“Three Words”

In Rev 8:13, the angel spoke with a loud voice, saying, “Woe, woe, woe, to the

inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three

angels, which are yet to sound.”

Who are the “inhabiters of the earth?”

The phrase “inhabiters of the earth” is an exact equivalent of the phrase, “dwell

upon (on) the earth” found in Rev. 3:10; 6:10; 11:10; 13:8,12,14; 14:6; and

17:8. Every text cited above refers to the religious leaders of the false church

when it uses the phrase “dwell upon the earth.” Whereas in contrast, we read in

Rev. 13:6 about the beast, “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,

to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven,”

those who are truly Spirit-begotten, those who were called to be of the Church,

failed in their quest and are yet here in the flesh.

Therefore, the angel in Rev 8:13 is addressing the leaders of the false church

system, and says three times “woe,” and each “woe” is the result of each “of the

other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!”

But why should the angel address these leaders with such a message?

The three woe message follows the message of the fourth angel, and it is spoken

by the same angel. That fourth message gave evidence of a plan of God for the

blessing of all the families of the earth, which blessing is God’s promise to

Abraham fulfilled. God’s real plan for man is so very different than “Believe

today, or fry tomorrow,” which is a succinct summary of what the false Christian

church promulgates. Their message is one that does not provide for the blessing

of all the families of the earth; neither does it portray and glorify the God of

heaven for His righteous and Holy character. For anyone to say that God will

burn everlastingly those who do not accept Jesus in the here and now is to say

that God has less character than that of most fallen men. For in this country,

those who maliciously burn or torment others, even animals, are brought to

justice for their heinous deeds. And then for someone to say that God will do

such? Truly, any doctrines that speak such of a God that has in the past, and

continues in the present, to love mankind so as to provide a righteous means for

them to be recovered out of sin, are blasphemous, and totally false.

If any toes are feeling weight upon them, then it is truth that is applying the

pressure. The reaction of the vast majority of these leaders to the fourth

message (as well as to all of them) is a predictable one of rejection, possibly even

to the point of expressing rage: “How dare you speak such!” However, Satan’s

house will come down and so will all the blasphemous doctrines that he fed to his

children. The false church is the result of a two part process. There would be a

“falling away,” 2 Thes 2:3, and there was a planting of tares in the field that

Jesus sowed good seed in, Mat 13:25. Jesus clearly stated that the enemy who

sowed the tares was Satan, the devil, and that the tares are “the children of the

wicked one,” Mat 13:38,39. Paul referred to the same basics but defined them

differently: (falling away) “Of your own selves shall men arise...to draw away

disciples after them;” and (Satan’s planting) “grievous wolves (shall) enter in,”

Acts 20:29,30. These texts have been in the Bible since the various books were

canonized in centuries past, but the statements of Jesus and of Paul have existed

for nearly two thousand years. The facts are, the false church exists because

some fell away from the truths spoken by Jesus and the twelve Apostles; and

others came in because they were planted by Satan. Is that not plain?

All who hold to any doctrine or set of doctrines that does not recognize and

teach: 1) Adam and his race as each being a soul (not having one), Gen 2:7; 2)

that man is mortal and when he dies, there is nothing left of consciousness, nor

activity, Ecc 9:5,6; 3) that after man dies, he/she does not exist in any state of

being, Job 14:10; 4) that the promise to Abraham by God will contain an earthly

seed as well as a heavenly seed, wherein the heavenly (greater) blesses the

earthly (lesser), Heb 7:7; Gen 22:17,18; 5) that the heavenly seed is not, nor

ever will be filled by the masses who simply profess the name of Jesus, and

thereby “are saved,” Mat 7:21-23; Eph 4:11-14; 6) that instead, the masses of

mankind will constitute the sands upon the seashore here on earth in the

Millennial Kingdom, John 10:16; 7) that the current planet earth will abide for all

eternity, just not the present social order upon it, Eccl 1:4; 8) the resurrection of

Jesus from the grave was not to, or with a physical body, but to a spirit body of

the Divine Nature, Immortality, 1 Cor 15:45; Phil 2:9; 3:21; (and there are many

more points): do not have a correct theological understanding of what Biblical

truth is, nor do they have a correct understanding of God’s righteous character.

