The Seventh Trumpet
(Chap. 11:15-18)
Christ at last appears out of heaven in judgment (1 Thess. 3:13; 4:14; 5:2; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2:8; Jude 14-15, etc.). “The kingdom of the world of our Lord and His Christ is come, and He shall reign to the ages of ages.” Thus, a one-world government, which men have dreamed of having but have never been able to accomplish, will at last be established on earth under the Lord Jesus Christ. This kingdom will last a thousand years—to the end of time (Rev. 20:4).
We have seen in the fifth trumpet-judgment, an invasion of demonic forces working to delude the Jews in the land of Israel; and in the sixth trumpet-judgment, we have seen an invasion of crazed Islamic soldiers invade and destroy the mass of the Jews in their land. Now in this seventh trumpet-judgment, we have an invasion of glorified saints accompanying the Lord as He comes out of heaven at His Appearing to judge this world in righteousness (Rev. 19:14; Acts 17:31). The nations from both the East and the West will respond to this heavenly intervention in an all out war—Armageddon (Rev. 16:12-16), at which time the Lord will judge them all and set up His kingdom, and it will continue to the Great White Throne judgment at the end of time.
(The thread of events from the Appearing of Christ forward is resumed in chapter 19:11).