The timing given in Revelation is the 7 Trumpets. With each of the last 3 Trumpets, a Woe is given with each one.
Rev 8:13
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
KJV
That is a very strong... warning to beware. Must mean these last three Trumpet events are especially important to note. The 1st Trumpet - 1st Woe begins in Revelation 9...
Rev 9:1-12
9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
That's the 5th Trumpet sounding, and is accompanied with the 1st Woe. What star of old first fell from Heaven to the earth? That was Satan of course, when he first rebelled against God in coveting His throne (per parable in Ezekiel 28; also see Luke 10:18 where Lord Jesus said He saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Also see Revelation 12:3-4 when Satan fell, and also drew a third of the stars (angels) to earth at his rebellion.
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.
In Joel 2, we are shown that the "day of the Lord" (Christ's coming) will be a day gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, and it involves the working of the symbolic locusts God mentions in Joel. This here then represents those Joel 1 and Joel 2 events coming upon the earth and God's people in the end of days.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
These locusts represent Satan's servants that rise up in the end days, just prior to Christ's future return. Further down in Revelation 9:18-19, we are told their power is in their 'mouths'. What comes out of one's mouth? Words. And in the case of these servants of the devil, it is about lies that cause deception. Warning against deception was the very first Sign of the end Lord Jesus gave His Church in His Olivet discourse (Matthew 24; Mark 13).
These locusts have the power 'like'... how real scorpions on the earth work. It means they spiritually work deception like how a real scorpion attacks its prey. A real scorpion stings its prey, numbing it. Then the scorpion throws up an acid like mixture into the victim's mouth, and the victim's insides turn to much. The scorpion then sucks up that mixture, because a scorpion has no digestive system to break down his victim. What is left is the victim's outer dead empty shell. God is using that scorpion analogy to spiritually represent how these symbolic locusts destroy their victims, spiritually. Deception was Christ's main warning for the end, remember?
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 who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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.
These symbolic locusts cannot hurt any green thing. That immediately leaves out these being anything to do with military weapons or military armies. They are allowed to hurt ONLY... those men not sealed with God's seal in the forehead. What's in your forehead? Your brain! Those in Christ, how are we sealed in Christ? By The Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:19-22).
This "five months" is a specific time the locusts are allowed to deceive those not sealed by God.
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.
That is pointing to the very end of this world, when all wars have stopped.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
These locusts appear like horses for battle, suggesting they operate 'like' an army. And on their heads are crowns 'like'... gold. That means they aren't real gold. What is it that Jesus promised His faithful that wait on Him at His coming? Crowns. Think these locusts might... be trying to simulate His servants? Yes, as in 2 Corinthians 11 Apostle Paul warned us about the "another Jesus" and his ministers who disguise themselves as the ministers of righteousness. These locusts have the "faces of men"? Yeah, which points to them actually being men, false apostles, the fake ministers of righteousness.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
These fakes symbolically have the "hair of women"? Yeah, because women's hair simulates beauty and smoothness. That's how they attack and deceive, regurgitating their acid of deceptive lies into their victims, and turning the souls of their victims to mush!
That teeth as lions is a symbol also used for the locusts in the Book of Joel. Thus God wants us to understand how a real lion attacks with its teeth, and compare that spiritually to how these symbolic locusts attack. A lion once it bites down on its prey, it will not let go. This analogy is similar to the analogies God gave in the Book of Joel of how the locusts cannot be stopped by us.
9 And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Breastplates of iron. Some like to compare that to Rome because of the Daniel 2 prophecy of the beast statue, but that's not the analogy here. This breastplate is a fake representation of the Hebrew priest's breastplate that had twelve jewels. In Revelation 9:17, we are told their breastplates also have jacinth stones (like zircon).
These may even suggest Satan's angels that are coming with Satan once they are booted out of Heaven down to this earth per the heavenly war in Revelation 12:7-9, which is still future to us.
10 And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
The amount to time that the ark of Noah was upon the heights of the flood was 150 days per Genesis. Per the Hebrew reckoning, that 150 days equals a period of five months. Now God is Who sealed Noah and his inside the ark. For us at the end, Lord Jesus Christ is to be our Ark for the end of days, for this "five months".
11 And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, but in the Greek language he hath his name Apollyon.
Both of those titles are about Satan. The name Apollyon is specific to the idea of perishing per the Greek. It is the root of the term 'perdition' in the phrase "son of perdition". Why?
It is because Satan and his angels are the ONLY ones already judged and sentenced to perish in the future "lake of fire". No flesh born man has been judged to that lake of fire yet, not even Judas Iscariot.
Satan wants to be THE KING, meaning our Heavenly Father and His Son. But he is a little king, a king over the bottomless pit. He is actually a covering cherub per Ezekiel 28, but also an angel, which can merely represent one in the heavenly order.
12 One woe is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Those events on the 5th Trumpet - 1st Woe actually represent the preparation stage. The actual time for the main attack is next, on the 6th Trumpet - 2nd Woe.
