3. Trumpets and Woes (Part 2) (Revelation 9)
Week 18:
Trumpets and Woes (Part 2) (Revelation 9)

4. The purpose of the trumpet cycle is to warn the world through judgment and call people to repent
All are drawn from the plagues of Egypt in Exodus
The first four trumpets affect man's environment; the last three, also called woes will directly affect people

5. 5th Trumpet/ 1st Woe Torment!

6. “The star was given a key to the shaft of the Abyss”
The star - Satan
Luke 10: The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

7. “The star was given a key to the shaft of the Abyss”
the Abyss - means bottomless pit; hell
Revelation 20:1-3 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended…

8. “The star was given a key to the shaft of the Abyss”
the Abyss - means bottomless pit; hell
Indicates hell before the final judgment
Afterwards, hell is called ‘the lake of fire’

9. “The star was given a key to the shaft of the Abyss”
Satan receives power to open the abyss and to let the demons out
unleashing demonic activity- satanic influence and operations

10. Symbolism of locusts
Devour and swarm
These are demons!
Locusts given power
As a trumpet- a warning for repentance
Told to harm people not sealed of God
Torture and agony
5 months (partial torment, the number of grace)

11. Their description:
horses -instruments of warfare
crowns -they act like they are the victors
human faces -intelligent
women’s hair -seductive nature
lion’s teeth -crush their victims
breastplates of iron –strong and hard
sounds and their sting -torment to man

12. Abaddon/Apollyon- ‘The Destroyer’
Their leader:
Abaddon/Apollyon- ‘The Destroyer’

13. 6th Trumpet/ 2nd Woe - Death
This is war!
These are not ordinary horses. They clearly symbolize war machinery of every description; bringing death and causing destruction on every side
They kill one third of mankind

14. 1 Peter 5:8-9
8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.