Wednesday August 18th 2017
key verse: 1
THE FIFTH SCOURGE
What is the first formidable calamity ? Today's word tells us the scourge of the fifth angel which devastates the earth through the agents of devil.
1. The locusts come (1-12)
When the fifth angel blew the trumpet, the key which is given to him opens the abyss. The devastating locusts with fumes. They reveived the order to attack only humans and torment them during six months. Their suffering is very great so they search death but don't find it. Their aspect is formidable like horses of war; their heads are like gold, their faces like a man, their hair like a woman's, their teeth like a lion's, their chest like a breastplate, their wings like a rider tank (7-10). But we must know that behind there is a king who governs them, he is the angel of the abyss, Satan. His Greek name is Apollyon.
2. The untied angels (13-21)
When the sixth angel blew the trumpet, a voice called out from the altar. The voice says to untie the four chained angels on the river Euphrates. When they were untied, those angels killed one-third of all men. The cavalry on horseback has a formidable breastplate and from their mouths come three scourges: fire, fumes and sulfur. They poison the people with their tails with heads. The people who survive don't repent, in spite of the severity of the judgment. Their hearts are hardened. They are worshippers of idols. They don't want to change their unholy way of life, in spite of the imminent calamity.
Prayer: Lord, your jugment is formidable, so that I can't even receive death. Lord, help me to fear you and live according to your truth, repenting of my sins everyday.
Bottom line: Satan, the instigator of the death of mankind
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