1Joel 19 - 20 and The Revelation 15 and 16

I'm sharing this with you today.  This is what has been happening for awhile now, some of you see it but most of you ignore it.  This is the Plague of the Locusts, or Nations,  you will also find this in Revelation 15:5  The Bowls of Plagues.  The Locusts is another word for Nations. We will see 7 plagues, we have seen several so far.

The first bowl. The first angel pours out the first bowl on the land, “and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image” (Revelation 16:2). This plague is targeted at those who have committed themselves to the Antichrist; tribulation saints will not be affected by these sores.  

The second bowl. The second bowl is poured out on the sea, turning the water “into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died” (Revelation 16:3). A third of the sea life had already perished with the sounding of the second trumpet (Revelation 8:9), and now the rest of the sea life is gone. The oceans are dead.

The third bowl. When the third bowl of God’s wrath is poured out, the rivers and freshwater springs also turn into blood (Revelation 16:4–5). The angel in charge of the water says, “You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you who are and who were; for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve” (verses 5–6).The altar in heaven responds, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments” (verse 7).

The fourth bowl. The fourth angel pours out his bowl on the sun, “and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat” (Revelation 16:8–9). Rather than repent of their sin, the wicked inhabitants of the earth “cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him” (verse 9).

The fifth bowl. The fifth of the seven bowls causes the kingdom of the beast to be plunged into great darkness. The pain and suffering of the wicked intensify, so that people gnaw their tongues in agony (Revelation 16:10–11). Still, the followers of the Antichrist “refused to repent of what they had done” (verse 11).

The sixth bowl. The sixth angel pours out his bowl of judgment on the Euphrates River. That river is dried up in preparation for the kings of the East making their way to their own destruction (Revelation 16:12). John then sees three unclean spirits “that looked like frogs” coming from the mouths of Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet (verse 13). These demons perform miracles and deceive the kings of the earth and gather them to the final battle on the Day of the Lord (verse 14). Under demonic influence, “the kings [gather] together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon” (verse 16).

The seventh bowl. The seventh bowl is emptied into the atmosphere. A loud voice in heaven says, “It is done!” (Revelation 16:17). The seventh bowl results in flashes of lightning and an earthquake so severe that “no earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake” (verse 18). Jerusalem is split into three parts, and the cities of the world collapse (verse 19). Islands are flooded, and mountains disappear (verse 20). Giant hailstones, “each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people” (verse 21). Those under judgment “cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible” (verse 21).

One of the angels of the seven bowl judgments then shows John the fate of Babylon the Great (Revelation 17), as God avenges “the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth” (Revelation 18:24). The world mourns the fall of Babylon (chapter 18), but heaven rejoices (chapter 19). Jesus Christ then returns in glory to defeat the armies of the Antichrist at Armageddon (Revelation 19:11–21) and to set up His kingdom on earth (Revelation 20:1–6).

 The Locust Plague

2Hear this, you leaders of the people.

    Listen, all who live in the land.

In all your history,

    has anything like this happened before?

3 Tell your children about it in the years to come,

    and let your children tell their children.

    Pass the story down from generation to generation.

4 After the cutting locusts finished eating the crops,

    the swarming locusts took what was left!

After them came the hopping locusts,

    and then the stripping locusts,[a] too!

5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!

    Wail, all you wine-drinkers!

All the grapes are ruined,

    and all your sweet wine is gone.

6 A vast army of locusts (Nations) has invaded my land,

    a terrible army too numerous to count.

Its teeth are like lions’ teeth,

    its fangs like those of a lioness.

7 It has destroyed my grapevines

    and ruined my fig trees,

stripping their bark and destroying it,

    leaving the branches white and bare.

8 Weep like a bride dressed in black,

    mourning the death of her husband.

9 For there is no grain or wine

    to offer at the Temple of the Lord.

So the priests are in mourning.

    The ministers of the Lord are weeping.

10 The fields are ruined,

    the land is stripped bare.

The grain is destroyed,

    the grapes have shriveled,

    and the olive oil is gone.

11 Despair, all you farmers!

    Wail, all you vine growers!

Weep, because the wheat and barley—

    all the crops of the field—are ruined.

12 The grapevines have dried up,

    and the fig trees have withered.

The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees—

    all the fruit trees—have dried up.

    And the people’s joy has dried up with them.

13 Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests!

    Wail, you who serve before the altar!

Come, spend the night in burlap,

    you ministers of my God.

For there is no grain or wine

    to offer at the Temple of your God.

14 Announce a time of fasting;

    call the people together for a solemn meeting.

Bring the leaders

    and all the people of the land

into the Temple of the Lord your God,

    and cry out to him there.

15 The day of the Lord is near,

    the day when destruction comes from the Almighty.

    How terrible that day will be!

16 Our food disappears before our very eyes.

    No joyful celebrations are held in the house of our God.

17 The seeds die in the parched ground,

    and the grain crops fail.

The barns stand empty,

    and granaries are abandoned.

18 How the animals moan with hunger!

    The herds of cattle wander about confused,

because they have no pasture.

    The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.

19 Lord, help us!

The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures,

    and flames have burned up all the trees.

20 Even the wild animals cry out to you

    because the streams have dried up,

    and fire has consumed the wilderness pastures.

The only way to save this world is for the people to repent and leave their wicked ways behind.  This is not an easy thing to do because we are surrounded by evil and our leaders are deceiving us daily.  Do not trust them, they are leading you to a path of no return.  

We are in the end times. Our Heavenly Father has reserved many of His most noble spirits, perhaps His finest team for this final phase.  Those noble spirits, those finest players, those heros, are you.  We are in the end game.  Stay firmly connected to God.  We have a divine purpose and mission.  We were made for these times.

The Narrow Gate - Mathew 7:13

13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 

14 But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

Will you be one of those who find the Narrow Gate?