The Seven Last Trumpets

the year 1816 and ends with the year 1836.

And this was indicated by the prophet Daniel through his silence in the 15th verse of the 10th chapter [and] in the 26th verse The author may be conflating Daniel 10 with Ezekiel 3:26, which describes the tongue sticking to the roof of the mouth, as Daniel 10 only contains 21 verses., when God the Lord made his tongue stick to the roof of his mouth so that he had to remain silent; and also with the priest Zechariah, Luke chapter 1, verse 1 While the author cites verse 1, the narrative of Zechariah's muteness begins at Luke 1:20., who also had to become mute until his son John was born and had arrived. All of these were pure prefigurationsHistorical people or events in the Bible believed to foreshadow future spiritual realities. of our own time. People have interpreted Zechariah's muteness as a sign of the Old Testament ending, but this is false—as are many things—for the Old Testament still speaks loudly even to this day, and its most important parts are reaching fulfillment in our own times.

For just as Christ the Lord comes twice, so John the Baptist and his namesake brother, the Evangelist The author refers to John the Apostle, traditionally credited with writing the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation., also come twice. And these are the two witnesses of Christ, Revelation chapter 11, verse 3; and these come three and a half years before Christ our Lord arrives, and they bring a completely new Gospel of the Kingdom of Christ, Matthew 24:14. And when these two great messengers of God have finished their testimony and their Gospel, which shall resound among all nations in the whole world, then the bond of the tongue of the office of preachingPredigamt: the formal role of ministers and clergy to publicly teach and spread the Word. will be loosed again and will speak loudly once more, just as with Ze