WINNING THE SPIRITUAL WAR–COSMIC ALIENS, LUCIFER'S FALL, HADES' PIT, REV 9 & THE DOOM OF DEMONS



As we open to Isaiah 14 this morning, we are viewing the spiritual realm beyond our physical world. Above all the vast reaches of the cosmos, above all the swirling galaxies, shining stars and circling planets God made some special creatures, fashioned for His own service—the angels.

And in this angelic host of the Almighty God in heaven, above the super-powerful archangels, above the fiery seraphim, and above the mighty cherubim, there was one angel that God chose to be the crown prince of them all.

His name was Lucifer. He was designed as the star of the morning. He was made the leader of the host of heaven. He was set up as the guardian of the throne of God.

Into Lucifer’s hands was committed all that the Lord God had made and all of the angels that He had created. He was beautiful. He was perfect. But in his God-given beauty, his God-given perfection, there arose some self-generated pride as Lucifer first thought, and then said, “I will be like the Most High God!”

The Origin of Satan

The Bible does not explain how Lucifer could fall into sin, as a perfect being in a perfect environment—God’s Word just declares that he did.

Ezekiel also gives us the description of what took place in Lucifer’s heart (Ezekiel 28:17) when he records “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.” Lucifer became enamored with his beauty instead of God’s. Lucifer focused upon his splendor not God’s, and that produced in him the sin of pride, which led to his rebellion.

The Old Testament Hebrew prophet Isaiah describes even more clearly how completely pride drove Satan’s downfall. Look with me at Isaiah 14:12-15

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35 thoughts on “WINNING THE SPIRITUAL WAR–COSMIC ALIENS, LUCIFER'S FALL, HADES' PIT, REV 9 & THE DOOM OF DEMONS”

  1. Search me, try me, Lord.

    Psalm 139:23–24: Search me, O God, and know my heart:

    Try me, and know my thoughts:

    24  And see if there be any wicked way in me,

    And lead me in the way everlasting.

    Psalm 101:3: I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:

    I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

    Psalm 119:104: Through thy precepts I get understanding:

    Therefore I hate every false way.

    Psalm 119:113: I hate vain thoughts:

    But thy law do I love.

    Psalm 119:128: Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;

    And I hate every false way.

    Psalm 119:163: I hate and abhor lying:

    But thy law do I love.

    Psalm 139:21–22: Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?

    And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22  I hate them with perfect hatred:

    I count them mine enemies.

    Psalm 51:2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,

    And cleanse me from my sin.

    Wash me, cleanse me, Lord.

    Jesus hear my prayer. Amen 🙏🏼

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  2. John literally saw these things, helicopters and tanks and soldiers with mask and helmets no man from that time has seen, he described what he saw with his own imagination and reality god showed him.

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  3. As a Christian of many decades I enjoy listening to these teachings from the Word of GOD. And I respect your calling, Professor Barnett. But we who are True Believers of GOD’s Omnipresent Omnipotence, can hardly imagine that the Adversary is anything more than a Bad Bully who tries to intimidate us with his past history of some note. GOD is my Father now, through Jesus, and I have plenty of chances to forget that my Salvation had already conquered sin (like pride) and death (like all that is dead) and I live now only for GOD’s Will to be done in my life and it IS! Love from YouTube Land ❤️

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  4. Yahshua – you know Him as Jesus – was born to a virgin, turned water to wine, taught, healed the sick, raised the dead, casted out demons, walked on water, calmed the storm, and fed a crowd of thousands with a few fish and a few loaves of bread, among many other things. He was killed on the cross as payment for the sins of all mankind, three days later He rose from the dead. Forty days later He ascended into heaven where He sits at the right hand of the Father. He is returning very soon, but before He does, Satan, the devil, is coming to pretend to be Jesus/God. Satan is an angel, and he will have certain supernatural powers with which to try to fool everyone. He will, for example, be able to make fire come down from heaven in the sight of men. He will only be on earth a short time before the real King of Kings, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, returns. When the real Jesus comes we will all be transformed into our spiritual bodies at the same moment. Jesus came in the flesh to offer forgiveness of sins and eternal life to anyone who believes and calls on His precious name!