(Continued...)
Rev 8:13
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
KJV
That is a very strong... warning to beware. Must mean these last three Trumpet events are especially important to note. The 1st Trumpet - 1st Woe begins in Revelation 9...
Rev 9:1-12
9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
That's the 5th Trumpet sounding, and is accompanied with the 1st Woe. What star of old first fell from Heaven to the earth? That was Satan of course, when he first rebelled against God in coveting His throne (per parable in Ezekiel 28; also see Luke 10:18 where Lord Jesus said He saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Also see Revelation 12:3-4 when Satan fell, and also drew a third of the stars (angels) to earth at his rebellion.
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.
In Joel 2, we are shown that the "day of the Lord" (Christ's coming) will be a day gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, and it involves the working of the symbolic locusts God mentions in Joel. This here then represents those Joel 1 and Joel 2 events coming upon the earth and God's people in the end of days.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
These locusts represent Satan's servants that rise up in the end days, just prior to Christ's future return. Further down in Revelation 9:18-19, we are told their power is in their 'mouths'. What comes out of one's mouth? Words. And in the case of these servants of the devil, it is about lies that cause deception. Warning against deception was the very first Sign of the end Lord Jesus gave His Church in His Olivet discourse (Matthew 24; Mark 13).
These locusts have the power 'like'... how real scorpions on the earth work. It means they spiritually work deception like how a real scorpion attacks its prey. A real scorpion stings its prey, numbing it. Then the scorpion throws up an acid like mixture into the victim's mouth, and the victim's insides turn to much. The scorpion then sucks up that mixture, because a scorpion has no digestive system to break down his victim. What is left is the victim's outer dead empty shell. God is using that scorpion analogy to spiritually represent how these symbolic locusts destroy their victims, spiritually. Deception was Christ's main warning for the end, remember?
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 who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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.
These symbolic locusts cannot hurt any green thing. That immediately leaves out these being anything to do with military weapons or military armies. They are allowed to hurt ONLY... those men not sealed with God's seal in the forehead. What's in your forehead? Your brain! Those in Christ, how are we sealed in Christ? By The Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:19-22).
This "five months" is a specific time the locusts are allowed to deceive those not sealed by God.
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.
That is pointing to the very end of this world, when all wars have stopped.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
These locusts appear like horses for battle, suggesting they operate 'like' an army. And on their heads are crowns 'like'... gold. That means they aren't real gold. What is it that Jesus promised His faithful that wait on Him at His coming? Crowns. Think these locusts might... be trying to simulate His servants? Yes, as in 2 Corinthians 11 Apostle Paul warned us about the "another Jesus" and his ministers who disguise themselves as the ministers of righteousness. These locusts have the "faces of men"? Yeah, which points to them actually being men, false apostles, the fake ministers of righteousness.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
These fakes symbolically have the "hair of women"? Yeah, because women's hair simulates beauty and smoothness. That's how they attack and deceive, regurgitating their acid of deceptive lies into their victims, and turning the souls of their victims to mush!
That teeth as lions is a symbol also used for the locusts in the Book of Joel. Thus God wants us to understand how a real lion attacks with its teeth, and compare that spiritually to how these symbolic locusts attack. A lion once it bites down on its prey, it will not let go. This analogy is similar to the analogies God gave in the Book of Joel of how the locusts cannot be stopped by us.
9 And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Breastplates of iron. Some like to compare that to Rome because of the Daniel 2 prophecy of the beast statue, but that's not the analogy here. This breastplate is a fake representation of the Hebrew priest's breastplate that had twelve jewels. In Revelation 9:17, we are told their breastplates also have jacinth stones (like zircon).
These may even suggest Satan's angels that are coming with Satan once they are booted out of Heaven down to this earth per the heavenly war in Revelation 12:7-9, which is still future to us.
10 And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
The amount to time that the ark of Noah was upon the heights of the flood was 150 days per Genesis. Per the Hebrew reckoning, that 150 days equals a period of five months. Now God is Who sealed Noah and his inside the ark. For us at the end, Lord Jesus Christ is to be our Ark for the end of days, for this "five months".
11 And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, but in the Greek language he hath his name Apollyon.
Both of those titles are about Satan. The name Apollyon is specific to the idea of perishing per the Greek. It is the root of the term 'perdition' in the phrase "son of perdition". Why?
It is because Satan and his angels are the ONLY ones already judged and sentenced to perish in the future "lake of fire". No flesh born man has been judged to that lake of fire yet, not even Judas Iscariot.
Satan wants to be THE KING, meaning our Heavenly Father and His Son. But he is a little king, a king over the bottomless pit. He is actually a covering cherub per Ezekiel 28, but also an angel, which can merely represent one in the heavenly order.
12 One woe is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Those events on the 5th Trumpet - 1st Woe actually represent the preparation stage. The actual time for the main attack is next, on the 6th Trumpet - 2nd Woe.
(Continued...)
