I heard an interesting conversation today which excited me to study the Book of Revelation chapter nine.
Revelation 9 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Fifth Trumpet
9 The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him. 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great[a] furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power[b] was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads. 5 They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. Something like gold crowns was on their heads; their faces were like men’s faces; 8 they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth; 9 they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle; 10 and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power[c] to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king[d] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[e] and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[f] 12 The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.
This describe a demonic army from the pits of hell who king is satan whose mission is destruction and to torment those who are unsealed on their foreheads. This is very interesting to me because in the Book of Deuteronomy the mark of the forehead is mention many times and in the Book of Exodus. The NT always support the OT because it is One Book of God. If a person does not read the OT how can that person understand the NT!?!
Exodus 13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
9 Let it serve as asign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,[c] so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.
16 So let it be a sign on your hand and a symbol[d] on your forehead, for the Lord brought us out of Egypt by the strength of His hand.”
Exodus 28 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Turban
36 “You are to make a pure gold medallion and engrave it, like the engraving of a seal:
HOLY TO THE LORD.
37 Fasten it to a cord of blue yarn so it can be placed on the turban; the medallion is to be on the front of the turban. 38 It will be on Aaron’s forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Greatest Command
7 Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[b] on your forehead.[c]
Deuteronomy 11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Remember and Obey
18 “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol[f] on your foreheads.
So that mark on the forehead is important folks! What are those instructions folks that we must teach our children? What is God's seal on the forehead?
Symbol of a locust:
Folks there is a deeper meaning to the Book of Revelation because it is not literal.
Listen this is important:
11 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.
This is why knowing past history of religion is important! I have read this name before in a different literature and it is very interesting.
Revelation 9 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Fifth Trumpet
9 The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him. 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great[a] furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power[b] was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads. 5 They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. Something like gold crowns was on their heads; their faces were like men’s faces; 8 they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth; 9 they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle; 10 and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power[c] to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king[d] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[e] and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[f] 12 The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.
This describe a demonic army from the pits of hell who king is satan whose mission is destruction and to torment those who are unsealed on their foreheads. This is very interesting to me because in the Book of Deuteronomy the mark of the forehead is mention many times and in the Book of Exodus. The NT always support the OT because it is One Book of God. If a person does not read the OT how can that person understand the NT!?!
Exodus 13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
9 Let it serve as asign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,[c] so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.
16 So let it be a sign on your hand and a symbol[d] on your forehead, for the Lord brought us out of Egypt by the strength of His hand.”
Exodus 28 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Turban
36 “You are to make a pure gold medallion and engrave it, like the engraving of a seal:
HOLY TO THE LORD.
37 Fasten it to a cord of blue yarn so it can be placed on the turban; the medallion is to be on the front of the turban. 38 It will be on Aaron’s forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Greatest Command
7 Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[b] on your forehead.[c]
Deuteronomy 11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Remember and Obey
18 “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol[f] on your foreheads.
So that mark on the forehead is important folks! What are those instructions folks that we must teach our children? What is God's seal on the forehead?
Symbol of a locust:
Folks there is a deeper meaning to the Book of Revelation because it is not literal.
Listen this is important:
11 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.
This is why knowing past history of religion is important! I have read this name before in a different literature and it is very interesting.