This is a feast day lesson from Israel Church of the Firstborn in Indianapolis, taught on the Memorial of the Blowing of the Trumpets, the feast of the seventh month. Brother Obadiah teaches the day two ways. First the old way, where the Lord commanded Israel to make two silver trumpets and blow them at the beginning of their months, on their solemn feast days, and when they went out to war. Then the future the day points to, where seven angels stand before God with seven trumpets in their hands, and every trumpet they sound makes it worse on the earth until the seventh one brings back the Lord. He traces those seven angels from the seven lamps in the tabernacle, to the seven golden candlesticks in Revelation, to the six men with slaughter weapons in Ezekiel. It is a day of rejoicing, he says, because this day represents your salvation. Every passage is read in the King James Version.
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1.Blow Up the Trumpet in the New Moon
He opens where the day is commanded to be a day of rejoicing. Psalm the eighty-first chapter calls for a joyful noise, a timbrel and a harp, and a trumpet blown in the new moon on the solemn feast day, and calls it a statute for Israel.
Psalm 81:1-4 KJV1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
"For those that do not know, we are dealing with the memorial of the blowing of the trumpets today, the feast of the seventh month. And the Lord said, Blow up the trumpet in the new moon. Moon comes from the word month, and what makes the month new is once you count thirty days. He wanted us to sound this alarm in our holy assembly and on our holy day."
"God want you to rejoice on this day, and we going to show you why. This is going to be the day that represents the salvation of man. It is going to be a lot that is going to happen on this day. You going to see the seventh trumpet blown. You going to see the Lord come back. You going to see the dead rise in Christ. And you going to see the oppressed Israel return back home."
"He said, Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. So let's show you where he made this a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob."
That statute is in Numbers the tenth chapter. The Lord tells Moses to make two trumpets of silver for calling the assembly and for the journeying of the camp.
Numbers 10:1-3 KJV1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
3And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
"Make thee two trumpets of silver, of a whole piece shalt thou make them, that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So once they blew them, everybody had to come before the Lord."
But the same chapter puts the trumpet in Israel's hand for war, and for the beginning of their months. This is the piece he wants the church to hold onto, because the day is about war and about being remembered before God.
Numbers 10:9-10 KJV9And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
"If ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets, and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. That is what the children of Israel did in the Old Testament when they went to war against their oppressors. Once they blew these trumpets, the Lord was going to be remembered of them. And what else did it say? Ye shall be saved from your enemies. You got to understand what save mean. The Lord is in the business of saving his people."
"Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months. So new moon just mean new month, because he going to say the same thing right here. Ye shall blow with the trumpets, that they may be to you for a memorial before your God. I am the Lord your God."
2.Upon the First Day of the Seventh Month
Nehemiah the eighth chapter shows the nation coming back to the law after the temple was rebuilt, and the date they gathered on is the same date the church is keeping.
Nehemiah 8:1-3 KJV1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
"Let's go back to when they had rebuilded the temple and they found the book of the law of the Lord and started getting everything back in order. That is what we trying to do with the nation now. That is why we are calling trumpets on the scriptural calendar way, and not the lunar or the solar way, because we want the people to get back in order. The Lord's calendar is scriptural and numerical. The only thing that God want you to do is count."
"And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. That is when they did it. And he read therein from the morning until midday. I know my lessons be long, but I know they don't be this long. They was in the book all day."
Then comes the instruction he says the saints most need on a feast day. The people wept when they heard the law, and the Levites told them to stop.
Nehemiah 8:9-12 KJV9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
"This day is holy unto the Lord your God. Mourn not, nor weep. We all got a lot of problems going on right now because we human, we alive, we trying to keep the commandments of the Lord. So we all going through something, whether it is physically or spiritually. One thing God want you to do is don't mourn on this day. Whatever you have been going through, one day you need to put all of that to the side for the Lord."
"Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared. Neither be ye sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. That is where your strength is. If you ain't joying in the Lord you ain't got no strength at all, because we all suffering. So the joy of the Lord is your strength, and it says it right here in the Bible."
