Rev P6: Parallels Between The Trumpets and The Last Plagues

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If we’re going to compare the 7 Trumpets to the 7 Last Plagues (Bowls) and study them closely, we will see that there are two parallels between them:

1) Parallels of Imagery – “earth,” “sea,” “rivers and the fountains of waters,” and “heaven.” These occur only from their 1st corresponding stages up to their 4ths. These are NOT time related.
2) Parallels of (Symbolic) Events. These are also NOT time related and they occur, as I understand it, from their 1st corresponding stages up to somewhere between the mid part and end part of their 6th stages.​

1ST TRUMPET :: 1ST BOWL

1st Trumpet:

(Rev 8:7 KJV) The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.​

1st Bowl:

(Rev 16:2 KJV) And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.​

Parallel of Imagery: Earth

Parallel of Events: Hail and fire mingled with blood were cast upon the earth in the 1st Trumpet whereas a vial which causes noisome and grievous sore was poured out upon the earth in the 1st Bowl.​

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 1st Trumpet and the 1st Bowl:

Their parallel here is not obvious. We have to examine them to find it. In the 1st Trumpet, we see the phrase “third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.” This phrase is similar to that of Joel 1:19-20. If we will study the context of that passage and the preceding ones, we will see that what it meant is food shortages (it may include other things of life). At least, that’s one of the possible meanings the phrase in the 1st Trumpet could have. Now, let’s examine the word “sore” in the 1st Bowl from Strong’s Greek Dictionary.

G1668 hel’-kos
Probably from G1670; an ulcer (as if drawn together): – sore.​

In the Aramaic, the word “sore(s)” has the meaning boil, ulcer.

Analysis Page of Rev 16:2

This word is in the singular form in Rev 16:2. In the account of The Richman and Lazarus the plural form of this word is used.

Here are what the commentators on the account of The Richman and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) have to say about about this word:

The People’s New Testament (1891) by B. W. Johnson:
Full of sores. Cutaneous sores are most common in connection with abject poverty.

Barnes:
Full of sores – Covered with ulcers; afflicted not only with poverty, but with loathsome and offensive ulcers, such as often are the accompaniments of poverty and want. These circumstances are designed to show how different was his condition from that of the rich man. “He” was clothed in purple; the poor man was covered with sores; “he” fared sumptuously; the poor man was dependent even for the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table.

According to Wikipedia, the risk factors of Leishmaniasis, a kind of skin ulcer, are:

Risk factors include poverty, malnutrition, deforestation, and urbanization.

Leishmaniasis - Wikipedia

The parallel of the 1st Trumpet and the 1st Bowl is poverty or shortages of things of life.

2ND TRUMPET :: 2ND BOWL

2nd Trumpet:

(Rev 8:8 KJV) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
(Rev 8:9 KJV) And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.​

2nd Bowl:

(Rev 16:3 KJV) And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.​

Parallel of Imagery: Sea

Parallel of Symbolic Events: The sea turned into blood but blood of a corpse in the 2nd Bowl.

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 2nd Trumpet and the 2nd Bowl: None yet.

3RD TRUMPET :: 3RD BOWL

3rd Trumpet:

(Rev 8:10 KJV) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
(Rev 8:11 KJV) And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.​

3rd Bowl:

(Rev 16:4 KJV) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
(Rev 16:5 KJV) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
(Rev 16:6 KJV) For they have shed the blood of, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
(Rev 16:7 KJV) And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.​

Parallel of Imagery: Rivers and Fountains of waters

Parallel of Symbolic Events: In the 3rd Trumpet the waters turned bitter and in the 3rd Bowl into blood.

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 3rd Trumpet and the 3rd Bowl:

3rd Trumpet:
It has already been explained above (Fourth Section or Hidden Seals Section=>The Messages of the Three Angels=>The Third Angel) that the great star that fell was the false prophet. The word “waters” here represent God’s Truths and His Gospel. These waters were made bitter. Sometimes, the word “bitter” means afflictions as in Ruth 1:20, but, it could also mean false doctrines or idolatrous persons that cause one to turn away from God and to be defiled according to Deu 29:18. The word “died” or “perished” in this Trumpet could mean the opposite of “spiritually saved” like what is meant in 1 Cor 1:18, 2 Cor 4:3, and in 2 Thess 2:9-11 which is exactly about the false prophet and his lying wonders. Many people died spiritually because of the “living” waters that were made bitter.

