UNLEASHING THE THREE WOE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS

As we continue our chapter by chapter study of the book of Revelation, we have just completed an examination of the previous chapter in the previous article with description of the breaking of the Seventh Seal judgment and the horrific judgments that follow. In this next chapter we will explore here in this article, we will see that the concluding verse of Revelation 8 introduces the remaining trumpets as a set of three divine judgments upon an unbelieving and unrepentant human race …

“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! (Revelation 8:13).

Here, we see a fearful and, shall we say, dreadfully “woeful” scene unfolding. An angel begins to fly in the midst of Heaven announcing an astonishing judgment upon the earth that will shortly be delivered to it’s inhabitants who were left behind after the rapture. The angel fearfully announces to the world that the voices of the trumpets of another three angels are about to sound and deliver a frightful and horror-filled judgment that will surpass any other judgment thus far delivered, as bad as the previous ones were. In fact, it’s a rather interesting observation that these particular judgments called the “woe” judgments have the distinction of being announced by an angel warning the inhabitants of the earth at the horror about to be unleashed. All previous judgments, as bad as they were, are not distinguished as having a special announcement by an angel of their arrival. But these woe judgments do – which shows the intense and utterly horrendous nature of them.

Regarding the angel that makes this stunning announcement, the Textus Receptus renders the Greek term for “angel” as aggelou. Although I understand the Textus Receptus to be the most accurate Greek version, it is interesting to note that most earlier manuscripts show the word as ἀετοῦ, an “eagle.” This rendering appears in the Codex Sinaiticus, the Codex Alexandrinus and the Codex Vaticanus. Also, the ancient Syriac version has “eagle.” Early commentaries such as Griesbach, Scholz, Lachman, Van Ess, Hengstenberg, Stuart, Tischendorf, Tregelles, Wordsworth and Eswald Alford accept “eagle” as the original reading.

Joseph Seiss quotes these early sources as supporting the eagle translation. He also quotes Bengel (circa1750), who wrote …

“the Italian version, and other most ancient authorities, widely separated from each other in age and clime, and in very great numbers, clearly vindicate the reading of  ἀετοῦ “eagle” from all suspicion of gloss.”

Why does the Textus Receptus us the term aggelou? And why does the KJV render it as “angel?” It is entirely possible that the “eagle” referred to in earlier manuscripts is the fourth living creature (“beast” – KJV) seen before the throne of God in Revelation 4:7 – the angel that had the appearance of an “eagle” …

“And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle” (Revelation 4:7).

Therefore, both versions may be correct. If it is the fourth “beast,” the one that issued the command to “come and see” in the scene of the fourth horseman, then the events prophesied by the remaining three trumpets may be related to the destruction set forth by the pale horse. As it’s rider, whose name is “Death,” and whose companion is “Hell,” moves across the world, the angelic eagle announces, “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth!“

The Fifth Trumpet and First Woe

These three woe trumpets introduce a series of judgments upon the Earth’s Christ-rejecting population. As we see in chapter 9, the first “woe” will torment, but not kill, while the second “woe” will kill a third of mankind. Turning our attention to the first woe trumpet, we read the following fearful words as an angel is given a key to open the bottomless pit …

“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 9:1). 

As the fifth angel places the trumpet to his lips and issues a woeful sound, the Apostle John’s attention is drawn to a fallen star. Who is this fallen star who is given a key? The star is usually identified as an angel based on Job 38:7 and other Second Temple texts which describe angelic beings as stars. But this angel could be either a good or bad angel. The key word is “fallen.” It would seem to mean nothing more than “to descend” and his actions opening the shaft of the Abyss are no different than the angel who sounded the trumpet. This star represents an angelic figure that is divinely commissioned to carry out God’s purposes. It’s probably not necessary to choose between a good angel, who is dispatching his divinely appointed commission to open the Abyss, and an evil angel who is acting on the orders of Satan to open the Abyss. Perhaps the angel is not (morally) either good or bad, but simply the being appointed by God to open (or lock) the Abyss. The key word is “fallen” (a perfect active participle from πίπτω). It is quite true this star “fallen from heaven to earth” is fulfilling a divinely appointed task, but it is difficult to argue πίπτω simply means “descend” either in koine Greek or the book of Revelation. Things which fall are always bad in Revelation. It could not be Satan himself because he is cast down by the archangel Michael in Revelation 12:8, not in Revelation 9:1.

We are then told that this being that falls to the earth is given the key to the bottomless pit. We are then given the description of demonic beings ascending to the surface of the earth to torment unredeemed mankind after the fallen being opens the pit with the key.  In a previous article titled “RAISING HELL WITH CERN AND SATURN,” I made the case, as many have, that the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be the mechanism responsible for opening the bottomless pit (see that article in the “Recommended Reading” section at the end of this article. The evidence for this assertion is quite formidable.

