Posted: August 3, 2024
The Sounding of the sixth trumpet The Sounding of the sixth trumpet announced the period of Satan’s concerted efforts to eliminate the people of Judah, through whom the Messiah would come. The sixth trumpet covers the period of the four successive kingdoms Satan employed to, if possible, prevent the birth of the Messiah. “Then the
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Posted: July 27, 2024
The First Five Trumpets The opening of the seventh seal introduced the seven trumpets. The seven trumpets provide more detail concerning Satan’s effort to oppose God’s plan for humankind. However, we should refrain from reading the seven trumpets with strict chronology and literalism. No recorded events in humanity’s history match those portrayed in the first
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Posted: July 22, 2024
The opening of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seals The fifth and sixth seals reveal that believers paid the ultimate price throughout history because of their loyalty to God. Perhaps the Enemy reasoned that if he eliminated those loyal to God, the Messiah would not need to come. When his plan failed, he persecuted those
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Posted: July 20, 2024
The first four seals opened. The opening of the first four seals provides an overview of what Lucifer would do in response to his expulsion from heaven. His main goal was to prevent the coming of the Messiah into the world. Lucifer, Satan, knew that if the Messiah did come, that would be the end
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Posted: July 13, 2024
The Lamb opens the seals of the scroll. When the Lamb, Jesus, had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders sang, “You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals.” Revelation 5:9. The seven seals on the scroll were probably in line. However, John did not say whether Jesus
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Posted: July 6, 2024
The fatal decision and its consequences The Woman was deceived and became a sinner by transgressing God’s explicit command. However, she did not make humankind a sinner, only herself. Adam’s intelligent decision and deliberate choice impacted the whole of humanity. Adam’s decision was willful and deliberate. He knew what the consequence of disobedience would be.
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Posted: June 29, 2024
The fall of humankind. God made everything very good. Everything that humankind needed to enjoy eternity with God had been made. All were accessible to man. “God saw all that he had made – and it was very good!” Genesis 1:31, NET. God informed the first human beings that an evil force exists; it opposes
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Posted: June 22, 2024
Did Lucifer win a home? Lucifer conquered what he hoped to be his home, but not by force because he needed the authority to employ force. The only option for legally possessing a domain was to convince its inhabitants to give it to him voluntarily. Accordingly, by applying a deceptive approach, Lucifer convinced the first
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Posted: June 14, 2024
Lucifer was expelled from heaven. “I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with thunderous voiced, ‘Come!’ So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and
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Posted: June 7, 2024
Why did Lucifer rebel against God? Lucifer is the highest order of created intelligence. (Lucifer means the shiny one). He was the light bearer. God is light; therefore, Lucifer represented God wherever he went. However, Lucifer was not satisfied with who he was; he wanted to be God. “How you are fallen from heaven, O
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