The Flood Then...The Flood Today

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There are two floods in these last days and within them we see two tribulations, both of Satanic origin....This is as it was in the flood(s) of Noah and there we see what was, what is and what shall be:


Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.​


The two floods....


Revelation 12:15-17 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.​


The greatest flood, for it is world-wide, are the waters of deception cast from the mouth of the serpent in order to beguile the woman as he did Eve. The other flood of waters, the flood of ungodly people….are the waters of the great river Euphrates from the mouth of the dragon.


When we look at a map showing the Euphrates we see…..Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Kuwait, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. They are the waters/people of the great river Euphrates and they are in their flood stage today! They are the pale horse/ green horse…the green army of Islam. Their time began in earnest at the sounding of the fifth trump which I believe was the terrible 9/11 event that changed our world…forever and culminates in the five months given them to torment [Rev.9:5,9:10]:


Revelation 9:1-3 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. 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.​


I always thought that the locust came out of the pit but…..I was wrong. It is smoke (deception) that pours forth from the pit. The locust “came out of the smoke,” not the pit. It is the smoke/deception that causes them to swarm. Sadly, they are misled, deceived by the smoke…blinded to truth.


As given in our example of Noah’s flood….their [five month/150 day period of tribulation] began Iyar 17, (2nd month 17th day)…which, if it is this year, was our May 21, 2011. I believe it is well underway as we see when we watch the news each night. Arab Spring. What comes next? What dries the waters/people of the Euphrates? What ends their five months? (It is important to know that prophecy given in months/lunar is always connected to Satan).


Revelation 16: 15 And He saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Genesis 7: 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.​


When those days end.....


Revelation 16:12-14 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.​


One of the floods/tribulations is “dried up” when the 150 days end but the great tribulation of deception is about to become it's most powerful. The sixth trump sounds....


Genesis 8: 1-3 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.​


What, or who, abated the waters, who stopped the waters/people rampaging in the Middle East? Who dried the waters of the Euphrates? Who mops up the flood bringing a sense of false peace to the world? The wind/spirit God made to pass over the earth is that entity. Then...the great tribulation is underway.

When the 150 days end, the waters of ungodly people "decreased continually." The world will believe itself to be at peace….that is part of the deception. They will say, "peace, peace when there is no peace." [Jer.6:14] As happened with Noah...it will again happen....

Genesis 8: 6-7 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.​


The raven, Satan, is the wind/spirit God made to deceive all that allow it. How long will the great tribulation of deception last?


Matthew 24:21-22 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.​

Previously I saw the five months, the 150 days as the great tribulation, and that as the time that would be shortened but....I was wrong. Those days are tribulation but not the great tribulation. One of the floods but not the catastrophic one.

24:23-24 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles (vultures) be gathered together.​


A carcase is a dead body. The body of Christ lives, we are spiritually alive…those that fall for Satan’s deception are the dead body around which vultures gather.


24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:​


The tribulation “of those days” is the first tribulation, the 150 days…the flood of waters of ungodly people, which is the locust army inundating the Middle East. When that ends, when the 150 days, five months close then....the great tribulation begins. The sixth trump sounds. Remember, Satan’s workers are here before he literally arrives bringing a false peace. His hour begins during the sixth trump…not at it's beginning.

The sun is symbolic of Christ so the sun is darkened when Satan/darkness will be masquerading as Christ. The moon, symbolic of Satan, won’t give her light as he will say he has overcome the night. The stars shall fall from heaven as the stars are God's elect and some....shall fall from their place with Christ (in heaven) due to Satan's deception for...it will be very, very strong.


Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.​




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I understand many's need to figure a place for Islamic extremism within Bible prophecy for the end times, but Islam are not the locusts of Rev.9. Let's take a deeper look at Rev.9 and the Book of Joel to find out why...

Rev 9:1-12
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.

True, the locusts come out of the 'smoke'. But the smoke comes out of the bottomless pit, released by that 'star' that fell from heaven (Satan). The smoke represents deception. And that's what the locusts are released to do. Not war, not jihad, but deception.

Joel 1:1-10
1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

God gives this Message through His prophet Joel to His people. His people are to ask theirselves if this prophecy has come to pass, each generation continuing to look if it has come to pass.


4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

God is talking about the four natural development stages of a locust. What one stage doesn't completely devour, the next stage picks up, and so on. God is only using a natural locust's development to point to something else though.


5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

There's the Rev.9 reference to the locusts having teeth as lions, used as a symbol for how that "nation" God is pointing will devour His people and land. The locusts He uses as a symbol for that "nation". Remember, those locusts ("a nation") work in 4 stages to devour.


7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
(KJV)

That is about that 'nation' as locusts coming to devour the people, and their lands (their resources).


Joel 2:1-11
1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

This prophecy is set for the end of days, prior to the "day of the LORD" event. Verse 2 points to the tribulation timing our Lord Jesus warned of. The locusts are that "great people and a strong".


3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

The horses is another reference to the locusts of Rev.9. They represent the running to battle. But what kind of battle, for that's very important to discover from the prophecy.


5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

They will be like mighty men, climb over the wall, not break their ranks, and won't be wounded by the sword.


9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

The idea of a thief entering into your windows means surprise. It means they break in and we're not aware of it. That's not pointing to Islam, for we can well recognize what they do. Islam is not deceiving God's people either, otherwise our nation would not still be outwardly at war with Islamic extremism.


10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before His army: for His camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth His word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
(KJV)

Those are definite endtime symbols of the time of these locusts.

