The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets

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The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets

• Revelation 91-21

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Outline of Revelation

• Publication of the Prophecy Its Future
  Expectation (41 225)
• Opening of the Seven-Sealed Scroll (41 81)
• The Source of the Scroll (41-514)
• The First Six Seals, The Beginning of Birth
  Pangs (61-17)
• The Slaves of God (71-17)
• The Seventh Seal The Seven Trumpets Awaited
  (81)
• The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets (82 1119)
• The First Four Trumpets (82-13)
• The Fifth and Sixth Trumpet (91-21)

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The Fifth Trumpet Demonic Locust Plague (91-12)

• The Impact of the Locusts (91-6)
• The star that has fallen from heaven must be
  something other than a literal star, since he
  takes a key and opens the the shaft of the
  abyss. What does the star represent?
• The abyss is a cavern under the earth, connected
  to the earths surface by a shaft whose opening
  has a secured lid of some type.

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The Fifth Trumpet Demonic Locust Plague (91-12)

• The Impact of the Locusts (91-6)
• The star that has fallen from heaven must be
  something other than a literal star, since he
  takes a key and opens the the shaft of the
  abyss. What does the star represent?
• The abyss is a cavern under the earth, connected
  to the earths surface by a shaft whose opening
  has a secured lid of some type.
• The angel opens the lid to the abyss, and a great
  cloud of dark smoke arises out of it, darkening
  the sky and the air.
• Such smoke is a usual symbol of divine judgment
  (cf. Gen 1928 Rev 189, 18).
• Out of the cloud comes a great swarm of locusts
  another parallel to the Egyptian plagues (Exo
  1012-20) and a well known picture of destruction
  from the OT (Deut 2838 2 Chr 713 Joel 225).

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The Fifth Trumpet Demonic Locust Plague (91-12)

• The Impact of the Locusts (91-6)
• But these are a very different kind of locusts!
• They are given power as the power of scorpions.
• They are told not to harm the vegetation of the
  earth (the normal food of locusts), but only men
  who did not have the seal of God on their
  foreheads.
• For a period of 5 months (the same period of time
  that normal locusts cause destruction) they
  torment men on the earth, not killing but
  stinging them with stings like that of a
  scorpion.
• This torment is so bad that men will prefer
  death, but will not be able to find it.

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The Fifth Trumpet Demonic Locust Plague (91-12)

• The Characteristics of the Locusts (97-12)
• These locusts are prepared to make war on men
  (cf. Joel 1-2). Their crowns signify victory in
  their mission.
• Faces like men indicate intelligence beyond that
  of insects. Other unusual features long hair
  like that of a woman, and teeth like those of a
  lion. The sound of their wings is like the sound
  of chariots, producing great fear in the hearts
  of their opponents.
• As terrifying as this picture is, the real power
  of these locusts is in their tails, with their
  ability to sting like scorpions and torment men.
• Unlike real locusts, these have a leader whose
  name is !ADba (Hebrew) and VApollu,wn (Greek).
  Both names mean destroyer.
• Thus these are demons who take a locust-like form
  and torment men under the fifth trumpet judgment.

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With the completion of the fifth trumpet, the
first woe is passed (912) two more remain, the
sixth and seventh trumpets.
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The Sixth Trumpet Death to a Third of Earths
Inhabitants (913-21)

• The Deadly Attack (913-19)
• When the sixth trumpet sounds, a voice from the
  altar that stands before God (probably that of
  the same angel we met at 83) and commands the
  angel to release the four angels bound at the
  Great River, i.e. the Euphrates River.
• The Euphrates was one of the well known
  boundaries of the land promised to Abraham (Gen
  1518).
• These four are fallen angels, who still do the
  bidding of Almighty God. They have been prepared
  by God for this very moment in time, and are
  released for the purpose of killing 1/3 of
  mankind.

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The Sixth Trumpet Death to a Third of Earths
Inhabitants (913-21)

• The Deadly Attack (913-19)
• The 4 angels, once they are set free, become a
  massive army of mounted cavalry. John heard the
  number of them from someone as 200,000,000.
• These clearly are not ordinary soldiers. In
  fact, it is not the riders that kill, but the
  horses, who are themselves girded for war with
  breastplates the color of fire and smoke and
  brimstone.
• These horses have heads like lions and the
  ability to bring destruction by breathing out
  fire and smoke and brimstone from their mouths.
  The also have tails like serpents, with heads
  that are also able to inflict harm.
• Once again, these are fallen angels (demons) who
  take on the form of a supernatural cavalry and
  are used by God to punish men on the earth.

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The Sixth Trumpet Death to a Third of Earths
Inhabitants (913-21)

• The Response of the Survivors (920-21)
• In spite of the manifestation of Gods wrath all
  around them, the survivors of this judgment do
  not repent.
• Instead, they continue to worship man-made idols
  and the demons that are associated with idol
  worship.
• Ironically, it is these very demons that are
  bringing death to 1/3 of mankind! But the
  earth-dwellers do not change their rebellious
  ways, and continue in their sins of murder,
  sorcery, immorality, and theft.
• Those who practice these same sins are excluded
  from the New Jerusalem, according to Rev 218 and
  2215.

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Next Week Johns Recommissioning and the End of
Delay (Rev 101-11)

• Read Rev 4 10