    if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. – Romans 10:9

    Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. – Matthew 26:6-13

    Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

    To anoint your self, the sick, or a building for spiritual protection:
    Get a small bottle of olive oil and pour off a small amount into a smaller vessel like a vial or baby food jar. Use the rest of the bottle for cooking. Ask the Lord to bless your vial of oil in Jesus name. Anoint yourself with the oil by placing a dab of oil on tip of finger and touch it to your forehead, and ask the Lord to bless you/heal you. Place a dab of oil on your finger and anoint the door posts and order all negativity and evil out of the house, and order that nothing negative or evil can enter into your home including piggybacking on a person entering, order it to be so in the name of Jesus. Anoint all potential entrances to your home. To anoint the sick, place oil on tip of finger and touch it to the head of the sick and say a prayer of healing over them in Jesus name. See James Chapter 5:14-15……

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  5. Thank you so much for bringing His word throughout the internet. I relish and am so inspired and blessed by your work. I thank God for you and wish you and your family safety and God's goodness.

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  6. Oh my. I have several crosses on my walls, and a cross with Jesus on it. I don't worship these. Should I get rid of these? Someone please tell me. Most of these are handcrafted and wooden. I just got rid of a gargoyle that my husband bought for my garden. I felt like maybe I shouldn't have it and it is on it's way to the dump.

    Should I not wear a cross with a figure (Jesus) on it?

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  7. Nahum 1:God’s Wrath on His Enemies
    2 God is jealous, and the Lord avenges;
    The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,And He reserves wrath for His enemies; 3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. 4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts. 5 The mountains quake before Him,
    The hills melt,
    And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6 Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. 7 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble;
    And He knows those who trust in Him.
    8 But with an overflowing flood
    He will make an utter end of its place,
    And darkness will pursue His enemies.
    9 What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it.Affliction will not rise up a second time. 10 For while tangled like thorns,And while drunken like drunkards,They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried. 11 From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.12 Thus says the Lord:“Though they are safe, and likewise many, Yet in this manner they will be cut down When he passes through.Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more;13 For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.”14 The Lord has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image.I will dig your grave, For you are vile.”
    15 Behold, on the mountains The feet of him who brings good tidings,Who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts,
    Perform your vows.
    For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off.

    Luke24:The Scriptures Opened 44 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” 45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    Zachariah 13;The Shepherd Savior 7 “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
    Against the Man who is My Companion,”
    Says the Lord of hosts.
    “Strike the Shepherd,
    And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the Lord, “That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined,And test them as gold is tested.They will call on My name,
    And I will answer them I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’

    Hosea 2:God’s Mercy on His People 21 “It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer,” says the Lord;
    “I will answer the heavens, And they shall answer the earth.
    22 The earth shall answer With grain,
    With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.
    23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
    And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy;
    Then I will say to those who were not My people,‘You are My people!’And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

    Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked……
    9 What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it.Affliction will not rise up a second time.

    Revelation 21:All Things Made New 21 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

