164    The Bible and the Future of the World 

The Seven Thunders (Rev 10:1 7) 

     And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I 

heard a voice from heaven  saying, `Seal up what the seven thunders have 

said, and do not write it down.'   (Rev 10:4). 

    The events in between the sixth and seventh trumpets are symbolized by 

the seven thunders. Which events are represented by the seven thunders? I 

am not certain. These events are not written in the book of Revelation. (The 

seven thunders may refer to seven kingdoms: the great monarch's kingdom, 

the four kingdoms that come from the division of his kingdom, the kingdom 

of Daniel 7:5 (bear), and the kingdom of Daniel 7:6 (leopard), but I am not 

certain.) 

    The events of the first six trumpets will occur at the end of the 2030's. But 

the events of the seventh trumpet will not begin until after the Church has 

suffered Her Crucifixion, after the nearly seven years of great suffering, the 

time of Antichrist's reign. The seventh trumpet, like the fifth and sixth, 

represents supernatural punishments for the wicked (which the faithful do 

not suffer). This punishment of the seventh trumpet will occur in the 25th 

century A.D., after the Return of Christ. 

    The events of the sixth trumpet mark the end of the sufferings which will 

occur at the end of the Forty Years. By this time, the Arabs have been 

thoroughly defeated and driven out of Europe. The great monarch, with the 

seal of God on his forehead, begins his reign of peace and holiness. This 

time of great success for Christianity is a foreshadowing of the time of the 

Millennium. 

    The punishments of the seventh trumpet (about 400 years later) will usher 

in the time of great holiness on earth, the Millennium. This is clear from the 

words of the angel, described by John,  ...that there should be no more 

delay, but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh 

angel, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, 

should be fulfilled.  (Rev  10:6 7). The events of the seventh trumpet will 

bring to fulfillment the prophecies of the Old and New Testaments about the 

punishment of the wicked and the establishment of God's Kingdom on 

earth. The angel refers to a delay which has ended with the seventh trumpet 

call. This is the delay between the sixth and seventh trumpets, a delay of 

about 400 years. 

Before the Seventh Trumpet (Rev 10:8 11 and 11:1 14) 

    The events which will occur just before the seventh trumpet are 

represented by the new scroll which is given to John to eat.  And I was told, 

`You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and tongues and