Thought I would share the following regarding the seven trumpets. God bless. 
The first four trumpets were judgments that fell upon Pagan Rome before 476 A.D. at the hand of the barbarian tribes. The fifth and sixth trumpets were judgments that fell upon Papal Rome between 1299 and 1840 at the hand of the Turks and the seventh trumpet will be the judgments that will fall upon Babylon the Great after the close of probation. In other words the seventh trumpet is the seven last plagues.
The bowing down at the feet of the saints does not take place before probation closes but at the time of the fifth plague.
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sky
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Sky, I need proof that this happened at that time and I am very sure it didn't.
Gibs
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Gibs, you ask me to prove what you believe to be mere assertions on my part regarding the trumpets. I stand on what I said based on the clear declarations of inspiration. In the book The Great Controversy,334,335, we are told, in no uncertain terms, that the sixth trumpet ended on August 11,1840 with the fall of the Ottoman empire.
"In the year 1840 another remarkable fulfillment of prophecy excited widespread interest. Two years before, Josiah Litch, one of the leading ministers preaching the second advent, published an exposition of Revelation 9, predicting the fall of the Ottoman Empire. According to his calculations, this power was to be overthrown "in A.D. 1840, sometime in the month of August;" and only a few days previous to its accomplishment he wrote: "Allowing the first period, 150 years, to have been exactly fulfilled before Deacozes ascended the throne by permission of the Turks, and that the 391 years, fifteen days, commenced at the close of the first period, it will end on the 11th of August, 1840, when the Ottoman power in Constantinople may be expected to be broken. And this, I believe, will be found to be the case."--Josiah Litch, in Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy, Aug. 1, 1840.
At the very time specified, Turkey, through her ambassadors, accepted the protection of the allied powers of Europe, and thus placed herself under the control of Christian nations. The event exactly fulfilled the prediction. When it became known, multitudes were convinced of the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and a wonderful impetus was given to the advent movement. Men of learning and position united with Miller, both in preaching and in publishing his views, and from 1840 to 1844 the work rapidly extended." The Great Controversy,334,335.
The fifth trumpet is mentioned. It lasted 150 literal years from 1299 to 1449 and the sixth trumpet lasted 391 years and 15 days ending on August 11,1840.
So this implies that the judgments of the first four trumpets fell before 1299. They were the judgments that fell upon Pagan Rome at the hand of the barbarian tribes which brought about the fall of the Roman empire in A.D.476. Uriah Smith was right about that.
In 1844 the seventh trumpet sounded when Jesus passed from the holy to the most holy apartment of the sanctuary above. This meant that the judgments of God were about to fall upon a wicked world but before they fell the people of God were to give the last warning, the last message of mercy to the world.
We are told in The Great Controversy,457,458, that if the advent people had labored unitedly in the work in 1844, had received the third angel's message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts and a flood of light would have been shed upon the world and Christ would have come for the redemption of His people.
So we are living in the time of the seventh trumpet but these judgments to fall upon Babylon the Great, the seven last plagues, will not fall until the the last message of mercy has been proclaimed to the world in demonstration of the Spirit and power of God and probation has closed.
sky
The first four trumpets were judgments that fell upon Pagan Rome before 476 A.D. at the hand of the barbarian tribes. The fifth and sixth trumpets were judgments that fell upon Papal Rome between 1299 and 1840 at the hand of the Turks and the seventh trumpet will be the judgments that will fall upon Babylon the Great after the close of probation. In other words the seventh trumpet is the seven last plagues.
The bowing down at the feet of the saints does not take place before probation closes but at the time of the fifth plague.
Any feedback?
sky
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Sky, I need proof that this happened at that time and I am very sure it didn't.
Gibs
________________
Gibs, you ask me to prove what you believe to be mere assertions on my part regarding the trumpets. I stand on what I said based on the clear declarations of inspiration. In the book The Great Controversy,334,335, we are told, in no uncertain terms, that the sixth trumpet ended on August 11,1840 with the fall of the Ottoman empire.
"In the year 1840 another remarkable fulfillment of prophecy excited widespread interest. Two years before, Josiah Litch, one of the leading ministers preaching the second advent, published an exposition of Revelation 9, predicting the fall of the Ottoman Empire. According to his calculations, this power was to be overthrown "in A.D. 1840, sometime in the month of August;" and only a few days previous to its accomplishment he wrote: "Allowing the first period, 150 years, to have been exactly fulfilled before Deacozes ascended the throne by permission of the Turks, and that the 391 years, fifteen days, commenced at the close of the first period, it will end on the 11th of August, 1840, when the Ottoman power in Constantinople may be expected to be broken. And this, I believe, will be found to be the case."--Josiah Litch, in Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy, Aug. 1, 1840.
At the very time specified, Turkey, through her ambassadors, accepted the protection of the allied powers of Europe, and thus placed herself under the control of Christian nations. The event exactly fulfilled the prediction. When it became known, multitudes were convinced of the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and a wonderful impetus was given to the advent movement. Men of learning and position united with Miller, both in preaching and in publishing his views, and from 1840 to 1844 the work rapidly extended." The Great Controversy,334,335.
The fifth trumpet is mentioned. It lasted 150 literal years from 1299 to 1449 and the sixth trumpet lasted 391 years and 15 days ending on August 11,1840.
So this implies that the judgments of the first four trumpets fell before 1299. They were the judgments that fell upon Pagan Rome at the hand of the barbarian tribes which brought about the fall of the Roman empire in A.D.476. Uriah Smith was right about that.
In 1844 the seventh trumpet sounded when Jesus passed from the holy to the most holy apartment of the sanctuary above. This meant that the judgments of God were about to fall upon a wicked world but before they fell the people of God were to give the last warning, the last message of mercy to the world.
We are told in The Great Controversy,457,458, that if the advent people had labored unitedly in the work in 1844, had received the third angel's message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts and a flood of light would have been shed upon the world and Christ would have come for the redemption of His people.
So we are living in the time of the seventh trumpet but these judgments to fall upon Babylon the Great, the seven last plagues, will not fall until the the last message of mercy has been proclaimed to the world in demonstration of the Spirit and power of God and probation has closed.
sky