John then reveals that this demonic hoard has a king demonic being that is the head and ruler of this hoard. He notes that this king, or head ruler demonic being, is a demonic warlord of sorts. His name is given in two languages – the Hebrew Abaddon and the Greek Apollyon, both referring to “destruction” …

“And they had a king over them, 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” (Revelation 9:11).

Are we looking at the Greek god Apollo? If not, then why did John call him this name? Perhaps the use of this Greek term opens our understanding as to the original nature of idolatry that God strongly condemns throughout scripture. It is possible that the gods of the Greek Pantheon were actually demonic associates of Satan who consorted with the Greeks in the early days of their empire. The idolatry of ancient Babylon may have had it’s roots in the fallen angels called “sons of God” who, we are told, once took wives from among the “daughters of men” (Genesis 6:2). Idolatry may not simply be the outgrowth of the figment of man’s imagination as is often thought to be the case by many. This forbidden religion may actually stem from an ancient association with these alien beings.

ABADDON

The Hebrew term Abaddon [אֲבַדּוֹן] is mentioned in Psalm 88 as “destruction” …

“Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? (Psalm 88:10-11). 

The term is also found twice in Job …

“Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering” (Job 26:6). Destruction and Death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears (Job 28:22).

Abaddon is also mentioned in Proverbs …

“Hell and destruction is before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” (Proverbs 15:11).

In each of these cases, the Hebrew term is translated as “destruction” in the KJV, or literally, “the place of ruin.” But in the book of Revelation, this term is used as the name of the demonic entity in charge of the bottomless pit. John describes Abaddon as a “king angel” who rules over the demonic hoard of locusts that ascend from this bottomless pit. In all likelihood, Abaddon is a powerful destroying demon who is under Satan’s authority and one of the “powers, principalities and rulers of the darkness of this world …

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12).

Interestingly, this powerful destroying king angel is seen in Revelation 9:11, as in the peculiar date we are all aware of when the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center (9-11) occurred in what many have revealed as a mass Satanic Freemasonic ritual sacrifice (see the article titled “THE PROPHECY OF THE TOWERS: THE KNIGHTS LIVE ON” in the “Recommended Reading” section at the end of this article. Some may remember that immediately after the 2nd tower was hit, a demonic face emerged from the smoke of the tower. It seems quite telling of the spiritual nature of this occultic act of slaughter by the Luciferian elite. It should tell us of the conspicuous nature of this horrible event and that there was more to it than meets the eye.

This picture is commonly labeled as “Satan’s face in the smoke” of the tower, but if people are going to assign a label to it, it might be more accurately associated with Abaddon or Apollyon of Revelation 9:11. Some may look at this face in the smoke as nothing more than being akin to seeing a shape in the clouds floating by on a partly cloudy day. Perhaps it is so, but given the ability of the elite to unlock (or perhaps soon unlock) the bottomless pit through the powerful tool of the CERN project and it’s LHC (Large Hadron Collider) as demonstrated in a previous article recommended above, one should probably eye this demonic facial manifestation as more than just a “chance shape in the smoke.” Especially given that this murderous demonic ritual occurred on a date that coincides with the very scripture chapter and verse numbers that reveal the ascendance of a demonic entity that is the ruler over the demonic hoard that will ascend to the earth during the Tribulation period.

The timing of this manifestation should probably tell us that the elite are highly Luciferian and practice a demonic ritualism associated with Freemasonry that summons these types of manifestations. It should also tell us that they fully intend, and have the ability, to unlock this horrendous pit that scripture warns the lost about when the time comes. Occultic spiritual beliefs combined with occultic ritualism is known to manifest certain dark powers. Does this face mean that the bottomless pit was opened on September 11, 2001 and Abaddon was released? No, it does not. It does not happen until the Tribulation period. But it should raise an eyebrow or two that we see a manifestation like this given the sheer magnitude and scope of this highly Satanic ritual carried out by the elites. One could almost speculate that the elite know who it is they are summoning given that they carried it out on this peculiar date.  

The previous four trumpets represent physical destruction to Earth’s ecology – vegetation, oceans, rivers and the luminaries that sustain life. But this fifth trumpet takes on a metaphysical significance. The “star” that falls having the key to the bottomless pit is likely a demonic being from another existence – not of this world. Therefore, the bottomless pit is also very highly likely descriptive of something more than just a physical well shaft.

The Bottomless Pit

The Greek term translated “bottomless pit” (KJV) is φρέατος ἀβύσσου, literally “well shaft of the abyss” or “pit of the abyss.” Terms like sheol hades and Gehenna (a name derived from the valley of the sons of Gei Hinnom at the south of Jerusalem), are used to indicate this subterranean area. The Encyclopedia Judaica reports the following …

“The Aggadah (a term used for sections of the Talmud and Midrash containing containing homiletic expositions of the Bible, stories, legends, folklore, anecdotes or maxims, in contradistinction to halakkah), basing itself on verses which describe the site of the land of the dead, variously, as beneath the earth (Genesis 37:35); Deuteronomy 32:22; etc al.) and beneath the sea (Jonah 2:3-4; Job 26:5), states that Gehenna has entrances in the sea and on dry land (Er 19a). In the school of Johanan ben Zakkai it was stated that one of it’s entrances is in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem. There are also traditions, however, that Gehenna is in the sky (Tam 32b), and that it is ‘beyond the dark mountains’ (ibid.).” 

