Revelation #20--week of Feb. 6-Feb.10
Questions only on #20 —The Trumpets of God
1.What is Rev. 8:1-13 about?
2.What is Joshua 6:1-27 about?
3.What is the parallelism that PS mentions in Rev. 8:3-5?
4.If seals authorize actions, what do trumpets & bowls do?
Note: in Rev. 5:8 bowls were full of prayers & in the bowl judgments they were full of plagues in answer to prayers
Note: it would be more logical to have 1st seal, then 1st trumpet, then 1st bowl, followed by 2nd, etc. The fact that it’s 7, 7, 7 shows that essentially same thing is being said 3 times
5.Where do we see 7 trumpets in the OT?
6.Why when there are 10 plagues in Ex. 7-11 do Ps. 78:43-52, Ps. 105:27-36; and Amos 4:6-13 only list 7?
7. Why were the seal judgments broken into 4 + 3. PS says he told us earlier
NOTE: the trumpets, like the seals are divided into 4 + 3
8.Who gave the trumpets to the angels (8:2)
9. How much of the earth was involved in the seal judgments?
10. How much of the earth was involved in the trumpet judgments?
11. How much of the earth is involved in the bowl judgments?
NOTE: this shows an increase in intensity from seals to trumpets to bowls.
12. What was affected in each of the first 4 trumpet judgments and what was the consequence?
NOTE: trumpet judgments began with throwing of coals to the ground—first 3
clearly involve burning
NOTE: arrangement of heaven & earth on outside & sea & rivers inside is typical
Hebrew arrangement to represent all of creation.
NOTE: God is saying He will judge all of creation in the same way He judged
Egypt
13. What is the significance of burning mountain in 2nd trumpet?
Jer. 51:24-25--"But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the LORD.
"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth," declares the LORD, "And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
Jer. 51:27--Lift up a signal in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint a marshal against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.
14. In 3rd judgment what is significance of star, lamp (torch), and wormwood
(a) Star:
Is. 14:12--"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to
the earth, You who have weakened the nations! (this is taunt against king of Babylon)
(b) lamp:
1 Kings 11:36--‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
John 5:35--"He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. (talking of John the Baptist)
(c)wormwood:
Jer. 9:15-- therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. (cf to water of life Rev. 7:17)
Deut. 29:17-18--"Moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had with them);
lest there shall be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; lest there shall be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
15. The first lesson PS gets from Rev. 8 is that God destroys His & our enemies (because of the covenant is identification with each other and our enemies are common). Why does He destroy these enemies? (4 reasons)
(a) first:
Rom 9:17--For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH."
John 20:30-31--Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
(b) Second:
(c)third:
(d) Fourth:
Acts 2:23-- this Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
16. Discuss the other 5 applications PS gives from Rev. 8.
(a) First:
Rev. 7:3--saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads." (This is clearly talking of protecting before the trumpet judgments)
(b) Second:
Ez. 5:7-8--"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you, and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
If idols worshipped & immorality clung too a person will not be sealed
God leveled Jerusalem just like He did Egypt & Jericho
(c) third:
*Pharaoh rebelled against God (Ex. 5:2--But Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.";); then whole creation rebelled against Pharaoh (plagues)
*Adam &Eve rebelled against God—whole creation rebelled against them (more difficult to cultivate)
Gen. 1:28--And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Rom. 8:20--For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
*Homosexuality is judgment for idolatry (in addition to being a sin)
Rom. 1:25-26--For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their
women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
*If something I should have dominion over is rebelling against me perhaps it’s because of my rebellion (this isn’t always the case (remember Job) but often is
(d) fourth:
*Judgments harden you where you are: if a believer you become hardened in your faith; if you are an unbeliever you become harden in your unbelief
Pharaoh was hardened in unbelief
Job was hardened in belief
We need to be sealed infaith before the trials come
*Signs & miracles have the same effect—confirm or harden where one
already is
(e) fifth:
17. Anything else you want to discuss from this message?
18. What application did you make?
19. What Psalm did they sing at the end? Why?
1.What is Rev. 8:1-13 about?