"Once you start opening up your mind to the understanding of this book, you going to read in the law of God and it might make you cry. Sometimes when I put lessons together I be crying, because I understand what God is doing and what he is doing with his plan. Satan going to tell you not to read. The only thing he going to tell you is that you are not good enough. So make sure that you don't have the spirit of slumber."
Then to Leviticus the twenty-third chapter, the chapter that names the feasts of the Lord as holy convocations, which he says he stops in every day.
Leviticus 23:1-4 KJV1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
"These are my feasts. These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. That mean everything to me. I eat, sleep, and drink Leviticus the twenty-third chapter day and night. It is not a day that goes by that I don't stop in that chapter at some point."
"Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation, it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. The Lord knew that Israel wasn't going to stay in the land, so you got to keep not only the weekly Sabbath but the annual feast days as well. No matter what nation you are in, you still got to keep the feast days the exact same way they kept them back in Jerusalem."
And here is the day itself, named in the law: a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation on the first day of the seventh month.
Leviticus 23:23-25 KJV23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
"In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. So this is a high Sabbath. You don't do no work, you don't go to your job, none of this, because this day is holy unto the Lord."
"Ye shall do no servile work therein, but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. And we all know that Jesus came and took that away. But if you paid attention, when we read in Numbers, they blew the trumpet over what? Over their burnt offerings and over their peace offerings."
3.The Seven Lamps Inside the Tabernacle
Now he goes back into the tabernacle, because he says what was in the most holy place is a picture of what is going on in the third heaven. First the ark, the mercy seat, and the two cherubims.
Exodus 25:17-22 KJV17And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
"Thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold. This mercy seat represents the throne of God. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, in the two ends of the mercy seat, and their faces shall look one to another. These two cherubims represent the way that the Lord traveled. If you go read in Genesis the third chapter, once the Lord put Adam and Eve out, you had God and you had the two angels sent on both sides of the Lord, and they protected the tree of life, because that is the way that God traveled."
"And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony."
Then the candlestick, six branches out of the sides and one in the middle, seven lamps in all. Those seven lamps are the whole key to the lesson.
Exodus 25:31-37 KJV31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
35And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
"And six branches shall come out of the sides of it, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches out of the other side. So you got these six branches that proceed out of the candlestick, and you had one standing in the middle of them, because it is going to be seven of them in all."
"And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof. When you look at what was inside of the tabernacle, you had the holy place and then you had the most holy place, and you had the altar of incense, the seven lamps, and the horns of the altar where they sprinkled the blood. When you look at these things, this is a representation of what was going on in the third heaven. So these seven lamps is going to represent these seven angels that is going to blow the trumpets in the future."
4.The Seven Golden Candlesticks Before the Lord
Revelation the first chapter takes the same candlesticks up into heaven, and John sees one like unto the Son of man standing in the middle of them.
Revelation 1:12-18 KJV12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
"And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks. Remember the candlesticks we saw in Exodus the twenty-fifth chapter. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man. Them seven golden candlesticks, they are always before the Lord, but they also go to and fro in the earth to report back to God what is going on."
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire. Think about the spiritual realm. We ain't talking about nobody being drunk off a couple of beers and getting some red eyes. We talking about something that we do not understand right now."
"And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace. If you read verse fifteen, God is telling you even what color he is. This is letting you know that the Lord is black, because he come out of the children of Israel. But it really don't matter what color he is, as long as he get me in the kingdom."
"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. When you walk up on the Lord, I don't care how bad you are, you going to fall down at his feet, because you going to be like, this is him right here. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death."
Zechariah the fourth chapter is the vision that names them. Zechariah was a priest who knew the temple, and even he did not know what he was looking at.
Zechariah 4:1-6 KJV1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
2And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
4So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
5Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
"I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon. This is what we read about in Exodus. And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. Zechariah is a priest, so he knew what was in the temple of the Lord, but all of a sudden he saw these two olive trees standing by the side. So he asked, What are these, my lord? I am always in the temple, I am the high priest, I never seen these in the temple before."
"This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. That is what you got to understand about God. You ain't going to do nothing by your own power or your own might, and neither are you in this life. Everything that you do, the Lord is giving you the power to do it."
