- Why The Talk Of Judgment?

Men and women, absorbed in their human contentment, will ask, “Why should there be the sounding trumpets? Why should there be such warnings? Why the talk of impending judgment?”

I will tell you why. God once walked and conversed with the man and woman He had created. He spoke to them in the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day in the quiet voice of love. And the man and the woman, walking among the trees of the garden, heard His voice and responded. But Adam and Eve sinned, and since then their descendants have chosen not to listen for God’s voice. Men and women could hear the voice of God if they would. By choice they do not. As we noted earlier, lost humanity’s cup of iniquity is brim full. The figure is alarming, frightening. God watches as the cup fills. Then, suddenly, it is an overflowing cup, and God summons His seven trumpeters to action: The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. (Revelation 8:7) People have always loved fire, and God will say, “Blow the trumpet—and give them all the fire they want!” The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. (Revelation 8:8-9)

People have always been prone to shed the blood of their fellows, and God will say, “Blow the trumpet—and give the mall the blood they can take!” The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. (Revelation 8:10-11)

People have always dealt with each other in bitterness. God will say, “Blow the trumpet—and give them bitterness, even more bitterness than they want!”
The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. (Revelation 8:12)

People have always loved their deeds of darkness. God will say, “Blow the trumpet—and give them darkness and confusion and woe!”