Joel 2:18-21
18 Then will the LORD be jealous for His land, and pity His people.
19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto His people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
(KJV)

God is indeed referring to the idea of a "northern army" behind these locusts. But that's in final, at Armageddon, and the great battle on the last day per Ezekiel 38 - 39. The Rev.9 Scripture about the locusts is 5th Trumpet - 1st Woe, and 6th Trumpet - 2nd Woe timing. That final battle is set for 7th Trumpet - 3rd Woe timing when Christ returns with His great army. So we want to discover what those locusts are about per the Rev.9 timing, which is prior to that final battle of Rev.16.


Joel 2:23-25
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, My great army which I sent among you.
(KJV)

God tells His people that He will eventually restore what the locusts devoured, "the years" that the locusts had eaten up. Thus the locust working in 4 stages upon the earth is not the final battle of Armageddon, but a slow working in development, little by little, to devour what belongs to God's people. And God is Who is sending that locust army.

Now back to Rev.9...


Rev.9:4 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.

The locusts are commanded not to hurt any green thing on earth. They are allowed ONLY to touch those who do NOT have God's sealing. What is God's sealing? We were told back in Rev.7 that His sealing is the sealing of His elect, both for 144,000 of Israel, and a great multitude of Gentiles that no man can count. That sealing per NT Scripture is about the sealing by The Holy Spirit so as to know the Truth.


5 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.

The locusts are not given to kill, but only to 'sting', for a period of "five months", and that only upon those NOT sealed with God's sealing. That is not about Islamic jihad (war). It is about deception, going after one's soul. Our Lord uses the scorpion in nature as a symbol for how those locusts sting those not sealed by God. A scorpion has no digestive system; it numbs its prey first with a sting of its tail, then regurgitates a fluid into the victim's mouth which turns the victim's insides to mush. Then the scorpion sucks that up as food, leaving its victim like an empty shell. It's used here as a symbol for how the locusts will devour men's souls.


6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Because the deception will be so great, and the locust control upon the earth so great, men will seek to die but won't find it.

7 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 of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 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.

The shapes of the locusts; they have on their heads "as it were" crowns like gold. That's to show they had on false crowns, not the true crowns Christ promised His elect servants that remain faithful to Him to the end. So already, we're given comparisons that these locusts are a fake representation of God's elect servants, i.e., false ministers of righteousness of 2 Cor.11. Their faces were as the faces of men, showing they are literal men, and not monsters like in some Hollywood movie.

They have the hair "as the hair of women". Think about it. What does a woman's long soft silky flowing hair represent? It represents softness, gentleness, purity and beauty. This is about the deception of that 'sting' they work upon the deceived. They are smooth... soothsayers; will say anything to get you to believe and follow them.

They have breastplates as it were of iron. Breastplates per God's Word can mean breastplate armour of the warrior going to battle, or... to the breastplates of the Hebrew priest with its inset of 12 precious jewels. The locust's breastplates being iron symbolizes their strength and power idea back in Joel, but also a fake breastplate compared with the true breastplate of the Hebrew priest. It can also refer to the breastplate Paul described in Ephesians 6 about those in Christ Jesus needing to put on the whole armour of God, the breastplate representing righteousness. That's the sense I think these breastplates of iron the locusts have represents, fake righteousness put for the true Armour of God.

It's pointing to these locusts as false religious priests that come on the 5th Trumpet to prepare the way for the Antichrist.


10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 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.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
(KJV)

These false priests, fake ministers of righteousness, are Satan's servants, for he is that angel of the bottomless pit. Further down in Rev.9 more is revealed as to HOW they will work...

Rev 9:17-19
17 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.
18 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.
19 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.
(KJV)

How are the third part of men killed by what comes out of their MOUTHS? What KIND of death is that about? It's about spiritual death to one's soul, not a literal physical death of one's flesh body. The fire, smoke, and brimstone out of their MOUTHS represent LIES OF DECEPTION. And they do it smoothly, with the hair of women, while wearing fake priestly breastplates made of iron. And once they catch hold of the deceived, they act like a lion does with its prey, latching on with its teeth and not letting go until the prey is dead.

DECEPTION is the main battle during the coming tribulation, not literal war. In Matt.24 and Mark 13, our Lord Jesus foretold us that as long as we hear of wars and rumors of wars, then don't be troubled, for the end is not yet. But the opposite of a time of war, is a time of PEACE. That's what this locust army is really about. It's purpose is to devour using DECEPTION BY PEACE, not literal war.

Ezekiel 39 describes a literal army coming out of the northern quarters upon God's people, but that is AFTER this working of these locusts.

These Rev.9 locusts represent the LAST STAGE of the 4 stages God gave back in Joel 1. This final stage is about their control over RELIGION.

If we divide up the required areas of control over this earth, you'll discover there are 4 main arenas of control. There is control over world FINANCE, control over world EDUCATION, control over world POLITICS, and control over world RELIGION. That working is pointing to a people in this world having devised a structure of controls over the whole earth, over all nations and peoples.

The area of Politics covers controls over the working of law, governments, and military. The area of Education controls the structure of society as to what people are taught to think and follow as world citizens. The area of Finance covers the economies of nations. And the area of Religion covers control of one's soul. The locusts are in control of all these things, as they represent not a literal army with real infantry and tanks, but an army of world controllers, strategists working behind the scenes to move the world towards "one world government" in prep for setting up their king of the world, the Antichrist. The "nation" these locusts represent are Satan's servants on the earth working to get total control over all things on this earth, including the souls of people. Very few in the world are ever allowed to see who they really are, as they work behind the scenes in secret. But Christ will reveal them when He comes.