Are there caves around the earth that lead to Gehenna? And are these passages physically locked away as though the entrance needed an ordinary key? On the other hand, is this bottomless pit “in the sky” or “beyond the dark mountains” as suggested in the Encyclopedia Judaica? It is more likely that the “bottomless pit” extends into another dimension – a region that is not of this world. The key appears to be a device that opens the shaft extending from that metaphysical dimension into this realm of existence. Joseph Seiss, an American theologian and Lutheran minister who was known for his religious writings on pyramidology and dispensationalism, concurs with this concept:

It appears, then, that hell and hell-torments are not the mere fictions which some have pronounced them. Neither are they as remote from this present world as men often dream. There is a fiery abyss with myriads of evil beings in it, malignant and horrible, and there is but a door between this world and that. Heaven is just as near; but Heaven is above, and hell is beneath.” 

As stated in the aforementioned article on this site, the evidence is quite overwhelming that the Luciferian elite are going to open this abyss with the CERN project and it’s LHC device. The abyss has never been opened. However, the day is coming when the hordes of Gehenna will be unleashed upon the earth …

“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. 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 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 which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 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. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them” (Revelation 9:2-6).

Demonic Locusts

Though the scripture does not use metaphoric language to identify them, these were no ordinary locusts. They are called “locusts,” not “like as” or “as it were,” but a definite species of locusts. However, the description offered here is different from any locusts in history. These creatures were not allowed to harm vegetation in John’s vision – unlike a plague of ordinary locusts.

Egypt suffered a similar plague in the days of Moses. Those locusts were also unique – unlike any before or after them …

“And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such” (Exodus 10:14).

Unlike the locusts of Revelation 9, the plague that covered Egypt harmed, not men, but the vegetation …

“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt” (Exodus 10:15).

If the locusts that plagued Egypt were unique, as the scripture indicates, then it is possible that a future swarm could be unique as well. In fact, as is often the case throughout scripture, an event of the past foreshadows the same event of the future, but on a much larger and grander scale and scope. This will certainly be the case with Revelation 9, but these will not be ordinary locusts. These will be demonic creatures.

Ordinary locusts do not sting men. But these coming locusts of Revelation 9 that ascend out of the bottomless pit will have the ability to “torment humankind for five months” like that of a scorpion we are told. Such creatures do not exist in this physical realm, but we are told by the Apostle John what lurks within the recesses of the nether world. John adds bizarre features to these creatures …

“And the shapes 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. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months” (Revelation 9:7-10). 

Locusts they are, but a species never before seen on Earth. However, when compared to scorpions, horses, lions, etc., metaphoric phrases are used …

“as the scorpions …” (verse 3);
“as the torment of a scorpion …” (verse 5).

The continuing comparisons also use metaphoric phrases:

“like unto horses …” (verse 7);
“as it were crowns …” (verse 7);
“as the faces of men …” (verse 7);
“as the hair of women …” (verse 8);
“as the teeth of lions …” (verse 8);
“as it were breastplates …” (verse 9);
“as the sound of chariots …” (verse 9); and
“like unto scorpions …” (verse 10).

Since metaphoric phrases precede each of these comparisons, we can be assured that they are not any of these – just a special species of diabolical demonic locusts from the nether world with a rather strange appearance. Furthermore, they are given the lifespan of an ordinary locust – five months.

In more recent times, some have suggested that these locusts the Apostle John is describing are modern weapons of war, and that he described them as best he could using a primitive language to describe modern technology. As tempting as it is to believe this narrative, the recent development of the CERN project and it’s LHC (Large Hadron Collider) with it’s stated demonstrable intention of unlocking the door to the “other side” makes that narrative the less likely one – that it is military weaponry we are looking at in this scripture. The clues just do not add up to military hardware.

As soon as the mouth of the pit is opened, a thick blackness ascends from it like the black smoke of a great furnace – a blackness which fills the air and obscures the sun; and out of the smoky blackness proceed living things that are horrible in shape, malignant in disposition and armed with power to afflict and torment the bodies of every single human being left behind after the rapture (with the exception of those who get saved by receiving Jesus Christ during this time – called the Tribulation Saints). The Apostle John calls them locusts, but they are supernatural, infernal and not earthly locusts. They neither consume nor injure any of the grass of the earth, any green thing or any tree by God’s divine order and decree. They do not appear to eat at all, though they have teeth like the teeth of lions.

Death Takes A Holiday?

