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(Feast of Trumpets)
Fred R. Coulter—September 23, 2025
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Greetings, brethren, welcome to the Feast of Trumpets! I have a question for you: How many of you have been in the Church long enough that you remember the booklet that came out with Radio Church of God? 1975 In Prophecy! That's one of the first books that I got back in 1960! Amazing! Think about that; and some of you before then. But here we are. We thought we would be in Petra. We thought we would be in the Kingdom of God by this time. But here we are in 2025.
There are still a lot of things to go on in prophecy. But that doesn't mean that the prophecies concerning the meaning of the day of the Feast of Trumpets have changed in any way. In fact, from what we know, probably in our own minds, what we did think or what we did know is actually intensified many times over.
All of those who don't believe in the Holy Days of God have cut themselves off from God and the knowledge of what God is doing. That's why we have the book: God's Plan for Mankind Revealed by His Sabbath and Holy Days!
Let's look at something in Gen. 1 before we go to Lev. 23. Gen. 1:14—This is the beginning of the fourth day! Now 4 and 7 go hand in hand throughout the Bible. This is v 14, which is 2x7.
Genesis 1:14: "And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for appointed seasons… [or appointed Feasts; and that's what Trumpets is] …and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth' And it was so " (vs 14-15).
Verse 16: "And God had made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night; and God had made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were day four" (vs 16-19).
So we have that the Sabbath, because of setting the sun, moon, and stars in order for the season, times and Feasts. The first Feast of all is the seventh-day Sabbath. The Feast that connects us to God directly is:
Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy, Commandment #4. So 4 and 7 go all the time. Now then, let's come to Lev. 23. God put all the Holy Days in there according to the Calculated Hebrew Calendar, and that is the right and the correct one. Any other ideas of men, just like there are ideas of men that say:
- the New Testament was written in Aramaic
- they didn't write anything down
- it was carried out 200 years before it was written down
NO! Whatever is important, God wants written down right as it occurred or shortly thereafter.
Lev. 23 contains all of the Holy Days of God beginning with the Sabbath. Let's look at it. Remember the first part of it starts out this way:
Leviticus 23:1: "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, "Concerning the appointed Feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be Holy convocations, even these are My appointed Feasts. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a Holy convocation. You shall not do any work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings. These are the appointed Feasts of the LORD, Holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed seasons" (vs 1-4)—times! Four and seven!
Now let's look at this and we'll see what we have. We have:
- the Passover
- the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the first day
- seventh day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread
- Pentecost
Interesting, isn't it, how that all ties together. Then we come to the fall Feasts, which we are where we are today with the Feast of Trumpets.
It's critical for everyone to understand that Pentecost pictures the day of the resurrection, #4! Amazing, isn't it?
- Feast of Trumpets
This is the day when trumpets were blown all day long, and it is a War Feast! It's not a salvational feast, yet. It is the war to bring in the salvation of God and the return of Christ and all the saints from the Sea of Glass, and all the activities that took place on the Sea of Glass from Pentecost to Trumpets. We'll read that. This is something.
This Feast of War is absolutely almost beyond description. But here we have in Lev. 23 the shortest number of verses or the fewest number of verses devoted to explaining it, because God uses other parts of the Bible to explain it. That is the key! The Holy Days are the key which unlocks:
- the Plan of God
- the mystery of God
- what God is doing
And the beginning of all of that is with the Passover! Amazing! Jesus died on the 4th day of the week, 4 and 7. Back to trumpets.
Verse 23: "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the children of Israel saying, "In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of ram's horns, a Holy convocation. You shall do no servile work therein but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD"' (vs 23-25).
That's it! That's all there is for Trumpets in Lev. 23, and it is an end-time Feast, and it's the first one in the fall; #5 in the sequence of the Feast days!
- Day of Atonement
- first day of the Feast of Tabernacles
- the Last Great Day
Amazing how all of those things come together when you use the whole Bible!
Now we know that we don't take up offerings anytime during services with the exception of the Holy day, because we were to come before God with an offering. So at this time, we'll just pause and take up an offering. And then we will continue on with the meaning of the Feast of Trumpets for 2025.
(pause for the offering)
Now let's begin this by going to Joel 2, because in the book of Joel we find that this is what Peter referred to on the Day of Pentecost. Actually, it was prophesying of the second coming of Christ.
We can learn an awful lot from this, and this is what God also wants! When the events at the end-time come through, remember this when you read the book of Revelation: there's the sealing of the 144,000 and a great innumerable multitude, which tells you that:
- through all of the disasters
- through all of the problems
God is interested in repentance!
We will see how many times it says in Revelation: 'and they didn't repent.' So that's what God wants.