3rd Bowl:
Blood was given to be drunk by those who have shed the blood of the saints and prophets (Rev 16:6). What does that mean? There are many instances in the Bible where blood denotes guilt with the anticipation of judgment and vengeance (Mat 23:33-36, Rev 18:24). Here’s an important thing, the drinking of the blood does NOT imply that the judgment and vengeance occur AT THAT SAME TIME. In Rev 17:6, during the time of the 6th head of the beast, Babylon the Great was found to be drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Lord Yeshua but it is written just a few verses away (v16-17) that she will be destroyed by the ten horns or kings and that will be during the time of the 7th head.
 

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4TH TRUMPET :: 4TH BOWL

4th Trumpet:

(Rev 8:12 KJV) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.​

4th Bowl:

(Rev 16:8 KJV) And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
(Rev 16:9 KJV) And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.​

Parallel of Imagery: Heaven and its hosts

Parallel of Symbolic Events: In the 4th trumpet the sun, the moon, and the stars were darkened by a third. In the 4th Bowl, the sun was made hotter so that it scorched men with great heat.

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 4th Trumpet and the 4th Bowl:

Let’s look first at the 4th Bowl:
In here, we see the phrase “scorched with heat.” We will find this phrase in Mat 13:5-6 in the words of our LORD Yeshua himself and his explanation of this phrase in Mat 13:20-21.

Parable:

(Mat 13:5 ASV) and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
(Mat 13:6 ASV) and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.​

Explanation:

(Mat 13:20 ASV) And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;
(Mat 13:21 ASV) yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.​

Tribulation and/or persecution – that’s what it meant but remember, in this plague, it is NOT intended for the saints and the prophets, it could be for those who have shed the blood of the saints and the prophets and have drunk the blood that were given to them in the 3rd Bowl (Rev 16:6). It could be their punishment.

4th Trumpet:
Biblically, the symbolic sun, moon, and stars can refer to:

– The saints and the prophets. Mat 5:14-16, Mat 13:43, Phil 2:15, Dan 12:3
– The Gospel. 2Cor 4:4
– Enlightened way of life. Acts 26:18​

The “smiting” and “darkening” are words that can have a meaning similar to that of “scorched with heat” in the 4th Bowl: persecution/tribulation. The word “darkness” itself has the following definition in the Hebrew:

H2822 חשׁך chôshek kho-shek’
From H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness: – dark (-ness), night, obscurity.​

If we will take into account the parallelism between this trumpet and the 4th Bowl, this trumpet may be seen as denoting a time of persecution/tribulation (of God’ servants). The smiting in this trumpet is what could be the future then killings or martyrdoms of God’s other servants written in the 5th Seal (red colored clause):

Rev 6:9-11 KJV
(9) And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
(10) And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
(11) And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.​

Note what the souls of those who had already been slaughtered cried out to the Lord (blue colored sentence). This could be the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is being offered together with great quantity of incense at the start of the vision of the Seven Trumpets.

Rev 8:2-4 KJV
(2) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
(3) And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
(4) And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.​

Now, read the verse that immediately follows the 4th Trumpet:

(Rev 8:13 ASV) And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.​

Isn’t this verse implying that the voices of the other three trumpets are the answer to the prayers of the saints in the altar? As for me, it is and that means that at this point in time, the killings/martyrdoms would have already been fulfilled.

It is important to note here that the final martyrdom can’t occur on the 5th Trumpet and that is because of a passage from that Trumpet itself which says:

(Rev 9:4 KJV) 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.
(Rev 9:5 KJV) 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.​

As what is written in Rev 13:16-17, the consequence of not receiving the mark of the name or number of the beast is not death but “that no man might buy or sell.” Maybe, there will be deaths from hunger as a result of this rule but could those be considered as killings or martyrdoms?

