Sickle of Truth

THE SIXTH TRUMPET (Part 1) continued Revelation Chapter 9 VERSE 16 “Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.” Suddenly, out of nowhere, we have mentioned armies of horsemen numbering 200,000,000, the context just about demands that this verse be connected with the previous verse. These “armies” are, apparently, the third of mankind which have become Protestant. Editor: We are using the word “Protestant,” here in this monograph, not…

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THE SIXTH TRUMPET (Part 1) A note before beginning: The sixth Trumpet, which takes part of Chapter 9, all of Chapter 10, and a large part of Chapter 11, IS VERY CHRONOLOGICAL IN NATURE. The intent of the Sender of Revelation was clearly to focus our attention on TIME. Indeed, ALL of the time features of Daniel 12 have their fulfillment IN or at the CLOSE OF the Philadelphia period. It is, therefore, imperative to notice the chronological focus of…

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THE SIXTH SEAL continued “The chapter division obscures the connection of Chapter 7 to what has come just before at the end of Chapter 6. It is VERY IMPORTANT to our understanding to see this connection. Rev 6:12-17 has just shown the terrible troubles of the French Revolution period. These troubles could have spread. But it was not yet time for the general Time of Trouble. Only 1/10th of the city was to fall during the sixth period of the…

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THE SIXTH SEAL continued Revelation Chapter 6 VERSE 14 “Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.” THEN THE SKY RECEDED AS A SCROLL WHEN IT IS ROLLED UP:  HEAVEN WAS SPLIT (DEPARTED). Translators seem to disagree on the meaning of the word. Strong’s seems to define it as a splitting rather than a departure. NAS translates it SPLIT. Split seems preferable when we look…

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The Sixth Church is the Church of Philadelphia, meaning “brotherly love”. Since we have already covered this church and its history in detail, we will move on to the Sixth Seal here, however if you have not seen this study on the Sixth Church or if you simply feel you need a review, you can view it here: The Sixth Church, Revelation Chapter 3: 7-13. This is an important part to our study and understanding of the history of the…

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