    6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

    2 Peter 3 The Day of the Lord10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

    Luke 21 The Importance of Watching 34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  8. You asked for a testimonial? I have a story most deny and will totally scoff at, including believers. Like many I have spoken to the Lord most of my life. It just happens like its normal for me. Where ever I am, what ever I'm doing, I always find myself talking to him like he was right beside me. Like hes my brother, personal friend,. I call him that too along with other names like My God, Jesus, Lord, Father, Brother, My Savior, but most of the time I just start talking to him. Up until this one particular evening I'm going to share with you, I swear he answered me a couple other times. He made things happen that never should have happened like this one event which only took about 30 minutes before some one was sent to me. I was 18 and so freaked out. At one point in my life I did seem to drift away from him for a while and for no good reason. And yes my god I have been a sinner I do admit. I'll Shorten this up. One night 2017 while talking to him up at our airbase on the mountain here. It was super stormy and very black out side. There was no light to be seen. This conversation was about something that bothered me ever since I learned about the letter J and its origins. There never was a man named Jesus as the Letter J did not exist at the time so I learned. Finally I asked him. My Lord I have spoken to you my entire life and I feel ashamed that after all this time I don't even know your real name. I know your known by many names and I don't think Jesus was one of them because we had no letter J back in your day so just once I'd love to know what name you prefer? What do I call you? There was no time to let laps here. As I looked up right in front of me through the windshield of the van. My windows were rolled up, bad weather and I was talking very quietly but out loud to myself. Nearly instantly the clouds just began to open up as a light beam shot through. Caught my attention. But they didn't just open up. It was as if they were sliced by an extremely sharp knife. No rough edges, no bumps and never any cloud interference. The clouds are separating I told myself so the storm is breaking up I immediately thought. But I was wrong. That was not the case. The clouds actually began to slice, perfectly straight as if cut with a razor and not too fast either. Light glistened off the edge as it spread downward. It looked so glorious. The cloud opened up horizontally as a perfectly straight, seemed hundreds of feet tall line then as soon as it stopped spreading downward it went to the side. It opened up to a perfect rectangle. Massive. I was wondering what was going on as this was so weird. Rounded caps formed on the top and bottom of it. As soon as the caps formed, it began to split itself apart creating 2 perfectly matching rectangular bars moving away from each other. The space in between them filled back up with the darkened clouds. I rolled my window down and stuck my head out as I began to tingle. This was wild. The moment it stopped moving away from the first bar, both at the same time started to grow like tails that came lower but were turned towards each other and the instant they meet making a perfect V, the line headed straight down. I thinking NO WAY!! Oh MY GOD! Its happening. There is no way for me to describe how that light blasted off the sides of the worlds largest letter "Y". I was watching, I could see the clouds moving in between the top of the lines of the Y. I could never explain that or how could that even be I was thinking. Turns out the moon was well above it to the side and of course just before that opened up there was no way anyone would have known the moon was even up that night. After that short pause of a couple seconds, suddenly all the rest of the letters began to appear at the same time through the clouds. Before me in the sky was the name Yeshua spelled exactly like that, which remained in the sky completely undisturbed by any cloud movement what so ever for several seconds. Maybe 10 seconds. I could see clouds moving in the sky going past to the side, below it, above it, but not or ever touching it. The letter "a" had a long squiggly tail. I was more than blown away. I have tears writing this to you. A voice in my head told me I should get out of the car and fall on my face, but I did not do that. I was stunned. When he was done writing his name and it remained for several seconds with me glaring at it I spoke to him, "Yeshua" I said. "I knew it well I had a feeling that was it" I told him. I sat there like it was no big deal I'm thinking now when I look back. Like I knew he was there all along and I knew he was going to write to me. I look back now and I am totally baffled as to how I responded that night. I later cried a few times and when I look back now I realize it took a couple years for me to finally have it hit me and what it really meant. IT MEANS WAY MORE THAN THE NAME HE PREFERS. I still sinned through that time. Today I am a totally different person. As I mentioned earlier, when I was 18 I had a fight with him and demanded he send me someone right away. I needed help. I left home and headed to Kitchener Ontario up Hwy 8. That huge steep hill. I was walking up it and a transport truck that was very heavily loaded stopped. These were the first words out of his mouth as the door kicked open for me, which makes me cry to this day. He said: Hey, I know this is going to sound strange but the minute I seen you the Lord told me to stop because you needed me, so I stopped, get in I'll give ya a ride". Mister, I stood there looking at him completely freaked out. Had no clue what to say. Finally he reminded me that God told him I needed him. I got in. He told me about this church in Kitchener and that they believed they are a saved group, and I should come join them, let them help me. These words I swear are true. These things really happened to me and a bit more as well. There is no simple believing for me. Its > I know! The Lord Jesus Christ is Yeshua Almighty. 1 more. This is also true in fact. I told him one day while I was talking to him that I wanted too, and needed to learn more about him asked for help finding some one online I could rely for learning the truth as I was turning on my PC. And just like "poof" there was DTBM for the first time. Right up top of my feed. Never seen you or heard of you before. You were never in my feed before, but that day there you were. I began a new journey with you that day. I've been thanking you ever since. Thanks again. YES 🙂 you have made a difference in my life. You can share my story if you believe me. I am Russell Nitch. For all these words I swear from my lips to Yeshuas ears are true so help me God. These things really happened to me.