We are told that their sting does not kill anyone, it only makes them wish they could die. Some may think (and have said) that death takes a holiday, but that is not what the verse says …

“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them” (Revelation 9:6).

The verse simply indicates that the sting will be so painful that the victims will wish to die, but the effect of the tormenting sting in their tails will be so painful that the victims will wish to die, but the poison of the venom will not accommodate them. If, for five months, death refuses to take it’s toll, than how can the plague of the sixth woe trumpet judgment kill a third of men? It is simply not necessary to believe that death will cease being a reality for human beings during this time. Somehow, these locusts will be intelligent enough to bypass the saints and torment only the unsaved who reject Christ and his offer of eternal life.

There will be a divine seal on the forehead of those who have received Christ during this time, and therefore, will be protected from harm caused by these attacking demonic beings. They will follow the instructions of their demonic overlord …

“And they had a king over them, 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. One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter” (Revelation 9:11-12).

The Sixth Trumpet

Now, we come to another plague in the course of the Tribulation judgments. Our attention is drawn to the golden altar of incense, under which the souls of the martyrs reside, and from which fire was throne upon the earth. This time, a voice speaks from the four horns atop the altar …

“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates” (Revelation 9:13-14). 

As we have noted, the eagle seems to associate the timing of the fourth seal judgment with these “woe” trumpets. Therefore, it is not out of order for our attention to be drawn once again back to the events of the altar of the fifth, sixth and seventh seals. After comforting the martyrs and casting fire upon the earth, a voice from the altar calls for the release of four demonic angels from the Euphrates River …

“And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men” (Revelation 9:15).

Had these angels not rebelled and fell from Heaven with Lucifer in the beginning, they would not have been bound. Only evil beings need to be incarcerated as they were. Who knows how long they have been bound in that river. Their only desire is to kill – and kill is what they will do. They will cause a third part of mankind to be slaughtered when their release has occurred. That is roughly 33% (1.5 billion people) who will die.

Abadan Island

It is thought by some scholars that when a demon principality (Ephesians 6:12) is overthrown from ruling a certain nation or empire, that principality is bound somewhere or taken out of the way and the new principality takes control of that area as the new conquering empire takes over world rule. This becomes an interesting possibility, or even a fact, to consider for we know that there were four major world controlling empires up until the prophet Daniel’s time. They are the four world ruling empires that are listed in Daniel’s prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar’s prophetic dream.  …

“Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth” (Daniel 2:31-35). 

The first empire in the image (the head of gold) is identified as the mighty Babylon. The chest and arms of silver representing the Medo-Persia empire, the abdomen and thighs midsection representing Greece and the legs of iron representing the mighty Roman empire and feet of iron and clay, a most unlikely mixture, representing the last days extension of Rome by the feet and ten toes. That said, that is a total of four empires. Are these four angels that are loosed from the aforementioned Euphrates River the same four fallen angels that ruled over their respective empires each in their own time? When one world-ruling kingdom or empire was overthrown by it’s successor, it is quite possible that the angel that ruled over the overthrown empire was bound in the Euphrates River, which runs between Iraq and Iran and this is where they will be released during the Tribulation period. Interestingly enough, there is an island located between Iraq and Iran at the bottom of the Persian Gulf area near the bottom of the Euphrates River named “Abadan.”

It is said to be one of the biggest oil refinery areas in that part of the world. As already pointed out, the name of the king angel over the bottomless pit is none other than Abaddon. It is quite possible that this island may be named after this king angel of the bottomless pit. Looking back at the past ruling empires, we see in scripture that the ruling dark, evil principality called the “prince of Persia” (Daniel 10:13) is named after the empire of Persia. The prince of Grecia (Daniel 10:20) takes on the name of the kingdom or empire of Greece. It is quite possible that “Abaddon” has taken on the name of an island called “Abadan” in the Middle East between Iraq and Iran. This is where the four angels will be loosed to slaughter a third of mankind. Abaddon himself, after being released from the bottomless pit, may possibly be the evil angel given the ability to unlock the four angels that are bound at the Euphrates River near an island that bears his name. It should also be pointed out that there is a huge trench that goes very, very deep beneath the water located in that vacinity of the world.  It is an interesting, and quite likely, scenario that has some biblical backing behind it.

Abaddon seems to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, angels in Satan’s kingdom. He then goes forth and organizes a 200 million man army in which the third part of mankind is killed …

“And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt” (Revelation 9:16-19).

We’re talking massive war, massive destruction and massive famine. China along with the Muslim world can easily produce this many soldiers.

The Middle East

This area of the Euphrates hearkens back to the dawn of civilization – to the creation of Adam. Some modern scholars suggest that Eden once lay at the mouth of the Euphrates. In fact, the river is listed as one of four that ran through the Garden of Eden. This was the area of the serpent that beguiled Eve (Genesis 3:1). This was the area of the “tower” of Babel (Genesis 11:4), from which also came the demonic inspiration for the future and emerging “Mystery Babylon” of Revelation 17 & 18. This was the area of the “prince of the kingdom of Persia” (Daniel 10:13) who waged war against the archangel Michael, and whose battle was not finished – as the angel told Daniel that he must return to “fight with the prince of Persia” (Daniel 10:20).

