New Testament - REVELATION 9:1-21 - (2 Demonic Armies Bring Judgment)
Channel: Calvary Chapel Windward
Date: 2016-06-04

New Testament - REVELATION 9:1-21 - (2 Demonic Armies Bring Judgment) - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

New Testament - REVELATION 9:1-21 - (2 Demonic Armies Bring Judgment) - Calvary Chapel Windward - OAHU, HAWAII - Pastor Tim Newman - From Local Olelo / Oceanic / Time Warner Cable show "A View from Calvary" - Episode # 201: - Original Air Date: 03/14/2010 A.D.

PASTOR TIM's NOTES

Revelation 9:1-21
“Two Demonic Armies Bring Judgment”
1. The fifth trumpet judgment OPENS the door of the ABYSS.
Vs. 1-12

1a. The falling star with the key to the ABYSS is identified.
Several factors reveal the identity to the king of the Abyss.
 The Star is a person.
 This star is an angel.
 This star is a fallen angel.
Satan is an angel, an unclean spirit, morally fallen from his original state.
Isaiah 14:12-15 speaks of the moral fall of Satan and states that it was his
pride and ambition that caused it to happen (cf. 1 Timothy 3:6).
 This star loses access to heaven.
The Bible indicates that Satan has access to God in heaven where he
continues to bring accusations against the people of God (Job 1:6-12;
Revelation 12:10).

Ezek 28:11-19, Luke 10:17-20, Heb 12:22-23, Rev 3:5-6, Phil 4:3
1b. The fallen angel is given the key to the ABYSS.
This clearly indicates that his power and authority is limited, being
determined and controlled by God Himself.
1c. The demons come out of the ABYSS like locust.
The “bottomless pit” is literally “the pit of the abyss.”
The Antichrist (i.e., “the beast”) will ascend out of this pit (Rev. 11:7; 17:8).
1d. The demons from the ABYSS will be limited in their destruction.
Those being tormented will seek death but will not find it.
1e. The demons from the ABYSS are described.
Specific descriptions.
heads: crowns like gold
faces: like men's
hair: like women's
teeth: like lions'
breastplates: like iron
wings: like the sound of chariots with many horses
tails: like scorpions
1f. The demons from the Abyss have a king.
These names identify him as the destroyer.
2. The sixth trumpet OPENS the way for a massive demon ARMY.
Vs. 13-21

2a. There are four fallen angels who release the ARMY.
Why the River Euphrates?
 The Euphrates River was one of four rivers which came out of the Garden
of Eden.
 The river Euphrates is its connection with Babylon and the symbolism as
"Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the
Earth" (Revelation 17:5).
 The River Euphrates in history is the dividing point
between East and West.
2b. The demonic ARMY is numbered and described.
They have an army of 2 hundred million.
2c. The demonic ARMY will have a specific mission.
They will kill a 1/3 of mankind
3. The demonic ACTIVITIES that bring these judgments continue.
Vs. 20-21
 3a. These demonic ACTIVITES include false worship

1 Cor 10:19-22
Satan has always wanted to be worshiped (Isa. 14:12–15; Matt. 4:8–
10).

3b. These demonic ACTIVITIES include drug use.
The word translated “sorcery” is the Greek word pharmakia, which means
“the use of drugs.”
 3c. These demonic ACTIVITIES include immorality.
Murders.
Sexual immorality.
Thefts.
We have come now to the midpoint of the Tribulation (Rev. 10–14), a time during
which some important events must take place.
We would also remind you that at this point ½ of the population of the earth has perished.
No one should wait to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Today is the day of salvation.