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  9. I have been fighting spiritual warfare with a coven group satanic group that is the part of the Freemasons and Illuminati they have been putting all types of curses electromagnetic energy on me heart rate going up they've been trying to kill me please pray for me

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  10. Are there aliens in the Bible?

    Are there really any alien beings, or are they just evil spirits pretending to be aliens?

    Chariots of fire?

    Some say that Elijah was taken up in a "space ship" based on the description in 2 Kings 2:11 and 2 Kings 6:17.

    Are these really "space craft" or are they just a description of a fiery whirlwind, and the only frame of reference in those days was chariots or horses that they could use to describe it?

    Whatever it was, it was not "aliens". It was a visual representation of God taking Elijah to another place. It was interdimentional travel. Just as angels and evil spirits are really a sort of interdimentional being.

    The realm of God and His angels is something like another dimension outside of this physical realm that we live in. What we know as "the sea" in Daniel 7 is the sea of creation, which is the physical realm that we live in. This is really a basic understanding we need in order to understand who God is. God is not part of the universe. If you looked everywhere, in every corner of the universe, you would not find God. He exists completely outside of it. He created the universe and all physical things, but he's not a part of it. He became part of it by being born into it as a man in Jesus Christ, but the Spirit which is God does not exist in the same realm that we do. For the sake of argument, we can call it another "dimension".

    But there are no "aliens" in the Bible, nor are there any aliens (a sapient species from another planet) that have ever been proven to exist in this universe.

    Over and over in the Old Testament we see that "devils" are the false gods that people sacrificed to, and worshiped, instead of God. (Lev 17:7, Deut 32:17, 2 Chr 11:15, Ps 106:37, etc.)

    These evil spirits have been luring people away from God for thousands of years! They pretend to be gods as well as other things!

    The 5th section of Dan 2's prophecy of the kings, the iron mingled with clay, is a two-part section that "doesn't mix", and is partly strong and partly broken. Some people say that verse 43 is talking about aliens, but again, it's just the "devils" and evil spirits.

    Dan 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

    The Djinn or Jinn of Islam (genies) are evil spirits, or devils

    Is this the "they" that mingle themselves with the seed of men?

    The clay of Daniel 2 that doesn't mix with the iron is definitely Islam. This has been proven by history. See – The Iron and Clay of Daniel 2

    Islam is a false religion manufactured by Satan and the evil spirits are massively "mingling" with Muslims. This is most likely what verse 43 is talking about.

    Angels can appear as a man if they choose to:

    The angels that sinned, the sons of God in Genesis, are angels (sons of God)… as shown in Job
    Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
    Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Gen 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
    They can appear as men! Gen 6 shows us that they came to the earth and took wives and had children with them (certainly in the appearance of men capable of physical insemination).
    Enoch and Jasher show us that they can appear as pretty much anything; animals, bodies of water, men or women, etc.

    2 Peter and the book of Enoch gives us details about the punishment of these angels that sinned, which gives us clues about who these evil spirits are and where they came from.

    2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell (Tartaroo, the deepest abyss of Hades), and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

    They are all locked away in the lowest part of Hades until judgment day. Those angels that sinned are not the devils or evil spirits that were spoken of in the Old Testament after the flood, and in the New Testament, and are currently in the world today.

    It's the children of these fallen angels that are "evil spirits" who have been confined to the earth, that are spoken of and exist today.

    Offspring of angels that sinned are confined to the earth as evil spirits (Enoch chapter 15)

    Demons, devils, ghosts, etc., are these evil spirits… (ghosts are likely these pretending to be a ghost to create fear and confusion).

    Legion and the other devils in Jesus' day are these evil spirits.

    The Fifth Trumpet!

    Revelation 9:1-12 describes a "locust" type creature which stings with its tail and has a poison like a scorpions poison (this is a horrible poison that produces intense pain, drooling, muscle twitching, etc., but does not kill adults). It has hair like women, faces like men, gold crown on it's head, shaped like horses, teeth of lions, breastplates of iron, and it's wings sound like many horses running to battle…

    The below might seem a bit scary to some, but these are artist renditions of what this creature might look like. My point in showing them to you is that these might appear to be something alien, and I believe Satan has created this belief in aliens so he can cause people to believe they're aliens instead of listening to God and heeding His warning!

