The Fifth Trumpet
A.D. 1730 to A.D. 1880
1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of
the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened
by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto
them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4And it was commanded to them that they should not hurt the grass
of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who
have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that
they should be tormented five months; and their torment was as the torment of a
scorpion when he striketh a man.
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it;
and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for
battle; and on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold, and their faces
were as the faces of men.
8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as
the teeth of lions.
9And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the
sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to
battle.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stingers
in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.
11And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue his name is
Apollyon.
12One woe is past; and behold, there come two more woes hereafter.
The Fifth Trumpet followed the age of justification preached by Luther and other reformers for 200 years, we have the next and fifth church age at which time the Wesley’s under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, brought more light, namely the doctrine of sanctification beginning in 1730, and extending over until 1880, a period of one hundred and fifty years.
Under the reforms of the Protestants they brought back the message of Justification by faith which had been covered up during the dark age of Roman Catholicism. Martin Luther was the man to begin this Protest. We quote from Meyers Mediaeval History.
“Early in their contest with the Roman Sect, the Protestants became divided into three mutually hostile sects, Lutherans, zwinglians, Calvinist. These great Protestant communions finally broke up into a large number of denominations or churches each holding to some minor point of doctrine or adhering to some form of worship, disregarded by the others, yet all agreeing in the central doctrine of the Reformation “Justification by faith” alone.”
“Now the contentions between these different sects were sharp and bitter. The liberal minded reformers had occasion to lament the same state of things as that which troubled the Apostle Paul in the early days of Christianity, one said, I’ am of Luther; another said, I’ am of Calvinist; and another said, I’ am of Zwingli. Even Luther, himself denounced Zwingli as a heretic, and the Calvinist would have no dealings with the Lutherans.
This went on like this for about 200 years, however, as long as they stayed true to God and to the light they had, which was Justification, I am sure they kept saved until the light of Sanctification was revealed in the fifth trumpet age, by the Wesley Brothers, beginning A.D. 1730. The message the second work of grace, the doctrine of Sanctification/Holiness. This fifth Trumpet ministry continued to preach this message for 150 years, and anyone failing to walk in the light of this message died. God had a few people who embraced the truth on sanctification and walked in the light of the same.
The results and power of this message brought to view, a dead, fallen Protestant ministry under the fifth trumpet.
Rev. 9:1, and the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
- We see here a fallen Protestant ministry falling from a heavenly position to an earthly position.
- The Key would symbolize the word of God. See. Rev. 20:1; Isa. 22:22; Matthew 16:18,19.
All of the Dragon religions from Paganism, Papalism, and Protestantism (the three P’s), are uniting together all that is false under one umbrella, through the spirit of ecumenicalism forming the eight beast power, that is already persecuting many of the saints in other nations as we write.
There has been a move for about 500 years, ever since the first image to the beast was made to bring all religions together. Only the influence of the dragon could do this. In revelation, it is said that the dragon went to make war with the remnant of the Woman (The Church of God) seed. There has been a great ecumenical drive to unite all religions in some way in one body. This new power isn’t really new, it’s the same old Dragon, and He is the same old scarlet colored beast, except he has someone riding him today. See Revelation the 17th chapter. His rider is Mystery Babylon, the Great Whore. He is the eight Beast that is now coming against the Church of God. In many countries today, the Eight Beast is persecuting the Church of God.
In many countries today around the world, God people are being persecuted by the dragon. I will name some of the countries, Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Comoros, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman’s, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria’s, Tajikistan, Tibet’s, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab emirate (U.A.E.), Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen. The blood of the Martyrs is yet the see of the Church.
These nations are symbolically style as Gog and Magog, These nations are gathered together against the Camp of the Saints, God’s People. These nations have compassed the Camp of the saints already, but the fire of God’s word is falling from Heaven and devouring these persecuting systems. These nations which are run by their Pagan Religious systems are being judged by him who sets on the Throne.
Paganism, Papalism, and Protestantism are all bottomless pit religions that have no bible foundation. When a ministry takes the key or the word of God and preaches a false doctrine, they open the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
- The dragon power is called the bottomless pit, because it has no foundation of truth, but rather comes from the flesh or from an earthly source. James 3:14-16.
- The smoke coming out of the bottomless pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, would symbolize the wrong spirit and the wrong worship which is image worship.
- This darkened the sun and the air, or it darkened the Gospel light and the spirits of the people.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- The locusts would symbolize a host of fallen people in Protestantism. (Nahum 3:15-19 – Bruit = clamor; din report – rumor).
4And it was commanded to them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
- False doctrine will not hurt sin
- Grass of the earth is a symbol of the works of the flesh
- Green things symbolize the people who have the life of God, born again experiences.
- Trees, symbolize people that don’t have a seal of the knowledge of the truth, cant be hurt by false doctrine.
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
- False doctrine will not kill people, but rather torment them. Five months is a symbol of 150 years, using a day for a year, from A.D. 1730 to A.D. 1880.
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
- They try to die to sin and seek death, and desire to die, and death flee from them. You cant die to sin under a false doctrine.
7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
· Horses symbolize warfare, a great host of protestant people in a religious warfare; crowns like gold, the victory false doctrine has gained over the protestant people. And their faces were as the faces of men; after all, the locusts have turned out to be just men.
8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
- A woman’s hair is her covering, and glory, here we see these were man with hair like woman, which symbolize false glory and a false covering, and their teeth as the teeth of lions symbolize, they devour with their doctrinal teachings. See 1 Peter 5:8.
9And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.
- The Protestant beast looked like a lamb, but he spoke as a dragon. In the fourth beast of Daniel it had great iron teeth, and in the image of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, it had legs of iron. This would symbolize the power of the dragon doctrines (breastplates of iron) in hardening the souls of men, which would cause their souls to be hard to reach with the truth.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stingers in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.
- Tails like unto scorpions would symbolize the power of the devil in these false religions to hurt or to torment for five months: five times thirty would equal 150 days, using one day for a year according to time symbol interpretation, would be 150 years, from A.D. 1730 to A.D. 1880.
11And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue his name is Apollyon.
- The king over them is the devil, and he is the father of all bottomless pit religions.
12One woe is past; and behold, there come two more woes hereafter.
· One woe is past, (grevious, distress, misery). This is caused by failing to walk in the light of sanctification. The second woe is because of failing to walk in the light of unity, the message of the sixth trumpet. The third woe is because of failing to walk in the light of seventh trumpet.
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