The 7 Trumpet Judgements-continued

The 7 Trumpet Judgements-continued

continuing the 7 Trumpet Judgements and the last three are considered the "Woes."

Revelation 9:1-3 "The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. the star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.

(The Abyss is more than likely Hell. The locusts, which the dictionary describes as small horned grasshoppers now have the power to sting like a scorpion. Are these real insects, demonic insects or are these the only words John could come up with to describe perhaps something he had never seen before in his lifetime, some future thing that is maybe in our own time now)

Revelation 9:4-6 "They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of GOD on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of scorpion when it strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them."

(Locusts (grasshoppers) are known to devour vegetation when they swarm, yet this swarm will not hurt any vegetation but only the people who do not bear the seal of GOD on their foreheads. Scorpion stings are known to not only kill a man, as there are 50 species that are deadly to man, but to also cause, respitory, nuerological, and cardivascular collapse)

Revelation 9:7-10 "The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like womens hair and their teeth were like lions teeth. They had breastplates like iron and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months."
(now notice how John keeps saying "looked like" "something like" "like the thundering" "stings like a," -- this I believe is Johns' way of telling us he didnt know exactly what these "things" were but they "looked" like this. These could be some demonic locusts that have waited centuries just for this time or this description reminds me alot of the military "helicopters" who are made of steel/iron, some have faces painted on their fronts, have camoflauge thrown over them like hair, and their blades when turned on do sound like the thundering of many thousands of horses. They are capable of shooting out missiles which not only kill, but can sting from the burns you can suffer from these things.)

Revelation 9:11-12 "They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come."
(the angel here i think is some kind of demon, an angel who left with Satan when he was thrown out of heaven)

Revelation 9:13-16 "The sixth angel sounded his trumpet and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before GOD. It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was two million. I heard their number."

(As of June 8, 2008 the population of the earth was at 6,672,775,814 people--six billion six hundred seventy two million seven hundred seventy five thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Now if the angels are given the authority to kill 1/3 of earths population then that is "about" 2 Billion 700 Million people who are going to lose their lives...that is ALOT of people!)

Revelation 9:17-19 "The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. the heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes having heads with which they inflict injury."
(this may well be an Army with their war machines, helicopters, tanks, etc. Another 1/3 of mankind is killed, so out of the 4 some Billion people left after the 5th trumpet judgement, another 2 or so Billion are gone now from the 6th trumpet judgement leaving somewhere between 2 to 2 1/2 Billion people on the earth.)

There seems to be a time period between the 6th trumpet judgement and the 7th trumpet judgement because the Two Witnesses now come on the scene and will prophesy for 1,260 Days before they are killed by the Beast and then brought back to life from the Breath of Life of GOD. They are then raised up into Heaven to be with GOD and then the 7th trumpet judgement starts.Revelation 11:13-14 "At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the GOD of heaven. The second woe has passes; the third woe is coming soon.The next lesson we will cover the 3rd Woe-7th Trumpet Judgement for earth.