Fifth trumpet – is airplanes.
The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this – the First World War passed, followed by the Second and Third World Wars.
Sixth trumpet – is tanks.
Good Warning for the Wife (ch. 10)
Chapter 10
I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land. He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them."
The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky, and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay, but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets. The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."
I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."
A rainbow was on his head – a favorable sign.
An angel with a book descending from heaven – is a warning and emphasizing the importance of the seventh trumpet. That the seventh trumpet is the beginning of what has long been promised to everyone.
I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them." – Words that everyone knows, and which will automatically cause rejection, avoidance, peremptory censorship in any person. And so these words could not be written. And I had to hide them. It's something like: "AUM Shinrikyo", "Egil", "Satanism", "fascism", "Nazism", "sectarianism" or the like, words that involuntarily give one the creeps.
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets. – All this is very important.
God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed. – The ark is a very valuable thing. However, the people have already missed the appearance of the ark in the temple of the Lord, this has already happened, and it is not known whether it will happen again. … I mean … How did everyone miss it? … Not so that they completely missed it. Seen and heard almost everything. But only a few have realized the cherished essence of what is happening.
It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. – The practice of eradicating worldly desires. In words, everything looks very simple, easy and wonderfuclass="underline" you will become a buddha, you will become an arhat, you will become a saint, you will gain supernatural powers, accumulate a lot of merit, you will get everything you want. However, when it comes down to it, it turns out that the renunciation of worldly desire in itself is comparable to a surgical operation without anesthesia.
The Buddhist sutras say that at the beginning of a kalpa, a person's life span was 80,000 years. “That was when you had just fallen into the Human World from Light and Sound Heaven, Holy Heaven, and Wish Fulfillment Heaven. At that time, you did not know what stealing was, what murder was, and you were proud of the life expectancy of 80,000 years.” However, as time went on, a person acquired more and more negative qualities, and because of this, his life span became shorter and shorter. "Thus, poor people were not given property, and poverty increased. When this happened, the evil laws increased. Theft, the number of weapons, murders, lies, slander, adultery due to passionate desires, slander and idle talk, greed and malevolence, evil ideas have increased. Three unvirtuous laws spread: reverence for what is not the Truth, irrepressible greed and ignorance. People have lost love for their parents, lost respect for practicing monks and priests, and respect for relatives with high merit has disappeared. Then the life expectancy of people was reduced, and the appearance worsened. And the life expectancy of people, which was 250 years, has become 100 years for the generation of their children. Living beings as well as noble souls, listen carefully! You need to realize that this is the world, where you currently live. It is in this way that through so many bad deeds you have led your souls to fall, shortened your lifespan, degraded appearance, and increased the causes of suffering. And now you keep falling. And terrible events await you ahead. Living beings as well as noble souls, listen carefully! Soon the time will come when the life expectancy of people will be 10 years. 5 years will be the most suitable age for girls to get married. At this time, the taste of fresh butter, sesame oil, honey, sugar and salt will weaken, and cereals will be the first and main food. This means a state when people will have no Merit at all. Take a closer look at the modern era. The work of people's consciousness becomes rough, and the senses weaken. As for taste, vision, then people are no longer able to experience them, if there are no gross exciting stimuli. All their joys and pleasures lead to a decrease in Merits, clouding their spiritual purity. Living beings as well as noble souls, listen carefully! When people's life expectancy is reduced to 10 years, all ten factors of virtuous deeds will be destroyed, and ten bad karmas will be signified to the extreme. There will be no good during this time. There will be no one who will do good. Moreover, honors will be given to those who do not love their parents, who do not respect practicing monks and priests, who do not honor relatives with high merit. When the life expectancy of people becomes 10 years, there will be no mothers, sisters, aunts, wives, wives of teachers, and the world will degenerate into a world of sheep and goats, chickens and pigs, dogs and wolves. People will show strong antipathy towards each other, strong malevolence, strong hostile feelings and consciousness of