5 Important Things About Revelation Chapter 9

Revelation 9

King James Version (KJV)

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