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启示录生命读经 · 第25篇

对人进一步的审判─第六号

Further Judgment upon Men— The Sixth Trumpet
1启示录这卷书，除了引言（启一1～）和结语（启二二6～21）之外，可分为三大部分。在一章十九节，主对约翰说，『所以你要把所看见的事，和现在的事，以及这些事以后将要发生的事，都写出来。』因此，这三大部分就是『所看见的事、』（启一9～20、）『现在的事、』（启二～三22、）以及『将要发生的事。』（启四1～二二5。）在一章里，有七个金灯台，以及基督在七灯台的中间，这就是『所看见的事；』在二、三章里，有七个召会，这是『现在的事。』『将要发生的事』这一部分，开始于四章天上的景象。就如五章所启示的，基督来到这个景象中，成为惟一配揭开神经纶之秘密的那一位。我们已经指出，头四印是简要的世界历史，用四马竞赛，描绘自基督升天直至祂回来这段期间所发生的事。靠近这世代的末了，就是第五印的时候，殉道的圣徒要向神呼喊。第六印就是神对这呼喊的答应，祂要震动宇宙，作为对那些住在地上之人的警告，这也是那要来之大灾难的起头。接著这些的乃是七号，就是第七印的内容。头四号是神对地、海、江河和天象的审判。因著这个审判，地就不再适合给人居住。第六印和头四号的灾祸，并不直接伤害人，不过是毁坏地，使地不再适合给人居住，这乃是大灾难的起头。我们在前篇信息曾指出，第五号是大灾难最严重灾祸的开始。马太二十四章二十一节所说的大灾难，是由第六印和头四号的超自然灾害，以及第五、六、七号的三样灾祸组成的。在第五号，人类要直接受痛苦。吹第五号时，撒但要从天上落到地上，敌基督要从无底坑上来，他们要一起使人受痛苦五个月。那些鬼附的蝗虫所造成的痛苦，和先前的灾祸不同，牠们要直接摸著人。我们已经看见，在末了三年半的开头，敌基督要改变他对以色列人的态度，终止人向神的敬拜，还要折磨神为祂自己所创造的人。第五号是第一样灾祸，其痛苦之重，没有人能忍受得住。接著还有第二样灾祸，就是第六号。
1Apart from the introduction (1:1-8) and the conclusion (2 2:6-2 1), the book of Revelation has three main8 sections. In 1:19 the Lord said to John, “Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which are about to take place after these things.” Thus, these three main sections are “the things seen” (1:9-20), “the things present” (2:1—3:22), and “the things to come” (4:1—22:5). In chapter one, there are the seven golden lampstands with Christ1 in their midst, which are “the things seen,” and in chapters two and three there are the seven churches, which are “the things present.” The section on “the things to come” begins with the scene in heaven in chapter four. As chapter five reveals, Christ comes into this scene as the unique One worthy to open the secret of God’s economy. As we have pointed out, the first four seals give a brief history of the world from Christ’s ascension until His coming back, portraying it as a four-horse race. Near to the end of this age, at the time of the fifth seal, the martyred saints will cry to God. The sixth seal will be God’s answer to their cry. He will shake the universe as a warning to those who dwell on the earth and as an introduction to the coming great tribulation. Following this, the seven trumpets will come in as the content of the seventh seal. The first four trumpets will be God’s judgment upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavenly host. Due to this judgment, the earth will no longer be a suitable place for man to dwell. Because the calamities of the sixth seal and the first four trumpets do not directly injure man, but only damage the earth, making it no longer suitable for man to live in, they are not a part of the great tribulation. As we pointed out in the last message, the fifth trumpet marks the beginning of the great tribulation. The great tribulation mentioned in Matthew 24:21 is composed of the three woes of the fifth, sixth, and seventh trumpets. In the fifth trumpet mankind will be directly tormented. At the sounding of the fifth trumpet, Satan will come down from heaven to earth and Antichrist will come up from the abyss, and together they will cause men to be tormented for five months. Unlike the foregoing calamities, the torment of the demon-possessed locusts will directly touch man’s being. As we have seen, at the beginning of the last three and one-half years, Antichrist will change his mind about the Israelites, will discontinue the worship of God, and will torment the man created by God for Himself. This will be the beginning of the great tribulation. This torment, as the first woe, will be so severe that no one will be able to bear it. Following this, there will be the second woe, which is the sixth trumpet.
