Covenant Heart
Principled Iconoclast
The bible takes the plagues and puts them in two groups.
first
last
The seven trumpets come first and then the rapture of the church. Jesus takes the all changed in the twinkling of an eye crowd to heaven and then the seven trumpet angels show up again - but no longer having trumpets (but forever they will have their trumpet story attached to them) get told to go and pour out the vials of God's wrath.
...After Those Which Befell Egypt--
and should be read in that light.
In the final analysis, all prophecies of disaster form a continuation of the revelation of Gods judgment, just as all prophecies of salvation form a single word concerning the revelation of Gods salvation. Moreover, the completion of each of the judgment series leads to the first in the next. The seals, trumpets and bowls all return to the first to cover the same ground again, although from a different perspective and with greater intensity. The first seal, first trumpet and first bowl are to be read together to form a composite picture of this aspect of Gods judgment. The second in each series likewise go together, and the third, and so on to the end.
Blessings!
Covenant Heart
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