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( This is my attempt to explain how I read these verses . This will be my last major reply, since i cant sit here and type this much again tonight .Nor tomorrow, as ill be busy . If you want to chat in the chat rooms, ill do that, but ill brake from writing this much for now .)
I'll try to share more scriptures then i did in my previous post. But since only a few verses are considered here, obviously theses are not complete notes. So always study yourself .
So perhaps this will clarify some of that i wrote before.
Ill try to be brief . But brief is not going to do it for us as Christians , if we want to understand the Bible . So to repeat you gotta study this on your own, by actually recalling the scripture you've read, or at least study it with a concordance, or tool like esword. That way its the bible thats doing the interpreting and not opinion or whatever .
We agree the locust army is Satan's angelic army during the Tribulation .
You see that far, but you're not holding that thought through to the end of the chapter .
We're not talking about shape-shifting here. The symbolism is shaping the teaching in a way that conveys to the mind the most Truth .
When Christ returns we have the state of peoples sous explained by Paul : "
1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Corruptible and incorruption -( speaking of the bodies )
mortal and immortality -( speaking to the state of the soul )
So we see when Christ returns at the Last Trump , some have that eternal life .
While we read in Revelation 20 some do not .
Why not for others ?
Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Another word for these "dead" is Mortal; because they took the Mark of the beast..
They would've been those part of the whore. Those churches in Revelation, that valued their churches doctrines, or mans traditions moreover than Christ's teachings concerning the end.
So their souls are liable to perish at the end of the Lords Day .
If they make it ; they will take part in Eternal life at the end of the Lords Day; that is called the Second resurrection :
in which they are judged out of the books "according to their works" ( (Rev 20:11-15) They no longer have Christ for repentance .
Those that took part in the First, did Not take the mark, were not deceived and remained faithful to Christ ( they were not taken by the false Christ ( Matthew 24:40 ; Matthew 24:43 ; etc )..
They have Eternal life coming out the gate when Christ returns at the Last Trump :That is called the first Resurrection .
That is also taught int he OT. Where Christ was teaching from
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Keep the Corinthian verses in mind here :
This ""sleep in the dust" is a saying , referring to their moral state: or spiritual "state of their soul ".
Since, they've been drowned in the flood from the Serpents mouth during the tribulation ; just prior to Christs arrival,
they're considered Mortal as Paul says .
Act 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow,
that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. ( Resurrection in this sense, is speaking about the Body .
Remember Paul said "corruption to incorporation" in the change at Christs return .
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In verse 50 Paul said flesh and blood Cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. In as much as Paul is talking about Christ and His return at the Last Trump ( The 7th ) to Earth to establish His Kingdom here ( Revelation 11:15 )
Paul is saying there is going to be an instant change, from flesh and blood, to a spiritual body at His return . The moment He touches down on the mount of Olives everyone will be changed That includes the bad .Those that took the mark.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Pause for a moment. Paul is talking about Flesh and blood . Flesh and blood is alive. Therefor needing that transfiguration at Christ's return . We know Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4, that those who have died in Christ, are already with Christ in Heaven. So why does Paul say, in 1 Corinthians 15: 52 "" and the dead shall be raised incorruptible ".
Again , living bodies, are in need of a change .. Those who have physically died, Paul teaches in other letters, already went through the change.. We are talking about Christs return. So who are the dead ? Remember what takes place just Prior to His actual return . The Tribulation was going on .. The dead shall be changes, and we also with them. Everyone must be changes, for Judgment . Every Knee will bow to Christ, every touch shall confess .
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
With that in mind, about the dead, ill repeat Daniel for a reminder :
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
( there is that book mentioned ; Revelation 20:11-15 kjv )
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
So with what we read in mind, those that sleep in the dust, are spiritually deceives, asleep or dead in that sense. Very much alive for the change of bodies, they away to face the Truth Christ will reveal at HIS Coming . But very much lost souls .
Here are some verses that help document what this licking the dust means. Its used in many paces in the bible to indicate immorality or shame , or moral abasement, or degradation .
Micah 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Psalms 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Psalms 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers:
they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
What does God think of Watchmen, that are sleeping ?
Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
They're not watching for the Signs that are like a thief, so its all unexpected when it happens. Caught in deception .
