[quote from Comforter today at 12:35:12am:]Seven_Tides
Beautiful study process if I may say so, but there are critical problems within it's content.
In reading the quotes from scripture you have provided I see alterations from the actual text as in a revised or altered edition of the Bible. Which version are you studying?
Second I would re-read concerning the Destroyer and ponder this: Ok read first and ponder later...
Revelation:9
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And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have "not" the seal of God in their foreheads.
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And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
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And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
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By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
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For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
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And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
The ones being "tormented" are in torment for what they have heard from the very ones described by most as the bad guys.
Read it carefully and tell me the part that says these are the evil ones. (Abaddon and those with him.) Even the name is backwards as abba don is spelled aba ddon.
You will find that Destroyer works both ways. If you are the good guys and have come to destroy the ways of those who proudly sin, Destroyer is a good thing. And if the Truth is torturing you even the torture is a good thing, no?
I am not putting a curve on this segment I am stopping one. Look at it closely and tell me what you see for yourself.
The word Star is flexable. We use it every day to signify the key players in a good movie as well as sports and all other prospective arenas of competition. Is it not written that Heaven is under attack and with the sword of the mouth (The Word) Angels shall fight.
You are right on in feeling they might be Angels of the Lord. (The Stars)
Expansion:
If the Pit were to be the web. And the key happened to be the thing that unlocked it for the world to better see and use, would that not make Bill Gates a candidate for the Angelic position described because of windows?
He's a man not an Angel you say?
I would say re-read the scripture more carefully!
(This is where I install a ton of scripture but instead I will just mention a couple of things)
There is but one Judgement day, and besides scripture calling the worthy the Angels of the Lord, I can quote Him directly concerning judgement day.
"Know ye not that we judge angels?"
I say this to your edification and along the path which is truth I desire all who walk to look carefully and see the Truth.
I must also mention something very important directly from the Lord. In the time frame described often as "In that day" the Lord has said, "The greatest shall be least, and the least shall be greatest"
"The first last and the last first."
Trust that I can make mention of many things that will stear those who seek in the right direction, but in the end it is for them to find by their own efforts. (The whole truth I mean) And to reveal all things would rob them of that chance. Therefore, I only point and watch as they go about their way to seeing and saying it is truth.
That's when you have found Him.
(P.S. comcerning the third part of men know this: There are three kinds of men today and they are known by their level of belief. )
I knew the whole time. (sought and found proof)
I shall believe just in case. (heard a little and are afraid)
You must think I have lost my mind. (forget it)
Which third would you say will hear and be tormented by the sting of the Truth?
In your service.
John.
Well, I study mostly in NASB (New American Standard Bible),
but I also study from the KJV 1611 ( not the NKJV.)
Here's what the KJV 1611 says about Revelation 6:13, 8:10-12, 9:1, and 12:7-10:
Revelation 6:13
"And the stars of Heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig
tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty
wind."
Revelation 8:10-12
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from
heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third
part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the
name of the Star was called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became Wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."
Revelation 9:1
"And the fifth angel sounded, *and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to HIM was given the key of the
bottomless pit."
*I used the reference in the middle of the page, and I found that " and I saw a star fall from Heaven unto the Earth" link
to Isaiah 14:12, and Luke 10:18.
Isaiah 14:12
"How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst
weaken in the nations."
Luke 10:17-19
"And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even
the devils are subject unto us through thy Name. And He said unto them, "
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to treaf on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing
shall by any means hurt you."
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Heaven. So,
it says Satan fell like a "lightning fall". Satan fell like light. Like
a star!
You see Comforter, the one who fell the first time was Lucifer.
The one who falls again is Satan. To the one who FALLS to the Earth from HEAVEN will be given the "Key".