If the final killings/martyrdoms of the saints occur before the 5th Trumpet then why do the beast and their king, in the 5th Trumpet, still have control over the economic situation of unspecified region(s) of the earth? Aren’t they included in the “Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth” of Rev 8:13? The answers are:

a) Historically, the killings of God’s servants were done by different peoples. Maybe, what the beast and their king will be doing in the 5th Trumpet (1st woe) is part of the vengeance to the other peoples who have also killed/martyred the servants of God.

b) The beast and their king will also be punished and that is what the 6th and 7th Trumpets (2nd and 3rd woes) are telling.​

These pieces of information will make us look at the trumpets before the “Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth” especially to the 4th Trumpet for the fulfillment of the final killings/martyrdoms. Well, the smiting that resulted in the darkening, the parallel, and the voice of the eagle flying in mid heaven implying the completion of the fulfillment of the killings/martyrdoms all agree that it is at the time of the 4th Trumpet that these things occur.

This conclusion can be proven further by comparing the events of the previous Trumpet (3rd), the current Trumpet (4th) and the next Trumpet (5th) to the events of the vision of the 2nd beast of chapter 13 (Rev 13:11-18).

– The 3rd Trumpet corresponds to the coming out of the 2nd beast, appearing as a lamb but with a voice like that of the dragon. We have now a beginning delimiter.
– The 5th Trumpet includes the implementation of the rule: No Mark: No Buying or Selling. We have now an ending delimiter.
– So, the 4th Trumpet which is in parallel with the 4th Bowl, logically corresponds to:

(Rev 13:15 KJV) And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.​

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1) In what Trumpet does the final persecution/martyrdom belong?
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Another proof is waiting in the next topic: Parallels Based On The Creation Days
 

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5TH TRUMPET :: 5TH BOWL

5th Trumpet:

Read Rev 9:1-11 in your own Bible.​

5th Bowl:

(Rev 16:10 KJV) And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
(Rev 16:11 KJV) And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.​

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 5th Trumpet and the 5th Bowl:

In the 5th Trumpet, the Locust Army which was explained in the above topic will cause shortages in things of life including food. The rule: No Mark: No Buying or Selling will result in hunger and poverty.

In the 5th Bowl, the kingdom of the beast was plunged into darkness and they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores. Remember the word “sore” in Rev 16:11. This word is the same word that we have studied in the 1st Bowl with risk factors that include poverty and malnutrition. Also the word “pain” in Rev 16:10 and 11 has this definition:

1 grief JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. –(a) pain JBAmb, JBA, Man.
2 wound, sore Syr, JBAmb, JBA. –(a) ulcer JBA. –(b) disease (?) Syr.​

6TH TRUMPET :: 6TH BOWL

6th Trumpet:

Read Rev 9:13-21 in your own Bible. (Note: this is just a part of the 6th Trumpet)​

6th Bowl:

Read Rev 16:12-14 in your own Bible. (Note: this is just a part of the 6th Bowl)​

Parallel of (Symbolic) Events: Both accounts speak of great armies. Both mentioned the great river Euphrates. In the 6th Trumpet, in the mid part, the Biblical image of our LORD Yeshua is portrayed as “roaring as a lion” and swearing that there will be no more time. In the 6th Bowl, somewhere between the mid part and the end part, our LORD Yeshua gives a warning about His coming.

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Previous Topics:
Rev P1: The Divisions of Revelation
Rev P2: The Locust Army (Fifth Trumpet)
Rev P3: The Two Myriads of Myriads Horsemen
Rev P4: Linkable Sections

Rev P5: The MAN of Rev 13:18 and His Number

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If we’re going to compare the 7 Trumpets to the 7 Last Plagues (Bowls) and study them closely, we will see that there are two parallels between them:

1) Parallels of Imagery – “earth,” “sea,” “rivers and the fountains of waters,” and “heaven.” These occur only from their 1st corresponding stages up to their 4ths. These are NOT time related.
2) Parallels of (Symbolic) Events. These are also NOT time related and they occur, as I understand it, from their 1st corresponding stages up to somewhere between the mid part and end part of their 6th stages.​

