144,000
(Rev 8:1-5) And when he had opened the seventh
seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of
half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood
before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and there was given unto
him much incense, that he should offer it with the
prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was
before the throne. And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended
up before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel
took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and
cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
(Rev 1:19) Write the things
which thou hast seen, and
the things which are, and
the things which shall be
hereafter;
Understanding the
outline of Revelation
In order to have 3 divisions in the book
there must be 2 place that create those
divisions, and make a transition to the
next point of the outline.
These 2 place are seen when heaven
opens.
(2Ti 2:15) Study to shew
thyself approved unto
God, a workman that
needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of
truth.
(Rev 1:10) I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day,
and heard behind me a
great voice, as of a
trumpet,
The Past
Chapters 1-3
Covers History from 90
AD - Rapture of the
Church
“the things which thou hast
seen”


Church history
The Application
•
Historical
(7 church of Asia
Minor)
•
•
The Present
Chapters 4-19
Covers the 7 year tribulation to
the 2nd Coming of Christ
The Future
Chapters 20-22
Covers the 1,000 year
region and beyond
“the things which are”
“the things which shall be
hereafter”
 Chapters
4-19
The Lords Day
 Chapters
20-22
The 1,000 year
reign
Inspirational
(to Churches and
Individuals)
The Tribulation (and
great tribulation)
Prophetical
(The 7 church ages
from where Acts
left off to the
Rapture)
The return of Christ with
The New Heaven
his Saints
and New earth
The return is seen 4
times
The great white
throne
The 4 accounts of the
Tribulation
Rev. 4-6 (under
the figure of
Seals)
Rev. 7-11 (under
the figure of
Trumpets)
Rev. 12-14 (The
work and ministry
of the Antichrist
Rev. 15-19 (under
The 4 accounts of the 2nd
Coming of Christ
 Rev. 6:12-17
 Rev.11-1316
 Rev. 14: 1420
 Rev. 19:11-
GOD’S
PATTERN
OF TIME
(Gen 2:3) And God
blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified it:
because that in it he
had rested from all his
work which God
created and made.
(2Pe 3:8) But, beloved,
be not ignorant of this
one thing, that one day
is with the Lord as a
thousand years, and a
thousand years as one
day.
N
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S
 Rabbi Elias (200B.C.)
“The world endures 6000 years: 2000
before the law, 2000 under the law, and
2000 under Messiah”
Bishop Burnett, The Sacred theory of the
Earth, (London:1816) p408
N
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S
 Barnabas (70A.D.)
“And God made in 6 days the works of
His hands: and He finished them on the
7th day, and He rested on the 7 day and
sanctified it. Consider, my children, what
that signifies, He finished them in 6
days. The meaning of its is this: that in
6000 years the Lord God will bring all
things to an end. For with him, one day is
a 1000 years; as Himself testifieth,
saying, behold this day shall be as a
1000 years. …
N
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S
…Therefore, children, in 6 days, this is,
in 6000 years, shall all things be
accomplished. And what is it that He
saith, and He rested the 7th day; He
meaneth this: that when His Son shall
come, and abolish the season of the
wicked one (the Anti-Christ), and judge
the ungodly; and shall change the sun
and the moon, and the stars, then He
shall gloriously rest in that 7th day.”
Barnabas, the Epistle of Barnabas—The Ante-Nicene Fathers,
(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Pub. Co.,1987) Vol 1 pp. 146-147
N
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S
 Irenaeus (150 A.D.)
“This is an account of the things
formerly created, as also it is a
prophecy of what is to come. For the day
of the Lord is as a 1000 years; and in 6
days created things were completed; it
is evident, therefore, that they will come
to an end at the 6000 years”
Irenaeus, Against Heresies-The Anti-Nicene Fathers, (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1987) vol 1 p557
N
O
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S
 Lactantius (300A.D)
“Because the works of God were
finished in 6 days, it is necessary that
they world should remain in this state 6
ages, that is 6000 years. Because having
finished the works He rested on the 7th
day and blessed it; it is necessary that at
the end of the 6000th year all wickedness
should be abolished out of the earth and
justice should reign for a 1000 years.”
Lactantius, the Divine Institutes-the Anti-Nicene Fathers, (Grand Rapids) Vol
VII, p 211
N
O
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E
S
 Rabbi Ketina
“The world endures 6000 and 1000 it
shall be laid waste (that is, the enemies
of God shall be destroyed), whereof, it is
said, “The Lord alone shall be exalted in
that day,” As out of 7 years every seventh
( is a ) year of remission, so out of the
7000 years of the world, the 7th
millennium shall be the millennial (1000
years) years of remission, that God
alone may be exalted in that day.”
