The Story-Line of Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect Lesson 4: Earthquake, Darkness, and Trumpets at the End of Time

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The Story-Line ofChristian Apocalyptic
RhetorolectLesson 4 Earthquake, Darkness, and
Trumpets at the End of Time

• Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect also uses
  Hebrew Bible presentations of earthquakes,
  darkening of sun, moon, and stars, and trumpets
  blowing at the end of time as resources.

• Click for the next slide and a Hebrew Bible
  resource for Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect.

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The Rebellion of Korah and His Associates as a
Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect

• After Aaron and Moses leave Mount Sinai to
  advance toward the land of Canaan, the persistent
  rebellion of Korah and his associates leads to
  their destruction.
• Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect uses the
  splitting of the earth apart and its swallowing
  of Korah and those with him as a resource to
  describe what will happen at the end of time to
  those who are evil.
• Click to read the story of Korah and his
  associates.

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The Earth Splits Apart and Swallows Korah and
His Associates

• Numbers 1628 Moses said, Hereby you shall know
  that Adonai has sent me to do all these works
  for I have not done them of my own mind.
• 1630 But if Adonai make a new thing, and the
  ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with
  all that appertain to them, and they go down
  alive into Sheol then you shall understand that
  these men have despised Adonai.
• 1631 It happened, as he made an end of speaking
  all these words, that the ground split apart that
  was under them
• Click for continuation of the Korah story.

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The Earth Splits Apart and Swallows Korah and
His Associates cont.

• Numbers 1632 and the earth opened its mouth, and
  swallowed them up, and their households, and all
  the men who appertained to Korah, and all their
  goods.
• 1633 So they, and all that appertained to them,
  went down alive into Sheol and the earth closed
  on them, and they perished from among the
  assembly. (Read Numbers
  16)
• Click for Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect
  that uses this as a resource.

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Christian Apocalyptic RhetorolectGod Destroyed
Korah and His Associates

• Jude 110 But these speak evil of whatever things
  they dont know. What they understand naturally,
  like the creatures without reason, they are
  destroyed in these things.
• 111 Woe to them! For they went in the way of
  Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam
  for hire, and perished in Korahs rebellion.
  (Read Jude)
• Click to read about earthquakes and
  darkening of the stars, sun, and moon in the
  Hebrew Bible.

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Hebrew Bible Resources Darkness and Earthquakes

• Isaiah 1310 For the stars of the sky and its
  constellations will not give their light. The sun
  will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon
  will not cause its light to shine. (Read Isaiah
  13)
• Joel 210 The earth quakes before them. The
  heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are
  darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
  (Read Joel 2)
• Click for Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect
  that uses this Hebrew Bible resource.

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Christian Apocalyptic RhetorolectDarkness and
Earthquakes

• Mark 1324 But in those days, after that
  oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon
  will not give its light,
• 1325 the stars will be falling from the sky, and
  the powers that are in the heavens will be
  shaken.
• (Read Mark 13)
• Click for other verses of Joel 2 that
  Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect uses as a
  resource.

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Darkness, Blood, Fire, Smoke on the Day of the
Lord

• Joel 228 It will happen afterward, that I will
  pour out my Spirit on all flesh and your sons
  and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men
  will dream dreams. Your young men will see
  visions.
• 229 And also on the servants and on the
  handmaids in those days, I will pour out my
  Spirit.
• 230 I will show wonders in the heavens and in
  the earth blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
• Click for continuation of this Hebrew Bible
  resource.

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Darkness, Blood, Fire, Smoke on the Day of the
Lord cont.

• Joel 231 The sun will be turned into darkness,
  and the moon into blood, before the great and
  terrible day of Adonai comes.
• 232 It will happen that whoever will call on the
  name of Adonai shall be saved for in Mount Zion
  and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape,
  as Adonai has said, and among the remnant, those
  whom Adonai calls. (Read Joel 2)
• Click for Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect
  that uses this Hebrew Bible resource.

