We were taught that the seven angels blowing their trumpets in the book of Revelation relates to various events in the 1920s. The best explanation is given in the 1975 yearbook pages 109 - 183 under the heading "Seven Angels Sound Their Trumpets". But the understanding is affirmed in the Revelation Climax book, albeit with less detail. The events are as follows (& I'm keeping the quotes really short) :
1st Angel - "It all began during the Bible Students’ Cedar Point convention in September 1922. There God’s people enthusiastically adopted a resolution entitled "A Challenge." Boldly it exposed the clergy’s disloyalty..."
2nd Angel - "Under the direction of the secondangelictrumpeter, the Bible Students held a regional convention in Los Angeles, California, on August 18-26, 1923"
3rd Angel When the thirdangelblewhistrumpet, a third of the waters were turned to wormwood. (Rev. 8:10, 11) Significantly, at the Bible Students’ convention of July 20-27, 1924, in Columbus, Ohio, God’s people enthusiastically adopted a resolution termed "Indictment."
I'm just going to give the dates and locations of the next angel blasts, but the above gives a good flavour of the "justification"
4th Angel - "regional convention at Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 24-31, 1925"
5th Angel - "May 25-31 of that year (1926) the Bible Students held an international convention in London, England."
6th Angel - "200,000,000 symbolic horses went forth "to kill a third of the men." Those "horses" picture the means of publicizing a terrifying judgment message, particularly by the printed page. The action began with a notable event of 1927—an international convention of the Bible Students in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7th Angel - "That globe-encircling announcement began in 1928, when the Bible Students gathered in convention at Detroit, Michigan, July 30-August 6."
My question is, when you were in, did you ever really believe this explanation? I was fascinated by modern-day-fulfilment of prophecy, but I think I stopped believing this at about age 12 & put it in my "wait for new light" mental folder. How did you rationalise these explanations to yourself?
