I just wonder how many of you who are unsaved out there are really
thinking about how bad, terrible, awful, and
painful the events mentioned in Revelation
will really be. For starters, I would like
to point out that when food supplies are
really good, predatory/scavenger animal,
bird, and insect populations increase. These
are bears, lions, mountain lions, wolves,
foxes, rats, hornets, yellow jackets, flies,
and coyotes, to name a few.
Let’s read what the Bible says the first four seals will accomplish:
Revelation 6:1–2: And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were
the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts
saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold
a white horse: and he that sat on him had a
bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he
went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Revelation 6:3–4: And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast
say, Come and see. And there went out
another horse that was red: and power was
given to him that sat thereon to take peace
from the earth, and that they should kill
one another: and there was given unto him a
great sword. (emphasis added)
Revelation 6:5–6:
And when he had opened the third seal,
I heard the third beast say, Come and see.
And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he
that sat on him had a pair of balances in
his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst
of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat
for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil
and the wine. (emphasis added)
Revelation 6:7–8 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
fourth beast say, Come and see. And I
looked, and behold a pale horse: and his
name that sat on him was Death, and Hell
followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,
to kill with sword, and
with hunger, and with death, and
with the beasts of the earth.(emphasis
added)
I hope you paid close attention to the statement made
about the fourth seal. One-quarter of
earth’s population is killed. To put that in
its proper perspective, earth’s population
is almost 7 billion right now. Divide that
by four, and you will have the answer to
how many deaths have happened by the time
the fourth seal is completed. That
number is 1,750,000,000 deaths,
or, as that number is spoken: one billion,
seven hundred fifty million deaths! There is
only one way you could get that number of
deaths in such a short period of time,
especially way within seven years, and that
is by a nuclear exchange. Only certain
countries possess such weapons, and right
now, there is soon to be another to join the
nuclear club. That country, Iran, has a
leader who seeks to use them as soon as he
has them. After that, many deaths will
occur—and there will be no one to really
clean up afterward, except for the animals,
birds, and insects. In other words, things
will get very smelly on planet earth. Also,
after these events, we will likely have
nuclear radiation worldwide, combined with
disease and pestilence from all the rotting
corpses!
Now we come to the fifth seal:
Revelation 6:9:
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar the souls of them that were
slain for the word of God, and for the
testimony which they held. (emphasis added)
Here we have yet again more deaths, this time
removing the heads from the bodies, in most
cases. Will they do like in days past and
make a heap of the heads of those who were
beheaded to frighten people into taking the
mark of the Beast? Now we have more death
and more carnage…and the earth’s population
is ever decreasing.
The seventh seal:
Revelation 6:12–14: And
I beheld when he had opened the sixth
seal, and, lo, there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as
blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the
earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a
mighty wind. And the heaven departed
as a scroll when it is rolled together; and
every mountain and island were moved out of
their places. (emphasis added)
This earthquake is so powerful that islands and
mountains will move! Now, you also have what
seems to be a meteor shower occurring during
this time. This earthquake will produce
tsunamis worldwide, which will likely
devastate many coastal towns and cities.
Another nice fact that you should know is
that 90 percent of the world’s population
lives in and around these areas. That
doesn’t mean all are going to die, but many
will. This earthquake will pale in
comparison to the earthquake that comes in
the seventh bowl/vial.
Revelation 7:1: And
after these things I saw four angels
standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that
the wind should not blow on the earth,
nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (emphasis
added)
Now we have earth’s wind restrained, and this will
only exacerbate the problem. The wind is
necessary to keep the earth cool; without
wind movement, the earth will heat up and
cause the decaying corpses to smell even
more. The grass will dry out, and many of
the earth’s trees will die. This will also
set the planet up to become a tinderbox, of
sorts, with passing time.
The seventh seal is the seven trumpets.
Revelation 8:7:
The first angel sounded, and there
followed hail and fire mingled with blood,
and they were cast upon the earth: and
the third part of trees was burnt up,
and all green grass was burnt up.