Now, without the pressure of war upon us, we just have the pressure of Satan and the world and our own carnal nature, we need to come to God. We don't need to wait till the last minute when everything's falling apart and the wars are going and everyone is going crazy and the world is just emblazed in wars.
Joel 2:1: "'Blow the ram's horn in Zion… [this is the warning of it] …and sound an alarm in My Holy mountain!' Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the Day of the Lord comes…"
And that's what the Feast of Trumpets is, the Day of the Lord, the day that God returns to the earth with all the saints!
"…for it is near at hand—A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness. As the morning is spread across the mountains, so comes a great people and a mighty people…" (vs 1-2).
We'll see that when we get to Rev. 8. It's going to be:
- the greatest army
- the greatest war
- the greatest thing that has ever happened
"…there has never been the like, nor shall there ever be again, even to the years of many generations" (v 2).
Because this, brethren, is the battle, the war to end all wars. After all, who is the author of wars, but none other than Satan the devil. That's why we have next, on the Day of Atonement, the binding of Satan and getting rid of him.
Verse 3: "A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness—and nothing shall escape them."
That's something, isn't it? People like to have it: 'We'll go hide someplace and we'll be safe.' Well, with the coming of Christ, there's no place that's safe. Really, the actual 'place of safety' is the resurrection and on the Sea of Glass! Then you come to the earth with Christ!
Verse 4: "Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as war horses, so they run. They shall leap with the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains, with the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a mighty people set in battle array" (vs 4-5).
As we will see, that is the army of 200-million! That's more than we can imagine.
Verse 6: "In their presence the people shall greatly tremble; all faces shall grow pale. They shall run like mighty men. They shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march each one in his path, and they shall not break their ranks" (vs 6-7).
That's something! Just a tidal wave continually coming of soldiers and soldiers. We will see that the final battle at Armageddon is going to be the greatest battle with the greatest slaughter, and that there will be blood so far, so deep that it is just mind-boggling to even contemplate!
Verse 8: "And each one shall not crowd another; they go everyone in his own path. And when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded."
Isn't that interesting? They will have protection from all the armament of the other people.
Verse 9: "They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble…." (vs 9-10).
This is a time like never, never, never in the history of all the world.
"…The sun and the moon shall grow dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. And the LORD shall utter His voice before His army; for His camp is exceedingly great..." (vs 10-11).
That will be us coming down with Christ from the Sea of Glass on the Day of Trumpets.
"…for powerful is He who executes His Word, for the Day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can endure it?" (v 11).
Now notice this, and we find this all the way through Revelation, as well.
Verse 12: "'Therefore, even now,' says the LORD, 'turn to Me…'"
I want you to read the rest of it, because this is what we need to do all the time:
- How do we come to God?
- How do we know what is true?
- How do we know what is right?
- How do we keep up a relationship with God?
Right here!
"…'turn to Me with all your heart…'" (v 12). That's what God wants; He wants us:
- to believe Him
- to obey Him
- to love Him
with all our heart, mind, soul and being!
"…and with fasting… [the Day of Atonement that's coming] …and with weeping, and with mourning…. [here's what God wants from everyone]: …Yes, rend your heart and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God…" (vs 12-13).
What we see in the book of Revelation, is that there is:
- repentance
- salvation
and we also see that there is not repentance, and there is great war!
"…for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He repents of the evil. Who knows if He will return and repent and leave a blessing behind Him—a grain offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Blow a ram's horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly" (vs 13-15).
So, it blends on over into the Day of Atonement. This is something! Now, let's see how this comes out in Rev. 8. Let's see, because this is a point there, right after the sealing of the 144,000 and the great enumerable multitude.
By the way, as you read that, when it shows them coming before the Throne of God, that's not until the resurrection, because Rev. 7 happens on a Pentecost, one year before the Pentecost of the resurrection. So, they're on the earth during that time:
- they are sealed
- they are protected
- they are set aside by God
Then at the resurrection all of the saints are resurrected, and all of those who are alive are transformed and carried to the Sea of Glass.
Rev. 8—here we begin some of the most difficult verses in the Bible. We will see they were all prophesied in the Old Testament, and everything that goes with that.
We are able to see what goes on in heaven. And we will see that Rev. 8 begins on the Feast of Trumpets. From Pentecost to trumpets, the earth has to recover from all the disaster of the shaking of the heaven and the earth and the rolling back of the heavens like a scroll, as we find there in Rev. 6 with the sixth seal. So, here we are now, Trumpets:
Revelation 8:1: "Now, when He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about a half hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them" (vs 1-2).
Now, we need to understand the seventh trumpet, because each one of these are going to sound and send off the alarm saying what God is going to do.
