3904 — The Seventh Trumpet
By Editor
When did the time of the seventh trumpet begin, 1840, 1844, or has it to come yet? Is there a difference between the "time" and the sounding of the trumpet? M. H. W. It is generally understood and clearly shown, it seems to us, that the sixth trumpet ended in 1840. That was the second wo trumpet. "The second wo is past: behold, the third wo cometh quickly." Rev. 11:14. And then comes the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and immediately on its sounding it is said, "The seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ: and He shall reign forever and ever." Referring to the 10th chapter, the 7th verse, "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which He declared to His servants the prophets," according to good Greek scholars, like Alford, the original is expressed by "when he is about to sound," not, "when he shall begin to sound." From 1844 on are the days of the seventh trumpet. They belong to the seventh trumpet. They are the time when that trumpet is about to sound, and God is holding that final sounding until the mystery of God, or the gospel work, shall be finished. That is the waiting time. That is the "little season" when God is waiting for His children to get ready, to warn the world concerning the last great catastrophe which shall meet it, and to gather out a people to glorify His name. And when the trumpet sounds, then Christ the Lord will come, and will begin His glorious, eternal reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We offer this as a suggestion to our querist. There is not space in this department to develop it more fully.