As the sixth angel blew his trumpet, John heard a voice from the four golden horns of the altar before God tell this angel, “Release the four angels who are bound at the Euphrates River.”  Thus, the four angels were released to kill a third of mankind.  They had over 200,000,000 troops.  John saw the horses in his vision.  The riders wore breastplates of fire, sapphire, and sulfur.  The heads of the horses were like lion’s heads with fire, smoke, and sulfur coming from their mouths.  A third of all humans were killed.  The power of these horses was in their mouths and in their tails.  Their tails were like serpents with heads.  Thus, they inflicted much harm.  However, the survivors did not stop worshipping idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood.  All those idols could not see, hear, or walk.  They did not repent of their evil ways of murdering, sorcery, immorality, or thievery.  Do you worship false idols?

John said that the seven angels got ready to blow their trumpets.  The first angel blew his trumpet.  Then hail, fire, and blood fell on the earth.  One third of the earth and the trees with green grass was burnt up.  The second angel blew his trumpet.  A great big burning mountain was thrown into the sea.  There was a destruction of one third of the sea with blood.  One third of the sea creatures died along with one third of the ships being destroyed.  The third angel blew his trumpet.  A great blazing falling star called “Wormwood” like a torch fell on one third of the rivers and waters.  One third of the waters became wormwood.  Many people died because the water was bitter.  The fourth angel blew his trumpet.  One third of the sun, the moon, and the stars were struck, so that one third of all the light was darkened.  One third of the day and the night were dark.  Then John looked up and he heard an eagle crying “Woe!  Woe!  Woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!”  Have you ever seen one-third of anything destroyed?