{"id":783,"date":"2018-01-09T07:18:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2018-01-09T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:19:19","slug":"783","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Devotion   Revelation 9:1-12   The Fifth Trumpet Of Judgement  Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"D_F ek_BB H_6D6F\">\n<div id=\"app\" class=\"D_F ek_BB H_6D6F cZ1RN91d_n s_1HCsWR aw_lnvys\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-test-id=\"mail-app\">\n<div class=\"I_ZnwrMC D_F em_N o_h W_6D6F H_6D6F\" data-test-id=\"content-area\">\n<div class=\"D_F em_N o_h s_1HCsWR a_1Ie4E3 cZTwBjA_1Ie4E3 cZTwBjK_1EAG48\" data-test-id=\"content-below-tabs\">\n<div class=\"D_F em_N ej_eUh\">\n<div id=\"mail-app-component\" class=\"em_N gl_C I_52qC j_ZlOSbd o_h p_R D_F s_e5X\" data-yaft-module=\"norrin_main\" data-test-id=\"mail-app-component\">\n<div class=\"D_F ek_BB p_a Z_0 L_0 R_0 T_0 B_0 cZ1RN91d_GG I_ZnwrMC\" data-test-id=\"message-group-view\">\n<div class=\"iz_A em_0 Z_0\" data-test-id=\"message-group-view-scroller\">\n<div data-test-id=\"focus-group\">\n<ul class=\"hd_n M_0 X_0\" data-test-id=\"cards\">\n<li class=\"m_Z12nDQf D_F ek_BB ir_0\">\n<div class=\"p_R b_2w4l8N I_52qC em_N X_fq7 N_6LEV ir3_Z1gmY1F it3_689y j_ZlOSbd message-view\" tabindex=\"40\" data-test-id=\"message-view\" data-test-expanded=\"true\" data-iskeynav=\"true\">\n<div data-test-id=\"message-body-container\">\n<div data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Revelation 9:1-12<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<b><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.\u00a0The star was given the key\u00a0to the shaft of the Abyss.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">2\u00a0When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.\u00a0The sun and sky were darkened\u00a0by the smoke from the Abyss.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">3\u00a0And out of the smoke locusts\u00a0came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions\u00a0of the earth.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">4\u00a0They were told not to harm\u00a0the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,\u00a0but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">5\u00a0They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.\u00a0And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion\u00a0when it strikes.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">6\u00a0During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.\u00a0 7\u00a0The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.\u00a0On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">8\u00a0Their hair was like women\u2019s hair, and their teeth were like lions\u2019 teeth.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">9\u00a0They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">10\u00a0They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.11They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,\u00a0whose name in Hebrew\u00a0is Abaddon\u00a0and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).\u00a0 12\u00a0The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.\u00a0And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion\u00a0when it strikes<\/span>.\u201d Again we see that the demons from the Abyss do not have free reign.\u00a0 They have two limitations.\u00a0 One they cannot torture any who are sealed by God as His own.\u00a0 The second is, their reign of torture and terror lasts for five months.\u00a0 But with no escape from them, oh how horrible that time will be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">The torture that these demons bring is \u201clike\u201d the sting of a scorpion.\u00a0 What are the results of a scorpion sting on a human?\u00a0 Well, it depends on the type of scorpion that stings.\u00a0 Most people don\u2019t die from scorpion stings, but there are some species that do deliver venom potent enough to kill.\u00a0 The Mayo Clinic reports that the symptoms of being stung by a scorpion can be intense pain. The site of the sting can experience numbness, tingling and swelling.\u00a0 More adverse effects can be: Difficulty breathing, muscle twitching and thrashing, unusual head, neck and eye movements, drooling, sweating, nausea and vomiting, high blood pressure, accelerated heart rate or arrhythmia, and in children restlessness and inconsolable crying.\u00a0 That is the effect of scorpion stings from regular scorpions.\u00a0 These demons are bringing torture to all who are not sealed.\u00a0 The burning pain will be unbearable.\u00a0 Is this a good time to ask all of who refuse to know Jesus as Savior and Master if they have teenage kids?\u00a0 Kids who are old enough to decide for themselves about Jesus?\u00a0 Many people will put themselves at risk, few would like their kids to be.\u00a0 Family, a veritable reality is that those who raise their kids against serving the Lord, or who do not raise them to serve the Lord, are putting their kids, especially kids that are at least around teen age years or older, in great peril.\u00a0 No one wants to suffer, but even more, no one wants their kids to suffer.\u00a0 Those who don\u2019t teach their kids to love Jesus teach them to not love Him.\u00a0 What a horrible future for those who follow in the path of such parents!\u00a0 Family, let us pray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 People will hope that they would die so that this pain may cease.\u00a0 But the torture may cause them to want them to die, but the torture will not kill them.\u00a0 They must live.\u00a0 But what of suicide?\u00a0 Are attempts at suicide not allowed to be successful?\u00a0 Possibly, but unlikely.\u00a0 Let\u2019s consider something else.\u00a0 Remember that these suffering people will know that they are suffering under the judgment of God and instead of repenting, they curse God (<b>Revelation 16:9, 11, 21<\/b>).\u00a0 The tragedy of tragedies, they could repent and be saved, but they hate God so much that their hardened hearts will not relent.\u00a0 Family, at this time, there will be no atheists.\u00a0 Haters of God, yes.\u00a0 Atheists, no (Though, there is no such thing as a true atheist).\u00a0 These suffering people know these judgments come from God, these people who will not repent, while intolerably suffering, will not choose to commit suicide, no matter how awful the pain.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because they know that after death comes a face to face encounter with God.\u00a0 After death comes judgment day.\u00a0 They know they have rejected the Lord and so their final abode will be worse than even the suffering they then bear.\u00a0 They will not commit suicide because worse than their current pain is the final judgment of God.\u00a0 Suicide is not an option, it is the only thing worse than living.\u00a0 The reality of God is very real for these people.\u00a0 Sad, so very sad that they slap away His hand extended to them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><span class=\"ydp389ba3a2text\">Always we must remember that God does not desire that any man should perish (<b>2 Peter 3:9<\/b>), but that they would repent and receive His mercy and grace through Jesus.\u00a0 God does not condemn mankind, mankind refuses the grace of God and thereby remains in the state of condemnation that they were born into (<b>John 3:18<\/b>).\u00a0 In the end, there are only two final dispositions for the souls of man.\u00a0 Only two.\u00a0 Either one has accepted mercy and grace from God through Jesus Christ, and thereby given eternal life with God.\u00a0 Or man has rejected mercy and grace from God through Jesus Christ, and thereby remains in condemnation and will eternally reside in the Lake of Fire (<b>Revelation 20:15<\/b>), with the devil and his demons, separated from God.\u00a0 Family, thank God that we bear His name, that we are sealed.\u00a0 Pray, pray, pray for all those who don\u2019t know Jesus as their personal Savior and Lord.\u00a0 Pray that their hearts would relent and they would seek eternal life with God.\u00a0 Biblically, the End Times are upon us.\u00a0 Eternal consequences are in the balance.\u00a0 Pray that all will receive the love of God.\u00a0 Oh we know that all will not, but that is between God and them.\u00a0 Our job is to pray and to share the love of God that we have received.\u00a0 We have Good News to share.\u00a0 We have the best news to share.\u00a0 May we be zealous and diligent in doing so, to the glory and praise of God!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydp389ba3a2MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Micah 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