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Rev. 8:2-6, WHEN DO THE SEVEN TRUMPETS BEGIN
Adventists recognize that the casting down of the censer indicates sudden termination of something. And, many claim that Mrs. White saw this scene in a vision. (See Early Writings, pp. 279-280) But, Mrs. White did not see that scene. If you read her comments in the given reference above , she clearly says that she saw Jesus standing before the Ark of The Covenant, not a angel standing before the Altar of Incense. E.W. view says nothing about the seven angels receiving seven trumpets (the first event in the sequence), neither does she say anything about the sounding of the trumpets in this reference.
Many seventeenth and eighteenth century Reformation writers believed the seven trumpets began with the fall of the Roman Empire around A.D. 400. William Miller too, excepted this view, so placing them in the past supported his claim of the coming of Christ in 1844.
Please give some thought to the following:
As one reads Rev. 8:2-6, the first event is of seven angels receiving seven trumpets.
Followed by an Angel having a golden censer offering incense on the Altar of Incense.
Followed by the same angel taking that censer filled with fire and hurling in on the earth.
Followed by peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake [all on the earth]
Followed by the seven angels preparing to sound their trumpets.
If you except that the trumpets began around 400 A.D. Then what does the angel ministering at the Altar of Incense mean, and what historical facts prove that it has been fulfilled, since the texts indicate that the angels prepare to sound them AFTER the angel cast it’s censer to earth?
OR, which traditional Adventists interpretation do you think makes more sense to you?
Adventists recognize that the casting down of the censer indicates sudden termination of something. And, many claim that Mrs. White saw this scene in a vision. (See Early Writings, pp. 279-280) But, Mrs. White did not see that scene. If you read her comments in the given reference above , she clearly says that she saw Jesus standing before the Ark of The Covenant, not a angel standing before the Altar of Incense. E.W. view says nothing about the seven angels receiving seven trumpets (the first event in the sequence), neither does she say anything about the sounding of the trumpets in this reference.
Many seventeenth and eighteenth century Reformation writers believed the seven trumpets began with the fall of the Roman Empire around A.D. 400. William Miller too, excepted this view, so placing them in the past supported his claim of the coming of Christ in 1844.
Please give some thought to the following:
As one reads Rev. 8:2-6, the first event is of seven angels receiving seven trumpets.
Followed by an Angel having a golden censer offering incense on the Altar of Incense.
Followed by the same angel taking that censer filled with fire and hurling in on the earth.
Followed by peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake [all on the earth]
Followed by the seven angels preparing to sound their trumpets.
If you except that the trumpets began around 400 A.D. Then what does the angel ministering at the Altar of Incense mean, and what historical facts prove that it has been fulfilled, since the texts indicate that the angels prepare to sound them AFTER the angel cast it’s censer to earth?
OR, which traditional Adventists interpretation do you think makes more sense to you?