1. Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
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2. Revelation 9 – The unleashing of demonic forces
Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
Revelation 9 – The unleashing of demonic forces
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3. The fifth trumpet So far we have seen in the first four trumpets:
Vegetation struck – a third of trees and all green grass (crops)
Seas struck – a third of life dies
Rivers and drinkable water struck – a third of drinking water poisoned
The heavens struck – a third reduction in light
Now we have a shift heralded by the angel saying’ “Woe, woe, woe”
Three woes to come, one with each of the next trumpets
The shift is from difficulties with the environment to personal demonic attack.

4. The identity of the fallen star
The star is referred to as ‘Him’, so is a personality not a lump of rock in space.
In chapter 1 v 20 stars are identified as angels or messengers (though as we have previously discussed, these were probably human messengers to the churches)
These stars are not, however, described as ‘fallen’
Isaiah 14 is a taunt against the King of Babylon
Verse 12 speaks, though, of Lucifer’s fall.
Lucifer – the shining one
Son of the morning or of the dawn
He wished to exalt himself above the stars of God

5. The identity of the fallen star
However, verse 15 tells us his destination was hell and the sides of the pit.
Ezekiel 28 speaks of The Prince of Tyre
Verse 11 begins a similar lament over the King of Tyre
This could not have been a human king because he had been in the Eden of God
Clearly he was very senior – verses 13 and 14
But he fell – verse 15
And destruction became his destiny – verse 16
And being cast down – verse 17

6. The identity of the fallen star
So!
This fallen star could be Satan
Or if not is ‘Satanic’ by nature
Is given the key to the pit
Note: he had no authority other than that granted to him
His mission, to commit violence as described in Ezekiel 28
His method: to bring darkness and to attack from a cloud of darkness
His forces came from the smoke of the pit.
Jude verses 6 & 7 fallen angels reserved for a time of judgement.

7. The locusts Not normal locusts
Told not to eat vegetation – the normal diet of a locust
Proverbs 30 v 27 tell us that the locust has no king
Locusts known for destroying crops but were not harmful to men.
Perhaps there are (limited) types of this in the Old Testament
Exodus 10 verse 4 – 6 and 14 & 15 - Locusts like no other
Jeremiah 51 verses 14 and 27 likens locusts unto advancing armies
Also Nahum 3 v 15
Joel 1 & 2 describes locusts and an enemy with the teeth of lions yet speaks of them as an army of God bringing judgement
The reason for the attack? To provoke repentence!

8. The locusts Locusts given power as of scorpions
Not to eat but to sting
Those with the seal of God protected
Not allowed to die, but to suffer torment
Men craved relief from the torment and preferred death but could not die – suicide did not work.
Why? Was God a sadist?
Hell carries with it the concept of eternal and inescapable torment
Here was a foretaste, probably designed to bring about repentance
Both Job 3 v 21 and Jeremiah 8 v 3 speak of similar experiences

9. The Locusts
What is next described is so unlike a locust that one wonders why John described them as such!
Like war horses
Crowns that looked like gold
Faces like men
Hair like women
Lion’s teeth
Breastplates like iron
Great sound
Stings in their tails
Marshalled and driven with military precision
Not helicopters, but living demonic beings from the pit.
Commanded by Abaddon/Apollyon – the destroyer

10. The Locusts The thief comes but for to steal, kill and destroy
No killing here, that comes next
However, there is a foretaste of hell
The next study deals with the promise at the end of this chapter that there are two woes yet to come.
It is about to get worse
Presumably the timing is approximately 5-months after these events and are heralded by the 6th trumpet.

11. Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
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