1ST TRUMPET :: 1ST BOWL

1st Trumpet:

(Rev 8:7 KJV) The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.​

1st Bowl:

(Rev 16:2 KJV) And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.​

Parallel of Imagery: Earth

Parallel of Events: Hail and fire mingled with blood were cast upon the earth in the 1st Trumpet whereas a vial which causes noisome and grievous sore was poured out upon the earth in the 1st Bowl.​

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 1st Trumpet and the 1st Bowl:

Their parallel here is not obvious. We have to examine them to find it. In the 1st Trumpet, we see the phrase “third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.” This phrase is similar to that of Joel 1:19-20. If we will study the context of that passage and the preceding ones, we will see that what it meant is food shortages (it may include other things of life). At least, that’s one of the possible meanings the phrase in the 1st Trumpet could have. Now, let’s examine the word “sore” in the 1st Bowl from Strong’s Greek Dictionary.

G1668 hel’-kos
Probably from G1670; an ulcer (as if drawn together): – sore.​

In the Aramaic, the word “sore(s)” has the meaning boil, ulcer.

Analysis Page of Rev 16:2

This word is in the singular form in Rev 16:2. In the account of The Richman and Lazarus the plural form of this word is used.

Here are what the commentators on the account of The Richman and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) have to say about about this word:

The People’s New Testament (1891) by B. W. Johnson:
Full of sores. Cutaneous sores are most common in connection with abject poverty.

Barnes:
Full of sores – Covered with ulcers; afflicted not only with poverty, but with loathsome and offensive ulcers, such as often are the accompaniments of poverty and want. These circumstances are designed to show how different was his condition from that of the rich man. “He” was clothed in purple; the poor man was covered with sores; “he” fared sumptuously; the poor man was dependent even for the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table.

According to Wikipedia, the risk factors of Leishmaniasis, a kind of skin ulcer, are:

Risk factors include poverty, malnutrition, deforestation, and urbanization.

Leishmaniasis - Wikipedia

The parallel of the 1st Trumpet and the 1st Bowl is poverty or shortages of things of life.

2ND TRUMPET :: 2ND BOWL

2nd Trumpet:

(Rev 8:8 KJV) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
(Rev 8:9 KJV) And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.​

2nd Bowl:

(Rev 16:3 KJV) And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.​

Parallel of Imagery: Sea

Parallel of Symbolic Events: The sea turned into blood but blood of a corpse in the 2nd Bowl.

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 2nd Trumpet and the 2nd Bowl: None yet.

3RD TRUMPET :: 3RD BOWL

3rd Trumpet:

(Rev 8:10 KJV) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
(Rev 8:11 KJV) And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.​

3rd Bowl:

(Rev 16:4 KJV) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
(Rev 16:5 KJV) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
(Rev 16:6 KJV) For they have shed the blood of, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
(Rev 16:7 KJV) And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.​

Parallel of Imagery: Rivers and Fountains of waters

Parallel of Symbolic Events: In the 3rd Trumpet the waters turned bitter and in the 3rd Bowl into blood.

Explanation of Parallel of Symbolic Events between the 3rd Trumpet and the 3rd Bowl:

3rd Trumpet:
It has already been explained above (Fourth Section or Hidden Seals Section=>The Messages of the Three Angels=>The Third Angel) that the great star that fell was the false prophet. The word “waters” here represent God’s Truths and His Gospel. These waters were made bitter. Sometimes, the word “bitter” means afflictions as in Ruth 1:20, but, it could also mean false doctrines or idolatrous persons that cause one to turn away from God and to be defiled according to Deu 29:18. The word “died” or “perished” in this Trumpet could mean the opposite of “spiritually saved” like what is meant in 1 Cor 1:18, 2 Cor 4:3, and in 2 Thess 2:9-11 which is exactly about the false prophet and his lying wonders. Many people died spiritually because of the “living” waters that were made bitter.

