If there are no warning signs for the last days or second coming of Christ, what do the Bowls, Seals, and Trumpets represent in Revelation?<\/p>\n\t
Revelation deals with things that were to take place shortly. One of the greatest errors people make in regards to understanding Revelation is to ignore several statements in the book that the things described in the book would shortly take place (Revelation 1:1,3; 22:6,10). Any view that does not give meaning to the symbols in Revelation as occurring in the first few centuries after it was written is wrong. In other words, the Mormon’s claim that parts of Revelation predict the book of Mormon is wrong. 1800 years later is not near to the time of John’s writing. Something that happens 1800 years later is not something that would take place shortly. Popular claims by the Prophecy Club that Revelation talks about one world order, the destruction of the world by Russia or the Middle East, or any similar claim is also wrong. We do not live in a time near to John’s. Events in our future will not occur shortly after John recorded Revelation.<\/p>\n
Now, this does not mean that everything recorded in Revelation deals with events in the first and second centuries. There can be, and I believe there are, events discussed which deals with the second coming of Jesus Christ, especially Revelation 20:11 to 22:5. But any view that states the bulk of the book is about the second coming of Jesus cannot be correct because John said very clearly that the events would come soon after he wrote them.<\/p>\n
See:<\/p>\n
The Seven Seals<\/a><\/p>\n The Seven Trumpets<\/p>\n The Seven Personages<\/p>\n The Seven Bowls of Wrath<\/p>\n Question: If there are no warning signs for the last days or second coming of Christ, what do the Bowls, Seals, and Trumpets represent in Revelation? Answer: Revelation deals with things that were to take place shortly. One of the greatest errors people make in regards to understanding Revelation is to ignore several statements in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[102,339],"class_list":["post-29299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-revelation","tag-second-coming"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7972,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-do-you-think-the-book-of-revelation-refers-to\/","url_meta":{"origin":29299,"position":0},"title":"What do you think the book of Revelation refers to?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Just out of curiosity, what are you teaching on the Book of Revelation?\u00a0 Are you teaching it\u2019s referring to Jerusalem(AD 70) or Rome?\u00a0 Or\u00a0 ...? 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Hamilton I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Revelation 20:4-6 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many elaborate theories are based on this \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Some teach that Christ, at his second coming, sets up a kingdom here on earth. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christians from the early church are raised up to rule with him. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After a peaceful, thousand-year reign, the Devil is released \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12985,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/in-the-book-of-revelation-when-is-christ-coming-back-on-a-cloud-before-or-after-the-tribulation\/","url_meta":{"origin":29299,"position":2},"title":"In the Book of Revelation, when is Christ coming back on a cloud, before or after the tribulation?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: In the Book of Revelation, when is Christ coming back on a cloud, before or after the tribulation? 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These theories take advantage of the symbolic nature of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3324,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-mistranslation-of-jesus-is-the-666-in-revelation\/","url_meta":{"origin":29299,"position":4},"title":"The mistranslation of “Jesus” is the 666 in Revelation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 18, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does it mean that the verb \"count\" in\u00a0Revelation 13:18\u00a0must be ignored? Does it mean that the counting operation in\u00a0Revelation 13:18\u00a0leads to no result at all? I have found that if you assign numeric values to the alphabet from 1 to 26, then Iesvs (74) + Jesus (74) + Joshua\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3533,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-thousand-year-reign\/","url_meta":{"origin":29299,"position":5},"title":"The Thousand Year Reign","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 16, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many elaborate theories have been based on\u00a0Revelation 20:4-6. Some teach that at his second coming the Christ will set up a kingdom here on earth. To help him administer this new kingdom, Christians from the early church will be raised to rule with him. 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\nThe Sixth and Seventh<\/a><\/blockquote>\nThe Woman, The Man-Child, The Dragon<\/a>
\nMichael<\/a>
\nThe Two Beasts<\/a>
\nThe Lamb<\/a><\/blockquote>\nPrelude<\/a>
\nThe Seven Bowls<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"