So now we ask you, the leaders of Christianity, though false is your claim of being

a Christian, Does what you teach offer any better plan for the masses of

humanity than the fourth trumpeter’s message, Let There Be Light? (Be honest

here! You can not hide from God!) Have your doctrinal understanding and

teachings brought you to a reasonable and an accurate perception of what God’s

promise to Abraham is all about? Is not the fourth angel’s message characteristic

of a God of love and of justice, rather than the prevailing view, “Burn the rascals

in the hottest hell for the longest time just because they have not accepted Jesus

at this time?” Well? Truth is reasonable, and so is God’s truth as was outlined in

the fourth trumpet message. “Hellfire” is most unreasonable, as well as very

unscriptural. In fact, hellfire is a direct affront or assault on God’s holy character.

The Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 is a parable for at least two reasons:

1) Mat 13:34,35- “All these (prior) things spake Jesus unto the multitude in

parables; and without a parable spake he not (then or later) unto them;” 2) for it

to not be a parable, the statements must be literal. To apply, “the beggar died,

and was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom,” as literal is to

destroy a plain text of Scripture that declares “all go unto one place,” Ecc 3:20;

and further, to apply the texts (23,24) that declare the rich man as lifting up his

eyes and then speaking to Abraham, is to also negate Job 14:10,12- “But man

dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost (H1478- to breathe out,

expire) and where is he? So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be

no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep;” as well as Ecc

9:5, “but the dead know not anything.”

Additionally, do not be hasty to say this is literal, for if it were, then a fingertip

dipped in water could “cool my tongue.” Just ask any experienced firefighter how

much cooling a wet finger would provide amongst “this flame,” and they will tell

you, “Not one bit!” Truth is reasonable; so man, be reasonable in how you

interpret it!

So what does the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus mean? The beggar

represents the lower class of Israeli peoples, who had none of the blessings that

the rich man, the leaders of Israel possessed. The beggar had sores representing

his sin. The dogs represent Gentiles in all their sinful condition who expressed a

measure of sympathy for the Israelis who, like themselves, were out of harmony

with God’s arrangements. Though these Israelis were bound to the Law, they

had abandoned keeping it. When the beggar died, it involved a two part process

to his dying to sin (not from or as a result of sin). The first step was towards

reconciliation with God by their baptism of John unto repentance to re-establish

their covenant relationship with God. The next step that enabled them to die

completely to sin and to the Law covenant was by their acceptance of Jesus as

their Messiah and their baptism into Christ, John 1:45; Rom 6:5,11; 7:4; Mat

20:22,23; Acts 2:38.

The leaders of Israel died to their blessings of purple, emblematic of the

tabernacle/temple, wherein purple was used; and fine linen, representing

righteous. Both the purple and the fine linen also denoted an upper class within

Israel. Both temple structure and the sacrifices that brought Israel into a right

standing with God were destroyed in 69,70 A.D. The “place” of the chief priests

and Pharisees was destroyed also, John 11:47,48. Not only that, when Jesus

cast off the house of Israel just before his crucifixion, saying, “Behold, your house

is left unto you desolate,” Mat 23:38, national Israel entered into a period of

disfavor with God, which was as good as being buried. Their disfavor lasted until

1878 A.D. when their double ended, Jer 16:18; Isa 40:2 and Zech 9:12. The

Hebrew word translated double (H4932) means “repetition” or like portion. From

the death of Jacob in 1813 B.C., to 33 A.D., national Israel experienced God’s

favor. Because Israel rejected their king Jesus, a like portion of time was served

unto them by God wherein they experienced His disfavor. Each period was 1845

years in length. This disfavor came upon the nation of Israel as a whole, but unto

the individual believers in Jesus, “to them gave he power to become the sons of

God,” denoting a special position of favor. John 1:11,12.

While in the period of disfavor, symbolically hades, which is the grave, the

leaders of Israel cried out for mercy, being in torments because they no longer

experienced God’s blessings, nor held as chief a prominence among the people as

before.

The great gulf fixed is that of faith. Those who believed in Jesus within the nation

of Israel could not possibly pass over to the condition that the unbelieving leaders

experienced, because their faith in Jesus and in God prevented them from going

into disbelief. Likewise, the unbelieving leaders of Israel could not pass over to

those of faith because their unbelief prevented them.