Remember: here in the book of Revelation is the only place in the whole Bible where we have a sequence of blowing of trumpets, one through seven. So, we have the first and the seventh, or the last one. There again #7 becomes mightily important. Here the seventh seal was open.
Verse 3: "And another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar; and much incense was given to him, so that he might offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that was before the Throne."
That's where our prayers go. That's why Jesus said, 'You pray to the Father, because He loves you.'
- we don't go through a priest
- we don't go to a temple on the earth
We go direct to God! That's what God wants with those who have His Spirit and are converted.
Verse 4: "And the smoke of the incense went up before God from the hand of the angel, ascending with the prayers of the saints."
- comes right up to God
- God takes care of them
- He hears them
- He answers them
- He has 24 elders to help Him
- He has the seven spirits of God to find out those who are seeking God
All of those are working all of the time!
Verse 5: "And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it into the earth; and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake."
Now, with a great earthquake, we have the sixth seal. Great earthquake. The whole earth is shaken. Here's an earthquake. We're going to see there are many earthquakes that take place.
Verse 6: "Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound their trumpets. And the first angel sounded his trumpet; and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and it was cast upon the earth; and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up" (vs 6-7).
Now note that because when we get to Rev. 9, we find something else, which is this. Here's what it is with burning grass: Once it's burned, if it gets a little moisture and water, what does it do? It grows! We'll see that a little later.
Verse 8: "Then the second angel sounded his trumpet; and there was cast into the sea as it were a great mountain burning with fire…"
Think about the tsunamis that's going to make. Think of what that's going to do to the coastline everywhere in the world.
"…and a third of the sea became blood" (v 8).
Think about that with all the water on the earth. WOW!
Verse 9: "And a third of the living creatures that were in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed."
These angels go one, two, three, four, five in a row. And that prepares for #6 & #7, and then the last plagues, the last great plagues!
Verse 10: "And the third angel sounded his trumpet; and there fell out of heaven a great star, burning like a lamp; and it fell on a third of the rivers, and on the fountains of waters. Now, the name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from drinking the waters because they were made bitter" (vs 10-11).
Now think about that! The vengeance of God is coming full blast, but step-by-step-by-step and more intense.
Verse 12: "Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet; and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars; so that a third of them were darkened; and a third part of the day did not shine, and likewise a third part of the night."
Now with all this trouble, we'll read v 13 and then we'll look at some of the prophecies in the Old Testament that tell us about this.
The last year when these things take place it is 13 months long, and in the third month… It starts out with Trumpets and it comes along to the first month and then it comes along to the third month. So, we have all that time.
Let's look at some of the things that were prophesied in the Old Testament and what is going to happen. A lot of these were prophecies for the one-time event of the return of Christ as part of the things that will happen.
It's amazing how all of these things were there and for us to understand and to know what's going to happen. But you see, the way that the Bible is put together, it's put together in such a way there are some here, there's some there, there's some in another place and it's put together bit-by-bit and piece-by-piece. That is called rightly dividing the Word of God!
Isaiah 24:1: "Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste... [that's wherever these things take place] …and turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants."
This is going to be something! Everything is coming at the end to judge the world and all peoples, and then the salvation of God comes!
Verse 2: "And as it is with the people, so it shall be with the priest; as with the slave, so with the master; as with the handmaid, so it is with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor." So much for the stock market!
Verse 3: "The earth shall be completely laid waste…" Not all at once, but in series BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"…and utterly stripped; for the LORD has spoken this word" (v 3).
- What is this going to do with the earth?
- How is the earth is going to respond because of all of these things that are coming?
Verse 4: "The earth mourns and languishes; the world withers and languishes; the proud people of the earth wither. And the earth is defiled under its people; because…" (vs 4-5).
Here's the reason. Now all of those out there in Protestant-land listen up! because God is telling all of us:
- His Laws are Holy
- His Laws are Righteous
- His Laws are good
- His Laws are good for us
and IFwe're converted we're to keep them in the Spirit of the Law; we're to keep them written in our heart and mind!
Verse 5: "And the earth is defiled under its people; because they have transgressed the Laws, changed the ordinance, and have broken the everlasting covenant." Think on that!
- Does any man have the power to change God's Word? No!
- Does any man have the power to do away with the Sabbath? No!
- Does any man have the power to do away with the Holy Days? No!
They have transgressed the Law of God! That's all encompassing! There it is!
Verse 6: "Therefore, the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell in it are desolate; therefore, the people of the earth are burned, and few men are left."
Quite a thing! Think about what it's going to be! We will see all of this happening as we look down on the earth from the Sea of Glass.
