When is the last wo given to the world? Is it before probation closes or after? What is the meaning of it? Is it the twelfth chapter of Revelation and the twelfth verse? If not, where is it?
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The record is found in Rev. 11:14-19. The last three trumpets are wo trumpets. The second wo trumpet closed in 1840; the third wo trumpet began its sounding in 1844; and the wo is made up of various calamities and judgments which follow from that time forward, until the judgment shall close. You will notice that it begins before probation ends, and extends until the judgment of God is finished. The seven last plagues are one of the items which fall under the great wo, included in the expression in verse 18, "And Thy wrath is come;" and the very closing part of God's judgments which will blot sin forever from the earth is expressed in the last clause of verse 18. Consequently the third wo would cover all of the great judgments of God.