The mystery of the seven angels and seven Trumpets:

There will be a series of catastrophes where people will seek death but never find it. The scriptures tell us that they will even long to die, but death will escape them, and all those without the mark of the Lord in their forehead will suffer harm.

*[[Rev 8:7-13/ISV]]*

7When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood and thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea turned into blood,

9one-third of the creatures that were living in the sea died, and one-third of the ships was destroyed.

10When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star blazing like a torch fell from heaven. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

11The name of the star is Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from the water because it had turned bitter.

12When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. One-third of the day was kept from having light, as was the night.

13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying overhead say in a loud voice, “How terrible, how terrible, how terrible for those living on the earth, because of the blasts of the remaining trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

*[[Rev 9:1-21/ISV]]*

1 When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

2It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions.

4They were told not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant, or any tree. They could harm only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.

6In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.

7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were victor’s crowns that looked like gold, and their faces were like human faces.

8They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like lions’ teeth.

9They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle

10They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.

11They had the angel of the bottomless pit ruling over them as king. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

12The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come.

13When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of God.

14It told the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River.”

15So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity.

16The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were.

17This was how I saw the horses in my vision: The riders wore breastplates that had the color of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths.

18By these three plagues—the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths—one-third of humanity was killed.

19For the power of these horses is in their mouths and their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes, which they use to inflict pain.

20The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

21They did not repent from their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

*[[Rev 11:15-19/ISV]]* v 15When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The world’s kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever.”16Then the twenty-four elders who were sitting on their thrones in God’s presence fell on their faces and worshipped God.17They said, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to rule.18The nations were angry, but the time for your wrath has come. It is time for the dead to be judged— to reward your servants, the prophets, the saints, and all who fear your name, both unimportant and important, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”19Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his Temple. There were flashes of lightning, noises, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

Remember, Jesus Christ is coming soon, for the prophetic seals are already unfolding.

Shalom

-Bishop Dr Apau-