Tag: Revelation 9
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Four Horsemen Revisited
After all those who will be sealed are sealed, demons are loosed to torment the reprobate. The first woe is past. John sees a sixth angel preparing to blast the next trumpet, which symbolizes both God’s wrath and deliverance through the proclamation of the Gospel. Revelation 9:13-21 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard…
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Loosed Locusts in Revelation
The trumpets are not blasted until all those who will be sealed are sealed (7:1-3). John’s trumpet imagery has so far alluded to Old Testament judgments on Egypt, Babylon, and Israel. John used the national symbol of Rome, an eagle, to declare three woes upon the earth with regard to the blasting of the final…