Rev.
9:12 The first woe is past; behold, two
woes are still coming after these things. Rev. 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a
voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the
trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river
Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for
the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a
third of mankind. 16 The number of the armies
of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 17 And this is how I saw in the vision the horses
and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color
of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like
the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and
brimstone. 18 A third of mankind was killed by these three
plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of
their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths
and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with
them they do harm.
Rev.
9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not
killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not
to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of
stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they did not repent of their murders nor
of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
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| Prayer and Bible Expo |
What is past? (9:12)
the first woe
What are still coming after these things?
(9:12)
two woes (6th
and 7th trumpets)
What does John hear when the sixth angel
sounds? (9:13)
a voice
From where does the voice come? (9:13)
“. . . from the
four horns of the golden altar which is before God” (9:13).
What does one say to the sixth angel who
had the trumpet? (9:14)
“. . . Release
the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates” (9:14).
Who are released? Why are they released?
(9:15)
o
the
four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, day, month, and year
o
They
were released so that they would kill a third of mankind” (9:15).
Describe the armies. (9:16-17)
o
200
million
o
The
riders had breastplates the color of fire, hyacinth, and brimstone.
o
The
heads of the horses are like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths
proceed fire, smoke, and brimstone.
What proceeds out of the mouths of the
horses? (9:17)
fire, smoke, and
brimstone
How many are killed by these three
plagues? What are the three plagues?
(9:18)
o
1/3
of mankind
o
3
plagues: fire, smoke, and brimstone which came out of their mouths.
Describe the horses. (9:19)
o
The
power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails.
o
Their
tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.
List five things that the rest of mankind,
who were not killed by these plagues, refuse to repent. (9:20-21)
o
Works
of their hands: idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, “. . . which can
neither see nor hear nor walk” (9:20).
o
Murders
o
Sorceries
o
Immorality
o
Thefts
If they had repented of the works of
their hands, what would they have ceased to do? (9:20)
Worship demons
What impresses you about the sixth
trumpet (second woe)?
The scene is
terrifying. The loss of life is massive. A third of the remaining population is
destroyed.
What do you learn about God from Rev
9:12-21?
God’s armies
include strange apocalyptic creatures with great destructive power.
How could this truth transform your life?
Worship God.
Flee from evil.
LORD God Almighty,
You are Yahweh, that
is Your Name. You are a jealous God, and rightly so, for there is no other. May
the Spirit convict and cleanse Your people from the sin that corrupts, reaping
destruction. May Your glory and the glory of Christ be magnified in our midst.
Anoint our lips with worthy praise, our minds with what is pure, our hearts
with loyal love. Inhabit the praises of Your people. And may Your people flee from sin as the world is prepared for judgment of the condemned. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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