壹 四个使者得释放
I. THE LOOSING OF THE FOUR ANGELS
2第二样灾祸比头一样更复杂，不像第五号时，撒但与敌基督合作所造成的灾祸那样分明。启示录九章十三和十四节说，『第六位天使吹号，我就听见一个声音，从神面前金坛的四角发出，对那拿著号的第六位天使说，把那捆绑在伯拉大河的四个使者释放了。』赎罪的血是抹在金坛（香坛）的四角上，为著赎罪，就是为著救赎。（利十六18。）从金坛的四角发出的声音，指明神对人的审判是基于基督的救赎；乃是因著人不相信基督的救赎，神就降下祂的审判。
2The second woe is more complicated than the first. It is not as clear cut as the woe of the fifth trumpet, which is caused by the collaboration of Satan and Antichrist. Revelation 9:13 and 14 say, “And the sixth angel trumpeted, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates.” The blood of the atonement was put upon the four horns of the golden altar, the incense altar, for atonement, that is, for redemption (Lev. 16:18). The voice which comes “out of the four horns of the golden altar” indicates that God’s judgment upon man is based on the redemption of Christ; it is because men do not believe in Christ’s redemption that God sends His judgment
3十二节说，『第一样灾祸过去了，看哪，以后还有两样灾祸要来。』因为撒但要在第五号时从天坠落到地上，损坏这地，且迫害神的子民三年半；（启十二10，12～17，6；）同时，（后三年半─启十三5～7，十一7，）敌基督要从无底坑上来，同撤但合作苦害人，逼迫圣徒，亵渎神，并且因为圣城耶路撒冷也要在这后三年半遭外邦人毁坏，（启十一2，）第五号的灾祸必定是大灾难最严重灾祸的起头。（太二四21。）第六号的第二样灾祸，以及第七号的第三样灾祸，（启八13，九12，十一14，）也必是大灾难最严重灾祸的两部分。这三样灾祸，同著第六印及头四号所带来的伤害，要成为将来全地上居住者的试炼。（启三10。）十二节所说的两样灾祸是第六号本身，和第七号的灾祸，（启九13～21，十一14～15，）就是七碗。那『捆绑在伯拉大河』的四个使者，无疑的是四个邪恶、堕落、背叛的天使，是跟随撒但的。圣经没有指明他们捆绑在那里多久了。十五节说，『那四个使者就被释放；他们原是豫备好了，要在某时某日某月某年，杀害人类的三分之一。』许多人按著他们天然的观点来领会这话，认为『某时某日某月某年，』是指要在某一特定的年月日时，杀害人类的三分之一，其实不是这个意思。『在某时某日某月某年，』意思是四个使者已经豫备好，要以某时，加上某日，加上某月，再加上某年，总共十三个月一天又一小时来杀人。这个屠杀首先要持续一小时，然后一天，接著一个月，最后要持续一年。屠杀的情形太残酷可怕了，人们先是盼望屠杀不要超过一小时，当一小时过了之后，残杀仍然没有停止，他们便盼望只一天就停止了；但是一天过了，仍没有结束，他们又想一定不会延续超过一个月；及至一个月之后，人们又以为只会持续一年。结果，这个残杀的时间，共有十三个月一天又一小时。
3Verse 12 says, “The first woe is past; behold, two woes are yet to come after these things.” Since it is at the fifth trumpet that Satan falls from heaven to earth to damage the earth and persecute the people of God for three and one-half years (12:10, 12-17, 6) and that at the same time (the last three and one-half years — 13:5-7; 11:7), Antichrist comes up out of the abyss to collaborate with Satan to torment people, persecute the saints, and blaspheme God, and since it is also in the same last three and one-half years that the holy city Jerusalem is given to the Gentiles for destruction (11:2), the woe of the fifth trumpet must be the beginning of the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21). The second woe of the sixth trumpet and the third woe of the seventh trumpet (8:13; 9:12; 11:14) must also be parts of the great tribulation, which, probably with the damage caused by the sixth seal and the first four trumpets, will be the trial on all the earth’s dwellers (3:10). The two woes spoken of in verse 12 are the sixth and seventh trumpets (9:13-20; 11:14-15). Undoubtedly, the four angels “which are bound at the great river Euphrates” are four evil, fallen, rebellious angels who followed Satan. The Bible does not indicate how long they have been bound there. Verse 15 says, “And the four angels were loosed who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they might kill the third part of men.” Many understand this word according to their natural concept, thinking that “the hour and day and month and year” refer to the specific year, month, day, and hour when the killing of the third part of men will take place. But this is not the meaning. “For the hour and day and month and year” means that the four angels have been prepared unto the hour, plus the day, plus the month, plus the year—altogether thirteen months, one day, and one hour — for the killing of men. The killing will firstly last one hour, then one day, then one month, and then one year. It will be so severe and terrifying that, firstly, people will not expect it to last more than an hour. When, after an hour, it has not ended, they will expect it to last only for a day. After that, they will expect that surely it will not be prolonged more than a month. After a month transpires, then people will think that it could only continue for a year. Altogether, the time of this horrible killing will be thirteen months, one day, and one hour.
