A rectangular woodcut illustration showing seven angels positioned among clouds. Each angel is holding and blowing a long, straight trumpet directed downwards and towards the right. Beneath the angels, rays of light emanate from a central point at the bottom of the frame.

Preliminary Warning.

The original German "Vorerinnerung" can be translated as a preface, but in a prophetic context, it carries the weight of a formal "warning" or "admonition" to the reader.

Concerning the near and impending second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

original: "zweyten Zukunft." In 19th-century theological German, "Zukunft" (literally "future") was the standard term for the "Advent" or "Coming" of Christ.

Clearly proven from the Prophets, the Evangelists, and the Holy Revelation of John.

Especially, however, concerning the seven trumpets of God In the Book of Revelation, the sounding of seven trumpets by seven angels signals a sequence of apocalyptic events and divine plagues leading to the final judgment., which currently call to us from heaven: Repent! for the Kingdom of God has come very near; which also [herald] for us even greater and heavier divine judgments original: "Strafgerichte." This refers to the concept of God's judicial punishments or trials visited upon the world to purge sin....