Isaiah 13:6: "Howl! For the Day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty."
This is going to be a tremendous thing that's going to take place.
Verse 7: "Therefore, all hands shall be faint, and every man's heart shall melt; and they shall be afraid. Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them. They shall be in pain like a woman who travails. They shall be amazed at one another, their faces are like blazing fire" (vs 7-8)
Verse 9: "Behold, the Day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation; and He shall destroy the sinners out of it, for the stars of the heavens and their constellations shall not give light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not reflect its light. And I will punish the world for their evil…" (vs 9-11). God is storing it all up!
"…and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the tyrants. I will make man more scarce than gold, even man more than the fine gold of Ophir. Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall move out of its place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger" (vs 11-13). Now that's quite a thing!
Let's come to the book of Jeremiah. Let's see what he says, because people are going to think:
If I do this or if I have a place in the wilderness I will escape all of this.
Well this is going to be worldwide—all people, all nations from North Pole to South Pole, all around the world everywhere—because God is going to do this in an absolutely unbelievable way and no one is going to escape!
Jer. 25—here was something that was special that God told Jeremiah to do. God said, 'Take this cup and you go make all these nations drink of it.' Well, he didn't do it; but this was a prophecy for the second return of Christ. Of course, Jeremiah didn't know that, but nevertheless, he was to do it and all of the nations of the world were to drink of that cup.
The very fact that it is here in Jeremiah means that cup is here.
Jeremiah 25:26: "And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and [#1]ALL the kingdoms of the world, which are on the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them." Shishak is the great Beast Power!
Verse 27: "Therefore, you shall say to them…" Here's the message that goes out. This is the message to the world concerning the Feast of Tabernacles!
"…Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Drink and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you'" (v 27).
Yes, there's going to be war and terror, killing and death, and blood, gore, guts, and everything like that!
Verse 28: "And it shall come to pass if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'You shall certainly drink"'" It's amazing!
Verse 29: "'For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city, which is called by My name; and shall you go unpunished?.... [indeed not] …You shall not go unpunished. For I will call for a sword on [#2]ALL the inhabitants of the earth,' says the LORD of hosts."
Verse 30: "'And prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, "The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His Holy habitation. He shall mightily roar over His dwelling place…. [that's over Jerusalem] …He shall give a shout, like those who tread out grapes, against [#3]ALL the people of the earth."'"
Now notice again where it comes. Does God mean ALL? You know people like to come along and say that God doesn't mean this and God doesn't mean that.
- Why then did He have it written down if He didn't mean it?
- Would you ever write a letter if you didn't mean to do it? Of course not!
Verse 31: "'A noise shall come to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations… [not just a few people, not just Israel, not certain nations, but ALL people, and He says here]: …He will plead with [#4]ALL flesh. He will give those who are wicked to the sword,' says the LORD. Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation…'" (vs 31-32).
Imagine that! This is going to be a time like never before. That's why the Feast of Trumpets is so important and it needs to be preached. We see everything right now. Many of the things being setup right now for all of this with the events that are going on.
"…and a great whirlwind shall be stirred up from the farthest corners of the earth. And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; they shall not be mourned, nor gathered, nor buried. They shall be as dung on the ground" (vs 32-33).
Verse 34: "Howl, you shepherds…
- all of you leaders who think you're so great
- all of the religious leaders who think that they represent God
Verse 34: "Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you lords of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and of your scatterings are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a choice vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the lords of the flock to escape. A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the lords of the flock shall be heard; for the LORD has spoiled their pasture. And the peaceful pastures are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD" (vs 34-37).
This is something! these are powerful words! That's why God only put a couple of verses in Lev. 23 concerning Trumpets because there's so much to it you can't put anything there. That's what's going to happen.
We'll come to the book of Revelation and we will see how all of these things will transpire and how it will come about because it's going to be something. This Feast, the Feast of Trumpets, is the finale, the end of the rule of man, and the entrance of Jesus Christ and the resurrected saints as the coming kings and priests to rule this world!
Unfortunately, we're going to start out with a giant, disastrous mess of the greatest proportion that it's hard for us to fathom what it will be.
(break@41:42)
Let's come to Rev. 9, which is really a tremendous chapter. This shows the great power of God, the great armies of the world and how that the world is going to be deceived when they see the Sea of Glass up there that the earth is being invaded from outer space. But coming up to that time, the great armies of the world are going to be deceived.
Everyone is killing everyone everywhere. The earth is shaking and everything's upside down and backward. Everything looks like it's total oblivion! And we will see at the end of Rev. 9 what God really wants when these things take place.
That's why He saves it all up for the end-time. Now here in Rev. 9 we have the fifth trumpet and the sixth trumpet blown. Then it goes over to Rev. 11 with the seventh trumpet.