4我们中间有许多人，在第二次世界大战时都受过苦。一九三七年七月七日大战爆发时，我正在中国旅行。第二天早上，我从报纸的号外上读到大战在前一夜爆发了。从那时候起，我们开始受战争之苦，先是四年。后来珍珠港被炸，美国参战了。我们一直在受苦，时时都盼望战争结束。虽然一再有消息说，不久战争可能就要结束了，可是仍没有结束，战争依然拖延，我们也一直在计算日子。战时我曾被入侵的军队囚禁了三十天。当我在牢里受痛苦的时候，我不仅数算日子，也数算钟头，切切盼望下一点钟就能重获自由。三十天之后我被释放了，但是仍不得自由，我们继续数著日子。从这个经历，我们能了解九章十五节的『某时某日某月某年』的意思。当九章所题可怕的残杀临到人的时候，人就希望这个屠杀一小时可以结束，然后希望一天，再是一个月，再是一年。捆绑在伯拉大河旁的四个使者，已豫备好用这么长的时间杀人─共一小时一天一个月又一年。
4During World War II many of us suffered. When that war broke out on July 7, 1937, I was traveling in China. The next morning I read an express edition of the newspaper which said that war had broken out the previous night. From that time on, we began to suffer the war, firstly for four years. Then came the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United States entered the war. As our suffering continued, we expected the war to end at any time. The news came again and again that after a certain period of time the war would probably end, but it still dragged on and we kept counting the days. During the war, I was imprisoned by the invading army for thirty days. As I suffered there in prison, I not only counted the days but also the hours, expecting surely that the next hour would see my release. After thirty days I was released, but I still had no freedom, and we continued to count the days. From this experience we can understand the meaning of “the hour and day and month and year” in 9:15. When the dreadful killing mentioned in chapter nine comes upon man, people will expect the slaughter to cease in an hour, then in a day, then in a month, and then in a year. The four angels that are bound by the river Euphrates are prepared to kill man for such a long period of time—for an hour, a day, a month, and a year
贰 二万万马军
II. TWO HUNDRED MILLION CAVALRY TROOPS
5十六节说，『马军的数目有二万万，他们的数目我听见了。』四个使者要用二万万马军，来杀人类的三分之一。这些骑马的人，数目几乎和美国的人口总数一样。这二万万骑马的要来自日出之地，（启十六12，）也就是来自东方。地上产马最多的地方在蒙古。西方世界虽然发明了许多现代化的交通工具，但是这些东方来的军队并不采用，他们用马。骑在马上奔驰，不必用现代化的道路或铁路。也许每一个骑马的人，都多带一匹马来载运食物和饮料，若遇到炸弹轰炸攻击，他们很容易掩藏起来或疏散开，叫人很难发现他们的踪迹。这些军队要向西移动，走到那里就杀到那里。骑在马上的『胸前有甲如火、如紫玛瑙、如硫磺；马的头好像狮子的头，有火、有烟、有硫磺，从马的口中出来。』（启九17。）十九节说，『这马的能力，是在口里和尾巴上，因这尾巴像蛇，有头用来伤害人。』这里马的尾巴像蛇，比那像蝎子的蝗虫尾巴（启九10）还要毒。蝗虫不过叫人受痛苦五个月，（启九5，10，）马却要杀害人类的三分之一。（启九15，18。）这说出第六号的灾祸，比第五号的灾祸更严重。我们已看到，这四个使者被释放，鼓动了二万万马军。这些军队要从东方向西移，经过伯拉大河，来到最富有之地─中东。启示录九章十四节说，这四个使者原被捆绑在伯拉大河，十六章十二节说，『第六位天使把碗倒在伯拉大河上，河水就干了，要给那来自日出之地的众王豫备道路。』这二万万马军是来自日出之地的，要参与哈米吉顿的大战。（启十六12～16，十九17～21。）启示录十六章十三至十四节说，『我又看见三个污灵，好像青蛙，由龙口，由兽口，并由假申言者的口中出来；牠们本是鬼的灵，施行奇事，出去到普天下众王那里，叫他们在神全能者的大日聚拢争战。』同章十六节说，『那三个鬼的灵便叫众王聚拢在一个地方，希伯来话叫作哈米吉顿。』伯拉河的水干涸，乃是倾倒第六碗的结果。因著九章和十六章都题到伯拉河，我们看见，第六号的二万万马军，与第七号的第六碗聚集地上的众军到哈米吉顿是关联的。这些从东方来的二万万马军，和从北方、西方来的众军，要在那里会师。神要使地上所有的军队，都聚集在一个地方，这乃是祂的智慧。这事要发生在第六碗的时候，那是第七号灾祸的一部分。同时，撒但要尽所能的伤害人，敌基督也要迫害神的百姓，甚至敌挡神，并尽所能的败坏地。因此，神要使审判临到地上。在末了的三年半里，撒但和敌基督要尽所能的伤害人，而神要审判地。那时候，这世界将变得何等可怕！
