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CHAPTER 9
We ask a word of wisdom from our
Father in Jesus name.
In chapter 8 we saw 4 trumpets sound in the order in which they occur. In chapter 9 we are going
to continue on with the trumpets and the 3 trumpets which are left, remember, are woe trumps.
Rev 9:1-21
1 And the fifth angel sounded,
and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
To get a little insight on this star that falls from
heaven lets look at Luke 10:18 and Isa 14:12-13.
Luke 10:18
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Isa 14:12-13
12 How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou
hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Now lets look up the name Lucifer in the Strongs and Thayers:
Strongs
1966 heylel (hay-lale');
from 1984 (in the sense
of brightness); the morning-star:
KJV-- lucifer (the king of Babylon).
Thayers
1966 heylel-
Lucifer = "light-bearer";
1) the shining one, the morningstar, Lucifer; used of the king of Babylon and Satan (figuratively)
2) Theological
Wordbook of the Old Testament: `Helel,' describing the king of Babylon
I think we can pretty well see here that we are not talking about
a star that falls from heaven. We are talking about the Devil.
2 And he opened the bottomless
pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason
of the smoke of the pit.
He goes to the other side of the gulf. He being Lucifer. He releases the 7000 fallen angels that came in Genisis
chapter 6 and seduced the daughters of Adam and giants were born. You can read about these fallen angels in the book of Jude.
We can document how of the fallen angels that are coming in Revelation chapter 11:13.
Rev 11:13
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted,
and gave glory to the God of heaven.
The question I have to ask myself is why these 7000 die at the 7th trump and dont have to wait for judgement
day. It would seem to be unfair, but it is not. They refused to be born of woman and left their place of habitation. By doing
so they signed their death warrant. They wouldnt do things Gods way. So its the highway.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and
unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt
the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their
foreheads.
It
would appear in verse 3 that we talking about bugs and scorpions. But as we can see in verse 4 that if they were locust they
would be eating grass. I really believe that the locust is giving us a time frame. The time of the locusts is May through
September. 5 months. We will learn later on in this chapter that this time period is definitely 5 months. Later on into the
study we get into the symbolism of the scorpions. If the rapture happens before the anti-christ shows up, who are these people
who have the seal of God in their forehead? Sounds like good Christians to me.
5 And to
them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as
the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
To understand how the scorpions torment men you have to understand how a scorpion works. He doesnt have a stomach,
he grabs his prey stings them with his tail, throws up on his victim and the victim becomes his stomach. At the same time
the victims backbone is turn to mush because of the sting. The sting is symbolic of the lies that the religious systems are
teaching today. These are the very lies that Satan and his chosen angels will be stinging people with when they get here.
You see beloved, if you dont have the seal of God you are scorpion bait.
6 And in those
days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
At the end of the anti-christ reign on earth
when the 7th trump sounds, and these men that did not have the word of God in their forehead finally figure out that they
have been had by Satan they will wish that the mountains would fall on them. There will be much shame and wailing and gnashing
of teeth. These will be the ones to run up to Christ saying I have healed in your name. I have cast out demons in your name.
And Christ will say depart from me you worker of iniquity.
7 And the shapes of the locusts
were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the
faces of men.
This army will be strong as horses and horsemen ready for battle. These represent strength. They will come in
as Kings and prophets with their fake gold crowns with the appearance of men because they are men. Remember we were created
in the image of God and the angels.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
teeth were as the teeth of lions.
They will be soft spoken pretty boys with every hair in place. But what comes out of their mouth will rip open
souls like a lion with his prey.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of
iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
They will have breastplates like priest because
they pretend to be oh so holy. To check out their wings lets go to Eze. Ch 1 and ch 10.
Ezek 1:4-21
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out
of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the
colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures.
And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the
colour of burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their
faces and their wings.
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight
forward.
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side:
and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11 Thus were their faces:
and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps:
it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And
the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures,
behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their
work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were
a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
19
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth,
the wheels were lifted up.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels
were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21 When those went, these went;
and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them:
for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Ezek 10:9-17
9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels
by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the
colour of a beryl stone.
10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst
of a wheel.
11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither
the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands,
and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
13 As for the wheels,
it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub,
and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And
the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
16 And when the cherubims
went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also
turned not from beside them.
17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves
also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
In these verses Ezekiel is describing a vehicle by using the things available to him in his time. There were
no airplanes or cars and such. If there had been he would have been able to describe this vehicle as we of today would describe
what we know or expect a UFO to look like. He used the wings of a bird and the wheels of a chariot.
10
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Weve already touched upon the scorpions sting
but what about this time period of five months? If we look at the locust it has a five month season from May to September.