3rd Bowl:
Blood was given to be drunk by those who have shed the blood of the saints and prophets (Rev 16:6). What does that mean? There are many instances in the Bible where blood denotes guilt with the anticipation of judgment and vengeance (Mat 23:33-36, Rev 18:24). Here’s an important thing, the drinking of the blood does NOT imply that the judgment and vengeance occur AT THAT SAME TIME. In Rev 17:6, during the time of the 6th head of the beast, Babylon the Great was found to be drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Lord Yeshua but it is written just a few verses away (v16-17) that she will be destroyed by the ten horns or kings and that will be during the time of the 7th head.

The true order on these things are as follow. The sevens Vial, Trumpet, Seals. Then the Sixes Vial, Trumpet, seal. Thus til the end of time. Thus the lighting = the vials. The seven thunders = the trumpets spoke of the John that he should not write.
 

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The true order on these things are as follow. The sevens Vial, Trumpet, Seals. Then the Sixes Vial, Trumpet, seal. Thus til the end of time. Thus the lighting = the vials. The seven thunders = the trumpets spoke of the John that he should not write.

With this understood now the first will be the last. For He is the first and the last. Meaning that first seal has been here and also will be here at the end. The seven's are the end of time it is the Sabbath. With this understand 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 the earth is no more, God calls his people then all is destroy.
Good job on the locust. This invasion will soon happen.
 

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Revelation 9 is a difficult chapter, especially if the Book of Joel is not consulted.

The last three trumpets each have a woe attached to them. That sets them occuring in order. The final 7th trumpet - 3rd woe period reveals the end of this world with all kingdoms on earth becoming those of The Father and His Son (Rev.11). This reveals those last 3 trumpet - woe periods are definitely an order for the end the Church is to know, and to watch.

Rev 9:1-6
9:1 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.

Who was it that originally fell from heaven when he rebelled against God? Satan. Later in Rev.12:7 forward, we are shown Satan with his angels will be cast out of the heavenly down to this earth for the very end of this world, and will persecute the Church. Later here we are shown this star as the angel of the bottomless pit, and that he is a king, pointing to Satan again.



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.

Smoke and mirrors actually, spiritual darkness, i.e., deception, that's the real issue.



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.
KJV


This is on the 5th trumpet - 1st woe period. During this period the locust army is loosed upon the earth, upon God's people and their wealth. We are shown this in the Book of Joel:


Joel 1:2-15
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 is commanding a watch here. Has this event come yet in your days, or the days of your fathers? Tell your children about it so they can watch, and their children and their children's children and so on.



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.

These are four different specie of locusts. What one type leaves, the next type picks up, and the next type, and so on. It represents a complete devouring.



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.


So really God is not meaning real locusts at all, but "a nation" that is come upon His land and people. Thus the locusts represent a certain "nation", or people, that reap the wealth of His people in the last days. What was the 3rd Seal about in Rev.6? It was a black horse with the rider having a scale of balances, and revealing high prices. And the 4th Seal was about Death riding a pale horse with Hell following after him and given power over a 4th of the earth to kill with: 1) sword; 2) hunger; 3) death; and 4) beasts of the earth. Some have mentioned that if you could categorize control over the whole earth and its peoples today, it would be in 4 powers, 1) education; 2) world finance; 3) religion; and 4) political.


1. education - the true 'sword' is Christ's sword, which represents the Truth of The Word of God. Satan's sword represents lies and deception. Thus their control over the system of education of all nations, especially through apparatus like the U.N.
2. hunger - if you control the economies of nations, you control hunger.
3. religion - through false religion is how Satan causes 'death' of the soul. The main event for the end is the coming false messiah to fool the majority of the world to worship him in place of God, thus causing death to one's soul.
4. political - beginning with the mark upon Cain was the beginning of the 'mark of the beast'. Since early on, the way of Cain has been the political enemy of God's future Kingdom under Christ Jesus. For the very end of this world, Satan's servants on earth still desire to setup their own kingdom on earth over all nations to mimic Christ's future Kingdom. Their term for their kingdom is "one world government" or "new world order".