5Verse 16 says, “And the number of the cavalry troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.” In order to kill the third part of men, the four angels will use two hundred million cavalry troops. The number of these horsemen is nearly that of the total population of the United States. The two hundred million horsemen will come from the rising of the sun (16:12), that is, from the east. The place on earth that produces the most horses is Mongolia. The Western world has invented so many modern methods of transportation, but these cavalry from the east will not use them. Instead, they will use horses. Travel on horseback does not require modern roads or railways. Perhaps each horseman will bring an extra horse for food and drink. It would be easy for these cavalry troops to hide themselves or to scatter when some would attack them by bombs, and it would be quite difficult to trace them. These troops will move westward, killing as they go. The riders on these horses will have “breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of sulphur” (v. 17), and the heads of the horses will be as the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulphur (v. 17). Verse 19 says, “For the authority of the horses was in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents having heads, and with them they injure.” The horses’ tails here, being like serpents, are more poisonous than the locusts’ tails, which are like scorpions (v. 10). The locusts will only torment men for five months (vv. 5, 10), whereas the horses will kill the third part of men (vv. 15, 18). This means that the woe of the sixth trumpet will be more severe than that of the fifth. As we have seen, the four angels will be loosed to stir up the two hundred million cavalry troops. These troops will move from east to west and, passing through the Euphrates, will come to the richest region on earth — the Middle East. Revelation 9:14 says that the four angels were bound at the great river Euphrates, and 16:12 says, “And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared.” These two hundred million cavalry troops from “the rising of the sun” will join the war at Armageddon (16:10-16; 19:17-18). Revelation 16:13 and 14 say, “And I saw, out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, doing signs, which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them to the war of the great day of God Almighty.” As verse 16 of the same chapter says, “And they gathered them to the place which in Hebrew is called, Armageddon.” This drying up of the Euphrates will be the result of the pouring out of the sixth bowl. By the mention of the river Euphrates in chapters nine and sixteen, we see that the two hundred million cavalry troops of the sixth trumpet are related to the sixth bowl of the seventh trumpet for the gathering of the earthly armies to Armageddon. These two hundred million cavalry troops from the east and the armies from the north and the west will be gathered together there. God will assemble all the armies on earth to one place. This will be His wisdom. This will occur at the sixth bowl, which is a part of the woe of the seventh trumpet. At the same time, Satan will be doing His best to damage people, and Antichrist will be persecuting God’sp eople and even fighting against God, doing everything possible to corrupt the earth. Thus, God will send His judgments upon the earth. During the last three and one-half years, Satan and Antichrist will do their best to injure people, and God will judge the earth. What a dreadful place the world will be at that time!
