5 Important Things About Revelation Chapter 9

Revelation 9

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9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

² And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
³ And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
⁴ 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.
⁵ And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
⁶ And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
⁷ And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
⁸ And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
⁹ And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
¹⁰ And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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.
¹² One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
¹³ And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
¹⁴ Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
¹⁵ And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
¹⁶ And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
¹⁷ And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
¹⁸ By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
¹⁹ For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
²⁰ And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
²¹ Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

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Could the purpose of the book of Revelation be to keep us on our toes? I don't really understand a lot of it. But I do believe we are in the last days. 
The twentieth century was the bloodiest century of all time. 
Sweden is a cashless society now. 
This world is a spiritual place whether or not most people realize it or not. What really is important is what is going on in the spiritual part of this world. Unbeknownst to us, there are battles being fought right now in the spiritual realm. We need to be working for King Jesus! Whatever is going on in the heavens we need to be on God's side! 
God tends to do most of what he does because of prayers that are sent up by people on this earth. When someone is praying in the Holy Ghost, God only knows what is being fought during that prayer. 
There is a lot going on in the world right now... but it hasn't seen nothing yet, compared to what is coming! The world can't live like it is right now and expect not to reap the evil that it is sowing! "And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them." Obviously, death is not the worst thing that can happen to a person. God will only put up with so much. 
This is a spiritually ruled world. God knows them that love him in truth and are his. God, no one else, holds our lives, our next breath, in his hands.
Rebellious people cannot be forced to repent, and God will not force anyone to  repent. There has to be something in the heart of the individual that wants to live for God. Gods side is the winning side. I have read the back of the book. God wins!

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Scripture and notes based on this message: 5 Important Things About Revelation Chapter 9 by Pastor L.L. Booker

they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength

Isaiah 40

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40 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

² Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of theLord's hand double for all her sins.
³ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
⁴ Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
⁵ And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lordhath spoken it.
⁶ The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
⁷ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
⁸ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
⁹ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
¹⁰ Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
¹¹ He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
¹² Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
¹³ Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
¹⁴ With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
¹⁵ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
¹⁶ And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
¹⁷ All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
¹⁸ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
¹⁹ The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
²⁰ He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
²¹ Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
²² It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
²³ That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
²⁴ Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
²⁵ To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
²⁷ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
²⁸ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
²⁹ He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
³⁰ Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
³¹ But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Beloved, Think It Not Strange

1 Peter 4:8-19 KJV And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. [9] Use hospitality one to another without grudging. [10] As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. [11] If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. [12] Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: [13] But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. [14] If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. [15] But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. [16] Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. [17] For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? [18] And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? [19] Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

God Is Close To The Broken Hearted

Psalm 73

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73 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

² But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
³ For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
⁴ For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
⁵ They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
⁶ Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
⁸ They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
⁹ They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
¹⁰ Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
¹¹ And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
¹² Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
¹³ Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
¹⁴ For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
¹⁵ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
¹⁶ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
¹⁷ Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
¹⁸ Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
¹⁹ How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
²⁰ As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
²¹ Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
²² So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
²³ Nevertheless I am c

ontinually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
²⁴ Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
²⁶ My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
²⁷ For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
²⁸ But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

Psalm 34:18

1. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
2. Psalm 51:17
   The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: abroken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 42:1-11 KJV
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. [2] My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? [3] My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? [4] When I remember these things , I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. [5] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. [6] O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. [7] Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. [8] Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. [9] I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? [10] As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? [11] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.