Preamble
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying; Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the River of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates: (Genesis 15:18)
When the LORD promised Abraham his seed would inherit the land from the River of Egypt to the River Euphrates, he told of an inheritance that went beyond a ‘Promised Land’ defined by natural borders. These rivers spoke of the Law and Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Promised Land a heavenly kingdom, inherited by those who cherish the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus.
The Dragon cast down to the earth in the 1st Trumpet, represents Satan’s accusations bound in Sinai’s Law; a Law in men’s hearts that waits to devour the Messiah. In this same dispensation, a Bride gives birth to the Messiah who was crucified by religious fakes, who falsified the Law of Moses. As the Messiah ascends to the Throne of God, the Dragon declares war on the remnants of the ‘Woman’s Seed;’ those who keep the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus. (Revelation 12)
In the 2nd Trumpet, Sinai’s Law is cast into the ‘sea,’ which waters refer to the nations and their peoples. From within these Gentile nations a Beast rises that devours Israel; a montage of the four Beasts as seen by the Prophet Daniel. Its power is the Dragon’s power, and the Dragon’s power is the Law. This ‘Gentile Beast’ makes war with the saints, and overcomes them in the ‘forty two’ months allotted to the Gentiles, a period of time that mirrors, the ‘forty two’ generations from Abraham to Christ. The death of the Messiah divides Israel of the Old Testament and Israel in the New; Israel as a Nation and Israel in the Nations. In Christ then, is the dividing of time prophesied by Daniel. (Revelation 13)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice… even forever. (Isaiah 9:6-7)
The Prophet Isaiah foretold the Christ; saying this ‘Promised Son’ would be the Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace. When His time came, the Angel of the LORD announced to men; “to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” According to His Covenant with Abraham, this Promised Son was circumcised on the eighth day and named, ‘Jesus’ as commanded by the Angel of the LORD. The name ‘Jesus,’ in Hebrew, means the; “Salvation of the Existing One.”
In due season, John came preaching the baptism of repentance, and though Jesus was without sin, he was baptised by John in the River Jordan so as to fulfill all righteousness. (We too must first repent to enter the Kingdom of God.) Preaching the Kingdom of God, Jesus told the people; “He had not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it” and again; “that except we be born again, of the water and the blood, we could not enter into the Kingdom of God.” However, when the Pharisees demanded to know who he was; Jesus told them, “Moses had written of me,” and we know Moses wrote of: “The Existing One.” (John 5:46)
Driven by envy, the religious sects put Jesus to death; who, when He rose, gathered his disciples to Himself. Before He ascended, Jesus commanded his Apostles to preach the Gospel to all nations and; to baptise in ‘The Name’ of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. This Commandment of God was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost when the Apostle Peter admonished us to;
“Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in The Name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”(Acts 2:38)
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea… And the LORD shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall there be One LORD, and His Name One. (Zechariah 14:8-9)
Hear O Israel; The LORD God is One LORD. (Mark 12:29)
In the 1st and 2nd Trumpets we saw the Law; sown first in Israel and then into the Nations. From those seeds, a Beast rose from the Sea. In this 3rd Trumpet we see the first planting of the Gospel into the Nations, and from this Gospel corrupted; a Beast shall rise from the Earth.
ISRAEL’S TIME: The ‘Seed’ promised in Isaac in the forty two months of the Churches in the nations; from the Apostle, Paul to the Laodicean Church Angel’s ministry. These ‘seven Church Ages’ are the “times” spoken of by the Prophet Daniel. (The Beast of the Earth: Revelation 13:11)
ISRAEL’S FEASTS & JOURNEY’S: The remnant of ‘Her Seed’ that keep the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus; who gather and are sustained by the messages of the seven Church Angel Messengers in each of the seven Church Ages.
The 3rd Trumpet – Jesus Gospel Corrupted
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; (Revelation 8:10-11)
[and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp] As I have shared, Satan is one of the two Archangels seated over the Law. Michael is the other. Ezekiel saw Satan’s ministry in Eden, on Mount Sinai, and in the Tabernacle as a covering Cherubim. Satan is this ‘great star.’ (Ezekiel 28:13)
Abraham had seen a smoking furnace and a burning lamp pass through three beasts divided in their midst. The smoking furnace is Sinai, just as the lamp refers to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This ‘great star burning as it were a lamp,’ refers to a ‘bastard gospel’ that will pervert and replace the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:7)
[and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.] Scripture says that ‘out of His belly would flow rivers of living water.’ These rivers and fountains of water speak of the Gospel of Jesus Christ ‘in’ those who believe. The ‘great star,’ this false spirit; falls upon the third part of the Gospel that proclaims Jesus Christ, the Promised Son, is the Everlasting Father and the Spirit of Truth. (Isaiah 9:6)
[And the name of the star is called Wormwood:] Wormwood, the Great Serpent, and the Dragon are all names that describe Satan’s accusation within the Law. The ‘sign of the first voice’ shown to, Moses was a rod. When cast to the earth, it became a serpent. This is seen in the Book of Revelation when the Dragon, ‘that old serpent,’ is cast down to the earth.’ The ‘Voice’ is the Law; and the ‘Sign’ is the ‘Rod of the Law,’ which becomes a curse when ‘we’ cast it down.