(emphasis added)
Now we have the odor of smoke to combine with all the
foul odors that people already have to
endure. Notice that
all
the green grass is burnt up, but only
one-third of the trees is burned. If all the
trees were killed, there would probably be
barely, if any, oxygen left to sustain life
on an already-devastated planet.
Revelation 8:8–9:
And the second angel sounded, and as
it were a great mountain burning with fire
was cast into the sea: and the third part of
the sea became blood; And the third part
of the creatures which were in the sea, and
had life, died; and the third part of
the ships were destroyed. (emphasis added)
Now we have the world’s oceans becoming a toxic,
smelly soup to add to the planet’s already
horrible smell!
Revelation 8:10–11:
And the third angel sounded, and
there fell a great star from heaven, burning
as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
third part of the rivers, and upon the
fountains of waters; And the name of the
star is called Wormwood: and the third
part of the waters became wormwood; and
many men died of the waters, because
they were made bitter. (emphasis added)
Here we have more deaths. And, quite likely, the
freshwater fish in those affected waters
will die also. Food is becoming almost rare
at this point, and it is likely the only way
one might get something to eat is by killing
those animals and birds of prey that I
mentioned in the beginning of the
article—that is, of course, if they don’t
get you first.
Revelation 8:12–13:
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third
part of the sun was smitten, and the third
part of the moon, and the third part of the
stars; so as the third part of them was
darkened, and the day shone not for a third
part of it, and the night likewise. And I
beheld, and heard an angel flying through
the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice,
Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of the other voices of
the trumpet of the three angels, which are
yet to sound! (emphasis added)
The last three trumpets are nothing but WOE!
Revelation 9:1–12:
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a
star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to
him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And 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. And there came out of the smoke locusts
upon the earth: and unto them was given
power, as the scorpions of the earth have
power. And it was commanded them that
they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
neither any green thing, neither any tree;
but only those men which have not the
seal of God in their foreheads. And 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. And in those
days shall men seek death, and shall not
find it; and shall desire to die, and
death shall flee from them. And the
shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
prepared unto battle; and on their heads
were as it were crowns like gold, and their
faces were as the faces of men. And they had
hair as the hair of women, and their teeth
were as the teeth of lions. And they had
breastplates, as it were breastplates of
iron; and the sound of their wings was as
the sound of chariots of many horses running
to battle. And they had tails like unto
scorpions, and there were stings in their
tails: and their power was to hurt men five
months. And they had a king over them, which
is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose
name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in
the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. One
woe is past; and, behold, there come two
woes more hereafter. (emphasis added)
The only people who have the seal of God in their
forehead are the 144,000 Jews; all others
will be subject to this torment. All will
try to kill themselves because of how bad
these stings are, but God will not allow
them to die! These are demonic in nature, so
it is highly likely that no amount of
protection, or walls, or anything will
prevent these demons from afflicting those
who do not have God’s seal.
Revelation 9:13–21: And
the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice
from the four horns of the golden altar
which is before God, Saying to the sixth
angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four
angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed,
which were prepared for an hour, and a day,
and a month, and a year, for to slay the
third part of men. And the number of
the army of the horsemen were two hundred
thousand thousand: and I heard the number of
them. And thus I saw the horses in the
vision, and them that sat on them, having
breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and
brimstone: and the heads of the horses were
as the heads of lions; and out of their
mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
By these three was the third part of men
killed, by the fire, and by the
smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued
out of their mouths. For their power is
in their mouth, and in their tails: for
their tails were like unto serpents, and had
heads, and with them they do hurt. And the
rest of the men which were not killed by
these plagues yet repented not of the works
of their hands, that they should not worship
devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and
brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither
can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither
repented they of their murders, nor of their
sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of
their thefts. (emphasis added)
Again, these are demonic. The horsemen are led by
four demons. If you look at the previous
seals and trumpets, the earth’s population
is down to around somewhere between 4 and 5
billion. Now another one-third is about to
be removed, which would be between 1.3 and
1.7 billion deaths again reducing earth’s
population to between 2.7 and 3.3 billion.
