Revelation 9, verse 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. And the shape 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. 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.”
Remember, this is 2000 years ago, but he’s seeing locusts with breastplates of iron, with faces of men, the sound of their wings was the sound of many chariots, or many horses running to battle.
He is seeing helicopters, although he’d never seen a helicopter. He had no clue what they were, but he said, “these are locusts and they got breastplates of iron, but they have faces of men and the sound of their wings is the sound of many chariots going to battle.”
Take a look here at what he may have seen in his vision...
It appears to me that is what John was seeing, and he was talking about warfare in the 20th century.
Verse 11 it continues the prophecy and it says, “and they had a king over them,” these warriors, these armies, “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.”
Look up in a dictionary it defines both the Hebrew “abaddon” as the destroyer and the Greek “apollyon” means the destroyer, some translations in the bible actually say, “they had a king over them named the destroyer.”
Back in 1991 when all this was taking place, The German Tribune at the time, march 10, 1991 edition had an article about Saddam Hussein and about all that was happening in the gulf at the time, and the reporter called him Saddam “The Destroyer” Hussein.
Revelation 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.
Revelation 9:2 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.
During the Gulf War more than 600 Kuwaiti oil wells went up in flames and dramatic plumes of smoke turned day into night...
Revelation 9:3 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.
Note scripture states the locusts have power "as the scorpians" have power.
Revelation 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Operation Desert Shield began August 2 1990 – January 17 1991 (just over five months)
God Bless!
“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 the shape 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. 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.”
Remember, this is 2000 years ago, but he’s seeing locusts with breastplates of iron, with faces of men, the sound of their wings was the sound of many chariots, or many horses running to battle.
He is seeing helicopters, although he’d never seen a helicopter. He had no clue what they were, but he said, “these are locusts and they got breastplates of iron, but they have faces of men and the sound of their wings is the sound of many chariots going to battle.”
Take a look here at what he may have seen in his vision...
It appears to me that is what John was seeing, and he was talking about warfare in the 20th century.
Verse 11 it continues the prophecy and it says, “and they had a king over them,” these warriors, these armies, “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.”
Look up in a dictionary it defines both the Hebrew “abaddon” as the destroyer and the Greek “apollyon” means the destroyer, some translations in the bible actually say, “they had a king over them named the destroyer.”
Back in 1991 when all this was taking place, The German Tribune at the time, march 10, 1991 edition had an article about Saddam Hussein and about all that was happening in the gulf at the time, and the reporter called him Saddam “The Destroyer” Hussein.
Revelation 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.
Revelation 9:2 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.
During the Gulf War more than 600 Kuwaiti oil wells went up in flames and dramatic plumes of smoke turned day into night...
Revelation 9:3 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.
Note scripture states the locusts have power "as the scorpians" have power.
Revelation 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Operation Desert Shield began August 2 1990 – January 17 1991 (just over five months)
God Bless!
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