Locust to Dragon
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The greatest mass killings in history
China, (Mao’s Cultural revolution) 1966-76 - 20 Million
USSR Under Stalin’s reign of terror - 1933-45 20 Million
The Holocaust in Europe 1933-45 11 Million
Pakistan against those of Bengal 1971 3 Million
The Khmer Rouge’s killing fields 1975-79 1.6 Million
Rwanda’s Tutsi’s and Hutu’s chaos of 1994 1 Million
Indonesia’s extermination of Chinese communist 1965-66 .5 Million
Bosnia’s ethnic cleansing of 1992-94 200,000
That’s at total of 57 Million, Three hundred thousand people.
57 Million, Three hundred thousand people with mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers and children
According an article in the Guardian, the 20th Century saw and estimated 187 Million deaths through warfare
(https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/feb/23/artsandhumanities.highereducation)
Yet, it doesn’t appear the world has learned anything from them.
In the last century, there were more people killed than at any other time in history combined.
But instead of learning from these atrocities, what did the world do?
We invented better more destructive weapons,
To do it better than ever next time.
The Bible tells us that even after many calamities and loses, people will still reject the Lord
Can you believe that?
You would think that people have the ability to learn from our mistakes,
But, nope, that’s not the case.
Many of us get out of one problem and walk right back into another similar problem.
22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”
The Bible tells us in the Book of Revelation that even after such calamity, people will still reject Him.
We spoke recently about the terrible demonic locust that would be released on after the fifth trumpet blast
They will not be natural entities, meaning something that is native to the planet as you and I know it,
No, the Bible makes it clear that these will be a demonic creatures, unknown to the earth or to us.
They will be demonic creatures sent to torment the unsealed in the Lord, with terrible agonizing stings from their tails that resemble something like scorpion tails.
They will be hideous to look at having faces like humans, and hair like women and teeth like lions.
You would think that after having been warned of this coming calamity, and after having been stung by one or multiples of these demonic locust
In which the pain is described as so bad, you’ll wish death for relief of the pain.
But, yet, these people will still reject God.
It’s un believable isn’t it?
But it’s going to happen.
Well, that was at the sounding of the fifth Trumpet, and the beginning of the 3 Woes that are to come
Let’s take our Bibles to
12 One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. 13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. 19 For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm. 20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
The Bible is directly telling us, in v. 12
That was the first Woe, but hold you’re horses, because two more are still coming
If that wasn’t bad enough, after the sixth angel blows the trumpet,
Four different angels of which were apparently so wicked, that they were bound in the earth under
The Great River Euphrates until this moment, for God’s planning are let out.
And why are they let out?
To kill a 1/3 of mankind on the earth,
so if there are currently 8.2 Billion, that’s billion with a B, people of earth today,
Then these four wicked angels let loose from under the Great River Euphrates, that come to take out a third of humankind,
If it were today, that means they would be responsible for killing
273,333,333.33 Human lives.
If you thought this past century was horrendous, thats an increase of 273 Million people.
With lives like you and me that have mothers and fathers and siblings and possibly even children.
But, they are bound currently under the Great River Euphrates,
The Euphrates River has long been a source for historical significance.
It first appears at the beginning of creation in the Garden of Eden not far from Adams sin.
Cain and Abel no doubt enjoyed this very river before their demise.
Noahs Flood began there
The Tower of Babel stood near it, and the town of Babylon was watered by it.
It has seen the beginning of World religion, and has seen many come to it’s banks to practice paganism, witchcraft, Idolatry, sorcery, and astrology.
It serves as the divider between what is considered East and West.
And all along, it was hiding a terrible team of wicked angels in the waiting.
14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
So how close are we to this coming Woe?
Well, myself and hundreds of thousands are preaching the end of days can happen at any moment.
It could happen before I finish this sentence.
I have describe for you all in detail, along with the detailed description given to us by the apostle John of the coming woes.
But, will you repent?
The word Repent means a changing of the mind.
Will you hearing my voice right now, change what you’re doing?
Will you take this information, and plead the blood of Jesus over your lives?
Or will you continue to reject the Lord as those in the coming days?
Or, do you walk right back into the same snares the Lord had already brought you out of again and again?
Like Peter said, do you go now and lay right back in the mud you were just cleaned from?
I say the end times are close, because for hundreds of years since this book was written,
Most of the imagery John had to use to describe what he saw wasn’t comprehendible to his contemporaries.
Or his own country men of his time.
