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. And he opened the bottomless pit;
and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of
a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened
by reason of the smoke of the pit. (Revelations 9:1–2)
This looks like volcanic eruptions. It may be many super
volcanoes such as Yellowstone.
A “star fall from heaven” sounds like an asteroid or a comet which smacks the earth. According to scientists, 65 to 70
million years ago, a very large asteroid struck what is now
the Gulf of Mexico and exterminated the dinosaurs from the
earth. Is this a repeat of that event? I’m not sure, but I can tell you that if one was to hit us again, it would indeed create a cataclysm that would devastate all of mankind.
Then again, a star falling from heaven may mean Lucifer
being thrown out of heaven once and for all. The prophet
Isaiah calls Lucifer “the son of the morning star.” Who else
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would be given the key to the bottomless pit? I’m not sure
about this trumpet, it could be one or the other.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the
earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions
of the earth have power. And it was commanded them
that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither
any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men
which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
(Revelations 9:3–4)
Are these scorpions to be taken literally or is this an
allegory? In my opinion this, like a good portion of revelations is to be taken symbolically. So what is the meaning of these scorpions of the earth that are released once an asteroid or comet strikes the earth? Is this sulfur and soot that will be released into our atmosphere blocking out the sun? If that
is the case, then how is it that these “scorpions” hurt not the trees, grass, or any green thing?
It’s my opinion that this is a continuation of the pole shift.
Just more effects of that event. Think about it for a moment, a pole shift would have the direst consequences known in our history. Whole civilizations would be destroyed. Mountains
would tumble, seas would produce gigantic tidal waves which
annihilate coastal cities, a traumatic event indeed.
Yet this describes locusts that have the same power as the
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who don’t have the seal of God on their foreheads are hurt
by this sting.
So that begs me to ask the question, how on earth can
these locusts, which are known by ravaging the land, tell the difference between a man who has the seal of God or one
that doesn’t? I believe the answer to that is that the men who have the seal of God on their foreheads can’t be touched in
the same way that the apostles couldn’t be touched by demons back in the time of Jesus, due to him giving them the right
and the power to cast away demons.
The apostles were all given this power by Jesus unto them by the Holy Spirit of God. It’s in my opinion that those 144,000
Jews are sealed the same way by the Holy Spirit and therefore cannot be touched by these locusts. The power within these
Jews is much greater than the power of the locusts just as the power within the apostles were much greater than the power
of the demons they cast away.
And to them it was given that they should not kill
them, but that they should be tormented five months:
and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion,
when he striketh a man. (Revelations 9:5)
There are so many codes and cyphers in this Book of
Revelations. Five months? Now we have another puzzle to
solve. Locusts flying out of middle earth to torment men for five months who don’t have the seal of God on their foreheads?
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Are these locusts demons? Are they a natural occurrence due
to the shift? One can only imagine what is going on here at
this point in time. Seems like a nightmare that these people won’t be able to wake up from.
Is five months one hundred and fifty days? Or sticking
with the Daniel “one day is the same as one year” theme, then it would be one hundred fifty years. Since the time period
for the Antichrist is less than seven years, then one hundred fifty years seems impossible, therefore it’s my belief that it’s the literal one hundred fifty days. Truthfully, I’m not sure of the significance of the time period, yet it sure seems like an important clue.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall
not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee
from them. (Revelations 9:6)
Continuing on with this fifth trumpet, we’ve got a “star”
falling from the sky, which opens up the earth and unleashes locusts who sting those not sealed, and the unfortunates
desire to die but it will flee from them.
Could it be the author of revelations is describing a future army of men? Let’s take a look at the next few verses to find out.
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it
were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces
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of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and
their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had
breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the
sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of
many horses running to battle. They had tails like unto
scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and
their power was to hurt men five months. (Revelations
9:7–10)
This army looks like a tank division complete with foot
soldiers, helicopters, jets and what have you. Imagine that you are a man like John and you just seen a vision of a modern-day army, how would you describe it? Many horses prepared
for battle, breastplates of iron, the sound of wings, like
many chariots.
Could this be a description of the Army of the Antichrist?
Who is their ruler? We will find out shortly.
