This message explores the striking convergence between modern astronomy and ancient prophecy—specifically, whether the asteroid Apophis could foreshadow or picture the “star called Wormwood” in Revelation 8. Walking through the trumpet judgments, the sermon shows how a single cosmic event—an asteroid impact and its fragments—could plausibly produce the very sequence of disasters John describes: fire and hail, ocean devastation, poisoned fresh waters, darkened skies, and even a doorway to intensified demonic activity.
Without setting dates or claiming certainty, Pastor Steve Taylor uses Apophis as a teaching tool to reinforce the reliability of Scripture, the reality of God’s coming wrath on the “earth dwellers,” and the nearness of Christ’s return. Believers are urged not to fear, but to watch, to live with urgency and eternal perspective, and to make sure they are truly in Christ now—ready to be with Him rather than facing the trumpet judgments from Earth. The sermon ends with a call to salvation and a reminder from Luke 21:28: when these things begin to come to pass, “look up…for your redemption draweth nigh.”