The Fifth Trumpet

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The following are excerpts from the book The Prophesied End-Time Revealed - 2008 - God's Final Witness

It is used here without permission... If it is true and if we all are truly about to suffer and die together then I'm betting the author, Ronald Weinland, will not bother wasting time suing *me* over using excerpts from his book...
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The Fifth Trumpet

The blast from the Fifth Trumpet will announce the emergence of
a great political power and a great religious power on earth. The
Biblical symbolisms contained in the description of the message
from this trumpet blast are prophetically unique. Rather than
having readers become bogged down with an overwhelming
amount of Biblical study that serves no purpose here, I will
simply give an overview of the meaning and outcome.

This trumpet will announce the first great “woe” on the earth.
The prophetic description covers many overlapping, unfolding and
interacting highlighted events in the final three and one-half years
of man’s self-rule. The highlights of this Fifth Trumpet include:

(1) the emergence of Satan and his large army of demons
to great power

(2) the emergence of great power wielded by the Roman
Catholic Church and the Pope

(3) the emergence of a fully-united European union of ten
nations

(4) the emergence of a colossal military might from this
united European union and the destruction of several
hundred million people by it

(5) the protection of God’s elect and the torment and
trying (testing) of those who have refused to repent in the
environs of God’s scattered Church

All these events begin once the fifth trumpet is sounded:

Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from
heaven to the earth, and to him was given the key of the
bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and
there arose smoke out of the pit like the smoke from a
great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened
because of the smoke of the pit. Out of the smoke there
came locusts upon the earth, and they were given power
like scorpions of the earth have power. (Revelation 9:1-3)

Satan’s Rise to Power

In prophecy, stars are symbolic of angels. One simple example of
a star that is misinterpreted by the world of traditional
Christianity is the one that led the wise men to Bethlehem, where
the Messiah was born. Traditional Christianity pictures this as a
literal star over the little town of Bethlehem. Yet, most people do
not know that it wasn’t a literal star in the heavens, but an angel
that directed them where to go.

The star in Revelation 9:1 refers to Satan. John’s vision
represents Satan’s fall from God’s presence to his banishment
here on earth. Satan, and those angels who rebelled with him
against God, have been limited in the power they once were
given. They have been restrained by God. This restraint from
power is symbolically pictured by chains and a place of restraint,
like a prison. The key is symbolic of being released from these
restraints.

Satan has been allowed to exercise powers of influence over
mankind, primarily in the form of feeding man’s own greed for
wealth, power, illegal self-gratification, etc. Now, at this very
point of end-time tribulation, at the sounding of the Fifth
Trumpet, Satan and the demons (angels that rebelled with Satan)
will be released from their restraints and will be able to exercise
far greater power and influence over mankind than before.
Nations and religions already desire to exert power and evil on
earth, but Satan will move them to follow their evil desires more
quickly.

In actuality, God will be accelerating a natural course of
events that would otherwise be spread over many more years of
intense suffering, war, and evil on earth, which would result in
far greater destruction. If God did not speed up these events, as
revealed through the Seven Trumpets, and limit this time to only
three and one-half years, then all life would be erased from off
the earth.

The Final Rise of a United Europe

For over fifty years now, Europe has been moving toward a
union of nations. It began in the early 1950’s with the vision of a
stronger European economy being formed through the European
Common Market. This finally evolved into a greater unification
through the governing power of the European Union. There has
been a constant driving force within Europe to unite under a
stronger governing organization of nations. Over time, a core
block of those nations forged a stronger bond by the adoption of
a common currency—the euro. Political and even military
consolidation has continued to press forward.

For over fifty years, God’s Church has foretold the rise of this
united Europe, which would have a common currency, a military
and religion (Roman Catholic Church), and would finally consist
of only ten united countries.

For many years now, there has been a growing desire among
many Europeans for the revival of an old Europe into a single
United States of Europe, replacing and surpassing the United
States of America as the predominant power in the world. Many
in Europe are frustrated with, what they see, as too slow a pace in
the progress of these goals. A bond of unity among some of these
nations is becoming stronger, while their frustrations are
mounting against those who are seen as slowing the process.

There is deep resentment and growing bitterness toward these
nations (especially Great Britain) who won’t join together for a
stronger euro.