Joseph Seiss eloquently points to this very area as a place where the world’s “woes” began …

“It was in this locality that the world’s first murder was committed. It was in this region that the great apostasies, both before and after the global flood, had their centers. It was in this region that Israel’s most oppressive enemies resided, and that the Jews were compelled to drag out the long and weary years of their captivity. It was in this region that the great oppressive world powers took their commencement. It is the region where all this world’s beginnings were made – where man first saw the light, first sinned, fell from his first estate, was banished from Paradise, and introduced all of Earth’s miseries – where Satan first alighted upon our planet, won his first triumphs, and first set his foul agencies against man in operation.

The Euphrates itself is one of the primeval rivers, and the only one we know of that remains. And there, where guilt came into place on innocence, and Babylon supplanted Eden, and Hell sent up it’s Upas [a tree of the mulberry family whose poisonous juice was used on the tips of arrowheads] instead of the Tree of Life, and death came in upon the children of men, these four fallen sons of light, with their evil hosts, rave in the bonds, imposed in mercy, but, at the appointed hour, in wrath to be relaxed, that earth’s blaspheming millions may feel what shall then have been so richly merited.“

We are told that the great battle of the end time will emerge from this area. Is it any wonder that the soldiers in the 1991 Desert Storm War were discussing whether Armageddon had arrived? Is it any wonder that the world is frantic about the possibility of an uncontrolled nuclear war between India and Pakistan? Is it any wonder that Islamic extremism have set the world on it’s proverbial ear?

Though we are constantly reminded by the propaganda media that Islam is a peaceful religion and that a group of renegade terrorists have hijacked their religion, let us not forget that four demonic creatures identified as angels presently reside in the Euphrates with one unstoppable goal in mind – to kill a third of the human race. They will not be deterred from that plan once they are released. How shall they accomplish this diabolical goal? What will be the instruments of this catastrophe? War – by any means possible. Eventually, the region will explode into a [possibly nuclear] conflict that will kill a third of Earth’s population. That day is growing ever near.

A Glimpse of the Sixth Vial

Not only does the sixth trumpet focus our attention upon the Middle East, but the sixth vial takes us there as well …

“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared” (Revelation 16:12). 

The Apostle John tells us that an army will be mustered for the purpose of bringing this catastrophe upon mankind …

“And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them” (Revelation 9:16).

In John’s day, the population of the entire world was only about 200 million people (200,000,000). An army that size could not be mustered until this generation. It is commonly spoken of today that China could muster an army of that size alone. China’s population in 2020 is now estimated to be 1,439,323,776 people. For that matter, India’s population in 2020 is now 1,380,004,385 people. Revelation 9 reveals that, one day, the “kings of the east” will bring their vast armies into the Middle East. When one considers the deliberate military technology transfer via the Luciferian globalists and espionage that occurs on a regular basis from America to China, it is easy to see what a formidable situation is developing as described in Revelation 9. Only today could such a “kings of the east” Revelation 9 scenario be done.

Could the description of the army in this chapter be that of a demonic force? Or is it the predicted Armageddon? …

“And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt” (Revelation 9:17-19). 

Modern Warfare?

Imagine for a moment that the Apostle John is describing a modern army in the words of a primitive vocabulary. In this vision, he sees strange “horses” with human riders – “them that sat on them.” These horses have heads that look like lions (perhaps a reference to the roar) with mouths that shoot fire, smoke and brimstone (perhaps a reference to a stone-like object or mortar shell) that comes out of the “mouth” (the opening at the end of a barrel).

They appear to have “breastplates” – some kind of armor plating – that glows with a reddish-orange color – described here as looking like fire, brimstone and jacinth. “Jacinth” is a term that means a reddish-orange color. John also sees a long serpent-like tail, described as having a head at the end of it with a mouth that shoots brimstone. The whole thing can be explained in term s of modern weaponry. These days, ICBM’s (intercontinental ballistic missiles) and hypersonic ICBMs are now common knowledge. We also know that there are secret weapons programs that the population knows nothing about.

Generally speaking, John may be describing a vast army inflicting casualties on every hand. A third of the world’s population could easily be killed in an exchange of modern weapons systems. A war as such could only be described as Armageddon.

No Atheists in Foxholes

The old adage that there are “no atheists in foxholes” does not seem to apply here. There are no repentant prayers. Those who survive will not repent. This is unusual, but such was the case of Pharaoh because God hardened his heart. This is the case here …

“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts” (Revelation 9:20-21). 

The Apostle John’s description of the spiritual condition of the world offers an uncanny view of our society today. The judgments of Revelation 9 above are the result of wayward mankind’s refusal to repent of their wickedness and receive their only escape and savior from these judgments, Jesus Christ.