6伯拉河的水干涸之后，东方诸王和他们的军队，就可以横过此河，往哈米吉顿去。哈米吉顿离耶路撒冷不远。我们看过，世上的众军都要聚集在那里，抢夺那地的财富。那地区的许多国家，都因油源而富足。其实这是神的神圣安排，使祂得以将葡萄收取到酒醡里。（启十四～20，十九15。）启示录十九章十五节说，基督要『踹全能神烈怒的酒醡。』在十四章里，先是说到初熟的果子，（启十四1，4，）其次说到庄稼，（启十四15～16，）第三说到踹酒醡。（启十四18～19。）二十节说，『那酒醡踹在城外，就有血从酒醡里流出来，高到马的嚼环，远达约三百公里。』（三百公里，直译是一千六百斯泰底亚。一斯泰底昂─stadion─约一百八十五公尺。）把世上的众军聚集在哈米吉顿，被比作把葡萄收取到酒醡里。所有的葡萄都要放到神烈怒的大酒醡中。当基督回到地上时，祂要毁灭这些邪恶的战士，踹神烈怒的酒醡，结果就有一道血水的河流出来，高到马的嚼环，约有三百公里长。我们看过那十三个月一天又一小时，可能是二万万马军从日出之地到中东的路上所需的时间，他们在旅程中，就会杀掉三分之一的人。这个屠杀将是可怕的。这些马军到达伯拉河时，就在哈米吉顿大战之前，第六碗要倾倒下来。这是最严肃的记载，是事情未发生之前，先写下来的历史记录。这世界的著作家都是短视、肤浅和无知的。主亲自写了这部人类历史，我不是轻率的说这话。
6After the Euphrates has been dried up, the eastern kings and their armies will cross over it on their way to Armageddon. Armageddon is quite close to Jerusalem. As we have seen, all the armies of the world will be gathered there to seize the riches that are in that region. Many of the nations in this area are rich because of the oil resources. But this is God’s divine arrangement, and it will be His way of gathering the grapes into the winepress (14:17-20; 17 19:15). As Revelation 19:15 says, Christ will tread “the winepress of the wine of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.” In chapter fourteen, we firstly have the firstfruit (vv. 1, 4), secondly, the harvest (vv. 15, 16), and, thirdly, the treading of the winepress (vv. 18, 19). Verse 20 says, “And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress up to the bridles of the horses for six thousand six hundred stadia.” (A stadion, the singular of stadia, was equal to about six hundred feet.) The assembling of the ─ stadia armies of the world at the place called Armageddon is likened to the gathering of grapes into a winepress. All the grapes will be gathered into the great winepress of God’s wrath. When Christ comes back to earth, He will destroy these evil fighters, treading the winepress of the fury of God. The result will be a river of blood as high as a horse’s bridle and approximately two hundred miles long. We have seen that the thirteen months, the one day, and the one hour will probably be the traveling time of the two hundred million cavalry men from the “rising of the sun” to the Middle East. As they travel, they will kill the third part of men. This slaughter will be terrible. When these cavalry troops reach the Euphrates, immediately prior to the battle at Armageddon, the sixth bowl will be poured out. This record is most serious. It is an account of history written before it happens. The writers of this world are shortsighted, superficial, and ignorant. The Lord Himself has written this account of human history. I do not say this lightly.
7我得救已经五十多年了。从一九一八年起，我就花了许多时间，观察世界的局势，并且研读圣经里的豫言。我可以见证说，已往没有一个时期，比今日更接近新约豫言的应验。今天全世界的新闻，都以中东为中心，报纸上许多关于中东的消息，都和圣经里所说的相吻合。这就是说，主信守祂的话，现在豫言正在应验。毫无疑问，我们现在非常接近第六印的时候，第六印主要的一面就是大地震。然而，在这生命读经里，我们不是为著仅仅满足人对豫言的好奇心。主为著祂的恢复，一直在开我们的眼睛。我们不是瞎眼、被蒙蔽、或被遮盖。我们是知道神的旨意和经纶的一班基督徒。那么，我们该作甚么？我们只该说，『阿们，主！我阿们你的话，阿们你所作的，阿们你的经纶和行动。主，我阿们你向我们所显明的奥秘。』我是个年长弟兄，我愿意向青年人说点话。你们真是蒙福，在年轻的时候就被带进主的恢复中。在你们有生之日，必会看见圣经中许多豫言应验。我们一旦看见了这些有人可以说他没有看到甚么，也没有人可以说他不知道要来的日子如何。青年弟兄姊妹，我虽然在五十年前就花了很多时间研读豫言的书，可是我那时所看见的，不如你们今天所看见的清楚。赞美主，帕子已经除去了，神的经纶已经向我们显明，我们如今能清楚看见要来的事。在这些日子中，亮光、启示和异象是这样清楚。我们知道第五印的时候要发生甚么事，第六印的时候要发生甚么事，也知道头四号是甚么。我们知道第五号是头一样灾祸，要标出大灾难最严重灾祸的开始，而第六号是第二样灾祸，要成为大灾难最严重灾祸的继续。我们看过第六号与第六碗是关联的。简言之，我们已经清楚见到未来的景象。第六印之后，地上就不适于给我们居留了。要豫备好！地要被震动，海要被毁坏，河水要变苦，天象也要变黑暗。至终，撒但和敌基督要合作使人受痛苦五个月；接著，第六号吹响的时候，二万万骑马的要开始驰骋，经过地的大部分，铁骑所经之处，要杀掉三分之一的人，最后，世上的众军，要聚集在称为哈米吉顿的地方。然后那些葡萄，就是世上的众军要被基督踹在神烈怒的大酒醡中。
