The Seven Last Trumpets

Oh, it is a great wisdom to recognize the current, very important time, since we certainly have the ultimate time—indeed, the greatest world-change and transformation—imminently before us. Psalm 192, verse 27 original: "Ps. 192. a. 27." This is likely a scribal or transcription error for Psalm 102:26-27, which describes the heavens and earth wearing out like a garment and being changed by God.; yes, it is also a time when man can become eternally happy or unhappy.

If there ever was a time for warning (so that the greatest portion of humanity is not eternally lost, especially through the worship of the beast and its image), then it is our current, very imminent time; but if there has also ever been a time to hold out the hope of better times to the sorrowful in ZionIn this context, Zion refers to the "true Church" or the community of faithful believers rather than a specific geographic location. for their encouragement, and to lift them up with such hope, then it is our present, actual time, since we are indeed near to misery, but also near to help.

For Zion, or the true Church, has the hope—after its great tribulationsFrom the German "Drangsalen," referring to a period of intense suffering or persecution expected before the end of the world., once the weeds are separated from the good wheatA reference to the parable in Matthew 13:24–30, where the "sons of the kingdom" are finally distinguished from the "sons of the evil one."—of regaining the state and the "image" once more, as it was before the fall of Adam; for on the sixth day of the world's creation, Adam was created in the image of God (Genesis, chapter 1, verse 7) original: "1. Buch. Mose 1. 7." The text cites 1:7, but the creation of man in God's image is recorded in Genesis 1:26–27., which Adam and Eve soon lost again through the serpent (Genesis, chapter 3). And in the sixth millenniumThe author follows a "chiliastic" or millenarian view of history, where each of the six days of creation corresponds to 1,000 years of human history, leading to a final seventh "Sabbath" of rest.—that is, in the sixth thousand-year day of the world—we shall receive it back; for in every day of creation, during the making of the world (of which there are six), the essential thing was always introduced at that time,