The Seven Trumpets: Introduction
By J. Leland Earls; edited by Kevin W. Earls
The word tells us that “in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished” (Re. 10:7). The time is hastening and the tempo of events is rapidly growing in momentum.
The trumpet was used in ancient times to sound a warning. It was also used to call God’s people together that they might receive His instructions and be ready to move on to where the Lord would show them (Nu. 10:1-9). This is now the fulfillment of this pattern. The trumpets have been sounding during this end time, bringing to pass certain events to the world scene, to signal the warning that the judgment of all things is at hand and the wind-up of this age is rapidly drawing near. Coupled with the unfolding of these events is the fact that the Lord has been moving by His Spirit in a special way to call His people together so that they might be ready for the grand climax of all things.
The beginning or initial blast of each trumpet sets in motion what is to unfold on the world scene because of its sound. What is portrayed in the scriptures as taking place under the sounding of each trumpet, does not find its complete fulfillment until all the trumpets have sounded. The sound of each trumpet initiates events and forces which carry through the entire end-time period. For example, when the second trumpet begins to blast, what was unleashed under the first trumpet is still in motion and continuing, and when the third trumpet begins to blow, that which was unleashed by the second trumpet continues its march on the pages of history. This is how it is with each trumpet, so that by the time the last or seventh trumpet begins its blast, all the previous six trumpets are still sounding and will continue to sound until a mighty crescendo is reached in the climax of all things. What is unleashed by the successive trumpets continues until the end, and each successive trumpet overlaps the blowing of the previous trumpet or trumpets.
The Lord has been showing His people what He desires for these last days in a BODY which will go forth in power to reap a great harvest to Him; a BODY which shall be anointed even as Jesus was anointed in His day to do mighty works. As this BODY fulfills its mission, it will be made ready to cross over into the promised land to receive the fullness of that which has been prepared for those who are called and chosen and faithful (Re. 17:14).
The Lord will reveal that which is about to take place on the earth at the blowing of the seventh trumpet. When this comes to pass, it will cause the final veil to be removed, and all men shall see clearly that which has been a mystery up to that moment in human history. We must fully understand what is unveiled under the seventh trumpet but cannot until we are given insight into the events which lead up to it which have their inception under the six preceding trumpets, Let’s continue and look at the revealing of the sounding of the trumpets for these last days.
First published in March of 1967 by Word of Life Fellowship in the book:
Prophecies for Our Time 01: The Finished Mystery
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