Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.
By these three plagues, a third of mankind was killed- by the fire, the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. For their power was in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm, ( Revelation 9:13-19).
And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before God of the earth. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies.
And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed by this manner. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Now after three and half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them,come up here. And they ascended to heaven in a cloud and their enemies saw them.
In the same hour, there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven, (Revelation 11:3-13).
The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly, (Revelation 11:14).
Jesus told us in three of the gospels of hard times, tribulations that are coming to the earth because of judgment. No one likes to speak this word or hear of this word, judgment. All the words were written in the Bible are for our edification. We are all without excuse.
Our Heavenly Father has given us all we need to live according to His plan and His rules… He designed His creation and He gets to enforce His rules by whatever means He sees fit, for He is all Omnipotent and All Sufficient and All Supreme. This is His. He will receive glory from His creation, one way or another…… It is written that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of those in heaven, and of those on the earth and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father, in Philippians 2:10-11.
God’s ways are so cool and different than ours…. Thank God!! The army that is released is ruthless towards the Lord’s enemies. His mercy is never ending as is His love everlasting…..But woe to those that forsake Him for idols…. God is God and He stands by His Word…. He is the Word.
He set the rules and if we break them over and over and over again without repentance…. There is a price to pay…. But until the end of this age, mercy and grace are poured forth before every living creature. In God’s manifold wisdom, His strategy is to win all to Him that He has called. As He puts forth a taste of His judgment, a healthy fear of the Lord might be established so that all might come to an understanding of their need of Jesus Christ… and repent.
The Testimony of Christ is bringing the revelation of Jesus Christ to all….the Salvation of God. It is not witnessing about us, though it is good but not God’s intention… We only speak what the Spirit of the Lord tells us to speak for His Testimony.
That is why Jesus Christ instructed us: when we are before rulers, etc., do not meditate on what to speak, but what has been given to you at that hour, speak that, for it is not you who will speak but the Holy Spirit, (Mark 13:11).
Why did the angel told John to eat the little book? So the Word and the Spirit would come out of him to prophecy to all nations, tongues and tribes (Read Revelation 10:8-11). Speak the Testimony of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ died virtually alone, except for a few women at His feet….. Paul also was forsaken by almost all towards the end of his life. Why?
The stumbling block of the church has got to be removed….. If you are with God, how can all these bad things happen to you or all these false accusations be? My answer to you is study the Gospels. It is because the Spirit of God dwells in His people that there is trouble, not from God, but from the spirit of the world.
Study Zechariah, the Lord was angry with the peace of the nations. He was full of zeal for His house. There is only one peace that is granted from God, that is when we find our salvation in His Son. He is our peace and hope in a corrupted world….. Somewhat like Noah found his refuge in the ark that God told him to build before He flooded the earth.
Our ark is Jesus Christ. He is our refuge and strong tower that the righteous run in. There is no peace for the wicked.
The Word consistently says, they followed Jesus to find accusation against Him….. and when they couldn’t- they made it up….. That rage is only contributed to the effects of Satan in someone’s life….or lives. Same thing happened to Peter, Paul, James, and the first martyr, Stephen. The killing of His people still happen today……
Read what happens to the witnesses in chapter 11 of Revelation…. They were killed by the people because they hated the Testimony of Jesus Christ. Evil hates the power that He holds…..The Holy Spirit speaking through us always will convict ones of the judgment of God because they are not believing in the Son of God……And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and righteousness, and of judgment; of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because he ruler of this world is judged, (John 16:8-12).
This is the truth, so when opposition comes, do not be surprised. Rejoice for they treated many men and women of God before you the same way.
The two witnesses in Revelation 11 represent the priests and kings of God in Christ Jesus. God’s High Priest and King of all kings is Jesus Christ….. but we are in Him and the Spirit of God is in us….. so we speak and do what the Spirit of God says….. as His priests and kings as written in chapter one of Revelation.
And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, (Revelation 12:17). This is Bible and it is Truth.
You were approaching the field from above….
The ground was getting close and you were concerned how to land. Then you were concerned what to do with the parachute since you got no training in this at all! Lord, are you sure I am ready?
Then you landed. You landed on a pillow, but you couldn’t see it. But you felt it’s cushion. You thanked the Lord for supporting you. You looked around. All you could see was fields upon fields. In the distance, you saw a white truck driving towards your direction….. You hoped it was for you because you needed direction….. The truck pulled up to you.Then the truck stopped.
A man got out all in white. He had a white hat covering His face….. He opened the truck’s side and got out a big white box. He then proceeded to walk over to you. He handed you the box. You tried to look to His face but His hat strategically blocked His face…..He started to turn to get back to the truck. You spoke out…. aren’t you going to take me to where I am suppose to be?
He smiled at me and said you are there. Open the box……You have all you need. Follow the Firstborn’s instructions. He proceeded to get in the truck and then drove away!
Hello!!!! I am here in the middle of nowhere. Where am I to go and how? All you could see was fields for as far as your eye could see….. Then the white box your were holding got your curiosity.
You were still thinking, I know the Lord does not make mistakes. But I am lost here on what He wants…. What am I suppose to do, to see, to be here? I was in military fatigues, but as usual they were to big for me. I heard you will grow into them……. Lord, you are here! Of course, child….
Open your gifts. They are gifts? It is not my birthday…. I didn’t do anything to deserve any gifts from You, Lord…. did I? There was silence.
You opened the box and inside there were five other littler boxes….. You sat down on the field. You flipped open the top box. There was a picture…….
You thought a picture? What does this picture mean? Lord?
The picture was of a……..