    The creatures in the 5th trumpet will probably be touted as aliens by the mainstream media and the world, when it happens.

    They will hurt people for 5 months, and their sting will be like the sting of a scorpion. Men will seek death but won't find it.

    This is the first of three WOE's of Revelation. See – The 7 Trumpets

    Luke 8:31 Legion asked not to be commanded to go into the "bottomless pit" (the deep), which is the same word used in the 5th trumpet!

    Will the "locusts" be demons who manifest themselves into the creatures described in Revalation 9, when the bottomless pit is opened?

    Satan has set the world up for it, so the world will think they're "aliens", or possibly some "evolved" creature. We know aliens are not Biblical, but devils are, and Satan has created this idea of aliens, along with "evolution", so he can distract and obscure the truth when the trumpet blows.

    We know that there are evil spirits and fallen angels, but that Satan is not one that was imprisoned at the time of the flood, and that he will take a third of the angels of heaven with him when he's cast to the earth at the time of the Antichrist (Rev 12), so it's likely that some of the angels are working with Satan now, and these are also in the world deceiving and lying and creating doubt and confusion along with these spirits which are the offspring of the fallen angels, which is what Satan does best.

    Dan 10:13 shows that there are evil spirits that attempt to thwart the angels doing God's work.

    NO, there are no aliens… they are evil spirits pretending to be aliens! They are attempting to fool us and confuse us!

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  11. Part 2

    The weight of this interpretation has become unavoidable. In Revelation 6:8 we observed that the method of the killing was the way God promised to judge Israel for disobedience (Leviticus 26:18-33; Ezekiel 14:21; Jeremiah 15:2-4). In Revelation 7:14 we are told that the servants of God are those who have come through the great tribulation. The phrase, “great tribulation,” is only used in one place outside of the book of Revelation. That one place is in Matthew 24:21 where Jesus is predicting the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies (cf. Luke 21:20). Revelation 9 has revealed destroying locusts, an image used of a world power. Since the locusts represent the Roman Empire because the locusts and the beast are synonymous images (Revelation 11:7), then the object of God’s wrath is the nation of Israel. More proofs of this will be seen in chapters 10 and 11 of Revelation.

    Verse 12 tells us that this is only one woe. As terrible as that fifth trumpet sounded there are two more woes to come.

    The Sixth Trumpet (9:13-21)

    When the sixth trumpet sounds, the angels that were holding back the four winds (which we saw in Revelation 7:1) are released. Cataclysmic judgments are unleashed against Judea and Jerusalem. The information that we read about in the six seals found in Revelation 6 takes place. A third of mankind are killed. Terrible suffering and death occurs. The Euphrates River is used as the image because this was the typical direction of the invasions against Israel. The Euphrates is where Israel’s enemies came from. When Assyria attacked the northern nation of Israel in 722 BC they came from the Euphrates. When Babylon attacked the southern nation of Judah beginning in 606 BC they came from the Euphrates. Verse 14 shows that this judgment is a world power coming against Israel. The troops are numerous. The math given in verse 16 adds up to 200 million troops on horses. This number is not to be understood literal just as none of the previous numbers are literal. To hear that 200 million troops riding on horses are coming against you shows that the nation will be decimated. You are going to lose and be devastated. This is your end. The horses are also described with terrifying imagery (9:17-19). It is their doom.

    We noted since chapter 6 that God is bringing these judgments to bring the nation back from its sins. God was calling for the nation to repent. Verses 20-21 reveal that the partial judgments did not have their intended effect. No one repents. We noted in Revelation 6 that God brings judgment on a nation not only to bring about their repentance but also to bring about repentance for the rest of the nations. Recall these prophecies by Isaiah.

    Draw near, O nations, to hear, and give attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it. 2 For the LORD is enraged against all the nations, and furious against all their host; he has devoted them to destruction, has given them over for slaughter. 3 Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood. 4 All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree. 5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. (Isaiah 34:1–5 ESV)

    And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 20 In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats, 21 to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. (Isaiah 2:19–21 ESV)
    In Isaiah 34 Edom is the object of God’s wrath but God calls for the nations to pay attention and change. In Isaiah 2 Judah and Jerusalem are the objects of God’s wrath but mankind was to cast away their idols and sinful ways. But they do not. Therefore, judgments must continue because they are deserving of God’s wrath due to their sins.

