THE BREAKING of the Seventh Seal in The Revelation of St John reveals seven trumpets about to sound forth.
Just as the blast of seven trumpets brought down the walls of Jericho, thus the apostate city of Jerusalem shares the same fate in 70 AD.
Silence in heaven trails the unsealing of the Seventh Seal for half an hour.
This is the offering of incense at the heavenly liturgy that St John gains entrance, shadowed forth by Temple worship in the Old Testament.
Following the silence seven angels are given seven trumpets.
An angel holds a golden censer, whose incense—symbolizing the prayers of the saints—ascends up to God.
Gathering fiery coals from the altar of incense, the angel casts them on the Land of Israel to avenge the crucifixion of Christ.
Evoking God’s command to Moses when destroying an idolatrous city, fire was taken from the Temple altar to burn the city as a “whole burnt offering unto the Lord” as an avenging sacrifice.
This same “burning”—in John’s vision of the breaking of the Seventh Seal—is to befall the apostate city of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
At the onset, John is schooled in “things which must shortly come to pass,” the “time being at hand,” repeated at the end of the book.
This “time at hand” are the “days of vengeance” against Jerusalem in 70 AD—to “shortly come to pass”—foreknown by Jesus Christ and told to His disciples.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in these prophecies about nuclear war, America, or Russian military affairs.
If the “time was at hand” when St John wrote the Revelation in 65 AD, all ‘Late Great Planet Earth’ evangelical far-flung futuristic nonsense unsuitably strays from the aim of the text.
Fiery lights and trumpets also was the method used by Gideon in the Old Testament to rout the Midianites, engaged in loathsome idolatry.
Unbelieving Israel in like manner is to receive God’s vengeance by the onslaught of the Roman armies in 70 AD.
The breaking of the Seventh Seal gives way to the vision of the Seven Trumpets.
The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Joel, used trumpet symbolism in their preaching to sound an alarm.
An alarm of approaching judgment urging the Israelites to repent, even if that purpose was not achieved.
We learn in “The Jewish Wars” by Josephus that a great tribulation befell the people of Israel not long after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Internecine war, famine, and mothers eating their own children to satisfy agonizing hunger was their plight.
An alarm to you and me to prepare our souls and bodies for the Second Coming of Our Lord, God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
The unsealing of heaven, revealing the Great Trumpet Blast, offers no last chance.
Completely destroys the 19th century fraud of the Scoffield different “gospel of Jesus the Christ”. The Sensational, Dispensationalist, pre-tribulation FRAUD!
Bravo for giving the true view of the Revelation to John. Preterism.
Now please apply that to Christ’s coming and the consummation of the ages with its
resurrection and judgement. It already happened. That which applies to us is “‘I am the resurrection and the life.” and following. The key is that there is no longer a Hades. Christians no longer die nor are they judged, but pass from death
unto life.
“The Jewish Wars” by Josephus should be REQUIRED reading for all modern day Christians. It is an amazing chronicle of utter destruction of Jerusalem and the scattering of the Jewish nation by Rome. 70 AD. is a crucial date in the biblical record, but few nowadays realize its significance – good to hear your views on this important topic that slays the Scoffield errors.
If “St John wrote the Revelation in 65 AD,” does that mean that preterists are retro-futurists? Josephus implies that he was transported to Jerusalem on Sunday the 12th of April 67 AD – Palm Sunday, aka The Lord’s Day. Happy Orthodox New Year, Milton
The Seventh Seal
THE BREAKING of the Seventh Seal in The Revelation of St John reveals seven trumpets about to sound forth.
Just as the blast of seven trumpets brought down the walls of Jericho, thus the apostate city of Jerusalem shares the same fate in 70 AD.
Silence in heaven trails the unsealing of the Seventh Seal for half an hour.
This is the offering of incense at the heavenly liturgy that St John gains entrance, shadowed forth by Temple worship in the Old Testament.
Following the silence seven angels are given seven trumpets.
An angel holds a golden censer, whose incense—symbolizing the prayers of the saints—ascends up to God.
Gathering fiery coals from the altar of incense, the angel casts them on the Land of Israel to avenge the crucifixion of Christ.
Evoking God’s command to Moses when destroying an idolatrous city, fire was taken from the Temple altar to burn the city as a “whole burnt offering unto the Lord” as an avenging sacrifice.
This same “burning”—in John’s vision of the breaking of the Seventh Seal—is to befall the apostate city of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
At the onset, John is schooled in “things which must shortly come to pass,” the “time being at hand,” repeated at the end of the book.
This “time at hand” are the “days of vengeance” against Jerusalem in 70 AD—to “shortly come to pass”—foreknown by Jesus Christ and told to His disciples.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in these prophecies about nuclear war, America, or Russian military affairs.
If the “time was at hand” when St John wrote the Revelation in 65 AD, all ‘Late Great Planet Earth’ evangelical far-flung futuristic nonsense unsuitably strays from the aim of the text.
Fiery lights and trumpets also was the method used by Gideon in the Old Testament to rout the Midianites, engaged in loathsome idolatry.
Unbelieving Israel in like manner is to receive God’s vengeance by the onslaught of the Roman armies in 70 AD.
The breaking of the Seventh Seal gives way to the vision of the Seven Trumpets.
The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Joel, used trumpet symbolism in their preaching to sound an alarm.
An alarm of approaching judgment urging the Israelites to repent, even if that purpose was not achieved.
We learn in “The Jewish Wars” by Josephus that a great tribulation befell the people of Israel not long after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Internecine war, famine, and mothers eating their own children to satisfy agonizing hunger was their plight.
An alarm to you and me to prepare our souls and bodies for the Second Coming of Our Lord, God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
The unsealing of heaven, revealing the Great Trumpet Blast, offers no last chance.
Completely destroys the 19th century fraud of the Scoffield different “gospel of Jesus the Christ”. The Sensational, Dispensationalist, pre-tribulation FRAUD!
Bravo for giving the true view of the Revelation to John. Preterism.
Now please apply that to Christ’s coming and the consummation of the ages with its
resurrection and judgement. It already happened. That which applies to us is “‘I am the resurrection and the life.” and following. The key is that there is no longer a Hades. Christians no longer die nor are they judged, but pass from death
unto life.
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy ☦
“The Jewish Wars” by Josephus should be REQUIRED reading for all modern day Christians. It is an amazing chronicle of utter destruction of Jerusalem and the scattering of the Jewish nation by Rome. 70 AD. is a crucial date in the biblical record, but few nowadays realize its significance – good to hear your views on this important topic that slays the Scoffield errors.
Dear Brother Nathaniel
Is there an email address where you can be contacted?
Thank you
brothernathanaelfoundation at yahoo dot com
brothernathanaelfoundation at yahoo dot com
If “St John wrote the Revelation in 65 AD,” does that mean that preterists are retro-futurists? Josephus implies that he was transported to Jerusalem on Sunday the 12th of April 67 AD – Palm Sunday, aka The Lord’s Day. Happy Orthodox New Year, Milton