Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church

Chapter 9
THE REVELATION TO JOHN
13. John then uses the particle of interjection “behold/ivdou, - idou” to set apart the two
woes that are still coming after these things.
14. The emphasis is on even a more foreboding final two judgments in spite of the
catastrophic evil and torment unleashed by the demon invasion in conjunction with
the environmental damage of nuking the U.S.
15. While on the surface, trumpets 6 & 7 may seem relatively tame in judgment upon
mankind, the judgments themselves must be understood from two perspectives.
16. In other words, it must be understood by what God construes as the epitome of evil in
comparison to what the unbelieving earth dwellers would construe as to the epitome
of judgment upon them.
17. Contextually for the period of Daniel’s 70 th week, these perceptions would revolve
around two primary things:
A. Events that consolidate the abomination of desolation’s place in the tribulational
temple denoting the epitome of evil in God’s eyes.
B. News that Christ has technically claimed the legal right to His earthly throne and
planet earth is His kingdom as the epitome of judgment in the eyes of the world.
18. Both events will be pictured in the final two woes and chronologically will center on
the mid-point of Daniel’s 70 th week.
19. Without this frame of reference, the full impact of the final two trumpet judgments
will be lost.
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P-T Ken Reed
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