Godslove, regarding the five months of the fifth trumpet you stated:
To switch from the year-day principle that established the time periods we need a scriptural basis. It was that principle that glued the prophetic puzzle together for the Millerites. (James, this was long before Ellen White had her first vision. Miller and associates were confirmed in their understanding on the issue by the witness of the scriptures and the Spirit.) The historic interpretation of the trumpets are sound that are set out by Miller and other pioneers. Where we have latitude is in their reapplication to the future.

Regarding the unsealed seeking death, the text says:

You could argue that it's the sealed who are seeking death but I think that's contextually unsound. The flow of meaning is that the men who are stung and in great pain, whether literal or symbolic, seek death in order to be released from their agony. It's a sobering, gruesome picture.

One of the many pieces of evidence that the trumpets apply to the future is this text regarding the protection of the sealed from the stings. When are they saints sealed? Most of the inspired sources, for example, Revelation 7, point to the present and a small part of the future.

Sigh! Were the Ephesians living in the future? Eph. 4:30.

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Ok , thanks for the clarification. Will respond as time permits.

So now you are making references as if we are possessed and you are Christ?

Jesus never went where He wasn't needed by men, Satan does. You are not wanted here because you are only here to try to confuse the brethren like Satan would.

What denomination are you Mr Peterson? Are you a hateful Catholic looking for revenge? What would possess you to come here?

We can read what he says, we don't need you to repeat it. Thank you.

"The historic interpretation of the trumpets are sound that are set out by Miller and other pioneers."

Not necessarily. Allow me to build an historical foundation.

Why the confusion?

The "trumpets" issue has been set forth by human wisdom for many centuries. Uninspired minds have privately interpreted the issue, irrespective of "..no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." (2 Peter 1:20)

Uriah Smith

His book, originally entitled "THOUGHTS on Daniel and the Revelation, and then later changed to , "Daniel and the Revelation", explains the subject of the 7 Trumpets. Notice that elder Smith is not the original author of the exposition of the trumpets. The originators were Messengers. Keith, Clark, Barnes, et al.(Daniel and the Revelation, p.506)

In that book, we read an explanation of Rev. 9:17, " As the Turks discharged their firearms on horseback, it would appear to the distant beholder, that the fire, smoke, and brimstone issued out of the horses' mouths, as illustrated by the accompanying plate (picture) (Ibid. p.510)

Thus we see that the interpretation of the seven trumpets, as found in the referenced book, was not originated by the SDA denomination. But their placing and endorsement upon it appears as a SDA doctrine. In other words, the theories of uninspired men, having the SDA stamp of approval are made to appear as genuine SDA Bible doctrines. The admonishment, "Is it true, By whom is it advocated?" (Tes. to Min.p.106)is made to appear that if it comes through a popular channel (has a stamp of approval) then it MUST be true.

An example of these man-made interpretations is that the book's interpretations of, "fire, smoke and brimstone" does not come from the "lion like mouths" but rather from a turkish gun!

The accepting of these additions and subtractions to and from the Holy Writ, a practice condemned by the Scriptures (Rev. 22:18, 19) shows that they are victims of faulty vision, which cause them to think themselves right when they are all wrong. (Testimonies, vol. 3, p.252, 253)

This practice undermines faith in the Bible, for if the Revelator was wrong in one instance, then can he not be wrong in another? If we cannot depend on the book of Revelation just as it reads, then how can we put confidence any other part of the Bible?

If John or any of the other prophets cannot be depended upon to declare what they see, then how can uninspired men be depended on what they see?

I'll post more on this historical foundation soon.

Was Jesus wanted in Jerusalem? Hardly. He himself wept over the city because of their stubborn attitude to the gospel of the Kingdom. It's not hard to understand why. The Jews were the first Seventh-day Adventist. And I suspect, from your strident rhetoric, that the chip never falls far from the old block.

Why not, like me, simply discuss the trumpets instead of blowing your own so VERY cantankerously loudly?

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