Revelation 9:1: "And the fifth angel sounded his trumpet; and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and there was given to him the key to the bottomless abyss."
Now, the bottomless abyss is the prison for all of the demons, because they're not all let out on the earth until then.
Who is the king over the bottomless abyss? Satan the devil! The king is the king of the earth. The king of the earth is the king of the earth. The king of the earth is the king of the earth. And who is the king over the bottomless abyss? Satan the devil!
Verse 2: "And he opened the bottomless abyss; and there went up smoke from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. Then locusts came onto the earth from the smoke; and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power" (vs 2-3).
So this is some kind of new fantastic weapon that they have. This ties right in with some of the things that we find in Dan. 11.
Verse 4: "And it was said to them that they should not damage the grass of the earth…"
Well it all burned up in the Rev. 8, so this tells us there's a space of time, there's rain that has come on and the grass has grown.
"…or any green thing, or any tree, but only the men who did not have the seal of God in their foreheads" (v 4).
Who are the ones who have the seal of God in their forehead? The 144,000 and great and numeral multitude.
Verse 5: "And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man."
So, this kind of stops everything for a number of months, the five months, then that has to wear off.
Verse 6: "And in those days men will seek death but will not find it; and they will desire to die, but death will flee from them. And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for war; and on their heads were crowns like those of gold; and their faces were like the faces of men" (vs 6-7).
That's quite a thing! Quite an army! This is a combination of men possessed of demons. All the demons come out and possess the men and they have the secret weapon, which then torments them like the scorpion.
Verse 8: "And they had hair like women's hair; and their teeth were like those of lions. And they had breastplates like iron breastplates; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots drawn by many horses running to war" (vs 8-9).
We don't know what this is going to be but it's something kind of some kind of flying machine probably a lot of helicopters if we could look at it that way.
Verse 10: "And they had tails like scorpions, and stingers; and they were given power to injure men with their tails for five months."
Now notice who is leading them! After this then Satan leads the 200-million! And after that we will see the seven last plagues!
Verse 11: "And they have over them a king, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but the name he has in Greek is Apollyon. The first woe is past. Behold, after these things two more woes are still to come" (vs 11-12). So, we will see that!
Now then here come the great armies of the East. 200-million! Armies, armies, armies everywhere coming from every direction.
Verse 13: "And the sixth angel sounded his trumpet; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God; and it said to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet, 'Loose the four angels who are bound in the great River Euphrates'" (vs 13-14). So they're going to dry it up all the way.
Sidebar: Well there's been a drought here recently so the Euphrates River went very low because of all the dams that are up along Euphrates River, and some of these false preachers were saying that the River Euphrates is dried up and we're in Ezek. 38 & 39.
It tells you that the Sunday-keepers don't have a clue! They can use the Bible, but they don't believe it in the way that they should. They can say words from it, but unless they obey God they always get it wrong!
Verse 15: "Then the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year…"
Does God have this all figured out ahead of time? Yes indeed!
"…were loosed, so that they might kill a third of men; and the number of the armies of the horsemen… [plural] …was two hundred thousand thousand… [200 million] …and I [John] heard the number of them. And so, I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, who had fiery breastplates, even like jacinth and brimstone. And the heads of the horses were like heads of lions, and fire and smoke and brimstone shoot out of their mouths. By these three a third of men were killed…" (vs 15-18). So, we have two-thirds of the armies killed!
"…by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone that shoot out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouths; for their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they inflict wounds" (vs 18-19).
So these are going to be some weapons that are going to be absolutely things that we have things that we have never had before that are going to be unleashed.
Verse 20: "But the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent…" God wants them to repent but they won't do it!
"…still did not repent of the works of their hands that they might not worship demons, and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood… [all the things that men think are important] …which do not have the power to see, nor to hear, nor to walk. And they did not repent… [twice God emphasizes repent] …of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornications, nor of their thievery" (vs 20-21).
Boy this is something! All of this mounts more and more and more and more and that's why the Feast of Trumpets is the key focal thing that is going to end the worship of Satan and end the governments of men over nations and people and everything.
Now they're going to be given to the saints, as we know! But here we have Rev. 10. Now there's always someone who comes along and says. 'I know what it says that what these plagues and things that are in Rev. 10. Well God told John don't write it! So, how can they know? The answer is they can't!
So chapter 10 is very important. Now even after all of this God says you got to give one more warning. Now we don't know how that's going to happen. We don't know the way it's going to work out, but He says 'You give one more warning because what's going to happen is going to be so terrible. I don't want you to write it down what these plagues in Rev. 10 are. Let's read it.