2.What is Joshua 6:1-27 about?
3.What is the parallelism that PS mentions in Rev. 8:3-5?
4.If seals authorize actions, what do trumpets & bowls do?
Note: in Rev. 5:8 bowls were full of prayers & in the bowl judgments they were full of plagues in answer to prayers
Note: it would be more logical to have 1st seal, then 1st trumpet, then 1st bowl, followed by 2nd, etc. The fact that it’s 7, 7, 7 shows that essentially same thing is being said 3 times
5.Where do we see 7 trumpets in the OT?
6.Why when there are 10 plagues in Ex. 7-11 do Ps. 78:43-52, Ps. 105:27-36; and Amos 4:6-13 only list 7?
7. Why were the seal judgments broken into 4 + 3. PS says he told us earlier
NOTE: the trumpets, like the seals are divided into 4 + 3
8.Who gave the trumpets to the angels (8:2)
9. How much of the earth was involved in the seal judgments?
10. How much of the earth was involved in the trumpet judgments?
11. How much of the earth is involved in the bowl judgments?
NOTE: this shows an increase in intensity from seals to trumpets to bowls.
12. What was affected in each of the first 4 trumpet judgments and what was the consequence?
NOTE: trumpet judgments began with throwing of coals to the ground—first 3
clearly involve burning
NOTE: arrangement of heaven & earth on outside & sea & rivers inside is typical
Hebrew arrangement to represent all of creation.
NOTE: God is saying He will judge all of creation in the same way He judged
Egypt
13. What is the significance of burning mountain in 2nd trumpet?
Jer. 51:24-25--"But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the LORD.
"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth," declares the LORD, "And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
Jer. 51:27--Lift up a signal in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint a marshal against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.
14. In 3rd judgment what is significance of star, lamp (torch), and wormwood
(a) Star:
Is. 14:12--"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to
the earth, You who have weakened the nations! (this is taunt against king of Babylon)
(b) lamp:
1 Kings 11:36--‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
John 5:35--"He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. (talking of John the Baptist)
(c)wormwood:
Jer. 9:15-- therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. (cf to water of life Rev. 7:17)
Deut. 29:17-18--"Moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had with them);
lest there shall be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; lest there shall be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
15. The first lesson PS gets from Rev. 8 is that God destroys His & our enemies (because of the covenant is identification with each other and our enemies are common). Why does He destroy these enemies? (4 reasons)
(a) first:
Rom 9:17--For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH."
John 20:30-31--Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
(b) Second:
(c)third:
(d) Fourth:
Acts 2:23-- this Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
16. Discuss the other 5 applications PS gives from Rev. 8.
(a) First:
Rev. 7:3--saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads." (This is clearly talking of protecting before the trumpet judgments)
(b) Second:
Ez. 5:7-8--"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you, and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
If idols worshipped & immorality clung too a person will not be sealed
God leveled Jerusalem just like He did Egypt & Jericho
(c) third:
*Pharaoh rebelled against God (Ex. 5:2--But Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.";); then whole creation rebelled against Pharaoh (plagues)
*Adam &Eve rebelled against God—whole creation rebelled against them (more difficult to cultivate)
Gen. 1:28--And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Rom. 8:20--For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
*Homosexuality is judgment for idolatry (in addition to being a sin)
Rom. 1:25-26--For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their
women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
*If something I should have dominion over is rebelling against me perhaps it’s because of my rebellion (this isn’t always the case (remember Job) but often is
(d) fourth:
*Judgments harden you where you are: if a believer you become hardened in your faith; if you are an unbeliever you become harden in your unbelief
Pharaoh was hardened in unbelief
Job was hardened in belief
We need to be sealed infaith before the trials come
*Signs & miracles have the same effect—confirm or harden where one
already is
(e) fifth:
17. Anything else you want to discuss from this message?
18. What application did you make?
19. What Psalm did they sing at the end? Why?
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