The unrepentant hearts of mankind were beyond comprehension!
The Beloved Disciple recorded what he saw and heard by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 9:
20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
John listed four categories of unrighteousness:
Murders: Consider abortion in the womb (The Holy of Holies). Governments have been subsidizing murders prior to birth. What do you think FATHER’S response will be? Temporary carnal, sexual pleasure is at the root of most abortions. These people are led by their flesh.
Sorceries (Gr. Pharmakeia): The use of drugs has become the avenue of choice that has infiltrated all levels of society, both legal and illegal. The largest contingent of lobbyists in D.C. is from the drug industry. Drugs don’t cure, they simply mask whatever ails a person including the psychological escapism of “getting high”.
Sexual Immorality: All forms of commercial communication (especially advertisements) are promoting illicit sexual behavior. Certain immoral groups are demanding social acceptance as though they have the right to defy their genetic makeup. It is Sodom and Gomorrah all over again. They weren’t spared the first time and won’t be spared this time as well. Sex is the preoccupation of today’s culture.
Thefts: Governments are stealing wealth from the average citizen on a daily basis under the cover of “the greater good”. Who defines the greater good? Those in power. You create wealth by your labor and then your wealth is stolen by inflation on a subtle basis. When the U.S. went off the gold standard in 1971, our wealth began its destruction process known as the fiat system. The Dollar is solely based on perception and acceptance. It is simply a claim and has liability attached to it. This is at the center of the BRICS countries moving away from trade using the U.S. Dollar as the means of settlement. They have been accumulating gold reserves in recent years to undermine their currencies with a precious metal that has no liability attached to it. Socialism is the plundering of the productive people by the unaccountable. There are too many tenacles of the unaccountable to mention. FATHER called us to be fruitful (i.e., productive). Selah!
These seven trumpets are parallel by the plagues of Egypt found in Exodus:
| Warning #1 Warning #2 (no warning) | Waters turned to blood Frogs on land, homes Lice on persons | 7:14-25 8:1-5 8:10-19 |
| Warning #3 Warning #4 (no warning) | Flies on homes Disease on cattle Boils, sores: man & beast | 8:20-24 9:1-7 9:8-12 |
| Warning #5 Warning #6 (no warning) Warning #7 | Thunder, hail Locusts Darkness of 3 days Firstborn, man and beast | 9:18-35 10:1-20 10:21-29 11 & 12 |
When we read these chapters in Exodus, it is hard to fathom the hardness of heart of not only Pharoah but also the Egyptian population. We see this same scenario in Revelation chapter 9.
Chapters 10-14 provide a pause of the three “woes” before the seventh trumpet.