Devil worship – involves communication with demons or consulting them by holding seances with enchanters, wizards, witches, magicians, soothsayers, diviners and necromancers. Horoscopes can easily be found in any newspaper or online. Spirit guides are part and parcel of the New Age Movement. Socrates claimed to have a spirit guide, and his philosophical concepts are still consulted today.

It is no secret that the elite who rule the world are Luciferian – meaning that they literally hold Lucifer himself to be the “good guy.” They are known to control the institutions of higher learning and the levers of power in the United States government and governments around the world. They are involved with highly Satanic practices and are in league with evil itself.

Idolatry – goes hand in hand with devil worship. It involves communication with demons or consulting them through various means. The shadow government is involved with this on a global scale (see videos below).

It involves the use of lucky charms, images of fertility goddesses, dolls for deviant and evil uses.

Murder – has become one of the most common crimes. The average child is exposed to pretend murders in movies and on television until the killing of others no longer seems so bad. Killing in video games has a way of conditioning the minds of young people to think that they can do it for real and become the hero they see in the video game or in the movies. Murder is rampant today. At the turn of the century (1900), Joseph Seiss wrote that the day would come when “infanticide … will characterize society and be tolerated and passed as if no great harm were done” As if his words were prophetic, abortion is now socially acceptable in our society. It has been approved by state sanction. Further still, many investigators have exposed children being kidnapped by the Luciferian elite for use of child sacrifice in highly Satanic rituals as portrayed in the video documentaries above.

Sorceries – comes from the Greek term φαρμακείᾳ, from which we get the term pharmacy – meaning drugs. It can refer to both intoxications and potions. Among the forbidden fruits are alcoholic beverages. Also among them are such things as opium, heroine and cocaine to name but a few. There are several more recent drugs that have also become popular that are advertised to stimulate and enhance euphoria. These types of drugs often lead people down the path of certain spiritual deceptions in addition to eventually ruining their lives.

Fornication – from a spiritual perspective, and as revealed in Revelation 17 & 18 concerning Mystery Babylon’s great sin, fornication (Greek: porneia) involves intercourse with other gods and idols.  That is, spiritual fornication is violating the first and second commandments of God to not have any other gods before Him, nor worship any idols or anything in Heaven, Earth or sea. This sin is the very sin that encapsulates the future and now emerging system of Mystery Babylon. It is identified with spiritual fornication. It’s creators and leaders are spiritually deceived through it’s interaction with the demonic. The spiritual deception that results from this spiritual fornication gets passed down to the population of Earth … until God finally destroys it in the end. 

Thefts – Nothing will be sacred. Robbery, burglary, larceny, thefts, bad checks, cheating fall under the category of thefts. These things will characterize society in the day of God’s judgment. On a global and grander scale, theft is being committed by the emerging Mystery Babylon system. It has been built off the backs of the common working man as he/she is being taxed to death through criminal means and a horribly evil system structure that has been legitimized by the state, which is controlled by the elite. In fact, the epistle of James reveals the evil of this system of theft …

“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” (James 5:1-8).

Before concluding the judgments of the sixth trumpet, the Apostle John inserts parenthetical passages in chapters 10 & 11. They tell of a mighty angel with an open scroll in his hand; of a Jewish sanctuary for restored Temple liturgy; and of the two witnesses who confound the world with their message. Only after they are killed, come back to life and ascend into Heaven, are we told that this “second woe” is completed (Revelation 11:14). When we get to the seventh trumpet, we shall learn that it acts in much the same way as the seventh seal and leads the way to the judgments of the seven vials. In this trumpet, we have a war that kills a third of mankind. As also already discussed, many researchers of the Planet X system and some insiders and those in the know are revealing that the elite rulers and the governments they rule will start global wars to cover for the arrival of this devastating planetary system and it’s orbiting bodies. It is rather interesting, therefore, that we are seeing the preparation phase for global war as various militaries of the world are positioning themselves and seem to be on the verge of real war at the same time we are hearing reports of the soon arrival of the Planet X system. This is no accident. The elite seem to be orchestrating war with the arrival of this planetary system. 

PLANET X JUDGMENT PROPHECY UPDATE:

VOLUNTEERS SPOT ALMOST 100 COLD BROWN DWARFS NEAR OUR SUN

August 19, 2020

In what appears to be a very intentionally deceptive recent reveal by NASA, citizen scientists have spotted almost 100 of our sun’s nearest neighbors. As revealed on the “space.com” website, members of the public, including both professional scientists and volunteers, discovered 95 brown dwarfs (celestial objects too big to be considered planets and too small to be considered stars) near our sun through the NASA-funded citizen science project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9. They made this discovery with the help of astronomers using the National Science Foundations National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. 