And then the verse he has been building toward: those seven are the eyes of the Lord.
Zechariah 4:9-10 KJV9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, his hands shall also finish it. They shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven. So these seven angels got a few jobs. They go to and fro in the earth. They kill when the Lord want them to kill. And they going to also have Zerubbabel build this temple of the Lord when he come back."
"They are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth. See, they not like the fallen angels. The fallen angels need a vessel to run in. That is the reason why, when they cast the demons out, they said, if we can't be off in this man, then cast us into the swine. They got to go somewhere. But these are holy, and they stay in that same spiritual realm with the thunder and the lightnings going up and down their bodies."
Before the trumpets there are the seals. Revelation the fifth chapter opens with a book no man was found worthy to open, and John weeping over it.
Revelation 5:1-2 KJV1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
"And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. The seals are different from the trumpets, but let's read about the seals first. And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy. See how he cried when he couldn't get all of the knowledge? That is how you got to thirst for knowledge."
The Lion of the tribe of Judah prevails to open it, and when he is described, the seven show up again as seven horns and seven eyes.
Revelation 5:5-10 KJV5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
"Weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Once again we back to these seven angels again."
"And they had every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. That is what the incense altar represented. When they lit the incense altar, that smoke went up to God as a prayer of the saints. Those were the sweet odours."
"Thou hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. Once you understand the true and living God you can't play me with that black against white thing. Don't fall too far down that Hebrew rabbit hole, because the further you fall down, you going to run into the Kabbalah, or the Zohar, or the Talmud, where they say the only people that is going to be saved is going to be God's people."
"And hast made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth. So don't let nobody tell you no more you going to heaven. No you ain't. The kingdom going to be right here. He said they shall reign on the earth."
5.These Same Angels Have Slain for God Before
To show what these seven are capable of, he goes to Ezekiel, where the Lord walks the prophet through the abominations in his own house right before he destroyed it.
Ezekiel 8:14-18 KJV14Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
"Israel got way off track with the Lord. They start dealing with all kind of pagan gods. They start dealing with Baal, they start dealing with Ashtaroth, they start dealing with Saturn, and Saturn is the devil. When you deal with Baal worship, Baal is the worship of the sun and the moon and the stars together. That is what Baal worship really represent."
"And behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. We know Tammuz was also the son of what they call Isis and Osiris. Back in Egypt they had called him Horus, but later on down the line they started calling him Tammuz, and Tammuz represented the sun god."
"About five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Everything the Lord told them in Deuteronomy the fourth chapter not to do, not to deal with the constellations, that is exactly what Israel started doing. And they do it now, unfortunately, every Sunday. But do not hate the vessel. You got to hate the spirit that is behind the vessel. Anytime Jesus cast anybody out the church, he didn't cast the person out, he cast the devil out, and he let the person stay in."
"Therefore will I also deal in fury, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. That is one thing you don't want to do with the Lord. You don't want to be crying to the Lord and the Lord don't hear you."
Then Ezekiel the ninth chapter, where the Lord calls them in. Six men come with slaughter weapons, and one man among them is clothed with linen and carries a writer's inkhorn. Six and one is seven.
Ezekiel 9:1-6 KJV1He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;
4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
"Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. He getting ready to talk to these seven angels, and they getting ready to destroy for the Lord. And behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate. Remember the six candlesticks? These six men represents angels. Sometimes when you read in the Bible they call angels men."
"And they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. But where did they put the candlesticks in the tabernacle of the congregation? Right before the brasen altar, the horns of the altar where they sprinkled the blood. What you just read was the exact same way the tabernacle was laid out back in the days of Moses."
"Go through the midst of the city, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. Before he destroyed the city, God said, I want you to mark the men that sigh and that cry. Before I destroy this city, I am getting ready to save the ones that believe in the Lord. It is the same way he did in Exodus the fourteenth chapter, when he told Israel to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord."
"Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women, but come not near any man upon whom is the mark. That is how God see it. These are soldiers, and soldiers take orders. Whatever order they get from their general, they are going to see it through. When these angels get a commandment from the Lord, they going to kill whoever stand in their way."