But today, we in this generation with the technology available today, we can absolutely understand the imagery.
Back even a hundred years ago they couldn’t understand how something could be seen all over the world at the same time,
We do, it’s called TV and Internet.
Or how could the entire earth burn up.
We know it today as a very real and often threatened real possibility called nuclear war.
How about this unimaginable 200, Million man army?
The Associated Press wrote an article back in the middle 60’s about how China was boasting a-
You guessed it, a 200 Million Man army.
16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.
A hundred years ago, the world couldn’t imagine these kinds of numbers,
But since the 1960’s we know its possible.
So, these wicked angelic horseman will muster an army of 200 Million.
For those kinds of numbers, its a logical guess that somehow China and the Oriental nations of the east will play a major role in those days.
John says the colors he saw on what could be describing helicopters or a flying machine that has yet to be invented used for war.
That can shoot fire from what appears to be its mouth
The colors he saw on these things were Red, Yellow, Dark Blue
If we use the nation boasting those kinds of numbers, China,
We do see some eerie possible connections.
Chinese Flag
The Chinese flag is Red, and Yellow, and their military Combat uniforms are Blue.
But only time will tell if these suggestions are mere coincidence, or accurate.
oh, and let’ not forget China’s fascination with fire breathing dragons,
Dragons
Let’s remember that we are now in the third section of the Book of Revelation.
Remember, there are three sections to the Book of Revelation.
John was told to write down things of what is, what was, and is to come.
We are now in the part of the Book detailing the things to come.
And we find that even after all of this, the end of chapter nine tells us people continue to Reject the Lord.
1 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. 2 He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.” 5 The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven 6 and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer, 7 but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.
Some people interpret this verse depicting Jesus as the Mighty Angel,
But at issue is the greek word, “another”
There are two words in the Greek for it.
Alos, in Greek is used here to describe another of a different one.
as opposed to the word, Heteros meaning another of the same kind.
So, Jesus is not the Mighty Angel here but could be rather an Arch Angel
Or Even Michael the Arc Angel.
As the Angel described here does seem to take on attributes of Jesus’ glory.
The name Michael actually means, = “Who is like God”
Regardless, when this powerful spoke out, seven thunders cried out.
But when John went to write down what they said, he was told to seal it up.
But it would all be revealed at the sounding of the seventh Angel when he is about to sound.
Here are seven Mysteries yet to be disclosed.
The Mystery of the Rapture, 1 Cor. 15.51
The Mystery of Israel’s Blindness Rom. 11.25
The Mystery of God’s Wisdom 1 Cor. 2.7
The Mystery of Christ and the Church Eph 5.31,32
The Mystery of Christ in us Col. 1.26,27
The Mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven Mat 13
The Mystery of Godliness 1 Tim 3.16
In the beginning of Chapter 11, the narrative shifts from the coming calamities to the land of Israel and the Temple of the Lord and His two Witnesses
1 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. 2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. 6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
These two witness are believed by many to be Elijah and Moses,
There are a couple of reasons for this.
One, is because Elijah stopped the heavens from bringing Rain, in the days of Ahab and Jezebel
and Moses turned water into blood.
Second, on the mount of transfiguration, it was Elijah and Moses that appeared before Jesus, Peter, James, and John.
They have a message of repentance to bring to this wicked world,
And anyone that tried to prevent them from bringing it, will be burned by fire shooting from their mouths.
As a missionary, I wish we had that power.
We could be very effective as I imagine these two witnesses will be in that day.
And then, after 3.5 years, and their mission accomplished, the beast will arise from the pit, and kill them
7 When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
This wicked world will be so relieved that these two trouble makers will have been taken out that they leave
Their carcasses out to rot in the street for all to see.
No doubt the great Media Machine will have done it’s part to convince the world that these two were the bad guys
And the Antichrist is the hero that dealt with them.
But to the worlds surprise after three and half days, they are resurrected and lifted up into heaven while they watch.
This happens right before an earthquake rattles the land and kills a tenth of the land.
That ends the second Woe.
Next comes the sounding of the Seventh Angel,
And the dragon that chases a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
After hearing all of this, are you ready to repent?
Or will you continue rejecting the Lord?
If you don’t feel that you’re close enough with the Lord,
I can tell you, its not the enemy tugging on your heart, its the Lord.
Will you give into his calling on your heart today?
Repent, and receive the blood of Jesus today before you leave.
Invitation
Zach end Prayer.
