What is going on
with the judgment trumpets found in Revelation and the stars? And are the stars really stars, or are they people? Well… maybe not people, but angels? I don't know? Yesterday I learned that the blast of the third trumpet sent a star, and the star was named Wormwood. Wormwood is described as a great star - that will blaze like a torch, as it falls to earth from Heaven. When it lands on the earth it will effect our waters - a third of the rivers will turn bitter, and many people will die. Now today I read Revelation 9, and I learned that another star will fall from the sky. Now this star was not given a name, but it opened the abyss to "the destroyer." whoever (or whatever) that may be. Scripture says, “The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.” The pronoun used here is “he” not “it.” In the English language, a pronoun is a part of speech used as a substitute for a noun. The use of the pronoun “he” demonstrates that the star is “a person” - maybe not human, but definitely a being. I probably should look at the Greek, which is how John would have said it. I really do not know, but I’m assuming the star is some kind of being. The scripture says, “The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power.” The locusts were told not to harm anything, except the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. The locusts were forbidden from killing the sealed; and they were only allowed to torture the unsealed people for a short time - for a period five months, to be exact. This story sounds much like what happened to Job, except he was described by God as being righteous. The unsealed people, who do not belong to God; the people who do not have the Holy Spirit, will suffer a terrible thing. When this happens, which by the way, is coming soon, there will be so much pain that people will seek death but will not find it; they will actually long to die, but death will elude them. Now the locusts described by the Apostle John, are scary. He said they look like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wear gold crowns; and they have human faces. Could these locusts be people? The locusts are described as having hair like that of a women; and teeth like that of a lion. They wear breastplates of iron. And the sound of their wings is deafening. It sounds like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. The locusts have tails with stingers, and in their tails they have power. They have power to torment unsealed people. And “They had as their king the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).” Damnation is coming to unsealed people. God will judge all those who do not choose him. The star named Wormwood brings bitterness, but this second star brings an army who works directly for Satan! This is only the first Woe! “two other woes are yet to come.” Revelation 9:1-12
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