murderers. That is, parents to children, children to parents, sisters to brothers and sisters, brothers to sisters and brothers will show strong antipathy, strong ill will and strong hostile feelings. Figuratively speaking, the same feelings are experienced by the hunter, who is stalking the beast. Living beings as well as noble souls, listen carefully! You can look at the modern era the same way. Saint practitioners who should be respected in the first place are utterly despised, and respect is gained by those who degenerate people, and this is considered good. The quality of people deteriorates and they turn into animals. Concord has disappeared between close relatives, and only an evil heart appears, which contributes to the strengthening of very heavy, cruel tendencies of the time. Such is the nature of the modern age. And in the future, people who go in this direction cannot be promised happiness and freedom. However, most people today do not know that these are the last days. A terrible time is coming. When the life expectancy is 10 years, there will be "7 days" – "the period when weapons will have a serious impact." At this time, people will see animals in each other. Sharp weapons will appear in the hands of people. They will fight each other to the death with these sharp weapons, shouting: "Here is the beast, here is the beast!" And most people will meet death at this time. Living beings as well as noble souls, here I will explain to you what the "7 days" is. This Universe repeats the cycle of Creation, Existence, Destruction and Emptiness. And in the intermediate state between Creation and Destruction, humanity meets a period of death, which is of decisive importance. Living beings, as well as noble souls, this is the last war known to you in the "New Testament" as Armageddon. People who are interested in divination studies know that at this time a beast under the famous number 666 will appear. In other words, at this time people will see each other as "animals" and will kill each other. Also about the time when the military forces will have a great influence, Nostradamus predicted in his famous poems. Indeed, all this points to the modern age. And as proof of this, it is believed that now the duration of the existence of the Earth is just in an intermediate state. This final destruction shows that the fruits of people's bad karma are fully ripe. The situation at this time will be so tragic that it defies description, the Human World will reach the point of absurdity and become like Hell. And if this world continues to develop as it is, then you will certainly face the trials of the period of the death of mankind. Living beings, as well as noble souls, consider carefully, what has led to this state of affairs? Think again carefully about the reason why you, who once flew freely through the air, emitting light, are forced to experience such suffering and misfortune. This irreparable situation has arisen due to the contamination of your souls, due to the accumulation of one bad karma after another. Realize the horror of the bad karma you have done. And, having repented of your earlier deeds, from today begin to lead a life based on the Truth. Otherwise, your soul will be captured by an ignorant, stupid question that does not bring any spiritual growth: “Why am I forced to experience such suffering?” After all, only what we have done comes back to us. Living beings as well as noble souls, listen carefully! However, there will be people among the people who will think like this: “We will not take anyone's life. And no one will take our lives. We will hide in forests, jungles, among stormy rivers and impenetrable rocky mountains. Our food will be wild roots. And for seven days they will hide themselves and live on wild roots. Then, after seven days, they will reappear on earth. "I'm glad you're alive too!" "Friend, and you're alive too!" People will gather, hug each other, sing songs and find peace of mind. Living beings as well as noble souls, listen carefully! At this time, the following thoughts will appear among the surviving people: “Because of the fact that we memorized and practiced the law that departed from good, this led to such a tragic outcome. Shall we improve our souls and begin to do good?” Then they will begin to think about what is the best thing to do for this. “First of all, let's stop killing. Let's remember and practice this good law!” They will stop killing, remember and practice this law. As a result, their life expectancy will increase, and beauty in appearance will also increase. Here, the life expectancy of people, which was 10 years, will become 20 years for the generation of their children. Then people will again think like this: “Due to the fact that we have memorized and practiced the good law, the duration of life has increased, and beauty in appearance has also increased. And if so, then shall we not do more good?” Here people will stop stealing, stop lying, slander, stop doing bad deeds of adultery, stop backbiting and idle talk, get rid of greed and ill will, get rid of evil concepts. They will break the three evil laws, gain love for parents, respect for practicing monks and priests, and honor relatives with higher merit. Thus, people will memorize and practice these good laws. Thanks to this, people's life expectancy will increase, and more and more beauty will appear in appearance.