The request to send the beggar, named Lazarus, to the house of the five brethren

plus the one speaking, made six to whom the beggar should come. The six are

representative of the whole nation, the twelve tribes. When the parable stated

that “Abraham saith unto them, They have Moses and the prophets; let them

hear them,” it was a precise cut by Jesus unto the leaders for: 1) they sat in

Moses seat, Mat 23:2; 2) they trusted in Moses, John 5:45,46; 3) they declared

themselves as Moses’ disciples, John 9:28; and 4) they placed themselves above

the common person, when they emphatically declared, “Thou wast altogether

born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out,” John 9:34.

The protest, “Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead,

they will repent,” may well have been the sentiments of Nicodemus, who as a

secret believer in Jesus, would surely have wished his fellow Pharisee brothers

would come to the same conclusions as he, John 7:47-50. The response, “If they

will not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one

rose from the dead,” was a point that Jesus made to tell the leaders beforehand

that even though Lazarus would rise from the dead in the near future, they would

still not believe that Jesus, as the Messiah, was the One that God sent to deliver

them.

There is no need to wrest the Scriptures to get a literal interpretation when a

symbolical one is what was meant. This concept applies to all of Jesus’ parables.

A main reason for the trinity and hellfire doctrines is to have control over the

people. This control over others is the “doctrine of the Nicolaitans,” which, if it

were a proper doctrine, then why would Jesus say, “Repent” in the next verse?

See Rev 2:15,16.

If you, the leaders, can convince others that God is indeed a mystery, and that

understanding of who God is can only come from those who have gone to the

theological seminaries (cemeteries, by our viewpoint); that they alone can explain

Him, then of course, a following is established, and so is control. Just so with

hellfire. Keep the people coming to keep them out of fire, and all the while they

fill the coffers, from which many of the leaders get paid, and get paid well.

And where did all these false doctrines come from? They came from the

pollutions of the Catholic Church, as she made the nations drunk, in centuries

past down to this day, with the passion of her fornication, Rev 17:2.

Thankfully, the whore’s days are numbered. Thankfully, also, all false doctrines

will crash and burn soon.

Perhaps you think, “When Jesus comes, I’ll be whisked away and I will not be a

part of the trouble.” In fact, you are part of the trouble, because you have

preached erroneous doctrines, and those doctrines have continued to perpetuate

the drunkenness upon the people, just as did your “Mother,” the great whore,

Babylon the Great. You will not escape the wrath that God will pour out undiluted

upon the world. You will be here to reap your just portion based upon what you

have sown.

The proper part for you now is to “fall on your knees, and hear the angel voices,”

which have spoken truth to you and to others, and who will yet speak more truth,

and then to repent of your improper understanding of Scripture and for having

taught outright lies. The real sad thing is, some of you knew these were not

correct doctrines, but alas, if you do not preach them, then you have no place, no

job, no friends, no social standing, and no prestige. Therefore, against your

conscience (which apparently was not very strong for righteousness), some of

you preached these false doctrines. Do you not understand: to whom more is

given, more is required? For those who have been insincere as regards preaching

error when they knew better, the term hypocrite squarely lands on your head.

Consequently, God’s punishment upon hypocrites is very harsh. See Luke

12:47,48 for the principle. Those who knew more truth, yet spoke error for gain,

will reap more judgment upon themselves than those who knew less of truth.

Each man will reap as they have sown, Gal 6:7.

Why are the last three trumpets ones of woe to the inhabiters of the earth, the

leaders of false Christianity?

The last three trumpets are all blown on days relative to feast days in Israel. All

three trumpets sound in connection with truth about the Sin Offering, the

harvesting of Israel’s crops, and dwelling in booths. All three of these events

teach truths about the true Church: 1) what her experience would be here in the

flesh and what/who that experience was for beyond themselves; 2) the

harvesting of the spirit-begotten ones out of the field of the world; and 3) the fact

that the dwelling of the true Church in temporary booths comes to an end. Not

one of these three events and their significance is correctly understood by the

false church. Because the false church has received, believed and spread false

doctrines, the last three trumpets disclose elements of truth that manifest errors

of the false church in addition to what has already been manifested. The last

three trumpets have the effect of woe due to 1) events that follow that trumpet

message, #5, or 2) the effect that the trumpet message causes because of

reaction to it, #6 and #7. Both situations manifest woe to the leaders of the

false church.

