End Time Prophecy

Global conflict rapidly unfolds.

A nation undergoing attack has an overriding interest in destroying their opponent’s nuclear missiles and bombs that could soon be launched against them. Therefore, many of the initial strikes during a nuclear conflict target land-based aircraft and missiles. Other land-based targets would also be struck, setting countless thousands of square miles of land ablaze. This is what occurs at the first trumpet.

At the second trumpet nuclear blasts destroy warships. This second round of nuclear weapons strike oceans in an attempt to destroy warships and submarines. The third trumpet deploys “dirty” nuclear weapons. These bombs spread nuclear contamination over a large area. These weapons do not require a nuclear explosion. Even if detonated with simple conventional explosives the impact of such a bomb could contaminate the land for decades, even hundreds of years.

Pat Marvenko Smith, © 1992, Revelation Illustrated

TRUMPET #1: 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)

The initial trumpet brings hail and fire mixed with blood … hurled down upon the earth … and a third of the earth will be burned. This is a description of nuclear attacks against land-based targets. Such targets include yet-to-be-launched nuclear missiles still on the ground, and those somewhat protected in silos beneath the ground. Countless other land targets will be in flames.

TRUMPET #2: 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)

Yet-to-be-launched nuclear missiles located on warships and submarines are targeted in the second round of nuclear attacks, with a third of the ships … destroyed. In addition to surface ships, many submarines have extensive nuclear missile launching capabilities. Submarine missiles use satellite navigation and therefore can be as accurate as land-based missiles. In addition to destroying ships, a third of the living creatures in the sea died. Jesus described the oceans saying, “nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.” (Luke 21:25)

Target	Delivery	Vulnerability	Launch Order
Land	Aircraft with nuclear bombs	Must be launched within a few minutes of a massive nuclear attack, or they are likely to be destroyed on the ground.	TRUMPET #1 Dispatch early; aircraft can be recalled
	Land-Based Missiles	Must also launch within a few minutes of a nuclear attack, or are at risk for being destroyed.	TRUMPET #1 Slower to launch; cannot recall
Ocean	Missiles and Bombs	Aircraft carriers deploy fighter aircraft that carry nuclear weapons. Submarines hide missiles deep in the ocean.	TRUMPET #2 Delay launch; hidden and held in reserve.
Civilian	Radiological (Dirty) Bomb	Use by underdeveloped nations and/or terrorists. Harm due to nuclear contamination	TRUMPET #3

TRUMPET #3: 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)

With this trumpet, a star falls from the sky. Note the impact—on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. This contamination is so extensive that a third of the waters are contaminated, and many people died from these contaminated waters.

This trumpet depicts the detonation of a bomb made from nuclear material, designed solely to spread radioactive contamination. Governments and terrorists incapable of exploding a nuclear bomb can more easily build such a low-technology weapon. Frequently referred to as a dirty bomb, it can spread radioactivity using only conventional explosives. Such a great star, blasted above the earth, would magnify the geographical area contaminated. In the end, there are contaminated rivers, lakes, and ultimately drinking water.

That the name of the star is Wormwood is significant. Wormwood is a group of plants found around the world. In Russian and Ukrainian language, wormwood translates as “chernobyl.” The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident produced contamination that was the first-ever to be rated a level 7 event, the highest score on the International Nuclear Event Scale. This power plant was named after the wormwood plants in the area; it would be similar to an English-speaking country naming a nuclear plant Ragweed. Today “Chernobyl” (wormwood) is synonymous with nuclear contamination.

Wormwood   (English to Ukrainian - type in “wormwood”)
полин, чорнобиль;гіркота, прикрість
[wormwood     polyn, chornobyl’; hirkota, prykrist’ ]
Chernobyl (Ukrainian: Чорнобиль, Russian: Чернобыль)

When John wrote Revelation, he did not comprehend nuclear power. Today the words he wrote are synonymous with nuclear contamination. Remember that when the third angel sounded his trumpet … a great star … fell from the sky (Revelation 8:10). Wormwood belongs to the Asteraceae plant family. The Asteraceae family was derived from the Greek word for star. Aster is the word from which the star-symbol asterisk (*) was derived.

Revelation was written in Greek; wormwood translates as chernobyl in the Ukrainian and Russian languages. John did not coordinate with the scientists who would later place wormwood in the Asteraceae (star) plant family. Scientists did not coordinate their naming of this plant with those who would later name the nuclear power plant, Chernobyl. That this star plant also turns water bitter is not a coincidence either. No person coordinated any of these facts with the great nuclear disaster that inevitably followed. Only God could perfectly align these factors ahead of time.

TRUMPET #4: 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)

Darkness could result from smoke or increased volcanic activity. However, there is a method for darkening a searing hot earth that might be desirable following nuclear war. Theoretically, objects deployed in space could deflect sunlight with the purpose of cooling an overheated earth. Should extreme measures be implemented the world could be plunged into darkness, which actually occurs at the fifth bowl of God’s wrath (Revelation 16:10).

TRUMPET #5: The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. (Revelation 9:1-6)

Next an angel, also referred to as a star, is seen with the key to a bottomless pit inside the earth, called the Abyss. This angel releases demons that were trapped inside the Abyss for thousands of years. This demonic attack warns unrepentant people of what hell will be like. Locus normally attack crops, but these locusts have power to sting like scorpions. These locusts only attack people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. People will suffer so badly they desire to die, but are unable. A foretaste of hell, where people will long to die, but death will elude them.

Demons from the counterfeit kingdom possess counterfeit human and animal characteristics. The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.

TRUMPET #6: The sixth angel sounded his trumpet and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. (Revelation 9:13-16)

Four angels, who today are bound at the Euphrates River, will be released to kill a third of mankind. The corresponding deaths occur at this point. The four released angels ride horses, just as the four horsemen of the apocalypse rode horses. That the four angels are bound at the Euphrates River points to Iraq, the nation through which most of this river flows.

An army with two hundred million members advances against Israel. This army is likely an alliance of eastern nations. China is capable of raising such a force; India also has a population over a billion people. The Soviet Union dissolved into multiple nations; even if disbanded China would still be united in a shared ethnic and cultural history spanning thousands of years.

The earth’s destruction is progressing rapidly. The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury. (Revelation 9:17-19)

To believe a delusion, is to believe what is false despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. To believe in idols and magic arts after world events have fully validated Bible prophecy is an incredible delusion. The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 9:20-21)

Seven Trumpets
1	Nuclear strikes against land-based targets burn a third the earth. (Revelation 8:7)
2	Nuclear strikes against ocean-based targets. (Revelation 8:8-9)
3	Nuclear contamination of water. (Revelation 8:10-11)
4	Darkness covers the earth. (Revelation 8:12)
5	Smoke pours from the Abyss; demonic locusts come from the smoke. (Revelation 9:1-11)
6	200,000,000 soldiers descend on Israel; fire, smoke, sulfur kill a third of humanity. (Revelation 9:13-19)
7	Resurrection of two witnesses; rapture of Laodicea Church; the harvest of Israel begins. (Revelation 11:15-19; 14:14-20)

At the sixth trumpet Gentiles worldwide will have accepted the mark of the beast. However God will protect Israel from the beast the first three and a half years (Revelation 12:6). Israel will turn to God at the seventh trumpet.