Monday, May 11, 2015

The Fifth Angel!


'The Fifth Angel, His Trumpet And A Key.'
Revelation 9:1-6.
a)  Revelation 9:1. The fifth Angel blew His trumpet.
b)  Revelation 9:1. John saw a star that had fallen from the sky to Earth.
c)  Revelation 9:1. The star was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.
d)  Revelation 9:2. When the Angel opened the Abyss.
e)  Revelation 9:2. Smoke rose from it.
f)  Revelation 9:2. Like smoke from a gigantic furnace.
g)  Revelation 9:2. The Sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the abyss.
h)  Revelation 9:3. Out of the smoke locusts came down on the Earth.
i)  Revelation 9:3. These locusts were given power.
j)  Revelation 9:3. It was like the scorpions of the Earth.
k)  Revelation 9:4. The locusts were told not to harm:-
1-The grass of the Earth.
2-Any Plant.
3-Any Tree.
l)  Revelation 9:4. They could harm only those people who did not have God's Mark on their foreheads.
m)  Revelation 9:5. The locusts were not allowed to kill these people.
n)  Revelation 9:5. They were to torture them for five months.
o)  Revelation 9:5. The agony and torment that these people suffered.
p)  Revelation 9:5. Was like that of a sting of a scorpion when it strikes.
q)  Revelation 9:6. During those days people will seek death but not find it.
r)  Revelation 9:6. They will long to die.
s)  Revelation 9:6. But Death will elude them.
(The Sun and the Sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss: This QT reminds me that God can Create anything)
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'Sent Away.'
Genesis 21:14.
a)  This happened early in the morning.
b)  Abraham wanted to do this quietly and secretly.
c)  Abraham took some food and a water skin and gave them to Hagar. .
d)  Then he sent Hagar and Ishmael away. <Sent Away = Divorce>
e)  So Hagar left.
f)  She wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
(This Second one shows me that God understands the person who has been Sent Away)
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Chris.
The locusts were told by God not to harm any tree at that time. Trees were a very necessary part of life in the Bible Days. The wood from trees had a great amount of uses. I will not bore you with examples here. Even though His People had been so disobedient God still identified Himself with them.

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