life-study 26 - Christ Coming to Take Possession of the Earth

Scripture reading: Rev. 10:1-11 (Between the 6-7 trumpets, three visions here). [2nd insertion]. 

Rev. 10:1 And I saw another strong Angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon His head, and His face was like the sun, and His feet like pillars of fire;
Rev. 10:2 And He had in His hand a little opened scroll. And He placed His right foot on the sea and the left on the land;
Rev. 10:3 And He cried out with a loud voice just as a lion roars. And when He cried out, the seven thunders uttered their own voices.
Rev. 10:4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write, and I heard a voice out of heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them.
Rev. 10:5 And the Angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up His right hand to heaven
Rev. 10:6 And swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there shall be delay no longer,

If we were to understand the above passage, you'll have to understand all the facts in the book of revelation. 

The following is the seventh trumpet. This trumpet will close the age and end all the mysteries of God, Christ, and the church. 

Rev. 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he is about to trumpet, then the mystery of God is finished, as He has announced the good news to His own slaves the prophets.
Rev. 10:8 And the voice which I heard out of heaven, [I heard] again speaking with me and saying, Go, take the opened scroll in the hand of the Angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.
Rev. 10:9 And I went to the Angel and told Him to give me the little scroll. And He said to me, Take [it] and devour it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.
Rev. 10:10 And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the Angel and devoured it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth; and when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.
Rev. 10:11 And they said to me, You must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.

life-study msg 25 - Further Judgment Upon Men—The Sixth Trumpet

Rev. 9:13-20 The 6th trumpet 

Rev. 9:13 And the sixth angel trumpeted, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the golden altar which is before God
Rev. 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
Rev. 9:15 And the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year that they might kill the third part of men.
Rev. 9:16 And the number of the armies of horsemen was two hundred million; I heard their number.
Rev. 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those sitting on them, having breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
Rev. 9:18 By these three plagues the third part of the men were killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone proceeding out of their mouths.
Rev. 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they harm [men].
Rev. 9:20 And the rest of the men, who were not killed by these plagues, still did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship the demons and the idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

FOCUS: The future component - principles and aspects of Christ as well as the prophecy of the end of the age. 

1. John shows us the scenes in heaven. 

2. The fifth trumpet will be the beginning of the tribulation. 

3. Not just have a holy fearing when we read this portion, but should also be in awe when we read it- the Lord might be silent now but will COME FORTH. 

4. 1941 December Pearl Harbour - Witness Lee's personal testimony in the war: the suffering in the wars were counted by the sufferers by hours, days, months, and years.