The Sixth Trumpet/Vial
The first horror is over; after this there are still two more horrors to come.
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the gold altar standing before God. The voice said to the sixth angel, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River!” The four angels were released; for this very hour of this very day of this very month and year they had been kept ready to kill a third of all the human race. I was told the number of the mounted troops: it was two hundred million. And in my vision I saw the horses and their riders: they had breastplates red as fire, blue as sapphire, and yellow as sulfur. The horses’ heads were like lions’ heads, and from their mouths came out fire, smoke, and sulfur. A third of the human race was killed by those three plagues: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur coming out of the horses’ mouths. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like snakes with heads, and they use them to hurt people.
(Revelation 9:12-19) Good News Translation
Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River. The river dried up, to provide a way for the kings who come from the east. Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs. They were coming out of the mouth of the dragon, the mouth of the beast, and the mouth of the false prophet. They are the spirits of demons that perform miracles. These three spirits go out to all the kings of the world, to bring them together for the battle on the great Day of Almighty God.
(Revelation 16:12-16) Good News Translation
The first five trumpets and vials are all part of the first of three woes. Blowing the sixth trumpet and pouring out the sixth vial of wrath is described as the second woe. The seventh trumpet/vial is the third woe.
The First Woe
The broad synopsis of the first 5 trumpets/vials is that the continents have moved into a contiguous landmass while an increasingly violent storm of debris fell from the heavens. The impact of a meteor the size of a planet causes the Earth to crack open all around the circumference of this new super-continent, and an army of horse-sized armor-plated locust with scorpion tails came out to torment people with their stings. The sun is darkened by smoke pouring out of the rifts in the Earth.
The Second Woe
The second woe, signaled by blowing the sixth trumpet and pouring out the sixth bowl of wrath, is when the armies of the world assemble around Jerusalem to fight the battle of Armageddon. You’ll be told that you’re fighting an alien invasion.
We’ve been told that there’ll be a great falling away as fewer and fewer people attend churches and fewer and fewer churches preach and teach the fulfillment of prophecy and the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Atheist science trolls at the now-defunct Twitter used to coo with delight about the great falling away. They clearly missed the part about the end times revival.
The Sixth Trumpet/Vial Summary
| Event | Description |
| Seal 6 Rev 6:17 | .. the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? |
| 6th Trumpet Rev 9:12-21 | Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. .. to slay the third part of men. .. the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand .. By these three was the third part of men killed .. |
| 6th Vial Rev 16:12-16 | .. the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates .. .. that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. |
| Scripture | Prophecy |
| Zech 14:1-3 | .. the day of the LORD cometh .. .. gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle .. .. Then shall the LORD go forth .. |
The battle of Armageddon is when Jesus will destroy his enemies before ascending to the throne in Jerusalem to rule and reign for 1,000 years. The millennial kingdom. It’s interesting to wonder what could cause all of the kings of the Earth to rise up in battle against the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, given that his return has been prophesied and taught around the world for over 2,000 years. If everyone knows that He’s coming, why are they lining up to fight Him?
The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders, and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. And so God sends the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false. The result is that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in sin, will be condemned.
(2 Thessalonians 2:9-12) Good News Translation
We, that’s me and the Holy spirit, can understand this because we’ve also been told that the power of error, also translated as a strong delusion, has been prepared so that the people of the world will believe a lie. The lie is the mainstream science narrative of godless existence (SciPop).
Do not let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come until the final Rebellion takes place and the Wicked One appears, who is destined to hell. He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God’s Temple and claim to be God.
(2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) Good News Translation
Practically all education systems around the world teach SciPop. Believing in God is permitted as an optional extra but God isn’t considered to be a causal factor in the origin of the universe. Most people today regard Biblical prophesy as merely quaint. However, the man of sin will be revealed. This hasn’t happened yet, and it would seem that a few more things have to fall into place before the tribulation gets fully underway.
Here’s a scenario for you to consider: the rapture takes place and all Christians are caught up into the clouds to be with the Lord. As far as the people left on Earth are concerned it will seem as if 10% of the Earth’s population disappears. A few people may talk about the rapture, but the media will make a blitz of the story as an alien abduction. Not only that, but they’ll claim to have identified the source of the aliens and a large invasion force. The kings of the Earth will launch a massive mobilization of resources to set up a defense against the coming “alien invasion.”
All talk of the rapture and the fulfillment of prophesy will be forgotten as the world unites in response to the alien threat. The Earth will move and shake, the stars will fall. The continents will move into position, then they’re lifted up, and the man of sin will take credit for all of it as he takes the throne in Jerusalem. This gives us all a couple of choices:
- If you would like to be part of the Earth’s defense against an alien invasion, which is really the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, then simply deny Jesus Christ.
- If you would like to live forever in the light of the Glory of God then put your faith in Jesus Christ.
Read through the Bible in a year
| Reading plan | November 9 | |
| Linear | Acts 15-17 | |
| Chronological | Matthew 26 Mark 14 |
Salvation
- Call upon the name of Jesus Christ,
- believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
- confess your sin.
