08 March 2020
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Trumpet #1- Have the Volcanos Awakened? (TMF:1325)

Friday, March 13, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #1- Have the Volcanos Awakened? (TMF:1325) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s say if the earthquake was big enough, one that was catastrophic in proportions, it could be that the volcanos of the earth have been awakened to such a point that they are causing large amounts of fire to fly into the atmosphere, the sky, of the earth. That could also cause the sky to look blood red. And, we know on the earth there are multiple supervolcanos, as scientists have discovered in recent times. One of these supervolcanos in under Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, for instance. The national park sits on top, or is, a supervolcano. If these supervolcanos were to erupt, the devastation would be catastrophic. I saw a documentary on TV once where I believe they said the Yellowstone supervolcano would destroy one-third of the United States if it erupted. Pretty savage. So, with all the volcanic activity that could upon the earth, this could beget a hostile weather climate. That could produce storms causing hail. But, again, this is just a theory. It may simply be that hail and fire, mixed with blood, supernaturally fall to the earth from Heaven.

Trumpet #1- Hail & Fire, Mixed with Blood (TMF:1324)

Thursday, March 12, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #1- Hail & Fire, Mixed with Blood (TMF:1324) - Daniel Litton
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       An overall drive exists to make the earth come into parallel with Heaven. God’s people want God’s will to be accomplished. They want sin to be dealt with, along with Satan and his demons. The Jewish people want their promised kingdom. We see God’s majesty in the peals of thunder, rumblings, and flashes of lightning. This shows God’s awesomeness. And again, another earthquake occurs, as the last one had come to us from the sixth Seal Judgment. Let’s go ahead and jump into the Trumpet Judgments. We read: “Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up” (Revelation 8:6, 7, ESV). When the first of the seven angels sounds his trumpet, first, what is going to be seen on earth is hail and fire, mixed with blood. Now, these events could be in relation to what just happened in verse 5, with the earthquake that occurred on the earth.

Seal #7- The Angel Throws the Censer (TMF:1323)

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Peace to Live By: Seal #7- The Angel Throws the Censer (TMF:1323) - Daniel Litton
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       We see then that the brothers and sisters in Christ who have already been martyred want their justice from God. And this makes sense, for the people who have killed them are still alive on the earth, unless they have been killed by one of the Seal Judgments. Regardless, this provides further reason for God’s wrath to be poured out on the earth. God had promised them in Revelation 6:11 that he would accomplish this for them. Nonetheless, we read that, “Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.” Notice that the prayers of God were linked to that censer. When the censer is thrown to the earth, that is a direct indication of God’s impending judgment from the prayers of the saints. These prayers, while they obviously include vengeance, also would include that God’s kingdom would come, and that his will would be done, on the earth, as it already is in Heaven. An overall drive exists to make the earth come into parallel with Heaven. God’s people want God’s will to be accomplished.

Seal #7- The Angel Offering Incense (TMF:1322)

Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Peace to Live By: Seal #7- The Angel Offering Incense (TMF:1322) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, if we go back to Hebrews 8, we may be able to see a clue into this setting. If you go and read verses 3 through 5, you will find the writer of Hebrews is in the middle of a discussion about Jesus, the Heavenly high priest. We know that under the Jewish system, which was practiced primarily in the Old Testament, they have a high priest who offers the sacrifices for the people’s sins, etc. The writer of Hebrews tells us that the things used by the earthly high priests are copies and shadows of the things used in Heaven. Well, we are getting a glimpse here into the real, Heavenly things in the scene with the angel. So, what are the prayers rising before God? The text has likely already told us that. If we go back to Revelation 6:9 and 10, we read: “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” (ESV).

Seal #7- The Silence in Heaven (TMF:1321)

Monday, March 09, 2020
Peace to Live By: Seal #7- The Silence in Heaven (TMF:1321) - Daniel Litton
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       Think of it. Never on the earth has there been such judgment and chaos from God. And never in the future, after this moment in time, will there be such colossal things to happen. That, likely, is what is causing the silence in Heaven to occur. That realization to the heavenly hosts and to the saints of God, is startling and definitely something to pause for. The Apostle John then describes to us that there are ‘the’ seven angels which stand before God and each were given their trumpets. Interestingly enough, one of these angels here may in fact be the famous one named Gabriel. We know him from the Christmas story. He told John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah, the following in Luke 1: “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God (Luke 1:10, ESV). We also saw him in the Book of Daniel. Nevertheless, then we see the angel there who offers the incense and prayers of the saints to God. Now, if we go back to Hebrews 8, we may be able to see a clue into this setting. If you go and read verses 3 through 5, you will find the writer of Hebrews is in the middle of a discussion about Jesus, the Heavenly high priest.