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  12. Part 1

    The Fifth Trumpet (9:1-12)

    The fallen star (9:1-2).

    The fifth trumpet sounds and John sees a star fallen from heaven to earth. This star that falls was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. The pit is literally the abyss (see HCSB, NIV, and NET). We immediately want to know who is this star that has fall from heaven (notice that the star is called a “he”). A single star falling from the sky to the earth is a common picture in scriptures of a mighty king or ruler.

    “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! (Isaiah 14:12 ESV) Isaiah 14:4 tells us that Isaiah was prophesying against the king of Babylon. Revelation uses similar imagery in Revelation 12:7-9 shows Satan and his angels being thrown down to the earth. In Luke 10:17-18 we see Jesus using the same imagery also.

    The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (Luke 10:17–18 ESV) In all of these cases the imagery symbolizes a mighty king or ruler losing his power to some degree, if not completely. We will learn who this king is in verse 11. Before we get to the description of who is causing this trouble, we are going to learn the devastation that comes from this judgment.

    The fallen star opens the shaft of the abyss and billows of smoke come out of the shaft and darken the sun. The darkening of the sun represents the doom and destruction of a nation. The end is coming for a nation. Smoke also represents divine judgment. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah used the same language. And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace. (Genesis 19:28 ESV)

    Locusts (9:3-6).

    With the abyss open and the smoke rising John sees locusts coming from the smoke. We know these locusts are symbolic for something because the locusts are told not to harm the grass, any green plant or tree, or those who have the seal of God on their foreheads. True locusts destroy plants, grass, and trees. The locusts are symbolic and locusts are used as a symbol in the Old Testament. In Joel 1:4-7 we read Joel describing a locust invasion that had struck the land of Israel. Based on this event, Joel describes a nation that will come against Israel like a locust invasion.

    Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near, 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations. 3 Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run. 5 As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle. (Joel 2:1–5 ESV)
    Notice that the locusts sound like a powerful army coming against the nation of Israel. Verses 4-5 make the connection that the locusts are an army very clear. The locusts have the appearance of horses and they leap like the rumbling of chariots. Locusts were the curse promised by God for Israel’s disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:38-42). The torment of the locusts is allowed for five months. The lifespan of locusts is five months and the duration season when locusts would attack is five months. This seems to be the reason for using this number of months for the duration of the torment. The suffering and torment will not be for a few days but for the duration of the life of the locusts. This attack will only end when the attackers have completed their devastation. The torment is as painful as the sting of a scorpion and the suffering will be so severe that people will want to die. They will seek death but not find it. I believe this suffering represents the Roman siege against Jerusalem from 66-70 AD. I will give an explanation why shortly.

    Characteristics of the locusts (9:7-11).

    The locusts are described as a powerful army. Many of the descriptions in these verses are similar to what we read in Joel 1:4-7 and Joel 2:1-5. Revelation is showing us that this is not a literal locust attack. Rather the locust represent a terrifying ruling army. Notice that the locusts are wearing gold crowns showing that they have authority over the earth. This is another reason to see the locusts as the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire in the first century is the world power that dominates and rules over the earth. Verses 8-10 simply enhance the imagery of fierceness with which this attack will come. This invasion will be terrible and destructive. In Jeremiah 51:27 the prophet describes the coming of horses in war as locusts.

    Identifying The Locusts

    The locusts represent the Roman Empire and its invasion against Judea and Jerusalem. In Revelation 11:7 we see a parallel image. The abyss is open and we see the beast rising up from the abyss. Revelation 17:8 again reveals that the beast is what is rising up from the abyss. We will see in Revelation 13 that the beast represents the Roman Empire, a point where all scholars agree. We will see when we get to Revelation 11 and 13 why the book uses the image of beast for the Roman Empire. What we need to see at this point is that the locusts and the beast represent the same entity. Both are unleashed from the abyss.