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Darkness, Blood, Fire, Smokebefore the Coming of
the Day of the Lord

• Acts 214 But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
  lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them
• 216 This is what has been spoken through the
  prophet Joel
• 217 It will be in the last days, says God
• 219 I will show wonders in the sky above, and
  signs on the earth beneath blood, and fire, and
  billows of smoke.
• Click for continuation of this Christian
  apocalyptic rhetorolect.

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Darkness, Blood, Fire, Smokebefore the Coming of
the Day of the Lord cont.

• Acts 220 The sun will be turned into darkness,
  and the moon into blood, before the great and
  glorious day of the Lord comes.
• 221 It will be, that whoever will call on the
  name of the Lord will be saved. (Read Acts 2)
• Click to see how Joel 2 in the Hebrew Bible also
  features the blowing of a trumpet at the end of
  time.

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Joel 2 features a Trumpet on the Day of the Lord
that Brings Earthquake and Darkness

• Joel 21 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an
  alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the
  inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of
  Adonai comes, for it is close at hand
• 22 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of
  clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading
  on the mountains, a great and strong people
  there has never been the like, neither will there
  be any more after them, even to the years of many
  generations. (Read Joel 2)
• Click for another Hebrew Bible resource for
  the blowing of a trumpet at the end of time.

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Hebrew Bible ResourceA Trumpet will Sound on
the Day of the Lord

• Zephaniah 114 The great day of Adonai is near.
  It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the
  day of Adonai. The mighty man cries there
  bitterly.
• 115 That day is a day of wrath, a day of
  distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin,
  a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and
  blackness,
• 116 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the
  fortified cities, and against the high
  battlements.
• (Read Zephaniah 1)
• Click for the use of these Hebrew Bible
  resources in Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect.

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Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect A Trumpet
will Sound on the Day of the Lord

• 1 Thessalonians 413 But we dont want you to be
  ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have
  fallen asleep, so that you dont grieve like the
  rest, who have no hope.
• 414 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
  again, even so God will bring with him those who
  have fallen asleep in Jesus.
• 415 For this we tell you by the word of the
  Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the
  coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those
  who have fallen asleep.
• Click for continuation of this Christian
  apocalyptic rhetorolect.

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Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect A Trumpet
will Sound on the Day of the Lord cont.

• 1 Thessalonians 416 For the Lord himself will
  descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
  of the archangel, and with Gods trumpet. The
  dead in Christ will rise first,
• 417 then we who are alive, who are left, will be
  caught up together with them in the clouds, to
  meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the
  Lord forever.
• (Read 1 Thessalonians 4)
• Click for a presentation of seven trumpets
  at the end of time in Christian apocalyptic
  rhetorolect.

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The Ten Plagues as a Resource for the Blowing of
Seven Trumpets in Christian Apocalyptic
Rhetorolect

• In Revelation 8-9, darkness, fire, blood, smoke,
  locusts, death of humans, lightning, thunder,
  earthquake, and hail come on the earth when
  angels blow seven trumpets in heaven.
• The ten plagues in Egypt are a resource for the
  presentation of the seven trumpets at the end of
  time in Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect.
• Click for the seven trumpets at the end of time.

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Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect
TRUMPETS WILL CAUSE PLAGUES ON EARTH

• Revelation 81 When he opened the seventh seal,
  there was silence in heaven for about half an
  hour. 82 I saw the seven angels who stand before
  God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
• 86 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets
  prepared themselves to sound.
• Click for the first trumpet.

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First Trumpet HAIL, FIRE, BLOOD

• Revelation 87 The first sounded, and there
  followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and
  they were thrown to the earth.
• One third of the earth was burnt up, and one
  third of the trees were burnt up, and all green
  grass was burnt up.
• Click for the second trumpet.

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Second Trumpet MOUNTAIN OF FIRE BLOOD

• Revelation 88 The second angel sounded, and
  something like a great burning mountain was
  thrown into the sea.
• One third of the sea became blood,
• 89 and one third of the living creatures which
  were in the sea died. One third of the ships were
  destroyed.
• Click for the third trumpet.