7I have been saved for more than fifty years. During the years since 1918 I have spent much time observing the world situation and studying the prophecies in the Bible. I can testify that no time has been closer to the fulfillment of the New Testament prophecy than today. Today’s world news is focused on the Middle East. Much of the daily news concerning the Middle East matches what is spoken in the Bible. This means that the Lord is keeping His word and that prophecies are now being fulfilled. Undoubtedly, we are very close to the time of the sixth seal, the main aspect of which is the great earthquake. In this life-study, however, we are not interested in merely satisfying our curiosity in knowing prophecy. The Lord is opening our eyes for the sake of His recovery. We are not blind, veiled, or covered. If there are any Christians who know the will of God and the economy of God, we must be they. What then should we do? We should simply say, “Amen, Lord. Amen to Your Word, Your doings, Your economy, and Your move. Lord, Amen to the secret You have shown us.” As an elderly brother, let me say a word to the young people: You are much blessed to be brought into the Lord’s recovery in your youth. In your lifetime surely many things prophesied in the Bible will come to pass. Once we have considered all the matters say that he has not seen something, or that he does not know about the coming days. Young people, although fifty years ago I spent much time to study books on prophecy, I did not have the clear vision that you have today. Praise the Lord that the veils have been taken away, that God’secon o my has been made manifest to us, and that we now have a clear view of what is coming. In these days the view, the light, and the vision are so clear. We know what will take place in the fifth seal, what will transpire at the sixth seal, and what will be the first four trumpets. We know that the fifth trumpet as the first woe will mark the beginning of the great tribulation and that the sixth trumpet as the second woe will be the continuation of the tribulation. We have seen that the sixth trumpet will be related to the sixth bowl. In brief, we have been given a clear view of the future. After the time of the sixth seal, there will be nothing good for us on the earth. Be prepared! The earth will be shaken, the sea will be damaged, the rivers will be made bitter, and the heavenly hosts will be darkened. Eventually, Satan and Antichrist will collaborate to torment people for five months. Following this, at the sounding of the sixth trumpet, the two hundred million horsemen will begin to ride through a great part of the earth, killing the third part of mankind as they gallop along their way. Finally, all the armies of the world will be gathered together at a place called Armageddon. Then the grapes, the armies of the world, will be trodden by Christ in the winepress of God’s wrath.
参 大灾难的继续
III. THE CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION
8第六号的第二样灾祸，显然是大灾难最严重灾祸的继续。（启十一14。）九章二十节说，『其余未被这些灾害所杀的人，仍旧不悔改自己手所作的，还是去拜鬼，和那些不能看、不能听、不能走，金、银、铜、石、木的偶像。』（请注意，按启示录十三章十五节，敌基督的像会说话，所以这里没有说偶像不能说话，如诗篇一一五篇五节和一三五篇十六节所说的。）这些经节指明，神审判的用意是要人悔改。虽然神的心意是要藉著祂的审判使人悔改，但是这些经节表明人不会悔改。
8It has been made clear that the second woe of the sixth trumpet is a continuation of the great tribulation (11:14). Verse 20 says, “And the rest of men, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; and they did not repent of their murders, nor of their witchcrafts, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” (Notice that verse 20 does not say that the idols here cannot speak, as in Psalms 115:5 and 135:16, because, according to Revelation 13:15, the image of the Antichrist will speak.) These verses indicate that the intention of God’s judgment is that men may repent. Although God intends that, through His judgment, men would repent, these verses show that they will not repent