    To validate this point, it is the same entity that is unleashing the locusts/beast. In Revelation 12 and 13 we see the dragon unleashing the beast for war. The dragon is identified as Satan (Revelation 12:9) and the beast is the Roman Empire (Revelation 13:1-8; 17:7-11). In Revelation 9:11 we are told who this fallen star is. His name is Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek. The word Abaddon means destruction and the word Apollyon means destroyer. He is the one who has unleashed the locusts in this judgment. I believe there is no doubt that the destroyer refers to Satan. Satan is the ruler who has fallen to earth. Revelation 12:7-9 confirm the meaning of this image. Further, the Qumran community spoke of Abaddon fifteen times in their writings. Abaddon is spoken of with Sheol (the place of the dead in Hebrew) and is tied to Belial. Belial is the name the Qumran community used to refer to Satan (cf. 1QM 15:18; 18:17). Even the apostle Paul used the name Belial to refer to Satan and a fellowship with darkness. What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? (2 Corinthians 6:15 ESV) Satan is shown unleashing the locusts in Revelation 9. Satan is shown as unleashing the beast in Revelation 13. In Revelation 9 Satan is called Abaddon and Apollyon. In Revelation 12 Satan is called the dragon. In Revelation 9 the Roman Empire is described as locusts. In Revelation 13 the Roman Empire is described as the beast.

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  13. Grateful the Lord gave us this meat today. Yah's timing is … perfect! Sharing this message with many today! All glory to our Father Yehova, Faithful and True, The Word, The Foundation, The Lamb and His Blood Sacrifice, His Holy Spirit, Our Rock Yeshua Messiah! 🙌🐑❤️

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  14. BOOK of Daniel prophesied The dome of the rock , the abomination of desolation being existent in the end days… Daniel 12:12 1335 years, go back in time and you get the creation of dome of the rock

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  15. "WINNING THE SPIRITUAL WAR–COSMIC ALIENS, LUCIFER'S FALL, HADES' PIT, REV 9 & THE DOOM OF DEMONS"

    Sir…your "foreword" (with one exception)…nailed it perfectly I believe…when it comes to that ole Devil "Angel", called "Lucifer"…

    …and many others names in the bible as well; like this…

    "Titles Given to Lucifer: The Antichrist

    Morning Star / A Man / Angel of Light

    King of Babylon / Gog / King of Tyre

    The Man of Sin / A Stern-faced King

    King of the North / Great Red Dragon

    Angel King from the Abyss — 5th Trumpet

    The Beast that rises out of the Earth (Abyss)

    Lamb-like Beast / False Prophet / Horn Power"

    (From the former "Wakeup" website; on the pamphlet called, "A Survey of Daniel's Prophecies"

    Incidentally Lucifer was given God's 2nd ONLY power. Oh yes. Of course, Jesus' Power is THE greatest there will ever be. And this brings about another "quagmire"! IE: Jesus also gave ALL "images" of God (only to the Humans that would live)" FREE-Will".

    Thus, satan (Lucifer) would have power galore; to cause EVER person that would ever live; to Sin and Abominable Sins, no less. However, Jesus who IS God always; finds a "Heavenly Solution"; that stops satan from forcing us to sin, etc. But…

    We MUST pray in humble sincerity; often called, "His Lord's Prayer…Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

    And IF we are very humble and sincere; Jesus WILL run "Interference": between satan's constant, temptational desires to sin; and US! Praise Jesus. But remember; that we must pray this often; until we are dead; for Jesus to continuing that miracle. Praise His Holy Name.

    End of Story and I rest me case…

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  16. I have a question, in GENESIS chapter 1 verse 27 so God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female, created he them.
    28.And god blessed them and God blessed them, Be fruitful, and multiply, now this can't be Adam and Eve because that was the sixth day. But in chapter 2 verse 7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. but then in verse 21 and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept and he took one of his ribs, and the Lord God made a woman. My question is who were the male and female in chapter 1 verse 28 if Adam wasn't formed until the next chapter verse 7

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  17. Ugh! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Gut punch! A much needed gut punch, but a gut punch all the same. You know why I come onto YouTube to listen to your sermons? Because you don’t pull your punches, Biblical truth-wise. I’m limping because my sinful toes have been stepped on so hard, but I sang and prayed with you at the end, nevertheless. Thank you for faithfully preaching God’s Word in truth.

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