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Oct. 2393: 1 Trumpet Judgment
Birth of Antichrist
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Tribulation Great Tribulation Wrath
_____________The Seals ___________|___________ The Day of the Lord ___________+30Days
Signs Temple
----------3 ½ years, Covenant Daniel 9:2------------------ Abomination of Desolation Matt.24:15_______
The First Trumpet Judgment is the burning of the trees and all green grass on the earth. This event of the First
Trumpet Judgment follows quickly after the 144,000 are sealed, which is after the Day of the Lord. The correct
representation on the timeline chart is shown above. The most important fact taught here is that God continues
to watch over Israel’s chosen even in the time of Israel’s great distress.
It is astonishing to see these signs in the heavens to explain the events in scripture. Nevertheless, mankind will be
deceived, thinking this is just a natural disaster and not God’s Wrath. Christ said Luke 21:25 “There will be signs in
sun and moon and stars, and on the earth…” as well as in Luke 21:11 “…and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven”
or “great sign from” the “heavens or sky.” The Greek word for “heaven” is ouranos; heaven:—air, heaven, heavenly,
heavens, sky. Christ put the great signs in the heavens during creation. Therefore, Christ knows the day and hour
of His return and wants the believer to know He is coming. Those who have insight will understand that this is
God’s Divine Judgment upon the earth and understand this heavenly sign in the skies.
Let us review what has transpired before the First Judgment. Please see the book entitled “Heavenly Signs – Grand
Design for the Rapture” to get a better understanding of these prior activities. God wants us to know the timing of
these events, since God has put signs in the heavens to symbolize when these will occur.
Believers in Christ receive their glorified bodies and are in heaven.
The Antichrist has been revealed to the world.
The 144,000 are sealed from the Wrath of God.
Satan has been cast down to the earth to give his power to the Antichrist.
The First Trumpet Judgment burns up a third of the earth.
The believers should be rejoicing in heaven since we have been resurrected and have put on imperishable bodies
and now have immortality. His chosen and called will return and serve Christ as He reigns upon this earth.
1 Corinthians 15:52-57 “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet
will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.”
53 “For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
54 “But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on
immortality, then will come about the saying that is written,” “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in
victory.”
55 “O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?”
56 “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;
57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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We will see in the next chapter that the Antichrist becomes king in a “time of tranquility.” Nevertheless, war
continues on the earth prior to the First Trumpet Judgment until there is a time of false peace. His revealing
occurs one year prior to him receiving his authority for four-two months. Then, this is followed by sacrifices on
the altar being removed and the desecration of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
24 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (1 Co 15:52–57). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
