Thanks for sharing!
I haven't had as much trouble with the 6th and 7th trumpets though. Mostly because there's a time line of sorts given in Revelation 11:2-3. Here we see 42 months and 1260 days. Because of this, for me, I safely assume this is during the Abomination of desolation. Therefore, I use Daniel among other books as a reference. Daniel 12:11 tells us 1290 days exactly. Luke 21:24 of course, describing the same events of Matthew 24:15, and beyond.
So I've always considered the abomination of desolation happening after the 6th trumpet. Daniel 11:21-45 speaks of the anti christ and his campaigns, and ultimate demise, to an extent. It speaks of (his), army of the north, with some resistance from the army of the south. In Revelation 9:15 the sixth trumpet speaks of some sort of an army that destroys 1/3 part of man. Because this seems to eminate from the Euprathes river, I don't see that as the army of the north or south.
I guess what I'm saying is I think the 6th trumpet will be before the abomination of desolation and the prophesying of the 2 witnesses, when they're clothed in sackcloth.
You're welcome!
Gotcha. That's one way of thinking about it.
I know that the 6th trumpet comes first in terms of its order of revelation, but I think, not necessarily in time. I think seal 5--the martyrs in the white robes--may suggest a midpoint before the 6th trumpet (and at or prior to the fifth seal).
Daniel 7:25
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
Revelation 13:5-7
5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for
forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7
It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over
every tribe, tongue, and nation.
Revelation 6:9-11
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a
white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Revelation 7:9
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of
all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Revelation 7:13-14
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in
white robes, and where did they come from?”
14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 3:17-18 (To the Church of Laodicea)
17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and
white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Anyway, the truth (about timing of the judgments) will become apparent in time.
