Revelation week of 2/13-12/17
v#21—Touched by an Angel
1. What is Rev. 8:13-9:12 about?
2. What are Joel 1:1-7 & 2:1-11 about?
3. PS says the 7 seals authorize judgment. What does he say the 7 trumpets & the 7 bowls do?
4. What do the 7 trumpets announce and where in scripture do we need to look to understand these?
5. What was the plague from the 5th trumpet (1st woe) & where do we look in OT for explanation?
6. What is the comparison between the 1st 4 trumpets and the last 3 (the 3 woes)?
7. Rev. 9:1-12 is the first woe. What do each of the following represent in this woe?
(a) falling star (1a) =
Note: in Bible falling star represents a ruler thrown out of his place of rule
(stars were placed in sky to rule night)
Luke 10:18--And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven
like lightning.
Note: abyss is where God keeps demons confined when he doesn’t send
them out; beast (11:7) comes from same place; demons didn’t want to go to
abyss (Luke 8:30-31--And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said,
"Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they were entreating Him not to
command them to depart into the abyss.)
Note: Abaddon & Apollyon = destroyer or bringer of destruction
John 8:44--"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires
of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from
his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
1 Peter 5:8-- Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil,
prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
(b)Key to bottomless pit (1b) =
(c)The shaft of the abyss =
Note: bottomless in Greek is literally shaft (i.e. this is not an open pit—there is a shaft leading to it)
d. darkening smoke of fire (9:2; 17, 18)=
e. scorpion-locusts (9:3-And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.) = ?
7. The scorpion-locusts are described in great detail. What is significance of each of the following descriptive phrases?
a. “scorpion” (3):
b. “like war horses” (7a):
c. “crowns of gold” (7b):
d. “like faces of men” & “like hair of women”:
e. “like teeth of lions” (8b):
f. “like breastplates of iron” (9a):
g. “like sound of chariots” (9b; Joel 2:5)
h. “like tails of scorpions” (10, 3, 5):
but remember Luke 10:19--"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall injure you.
8. What is the symbol of the authority of the angel of the abyss (Satan) that was given by God?
9. What is the symbol of the authority of the locusts that was given by God?
10. What commission did God give Satan & the locusts?
Note: here the torment was 5 months but there will be torment forever (Rev. 14:11--"And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.")
Note: God uses evil for His own purposes and then destroys it!!
11. What does PS say is created by the actions of the locusts?
12. How do people without God’s seal react to actions of locusts?
Rev. 6:16-- and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
Rev. 16:9-11--And men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues; and they did not repent, so as to give Him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.
Amos 4:6-11--Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
(refrain repeated 5x)
NOTE: 1st woe is only the beginning
Rev. 9:12--The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
Mark 13:8--"For nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
13. What does PS say is the problem when interpreters look at the locusts in Rev. 9 and see things like helicopters in Vietnam?
14. Anything else in this message that you would like to discuss?
15. Tape cut off early. Ending Psalm not mentioned.
16. What application did you make?
1. What is Rev. 8:13-9:12 about?
2. What are Joel 1:1-7 & 2:1-11 about?
3. PS says the 7 seals authorize judgment. What does he say the 7 trumpets & the 7 bowls do?
4. What do the 7 trumpets announce and where in scripture do we need to look to understand these?
5. What was the plague from the 5th trumpet (1st woe) & where do we look in OT for explanation?
6. What is the comparison between the 1st 4 trumpets and the last 3 (the 3 woes)?
7. Rev. 9:1-12 is the first woe. What do each of the following represent in this woe?
(a) falling star (1a) =
Note: in Bible falling star represents a ruler thrown out of his place of rule
(stars were placed in sky to rule night)
Luke 10:18--And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven
like lightning.
Note: abyss is where God keeps demons confined when he doesn’t send
them out; beast (11:7) comes from same place; demons didn’t want to go to
abyss (Luke 8:30-31--And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said,
"Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they were entreating Him not to
command them to depart into the abyss.)
Note: Abaddon & Apollyon = destroyer or bringer of destruction
John 8:44--"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires
of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from
his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
1 Peter 5:8-- Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil,
prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
(b)Key to bottomless pit (1b) =
(c)The shaft of the abyss =
Note: bottomless in Greek is literally shaft (i.e. this is not an open pit—there is a shaft leading to it)
d. darkening smoke of fire (9:2; 17, 18)=
e. scorpion-locusts (9:3-And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.) = ?
7. The scorpion-locusts are described in great detail. What is significance of each of the following descriptive phrases?
a. “scorpion” (3):
b. “like war horses” (7a):
c. “crowns of gold” (7b):
d. “like faces of men” & “like hair of women”:
e. “like teeth of lions” (8b):
f. “like breastplates of iron” (9a):
g. “like sound of chariots” (9b; Joel 2:5)
h. “like tails of scorpions” (10, 3, 5):
but remember Luke 10:19--"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall injure you.
8. What is the symbol of the authority of the angel of the abyss (Satan) that was given by God?
9. What is the symbol of the authority of the locusts that was given by God?
10. What commission did God give Satan & the locusts?
Note: here the torment was 5 months but there will be torment forever (Rev. 14:11--"And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.")
Note: God uses evil for His own purposes and then destroys it!!
11. What does PS say is created by the actions of the locusts?
12. How do people without God’s seal react to actions of locusts?
Rev. 6:16-- and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
Rev. 16:9-11--And men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues; and they did not repent, so as to give Him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.
Amos 4:6-11--Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
(refrain repeated 5x)
NOTE: 1st woe is only the beginning
Rev. 9:12--The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
Mark 13:8--"For nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
13. What does PS say is the problem when interpreters look at the locusts in Rev. 9 and see things like helicopters in Vietnam?
14. Anything else in this message that you would like to discuss?
15. Tape cut off early. Ending Psalm not mentioned.
16. What application did you make?
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