The watchmen is supposed to Sound the Alarm. The emney is coming !
Ezekiel 33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
( Matthew 24:41-51 kjv )
One more for the sleep meaning spiritual deception reference, used in Daniel ::
1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Those with the Seal of God in their forehead, during the Tribulation, and at the return of Christ After again, take part in the First Resurrection : on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. So Naturally they're not appointed to Gods Wrath upon Christs' return . Again they knew about the events of the Tribulation, they wont take The Mark.. So the Last Days, can Not be said to overtake them as a thief. They know the signs of the times Christ taught would overtake the world ( Revelation 20:4 ) .
To repeat They speaking of the Elect, would not be under Wrath, since, they will allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them during those trials Mentioned in Matthew 24, Revelation of those two churches, and Luke 12: kjv .
etc .
Daniel 12:
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Lets try to move along into Revelation 9
Sin causes a wound . And without Christ ; we will perish John 3:16
Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
We must always worship Christ .And definitely The Real Christ..
2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
( Paul expressed that thought in another letter in a very specific teaching;
2 Thessalonians 2 kjv ) .
Lets try to look at the rest of Revelation 9
We know God never created anything unnatural . These are symbols, object lessons.
You know a picture is worth a thousand words.
Much more thought is conveyed with a picture then wasting space with a lot of words .
And at the same time, only those who its meant for will understand :
as Christ said concerning His parables.
Kids for example may not get what a number is, or what it represents. But if they have a number of objects to symbolize the number, they can understand the meaning of the figure . It represents something .
So Trees are mentioned in Revelation 9:4
Lets try see men as Trees . Keep in mind ; Locusts naturally eat vegetation . And they are very veracious in their appetite . Especially when they're in the swarming stage .
Joel 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
((This Nation is Daniels Fourth Beast. Its Satan and the angelic army. Bear with me, Daniel says they come in peacefully and prosperously . But the effect this has on the trees, on the souls of men ? Its as if a Lions teeth got a hold of them.
Christ taught about the abomination that makes desolate standing where he ought not .
"My land " Is Jerusalem . Remember who stands there ( 2 thess 2 ) . And Why Christ says, those that be in Judah go to the mountains . Identifying Christs place of return ( Act 1:11 ).
Why flee there ? Because Armageddon : Christ is going to dispel Satan's lies and Level the place After the Tribulation is over. ( Rev 16:1 -16 ) 7,000 thousands among the angels die ( Rev 11:10-14 ).
Joel 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Again cornering Israel established in Jerusalem, Christ gave the parable of the fig tree.
( Matthew 24:32-51 ; Jeremiah 24 kjv ) .
barked my fig tree; is in reference to the bad figs . What they have causes.
They are Not Jews, but only claim to be Christ teaches ( Revellation 2:9 ).
As they moved into the priesthood, they'd eventually had a hand in killing Christ.
And they also make it near impossible for the Truth to come out without falsehoods to hide it .
The damage they've caused preparing the final stage of the Locusts ( Satan and the fallen angels ),
has been going on since the Beginning .
And Christ is saying we should be aware of that with His teaching about the fig tree parable .
Or else ; theres little change of escaping deception, or even inadvertently perpetuating deception upon others .
Especially in The Last Days
Joel 1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Christ is the offering, the Passover of very Christian . ( 1 Corinthians 11:24 ; 1 Corinthians 5:5 -7 )
Daily we live in Him and He in us, in our Christian walk. But, if its said to be " cut off", that eludes to apostasy .
Christ is expecting a virgin bride. But you noticed He warns of women, with child. Paul said this of the " women "
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Mark 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Luke 23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Christ is the Tree of Life, With Truth . Hes abounding with fountains springing up into eternal life. He is ever Green.
But, the people without the truth, what will Satan be able to do to such people ? People that say you're going to be raptured, disregard Revelation its past. Whatever their shtick their church or commentary taught them. Its drying the majority of Christians out. And Christ knew it ..
Revelation 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Joel 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
A dried out tree, is easily burnt by a any wind of falsehood .
How will it stand up to" fire ;smoke ;and brimstone ?
