THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS SOUND REVELATION NINE Revelation chapter nine provides and account of the sounding of the fifth and sixth trumpets. These are two of the three angles that were included in Revelation 8:13. "And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDS HIS TRUMPET REVELATION 9:1-3:_ As the fifth seal was opened a star was personified. "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." (Revelation 9:1) The star that looses the smoke and locusts... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LOCUST AND THEIR WORK REVELATION 9:4-12:_ Locusts are a universal symbol of destruction. The locusts are not literal. We know this because these locusts would not touch the grass, nor any green thing, or tree, as locusts do, only men. (Revelation 9:4) These locusts had a king over them. (Revela... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SIXTH ANGEL SOUNDS HIS TRUMPET REVELATION 9:13-15:_ The sixth angel sounded and four angels were loosed. The purpose of the four horns of the golden altar was to prevent the coals from falling from the altar. God's judgment was coming on the wicked Roman Empire. The world that John depicts with... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ARMY OF HORSEMEN REVELATION 9:16-21:_ Sadly man would not listen to God so he sent froth fire and brimstone. This is reminiscent of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19:24-28. Fire and brimstone was a picture of the destruction of wicked nations. The wicked Roman Empire had received warnings from G... [ Continue Reading ]