Message Notes

SSS 4 23 March 2025
Text: Revelation 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 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.
18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.
20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Revelation 9:13-21

THE SIXTH TRUMPET

1. This trumpet was blown

2. A voice from the four horns of the altar of God was heard

3. A special command was given

a) The four angels bound at the River Euphrates are to be set free

b) They had been locked up for a long time

c) They are now released from bondage

d) They are released to kill a third of mankind

e) They are a force of 200 million horsemen

4. A description of the horsemen

a) The horsemen were clad with a breastplate (red, blue and yellow)

b) The heads of the horses were like lions

c) From their mouth came fire, smoke, and brimstone.

d) These were three plagues

e) Their power:

i) In their mouths

ii) In their tails

f) They will cause severe damage

5. Those who did not experience these plagues

a) They were not repentant

b) They should not worship demons and idols

c) They were non-repentant of all their activities

OUR RESPONSE

1. Are we ready for such warfare?

2. Do we have a faith strong enough to cope?

3. Are we taking this word of warning seriously?