Here more verses for how Trees are used in the Bible, to teach :
Psalms 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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( This is my attempt to explain how I read these verses . This will be my last major reply, since i cant sit here and type this much again tonight .Nor tomorrow, as ill be busy . If you want to chat in the chat rooms, ill do that, but ill brake from writing this much for now .)
I'll try to share more scriptures then i did in my previous post. But since only a few verses are considered here, obviously theses are not complete notes. So always study yourself .
So perhaps this will clarify some of that i wrote before.
Ill try to be brief . But brief is not going to do it for us as Christians , if we want to understand the Bible . So to repeat you gotta study this on your own, by actually recalling the scripture you've read, or at least study it with a concordance, or tool like esword. That way its the bible thats doing the interpreting and not opinion or whatever .
We agree the locust army is Satan's angelic army during the Tribulation .
You see that far, but you're not holding that thought through to the end of the chapter .
We're not talking about shape-shifting here. The symbolism is shaping the teaching in a way that conveys to the mind the most Truth .
When Christ returns we have the state of peoples sous explained by Paul : "
1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Corruptible and incorruption -( speaking of the bodies )
mortal and immortality -( speaking to the state of the soul )
So we see when Christ returns at the Last Trump , some have that eternal life .
While we read in Revelation 20 some do not .
Why not for others ?
Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Another word for these "dead" is Mortal; because they took the Mark of the beast..
They would've been those part of the whore. Those churches in Revelation, that valued their churches doctrines, or mans traditions moreover than Christ's teachings concerning the end.
So their souls are liable to perish at the end of the Lords Day .
If they make it ; they will take part in Eternal life at the end of the Lords Day; that is called the Second resurrection :
in which they are judged out of the books "according to their works" ( (Rev 20:11-15) They no longer have Christ for repentance .
Those that took part in the First, did Not take the mark, were not deceived and remained faithful to Christ ( they were not taken by the false Christ ( Matthew 24:40 ; Matthew 24:43 ; etc )..
They have Eternal life coming out the gate when Christ returns at the Last Trump :That is called the first Resurrection .
That is also taught int he OT. Where Christ was teaching from
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Keep the Corinthian verses in mind here :
This ""sleep in the dust" is a saying , referring to their moral state: or spiritual "state of their soul ".
Since, they've been drowned in the flood from the Serpents mouth during the tribulation ; just prior to Christs arrival,
they're considered Mortal as Paul says .
Act 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow,
that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. ( Resurrection in this sense, is speaking about the Body .
Remember Paul said "corruption to incorporation" in the change at Christs return .
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In verse 50 Paul said flesh and blood Cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. In as much as Paul is talking about Christ and His return at the Last Trump ( The 7th ) to Earth to establish His Kingdom here ( Revelation 11:15 )
Paul is saying there is going to be an instant change, from flesh and blood, to a spiritual body at His return . The moment He touches down on the mount of Olives everyone will be changed That includes the bad .Those that took the mark.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Pause for a moment. Paul is talking about Flesh and blood . Flesh and blood is alive. Therefor needing that transfiguration at Christ's return . We know Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4, that those who have died in Christ, are already with Christ in Heaven. So why does Paul say, in 1 Corinthians 15: 52 "" and the dead shall be raised incorruptible ".
Again , living bodies, are in need of a change .. Those who have physically died, Paul teaches in other letters, already went through the change.. We are talking about Christs return. So who are the dead ? Remember what takes place just Prior to His actual return . The Tribulation was going on .. The dead shall be changes, and we also with them. Everyone must be changes, for Judgment . Every Knee will bow to Christ, every touch shall confess .
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
With that in mind, about the dead, ill repeat Daniel for a reminder :
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
( there is that book mentioned ; Revelation 20:11-15 kjv )
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
So with what we read in mind, those that sleep in the dust, are spiritually deceives, asleep or dead in that sense. Very much alive for the change of bodies, they away to face the Truth Christ will reveal at HIS Coming . But very much lost souls .
Here are some verses that help document what this licking the dust means. Its used in many paces in the bible to indicate immorality or shame , or moral abasement, or degradation .
Micah 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Psalms 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Psalms 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers:
they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
What does God think of Watchmen, that are sleeping ?
Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
They're not watching for the Signs that are like a thief, so its all unexpected when it happens. Caught in deception .