And the seventh, the man with the inkhorn, reports back.
Ezekiel 9:11 KJV11And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
"And behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. He is the one that made up the seven, and he is the one that reported back to God."
6.And the Seven Angels Prepared Themselves to Sound
Now the title verse. The seventh seal is opened, there is silence in heaven, and the seven angels who stand before God are handed seven trumpets.
Revelation 8:1-6 KJV1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
"And I saw the seven angels which stood before God. Them seven golden candlesticks. And to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne."
"Every prayer that you prayed to the Lord for, at this time they going to come up before him as a memorial. It is going to come up as a sweet savour, because he going to remember all of your prayers."
"And there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. That is how it is going to be when the Lord come back. Think about Mount Sinai, when the Lord came down and spoke to the children of Israel and it was thunders and lightnings and voices. The same way that God descended in Exodus nineteen, he is going to do the same thing in front of the whole world."
"And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. They prepared themselves to sound."
Trumpets one through four, and the woe pronounced on the three still to come.
Revelation 8:7-13 KJV7The 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.
8And 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;
9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10And 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;
11And 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.
12And 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.
13And 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!
"The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth. Ain't nothing getting out of this atmosphere and ain't nothing coming in. Everything is locked in here, all of the evil spirits, all of the good spirits. There ain't no outer space and none of that. So all of these evil angels, they dwelling right here on the earth, and they going to see all of this as well."
"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. You going to see the sea turned to blood the same way it did back in the days of Egypt when Moses turned all of the waters to blood. Everything you saw when the plagues came down on the Egyptians, the Lord going to do it back on the world this time."
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and the name of the star is called Wormwood. Notice what it is called, because stars also represent angels. This angel here is going to bring all kind of plagues on the earth, and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. All of the water is going to be poisoned."
"And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten. So the sun going to be put out. But what are we going to be doing at this time? We still going to be counting down to the coming of the Lord. We going to see a day where it is half day and half night and you ain't going to even be able to tell the difference. We ain't never seen no day like that before."
"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. He said, I beheld and heard, that means they seen them. So it is going to get worse and worse and worse on this earth right before God come."
The fifth trumpet opens the bottomless pit. He reads the locusts as war material, and the sting as chemical warfare, and points out that the men who are sealed are the ones untouched.
Revelation 9:1-6 KJV1And 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.
2And 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.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4And 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.
5And 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.
6And 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 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. Notice what is going on. God is getting ready to release some evil angels to kill as well. But once the seventh angel sound, the evil angels ain't going to be killing no more, their job going to be done."
"And unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. You talking about chemical warfare, because what does a scorpion do? If a scorpion bites you, it poisons you. So they going to be sending out all kind of nuclear warheads. That is why God going to have to come back and save the earth."
"It was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. So once again, what is God going to do? He going to seal and save those that believe in him."
"And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months. In those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. You going to stay. Death is too easy. I can kill you now, but I want you to suffer. I want you to be alive when you see my face."
The sixth trumpet looses the four angels bound in the Euphrates, and an army of two hundred million. He points at how precise the Lord's timing is.
Revelation 9:13-18 KJV13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15And 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.
16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17And 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.
18By 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.
"Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. So now we got another set of angels. If you don't know who these four angels are, go read Ezekiel the fourteenth chapter, because these four are also who God is going to use to bring plagues on the earth."
"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. You see how precise God is. He even took it down to an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year. God is real accurate when it come to his math."
"And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand. That is two hundred million soldiers. And out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. That is talking about tanks, that is talking about airplanes, that is talking about warships. John the Revelator never saw nothing like this, so he compared these war materials to animals."
And after all of that, they still would not repent.
Revelation 9:20-21 KJV20And 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:
21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
"And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands. They didn't even repent. They know that the Lord is coming, but they still did not repent of the works of their hands, because that is what they teach in the Luciferian doctrine. Do as thou wilt. That is why you got to watch the mystery schools."
7.The Seventh Trumpet and the Coming of the Lord
Revelation the eleventh chapter is where the seventh angel sounds. He mentions in passing that the two olive trees from Zechariah are the two witnesses of the first six verses, then goes straight to verse fifteen.
