In the opening Trumpet Judgments, we are shown a systematic deconstruction of what God introduced at Creation. He introduced the stars to give us light and heat, and now takes a third of them away. He introduced a certain division between land and sea, and now a meteor makes that division a questionable reality. He introduced water and plant life to preserve it, and now it's only serving to take that life away. We don't know how good God has been to us. And it shouldn't take the removal of those things to appreciate that.

1. If the plain sense of scripture makes sense, seek no other sense, lest you believe in nonsense.
2. God's Wrath against sin is mostly found in taking away the good things we take for granted.
3. Thankfulness is recognizing the good things you have as the gifts they are.