And in Mark 13 Christ tells us that for the elects sake He has shortened the time of the anti- Christ and the locust army.
Here we see how much He shortened it: from 42 moons to 5 moons.
11 And they had a king
over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath
his name Apollyon.
I
would think that a child with the ability to read this book, by the time they got to Revelation would understand who this
angel that is over the bottomless pit is. But anyways lets go to the Strongs and the Thayers concordance and look at these
words Abaddon and Apollyon.
Strongs:
3 Abaddon (ab-ad-dohn');
of Hebrew origin [11]; a destroying angel:
KJV-- Abaddon.
Thayers:
3
Abaddon-
Abaddon = "destruction"
1) ruin
2) destruction
3) the place of destruction
4) the name of the
angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and the author of havoc on the earth
Strongs:
623 Apolluon
(ap-ol-loo'-ohn);
active participle of 622; a destroyer (i.e. Satan):
KJV-- Apollyon.
Thayers:
623 Apolluon-
Apollyon
= "Destroyer"
the angel of the bottomless pit, the Destroyer
This is the abomination of desolation that is spoken of in Mark 13, Matt. 24 and Dan. 9:27.
Mark 13:14
14
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him
that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Matt 24:15
15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso
readeth, let him understand:)
Dan 9:27
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until
the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come
two woes more hereafter.
We should have learned from the fifth trump what happens in the sixth trump.
13
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
The sixth angel sounds the sixth trumpet
and the four horns represent power. We see here that the power of God coming directly from His alter. It is His will for the
sixth seal, the sixth trumpet and the sixth vial to be released upon mankind to test His children. He wrote us a guidebook.
The main thing of the whole lesson of this earth age is Who God is. Have you read?
14 Saying
to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Take note of four angels in this verse. Four
is the number of earth and these angels are the angels of the fifth trumpet. This is not saying that only four angels are
loosed at this time but that Satan and his locust army are coming to earth. WOE, WOE This is the same bunch of angels in Gen.
Chapter 6 that came and seduced the daughters of Adam. Which is where the giants came from. You can read about the fallen
angels in the book of Jude. Which was written by Judah, the brother of Christ. He wanted to write of the common salvation.
He wanted to teach milk. But instead he brought forth a lot of meat, the good stuff! Now lets look at the river Euphrates.
The river Euphrates has always been a dividing line between Israel and Babylon. That is the children of God and the children
of the wicked one.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour,
and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Theses angels are let loose at a specific time. This is also a one time happening in this flesh
age for a certain generation. The generation of the fig tree. That is to say this generation. I believe this one third part
of men are the one third part of the stars that fell in the first world age. Lets go to the books of Mark and Revelation to
document this. Mark tells us the time and Revelation tells us who falls.
Mark 13:21-30
21 And then if any
man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible,
even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you
all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And
the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost
part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now learn a
parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it
is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation
shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Rev 12:4
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Rev
9:16
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Here
we can tell by the number that there is going to be a whole lot of people deceived. And to tell you the truth they are already
deceived. These are the mothers and the fathers that deliver up their children unto death. They didnt have the seal of God
in their forehead. They were full of mens traditions and religions.
17 And thus I saw the
horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads
of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
These are the ones doing the deceiving. They got breastplates
like the kings. They will claim to be The Lion of Judah. They are coming in peacefully and prosperously. The anti-christ is
coming to play God. He throne will be set up on the north side of Zion. This locust army that is released from the pit will
be with him playing the roles of the 24 elders. They will claim to be maybe one the Prophets of the Old Testament like maybe
Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Isaiah. Just to name a few. Or maybe use the names of the 12 Minor Prophets. The horses represent power.
When he sets up his throne hell have an inner and an outer court. Hell have the high priest, himself of course. A regular
kingdom is what he will establish in the eyes of man. He will be playing the part of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
This is why so many people will be deceived into believing he is Christ. They are taught that the anti-christ is going to
be like Hitler and really you dont have to worry about it because you are going to fly out of here before he comes. Lets document
that he is coming to play the role of King of Kings.
II Th 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
18
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of
their mouths.
What comes out of their mouths? Can they literally spit out fireballs? If you look at this in a spiritual sense
then yes they can. But what really comes out of theirs mouths is the very lies that we have been programmed in this generation
to be truth. The only thing that can set you free from the bondage of confusion is truth from Gods word.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads,
and with them they do hurt.
We are not talking about tails like a horse or a dog has. But the stories that come out of their mouths. Like
tall tales or lies. Where they twist the word of God. Also we see in this verse that the serpent is brought forth. It will
be just like the lies that Satan, the serpent deceived Eve with, the fruit was the lies he told her.
