THE FIFTH TRUMPET continued VERSE 10 “They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.” THEY HAD TAILS LIKE SCORPIONS . . . TO HURT MEN FOR FIVE MONTHS: The tail of the scorpion is the part containing the stinger. The tail symbolizes the LAST PART of something. The point here is that, if the Sardis period had to rely on the Lollard’s to keep up the work, it…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET continued As stated in our last post, the Renaissance was blossoming; people were reasoning; they would love to be free. Hence: VERSE 6 “In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.” IN THOSE DAYS MEN WILL SEEK DEATH: “Men” (nominal Christians) will seek death (separation from Papacy) — a repudiation of their lives as Roman Catholics. They were tired of serving an…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET continued VERSE 3 “Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.” THEN OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS CAME UPON THE EARTH: Here again we can learn through a comparison with the Egyptian plagues. “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET In short, the Fifth Trumpet details how the truths brought forth by Wycliffe and his followers successfully caused commotion in the world of Papal teachings. The result was that many WANTED to be free from Papal domination but could not accomplish that freedom yet. It had to wait for the days of Luther. Revelation Chapter 9 VERSE 1 “Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was…