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ow did you come to God?
If you answered this question, I believe your answer would
be different from the answers of other men and women because
God deals with each of us uniquely. Yet, Jesus made it clear
that no one can enter heaven except by coming to God with a
heart like that of the tax-gatherer who beat his breast, and
pleaded, “God, be merciful to me, the sinner!” (Luke
18:13). Mason once said, “Repentance begins in the humiliation
of the heart, and ends in a reformation of the life.” God
seeks a broken heart which cries out for forgiveness. We start
that way and continue that way. In this study, we discover
that God will continue unleashing pain and suffering upon the
world in judgment to motivate men and women to come to Him.
What happens? The answer is found in this study.
Fifth Trumpet.
In our last study
, the first four trumpets killed plants, land animals, and
sea life, polluted the earth’s water, and brought excessive
heat and cold. While the seven seals opened the door for the
worst famine, war, disease, and death to occur upon the earth,
the seven trumpets reveal God’s specific actions. The
seven trumpets will bring disasters unlike anything the world
has ever experienced. The world will not be able to explain
these events away as some natural disaster brought about by “mother
nature.” The trumpet’s disasters will be so horrible
and so extreme that the world will know Who has caused them.
The
next two trumpets focus on the demonic world - the dark spiritual
world of evil angels, which we sometimes call “spirits.” God
will some day send a message to the demonic world that the
end is near. The message is sent when the fifth trumpet sounds
and a star falls from heaven.
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