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Third Trumpet
STAR FALLS FROM HEAVEN BITTER WORMWOOD

• Revelation 810 The third angel sounded, and a
  great star fell from the sky, burning like a
  torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers,
  and on the springs of the waters.
• 811 The name of the star is called Wormwood.
  One third of the waters became wormwood. Many
  people died from the waters, because they were
  made bitter.
• Click for the fourth trumpet.

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Fourth Trumpet DARKENING OF
SUN MOON STARS

• Revelation 812 The fourth angel sounded,
• and one third of the sun was struck,
• and one third of the moon,
• and one third of the stars so that one third of
  them would be darkened,
• and the day wouldnt shine for one third of it,
  and the night in the same way.
• (Read Revelation 8)
• Click for the fifth trumpet.

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Fifth Trumpet A
STAR FELL FROM HEAVEN SMOKE DARKENS THE SUN
LOCUSTS

• Revelation 91 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw
  a star from the sky which had fallen to the
  earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given
  to him.
• 92 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke
  went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a
  burning furnace. The sun and the air were
  darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
• 93 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on
  the earth, and power was given to them, as the
  scorpions of the earth have power.
• Click for the sixth trumpet.

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Sixth TrumpetFOUR ANGELS TROOPS OF CAVALRY
FIRE SMOKE KILLING HUMANS

• Revelation 913 The sixth angel sounded. I heard
  a voice from the horns of the golden altar which
  is before God,
• 914 saying to the sixth angel who had one
  trumpet, Free the four angels who are bound at
  the great river Euphrates!
• 915 The four angels were freed who had been
  prepared for that hour and day and month and
  year, so that they might kill one third of
  mankind.
• Click for continuation of the sixth trumpet.

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Sixth Trumpet cont.FOUR ANGELS TROOPS OF
CAVALRY FIRE SMOKE KILLING HUMANS

• Revelation 916 The number of the armies of the
  horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the
  number of them.
• 917 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and
  those who sat on them, having breastplates of
  fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow and
  the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed
  fire, smoke, and sulfur. (Read Revelation
  9)
• Click for the seventh trumpet.

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Seventh TrumpetLIGHTNING THUNDER EARTHQUAKE
HAIL

• Revelation 1114 The second woe is past. Behold,
  the third woe comes quickly.
• 1119 Gods temple that is in heaven was opened,
  and the ark of the Lords covenant was seen in
  his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an
  earthquake, and great hail followed .
• (Read Revelation 11)
• Click for a summary.

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Excellent!

• You have learned in Lesson 4 that Christian
  apocalyptic rhetorolect uses the splitting of the
  earth to destroy Korah and his associates, the
  darkening of the stars, sun, and moon, and the
  blowing of trumpets in the Hebrew Bible as
  resources for its presentation of the end of
  time.
• When Revelation 8-9, 11 present seven trumpets
  in heaven at the end of time, they use the ten
  plagues God sent on Egypt as a resource for the
  destruction that occurs on the earth.
• Click for a table that compares the plagues with
  the seven trumpets.

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Ten Plagues Seven Trumpets in Heaven
1. Blood 1. Hail, fire, blood (cf. 7, 1)
2. Frogs 2. Fire, blood (cf. 7, 1)
3. Gnats 3. Darkness, wormwood (cf. 9)
4. Flies 4. Darkness (cf. 9)
5. Livestock killed 5. Darkness, smoke, locusts (cf. 9,7, 8)
6. Boils 6. Fire, smoke, killing humans (cf. 7, 10)
7. Thunder, hail, fire 7. Lightning, thunder, earthquake, hail (cf. 7)
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
10. Firstborn humans and livestock killed

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Excellent!

Great work! This has been another long
lesson. You are now ready to continue to
Lesson 5, where you will see the imagery
Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect uses to present
God, Gods throne, and creatures and people
around Gods throne. May you have good strength
as you continue.