The watchmen is supposed to Sound the Alarm. The emney is coming !
Ezekiel 33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
( Matthew 24:41-51 kjv )
One more for the sleep meaning spiritual deception reference, used in Daniel ::
1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Those with the Seal of God in their forehead, during the Tribulation, and at the return of Christ After again, take part in the First Resurrection : on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. So Naturally they're not appointed to Gods Wrath upon Christs' return . Again they knew about the events of the Tribulation, they wont take The Mark.. So the Last Days, can Not be said to overtake them as a thief. They know the signs of the times Christ taught would overtake the world ( Revelation 20:4 ) .
To repeat They speaking of the Elect, would not be under Wrath, since, they will allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them during those trials Mentioned in Matthew 24, Revelation of those two churches, and Luke 12: kjv .
etc .
Daniel 12:
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Lets try to move along into Revelation 9
Sin causes a wound . And without Christ ; we will perish John 3:16
Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
We must always worship Christ .And definitely The Real Christ..
2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
( Paul expressed that thought in another letter in a very specific teaching;
2 Thessalonians 2 kjv ) .
Lets try to look at the rest of Revelation 9
We know God never created anything unnatural . These are symbols, object lessons.
You know a picture is worth a thousand words.
Much more thought is conveyed with a picture then wasting space with a lot of words .
And at the same time, only those who its meant for will understand :
as Christ said concerning His parables.
Kids for example may not get what a number is, or what it represents. But if they have a number of objects to symbolize the number, they can understand the meaning of the figure . It represents something .
So Trees are mentioned in Revelation 9:4
Lets try see men as Trees . Keep in mind ; Locusts naturally eat vegetation . And they are very veracious in their appetite . Especially when they're in the swarming stage .
Joel 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
((This Nation is Daniels Fourth Beast. Its Satan and the angelic army. Bear with me, Daniel says they come in peacefully and prosperously . But the effect this has on the trees, on the souls of men ? Its as if a Lions teeth got a hold of them.
Christ taught about the abomination that makes desolate standing where he ought not .
"My land " Is Jerusalem . Remember who stands there ( 2 thess 2 ) . And Why Christ says, those that be in Judah go to the mountains . Identifying Christs place of return ( Act 1:11 ).
Why flee there ? Because Armageddon : Christ is going to dispel Satan's lies and Level the place After the Tribulation is over. ( Rev 16:1 -16 ) 7,000 thousands among the angels die ( Rev 11:10-14 ).
Joel 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Again cornering Israel established in Jerusalem, Christ gave the parable of the fig tree.
( Matthew 24:32-51 ; Jeremiah 24 kjv ) .
barked my fig tree; is in reference to the bad figs . What they have causes.
They are Not Jews, but only claim to be Christ teaches ( Revellation 2:9 ).
As they moved into the priesthood, they'd eventually had a hand in killing Christ.
And they also make it near impossible for the Truth to come out without falsehoods to hide it .
The damage they've caused preparing the final stage of the Locusts ( Satan and the fallen angels ),
has been going on since the Beginning .
And Christ is saying we should be aware of that with His teaching about the fig tree parable .
Or else ; theres little change of escaping deception, or even inadvertently perpetuating deception upon others .
Especially in The Last Days
Joel 1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Christ is the offering, the Passover of very Christian . ( 1 Corinthians 11:24 ; 1 Corinthians 5:5 -7 )
Daily we live in Him and He in us, in our Christian walk. But, if its said to be " cut off", that eludes to apostasy .
Christ is expecting a virgin bride. But you noticed He warns of women, with child. Paul said this of the " women "
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Mark 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Luke 23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Christ is the Tree of Life, With Truth . Hes abounding with fountains springing up into eternal life. He is ever Green.
But, the people without the truth, what will Satan be able to do to such people ? People that say you're going to be raptured, disregard Revelation its past. Whatever their shtick their church or commentary taught them. Its drying the majority of Christians out. And Christ knew it ..
Revelation 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Joel 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
A dried out tree, is easily burnt by a any wind of falsehood .
How will it stand up to" fire ;smoke ;and brimstone ?
Here more verses for how Trees are used in the Bible, to teach :
Psalms 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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