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As we move
to last section of the trumpets, we also shift to the supernatural. In the first trumpets, we had curses brought
on by God’s supernatural power but they were nonetheless natural affects. In these last trumpets, the shift is clearly
supernatural in both power and effect.
The locusts of the Abyss are extraordinarily supernatural. The warriors of the sixth trumpet are just as
supernatural.
What is
amazing to me in this chapter, however, is not the supernatural nature of the
fifth and sixth trumpet judgments. What
is amazing is the human response to these trumpets! Natural disasters are one thing, certainly
explainable by the most stubborn people who refuse to believe. But the supernatural is far more complicated
to explain away!
However,
after the sixth trumpet we are told the status of humanity. One-third of the human race lies dead in
judgment. The rest are unrepentant. The rest continue to worship their false
gods. The rest refuse to be humble and
turn to God. Instead they continue to
believe in the things of their own creation.
That is such
an interesting perspective on humanity. When
the chips are down, what beliefs do we cling to? Are we capable of accepting that which is
outside of us or do we cling to that which our brain invents to be truth? Are we willing to seek truth from the outside
or must it always come from within?
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