I never said it was the end. When the 7th angel blew over 2000 years ago the mystery of god WAS FINISHED, just as scripture states. See for yourself:
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
[SUP]27 [/SUP]To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Good day GraftedBranch,
first of all, the word "Mystery" is not unique representing one specific event, which is what you are trying to do above. As an example, Regarding the gathering of the church Paul said, "Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet" And second, if you believe that the 7th trumpet has already been sounded, from the writing of Revelation, when did the following take place:
1st Trumpet: A third of the earth and trees burned up
2nd Trumpet: A third of the creatures in the oceans killed and a third of the ships destroyed
3rd Trumpet: A third of the rivers and fresh water contaminated and killing many who drank it
4th Trumpet: The sun, moon and stars are darkened by a third, the earth missing one third of its light
5th Trumpet: Demonic beings let out of the Abyss to torment the inhabitants for five months
6th Trumpet: Four angels with an army of 200 million who kill a third of the earths population
All of the above, plus the seven seal judgments would have had to have taken place prior to the sounding of the 7th trumpet. Not to mention the fact that, Jesus said that all of these things will take place in the last generation.
It is not the antichrist. It is representing the spirit of the antichrist as Jesus says "which you already know is in the world."
That it is the "spirit of the antichrist" is implied by you. Each of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgment represent a literal event of wrath, the 1st seal being the emergence of the antichrist, not the spirit of the spirit of the antichrist, but the man of lawlessness who will stand in the temple proclaiming himself to be God.
The 1st seal, the emergence of the antichrist, will be followed by the 2nd seal, the rider on the red horse, who will take peace from the entire earth, so that men kill each other. The previous wars will pale greatly in comparison.
My continuing point being that, none of the seals, trumpets or bowl judgments have yet taken place. When they do, no one who is on the earth during that time will have to ask the question "has the wrath of God come yet?" For it will be all too apparent.