the seven trumpets explained

Revelation 8:7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

hail is a hardened spirit, like the spirit of a Roman soldier, this is the period after the death of Christ and the early persecutions. 33-325AD

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

this is the fall of the roman empire 476AD

9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

Christians who lived in Rome died and the ships that were destroyed affected trade and commerce

Revelation 8:10And 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;

water is the spirit of man, where men flow they are as rivers, where men have much to offer, spiritually they are as fountains of water. the great star that fell from heaven was the creation of the muslim religion 610

11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

the fallen star is a fallen angel who's bitter message destroys men. 610-1260

12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

the dark ages 1100-1800

13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

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[edit on 25-8-2010 by iamnot]

Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

the Bab

2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

the Baha'i era 1844-1944

3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

the baha'is are locusts. the scorpions are jewish scribes and pharisees. they both have the same power - money and politics.

4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

the seal of God is Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit. the baha'is only hurt those who did not believe in Jesus Christ.

5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

their torment was as the torment of a scribe and pharisee. a heavy yoke, persecution, enslavement

6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

the great depression

7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

the horses depict a religious army. their 'crowns like gold' set up to imitate the 'crown of life' that Jesus promised his followers

8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

this is the indication of their strength and power

9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

this denotes their faith in their religion and their strong will to spread their message

10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail

11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Satan

12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

1944 D Day

15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

creation of the state of Israel and Zionism 1948

18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

wars declared by Israel

19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

power in politics and their Christian false prophets

20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

These were plagues sent by God since the death of Christ until this time, give or take a year. The seventh trumpet is not blown until God's servants are sealed. That sealing is happening now. Repent and be saved.

[edit on 26-8-2010 by iamnot]

Thanks for your post.

I find it interesting to post beliefs in religious prophecies, as they are murky at best, and meant to be revealed by prophets.

That being said, I find your analysis to be disjointed. I see no relationship between the interpretations and the revelations.

thankyou for your criticism. i always have a hard time getting my points across. it makes sense to me in my head and when i throw it out there, it hardly makes any sense to anyone else.

to put it in a summary, the seven, or at least 6 trumpets are the events that happened since the death of Christ until now. it would be up to the reader to have some knowledge about history and see how the trumpets are metaphors for the events of the time period. the most memorable events.

7 trumpet plagues

33-325ad rome early persecutions 1st angel hail and fire blood

476ad fall of rome the 'mountain burning with fire' thrown down 2nd angel

610-1260ad muhammed creation of muslim faith 3rd angel wormwood

1100-1800ad the dark ages 4th angel sun moon stars darkened

1844-1944ad Bahai era 5th angel bottomless pit locusts

1944-2009ad the creation of the state of Israel and Christian Zionism
6th angel 4 angels bound in euphrates river

now if you notice their are 4 main political/religious groups. the roman catholics, muslim, jewish and christian kingdoms.

there are 10 others that have received no kingdom as yet. a king shall arise and subdue 3 of the first kings/kingdoms. this is revealed in revelation 9:11. from this we know that it is the one who ascended out of the bottomless pit, which is the baha'i era. he shall subdue the first 3 which are muslim, jewish and christian kingdoms. but this is a whole other topic.

basically, the 6 trumpets have been blown.

[edit on 26-8-2010 by iamnot]

I can't edit my post anymore but I wanted to add something.

If you notice for each sound of a trumpet, a star is fallen. This is an angel of God bringing a message to earth or perhaps a fallen angel.

Angels can present themselves in human form but the wings are more symbolic of a swift movement. An angel is also a principality, a ruler in high places, a consciousness.

Thus during the 6th trumpet, the four angels bound that were prepared for the hour, day, week, year to slay the third of mankind could be

1945 the UN was founded
1945 the great invokation was released
1948 the creation of Israel
maybe hitler was a fallen angel.

the fact that they were prepared for that day also denotes that tptb had been planning this for a long time. probably since the start of the 1st trumpet.