The last trumpet comes at the closing of the midtribulational events and announce the Bowl Judgments of the seond half of the Tribulations.Rev 11:14-19
The trumpets sound:
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.Rev 10:7 But
in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound,
the mystery of God should be FINISHED, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.[/list:u]
The vials are poured out:
I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.Rev 16:17 And
the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying,
It is done.[/list:u]
Sounds to me like the same 'events' spoken in different 'terms', much like all of the parables found in the scriptures.
What did Christ say on the cross?
Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar,
he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.[/list:u]
IT IS FINISHED...
we haven't reached the 'finish line' yet.... Christ has to come and accomplish this same 'work' (of the Father's)
in us that He finished at the cross.... baptizing us into HIS death... that we might be resurrected into HIS life... but as far as God is concerned IT IS DONE. [-o<
And that is what the seventh trumpet sounded by the seventh angel and the seventh vial poured out by the seventh angel signifies.
Not seeing a "mid" event here.... between the sounding of the trumpets and the pouring out of the vials....
We are saved from His wrath, not tribulation... we are going through tribulation now. It is THROUGH tribulation that we enter into the kingdom of God.
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.[/list:u]
Chrissie