Revelation 10:1: "Then I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and with a rainbow on his head; and his face was like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire; and he had in his hand a little book that was open. And he placed his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices" (vs 1-3). What are these?
Verse 4: "And when the seven thunders spoke with their voices, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven say to me, 'Seal what the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them.' Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and swore by Him Who lives into the ages of eternity, Who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, 'There shall be no more delay.'" (vs 4-6).
Everything's going to happen exactly as God wants it to happen!
Verse 7: "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God shall also be completed, according to the Gospel that He declared to His servants the prophets."
The seventh trumpet is the last trumpet and it is the resurrection, and that takes place on Pentecost so everything that we have covered up to this point is from trumpets on down through the winter on into the spring on into the Passover and on into the time of Pentecost and then the seventh trumpet sounds.
Let's see what happens here the two witnesses we have that in chapter 11 their witness and their ministry comes to an end. They are killed after 1260 days and their bodies lie in the street of the great city Jerusalem where our Lord was crucified.
Revelation 11:11: "Then after the three and a half days, the Spirit of Life from God entered into them and they stood on their feet…"—and the whole world saw it!
Verse 12: "And they heard a great voice from heaven, say, 'Come up here!'…."
So as we saw on Pentecost the two witnesses are the last two killed, but the first two resurrected: 'the last shall be first'!
Verse 12: "And they heard a great voice from heaven, say, 'Come up here!' And they ascended into heaven in a cloud; and their enemies saw them rise. And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; and seven thousand men were killed in the earthquake. And the rest were filled with fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming immediately. Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet…" (vs 12-15).
The third woe is the seventh angel sounding his trumpet and the resurrection takes place; this is on Pentecost!
Now we're getting down close toward the end of the meaning of the Feast of Trumpets, but let's see what happens here.
Verse 15: "Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ, and He shall reign into the ages of eternity.'"
This part of the Plan of God on the earth has come to a conclusion and all of those who were destined for the first resurrection will be resurrected!
Verse 16: " And the twenty-four elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, 'We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come; for You have taken to Yourself Your great power, and have reigned. For the nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to Your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to all those who fear Your name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth'" (vs 16-18).
That's the first resurrection right here, the last trumpet! Remember what it says at the last trumpet:
'The trumpet shall sound and we shall be changed'; we shall become spirit beings! Then the angels are going to bring us up to the heavenly clouds—not into [the third] heaven; but the third heaven is going to come down to the earth right here where the clouds are as we will see in Rev. 15 so let's turn over there and look. The harvest has taken place!
Revelation 15:1: "Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and awesome: seven angels having the seven last plagues…"
This is the final destruction of the earth, but it is the vengeance of God, and God promised all of those who would be in the first resurrection and all of the prophets that they would see the vengeance of God. Amazing thing!
"…for in them the wrath of God is filled up. And I saw a Sea of Glass mingled with fire, and those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing on the Sea of Glass, having the lyres of God" (vs 1-2).
Verse 3: "And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and awesome are Your works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are Your ways, King of the saints.
So, we're there praising God, we're thanking God and here we are and we know what's going to happen up there as we covered with the Feast of Pentecost. There are 14 major things that are going to happen:
- we're going to be changed
- we're going to be given the robes and things that we need
- we're going to know what God wants us to do
- we will come down with Christ and save this world
Verse 4: "'Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You only are Holy; and all the nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been revealed.' And after these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened" (vs 4-5). Right there the third heaven is coming down to the Sea of Glass:
- God the Father will be there
- Christ will be there
- the 24 elders will be there
- everything will be there
We then will see the vengeance of God poured out upon the earth, but we're also going to have
- the wedding supper of the Lamb
- the marriage of the Lamb
That's going to be amazing!
Verse 6: "And the seven angels who had the seven last plagues came out of the temple; they were clothed in linen, pure and bright, and girded about the chest with golden breastplates. And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, Who lives into the ages of eternity" (vs 6-7).
Verse 8: "And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power; and no one was able to enter inside the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled."
While all of that is going on we have Rev. 19 the first part of it.
Revelation 19:1: "And after these things I heard the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, 'Hallelujah!....'"
Now that's all of us on the Sea of Glass singing the song having our harps"
- getting our assignments
- getting our new name
- we have a Crown of Life
- we have a stone with our name on it
"…'Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the honor and the power belong to the Lord our God. For true and righteous are His judgments…" (vs 1-2).
We'll go back and see the judgment of the seven last plagues here in a minute
"…for He hasjudged the great whore, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and He has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand" (v 2).
That's going to be a thing! That's the seven last plagues!
