Trumpet #2
The 2nd Trumpet – the beast
O/T Times – In the generations from David to Josiah, the House of Israel, separated from the House of Judah. To prevent Israel’s tribes returning to sacrifice in Jerusalem, Jeroboam their king setup ‘golden bulls,’ in the borders of Dan and Bethel; and decreed the people worship them. In the midst of these generations, at a time when Jezebel killed the LORD’s prophets, came Elijah; who sought to turn Israel back to the ‘Existing One’. Nevertheless, this idolatry remained in their hearts, and in time Israel were led captive into Assyria. Their sin also flowed into Judah.
At the time Jeroboam sinned, a prophet of God told him; ‘a son of David named Josiah,’ would burn the bones of Israel’s priests upon its altars. In time Josiah, reigned in Judah, and read the Book of the Law to the people, and burnt the bones of Israel’s priests upon their altars, and tried to cleanse Judah’s house; but at Megiddo, fell. At this, Jeremiah cried; for there Judah’s grace ended, and judgment began. And so Judah were carried into Babylon.
Israel and Judah overcome by the cursing in the law… led captive into the nations.
The Dividing of Time – The burning mountain cast into the sea, in the 2nd Trumpet, and the third parts turning to blood or dying, speak of ‘Sinai’s Testament’ sown into the ‘sea of nations,’ in Israel and Judah’s captivity. And of ‘seeds in the Law’ once taught, infecting Jesus faith, and overcoming his liberty in us. In Revelation; the Beast that rises from the sea, resembles the dragon cast down to earth. The ‘body’ of this Beast, as Daniel saw; is Jesus Gospel corrupted. However, the ‘heads and horns’ of this Beast, are ‘Sinai’s dominion.’ The mountain cast into the sea, and the Beast risen from those waters; is Jesus salvation come under the bondage of the Law.
The LORD’s feast of weeks and first-fruits… changed.
N/T Times – Revelation 8-14: The Sabbath’s and seasons, that span the seven Trumpets, and the harvests of ‘the Israel of God.’ First those tribes born of Jesus faith, and later those multitudes purged of religious creeds. In the midst of these times, in every generation; the ‘Spirit of Prophecy’ sowing the testaments of Jesus faith and Law, is put to death in Sodom, even where the LORD was crucified. Jerusalem is supposedly a bastion of truth, but the reference to ‘Sodom,’ reveals the ‘religious perversion,’ in those places we esteem clean. In truth, those testaments in Jesus servants who declare; ‘He alone is LORD, and there is no God beside him,‘ are put to death in us, by those pastors we entrust our souls.
If a grain of corn fall into the ground and die, it brings forth fruit. In the ‘season of first-fruits,’ Jesus Testament is raised in those who keep Jesus faith and commandments. But those ‘multitudes bowed to dead religion,’ are cast into the winepress.
Jesus testimony put to death in our congregations