Although many other areas of prophecy can help you
understand what will happen at the time of this Fifth Trumpet,
only the conclusions from the revelation of those prophecies will
be covered in this chapter. More of this information is covered in
The Prophesied End-Time.

Satan’s release from restraint will move him to exercise
greater power and influence over the unity of Europe. Satan has
exercised his influence and power to deceive and create havoc
during every revival of the Holy Roman Empire. He will stir up
ten nations in Europe who will take control of all power over the
European Union. Only those ten nations will agree to lend their
power as one.

Germany will once again be the principal driving force behind
a united Europe. As in the sixth revival of the Holy Roman
Empire, which led into World War II, this seventh prophetic and
last revival will lead into a full blown World War III. And, like a
scorpion that strikes quickly without notice, a new United States
of Europe will swiftly exercise great military power that it
already has in its possession under the cloak of NATO. This will
occur at a very specific moment in time. This new European
power, which would eventually move to accomplish the same
thing, will move forward more quickly due to the influence of
Satan and his army of demons.

The account of this next revelation will infuriate many people,
nevertheless, it is true. At the same time that Satan will have
powerful influence over ten nations in Europe, he will wield
great deceptive power over the Roman Catholic Church. For
centuries, the Catholic Church has been led into deception
through Satan’s power; but he will exercise even greater direct
control at this final end-time. Although there will be a distorted
bond between this new Europe and the Catholic Church, that
bond will become deeply stressed as these two struggle for
dominant power, one against the other.

Indeed, God will make it clear who is the true power over both
the revived Europe and the Catholic Church—it is Satan:

And they had a king over them who is the angel of the
bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is
Abaddon [destruction], but in the Greek tongue he has the
name Apollyon [destroyer]. (Revelation 9:11)

God’s Church

At the same time all these events come together at the sounding
of the Fifth Trumpet, there will be an initial period of time (five
months) when much human suffering will continue as a result of
the first four trumpets. This marks a time of great suffering on a
worldwide scale, but even now, God’s Church is still part of
these prophetic events. God’s Church still exists on earth, and
will continue, all the way up to the very return of Jesus Christ;
but many who were scattered in the Church, after the great falling
away, will not live into the new millennial period that follows.

Although Satan and his demons will be released from great
restraint, they will still be restrained in their ability to cause hurt
to any of God’s people who obey Him, especially those who are
sealed as part of the 144,000. It will be during this time that Satan
and his followers will be allowed to wreak havoc and torment
upon those who have not yet repented and humbly turned to
God’s end-time prophets for understanding.

Those of the scattered Church of God, who are tormented
during this five-month period, will suffer greatly for their
stubborn pride and continued defiance against God. Once this
time has ended as a final time of trying, all of those who have
resisted God through selfish pride will die and will not be
allowed to enter the millennial period that will soon follow.
Instead, they will be awakened (from death) at the end of this
time in the great resurrection. There will be much weeping and
gnashing of teeth. At this time they will finally see the
foolishness of their choices, and they will also see what they gave
up.

This five-month period will also be paralleled by millions of
people who will begin to repent and seek God. They will begin to
turn to the truth they have heard from God’s end-time prophets,
as well as those who serve with them in God’s Church. Yet,
during this same time, those who still refuse to repent (in the
United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some
western European countries) will experience great trial and
torment to help them see their stubborn pride and bring them to
repentance.

Much Revelation Yet Reserved

Nothing more specific on the Fifth Trumpet can be given at this
time. A little more is mentioned in my first book, but not much. It
is God’s purpose that many of the details of these events, and the
revelation of their complete meaning, be reserved for another
time. This time will be just prior to their actual occurrence or at
the moment they begin to take place on earth. This will be
reserved for greater revelation from God’s two end-time
witnesses at this very time.

The same is true about much of what is being covered in this
chapter about the Seven Trumpets. It is not yet God’s purpose
that all these things be revealed.

During the time covered in the Fifth Trumpet, several hundred
million people will die—more than the total number who died
during the period of the first four trumpets. Finally, this time will
also come to an end, as John wrote,

“One woe is past, and behold, there are two more woes coming
after this” (Rev. 9:12).

Greg