Verse 3: "And they said a second time, 'Hallelujah! And her smoke shall ascend upward into the ages of eternity.' And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, Who sits on the Throne, saying, 'Amen. Hallelujah!' And a voice came forth from the Throne, saying, 'Praise our God, all His servants…'" (vs 3-5).
So, this is going to be quite a time on the Sea of Glass preparing for that Feast of Trumpets when we come back to the earth with all power!
"'…and all who fear Him, both small and great.' And I heard a voice like that of a great multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, 'Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty has reigned" (vs 5-6). That ties right in with Rev 11 and Rev. 15.
Verse 7: "'Let us be glad and shout with joy; and let us give glory to Him; for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.' And it was granted to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, pure and bright; for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. And he said to me, 'Write:…'" (vs 7-9).
That's why God has it written down, because no man could possibly understand these things; no one could imagine what this is like the way that it is written here or all the prophecies of old that lead up to it.
"'…Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' And he said to me, 'These are the true words of God'" (v 9).
So they're going to happen!
Let's come back here to Rev 16 and see what's going to happen. The seven last plagues is the vengeance of God, and all the armies that are left will be gathered and they will see this great Sea of Glass up there and they will be absolutely convinced that this is an invasion from outer space, which will be true!
But outer space come to the earth and the resurrection of the saints and everything that takes place with that, and the marriage of the Lamb and the marriage supper of the Lamb
Revelation 16:1: "Then I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels, 'Go and pour out the vials of the wrath of God onto the earth.' And the first angel went and poured out his vial onto the earth; and an evil and grievous sore fell upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who were worshiping his image" (vs 1-2
That's an amazing thing and that's coming, you wait and see!
Verse 3: "And the second angel went and poured out his vial into the sea; and it became blood, like that of a dead man; and every living soul in the sea died."
Now that's interesting because that's talking about life! All the living things and in the sea at that particular area died!
Verse 4: "And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers, and into the fountains of waters; and they became blood."
All around the world no one's going to escape from this this is the wrath of God! Think what the earth is going to be like and how much we have to do
- to prepare it
- to remake it
- to rebuild it
and the poor people that are left and all their emotions are crushed and shattered. There are just trembling, fearful individuals left. Worse than anything we could imagine that happened in WWII.
Verse 5: "Then I heard the angel of the waters say, 'You are righteous, O Lord, Who are, and Who was, even the Holy One, in that You have executed this judgment. For they have poured out the blood of saints and of prophets, and You have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy'" (vs 5-6).
Now you see that's quite a thing someone would look at that and say, I thought Jesus was the meek little lamb!' NO! He's coming:
- as the fierce lion of the tribe of Judah
- as King of the earth with all power
with the power of Christ and all the angels behind Him!
This is what the Feast of Trumpets is all about! This is going to be the absolute crushing of everything in the world:
- that men have made
- that Satan has made
- that all of the things that people have striven for
- thinking that they can outwit God
- thinking that they can do things on their own
- worshiping Satan the devil
- cursing God
- blaspheming the Holy Spirit and God the Father
This tells you what an angel thinks about this:
Verse 7: "And I heard another voice from the altar say, 'Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.' And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given to it to scorch men with fire. Then men were scorched with great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God, Who has authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give Him glory" (vs 7-9).
What does it take for some people to repent? Think about that! How many times have we covered that going into this?
Verse 10: "And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; yet, they did not repent of their works" (vs 10-11).
Again and again and again! We need to take that as a lesson! What does it take for us to repent to God for our sins? We're living here with no terrible plagues or anything like that. We can come to God at any time!
Verse 12: "And the sixth angel poured out his vial into the great River Euphrates; and its waters were dried up, so that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared."
The army of 200-million, those different armies, were still coming. They didn't all come when it dried up the first time.
Verse 13: "Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet; for they are spirits of demons working miracles, going forth to the kings of the earth, even of the whole world, to gather them together to the battle of that great day of the Almighty God" (vs 13-14).
Everything's going to be there, everyone is going to come. This is going to be quite an absolute slaughter the like never ever known in the past. Here's a warning for us:
Verse 15: "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is the one who is watching and is keeping his garments…" and that means through:
- repentance
- love
- service
to God! In spite of all of the things that are going on we need to keep that in mind!
"…so that he may not walk naked and they may not see his shame. And he gathered them together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. Then the seventh angel… [with the seventh last plague] …poured out his vial into the air; and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the Throne, saying, 'IT IS FINISHED'" (vs 15-17).
Think about that! The end of it all has come and now the Kingdom of God is going to come on the earth!
Verse 18: "And there were voices and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were on the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great." The whole earth!
- How many earthquakes?
- How many shakings up?
- How many of these great plagues and things are going to happen?
