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Revelation Lecture 12

GOD’S JUDGMENT AND THE CALL TO REPENTANCE

Revelation 9:1-21

Key Verse 9:20

1. What does John see when the fifth angel sounds his trumpet, and what is given to the star (1)? What happens when the Abyss is opened, and what power is given to the locusts (2–3)? What limits are placed on their actions, and how do people respond to their suffering (4–6)?
2. How does John describe the locusts’ appearance—their bodies, heads, faces, hair, and teeth (7–8)? What does John say about their breastplates, the sound of their wings, and their tails (9–10)? Who is their king, and what announcement follows this vision (11-12)?
3. When the sixth angel sounds his trumpet, where does the voice come from, and what does it command (13–14)? What do the army’s enormous size and the judgment upon a third of humanity communicate about the severity and limits of this judgment (15-16)?
4. How does John describe the horses and their riders (17)? How do the three plagues and the horses’ mouths and tails reveal the destructive power of this judgment (18–19)? What does the survivors’ refusal to repent reveal about the human heart (20-21)?