The Seven Trumpets described in the Book of Revelation will begin to sound in the final year before Christ’s return. In chapter eight, the first four trumpets sound one right after the other. Revelation 8:13 then declares: “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell upon the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels.”
The last three trumpets are called woes. This reveals a pattern of four followed by three. This same pattern is also formed by the Seven Annual Sabbaths according to the Civil or Regnal year which begins in the autumn with the Feast of Trumpets. Thus, in the autumn, we have Trumpets, Atonement, First Day of Tabernacles, and the Last Great Day. Approximately, five or six months later in the spring, we have First of ULB, Last ULB, and Pentecost.
Is it possible that the Seven Trumpets of Revelation will sound on each one of these annual Sabbaths in the future leading to the Resurrection?
Many believe that the Seventh Trumpet described in the Book of Revelation will sound on the Feast of Trumpets. However, we need to consider when the other six trumpets will sound. It is highly unlikely that all seven trumpets will sound on the same day. Rather than the Feast of Trumpets marking the end of the sounding of the trumpets, it better pictures the beginning of the sounding of the seven trumpets since it also marks the beginning of a new calendar year.
Yes, God told Moses that Abib or Nisan would be the first month for God’s people (Exodus 12:2). Why? The fulfillment of the Holy Days as listed in Leviticus 23 are being fulfilled by God in that order with the beginning of Passover. We know that Jesus was the fulfillment of the Passover lamb. Without the sacrifice of Jesus for our redemption, nothing else would follow. Jesus Christ is the “first and the last” (Revelation 22:13). Also, recall that a Jubilee year began in the autumn (See Leviticus 25).
If the Seven Trumpets of Revelation begin to sound on a future Feast of Trumpets, then the last or seventh trumpet will sound on Pentecost and not the Feast of Trumpets. This means that the Resurrection will occur on a future Pentecost rather than Trumpets. With the Resurrection on Pentecost, Christ will take His Bride to heaven for a marriage feast. Didn’t God enter into a marriage covenant with Israel on Pentecost or the Feast of Firstfruits? Will the marriage of the Lamb occur on a future Pentecost? Think about it.
After the Resurrection, the wrath of God is poured out upon the rebellious nations on the earth. This is described in Revelation 15 and 16. This pouring out of the seven last plagues of God’s wrath will occur between Pentecost and Trumpets. It will cause the nations of the world to join together to fight against this space invader. Christ will return from heaven on a white horse on the Feast of Trumpets to fight against the armies of those rebellious nations as described in Revelation 19. This is also described by Zechariah 14 and Revelation 14. On the Feast of Trumpets that will follow Resurrection Pentecost, Christ with His resurrected saints will come to the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem. From there, they will launch their campaign to capture Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. This is why Revelation 14 pictures Jesus, the Lamb, with the 144,000 on Mount Zion.
The final battle commonly known as “Armageddon” will occur on the Day of Atonement. This is when Christ will defeat the defiant armies in the Valley of Jehoshaphat or the Kidron Valley between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives. Their blood will flow for miles. It is this spilling of blood to purge the earth of the sin of rebellion which is pictured by the goat that is slain by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement as described in Leviticus 16. The High Priest pictures what Christ will do on a future Atonement.
Christ along with His Bride will rule from Jerusalem for a thousand years which is pictured by the Feast of Tabernacles. |