Revelation 11:15-19 KJV15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
"And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. That is what is going to happen when the seventh angel sound. This is when the Lord is going to come back."
"And the nations were angry. You might think all of the nations going to be happy when the Lord come back, but you got to realize this nation here is worshipping the devil. So these nations are not going to be happy when they see the return of Christ, and the Bible is going to tell you that."
"And the time of the dead, that they should be judged. At the seventh trumpet, these people that was dead are going to be judged. And thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great, and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."
"And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament. This ain't no UFO you looking at. This ain't no alien you think is going to come from Mars. That means everybody going to see at this time what is going on in the third heaven with the Lord. That same ark that we read about, where the two cherubims face the mercy seat, that is what he talking about."
Then Revelation the nineteenth chapter, the Lord himself on a white horse, and the armies of heaven behind him.
Revelation 19:11-16 KJV11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire. That mean he got fire in his eyes. He ain't going to be playing no games at all."
"And his name is called The Word of God. That is one of Jesus' names. We already talked about him being called the Branch, but he is also called the Word."
"And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. You ain't just coming back, you coming back in style. These horses represent angels. So if you make it at this time, you going to come back riding an angel as well."
"And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords."
And the supper of the great God, where the fowls are called to clean up the battlefield, and the nations gather to make war against him.
Revelation 19:17-21 KJV17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
"Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. He going to call all of these animals, and they going to come down to clean up all of these dead bodies that are left. You got to realize the Lord is also going to make a covenant with the animals. After this meal you ain't going to see the animals eating meat no more. They gonna be eating straw like the ox. So he gonna give them one big last supper."
"And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. All of the countries going to band themselves together and try to fight against the Lord. That is what they preach in the new world order."
"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet, and these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Make sure you ain't going to be beside them. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth."
8.The Aftermath, and Let God Arise
To show the aftermath of the tribulation he turns to Ezekiel the thirty-ninth chapter, the same supper seen from the prophets' side.
Ezekiel 39:17-21 KJV17And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
"Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come, gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. That is what we just read about."
"And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Because he getting ready to take the taste out of your mouth. You ain't going to be eating it no more, so go on and get you one big meal, because you going to be eating straw like the ox after this."
"And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them."
And then the reason the nation went into captivity in the first place, and the promise to bring it back.
Ezekiel 39:23-25 KJV23And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
"And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity. That is the reason why we were slaves. Because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies."
"Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel. All this stuff we done, the Lord going to forgive us for all of it in the end. And will be jealous for my holy name."
The last stop is Psalm the sixty-eighth chapter, which he says is David quoting what Moses said over the ark whenever Israel went out to war.
Psalm 68:1-4 KJV1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
"Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, let them also that hate him flee before him. If you want, you can go back to Numbers ten and see that when the priests went to war, Moses held the ark of the covenant and said, Rise up, Lord. And once they took the ark down, he said, Return, O Lord."
"But let the righteous be glad, let them rejoice before God, yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. I don't know what y'all going to be, but I'm going to be glad at this point in time."
"Remember, David did not have the name of Jesus. But what is he speaking about? He is speaking about the coming of the Lord. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name, extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. That is how you know he talking about the Son, because he is calling this name JAH."
Psalm 68:35 KJV35O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
"O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places. The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. And we read about that earlier, we read where the joy of the Lord is your strength. So when you come here today, put all your problems to the side. They gonna be there tomorrow."
Closing Word
"The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. We hope you got some understanding. We thank y'all for your time."
Brother Obadiah kept the feast day and the prophecy tied together the whole way through. The trumpets Israel was commanded to blow at the beginning of their months, over their offerings, and on the day they went out against their oppressors, were a memorial pointing forward to seven angels who stand before God with seven trumpets in their hands. Those same seven are the seven lamps of the tabernacle, the seven golden candlesticks, the seven horns and seven eyes of the Lamb, and the six men with slaughter weapons plus the man with the inkhorn. When the last one sounds, the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord. That is why the day is kept as a day of rejoicing and not a day of mourning, because this day represents the salvation of man.
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