The Seven Last Trumpets

King Saul, and afterwards David, 1 Samuel 10:1, and so on until our own time.

But what does God say to Samuel? They have not rejected you, but me; well then, I gave them a king in my anger, and will take him away again in my wrath, Hosea chapter 13, verse 11, which we shall experience once more in our days.

Thus Christ shall again become the King of his people, from now on and for all eternity. Revelation 11:15; Daniel 7:14; Micah 4:7; Psalm 94:1; Psalm 96:10, 13; original: "2. B. Mose 15. v. 18." The Second Book of Moses is known in English as Exodus. Exodus 15:18.

Whoever now considers this present, very important time and the great and heavy divine judgmentsFrom the German "Strafgerichte," referring to the trials and punishments sent by God to purify humanity before the end times. which, according to the Holy Revelation of Jesus Christ, will follow one after another—if the salvation of himself, his children, and near relatives is close to his heart—then the important question arises: how will it go for me and mine? How will we still pass through this AntichristianThe author is referring to the "Antichristische Zeit," a period of spiritual peril and deception expected to precede the Second Coming. and dangerous time without the loss of our souls? Or what heavy tribulations, even regarding physical sustenance, will we still have to endure? But alas, this very important time is recognized by so few, and the great majority does not believe in it at all. Hence arises the lament of the great God himself through the prophet Jeremiah in chapter 8, verse 7: "Even the stork The text breaks off here; the reference is to Jeremiah 8:7, which compares the migratory instincts of birds, who know their "appointed times," to people who do not recognize the judgment of the Lord.