLOUD WAS DRIVEN ONE MILE INTO THE AIR THE WINDS CAUGHT THE CLOUD AND THEY CARRIED IT, FIRST OF ALL, INTO SWEDEN, THEN INTO ITALY, THEN INTO GERMANY, THEN INTO GREAT BRITAIN. DURING THIS TIME IT RAINED INCESSANTLY. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RAIN OR NOT, BUT IT RAINED FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. THE RESULT WAS,IT BROUGHT ALL OF THE NUCLIDE CESIUM-137 DOWN TO THE EARTH. AND EVERYWHERE THE RAINS HIT, IT CREATED WHAT’S CALLED BROWNOUTS. THERE’S MANY PLACES IN EUROPE WHERE NOTHING WILL GROW FOR 100 YEARS. FURTHERMORE, THE RIVERS FILLED UP WITH THIS NUCLIDE CESIUM-137 AND ANYBODY THAT DRANK THIS WATER, THEY INGESTED THIS NUCLIDE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CESIUM-137 IS INGESTED, IT GOES TO YOUR BONE MARROW. THE INTERESTING THING IS, IT HAS A HALF-LIFE OF 30 YEARS. NOW, WATCH THIS, THE RAIN CAME DOWN, FILLED THE WATERS OF EUROPE AND IT WAS RADIOACTIVE. AND EVERYTHING IT TOUCHED BECAME RADIOACTIVE. THERE WERE REINDEER BEING RAISED FOR CONSUMPTION IN EUROPE, ABOUT 100,000 OF THEM AND ALL OF THEM HAD TO BE KILLED. AND YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE WORKERS AS THEY WERE TRYING TO CONTROL THIS UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER. THEY ACTUALLY HAD GEIGER COUNTERS MEASURING THE LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVITY. IT GOES WAY BEYOND THE SAFE ZONE HERE. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED. THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. SO WHY SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED THAT IT’S LOCATED IN THE PROPHECY OF THE BIBLE? NOW, CESIUM-137 HAS A HALF-LIFE OF ABOUT 30 YEARS. AND MANY OF THE CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY, WERE INFECTED BECAUSE THEY INGESTED THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CESIUM-137 DOES, IT ATTACKS YOUR THYROID GLAND. IN THE AREA OF PRIPYAT, THAT AREA AROUND THE UKRAINE, THE THYROID CANCER IS ABOUT 248 TIMES THE NORMAL THYROID CANCER RATE AND MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL SUFFERING, ALL TOGETHER, AS A RESULT OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT OF APRIL 26, 1986. ABOUT 125,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THE SCIENTIST AND THE DOCTORS ESTIMATE THAT AROUND TWO MILLION PEOPLE ARE INFECTED. AND EVENTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, CESIUM-137 LAYS IN YOUR BONE MARROW BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A PERSON TO HAVE CANCER. SO, IT’S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO THE THIRD TRUMPET SOUNDED ON APRIL 26, 1986. THIS BEING TRUE, WHEN DID THE FIRST TRUMPET SOUND? WHEN DID THE SECOND TRUMPET SOUND? OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD BE BEFORE THE THIRD TRUMPET. AND I ASKED MYSELF THAT QUESTION. LET’S LOOK NOW AT THE SOUNDING OF THE SECOND TRUMPET. IT’S FOUND IN REVELATION CHAPTER 8, VERSE 8 AND 9. “AND THE SECOND ANGEL SOUNDED, AND AS IT WERE A GREAT MOUNTAIN BURNING WITH FIRE WAS CAST INTO THE SEAS: AND THE THIRD PART OF THE SEA BECAME BLOOD; AND THE THIRD PART OF THE CREATURES WHICH WERE IN THE SEA, AND HAD LIFE, DIED; AND THE THIRD PART OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED.” AFTER I FELT LIKE I UNDERSTOOD THE THIRD TRUMPET, THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT, WHEN I WENT BACK TO STUDY THESE OTHERS, I SAID, “A THIRD PART OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED? THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED, I WOULD SURELY KNOW ABOUT THAT.” SO, I THOUGHT, “WELL, MAYBE I’M OFF. MAYBE I’M MISUNDERSTANDING SOMETHING HERE.” HOWEVER, ABOUT A YEAR LATER I WAS THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND MY MIND WENT TO WORLD WAR II. WORLD WAR II IS THE GREATEST DISASTER THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. 52 MILLION PEOPLE DIED. AND I THOUGHT, “I WONDER HOW MANY SHIPS PARTICIPATED IN WORLD WAR II AND HOW MANY OF THEM WERE SUNK?” SO, I ASKED MY RESEARCH ASSISTANT, KATHY. I SAID, “KATHY, GO TO THE LIBRARY, SEE IF YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW MANY SHIPS PARTICIPATED IN WORLD WAR II AND HOW MANY WERE SUNK.” SHE CAME BACK ABOUT THREE DAYS LATER AND LAID ON MY DESK THE STATISTICS SHE HAD DUG UP AND I LOOKED AT THEM. I LOOKED AT KATHY AND SAID, “THIS LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.. I WANT THE TRUTH.” WELL, WHAT SHE SHOWED ME WAS THAT THERE WERE 105,127 SHIPS THAT PARTICIPATED IN WORLD WAR II AND 36,387 OF THEM WERE SUNK. WELL, I QUICKLY DID THE CALCULATION. IT’S ABOUT ONE-THIRD ON THE MONEY. AND I SAID, “KATHY, ARE YOU SURE.” SHE SAID, “THE LIBRARIAN HELPED ME. THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS.” ONE-THIRD OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED. WELL, THE REST OF THE PROPHECY SAYS THAT, “THERE WOULD BE A GREAT MOUNTAIN BURNING WITH FIRE CAST INTO THE SEAS.” I HAD SEEN PICTURES OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND THEY LOOKED LIKE A HUGE MOUNTAIN ON FIRE. AND I THOUGHT, “WHY SHOULDN’T IT BE INCREDIBLE THAT THE FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB DROPPED ON THE HUMAN RACE SHOULD BE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION? AND WHY SHOULD I THINK THAT IT’S INCREDIBLE THAT WORLD WAR II, THE GREATEST WAR THE WORLD’S EVER KNOWN, BY FAR, 52 MILLION DEAD?” AND THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED THAT IN THIS SECOND TRUMPET PROPHECY, I WAS SEEING HERE THE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. AND ALSO, ONE-THIRD OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED. I BECAME QUICKLY CONVINCED THAT THE SECOND TRUMPET WAS WORLD WAR II. MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, “WELL, WHAT’S WORLD WAR I THEN?” SO, BACK TO THE BIBLE. REVELATION 8, VERSE 7. “THE FIRST ANGEL SOUNDED, AND THERE FOLLOWED HAIL AND FIRE MINGLED WITH BLOOD, AND THEY WERE CAST UPON THE EARTH: AND THE THIRD PART OF THE TREES WAS BURNT UP, AND ALL GREEN GRASS WAS BURNT UP.” I THOUGHT, “OKAY, IF THE SECOND TRUMPET IS WORLD WAR II, THE FIRST TRUMPET, COULD IT BE WORLD WAR I?”source url : https://www.endtime.com/transcripts/the-7-trumpets/