That is the locust army revealed, "a nation" having controls that has come upon God's land and people in the last days. These locusts being given control over all the earth and its peoples is not happening by chance. God has ordained it to occur upon His people, as He shows later on in Joel 2.


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.
11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

KJV

That "day of the LORD" is the day Apostle Paul warned of in 1 Thess.5 that when the deceived begin to say, "Peace and safety", then the "sudden destruction" will come upon them, with the "day of the Lord" coming "as a thief in the night". Apostle Peter taught this timing also for the "day of the Lord" burning man's works off this earth by God's consuming fire (2 Peter 3:10). The Book of Joel mentions that timing more than once, showing these events in Joel have a place in the events at the very end of this world.



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.

These locusts (or "a nation" per Joel 1), cannot hurt any green thing. Their job mainly to steal and deceive. They are allowed to hurt only... those NOT sealed with God's seal. And below that hurt means not to kill.



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.

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.

Those NOT sealed cannot be killed, but only tormented as a scorpion does when striking a man. And the torment will last only five months.


How does a scorpion operate, a real scorpion, because that's what God is comparing this sting to? A real scorpion has not digestive system. It stings its prey numbing it. Then the scorpion regergitates an acidic-like fluid into the victim's mouth and the victim's insides turn to mush, allowing the scorpion to suck it up as food. Gruesome sounding, but our Lord Jesus is using this to show how the locusts attack 'spiritually'... those not having God's sealing. The scorpion's fluid represents lies that cause deception, and the victim's insides turning to mulch represents their believing those lies destroying their soul.

Notice these Rev.9 section of verses say nothing about hurting Christ's elect that are sealed with God's seal in that five months time.


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Rev 9:7-12
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.

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 locusts have the faces of men. Per Joel 1 they are men. These crowns 'like' gold are put for fakeness. They are like horses prepared unto battle. They had hair as women, showing their softness in working deceptions. Yet their teeth were like the teeth of lions which once a lion grabs its prey, it never lets go, and it shreds and tears, showing the destruction of these symbolic locusts working deceptions unto the death of one's soul.


They have a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit. His names of Abaddon and Apollyon mean 'the Destoyer'. Those are other titles for Satan, he is the Destroyer. Apollyon is from Greek apollyomi which means perdition. Satan is already judged and sentenced to perish at the future "lake of fire" event (Ezek.28:18).

The next period is the 6th Trumpet - 2nd Woe period. It begins the events of Rev.9:13 and continues all the way to Rev.11:15. It is the period when Satan and his angels are cast out of the heavenly down to this earth at the end of this world. It is the time when the majority of the world will suffer God's two witnesses in Jerusalem testifying against the Antichrist and his world kingdom, until Satan arises from the bottomless pit to kill them, leaving their dead bodies unburied for all the world to see on their TV, Internet, or mobile phones. Then the deceived will be saying, "Peace and safety" when the "sudden destruction" on the "day of the Lord" comes upon them with Christ's coming.

Thus the 5th trumpet - 1st woe is timed with the time of the locusts ("a nation") taking controls over all the earth and its peoples. Rev.13 shows that the "dragon" will have power for 42 months over all nations and peoples, including over God's people, so the locusts are how that is being worked today in prep for the dragon's coming. We are still seeing those controls working over the nations today on earth, but it is not yet complete today. Although the "new world order" hosts tried to place a hollowed gold-plated apex upon the Great Pyramid in place of the missing gold apex for their year 2000 celebration on the Giza plateu, it was not yet time for the completion of their world government system, as we have seen.

The 6th trumpet - 2nd woe is when we may expect the coming of the Antichrist, the placing of the abomination idol in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, and the command for all to bow in worship to the false messiah or the image of the beast, and or take his mark of the beast. It will be the time of Christ's witnesses that were prophesied on the 5th Seal to be beheaded as the earlier saints were. Some of us are to be delivered up in that time to councils and to the synagogue of Satan to give a Witness by The Holy Spirit against them. Jesus told us to not premeditate what we will say in that "hour", but to speak what The Holy Spirit gives us.