The Sounding of the 4th Trumpet

The greatest problems that the Church of Jesus Christ has ever had, or ever will have, are related to the confusion that exists in regard to what the Church should hold to, as true doctrine, and how she should be ruled. This is the picture given to us under the 4th Trumpet. It was because of this great darkness which came into the visible Church, that the stage was set for the rise of Antichrist in both the Eastern and Western sections of the Roman Empire. Many woes would follow. So the question that we are asking this afternoon is, 'What kind of darkness descended upon the visible Church in these days of the 2nd great time period of the Trumpets?' And the answer is that the kind of darkness that descended upon the Church in that day, and which continues to this day, is described for us in 3 ways.