Now, I have been conservative with those
numbers, but earth’s population at this
point is probably even way smaller than
that. But my point here is to show you both
the severity and the size of the numbers of
those who will die. God stated that the
numbers will be even smaller than what I
have listed: “And except those days should
be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days
shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:22).
And to show just how small the population of mankind
will be:
Isaiah 13:9–12: Behold,
the day of the Lord
cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce
anger, to lay the land desolate: and he
shall destroy the sinners thereof out of
it. For the stars of heaven and the
constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his
going forth, and the moon shall not cause
her light to shine. And I will punish the
world for their evil, and the wicked for
their iniquity; and I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will
lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
I will make a man more precious than fine
gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of Ophir. (emphasis added)
In summary:
The Tribulation will be a time when planet earth will
smell horrible—so much so that it will make
one vomit, quite possibly. Bugs and wasps,
as well as any predatory animals, will be in
large numbers, feeding on dead carcasses and
harassing/killing the ones still alive. The
earth’s temp will be so hot that men will
gnaw their tongues from the pain. Water will
be undrinkable and stink from the dead fish
in it. Darkness will be prevalent. Gangs
will be rampant on murder sprees. Battles
will likely happen over any food
source/supply. Riots will be norm. Hatred
from your fellow man will abound. During
this time, the “me” crowd will only be
interested in what they can get for
themselves, and they will let you die so
they can have more for themselves.
The only thing man will care about during this time
is food and water! Man will not think twice
about killing another for the food he has,
if any. Earthquakes, demonic locusts,
frequent and deadly plagues, horrific odors,
people acting baser than ever imagined,
scalding heat, rocks falling from the sky,
darkness, predators and pests, barren
landscapes with no green grass and only a
third of the trees left, and dead bodies and
carcasses everywhere…and this is only part
of this terrible time.
Why would anyone want to be here for it? I do not see
the Rapture as an escape, but for those who
are in this generation right now, it will
be. Even God Himself describes this as a
time on earth of such terrors that have
never been, nor ever will be again.
Salvation is a free gift from God. But a gift is not
a gift until a person receives and accepts
it. If you haven’t accepted Jesus Christ
into your heart, now is the time to be
saved. God makes it clear there is no
promise of tomorrow, and that He may take
your life from you today. So to think you
still have time to make a decision for
Christ is treading on dangerous waters. God
gives us all the second chances to accept
Him during our lifetime. THERE IS NO SECOND
CHANCE AT HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE.
Here is the truth about salvation:
·
Romans 3:10: As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not
one:
No one has any righteousness at all.
·
Romans 3:23: For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
No one is good enough by God’s standards to enter
into His presence.
·
Romans 5:8: But God
commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for
us.
Even though sinning mankind just kept sinning, God showed His love for us
by dying for us and taking our punishment
for our sins.
·
Romans 5:12: Wherefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon
all men, for that all have sinned.
This shows how all of mankind is
guilty of sin before God.
·
Romans 10:9–10: That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
This is how one can be saved: Admitting in prayer to
God that we are sinners, believing Christ
died on the cross for our sins, asking for
God’s forgiveness of our sins, and asking
Jesus Christ into our hearts and to be our
personal Lord and Savior. If you prayed this
and meant it, God will turn you into a new
person and heaven will eventually become
your home. Time is short and salvation is
only guaranteed this side of the Rapture.
After the Rapture, one will have to work to
maintain salvation.
Lastly:
Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
Just “who” is “whosoever”??? A doctor, a lawyer, a
drug addict, a murderer, a thief, a liar, an
alcoholic…put your name, occupation, or sin
right here and that is what “whosoever”
means. It means anyone! No sin you have
committed is too great or bad to be forgiven
by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All
sins—past, present, and future—were paid for
on that cross at Calvary! Jesus Christ is
waiting for you with open arms to receive
you just as you are. Do it. You will never
regret it, and will always be grateful and
thankful that you did!
God Bless You!