Hey Girls!
So I feel bad that this has taken so long for me to send out. I am hoping you are enjoying this study. I feel so anxious to get into the Word and study up on this material. She mentioned a few things last study that I wanted to highlight before I get into the homework questions for today -
(1) She felt lead to STUDY and PREACH on REVELATIONS not specifically on END TIME events. I was curious about this since she did not mention the Rapture when we discussed Rev 5.
(2) Beth Moore stated that she believes pre-Tribulation Rapture for Christians. She does feel that we will experiance tribulations prior to us leaving. She does VERY BRIEFLY touch on this in the video - please watch if you missed.
(3) She feels this study should have been longer to cover all the material. Therefore, she knows she is going fast and is very much encouraging us to study.
(4) Remember this verse when you feel challenged and want to stop studying:
Revelation 1:3
"Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near."
Now - please drown the world out for a few minutes and grab your Bible - Let's see what we have before us today!
Question #2
The opening of the seventh seal in 8:1 gives way to the sounding of the seven trumpets beginning in 8:6. Please read 8:6-13 and list several of the events recorded with the sounds of the trumpets of the first four angels.
The Trumpets
Revelation 8:6-12
6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”
THE FIRST ANGEL- hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on earth. 1/3 of the earth was set on fire. 1/3 of the trees were burned, all grass was burned.
1/3 measurement is exact but use to show God's judgement on the earth has began but has not yet reached its height, the first four trumpets send a unified message of judgement on the earth.
THE SECOND ANGEL-great mountain of fire was thrown into the sea. 1/3 of the sea became blood, 1/3 of all things in the sea died, 1/3 of all ships on the sea were destroyed
THE THIRD ANGEL- great star fell from the sky burning like a torch, fell on 1/3 of the rivers and springs of water, name of star was Bitterness, it made 1/3 of the water bitter, many people died from drinking the bitter water
THE FOURTH ANGEL-1/3 of the sun was struck and 1/3 of the moon and 1/3 of the stars became dark, 1/3 of the day and 1/3 of the night were dark
Do some additional research and you will see similiar events in Exodus 9, Exo 7, Genesis 1, Exodus 10.
Question 3
Read Revelation 9:1-12. Briefly describe events accompanying the trumpet blown by the fifth angel.
Revelation 9:1-12
1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
My Thoughts:
Once fifth trumpet was blown - a star that had fallen to earth from the sky was given a key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. Once opened smoke poured out and the sunlight and air turned dark. The locusts came from the smoke and descended to the earth, they had power to sting like scorpions. They were told not to harm grass, plants or trees but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were told to torture them for 5 months (this time period is symbolically the human hand, 5 fingers - this is also the normal lifespan of a locust). In these days people will want to die but won't be able to. The locusts looked like horses. They had what looked like gold crowns (this symbolizes their torment dominating most of earth) on their heads, their faces looked human. They had hair like women, and teeth like lions. They wore armor made of iron and their wings roared like chariots. They had stinging tails to torment people for 5 months. Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit - The Destroyer.
Revelation 9:12 states "the first terror is PAST, but look, TWO MORE TERRORS ARE COMING".
I hope you have a good visual of what this scripture is sharing. What an amazing mystery we are studying. Please make sure to come this week. There is some good stuff ahead.
STUDY THIS WEEK IS AT MY HOUSE - NOT WENDY'S!
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