Why would I label this as an intentionally deceptive reveal by NASA you ask? If one looks at how this discovery is being presented, it is as if they are now beginning to pre-condition the population of the world that this is “no big deal.” It is being presented as a “cool” discovery with no connotation of looming disaster. This is par for the course in the propaganda mind war on Planet Earth and it’s inhabitants right now. It seems that perhaps NASA is pulling the trigger on getting out ahead of this Isaiah 24/Revelation 6 looming disaster that they soon will no longer be able to hide from the masses by sugar coating the gravity of the situation by presenting it in the happiest terms possible. This is likely so that the world will not panic and just continue about their daily and normal routines …

“These cool worlds offer the opportunity for new insights into the formation and atmospheres of planets beyond the solar system,” Aaron Meisner from the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab and the lead author of the new paper, said in a statement. “This collection of cool brown dwarfs also allows us to accurately estimate the number of free-floating worlds roaming interstellar space near the sun.”

This paper is evidence that the solar neighborhood is still uncharted territory and citizen scientists are excellent astronomical cartographers,” coauthor Jackie Faherty of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, said in a NASA statement. “Mapping the coldest brown dwarfs down to the lowest masses gives us key insights into the low-mass star-formation process while providing a target list for detailed studies of the atmospheres of Jupiter analogs.”

It is known by many who study the Planet X subject that it is a brown dwarf system. In fact, NASA has been priming the pump of downplaying the catastrophic consequences of this system by labeling it “Planet 9” as though it were something of mere space interest and not the emerging catastrophe that it is. Again, this is a deceptively deliberate move. On a website called “Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, the following “happy-skippy o what a wonderful day” statement and invitation is made to help discover these objects near our sun …

“Is there a large planet at the fringes of our solar system awaiting discovery, a world astronomers call Planet Nine? We’re looking for this planet and for new brown dwarfs in the backyard of the solar system using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. But we need your help! Finding these dim objects requires combing through the images by eye to distinguish moving celestial bodies from ghosts and other artifacts. There are too many images for us to search through by ourselves. So come join the search, and you might find a rogue world that’s nearer to the Sun than Proxima Centauri—or even the elusive Planet Nine.

That’s one way of putting a happy face on what Isaiah 24 and Revelation 6 reveal to be a looming judgment of Earth’s inhabitants. Many who are aware of the Planet 9 narrative probably have no idea of the seriousness of the situation. Again, this is likely deliberate.

THE RAPTURE AND YOUR ESCAPE FROM THE APPROACHING GREAT TRIBULATION JUDGMENT

The demonstrably divinely inspired text that we call the Bible promises a coming horrendous seven-year Tribulation period of judgment upon Earth for all of mankind, no matter what your religion, belief or creed is, and even to those who don’t believe anything spiritual at all.  We can now clearly see the signs of this approaching nightmare.  However, as we’ve already seen, this same divinely inspired text that we call the Bible promises a dramatic escape from off the face of the earth before this horrendous time of judgment only to a certain category of people.  

Put simply, an event is coming that will be so stupendous that it strains the mind to contemplate such an event happening.  It is an event that will see millions upon millions of people across the globe suddenly disappear without warning.  The millions of disappeared will have literally ascended into Heaven itself after instantaneously receiving a new glorified body fit for Heaven.  A body that will be able to withstand the atmosphere and glory of Heaven.  This event is known as the “Rapture.” But the promise of escape is only to those who are “born again” in Christ.  This is why it is crucial to understand what Christ meant when he declared in no uncertain terms that only those who are “born again” in him will enter the Kingdom of God.  For the explanation of this, keep reading below.

In order to accept the offer of God’s grace and his salvation, you must take the crucial three steps of …

1. Agreeing – A belief and agreeing with God in all that he says in his word, the Bible, about the fact that you are separated from God, as every man and woman on the face of the earth are before accepting his salvation.  The Bible reveals that all are separated from him in a spiritual state of death, or said another way that the Bible reveals it, in a state of sin, that will result in damnation in the afterlife.  Agreeing with God in your heart that you are in need of his salvation.  The Bible reveals that God looks upon the heart of a man or woman, and thus, responds accordingly to the person who comes to him for salvation in recognition of his inability to save himself.  The Bible makes these facts very clear – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).  “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).  The Bible describes these three kinds of death:  

• physical death (the state experienced when life leaves our bodies).
• spiritual death (spiritual separation from God caused by our state of spiritual death inherited from the first man Adam – the state of sin that results in our daily outward acts of sin, whether deliberate or not, whether omissive or not; and finally …
• the second death (the fixed state entered into by the individual who dies physically while he or she is dead spiritually). This state is entered into after the death of the body which results in punishment in the afterlife until the event of the Great White Throne Judgment occurs wherein the damned are resurrected from Hades, or Hell, and are judged according to their works and finally destroyed and cease to exist after being cast into the Lake of Fire. Revelation 14 refers to this tragic end of the unsaved as the “Second Death” (verse 14). It is this state of suffering entered into after physical death and then final destruction at the Great White Throne Judgment in particular which is the horrible result of receiving the wages of sin (unforgiven due to unbelief and rejection of Christ). The Lord Jesus Christ frequently described such a death as being irrevocable in a destiny which he called Hell.  He described Hell as a literal place of judgment (Matthew 13:42); a place of everlasting fire (Matthew 18:8); a place of torment (Luke 16:24,28); a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50); a place of remorse (Mark 9:44-48); of bitter memory (Luke 16:25), and a place originally prepared for the Devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41).  In fact, Jesus more often warned about Hell than he spoke about Heaven.

