From the Book of Revelation    167 

So, when they rose to Heaven, the whole world was watching.) Thus, the 

Antichrist lost his credibility and could not successfully claim to be a god, 

unless he too could ascend to Heaven. That is why the Antichrist attempts 

this fake Ascension. 

    As he ascends up into the sky (aided by technology and devils), the angel 

Michael smothers him and casts him down to the earth, and he is broken 

beyond repair, but not dead. 

    Then, the Church's suffering ends, and a brief time for repentance follows 

(lasting about 45 days). Next Christ returns; the year is A.D. 2437. Then, as 

Christ teaches and leads the world, there is more time for repentance. Next, 

a time of intense sufferings and punishments will follow (in A.D. 2438). 

These very great afflictions are only for the wicked and  the  unrepentant; 

God's faithful servants will be spared. These are the sufferings of the seventh 

trumpet, called the Seven Bowls of God's Wrath. 

    Near the end of the Seven Bowls of God's Wrath, the Antichrist and the 

false prophet  gather an army of the wicked of the world to try to attack 

Christ and His faithful. But God destroys them without a battle and the 

Antichrist and the false prophet are thrown alive into the fires of Hell. This 

occurs at the end of the Seven Bowls of God's Wrath (Rev 16:16; 19:19 20). 

Then, after the  Seven Bowls of God's Wrath, there is a period of time spent 

cleaning up the earth and burying the dead bodies of those who died during 

these last afflictions. Also at that time the Millennium of peace and holiness 

begins. 

The Seventh Trumpet (Rev 11:15 19) 

     Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in 

heaven, saying, `The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our 

Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.'   (Rev 11:15). 

     Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant 

was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, loud noises, 

peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.  (Rev 11:19). 

    The events of the seventh trumpet are  briefly summarized at the end of 

chapter 11 of Revelation. Some of the sufferings are mentioned, including an 

earthquake and heavy hail. The establishment of God's kingdom on earth, 

following the sufferings of the seventh trumpet, is proclaimed. The 

Millennium is the time when Christ's kingdom is fully established on earth. 

This passage clearly refers to that time. 

    The Ark of the Covenant is a symbolic reference to the Virgin Mary. The 

Ark of the Covenant held the two tablets of stone with the Ten 

Commandments written on them. This was the covenant of the Old 

Testament. For the covenant of the New Testament, God gave us, not