Lately there’s been a lot of news about violence and war. Terrible things are happening all around us. We hear of religious wars and bomb blasts. We hear of drug abuse and homosexuality is on the rise. People are fearful. Many are in emotional, physical and deep financial distress. Crime in a lot of areas is on the increase and it appears that all of sudden the earth is belching out smoke which has the ability to hurt.
“Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.” Revelation 9: 1-11.
The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.” Revelation 9: 1-11.
My purpose is not to bring fear into your hearts but to awaken you to the times that we are in. There are seasons in our lifetime when there is so much darkness. In the Scriptures above the Bible says the locusts were permitted to cause harm for 5 months. This says to me that the darkness that we witness today is for a season and will pass. The thing for us to do as children of God is be sensitive and be like the sons of Isaccar who knew the seasons and knew what they ought to do. This is a season to get into your prayer closet and pray. It’s a time to shut the doors and enter into your private chambers and pray. Pray for God’s protection over your life and over the lives of your loved ones. Pray that the Lord’s seal would remain upon you.
May 2004
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