1. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church1 The Fifth Trumpet Judgment Part 1 by Eric Douma March 27, 2016 Gospel of Grace Fellowship

2. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church2 Revelation 9:1-2 Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. 2 He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.  Bottomless pit = 2 Pet. 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment…(cf. Jude 6).

3. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church3 Revelation 9:3 Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Joel’s Usage of Locusts: A. Punishment: The Locust Plague (1:2–20) B. Punishment: The Northern Army (2:1–11) C. Transition: Repentance and Response (2:12–19) B. Forgiveness: The Northern Army Destroyed (2:20) A. Forgiveness: The Locust-Ravaged Land Restored (2:21–27)

4. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church4 Revelation 9:4-5 They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. A. Tangible contact – Gen. 6 B. Tangible contact taken away – Time of David? A. Tangible contact – Rev. 9 B. Tangible contact taken away – Greater David

5. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church5 Gen. 6 Tangible Flood David/Solomon 2 Chron. 8 Nephilim Conquered 70 th week

6. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church6 1 Chronicles 1:13-14 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth, 14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites… 2 Samuel 5:6-7 Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; thinking, “David cannot enter here.” 7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.

7. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church7 2 Chronicles 8:4-8 He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars; 6 and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. 7 All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, 8 namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day.

8. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church8 Gen. 6 Tangible Flood David/Solomon 70 th week Rev. 9 Tangible Jesus returns 2 Chron. 8 Nephilim Conquered

9. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church9 Joshua’s conquest = kicks Nephilim out of promised land Jesus’ conquest = kicks demon-led nations out of promised land David = conquers Nephilim Jesus = conquers Satan and his demons

10. 5 th Trumpet Judgement Part 1 (Rev. 9:1-12)ggf.church10 Satan’s Seed: Genesis 11:4 …come let us make a name for ourselves… Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. God’s Seed: Genesis 12:2…and I will make your name great… Revelation 22:4…they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.