That's why it says 'WOE to those who seek the Day of the Lord!' You don't know what you're talking about you have no idea what it is nor the meaning of what there is in the Bible, or how awful this is going to be!
Verse 19: "And the great city was divided into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell…"
All their skyscrapers BOOM! coming down to the ground. That great highest building and in the Arab world that goes up 2500-feet! I wonder what pile of metal and rocks that's going to be when it falls?
"…and Babylon the Great was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. And every island disappeared, and no mountains were found" (vs 19-20).
Everything upside down and changing to get rid of everything of man and satan and the demons and all of the evil that is on earth!
Verse 21: "And great hail, each stone the weight of a talent…" That's 180-pounds!
How are you going to fight against that is there any weapon that:
- man can devise
- demons can devise
- satan can devise
that can go against the great hail of 180 pounds!
"…fell down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague was exceedingly great" (v 21).
Amazing! So, here we are, we're all ready to come back to the earth. We're all ready for the things of the ending of the day of the meaning of the Feast of Trumpets! This is something so we have that whole last year:
- plague after plague after plague
- war after war after war
- killing
- death
- sickness
- disease
- everything going on
Rev. 19—here is the ending of the Feast of Trumpets. Christ and:
- all of the apostles
- all of the prophets
- all of the saints
- all who down through history were faithful and died and were buried or were martyred
- all of those of the 144 000 and the great innumerable multitude
- all of the 144 000 of Rev. 14 which is the second 144 000
Here we all are!
We've had the marriage supper of the Lamb What is that going to be like? All of this is going on the earth down below, and they're looking up at this great Sea of Glass and wondering what's going to happen? 'Let's go fight them; let's go rescue us!' The greatest weapons in the world will come against it, but it be of no avail!
Revelation 19:11: "And I saw heaven open; and behold, a white horse; and He Who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He does judge and make war." The war to end all wars, except just one!
Verse 12: "And His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written that no one knows except Him."
His personal name from God the Father! He has other names and those are known, but not this one directly from God the Father!
Verse 13: "And He was clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and His name is The Word of God. That goes back to:
John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." There it is right there!
Revelation 19:14: "And the armies in heaven were following Him on white horses…"
- all the saints
- all the prophets
Imagine!
"…and they were clothed in fine linen, white and pure. And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations…" (vs 14-15)—that is if they don't repent!
"…and He shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and He treads the winepress of the fury and the wrath of the Almighty God" (v 15).
- no one's going to turn that back
- no one's going to interfere with that
This is what God is going to do, and that's why this day is so important because it is the salvation of the world!
But the world can't be saved until everything of sin and wretchedness is destroyed and Satan is removed, and the False Prophet and the Beast are destroyed! That's coming!
Verse 16: " And on His garment and on His thigh He has a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven…" (vs 16-17)—because of this great slaughter!
What is what is going to happen? All those who fight their flesh is going to fall off of them! An amazing thing indeed!
"…'Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of chief captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, free and bond, and small and great.' And I saw the Beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war with Him Who sits on the horse, and with His army" (vs 17-19).
Now we'll see what happens to them in just a little bit here
Verse 20: "And the Beast was taken, and with him the False Prophet who worked miracles in his presence, by which he had deceived those who received the Mark of the Beast and those who worshiped his image. Those two were cast alive into the Lake of Fire, which burns with brimstone." That's how God is going to do it!
Verse 21: "And the rest were killed by the sword of Him Who sits on the horse, even the sword that goes out of His mouth; and all the birds were filled with their flesh."
It said back in Zech. 14 that their flesh falls right off their bone! Then what happens, Christ and the saints come and His feet stands in that day on Mount Zion and all the saints with Him.
Then we begin to rule the world, and the first thing to do to rule the world is the next Holy Day, the Day of Atonement, which is what the judgment of Satan the devil! So we'll keep that in another nine days; see you then!
Scriptural References:
- Genesis 1:14-19
- Leviticus 23:1-4, 23-25
- Joel 2:1-15
- Revelation 8:1-13
- Isaiah 24:1-6
- Isaiah 13:6-13
- Jeremiah 25:26-37
- Revelation 9:1-21
- Revelation 10:1-7
- Revelation 11:11-18
- Revelation 15:1-8
- Revelation 19:1-9
- Revelation 16:1-21
- Revelation 19:11-13
- John 1:1
- Revelation19:14-21
Scriptures referenced, not quoted:
- Revelation 7; 6
- Daniel 11
- Ezekiel 38; 39
- Revelation 14
- Zechariah 14
Also referenced: Book {truthofGod.org}:
God's Plan for Mankind Revealed by His Sabbath and Holy Days!
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Transcribed: 8/10/25
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