Revelation Chapter 9 Lesson 22
The Trumpet Judgments
Review:
Trumpet #6
The scene is
set/Conditions established in 9:13
-
This takes us back to 8:3, the angel before the golden altar; the altar of
incense, with the prayers of the saints;
- What is this
angel to do?
- Who are these 4
angels?
Some pertinent info on angels: finite spirit
beings; term means messenger
1. These supernatural beings are divided into 2
basic categories; those that belong to
God and those that belong to Satan.
- of God
Lk
- of Satan
Rev 12:7,9; Mt 25:41
2. Satan's group is also divided into 2 groups;
free and bound;
- noted the bound 2 Pet 2:4; Jude 6 (Gen 6)
- The free - Eph
- These angels
must be some of Satan's since no elect angel is ever said to be bound.
So we
have 4 demon angels who are being released for a specific mission
This is an area of many
significant events throughout human history.
1. Since the
garden of Eden was in this area somewhere; the fall of man and consequently the
entrance of sin into the human race.
2. The first
murder took place somewhere in the vicinity; Cain slew Able his brother.
3. It was in this
area that great revolt against God occurred both before the flood, Noah's
generation and after the flood at
4. In the
5. The
6. It is also the
boundary of the land God will give to His people
Notice in vs:15
the statement about these angels; they are prepared
"for the hour, and day and month and
year"
The Armies:
What
kind of army do we have here?
- The
numbers in Revelation are all literal;
So this 200 million might actually be only a
small part of what the Holy Spirit refers to in Eph 6:12 as "spiritual forces of wickedness in
the heavenly places."
- What about the view of those that hold to
a human army?
Yes
there will be an army march from the East through
- The armies
marching toward
The Description of these hordes
9:17-19; Read!
-
What is the focus?
- The emphasis here is NOT on the men but on
the horses!
- What is pictured
here in this passage certainly implies terrible destruction by an awesome
invading force; and the picture drawn by John indicates the warlike, ferocious
nature of the demons they represent.
9:20-21 Impact and
response of Mankind to the 2nd Woe.
This is the end result or the culmination of
what we already see today; the increasing apostasy; responding to the BD of
demons, the occult.
This is a time when man reaches his max
potential for rule apart from God; the cumulative climax of evil;
Here in
Vs:20
the emphasis is on idolatry; the total depravity and worthlessness of human
religion.
- Demon worship is rampant in this time!
Why?
- Ps 96:5 describes the
divine vpt related to the gods of man.
** One's view of God determines
his conduct in life.
- What is it that you see in vs:21? Crime oriented society! Result of idolatry perpetuated!
#1. murder - fo,noj (equiv to Heb. rasach) is found in every list where killing as
murder is identified as a sin flowing out of man's evil and corrupt
nature! (Mt 15:19; Mk
#2. sorceries - fa,rmakon; indicates
use of drugs; often translated as here (Gal
#3. immorality
- pornei,a general word that refers to all kinds of
sexual activity outside the boundaries established by God, that is within the
parameters of marriage.
#4. thefts kle,mma stealing, theft
* As bad as things
will become under these Trumpet judgments there is no repentance of the works
of their hands (idolatry) therefore continual rejection of God and Christ, and
the judgments will continue and increase in extent and severity.