Bishop thomas Newton, Dissertations on the Prophecies, (Londaon:1817)
Vol. 1., p 317
N
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S
 Bishop Latimer (1552 A.D.)
“The world was ordained to endure, as
all learned men affirm, 6000 years. Now
of that number, there be passed 5,552
years (as of A.D. 1552), so that there is
no more left but 448 years (ending in
A.D. 2000)”
Grant Jeffery, Armageddon: Appointment with Destiny (N.Y.:Bantam Books,
1968) p. 178
(Rev 8:6-12) And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound. 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 trees was burnt up, and
all green grass was burnt up. And 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; 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. 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 of the waters, because they were made bitter.
And 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.
N
O
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E
S
 The 1st 4 trumpets are directed against
the things of Nature.
• The vegetation (trees)
• The sea (Whales, Seals )
• The rivers (water and fish )
• The Earths light sources
 The last 3 trumpets are directed against
Man
• The attack of the locusts
A. The 1st
trumpet
(Rev 8:6) And the seven angels which
had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound.
(Rev 8:7) 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 trees
was burnt up, and all green grass
was burnt up.
N
O
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E
S
 The Bible is very clear that hail is going
to fall from the sky. This hail is going to
be the size of basketballs , weighing any
were from 70 lbs to 130 lbs
(Rev 16:21) And there fell
upon men a great hail out of
heaven, every stone about the
weight of a talent: and men
blasphemed God because of
the plague of the hail; for the
plague thereof was exceeding
great.
N
O
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S
 Because of the damage of the hail, fire
mixed with blood, 1/3 of the vegetation
will be killed off and ALL of the green
grass.
 This will then result in a loss of food, not
to mention poor air quality, mudslides,
floods, and soil erosion
 All of these plaques on the earth are
nothing new, but were shadowed
already in the Old Testament…
(Exo 9:22-25) And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there
may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and
upon beast, and upon every herb of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses
stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the
LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along
upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon
the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire
mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there
was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it
became a nation. And the hail smote throughout
all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both
man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of
the field, and brake every tree of the field.
B. The 2nd
trumpet
(Rev 8:8-9) And 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; 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.
.
N
O
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E
S
 Remember the 2 most important words
in the Bible.
 John is not saying it is a burning
Mountain but as or something like.
 An asteroid or meteor or comet
…as it were a great mountain
burning with fire was cast into the
sea…
N
O
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S
 The result is that 1/3 of the sea
(Mediterranean) is turn to blood.
(Exo 7:20-21) And Moses and Aaron
did so, as the LORD commanded;
and he lifted up the rod, and smote
the waters that were in the river, in
the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight
of his servants; and all the waters
that were in the river were turned to
blood. And the fish that was in the
river died; and the river stank, and
the Egyptians could not drink of the
water of the river; and there was
blood throughout all the land of
Egypt.
N
O
T
E
S
 The result is that 1/3 of the sea
(Mediterranean) is turn to blood.
 The 1/3 part of the creatures die
(effecting the famine even greater)
 The 1/3 part of the ships are destroyed
as a result of the impact and tidal wave
• Shipping of Food
• Shipping of goods
• Shipping of Fuel
rd
3
C. The
trumpet
(Rev 8:10) 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.
(Rev 8:11) And 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.
N
O
T
E
S
 This is once again a meteor or asteroid
that John saw.
 As a result 1/3 of the drinking water is
now a deadly poison.
(Jer 9:15) Therefore thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed
them, even this people, with wormwood,
and give them water of gall to drink.
(Deu 29:17-18) And ye have seen their
abominations, and their idols, wood and
stone, silver and gold, which were among
them:) Lest there should be among you
man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose
heart turneth away this day from the LORD
our God, to go and serve the gods of these
nations; lest there should be among you a
root that beareth gall and wormwood;
(Mar 16:15-18) And he said unto them, Go
ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover.
D. The 4th
trumpet
(Rev 8:12-13) And 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. And 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!
N
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S
 This trumpet deals with the lights of the
earth.
 1/3 of their light is effected. The light
will shine 8 hours less
(Gen 1:14) And God said, Let there
be lights in the firmament of the
heaven to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs, and
for seasons, and for days, and years:
(Gen 1:15) And let them be for
lights in the firmament of the heaven
to give light upon the earth: and it
was so.
(Rev 8:12-13) And 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. And 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!