From the Book of Revelation    157 

The Fourth Trumpet (Rev 8:12) 

     The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and 

a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was 

darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of 

the night.  (Rev 8:12). 

    There will be a third less light reaching the earth from the sun, moon, and 

stars. The third is not one third of the hours, but one third of the amount of 

light. The atmosphere will be obscured or otherwise changed, so that less 

light can get through to the earth. 

    There is a well known theory called nuclear winter. This theory states that 

if enough nuclear bombs explode an increase in the amount of small 

particles in the atmosphere will cause less light to reach the earth. These 

small particles can come from ground level explosions, but they can also 

come from fires ignited by explosions.

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 Therefore, any other event which 

causes widespread fires, or which adds large amounts of small particles to 

the upper atmosphere, could also cause a nuclear winter.

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 In any case, 

temperatures would fall worldwide as a result. Thus, the fourth trumpet 

describes a nuclear winter caused by the nuclear war of the sixth seal, or by 

the widespread fires in the first trumpet, or by the comet piece falling into 

the sea in the second trumpet, or by the combination of these events. Again, 

notice how the events of the Book of Revelation are related to one another. 

The Three Woes (Rev 8:13) 

    After the fourth trumpet, a warning is given about the three remaining 

trumpets and the destruction which will follow. Holy Scripture  is marking 

off the events of last three trumpets as being much worse than the previous 

events. This is remarkable because the previous trumpets describe a time of 

great destruction, such as the world had never seen before. Yet what follows 

will be even more severe. Here begins a time of supernatural punishments 

from God. This follows after the many years of afflictions which proceed 

mainly from mankind and nature (but under God's Providence). 

The Fifth Trumpet (Rev 9:1 12) 

     Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given 

power like the power of scorpions of the earth; they were told not to harm 

the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of 

mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads....  (Rev 9:3 4). 

    These locusts do not eat any green growth. They come out of the smoke 

from  the shaft of the bottomless pit  (Rev 9:2). And they torture, for 5