We quote from Seven Seals and Revelation 8, “The second message targets those

who were responsible for teaching the Scriptures, the leaders. It will become

obvious, from the fourth’s first message, that the leaders have failed to “rightly

divide the Word of Truth.” Thus, the second proclamation, one of woe,

establishes the fact that these leaders have judgment coming upon their heads

for their misrepresentation of God’s Word. Those who possessed more

understanding of truth will receive greater condemnation than those who

possessed less understanding of truth. To the extent that each violated their

conscience, suppressing truth when they knew better, for the sake of position,

prestige, whatever, to that extent they have been hypocrites, and will receive

even greater punishment. Thus, “Woe, Woe, Woe,” for their judgment/

punishment, individually and collectively, will be great!

On a secondary note, because of our understanding of Rev 10, it is appropriate

here to address the seven utterances of the seven thunders that John sealed,

verses 3,4. The seven thunders are God's voice speaking seven times. See Job

40:9; Ps 77:16-18; 104:1-7. The utterances came from the Old Testament book

of Isaiah, 42:13-17. We read, "The LORD (Jehovah) shall go forth as a mighty

man (the mighty angel that descended on His behalf), he shall stir up jealousy

like a man of war (stir H5782- to wake) (jealousy H7068- jealous or envy): he

shall cry, yea roar; he shall prevail against his enemies (symbolized by our Lord

Jesus, as God's representative, placing his right foot on the sea and his left on the

earth, Rev 10:2). Vs 14- "I have long time holden my peace; I have been still,

and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; 1) I will destroy and

devour at once." Vs 15- 2) I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all

their herbs (the beginning of drought); and 3) I will make the rivers islands, and

4) I will dry up the pools." Vs 16- "And 5) I will bring the blind by a way they

know not; 6) I will lead them in paths they have not known, 7) I will make

darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do

unto them, and not forsake them. They shall be turned back, they shall be

greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images

(money), Ye are our gods." Note that each of the seven utterances are prefaced

by "I will," a promise which God will not break.

The introductory verses of 13 and 14 are identified with God’s Day of Wrath. This

wrath is spoken of in Isa 13:6, 9 and 11 with plainness of speech. “Howl ye; for

the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to

lay the land (of Israel) desolate (of occupying foreigners): and he shall destroy

the sinners (the Arabs) thereof out of it. And I will punish the world for their evil,

and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to

cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” Therefore, in Isa 42:13,

“The LORD (Jehovah) shall go forth as a mighty man” in His Day of Wrath.

It is imperative that all understand that God has chosen to perform His works

through and by means of the first of all His creative works, the Logos, the Word,

who became Jesus by name upon his birth here on earth, Rev 3:14; John 1:1;

Luke 1:31; Col. 1:14-17. Thus, we also read, “Let us make man in our image,”

Gen 1:26.

Therefore, when God goes forth as a mighty man, it is really our Lord Jesus that

goes forth as His active agent. This we see in Rev 10:1,2: “Another mighty

angel” is our Lord Jesus. Thus also in our parenthetical comments of Isa 42:13

above, we properly inserted our Lord Jesus as God’s agent, His representative.

In conjunction with 42:13, we note Pro 19:12- “The king’s wrath is as the roaring

of a lion.” Is not Jehovah the King of the Universe? Is not also the lion

considered as the king of beasts?

Verse 14, “I have long time holden my peace,” also brings to mind Isa 57:11,

wherein we read, “...have I not held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me

not?” Verse 14 continues, “I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry

(H6463- to scream) like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once

(H3162-unitedly).” I will destroy the works of men and I will devour the wicked

in a united effort, is what we understand from this portion of text of Isa 42:14.

We are reminded of Pauls’ words in 1 Thes 5:2,3, "The day of the Lord (God's

Day of Vengeance) so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say,

Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a

woman with child; and they shall not escape.”

Verse 15 follows by stating, "I will make waste (H2717- to parch, to desolate)

mountains (which is spiritual control over governments, illustrated by Dan 10:13)

and hills (civil governments)…." This will be partially fulfilled by the warfare that

our Lord Jesus will conduct against Islamic control of, and civil power over the

Arabs who are either already in the land of Israel or who will soon invade it. This

invasion is a fulfillment of Joel 2:2- “...as the morning spread(s) upon the

mountains: a great people (the Arabs) and a strong; there hath not been ever the

like,” that come against Israel. That invasion is future, but not far away.

