Hello buddyt,
Below is Rev.9:4
"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."
The key to your answer is understanding who "these men" are. Rev.9:4 says:
"but only those men which have not the seal of God on their foreheads."
"Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
The 144,000 are twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes mentioned, identified as the first fruits out of Israel to God. Therefore, it is only the 144,000 who are sealed and will be protected from the stings of these demonic beings. It is obvious that this group of144,000 is not the church. And since according to scripture, the 144,000 are the only one's who are sealed, then everyone else on the planet will be exposed to the torment of these things that come up out of the Abyss.
If the true believers were here at the time Satan shows up why does Revelation 9:4 read as it does. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men which have NOT the seal of God in their foreheads. If these men were gone why this statement ?
Below is Rev.9:4
"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."
The key to your answer is understanding who "these men" are. Rev.9:4 says:
"but only those men which have not the seal of God on their foreheads."
"Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
The 144,000 are twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes mentioned, identified as the first fruits out of Israel to God. Therefore, it is only the 144,000 who are sealed and will be protected from the stings of these demonic beings. It is obvious that this group of144,000 is not the church. And since according to scripture, the 144,000 are the only one's who are sealed, then everyone else on the planet will be exposed to the torment of these things that come up out of the Abyss.