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of
the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue
is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name
Apollyon. One woe is past; and, behold, there come
two woes more hereafter. (Revelations 9:11–12)
There is our answer. Abaddon and Apollyon mean
destroyer or the angel of the abyss. The abyss, according to my sources, is a place of complete and total darkness. Whereas
the soul or the source of all things, which is the Father is
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total and complete light, the abyss is its counterpart. You
can’t have up without down, left without right, and light
without the darkness. The abyss is that place of darkness. This is difficult to imagine, but try to picture a place of complete darkness where nothing exists. Maybe this is the black hole
at the center of our galaxy? I’m not sure, but I was told the abyss does exist. It’s certainly not a place I’d like to visit let alone stay at; complete and total darkness would drive anyone insane. We will talk more about the abyss later on.
This Abaddon character is the lord of the abyss. During
the reign of the Antichrist, Abaddon completely takes over
the false Christ at the three and half year mark and declares himself to be God. His soul will enter that of our false
messiah in what is known as a walk-in, and his mission from
that point forward will be to destroy. He will take his army of locusts and cause massive destruction.
There is a ton of symbolism in this trumpet, but the final
analysis shows that this will be an invasion of a very large army led by the imposter of Jesus against those that dwell on the earth.
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from
the four horns of the golden altar which is before
God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,
Loose the four angels which are bound in the great
river Euphrates.
And the four angels were loosed, which were
prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a
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year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number
of the army of the horsemen were two hundred
thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
(Revelations 9:13–16)
As I said prior, the trumpets and bowls are explanations
of the seals. The seven seals are the end all of this age, the trumpets and bowls are more detailed in its explanation.
Basically, more symbolism to explain the seals. Symbolism to explain symbolism, like a rather large puzzle with many clues.
We are shown here an army of two hundred million.
As of this writing, there is only one country with that
amount of military, and that, my friends, is China. The
People’s Liberation Army is a massive number and must be
equated to this verse. There just simply isn’t any other entity with that kind of number.
In my vision that I discussed previously, I saw China
invading the United States. This is the size of the invading army. Invading like “a swarm of locusts” unto a country.
They will destroy everything in their path, just as locusts do.
Scorched earth policy that was practiced extensively in World War II. I pray to the Father that this vision does not take
place, but it might be a foregone conclusion at this point. This battle has been waiting for a certain “hour, day, month, and year.” It’s been prepared.
Four angels bound in the River Euphrates waiting for
a certain hour to destroy the third part of men. Well, there
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goes another few billion souls. No wonder Jesus referred to
this period in the gospel of Matthew as the great tribulation period. Now my question is this, what would destroy so many
souls so quickly? I can think of only one weapon in human’s
arsenal to accomplish such a feat and that is nuclear weapons.
I read this trumpet as China attacking the United States
and America responding with its arsenal of nuclear weapons.
More on this in the next few verses of this dreadful trumpet.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them
that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of
jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses
were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths
issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three
was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by
the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of
their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in
their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and
had heads, and with them they do hurt. (Revelations
9:17–19)
This is a nuclear and biological holocaust.
A third of all mankind destroyed with missiles. Inter-
continental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, biological
weaponry, you name it. The entire arsenal of the United States landing on China and its allies.
Apparently, the president at this time decided that if
China was going to invade the United States, that America
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would retaliate to the point where there would be no China
for the Chinese to return to. In other words, if you invade us, you might as well stay because you’ll have no homeland left.
A sobering thought.
It would have been extremely difficult for a man like John
in ad 90 to describe the war to end all wars. How would a
man nearly two thousand years ago describe nuclear missiles?
Fire, smoke, and brimstone seemed to be the words the
author used. You’ve got to hand it to John, he did his best at describing the impossible.
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these
plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands,
that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold,
and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which
neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented
they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of
their fornication, nor of their thefts. (Revelations
9:20–21)
To me, this is mind-boggling. No matter how bad things
get, it’s still business as usual down here. Jesus said it best, “It shall be as in the days of Noah, eating, drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage.” And then the flood came.
Look at all the things we worship today that isn’t alive.
Gold and silver have to be numbers 1 and 2 on the list. It’s all about the money. The problem with currency is that for a lot of folks, it’s here today and gone tomorrow. This will be the
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case during these trying times; you won’t be able to count on it. But you will always be able to count on the Lord. Things may become bleak in your life, but you’ll not be abandoned.
You can’t ride two horses, it will never work. One will
always be with you, but the other can kick you off at a
moment’s notice.
It will be absolute anarchy at this point in time on earth,
every man fending for himself. Have you ever witnessed a
riot? People running rampant without any sense of order in
the streets. Looting, burning shops, and killing. It will be total panic in the cities and not much better in the country as the strong by sheer force take from the weak.