20 And the rest of the men which were not
killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold,
and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their
murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
They wont
repent because they dont think they are doing anything wrong. They think this is God. They will worship him as god. Here in
verse 21 where it talks about murders, sorceries, fornication and thieves they will be repenting but not to the true God because
of their belief that this is the true god.
CHAPTER 10
We ask our Father for wisdom and
knowledge as we continue this study of Revelation in Jesus name. Amen.
At this point we have are going through the
6th trump and the anti-christ and his locust army are here on earth causing havoc de-facto. Playing god with his throne sitting
on the north side of Zion. Should we be worried about this? Lets remember the last 3 trumps are woe trumps. But for those
who have the seal of God in their foreheads there is nothing to fear because we know what is going on. Two woes we have covered
so far with one more woe to go. The trumpets are in the order of the things that must happen in order for the end of this
earth age to come about and the next one to begin after Christ returns.
Rev 10:1-11
1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from
heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars
of fire:
As
we already know these are things that were shown to John when he was taken to heaven. He is doing a very good job of writing
about what he was shown while there. John is seeing the living word. Which is Christ the one who paid the price in His spiritual
body and the shekinah glory shining about His head like a rainbow.
2 And he had in his
hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
Did it say the book was closed or sealed? No! The book
is open! Or at least it is if you will take it off the shelf and open it. Setting His feet upon the earth and the seas covers
the whole world at one time. Lets say the seas represent people and the earth is the location where He deals with His children.
Lets document that seas represent people.
Rev 17:15
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and
multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried,
seven thunders uttered their voices.
Our Lord and Savior, Christ roarth like a lion is because He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. What is this
seven thunders? Thunder is the sound or repercussion of lightning striking the earth. I believe the seven thunders uttered
exactly the same things as the seven seals, the seven trumpets and the seven vials. But the lesson here is if you dont understand
them by the time you hear the thunder the lightning has already struck you and you do not have the seal of God in your forehead.
What does Christ say it will be like when Satan falls from heaven? Lets go to Luke 10 to find out.
Luke 10:18-19
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold,
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means
hurt you.
The
question is do you have the power or are you going to be scorpion bait?
4 And when the seven
thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things
which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
This is where a lot of shepherds tell the sheep that the book of Revelation is sealed. But Christ
tells us that there are a lot of shepherds that are wolves in sheeps clothing. If you havent noticed we have already been
given the things that must come. Why shoot, a lot of them are already here. If you dont have the knowledge by the time the
lightning strikes your lightning rod will not be grounded in the word of God and it will destroy your house.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the
sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven,
and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein,
that there should be time no longer:
As the spirit of the Lord lifts His hand to heaven and prays the final prayer to the Father over the children
of that the cup of wrath that is to come shortly when the seventh trump blows. This is the same cup that Christ prayed to
the Father is there another way? Lets document that statement. Lets read Matt 26:39 and Isa 51:17-22 to learn about this cup.
Matt 26:39
39 And he went a little further,
and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from
me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Isa 51:17-22
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of
his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
18 There is none to guide her among
all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought
up.
19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and
the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull
in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and
drunken, but not with wine:
22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold,
I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
7
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as
he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
The fat lady is about to sing her last song. The seventh trumpet has not yet sounded. Christ is giving us another
warning that it is written. Written by the prophets. The question is; have you read it? I hope no one waits till the sixth
trump to try to open the book because the time is now to study to show yourselves approved and receive the seal.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is
open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
The statement that stands out in my mind (spirit) as I read this verse is the angel of the Lord
(the angel that stood on the sea and the earth) did not just hand John the book but the voice instructed John to take the
book. What I see here is that the Father is telling us here is not to take the word of what some man says about His word but
to take the book and read it for ourselves and allow Him to speak to us through His word, (His spirit(. Lets go to 2 Tim 2:14-15.
2 Tim 2:14-15
14
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but
to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he
said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
This is one of the verses when I was a child that I had
trouble understanding. Why would the word be bitter? When the Father allowed me to obtain His knowledge at the level that
I could comprehend it was very sweet! It was joy unspeakable! But when the words of GOD became clear to me, I realized that
all my loved ones and most people of the world had been deceived by the world systems I realized just how bitter the word
could be. It was and is very bitter. Its one of the things that still gives me some grief today. Are you making the Father
happy by seeking His knowledge?
10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey:
and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples,
and nations, and tongues, and kings.
As it is written in the book of Acts, my sons and daughters shall prophesy. This is in a future sense. So lets
go to Acts and Joel and let the word speak for itself.
Acts 2:16-18
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in
the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will
pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Joel 2:28-29
28 And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my
spirit.
We would like
to thank the Father for the people that He has allowed to come into our life. This has helped us stay on our toes and in His
word.
In Jesus name we pray.
AMEN
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