1. At the sound of the third trumpet of Revelation, the following scene is presented: «The third angel sounded. And there fell a great from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of waters. And the name of the star is called : and the third part of the waters became ; and many men died of the waters, because they were made .» The Word of God will give us the keys we need to understand the symbolism of that trumpet.

2. In Bible prophecy, what does a star symbolize?
   A star, literally.
   An angel.
   A kingdom, a political power.
   A Church, a religious power.

3. In the third trumpet of Revelation, what does the «great star burning as it were a lamp» represent?
   Satan.
   The Roman Empire.
   The apostate Church.
   A gigantic comet.

4. The book of Isaiah explains the circumstances which led Lucifer, a powerful angel of God whose name means «Bearer of Light», to become Satan, a name which means «Adversary», and to be driven out of heaven. The intentions of Lucifer are expressed in the following words, «I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne the stars of God: I will sit also on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the of the clouds; I will be the Most High.»

5. According to the Word of God, which event has definitively driven Satan out of heaven?
   The disobedience of Adam and Eve.
   The Flood.
   The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
   The death and resurrection of Jesus.

6. In the third trumpet of Revelation, what does wormwood poisoning the waters represent?
   The Roman Empire.
   False doctrines.
   Water pollution.
   The Roman persecution.

7. The book of Jeremiah helps us to understand the message of the third trumpet of Revelation, as God reveals the spiritual condition of His people: «My people have committed two evils; they have Me, the of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, cisterns, that can hold no water.»

8. But Satan doesn’t want people to have access to the fountain of living water. He aims to poison them with the waters he turned into wormwood. Jesus illustrates this fact, in the Gospel according to Luke, with the parable of the sower: «The seed is the of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the , and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be .»

9. The third trumpet of Revelation perfectly confirms the message of the third letter, addressed to the church of Pergamos, and the third seal. In these three prophecies about the period from A.D. 313 to 538, what danger is threatening the Church?
   The severe persecutions of the Roman Empire.
   Lack of resources to proclaim the gospel.
   The Church’s doctrinal compromises with surrounding paganism.
   Cold formalism that destroys the believers’ ardor and zeal.

10. Finally, in the book of Deuteronomy, God gives the following warning, that is very relevant to the message of the third trumpet: « (...) lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and .»

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