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Consequences, good and bad, of the blowing of the seventh trumpet, the last. The pronouncement of a change in the kingdoms of this world. Leadership changed from that which is temporal to that which is eternal. His coming will initiate the long anticipated kingdom of God on earth. Rev. 11:15 This could only take place at the conclusion of the tribulation period and the beginning of the Millennium. The Lord is praised because He has exercised His tremendous power in the resurrection of the righteous and the destruction of the unrighteous reign of the antichrist. Rev. 11:17.
John was introduced to a world of angry nations. Rev. 11:18 With the opening of the second seal a spirit of anger and warfare has been loosed upon the earth. Rev. 6:3-4 Today it is much in evidence in the rage which burns in the hearts of the peoples of this world. From the nations, to the homes and the roads, rage is made manifest without restraint. Senseless murders and warfare are rampant, world wide. Who knows where, or in what country the next act of terror will be displayed. The epitome, is when those of the same religion kill one another because of doctrinal differences. If they do not respect their own, what concern will they have for Christians?
The second coming, among other things, is a time of the display of the wrath of the Lord. The nations will have challenged Him and rejected Him to such a degree that the only alternative will be His judgment upon them. There is an end to His love and mercy for this world. By the time of the second coming the world will have displayed itself to be totally against the Lord. It is here that the peoples of the earth dash for places of hiding, fearing the wrath of God that will be displayed at the coming of Christ. Rev. 6:15-17 Even the gentle lamb like nature of the Lord Jesus has reached its climax and a wrathful lamb is made known. Accompanying the sounding of the last trumpet there are seven last plagues which will complete the wrath of the Lord. These plagues are world wide. No one will escape them. They fill up or consummate the wrath of the Lord against the antichrist and his cohorts. Rev. 15:1 The wrath of the Lord is a just anger. The peoples of the earth will have been well warned of the impending judgments of the wrath of God. They will have been given every opportunity to repent and know the Lord as their savior. They have no excuse, nor right to blame the Lord for their predicament, they have brought it upon themselves.