It is not God’s will or desire that any person should be consigned to perish in Hell (2 Peter 3:9), but rather that all should come to repentance of unbelief toward him and believe on him for the salvation of the individual’s soul.  But God’s justice requires that the “soul who sins” (remains in it’s state of death or state of sin) is the one who will die a second time after a long period of torment (Ezekiel 18:4).  So, agree with God, admitting that you are unable to save yourself and in a state of sin under God’s just condemnation for that sin and that you are in need of his salvation.

2. Believing – Then, believe that God does not want you to perish eternally in the torment of Hell because of your sin.  Believe that God loves you so much that he provided a way whereby he could still be a just, holy and righteous God, and yet pardon you.  Believe that God did not just overlook sin, but that he sent his only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to provide salvation by personally paying the penalty for sin.  Believe that Jesus Christ, whose life, death, burial and resurrection is the best-attested fact of antiquity, did come to earth to live, die, rise again and ascend to Heaven in order to provide justification and salvation for all who trust him.  Believe that he, and he alone, can save you because he has fully satisfied the just demands of God.  Believe that you can’t become righteous in God’s sight by your own effort.  Believe that he wants to save you and that he will save you.  The Bible provides a solid basis for such belief …

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17). 

“But God demonstrates his love toward us in this:  while we were yet sinners,  Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). 

God presented him (Jesus Christ) as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood.  He did this to demonstrate his justice because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished – he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies the man or woman who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:25-26). 

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;  And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures … ” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). 

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). 

“Jesus answered, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6).  “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out [drive away]” (John 6:37).

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).

3. Calling – It is not enough to agree with God, admit your need, and believe that Christ can and will save you.  You must act upon those facts. God’s requirement is that you repent of your unbelief toward him and actively call upon him for the salvation of your soul based on the fact that you cannot save yourself. It is unbelief in particular that damns the soul to its horrible fate …

“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).

You must be willing to completely turn from your own efforts to save yourself or from any other hope.  You must come to Christ, calling upon him for salvation and counting on the fact that he will do what he has promised.  This means simply taking the gift of pardon and eternal life which he offers.  Merely believing about Jesus Christ without coming to him makes as much sense and is as effective as believing that a medication can successfully treat a fatal disease, but failing to take it.  Yet again, the Bible emphatically and authoritatively provides the basis for such statements.

The word translated “believe” here means to “rest one’s entire weight and trust on the object or person in which the belief is placed.”  It requires action in keeping with the intellectual assent of that belief.

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).

” … but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

The logical question you may be asking at this point is:  “how do I come to Christ and call upon him?”  The answer is that “calling upon the Lord” is just another term for praying, or talking to God.  To talk to God is not a complicated process, dependent upon some special rituals.  God has invited people to approach him through his Son in simple, straightforward terms.  In fact, Jesus approved of the dishonest, despised tax collector who simply prayed, “God be merciful to me, a sinner.”  While the exact words of your prayer to God are not of vital importance (since God sees and knows the attitude of your heart), the following is the kind of prayer that you could pray in calling upon God for salvation …

“Dear Lord Jesus:  I realize that I need you.  I admit that I have sinned and that I deserve your just, eternal punishment for that sin.  But I am sorry for my sin and I am turning to you and asking for forgiveness.  I believe that you died and rose again to pay sin’s penalty on my behalf.  I come to you and open my heart to you.  I ask you to come into my life, forgive me for all of my sin and make me your child.  I invite you to take control of my life and to cause me to be the kind of person you would have me to be.  I thank you for doing this because you have promised that whosoever calls upon you, as I am doing now, shall be saved.  I pray this in the name of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen.”

If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart, I urge you to sincerely and genuinely express it to God as your prayer.  The Bible makes clear that when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in our heart, God forgives our sins and counts us righteous, and that when we openly confess with our mouth what we have done in our heart,  God gives us assurance of that salvation (Romans 10:9-10).

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:3-7).

Recommended Reading:

RAISING HELL WITH CERN AND SATURN

THE PROPHECY OF THE TOWERS: THE KNIGHTS LIVE ON

THE RISE OF A PROPHETIC GENERATION

PROPHECY ALERT: COUNTDOWN TO WORLD WAR 3 – THE SOON DESTRUCTION OF DAMASCUS

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