Another element of fulfillment of “I will make waste mountains,” occurs with the

destruction of the beasts of Revelation. Verse 15 continues, “...and dry up all

their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.”

At face value, the drying up of vegetation, rivers of waters, and the pools or

reservoirs, follows later when the last half of the current seven year famine

enters into severe drought. This seven year famine began on Passover 2018 and

continues. We are now in the early stages of the third year. During the first

three and one half years, we expect unseasonable rains, excessive at times,

followed by the last three and one years of the seven with severe drought. This

we see as fulfillment of the latter part of the seven times that Elijah prayed (each

“time” represents one year), 1 Kgs 18:41-46. Elijah prayed for the three and one

half year drought of that era, and he prayed for the three and one half years of

drought that are soon before us, though he knew it not. Elijah also represents

the true Church in the flesh.

Herbs, river and pools are also symbols, and can be associated with finances.

Thus, God will parch or make desolate the mountains and hills, representing

governmental control; their herbs or means of making wealth will be confused or

dried; and their rivers which are channels of distribution will also become

habitable, meaning dried up; and their collection centers of money, pools, will

also dry up. Thus governments will go into financial insolvency, or bankruptcy. If

a government has no financial resources, then it can not function, either to bless

or to terrorize.

What follows verse 15 in context, but not in sequence of fulfillment, is this: the

blind of Israel, those who had not previously seen with their eye of understanding

that their Messiah is Jesus of Nazareth, will be brought to that understanding.

We read, "And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not (the

interpretation of the significance of the Feast of Weeks that Jesus is their Messiah

is new to their thinking); I will lead them in paths they have not known (through

the Scriptures, just as Jesus led the two through the Old Testament prophecies

that related to his suffering, as they walked on their way to Emmaus, Luke

24:27): I will make darkness light before them (the significance of the burnt,

peace, meat and drink offerings; and their feasts), and crooked things straight

(chief of which is, the Old Testament prophecies point to Jesus as their Messiah,

etc.). These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them." "Not forsake

them" would here refer to those who are God's people.

Verse 17 reads, "They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that

trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods." It is

clear from the end of verse 16 and from verse 17 that the world of mankind is not

referred to here in this context. God forsook the world after they forsook Him,

Rom 1:24-32. The world never entered into a covenant with God: Israel did.

"They shall be turned back" clearly refers to Israel who left the proper worship

and doctrine that God gave them through Moses and the Prophets. Note further,

that Israel will "be greatly ashamed who had trusted in graven images, that say

to the molten images, Ye are our gods." Note that the Constitution of the United

States of America was somewhat modeled after the Mosiac Law, thus it is an

"image;" and because the US has poured billions of dollars into Israel, they,

Israel, have relied upon that funding, and as a result of that, have said, "Ye are

our mighty ones, or deliverer, our gods."

These seven utterances have significance today. Had they been identified and

recorded by John in his writing of the Book of Revelation, an important work of

Jehovah at this time would have been impeded. This we note in the Revelation

10 treatise.

All who are ministers within the Church (and all others!) can refer to the Feast of

Weeks declaration, and to the first four messages to see how their doctrinal

positions line up with God’s truths. Assuredly, most all of the ministers will

discount and ignore those presentations, deeming them as untruth, because the

Feast of Weeks message and the four subsequent messages do not align with

what they have been taught by “the learned, the Doctors of Divinity.” Such will

be as they will be. However, we also know from Scripture that there will be a

small handful that will realize that this message stirs their heart, thinking, “Maybe

things are not just as we were taught.” To these, we whole-heartedly urge you

to go to the Scriptures and to re-evaluate your understanding of doctrine. To

these we also declare, more truth will yet come that will deliver you from the

shackles that currently hold you. Error binds, while truth liberates. “Ye shall

know the truth, and the truth shall make you free,” John 8:32.

All five messages, as well as the ones that will follow, can/will be found by

visiting: theclarksvilletimes@blogspot.com .

May your eyes be opened to truth, your ears to its hearing, and your mind to its

reception! To all others, “Woe, Woe, Woe,” to the unrepentant leaders of false

Christianity, “the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the

trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound,” trumpets 5, 6 and 7. Great

will be your judgment and great will be your subsequent punishment.

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