Now, the ‘sign of the second voice’ shown to, Moses was a ‘leprous hand.’ And the second ‘Voice,’ is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The ‘Leprous Hand’ therefore, is a ‘sign’ the Lord’s Gospel has been rejected. Wormwood is the anti-Christ spirit that devours the faith of Christ within our hearts. Wormwood is a ‘cancer of unbelief,’ which corrupts Grace and Truth. It is the leprous disease that wars against the Salvation of Jesus in our souls. (Exodus 4: 1-10)
[and the third part of the waters became wormwood;] The Apostle, John revealed the antichrist spirit came from a division within the Apostolic Congregation in Jerusalem, which denied the Christ is both the Father and Son. Yet, Isaiah said; “the Promised Son is the Everlasting Father,” and Jesus confirmed; “I AM, the Root and the Offspring of David,” which means He is, the Father and the Son. (1 John 2:22 + Revelation 22:16)
The third part of waters becoming wormwood is the corruption of that third part of the Gospel, which reveals who Jesus Christ actually is. Jesus Christ is more than just the Son. He is also the Everlasting Father and the Mighty God. The antichrist spirit in men; also found in our religious assemblies, will attack Christ’s Godhead in God’s Word, and corrupt the Faith of Jesus in our hearts.
[and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter] In the 4th Trumpet we shall examine Daniel’s fourth Beast. But, as I shared in the 2nd Trumpet, this Beast shall rip out by the roots, the first three Sinai Commandments that speak of Jesus Christ.
Summary
In this 3rd Trumpet, the third part of waters becoming wormwood is the corruption of those parts of the Gospel, which reveal Jesus Christ alone is the LORD God Almighty. The antichrist will wage war with those who hold Jesus Faith and keep the Commandments of God. Satan’s spirit in the Law, and in men will change, ‘God’s times and laws’ and eventually God’s Word in their Churches and in men will become desolate. (Daniel 7:20-25)
The Beast: The False Prophets
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter, filled by the Spirit of Truth, revealed the ‘Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven’ to those gathered in Jerusalem, and to those ‘far off,’ like you and me. These keys are; (1) the ‘Waters of Repentance;’ (2) the ‘Blood of Remission;’ and (3) the ‘Gift of the Holy Spirit.’ These are the three that bear witness in the earth. (1 John 5:8)
In these things we are born of the water, the blood, and the Spirit. And like the new-born Jesus, who was sealed on the eighth day; we also become sealed in the name of Jesus Christ. Now, Peter also spoke of another key that day; a key to a door that only the LORD Jesus can open. Of the Key of David, Peter said;
For (king) David is not ascended into the heavens: but he says himself, “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.” Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus… both LORD and Christ. (Acts 2:34-36)
When we look at David’s testimony, people see the ‘Father talking to the Son’ as two separate persons of the ‘trinity.’ However, there is an ‘Israel’ who knows that Jesus is both the Father and the Son and like Peter, believe Jesus is both LORD and Christ. This ‘stone of stumbling,’ divides those seeds ‘typed’ in Ephraim as a multitude of nations; and in Judah, as a line of kings. I say this openly, so you may not be condemned, but are encouraged to seek your inheritance in Christ. (1 Peter 2:6-8)
When the Apostle, John wrote of the ‘antichrist’ going out from the Church in Jerusalem, he revealed those who denied Jesus is both the Father and the Son. Even Thomas doubted, until, having seen His wounds, bowed his knee to Jesus and repented his unbelief saying; “My LORD and My God.” Furthermore, John said, “that many antichrist’s had gone out of their midst” and this agrees with Jesus who warned, “there would be many false-Christs.” The ‘antichrist spirit’ in those spoken of by Jesus, came from unbelief and ‘erroneous contention’ regarding Him. So, when later persecutions scattered the Jerusalem Church, both good and bad seed was sown into the Nations. (1 John 2:18 + Matthew 24:11)
Like Benjamin, Paul was as ‘one born out of time.’ As he travelled to Damascus, intent upon imprisoning more of Christ’s followers, he was blinded by a great light and rebuked by a voice from heaven. When, Paul asked this light, this voice for his name; the LORD, the Existing One answered, I AM Jesus. The commission handed to, Paul was to bear ‘Jesus’ Name (the Salvation of the Existing One) to the Nations, Kings, and the Children of Israel. Paul preached this Gospel, and helped to establish the ‘seven churches’ in Asia Minor. Towards the end of his ministry, the Apostle revealed the Spirit of Christ warned him saying;
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (1 Timothy 4:1-3)
While some Catholics understand this Scripture identifies the idolatry propagated by the Church of Rome, the reference to ‘doctrines of devils,’ confirms their gospel is born of yet another spirit. By the time of the Nicaean Council of 325AD, the contention that came out of Jerusalem, had now grown into another gospel, a ‘little horn with a blasphemous mouth’ that would wage war and overcome the saints, in the times allotted the nations. When the Dragon cast down a third part of the stars to the earth, it cast down that part of Abraham’s faith, which spoke of the Promised Son.
When Daniel’s 4th Beast ripped out three of its ten horns, we see a Beast rise in the Nations, that would replace the first three Commandments of God. We see the governments and religious sects of our nations, reject and trample the Godhead Commandments.
In the 3rd Trumpet, men reject those parts of the Law and Gospel that speak of Jesus Faith. In the 3rd Beast in the Book of Revelation, the Beast of the Earth, we see the ‘antichrist spirit’ in men ascend and defile any part of Scripture, which acknowledges Christ’s Godhead. In the 4th Trumpet, we shall see clearly what our Nations, and Church systems, have done to desecrate God’s Word.
